MASSACHUSETTS MINUTE MAN MEDAL IDENTIFIED TO CHARLES H. BOND, 3RD MASSACHUSETTS RIFLES BATTALION

MASSACHUSETTS MINUTE MAN MEDAL IDENTIFIED TO CHARLES H. BOND, 3RD MASSACHUSETTS RIFLES BATTALION

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Two-piece bronze medal consisting of a rectangular bar and circular drop.

The bar is embossed with “MASSACHUSETTS MINUTE MEN OF 1861”. Reverse has the original pin.

Circular drop has the Seal of the State of Massachusetts at center of the obverse while the reverse reads “THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEER MILITIA WHO WERE MUSTERED INTO THE UNITED STATES SERVICE IN RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT LINCOLN’S FIRST CALL FOR TROOPS APRIL 15, 1861.”

Rim is stamped “CHARLES H. BOND, PRVT A 3d . BTN. RFN”.

Charles H. Bond was a 23 year old resident of Worcester, MA when he enlisted on 4/19/61 as a Private. On 5/19/61 he mustered into Co. A, 3rd Mass. Rifles, a 3-month regiment. He mustered out on 8/3/61 at Worcester.

3rd Mass Rifles was

Organized at Worcester

April 20            Moved to New York

April 21-24      To Annapolis, Md. and duty there

May 2              Moved to Baltimore, Md. and garrison duty at Fort McHenry

Company D organized at Boston

May 2              Company D ordered to Washington, D.C., via Fortress Monroe and the Potomac River, then moved to Baltimore and joined Battalion at Fort McHenry

August 3          Mustered out.  [ld] [ph:L]

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