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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 5: (search)
e sent from the State without commissioned officers, without rolls being deposited in the Adjutant-General's office, and without the knowledge of the Executive; all of which was against orders, good policy, and statute law. In the mean time, Massachusetts had sent forward to the front eight full regiments, besides many recruits for old regiments. The Governor had written of late frequently to the War Department about General Butler's course, but received no satisfactory answer. On the 21st of December, he enclosed copies of the entire correspondence up to that date to our Senators in Congress, accompanied by an earnest appeal for them to examine it, and afterwards to present it to the President. He said,— As I do not receive any reply from the officers of the Federal Government whom I have thus addressed, nor any redress or correction of the evils of which complaint is therein made, I am compelled thus to resort to your official intervention. However humble and unimportant m
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 9: (search)
advanced from the cover of the woods to make a charge upon the brigade. Just before the final repulse of the rebel infantry, the enemy opened fire upon the brigade, seeming to direct principally upon the Fifth Regiment. For upwards of two hours the shot and shell flew thick and fast around the regiment; and twice were its colors pierced by fragments of shell before the enemy's guns were silenced. During the return to Newbern, the regiment acted as the rearguard, and reached its camp. Dec. 21, having marched about one hundred and eighty miles, and having ten men wounded, General Foster issued an order, directing the regiment to inscribe on its banners the names of the battles of Kinston, Whitehall, and Goldsborough. After Jan. 21, the regiment was employed upon fortifications, upon the completion of which General Foster designated the work as Fort Pierson, in compliment to the colonel of the Fifth; and further time, until the 13th of March, was occupied in brigade, regimental
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 11: (search)
the United-States forces, under Major-General Thomas, and the rebel army, under General Hood, before Nashville, resulted yesterday in a great and decisive victory for the Union army. The rebel army has been broken and routed, a large portion of its artillery, and a great number of prisoners captured. This triumph has been achieved with small loss to our army: General Thomas reports that his loss has been very small, probably not exceeding three hundred, and very few killed. On the 21st of December, the Governor addressed a letter to Lewis Hayden, a colored citizen of Boston, who, as we have before stated, had been a slave in Kentucky, but who was at that time, and is now, employed in the office of the Secretary of State of Massachusetts. Mr. Hayden was the Master of a colored Lodge of Free Masons in Boston. The Governor writes,— I send you with this note, for presentation to the Prince Hall grand Lodge, a gavel, made from a piece of the whipping-post at Hampton, Va. The g