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The 28th Massachusetts Infantry regiment was the second primarily Irish American volunteer infantry regiment recruited in Massachusetts for service in the American Civil War. The regiment's motto (or cry ) was Faugh a Ballagh (Clear the Way!)
Units raised in Massachusetts during the American Civil War consisted of 62 regiments of infantry, six regiments of cavalry, 16 batteries of light artillery, four regiments of heavy artillery, two companies of sharpshooters, a handful of unattached battalions and 26 unattached companies. [1]
The 28th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment was well known as the fourth regiment of the famed Irish Brigade, commanded by Brig. Gen. Thomas Francis Meagher. It was the second primarily Irish American volunteer infantry regiment recruited in Massachusetts for service in the American Civil War (the first being the 9th Massachusetts).
The Irish Brigade was an infantry brigade, consisting predominantly of Irish Americans, who served in the Union Army in the American Civil War.The designation of the first regiment in the brigade, the 69th New York Infantry, or the "Fighting 69th," continued in later wars.
27th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry (National Park Service "In their own words: Members of the 27th Mass. Regiment from Springfield recount the horrors of the fateful Cold Harbor charge of June 3, 1864" Masslive (Updated Mar 24, 2019; Posted May 23, 2014) 27th Massachusetts flags in the collections of the Massachusetts State House
"Capture of flag of 19th Virginia Infantry regiment (C.S.A.)." Luigi Palma di Cesnola: Colonel 4th New York Cavalry June 17, 1863 December 6, 1897 "Was present, in arrest, when, seeing his regiment fall back, he rallied his men, accompanied them, without arms, in a second charge, and in recognition of his gallantry was released from arrest.
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The 29th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union army of the United States during the American Civil War.The regiment was organized in December 1861 when three new companies were attached to a battalion of seven Massachusetts companies that had been in active service since May 1861. [1]