. 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 . - and for the next elevenmonths was in tlie prisons of Libby, Tus-caloosa and SalisVmry. 1 pc^n his return,he enlisted in Company D, Thirty-ThirdMassachusetts ^■olunteers, and was dis-charged in INlarch, 1863, by reason of dis-ability from wounds. In January, 1864,joined the Thirtv -Ninth United StatesCavalr\- Trcops, ^\i


. 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 . - and for the next elevenmonths was in tlie prisons of Libby, Tus-caloosa and SalisVmry. 1 pc^n his return,he enlisted in Company D, Thirty-ThirdMassachusetts ^■olunteers, and was dis-charged in INlarch, 1863, by reason of dis-ability from wounds. In January, 1864,joined the Thirtv -Ninth United StatesCavalr\- Trcops, ^\ith which command he served during the campaign of Petersburg,in the Army of the James, and was withthe command during the entire service ofthe F;ighteenth x\rmy Corps, in the siegeof Richmond, until the command was sentto North Carolina, in the late autumn of1864. Participated in both of the attackson Fort Fisher, and continued in the ser-vice in North Carolina after the close ofthe war, for many months. On duty atWilmington, Goldsboro, Roanoke Island,Fort Macon, Morehead City and FortFisher until the muster out of his Regi-ment in the late fall of 1867. Is now aresident of Somerville, Mass. Minute Men of 61 147. Alvin R. Baily Minute Men of 61 Fifth Massachusetts Reginient Alvin R. Bailey was born in Charles-town, Febrnary 13, 1846, and moved toSomerville in 1848 and was educated inthe Somerville schools. His father was a Minute ]Man in 1812,and his brother, Charles H. Railey, servedin Company H, Fifth, and his cousin,Walter C. Bailey, was a Sergeant in Com-pan}- I and First Lieutenant of CompanyB, in the same Regiment. He served inCompany B of the Fifth and since the warhas spent most of his life in business inBoston. He served as President of theRegimental Association in 1907 and 19U8and has served as Treasurer since June,1904. He is a member of Abraham Lin- coln Post No 11, G-A-R, having joined itin June, 1868, served as Adjutant manyyears and was Commander in 1887. Heser


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