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ent, from provost duty on the 15th. On the next day at 5 P. M. the enemy fired salutes of shotted guns from every battery in view, besides two rams, probably in honor of some success to their arms. Lieutenant-Colonel Hooper returned on the 18th and took command of the regiment, Major Appleton assuming charge of the defences of the inlet. During May and June the following changes took place among the officers: Surg. Chas. E. Briggs and Lieutenants Fred. E. Rogers, Joseph E. Cousens, Chas. O. Hallett and Benj. B. Edmands, newly appointed, reported; Capt. R. H. L. Jewett and Lieutenant Littlefield re-joined from the North; Assistant-Surgeon Pease resigned; Assistant-Surgeon Bridgham, who had been reappointed, reported June 5, but went to Beaufort, sick, resigning there on the 16th. Lieutenant Tomlinson was discharged at the North. There was variable weather the second week in June, but remarkably cool for three days previous to the 15th, with rain. Then the hot weather set in, th
regiment under artillery fire. The line was formed as below, with Company D on the right,— F G B E A K D and with the following officers present: Lieutenant-Colonel Hooper, commanding; Major Appleton; Adjutant Howard; Company D, Captain Jones and Lieutenant Swails; Company K, Lieutenant Leonard, commanding, and Lieutenant Chas. Jewett, Jr.; Company A, Lieutenant Knowles; Company E, Captain Emilio and Lieutenants Chipman and Cousens; Company B, Lieutenant Newell, commanding, and Lieutenant Hallett; Company G, Lieut. David Reid; Company F, Captain Bridge and Lieutenant Duren. Sergt. Chas. A. Lenox, of Company A, bore the national flag, and Corp. Jos. Stiles, of Company F, the State color, in the ranks of Company E. There were 363 enlisted men present. Quartermaster Ritchie was also on the island. Surgeon Briggs was detailed on Morris Island, and an assistant-surgeon (whose name is not known), was temporarily assigned to the regiment. All the horses had been left at Stono.
t Chipman, commanding, and Lieutenant Cousens; Company G, Lieut. David Reid, commanding, and Lieutenant Webster; Company H, Captain Tucker and Lieutenant Stevens; Company A, Lieutenant Knowles; Company D, Lieutenant Emerson, commanding, and Lieutenant Hallett; Company I, Lieut. Lewis Reed; Company K, Lieutenant Leonard, commanding, and Lieut. Charles Jewett,—a force of twenty-one officers and 540 men. Captains T. L. Appleton and R. H. L. Jewett were on staff duty with General Hatch. A large fmpany of artillery. Our Fifty-fourth companies on the wood-road held an angle of the line much exposed to the enemy's fire. They at times blazed away into the woods they fronted. Lieutenant Emerson was severely wounded in the face; and Lieutenant Hallett in the left thigh. Captain Homans received a severe contusion on the inside of the left leg, a pocket-book with greenbacks therein saving him from a mortal wound. Besides the officers, one enlisted man was killed, twenty-one wounded, and
Emilio, Luis F., History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry , 1863-1865, Chapter 13: operations about Pocotaligo. (search)
nately, our pickets wounded. General Hatch pushed the One Hundred and Second United States Colored Troops along the railroad, and the Twenty-fifth Ohio through Green Pond, to Ashepoo, on the 14th, where the bridges were found burned. A force crossed the river in boats, and drove a few of the enemy away. Meanwhile, during our field service, the following changes had occurred in the Fifty-fourth: Lieutenant Duren, having broken a leg by falling from his horse at Morris Island, went North, and never returned. Lieutenant Littlefield resigned, and Lieutenant Hallett took charge of the camp. Lieutenant Rogers re-joined the regiment from there. Lieutenant James, recommissioned, reported; but his old wound soon forced him to return to Hilton Head. Captain Pope was made major, Lieutenant Howard captain of Company I, and Second Lieutenants Stevens and Charles Jewett, Jr., were promoted first lieutenants. Lieutenants Charles F. Joy and William L. Whitney, Jr., newly appointed, joined.
