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IN
MEMORIAM:
A Fallen Comrade
Jonathan
Grassbaugh of Hampstead, N.H., a drummer in the 28th Massachusetts
for several years in the 1990s, joining the unit when he was
14, died in early April 2007 during his second tour of duty
in Iraq. A 26-year-old captain in the U.S. Army Rangers, he
was killed by a roadside bomb.
 Veterans
of the 28th who had the privilege of fielding with Jon remember
him as a good kid who became a fine young man. Only last summer,
he married a woman he met in ROTC at Johns Hopkins University.
Please
join us in reflecting on Capt. Grassbaugh's sacrifice and remember
his family in your thoughts and prayers.
A
Remembrance
At our fireside, sad and lonely,
Often will the bosom swell,
At remembrance of the story
How our noble drummer fell;
How he strove to bear our banner
Through the thickest of the fight,
And uphold our country's honor
In the strength of manhood's night.
True,
they tell us wreaths of glory
Ever more will deck his brow,
But this soothes the anguish only
Sweeping o'er our heartstrings now.
Sleep today, Oh early fallen,
In thy green and narrow bed,
Dirges from the pine and cypress,
Mingle with the tears we shed.
-Adapted
from
The Vacant Chair
a Civil War period song
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Attleboro
Sun Chronicle: Want to Enlist in the Civil War?
"The
28th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry is looking for a few good
men.
And
not just good men. The job description specifies Civil War buffs
of military bearing who don't mind marching long distances, sleeping
on hay or wearing woolen uniforms and carrying heavy period rifles
into re-created battles."
continued...
Remembering
Private Ryan
The
Commonwealth Museum, the museum of Massachusetts history at the
State Archives on Columbia Point in Dorchester, is  developing
a new
permanent exhibit that will trace the experiences of several
native and immigrant families throughout Bay State history, from
their earliest days here until the present.
The
museum has chosen the family of John Ryan - who served as a private
in Co. C of the 28th Massachusetts, and later both as first sergeant
under Gen. George A. Custer in the Indian Wars and captain in
the Newton Police Department - to represent the experience of
Irish immigrants.
On
the Horizon
May
30-June 1, 2008
Reburial of Civil War Veteran Michael McElroy & Encampment
Providence, RI
June
13-14, 2008
Flag Day Festival
Framingham, MA
July 4-6, 2008
145th Anniversary Reenactment of the Battle of Gettysburg
Gettysburg, PA
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he
latest reports from the field and regimental headquarters of
the recreated 28th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment.