ENLISTED MEN OF THE 2ND MASSCHUSETTS INFANTRY

Enlisted after May, 1861.
"Second Term" recruit (1864). Place-name in italics indicates the town receiving credit for the enlistment.
ABBREVIATIONS:
Co.=company / d.=died / DFD=discharged for disability / k.=killed / MO=mustered out / POW=prisoner / ret.=returned to duty / w.=wounded

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BOCHMER, Frederick
Co. A; AGE: 23; Place of Birth (Residence): Germany/NY/Chelsea; Occupation: Druggist; Record of enlistment if later than May, 61: 10 My 64; Record of Duty: POW in N. Carolina; nfr

BOHONAN, Carlos E.
Co. G; 35; Washington, VT (Boston); Hack-driver; 10 O 62; Corp. (1 O 63); w. in hand at Resaca, GA (15 My 64); MO 28 My 64

BOHRDT, Albert
Co. A; 19; Germany/Boston/Holyoke; Shopkeeper; 27 Je 64; clerk at Brig. HQ at Washington DC; MO Jl 65

BOHS, Bernhard
Co. D; 22; Germany/Boston/Chelsea; Painter; 6 Jl 64; transf. to Co K; sick in hospital (6 S 64-26 Jl 65) when MO

BONNEY, Wallace
Co. I; 23; Boston, MA (Boston); Painter; w. in breast near Woodstock, VA (1 Ap 62); DFD 15 Ap 63

BOOTH, Alvin O.
Co. D; 24; Alstead, NH (Ashby or Fitchburg?); Sawyer; regimental wagoner (1 Jl 61); MO Jl 65

BORRIS, Thomas
Co. B; 25; Ireland/Boston/Dorchester; Laborer; 14 My 64; in penitentiary in Nashville, TN when MO Jl 65

BORTCHY, George
Co. K; 39; Feichvaugen, Bav. (Boston); Coachmaker; 25 My 61; w. in arm at Cedar Mt. (9 Ag 62); k. at Chancellorsville (3 My 63)

BOSS, Charles
Co. H; 22; Albany, NY (Lowell); Laborer; 22 O 61; deserted 26 My 62

BOSSMORE, Horace
Co. I; 24; Danville, ME (East Bridgewater); Farmer; Sgt. (20 My 61-11 Ag 61); w. in groin near Newtown, VA (24 M7 62) & d. 1 Je 62

BOSTON, Edward
Co. G; 22; Fairfield, ME (So Boston); Carpenter; detailed as company cook (6 Ag 61); MO 28 My 64

BOSTON, George H.
Co. D; 20; Littleton, MA (Winchendon); Farmer; deserted (19 My 63)

BOSWORTH, Orin W.
Co. G; 25; Plymouth, MA (Plymouth); Mason; 14 Ag 62; w. at Chancellorsville (3 My 63) & transf. to Invalid Corps 31 O 63

BOWLER, Jeremiah
Co. G; 21; Ireland/Winchester/Pembroke; Currier; 5 My 64; Corp. (27 D 64-25 Je 65); MO 65

BOWLEY, Leander G.
Co. B; 18; [?], ME (Chelmsford); Farmer; Corp. (4 O 63); Sgt. (15 F 63); w. im arm/side at Gettysburg (3 Jl 63); ret. to duty 16 D 63; 1st Sgt. (1 Jl 64); app't. 2Lt. (3 Jl 65) but not mustered in; MO Jl 65

BOWMAN, James A.
Co. A; 25; Tyrone, Ire. (Lowell); Painter; 6 Ag 62; w. in leg at Gettysburg (3 Jl 63); MO 28 My 64

BOWMAN, William
Co. A; 23; Tyrone, Ire. (Lowell); Moulder; MO 28 My 64

BOYD, Alexander
Co. E; 48; Carrickfergus, Ire. (Medway); Sailor; 21 Jl 62; w. in foot in front of Atlanta; MO 20 Jl 65

BRACE, Charles E.
Co. K; Stockbridge, MA (Stockbridge); Farmer; Wagoner (1 Jl 61-17 D 61); Corp. (15 Ap 62); Sgt. (1 Mr 63-1 Je 63); w. in groin at Chancellorsville (3 My 63) & transf. to Invalid Corps (18 Jl 63)

