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The 4th Unattached, being mustered in on 22 April 1863, then became Company C when the battalion was formed that month. They were also stationed at Fort Warren during most of their term of service. During the Boston draft in July, the company was sent there to maintain order, except for a detachment
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The four previously unattached companies were three-year units, and two additional companies (Companies E + F) were subsequently raised in August 1864 for one-year terms. Except where mentioned previously, the companies were all stationed at forts in Boston Harbor, with detachments from them being
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Regimental losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865. A treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at
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due to "trouble being feared on the Canadian border". They returned to Fort Warren on 13 May 1865, and were mustered out on 20 October. Captain Stephen Cabot of this company would become the major of the battalion.
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The battalion being formed by the three mentioned unattached companies at the end of April 1863, they were later joined by the 5th Unattached Co. after it was mustered in on 6 June 1863 and became Company D.
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Private Frank I. Snell of Co. E, 1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery Battalion. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division,
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The 2nd Unattached Company was organized in October and November 1862, joining the 1st in garrison duty at Fort Warren. In July 1863, when a draft riot broke out in
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to assist in keeping order during the draft taking place there, and stayed until September. The company was mustered out on 20 October 1865.
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The Battalion lost 9 officers and 232 men as a result of gunshot wounds.An additional 2 officers and 241 men died of disease or accidents.
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Three of the companies were mustered out in June 1865, while the rest of the battalion stayed in service until September and October.
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The 1st Unattached Company was formed in February 1862 for the garrisoning of
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already raised and mustered into a three-year service for the defenses of the
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The First Battalion consisted of 39 officers and 1272 enlisted men.
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Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil War
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Units and formations of the Union Army from Massachusetts
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1st Battalion of Massachusetts Volunteer Heavy Artillery
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Library of Congress
Concord, New Hampshire
List of Massachusetts Civil War Units
Massachusetts in the American Civil War
Regimental losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865. A treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington
Massachusetts in the War 1861–1865
OCLC
1986476
Dyer, Frederick Henry
A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion
Des Moines, IA
ASIN
B01BUFJ76Q
Massachusetts in the Rebellion : a Record of the Historical Position of the Commonwealth, and the Services of the Leading Statesmen, the Military, the Colleges, and the People, in the Civil War of 1861–65

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