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Third regiment Massachusetts volunteer Infantry (Militia), 3 months and 9 months service.
Col. David W. Wardrop (3 months).
Col. Silas P. Richardson (9 months).
| | | companies. |
| Field and staff. | Line. | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | K | L | Totals. |
| Number on regimental rolls,— |
| 3 months,— |
| Officers, | 7 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 27 |
| Enlisted men, | 2 | – | 46 | 66 | 94 | – | – | – | 21 | 53 | – | 59 | 75 | 416 |
| Totals, | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 443 |
| 9 months,— |
| Officers, | 8 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 39 |
| Enlisted men, | 5 | – | 96 | 99 | 98 | 97 | 98 | 97 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 98 | – | 982 |
| Totals, | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,021 |
| Enlisted men (included above) commissioned in regiment,— |
| 3 months, | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 9 months, | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 |
| Enlisted men (included above) serving elsewhere within regiment,— |
| 3 months, | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 9 months, | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 3 |
| Actual total of members of regiment,— |
| 3 months,— |
| Officers, | 7 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 27 |
| Enlisted men, | 2 | – | 46 | 66 | 94 | – | – | – | 21 | 53 | – | 59 | 75 | 416 |
| Totals, | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 443 |
| 9 months,— |
| Officers, | 8 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 39 |
| Enlisted men, | 5 | – | 95 | 98 | 98 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 98 | 98 | 97 | 97 | – | 977 |
| Totals, | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,016 |
The 3d Infantry Mass. Volunteer Militia was composed of seven companies, six of them having been in existence prior to 1860, and the remaining one, Co. C, being the first company raised for the war in
Massachusetts.
In response to the
President's call for troops the companies assembled in
Boston, April 16, 1861, enlisted for three months in the service of the
United States, and left the
State April 18 for
Fortress Monroe.
Immediately on arrival the regiment
