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Muster In: Organized September 28, 1861.1
Muster Out: Mustered out June 25, 1865.2
Commander(s):
Lieutenant Colonel John W. Raymond
3
Captain Addison Center
4
Commander 3
Commander Image
First Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Second Division | XVIII Corps | Army of the James | Union Army5,6
- Commander:
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons: Enfield Rifles (.58 caliber) (June 30, 1864)7
Second Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Second Division | XVIII Corps | Army of the James | Union Army8,9
- Commander: Captain John W. Raymond (June 30, 1864)10
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons: Enfield Rifles (.58 caliber) (June 30, 1864)11
Third Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Second Division | XVIII Corps | Army of the James | Union12,13
- Commander:
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons:
Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Second Division | XVIII Corps | Army of the James | Union Army17
- Commander:
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons:
Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Second Division | XVIII Corps | Army of the James | Union Army (September 1-4, 1864) (source needed)
- Commander:
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons: Enfield Rifles (.577 caliber) (September 30, 1864)20
- Note: Moved to New Berne, N. C., September 4-10.21
Sixth Offensive Order of Battle:
- No longer present at the Siege of Petersburg.22
Seventh Offensive Order of Battle:
- No longer present at the Siege of Petersburg.23
Eighth Offensive Order of Battle:
- No longer present at the Siege of Petersburg.24
Ninth Offensive Order of Battle:
- No longer present at the Siege of Petersburg.25
Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles26:
- Before Petersburg June 15-18.
- Siege of Petersburg June 15-September 4.
- Mine Explosion July 30 (Reserve).
- Explosion of Confederate mine in front of the Eighteenth Army Corps. August 5.27
- Duty in the trenches at Bermuda Hundred, Va., August 25-September 4.
- Moved to New Berne, N. C., September 4-10.
Bibliography:
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- NP: July 8, 1864 The Bedford Inquirer: 55th PA at Second Petersburg, June 14-21, 1864
- NP: July 23, 1864 Cape Ann Light and Gloucester Telegraph: Co. D, 32nd MA Fourth of July
- NP: July 30, 1864 Cape Ann Light and Gloucester Telegraph: 23rd MA, Mid-July 1864
- NP: August 6, 1864 Cape Ann Light and Gloucester Telegraph: 23rd MA And Shelling Along The Lines
- NP: August 13, 1864 Cape Ann Light and Gloucester Telegraph: 23rd MA and Confederate Countermines
- NP: August 13, 1864 Cape Ann Light and Gloucester Telegraph: 32nd MA, the Crater, and a Feud
- NP: August 20, 1864 Cape Ann Light and Gloucester Telegraph: 23rd MA and the City Point Explosion
- NP: August 27, 1864 Cape Ann Light and Gloucester Telegraph: 23rd MA Feuds with the 32nd MA
- NP: September 3, 1864 Cape Ann Light and Gloucester Telegraph: 23rd MA at the Siege of Petersburg, Late August 1864
- NP: October 3, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: The Left Wing, Poplar Springs Church, September 29
- NP: December 9, 1864 The Bedford Inquirer: 55th PA at Bermuda Hundred, Second Petersburg and Chaffin’s Farm, May-November, 1864
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) ↩
- John W. Raymond image. MOLLUS-Mass Civil War Photograph Collection, Vol. 81, Page 4084. United States Army Heritage and Education Center, Carlisle, PA. ↩
- Addison Center image. MOLLUS-Mass Civil War Photograph Collection, Vol. 81, Page 4085. United States Army Heritage and Education Center, Carlisle, PA. ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), p. 236 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), p. 555 ↩
- Volume 13 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 23rd Massachusetts Entry, Page 85; 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), p. 236 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), p. 555 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), p. 555 ↩
- Volume 13 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 23rd Massachusetts Entry, Page 85; 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), page 266 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 3 (Serial Number 82), page 740 ↩
- “War Correspondence” Cape Ann Light and Gloucester Telegraph. August 6, 1864, p. 1 col. 4 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 3 (Serial Number 82), page 740 ↩
- “War Correspondence” Cape Ann Light and Gloucester Telegraph. August 6, 1864, p. 1 col. 4: Captain Center arrived on July 28 and presumably took command that same day. “Capt. Center arrived here night before last.” ↩
- 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 621: “Organization of the Army of the Potomac…August 31, 1864” ↩
- “Letter from the 23d Mass. Reg’t.” Cape Ann Light and Gloucester Telegraph. August 13, 1864, p. 2 col. 4-5: “Capt. Center and the rest of the officers that were out here with us, came out right side up.” The way “GUARD” wrote this sentence implies Captain Addison Center was in command on August 5, 1864. This is in line with the Official Records, which shows him in command on July 31 just a few days earlier. I am assuming Center was indeed in command on August 5. ↩
- 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 621: “Organization of the Army of the Potomac…August 31, 1864” ↩
- Volume 15 (Ordnance Returns for the Third Quarter, July-September, 1864); 23rd Massachusetts Entry, Page 79; 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. ↩
- 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) ↩
- 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) ↩
- 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) ↩
- “Letter from the 23d Mass. Reg’t.” Cape Ann Light and Gloucester Telegraph. August 13, 1864, p. 2 col. 4-5 ↩