Civil War Roster, 1st MA Infantry, Union

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Surname Index:

Total: 1688

First	Last	Rank	Age	Occupation	Residence	Company
George W.	Abbott	Pvt	33	driver	MA, Boston	Company D
		e. 1861-05-22; mi 1861-05-24 dg. for disability, 1861-06-24, at Georgetown, DC
James E.	Abbott	Pvt	23	grocer	MA, Boston	Company F
		e. 1862-08-09; mi 1862-09-01; wounded July, 1863, Gettysburg, PA; dg. 1863-09-30, for wounds
Salem	Abell	Pvt	45	carpenter	MA, Boston	Company G
		e. 1862-08-11; mi 1862-09-01; mo. 1864-05-25
John	Abrams	Pvt	18			Company A
		e. 1861-05-23; mi 1861-05-23; wounded 1862-05-05, at Williamsburg, Va.; dg. 1863-01-07, for disability, at Falmouth, Va
William	Abrams	Pvt	25	glass maker	MA, South Boston	Company A
		e. 1861-05-23; mi 1861-05-23; wounded 1862-08-29, at 2d Bull Run; dg. for disability, 1862-09-01, from wounds received in action
Alfred W.	Adams	Capt	44	engineer	MA, Roxbury	Company F
		cm 1861-05-22; mi 1861-05-24; resigned to take effect 1862-07-17
George	Adams	Pvt	21	mariner
		e. 1862-12-06; mi 1862-12-16; deserted 1862-12-16
John H.	Adams	Pvt	21	machinist	MA, Worcester	Company A
		e. 1861-05-23; mi 1861-05-23; deserted in August, 1863; gained from desertion 1864-01-25; transf. to 11th MA Inf., 1864-05-18. See Co. C 11th MA Inf
Joseph E.	Adams	Musician	16	student	MA, Roxbury	Company F
		e., must 1861-05-24; dg. for disability, 1861-08-17, at Fort Albany, Va
Timothy A.	Aheam	Pvt	22	printer	MA, Boston	Company I
		e., must 1861-05-24; deserted 1861-07-22, at Georgetown, DC
Herman	Ahrend	Pvt	22	clerk	MA, Boston	Company I
		e., must 1861-05-24
James	Alden, Jr.	Pvt	23	clerk		Company C
		e. 1861-05-23; mi 1861-05-27; dg. for disability, 1861-07-19, at Georgetown, DC
Benjamin D.	Alexander	Pvt	33	carpenter	MA, Boston	Company E
		e., must 1861-05-25; taken prisoner at Gettysburg, PA, July, 1863; mo. 1864-05-25
Joseph B.	Alexander	Pvt	31	tinplate worker		Company C
		e. 1861-05-23; mi 1861-05-27; dg. for disability, 1861-08-01, at Arlington, Va
William	Alexander	Pvt	25	laborer	MA, Hanover
		e. 1862-12-13; mi 1862-12-16; deserted 1862-12-16, at Cambridge, MA
Charles H.	Alger	Pvt	33	tin plate worker	MA, Chelsea	Company H
		e. 1861-05-22; mi 1861-05-23; mo. 1864-05-25
Charles A.	Allen	Pvt	20	carpenter	MA, Dorchester	Company D
		e. 1861-05-22; mi 1861-05-24; deserted 1861-09-30, at Bladensburg, Md
George W.	Allen	Musician	18	musician	MA, Boston	Company A
		e., must 1861-05-23; missing at battle of Gettysburg 1863-07-02; returned 1864-05-24; mo. 1864-05-25, a& George H. Allen
Hiram W.	Allen	Pvt	25	clerk	MA, Chelsea	Company H
		e. 1861-05-22; mi 1861-05-23; mo. 1863-08-12, to accept promotion. See Officer US Colored Troops
John	Allen	Pvt	20	carpenter	MA, West Newton	Company G
		e., must 1861-05-23; killed 1862-06-30, Nelson's Farm, Va. True name Phillip James Ledden
Lorenzo L.	Allen	Pvt	20	mason	MA, South Boston	Company E
		e., must 1861-05-25; dg. for disability, 1862-10-16, at Falmouth, Va. See 1st Unatt. Co. MA Inf. (90 days)
Nathaniel	Allen	Pvt	28	deck hand	MA, Chelsea	Company H
		e. 1861-05-22; mi 1861-05-23; wounded 1862-06-30, at Nelson's Farm, Va.; mo. 1864-05-25
Nathaniel M.	Allen	Pvt	21	watch maker	MA, Boston	Company B
		e., must 1861-05-23; apptd. Corpl., 1863-01-26; mo. 1864-05-25. Medal of Honor man. Date of Action 1863-07-02, Gettysburg, Pa. When his regt. was falling back, this soldier, bearing the national color, returned in the face of the enemy's fire, pulled the regimental flag from under the body of its bearer who had fallen, saved the flag from capture and brought both colors off the field
Isaac	Alston	Pvt	26	pianoforte maker	MA, Chelsea	Company H
		e. 1861-05-22; mi 1861-05-23; wounded 1862-08-29, at 2d Bull Run, Va.; mo. 1864-05-25, as Sgt
John W.	Anderson	Pvt	18	farmer	MA, Charlestown	Company C
		e. 1862-02-12; mi 1862-02-28; dg. for disability, 1862-10-22, at Fort Worth, Va
