CDV – Captain George L. Cady, 6th Massachusetts Infantry

Description: CDV – Captain George L. Cady, 6th Massachusetts Infantry \George L. Cady, from Lowell, enlisted as a Captain on August 8l 1862, commanding Co. G, 6th Mass. Infantry, 9 months. He mustered out on June 3. 1863 at Lowell.Under the call of August 4, 1862, for 300,000 militia to serve nine months, 19,080 being assigned to the quota of Massachusetts, the 6th Regt. again volunteered for duty, thus helping to avoid the employment of the draft to raise troops in this Commonwealth. Its rendezvous was at Camp Henry Wilson, Lowell, Mass. Its companies were mostly mustered in on August 31, but Company F was not mustered until September 8. Proceeding to Washington and thence to Fort Monroe, the regiment was engaged during the fall and winter in the Blackwater region, and during the spring participated in the defense of Suffolk, Va., when that city was menaced by a large force under Gen. Longstreet. At Carrsville, Va., May 14-16, 1863, the regiment was engaged with loss. The siege of Suffolk being ended, on the 26th of May the regiment left for Boston, where it arrived on the 29th. Proceeding to Lowell, on June 3 it was mustered out of the service. Source: Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors & Marines in the Civil War.After the war, Cady was a member of GAR Post # 42, in Lowell, Ma. and later in GAR Post # 185 (Ladd & Whitney) in Lowell. Ladd and Whitney post was named for two of the 4 members of the 3-month 6th Mass men that went through the Baltimore Riots on April 19, 1861. Cady died on June 21, 1931.Photographed by Warren, Lowell, Ma.Very Good. Trimmed at the bottom of mount.

Price: 69.99 USD

Location: Ashburnham, Massachusetts

End Time: 2024-10-24T16:16:20.000Z

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