United States Regiments & Batteries > Massachusetts
The 10th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment lost 10 officers and 124 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 55 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War. It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.
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1861
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| June 21 | Organized at Springfield under the command of Colonel Henry S. Briggs. |
| July 25-28 | Moved to Washington, D.C., and attached to Couch’s Brigade, Division of the Potomac; Duty at Kalorama Heights and Camp Brightwood, Defenses of Washington, D.C. |
| October | Attached to Couch’s Brigade, Buell’s (Keyes’) Division, Army of the Potomac |
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1862
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| March | Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| March 11-15 | March to Prospect Hill, Va. |
| March 25 | Embarked at Alexandria for the Peninsula, Virginia |
| April 5-May 4 | Siege of Yorktown |
| May 31-June 1 |
Battle of Fair Oaks, Seven PinesColonel Briggs was wounded in both thighs. He would not return to the regiment, being promoted to brigadier general while convalescing. |
| June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond |
| June 25 |
Oak Grove, near Seven Pines |
| June 30 |
White Oak Swamp |
| July 1 |
Malvern Hill |
| July 2 – August 16 |
At Harrison’s Landing |
| July 28 | Colonel Briggs was promoted to brigadier general. |
| August 5-6 | Reconnaissance to Turkey Island |
| August 8-11 | Reconnaissance to Haxall’s Landing |
| August 16- September 1 |
Movement to Alexandria |
| August 21 | Henry Eustis, first in his class at West Point (USMA 1842) and a professor of engineering at Harvard, was appointed colonel of the regiment. |
| September | Attached to the 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps |
| September 3-18 | March into Maryland |
| September 18 |
Battle of AntietamCommanded by Colonel Eustis, the regiment was in reserve and suffered no casualties. |
| September 18- October 20 | At Downsville |
| October | Assigned to the 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps |
| October 20- November 18 |
Movement to Stafford C. H. |
| December 5 | To Belle Plains |
| December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
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1863
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| January 20-24 | “Mud March” |
| April 27-May 6 | Chancellorsville Campaign |
| April 29-May 2 | Operations at Franklin’s Crossing |
| May 3 | Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg |
| May 3-4 |
Salem Heights |
| May 4 | Banks’ Ford |
| June 6-7 | Franklin’s Crossing |
| July 2-4 |
Battle of GettysburgThe 10th Massachusetts was commanded at Gettysburg by Lieutenant Colonel Joseph B. Parsons. It marched 35 miles miles in 18 hours under a sweltering July sun to reach the battlefield on July 2nd. They were put in a support position behind the Round Tops, amd shifted north on July 3. The regiment brought 416 men to the field, losing 4 wounded and 5 missing to artillery even though it did not fire a shot. |
| September 12 | Colonel Eustis was promoted to brigadier general. |
| October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
| November 7 |
Rappahannock Station |
| November 26- December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
| December 3 | At Brandy Station |
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1864
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| January | Attached to 4th Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps |
| February 27- March 2 |
Reconnaissance to Madison C. H. |
| May-June | Rapidan Campaign |
| May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
| May 8-21 |
Battle of Spottsylvania Court House |
| May 12 | Assault on the Salient |
| May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
| June 26-28 | Line of the Pamunkey |
| May 28-31 | Totopotomoy |
| June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
| June 17-19 |
First Assault on Petersburg |
| June 19 | Ordered home for muster out |
| July 6 | Mustered out |