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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 2 0 Browse Search
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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 2 0 Browse Search
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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Book III (continued) (search)
have drifted as far inland as the Central states, and a camp song in ridicule of General Packingham. Some verses beginning Then you sent out your Boxer to beat us all about; We had an enterprising Brig to beat the Boxer out, and some stanzas preserved as a marching song for children— We're marching down to old Quebec While the drums are loudly beating— may also date back this far. The Texas Rangers, widely current through the South and the West, and modelled on the British Nancy of Yarmouth, sounds like an echo of the fight with the Mexicans at the Alamo in 1835. Songs surviving from the Civil War are frequently sentimental in character, like When this cruel War is over and The Blue and the Gray. See Book III, Chaps. II. and III. These are of traceable origin, yet they have passed widely into oral tradition. There were numerous camp songs on sieges or battles, but these have not shown vitality. Best remembered in popular literature from the time of the Civil War are
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, A book of American explorers, chapter 15 (search)
eady, and our landmen quartered among the seamen, and twenty-five of them appointed for muskets, and every man written down for his quarter. i.e., assigned to a certain place in the ship. The wind continued north, with fair weather; and after noon it calmed, and we still saw those eight ships to stand towards us. Having more wind than we, they came up apace: so as our captain, and the masters of our consorts, were more occasioned to think they might be Dunkirkers; for we were told at Yarmouth that there were ten sail of them waiting for us. Whereupon we all prepared to fight with them, and took down some cabins which were in the way of our ordnance; and out of every ship were thrown such bed-matters as were subject to take fire; and we heaved out our long-boats, and put up our waist-cloths, To protect the sides of the vessel. and drew forth our men, and armed them with muskets and other weapons, and instruments for fireworks; and, for an experiment, our captain shot a ball o
d Mary, b. 26 Aug. 1679, m. Dr. Samuel Gedney of Salem, 2 May 1701, and Rev. Theophilus Cotton of Hampton 16 Aug. 1711; he d. 18 Aug. 1726, and she m.——Newmarch; Elizabeth, b. 11 Nov. 1681, m. Rev. Daniel Greenleaf of Portsmouth 18 Nov. 1701 (of Yarmouth in 1723); ;Samuel, b. 14 Aug. 1683; Nathaniel, b 16 Feb. 1685-6, d. young; Daniel. His w. Mary d. after 29 Ap. 1707, and he m Mrs. Hannah Biscoe of Watertown (wid. of Thomas Biscoe) 28 Sept. 1708. Samuel the f. res. on the easterly side of Hod. 22 Dec. 1748; Abigail; Elizabeth, bap. 13 Nov. 1698. Simpkins, Nicholas (otherwise written Sympkins), late of Dorchester bought house and land in Camb. of John Knight 20 Nov. 1637. He was at some time Captain of the Castle; he removed to Yarmouth about 1638 (Savage, Gen. Dict.), was of Barnstable 1645, and of Scituate 1648. Plym. Col. Rec., XII. 142, 192. Skidmore, Thomas (otherwise written Skidmer), by w. Ellen, had John, b. 11 Ap. 1643. Thomas the f. res. on the westerly side of
ng lectures to the Indians there. And although by great pain and indisposition of body he was taken off from his work for some considerable time, he died lamented. Boston News Letter, Jan. 20, 1717-18. 3. Samuel, s. of Daniel (1), by w. Mary, had Mary, b. 26 Aug. 1679, m. Dr. Samuel Gedney of Salem, 2 May 1701, and Rev. Theophilus Cotton of Hampton 16 Aug. 1711; he d. 18 Aug. 1726, and she m.——Newmarch; Elizabeth, b. 11 Nov. 1681, m. Rev. Daniel Greenleaf of Portsmouth 18 Nov. 1701 (of Yarmouth in 1723); ;Samuel, b. 14 Aug. 1683; Nathaniel, b 16 Feb. 1685-6, d. young; Daniel. His w. Mary d. after 29 Ap. 1707, and he m Mrs. Hannah Biscoe of Watertown (wid. of Thomas Biscoe) 28 Sept. 1708. Samuel the f. res. on the easterly side of Holyoke Street, about one hundred feet southerly from Harvard Street, where b 16 Sept. 1730, a. 78. He inherited his father's military spirit, and was a Captain as early as 1692, when he was commissioned to settle difficulties existing at Little Compt
Mary, b. 15 Dec. 1684; Joshua, b. 23 Jan. 1686-7, d. at Lex. 3 Nov. 1768, a. nearly 82, and his w. Hannah d. 11 Nov. 1789, a. 93; Joseph, b. 8 June 1689; Daniel, b. about 1692, d. at Lex. 3 Ap. 1776, a. 83; and his w. d. 2 Ap. 1776, a. 81; Jonathan, d. 22 Dec. 1748; Abigail; Elizabeth, bap. 13 Nov. 1698. Simpkins, Nicholas (otherwise written Sympkins), late of Dorchester bought house and land in Camb. of John Knight 20 Nov. 1637. He was at some time Captain of the Castle; he removed to Yarmouth about 1638 (Savage, Gen. Dict.), was of Barnstable 1645, and of Scituate 1648. Plym. Col. Rec., XII. 142, 192. Skidmore, Thomas (otherwise written Skidmer), by w. Ellen, had John, b. 11 Ap. 1643. Thomas the f. res. on the westerly side of Brighton Street, north of Mount Auburn Street. He rem. to Hartford, where he was living 6 Dec. 1649. Skinner, Edward, owned a house and six acres in the West End. By his will, dated 25 Dec. 1641, it would seem that he had no family; he devised his
d the service, and whose civil training was leading them into loose notions which confound liberty with license. Second, that when a man possessed a well-formed character before his service in the army, as a man who was really a good, respectable citizen before he enlisted, when he returned he was a far better one. Third, those who were trained to evil deeds before their service have returned quite fixed in their evil habits, not improved for the better in any degree. P. Ball, Mayor. Yarmouth. I am of the opinion that their habits are better. They seem to be more industrious, persevering and anxious to obtain something more than their daily wants. Samuel Matthews, Chairman Selectmen. Unfavorable testimony. Bridgewater. That portion of the returned soldiers who at the time of their enlistment were of age to have acquired habits and characters for themselves, apparently returned as moral, upright men as when they entered the service. A portion of them who entered
Rev. James K. Ewer , Company 3, Third Mass. Cav., Roster of the Third Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment in the war for the Union, Company D. (search)
George V. Chick. South Braintree, 18, s; spinner. Dec. 5, 1863. M. O. Sept. 28, 1865. James A. Cleveland, Barre, 20, s; farmer. Oct. 31, 1863. M. O. Sept. 28, 1865. Michael Coffey, East Cambridge, 19, s; glass maker. Feb. 15, 1864. M. O. Sept. 28, 1865. John Connarty, en. New Orleans, La., 32 Dec. 8, 1862. Absent, wounded, on M. O. Regt. Sept. 28, 1865. William E. Corthell, Boston, 18, s; clerk. Aug.. 21, 1862. Disch. disa. Aug. 25, 1863. Edward Cummins, Ireland, en. Yarmouth, 21, s; mason, March 11, 1864. M. O. Sept. 28, 1865. William Curran, Boston 28, m; painter. Aug. 20, 1862. Died June 11, 1863. Henry R. Dain, Medway, 33, m; teamster. Feb. 26, 1864. Died Sept. 17, 1864. James E. Dawes, Boston, 21, s; watchman. Aug. 18, 1862. Disch. disa. Feb. 5, 1863. Stephen W. Dawson, South Braintree, Cr. Taunton, 21. m; farmer. Jan. 29, 1864. Died while prisoner of war, date and place unknown. George E. Day, Southboro, Cr. Stowe, 19, m; shoemaker.
