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Twenty-eighth regiment Massachusetts Infantry.
（1)
Col. William Monteith.
（2)
Col. Richard Byrnes.
| Field and Staff. | Line. | Band. | companies. | Unassigned Recruits. | Totals. |
| | | | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | K |
| Number on regimental rolls,— |
| Officers, | 18 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 98 |
| Enlisted men,1 | 23 | – | 24 | 226 | 239 | 215 | 208 | 209 | 130 | 117 | 99 | 126 | 124 | 65 | 1,805 |
| Totals, | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,903 |
| Enlisted men (included above) commissioned in regiment.2 | 10 | – | – | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | – | 2 | 4 | 3 | – | 42 |
| Enlisted men (included above) serving elsewhere within regiment. | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 16 |
| Totals, | 10 | – | – | 4 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | – | 58 |
| Actual total of members of regiment,— |
| Officers, | 18 | 80 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 98 |
| Enlisted men,3 | 13 | – | 24 | 222 | 230 | 208 | 203 | 201 | 129 | 114 | 97 | 121 | 120 | 65 | 1,747 |
| Totals, | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,845 |
The 28th Mass. Infantry, organized at
Cambridge, Mass., during the autumn of 1861, was composed principally, like the 9th Mass. Infantry, of men of Irish birth or descent.
It was mustered into service Dec. 13, 1861, and left the
State Jan. 11, 1862, under command of
Col. William Monteith.
It remained at Fort Columbus, New York harbor, for a month, and, embarking then for
South Carolina, reached
Hilton Head Feb. 23, 1862.
Becoming part of
General T. W. Sherman's Expeditionary Corps, it moved in April to a position on
Daufuskie Island opposite
Fort Pulaski, serving by detachments at
Jones and
Bird Island and at
Tybee Island, Ga. Colonel Monteith being detained at the latter place in May and resigning in August, the command of the regiment was held by
Major Cartwright.
It was sent to
James Island May 30, becoming part of the 1st Brigade,
Stevens' Division, and engaged with loss in the action at
Fort Johnson,
Secessionville, June 16.
Returning to
Hilton Head, the regiment formed part of the force sent to reinforce the Army of the Potomac, and reached Newport News July 18.
Forming part of the 9th Corps, it moved to join the Army of Virginia, and took active part at
Manassas August 29 and 30 and at
Chantilly September 1.
Moving with the army into
Maryland, it was present at
South Mountain, and engaged on the afternoon of September 17 at
Antietam.
In November the regiment became part of
Meagher's Irish Brigade, 1st Division, 2d Army Corps, and met heavy loss at
Fredericksburg in the assault on the heights December 13.
It was engaged at
Chancellorsville on the morning of May 3 and lost heavily at
Gettysburg.
It took part in the movements about the
Rappahannock and joined in the
Mine Run campaign, making its winter quarters at
Stevensburg, Va. As part of
Colonel Smyth's Brigade,
General Barlow's Division, the regiment shared in the engagement at the
Wilderness and in the movement to
Spotsylvania, taking part in the charge and capture of the salient early in the morning of May 12 at Spotsylvania Court House, and engaging again in the assault on May 18.
It took active part at Cold Harbor June 3, when
Colonel Byrnes was mortally wounded.
Sharing in the assault of
Petersburg June 16, it took most active part afterward in the siege, engaging at Weldon Railroad in July and at
Deep Bottom, Charles City Cross Roads and Reams' Station in August. Dec. 13, 1864, those of the regiment not .re-enlisted left for
Massachusetts, and the remainder, as a battalion of five companies under
Major Fleming, remained in service before
Petersburg, took part in the final operations about the city in the spring of 1865 and joined in the pursuit of the
Confederates to
Farmville.
Encamping after the surrender at
Burkesville, it returned to
Alexandria May 15, and was mustered out of service June 30, 1865, returning to
Massachusetts on July 5.
