Massachusetts 89th Regiment

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military unit
gptkbp:activeYears 1862-1865
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 89th_Regiment_Memorial_in_Massachusetts
gptkbp:commander Colonel_William_M._McCarty
gptkbp:commissioningDate August 1862
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioningDate June 1865
gptkbp:descendant Descendants of veterans
gptkbp:disbanded gptkb:Massachusetts
gptkbp:electronic_warfare Part_of_the_Eastern_Theater_of_the_Civil_War
gptkbp:engagements gptkb:Battle_of_Gettysburg
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Wilderness
gptkb:Siege_of_Petersburg
Battle of Antietam
gptkbp:equipment gptkb:Springfield_rifle
gptkbp:finalScore 300
gptkbp:firstAwarded 1,000
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Boston,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:historicalRecords gptkb:National_Archives
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Fought_in_major_Civil_War_battles
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Massachusetts 89th Regiment
gptkbp:legacy Memorials_in_Massachusetts
gptkbp:militaryRank 3 years
gptkbp:motto “We are the 89th”
gptkbp:nickname The Fighting 89th
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:Brigadier_General_William_H._Seward
gptkb:Major_General_Charles_Devens
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Union_Army
gptkbp:postWarCareer Veterans organizations
gptkbp:recruitment gptkb:Massachusetts
Voluntary enlistment
gptkbp:reform 1864
gptkbp:serviceBranch Army
gptkbp:size Approximately 1,000 soldiers
gptkbp:state gptkb:Massachusetts
gptkbp:transportation Railroads
gptkbp:type gptkb:Volunteer_Infantry
gptkbp:uniform Blue