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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 2 2 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3. 1 1 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore) 1 1 Browse Search
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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 2: Lee's invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania. (search)
wife, the Empress Carlotta, a hopeless lunatic in her home in Austria. To them, and to the deluded people of the Confederate States, who did not penetrate the dark designs of the leaders, against their liberties, the skies never seemed brighter with promises of speedy success for their cause, and the establishment of a permanent empire, with slavery for its corner-stone. For a year the subject of a seal for the Confederate States had been before the Congress at Richmond, and on the 27th of April, 1868, the Senate, in which action upon the subject originated, amended a resolution of the House of Representatives, and decided that the device for the seal should be as follows: A device representing an equestrian statue of Washington (after the statue which surmounts his monument in the Capitol square at Richmond), surrounded with a wreath composed of the principal agricultural products of the Confederacy, and having around its margin the words, Confederate States of America, 22D Feb., 1
four hundred cattle at the river. Their loss in killed and captured is nearly five hundred, of whom fifty were killed. The loss on our side is but thirty-five killed, wounded and missing. The shot mostly passed over the heads of our men. The whole affair was brilliant and dashing, one thousand two hundred to two thousand five hundred, led by the Generals in person. A surgeon, under a flag of truce, was searching for Gen. Pegram after the battle. Another account. Somerset, April 27, 1868. The details of the battle of Somerset, so much as refers to the engagement at Dutton's Hill, have been published; but the more interesting and brilliant history of the charge upon Scott's and Ashby's cavalry, and their subsequent rout and utter defeat, have not. I gave you an account of the previous skirmishing and rebel stand at the hill, together with the Federal plan of attack, and the charge, resulting in the retreat of the rebels, and our possession of the ground. This charg
, d. young; Elbridge Gerry, b. 26 July 1819, m. Sarah P. Teele 24 Nov. 1842; Joseph Bradley Varnum, b. Aug. 1821, d. young; Josiah Mason, b. 23 Oct. 1823, m. Martha T. Smith; Anna Abigail, b. 10 July 1826, m. Nathaniel Prentiss 4 May 1844 ; Charles Carroll, b. 11 June 1828, grad. H. C. 1849. Nathan the f. was a grain dealer near West Boston Bridge, and afterwards Deputy Sheriff, and otherwise engaged in public business. Late in life he res. on Holyoke Place and on North Avenue, and d. 27 April 1868, his w. Anna L. d. 12 Sept. 1861, a. 77. Fitt, Robert, owned an estate, 1638, on the southerly side of Winthrop Street, nearly opposite the southwesterly corner of Winthrop Square. Perhaps he was identical with Robert Fitts, who was at Salisbury 1640; rem. to Ipswich, and d. about 1665, leaving a wife Grace, and son Abraham. Farmer. Foorth, Roger, (in the margin written Foord), d. 24 Ap. 1644. No further record of this family, whose name was prob. Ford. Foster, Thomas, style
, d. young; Elbridge Gerry, b. 26 July 1819, m. Sarah P. Teele 24 Nov. 1842; Joseph Bradley Varnum, b. Aug. 1821, d. young; Josiah Mason, b. 23 Oct. 1823, m. Martha T. Smith; Anna Abigail, b. 10 July 1826, m. Nathaniel Prentiss 4 May 1844 ; Charles Carroll, b. 11 June 1828, grad. H. C. 1849. Nathan the f. was a grain dealer near West Boston Bridge, and afterwards Deputy Sheriff, and otherwise engaged in public business. Late in life he res. on Holyoke Place and on North Avenue, and d. 27 April 1868, his w. Anna L. d. 12 Sept. 1861, a. 77. Fitt, Robert, owned an estate, 1638, on the southerly side of Winthrop Street, nearly opposite the southwesterly corner of Winthrop Square. Perhaps he was identical with Robert Fitts, who was at Salisbury 1640; rem. to Ipswich, and d. about 1665, leaving a wife Grace, and son Abraham. Farmer. Foorth, Roger, (in the margin written Foord), d. 24 Ap. 1644. No further record of this family, whose name was prob. Ford. Foster, Thomas, style