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Twelve Months with the Eighth Massachusetts Infantry in the Service of the United States

Chapter 18: The Band
By Harry Endicott Webber
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About This Book

A regimental chronicle recounts one year of service by a Massachusetts volunteer infantry regiment during the Spanish–American War, tracing its mobilization, camp life, training, marches and garrison duty from encampments in the United States through service in Cuba. It describes conditions at Chickamauga Park, outbreaks of disease, administrative movements to Kentucky and Georgia, occupation of Matanzas, and the regiment's return and mustering out. The narrative combines operational overview with company-by-company sketches, rolls of honor, casualty and strength statistics, and a chronology and appendix that preserve officers' names and local community ties.

The Band


Boucher, Alfred, Haverhill, enlisted Company D, April 28, 1898; transferred to band, March 20, 1899; mustered out April 28, 1899.

Brasseur, George D., Haverhill, enlisted Company F, April 28, 1898; transferred to band, March 20, 1899; mustered out April 28, 1899.

Crowley, Herbert L., North Cambridge, enlisted Company M, April 28, 1898; transferred to band March 20, 1899; mustered out April 28, 1899.

Cummings, John A., West Somerville, enlisted Company M, April 28, 1898; transferred to band, March 20, 1899; mustered out April 28, 1899.

Dickie, William A., Newburyport, enlisted musician, Company A, April 28, 1898; transferred to band March 20, 1899; mustered out April 28, 1899.

Drolet, Charles F., Rockport, enlisted Company G, April 28, 1898; transferred to band, March 20, 1899; mustered out April 28, 1899.

Givan, Charles F., Charlestown, enlisted Company M, June 20, 1898; transferred to band, March 20, 1899; mustered out April 28, 1899.

Goette, Albert H., Cambridgeport, enlisted Company M, June 29, 1898; transferred to band March 20, 1899; mustered out April 28, 1899.

Greenlay, Joseph B., Haverhill, enlisted corporal, Company F, April 28, 1898; transferred to band March 20, 1899; mustered out April 28, 1899.

Heffernan, Patrick J., Haverhill, enlisted musician, Company H, April 28, 1898; transferred to band, March 20, 1899; mustered out April 28, 1899.

James, Charles T., Allston, enlisted Company M, April 28, 1898; transferred to band, March 20, 1899; mustered out April 28, 1899.

Larkin, John, West Chelmsford, enlisted Sixth Massachusetts Infantry, June 22, 1898; transferred from band Sixth Massachusetts Infantry to Company B, Eighth Massachusetts Infantry, January 1, 1899; transferred to band from Company B, March 20, 1899; mustered out April 28, 1899.

McBarron, James H., Boston, enlisted musician Company M, April 28, 1898; transferred to band, March 20, 1899; mustered out April 28, 1899.

Miner, Herbert W., Haverhill, enlisted musician, Company F, April 28, 1898; transferred to band, March 20, 1899; mustered out April 28, 1899.

Mitchell, Charles R., South Lawrence, enlisted Company B, April 28, 1898; transferred to band March 20, 1899; mustered out April 28, 1899.

Mudgett, William L., Haverhill, enlisted musician, Company B, April 28, 1898; transferred to band, March 20, 1899; mustered out April 28, 1899.

Phillips, William N., South Lawrence, enlisted musician, Company L, April 28, 1898; transferred to band, March 20, 1899; mustered out April 28, 1899.

Sweetser, Frederic J., Haverhill, enlisted Company E, April 28, 1898; transferred to band, March 20, 1899; mustered out April 28, 1899.

Stickney, Horace I., Lynn, enlisted musician, Company D, April 28, 1898; transferred to band, March 20, 1899; mustered out April 28, 1899.

Taylor, Edward P., Lynn, enlisted Company I, April 28, 1898; transferred to band, March 20, 1899; mustered out April 28, 1899.