. 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 . ^25, it embarked at Boston on board the United-States trans-dmack. It went to sea the same evening; and, aftervoyage, arrived at Beaufort, , on the afternoon ofNov. 30, where, taking cars to Newborn, it went into_ tarters in the unfinished barracks on the south side of the TrentRiver, Here it was assigned to the brigade commanded by J. C. Amory. In obedience to Department Genera
. 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 . ^25, it embarked at Boston on board the United-States trans-dmack. It went to sea the same evening; and, aftervoyage, arrived at Beaufort, , on the afternoon ofNov. 30, where, taking cars to Newborn, it went into_ tarters in the unfinished barracks on the south side of the TrentRiver, Here it was assigned to the brigade commanded by J. C. Amory. In obedience to Department General Orders, No. 77, and BrigadeGeneral Orders, No. 31, the regiment took its place in line aidaylight on the morning of Dec. 11, and formed a part of thecolumn in what is known as the expedition to Goldsborough. For. 436 MASSACHUSETTS IN THE REBELLION. regiment by constant drills, and strict attention to all the dutiesbelonging to a soldiers life. Nothing of special interest occurreduntil the 14th of March, when the regiment was ordered intoactive service, and accompanied the entire command of Major-Gen. Banks on tjie expedition of that date to the rear,Hudson, some twenty miles distant. Here the regimjouacked for the first time upon the ever-memorablewhen, by the strategic movement made by Gen. Banks,Farragut was enabled to pass the batteries of Port Hudso!two of his war steamers, the Hartford and Albatross^ The ol)ject of the expedition being accomplished, the tlgade returned to Baton Rouge, where it took passage by steamerto Winters Plantation, a point on the opposite bank of the Missis-sippi, three miles below, and in full view of the batteries of PortHudson. There the regiment performed picket-duty to enable acommunication to be made with Admiral Farragut; which beingaccomplished, it returned
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