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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1843. (search)
. The body of the slain soldier was sent home to Massachusetts, as soon as the incidents of war permitted. A private funeral took place at the house of his brother, and a public one at the First Church on Chauncey Street, in Boston, on December 24, 1862. The church was crowded with the friends of the deceased, who wished some opportunity to express their sense of loss, their respect for his memory, and their estimation of his character and services. Governor Andrew and staff, General Andrews and staff, Chief Justice Bigelow, and other prominent public men, were present. The escort was performed by the Cadets. The coffin was placed in front of the pulpit, and was profusely covered with the most exquisite flowers. One by one the wreaths were placed upon the lid by loving hands, as the best expression of the cherished memories of the past. The following inscription was upon the plate:— Rev. Arthur Buckminster Fuller, Chaplain of the 16th Regiment of Massachusett
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1852. (search)
ret to me. I shall go to them just as soon as I can. He was met half-way by tidings of loss. Boonsborough, Maryland, Monday night, September 22. . . . . I have to-day, while on my way from Frederick hither (sixteen miles), learned the fate of my regiment. We have lost, in two battles, nearly every commissioned officer, killed or wounded. The Colonel's left arm is gone at the shoulder, and the Lieutenant-Colonel is shot through the neck. Captain Bartlett is killed, and Captains Andrews and Lathrop are the only ones fit for duty in the regiment. I believe my men (I shall, till the Lieutenant-Colonel recovers, be in command of the regiment) are not more than ten miles distant; and I hope to reach them to-morrow. But you can tell how sad a thing this loss of officers and men (fifty-two killed, two hundred and five wounded) is; one quarter part of the regiment gone, taking out the sick, and necessary attendants. The thousand that marched up State Street, little more
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1853. (search)
r the war; consulting daily with Messrs. Gordon and Andrews, formerly of the United States Army, the future Colhe seat of government was cut off, Mr. Dwight and Mr. Andrews left Boston, and went by the way of Annapolis to April 28, 1861. To Messrs. Wilder Dwight and George L. Andrews. The plan which you communicated for rais it. Before I had time to go to the left, where Colonel Andrews was, the regiment moved off again. I followed. heads down out of reach of the enemy's fire. Colonel Andrews writes:— Lieutenant-Colonel Dwight was mo calls for me this minute, I'm ready to go. Colonel Andrews soon came, and, bending over him, yielded to ths charge before the war, and for whom he wished Colonel Andrews's sympathy and care. He also told him that he diers as well as officers, was wet with tears. Colonel Andrews had sent him word of our success in the battle. was his joyful exclamation. So died, writes Colonel Andrews, one of the most faithful, brave, unselfis
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1854. (search)
the least affected of any, yet he was the first to apply for a commission. In conjunction with his friends, Wilder Dwight (who after wards fell at the battle of Antietam) and Greeley S. Curtis (eventually Colonel of the First Massachusetts Cavalry), a plan was formed to organize a regiment of infantry to be offered to the United States. It was anxiously discussed at his home in Temple Place. In order to give it a high military character, two graduates of West Point, Messrs. Gordon and Andrews, who had formerly resigned their commissions in the army, were induced to take the highest appointments. Mr. Dwight undertook to get permission to raise the regiment as well as to secure funds for arming and equipping the men; while Curtis and Savage were to carry forward the organization and recruiting. Their efforts resulted in the formation of the Second Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers, in which Dwight was commissioned as Major, and Curtis and Savage were Captains. It will be adm
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1857. (search)
pointed by the President of the United States Assistant Adjutant-General of Volunteers, with the rank of Captain, and ordered to report in person to Brigadier-General George L. Andrews, United States Volunteers. On the staff of General Andrews, Captain Dwight saw active service in the Department of the Gulf. Important duties weGeneral Andrews, Captain Dwight saw active service in the Department of the Gulf. Important duties were assigned him, which he performed ably and faithfully. He participated in all the stirring scenes of the Teche campaign, during the spring of 1863, and there distinguished himself by his gallantry as he had done on the battle-field of Pea Ridge. There, too, he escaped unharmed, though constantly exposed to the shot and shell ofof the authorities in this department, that we may know upon what terms we are waging this war. Captain Howard Dwight, Assistant Adjutant-General to Brigadier-General George L. Andrews, was murdered to-day under the following circumstances. Captain Dwight had passed the artillery attached to this brigade in a wagon in which he wa
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1860. (search)
spicuous gallantry than Captain Abbott. . . . . He died as a true soldier should, with his armor upon him. I saw him when he fell. I was proud that I had done something to educate him to the profession he so much, so peculiarly adorned. General Andrews, the successor of General Gordon in the command of the regiment, says that His voice in giving his commands to his men in the thickest of the fight was as cheerful and calm as if on parade. From the commencement of his connection with Second Massachusetts was on the right of Gordon's brigade, and the Third Wisconsin next; the latter was in a very exposed position, and lost as many as two hundred killed and wounded in a short time. We were posted in a little orchard, and Colonel Andrews got a cross-fire on that part of the enemy's line, which, as we soon discovered, did a great deal of execution, and saved the Third Wisconsin from being completely used up. It was the prettiest thing we have ever done, and our loss was small
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1861. (search)
ile to the right, and took our position behind a wall just below one of the Rebel batteries. The other brigade took the left, leaving us without any centre or reserve. We lay behind the wall for an hour and a half, our three right companies skirmishing all the time. Then the two regiments on the left of our brigade were ordered to the right. . . . . They marched by us over a hill that was on our right, fired one volley, and the next thing we saw, they were running in all directions. Colonel Andrews then gave the order for us to retreat. We formed in good order and marched down towards the town at quick time amid the most tremendous fire that I ever imagined. Our men behaved splendidly, obeying every command, while they were being shot by the dozen. When we got into the streets of Winchester, we halted and formed again, and marched out of town by the double-quick, receiving a very heavy fire from behind at every cross-street and out of the houses. The Rebels kept up a shar
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, Biographical Index. (search)
R. H., Maj.-Gen. (Rebel service), I. 16. Anderson, Finley, Maj., I. 431. Anderson, Robert, Brig.-Gen., I. 61. Andrew, J. A., Gov., I. 62, 85;,166,194, 258, 412; II. 31, 34;, 113, 119, 156, 188, 189, 190, 202, 216, 273, 418, 444, 462. Andrews, G. L., Brig.-Gen., I. 85, 257;, 258, 264, 268, 269, 271, 272, 366; II. 89,187, 258. Andrews, S. H., Capt., I. 245. Andros, Edmund, Sir, I. 1. Annable, Rev. C. W., II. 356. Appleton, George, I. 417. Appleton, William, I. 417; II. Andrews, S. H., Capt., I. 245. Andros, Edmund, Sir, I. 1. Annable, Rev. C. W., II. 356. Appleton, George, I. 417. Appleton, William, I. 417; II. 48. Arnold, Mrs., I. 417. Atkinson, W. P., I. 350; II. 172, 250;. Augur, C. C., Maj.-Gen., I. 112; II. 289, 290;. Austin, Samuel, Jr., I. 110. B. Bailey, G. H., Capt., I. 69. Baker, E. D., Col., 1. 118,151, 207. Balch, Francis V., II. 7,10. Bancroft, George, I. 29. Banks, N. P., Maj.-Gen., I. 25, 63;, 112,170, 194,197,198, 199, 200, 202, 260, 263, 274, 319. 366, 368, 421; II. 25, 50, 83;, 170, 257, 270, 288, 289, 290, 307, 358, 388. Bapst, John, Rev., II. 45, 46