Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Colonel Horace Binney Sargent” in chapter 6, page 312 of William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1:
...as brevetted brigadier-general, for brave and meritorious services.
John Quincy Adams, who was appointed on the personal staff of the Governor to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Colonel Horace Binney Sargent , who was appointed lieutenant-colonel of the First Massachusetts Cavalry,
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