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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 35 (search)
ther troops, the Massachusetts Fifteenth, Col. Devens, among them. They were soon attacked by the enemy, who outnumbered them greatly. The attack continued to be made at intervals, and most of the fighting was in the afternoon. They were very severely treated, and the following is the result, as nearly as I can state it: Missing, believed to be prisoners of war-Col. Lee, Major Revere, Adjutant Pierson, Assistant Surgeon Revere, First Lieut. Geo. B. Perry. Believed to be wounded--First Lieut. Babo, Second Lieut. Wesselhoeff. Wounded in this camp--Capt. Dreher, shot through the head from cheek to cheek; recovery possible. Capt. J. C. Putnam, right arm taken off at socket; doing well. First Lieut. O. W. Holmes, jr., shot through chest from side to side; doing well. Captain Schmidt, shot three times through the leg and through small of the back, from side to side; doing well. First Lieut. J. J. Lowell, shot in leg, not serious. Second Lieut. Putnam was shot in the bowels, and
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 5: (search)
to place the large hall in Liberty-tree Block at the disposal of the Executive, as a place of deposit for articles for the soldiers. The battle of Ball's Bluff was fought Oct. 21. The Fifteenth and Twentieth Massachusetts Regiments were engaged in it. They behaved with great gallantry, and suffered severely, especially the Twentieth. On the 25th, Lieutenant-Colonel Palfrey telegraphed, Colonel Lee, Major Revere, Adjutant Peirson, Dr. Revere, and Lieutenant Perry, prisoners; Lieutenants Babo and Wesselhoeft, probably drowned; Lieutenant S. W. Putnam, killed; Captains Dreher, Schmitt, Putnam, Lieutenants Lowell and Holmes, wounded,—not fatally. All other officers safe, including myself. Captains Dreher and Schmitt, badly wounded,—probably not fatally. Captain Putnam's right arm gone,—doing well. Lowell and Holmes doing very well. This disastrous battle carried grief into many of our Massachusetts families, and depressed the buoyant and patriotic spirit of our people for a t<
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1: prelminary narrative, Preliminary narrative. (search)
and fragmentary. The first two companies were formed in and near Boston, perhaps with some recruits brought from Germany. The company officers were, at first, German by birth or origin, except Lieut. J. W. LeBarnes, who was well known and popular among the German citizens of Boston, and had formed a German company for the defence of Wendell Phillips during the antislavery troubles just previous to the war. The companies (B and C of the 20th) were unfortunate in the loss of officers, Captain Babo and Lieutenant Wesselhoeft having been drowned at Ball's Bluff and Captain Dreher being severely wounded there and mortally at Fredericksburg. They were also in one respect peculiarly situated, forming a part of a regiment which, although fine in material and discipline and eminent in service, was for a time somewhat divided by what General Devens criticised as the blue-blood theory of promotion, and still more by the inclination of some of its very best officers to return fugitive slave
The Daily Dispatch: November 1, 1861., [Electronic resource], C. S. District Court. (search)
ieut. Wesselhoeft swam the river, but has not been seen. Capt. Crowninshield, of company D, was slightly wounded in the arm, and has not reported. Lieut. Perry has not reported; neither has the Captain. Lt. Messer, same company, was exposed to great danger, the balls whistling all around him; but he escaped unhurt. Of company E three officers were wounded. Among the wounded of company A is Lieut. Holmes, who was shot in the breast. He is the son of Oliver Wendell Holmes. Capt. Babo, of company G, swam the river with young Wesselhoeft, but has not been heard of. Capt. Putnam, of company H, lost his arm, which was amputated. Lieut. Hallowell, company H, swam the river and constructed a raft on which to transport the wounded from the Virginia shore. Wilson Sibly, company G, 15th Massachusetts, swam the river by advice of an officer, who plunged in and went ahead. When they got half-way across, and in the strongest of the current, some twelve Confederates
The Daily Dispatch: November 1, 1861., [Electronic resource], Is the Czar our friend or enemy? (search)
ieut. Wesselhoeft swam the river, but has not been seen. Capt. Crowninshield, of company D, was slightly wounded in the arm, and has not reported. Lieut. Perry has not reported; neither has the Captain. Lt. Messer, same company, was exposed to great danger, the balls whistling all around him; but he escaped unhurt. Of company E three officers were wounded. Among the wounded of company A is Lieut. Holmes, who was shot in the breast. He is the son of Oliver Wendell Holmes. Capt. Babo, of company G, swam the river with young Wesselhoeft, but has not been heard of. Capt. Putnam, of company H, lost his arm, which was amputated. Lieut. Hallowell, company H, swam the river and constructed a raft on which to transport the wounded from the Virginia shore. Wilson Sibly, company G, 15th Massachusetts, swam the river by advice of an officer, who plunged in and went ahead. When they got half-way across, and in the strongest of the current, some twelve Confederates