Carte de Visite Civil War Union HQ Colonel Amory 17th Mass Vols Worcester Mass

  
Rare outdoor view of Colonel Amory 17th Mass at his HQ. Photographer is Critcherson Worcester Mass. View is in Beaufort North Carolina where the Regiment was stationed. The 17th Massachusetts was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The 17th Massachusetts was organized at Camp Schouler in Lynnfield, Massachusetts and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on July 22, 1861 under the command of Colonel Thomas J.

The regiment was attached to Dix's Command, Baltimore, Maryland, to March 1862. Foster's 1st Brigade, Burnside's Expeditionary Corps, to April 1862.

1st Brigade, 1st Division, Department of North Carolina, to December 1862. Amory's Brigade, Department of North Carolina, to January 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, XVIII Corps, Department of North Carolina, to July 1863, Defenses of New Bern, North Carolina, Department of Virginia and North Carolina, to July 1864. Sub-District of Beaufort, North Carolina, Department of Virginia and North Carolina, to January 1865. Sub-District of Beaufort, North Carolina, Department of North Carolina, to March 1865.

3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, District of Beaufort, North Carolina, Department of North Carolina, to March 1865. 1st Brigade, Division District of Beaufort, to April 1865.

3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, XXIII Corps, to July 1865. The 17th Massachusetts mustered out of service on July 11, 1865 at Greensboro, North Carolina. Left Massachusetts for Baltimore, Md. Ordered to New Bern, N. March 12, and duty there until December. Reconnaissance toward Trenton May 1516. Trenton and Pollocksville Road May 22 (Company I). Expedition to Trenton and Pollocksville July 2428. Demonstration on New Bern November 11. Foster's Expedition to Goldsboro December 1120. Provost duty at and near New Bern until April 1863. March to relief of Washington, N. Blount's Creek April 9. Expedition to Washington April 1719. Expedition toward Kinston April 27-May 1. Wise's Cross Roads and Dover Road April 28.

Expedition to Thenton July 48. Raid on Weldon July 25-August 1. Duty at New Bern until February 1864. Operations about New Bern against Whiting January 18-February 10, 1864.

Skirmishes at Beech Creek and Batchelor's Creek February 13. Expedition to Washington April 1822. Duty at New Bern and vicinity until July 27, and at Newport Barracks until September 23. Veterans on furlough until November 10.

Duty at Newport Barracks November 20, 1864 to March 4, 1865. Battle of Wyse Fork March 810, 1865. Occupation of Kinston March 15.

Occupation of Goldsboro March 21. Advance on Raleigh April 914. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Duty at Greensboro May 5-July 11. The item "Carte de Visite Civil War Union HQ Colonel Amory 17th Mass Vols Worcester Mass" is in sale since Wednesday, April 8, 2020.

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