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John G. B. Adams, Reminiscences of the Nineteenth Massachusetts Regiment | 8 | 0 | Browse | Search |
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2 | 8 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865 | 3 | 1 | Browse | Search |
Mary Thacher Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson: the story of his life | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
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John G. B. Adams, Reminiscences of the Nineteenth Massachusetts Regiment, Chapter 1 : the call to arms. (search)
Chapter 1: the call to arms.
At the breaking out of the war I was a resident of the quiet but patriotic town of Groveland.
Sumter had been fired upon and all was excitement.
I could not work, and on the 18th of April, 1861, walked to Haverhill with my elder brother and Mark Kimball.
We went to the armory of the Hale Guards, who were making active preparations to march, and I returned home that night resolved to go with them if possible.
The next day we walked to Haverhill again, and I at once interviewed Captain Messer, but was informed that the company was more than full, so I could not go with it.
I had said nothing to my brother or Mark of my intention, but as we were walking home I found that we all had the same desire,--to enlist at once.
We talked the matter over and concluded that as Company A of the 1st Battalion of Rifles, an old militia company located in West Newbury, and then under arms, would soon be ordered away, we would join it. That night we walked to We
John G. B. Adams, Reminiscences of the Nineteenth Massachusetts Regiment, Chapter 7 : battle of Fredericksburg and Marye's Heights . (search)
John G. B. Adams, Reminiscences of the Nineteenth Massachusetts Regiment, Chapter 8 : battles of Chancellorsville , Thoroughfare Gap and Gettysburg .--wounded at Gettysburg and ordered home. (search)
John G. B. Adams, Reminiscences of the Nineteenth Massachusetts Regiment, Chapter 9 : regiment ordered home.--receptions.--my first call upon Governor Andrew .--return to the front. (search)