Twentieth Massachusetts Regiment 150th Anniversary

A history blog that commemorates the military service of the Twentieth Massachusetts Regiment on the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.

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Modern-day maps of locations significant to the Twentieth Massachusetts Regiment

  • Ball's Bluff Battlefield Regional Park, Leesburg, Virginia
  • Yorktown, Virginia
  • Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Maryland
  • Fredericksburg Visitors Center at Fredericksburg National Battlefield, Fredericksburg, Virginia
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This Civil War history blog is dedicated to the outstanding military service of the Twentieth Massachusetts Regiment and to the memory of my ancestor, Private Oliver Stanton Bates of Company A. Each blog post marks the 150th anniversary of the original event during the Civil War.

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About Me

Carol
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Links

Harvard Regiment: 20th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry 1861:1865

My Civil War Blogs

  • Thirteenth New Hampshire Regiment 150th Anniversary
    Second Battle of Fair Oaks
    2 years ago
  • Twentieth Massachusetts Regiment 150th Anniversary
    Funeral of Major Henry Patten
    3 years ago
  • Twenty Seventh Connecticut Regiment 150th Anniversary
    Battle of the Wheatfield at Gettysburg
    4 years ago

My Genealogy Blogs

  • Journeys of a Constant Genealogist
    Summer of 2015 Retrospective
    2 years ago
  • New Hampshire Families in 1790 Project
    Research at the New Hampshire State Archives
    3 years ago

Blogs I Follow

  • A Hundred Years Ago
    Old-fashioned Stuffed Sweet Potato Recipe
    3 days ago
  • JOHN BANKS' CIVIL WAR BLOG
    Hidden Fort Sumter: History comes alive in Charleston Harbor
    3 days ago
  • 150 Years Ago Today
    Notice:
    4 years ago
  • Leonard T. Ryerson of 133 Eagle Squadron
    Len's Story......
    6 years ago
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