Documents of the City of Boston Volume 2, Nos. 24-44 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...in the civil war between the nineteenth day of April in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-one and the first day of September in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-five, or in the war with Spain, which for the purposes of this chapter, shall be defined as having begun on the fifteenth day of February in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight and as having ended on the twelfth day of August in said year;--or who served in such army or navy in the military organizations of this commonwealth known as three months' men, ninety days' men, or one hundred days' men, mustered into the service of the United States in April, May, June or July in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-one, or-in April, May, July or August in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-four;---or who, having their residence and actually residing in this commonwealth at the time of their enlistment, either served to the credit of any other state in such army or navy, between the nineteenth day of April in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-one and the eighteenth day of March in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-two, or served in such army or navy, having been mustered into the service of the United States, at some time between the first day of May and the first day of October in the year eighteen hundred and sixty--two, while having a residence and actually living in this commonwealth and while a member of one of the organizations of the volunteer militia known as the Boston cadets, the Salem cadets, the eighth battery of light artillery, or Company B of the seventh regiment of infantry;or who served in such navy, being one of the persons included in the list of officers, sailors and marines, prepared by the adjutant general in accordance with chapter fifteen of the reso...