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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1860. (search)
se. On the spot where he fell, he was buried. A pile of roughly hewn stone and cannon-balls has been raised in commemoration of the battle on that part of the ground which was the scene of the most desperate passage of the fight. His grave is just inside the little fence that encircles this monument. Robert Gould Shaw. Private 7th New York Volunteer Militia, April 19, 1861; Second Lieu. Tenant 2d Mass. Vols. (Infantry), May 28, 1861; first Lieutenant July 8, 1861; Captain, August 10, 1862; Colonel 54th Mass. Vols. (Infantry), April 17, 1863; killed at Fort Wagner, S. C., July 18, 1863. during the years 1859 and 1860 there might have been seen daily on the Staten Island ferry-boat, early in the morning and late in the afternoon, a pale, thoughtful-looking young man, with a manner so quiet and serene as to seem almost lazy. His light hair and moustache, and fair complexion, gave to his face a character that might have been effeminate but for the well-defined nose, firm
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1861. (search)
voted, he lived for others and he died for his country. Henry Jonus Doolittle Captain and A. D. C. (U. S. Vols.), April, 1862; died at Racine, Wis., August 10, 1862, of disease contracted in the service. Henry Jonas Doolittle was born March 4, 1839, in Rochester, New York, the son of James R. and Mary Lovina (Cutting) ined himself still on his journey, and piteously entreated that he might be taken home. But the skill of the physician was unable to save him, and on the 10th of August, 1862, at the age of twenty-three years and five months, he died. The cast of Doolittle's mind eminently corresponded with the structure of his body. Both wert 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 (W
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1864. (search)
; thoroughly convinced of the justice of the cause for which he fought, and unwavering in his confidence in its success. Francis Welch Crowninshield. Second Lieutenant 2d Mass. Vols. (Infantry), December 25, 1861; first Lieutenant, August 10, 1862; Captain, March 30, 1863; mustered out, July 14, 1865; died May 21, 1866, of disease contracted in the service. Francis Welch Crowninshield was born in Boston, May 12, 1843, the son of Edward Augustus and Caroline Maria (Welch) Crowninshigh not fully recovered from his wound, went through all the hardships of Pope's disastrous campaign, though his regiment was not actively engaged. Before this he had been promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant, his commission bearing date August 10, 1862. Then followed the battle of Antietam, where he was again wounded in the leg. This wound, though severe, healed more readily than the preceding, and after a short furlough he went into winter quarters with the regiment. He was promoted C