L--(1) Warren Inf., to M ’50. (2) Mass. Vols. ’50, ’51. (3) National
Gds. ’49, to A 3d Batl. Inf. ’53, to F 2d Inf. ’55.
M--Warren Inf. from L ’50, dis. ’52.
Mechanic Rifles “Annexed”--from D ’47, to H May 24, ’53.
National Lancers were attached from ’39 to ’52. From ’45 to ’49 they
were the only cavalry in Mass. To Tr. A 1st Squad. Cav.
THE THIRD REGIMENT
Sept., 1834, Reg. Lt. Inf., 1st Bri., 5th Div. Apr. 24, ’40, 3d Reg. Lt.
Inf., 2d Bri., 1st Div. Apr. 25, ’42, cos. lettered. Feb. 26, ’55, 3d
Reg. Inf. Aug. 20, ’66, new 3d Reg. Inf., 1st Bri., 1st Div. ’76, 3d
Batl. Inf. Dec. 3, ’78, 1st Inf.
A--Halifax Lt. Inf., 1792, from 1st Inf., 1st Bri., 5th Div., dis. ’76.
B--(1) Standish Gds. Plymouth, Oct. 21, ’18, from 1st Inf. To 87th Unat.
Co., June 26, ’63, to M ’68. (2) S. Carver dis. ’66. (3) from K ’66,
dis. 76.
C--(1) Marshfield Rifles from 2d Inf., 1st Bri., 5th Div. (2) Hanson
Rifles ’42, dis. ’47. (3) Rochester dis. ’55. (4) Cambridge, Jan., ’61,
dis. July 22, ’61. The first company raised in Mass. for the war. (5)
Fall River ’62, dis. ’63. (6) Scituate, dis. ’70. (7) S. Abington, dis.
’76.
D--(1) Abington Lt. Inf., from 3d Inf., 1st Bri., 5th Div., dis. ’54.
(2) Sandwich, May, ’61. Dec. 13, ’61, to D, 29th Mass. Vols. (3) Fall
River ’62, dis. ’76.
E--(1) Middleboro Grenadiers, from 4th Inf., 1st Bri., 5th Div., dis.
’51. (2) Middleboro, dis. ’53. (3) Fall River, dis. ’58. (4) Fall
River, dis. ’60. (5) Plymouth, May 6, ’61. Dec. 13, ’61, to E, 29th
Mass. Vols. (6) New Bedford City Gds. from L ’62, to E 1st Inf., Dec. 3,
’78.
F--(1) Scituate Rifles from 2d Inf., 1st Bri., 5th Div. (2) Wareham
Grenadiers ’42. (3) Middleboro, dis. ’58. (4) New Bedford ’62, dis. ’63.
(5) _Taunton City Gd._, 80th Unat. Co., Nov. 4, ’65. To F Aug. 20, ’66.
To F 1st Inf., Dec. 3, ’78.
G--(1) Abington Rifles, from 3d Inf., 1st Bri., 5th Div., dis. ’47. (2)
Assonet (Freetown) Lt. Inf. ’50, merged in A ’62. (3) New Bedford ’62,
dis. ’66. (4) Taunton Lt. Gd. ’55 from G 4th Inf., to G ’66, to G 1st
Inf., Dec. 3, ’78.
H--(1) Scituate Lt. Inf. from 2d Inf., 1st Bri., 5th Div. (2) Samoset
Gds., Plympton, ’35, merged in B ’62. (3) Rehoboth ’62, dis. ’66. (4)
Hancock Lt. Gds., Quincy, ’55. From H 4th Inf., to H ’66, dis. ’73. (5)
Standish Gds., from M ’74, to H 1st Inf., Dec. 3, ’78.
I--(1) Pembroke Lt. Inf. from 2d Inf., 1st Bri., 5th Div. (2) Rochester
’46. (3) E. Freetown ’52. (4) New Bedford ’56. (5) Lynn, Apr. 19, ’61.
Dec. 13, ’61, to I, 29th Mass. Vols. (6) Fairhaven ’62, dis. ’66. (7) E.
Stoughton, dis. ’69. (8) _Cunningham Rifles_, N. Bridgewater or
Brockton, ’69, to I 1st Inf. ’76.
K--(1) Abington Grenadiers, from 3d Inf., 1st Bri., 5th Div. (2)
Weymouth, from C 3d Batl. Inf., to L ’46. (3) Bay State Lt. Inf., Carver
’52, merged in B ’62. (4) Bridgewater ’62, dis. ’64. (5) Fall River, to
B ’66. (6) Abington, dis. ’76.
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