Rev. James K. Ewer , Company 3, Third Mass. Cav., Roster of the Third Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment in the war for the Union, Unassigned recruits (search)
dley, Me. Cr. Holliston, 25. m; mill-man. Dec. 14, 1864. Absent without leave since June 11, 1865. Unof. Cornelius Kiley, Boston, 34, s; mariner. Feb. 27, 1864. Absent without leave since June 19, 1865. No later record. Unof. John Leavitt, Portland, Me. Cr. Sterling, 19, s; printer. July 26, 1864, Absent sick at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan. No later record. Unof. Thomas G. Marcy, Nantucket, 21, s; clerk. Sept. 2, 1864. Dishon. Disch. Jan. 17. 1866. Unof. Nicholas Maxwell, en. Yarmouth, 23; laborer. March 11, 1861. Trans, to Navy April 2, 1864, and deserted, April 13, 1864. Daniel McCARTHY, New York, Cr. Dartmouth, 28. s; laborer. Feb. 13, 1864. Disch. disa. June 15, 1864. Unof. Alexander McGREGOR, Lisbon, New York, en Littleton, 42, s; gardener. Nov. 18, 1863. Disch. disa. Jan. 26, 1864. John B. Morris, N. Dighton, Cr. Woburn, 20, s; farmer. Sept. 8, 1864. Absent without leave since June, 1865. William H. Morris, Pawtucket, R. I. 23, s; farmer, Sept
Historic leaves, volume 6, April, 1907 - January, 1908, Original English inhabitants and early settlers in Somerville. (search)
of the boundary line, but he left no issue here. Thomas Beecher, 1637. His dwelling house was in the Highfield, but may have been on the Charlestown side of the line. His widow sold the house to George Bunker. Neither Beecher nor Bunker left descendants here, to my knowledge. John Crow, 1638 or earlier, had a dwelling house and nine acres of land in Gibbons-field, which he sold to Matthew Avery, who died in four years, and his only child, a son, went back to London. John Crow went to Yarmouth, on Cape Cod, and he and Yelventon Crow (an ancestor of mine), who owned a Cow Common in Somerville in 1637, were the progenitors of the numerous Crowells, for so the name became in the second generation, on Cape Cod and elsewhere in Massachusetts. John Brinsmeade, 1638, had a house and two acres of land in the Highfield, perhaps on the Somerville side of the line, but he left no issue here. Edward Paine, 1638. His house and thirty acres of land were at the West End. He returned to E
d Coal Office, 32. West End, 26. 28, 29, 30, 31, 49. Weston, Dr., 5. Weston Family, 3. Westwood Road, 12. White, Artemas, 13. White Oak Swamp, 64. White Plain, Va., 21. White's Guerrillas, 18. Whitmore, Joseph, 22, 36. Whitmore, William H., 51. Whitridge, Elizabeth P., 39. Wilderness, Battle of the, 56. Wilderness, Battlefield of the, 44, 45. Wildridge's Hill, 29, 51, 52. Willard, —, 13. Willard C. Kinsley Post, 139, G. A. R., 3. Williams, Charles, Jr., 41. Williamsport, Md., 20. Wilson,———, 10. Wilson, Richard, 28, 31. Winter Hill, 4. 5, 8, 50. 51, 52, 75. Winter Hill Eagle, 55. Winter Hill Lodge, Knights of Honor. 3. Winter Hill Road, 53. Winter Hill Universalist Church, 4. Winthrop Avenue. 25, 29. Winthrop, John, 28, 79, 80. Woburn, Mass., 29. 30, 31, 52. Woolrych, John. 28. Wyatt, G. W., 14. Wyman, David, 53. Wyman, Elizabeth, 53. Wyman, Lieutenant, 65. Wyman, Thomas B., 51. Yarmouth. Mass., 30. Youth's Compan