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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Volume 2. 244 2 Browse Search
Elias Nason, McClellan's Own Story: the war for the union, the soldiers who fought it, the civilians who directed it, and his relations to them. 223 1 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore) 214 4 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 148 20 Browse Search
General James Longstreet, From Manassas to Appomattox 114 0 Browse Search
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington 109 27 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 94 0 Browse Search
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, I. List of officers from Massachusetts in United States Navy, 1861 to 1865. (search)
Flotilla.Apr. 14, 1864.Dismissed.Actg. Master's Mate. Metcalf, George, Accepted appointment, June 15, 1863. No further record.Mass.Mass.Mass.June 12, 1863.Actg. 2d Asst. Engr.----- Miller, E. H., See enlistment, Dec. 16, 1861 Credit, Williamsburg. Transferred to regular service. See Navy Register.Mass.Mass.Mass.Mar. 10, 1862.Actg. Master's Mate.Constellation; Trefoil;West Gulf.--- Feb. 12, 1864.Actg. Ensign.Tallapoosa. Officers from Massachusetts in United States Navy—Continued. United States Navy—Continued. name.Where Born.State of which a Citizen.State from which Appointed.appointment.Vessels on which Served.Squadron.Termination of service. Date.RankDate.Discharged or Otherwise.Rank. Taylor, Albert, Credit, Williamsburg.Mass.Mass.Mass.May 8, 1862.Actg. Master's Mate.Rhode Island; Alabama.North Atlantic.Jan. 20, 1866.Hon. discharged.Actg. Master. Nov. 24, 1862.Actg. Ensign. Mar. 11, 1865.Actg. Master. Taylor, Charles F., Credit, Newton.Mass.Mass.Mass.Mar
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 2 (search)
, 1862. Returned to Regiment and took part in the Peninsular and Manassas campaigns; in command of brigade, Sept. 1, 1862, engaged in the battles of Bull Run, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Glendale, Malvern Hill, and Chantilly. Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Sept. 26, 1862. Appointment expired Mar. 4, 1863. Died at Boston, Mass.,sula; afterwards commanded 3d Division, 11th Army Corps; 1st Division, 18th Army Corps; and 3d Division 24th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac; at the battles of Williamsburg, Fair Oaks and Cold Harbor, Va., South Mountain and Antietam, Md , severely wounded at Fair Oaks and again at Chancellorsville, Va., May, 1863. Remained in sen men, Nov. 14, 1861. On general Court Martial, Jan. 17 to Mar. 6, 1862. Engaged in the siege of Yorktown, Apr. 16 to May 4, 1862. Present at the battles of Williamsburg and Fair Oaks, in which battles he was wounded. Mustered out, July 23, 1862. Major, 32d Mass. Infantry, July 24, 1862. Lieut. Colonel, Aug. 6, 1862. Colonel
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 4 (search)
Baxter, Charles W. First Lieutenant, 42d Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., July 14, 1864. Mustered out, Nov. 11, 1864. Baxter, Joseph H. Second Lieutenant, 22d Mass. Infantry, July 10, 1862. First Lieutenant, Sept. 28, 1862. Captain, May 19, 1863. Died of wounds, at Bethesda Church, Va., June 3, 1864. Baxter, Orson O. First Sergeant, 4th Mass. Cavalry, Sept. 23, 1861. Second Lieutenant, Aug. 5, 1863. First Lieutenant, Jan. 19, 1864; not mustered. Died at Williamsburg, Va., Oct. 14, 1864. Baxter, Samuel. Second Lieutenant, 19th Mass. Infantry, Nov. 29, 1861. Resigned, Aug. 1, 1862. Baxter, William Quincy. Corporal, 11th Battery Mass. Light Artillery, Jan. 2, 1864. Second Lieutenant, 4th Mass. Heavy Artillery, Sept. 2, 1864. Mustered out, June 17, 1865. Beal, Melvin. Second Lieutenant, 6th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Apr. 22, 1861. Captain, May 6, 1861. Mustered out, Aug. 2, 1861. Beaman, Samuel. First Lieutena
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 8 (search)
