United States Regiments & Batteries > Massachusetts
One of the first four Regiments to respond to the call after the start of hostilities. It lost 4 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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1861
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| April 16 | Gathered at Boston for 90 days service under Colonel Timothy Munroe, Lieutenant Colonel Edward W. Hincks and Major Andrew Elwell |
| April 18 | Left State for Washington |
| April 20-21 | Moved from Philadelphia to Annapolis, Md., via Perryville |
| April 24-26 | March to Washington, D.C. and duty there |
| May 15 | Colonel Munroe resigned due to physical debility. Lieutenant Colonel Edward W. Hincks was promoted to colonel and Major Elwell to lieutenant colonel. |
| May 15 | At Relay House |
| July 29-30 | Moved to Boston |
| August 1 | Mustered out under Colonel Hincks |
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1864
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| July 13 to 26 | Organized at Readville for 100 days service |
| July 20 | Left State for Baltimore, Md.; Attached to 3rd Separate Brigade, 8th Army Corps, Middle Department and service at Camp at Mankin’s Woods |
| August 12 – October 28 |
Draft Rendezvous for Maryland and Delaware
Company B on duty at hospitals; Companies C, F and I guard Northern Central Railroad. |
| August 15 – September 25 |
Headquarters at Cockeyville, Md., then at Camp Bradford |
| October 28 | Moved to Massachusetts |
| November 10 | Mustered out |