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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., Thirty-second regiment Massachusetts Infantry. (search)
om the 1st Battalion Mass. Infantry, which was organized in November, 1861, to garrison Fort Warren, Boston harbor, and remained stationed there, under command of Maj. Francis J. Parker, during the winter of 1861-62. On May 26, this battalion of six companies, reorganized as the 32d Mass. Infantry (Francis J. Parker, lieutenant-colonel), left the State for Washington. Encamping for four weeks on Capitol Hill, the regiment was ordered to join the Army of the Potomac on the Peninsula, and July 3, 1862, arrived at Harrison's Landing and was assigned to the 2d Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Corps. It left camp August 15 to join General Pope's forces, and reached Warrenton Junction August 27. Moving with the army to Washington after the battle of Manassas, it camped at Miners Hill, and three companies were added to the command, one having already joined the original six companies at Harrison's Landing in July. The regiment was present at Antietam, and took part in the charge and advanced p