Regimental record, 1861-1864.

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Regimental record, 1861-1864.

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Regimental record of Company A, 25th Massachusetts Volunteers, written by Orderly Sergeant Samuel Henry Putnam, probably early in the 1880s. Describes mobilization of the company; fighting at Roanoke Island, New Bern, Beaufort, Kinston, and Plymouth, N.C., and at Yorktown, Bermuda Hundred, Suffolk, Port Walthal, Chesterfield Junction, Arrowfield Church, and Cold Harbor, Va.; the siege of Petersburg; and comments on camp life, picket duty, casualties, social customs, and re-enlistments. The volume includes a map and notes, and forms the basis of a more detailed version published in 1886.

1 v. (78 p.)

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6993822

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 25th (1861-1865)

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United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Putnam, Samuel H. (Samuel Henry), 1834?-

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Union Army officer, member of the 25th Massachusetts Volunteers, Co. A.; from Worcester, Mass. From the description of Regimental record, 1861-1864. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20115195 Clerk from Worcester, Mass.; Sgt.-Major, 25th Regt., Massachusetts Volunteers; wounded at Cold Harbor and mustered out October 20, 1864. From the description of Letters to "Cousin Sarah" and "Sister Jennie" and an unrelated photograph, 1864 August 11. (Universit...