. 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 . 4•^JtUi EA HARKNES5 S LIEUT. ORSON MOULTON. Minute Men of 61 307 -U*- liBljh<» w liHfcww :3C ^i^-^ MINUTE MEN. MINUTE AIEX. The historian of the present day mavjustly extoll and eulogize the Massachusetts Minute Men of 1861, because oftheir instant and prompt response to thefirst call of President Abraham T^incolnfor t
. 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 . 4•^JtUi EA HARKNES5 S LIEUT. ORSON MOULTON. Minute Men of 61 307 -U*- liBljh<» w liHfcww :3C ^i^-^ MINUTE MEN. MINUTE AIEX. The historian of the present day mavjustly extoll and eulogize the Massachusetts Minute Men of 1861, because oftheir instant and prompt response to thefirst call of President Abraham T^incolnfor troops in April, 1861, to suppress therebellion against the legal and lawfuUvconstituted government of the UnitedStates of America. For oh, howpromptly they did respond, and formline of ranks, not waiting for uniforms,and gladly accepting the old smoothbore for arms, with ball and buck forcartridges. But what they did, andwhat they accomplished, directly andindirectly, otherwise than giving quickresponse, never has been, and cannotbe recorded by the historian with anydegree of full justice, if, indeed, it canbe estimated. What though the old Sixth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Mili-tia, so justly termed Minute Men of 1861, saved Washington, the NationalCapitol, and the approaches thereto,after passing through the hostile city ofBaltimore, Md., April 19, there receiv-ing and
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