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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 7: (search)
le Battalion, in the three months service, was colonel of this regiment. The Fifty-second Regiment was recruited at Camp Miller, at Greenfield. Henry S. Greenleaf, was commissioned colonel. It left Massachusetts on the nineteenth day of November, for New York, where it embarked for New Orleans, with orders to report to Major-General Banks, commanding the Department of the Gulf. The Fifty-third Regiment was recruited at Camp Stevens, at Groton. It left Massachusetts on the eighteenth day of November, for New York, under command of LieutenantColo-nel Barrett, with orders to report to Major-General Banks at New Orleans. John W. Kimball, who had served with distinction as major of the Fifteenth Regiment, three years service, was commissioned colonel of the Fifty-third. Before he could get home from the front, and take command, the regiment had left the State. He joined it, however, at New York, and went with it to Louisiana. The Eleventh Light Battery, to serve for nine mon
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 9: (search)
urer, under direction of the Governor and Council, to borrow money to carry out the provisions of the act. 8th, Persons enlisting were to be credited to the town or ward in which they lived. 9th, Persons physically disqualified for service, enlisting for the purpose of getting the bounty, were to be punished by imprisonment in the State Prison not exceeding ten years, or by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars and imprisonment in the jail not more than two years. This act was approved Nov. 18, and took effect upon its passage. A resolve was passed requesting the Senators and Representatives of this Commonwealth in Congress to urge upon that body the expediency of an increase of pay to the soldiers in the service of the Government. Also resolves expressing the injustice of Congress in not allowing credits for men in the naval service; also of the injustice to the non-commissioned officers and privates in the colored regiments, in not allowing them the same pay as whites.