2nd Massachusetts Sharpshooter Company

Regimental History and Service Record

Organized at Lynnfield September 3, 1861. Left State for Washington, D.C.

• Attached to 22nd Massachusetts Infantry
  • March 23-September 2, 1862 - The Peninsula Campaign
    • Warwick Road April 5.
    • April 5-May 4, 1862 - Siege of Yorktown, Virginia
  • May 27-29, 1862 - Operations about Hanover Court House, Virginia
    • May 27, 1862 - Engagement at Hanover Court House, Virginia
    • June 25-July 1, 1862 - The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
      • June 26, 1862 - Engagement at Beaver Dam Creek, Virginia
      • June 27, 1862 - Engagement at Gaines's Mill, Virginia
      • June 29, 1862 - Battle of the Peach Orchard, Virginia
      • June 30, 1862 - Engagement at White Oak Swamp, Virginia
      • June 30, 1862 - Engagement at Turkey Bridge, Virginia
      • July 1, 1862 - Engagement at Malvern Hill, Virginia
• August 16-September 2, 1862 - The Northern Virginia Campaign
  • August 28, 1862 - Engagement at Gainesville, Virginia
• September 3-20, 1862 - The Maryland Campaign
  • September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland
  • September 19, 1862 - Actions at Sharpsburg and Shepherdstown/Blackford's/Boteler's Fords, Maryland
• April 27-May 6, 1863 - The Chancellorsville Campaign
  • May 1-5, 1863 - Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
• June 11-August 1, 1863 - The Gettysburg Campaign
  • July 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• May 4-June 12, 1864 - The Overland Campaign
  • May 5-7, 1864 - Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia
  • May 8-21, 1864 - Battles of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
    • May 8, 1864 - Combat at Laurel Hill, Virginia
    • May 12, 1864 - Assault on the Salient at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
  • May 22-26, 1864 - Operations on Line of the North Anna River, Virginia
  • May 26-28, 1864 - Operations on Line of the Pamunkey River, Virginia
  • May 28-31, 1864 - Operations on Line of the Totopotomoy River, Virginia
  • June 1-12, 1864 - Battles of Cold Harbor, Virginia
    • June 1-3, 1864 - Battle of Bethesda Church, Virginia

• (See this Regiment.)
• Mustered out October 17, 1864.

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Regiment Statistical Information

• Company lost during service 11 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 12 Enlisted men by disease. Total 23.

Legacy

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Sources

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 758, 761, 827, 897, 902, 903, 904, 905, 906, 907, 916, 932, 933, 934, 936, 937, 939, 941, 1247)