Massachusetts 15th Regiment

GPTKB entity

Properties (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military unit
gptkbp:activeYears 1861-1865
gptkbp:allegiance gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:awards Medal of Honor recipients
gptkbp:branch Infantry
gptkbp:campaigns gptkb:Eastern_Theater_of_the_Civil_War
gptkbp:casualties Over 200 killed in action
gptkbp:commander Colonel_Edward_W._Hinks
gptkbp:commissioningDate July 1861
gptkbp:deathPlace National Cemetery
gptkbp:decommissioningDate August 1865
gptkbp:defeated nan
gptkbp:disbanded August 1861
July 1865
gptkbp:engagements gptkb:Battle_of_Gettysburg
gptkb:Siege_of_Petersburg
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Chancellorsville
Battle of Fredericksburg
gptkbp:finalScore 300 men
gptkbp:firstAwarded 1,000 men
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Boston,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Massachusetts_Historical_Society
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Fought_in_key_Civil_War_battles
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Massachusetts 15th Regiment
gptkbp:legacy Memorials_in_Massachusetts
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:Grand_Army_of_the_Republic
3 years
gptkbp:navalFleet Blue flag with a white star
gptkbp:nickname The 'Fifteenth' Regiment
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:Lieutenant_Colonel_William_H._Seward
Major_General_William_F._Smith
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_the_Crater
gptkb:Battle_of_Petersburg
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Wilderness
Battle of Appomattox Court House
Battle of Cold Harbor
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Battle of Fort Wagner
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Union_Army
gptkbp:recruitment gptkb:Massachusetts
Predominantly_Irish_and_German_immigrants
gptkbp:reform 1864
gptkbp:services Participated in over 30 battles
gptkbp:size approximately 1,000 soldiers
gptkbp:state gptkb:Massachusetts
gptkbp:type Volunteer_Infantry_Regiment
gptkbp:unitHistory Part_of_the_2nd_Brigade,_1st_Division,_VI_Corps