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Commonwealth Museum   Secretary of the Commonwealth William Francis Galvin

At Fort Warren

They were quartered at Fort Warren in Boston Harbor for most of their training, also for a short time at Camp Cameron in North Cambridge. They departed the Bay State on June 29, 1861


  • Massachusetts Infantry Mustered in United States service for three years on 13 June, 1861, and arrived at Washington D. C. on 2 July, 1861

  • Colonel G Clark, Jr.
  • Lieutenant Colonel W Blaisdell
  • Major G F Tileston

  • Company A: Capt. M Moore
  • Company B: Paul Revere Guard: Capt. J H Davis

  • Two companies, under the command of Captain J H Davis, were assigned to escort the 1st United States Artillery, Light Company G, 2nd Section, to Sangster's Station, Virginia, at 4 PM on 16 July, 1861.

  • Company C: Clark Light Guard: Capt. P D Tripp
  • Company D: Capt. J W Butters
  • Company E: Boston Light Guard: Capt. J R Bigelow
  • Company F: Capt. L. Gordon
  • Company G: Capt. W C Allen
  • Company H: Sanford Light Guard: Capt. S Page
  • Company I: Bunker Hill Volunteers: Capt. B F Wright
  • Company K: Charlestown City Guard: B Stone, Jr.