The 5th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia was a peacetime infantry regiment that was activated for federal service in the Union army for three separate tours during the American Civil War. In t
The 5th Massachusetts charges up a hill in Washington D.C. during training, May 1861. The U.S. Capitol is shown in the background.
Colonel Samuel C. Lawrence, commanding officer of the 5th Massachusetts Militia in 1861
The 5th Massachusetts at Camp Peirson, New Bern, North Carolina, 1863
Colonel George H. Peirson commanded the 5th Massachusetts during its second and third terms of service.
First Battle of Bull Run
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The First Battle of Bull Run, called the Battle of First Manassas by Confederate forces, was the first major battle of the American Civil War. The battle was fought on July 21, 1861, in Prince William
Struggle on a Manassas, Virginia bridge during the Union army's retreat in 1861 depicted in an engraving by William Ridgway based on a drawing by F. O. C. Darley
Pres. Abraham Lincoln, USA
Pres. Jefferson Davis, CSA
Lt. Gen. Winfield Scott, General in Chief, USA