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| Birth - 20 Jun 1844 - Wakefield, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA |
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| Military Service - American Civil War (North)
5th Massachusetts Regt., Co.B "Minute Men"
On Sunday, April 21, the 5th entrained for Washington, where on May 1, its members were mustered into the service of the United States. For nearly four weeks it remained in the city of Washington, then on May 25 it was
transferred to the Virginia shore, where it remained in camp near Alexandria until it marched toward Bull Run, forming a part of Franklin's brigade, Heintzelman's division, of McDowell's army. It was one of the three Massachusetts regiments engaged in the battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861, where it lost nine killed, two wounded, and twenty-three prisoners. After this engagement the regiment remained in Washington until the latter part of the month when it was sent back to Boston where it was mustered out of the service July 31. - 16 Apr 1861 - South Reading, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA |
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| Death - 30 Apr 1914 - Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA |
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| Burial - - Lakeside Cemetery, Wakefield, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA |
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