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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 6: (search)
advance-guard of that corps of mercy. This volunteer association fulfilled its mission. As the war went on, many of the most active members entered the army and navy. The demands for hospital accommodations now required the action of the Government, and an organized system. In the summer of 1862, when the sick and wounded were returned in great numbers from the peninsula of Virginia, the Governor decided to appoint Gardiner Tufts the agent for Massachusetts in Washington; and, on the 18th of July, Mr. Tufts was commissioned for that purpose. His instructions were prepared at the State House, and forwarded to him. He was to prepare a weekly report of the disabled Massachusetts soldiers in Washington, with the company and regiment to which they belonged. As far as practicable, he was to visit the hospital in person, and supply all proper wants of our men. He was to communicate with the families of the patients, stating their wants, and how the needed supplies could be forwarded.
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 8: (search)
small Government steamer accompanied the transport a mile outside of Boston Light. On the passage down the bay, the men were addressed by Mr. Douglass, the Adjutant-General, and some of the officers. Those who were not to go with the regiment returned to the city on the Government boat. It was a splendid sight to see the large vessel, with its precious freight, vanish in the distance, as it proceeded on its way to South Carolina. The regiment reached Hilton Head June 3. On the eighteenth day of July, it led the advance at Fort Wagner, in which engagement Colonel Shaw was killed. His body never was recovered; but it was buried, as the Charleston papers said, with his niggers. The Fifty-fifth Regiment left Boston on the twenty-first day of June, in the transport Cahawba, for Moorehead City, N. C. The Adjutant-General, in his report for 1863, gives many details relating to the organization, departure, and services of these colored regiments. The Surgeon-General, also, in his r
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 9: (search)
ey can be more impartially adjudicated than the Supreme Court of this Commonwealth, which is, I believe, a court as little impressible by outside influences as any tribunal in existence. The Governor further recommended, that the questions be decided immediately, and that the United States District Attorney, or some other counsel, should be instructed to represent the United States in all such cases. We are not aware that any action was taken by the Secretary in the matter. On the 18th of July, the Governor telegraphed to Mr. Stanton to authorize him to enlist Massachusetts conscripted men as volunteers, which would enable him to pay them the State bounty of fifty dollars each, which they, as mere conscripts, could not legally receive. What you want, he said, is the men; and if the payment of this State bounty will increase their willingness for service, as undoubtedly it will, it makes no difference to you, whether they call themselves volunteers after being drafted, and
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 11: (search)
ored troops; and through you I know that the facts will reach Colonel Hallowell, even if he has left Philadelphia. Colonel Hallowell had been staying at his father's home for some weeks, recovering from wounds received in battle. On the 18th of July, the Governor wrote to Colonel A. G Browne, Jr., military secretary, who was then in Washington. asking him to call at the office of the Provost-Marshal-General to have immediate measures taken to have the men enlisted in rebel States mustereo the system. I do not apprehend any opposition from the commanders of any other of our armies. The enlistments made in rebel States by the Massachusetts agents were 1,257 men, who were credited to the quota of the Commonwealth. On the 18th of July, the Governor wrote to the President of the United States,— I trust your call for volunteers will be for two hundred thousand at a time, repeating the calls until you have half a million called for. Calling by instalments gives needful t