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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 2: (search)
mbridge, clothing, arms, ammunition, and other munitions of war, to be deposited, prior to distribution, in Faneuil Hall and the State House. On Saturday, the 13th of April, two days prior to the call for troops, the Adjutant-General, by direction of the Governor, had written to the Secretary of War, asking the privilege of drawints were getting ready, offers to raise new companies of militia came from all parts of the State. The Adjutant-General, in his Report for 1861, says, From the 13th of April to the 20th of May, one hundred and fifty-nine applications were granted to responsible parties for leave to raise companies. In nearly every instance, the a manual of arms. To these companies two thousand seven hundred old muskets were loaned by the State. Most of these new militia companies were organized between April 13 and the 4th of May. Numerous letters, offering pecuniary aid to soldiers' families, were received by the Governor and the Adjutant-General. William Gray, of Bo
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 3: (search)
as one man to its defence. All former differences of opinion are swept away. We forget that we ever had been partisans. We remember only that we are Americans, and that our country is in peril. . . . Why does it float as never before, not merely from arsenal and masthead, but from tower and steeple, from the public edifices, the temples of science, the private dwelling, in magnificent display or miniature presentment? Let Fort Sumter give the answer. When on this day fortnight, the 13th of April (a day for ever to be held in inauspicious remembrance, like the Dies Alliensis in the annals of Rome), the tidings spread through the land, that the standard of United America, the pledge of her union and the symbol of her power, which so many gallant hearts had poured out their life-blood on the ocean and the land to uphold, had, in the harbor of Charleston, been for a day and a half the target of eleven fratricidal batteries, one deep, unanimous, spontaneous feeling shot with the tidi
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 9: (search)
t of December, 1862, and during the months of December, 1862, and January and February, 1863, was stationed at Baton Rouge, La. March 13, 1863.—The regiment made a reconnoissance in the direction of Port Hudson, marching up under the guns of the rebel fortifications, a mile and a half in advance of other regiments, in a manner satisfactory to the brigade and division commanders. Having marched with Grover's division to Brashear City, it landed at Indian Bend, on Grand Lake, on the 13th of April; the advance meeting and driving before it a small force of the enemy. Encamped on Madam Porter's plantation. On the 15th, it started in pursuit of the enemy, marching to New Iberia in two days. From the 26th of April to the 21st of May, the regiment was employed at Barre's Landing in collecting and guarding corn, cotton, sugar, and molasses, guarding negroes, and loading and unloading boats at the landing. On the 19th of May, having been rejoined by the four companies left on
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 10: (search)
hearts stopped to catch the last vespers of its echoes. The waiting continent has heard it, and already foresees the fulfilled prophecy, when she will sit redeemed, regenerated, and disinthralled by the irresistible genius of universal emancipation. Several special messages were sent in by the Governor during the session of the Legislature, among which (Feb. 13) was the report of an informal commission concerning the military instruction and training of the people of Massachusetts. April 13.—A message, transmitting a printed copy of the annual report of the Adjutant-General of the Commonwealth, and the reports of the Quartermaster-General, Surgeon-General, and the Master of Ordnance for the year ending Dec., 31, 1863, in which he says:— I respectfully suggest to the General Court the importance of printing such a number of copies of these documents as will, to a reasonable degree, supply the demand of the people for the particulars of the military annals of the Commonwea