Western Massachusetts fighting men were scattered all over the map, ... Civil War, October 1862: Bounty jumpers, ... February 1862: 1st battle of the 27th Massachusetts a 'glorious victory' ...

There were 4,000 casualties in the Civil War battle. “The citizens of Williamsburg were caught up in it, and like most battles, it was a traumatic experience for our city," said Gary.

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Maryland’s Civil War Country Seeks a Softer Side. The novelist Nora Roberts’s small hotel in Boonsboro, Md., not far from the Antietam battle, highlights the softer side of Civil War country.

The battle of Williamsburg, on May 5, 1862, was fought southeast of the town. Afterward, almost every building in the community flew a yellow hospital flag, the historian Stephen W. Sears wrote.