. Massachusetts in the rebellion. A record of the historical position of the commonwealth, and the services of the leading statesmen, the military, the colleges, and the people, in the civil war of 1861-65 . E HEAVY ARTILLERY 478 CHAPTER XXEX. THE MASSACHUSETTS CAVALRY . 486 CHAPTER XXX. THE LIGHT BATTERIES 499 CHAPTER XXXI. THE LIGHT RATTERIES —Continuod • 517 CHAPTER XXXII. A RESUME OF MILITARY OPERATIONS 538 CHAPTER XXXIH. THE NAVAL SERVICE OF THE STATE 530 CHAPTER XXXIY. GENERAL OFFICERS FURNISHED BY MASSACHUSETTS, WHO SURVIVED THE WAR o5» xii CONTENTS. PART III. MASSACHUSETTS AT
. Massachusetts in the rebellion. A record of the historical position of the commonwealth, and the services of the leading statesmen, the military, the colleges, and the people, in the civil war of 1861-65 . E HEAVY ARTILLERY 478 CHAPTER XXEX. THE MASSACHUSETTS CAVALRY . 486 CHAPTER XXX. THE LIGHT BATTERIES 499 CHAPTER XXXI. THE LIGHT RATTERIES —Continuod • 517 CHAPTER XXXII. A RESUME OF MILITARY OPERATIONS 538 CHAPTER XXXIH. THE NAVAL SERVICE OF THE STATE 530 CHAPTER XXXIY. GENERAL OFFICERS FURNISHED BY MASSACHUSETTS, WHO SURVIVED THE WAR o5» xii CONTENTS. PART III. MASSACHUSETTS AT I. PATRIOTIC PHILANTHROPY AND CHARITIES 567 CHAPTER II. SANITARY ASSOCIATIONS AND AID SOCIETIES 675 CHAPTER III. THE FREEDMEN ; THE REFUGEES ; THE DESTITUTE SOUTH . .582 CHAPTER IV. THE MEDICAL SERVICE 588 CHAPTER V. THE CHURCHES AND THE CLERGY IN THE WAR 596 CHAPTER. VI. THE COLLEGES IN THE WAR 604 CHAPTER VII. MASSACHUSETTS POETS AND THE WAR 607 CHAPTER VIII. THE HEROIC DEAD, AND NATIONAL PORTRAIT-GALLERY .... 623 CHAPTER IX. FALLEN HEROES 629 CHAPTER X. FALLEN HEROES —Continued ,638 CHAPTER XI. MEMORIALS OF THE DEAD . .645 APPENDIX. BATTLES OF THE MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENTS, &C 661. MASSACHUSETTS IN THE REBELLION. PART I. HISTORICAL POSITION OF THE COMMONWEALTH AT THECOMMENCEMENT OF THE CIVIL CONFLICT. CHAPTER L This Country designed for Freedom. — The Historj- of JIassachu?etts. — The Founders ofthe State. — Their Exile, tirst in Holland, then in Americn. — The Growth of theColon}. — The Progress of Free Principles. — Resistance to Oppressive Acts of theMother-country. — The first Blood shed.— The Revolutionary Struggle. — Massachu-setts in the Republic. — The Opening of the Great Rebellion. GOD designed this country for free thought, and its highestexpression in human society, — a republic. The history ofMassachusetts is an imperishable record of this divine purpose,unfolding in national life and destiny. As, in a mountain-group,the beams of m
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