Excerpt from History of the Seventh Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry in the War of the Rebellion of the Southern States Against Constitutional Authority N presenting the History of the Seventh Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry to the public, the author makes no pretension or claim to literary ability, but has essayed to give, in a plain and concise manner, the history of the Regiment, to record its sacrifices, its hardships, and the valor and endurance of its men who participated in the work of saving the Union as a Confederation of States. And establishing the principles of national unity, and also as a memorial of them, that their children and the generations to come who know not of their sacrifices bv personal experience, may be taught the great lessons of patriotism which swelled the hearts of their fathers, the volunteers of 1861. Shortly after the formation of the Regimental Association an effort was made to secure a Regimental History, and as it was a much more propitious time then than at the present, (it being in the seventies, shortly after the regiment left the service, ) it is to be much regretted that it was not carried to a successful issue at that time. A committee was appointed. Of which Capt. George Reed, of Co. K, was president; but shortly after its formation Capt. Reed was seized with a very severe sickness, from which he has never fully recovered. At the seventeenth annual reunion of the Regimental Association a paper was read by the author, setting forth the advantages of a Regimental History, and after an animated discussion the following committee was chosen to collect and forward data to the historian. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.