Subjects include:

Thomas Foulds ELLSWORTH, WIA at Gettysburg, by Graham, Mexico, MO. -- Robert Morris COPELAND, by A. Sonrel, Boston, MA. -- Francis H. TUCKER, by Black & Batchelder, Boston, MA. -- James SAVAGE Jr. (2), DOW sustained at Cedar Mountain, by A. Sonrel, Boston, MA and J. W. Black, Boston, MA. -- Henry Bruce SCOTT, by Marshall & Co., Boston, MA. -- J. Ingersoll GRAFTON, WIA at Chancellorsville, by J.W. Black, Boston, MA. -- Samuel M. QUINCY, WIA at Cedar Mountain, by J.W. Black, Boston, MA. -- William COGSWELL (2), WIA at Chancellorsville, each by J. W. Black, Boston, MA. -- Anson D. SAWYER, by A. Sonrel, Boston, MA. -- William A. MILES, by Meade Brothers, New York, NY. -- Charles WHEATON, Jr., uncredited. -- Amos P. BURNHAM, WIA at Cedar Mountain and Chancellorsville, by J. W. Moulton, Salem, MA. -- Daniel OAKEY, WIA at Cedar Mountain, by Whipple, Boston, MA. -- Richard C. GOODWIN, KIA at Cedar Mountain, by Whipple, Boston, MA. -- Marcus Morton HAWES, by Whipple, Boston, MA. -- Gerald FITZGERALD, KIA at Chancellorsville, by Philp & Solomons, Washington, DC. -- Together, 18 CDVs.

The 2nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment was mustered in for 3 years' service on 25 May 1861. The regiment most notably saw action at Winchester, Cedar Mountain, and Antietam in 1862, and Chancellorsville and Gettysburg in 1863, among other engagements large and small. The regiment also took part in aiding the suppression of draft riots taking place in New York City in the late summer of 1863.