Letters, 1861.

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Letters, 1861.

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Letters to a captain of the 3rd Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, a three-month organization, from friends at home, describing the enthusiasm of the early days of the Civil War in a northern town.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Massachusetts. Militia

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Ten companies comprised the 12th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia: five from Boston, one from North Bridgewater, one from Abington, one from Weymouth, one from Stoughton, and one from Gloucester. After organization was completed, the regiment was ordered to Fort Warren in Boston Harbor. Three months later it was sent to Harper's Ferry, Va., where it guarded the upper Potomac as part of Bank's division. From the description of Massachusetts Volunteer Militia records, 1861 [ma...

Doten, Charles C., 1833-

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Union officer, from Plymouth (Plymouth Co.), Mass. From the description of Letters, 1861. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 154271249 From the description of Letters, 1861. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20737085 ...