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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1863. (search)
t is before me. Whatever is before me, I hope never to disgrace the Class to which I am proud to belong, or the State which sends me to fight for the nation's life and freedom. The career of Lieutenant Stevens, after he joined the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteers, is identical with that of the regiment. He was killed at the battle of Boykin's Mills, April 18, 1865, near Camden, South Carolina, during an expedition to Camden under Brigadier-General Potter, which left Georgetown, April 5, 1865. The Fifty-fourth was ordered to cross Swift's Creek, about eight miles from Camden, at a point to the right of the road, in order to flank the enemy, (who were opposite the head of the column,) and, after considerable opposition, succeeded in crossing at Boykin's Mills, ten miles from the creek. The enemy vigorously resisted the movement, but began to fall back on the appearance of a piece of artillery, and five companies of the Fifty-fourth charged across the stream, when the Rebels
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, I. List of officers from Massachusetts in United States Navy, 1861 to 1865. (search)
Mass.July 22. 1863.Actg. Master's Mate.Aroostook; Colorado.North Atlantic.June 22, 1864.Resigned.Actg. Master's Mate. Apr. 5, 1865.Actg. Master s Mate.Vincennes; Fearnot.Gulf.Aug. 8, 1866.Appointment revoked.Actg. Master's Mate. Nightingale.Special865.Hon. discharged.Actg. Ensign. Harding, Jeremiah, See enlistment, Aug. 15, 1863. Credit, Boston.Mass.Mass.Mass.Apr. 5, 1865.Actg. Boatswain.Tuscarora.South Atlantic.Sept. 11, 1865.Hon. discharged.Actg. Boatswain. Hardwick, Charles,Mass.Mass.nlistment, July 14, 1862. Credit, Boston, Ward 1.N. Y.Mass.Mass.May 30, 1863.Actg. 3d Asst. Engr.Iris.South Atlantic.Apr. 5, 1865.Resigned.Actg. 3d Asst. Engr. Lyons, Daniel E.,Ireland.Mass.N. Y.July 6, 1863.Actg. 3d Asst. Engr.Magnolia.East Guldischarged.Actg. Master. Wyman, Henry,-Mass.Mass.Sept. 24, 1861.Actg. Master's Mate.Tioga; Metacomet.E. Gulf; W. Gulf.Apr. 5, 1865.Resigned.Mate. Young, John M.,Canada.Mass.Mass.Dec. 27, 1864.Actg. 3d Asst. Engr.Paul Jones.South Atlantic.Jan. 24,
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 2 (search)
at the battle of Fort Stevens and in command of division at the battle of Opequon. Post commandant at Winchester; in command of brigade at the battle of Petersburg. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Oct. 19, 1864. Brevet Maj. General, Apr. 5, 1865. Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, May 19, 1865. Mustered out, Jan. 15, 1866. Eldridge, Hamilton N. Born at South Williamstown, Berkshire County, Mass., Aug. 23, 1831. Lieut. Colonel, 127th Ill. Infantry, Sept. 6, 1862. Colonel, Mar. 1,icipated in Grant's campaign of 1864 from the Wilderness to Petersburg. In the Shenandoah Valley, July, 1864. Wounded at the battle of Cedar Creek. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Oct. 19, 1864. Brevet Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 5, 1865. Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, May 19, 1865. Participated in all the subsequent engagements of the Army of the Potomac to the surrender of General Lee at Appomattox. Mustered out, Jan. 15, 1866. Died at New York City, July 3, 1870. Ha
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 4 (search)
