16th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment

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16th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
ActiveJune 29, 1861 to July 27, 1864
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Infantry
Engagements Seven Days Battles
Battle of Glendale
Second Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Chancellorsville
Battle of Gettysburg
Bristoe Campaign
Mine Run Campaign
Battle of the Wilderness
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Battle of Harris Farm
Battle of Totopotomoy Creek
Battle of Cold Harbor
Siege of Petersburg
Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road
Commanders
Colonel Powell T. Wyman
Colonel Thomas R. Tannatt
Lieutenant Colonel Waldo Merriam
Insignia
III Corps (2nd Division) badge IIIcorpsbadge2.png
II Corps (3rd Division) badge IIcorpsbadge3.png
Chaplain Arthur B. Fuller of 16th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. He was killed at Fredericksburg, Virginia, on December 11, 1862. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress Chaplain Arthur B. Fuller of 16th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment in uniform) - Silsbee, Case & Co., photographic artists, 299-1-2 Washington Street, Boston. Case & Getchell from Dec. 3d, LCCN2016646134.jpg
Chaplain Arthur B. Fuller of 16th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. He was killed at Fredericksburg, Virginia, on December 11, 1862. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

The 16th Massachusetts was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War formed of volunteers from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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Service

The 16th Massachusetts was organized at Camp Cameron [1] [lower-roman 1] in North Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 25, 1861. It mustered into federal service for a three-year enlistment on June 29, 1861 under the command of Colonel Powell Tremlett Wyman.

The 16th Massachusetts mustered out of service on July 27, 1864. Veterans and recruits were transferred to the 11th Massachusetts Infantry.

Affiliations, battle honors, detailed service, and casualties

Organizational affiliation

Attached to:

List of battles

The official list of battles in which the regiment bore a part: [7]

Detailed service

1861 [6]

1862 [6]

  • Garrison duty at Fortress Monroe, Va., September 1, 1862 to May 8, 1862.
  • Occupation of Norfolk May 10.
  • Moved to Suffolk May 17,
  • Joined the Army of the Potomac at Fair Oaks June 13.
  • Nine-Mile Road, near Richmond, June 18.
  • Seven Days before Richmond June 25-July 1.
    • Oak Grove, near Fair Oaks, June 25.
    • White Oak Swamp and Glendale June 30.
    • Malvern Hill July 1 and August 5.
  • Duty at Harrison's Landing until August 15.
  • Movement to Fortress Monroe, then to Centreville August 15–26.
  • Bristoe Station, Kettle Run, August 27.
  • Battles of Groveton August 29,
  • Second Bull Run August 30,
  • Chantilly September 1.
  • Duty at Fort Lyon and at Fairfax Station, defenses of Washington, until October 30,
  • Munson's Hill until November 2.
  • At Fairfax Station until November 25.
  • Operations on Orange & Alexandria Railroad November 10–12.
  • Battle of Fredericksburg, December 12–15.
  • Rappahannock Campaign December 1862 to June 1863.

1863 [6]

  • "Mud March" January 20–24, 1863.
  • At Falmouth until April 27.
  • Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6.
  • Gettysburg Campaign June 11-July 24.
    • Battle of Gettysburg, July 1–3.
  • Wapping Heights, Va, July 23.
  • Bristoe Campaign October 9–22.
  • Advance to the Rappahannock November 7–8.
  • Kelly's Ford November 7.
  • Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2.
    • Payne's Farm November 27.

1864 [6]

  • Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6–7, 1864.
  • Duty near Brandy Station until May 1864.
  • Overland Campaign May–June.
    • Battle of the Wilderness May 5–7,
    • Spotsylvania May 8–12,
    • Spotsylvania Court House May 12–21.
    • Assault on the Salient, Spotsylvania Court House, May 12.
    • Harris' Farm, Fredericksburg Road, May 19.
    • North Anna River May 23–26.
    • Ox Ford May 23–24.
    • On line of the Pamunkey May 26–28.
    • Totopotomoy May 28–31.
    • Cold Harbor June 1–12.
  • Siege of Petersburg
  • Left front for muster out July 11.

Casualties

The regiment lost a total of 245 men during service; 16 officers and 134 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 2 officers and 93 enlisted men died of disease.

Commanders

See also

Footnotes

  1. Camp Cameron was an American Civil War training camp that existed in 1861-1862 in North Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was probably named for Simon Cameron, Lincoln's first secretary of war. [2] Other units that trained here included the 1st, 11th, 26th, and 28th regiments of Massachusetts infantry, and the 1st and 8th batteries of light artillery. [3] It was located near Massachusetts Avenue, and was also known at one point as Camp Day after the family that owned the land. [4] Cameron Avenue and Camp Street are named for the camp, and several nearby streets were named after battles. [5]

Citations

  1. Schouler (1861), p. 42.
  2. Roberts (1988), pp. 396–397.
  3. Browne (2015).
  4. Camp Cameron (2020).
  5. Sullivan (2011).
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Dyer (1908), p. 1253.
  7. Dyer (1908), p. 1253; Higginson (1896), p. 255-268.

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