John	Anderson, Jr.	Pvt	18	saddler	MA, West Roxbury	Company A
		e. 1862-08-16; mi 1862-09-01; mo. 1864-05-25
Eben T.	Andrews	Pvt	22	machinist	MA, Charlestown	Company G
		e., must 1861-05-23; deserted 1861-11-07, at Bladensburg, Md
John D.	Andrews	Pvt	19	waiter	MA, Boston	Company I
		e., must 1861-05-24; dg. on Surgeon's Certif. of Disability, July 20, 1S61, at Georgetown, DC
Joseph E.	Andrews	Pvt	26	teamster	MA, Boston	Company D
		e. 1861-05-22; mi 1861-05-24; dg. for disability. 1862-05-11
Robert	Andrews	Pvt	25	tanner	MA, South Danvers	Company H
		e. 1861-05-22; mi 1861-05-23; taken prisoner 1864-05-10, at Spottsylvania, Va.; died Dec, 1864, at Andersonville, Ga., a Prisoner of War
Walter B.	Andrews	Pvt	22	morocco finisher	MA, Chelsea	Company H
		e., must 1861-10-17; k. in action 1862-04-26, at Yorktown, Va
Mark C.	Annls	Pvt	42	tin plate worker	MA, Lynn	Company B
		e. 1862-08-13; mi 1862-09-01; dg. 1863-06-16, on Surgeon's Certif. of Disability. See Unassigned 2d MHA., as Mark Annis
Adolph	Anthes	Pvt	20	baker	MA, Roxbury	Company K
		e., must 1861-05-24; deserted 1861-11-13, at Budd's Ferry, Md
Mark H.	Appleby	Pvt	30	engineer	MA, Cambridgeport	Company H
		e. 1861-05-22; mi 1861-05-23; dg. for disability, 1861-07-22, at Georgetown, DC See Co. G 1st MA Cav
Charles A.J.	Appleton	Pvt	30	teamster	MA, Chelsea	Company H
		e. 1861-05-22; mi 1861-05-23; dg. for disability, 1861-07-30, at Arlington, Va. See 1st Batty. MA Lt. Arty. (3 yrs.)
William H.	Appleton	Pvt	21	carpenter	MA, Boston	Company F
		e., must 1861-05-24; wounded 1862-06-25, at Fair Oaks, Va.; and 1862-08-29, at 2d Bull Run, Va.; died 1863-07-04, of wounds reed, at Gettysburg, PA, 1863-07-02, a Corporal
Thomas	Archer	Pvt	22	glass cutter	MA, Boston	Company A
		e., must 1861-05-23; wounded 1862-04-26, near Yorktown, Va.; dg. for disability, 1863-04-23
James	Armstrong	Corp	29	carpenter	MA, East Boston	Company B
		e., must 1861-05-23; apptd. Sgt, 1861-08-01; wounded 1862-06-25, at Fair Oaks, Va.; dg. 1863-02-02, on Surgeon's Certif. of Disability, for wounds. See Officer US Colored Troops
James	Armstrong	Pvt	19	laborer	MA, Boston	Company F
		e., must 1861-05-24; apptd. Corpl., 1861-08-01; mo. 1864-05-25
John	Arnold	Pvt	24	moulder	MA, Roxbury	Company K
		e., must 1861-05-24; dg. for disability, 1861-08-31, at Bladensburg, Md
Samuel	Ashman	Pvt	22	rope maker	MA, North Chelsea	Company G
		e. 1862-08-13; mi 1862-09-01; mo. 1864-05-25
Rawlins T.	Atkins	Corp	24	clerk	MA, East Boston	Company G
		e., must 1861-05-23 wounded 1863-05-02, at Chancellorsville, Va.; apptd. 1st Sgt, date not shown; dg. 1863-12-28, special order War Dept., to accept promotion. See Co. D 56th MA Inf
Albert S.	Austin	1st Lt	26	counsellor	MA, Chelsea	Company H
		cm 1861-05-25; mi 1861-05-25; mo. to date 1862-08-07, to accept promotion. See Officer US Vols
Nathaniel	Averell	Corp	27	carpenter	MA, Roxbury	Company K
		e., must 1861-05-24; apptd. Sgt, date not shown; wounded 1862-08-29, at 2d Bull Run, Va.; cm 2nd Lt, 1862-10-03; mo. 1864-05-25, as 2nd Lt of Co. E
Eben O.	Avery	Pvt	28	caulker	MA, East Boston	Company C
		e. 1861-05-23; mi 1861-05-27; wounded 1862-12-14, at Fredericksburg, Va.; transf. as Sgt 1863-07-01, to VRC; dg. 1864-05-27, as of Co. A 3d VRC
Daniel M.	Ayer	Pvt	34	mechanic	MA, South Boston	Company F
		e. 1862-08-16; mi 1862-09-01; deserted 1863-05-13, at Falmouth, Va

Surname Index:

Total: 1688

Sources:
http://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/1st_Regiment,_Massachusetts_Infantry
http://www.archive.org/stream/massachusettssol11931mass#page/2/mode/2up

Abbreviations:

c - captured	cm - commissioned	e - enlisted	d - died	dg - discharged
dt - detailed	k - killed	m - missing	mi - mustered in	mo - mustered out
p - promoted	pr - prisoner	r - resigned	tr - transferred	w - wounded
MHA - Mass. Heavy Artillery		VRC - Veteran Reserve Corps