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July 1st (search for this): chapter 4
red his resignation at once. Subsequently repenting, however, he withdrew his resignation, and informed the Governor that he would prefer to remain, drink or no drink, corporal or no corporal. It was under these circumstances that, on the first of July, the Governor desired my presence, and would be glad to see me one-quarter of an hour earlier than the time appointed for Captain — to call. I had an interview with the Governor; but I am sorry to say our views differed very widely. The f1861. Says the Governor:-- Can it be intended by Congress, that volunteers in the field should fill vacancies by election? Where is to be the source of discipline, when every candidate is seeking personal favor of the men? From the first of July, when he thought that pledging a social glass with his corporal was an act by a captain of a company of no significance, when judged by the light of peaceful militia camp-life, to the third of August, the Governor grew rapidly in wisdom. F
April 20th, 1861 AD (search for this): chapter 4
ubscription, carried from my office a paper which pledged Major Gordon to the command of a regiment which the contributors were to equip, organize, and support, until this burden should be assumed by the General Government. Such liberal subscriptions were made,--five thousand dollars,before the ink which declared the purpose was fairly dry, For list of subscribers see The Record, etc. (Quint), p. 523. that success was placed beyond any fair probability of failure. Before the twentieth of April, 1861, there was no doubt of success. The great overpowering necessity had triumphed over all past forms and revered customs. Men of station and culture were willing to take such rank as might be designated, while the bone and sinew of our land surrendered without objection all claim to take part in the election of their officers.. Let us go any way that you think best, to fight for the integrity of our country, was their only, their single demand. At this point it became necessary t
April 15th, 1861 AD (search for this): chapter 4
Chapter 1: from Massachusetts to Virginia. When, on the morning of the fifteenth of April, 1861, three days after the Rebel batteries had opened upon the Federal garrison in Fort Sumter, a telegram from Washington to Governor Andrew of Massachusetts, to send forward fifteen hundred men, was followed later in the day by a forme were, first, the assent and cordial cooperation of Governor Andrew to raise it; second, the promise of the General Government to accept it. On the fifteenth day of April, 1861, at the State House, with the single condition that I would wait until these troops were off, Governor Andrew promised me his influence and aid in raisiad adopted, I declined the offer. It would be interesting to give in detail the letters, correspondence, and reports that flowed in upon me from the fifteenth day of April, 1861, to the very morning of the eighth of July following, when the regiment left the State: offers of services to drill; offers of services to fight; indivi
May (search for this): chapter 4
f Infantry, see The Record of the Second Massachusetts Infantry, by Rev. A. H. Quint, pp. 298, 514. That Messrs. Wheaton and Motley were very early applicants in April, and that all the others were actively engaged in recruiting companies early in May, there is abundant proof. Among the first to offer aid, person, counsel, and energetic assistance was Wilder Dwight, of Brookline. It was on the eighteenth day of April, 1861, that he first made known, in lines written hastily on a scrap of paree years regiments; but rather to introduce the circular letter sent from Washington to guide governors of States in the selection of officers for these regiments. I wish to show how the virtues of the circular were anticipated. It was dated in May, and advised loyal governors,-- 1. To commission no one of doubtful morals or patriotism, and not of sound health. 2. To appoint no one to a lieutenancy (second or first) who has passed the age of twenty-two years, or to a captaincy over t
April (search for this): chapter 4
hat time. The names of Savage and Cary, captains; of Wheaton, adjutant; of Henry L. Higginson, Hawes, Motley, Howard and Sawyer,--do not appear in any lists or in ally letters in my possession. For a complete list of all the officers and enlisted men that were ever commissioned or enlisted in the second Massachusetts regiment of Infantry, see The Record of the Second Massachusetts Infantry, by Rev. A. H. Quint, pp. 298, 514. That Messrs. Wheaton and Motley were very early applicants in April, and that all the others were actively engaged in recruiting companies early in May, there is abundant proof. Among the first to offer aid, person, counsel, and energetic assistance was Wilder Dwight, of Brookline. It was on the eighteenth day of April, 1861, that he first made known, in lines written hastily on a scrap of paper, his desire to go with me. The following is a copy of the paper:-- I simply want to say, that if you see any chance to get a berth to go with the first vol
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