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Unattached Companies Massachusetts Volunteer Militia information


The Unattached Companies of Massachusetts Volunteer Militia were units of infantry raised for the defenses of the eastern coast of Massachusetts during the American Civil War. Twenty-six companies were mustered into the Union Army during 1864-1865, several of them reorganizing for additional terms of service.

Gallops Island (center) as viewed from Fort Warren, two posts garrisoned by the Unattached Companies

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Unattached Companies Massachusetts Volunteer Militia

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The Unattached Companies of Massachusetts Volunteer Militia were units of infantry raised for the defenses of the eastern coast of Massachusetts during...

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Massachusetts National Guard

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Massachusetts Militia units were mobilized to serve in the Union Army. From April to December 1864 at total of 27 Unattached Companies Massachusetts Volunteer...

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List of Massachusetts Civil War units

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artillery, two companies of sharpshooters, a handful of unattached battalions and 26 unattached companies. The following is a List of Massachusetts Civil War...

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Camp Meigs

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26th Unattached Companies Massachusetts Volunteer Militia were also at the camp during the war. It was the busiest training camp in Massachusetts. In 1869...

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John Wesley Hanson

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eyewitness accounts of his time as chaplain to one of the Unattached Companies Massachusetts Volunteer Militia during the American Civil War and for publishing...

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Massachusetts State Defense Force

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the Massachusetts Provisional Militia were deployed. By 1908, the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia consisted of two brigades and some unattached units...

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Fort Pickering

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was garrisoned successively by the 3rd and 17th Unattached Companies Massachusetts Volunteer Militia. In 1935 most of the land on Winter Island became...

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James Augustus Fox

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Fox was made a captain in the 13th Regiment of the Unattached Companies Massachusetts Volunteer Militia in 1861. From 1861–1862, Fox served in Virginia with...

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Massachusetts in the American Civil War

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ninety days. The next day, several companies of the 8th Massachusetts Volunteer Militia from Marblehead, Massachusetts were the first to report in Boston;...

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Arkansas Militia in the Civil War

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1861, the existing volunteer militia companies were among the first mustered into state service and be formed into new volunteer infantry regiments,...

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Fort Sewall

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by the 11th Unattached Company of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia (formerly Company I, 8th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia). On August 15...

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7th Massachusetts Battery

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Monroe, Virginia the following day. The company was originally to be attached to the 3rd Massachusetts Volunteer Militia Regiment but instead was assigned to...

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Battle of the Thames

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Kentucky militia led by Isaac Shelby, the 63 year-old governor of Kentucky and a hero of the American Revolutionary War. He had 1,000 volunteer cavalry...

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Equestrian statue of Charles Devens

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ARTILLERY / MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEER MILITIA / THIRD BATTALION RIFLES COMPANY B WORCESTER LIGHT / INFANTRY IN SIXTH REGIMENT TENTH UNATTACHED COMPANY. Art historian...

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1st Maine Cavalry Regiment

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seven companies) and those who chose to reenlist, were retained in the regiment. The regiment was split into three battalions of four companies each....

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