This material was received from the Martha G. Wheatland Bequest on March 23, 1931. Additional material was donated by Lawrence Water Jenkins on July 7, 1954.

This series includes three rosters of officers for the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, spanning forty years of recruits. Volume 13 records the officers of the 1st Regiment, the 2nd Regiment, the 3rd Regiment, the 4th Regiment, the Light Infantry, the Battalion Cavalry, and the Battalion Artillery for the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division from 1820 to 1839. Volume 14 records officers of the Company of Cadets, the Company of Light Dragoons, the 5th Regiment, the 6th Regiment, and the 2nd Battalion of Riflemen for the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division. Additionally, Volume 14 includes the officers of the 1st Battalion of Riflemen, the 7th Regiment, the 8th Regiment, and the Light Artillery for the 4th Brigade, 2nd Division from 1850 – 1862. Volume 15 records the officers of the 6th Regiment and the Company of Light Dragoons for the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division. Additionally, Volume 15 records the officers of the 7th Regiment, the 8th Regiment, the Light Artillery, and the Company of Cadets for the 4th Brigade, 2nd Division. There are also invitations to visit the 2nd Brigade encampments.