Signed CDV of John S. Sawyer of the 6th Massachusetts Infantry

Signed CDV of John S. Sawyer of the 6th Massachusetts Infantry Co. F 
 
Residence Cambridge, MA; a 31-year-old Patent Roofer. Enlisted on 9/6/1862 as a Captain.On 9/8/1862, he was commissioned into "F" Co. Massachusetts 6th Infantry.He was Mustered Out on 6/6/1863 at Lowell, MAMember of GAR Post # 186 (John A. Logan) in Cambridgeport, MAHeld GAR offices:Post Commander # 186 Died 2/15/1912
 
History of the 6th Massachusetts Infantry:
 
Under the call of August 4, 1862, for 300,000 militia to serve nine months, 19,080 being assigned to the quota of Massachusetts, the 6th Regt. again volunteered for duty, thus helping to avoid the employment of the draft to raise troops in this Commonwealth. Its rendezvous was at Camp Henry Wilson, Lowell, Mass. Its companies were mostly mustered in on August 31, but Company F was not mustered until September 8. Proceeding to Washington and thence to Fort Monroe, the regiment was engaged during the fall and winter in the Blackwater region, and during the spring participated in the defense of Suffolk, Va., when that city was menaced by a large force under Gen. Longstreet. At Carrsville, Va., May 14-16, 1863, the regiment was engaged with loss. The siege of Suffolk being ended, on the 26th of May the regiment left for Boston, where it arrived on the 29th. Proceeding to Lowell, on June 3 it was mustered out of the service.