[
264]
Thirty-sixth regiment Massachusetts Infantry.
| Field and Staff. | Line. | companies. | Unassigned Recruits. | Totals. |
| | | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | K |
Number on regimental rolls,— |
Officers, | 15 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 83 |
Enlisted men,1 | 15 | – | 105 | 104 | 101 | 106 | 108 | 101 | 105 | 147 | 187 | 149 | 4 | 1,232 |
Totals, | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,315 |
Enlisted men (included above) commissioned in regiment.2 | 6 | – | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | – | 36 |
Enlisted men (included above) serving elsewhere within regiment. | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 4 |
Totals, | 6 | – | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | – | 40 |
Actual total of members of regiment,— |
Officers, | 15 | 68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 83 |
Enlisted men,3 | 9 | – | 102 | 100 | 97 | 104 | 106 | 98 | 101 | 141 | 184 | 146 | 4 | 1,192 |
Totals, | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,275 |
The 36th Mass. Infantry was organized in the summer of 1862 at Camp John
E. Wool,
Worcester, in response to the
President's call for three years troops in July.
The regiment represented in its members the towns of
Charlestown,
Winchendon and vicinity, and the eastern and western towns of
Worcester County.
On September 2 it left camp for
Washington, under command of
Col. Henry Bowman, who had been made prisoner at Ball's Bluff while captain of the 15th Infantry, and after his release commissioned major of the 34th Mass. Infantry.
It was assigned to
General Burnside's command and joined the 9th Corps near
Sharpsburg, Md., September 21, forming part of the 3d Brigade, 1st Division.
It was present at the
battle of Fredericksburg, and moving in February, 1863, to Newport News, it left there March 23 to join
General Burnside in the department of the Ohio and was posted at
Lexington, Ky., moving afterward to
Nicholasville and
Middleburg.
It formed part of the forces sent to
Vicksburg in June, where it took part in the siege and in the movement to
Jackson, Miss.
Returning to
Kentucky, it moved to
Knoxville, Tenn., in September, was active at
Blue Springs October 10, was closely engaged at
Campbell's Station November 16, and was on duty during the siege.
It returned to
Annapolis, Md., in April, 1864, where by the reorganization of the 9th Corps it became, under
Major Draper, part of the 1st Brigade, 2d Division; was engaged with loss at the
Wilderness on May 6 and suffered greatly in the charge at Spotsylvania Court House May 12.
On the 14th and 16th of May a detachment from the 29th Mass. Infantry, which had joined the regiment Jan. 30, 1864, and whose term of service had expired, left for
Massachusetts for muster out. Under command of
Captain Barker the regiment took active part at Cold Harbor June 2, and shared with its division in the assault of
Petersburg June 17.
It was active afterward in the siege, engaging in the operations on the Weldon Railroad in August, at Pegram Farm or Poplar Spring Church Sept. 30, and at
Hatcher's Run in October.
In the latter part of October the 21st Battalion Mass. Volunteers was transferred to the 36th Infantry, which was consolidated into companies A to G, the 21st Battalion becoming companies H, I and K.
After the fall of
Petersburg the regiment moved to
Farmville and served on provost duty; returning, it reached
Alexandria April 28 and encamped at
Fort Lyon until its muster out of service June 8, 1865.
Reaching
Massachusetts on the 10th, it was paid off and discharged at Readville June 19, 1865.
The recruits and men from the 21st regiment were transferred to the 56th Mass. Infantry.