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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 1: (search)
ankets, 2,000 knapsacks, and camp equipage for a force of 2,000 men, when in active service. In the House, same day, Mr. Coffin, of Newburyport, reported the Militia Bill in a new draft. Same day, the Governor sent a communication to the House,ed in the resolve; and, if so, what and when, and by what officer, and under what authority. March 23. In the House.—Mr. Coffin, of Newburyport from the Committee on the Militia, reported that the resolve for the equipment of troops for active service ought to pass; also the following communication from the Adjutant-General:— Boston, March 21, 1861. Colonel Frederick J. Coffin, House of Representatives. Sir,—In answer to the inquiry made by the Honorable House of Representatives, whetlves with debating such as were offered by others, and voting as their judgments dictated. Same day. In the House.—Colonel Coffin, of Newburyport, introduced a bill to limit the number of privates in infantry and rifle companies to fifty, except
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 4: (search)
en on the part of the House, be appointed, to whom the address of the Governor, and the accompanying documents, should be referred. The motion was adopted: and the committee appointed on the part of the Senate were Messrs. Stone of Essex, Bonney of Middlesex, Northend of Essex, Rogers of Suffolk, Davis of Bristol, Walker of Middlesex, and Cole of Berkshire; on the part of the House, Messrs. Bullock of Worcester, Calhoun of Springfield, Branning of Lee, Davis of Greenfield, Tyler of Boston, Coffin of Newburyport, Peirce of Dorchester, Peirce of New Bedford, Jewell of Boston, Gifford of Provincetown, Clark of Lowell, Kimball of Lynn, Merriam of Fitchburg, Bamfield of West Roxbury, and Hyde of Newton. Mr. Northend, of Essex, introduced a bill of eighteen sections, entitled a bill to provide for the disciplining and instruction of a military force. Petitions were presented of James W. White, and eighty others of Grafton, and of the commissioned officers of the Twelfth Regiment of I
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 6: (search)
and we to Washington, and reached our hotel about six o'clock. We never saw Colonel Cass in life again. He was mortally wounded before Richmond, and died July 12, 1862. The report continues,— I had been two days on horseback, through a continued storm of rain and snow, with mud up to the stirrups part of the way; and yet I never had a more delightful journey. Two more days were passed in Washington, transacting business at the War Office. On the third day, accompanied by Colonel Coffin, of Newburyport, went on board a steamer, and were taken to Budd's Ferry, about fifty miles down the Potomac, on the Maryland side. Here were the First and the Eleventh Regiments, which formed part of General Hooker's brigade. We quote again:— On the opposite side from the landing, one of the rebel batteries was distinctly visible. The roads from the landing to the camps of our regiments were the worst I ever saw. At one place, a wagon of the Second New-Hampshire Regiment was st
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 7: (search)
d orders to report at Washington, and left Massachusetts under command of Colonel Albert S. Follansbee about Sept. 1. It remained in Washington until the 13th, when it was ordered to Suffolk, Va. The Eighth Regiment served with distinction in the three months service. It opened the route by Annapolis to Washington. It was recruited to the maximum for the nine months service at Camp Lander, at Wenham. It sailed from Boston on the seventh day of November, under the command of Colonel Frederick J. Coffin, for Newbern, N. C., with orders to report for duty to Major-General Foster. The Forty-second Regiment was recruited for nine months service at Camp Meigs, at Readville. The nucleus of this regiment was the Second Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia. It was assigned to the Department of the Gulf, and left Massachusetts Nov. 19, with orders to report to General Banks in New York. It remained in camp at Long Island until about the first day of December, when it sailed fr
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 9: (search)
om New Orleans to Cairo, at the mouth of the Ohio; thus keeping up the advance record of Massachusetts troops. The following table shows the number of men in each regiment and in the Eleventh Battery who died, were killed, discharged, taken prisoners, and deserted:-- Regiments. Died. Killed. Disch'd. Pris'ners. Deserted. Third, Colonel Richmond 13 2 45 14 6 Fourth, Colonel Walker 120 8 25 3 15 Fifth, Colonel Pierson 13 – 43 – 29 Sixth, Colonel Follansbee 13 12 26 6 8 Eighth, Colonel Coffin 9 – 32 – 42 Forty-second, Colonel Burrill 32 4 45 14 62 Forty-third, Colonel Holbrook 13 2 65 – 89 Forty-fourth, Colonel Lee 24 8 81 – 3 Forty-fifth, Colonel Codman 32 10 61 – 48 Forty-sixth, Colonel Shurtleff 33 – 172 – 10 Forty-seventh, Colonel Marsh 25 2 103 – 219 Forty-eighth, Colonel Stone 50 10 66 – 154 Forty-ninth, Colonel Bartlett 84 21 67 1 32 Fiftieth, Colonel Messer 84 – 36 – 27 Fifty-first, Colonel Sprague 42 – 97 – 17 Fifty-second, Colonel G