at the Battle of Cold Harbor. He died nine days later. At Fredericksburg, the regiment was put in the middle of the Irish Brigade and led the charge, as they were the only regiment of the brigade that had the distinctive green flag, and since their commander wanted to make it clear to the confederates that they were facing the Irish Brigade, the 28th was planted in the middle. Stage actor Lawrence Barrett served as captain of the regiment's Company B, but served for less than a year, resigning in August 1862. Father Lawrence Stephen McMahon was a curate at Holy Cross Church, Boston and served as chaplain from 1863 to 1865. He later became Bishop of the Diocese of Hartford. Casualties and mustering out Among all Union regiments, the 28th Massachusetts ranked seventh in total losses. Roughly one-quarter of the 1,746 men who served in the unit were killed, died of wounds or disease, taken prisoner, or reported missing. The surviving veterans of the regiment marched in Washington, D.C., during the Grand Review of the Armies that celebrated the war's conclusion, then traveled home to Massachusetts, where they were paid and discharged from the service at Readville in June 1865. See also List of Massachusetts Civil War units Massachusetts in the American Civil War Notes References External links 28th Massachusetts Regimental History Recreated 28th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, a New England-based living history organization and reenactment unit. Recreated 28th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Co. B, a Washington, D.C.-based living history organization and reenactment unit. Cambridge, Massachusetts Units and formations of the Union Army from Massachusetts 028 Irish Brigade (U.S.) Military units and formations established in 1861 Military units and formations disestablished in 1865