45th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment

45th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
Field and staff officers, 45th M. V. M.
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Union Army
Type	Infantry
Engagements	American Civil War Battle of Kinston
Commanders
Notable commanders	Charles R. Codman John G. Foster Thomas J.C. Amory

45th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union army during the American Civil War. The regiment trained at Camp Meigs in Readville, Massachusetts before traveling to North Carolina, where they fought in the Battle of Kinston in December 1862, and in skirmishes in and around New Bern, North Carolina in the spring of 1863. They suffered heavy casualties in battle and due to fever. In June they returned to Boston, where they patrolled the streets to quell any draft riots, and were discharged on July 21. They were commanded by Colonel Charles R. Codman (1829-1918).

Image gallery

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  Company A at Readville
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  Kinston Swamp
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  Company A at New Bern
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  Sergeant Theodore Parkman of Co. H, 45th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 1862. He was killed at Whitehall, N.C.

See also

• List of Massachusetts Civil War units
• Battle of New Bern (1862)
• Battle of New Bern (1864)
• Massachusetts in the Civil War

References

• Bowen, James L (1889). Massachusetts in the War 1861–1865. Springfield, MA: Clark W Bryer + Co. OCLC 1986476.
• Dyer, Frederick H (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co. ASIN B01BUFJ76Q.
• Hall, Charles Winslow (1900). Regiments and Armories of Massachusetts. An Historical Narration of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia. With Portraits and Biographies of Officers, Past and Present, etc. Vol. 1. Boston, MA: W.H. Potter & Co. OCLC 559765857.
• Headley, Phineas Camp (1866). Massachusetts in the Rebellion: a Record of the Historical Position of the Commonwealth, and the Services of the Leading Statesmen, the Military, the Colleges, and the People, in the Civil War of 1861-65. Boston, MA: Walker, Fuller & Co. OCLC 8406829.
• Higginson, Thomas Wentworth (State Historian (1896). Massachusetts in the Army and Navy During the War of 1861-65, 8 Volumes. Boston, MA: Wright and Potter Printing Co, State Printers. OCLC 1049652105.
• Nason, George W. (1910). History and Complete Roster of the Massachusetts Regiments, Minute Men of '61. Boston, MA: Smith & McCance. OCLC 57590583.
• Schouler, William (1868). A History of Massachusetts in the Civil War. Boston, MA: E.P. Dutton & Co. ISBN 978-1-58218-001-4. OCLC 2662693.
• Stevens, Jesse F (1931). Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil War, in 8 Volumes. Norwood, MA: Norwood Press. ASIN B000UH94DC.
• War Department, U.S. (1880). The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. OCLC 857196196.

External links

• Acton Memorial Library Civil War Archives: Forty-Fifth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia (Infantry) Nine Months
• NPS, Battle Unit Details: 45th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry (Militia)
• Civil War Index: 45th Massachusetts Infantry in the Civil War
• Accessible Archives: The Cadet Regiment's Band