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gptkbp:instanceOf
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military unit
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gptkbp:activeYears
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1862-1865
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gptkbp:affiliation
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gptkb:Massachusetts_Volunteer_Militia
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gptkbp:alumni
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Annual reunions post-war
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gptkbp:battleHonors
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gptkb:Appomattox
gptkb:Gettysburg
Petersburg
Wilderness
Antietam
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gptkbp:branch
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Infantry
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gptkbp:casualties
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over 200
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gptkbp:celebrates
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Civil_War_memorials_in_Massachusetts
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gptkbp:commandStructure
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Regimental structure
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gptkbp:commissioningDate
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August 1862
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:culturalImpact
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Influenced local history narratives.
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gptkbp:decommissioningDate
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June 1865
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gptkbp:disbanded
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1865
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gptkbp:engagements
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gptkb:Battle_of_Gettysburg
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Wilderness
gptkb:Siege_of_Petersburg
Battle of Antietam
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gptkbp:filmography
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gptkb:Eastern_Theater_of_the_American_Civil_War
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gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer
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gptkb:Colonel_William_H._Sewell
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gptkbp:firstDeployment
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1862
1865
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gptkbp:hasFunding
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1862
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gptkbp:headquarters
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gptkb:Boston,_Massachusetts
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gptkbp:historicalContext
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gptkb:American_Civil_War
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gptkbp:historicalRecords
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gptkb:National_Archives
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gptkbp:historicalResearch
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Various historical societies
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance
|
Fought_in_major_battles_of_the_Civil_War
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Massachusetts 49th Regiment
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gptkbp:legacy
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Contributed to the preservation of the Union
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gptkbp:militaryRank
|
3 years
many served in post-war military
Infantry_Regiment
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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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The Fighting Fifty-Ninth
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gptkbp:notable_member
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gptkb:Major_John_A._McDonald
gptkb:Captain_Charles_H._Smith
Lieutenant_Edward_H._Smith
Sergeant_William_H._Smith
Corporal_John_H._Smith
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gptkbp:notableFeature
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Colonel_William_M._McCarty
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:Union_Army
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gptkbp:recruitment
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gptkb:Massachusetts
volunteer
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gptkbp:reform
|
1864
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gptkbp:serviceBranch
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Army
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gptkbp:size
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approximately 1,000 soldiers
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gptkbp:state
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gptkb:Massachusetts
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gptkbp:supports
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Artillery and Cavalry units
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gptkbp:training
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gptkb:Camp_Meigs
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gptkbp:uniform
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Union blue
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