47th Massachusetts Infantry

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Lucius Bolles Marsh was born in Danvers Massachusetts on April 18, 1818. He was a direct descendent of the Rev. Samuel Skelton, the first minister of the First Church of Salem MA. A successful merchant before the war, Mr. Marsh was also involved in military affairs as a member of the old Boston Fusiliers and an officer of the Washington Phalanx. In 1861 Mr. Marsh organized a battalion of Home Guards and recruited for 9 months service the Massachusetts 47th Regiment Volunteer Infantry of which he was made Colonel. He commanded a part of General Banks expedition against New Orleans and later was commander of Union forces at Camp Parapet. He recruited a company of negroes which became the nucleus of the 2nd Regiment of Engineers, a force which held Port Hudson against a large force of Confederates. After the war Colonel Marsh returned to his merchant business until he retired in 1870. In his retirement he purchased a summer home in Scituate, MA and became an active member of that town's GAR Post. Colonel Marsh passed away at his Scituate home on August 14, 1901.

Lived in Philadelphia, PA after the Civil War. Married to Elizabeth McKinney

William W Dale Residence: Cambridge, Massachusetts Occupation: Clerk Age at Enlistment: 18 Enlistment Date: 9 Apr 1862 Service Record: Enlisted in Company B, Massachusetts 47th Infantry Regiment on 19 Sep 1862. Mustered out on 01 Sep 1863 at Readville, MA.

Part of a 9 month regiment that served in New Orleans from the Fall of 1862 through the summer of 1863.