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MASSACHUSETTS IN THE WAR 1861-1865
By James L. Bowen, Springfield MA.,
Second Edition 1893,  1029 pages, Portraits    $75.00    



MASSACHUSETTS IN THE ARMY AND NAVY
DURING THE WAR OF 1861-1865.

By Thomas Wentworth Higginson. Boston, 1896
Two volumes, 647 and 805 pages.    Two-vols.: $110.00    
Union Bookshelf
"The standard authority for Massachusett's role in the war,
at the front,and at home." CWB



RECORD OF THE MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS 1861-1865.
Published by the Adjutant General,Boston,1868-1870.
2 vols. 793+1085 pages.

    $165.00    



HISTORY OF THE FIRST REGIMENT OF HEAVY ARTILLERY
MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS.

By Alfred S. Roe and Charles Nutt. Worcester and Boston, 1917.
507 Pages, Illustrated.    $55.00    
Union Bookshelf
"This was the fifth regimental study written by Roe;
here he utilized both primary and secondary sources;
especially good for life in the Virginia defenses of Washington." CWB



THE STORY OF THE FIRST MASSACHUSETTS LIGHT BATTERY.
By A.J. Bennett. Boston, 1886.
200 Pages, Illustrated.    $35.00    
"This judicious account of a Federal battery's operations in the East
also contains a sprinkling of comments on slavery and the countryside." CWB



HISTORY OF THE SECOND MASSACHUSETTS BATTERY
(NIM'S BATTERY)OF LIGHT ARTILLERY.

By Caroline Whitcomb Concord, New Hampshire, 1912.
111 Pages, Illustrated,    $30.00    



THE HISTORY OF THE TENTH MASSACHUSETTS
BATTERY OF LIGHT ARTILLARY.

By John D. Billings. Boston, 1909
496 Pages, Illustrated.$45.00    
Union Bookshelf
"Among the top dozen unit histories pertaining to the Civil War; Billings used
his own diary, some 300 letters, and comrade's manuscript as a basis for this book." CWB



A HISTORY OF THE FIRST REGIMENT OF
MASSACHUSETTS CAVALRY VOLUNTEERS.

By Benjamin Crowninshield. Boston, 1891.
490 Pages, Illustrated. Folding Map.    $65.00    
"A better-than average study of a cavalry
whose services were mostly in Virginia." CWB



DOWN IN DIXIE
LIFE IN A CAVALRY REGIMENT IN THE WAR DAYS

By Stanton P. Allen,  Boston,  1893,
494 pages.   Illustrated    $45.00    



THE THIRD MASSACHUSETTS CAVALRY
IN THE WAR FOR THE UNION.

By James K. Ewer.   Maplewood,Massachusetts, 1903.
452+116 Pages, Illustrated.    $59.50    
Union Bookshelf
"In this thick history are good accounts of the battle
of Sabine Crossroads and actions in western Louisiana;
the author passes judgement." CWB




A LITTLE FIFER'S WAR DIARY
By C.W. Bardeen.  Syracuse,NY.  1910.
329 pages,profusely illustrated.    $37.50    
"Of importance in this crowded category because Bardeen
pointed out in detail both the good and the evil of army life."  CWB



HISTORY OF THE FIRST REGIMENT.
By Warren Cudworth. Boston, 1866.
528 Pages, Illustrated.    $49.00    
Union Bookshelf
"A combination of regimental statistics and personal observations,
this useful volume is a reservoir of data on the Eastern campaigns
through the summer of 1864." CWB



RECORD OF THE SECOND MASSACHUSETTS
INFANTRY 1861-1865.

