15th MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY REGIMENT WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Plaques On Stone
Year Dedicated: 1900
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: CRAIG SWAIN
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
HERE SEPTEMBER 17, 1862, THE FIFTEENTH REGIMENT, MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS, WITH FIRST COMPANY ANDREW SHARPSHOOTERS, ATTACKED. 606 MEN OF ALL RANKS, MET AND ENGAGED TROOPS OF THE BRIGADES OF SEMMES, EARLY AND BARKSDALE. WITHIN TWENTY MINUTES 330 HAD FALLEN 75 KILLED AND 225 WOUNDED, 43 DYING OF WOUNDS.
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