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While passing through Baltimore on April 19, 1861, the 6th Massachusetts was attacked by a pro-secession mob and became the first volunteer troops to suffer casualties in the war. The 6th Massachusetts was also the first volunteer regiment to reach Washington, D.C., in response to Lincoln's call for troops. [13]
The Civil War Party System: The Case of Massachusetts, 1848–1876 (1984), new political history; Berenson, Barbara F. "The Campaign for Women's Suffrage in Massachusetts, 1869-95." Historical Journal of Massachusetts 47.2 (2019): 26+. Blodgett, Geoffrey The Gentle Reformers: Massachusetts Democrats in the Cleveland Era (1966) online
American Civil War: In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government issues the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US$800; rescinded in 1872). The U.S. Army abolishes flogging. John Gill Shorter is elected the 17th governor of Alabama defeating Thomas H. Watts.
The 1st Massachusetts Cavalry was organized at Camp Brigham in Readville, Massachusetts beginning September 3, 1861 and mustered in under the command of Colonel Robert Williams. The regiment was attached to the Department of the South to April 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Department of the South, to August 1862.
December 30, 1860 – March 28, 1861: Brevet Lieutenant General Winfield Scott, general-in-chief of the U.S. Army, asks permission from President Buchanan to reinforce and resupply Fort Sumter but receives no reply. [275] On March 3, 1861, Scott will tell Secretary of State–designate William Seward that Fort Sumter can not be relieved. [278]
The 1861 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 5. Governor John Albion Andrew was re-elected to a second term in office over Democratic Mayor of Worcester Isaac Davis . General election
An association of the 18th Massachusetts Veterans was formed and met on an annual basis from 1866, with the last known reunion occurring at Hyde Park, MA in 1924. Through the efforts of Lieutenant Amasa Guild, the group was able to retrieve the State Colors in 1905 from the Museum of the Confederacy .
The 1st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union army during the American Civil War.It was the first regiment to leave Massachusetts for a three-year term (several had previously left for 90-day terms) in response to President Abraham Lincoln's May 3, 1861, call for three-year regiments. [1]