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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1: prelminary narrative, Preliminary narrative. (search)
Thos. Sherwin, Jr.; 2d Brigade, 9th Mass., Col. P. R. Guiney; 32d Mass., Col. G. L. Prescott; Artillery Brigade (Capt. A. P. Martin), 3d Mass. Light Battery, Lieut. nes's report is in Official War Records, 43, p. 387. The 32d Mass. (Col. Geo. L. Prescott) distinguished itself by holding its ground after the breach in Sicklesd fall back under cover of the woods. This order was communicated to Colonel Prescott, whose regiment was then under the hottest fire. Understanding it to be a perd their ground manfully. Official War Records, 43, p. 611. As a result, Colonel Prescott was severely wounded. At 4 A. M. the 2d Mass. Infantry (Lieut.-Col. C. ss. (Col. W. S. Tilton) (with 2d Co. Sharpshooters attached); 32d Mass. (Col. G. L. Prescott); 3d Brigade, 18th Mass. (Col. Joseph Hayes). Second Division.—1st Bre 27th, 19; the 58th, 12; and all others less. Among the killed were Col. Geo. L. Prescott (32d Mass.), Capts. Charles Goss (21st Mass.), Amos Buffum (36th Mass.)