By Alonzo Quint. Boston, 1867.
528 Pages, Illustrated.    $49.00    



LIFE AND LETTERS OF WILDER DWIGHT LIEUTENANT-COLONEL
SECOND MASS. INF. VOLS.   Boston, 1868

451 Pages.  Portrait.    $37.00    
"Voluminous,penetrating,and sometimes philosophical letters
by a highly cultured officer who was killed at Antietam;
one of the best sources for the 2nd Massachusetts." CWB



BROOK FARM TO CEDAR MOUNTAIN;
IN THE WAR OF THE GREAT REBELLION 1861-62

By George H. Gordon. Boston, 1863.
376 Pages, Illustrated. Color-keyed folding maps.    $42.00    
Union Bookshelf
"Illuminating memoirs of the war's first year in the East
by the colonel of the 2nd Massachusetts." CWB



THE THIRD MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT
VOLUNTEER MILITIA.

By John G. Gammons.  Providence, Rhode Island, 1900.
326 Pages, Illustrated.    $35.00    



HISTORY OF THE FIFTH REGIMENT,M.V.M.
By Alfred S. Roe.  Boston,1879
238 Pages, Illustrated.    $49.00    
Union Bookshelf
"One of the most popular historians of his day, employing all the tools
at his command,has recaptured the humaneness and exploits of a unit
composed of different companies in each of its three tours of duty." CWB



HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE OLD SIXTH
REGIMENT OF MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS.

By John W. Hanson.  Boston,1866.
352 Pages,  Illustrated.    $42.50    
"A factual history of a unit whose sixteen months of active duty
included involvement in a Baltimore riot." CWB



ADDRESSES,REVIEWS AND EPISODES CHIEFLY CONCERNING
THE "OLD SIXTH" MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT.

By B.F. Watson.  New York,1901.
142 pages.    $32.50    



HISTORY OF THE SEVENTH MASSACHUSETTS
VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.

By Nelson V. Hutchinson.  Taunton, Massachusetts, 1890.
320 Pages,   Illustrated.    $37.50    
"A typical unit history,filled with a variety of recollections,
correspondence,personal incidents,and factual summmaries;
the regiment served in the East with the VI Corps." CWB



THE HISTORY OF THE NINTH REGIMENT
MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.

By Daniel G. MacNamara.  Boston, 1899.
543 Pages.    $49.00    



"OURS". ANNALS OF THE 10TH REGIMENT
MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS IN THE REBELLION.

By Joseph K. Newell.  Springfield,Massachusetts, 1875.
609 Pages,Illustrated.    $49.00    
"The first half of this work is a diary-like narrative
of the regiment's career-and it is good for personal
incidents in field and camp;
biographical sketches comprise the remainder." CWB



THE TENTH REGIMENT MASSACHUSETTS
VOLUNTEER INFANTRY 1861-1864

By Alfred S. Roe.  Springfield Massachusetts, 1909.
535 Pages, Illustrated.

$49.00    
Union Bookshelf
"Using a base the earlier unit history J.K Newell (q.v.),
Roe added extracts from three soldiers' diaries and produced
a highly readable and useful study." CWB



THREE YEARS IN THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC
By Henry Blake.  Boston,1865.
319 pages.    $37.50    



A NARRATIVE OF THE FORMATION AND SERVICES
OF THE ELEVENTH MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS.

By Gustavus B. Hutchinson. Boston, 1893.
96 pages.    $25.00    



HISTORY OF THE TWELFTH MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS.
By Benjamin F. Cook.  Boston, 1882.
167 Pages.  Portrait.$29.50    
"Relying on diaries by other members of the regiment,
Col. Cook compiled an uneven,almost day-by-day chronicle
of the unit's action;the work contains a sprinkling of humor
and only scant personal information."



THREE YEARS IN THE ARMY.
THE STORY OF THE THIRTEENTH MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS.

By Charles E. Davis. Boston,1894.
476 Pages.  Maps.    $49.00    
Union Bookshelf
"Five diaries and numerous official sources formed the basis for this
highly regarded history of a unit that served in the Army of the
Potomac until its disbandment in the summer of 1864." CWB



THE STORY OF THE FIFTEENTH REGIMENT
MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.

