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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 7 (search)
determined, not by the date of his commission, but by the date of his formal acceptance of it, until which last event he still retains his lower rank, and may serve for a time as a lieutenant, for instance, after he is commissioned a captain. Thus, in the case of Bancroft, Eugene Adolphus, he appears as a private of Illinois Volunteers from May 6 to Nov. 9, 1861, because, although commissioned on Oct. 24, 1861, as Second Lieutenant, 4th U. S. Artillery, he did not accept the promotion until Nov. 9. In most cases the date of acceptance cannot here be given, because it is only recently that the annual Army Register has included it; but the apparent discrepancies in successive dates in this list proceed almost wholly from this cause, and are thus unavoidable. Abbot, Edward Stanley. Born at Beverly, Mass , Oct. 22, 1841. Private and Sergeant, 17th U. S. Infantry, July 1 to Nov. 14, 1862. Second Lieutenant, Nov. 10, 1862. First Lieutenant, Apr. 27, 1863. Brevet Captain, U. S. Army,