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Conference smurf::civil_war

Title:The American Civil War
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Created:Mon Jul 15 1991
Last Modified:Tue Apr 08 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:141
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105.0. "Ref. Info wanted: 5th Cav. Mass. Vols." by REMACP::RICHARDSON () Wed Sep 29 1993 19:07

    
    
    	Of several CW projects, I am researching the 5th Mass. Cavalry.
    	I would appreciate any pointers to information anyone comes across
    	in their travels  (book/title/library/etc...)
    
    	The 54th MVM made it big in "Glory", but the 55th MVM and 5th Cav. 
    	are seldom mentioned.  Both regiments were also comprised of black 
    	soldiers.
    
    	Regards,
    	-John
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105.1Some info on the 55th.STOWOA::HICKCOXMon Oct 11 1993 19:4012
    I don't know about the 5th, but I believe that there was at least one
    soldier from my town in the 55th (Townsend).  I believe the last name
    was Hazard.  There is a plaque on the front of Memorial Hall (our
    town hall - center of town, across from the Methodist Church - large
    cannon out front) that lists all the CW soldiers from town by unit.
    I believe he might be mentioned in the two histories on the town,  The 
    first is written by Isthmar(sp?) Sawtelle in 1877 (Available in the 
    town library) and the second is Divinity To Dust, written in the last 
    15 years (also in our town library).  You might check out our town
    library's reference room.  It has a number of volumes on the Civil War
    - Not has good as Lancaster's collection, but some amount of items 
    specific to Townsend and Massachusetts.
105.2WinchesterNEMAIL::RASKOBMike Raskob at OFOTue Oct 12 1993 14:4013
    RE .0:
    
    	The Winchester library has a reserved collection of books related
    to the war, including several regimental historys and a copy of the
    two-volume compilation of original muster rolls of all the Mass.
    volunteer regiments.  (It was interesting to note that despite "Glory",
    the sergeant-major of the 54th Mass. was 28 years old...)
    
    	You need to make an appointment to use them, but it might be worth
    checking.  They are stored in the Lincoln and Lee room.
    
    MikeR
105.3REMACP::RICHARDSONTue Oct 12 1993 19:069
    
    
    Thank you for the replies .1,.2  I own the 8-Volume set of Mass Soldiers/
    Sailors/Marines and the 2-volume compendium set you also mentioned. 
    Both of these provide an adequate roster - I was looking for a little
    more 'story' information; Engagements, incidents, comments, etc..
    
    Thanx again,
    -John