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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 3 3 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 1 1 Browse Search
Frank Preston Stearns, Cambridge Sketches 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Barnes, James, 1866-1869 (search)
Barnes, James, 1866-1869 author: born in Annapolis, Md., Sept. 19, 1866; was graduated at Princeton College in 1891: author Of naval actions of 1812; For King or country; A loyal traitor; Midshipman Farragut, etc. military officer; born in Boston, Mass., about 1809); was graduated at West Point in 1829, and resigned in 1836. He became colonel of a Massachusetts volunteer regiment in 1861, and in November of that year was made brigadier-general in the Army of the Potomac, participating in its most exciting operations. He commanded a division at the battle of Gettysburg, and was severely wounded. He was brevetted major-general of volunteers in March, 1865, and was mustered out of the service Jan. 15, 1866. He died in Springfield, Mass., Feb. 12, 1869.
Frank Preston Stearns, Cambridge Sketches, Leaves from a Roman diary: February, 1869 (Rewritten in 1897） (search)
to the other she wrote a number of letters to her former pastor in New York, requesting information on points of faith. Not one of these letters was ever answered, and it is incredible to suppose that they would not have been if he had received them. It is highly probable that they never left Rome. I have myself been warned to attach my stamps to letters firmly, so that they may not be stolen in passing through the Post-office. Postage here is also double what it is in Florence. Feb. 12, 1869. I have been looking for some time to find a good picture of Marcus Aurelius, and have generally become known among Roman photographers as the man who wants the Marc Aureli. This morning I had just left my room when I discovered Rev. Samuel Longfellow in a photograph shop in the Via Frattina. I was just coming to see you, he said; and I stopped here to look for a photograph of Marcus Aurelius. He laughed when I told him that I had been on the same quest, and suggested that we should
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 36: first session in Congress.—welcome to Kossuth.—public lands in the West.—the Fugitive Slave Law.—1851-1852. (search)
table entry to his credit. also a resolution for cheap ocean postage, the rate being then twenty-four cents for half an ounce, for which he gave his reasons briefly. Works, vol. III. p. 45. He moved, July 20, another resolution on the subject. The Legislature of Massachusetts supported him by a resolve passed April 12, 1852. He renewed the proposition in 1854 and 1860. He offered a resolution for cheap ocean postage, Dec. 7, 1868 (Works, vol. XIII. p. 1), and spoke briefly for it Feb. 12, 1869. He pressed the reform at the next session (March 20 and April 6, 1869). He advocated at length one cent postage, June 10, 1870 (Works, vol. XIII. pp. 387-444), and recurred to the subject June 17. In 1854 he offered a resolution for an international system of post-office orders, with the view to facilitate the transmission of small sums of money between our own and other countries. He was always greatly interested in this reform, and was in correspondence with Elihu Burritt concernin
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)
3.Resigned.Actg. 3d Asst. Engr. Parrish, H. N.,-Mass.Mass.Sept. 23, 1861.Actg. Master.Curlew.North Atlantic.Dec. 6, 1861.Resigned.Actg. Master. Parsons, Alonzo D.,N. H.Mass.Mass.Dec. 27, 1864.Actg. 3d Asst. Engr.Canandaigua.South Atlantic.Feb. 12, 1869.Hon. discharged.Actg. 3d Asst. Engr. Parsons, Arthur F., Credit, Milford.Mass.Mass.Mass.Jan. 2, 1862.Actg. Master's Mate.Cherokee.East Gulf.Oct. 24, 1865.Hon. discharged.Actg. Ensign. July 30, 1863.Actg. Ensign. Parsons, John E., Cr61. Credit, West Brookfield.Ohio.Mass.May 16, 1862.Actg. Master's Mate.South Carolina.West Gulf.May 26, 1863.Dismissed.Actg. Master's Mate. Wilson, James H.,Mass.Mass.Mass.Feb. 28, 1865.Actg. 3d Asst. Engr.Ticonderoga; Canandaigua.European.Feb. 12, 1869.Hon. discharged.Actg. 3d Asst. Engr. Wilson, John H., See enlistment, Jan 28, 1864 Credit, Salem.Me.Mass.Mass.Nov. 22, 1864.Actg. 3d Asst. Engr.Saco; Crusader; Nansemond.North Atlantic.Oct. 27, 1865.Hon. discharged.Actg. 3d Asst. Engr.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 2 (search)
y to Sept., 1863. In command of the defences of Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va., Sept., 1863, to Jan., 1864. On Court Martial duty, Mar. to July, 1864; in command of St. Mary's district, July 2, 1864, to Apr. 26, 1865, and of the camp for rebel prisoners at Point Lookout, Md., July 2, 1864, to July 13, 1865. Awaiting orders, July 13, 1865, to Jan. 15, 1866. Brevet Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out of volunteer service, Jan. 15, 1866. Died at Springfield, Mass., Feb. 12, 1869. Barney, Benjamin Griffin. Born at Nantucket, Mass., Aug. 13, 1827. Captain, 9th Penn. Militia, Sept. 6, 1862. Mustered out Sept. 26, 1862. Captain 2d Penn. Heavy Artillery, Nov. 28, 1862. Lieut. Colonel, 2d Penn. Provisional Heavy Artillery, Apr. 20, 1864. Colonel, June 2, 1864. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, March 13, 1865. Honorably discharged on account of wounds, Nov. 19, 1864. Died at San Francisco, Cal., July 23, 1886. Barstow, Simon Forrester. Born in M