. 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 . Captain Sila^, P. Richmond, Freetown, Mass. Minute Men of 61 Colonel Third Mass. Vol. :\Iinutc :\Ilu of LlFirst Ma;.s. Ballery. T\veni.\ Xintli :\Ia^•s. Vols. 1st I.,ient. HiMPHREY A. Francis. Taunton. Mass. Minute Men of 61 Company G, Third Regiment Henry K. Ellis. Middleboro. Mass. Minute Men of 61 Co. H. Third M
. 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 . Captain Sila^, P. Richmond, Freetown, Mass. Minute Men of 61 Colonel Third Mass. Vol. :\Iinutc :\Ilu of LlFirst Ma;.s. Ballery. T\veni.\ Xintli :\Ia^•s. Vols. 1st I.,ient. HiMPHREY A. Francis. Taunton. Mass. Minute Men of 61 Company G, Third Regiment Henry K. Ellis. Middleboro. Mass. Minute Men of 61 Co. H. Third o2d Regt. Mass. Vols THE BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES ACCOMPANING THE:INDIVIDUAL PICTURES, WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS, HAVEBEEN FURNISHED BY THE PERSONS THEMSELVES. FOURTH REGIMENT, Who Answered the First Call for Troops in April, 61. Hardly had the echoes of the guns ofSumter died away, when the proclamationof the President, calling for volunteers,sounded through the North, and met acordial, earnest response from the govern-ments of the loyal states. Among thefirst regiments called into the field wasthe Fourth Massachusetts, composed ofcompanies belonging to various townsalong the Old Colony shore. The orderfor its appearance on Boston Common, atnoon of Tuesday, April 16, 1861, reachedthe hands of Colonel Abner B. Packardlate on the afternoon of the fifteenth. Heimmediately issued his orders and dis-patched them by a specia
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