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Long Island City (New York, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
ers, afterwards known as the Thirteenth Regiment. A camp was also formed on Long Island, in Boston Harbor, to which a number of companies, composed of men of Irish ington on the 11th of July. The Ninth, which was recruited and organized on Long Island, in Boston Harbor, left the State in the steamer Ben De Ford, on the 24th ofrecruited and organized under the superintendence of Colonel Thomas Cass, at Long Island, in Boston Harbor. The Tenth Regiment was recruited in the five western cong the two regiments agreed to enlist for three years; and both were sent to Long Island, Boston Harbor, until their organizations could be completed, and the regime by the Governor to effect this consolidation. He proceeded the same day to Long Island with the Governor's orders, which he read to the officers of the Fourteenth,ons which were passed were shown to the Adjutant-General upon his arrival at Long Island. He read them with surprise, and told Mr. Rice and the officers, that, if t
Bunker Camp (Missouri, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
anized letter of Governor toDr. Lyman board of Medical Examiners promotion of the Surgeon-General letter of the Governor to Colonel Frank E. Howe New-Englandrooms, New York letter of Colonel Lee to Charles R. Lowell Lettersof the Governor to different parties circular of the Secretary of War Colonel Browne to Colonel Howe abstract of correspondence Colonelsargent to General Scott Cobb's Battery letter to Colonel Webster letter to the President Irish regiments flag-raising at Bunker-Hillmonument speech of Governor Andrew speech of Colonel Webster interesting ceremonies conclusion. The defenseless condition of the forts in Boston Harbor, in the early part of the war, was a cause of much labor and anxiety to the Governor, and to the merchants and underwriters, whose vessels at anchor in the harbor, or lying at the wharves, were greatly exposed. Frequent representations of the insecure condition of Boston were made by the Governor to the Secretary of War, which, fo
Provincetown (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
documents, should be referred. The motion was adopted: and the committee appointed on the part of the Senate were Messrs. Stone of Essex, Bonney of Middlesex, Northend of Essex, Rogers of Suffolk, Davis of Bristol, Walker of Middlesex, and Cole of Berkshire; on the part of the House, Messrs. Bullock of Worcester, Calhoun of Springfield, Branning of Lee, Davis of Greenfield, Tyler of Boston, Coffin of Newburyport, Peirce of Dorchester, Peirce of New Bedford, Jewell of Boston, Gifford of Provincetown, Clark of Lowell, Kimball of Lynn, Merriam of Fitchburg, Bamfield of West Roxbury, and Hyde of Newton. Mr. Northend, of Essex, introduced a bill of eighteen sections, entitled a bill to provide for the disciplining and instruction of a military force. Petitions were presented of James W. White, and eighty others of Grafton, and of the commissioned officers of the Twelfth Regiment of Infantry (Colonel Webster), severally for an act to legalize the appropriations of cities and towns i
Watertown (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
the liberality of Massachusetts. The Executive Council also kept a close watch upon expenditures, and scrutinized all bills presented for payment, which relieved the Governor and heads of departments from much of the drudgery of examining and ascertaining the accuracy of this description of accounts. May 30.—The Governor writes to Colonel Dalton, at Washington, asking him to urge again upon the Government the necessity of arming our forts. There are plenty of guns at the navy yard, at Watertown, and Springfield, which could easily be put into position. The necessity is urgent. He acknowledges the receipt of the letter of Powell T. Wyman, from Europe, forwarded to him by the Adjutant-General, offering his services in any military capacity. May 31.—The Governor telegraphs to Henry Ward Beecher, New York, The Milford company will arrive by the Norwich boat, to-morrow morning; the Newburyport company, by the Stonington boat; the West-Cambridge company, by the land train, leavi
Annapolis (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
folk Navy Yard; of Butler's whole command at Annapolis, in holding the post, saving Old Ironsides, ould not get them, and were finally taken at Annapolis, and distributed among Pennsylvania troops. ng of Fortress Monroe; the advance by way of Annapolis and the Potomac River; the saving of Old Iromajor. The regiment left the State for Annapolis, Maryland, on the 22d of August, 1861. The Twecruited at Lynnfield, and left the State for Annapolis, on the 11th of November, 1861. The Twenty-Massasoit, Readville, and left the State for Annapolis on the 9th of December, 1861, and formed parhe city of Worcester. It left the State for Annapolis, on the 31st day of October, 1861, and forme in the State. It left the Commonwealth for Annapolis on the 2d day of November, 1861, and formed ember 29, 1861. The regiment was ordered to Annapolis; and Colonel Williams was to await orders frthe United States. The regiment remained at Annapolis until the close of the year. The First Li
