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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 7: (search)
ve files. In the latter part of August, the scene of active war was changed from before Richmond, to the army under General Pope, before Washington. The losses in the Union army were very great. The Secretary of War telegraphed the Governor to s not successful. The retreat to Harrison's Landing, of General McClellan's army, gave the rebels an opportunity to attack Pope, and defeat him. Then we had the second Bull Run battle. Lee then advanced with his entire command, crossed the Potomac, uiting for the army continued briskly through the year; the losses in battle, the disasters on the Peninsula and under General Pope, stimulated rather than depressed enlistments. Successes had crowned our arms in the Southwest and in North and Southd the fearful losses which had been sustained in the battles before Richmond, at Antietam, and before Washington under General Pope, which multiplied greatly the labors of all the military departments of the Commonwealth, and especially those of the
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 11: (search)
nk of captain, Aug. 11. Robert R. Corson, of Philadelphia, assistant quartermaster-general, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, Dec. 9. Charles L. Bulkley, of Boston, assistant engineer, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, Dec. 12. Frank L. Pope, of Great Barrington, assistant engineer, with rank of major, Dec. 12. Colonel Bulkley and Major Pope were engineers engaged to lay a telegraph-wire to connect the States with the Russian dominions, and received their commissions from the Major Pope were engineers engaged to lay a telegraph-wire to connect the States with the Russian dominions, and received their commissions from the Governor, as an honor due them for undertaking so great and valuable an enterprise. J. F. B. Marshall, of Weston, paymaster-general, with the rank of colonel, Dec. 28. Jarvis D. Braman, of Boston, assistant paymaster-general, with the rank of major, Dec. 29. H. Sidney Everett, of Boston, assistant adjutant-general, with the rank of major, Dec. 30. The year 1864 was one of the most important of the war. A presidential election had taken place which resulted in the triumphant re-electi