4. Captain, Apr. 12, 1865. Mustered out, July 14, 1865. Bourne, Robert T. Second Lieutenant, 22d Mass. Infantry, Dec. 16, 1862. First Lieutenant, Feb. 19, 1863. Captain, May 11, 1864. Died of wounds at Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 23, 1864. Bouve, Edward Tracy. Second Lieutenant, 32d Mass. Infantry, June 16, 1862. First Lieutenant, Sept. 1, 1862. Discharged, Dec. 28, 1862. Captain, 4th Mass. Cavalry, Jan. 22, 1864. Commissioned Major, May 7, 1865; not mustered. Discharged, Apr. 5, 1865, as Captain. Major, 26th N. Y. Cavalry, Feb. 28, 1865. See Mass. Officers in Regiments of other States. Bowden, Nicholas. Third Lieutenant, 8th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Apr. 30, 1861. Mustered out, Aug. 1, 1861. Bowden, Thomas G. First Lieutenant, 11th Mass. Infantry, June 13, 1861. Killed at Bull Run, July 21, 1861. Bowditch, Charles Pickering. Second Lieutenant, 55th Mass. Infantry, May 23, 1863; mustered, May 26, 1863. First Lieutenant, June 7
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 8 (search)
pt. 28, 1862. Captain, 4th Mass. Cavalry, Jan. 22, 1864. Commissioned Major, May 7, 1865; not mustered. Discharged, Apr. 5, 1865, as Captain. Major, 26th N. Y. Cavalry, Feb. 28, 1865. Mustered out, July 7, 1865. Bowers, Charles Edward. PriOfficers. Dodge, James N. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, 1st Battalion Minn. Infantry, Apr. 3, 1865; mustered, Apr. 5, 1865. Discharged, July 25, 1865. Dodge, Nathaniel Shatswell. Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, Regimental Quain Massachusetts. Captain, 3d Iowa Infantry, July 8, 1864; mustered, Sept. 8, 1864. Lieut. Colonel, 2d Iowa Infantry, Apr. 5, 1865; mustered, May 22, 1865. Mustered out, July 12, 1865. Guyer, Henry. Private, 10th Mass. Infantry, June 21, 1861 First Lieutenant, Nov. 7, 1863; mustered, Jan. 5, 1864. Captain, Jan. 29, 1864; mustered, May 13, 1864. Discharged, Apr. 5, 1865. Town, Franklin E. Born in Massachusetts. Second Lieutenant, 42d N. Y. Infantry, June 22, 1861. First Lieutenant
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 9 (search)
ut, Oct. 17, 1866. Captain, 38th U. S. Infantry, July 28, 1866. Transferred to 24th U. S. Infantry, Nov. 11, 1869. Dismissed, Dec. 23, 1878. Died in Texas, Mar. 9, 1893. Daley, William H. First Sergeant, 30th Mass. Infantry, Nov. 26, 1861. Captain, 3d La. Volunteers, afterward 75th U. S. Colored Infantry, Mar. 13, 1863. Dismissed, Feb. 19, 1864. Dana, Daniel. Born in Massachusetts. Private, 7th Minn. Infantry, Oct. 2, 1862. Second Lieutenant, 5th U. S. Colored Infantry, Apr. 5, 1865. Discharged, Oct. 11, 1866. Danforth, Joshua N. Born in Massachusetts. Private, 5th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., July 16 to Nov. 16, 1864. Second Lieutenant, 7th U. S. Colored Infantry, June 15, 1865. Mustered out, Oct. 13, 1866. Second Lieutenant, 2d U. S. Infantry, Mar. 7, 1867. Unassigned, Apr. 7, 1869. Assigned to 13th U. S. Infantry, Aug. 3, 1870. Honorably discharged at his own request, Sept. 10, 1870. Daniels, Charles H. Born in Massachusetts. Seco
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 11 (search)
of Winchester, Va., to date from Oct. 19, 1864. G. O. 97, May 26, 1865. — Brig. General Oliver, U. S. Volunteers, to be Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers, by brevet, for conspicuous gallantry at the battle of Sailor's Creek, Va., to date from Apr. 5, 1865. G. O. 65, June 22, 1867. Eldridge, Colonel H. N., of the 127th Ill. Infantry, to be Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, by brevet, for gallant and meritorious conduct at Arkansas Post and at the assault on Vicksburg, to date from Mar. 13, of Middletown, Va., to date from Oct. 19, 1864. G. O. 15, Feb. 6, 1865. — Brig. General J. E., U. S. Volunteers, to be Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers, by brevet, for conspicuous gallantry at the battle of Sailor's Creek, Va., to date from Apr. 5, 1865. G. O. 65, June 22, 1867. Hamilton, Robert J., late Captain of the 55th Mass. Volunteers, to be Major, U. S. Volunteers, by brevet, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from Mar. 13, 1865. G. O. 91, Oct. 9, 1867. Hammell,
