Bodies of 6th Massachusetts soldiers killed in Baltimore return to Boston

The bodies of three men of the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment killed in the the rioting in Baltimore two weeks before returned to Boston.  Governor Andrew and the state adjudant-general met the caskets at the railway station and led a military parade to the King's Chapel on the corner of School Avenue and Tremont Street.  There the remains were placed in the crypt where family members officially identified the bodies the next day.  (By John Osborne)
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“Letter from a Union man in Kentucky,” Ripley (OH) Bee, May 16, 1861

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Letter from a Union man in Kentucky
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“Letter from a Union man in Kentucky,” Ripley (OH) Bee, May 16, 1861, p. 1: 2.
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“The Day of Election,” Richmond (VA) Dispatch, May 22, 1861

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The Day of Election
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“The Day of Election,” Richmond (VA) Dispatch, May 22, 1861, p. 2: 1.
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“One of the Volunteers,” Ripley (OH) Bee, May 23, 1861

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One of the Volunteers
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“One of the Volunteers,” Ripley (OH) Bee, May 23, 1861, p. 1: 2.
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“The Military Policy of the North,” Charleston (SC) Mercury, May 29, 1861

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The Military Policy of the North
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“The Military Policy of the North,” Charleston (SC) Mercury, May 29, 1861, p. 1: 2.
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“Disinterested Black Republican Patriots,” Savannah (GA) News, May 22, 1861

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Disinterested Black Republican Patriots
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“Disinterested Black Republican Patriots,” Savannah (GA) News, May 22, 1861, p. 1: 2.
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Bodies of fallen Sixth Massachusetts infantrymen killed in Baltimore returned to Boston, May 1, 1861, detail

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Frank Leslie, Famous Leaders and Battle Scenes of the Civil War (New York: Mrs. Frank Leslie, 1896), 52
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Bodies of fallen Sixth Massachusetts infantrymen killed in Baltimore returned to Boston, May 1, 1861

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Educational Technology Clearinghouse, University of South Florida
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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, May 1, 2011
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engraving
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No
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse, University of South Florida
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Yes
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Frank Leslie, Famous Leaders and Battle Scenes of the Civil War (New York: Mrs. Frank Leslie, 1896), 52
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse, University of South Florida
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