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Excerpt from The First Regiment Massachusetts Heavy Artillery: United States Volunteers in the Spanish-American War of 1898 Whole it has been identified for over a cen tury With the making of American history; for, like the sturdy oak, the regiment may trace its growth from still vigorous roots Which reach far back into the historic past. D Battery (roxbury Train of Artillery) was chartered in 1784, bearing upon its origi nal musterolls the names of many veterans of the Revolution, and first seeing active ser vice in the Shay Rebellion of 1787; G Battery (boston Fusileers) dates its organiza tion from 1786 and its record of active ser vice from the War of 1812; K Battery (boston Light Infantry) was first enrolled at the time of our brief naval war With France in 1798, and served With the coast - guard in 1812. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.