Mustered out, Oct. 24, 1864. Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion Frontier Cavalry, Mass. Volunteers, or 26th N. Y. Cavalry, Dec. 28, 1864. First Lieutenant, Mar. 7, 1865. Mustered out, July 7, 1865. Hayes, Frank. Residence at Boston, Mass., at time of enlistment. Second Lieutenant, 2d R. I. Cavalry, Dec. 24, 1862. Mustered out, Aug. 24, 1863. Hayner, Herrick. Residence in Massachusetts at time of enlistment. Second Lieutenant, 70th N. Y. Infantry, Jan. 1, 1862. Killed at Williamsburg, Va., May 5, 1862. Herbert, George D. Private, 3d Mass. Cavalry, Feb. 28, 1862. Commissioned in 1st La. Cavalry, Aug. 26, 1862. First Lieutenant, 1st La. Cavalry. Discharged, Dec. 29, 1862. Higgins, Michael. Residence at Rehoboth, Mass., at time of enlistment. Private, 3d R. I. Heavy Artillery, Oct. 5, 1861. Corporal. Sergeant. Second Lieutenant, June 6, 1863. First Lieutenant, Feb. 3, 1864. Mustered out, Mar 17, 1865. Hill, Joseph Coffin. Born at Groton, Mass., May 7
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, X. Massachusetts officers, soldiers and sailors receiving Medals of Honor. (search)
Fort Stedman, Va., Mar. 25, 1865, in serving with other volunteers a previously silenced and abandoned gun, mounted en barbette, at Fort Haskell, being exposed to a galling fire from the enemy's sharpshooters. Decastro, Joseph G. Sergeant, Co. I, 19th Mass. Infantry. Medal issued, Dec. 1, 1864, for capture of flag of 19th Virginia in action at Gettysburg, Penn., July 3, 1863. Dillon, Michael A. Co. G, 2d N. H. Infantry. Medal awarded, Oct. 10, 1889, for gallantry in actions at Williamsburg, Va, May 5, 1862, and Oak Grove, Va., June 25, 1862. (Born in Massachusetts.) Falls, Benjamin F. Color Sergeant, Co. A, 19th Mass. Infantry. Medal issued, Dec. 1, 1864, for capture of flag in action at Gettysburg, Penn., July 3, 1863. Gardner, Charles N. Private, Co. E, 32d Mass. Infantry. Medal issued, Apr. 27, 1865, for capture of flag in action at Five Forks, Va., Apr. 1, 1865. Gardner, Robert I. First Sergeant, Co. K, 34th Mass. Infantry. Medal issued, May 2, 1865,
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 11 (search)
services during the Rebellion, to date from Mar. 13, 1865. G. O. 65, June 22, 1867. Johnston, Brent, Jr., late Captain of the 30th Mass. Infantry, to be Major, U. S. Volunteers, by brevet, for gallant services at the battles of Donaldsonville, La., and Cedar Creek, Va., to date from Mar. 13, 1865. G. O. 67, July 16, 1867. Johnston, G. H., late Captain, Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, to be Major, U. S. Volunteers, by brevet, for gallant conduct in the battles of Williamsburg and Fair Oaks, Va., to date from Mar. 13, 1865. G. O. 84, Oct. 14, 1868. — Brevet Major G. H., late Captain, Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, to be Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, by brevet, for gallant conduct in the battles of White Oak Swamp and Malvern Hill, Va., to date from Mar. 13, 1865. G. O. 84, Oct. 14, 1868. Johnston, Thomas B., late Captain of the 30th Mass. Infantry, to be Major, U. S. Volunteers, by brevet, for gallant services at Port Hudson, La., and
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 16 (search)
n, col. Robert. (General) Battle of May 5, 1862, at Williamsburg, Va. 1st Regt. M. V. I. did not give way and rush pell-ning Journal, April 28, 1862, p. 4, col. 7. — – At Williamsburg, Va., May 5, 1862. Letters from, and from the 7th Maine, 5. Infantry, continued. 1st Regt. Mass. Vol. At Williamsburg, Va., May 5, 1862. Regiment did not give way and rush pelvening Journal, July 2, 1861, p. 4, col. 4. — – At Williamsburg, Va., May 5, 1862. Personal notices of the dead; 1st and 1862, p. 4, cols. 2, 5. —11th Regt. Mass. vol. At Williamsburg, Va., May 5, 1862. 1st Regt. M. V. I. did not give way andol. 1. — Blamed for not ordering up the reserve at Williamsburg, Va., May 5, 1862. Boston Evening Journal, May 14, 1862, pmy and Navy Journal, vol. 3, p. 503. — – – Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Seven days, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Litro troops, rev. of. N. Y. Nation, vol. 46, p. 180. Williamsburg, Va. Battle of May 5, 1862. Early news. Bo