57th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
The 57th lost 10 officers and 191 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 86 enlisted men by disease, a total of 287.
Timeline of the 57th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
April 6, 1864 |
Organized at Worcester and Reedville and mustered in |
April 18-20 |
Moved to Annapolis, Md., then to Washington and Alexandria and attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
May 3-June 15 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James |
May 5-7 |
Battles of the Wilderness |
May 8-12 |
Spottsylvania |
May 10 |
Ny River |
May 12-21 |
Spottsylvania Court House |
May 12 |
Assault on the Salient |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
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 |
August 18-21 |
Weldon Railroad |
September |
3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps |
September 29-
October 2 |
Poplar Springs Church or Peeble's Farm |
October 8 |
Reconnaissance on Vaughan and Squirrel Level Roads |
October 27-28 |
Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run |
March 25, 1865 |
Fort Stedman |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
April 2 |
Assault on and fall of Petersburg |
April 3 |
Occupation of Petersburg |
April 4-9 |
Pursuit of Lee |
April 20-28 |
Moved to City Point, then to Alexandria and duty there |
May 23 |
Grand Review |
July 30, 1865 |
Mustered out |
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