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Commonwealth Museum   Secretary of the Commonwealth William Francis Galvin
Commonwealth Museum Secretary of the Commonwealth William Francis Galvin

Second Bull Run

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At Second Bull Run, August 30, General Z. B. Tower was in command of the brigade in the absence of Gen. Hartsuff, who was ill. The 12th Regiment was heavily engaged near Bald Hill on the Chinn farm, losing its commander, Colonel Webster, and 25 officers and men killed or mortally wounded.
At Second Bull Run, August 30, General Z. B. Tower was in command of the brigade in the absence of Gen. Hartsuff, who was ill. The 12th Regiment was heavily engaged near Bald Hill on the Chinn farm, losing its commander, Colonel Webster, and 25 officers and men killed or mortally wounded.

John Slattery, 18, Company “H”, 12th Regiment Infantry, Massachusetts Volunteers. The first South Weymouth boy killed during the Civil War.

John Slattery

John Slattery
John Slattery, 18, Company “H”, 12th Regiment Infantry, Massachusetts Volunteers. The first South Weymouth boy killed during the Civil War.