Massachusetts 40th Regiment

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military unit
gptkbp:activeYears 1862-1865
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:Massachusetts_Historical_Society
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Massachusetts_Volunteer_Militia
gptkbp:alumni Annual reunions
gptkbp:battleHonors gptkb:Appomattox
gptkb:Gettysburg
Petersburg
Wilderness
Antietam
gptkbp:branch Infantry
gptkbp:casualties 700
gptkbp:celebrates Civil_War_Memorials
gptkbp:colors Blue
gptkbp:commander Colonel_William_M._McCarty
gptkbp:commissioningDate August 1862
gptkbp:conservationEfforts Historical records
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:culturalImpact American_history
gptkbp:decommissioningDate June 1865
gptkbp:disbanded 1865
gptkbp:engagements gptkb:Battle_of_Gettysburg
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Wilderness
gptkb:Siege_of_Petersburg
Battle of Antietam
gptkbp:finalScore 300
gptkbp:firstAwarded 1000
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Boston,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Union victory
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Massachusetts 40th Regiment
gptkbp:influence Military tactics
gptkbp:legacy Civil War history
gptkbp:motto “We are the 40th”
gptkbp:nickname The Fighting 40th
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:Captain_John_W._McCarty
gptkb:Major_General_Charles_Devens
Colonel_William_M._McCarty
Lieutenant_Colonel_Edward_A._Wild
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Union_Army
gptkbp:postWarCareer Veterans organizations
gptkbp:recruitment gptkb:Massachusetts
1862
gptkbp:research Civil War studies
gptkbp:serviceBranch Army
gptkbp:size Regiment
gptkbp:state gptkb:Massachusetts
gptkbp:symbol Regimental Flag
gptkbp:type Infantry_Regiment