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, there is something peculiarly pathetic in his brief military career, terminating, as it began, on the outpost of civilized life. Thomas Rodman Robeson. Second Lieutenant 2d Mass. Vols. (Infantry,) May 28, 1861; first Lieutenant, November 30, 1861; Captain, August 10, 1862 died July 6, 1863, at Gettysburg, Pa., July 3. Thomas Rodman Robeson was born in New Bedford, November 7, 1840. He was a son of Thomas Rodman and Sibyl (Washburn) Robeson. Through his mother he was a descendan Annapolis last Wednesday to go on a naval expedition. . . . . I have passed my examination and got through all right. There were ten officers sent back to their regiments, who did not get through. He was commissioned First Lieutenant, November 30, 1861, and was detailed on December 23d, with two other signal officers, to go with General Burnside's expedition, and joined General Burnside's command at Annapolis. Here he found a good deal of work and responsibility. He and his two associat