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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 4 4 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 1 1 Browse Search
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
eneral Gillem removed from 4th Military District (Mississippi), and Gen. Adelbert Ames appointed......March, 1869 A. T. Stewart, nominated and confirmed as Secretary of the Treasury, March 5, resigns because of act of Sept. 2, 1789, which forbids any one interested in importing to hold the office......March 9, 1869 Earliest practicable redemption of United States notes in coin promised by act......March 18, 1869 President's message to the Senate on claims upon Great Britain......April 7, 1869 President calls a special session of the Senate for April 12......April 8, 1869 First session adjourns......April 10, 1869 Special session of the Senate meets......April 12, 1869 Gen. E. R. S. Canby assumes command of the Military District of Virginia......April 20, 1869 Special session of Senate adjourns......April 23, 1869 Union Pacific Railroad opened for traffic......May 10, 1869 Filibustering expedition under Gen. Thomas Jordan, fitted out in New York, lands on
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Chapter 56: famine reliefs; paying soldiers' bounties, and summary of work accomplished (search)
warning, we thought, to all parties concerned. But I found that the freedmen's hospitals at New Orleans, Vicksburg, Louisville, Richmond, and Washington could not be abolished so soon without exposing the numerous helpless patients therein to great distress. The local authorities refused to assume charge, so that pressed by an extreme necessity, with the assent of the Secretary of War, I continued them for a while, and reported my action to Congress. All my action, by an Act approved April 7, 1869, was formally approved by that body. Congress instructed me then to discontinue these hospitals as soon as practicable in the discretion of the President of the United States. General Grant, after March 4th, was the President, so that no unkind action was feared. His discretion and mine naturally agreed. No immediate troubles worth the record followed the discontinuance of the Bureau. The officers paying bounties had to be kept, and nearly all the school machinery remained intact, an
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 7 (search)
22d Mass. Infantry, Sept. 16, 1861, to Aug. 19, 1862. Second Lieutenant, 6th U. S. Colored Cavalry, Oct. 21, 1864. First Lieutenant, Feb. 24, 1866. Mustered out, Apr. 19, 1866. Second Lieutenant, 36th U. S. Infantry, Aug. 24, 1867. Resigned, Apr. 7, 1869. Adams, Charles Francis, Jr. See General Officers. Adams, George Franklin. Born in Massachusetts. Second Lieutenant, 33d Mass. Infantry, July 17, 1862. First Lieutenant, Nov. 29, 1862. Resigned, Mar. 28, 1863. Private, Corporal as. Private, 5th Infantry, M. V. M, in service of the U. S., July 16 to Nov. 16, 1864. Second Lieutenant, 7th U. S. Colored Infantry, June 15, 1865. Mustered out, Oct. 13, 1866. Second Lieutenant, 2d U. S. Infantry, Mar. 7, 1867. Unassigned, Apr. 7, 1869. Assigned to 13th U. S. Infantry, Aug. 3, 1870. Honorably discharged at his own request, Sept. 10, 1870. Darling, Henry A. Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, 25th Conn. Infantry, Aug. 20, 1862; mustered, Nov. 11, 1862. Mustered
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 9 (search)
22d Mass. Infantry, Sept. 16, 1861, to Aug. 19, 1862. Second Lieutenant, 6th U. S. Colored Cavalry, Oct. 21, 1864. First Lieutenant, Feb. 24, 1866. Mustered out, Apr. 19, 1866. Second Lieutenant, 36th U. S. Infantry, Aug. 24, 1867. Resigned, Apr. 7, 1869. Adams, William D. Corporal, 13th Mass. Infantry, July 16, 1861. Sergeant, Nov. 1, 1862. Mustered out, March, 1863. First Lieutenant, 79th U. S. Colored Infantry, Mar. 7, 1863. Mustered out, July 28, 1864. Aiken, Isaac P. Privat. Private, 5th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., July 16 to Nov. 16, 1864. Second Lieutenant, 7th U. S. Colored Infantry, June 15, 1865. Mustered out, Oct. 13, 1866. Second Lieutenant, 2d U. S. Infantry, Mar. 7, 1867. Unassigned, Apr. 7, 1869. Assigned to 13th U. S. Infantry, Aug. 3, 1870. Honorably discharged at his own request, Sept. 10, 1870. Daniels, Charles H. Born in Massachusetts. Second Lieutenant, Regimental Quartermaster, 116th U. S. Colored Infantry. Brevet First