Scrapbook of newspaper clippings relating to the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia during the the Civil War, 1861-1863.

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Scrapbook of newspaper clippings relating to the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia during the the Civil War, 1861-1863.

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Clippings from various Massachusetts newspapers, including: eyewitness accounts of Bull Run; activities of several Massachusetts regiments; extracts from letters of the 16th Mass. Regiment; honors bestowed on officers; obituary notices of Army and Navy officers; the capture of Norfolk, Va.; handwritten account of the progression of the war, 1862 Jan. 1-1862 Aug. 30 (at end of vol.); also includes items relating to Capt. Charles Robinson Johnson.

1 v. ; 25 cm.

Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

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SNAC Resource ID: 7376744

Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

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Johnson, Charles Robinson, -1863

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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...