Official souvenir program of the Twenty-fourth national encampment, Boston, Mass., Aug., 1890, of the Grand Army of the Republic; also Fourth Convention National Naval Veteran's Association, and the Eighth Annual Convention Woman's Relief Corps . he Rebellion, hers was the first blood that flowed in the streets ol Ba ti-more, on the memorable 19th of April, 1S61. During the progress of the war, thisState raised sixty-two regiments of infantry, four of heavy artillery, six ot cavaliy,sixteen light batteries, a battalion of rifles, two companies ot sharp shooters, besidesseveral unattached compa
Official souvenir program of the Twenty-fourth national encampment, Boston, Mass., Aug., 1890, of the Grand Army of the Republic; also Fourth Convention National Naval Veteran's Association, and the Eighth Annual Convention Woman's Relief Corps . he Rebellion, hers was the first blood that flowed in the streets ol Ba ti-more, on the memorable 19th of April, 1S61. During the progress of the war, thisState raised sixty-two regiments of infantry, four of heavy artillery, six ot cavaliy,sixteen light batteries, a battalion of rifles, two companies ot sharp shooters, besidesseveral unattached companies. An unusual but most serviceable characteristic of the Massachusetts troops wasthe o-reat diversity of occupations that they represented. The scholar marched sidebv side with the blacksmith ; the mechanic, the engineer, the telegraph operatormarched with the school teacher and the former. So general was this markeddiversity that there was not a regiment among the Massachusetts troops that didnot contain men who were able to repair machinery, run engines, send telegrams,and do everything for which the varied emergencies of war might call. The useful-ness of this varied equipment rendered the troops doubly efticient. THE SOLDIERS Although Massachusetts,had been generous in her pro-vision for the soldiers who wentfrom her borders, yet it was amatter of increasing regret tomany patriotic minds to find asthe years went by that a grow-ing number of the brave vet-erans, disabled by wounds anddisease and incapacitateid for^vork, were being forced intothe common , however, was done until Department Commander Horace BinneyvSargent, in his Memorial Day Order in 1877, earnestly urged the need of providinga home for the homeless veterans. A legislative act was passed that year incorporatinga board of trustees, among whose members were ex-Gov. Gaston, Hon. John and Gen. Devens. A munificent gift of $10,000 from Captain Joseph , together with a gener
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