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MASSACHUSETTS ARMY LODGE #1
In 1861, six dispensations were granted for lodges to be held with active-duty regiments during the American Civil War. Each dispensation was granted to a particular regiment. These dispensations expired at the end of 1865.
Dispensation Granted By: William T. Coolidge
Regiment: 16th Infantry
Precedence Date: 08/12/1861
NOTES
From Moore's Freemason's Monthly Magazine, Vol. XXIII, No. 2, December 1863, p. 68:
Bro. LEANDER G. KING.
Killed in the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2d, 1863, Bro. Leander G. King, Capt. of Company C. 16th regt. Massachusetts Volunteers. Bro. King received the three degrees of Freemasonry in St. Paul Lodge, Groton Centre, during the year 1858, and subsequently became a member of that Lodge. In March, 1859, he was one of the petitioners for Butler Caleb Butler Lodge, at Groton Junction; afterwards became a member, and remained a firm supporter of the Lodge while he lived. Soon after the commencement of the present war, Br. King commenced raising a company in this place to aid in suppressing the rebellion. His kind and courteous deportment enabled him to rapidly recruit a Company, mostly from Groton and Westford, who remained devotedly attached to him to the day of his death.
Our Brother was a superior drill officer, having had some experience in that capacity, in one of the Cambridge companies some years since. He, with his company, had been in from fifteen to twenty battles and skirmishes, previous to the battle of Gettysburg, in which his bearing and conduct, as an officer, had received the commendation of his superiors. Previous to the departure of the regiment for the seat of war, Bro. King was honored by M. W. Bro. Coolidge in being appointed Master of the Army Lodge connected with the lOlh regt., and, though the Lodge held but few meetings, his conduct afforded no reproach to the high position to which he had been called by that appointment. His remains were recovered by Bro. O. N. Wing, and returned to his home in Groton Junction, where they were deposited in their final resting place, with Masonic honors, by the Brethren of Butler Caleb Butler Lodge.
REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS
- Dispensation: 1861