France (France) (search for this): chapter 4
authorized the Governor to order into camp a military force of not less than six thousand men. It provided for nothing less than a standing army, for an unlimited period. It conferred upon the Governor a power which the sovereigns of England and France did not possess over their troops. Mr. Northend spoke briefly in support of the bill, after which, no amendment being in order, the bill was passed to be enacted,—yeas 27, nays 2. Mr. Northend then moved to take from the table the resolves wave, down every river let it run. Respected it shall be in Charlestown, Massachusetts, and in Charleston, South Carolina, on the Mississippi as on the Penobscot, in New Orleans as in Cincinnati, in the Gulf of Mexico as on Lake Superior, and by France and England, now and for ever. Catch it, ye breezes, as it swings aloft; fan it, every wind that blows; clasp it in your arms, and let it float for ever, as the starry sign of Liberty and Union, now and for ever, one and inseparable. The fla
Pittsfield (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
hed by Massachusetts, from the sixteenth day of April to the thirty-first day of December, 1861, in the aggregate was thirty thousand seven hundred and thirty-six officers and enlisted men. This is exclusive of six companies, raised in Newburyport, West Cambridge, Milford, Lawrence, Boston, and Cambridgeport, which went to New York in May, and joined what was called the Mozart Regiment, and Sickles's brigade; nor does it include two regiments which were recruited by Major-General Butler at Pittsfield and Lowell, and which were originally known as the Western Bay State and the Eastern Bay State Regiments, of which we shall speak in the next chapter; nor does it include three hundred men who were recruited in Massachusetts for a military organization at Fortress Monroe, known as the Union Coast Guard, and commanded by Colonel Wardrop, of the Third Regiment Massachusetts Militia, in the three months service. Including these enlistments, the total number of officers and soldiers, furnishe
Concord (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
f Samuel Adams, as he, excluded from royal grace, heard the sharp musketry, which, on the dawn of the 19th of April, 1775, announced the beginning of the war of Independence. The yeomanry who in 1775, on Lexington Common, and on the banks of Concord River first made that day immortal in our annals, have found their lineal representatives in the historic regiment, which, on the 19th of April, 1861, in the streets of Baltimore, baptized our flag anew in heroic blood, when Massachusetts marched oo had sacrificed their lives for independence, and made moist the soil of Bunker Hill with their blood, he said,— It is one of the hallowed omens of the controversy of our time, that the men of Middlesex, the men of Charlestown, the men of Concord, of Lexington, of Acton, are all in the field in this contest. This day, this hour, reconsecrated by their deeds, are adding additional leaves to the beautiful chaplet which adorns the fair honor of good old Massachusetts. Not unto me, not un
Medford (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
the State on the 8th of July, for the front. The Seventh, which was recruited at Camp Old Colony, in Taunton, left for Washington on the 11th of July. The Ninth, which was recruited and organized on Long Island, in Boston Harbor, left the State in the steamer Ben De Ford, on the 24th of June, for Washington. The Tenth, which was recruited in the western part of the State, remained in camp near Springfield, until completely organized. Before leaving the State, the regiment was ordered to Medford, and was there until the 25th of July, when it was sent forward to Washington. The Eleventh, which was quartered in Fort Warren, left for Washington on the 24th of June. These six regiments were organized, armed, equipped, clothed, and sent forward, within four weeks after orders were received that they would be accepted. Several others were in a state of formation, some of them in camp with full complement of men, and could have been sent to the front with little delay if the Secretary
Menotomy (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
Massachusetts, from the sixteenth day of April to the thirty-first day of December, 1861, in the aggregate was thirty thousand seven hundred and thirty-six officers and enlisted men. This is exclusive of six companies, raised in Newburyport, West Cambridge, Milford, Lawrence, Boston, and Cambridgeport, which went to New York in May, and joined what was called the Mozart Regiment, and Sickles's brigade; nor does it include two regiments which were recruited by Major-General Butler at Pittsfield rgent, by direction of the Governor, writes to Henry Ward Beecher, asking if Brooklyn people will send the companies back. If not, Massachusetts will pay the expense. Also, writes a letter of introduction for William E. Parmenter, Esq., of West Cambridge, to Colonel Howe. Mr. Parmenter went on to see about the West-Cambridge company. The Governor telegraphs to Colonel Dalton, at Washington, Urge desperately for one more regiment from Massachusetts. It is next to impossible for us to get a
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