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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore) 6 0 Browse Search
Rev. James K. Ewer , Company 3, Third Mass. Cav., Roster of the Third Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment in the war for the Union 2 0 Browse Search
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delay was the fact that the beach shelved so gradually that none of the loaded boats could approach it within fifty yards or more; and the soldiers, therefore, had to divest themselves of shoes and stockings, and flounder through water up to their knees. Leaving these unfortunate creatures with my mind filled with misgivings as to the consequences should the rebels rally to attack them in their unprepared condition, I sauntered into the fort and examined it. It was then in charge of Lieut. Barnes, of the Wabash, who had been sent on shore with his battalion, consisting of seventy sailors and fifty marines. Sentinels were pacing upon the parapets and at the approaches to the work, and pickets were stationed about two hundred yards from the outer limits, on the flanks and at the rear. Evidences of the wild confusion — nay, the abject terror — in which the rebels had left the fort, were abundant everywhere. There were twenty-three guns in the fort, only three of which had been di
nt, S. F. Dupont, Flag-Officer Commanding. Report of Commander C. R. P, Rogers. United States flagship Wabash, Port Royal harbor, December 6, 1861. sir: On yesterday morning I left Tybee Roads before daylight, with the steamers Ottawa, Seneca, and Pembina, and crossed the bar of Warsaw Sound, at half tide, not having less than eighteen feet of water upon it. We approached the fort on Warsaw Island within a mile, and, seeing neither guns nor men, we did not fire, but I sent Lieutenant Barnes to it with a white flag. He found it an enclosed octagonal work, with platforms for eight guns on the water faces. The land faces were protected by abatis. The work was well constructed. The guns had been removed, the platforms cut, and the magazine blown up. From the freshness of the footprints and other signs, it appeared to have been abandoned very recently. Adjoining the fort are huts or sheds for a large garrison. Some lumber and bricks remain. Everything else had been carr
er, slightly; F. A. Foster, slightly; George Cook, slightly; George McGowan, slightly; J. B. Blair, slightly; Geo. Frine, slightly; Neston Gier, slightly; M. C. Cobb, slightly; Sergeant Geo. Ludlow, slightly; privates Barseley Dewry, slightly; Parish Mazier, slightly; Samuel Campbell, slightly; John Botts, severely; Charles Meddler, slightly; Fred. Eikoop, slightly ; Fidel Armbuster, slightly; John Brink, slightly; Taylor Brink, slightly; James Freel, slightly; Robert T. Lane, slightly; James F. Barnes, severely; John Green, severely. G. A. Mccall, Brigadier-General. Gen. Ord's report. camp Pierpont, Virginia, January 19, 1862. sir: In obedience to a letter, dated January 13th, 1862, from the Secretary of war, and in accordance with paragraph 743, Revised Regulations, I have the pleasure of transmitting special recommendations of commanders of regiments and the battery, at the affair of Dranesville, December 20, 1861, with this my recommendation, that the officers named t
Rev. James K. Ewer , Company 3, Third Mass. Cav., Roster of the Third Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment in the war for the Union, Company B. (search)
62, Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Joseph Adams, en. Boxford, Oct. 27, 1863. Disch. Nov. 30, 1865. Walter S. Adams, Lawrence, 18, s; printer. Sept. 4, 1862. Killed in action Nov. 9, 1863, White Plains, La. Stillman Aldrich, E. Bridgewater, 36, m; teamster. Sept. 4, 1862. Disch. May 20, 1865. Henry D. Allard, Lawrence, 28, m; shoemaker. Sept. 4, 1862. Disch. disa. Oct. 19, 1863. Edward baker, Lawrence, 45, m; dresser. Aug. 12, 1862. Died Aug. 12, 1863, Raton Rouge, La. James F. Barnes, Clinton, 27, m; blacksmith. Jan. 5, 1864. M. O. Sept. 28, 1865. Alexander Barrie, Lawrence, 21, s; weaver. Aug. 8, 1862. Disch. disa. July 2, 1863. John Bean, Lawrence, 45, m; peddler, Aug. 2, 1863. Disch disa. June 1, 1863. Thomas Bell, Lawrence, 25, s; spinner. Dec. 26, 1862. Disch. Aug. 8, 1865. Lewis R. Benton (VEAZlE), Alden, 21, s; laborer. Oct. 5, 1864. M. O. Sept, 28, 1865. Joseph Bethel, Lawrence, 40, m; spinner. Aug. 11, 1862. Disch. May 20, 1865.