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Massachusetts soldiers, sailors,
and marines in the Civil War - 1861 to 1865
AComplete Searchable Publication on CD
Massachusetts
soldiers, sailors, and marines in the Civil War - 1861 to 1865: By Massachusetts Adjutant-general's
office, Norwood Press, 1931. The compilation contains the names of all the
men who served in Massachusetts units during the Civil War. There is a short
history of the regiment followed by the names of the men. The details for
each man named in the record are: full name, rank, home, age, occupation,
date of service and discharge, and reason for discharge. Mr. Cross was the
last of three editors and it was he who completed the monumental task. Together, the military records
in these 8 volumes plus Index Volime, reference approximately 140,000 individuals,
nearly all men who served in Massachusetts units during the Civil War. Chapter
475 of Massachusetts' Acts of 1899 provided for the compilation and publication
of a complete record of Massachusetts soldiers, sailors, and Marines who served
in the Civil War. Civil War veterans began the work of compilation which
lasted for nearly thirty years and involved the examination and replication
of over one million records. Compilers found records on original enlistment
papers, muster-in rolls, descriptive rolls, town reports, casualty lists,
monthly reports, hospital records, muster-out reports, and miscellaneous papers.
These files
contain images of every page of the original eight Volumes Plus Index Volume
of one of the most valuable genealogy resources available. Reprints of these
books will cost hundreds of dollars and the complete set (if found available)
would cost a thousand. In contrast, the CD version weighs one-half ounce,
is easier to search and is available for a far more affordable price.
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