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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 2 2 Browse Search
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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, Chapter 46: qualities and habits as a senator.—1862. (search)
really thought the Senate ought to adjourn; and three days later (Globe, pp. 733, 734) he referred to Sumner's chronic difficult about adjournments. Similar pressure from Sumner, with similar resistance from other senators who recalled his uniform position on the suspension of business, will be found in the record of later sessions (June 25, 1864, Globe, p. 3263; July 2, 1864, Works, vol. IX. pp. 55-63; July 26, 1866, Globe, pp. 4166, 4167; Dec. 14, 1868, Globe, p. 68; Dec. 15, 1869; May 5, 6, and 20, 1870, Globe, pp. 137, 3239, 3274, 3277, 3658; Feb 15, 1871, Globe, p. 1262). Thurman's tribute, April 27, 1874 (Globe, p. 3400), referred to Sumner's high estimate of the effect of full discussion. His persistence in opposing a limitation of the session, even under the oppressive heat of the summer, brought him sometimes into collision with senators who, though not laggards, took a less exacting view of official duty, or who thought, sometimes quite rightly, that enough had already b
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 2 (search)
S. Infantry, Feb. 15; 1870. Resigned Aug. 3, 1870. Whittier, Francis Henry. Born at East Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 3, 1829. Second Lieutenant, 30th Mass. Infantry, Dec. 6, 1861. Engaged in the battle of Ball's Bluff. First Lieutenant, Dec. 10, 1861. Served during the Peninsular campaign. Captain, Aug. 6, 1862. Major, Nov. 26, 1863. Lieut. Colonel, May 27, 1864. Colonel, Feb. 17, 1865; not mustered. Brevet Colonel and Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, July 6, 1866. Died Oct. 12, 1867. Wild, Edward Augustus. Born at Brookline, Mass., Nov. 25, 1825. Captain, 1st Mass. Infantry, May 22, 1861. Left Boston, June 15, 1861. Encamped on the Upper Potomac near Chain Bridge, June 19, 1861. Present at the battle of Blackburn's Ford, and Bull Run. Camped at Arlington's Heights, Va., July 23, 1861. On the march through southern counties of Maryland, searching for arms, munition, etc. Down the Potomac to Budd's Ferry and into winter quarters. Rescu
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 4 (search)
d Lieutenant, 4th Mass. Cavalry, Aug. 24, 1863. Captain, Dec. 17, 1863. Mustered out, Nov. 14, 1865. Hurst, Franklin. Corporal, 27th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 20, 1861. Sergeant, Dec. 24, 1863. Second Lieutenant, May 15, 1865. Mustered out, June 14, 1865. Husband, Thomas H. Second Lieutenant, 29th Mass. Infantry, Dec. 13, 1861. First Lieutenant, May 31, 1862. Resigned, Dec. 28, 1862. Hussey, Willard A. First Lieutenant, 30th Mass. Infantry, Feb. 14, 1865. Mustered out, July 6, 1866. Hussey, William H. H. First Sergeant, 2d Mass. Cavalry, Dec. 10, 1862. Second Lieutenant, Oct. 1, 1864. First Lieutenant, Apr. 29, 1865. Captain, June 16, 1865; not mustered. Mustered out, July 20, 1865, as First Lieutenant. Hutchings, William Vincent. First Lieutenant, Regimental Quartermaster, 4th Battalion Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Apr. 22, 1861. Mustered out, July 25, 1861. First Lieutenant, Regimental Quartermaster, 24th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 2, 186