The 32nd lost 5 officers and 139 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 officers and 143 enlisted men to disease, a total of 289. The monument is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.
November 25, 1861 |
Organized as a Battalion of 6 Companies for garrison duty at Fort Warren, Boston Harbor |
May 26-28 |
Moved to Washington, D.C.. At Capital Hill, Defenses of Washington, attached to Military district of Washington |
June 25-July 3, 1862 |
Moved to Harrison's Landing, Va |
July |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
July 23 |
1 Co. Join at Harrison's Landing |
August 15-28 |
Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Centreville |
August 28 -
September 2 |
Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia |
August 30 |
Battle of Bull Run |
September |
2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps |
September 4 |
3 Cos. join at Minor's Hill, Va. |
September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam |
September 19 |
Blackford's Ford, then at Sharpsburg, Md. |
October 16-17 |
Reconnaissance to Smithfield, W. Va. |
October 30 -
November 19 |
Movement to Falmouth |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. |
December 29-30 |
Expedition to Richards' and Ellis Fords |
January 20-24, 1863 |
"Mud March", then return to Falmouth |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
June 11-July 24 |
Gettysburg Campaign
The regiment was commanded by Colonel George Lincoln Prescott. Form the monument: "Here the 32nd Massachusetts Infy. 2nd Brig. 1st. Div. 5th A.C. withstood an attack of the enemy about 5 o'clock p.m. July 2, 1863. Withdrawn from here, it fought again in the Wheatfield. Lost in both actions killed and wounded 79 out of 227 officers and men." |
July 1-4 |
Battle of Gettysburg |
July 5-24 |
Pursuit of Lee |
July 25 |
At Warrenton and Beverly Ford |
September 17 |
At Culpeper |
October 11-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 26-
December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
December 3 |
At Bealeton, Va. |
May-June |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James |
May 5-7 |
Battles of the Wilderness |
May 8 |
Laurel Hill |
May 8-12 |
Spottsylvania |
May 12-21 |
Spottsylvania Court House |
May 12 |
Assault on the Salient |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
May 23 |
Jericho Mills |
May 26-28 |
On line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
June 1-3 |
Bethesda Church |
June 16-18 |
Before Petersburg |
June 16 |
Siege of Petersburg begins |
July 30 |
Mine Explosion, Petersburg (Reserve) |
August 18-21 |
Six-Mile House, Weldon Railroad |
September 29 -
October 2 |
Poplar Springs Church |
October 27-28 |
Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run |
December 7-12 |
Expedition to Weldon Railroad |
February 5-7, 1865 |
Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
March 29 |
Lewis Farm, near Gravelly Run |
March 31 |
White Oak Road |
April 1 |
Five Forks |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army. |
May 1-12 |
March to Washington, D.C. |
May 23 |
Grand Review, then duty at Washington |
June 29 |
Mustered out |
July 11, 1865 |
Discharged |
