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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., Third regiment Massachusetts Cavalry. (search)
Third regiment Massachusetts Cavalry. （1) Col. Thomas Edward Chickering, Bvt. Brig. Gen. U. S. Vols. （2) Col. Lorenzo Dow Sargent. （3) Col. Burr Porter. companies. Field and staff.LineABCDEFGHIKLL One year's service.MM One year's service.Read's Co.Recruits.Totals. Number on regimental rolls,— Officers,2276––––––––––––––––98 Men, Including non-commissioned staff.26–2002011792129890859211010515798115881151192,090 Totals,––––––––––––––––––2,188 Enlisted men (included above) commissioned in regiment. Including non-commissioned staff.7–2315412–315–3–2–39 Enlisted men (included above) serving elsewhere within regiment.––22–4–1––11––2–––13 Totals,7–4519422–425–5–2–52 Actual total of members of regiment,— Officers,2276––––––––––––––––98 Men, Including non-commissioned staff.19–1961961782039488839210610315298110
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., First Battalion Massachusetts Frontier Cavalry. (search)
First Battalion Massachusetts Frontier Cavalry. Maj. Burr Porter. companies. Field.Line.ABCDETotal. Number on regimental rolls,— Officers,119–––––20 Enlisted men,––100101100101100502 Total,–––––––522 Enlisted men (included above) commissioned in regiment.–––1–113 Enlisted men (included above) serving elsewhere within regiment.–––––––– Actual total of members of regiment,— Officers,119–––––20 Enlisted men,––10010010010099499 Total,–––––––519 The 1st Battalion of Frontier Cavalry consisted of five companies which were mustered into service Dec. 30, 1864, and Jan. 2, 1865. The battalion left the State soon after its muster and was attached to the 26th New York Cavalry, and
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., Eighteenth regiment Massachusetts Infantry. (search)
ncluding non-commissioned staff.5–23133127129126132132129108137116101,307 Totals,––––––––––––––1,375 The 18th Mass. Infantry was recruited in July and August, 1861, and on August 26 left the State as a battalion of eight companies, in command of Col. (afterwards brigadier general) James Barnes, a graduate of West Point. The two additional companies necessary to complete the regiment joined the command in September and November, 1861. The regiment, forming part of Martindale's Brigade, Porter's Division, 3d Corps, Army of the Potomac, was stationed for a time near Fort Corcoran, and September 26 was ordered to Hall's Hill, where it remained until the spring of 1862. In March, 1862, it moved to the Peninsula, and April 5 took part in the assault at Yorktown and was active during the siege; after the surrender the regiment moved by the way of West Point and White House to Gaines's Mill, and, arriving May 26, went into camp. June 26, detached from the brigad
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., Fortieth regiment Massachusetts Infantry. (search)
Fortieth regiment Massachusetts Infantry. （1) Col. Burr Porter. （2) Col. Guy V. Henry, Bvt. Brig. Gen. U. S. Vols. Field and Staff.Line.companies.Unassigned Recruits.Totals. ABCDEFGHIK Number on regimental rolls,— Offcers,2177–––––––––––98 Enlisted men, Including non-commissioned staff.14–1191031001009910190999997rt of September; Company G, the last to be filled, being mustered September 5. It left the State September 8, under command of Lieut.-Col. Joseph A. Dalton, Col. Burr Porter, appointed September 7, taking command at Washington on the 14th. The regiment remained on picket and guard duty in the vicinity of Washington during the auVirginia. It was ordered, August 6, to Folly Island, S. C., and served in the trenches at Fort Wagner until the evacuation by the Confederates. In November, Colonel Porter having resigned, Capt. Guy V. Henry, a graduate of West Point, was appointed colonel, and took command of the regiment November 10. Eq