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Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 408 408 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 19 19 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 10: The Armies and the Leaders. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 17 17 Browse Search
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington 16 16 Browse Search
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 13 13 Browse Search
Col. O. M. Roberts, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.1, Alabama (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 8 8 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies 8 8 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 7 7 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 28. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 7 7 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2. 5 5 Browse Search
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., Twelfth regiment Massachusetts Infantry. (search)
Warren, Boston Harbor, and on June 26, 1861, the greater part of the regiment was mustered into the United States' service, the organization being completed July 11; on July 23 it left the State and, assigned to Abercrombie's Brigade of General Banks' forces, went by the way of Baltimore to Harper's Ferry, and was engaged during the remainder of the year in guarding the upper Potomac; moving in the autumn to Hyattstown and Seneca Mills and making its winter quarters at Frederick, Md. In February, 1862, the regiment broke camp, and entering the Shenandoah Valley reconnoitered during the spring and early summer in the neighborhood of Winchester, Aldie, Front Royal and Manassas, becoming in June part of Ricketts' Division, McDowell's Corps, Army of Virginia. It entered at dusk on August 9 into the battle of Cedar Mountain and was closely engaged at Manassas August 30, suffering great loss in the death of Colonel Webster. As part of General Hartsuff's Brigade in the 1st Corps under Hook
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., Thirteenth regiment Massachusetts Infantry. (search)
nt stationed at Fort McHenry, Md., as colonel of the 3d Battalion Rifles, M. V. M., joined the regiment in July. August 8 it left the State for Washington, and two weeks later moved to Poolesville, Md., and was stationed on the upper Potomac. It was the first to take part in the battle of Ball's Bluff; crossing the river the night of October 20, it engaged in action the next morning and shared in the final battle of the afternoon, meeting heavy loss in killed, wounded and prisoners. In February, 1862, the regiment moved to Harper's Ferry and engaged in reconnoitering in the Shenandoah valley. Returning to Washington, it joined the Army of the Potomac on the Peninsula April 1, and took part in the siege of Yorktown; here the Andrew Sharpshooters were attached to the regiment and remained with it until the spring of 1863. As part of Sumner's Corps it moved after the surrender of Yorktown to the Chickahominy River and encamped, taking part in the battle of Fair Oaks and in the seven d