Massachusetts soldiers, sailors, and marines in the civil war

"The names of the officers and men who served in the Navy and Marine Corps are not indexed. These names with their accompanying records are arranged in three blocks alphabetically. The records of Massachusetts officers in the Navy begin on page 419 of volume VII and continue to page 533 of that volume. Those of the enlisted men in the Navy, begin on page 534 of volume VII and continue to page 887 of volume VIII. Those of the officers and enlisted men in the Marine Corps begin on page 888 of volume VIII and continue to the end of that volume."--Foreword