Category: History - American
At the annual reunion of the regimental association held in East Bridgewater, Aug. 6, 1903, the question of publishing the history of the Third Regiment was enthusiastically discussed and approved. Much valuable material had already been secured by one of the members and the p...
Company A, known as Halifax Light Infantry, was organized in 1792 when George Washington was President of the United States and John Hancock Governor of Massachusetts. It was on...
11. CHAPTER VII.[The following historical sketch of Company D, Third Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia (a nine months’ campaign during the War of the Rebellion), was prepared by Capt. A...
17. CHAPTER XIII.Company K was a new company recruited for the purpose of filling the quota of the towns of East Bridgewater, West Bridgewater, and Bridgewater. It was not connected with the Thi...
6. CHAPTER II.This Regiment was, in fact, what its name represents, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia; not one drafted man was in its ranks. It was made up almost entirely of men from Bristol a...
18. CHAPTER XIV.The surviving members of the Third Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia met at Dighton Rock, Simmons Grove, August, 1890. Invitations had been sent to all the comrades and...
16. CHAPTER XII.The signal service rendered by Company I, and the casualties suffered by it, make it quite proper to give a somewhat detailed history of its formation and of the general charact...
15. CHAPTER XI.[This is not claimed to be a perfect history, but it is believed to be as perfect a record as can be secured at this late date. When not otherwise indicated, the person is suppo...
12. CHAPTER VIII.This company was made up of New Bedford men with three exceptions, Capt. John A. Hawes, of Fairhaven; Daniel H. Tripp, of Westport; and Albert M. Allen, of Westport. For the gre...
7. CHAPTER III.SILAS PEIRCE RICHMOND, son of Isaac and Lucinda (Peirce) Richmond, was born in Freetown, June 19, 1831, on the Richmond homestead, which has been owned in the family continuousl...
10. CHAPTER VI.The raising of Company C was unique, and in a sense highly sensational and dramatic. The President’s call for three hundred thousand men made it necessary for Fall River to furn...
9. CHAPTER V.This company was formed by consolidation of three companies of the Third Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia. Company K from Carver furnished captain and forty-six enlisted...
13. CHAPTER IX.This company, which was recruited in New Bedford, was composed of men from New Bedford, Dartmouth, Edgartown, Westport, and Acushnet. Several of the men from New Bedford were sa...
5. CHAPTER I.“PRIDE of New England! Soul of our fathers! Shrink we all craven-like, when the storm gathers? What though the tempest be over us lowering, Where’s the New Englander shamefully...
14. CHAPTER X.This company was recruited by its captain, William S. Cobb; first lieutenant, Henry W. Briggs; and second lieutenant, James L. Wilber. In the days of 1862 in passing City Hall,...
4. CHAPTER XIV.At the annual reunion of the regimental association held in East Bridgewater, Aug. 6, 1903, the question of publishing the history of the Third Regiment was enthusiastically dis...
2. CHAPTER II.1. CHAPTER I.3. CHAPTER III.