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Forty-eighth regiment Massachusetts Infantry (Militia).
Col. Eben F. Stone.
| Field and Staff. | Line. | companies. | Unassigned Recruits. | Totals. |
| | | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | K |
| Number on regimental rolls,— |
| Officers, | 9 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 47 |
| Enlisted men,1 | 5 | – | 94 | 89 | 95 | 94 | 91 | 65 | 52 | 81 | 53 | 61 | – | 780 |
| Totals, | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 827 |
| Enlisted men (included above) commissioned in regiment.2 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 10 |
| Enlisted men (included above) serving elsewhere within regiment. | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 3 |
| Totals, | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 13 |
| Actual total of members of regiment,— |
| Officers, | 9 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 47 |
| Enlisted men,3 | 4 | – | 92 | 88 | 93 | 93 | 90 | 63 | 51 | 81 | 52 | 60 | – | 767 |
| Totals, | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 814 |
Eight companies of infantry were recruited at Camp Lander,
Wenham, Mass., to form, as an
Essex County organization, the 48th Infantry, Mass. Volunteer Militia, under
Col. Eben F. Stone of
Newburyport, but on account of the immediate demand for troops for the Banks expedition, four companies of men recruiting at
Lakeville to form an Irish regiment were consolidated with six of these companies and formed in that manner the 48th Infantry; the remaining two original
Essex County companies were detached to fill the ranks of the 4th Infantry, Mass. Volunteer Militia, then being organized at
Lakeville for its nine months term of service.
The 48th left the
State for New York Dec. 27, 1862, sailed Jan. 4, 1863, for
Fortress Monroe and reached New Orleans February 1.
It was sent, two days later, to
Baton Rouge, and became part of the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 19th Army Corps.
It took part in a reconnoissance toward
Port Hudson March 13 and joined the next day in the general advance of the forces to that place.
It was engaged at Plains Store, and was most actively engaged at the assault on
Port Hudson May 27, providing ninety-three volunteers from its ranks for the storming party, among them
Lieutenant-Colonel O'Brien, who was killed in the action.
It suffered loss again on June 14, forming temporarily part of the 3d Division.
In the movement to
Donaldsonville, the regiment met with loss at
Bayou La Fourche July 13.
It was stationed in camp near
Donaldsonville until August 1, when it returned to
Baton Rouge and on the 9th left for
Massachusetts, its term of service having expired.
It arrived at
Boston August 23 and was mustered out at Camp Lander Sept. 3, 1863.
