Returnees from Ball's Bluff and New Recruits

Saturday, October 11, 1862

During the week the Twentieth Massachusetts regained some strength in numbers. The regiment welcomed fifty of their men who returned after wounding or capture at Ball's Bluff in October 1861. Thirty new recruits arrived at camp and joined the regiment. Lieutenant William Milton returned after his wounding at Antietam, and Lieutenant Arthur Curtis returned to camp.¹

References:
¹George A. Bruce, The Twentieth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry 1861 - 1865 (Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Riverside Press, 1906), 178.

Macy Returns with New Recruits

Saturday, September 20, 1862

Captain George Macy arrived at Antietam with new recruits for the Twentieth Massachusetts. He was dispatched to Washington to bring up recruits on September 14. He was on the return route during the battle at Antietam and could hear artillery fire from many miles away, but he was not able to rejoin the regiment until today. ¹

References:
¹George A. Bruce, The Twentieth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry 1861 - 1865 (Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Riverside Press, 1906), 176.

New Recruits Join Regiment

Wednesday, September 10, 1862

Captain George Macy rejoined the Twentieth at Middlebrook. He had just returned from Washington with eighty-eight armed recruits for the Twentieth Massachusetts.¹

References:
¹George A. Bruce, The Twentieth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry 1861 - 1865 (Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Riverside Press, 1906), 151.

New Recruits at Harrison's Landing

Saturday, August 2, 1862

The Twentieth Massachusetts received the first batch of new recruits since the Seven Days Battles. Thirty volunteers joined the Twentieth today, and many more were expected to follow in the next months.¹

References:
¹George A. Bruce, The Twentieth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry 1861 - 1865 (Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Riverside Press, 1906), 139.

Regimental Matters - New Recruits

Thursday, November 28, 1861

The regiment welcomed the first batch of recruits enlisted by Captain Henry Tremlett. Over the winter months the new recruits would acquire skills to prepare them for combat, including drills, bayonet exercise, skirmishing, and guard duty.¹

References:
¹George A. Bruce, The Twentieth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry 1861 - 1865 (Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Riverside Press, 1906), 73.