51st Massachusetts Infantry Regiment

51st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
ActiveSeptember 25, 1862 – July 27, 1863
Country United States of America
AllegianceUnion
BranchUnion Army
TypeInfantry
EngagementsAmerican Civil War
Commanders
ColonelAugustus B. R. Sprague

The 51st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was a regiment of infantry that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was assigned to Major General John G. Foster's Department of North Carolina, later designated as the XVIII Corps. While based in New Bern, North Carolina, the 51st Massachusetts took part in several expeditions involving numerous units from Foster's command and were engaged in the Battle of Kinston, the Battle of White Hall and the Battle of Goldsborough Bridge, among other engagements.