BRADISH, Addison S.
Co. I; 22; Winchendon, MA (Royalston); Farmer; 18 My 61; w. in leg near Newtown, VA (24 My 62); DFD 25 Jl 62

BRADLEY, Patrick Co. E; 24; Boston, MA (Milford); Bootmaker; DFD 2 D 61

BRADY, James
Co. D; 21; [?]/Montreal, CE/Beverly; Carpenter; 12 Jl 64; MO Jl 65

BRADY, James
Co. K; 20; Ireland/Brooklyn, NY/Northampton; Laborer; 6 Je 64; deserted 2 Jl 64

BRADY, Mathias P.
Co. I; 38; Dublin, Ire. (Boston); Stone-cutter; DFD 15 F 62

BRADY, Thomas
Co. F; 21; Newark, NJ/Boston/Attleboro; Laborer; 1 Ju 64; deserted 11 Ag 64

BRANDT, Ernest
Co. I; 21; [?]/Boston/Fitchburg; Mechanic; 13 Ja 64; acknowledged in report My 65 but nfr

BREDSHTA, William
Co. K; 26; Switzerland/France/Kingston; Shoemaker; 6 Je 64; MO Jl 65

BREEN, Owen
Co. B; 25; Tyrone, Ire. (Lowell); Farmer; w. in foot at Cedar Mt. (9 Ag 62); ret. to duty 11 O 62; deserted 24 Ag 63

BRIGGS, Franklin W.
Co. A; 29 Sumner, ME (Lowell); Carder; 7 Ag 62: w. in shoulder at Gettysburg (3 Jl 63); transf. to Invalid Corps

BRIGGS, John
Co. A; 37; Sumner, ME (Lowell); Spinner; 7 Ag 62; w. in knee at Gettysburg (3 Jl 63) & d. 8 Ag 63

BRIGHT, Henry
Co. A; 27; Surrey, Eng. (Lowell); Weaver; k. at Cedar Mt. (9 Ag 62)

BROOKINGS, Charles S.
Co. K; 23; [?]/Winchester/Winchester; Painter; 5 F 64; MO Jl 65

BROOKINGS, Samuel H.
Co. G; 18; Boston, MA (Winchester); Painter; 25 Jl 62: DFD 31 O 62

BROOKS, Albert E.
Co. D; 24; [?], MA (Westminster); Mechanic; drowned in Charles River, MA 2 Je 61

BROOKS, George
Co. B; 26; Gardner, MA (Gardner); Laborer; Corp. (14 Ag 61); absent in hospital when MO 28 My 64

BROOKS, Joel J.
Co. F, 23; Gardner, MA (Gardner); Chairmaker; Corp. (My 61); Sgt. (25 S 62); w. in hand at Antietam (17 S 62); POW at Gettysburg (3 Jl 63); MO 28 My 64

BROWN, Aaron
Co. E; 30; Milford, MA (Medway); Farmer; 28 Jl 62; DFD 4 Mr 63

BROWN, Daniel W.
Co. A; 21; Hebron, CT (Lowell); Weaver; detach. to Div. ambulance corps (16 ) 62); MO 28 My 64

BROWN, David B.
Co. I; 32; Edinburgh, Scot. (Boston); Japanner; Corp. (15 My 61-Jl 61); w. in side & POW at Cedar Mt. (9 Ag 62); ret. 26 O 62; w. in abdomen at Gettysburg (3 Jl 63) & d. 21 Jl 63

BROWN, Edwin (Edward?)
Co. F; 20; Germany/Philadelphia, PA/Rutland; Sailor; 15 Ja 64; nfr

BROWN, Francis W.
Co. F; 26; Boston, MA (Hamilton); Farmer; detach. to Div. ammunition train (My 62); MO 28 My 64

BROWN, Frederick H.
Co C; 18; Lowell, MA; Farmer (Lowell); 18 Je 61; missing & presumed k. at Cedar Mt. (9 Ag 62)

BROWN, George H.
Co. A; 20; Lowell, MA (Lowell); Teamster; regimental wagoner; MO 28 My 64

BROWN, George H. A.
Co. C; 28; Exeter, NH (Lynn); Shoemaker; 28 Jl 62; d. of pneumonia (3 F 63)

