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.  Series consists of alphabetical listings of Massachusetts Volunteers providing service in the U.S. Navy at that time.
Arrangement: In three subseries: (1) v. 1-7 (A-B, C-E, F-H, I-L, M-O, P-S, T-Y)  (2) v. 8 (A-M)  (3) v. 9-11 (A-F, G-M, N-Z); –arranged within each subseries alphabetically by first letter of surname
Notes: Vol. 9-11 designated v. 1-3 on spine. –Reel GSU 538: v. 1-3 (D. Gleason).  Reel GSU 539: v. 3 (D. Gleason)-v. 6 (R. Shofield).  Reel GSU 540: v. 6 (R. Shofield)-v. 10 (I. Jones).  Reel GSU 541: v. 10 (I. Jones)-v. 11
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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 identifies soldiers receiving a discharge upon leaving the ranks of Massachusetts Volunteers between Jan. 1863 and approximately May 1864.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by first letter of surname, thereunder chronologically
Notes: Presented to Archives by the United States Civil War Center; received June 19, 1997
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Scope and Content: During the Civil War President Lincoln issued a call on July 2, 1862 for 300,000 men to serve for 3 years. The Federal Militia Act of July 17, 1862 authorized the president to call up state militias into national service for 9 months and “to make all necessary rules and regulations.” The President’s General Order 94 of Aug. 4, 1862 called for 300,000 militia to serve for 9 months. States not meeting their quota by Sept. 3 (or Aug. 15 for the July 2 call) would be subject to a draft, the first instance of the federal government assuming the authority to draft in the United States. –The Secretary of War issued General Order 99 (Aug. 9), specifying that governor of each state was to enroll all able-bodied men 18 to 45. In Massachusetts, the state Adjutant General issued General Order 38 (Aug. 21), directing selectmen or other officials of each municipality to assemble an enrollment list of all eligible men. The order also provided for a drafting commissioner for each county and surgeons, to be appointed by the governor. They were to establish exemptions, such as for those already in the military, working on railroads, or with issues of age or poor health. –On Aug. 23, 1862, William Rogers was commissioned Second Assistant Adjutant General to administer the draft in Massachusetts. Rogers established each municipality’s quota based on the total number of able-bodied men before the war had started in 1861, as well as giving credit for the number of men it had already sent to the war effort.
Notes: Box 1: Berkshire. Essex.  Box 2: Essex (ctd). Hampden. Norfolk.  Box 3: Worcester
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Scope and Content: The adjutant general of the Commonwealth, as executive administrator of the state’s Military Establishment, came to be responsible for preserving information about past military episodes and service relating to Massachusetts.  This series is a typescript draft used in preparation of the publication: Records of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia called out by the governor of Massachusetts to suppress a threatened invasion during the War of 1812-14.
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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.  As one of a group of rolls variously designated, this series documents the re-enlistment of volunteers to Massachusetts military units at that time.  It also provided a basis for determining the compensation of each soldier, as well as bounty obligations due.
Arrangement: Arranged by branch of service, thereunder by military unit
Notes: Vol. 1: Infantry, regts. 1-29.  Vol. 2: Infantry, regts. 30-62.  Vol. 3: Heavy and light artillery.  Vol. 4: Cavalry. –Reel GSU 525: v. 1 (start). Reel GSU 526: v. 1 (end)-v. 4 (start).  Reel GSU 527: v. 4 (end)
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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.  Prepared at the request of the Massachusetts adjutant general by Marine Corps officials, this series documents Massachusetts enlistees in the U.S. Marine Corps at that time.
Arrangement: In three subseries: (1) Enlistment rolls (2) Descriptive lists (3)Enlistment certificates; arranged within each subseries chronologically by date of enlistment
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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.  The state militia was being reorganized and strengthened to meet the needs of common defense for Massachusetts on the basis of authority given to the governor by St 1863, c 243.  This series, consisting of completed forms bound together, validates the enlistment of men in the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia.
Arrangement: Arranged by military unit
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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.  Local boards of assessors were required to gather the names of all males between the ages of eighteen and forty-five liable for military service, passing the information on to the adjutant general through the offices of town and city clerks (St 1840, c 92, ss 2-4).  This series consists of lists of men by Boston ward who were liable to perform military duty.
Arrangement: Arranged by city ward
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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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