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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 27 11 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gordon, George Henry 1825-1886 (search)
Gordon, George Henry 1825-1886 Military officer; born in Charlestown, Mass., July 19, 1825; graduated at the United States. Military Academy in 1846; served in the war with Mexico, participating in the siege of Vera Cruz, the actions of Cerro Gordo, Contreras, and Chapultepec, and the capture of the city of Mexico. During the Civil War his bravery was conspicuous in many battles. He received the brevet of major-general of volunteers in April, 1865. He was the author of The army of Virginia from Cedar Mountain to Alexandria; A War diary; and From. Brook to Cedar Mountain. He died in Framingham, Mass., Aug. 30, 1886.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., Second regiment Massachusetts Infantry. (search)
Second regiment Massachusetts Infantry. （1) Col. George H. Gordon, Bvt. Maj. Gen. U. S. Vols. （2) Col. George L. Andrews, Bvt. Maj. Gen. U. S. Vols. （3) Col. Samuel M. Quincy, Bvt. Brig. Gen. U. S. Vols. （4) Col. William Cogswell, Bvt. Brig–24179169143153188162191161178146351,736 Totals,––––––––––––––1,838 The 2d Mass. Infantry was recruited by Col. George Henry Gordon (a West Point graduate, who had served eight years as lieutenant in the regular army) in April, 1861, and began or-General Patterson at Martinsburg, Va. On July 18, 1861, the regiment was ordered to Harper's Ferry, and on the 23d Colonel Gordon was placed in charge of the town, General Banks succeeding General Patterson in command. In the autumn the regiment doah Valley. On May 25 it engaged in the battle of Winchester, encamping afterward at Williamsport, Md. At this time Colonel Gordon was promoted brigadier-general, U. S. Vols., and was in command of the 3d Brigade, 1st
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 2 (search)
July 1, 1858. Second Lieutenant, 10th Infantry, Feb. 5, 1859. First Lieutenant, May 7, 1861. Colonel, 31st Mass. Infantry, Feb. 18, 1862. Captain, 10th U. S. Infantry, June 27, 1862. On duty at New Orleans and Fort Jackson, and engaged in the Red River campaign; in command of the 5th Brigade cavalry division, department of the Gulf. Mustered out of volunteer service, Nov. 26, 1864. Brevet Brig. General and Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Resigned, Mar. 20, 1865. Gordon, George Henry. Born at Charlestown, Mass., July 19, 1825. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1842, to July 1, 1846. Brevet Second Lieutenant, Mounted Rifles, July 1, 1846. Brevet First Lieutenant, Apr. 18, 1847. Second Lieutenant, Jan. 8, 1848. First Lieutenant, Aug. 30, 1853. Resigned, Oct. 31, 1854. Colonel, 2d Mass. Infantry, May 24, 1861. Guarding the upper Potomac, July to Dec., 1861, and Frederick, Md., Jan. to Mar., 1862. In operations in Shenandoah Valley under Maj. General Bank
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 3 (search)
, Jan. 16, 1863. Died at Pittsfield, Mass., Feb. 25, 1881. Goodwin, Frank. First Lieutenant, 55th Mass. Infantry, June 7, 1863. Captain, July 20, 1863. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, Aug. 29, 1865. Gordon, George Henry. See General Officers. Gottlieb, Joseph. Second Lieutenant, 35th Mass. Infantry, Dec. 15, 1862. First Lieutenant, Apr. 30, 1863. Captain, Sept. 6, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 2, 1865. Transferred to 29th Mass. Infut, Aug. 16, 1865, as Lieut. Colonel. Shaw, Robert Gould. Private, 7th N. Y. State Militia, Apr. 19, 1861. Second Lieutenant, 2d Mass. Infantry, May 28, 1861. First Lieutenant, July 8, 1861. Captain, Aug. 10, 1862. Aide-de-Camp to General George H. Gordon. Major, 54th Mass. Infantry, Mar. 31, 1863; mustered, Apr. 11. Colonel, Apr. 17, 1863; mustered, May 13. Killed in the assault upon Fort Wagner, S. C., July 18, 1863. Sheen, William Gordon. Private, 4th Infantry, M. V. M., in se
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 7 (search)
oved July 15, 1870. Gooding, Oliver Paul. See General Officers. Goodrich, Frank C. Born in New Hampshire. Appointed from Massachusetts. Cadet at a Military Academy, July 1 to Oct. 22, 1854. Sergeant, 3d Mass. Infantry, Apr. 23 to July 22, 1861. Second Lieutenant, 2d U. S. Infantry, Aug. 5, 1861. First Lieutenant, Nov. 19, 1861. Cashiered, July 21, 1862. Reinstated, Dec. 11, 1862. Brevet Captain, May 3, 1863. Killed at the battle of Gettysburg, Penn., July 2, 1863. Gordon, George Henry. See General Officers. Gorton, Cyrus L. Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, Regimental Quartermaster, 2d Kan. Cavalry, Nov. 2, 1861. Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Volunteers, May 18, 1864. Mustered out, Oct. 7, 1865. Gould, Charles A. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Sept. 14, 1863. Mustered out, Mar. 12, 1866. Gould, David. Born in Massachusetts. Major, Additional Paymaster, U. S. Volunteers, Nov. 26, 1
