Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt, Surprised by unjust force, but not enthralled; Yea, even that which Mischief meant most harm Shall in the happy trial prove most glory DATA AS TO THE TWENTY-FIRST MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT Number Enlisted men leaving Worcester, August 23, 1861 1,001 Total enlisted men throughout the war 1,277 Number Ages 1 Emery G. Wilson, Co. K. 15 years 5 17 years 101 18 years 111 19 years 140 20 years ——— 358 Total number under 21 years 170 at the age of 21 years 574 between 22 years and 30 years 120 between 30 years and 40 years 50 between 40 years and 48 years 2 at the age of 46 years 1 at the age of 47 years 2 at the age of 53 years ———— 1277 Of this number 560 were killed or wounded in battle. The regiment was a member of the ninth-army Corps under General Burnside, a corps that did not lose a color nor a gun. Membership of the Twenty-first Massachusetts Regiment Association August 23, 1921–61. Carrie E. Cutter, Daughter, 1861–1862. Clara Barton, Daughter, 1862–1912. Flora S. Chapin, Secretary and Daughter, 1912——. Miss Carrie E. Cutter, delicate and accomplished, was known as the Florence Nightingale of the Twenty-first. She was the daughter of Calvin E. Cutter, surgeon of the regiment; died in the service as nurse, March 24, 1862. Aged, nineteen years and eight months. Mrs. Flora S. Chapin is the daughter of Reverend Charles E. Simmons Hospital Steward in the Civil War, under Surgeons Calvin E. Cutter and James Oliver, of the Twenty-first Massachusetts Regiment. Clara Barton was the daughter of non-commissioned officer Stephen Barton. He enlisted in 1793, serving three years in the Indian wars (1793–97), and later was known by his friends as “Captain Barton.”