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Muster In: Organized at Springfield and mustered in September 20, 1861.1
Muster Out: Mustered out June 26, 1865.2
Commander(s):
Captain Adin W. Caswell
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Captain Peter S. Bailey
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Lieutenant William McKay
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Commander 4
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First Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Second Division | XVIII Corps | Army of the James | Union Army4,5
- Commander:
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons: Enfield Rifles (.577 caliber) (June 30, 1864)6
Second Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Second Division | XVIII Corps | Army of the James | Union Army7,8
- Commander: Lieutenant William McKay (June 30, 1864)9
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons: Enfield Rifles (.577 caliber) (June 30, 1864)10
Third Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Second Division | XVIII Corps | Army of the James | Union11,12
- Commander: Captain Adin W. Caswell (July 31, 1864)13
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons:
Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Second Division | XVIII Corps | Army of the James | Union Army14
- Commander: Captain Peter S. Bailey (August 31, 1864)15
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons:
Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Second Division | XVIII Corps | Army of the James | Union Army (September 1-17, 1864) (source needed)
- Commander:
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons: Enfield Rifles (.577 caliber) (September 30, 1864)16
- Note: Moved to Carolina City, N. C., September 17-21, and duty there until November 28.17
Sixth Offensive Order of Battle:
- No longer present at the Siege of Petersburg.18
Seventh Offensive Order of Battle:
- No longer present at the Siege of Petersburg.19
Eighth Offensive Order of Battle:
- No longer present at the Siege of Petersburg.20
Ninth Offensive Order of Battle:
- No longer present at the Siege of Petersburg.21
Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles22:
- Before Petersburg June 15-18.
- Siege of Petersburg June 15-August 24.
- Explosion of Confederate mine in front of the Eighteenth Army Corps. August 5.23
- On Bermuda front August 24 to September 17.
- Moved to Carolina City, N. C., September 17-21, and duty there until November 28.
Bibliography:
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- NP: August 13, 1864 Cape Ann Light and Gloucester Telegraph: 23rd MA and Confederate Countermines
- NP: August 18, 1864 Pittsfield (MA) Sun: Extract of a letter from a member of Co. E, 27th Mass. Vols.
- NP: December 9, 1864 The Bedford Inquirer: 55th PA at Bermuda Hundred, Second Petersburg and Chaffin’s Farm, May-November, 1864
Sources:
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- Peter S. Bailey image. MOLLUS-Mass Civil War Photograph Collection, Vol. 131, Page 6721. United States Army Heritage and Education Center, Carlisle, PA. ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), p. 236 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), p. 555 ↩
- Volume 13 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 27th Massachusetts Entry, Page 86; Summary Statements of Quarterly Returns of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores on Hand in Regular and Volunteer Army Organizations, 1862-1867, 1870-1876. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1281, Roll 7); Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1797-1969, Record Group 156; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), p. 236 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), p. 555 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), p. 555 ↩
- Volume 13 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 27th Massachusetts Entry, Page 86; Summary Statements of Quarterly Returns of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores on Hand in Regular and Volunteer Army Organizations, 1862-1867, 1870-1876. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1281, Roll 7); Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1797-1969, Record Group 156; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), page 266 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 3 (Serial Number 82), page 740 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 3 (Serial Number 82), page 740 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 2 (Serial Number 88), page 621: “Organization of the Army of the Potomac…August 31, 1864” ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 2 (Serial Number 88), page 621: “Organization of the Army of the Potomac…August 31, 1864” ↩
- Volume 15 (Ordnance Returns for the Third Quarter, July-September, 1864); 27th Massachusetts Entry, Page 80; Summary Statements of Quarterly Returns of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores on Hand in Regular and Volunteer Army Organizations, 1862-1867, 1870-1876. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1281, Roll 7); Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1797-1969, Record Group 156; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- “Letter from the 23d Mass. Reg’t.” Cape Ann Light and Gloucester Telegraph. August 13, 1864, p. 2 col. 4-5 ↩