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| - | < | + | ====== The 21st Massachusetts Infantry in Howard County |
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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, | The 21st Massachusetts was formed in Worcester County, Massachusetts, | ||
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| The 21st relieved the 1st Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry ("a poorly drilled Pennsylvania regiment" | The 21st relieved the 1st Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry ("a poorly drilled Pennsylvania regiment" | ||
| - | Although the unit encountered no combat in the largely pro-secessionist county, deaths and injuries occurred. On the train ride from Baltimore to Annapolis, Private Frank B. March, of Company F, fell from the train while attempting to climb from inside the cars to the roof. He lost an arm. In early September Lyman C. Gibbs, from Company C, was killed by standing too close to a passing train. A few weeks later, Lieutenant Charles K. Stoddard was shot and killed while attempting to pass a picket in disguise. the young soldier who shot him, H. C. Wester, was exonerated by the Lieutenant before he died. Josiah W. Hayden, of Company K, was also shot and killed by a guard. | + | Although the unit encountered no combat in the largely pro-secessionist county, deaths and injuries occurred. On the train ride from Baltimore to Annapolis, Private Frank B. Marcy, of Company F, fell from the train while attempting to climb from inside the cars to the roof. He lost an arm. In early September Lyman C. Gibbs, from Company C, was killed by standing too close to a passing train. A few weeks later, Lieutenant Charles K. Stoddard was shot and killed while attempting to pass a picket in disguise; the young soldier who shot him, H. C. Wester, was exonerated by the Lieutenant before he died. Josiah W. Hayden, of Company K, was also shot and killed by a guard. |
| Private Henry Brown, writing his parents on October 20th, bemoaned "I am not very well. I have just got over the measles. I do no do duty nights. I was sick abed for 2 days. I went to the hospital. I came back | Private Henry Brown, writing his parents on October 20th, bemoaned "I am not very well. I have just got over the measles. I do no do duty nights. I was sick abed for 2 days. I went to the hospital. I came back | ||
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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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