By Andrew E. Ford.  Clinton, Massachusetts, 1898.
422 Pages.  Portraits.  Folding Maps.    $45.00    



MEMORIAL HISTORY OF THE SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT
MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.

By Thomas Kirwan.  Salem,Massachusetts,1911.
402 Pages, Illustrated.    $45.00    



REMINISCENCES OF THE NINETEENTH MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT.
By Capt.John Adams.  Boston, 1899.
186 Pages.  Portraits.    $32.00    



HISTORY OF THE NINETEENTH REGIMENT
MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY 1861-1865.

By Ernest L. Wait.  Salem,Massachusetts, 1906.
456 Pages, Illustrated.    $39.00    
"An unusually detailed history of a regiment in the Army of the Potomac;
personal incidents abound,though many are of doubtful authenticity." CWB



LETTERS FROM A SURGEON OF THE CIVIL WAR
By Martha Perry.  Boston,1906.
225 pages.  Illustrated.    $35.00    
"Especially valuable for revelations on hospital service
and personal observations in Virginia."  CWB



MEMOIR OF WILLIAM FRANCIS BARTLETT
By Francis W. Palfrey.  Boston, 1878.
310 Pages.  Portrait.  Map.    $35.00    
"The first half of this volume is an intimate account of
Bartlett's service as a member of the 20th Massachusetts;
Palfrey had access to numerous letters and wartime manuscripts." CWB



THE TWENTIETH REGIMENT OF MASSACHUSETTS
VOLUNTEER INFANTRY 1861-1865.

By George A. Bruce.  Boston,1906.
519 Pages,  Illustrated.    $39.00    
Union Bookshelf
"An underrated comprehensive unit history containing an
admirable blend of the personal,statistical,and factual;
John C. Ropes began the study which Bruce completed." CWB



HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-FIRST REGIMENT
MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS.

By Charles Walcott.  Boston,Massachusetts,1882.
502 Pages, Illustrated.    $49.00    



PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF THE CIVIL
WAR BY ONE WHO TOOK PART IN IT AS A
PRIVATE SOLDIER IN THE 21ST
VOLUNTEER REGIMENT INFANTRY.

By James M. Stone.  Boston,Massachusetts,1918.
193 Pages.  Portrait.    $32.00    
"A fairly reliable account of duty with 21st Massachusetts;
of particular value for insights into the Antietam and
Fredericksburg campaigns." CWB



MUSKET AND SWORD,OR THE CAMP MARCH,
AND FIRING LINE IN THE ARMY OF
THE POTOMAC

By Edwin C. Bennett.  Boston,1900.
344 pages.    $39.00    
"This account includes reminiscences of most of the major battles of
the East through Early's Raid. It contains some detailed comments on
individuals,events, and camp life."  CWB



A RECORD OF THE TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT
MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.

By James A. Emmerton.  Boston, Massachusetts, 1886.
352 Pages, Illustrated. Folding Maps.    $45.00    
"Full diary and letter extracts,plus some reminiscences,
by soldiers who campaigned along the North Carolina coast." CWB



STORY OF CO. F,23RD MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS
IN THE WAR FOR THE UNION 1861-1865.

By Herbert Valentine.  Boston,Massachusetts,1896.
Xii+166 Pages, Illustrated,many Portraits.    $32.00    
"A revealing account of army life in North Carolina;
contains much personal data." CWB



THE TWENTY-FOURTH REGIMENT
MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS 1861-1865.

By Alfred S. Roe.  Worcester,Massachusetts,1907.
573 Pages, Illustrated.    $49.00    
"For this work Roe leaned heavily on the writings of
Cols. Thomas G. Stevenson (q.v.)and Francis A. Osborn;
other memoirs were also employed in describing the regiment's
several campaigns along the South Atlantic Coast." CWB



THE STORY OF COMPANY A,TWENTY-FIFTH REGIMENT
MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS.

