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Muster In: December 12, 18611
Muster Out: June 29, 18652
Commander(s):
Captain James Fleming
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Second Brigade | First Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army3
- Commander: Captain James Fleming[?]4
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- Weapons: Enfield Rifles (.577 caliber) (June 30, 1864)5
Second Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | First Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army6
- Commander: Captain James Fleming(at least June 30, 1864)]7,8
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Dyer’s Compendium Info:
Petersburg Campaign Battles14:
- Before Petersburg June 16-19.
- Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865.
- Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23, 1864.
- Demonstration on north side of the James July 27-29.
- Deep Bottom July 27-28.
- Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, August 14-18.
- Ream’s Station August 25.
- Boydton Road, Hatcher’s Run, October 27-28.
- Dabney’s Mills, Hatcher’s Run, February 5-7, 1865.
- Watkin’s House March 25.
- Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9.
- Hatcher’s Run or Boydton Road March 31.
- White Oak Road March 31.
- Sutherland Station and fall of Petersburg April 2.
Bibliography:
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- Number 22. Report of Major James Fleming, Twenty-eighth Massachusetts Infantry, of operations August 13-20
- Number 23. Petersburg Campaign Reports of Captain James Fleming, Twenty-Eight Massachusetts Infantry
- Number 32. Siege of Petersburg Report of Captain Patrick H. Bird, Twenty-eighth Massachusetts Infantry, Second Brigade, of operations March 25
- Number 33. Appomattox Report of Captain Patrick H. Bird, Twenty-eighth Massachusetts Infantry
Links:
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) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), pages 219-220 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), pages 334-335: Fleming reported on this offensive in the Official Records, but was he the commander at the time or was someone else a casualty before he took over the regiment? More research needed. ↩
- Volume 13 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 28th 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), pages 219-220 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), pages 334-335: Fleming reported on this offensive in the Official Records, but was he the commander at the time or was someone else killed before he took over the regiment? More research needed. ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), page 543 ↩
- Volume 13 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 28th 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), pages 334-337 ↩
- 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 335 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 1 (Serial Number 87), pages 264-265 ↩
- 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 612 ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
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