the 8th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:active_years 1861-1865
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Massachusetts_Volunteer_Militia
gptkbp:battle_honors gptkb:Appomattox
gptkb:Fredericksburg
gptkb:Antietam
gptkb:Wilderness
gptkb:Gettysburg
gptkbp:casualties over 200
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Colonel_William_M._Mc_Pheeters
gptkbp:conservation_efforts Historical societies
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:disbanded 1865
gptkbp:engagements gptkb:Battle_of_Antietam
gptkb:Battle_of_Fredericksburg
gptkb:Battle_of_Gettysburg
gptkbp:flag Regimental flag
gptkbp:has_ability approximately 1,000
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Boston,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:historical_significance gptkb:First_African_American_soldiers
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label the 8th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
gptkbp:is_celebrated_in Various Civil War memorials
gptkbp:is_engaged_in gptkb:Battle_of_Bull_Run
gptkb:Battle_of_Appomattox_Court_House
gptkbp:legacy Civil War history
gptkbp:members Civil War reenactors
gptkbp:motto “ The Brave and the Bold”
gptkbp:nickname “ The Fighting Eighth”
gptkbp:organizes gptkb:Camp_Meigs
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:military_officer
gptkbp:publishes Books and articles on Civil War
gptkbp:recruitment 1861
gptkbp:reform 1864
gptkbp:research Military archives
gptkbp:result gptkb:Army_of_the_Potomac
gptkbp:service_branch gptkb:military_unit
gptkb:military_officer
gptkbp:service_years 3 years
gptkbp:size gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:state gptkb:Massachusetts
gptkbp:uniform Blue woolen uniforms
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Massachusetts_soldiers
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6