Massachusetts in the War of 1812

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Introduction
During the War of 1812, Massachusetts supplied 43,321 infantry men, 446 cavalry men, 2,714 artillery men, and 200 men in miscellaneous troops for a total of 46,681 men.

Service Records
Pearson, Gardner W. Records of the Massachusetts volunteer militia : called out by the governor of Massachusetts to suppress a threatened invasion during the War of 1812-14 (Boston? 1913 Copyright) Pages 448. FHL Book 974.4 M23 Digital Version Available

Other Sources
Books

Crowninshield, B.B., An account of the private armed ship "America" of Salem ( Washington, D.C. Filmed by the Library of Congress, 1975) Salem Massachesetts FHL Film 1550318 Item 14

Watkins, Walter Kendall, The defense of Boston in the War of 1812-15 : with an appendix containing a bibliography of the War and a list of the officers of the Massachusetts Militia engaged in the defense, (North Clarendon, Vermont: Old Farmhouse Enterprises, copyright 1990 originally printed 1899), page 42. FHL Book 974.461 M2

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