For thee, and for thy honor bright, our comrades dared to die.

Receive the honors due to thee, and may we all be true

To the Stars and Stripes, our country’s flag: The Red, The White, The Blue.

By the Compiler.


CHAPTER I.

History of the Third Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, 1861—Three Months’ Service.

“Pride of New England! Soul of our fathers!

Shrink we all craven-like, when the storm gathers?