. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . OFFICER AND SERGEANT IN GlMEN OF THE SIXTH VERMONT NEAR WASHINGTON. A HOLLOW SQUARE MANEUVER FOR THE NEW SOLDIERS This regiment was organized at Bangor, Mc., for three months service, and left the Slate for WillettsPoint, N. Y., May 14, 1801. Such was the enthusiasm of the moment that it was mustered into the UnitedStates service, part for two and part for three years, May 28, 1861. It moved to Washington on May30th. The first cam]) of the regiment was on Meridian Hil
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . OFFICER AND SERGEANT IN GlMEN OF THE SIXTH VERMONT NEAR WASHINGTON. A HOLLOW SQUARE MANEUVER FOR THE NEW SOLDIERS This regiment was organized at Bangor, Mc., for three months service, and left the Slate for WillettsPoint, N. Y., May 14, 1801. Such was the enthusiasm of the moment that it was mustered into the UnitedStates service, part for two and part for three years, May 28, 1861. It moved to Washington on May30th. The first cam]) of the regiment was on Meridian Hill, near Washington, till July 1st. Thelive-longdays were spent in constant drill, drill, drill during this period. McClellan was fashioning the new-levies into an army. The total population of the Northern States in 1860 was L21,184, New Englandspopulation was 3,135,283, or about one-seventh of the whole. New Englands troops numbered 363,162,over one-tenth of its population, practically one-seventh the total muster of forces raised in the Northduring the war, namely, 2,778,304. The New England population was distributed as follows: Maine,628,l27<); Massachusetts, 1,231,066; Vermon
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