This article is about a regiment in the American Civil War. For the regiment in the American Revolutionary War, see 2nd Massachusetts Regiment. For the Spanish–American War regiment, see 2nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment (1898).
2nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
Monument dedicated to the 2nd Massachusetts Infantry near Spangler's Spring on the Gettyburg Battlefield
Active
May 25, 1861, to July 26, 1865
Country
United States of America
Allegiance
Union
Branch
Union Army
Type
Infantry
Size
1,687
Part of
In 1863: 3rd Brigade (Ruger's), 1st Division (Williams's), XII Corps, Army of the Potomac
Motto(s)
We carry the flag and keep step to the music of the Union.
Commanders
Notable commanders
Col. George H. Gordon Col. George Leonard Andrews Col. Samuel Miller Quincy Col. William Cogswell Lt. Col. Charles R. Mudge Lt. Col. Charles Fessenden Morse
Insignia
XII Corps badge (First division)
Military unit
Massachusetts U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865
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The 2nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Major George H. Gordon (later Brigadier General), a West Point graduate and veteran of the Mexican–American War, organized the unit's recruitment and formation. The 2nd Massachusetts was trained at Camp Andrew in West Roxbury, Massachusetts on the site of the former Transcendentalist utopian community, Brook Farm. Roughly half the regiment was mustered in on May 18, 1861 and the remainder on May 25, 1861 for a term of three years. The regiment saw extensive combat as part of the Army of the Potomac particularly during the Battle of Antietam and the Battle of Gettysburg.
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