and seventy-five enlisted men and the following officers: Lieutenant-Colonel Hooper, Major Pope, Surgeon Briggs, Acting Adjutant Whitney, and Acting Quartermaster Bridgham; Company F, Captain Bridge; Company C, Lieutenant Spear; Company B, Lieutenant Hallett; Company H, Captain Tucker and Lieutenant Stevens; Company A, Lieutenant Rogers; Company D, Captain Chipman and Lieutenant Swails; Company G, Captain Appleton; Company E, Lieutenant Emerson, commanding, and Lieutenant Cousens; Company I, Caat if a fieldgun was sent him, the enemy might be driven out, or a charge covered. At the same time Major Pope was ordered to hold his position. A gun having been brought, dispositions were made to charge over the log dike at the mill. Lieutenant Hallett with a force was directed to cross the dam to the island between the streams, and open a covering fire from there when all was ready. Then the gun having fired some half a dozen shells, the Fifty-fourth, led most gallantly by Lieutenant R
; Lieutenant James, captain of Company C; Lieutenant Reed, captain of Company K; and Lieutenant Newell, captain of Company B. Lieutenant Cousens, promoted first lieutenant, was afterward made captain of Company E. Lieutenant Joy, after taking the intermediate rank, became captain of Company F. Lieutenants Edmands, Swails, and Whitney were promoted first lieutenants. Assistant-Surgeon Radzinsky was made surgeon One Hundred and Fourth United States Colored Troops; and Lieutenants Leonard and Hallett, captains One Hundred and Third United States Colored Troops. Those who resigned, or were mustered out at the expiration of their personal terms of service, were Lieutenant-Colonel Hooper, Adjutant Duren, Quartermaster Ritchie, Captains Bridge, Jewett, and Emerson, and Lieutenants Spear, Rogers, Bridgham, and Jewett. Lieutenant Edmands acted as quartermaster until June 21, when Lieutenant Vogelsang was made regimental-quartermaster. Lieutenant Joy relieved Lieutenant Whitney as acting a
Emilio, Luis F., History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry , 1863-1865, Roster of the Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Infantry. (search)
ass. Cav. 9 Apl 63. Spear, Daniel G.; 2nd Lieut. —— 1840; single; sailmaker; Boston. 2d Lt 19 Jly 63, must. 13 Mch 64. Resigned 3 Je 65. Other service:—Co. H 24th Mass. 10 Oct 61, Corpl, Sergt; re-enld 4 Jan 64. Died —— at Boston, Mass. Rogers, Frederick Eugene; 2nd Lieut. 16 Sep 45 Chelsea; single; clerk; Chelsea. 2d Lt 4 Feb 64, must. 3 May. Resigned 12 Je 65. Wounded 7 Apl 65 near Kingstree, S. C. Other service:— Co. D. 13th Mass. 24 Mch 62; re-enld. 4 Jan 64. Waco, Tex. Hallett, Charles Olmsted; 2nd Lieut. 21 Nov 42 Boston; single; clerk; Brookline. 2d Lt 4 Feb 64, must. 12 May; 1st Lt 10 Feb 65, not must. Discharged 16 May 65 for promotion. Wounded 30 Nov 64 Honey Hill, S. C. Other service:— Co. F. 2nd Mass. 25 May 61; re-enld 30 Dec 63, Sergt., Capt 103d U. S. C. T. 9 May 65. Discharged 16 Apl 66 ex. term., Oakland, Cal. Webster, Frederick hedge; 2nd Lieut. 2 Aug 43 Boston; single; clerk; Boston. 2d Lt 4 May 64, must. 16 Jly. Died of disease 25
7, 311, 314. H. H Company, 20, 38, 55, 59, 75, 97, 119, 135, 144, 145, 148, 150, 158, 164, 183, 186, 190, 191, 192, 198, 207, 219, 221, 223, 234, 237, 238, 245, 249, 262, 263,. 266, 273, 275, 285, 286, 291, 292, 293,. 304, 309, 310, 311, 312, 317. Habits, 22. Hackett, John, 282. Hagen, Dr., 293. Haggerty, Miss, 5. Hagood, Johnson, 55, 99, 100, 101, 102.. Hale, George S., 16, 24. Hale, John, 205. Haliburton, Miss, 16. Hall, R. M., 156. Halleck, H. W., 148,156, 236. Hallett, Charles O., 196, 202, 237, 249, 276, 291, 303, 316. Hallowell, E. N., 6, 9, 19, 34, 50, 54, 62, 67, 72, 73, 75, 76, 77, 81, 89, 90, 91, 132, 135, 136, 149, 150, 152, 153, 158,162,163, 164, 165, 166, 168, 169, 174, 176, 177, 181, 188, 190, 191, 194,195, 217, 220, 222,229, 230, 231, 234, 260, 262, 263, 265, 266, 268, 269, 273, 277, 278, 287, 288, 290, 291, 293, 294, 298, 309, 310, 311, 312, 315, 317, 319. Hallowell, E. N., letter to Rufus Saxton, 228. Hallowell, E. N., report of Assault of W