teers, Oct. 21, 1861; accepted, Oct. 23, 1861.
Served on the staff of General Jameson in the Peninsular campaign. Chief of staff to Generals Robinson, Stoneman, Heintzelman and others.
Major, Assistant Adj. General, Feb. 25, 1865; accepted, Mar. 28, 1865. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
Colonel, 6th U. S. Volunteer Infantry, Mar. 27, 1865.
Vacated as Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 28, 1865. First Lieutenant, 18th U. S. Infantry, July 28, 1866; acceptedMar. 28, 1865. First Lieutenant, 18th U. S. Infantry, July 28, 1866; accepted, Oct. 26, 1866.
Mustered out as Colonel, 6th U. S. Volunteer Infantry, Oct. 10, 1866. Regimental Adjutant, Jan. 1, 1867, to Mar. 20, 1879.
Captain, Mar. 20, 1879.
Potter, Robert Barnwell.
Born at Boston, Mass., July 16, 1829.
Major, 51st N. Y. Infantry, Oct. 14, 1861.
Led the assault of Roanoke Island; was wounded at New Berne.
Commanded his regiment at Cedar Mountain, Manassas and Chantilly.
Engaged in the battle of Antietam (wounded). Lieut. Colonel, Nov. 1, 1861.
Colonel, Sept
s, Nathaniel.
First Lieutenant, 29th Mass. Infantry, July 1, 1864.
Died of wounds received at Fort Steadman, Va., Mar. 28, 1865.
Burke, Timothy.
Second Lieutenant, 9th Mass. Infantry, June 11, 1861. First Lieutenant, Jan. 5, 1862.
Captain
Parker, Daniel S.
Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion Frontier Cavalry, Mass. Volunteers, or 26th N. Y. Cavalry, Mar. 28, 1865.
Mustered out, June 30, 1865.
Parker, Francis W.
Captain, 49th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Seirst Lieutenant, 28th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 16, 1864.
Died, Apr. 21, 1865, of wounds received in front of Petersburg, Mar. 28, 1865.
Parker, William E.
Sergeant, 2d Mass. Infantry, Feb. 9, 1863; mustered, Feb. 16, 1863. Second Lieutenant, Oct.th Mass. Infantry, July 14, 1863. First Lieutenant, Feb. 7, 1864.
Captain, Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 28, 1865.
See U. S. Army.
Pettengill, William S.
Captain, 48th Infantry M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Sept. 23, 18
irst Lieutenant, July 28, 1866.
Retired, June 10, 1868.
Perry, Leonard B.
Born in Massachusetts. Second Lieutenant, 55th Mass. Infantry, July 14, 1863. First Lieutenant, Feb. 7, 1864.
Captain, Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 28, 1865.
Mustered out, Oct. 12, 1865.
Pettee, Lemuel.
Born in Massachusetts.
Private and Sergeant, 11th U. S. Infantry, Oct. 25, 1861, to Oct. 6, 1862. Second Lieutenant, Sept. 25, 1862. Brevet First Lieutenant, U. S. Army, July 2, 1863. Firsered out, July 20, 1866.
Saxton, Mirand Wright.
Born in Massachusetts.
Cadet at Military Academy from July 1, 1861, to Feb. 13, 1863. Second Lieutenant, 33d U. S. Colored Infantry, Nov. 19, 1863.
Captain, 128th U. S. Colored Infantry, Mar. 28, 1865. Second Lieutenant, 38th U. S. Infantry, Jan. 22, 1867.
Transferred to 24th U. S. Infantry, Nov. 11, 1869. First Lieutenant, U. S. Volunteers, May 27, 1871.
Resigned, Aug. 20, 1878.
Saxton, Rufus.
See General Officers.
Saxton, Samu
ischarged, Dec. 22, 1863.
Carpenter, Edward E.
Residence at Attleborough, Mass., at time of enlistment.
First Sergeant, 3d R. I. Heavy Artillery, Oct. 5, 1861.
Re-enlisted in 3d R. I. Heavy Artillery, Jan. 20, 1864. Second Lieutenant, Mar. 28, 1865. First Lieutenant, May 13, 1865.
Mustered out, June 9, 1865.
Carpenter, George.
Residence at Seekonk, Mass., at time of enlistment.
First Lieutenant, 3d R. I. Heavy Artillery, Oct. 9, 1861.
Died of disease at Fort Seward, Bay Point, Sergeant, 2d Iowa Infantry, May 27, 1861. First Lieutenant, May 14, 1862; mustered, May 16, 1862.
Mustered out, May 27, 1864.
Parker, Daniel S.
Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion Frontier Cavalry, Mass. Volunteers, or 25th N. Y. Cavalry, Mar. 28, 1865.
Mustered out, June 30, 1865.
Parr, John.
First Lieutenant, 1st Battalion Mass. Heavy Artillery, June 4, 1863.
Major, 10th Tenn. Cavalry, May 10, 1864.
Resigned, June 18, 1864.
Parsons, Elias Howard.
Born in Massachusetts. Quar
Feb. 23, 1865.
Mustered out, Dec. 11, 1865.
Manning, Benjamin H.
First Lieutenant, 40th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 22, 1862.
Mustered out, June 8, 1863. Second Lieutenant, 33d U. S. Colored Infantry.
Captain, 128th U. S. Colored Infantry, Mar. 28, 1865.
Mustered out, Oct. 10, 1866.
Manning, Elbridge G.
Born in Massachusetts.
Private, Unattached Co. Mass. Volunteer Infantry, May, 1861 Corporal, 19th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 28, 1861. First Lieutenant, Adjutant, 81st U. S. Colored Infantr4.
Died, Dec. 18, 1882.
Saxton, Mirand Wright.
Born in Massachusetts.
Cadet at Military Academy from July 1, 1861, to Feb. 13, 1863. Second Lieutenant, 33d U. S. Colored Infantry, Nov. 19, 1863.
Captain, 128th U. S. Colored Infantry, Mar. 28, 1865. Second Lieutenant, 38th U. S. Infantry, Jan. 22, 1867.
Transferred to 24th U. S. Infantry, Nov. 11, 1869. First Lieutenant, U. S. Volunteers, May 27, 1871.
Resigned, Aug. 20, 1878.
Scudder, Frank H.
Born in Massachusetts. Quarterma
vy Journal, vol. 26, p. 642.
—Stories by Templeton, in Hartford Courant; how Gen. Miles went into a Massachusetts regiment (the 22d). Army and Navy Journal, vol. 27, p. 666.
Military
and martial law. J. L. Stackpole.
North American Rev., vol. 102, p. 334.
Military
lessons of the war. Gen. W. T. Sherman. Nine columns.
Army and Navy Journal, vol. 12, p. 105.
Militia.
See Infantry and Massachusetts Militia.
Milwaukee, U. S. ironclad. Sinks in Blakeley River, Ala., March 28, 1865. Army and Navy Journal, vol. 2, p. 533.
Mine Run, Va.
Operations of Nov. 26-30, 1863.
Telegraphic news of Gen. Meade's advance.
Boston Evening Journal, Nov. 11, 1863, p. 2, col. 5; Nov. 12, p. 2, col. 4.
— – News of advance.
Boston Evening Journal, Nov. 27, 1863, p. 2, col. 4; Nov. 28, p. 2, col. 4, p. 4, col. 4; Nov. 30, p. 2, col. 1, p. 3, col. 4, p. 4, col. 4.
— – Rumors and early news.
Boston Evening Journal, Dec. 1, 1863, p. 2, cols. 1, 3, p. 3, cols. 6, 7; Dec. 2