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Muster In: Organized at Camp Olden. Trenton, N.J., September 13 to October 15, 1861.1
Muster Out: Mustered out at Greensboro, N. C., July 12, 1865.2
Commander(s):
Captain Thomas Burnett
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Captain Augustus Thompson
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Commander 3
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First Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Second Division | XVIII Corps | Army of the James | Union Army3,4
- Commander:
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons: Springfield Rifles (.58 caliber) (June 30, 1864)5
Second Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Second Division | XVIII Corps | Army of the James | Union Army6,7
- Commander: Captain Thomas Burnett (June 30, 1864)8
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons: Springfield Rifles (.58 caliber) (June 30, 1864)9
Third Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Second Division | XVIII Corps | Army of the James | Union10,11
- Commander: Captain Augustus Thompson (July 31, 1864)12
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons:
Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Second Division | XVIII Corps | Army of the James | Union Army13
- Commander: Captain Augustus Thompson (August 31, 1864)14
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons:
Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Second Division | XVIII Corps | Army of the James | Union Army (September 1-17, 1864) (source needed)
- Commander:
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons: Springfield Rifles (.58 caliber) (September 30, 1864)15
- Note: Embarked for North Carolina September 17, arriving at Morehead City and Carolina City September 21, and duty there until December 5.16
Sixth Offensive Order of Battle:
- No longer present at the Siege of Petersburg.17
Seventh Offensive Order of Battle:
- No longer present at the Siege of Petersburg.18
Eighth Offensive Order of Battle:
- No longer present at the Siege of Petersburg.19
Ninth Offensive Order of Battle:
- No longer present at the Siege of Petersburg.20
Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles21:
- Before Petersburg June 15-18.
- Siege of Petersburg June 16-September 17.
- Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30 (Reserve).
- Explosion of Confederate mine in front of the Eighteenth Army Corps. August 5.22
- Embarked for North Carolina September 17, arriving at Morehead City and Carolina City September 21, and duty there until December 5.
Bibliography:
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- NP: August 13, 1864 Cape Ann Light and Gloucester Telegraph: 23rd MA and Confederate Countermines
- 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) ↩
- 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); 9th New Jersey Entry, Page 108; 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); 9th New Jersey Entry, Page 108; 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 ↩
- 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 ↩
- 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” ↩
- 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); 9th New Jersey Entry, Page 103; 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 ↩