BROWN, Henry W.
Co. E; 29; Medway, MA (Medway); Physician; DFD 7 Jl 61

BROWN, James
Co. E; 23; [?]/Lowell/Lowell; Tailor; 16 Jl 64; deserted 25 Je 65

BROWN, John
Co. H; 22; Sligo, Ire. (N. Bridgewater); Shoemaker; w. in hand at Chancellorsville (3 My 63); MO 28 My 64

BROWN, John
Co. E; 25; [?]/Boston/Swampscott; Seaman; 25 Je 64; MO Jl 65

BROWN, John F.
Co. C; 25; Salem, MA (Lynn); Shoemaker; 28 Jl 62; w. in left arm at Gettysburg (3 Jl 63); DFD 7 O 63

BROWN, Lebricht
Co. B; 22; [?]/NY/Douglas; Soldier; 14 Jl 64; MO Jl 65

BROWN, Lewis
Co. K; 19; Jefferson [?] (So. Malden), Seaman; detach. as Company cook (23 Je 61); DFD 20 Ag 61

BROWN, Thomas
Co. H; 21; Marblehead, MA (Marblehead); Shoemaker; k. at Antietam (17 S 62)

BROWNING, Daniel H. C.
Co. I; 27; Warwick, RI/Warwick/Holyoke; Woolster; 27 Je 64; discharged by order of the War Dept.. 30 My 65

BROWNING, George F. see Officers.

BRUCE, George A.
Co. D; 30; Fitchburg, MA (Fitchburg or Winchendon?); House painter; Corp. (1 My 61--11 My 63); ret. from long absence; Corp. (1 Jl 64--13 N 64 & 1 Ja 65--28 Je 65); MO Jl 65

BRUNS, Wilhelm
Co. B; 22; Germany/Boston/Plymouth; Clerk; 1 Ag 64; POW (27 N 64-27 Ap 65); MO Jl 65

BRYAN, Henry
Co. A; 26; Germany/Boston/Shrewsbury; Soldier; 29 Jl 64; MO 26 Jl 65

BRYANT, Andrew A.
Co. F; 21; Athol, MA/Phillipston/Phillipston; Mechanic; 15 F 64; MO Jl 65

BRYANT, Cyrus W.
Co. F; 28; Orange, MA (Phillipston); Shoemaker; POW (8 Je 64); absent in hospital when MO 18 Jl 65

BUCHER, Siegfried
Co. D; 24; Switzerland/Switzerland/Harwich; Farmer; 20 Jl 64; MO Jl 65

BUCKLEY, John Co. E; 20; Cork, Ire. (Ware); Weaver; w. & prisoner at Winchester (25 My 62); d. of chronic diarrhoea (16 O 62) in Richmond, VA

BULLARD, William T.
Co. A; 37; Oxford, MA (Framingham); Shoemaker; 18 Ag 62; k. at Gettysburg (3 Jl 63)

BULLEN, Edmund M.
Co. E; 28; Medway, MA (Medway); Painter; POW at Winchester (25 My 62); ret. D 62; w. in chest at Chancellorsville (3 My 62); in hospital when MO 28 My 64

BULLENS, Frank M.
Co. A; 19; Lowell, MA (Lowell); Machinist; 11 My 61; DFD 25 O 62

BUMPUS, Ephraim
Co C; 26; Mercer, ME (Lowell); Weaver; 7 O 61; d. of typhoid fever (30 D 61)

BUNNING, John F.
Co. K; 23; Holstein, Ger. (Boston); Mason; k. at Chancellorsville (3 My 63)

BURBANK, Nathan
Co. C; 18; Salem, MA (Salem); Waiter; company musician (Ap 62--1 D 62); deserted Je 63

BURDETT, Charles
Co. H; 21; North Reading, MA (N. Reading); Shoemaker; Corp. (21 N 62); w. in leg at Gettysburg (3 Jl 63) & d. 8 Jl 63

BURGEN, John
Co. H; 43; France/Rowe/Salisbury; Glass-cutter; 9 Je 64; w. in arm near Atlanta, GA (14 Ag 64); in hospital when MO 65

BURGHARDT, John H.
Co. K; 20; Stockbridge, MA (Stockbridge); Machinist; detach. as Reg. armorer (16 Je 61); detached as Brig. armorer (6 Ag 62); as Div. armorer (21 My 63); MO 28 My 64

