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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 2 (search)
1863. Sumner, Edwin Vose. Born at Boston, Mass., Jan. 30, 1797. Second Lieutenant, 2d U. S. Infantry, Mar. 3, 1819. First Lieutenant, Jan. 25, 1823. Assistant Commissary of Subsistence, June, 1827. Captain, 1st U. S. Dragoons, Mar. 4, 1833. Major, 2d U. S. Dragoons, June 30, 1846. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Army, Apr. 18, 1847. Brevet Colonel, Sept. 8, 1847. Lieut. Colonel, 1st U. S. Dragoons, July 13, 1848. Colonel, 1st U. S. Cavalry, Mar. 3, 1855. Brig. General, U. S. Army, Mar. 16, 1861. Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers, July 4, 1862. Commanding 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac, and engaged at the siege of Yorktown, and battles of the Chickahominy (twice wounded). Commanding 2d Corps, Army of the Potomac, and engaged at the battle of Antietam (wounded). Commanding right grand division, Army of the Potomac. Assigned to the command of the Army of the Frontier. Brevet Maj. General, U. S. Army, May 31, 1862. Died at Syracuse, N. Y., Mar. 21, 1863, while on his way to assume