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28th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
28th Massachusetts Irish Brigade "Tiffany" flag, presented by Brig. Gen. Thomas Francis Meagher.
ActiveDecember 13, 1861 – June 30, 1865
Country28th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment United States of America
AllegianceUnion
BranchUnited States Army
TypeInfantry
Size1,778
Part ofIn 1863: 2nd Brigade (Meagher's), 1st Division (Hancock's), II Corps, Army of the Potomac
Nickname(s)4th Regiment of the Irish Brigade
Motto(s)Faugh a Ballagh! (Clear the Way!)
ColorsGreen
MarchGarryowen
EngagementsBattle of Secessionville
Second Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Chantilly
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Chancellorsville
Battle of Gettysburg
First Battle of Auburn
Battle of Bristoe Station
Battle of the Wilderness
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Battle of Cold Harbor
Siege of Petersburg
Battle of Appomattox Court House
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Col. Richard Byrnes
Insignia
II Corps (1st Division) badge

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!)

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