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I. INTRODUCTORY 3
II. THE COAST-DEFENCE PROBLEM IN MASSACHUSETTS 13
III. MARCHING-ORDERS 21
IV. OFF FOR ACTIVE SERVICE 31
V. THE REGIMENT AT FORT WARREN 47
VI. A PERIOD OF SUSPENSE 59
VII. FROM "M.V.M." TO "U.S.V." 71
VIII. PERSONNEL OF THE REGIMENT 87
IX. THE SEASON OF RUMORS 99
X. ASSIGNMENT TO STATIONS 115
XI. FORT PICKERING AND THE "NORTH-SHORE" DEFENSES 129
XII. FORT RODMAN AND ITS GARRISON 151
XIII. THE THIRD BATTALION AT FORT WARREN 161
XIV. FINAL DAYS IN THE SERVICE 171
XV. AN HONORABLE REGIMENTAL RECORD 187
ROSTER AND MUSTER-ROLLS 198
CHRONOLOGY OF THE WAR 253