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Thirteenth regiment Massachusetts Infantry.
| Field and Staff. | Line. | companies. | Unassigned Recruits. | Totals. |
| | | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | K |
| Killed and died of wounds,— |
| Officers, | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| Enlisted men, | – | – | 10 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 13 | – | 108 |
| Totals, | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 112 |
| Missing, | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 6 |
| Died by accident or disease,— |
| Officers, | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Enlisted men, | – | – | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | – | 35 |
| Died as prisoners,— |
| Officers, | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Enlisted men, | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Total losses,— |
| Officers, | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| Enlisted men, | – | – | 15 | 17 | 15 | 21 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 18 | – | 152 |
| Totals, | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 156 |
Casualties by Engagements.
| 1861. |
| Sept. 15, Harper's Ferry, Va., | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| 1862. |
| Aug. 28, Thoroughfare Gap,Va., | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Aug. 30, Manassas, Va., | – | – | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 3 | 5 | 2 | – | 36 |
| Sept. 17, Antietam, Md., | – | – | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 25 |
| Dec. 13, Fredericksburg, Va., | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| 1863. |
| April 30, Fitz Hugh's Crossing, Va | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| May 4, Chancellorsville, Va., | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| July 1-2, Gettysburg, Pa., | – | – | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | – | 25 |
| 1864. |
| May 5-10, Wilderness, Va., | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 5 |
| May 8-11, Spotsylvania, Va, | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | 9 |
| June 1-3, Bethesda Church, Va., | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 |
| June 2-12, Cold Harbor, Va., | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| June 20-22, Petersburg, Va., | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 3 |
| July 12-18, Petersburg, Va., | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
Present also at
North Anna and
Totopotomoy.
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1Fifteenth Regiment Massachusetts Infantry.
（1)
Col. Charles Devens,
Bvt. Maj. Gen. U. S. Vols.
（2)
Col. George H. Ward,
Bvt. Brig. Gen. U. S. Vols.
| Field and Staff. | Line. | Band. | companies. | Unassigned Recruits. | Totals. |
| | | | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | K |
| Number on regimental rolls,— |
| Officers, | 15 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 96 |
| Enlisted men,2 | 15 | – | 22 | 158 | 157 | 161 | 180 | 150 | 161 | 158 | 163 | 170 | 152 | 22 | 1,669 |
| Totals, | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,765 |
| Enlisted men (included above) commissioned in regiment.3 | 7 | – | – | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | – | 42 |
| Enlisted men (included above) serving elsewhere within regiment. | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 11 |
| Totals, | 7 | – | – | 5 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | – | 53 |
| Actual total of members of regiment,— |
| Officers, | 15 | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 96 |
| Enlisted men,4 | 8 | – | 22 | 153 | 149 | 152 | 175 | 147 | 155 | 156 | 159 | 168 | 150 | 22 | 1,616 |
| Totals, | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,712 |
The 15th Mass. Infantry was recruited in
Worcester County, Mass., being partially based on militia companies already existing, and was mustered into the service of the
United States July 12, 1861.
Its colonel,
Charles Devens, Jr., at the time of his appointment stationed at
Fort McHenry, Md., as colonel of the 3d Battalion Rifles, M. V. M., joined the regiment in July. August 8 it left the
State for
Washington, and two weeks later moved to
Poolesville, Md., and was stationed on the upper Potomac.
It was the first to take part in the battle of Ball's Bluff; crossing the river the night of October 20, it engaged in action the next morning and shared in the final battle of the afternoon, meeting heavy loss in killed, wounded and prisoners.
In February, 1862, the regiment moved to
Harper's Ferry and engaged in reconnoitering in the Shenandoah valley.
Returning to
Washington, it joined the Army of the Potomac on the
Peninsula April 1, and took part in the siege of
Yorktown; here the
Andrew Sharpshooters were attached to the regiment and remained with it until the spring of 1863.
As part of
Sumner's Corps it moved after the surrender of
Yorktown to the
Chickahominy River and encamped, taking part in the
battle of Fair Oaks and in the seven days battles.
It returned to
Alexandria August 28, and marched on the 29th to
Centreville, returning with the Army of Virginia to
Washington September 2.
As part of
General Sedgwick's Division the regiment met the greatest loss during its service in the charge made on the morning of September 17 at the
battle of Antietam.
It was engaged at
Fredericksburg Dec. 13, and encamped for the winter of 1863 near
Falmouth, Va. May 2, 1864, it left camp and took part the next day at the
battle of Chancellorsville.
At
Gettysburg it was closely engaged July 2, when
Colonel Ward was mortally wounded, and it took part also July 3 and 4.
It moved with the army into
Virginia and engaged in the
Mine Run campaign, encamping afterward for the winter near
Stevensburg.
In the campaign of 1864 the regiment formed part of the 1st Brigade, 2d Division 2d Army Corps, shared with it in the battles of the
Wilderness, May 5 and 6, and engaged in all the actions about
Spotsylvania,
North Anna and Cold Harbor, moving to
Petersburg in June, greatly reduced in numbers by losses in action.
On June 22, while stationed on the
Jerusalem Plank Road, many members of the regiment were taken prisoners.
July 12, 1864, its term of service expired, and it withdrew from the front and, returning to
Massachusetts, was mustered out July 28, 1864. Co. I, which was the last of the regiment to be mustered in, remained behind, and was discharged at the expiration of its term in August.
The re-enlisted men and recruits were transferred to the 20th Mass. Infantry.
