MASSACHUSETTS MINUTEMEN MEDAL OF SERGEANT JAMES W. STANLEY, COMPANY B, 3rd BATTALION, MASS. RIFLEMEN

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Authorized in 1902, approximately 3,800 of these two-piece bronze medals were struck to honor Massachusetts’ first responders, stamped on the rim with the soldier’s name, rank, and unit and available for the veterans and family members. The top bar is rectangular, with  pin-back, and reads “MASSACHUSETTS MINUTE MEN OF 1861.” The circular drop is struck with the Seal of the State of Massachusetts on the obverse at center and the reverse reads,  “THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEER MILITIA WHO WERE MUSTERED INTO THE UNITED STATES SERVICE IN RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT LINCOLN’S FIRST CALL FOR TROOPS APRIL 15, 1861.”

This one is marked on the edge, “T. EDWARD MURRAY, MUS. C. 3d. BTN. RFN,” indicating his membership in Company C of the 3rd Battalion of Riflemen. He is listed in The Minute Men of 1861 separately in Company C as Edward T. Murray, musician, residing in Worcester and also as T. Edward Murray, from Worcester. The latter is clearly correct both from the medal and his service records. He is listed as age 19 when he enlisted for 3 months service as a musician in Company C on April 19, 1861. The company had been in existence since 1858 as the Emmett Guard and on news of Fort Sumter the battalion had been activated on April 18, 1861. Company C received orders on the morning of April 19 to prepare to go to Washington the next day, joined the rest of the battalion at Worcester and departed at 10:00 p.m., going to Annapolis by way of New York, and serving at Annapolis until May 2, when they moved to Baltimore and were assigned to garrison Fort McHenry. So great was the rush to get them south that the unit was not officially mustered into U.S. service until May 19 after a fourth company joined them on May 5 and they were up to strength. Civil War Soldiers and Sailors lists 353 men on their roster. Murray is listed as discharged on a surgeon’s certificate of disability on July 12, 1861. His mother filed for a pension in March 1878, indicating he was dead by that time. The pension index card, which lists him as Edward T., lists no other service than with the 3rd Battalion.

The condition is excellent, with sharp details, nice bronze tone, with top bar and pin in place.  [sr][ph:L]

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