BURKE, James
Co. H; 21; Cork, Ire. (Abington); Shoemaker; w. in shoulder at Cedar Mt. (9 Ag 62); ret. 6 O 62; k. at Chancellorsville (3 My 63)

BURKE, Thomas
Co. H; 20; Boston, MA (Marblehead); Shoemaker; w. in arm at Antietam (17 S 62); ret. 10 D 62; MO 28 My 64

BURNHAM, Amos P.
Co. C; 19; Danvers, MA (Wenham); Shoemaker; Corp. (4 S 63); taken prisoner at Cedar Mt. (9 Ag 62); returned 22 O 62; w. in ankle at Chancellorsville (3 My 63); ret. 14 S 63; MO Jl 65

BURNHAM, George H.
Co. G; 18; West Cambridge, MA (Winchester); Butcher; detached as hospital steward in Baltimore & absent when MO 28 My 64

BURNHAM, Mellen P.
Co. G; 21; Gilead, ME (Winchester); Machinist; 21 Jl 62; w. in thigh at Gettysburg (3 Jl 63); transf. to Invalid Corps 1 Jl 64

BURNHAM, Rufus
Co. F; 33; Essex, MA (Essex); Carpenter; DFD 25 F 63

BURNS, Andrew J.
Co. G; 23; Boston, MA (Boston); Sailor; Sgt. (My 61-6 F 62); detached to gunboats (18 F 62) & deserted on the way

BURNS, John
Co. A; 19; Sandford, Eng. (Lowell); Machinist; w. in head near Newtown, VA (24 My 62); w. in shoulder at Gettysburg (3 Jl 63); DFD 27 O 63

BURRILL, Blenard
Co. F; 22; Saugus, MA (Lynn); Shoemaker; det. as Company cook (28 O 62-27 Ap 63); MO 28 My 64

BURRILL, David
Co. H; 33; [?], MA (Stoughton); Shoemaker; wagoner (Jl 61-S 61); Company cook (s 61-20 Ap 63); absent in hospital when MO 28 My 64

BURTON, Abraham
Co. B; 36; [?]/Boston/Roxbury; Joiner; 1 N 64; MO Jl 65

BUSHNELL, Eugene C.
Co. F; 23; Norwich, CT (Templeton); Musician; Company musician (My 61); DFD (15 Ag 61)

BUTLAND, Edward
Co. B; 20, Kennebunk, ME (Kennebunk); Ship-carpenter; POW at Winchester (25 My 62); ret. 13 D 62; w. in side at Chancellorsville (3 My 63); ret. 16 D 63; MO 28 My 64

BUTLER, Aaron
Co. I; 43; Shapleigh, ME (Woburn); Carpenter; POW during North Carolina campaign; absent in hospital when MO 65

BUTLER, Alonzo
Co. F; 21; Ipswitch, MA (Ipswitch); Sailor; POW at Winchester (25 My 62); ret. 9 Ap 63; MO 28 My 64

BUTLER, Henry C.
Co. B; 20; Boston, MA/Boston/Winchendon; Laborer; 31 My 64; deserted 18 Ag 64

BUTLER, James
Co. E; 21; Whitehall, NY/Whitehall/New Braintree; Laborer; 7 My 64; Corp. (10 S 64); absent in hospital when MO Jl 65

BUTTERFIELD, Dexter
Co. H; 19; Farmer; Dunstable, MA (Dunstable); 15 O 61; transf. to Company A (21 D 61); Corp. (1 O 63); Sgt. (1 Jl 64); MO 14 O 64

BUTTERS, Theodore S.
Co. I; 19; Wilmington, MA (Wilmington); Farmer; Corp. (24 Mr 61); w. in leg at Gettysburg (3 Jl 63) & d. 30 Jl 63

BUXTON, Frank W.
Co. A; 26; Londonderry; Commercial agent; w. in foot at Cedar Mt. (9 Ag 62); DFD 21 N 62

BUXTON, George W.
Co. A; 28; Nelson, NH (Lowell); Truckman; Corp. (10 D 61); w. in both ankles at Cedar Mt. (9 Ag 62) & d. (? 62)

BYRON, Francis
Co. C; 19; Oxford, ME (Gloucester); Farmer; 20 Ag 62; DFD 15 F 64

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