Massachusetts 73rd Regiment

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military unit
gptkbp:activeYears 1862-1865
gptkbp:awards Medal of Honor
gptkbp:battleHonors gptkb:Appomattox
gptkb:Gettysburg
Petersburg
Wilderness
Antietam
gptkbp:branch Infantry
gptkbp:campaigns gptkb:Appomattox_Campaign
gptkb:Sherman's_March_to_the_Sea
Overland Campaign
gptkbp:casualties over 200
gptkbp:commander Colonel_William_M._McCarty
gptkbp:commissioningDate August 1862
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioningDate June 1865
gptkbp:defeated April 1865
gptkbp:disbanded 1865
gptkbp:electronic_warfare gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:engagements gptkb:Battle_of_Gettysburg
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Wilderness
gptkb:Siege_of_Petersburg
Battle of Antietam
gptkbp:firstDeployment gptkb:North_Carolina
gptkb:Virginia
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Boston,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:historicalRecords gptkb:National_Archives
gptkbp:historicalSignificance gptkb:Civil_War
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Massachusetts 73rd Regiment
gptkbp:legacy Civil War memorials
gptkbp:militaryRank 3 years
gptkbp:motto “For the Union”
gptkbp:navalFleet Regimental Flag
gptkbp:nickname The 73rd Massachusetts Infantry
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:Captain_William_H._Smith
Lieutenant_John_H._Smith
Major_John_A._Andrew
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Union_Army
gptkbp:recruitment gptkb:Massachusetts
1862
gptkbp:reform 1864
gptkbp:serviceBranch Army
gptkbp:size approximately 1,000 soldiers
gptkbp:state gptkb:Massachusetts
gptkbp:uniform Union blue
gptkbp:unitAwards gptkb:Volunteer_Infantry