16th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment

16th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
ActiveJune 29, 1861 to July 27, 1864
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
EngagementsSeven Days Battles
Battle of Glendale
Second Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Chancellorsville
Battle of Gettysburg
Bristoe Campaign
Mine Run Campaign
Battle of the Wilderness
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Battle of Harris Farm
Battle of Totopotomoy Creek
Battle of Cold Harbor
Siege of Petersburg
Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road
Commanders
ColonelPowell T. Wyman
ColonelThomas R. Tannatt
Lieutenant ColonelWaldo Merriam
Insignia
III Corps (2nd Division) badge
II Corps (3rd Division) badge
Massachusetts U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865
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Chaplain Arthur B. Fuller of 16th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. He was killed at Fredericksburg, Virginia, on December 11, 1862. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

The 16th Massachusetts was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War formed of volunteers from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.