Scope and Contents From the Series: This material was donated by Charles Nutt on October 29, 1917. The 14th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was organized at Fort Warren in Boston, Massachusetts and mustered into service on July 5, 1861. The regiment performed garrison duty in defense of Washington, D. C. until 1862. On January 1, 1862, the designation of the regiment was changed by order of the War Department to the 1st Massachusetts Heavy...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This material was donated by Mrs. A. R. Melody on December 21, 1934. The 40th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry organized in Lynnfield, Massachusetts in August, 1862. Company D was commanded by Captain Henry F. Danforth of Salem, Massachusetts. The company was mustered out of service on June 16, 1865. John Pollock (1840-1920) of Salem enlisted as a sergeant in the 5th Regiment...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This material was donated by Mrs. A. R. Melody on December 21, 1934. The 40th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry organized in Lynnfield, Massachusetts in August, 1862. Company D was commanded by Captain Henry F. Danforth of Salem, Massachusetts. The company was mustered out of service on June 16, 1865. John Pollock (1840-1920) of Salem enlisted as a sergeant in the 5th Regiment...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This material was donated by Mrs. A. R. Melody on December 21, 1934. The 40th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry organized in Lynnfield, Massachusetts in August, 1862. Company D was commanded by Captain Henry F. Danforth of Salem, Massachusetts. The company was mustered out of service on June 16, 1865. John Pollock (1840-1920) of Salem enlisted as a sergeant in the 5th Regiment...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The 35th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was organized under the call of July 1862 and was composed partially of companies recruited from towns in Eastern Massachusetts and organized prior to going into camp, and partially of companies consolidated from squads and detachments, which gathered at Camp Stanton in Lynnfield, Massachusetts. Company F was commanded by Captain Samuel C. Oliver of Salem. The company was mustered out of service on June 9,...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This material was received from the Martha G. Wheatland Bequest on April 21, 1924. The 60th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was organized in the summer of 1864 for 100 days service in Readville, Massachusetts. Some of the companies had previous existence and experience while others were new recruits. Company H, one of the last companies to be mustered into service on July 23, 1864, was commanded by Captain...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The 3rd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Heavy Artillery was organized by Special Order No. 1087 on September 8, 1864. The 13th Company Unattached Massachusetts Volunteers had been previously mustered into service on February 10, 1864. Company I, of the 13th Unattached, was recruited largely from mechanics employed at the National Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts, and as such, was employed as an engineer corps during the terms...