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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore) 7 1 Browse Search
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1 7 1 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 5 1 Browse Search
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War. 3 1 Browse Search
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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 7: (search)
lieutenant-colonel, Jan. 4, 1862, to supply the vacancy occasioned by the appointment of Horace Binney Sargent as lieutenant-colonel of the First Regiment Massachusetts Cavalry. Harrison Ritchie became senior aide, with rank of colonel. Charles F. Blake, of Boston, was appointed assistant quartermaster-general, with the rank of major, Aug. 7, 1862. The duty of Major Blake was to return to their regiments the men who were reported deserters. Charles N. Emerson, of Pittsfield, was appointMajor Blake was to return to their regiments the men who were reported deserters. Charles N. Emerson, of Pittsfield, was appointed assistant quartermaster-general, with the rank of major, Aug. 20, 1862, with special reference to raising troops. William Rogers, of Boston, was appointed assistant adjutant-general Aug. 23, 1862, with special reference to preparing the State for a draft. Charles J. Higginson, of Boston, was appointed assistant adjutant-general, with the rank of major, Sept. 9, 1862. William L. Burt, of Boston, was appointed judgeadvocate-general, Oct. 1, 1862, and was promoted to the rank of brigad
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 9: (search)
the United-States military officers, acting as provost and assistant provost marshals in the Commonwealth. In several cases of enlistments, where the writ of habeas corpus was issued, the parties were brought before the court, in which Major Charles F. Blake, Provost-Marshal-General of the Commonwealth, appeared for the Government; but, under the conscription law, new questions arose, upon which a judicial opinion could not be obtained for the reasons we have stated. In the opinion of the Governor, it was important that these questions should receive a judicial interpretation. On July 17, he sent Major Blake to Washington to confer with the Secretary of War upon these matters. He carried with him a letter from the Governor to Mr. Stanton, in which he said he deemed it of the highest importance that the principal legal questions which had arisen under the conscription law should be brought to a judicial test at the earliest day. And I do not know any tribunal, he said, be