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 UJi>V| Oon^rades LJre V-/omi*cides. 
 
 ROSTER 
 
 21st Massachusetts Volunteer lufantry, 
 
 August 23d, 1861, to September 30, 1864. 
 
 Battles Fought, Men Engaged and Losses. 
 
 Copyright 1913. 
 
 Nathaniel Carter Deane, 1861. 
 
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 BATTLE Date Total No. Men 
 
 Roanoke Island February 8. 1862 700 
 
 Newbern Mardi II. 1862 _ 675 
 
 Camden April 19. 1862 -- --- 500 
 
 Manassas 2d Bull Run August 29, .30, 1862 425 
 
 Chantilly September 1, 1862 - -.. 400 
 
 South Mountain September 14, 1862 ._ __ 225 
 
 .\ntietam September 17. 1862 150 
 
 Fredericksburg Deiember 13, 1862 200 
 
 Campaign East Tennessee 200 
 
 Battle Blue Springs September 22, 1863, — 
 
 Campbell's Station to — 
 
 Siege Knoxville January 1(1, 1864 _ — 
 
 Wilderness May 6, 1864 -- 209 
 
 Spottsylvania May 10, 12, 18,1864 — 
 
 Sandy Grove Road May 31, June 1, 1864 — 
 
 Bethesda Church (Cold Harbor) June 2,1864 - — 
 
 Petersburg assault June 16. 1864 - — 
 
 June 17, 1864 - — 
 
 BattleofMine July 30, 1864 — 
 
 Siege of Petersburg June 18 to August 18, 1864 — 
 
 Weldon R. R. August 19, 1864 — 
 
 Poplar Springs Church September 30, 1864 - - — 
 
 July 22nd, 1862. at Newport News, Va., at the formation of the 9th Army Corps we were dubbed 
 held as reserves for supreme tests, and were lined up in battle line more than two hundred times 
 showing losses. The siege of Knoxville. from Tuesday, Nov. 17th, to Deiember 4th I86.i. living on 
 such horses and mules as could be spared for meat, was a continuous line up in battle line b> reliefs. 
 
 Regiment took into action at the battle of the Wilderness 209 men. This number was gradually 
 regiment was consolidated with the .i()th Massachusetts after Battle of Poplar Springs Church. 
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 '^Veteran Reserves," to be 
 
 besides the engagements 
 
 rations of ears of corn and 
 
 recruited and reduced, and 
 
 Our ranks bv disease were thinned b\ duty's strain. 
 We niarilic<l and fought, then manlieil on again, 
 And we Icil behind our wiiundcd and slain. 
 The while (d our flag was colored red 
 Will, life's deep dye — the blood of our men. 
 
WHY COMRADES ARE COMRADES. 
 
 JOHN G. WARNER 
 NATHANIEL CARTER DEANE, 
 
 Co. D, 21st Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 
 August 23, 1861, to September 30, 1864. 
 
 As voii Idiik u|n>n llic l';i<os of tlu-..<- two loinrailrs nl old. 
 
 \\ liy (iiiiiirailrs arc (lomra<lc's. a Icrin iiia<lt' um' oI liojii war. 
 Wlicii war (il rt'hi'lliiiii "iwcen our own was in force, 
 
 An<l privations ami liarilslii|is each day ran its course. 
 
 \n inciilcnl In oin- ii\c>. aiil w,- slill Iim- on lor lo Icll. 
 
 "Twas at S|iottsylvanias fierce li^lil. wlicn the liatllc was on. 
 Anil intervening; land curves separated the force. 
 
 \iu\ ~li.irp-sliootcr> were sclccliii;; llii-ir \icllMi 1.. kill o IV. 
 
 JOHN G. WARNER, Co. D. 
 
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NATHANIEL CARTER DEANE. 
 
 ■"l.;l\ l!al 111 tllf ^'riiiirMl."' lllc ( (inllliaml laiiio ili>«ii the lilli-. 
 
 And hcail to Imil, hy t\\c>. \vc stretrlied iiii llic finniiicl. 
 Jo'jii Warner in front an<l I in the rear, lay down. 
 
 Fool lo head, liai k to i-arlli In el lo ;j;round. ami loi-s liiriieil ii|i. 
 
 \\ hen i|\lic k ea a >lloI. lliroiifih Irorii iil.-te|i lo -ole. 
 
 At the top of my head came a .-hol"s (|uiek blo«. 
 Hut John \\ arnerV fool and >hoe >ole saved my life on that 
 battle d.i\. 
 
 An<l we still yet do li\e lo I, -11 llii> tale. 
 
 On many a battlefield, many times we hail loii^'ht. 
 
 One by one was left behind, and John Warner this time — 
 And many a time this question has oft times been asked. 
 
 •■\Miv Comrades Are Comrades."" all their ilays lo ihi-ir last? 
 
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 ALL NAMES ON ROLLS SEPTEMBER 30th, 1864. AND 
 TRANSFERRED TO THE 36th MASSACHUSETTS 
 I REGIMENT. 
 
 Commissioned officers on duty with regiment 3 
 
 Enlisted men ._ 49 
 
 Present but unable for duty 6 
 
 Wounded officers and men 94 
 
 Absent on leave 1 
 
 Special Service — 
 
 Ambulance, Artillery, and Ouarterniaster — 
 
 Commissioned officers 1 
 
 Enlisted men 85 
 
 Total all names on rolls ■ 239 
 
 War Department, Adjutant General's Office, 
 
 Washington, October 21st. 1864. 
 SPECL^L ORDER NO. 358. 
 
 (Extract) 30. Upon the receipt of this Order by the Commanding General of the 9th .\rmy Corps, the 36th Mas- 
 sachusetts Volunteers will be consolidated with seven companies and the companies now composing the 21st Massachusetts Bat- 
 talion will be permanently transferred thereto, to complete the regiment, the consolidated force to bear the designation of the 
 36th Massachusetts Volunteers. 
 
 By ( >rder of the Secretary of War, 
 
 E. D. TOWNSEND. 
 
 Assistant Adjutant General. 
 
 No longer has our country use for Massachusetts' old Number 
 21st— 
 Her ranks have fought and gone, now rest in peace. 
 When our country once more to serve Massachusetts may again 
 call her old Number 21st, 
 New ranks, new men, Massachusetts' sons, her best. 
 To again raise by new files of men the flag of Massachusetts' old 
 Number 21st. 
 
 RECAPITULATION. 
 
 Commissioned officers 88 
 
 Enlisted men 1137 
 
 Total ._ 1225 
 
 Commissioned officers killed or died on field 11 
 
 Enlisted men , ' ._ 141 
 
 Died of disease and in jtrisons 163 
 
 killed by sentinels (our men). 2 
 
 Killed by transportation. . - 3 
 
 Murdered 1 
 
 Drowned .... .. .._ 3 
 
 Discharged for disability . . . 354 
 
 Missing in various engagements and unaccounted 51 
 
 Discharged on account of expiration of service 69 
 
 Discharge of band by order of War Department, 1862 25 
 
 Transferred to regular army 59 
 
 Deserted . ., 39 
 
 Officers and men proiii^>lc(l aiul transfiir(<l lo ullirr rcgi- 
 
 mciils 65 
 All names on rolls .Sept. 30. 1864, and Iran^lcrn d In :t(i(li 
 
 Massachusetts Kcgiment 239 
 
 Total 
 
 1225 
 
 NATHANIEL CARTER DEANE, 
 
 Co. D. 
 
 Nathaniel Carter Deane, 1864. 
 
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