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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1856. (search)
fate chose for him, and this the laurel which after all suits his strong nature best. After the usual month's furlough allowed on re-enlistment, he returned with his regiment to the army of the Potomac in March, 1864; and May 3, 1864, entered upon the campaign in the Wilderness, having charge of his company. Just as the campaign commenced, he received from Major-General Butler an appointment, which friends had procured for him, as First Lieutenant in that general's department, dated April 26, 1864. But without seeking for leave or orders to report under that appointment, he put the document in his pocket, and passed safely through the hard fighting of the first few days, until the morning of May 12, 1864, when, in command of his company, he shared in the glories of the charge of Hancock's corps at Spottsylvania Court-House. The line of works had been carried, cannon and prisoners captured, and half of the regiment killed or wounded, when another advance was made. During this