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Introduction
Massachusetts sent 159,165 men to serve in the army and navy. [1] One of the best known Massachusetts units was the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, the first regiment of African American soldiers.[2] Additionally, a number of important generals came from Massachusetts, including Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker, who commanded the Army of the Potomac in 1863, as well as Edwin V. Sumner and Darius N. Couch, who both successively commanded the II Corps.[3] Many leaders of nursing and soldiers' aid organizations hailed from Massachusetts, including Dorothea Dix, founder of the Army Nurses Bureau, Henry Whitney Bellows, founder of the United States Sanitary Commission, and independent nurse Clara Barton.[4][5]
Interesting Facts
54th Regiment Massachsetts Volunteers This unit lost two-thirds of their officers and half of their troops, was memorably dramatized in the film Glory
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American Civil War Database Annual Membership $25, visitor pass $10. I haven't used this site, so cannot review.
Fold3 Annual Membership, $79.95. Coupons and discounts are available online for certain groups, including veterans. An Ancestry site. Has many military record images (not all), census records. Navagation/searches can be difficult. Record images are very good. 7 Day Free Trial could be used if you amass a number of searches and complete them at one time. NOTE: Check the project page for members who are willing to do a look up based upon their membership.
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Conflicts in Massachusetts
Flags
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Maps
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Medals
Recipients of the Medal of Honor
There were 112 Medals of Honor awarded to men of units from Massachusetts.
| Last Name | First Name | Unit | Notes |
| Adams | John G.B. | ||
| Allen | Nathaniel M. | ||
| Anderson | Frederick C. | ||
| Arthur | Matthew | ||
| Atkinson | Thomas E. | ||
| Barnum | James | ||
| Baybutt | Philip | ||
| Bazar | Philip | ||
| Bickford | John F. | ||
| Bois | Frank | ||
| Bond | William S. | ||
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Footnotes
- ↑ Massachsetts in the Civil War.
- ↑ 54th Mass.
- ↑ [[Wikipedia:Massachusetts_in_the_American_Civil_War | MA in the Civil War].
- ↑ Massachusetts in the Civil War.
- ↑ Red Cross in the Civil War.
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