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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., Seventh regiment Massachusetts Infantry. (search)
rt of General Sedgwick's division, the regiment, under Lieutenant-Colonel Harlow, led the assault on Marye's Heights May 3, its colonel, Thomas Denton Johns, being in command of the storming column. It took part without loss at Gettysburg and marched with the Army of the Potomac to the Rapidan, engaging in November in the Mine Run campaign. Its winter quarters were at Brandy Station, Va., from whence an expedition was made to Robertson's River in February, 1864. In May, 1864, the regiment, as part of the 4th Brigade, General Getty's Division, 6th Corps, took part in the battles of the Wilderness, suffering great loss May 5 and 6. It was active at Spotsylvania Court House and on duty constantly during the days of the battle of Cold Harbor, moving with the army towards the James River June 12. On June 15, the regiment's term of service having expired, it withdrew from the front and returned to Washington; reaching Massachusetts June 20, it was mustered out at Taunton, July 5, 1864.