Author: Military Order of the Loy Massachusetts

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Published: 2015-07-04

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 9781330686805

Excerpt from Civil War Papers, Vol. 1: Read Before the Commandery of the State of Massachusetts, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States The Massachusetts Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion on November 2nd, 1892, appointed a Committee on History, and since January 1893, papers on the Civil War have been prepared and read by the companions, first at special meetings called for that purpose, subsequently during the hour preceding the regular monthly meeting. November 4th, 1896, the Board of Officers voted to call the regular meetings of the Commandery at 5.30 o'clock P. M., to listen first to the reading of the papers announced by the Committee on History. On April 4th, 1900, Lieutenant Colonel Francis S. Hesseltine, Chairman Committee on History, Captain Wilmon W. Blackmar, Junior Vice Commander, Major Edward T. Bouve, Member of Council and of Committee on History, Lieutenant Colonel Samuel A. Drake, Lieutenant Charles H. Porter, Librarian, were appointed a committee to publish a volume of the papers which have been read before the Commandery, A few of the papers had been prepared for and published by the Military Historical Society of Massachusetts, others were reserved by the companions who furnished them. From those at their disposal the committee have selected the papers here published, considering solely variety and interest of subjects and the honor of the Commandery of Massachusetts. 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.