Battles & Casualties
he 28th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was
almost constantly in action during its three and a half years of
service, participating in every major campaign after the Seven Days.
According to Fox's
300 Fighting Regiments, the 28th
was one of 24 volunteer units from Massachusetts that lost 130 or more
killed in battle, and among all Union regiments in the Civil War,
ranked seventh in losses, with 250 of the 1,746 men who served in the
regiment during the war either killed or mortally wounded. The 69th New
York, which served alongside the 28th in the Irish Brigade, ranked
sixth on Fox's list.
In the official records of the Massachusetts
Adjutant General, published in 1867, the 28th is shown as having a
slightly lower number of killed or mortally wounded (231) than that
reported by Fox. A 1931 report, also from the office of the Adjustant
General, further refined the totals:
|
TOTAL
REGIMENTAL LOSSES, 1862-1865*
|
|
Killed & Mortally
Wounded
|
229
|
|
Died of Accident or
Disease
|
84
|
|
Died as Prisoners of War
|
51
|
|
Reported Missing in Action
|
30
|
|
GRAND TOTAL
|
394
|
*SOURCE: 28TH MASSACHUSETTS ROSTER, ADJUTANT
GENERAL'S REPORT, 1931
The total number of wounded in the 28th
Massachusetts over the course of the war was 749. Many
soldiers were wounded more than once, meaning this is a composite sum.
In 360 cases, soldiers were wounded badly enough to either be
discharged from the service or transferred to the Veteran Reserve
Corps.
The table below provides a chronological summary of the regiment's
casualties by battle. See also the list of Burial
Places of 28th
Massachusetts Veterans.
|
1 8
6 2
|
| Engagement |
Date(s)
|
Killed
|
Wounded
|
Captured
|
Missing
|
Total
Casualties
|
| Secessionville |
2/16
|
18
|
47
|
7
|
0
|
73
|
| 2nd Bull Run |
8/30
|
28
|
80
|
6
|
10
|
114
|
| Chantilly |
9/1
|
25
|
59
|
2
|
5
|
91
|
| South Mountain |
9/14
|
0
|
8
|
0
|
0
|
8
|
| Antietam |
9/17
|
18
|
32
|
0
|
1
|
51
|
| Fredericksburg |
12/13
|
32
|
116
|
1
|
11
|
160
|
|
1 8
6 3
|
| Engagement |
Date(s)
|
Killed
|
Wounded
|
Captured
|
Missing
|
Total
Casualties
|
| Chancellorsville |
5/30
|
0
|
15
|
6
|
1
|
22
|
| Gettysburg |
7/1-3
|
14
|
56
|
16
|
7
|
93
|
| Bristow Station |
10/11-17
|
2
|
9
|
11
|
0
|
13
|
| Mine Run |
11/29
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
|
1 8
6 4
|
| Engagement |
Date(s)
|
Killed
|
Wounded
|
Captured
|
Missing
|
Total
Casualties
|
| Wilderness |
5/5-7
|
24
|
81
|
11
|
8
|
124
|
| Po River |
5/9-10
|
3
|
5
|
2
|
1
|
11
|
| Spotsylvania |
5/12, 5/18
|
21
|
74
|
8
|
3
|
106
|
| N. Anna/Cold Harbor |
5/23-6/1
|
1
|
9
|
5
|
0
|
15
|
| Cold Harbor |
6/3
|
14
|
39
|
0
|
0
|
53
|
| Petersburg |
6/16
|
4
|
19
|
1
|
2
|
26
|
| Jerusalem Plank Road |
6/22
|
1
|
8
|
4
|
0
|
13
|
| Deep Bottom |
7/27, 8/14
|
6
|
13
|
0
|
0
|
19
|
| Charles City Crossroad |
8/16
|
0
|
8
|
22
|
1
|
31
|
| Reams' Station |
8/25
|
1
|
7
|
36
|
0
|
44
|
|
1 8
6 5
|
| Engagement |
Date(s)
|
Killed
|
Wounded
|
Captured
|
Missing
|
Total
Casualties
|
| Hatcher's Run |
3/25
|
17
|
53
|
0
|
0
|
70
|
| South Side Railroad |
4/2
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
