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Forty-third regiment Massachusetts Infantry (Militia).
Col. Charles L. Holbrook.
| Field and Staff. | Line. | companies. | Unassigned Recruits. | Totals. |
| | | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | K |
| Number on regimental rolls,— |
| Officers, | 9 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 40 |
| Enlisted men,1 | 5 | – | 68 | 75 | 92 | 97 | 98 | 95 | 96 | 96 | 94 | 92 | – | 908 |
| Totals, | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 948 |
| Enlisted men (included above) commissioned in regiment. | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Enlisted men (included above) serving elsewhere within regiment. | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Totals, | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Actual total of members of regiment,— |
| Officers, | 9 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 40 |
| Enlisted men,2 | 5 | – | 68 | 75 | 92 | 96 | 97 | 95 | 96 | 96 | 94 | 92 | – | 906 |
| Totals, | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 946 |
The 43d Infantry Mass. Volunteer Militia, commonly known as the ‘Tiger Regiment,’ had for its nucleus the 2d Battalion, 1st Brigade, 1st Division,
M. V. M. Volunteering for nine months service, this Battalion completed its organization at Readville, Mass., as the 43d Infantry, M. V. M., and was mustered into service on varying dates from Sept. 12 to Oct. 25, 1862.
It left camp November 5 under command of
Col. Charles L. Holbrook, and embarking for
Beaufort, N. C., arrived November 15 and went into camp on the
Trent River. Company C under command of
Capt. Wm. B. Fowle, Jr., was soon afterward stationed on detached duty at New Berne, remaining until March 4, 1883.
The regiment, as part of
General Foster's forces, was engaged in the Goldsboroa expedition in December, 1862, was active at the battles of
Kinston,
Whitehall and Goldsboroa, and shared in the expedition to
Trenton, N. C., in January, 1863.
In April it formed part of the forces sent for the relief of
Washington, N. C., meeting the enemy at
Blount's Creek April 9 and later supplying volunteers for duty in running the blockade during the siege.
It served afterward in the vicinity of New Berne until June 24, when it left for
Fortress Monroe, arriving
