2nd Massachusetts Infantry

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Regimental History and Service Record

DESIGNATIONS

  • Organized at Camp Andrew, West Rexbury, and mustered in May 25, 1861
  • Left State for Hagerstown, Md. July 8; thence moved to Williamsport and Martins burg. Va., July 11-12
Dates Department Division Brigade Other Units
June ?, 1861-
August ?, 1861
Department of Pennsylvania
Robert Patterson
(Major General)
2nd Division
W.H. Heim
(Major General)
6th Brigade
J.J. Ambercrombie
(Colonel, United States Volunteers)
Events (In Brief)

SERVICE.--Duty at Harper's Ferry, W. Va., August to October. 1861. At Conrad's Ferry October 23-24, and picket duty at Seneca Mills until December 4.. Duty at Frederick, Md., until February 27, 1862. Reconnoissance to Charleston February 27-28. Occupation of Winchester March 12. Pursuit of Jackson up the Shenandoah Valley March 24-April 27. Strasburg March 27. Woodstock April 1. Edenburg April 1-2. Operations in Shenandoah Valley May 15-June 17. Buckton Station May 23. Retreat to Martinsburg and Williamsport May 23-June 6.

At Williamsport until June 10. Moved to Front Royal June 10-18, thence to Warrenton and Little Washington July 11-17. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 6-September 2. Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9. Fords of the Rappahannock August 19-23. Guarding trains during battles of Bull Run August 28-30.

Duty at Maryland Heights September 19-October 29. Picket duty at Blackford's Ford and Sharpsburg, Md., until December. March to Fredericksburg December 12-16. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. At Stafford Court House until April 27.

Brandy Station and Beverly Ford June 9

Pursuit to Warrenton Junction, Va., July 5-26. Detached duty in New York City August 16 to September 13. Movement to Stevenson, Ala., September 24-October 3. Guarding Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad at Elkwater Bridge and Tullahoma until April, 1864. Regiment veteranize December 31, 1863, and Veterans on furlough January 10 to March 1, 1864.

  • May 1-September 8, 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
  • November 15-December 21, 1864 - The Savannah Campaign
  • January 1-April 26, 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
    • Thompson's Creek, near Chesterfield, March 2.
    • Thompson's Creek, near Cheraw, S.C., March 3.
    • Averysboro, N. C., March 16.
    • Battle of Bentonville March 19-21.
    • Occupation of Goldsboro March 24.
    • Advance on Raleigh April 9-13.
    • Occupation of Raleigh April 14.
    • Bennett's House April 26.
      • Surrender of Johnston and his army.
  • March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19.
  • Grand Review May 24.
  • Provost duty at Washington until July.
  • Mustered out July 11, and discharged at Boston, Mass., July 26, 1865.

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Regiment Statistical Information

Regiment Casualty Comparisons by Source
Source Casualties Remarks
Dyer
  • 14 Officers and 176 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded
  • 2 Officers and 96 enlisted men killed by disease
  • Total 288
None
Fox
  • Fox lists this unit as:
    • 35th on the list of units with losses based on duration of the entire term of service of the unit (3rd of the Massachusetts troops)
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WotRWiki Statistics
  • 0 troops killed
    • Includes 0 troops mortally wounded
    • Includes 0 troops killed by disease
    • All others are troops killed in action or under special circumstances
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