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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., First regiment Massachusetts Cavalry. (search)
Battalions, leaving on December 26 and 28, remained ten days in New York and then went on to Hilton Head, S. C., and were joined in a short time by the 1st Battalion. In the movement against Charleston, S. C., Colonel Williams commanded the brigade of which the regiment formed a part. The 1st and 2d Battalions joined the army of the Potomac in Virginia, Aug. 19, 1862, and the 3d Battalion remained in South Carolina in command of Maj. A. H. Stevens, Jr., three companies being stationed at Beaufort and the other at Hilton Head; here it remained for some months, engaging in picket and patrol duty, with a reconnoissance Oct. 22, 1862, to Pocotaligo, S. C.; and in June, 1863, a detachment on duty at Folly and Morris islands took part in the siege of Fort Sumter. On Aug. 4, 1863, the battalion was permanently detached from the 1st Cavalry and called the Independent Battalion, Mass. Cavalry Vols., and engaged in the expedition to St. John's River, Fla. By special order, dated Feb. 12, 186
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., Fifty-first regiment Massachusetts Infantry (Militia). (search)
, Including non-commissioned staff.4–99919086888878839379–879 Totals,–––––––––––––921 Enlisted men (included above) commissioned in regiment.–––11–––1–2––5 Enlisted men (included above) serving elsewhere within regiment.––1––––––––––1 Totals,––111–––1–2––6 Actual total of members of regiment,— Officers,933–––––––––––42 Enlisted men, Including non-commissioned staff.4–98908986888877839179–873 Totals,–––––––––––––915 The 51st Infantry, Mass. Volunteer Militia, was recruited in Worcester County, Mass., in the summer and autumn of 1862, and, mustered into service from September 25 to November 11, it left the State November 25, under command of Col. A. B. R. Sprague, who had already served as captain of the 3d Battalion Rifles, Mass. Volunteer Militia, and as lieutenant-colonel of the 25th Infantry, having taken part at Roanoke Island and New Berne. The regim
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., Fifty-first regiment Massachusetts Infantry (Militia). (search)
Officers,–––––––––––––– Enlisted men,–––––––––––––– Amory's brigade and took part in the expedition to Goldsboroa in the early part of December. Company G, under Capt. T. D. Kimball, was detached December 30 for outpost duty at Brice's Ferry, and remained there throughout its stay in North Carolina. In January, 1863, the regiment shared in the reconnoissance to Trenton, and served in March on garrison duty at various points on the railroad between New Berne and Morehead City, and also at Beaufort and Evans' Mills. Returning to New Berne May 4, it encamped near the Trent River until ordered, June 24, to Fortress Monroe. Volunteering for further service (the term of service of many of the companies having expired), the command moved to Baltimore, and, forming part of General Briggs' brigade, was stationed at Marye's Heights. It joined the Army of the Potomac at Funkstown and took part in the pursuit of the Confederates. On July 17 i
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., Fifty-fourth regiment Massachusetts Infantry. (search)
btained through the efforts of a recruiting committee appointed by Governor Andrew, which drew its recruits from stations established from Boston to St. Louis, largely under the direction of Maj. G. L. Stearns. Four companies having been mustered into service at Readville, March 30, three on April 23 and the remaining three May 13, the regiment left the State May 28, 1863, to join General Hunter's forces in the Department of the South. Reaching Hilton Head, S. C., June 3, it was ordered to Beaufort and afterward to St. Simon's Island, Ga., forming part of a brigade under Colonel Montgomery of the 2d S. C. Regiment. Returning to Hilton Head June 25, it was ordered to James Island in July, and took part in the action at Secessionville July 16. Reaching Morris Island at 6 o'clock on the evening of the 18th, it led that night the assault on Fort Wagner, planting its colors on the parapet, where Colonel Shaw fell at the head of the storming column, and the remnant of the regiment, under