. History and complete roster of the Massachusetts regiments, minute men of '61 who responded to the first call of President Abraham Lincoln, April 15, 1861, to defend the flag and Constitution of the United States ... and biographical sketches of minute men of Massachuetts . Capt. John H. Norton Minute Men of 61 Co. I, 6th Mass. Regt. Major John H. Norton, joined Company1, Sixth Regiment Massachusetts Volun-teer Militia, 1859. Captain John Picker-ing commanding and was with that Regi-ment in its passage through Baltimore onApril 19, 1861, and was slightly woundedat that time, and was a direct
. History and complete roster of the Massachusetts regiments, minute men of '61 who responded to the first call of President Abraham Lincoln, April 15, 1861, to defend the flag and Constitution of the United States ... and biographical sketches of minute men of Massachuetts . Capt. John H. Norton Minute Men of 61 Co. I, 6th Mass. Regt. Major John H. Norton, joined Company1, Sixth Regiment Massachusetts Volun-teer Militia, 1859. Captain John Picker-ing commanding and was with that Regi-ment in its passage through Baltimore onApril 19, 1861, and was slightly woundedat that time, and was a direct descendant-orSamuel Remick, a soldier of the Revolu- tionary War, who made the coffin thatMajor Andre, the traitor was buried a descendant of John Norton one ofthe first ministers sent to England by theColonies. Was a member of Boston CityGovernment and the Massachusetts lyegis-lature. Minute Men of 61 215. George A. Reed, Saxoiiville. Mass. Minute Men of 61 Co. E. Ijeut. 26th Resrt. Mass, Vols. Hon. George A. Reed was born at Con-cord, Mass., September 10, 1842. Company E, Sixth , went withthe Regiment through Baltimore, April 19,1861, as private. September 5, 1861, en-listed in the Twenty-Sixth MassachusettsRegiment ; served under command ofGeneral B. F. Butler in Louisiana as Cor-poral and Sergeant. January 14, 1864,re-enlisted in the Twenty-Sixth Regiment; was mustered out Septem-ber 25, 1865. Was with General Grant atCity Point, Va., with General P. in the Shenandoah ValleyNovember 1 ; was appointed Special MailMessenger for Generals Sheridan and Hancock ; was coTumissioned as SecondLieutenant. After returning to Massachu-setts made his home in Framingham ; waselected three years on the Board of Select-men, and in 18S9 served in the Massiichu-setts House of Representatives; waselected a member of the Stjite Senate in1895 and r
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