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37th Regiment - Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
1862, with the Civil War raging, men from all over Western Massachusetts trekked to Camp Briggs where, on Aug. 30, they were organized into the 37th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. The 37th Regiment would go on to fight in almost every major battle of the eastern theater, including Antietam and Gettysburg. Frank E. White has spent the last 10 years writing a book about the history of regiment. He learned that his great great grandfather had captured Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's oldest son, Maj. Gen. George Washington Custis Lee, at the battle of Sailor's Creek in 1865.
by masslive :: 2006-10-13 :: Civil War Regiments & Units

Amherst antiques show with 5th New Hampshire regiment
Amherst's 11th annual Antiques will be hosted by the Historical Society of Amherst on the Village Green from Sept. 9. This year, the 5th New Hampshire, a Civil War re-enactment regiment, will set up an encampment, wandering through the antique show in full dress uniform and answering questions about New Regiment's involvement in battles. The regiment was highly regarded in the Army of the Potomac as being well-drilled and led, and was often assigned to the most difficult positions. The regiment suffered more combat casualties, including its commander, Colonel Cross, at Gettysburg, than any other regiment.
by nashuatelegraph :: 2006-08-23 :: Relics and Memorabilia - American Civil War

Monument honors Vermont brigade - Battle of the Wilderness
A famous Union brigade has a memorial to its sacrifice in the Battle of the Wilderness. The Vermont unit was one of the most famous fighting forces in the Army of the Potomac. It was composed of soldiers only from that state, a rarity for Union forces during the Civil War. In the beginning composed of 2,800 Vermonters, the unit suffered 1,234 casualties defending the Plank and Brock roads intersection during the Battle of the Wilderness on May 5 and 6, 1864.
by fredericksburg :: 2006-08-12 :: Civil War Regiments & Units

Confederacy's most famed unit, the Stonewall Brigade
Four years in the stonewall brigade, by john o. Casler: It has been estimated that the union armies claimed from 2.5 million to 2.75 million men, while the confederate strength was from 750,000 to 1.25 million men. Topping list of heroes are several groups, including the Irish Brigade, the Iron Brigade, the Orphan Brigade and the Stonewall Brigade. Answering call for militia companies, 2,611 men gathered at Harpers Ferry in April 1861 and were organized into 5 regiments of infantry and a battery of artillery. These were placed under the command of then-Col. Thomas J. Jackson, who had been picked to lead the 1st Virginia Brigade by Robert E. Lee.
by fredericksburg :: 2006-07-04 :: Civil War Regiments & Units

The first casualties of the Civil War
On April 19, 1861, four members of the Massachusetts Sixth Regiment died in Baltimore, the first casualties of the Civil War. Baltimore secessionists attacked the soldiers as they passed through the city on their way to Washington to defend the capital. "During the Civil War, people attributed a mythic significance to that date," said historian Richard Howe. "When Fort Sumter was fired on, [April 12, 1861] Lincoln called for troops to come down and protect Washington, and the first regiment to answer the call was the Sixth," said Martha Mayo at the Center for Lowell History.
by townonline :: 2006-04-22 :: Beginning - First shots - American Civil War

Harvard Regiment was in a class all its own
The unit history genre of Civil War history has lately fallen out of favor. After the war, many regiments immortalized their wartime by commissioning someone to write a regimental history. The result was hagiography: The unit's soldiers were brave, and willing hands seized any falling banner. Yet some units deserve special recognition. The 20th Massachusetts Volunteers was one such unit. Known as the Harvard Regiment for the overwhelming number of Harvard men among its officers, the 20th served in every major battle in the Eastern theater. The Regiment was involved in the third day's battle at Gettysburg, helping to turn back Pickett's famous charge.
by ecnext :: 2006-04-01 :: Civil War Regiments & Units

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