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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., Sixteenth regiment Massachusetts Infantry. (search)
inter quarters at Falmouth, engaging in the mud march of January, 1863. At Chancellorsville, May 3, the regiment met heavy loss, and its division commander, General Berry, was killed. It was closely engaged at Gettysburg in command of Lieutenant-Colonel Merriam. In December it went into winter quarters at Brandy Station, having taken part in the movements about the Rappahannock and at Mine Run. In the campaign of 1864 the regiment formed part of the 2d Corps, and was engaged at the Wilderness May 5 and again on May 6, taking part at Spotsylvania May 10 and in the battle of Spotsylvania Court House May 12, when Lieutenant-Colonel Merriam was killed. It engaged in the actions about North Anna and Cold Harbor, and, moving to Petersburg, it took active part in the assaults of June 16-18, and remained afterward engaged in the siege until the expiration of its term of service, July 11; withdrawing from the front, it reached Massachusetts July 22, and was mustered out of service July 27,