By Samuel H. Putnam.  Worcester,Mass.,1886.
324 Pages.  Portraits,maps.    $39.00    
Union Bookshelf
"This valuable chronicle of service in North Carolina
contains many personal incidents of color and drama." CWB



DIARIES OF RAMBLES WITH THE
25TH MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.

By D.L. Day.  Milford,Massachusetts 1884.
153 pages.    $29.00    
"A full and illuminating diary,with many
insights and much philosophizing."  CWB



WEARING THE BLUE IN THE TWENTY-FIFTH
MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.

By J. Waldo Denny.  Worcester,Massachusetts, 1879.
523 Pages.  Illustrated with many portraits.    $55.00    



ADRIFT IN DIXIE;OR, A YANKEE
OFFICER AMONG THE REBELS

By Henry Estabrooks.  New York  1866.
224 pages.    $32.00    
"A well written account of an escape and a
trip across Virginia with the aid of Negroes."  CWB



BEARING ARMS IN THE TWENTY-SEVENTH MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT.
By W.P. Derby.  Boston,Massachusetts,1883.
607 Pages.  Portraits.  Folding maps.    $57.00    
Union Bookshelf
"Derby's account is a frank and honest appraisal of the
North Carolina and Petersburg campaigns;
he openly criticized Federal looting." CWB



THE HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-NINTH REGIMENT
OF THE MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.

By William H. Osborne.  Boston Massachusetts, 1877.
393 Pages.    $45.00    
"The detailed sometimes personal travelogue of a unit
that saw action from the Peninsula to Vicksburg." CWB



PASSAGES FROM THE LIFE OF HENRY WARREN HOWE,
CONSISTING OF DIARY AND LETTERS WRITTEN DURING
THE CIVIL WAR 1861-1865. A CONDENSED HISTORY OF
THE THIRTIETH MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT.
Lowell,Massachusetts,1899.

211 Pages, Portraits.

$32.00    
Union Bookshelf
"Good wartime letters and short diary entries make this
a most revealing work on the 30th Massachusetts." CWB



THE STORY OF THE THIRTY-SECOND REGIMENT
MASSACHUSETTS INFANTRY

By Francis J. Parker. Boston,Massachusetts,1880.
260 pages.    37.50    



RECORD OF THE THIRTY-THIRD
MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.

By Andrew J. Boies.  Fitchburg,Massachusetts, 1880.
168 Pages.  Portrait.    $29.00    



THE THREE YEARS SERVICE OF THE THIRTY-THIRD
MASSACHUSETTS INFANTRY REGIMENT 1862-1865.

By Adin Underwood. Boston, Massachusetts 1881.
335 pages.    $35.00    



REMININSCENCES OF THREE YEARS SERVICE IN THE CIVIL WAR.
By a Cape Cod Boy. John J. Ryder.
New Bedford,Massachusetts, 1928.
85 Pages, Illustrated.    $29.00    



LIFE WITH THE THIRTY-FOURTH MASSACHUSETTS
INFANTRY IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION.

By William S. Lincoln.  Worcester,Massachusetts, 1879.
459+18 Pages.    $45.00    
Union Bookshelf
"An excellent source for life in the Washington defenses
and the 1864 action in the Shenandoah Valley;
based on the author's diary and letters, as well as
similar documents by comrades." CWB



HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FIFTH REGIMENT
MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS 1862-1865.

By a committee of the regimental association.
Boston,Massachusetts, 1884.
409+66 Pages.    $45.00    
Union Bookshelf
"In this reliable study are a host of personal accounts
ranging from the battles of Antietam and Chickamanga
to life in Southern prisons." CWB



HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-SIXTH REGIMENT
MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS 1862-1865.

By a committee of the regiment.  Boston,Massachusetts, 1884.
405 Pages.    $45.00    
"Seven different veterans wrote the chapters of this
history,which in essence is a human chronicle of
a regiment in the IX Corps." CWB



HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT
MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS.

