Scope and Content: The adjutant general of the Commonwealth, as executive administrator of the state’s Military Establishment, has been responsible for maintaining and reporting data concerning militia strength; these activities were intensified during the Civil War.  This series established the identity of those eligible for military service at that time on a town-by-town basis.  Pursuant to St 1860, c 13, s 2 and St 1864, c 238, s 3, municipal officers, primarily selectmen and assessors, prepared such lists.
Arrangement: In four subseries: (1) Enrollment lists (2) Enlistment rolls (3)  Correspondence (4) Certificates of enlistment
Notes: Series incomplete: volume 8 (Hadley to Ipswich) only.
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