15th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment

15th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
ActiveJuly 12, 1861 – July 26, 1864
Country United States of America
AllegianceUnion
BranchUnited States Army
TypeInfantry
Size1,701
Part of1st Brigade, 2nd Division (Gibbon's), II Corps, Army of the Potomac
EngagementsBattle of Ball's Bluff
Battle of Malvern Hill
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Fredericksburg
Mud March
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of the Wilderness
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Battle of Cold Harbor
Siege of Petersburg
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Col. Charles Devens
Lt. Col. John W. Kimball
Insignia
II Corps badge (2nd Division)

The 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served from the State of Massachusetts during the American Civil War from 1861 to 1864. A part of the II Corps of the Army of the Potomac, the regiment was engaged in many battles from Ball's Bluff to Petersburg, and suffered the tenth highest fatality rate amongst Federal regiments. The regiment was composed almost entirely of men from Worcester County, and was mustered in on July 12, 1861.