The 16th Massachusetts was organized at
Camp Cameron[1][i] in
North Cambridge,
Massachusetts, June 25, 1861. It mustered into federal service for a three-year enlistment on June 29, 1861 under the command of
Colonel Powell Tremlett Wyman.
The 16th Massachusetts mustered out of service on July 27, 1864. Veterans and recruits were transferred to the
11th Massachusetts Infantry.
Affiliations, battle honors, detailed service, and casualties
The regiment lost a total of 245 men during service; 16 officers and 134 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 2 officers and 93 enlisted men died of disease.
Commanders
Colonel Powell Tremlett Wyman - killed in action at the Battle of Glendale
Colonel Thomas R. Tannatt
Lieutenant Colonel Waldo Merriam - commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg until wounded in action on July 2, 1863
Major Gardner Banks - commanded at the Second Battle of Bull Run
Captain Matthew Donovan - commanded the Battle of Gettysburg after Ltc Merriam was wounded
^Camp Cameron was an
American Civil War training camp that existed in 1861-1862 in
North Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was probably named for
Simon Cameron, Lincoln's first secretary of war.[2] Other units that trained here included the 1st, 11th, 26th, and 28th
regiments of Massachusetts infantry, and the 1st and 8th
batteries of light artillery.[3] It was located near Massachusetts Avenue, and was also known at one point as Camp Day after the family that owned the land.[4] Cameron Avenue and Camp Street are named for the camp, and several nearby streets were named after battles.[5]
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth (State Historian (1896). Massachusetts in the Army and Navy During the War of 1861–65(PDF). Vol. I. Boston, MA: Wright and Potter Printing Co, State Printers. pp. 50, 51–55, 75–76, 92, 95, 97, 100, 103–104, 115, 117–119, 122, 124, 137, 139, 224–225, 565, 569.
OCLC1049652105. Retrieved August 8, 2015. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
public domain.
Johnson, Robert Underwood;
Buel, Clarence Clough (1887). Robert Underwood Johnson; Clarence Clough Buel (eds.).
The Tide Shifts. Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Being for the Most Part Contributions by Union and Confederate officers: Based upon "The Century War Series". Vol. III. New York City:
The Century Company. p. 778.
OCLC48764702. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
public domain.
Roberts, Robert B. (1988). Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States. New York: Macmillan. p. 396–397.
ISBN0-02-926880-X.
The 16th Massachusetts was organized at
Camp Cameron[1][i] in
North Cambridge,
Massachusetts, June 25, 1861. It mustered into federal service for a three-year enlistment on June 29, 1861 under the command of
Colonel Powell Tremlett Wyman.
The 16th Massachusetts mustered out of service on July 27, 1864. Veterans and recruits were transferred to the
11th Massachusetts Infantry.
Affiliations, battle honors, detailed service, and casualties
The regiment lost a total of 245 men during service; 16 officers and 134 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 2 officers and 93 enlisted men died of disease.
Commanders
Colonel Powell Tremlett Wyman - killed in action at the Battle of Glendale
Colonel Thomas R. Tannatt
Lieutenant Colonel Waldo Merriam - commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg until wounded in action on July 2, 1863
Major Gardner Banks - commanded at the Second Battle of Bull Run
Captain Matthew Donovan - commanded the Battle of Gettysburg after Ltc Merriam was wounded
^Camp Cameron was an
American Civil War training camp that existed in 1861-1862 in
North Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was probably named for
Simon Cameron, Lincoln's first secretary of war.[2] Other units that trained here included the 1st, 11th, 26th, and 28th
regiments of Massachusetts infantry, and the 1st and 8th
batteries of light artillery.[3] It was located near Massachusetts Avenue, and was also known at one point as Camp Day after the family that owned the land.[4] Cameron Avenue and Camp Street are named for the camp, and several nearby streets were named after battles.[5]
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth (State Historian (1896). Massachusetts in the Army and Navy During the War of 1861–65(PDF). Vol. I. Boston, MA: Wright and Potter Printing Co, State Printers. pp. 50, 51–55, 75–76, 92, 95, 97, 100, 103–104, 115, 117–119, 122, 124, 137, 139, 224–225, 565, 569.
OCLC1049652105. Retrieved August 8, 2015. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
public domain.
Johnson, Robert Underwood;
Buel, Clarence Clough (1887). Robert Underwood Johnson; Clarence Clough Buel (eds.).
The Tide Shifts. Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Being for the Most Part Contributions by Union and Confederate officers: Based upon "The Century War Series". Vol. III. New York City:
The Century Company. p. 778.
OCLC48764702. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
public domain.
Roberts, Robert B. (1988). Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States. New York: Macmillan. p. 396–397.
ISBN0-02-926880-X.