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HISTORY
OF THE
THIRTY-SIXTH REGIMENT
MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS.
1862-1865.
BY A COMMITTEE OF THE REGIMENT.
BOSTON:
PRESS OF ROCKWELL AND CHURCHILL.
89 ARCH STREET.
1884.
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TO
Our Comrades
OF THE
THIRTY-SIXTH MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS
THIS RECORD OF A COMMON EXPERIENCE
IS
AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED.
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Ah, never shall the land forget
How gushed the life-blood of her brave,—
Gushed, warm with hope and courage yet,—
Upon the soil they sought to save.
Now all is calm, and fresh, and still;
Alone the chirp of flitting bird,
And talk of children on the hill,
And bell of wand'ring kine, are heard.
No solemn host goes trailing by,
The black-mouthed gun and stag'ring wain;
Men start not at the battle-cry;
Oh, be it never heard again!
—William Cullen Bryant.
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PREFACE.
Not long after the close of the war a plan was proposed,by some of the officers of the regiment, for the preparationof a history of the Thirty-sixth Regiment of MassachusettsVolunteers; but the plan was not carried into execution.At the regimental reunions, in subsequent years, parts of sucha history were read by Comrades White, Ranlett, and Hodgkins,and the desire for a complete history of the regiment,which found expression on these occasions, was so strongthat, at the reunion of the regiment at Worcester, in September,1876, a committee, consisting of Comrades White,Ranlett, Burrage, and Hodgkins, was appointed to procurematerials for a history of the regiment.
Some progress was made by the committee in the performanceof the work thus assigned to them; but it was not sogreat as they, or their comrades of the Thirty-sixth, desired.At the reunion, September 2, 1879, the matter was again considered,and it was finally voted, "that Comrades White,Ranlett, Hodgkins, Burrage, and Noyes, be chosen a committeeto have charge of the compiling, revising, and printingthe history of the regiment, to be ready for delivery atour next reunion; and that the committee have power toprocure any help they may need."
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Many difficulties were encountered in the progress of thework, and it was found that it would be impossible to prepare,within the limit of time presc                        
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