History of the Forty-Eighth Regiment M. V. M. During the Civil War

Chapter 3: INTRODUCTORY

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The author presents a diary-style regimental history of a Massachusetts volunteer infantry regiment during the Civil War, tracing recruitment and training at a coastal camp in response to a nine-month volunteer call and describing daily camp routine, discipline, and local incidents. It records formation into companies, officers and rosters, movements to the Gulf and Mississippi theater, and participation in operations around Baton Rouge and Port Hudson, noting casualties and administrative details. Chronological entries, lists of personnel, and acknowledgments of contributors combine to preserve both operational actions and the personal experiences of soldiers.

INTRODUCTORY

I have undertaken to write a history of the Forty-eighth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, in the Civil War in diary form from the commencement to the close of the service. Undoubtedly much more might have been written giving many interesting particulars concerning the different companies and incidents relating to individual members of those companies, but I have thought best to write a modest, true and valuable presentation of the main features of the services rendered by the regiment to the Government. It is not an easy task to write such a history as will please everybody. I hope my efforts will be reasonably and charitably considered by my comrades.

ALBERT PLUMMER, Historian.