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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3 1 1 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 1 1 Browse Search
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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, chapter 1 (search)
k he was made a corresponding member. Sumner was not chosen a member till a few weeks before his death. James Freeman Clarke's membership came late in his life, though his knowledge of history was always wide and accurate. All these were antislavery agitators. The Wednesday Club, its members meeting at one another's houses, which in 1877 completed its first century, has at all times enrolled names honorably known in science, literature, and public life. Mr. Winthrop on the occasion, May 9, 1877, described the distinguished membership at different periods. R. C. Winthrop's Addresses and Speeches, vol. III. p. 459. There has been also the Thursday Club, of which Mr. Everett was at one time President, and the Friday Club, to the latter of which Mr. Ticknor belonged. At the Thursday Club the custom has been to read papers on scientific subjects. The Corps of Cadets, a militia company with a regimental organization older than the Revolution, has drilled young lawyers, doctors, and
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 7 (search)
n, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 23, 1865. Brevet Major, Lieut. Colonel and Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 23, 1865. Mustered out, Sept. 19, 1865. Davis, George Breckenridge. Born in Massachusetts. Sergeant and Q. M. Sergeant, 1st Mass. Cavalry, Sept. 10, 1863; mustered, Dec. 5, 1863. Second Lieutenant, June 17, 1865. Mustered out, June 26, 1865. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1867. Second Lieutenant, 5th U. S. Cavalry, June 12, 1871. First Lieutenant, May 9, 1877. Captain, Aug. 21, 1888. Major, Judge Advocate, Dec. 10, 1888; accepted, Jan. 16, 1889. Davis, Hasbrouck. See General Officers. Davis, Henry T. Born in Massachusetts. Second Lieutenant, 1st Mass. Cavalry, Oct. 31, 1861. First Lieutenant, May 1, 1862. Resigned and honorably discharged, Apr. 9, 1864. Brevet Captain, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Captain, 10th U. S. Cavalry, July 28, 1866. Brevet Major, U. S. Army, Mar. 2, 1867. Died at New York City, Apr. 10, 1869. Da