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The 1st Massachusetts left Boston on the Boston and Providence Railroad in seventeen passenger and four baggage cars, drawn by two locomotives. [12] Arriving in Groton, Connecticut, the regiment detrained and embarked on the steamship Commonwealth [12] It sailed out and south outside Long Island and landed in Jersey City where the men disembarked and, after a meal, again entrained, this time ...
Due to the Commonwealth's relatively small black population, both the 54th Massachusetts and, subsequently, the 55th Massachusetts, were made up of free men of color recruited from other states, including Ohio, New York, and Pennsylvania. The State of Ohio provided 222 recruits to the 55th Massachusetts, more than any other northern state.
On April 18, 1862, while on picket duty along the Rappahannock River the men of the 12th Massachusetts exchanged sporadic fire with Confederates on the other side of the river. This was the first time the unit was engaged in hostile fire. [4] At the Battle of Antietam, the regiment lost 67% of its strength, or 224 of 334 men. It was the highest ...
The messages came days after the staff served World War II reenactors who were in the restaurant wearing Nazi uniforms. A group of historians from the American Heritage Museum went to the Kith and ...
Pages in category "Defunct department stores based in Massachusetts" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
George Warren Nason. History and complete roster of the Massachusetts regiments, minute men of '61 who responded to the first call of President Abraham Lincoln, April 15, 1861, to defend the flag and Constitution of the United States ... and biographical sketches of minute men of Massachusetts. Smith & McCance, 1910. Internet Archive
The following is an overview of defunct Commonwealth of Massachusetts law enforcement agencies.. Three of these agencies (Registry of Motor Vehicles Division of Law Enforcement, Massachusetts Capitol Police, and the Metropolitan District Commission Police) were merged in 1992 by Chapter 412 of the Massachusetts Acts of 1991 along with the former Department of Public Safety - Division of State ...
During this time they were paid $1.50 a day and were billeted at the Norfolk Agricultural Society's old cattle-show building, which was located near the Town Common. [5] [4] [2] Each soldier was a uniform of gray cloth with blue pipings and an old smooth bore rifle, which was borrowed from the neighboring community of Canton.