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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 9: (search)
argely officered by members of the Forty-seventh. The lines of defence were thirty miles long. The immediate defences consisted of a parapet two and a half miles long, and a canal and military road to be guarded and scouted a distance of twelve to seventeen miles, through the swamps to the lake. This important post was held under peculiar circumstances during the siege of Port Hudson. As there were six hospitals belonging to the different regiments, the services of Doctors Blackmer and Mercer, as well as of the chaplain, Rev. E. W. Clark, cannot be too highly mentioned. All soldiers connected with the Forty-seventh, or under command of its colonel, received at their decease a Christian burial. The regiment was ordered home on the third day of August, arrived at Boston by rail via Cairo, Ill.; at Readville, Sept. 1, was mustered out of service. The regiment lost by death, during its absence, twenty-three, and left forty-seven at New Orleans unable to come to land. It had o