The 6th Massachusetts Militia Regiment was a peacetime infantry regiment that was activated for federal service in the Union army for three separate terms during the American Civil War. The regiment g
During the Baltimore Riot, the 6th Massachusetts became the first Union unit to take casualties in action on April 19, 1861.
The 6th Massachusetts en route to Washington, April 18, 1861
Mob attacks companies of the 6th Massachusetts Militia on Pratt Street during the Baltimore Riot.
Private Ladd of the 6th Massachusetts was the first Union soldier killed in action during the Civil War.
Baltimore riot of 1861
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The Baltimore riot of 1861 was a civil conflict on Friday, April 19, 1861, on Pratt Street, Baltimore, Maryland. It occurred between antiwar "Copperhead" Democrats and other Confederate sympathizers o
6th Massachusetts Militia Regiment
…War (1861-1865). The regiment gained notoriety as the first unit in the Union Army to suffer fatal casualties in action during the Civil War in the Baltimore Riot and the first militia unit to arrive in Washington D.C., in response to President Abraham Lincoln's initial call for 75,000 troops. Private Luther C…
Currier & Ives lithograph The Lexington of 1861