Abstract of <title>History of the Forty-fifth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer militia Anderson, Heather Images scanned by Digital Collections, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University. Text encoded by Gretchen Gueguen Digital Collections, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University. Greenville, North Carolina 2010

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Abstract of History of the Forty-fifth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer militia History of the Forty-fifth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer militia Mann, Albert William, 1841- E513.5 45th 1908

This text gives first hand accounts by members of the Forty-Fifth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia that occupied several areas in North Carolina during the Civil War. Some of the more notable areas mentioned in these accounts are Kinston, Goldsboro, Trenton, Pollocksville, Jonesville, Whitehall, Fort Macon, and New Bern. Among the illustrations are photographs of members of the regiment, sketches of scenes they encountered in North Carolina, and maps of New Berne.

Author Biography

Albert W. Mann was a private in the Forty-Fifth Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment. He enlisted September 15, 1862 and was mustered in September 26, 1862. He was mustered out July 7, 1863; however, he reenlisted in April of 1864 with the 1st Unattached Company M.V.M. for a hundred days. He worked as a bank clerk in Massachusetts after the war. The Executive Committee of the Association of the Forty-Fifth Massachusetts Regiment elected Mann as Regiment Historian whereby he should collect, research, and write a book preserving the history of the Forty-Fifth during the Civil War.

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History of the Forty-Fifth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia