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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:military_unit
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:The_Second_Massachusetts
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gptkbp:active_years
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1861-1865
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gptkbp:campaigns
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gptkb:Battle_of_Cold_Harbor
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Wilderness
gptkb:Siege_of_Petersburg
gptkb:Battle_of_Appomattox_Court_House
gptkb:Peninsula_Campaign
gptkb:Overland_Campaign
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gptkbp:casualties
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over 200
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gptkbp:command_structure
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Regimental structure
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:Colonel_Edward_W._Hinks
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:descendant
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Veterans organizations
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gptkbp:disbanded
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1865
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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
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gptkbp:filmography
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gptkb:Eastern_Theater_of_the_American_Civil_War
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gptkbp:formation_date
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May 1861
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gptkbp:headquarters
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gptkb:Boston,_Massachusetts
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gptkbp:historical_role
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Participated in major battles of the Civil War
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gptkbp:historical_significance
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First regiment to respond to President Lincoln's call for troops
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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The Second Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment
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gptkbp:involved_units
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gptkb:Massachusetts_Volunteer_Infantry
Volunteer Infantry Regiment
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gptkbp:is_celebrated_in
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Various monuments in Massachusetts
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gptkbp:legacy
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Contributed to the Union victory in the Civil War
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gptkbp:motto
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“ The Second to None”
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gptkbp:nickname
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“ The Second Massachusetts”
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gptkbp:notable_battle
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gptkb:Blue
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gptkbp:notable_members
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gptkb:Lieutenant_Colonel_John_W._Kimball
gptkb:Major_John_A._Logan
gptkb:Colonel_William_H._Seward
gptkb:Major_General_William_F._Smith
gptkb:Captain_Charles_H._Smith
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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:reform
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1864
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gptkbp:reunion
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Annual reunions after the war
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gptkbp:service_branch
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gptkb:military_unit
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gptkbp:service_years
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3 years
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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:symbol
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Regimental insignia
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gptkbp:uniform
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Dark blue
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