<i>Title:</i>“The funeral cortege, at boston, Mass., of the Sixth Massachusetts soldiers killed at Baltimore. The funeral of the four soldiers of the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment who were killed in Baltimore, April 19th, 1861, while en route to Washington, was held at Boston, May 1st. The bodies were received in the city by a military escort under Governor Andrew and Adjutant General Schouler, accompanied by a large concourse of citizens, and were temporarily deposited in the vaults of King’s Chapel. The names of these ‘first martyrs’ were Luther C. Ladd, Addison O. Whitney, Charles A. Taylor and Sumner H. Needham. The Legislature of Maryland, on March 5th, 1862, appropriated seven thousand dollars, to be dispensed, under the direction of the Governor of Massachusetts, for the relief of the families of those who were killed and injured."— Frank Leslie, 1896. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://etc.usf.edu/clipart/12400/12444/funeralcort_12444.htm">Reference</a>
<p>Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1861 May 11, pp. 408-409.
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<i>Abstract/medium:</i> 1 print : wood engraving.
Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress
1861-05-11
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