. 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 . r of theSalem Light Infantry, knownas the Salem Zonaves Company J, EighthMasaschusetts Regiment. Upon PresidentL/incolns first call for .seventy-five thou-sand men April, 1861, the company offeredtheir services and were accepted. Private Douglas, although physicallydelicate was determined to go with hiscompany
. 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 . r of theSalem Light Infantry, knownas the Salem Zonaves Company J, EighthMasaschusetts Regiment. Upon PresidentL/incolns first call for .seventy-five thou-sand men April, 1861, the company offeredtheir services and were accepted. Private Douglas, although physicallydelicate was determined to go with hiscompany, and his courage enabledhim to be ever ready for every in service with the MassachusettsMinute Men of 61. He re-enlisted in Company H, Kine-teenth Massachusetts, for three years ofthe war, was in all the l)attles with thatRegiment, on the Peninsular and laterwent as Sergeant of Company H, when theNineteenth re-enlisted, after two years ofservice they came home on thirty daysfurlough, came to Salem ; Sergeant Doug-las came with them as Sergeant-Major ofthe Regiment. Was afterwards sent toW^ashington by special order where he wason duty several months after which he re-joined his Regiment and remained with ituntil they were all discharged July, .STr.\RT .Stirlinc;, Boston, Mass. Minute Men of 61 8th Mass. Corp. 23d Mass. .Sergt. 62d Mass. Vols. William Stuart Stirling was born inCI ark son Toll, Scotland, July 18, April 16, 1861, in Company A,Eighth Regiment, , during thethree months campaign; discharged Au-gust 1, 1861; enlisted September 4, 1861,Compau}- A, Twenty-Third Regiment,Massachusetts Volunteers; promoted Cor-poral December 7. 1862; wounded atWhitehall, N. C, Decemljer 16, 1862, andCold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864; dischargedOctober 13, 1864; enlisted as Second Ser-reaiit, acting as First Sergeant March 29,1865; Company D, Regi-ment, Massachusetts Volunteers; dis-charged May 5, 1865; belonged to theArm
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