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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:military_unit
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Battle_of_Las_Guasimas
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gptkbp:active_years
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1861-1865
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gptkbp:battle_honors
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gptkb:Antietam_Medal
gptkb:Chancellorsville_Medal
gptkb:Fredericksburg_Medal
gptkb:Gettysburg_Medal
gptkb:Petersburg_Medal
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gptkbp:casualties
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Approximately 200 captured
Approximately 300 killed
Approximately 600 wounded
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:Colonel_William_M._Mc_Donald
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:disbandment_date
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July 1865
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gptkbp:engagements
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gptkb:Battle_of_Antietam
gptkb:Battle_of_Chancellorsville
gptkb:Battle_of_Fredericksburg
gptkb:Battle_of_Gettysburg
gptkb:Siege_of_Petersburg
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gptkbp:formation_date
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May 1861
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gptkbp:garrison
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gptkb:Camp_Meigs
gptkb:Camp_Chase
gptkb:Camp_Devens
gptkb:Fort_Monroe
Camp Schuyler
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gptkbp:historical_significance
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Contributed to the Union victory
First Massachusetts regiment to engage in combat
Involved in the Siege of Petersburg
Participated in major battles of the Civil War
Served in the Eastern Theater of the Civil War
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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2nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
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gptkbp:motto
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“ The Union Must and Shall Be Preserved”
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gptkbp:nickname
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gptkb:The_Second_Massachusetts
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gptkbp:notable_members
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gptkb:Charles_W._T._H._Houghton
gptkb:John_A._Andrew
gptkb:Henry_W._Kingsbury
gptkb:George_H._Gordon
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gptkbp:part_of
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gptkb:military_officer
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gptkbp:recruitment
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gptkb:Massachusetts
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gptkbp:service_branch
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gptkb:military_unit
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gptkbp:service_history
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Over 1,000 men served
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gptkbp:size
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gptkb:military_unit
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