United States of America, Massachusetts Volunteers’ Service Medal 1861-65, bronze (William A. Nye, Prvt. B. 3d. Btn. Rfn.) officially impressed naming, complete with ‘Massachusetts Minute Men 1861’ brooch bar, nearly extremely fine £240-£280

William A. Nye was born in Warren, Worcester County, Massachusetts in c.1838, and joined the 3rd Battalion (Rifles), Massachusetts Militia on 19 April 1861. He served in garrison at Fort McHenry, Baltimore, until being mustered out on 3 August 1861. He subsequently joined I Company, 27th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers on 9 October 1861 as a Sergeant. The Regiment was stationed at Annapolis Maryland, until January 1862 when it was placed under Brigadier General Ambrose Burnside and engaged in his North Carolina Expedition, taking part in the Battles of Roanoke Island (8 February) and New Berne (14 March).

Nye was mustered out for disability on 1 October 1862 having started to show sighs of tuberculosis. He applied for a disability pension on 16 March 1863, and his mother applied for one on 29 June 1880, by which time Nye was presumably dead.

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