Edward H. Savage, author of Police Recollections; Or Boston by Daylight and Gas-Light ., Boston events: a brief mention and the date of more than 5,000 events that transpired in Boston from 1630 to 1880, covering a period of 250 years, together with other occurrences of interest, arranged in alphabetical order, Boston events. (search)
es, ten represented at the Convention, Sep. 4, 1774 States, declared their independence, July 4, 1776 But ten had adopted the Constitution, July. 4, 1788 Sixteen had been admitted, 1800 Twenty-three had been admitted, 1820 Twenty-six were included, 1840 Thirty-five were included, 1860 Eleven Southern seceded, 1861 Thirty-eight included, besides territories, 1880 Union stone, the town vote to remove, Mar. 12, 1797 Victory, great celebration at Faneuil Hall, Apr. 5, 1865 Universalism preached in Boston, by John Murray, Oct. 30, 1773 V. Valuation of the town, £23,788, 1679 Of the City, $44,896,800, 1823 Of the City, 52,442,600, 1825 Of the City, 59,586,000, 1830 Of the City, 94,581,600, 1840 Said to be assessed at one-half value, to 1842 Of the City, $180,000,500, 1850 Of the City, 276,861,000, 1860 Of the City, 584,890,400, 1870 Of the City, 630,446,866, 1879 Ventriloquism by Rannie, at Concert Hall, July
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 2, Appendix to Chapter XXXV. (search)
Spring Church, September 30th and October 1st and 2nd, 1114026484341,3142,009 Darbytown Road, October 7th, 1864188142499249610 Darbytown Road, October 13th, 1864115416317200 Hatcher's Run and Boydton Road, October 27th and 28th, 101334560854831,284 Fair Oaks, October 27th and 28th, 87426408175701,103 Hatcher's Run, February 5th, 6th, and 7th, 1865610724512477730 Din widdie Court-house, March 30th, 186512238 Five Forks, April 1st, 1865492252676394 Amelia Springs and Court-house, April 5th, 18651421623 Sailors' Creek and Rice's Station, April 6th, 1865101343446117647 Farmville and High Bridge, April 7th, 1865751201059192 Appomattox Court-house, April 9th, 1865142744641?8 Siege and Assaults on Petersburg from June 16th, 1864, to April 2nd, 18651403,07955011,7941213,75119,435 Cavalry Corps, from May 9th, 1864, to April 8th, 18652527070763591,6222,809 This embraces the casualties in various minor engagements, actions, &c., in connection with the operations of the army du
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 21. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The muster roll [from the Staunton, Va., Vindicator, March 3, 1893.] (search)
Sillings, W. H. H., March 21, 1862, died a prisoner at Camp Chase, 1865. Snyder, Samuel, March 21, 1862, died in hospital. Swartzel, H. S., March 21, 1862, living in Missouri. Thompson, James W., March 21, 1862, died since the war. Wright, William A., March 21, 1862, living in Kansas. Waid, John B., March 21, 1862, died since the war. Waskey, Rufus L., March 21, 1862, living at Sandyville, W. Va. Weaver, John C., March 21, 1862, died a prisoner at Fort Delaware, April 5, 1865. Whitlock, John N., March 21, 1862, living at Staunton. Willson, John A., March 21, 1862, killed at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863. Woodward, A., March 21, 1862, died in spring, 1862. Wiseman, Henry L., March 21, 1862, died since the war, June, 1875. Wiseman, Robert, March 21, 1862, living at Buena Vista, Va. Young, James B., March 21, 1862, living at Mint Spring. Young, William N., March 21, 1862, died since the war, March, 1884. Berry, James B., April 29, 1862, killed
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