By James L. Bowen.  Holyoke,Massachusetts,1884.
431+51 Pages.  Illustrated.    $47.50    



THE STORY OF THE THIRTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT
OF MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS.

By George W. Powers.  Cambridge,Massachusetts,1866.
308 Pages.    $37.50    



THE THIRTY-NINTH REGIMENT MASSACHUSETTS
VOLUNTEERS 1862-1865

By Alfred S. Roe.  Worcester,Massachusetts,1914.
493 Pages,  Illustrated.    $49.50    



HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT
INFANTRY MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS.

By Charles P. Bosson.  Boston,Massachusetts,1886.
465 Pages,  Illustrated.    $45.00    



REMINISCENCES OF MILITARY SERVICE IN THE
FORTY-THIRD REGIMENT MASSACHUSETTS INFANTRY.

By Edward H. Rogers.  Boston,1883.
210 Pages.    $32.00    
"These recollections first appeared serially in
Massachusetts newspapers; they give a personal
record of 9 months' service in the
North Carolina theater." CWB



RECORDS OF THE SERVICE OF THE FORTY-FOURTH
MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEER MILITIA IN NORTH CAROLINA.

(no author listed) Boston,1887.
364 Pages,  Illustrated.  Maps.    $45.00    



LETTERS FROM THE FORTY-FOURTH REGIMENT M.V.M:
A RECORD OF THE EXPERIENCE OF A NINE MONTHS
REGIMENT IN THE DEPARTMENT OF NORTH CAROLINA
IN 1862-63.

By Zenas Haines.  Boston,Massachusetts,1863.
121 Pages.    $29.00    
"The most comprehensive account by a private soldier
of the 1862-1863 campaigns in North Carolina." CWB



THE CAMPAIGN OF THE FORTY-FIFTH REGIMENT
MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEER MILITIA.

By Charles Hubbard.  Boston,1882.
126 Pages, Illustrated.    $29.00    



HISTORY OF THE FORTY-FIFTH REGIMENT
MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEER MILITIA.

By Albert W. Mann.  Boston,1903.
562 Pages.  Illustrated.    $49.00    



HISTORY OF THE FORTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT
MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEER MILITIA
DURING THE CIVIL WAR.

By Albert Plummer.  Boston,1907.
133 Pages.    $29.50    



LIFE WITH THE FORTY-NINTH
MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS

By Henry T. Johns.  Pittsfield,Massachusetts,1890.
435 Pages,  Illustrated.    $42.50    
Union Bookshelf
"Because of John's descriptive powers, it is
unfortunate this his militry service was confined
solely to the Louisiana theater." CWB



HISTORY OF THE FIFTIETH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY
MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEER MILITIA.

By William B. Stevens.  Boston,1907.
399 Pages,  Illustrated.    $42.50    
Union Bookshelf
"An excellent source for 1862-1863 campaigns in Louisiana;
composed in the main of several soldiers' diaries." CWB



HISTORY AND CAMP LIFE OF COMPANY C FIFTY-FIRST REGIMENT,
MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEER MILITIA 1862-1863

By C.F. Pierce,Worcester,1886. 130 pages,Illustrated,Folding Map.
A series of revealing letters treating largely of
the 1862-1863 campaigns in North Carolina CWB.


    $32.50    



HISTORY OF THE FIFTY-SECOND REGIMENT
MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS.

By J.F. Moors.  Boston,1893.
220+113 Pages.  Portrait.

$39.00    
Union Bookshelf
"A superior collection of diary entries,
letters from the field to newspapers,and extracts
from personal correspondence-all relating to
the regiment's brief service in Louisiana." CWB



THE FIFTY-THIRD REGIMENT OF MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS.
By Henry A. Willis.  Fitchburg,Massachusetts,1889.
247 Pages.    $35.00    



THE FIFTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT
OF MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS

By John Anderson.  Boston, 1896.
512 Pages.    $49.00    
















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