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 11 (search)
f the 55th Mass. Infantry, to be Major, U. S. Volunteers, by brevet, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from Mar. 13, 1865. G. O. 91, Oct. 9, 1867. Gordon, Brig. General G. H., U. S. Volunteers, to be Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers, by brevet, for meritorious and distinguished services, to date from Apr. 9, 1865.of Petersburg in 1864, and more especially for gallantry on the 25th of March, 1865, he at that time capturing the colors of the 57th North Carolina Volunteers of Gordon's rebel brigade, to date from Mar. 13, 1865. G. O. 67, July 16, lb67. — Brevet First Lieutenant Charles H., late Second Lieutenant of the 57th Mass. Infantry,of Petersburg in 1864, and more especially for gallantry on the 25th of March, 1865, he at that time capturing the colors of the 57th North Carolina Volunteers of Gordon's rebel brigade, to date from Mar. 13, 1865. G. O. 67, July 16, 1867. Pizer, Captain John B., of the 29th Mass. Infantry, to be Major, U. S. Volunteers, by
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 15 (search)
1st Regiment. Gen. Robert Cowdin and the 1st Mass. Regiment of Volunteers. Boston, 1864. 19 pp. 8°. — Cudworth, Warren H. History of the 1st Regiment, 1861-64. Including brief references to the operations of the army of the Potomac. Boston, 1866. 12°. — The hero of Medfield, containing journals and letters of Allen A. Kingsbury, who was killed by the rebels, Apr. 26, 1862. Boston, 1862. 12°. 2d Regiment. Dwight, Lieut.-Col. Wilder. Life and letters. Boston, 1868. 8°. — Gordon, George H. Brook farm to Cedar Mountain in the war of the great rebellion, 1861-62. Boston, 1885. 12°. — – History of the 2d Mass. Regiment of Infantry. Second paper. Delivered at the annual meeting of the 2d Mass. Infantry Association, on May 11, 1874. Boston, 1874. 68 pp. 8°. — – Organization and early history of the 2d Mass. Regiment of Infantry. Boston, 1873. 8°. — Morse, Charles F. Gettysburg; a paper read at the 2d Mass. Regiment officers' reunion, May 10,
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 16 (search)
ews, Lieut.-col. George Leonard, and Gen. Geo. H. Gordon, 2d Regt. M. V. I. Report of retreat o62, p. 4, col. 3. — – – – Reports of Gen. Geo. H. Gordon and Lieut.-Col. Geo. L. Andrews of 2d Rgn of the army of Virginia under Pope. Gen. Geo. H. Gordon, rev. of. N. Y. Nation, vol. 30, p. 122oah, 1862. Retreat of May. Reports of Gen. Geo. H. Gordon and Lieut.-Col. Geo. L. Andrews. Bostonnd Navy Journal, vol. 4, p. 618. — – Gen. Geo. H. Gordon, obituary notice; with record. Army an19, p. 35. — – History of, part III. Gen. Geo. H. Gordon, rev. of. N. Y. Nation, vol. 22, p. 100. Hist. Soc. J. C. Ropes, Col. Horton, Gen. Geo. H. Gordon, Gen. Walcott, rev. of. N. Y. Nation, v1862, p. 4, col. 3. — – – Reports of Col. Geo. H. Gordon and Lieut.-Col. Geo. L. Andrews of 2d Rory of a horse; from Boston Transcript. Gen. Geo. H. Gordon. Army and Navy Journal, vol. 2, p. 727.iscussed as to its effect on rank, etc. Gen. Geo. H. Gordon. Army and Navy Journal,
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, Index of names of persons. (search)
B., 489 Goodrich, A. E., 214 Goodrich, F. C., 418, 527 Goodrich, G. E., 285 Goodrich, I. B., 285 Goodrich, J. Z., 582 Goodspeed, S. A., 285 Goodwin, C. J., 60 Goodwin, E. S., 60 Goodwin, F. E., 285 Goodwin, Frank, 4th Mass. H. A., 285 Goodwin, Frank, 29th Mass. Inf., 285 Goodwin, Frank, 55th Mass. Inf., 214, 285, 527 Goodwin, J. A., 285 Goodwin, J. L., 286 Goodwin, John, Jr., 285 Goodwin, R. C., 286 Goodwin, T. W., 286 Goodwin, William, 3d, 286 Gookin, C. B., 162 Gordon, G. H., 181, 214, 418, 527, 606, 611, 655 Gordon, G. W., 286 Gordon, J. S., 60 Gordon, John, 286 Gordon, John, 582 Gordon, Leonard, 286 Gordon, Timothy, 286 Gore, A. F., 467 Gore, H. W., 286 Gore, Samuel, 582 Gorham, G. W., 394 Gorham, J. M., 286 Gorman, D. J., 286 Gormley, Henry, 60 Gorton, C. L., 418, 467 Gorton, S. A., 286 Goss, Charles, 286 Goss, E. H., 605 Goss, J. N., 286 Goss, W. L., 656 Gottlieb, Joseph, 214, 286, 527 Gould, A. L., 286, 489 Gould, B. A., 582 Gould