Massachusetts Infantry, 12th Regiment Records, ca. 1861-1864

Summary

Extent:

.6 linear feet (1 document box and 1 oversize box)

Language:

English.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains Civil War individual service and medical records, lists of circulars, regimental and regular orders received, order books - one with a short history, and photographs for the Massachusetts Infantry, 12th Regiment (Vol.), ca 1861-1864.

For further information about role of Massachusetts and its troops in the Civil War, see works such as:

Bowen, James Lorenzo. Massachusetts in the War, 1861-1865 (1889).Headley, P. C. Massachusetts in the Rebellion: A Record of the Historical Position of the Commonwealth, and the Services of the Leading Statesmen, the Military, the Colleges, and the People, in the Civil War of 1861-65 (1866).Higginson, Thomas Wentworth. Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the War of 1861-65 (1895-1896).Massachusetts. Adjutant General's Office. Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil War, 8 vols. (1931-1935).Massachusetts. Adjutant General's Office. Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil War: Index to Army Records (1937).Massachusetts. Adjutant General's Office. Record of the Massachusetts Volunteers, 1861-1865, 2 vols. (1868-1870).Massachusetts in the Civil War, 5 vols. (1960-1965).Military Historical Society of Massachusetts. Civil War and Miscellaneous Papers (1918).

Acquisition information:

Undetermined.

Physical location:

Del Sur and Del Sur Oversize

Location of this collection:

UC Santa Barbara, Special Research Collections

UC Santa Barbara Library

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US

Contact:

(805) 893-3062

special@library.ucsb.edu

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