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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 12: Norfolk County. (search)
he front. The first step taken to organize the company was a meeting held by about thirty citizens on the 22d of April at the residence of Colonel Almon D. Hodges, at which it was resolved to form a company of dragoons for home service; another meeting, more numerously attended, was held on the 26th of April, at which Colonel Hodges was appointed drill master. On the 16th of May the company was regularly organized by the choice of the following gentlemen for officers: Almon D. Hodges, Thomas Adams, J. R. Chadwick, J. H. Meserve, and Richard Holmes. It was also decided that the company should be called The Roxbury Horse Guards. They continued drilling at regular intervals during the greater part of the war. They were under orders for duty from July 14th to July 21, 1863, when fears were entertained that a riot would take place by persons opposed to the draft which had been ordered by the President. The members were always active in giving their assistance to recruit volunteers to