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| <html><center><b><u><font size="+2">The 21st Massachusetts Infantry in Howard County</font></u></b></center></html> | <html><center><b><u><font size="+2">The 21st Massachusetts Infantry in Howard County</font></u></b></center></html> | ||
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| + | Service at Annapolis Junction and Relay House, 8/30/1861-12/18/1861\\ | ||
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| + | [[21st Massachusetts Primary Sources|Primary Sources]]\\ | ||
| + | [[21st Massachusetts Secondary Sources|Archival and Secondary Sources]]\\ | ||
| The 21st Massachusetts was formed in Worcester County, Massachusetts, from several pre-War militia units, and two newly formed companies. Leaving Massachusetts on the 23rd of August, 1861, they reached Baltimore on the 25th. While encamping at Patterson Park in Baltimore City ("an unpleasant, dusty place"), a portion of the regiment was sent to the Relay House, a few miles outside the city on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. | The 21st Massachusetts was formed in Worcester County, Massachusetts, from several pre-War militia units, and two newly formed companies. Leaving Massachusetts on the 23rd of August, 1861, they reached Baltimore on the 25th. While encamping at Patterson Park in Baltimore City ("an unpleasant, dusty place"), a portion of the regiment was sent to the Relay House, a few miles outside the city on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. | ||
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| Service along the railroad was often arduous, soldiers camped out in small tents or slept outdoors with little but a rubber blanket between them and the ground. Trains passed 24 hours a day carrying Northern regiments to combat. As the trains would pass, soldiers standing guard would shout "What unit is that?" and cheer units from their state. Passing regiments would throw Northern papers out the window for the soldiers to read. | Service along the railroad was often arduous, soldiers camped out in small tents or slept outdoors with little but a rubber blanket between them and the ground. Trains passed 24 hours a day carrying Northern regiments to combat. As the trains would pass, soldiers standing guard would shout "What unit is that?" and cheer units from their state. Passing regiments would throw Northern papers out the window for the soldiers to read. | ||
| - | Like other Northern regiments who camped in Howard County, sickness was a regular occurrence. In early November 38 men belonging to two companies of the 21st were on the sick list. | + | Like other Northern regiments who camped in Howard County, sickness was a regular occurrence. In early November 38 men belonging to two companies of the 21st were on the sick list at Annapolis Junction. |
| While four companies remained on guard near Annapolis Junction, the rest of the unit drilled at the Naval Academy, in Annapolis. Charles F. Walcott, who wrote a history of the unit after the War, described helping a runaway slave escape to the North: | While four companies remained on guard near Annapolis Junction, the rest of the unit drilled at the Naval Academy, in Annapolis. Charles F. Walcott, who wrote a history of the unit after the War, described helping a runaway slave escape to the North: | ||
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| The 21st would go on to served in the battles of Roanoke Island, New Bern, 2nd Bull Run, Antietam, and Fredericksburg before moving to the Department of the Ohio and serving in Kentucky and eastern Tennessee. | The 21st would go on to served in the battles of Roanoke Island, New Bern, 2nd Bull Run, Antietam, and Fredericksburg before moving to the Department of the Ohio and serving in Kentucky and eastern Tennessee. | ||
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| - | <caption>History of the Twenty-first Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, Charles F. Walcott</caption> | ||
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