The 6th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia was activated for federal service in the Union army for three separate terms during the American Civil War. The regiment gained notoriety as the first unit in the. Union Army to suffer fatal casualties in action during the Civil War in the Baltimore. Riot. Private Luther C. Ladd of the 6th Massachusetts is often referred to as the. first Union soldier killed in action in the war. During the Revolutionary War, the regiment was engaged in the Battle of Bunker Hill.
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The 6th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia was activated for federal service in the Union army for three separate terms during the American Civil War. The regiment gained notoriety as the first unit in the. Union Army to suffer fatal casualties in action during the Civil War in the Baltimore. Riot and the first militia unit to arrive in Washington D. C. in response to President Abraham Lincoln’s initial call for 75,000 troops. Private Luther C. Ladd of the 6th Massachusetts is often referred to as the. first Union soldier killed in action in the war. During the Revolutionary War, the regiment was engaged in the Battle of Bunker Hill. Other units dating back to the 18th century were given the designation 6th. Regiment Massachusetts Militia. They were formed and disbanded at various times and although they shared the same numerical designation, there was no continuous unit known as the6th Massachusetts. One of the units designated as the 6st Massachusetts was a regiment that served during King George’s War in. the Siege of Louisbourg in 1745. During its first term of service, four out of ten companies of the regiment were from Lowell, Massachusetts. In the years immediately preceding the war and during its first enlistment,. the regiment consisted primarily of companies from Middlesex County. During its second and third terms of service,. the unit was commanded by Colonel Albert S. Follansbee. The regiment first enlisted for a \”90-day\” term ofService which lasted from April 16 to August 2, 1861.
During this time the regiment participated in several expeditions and actions in the vicinity of Suffolk, Virginia. Private Joseph S. G. Sweatt’s bravery at Carrsville earned him the Medal of Honor. He later commanded the 26th Massachusetts and was awarded the honorary grade of brevet brigadier general. His letter indicating the regiment’s readiness, dated January 21, was brought to Boston and read in the Massachusetts Senate by then state Senator Benjamin F. Butler. The 6thachusetts was formed in 1855 during the reorganization of the Massachusetts militia. On April 19, 1861, three companies previously belonging to other Massachusetts militia units were added to the 6rd Massachusetts to form a regiment of 11 companies total. The date was the end of the anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord which began the American Revolution. Although the Union remained in the United States, Maryland remained the cause of the Revolution in the U.S. Although President Lincoln issued a call for troops to serve in putting down the insurrection, the call was relayed by Governor John A. Andrew to the existing regiments of Massachusetts militia the same day. That night, the men of the 7th Massachusetts barracked in Faneuil and Boylston Halls. The next morning, April 17, they departed for Washington via railroad at 7 p.m. The regimental colors to Colonel Edward F. Jones were presented to Governor Andrew at the Governor’s State House, Boston.
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