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51st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry

51st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
Flag of Massachusetts (1908-1971).svg
Massachusetts state flag
Active September 25, 1862 – July 27, 1863
Country  United States of America
Allegiance Union
Branch Union Army
Type Infantry
Engagements Kinston, Whitehall, Goldsboro (North Carolina)

The 51st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

The Fifty-first Regiment was organized at Worcester September 25 to October 30, 1862, during which time Thomas Wentworth Higginson became a captain in the unit. November 25–30, the unit moved to Boston, and from there to Newberne, North Carolina.

Mustered out July 27, 1863.



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