History of the 25th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
1865
25th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
At the close of February preparations were being made for the moving of the Twenty-third Corps from Newbern to Goldsboro to connect with the advance of General Sherman's army. On March 3 they left for Kinston, the Twenty-fifth were part of General S. P. Carter's division. On the 10th the regiment was posted near Wise's Forks where the Confederate General Bragg attacked, scattering and capturing Palmer's Division, but being repeatedly beaten back by Carter's Division. This was the Twenty-fifth's last battle in which it maintained its reputation by suffering the loss of only 5 wounded.
Five days later it entered Kinston, stopping there for a week. They then marched rapidly to Goldsboro, reaching it the next day, where the brigade, under the command of Colonel James Stewart Jr. of the Ninth New Jersey, were the first to join Sherman's army. On April 3, the regiment returned as far as Mosely Hall, where it became part of General Ruger's First Division, Twenty-third Corps. On the 9th it marched 27 miles to Goldsboro, then Raleigh, camping there until May 3. They went to Charlotte by rail on the 12th and remained in what was their final camp for two months. On July 13 they were ordered to Massachusetts for muster out. They arrived at Readville on the 21st and the command was dissolved on the 28th.
Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 154 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 169 Enlisted men by disease. Total 330.