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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore), 1862, March (search)
r the stern a small package, which immediately sunk. To-day Gen. Sickles ordered a portion of the First regiment, Excelsior brigade, under the command of Col. Dwight, to reconnoitre the position of the enemy's forces between Dumfries and Fredericksburgh, Va. His skirmishers, after marching to a place four miles in the interi within a short distance of Fredericksburgh, a camp of the enemy was discovered, said to number one thousand three hundred infantry and artillery. The force of Col. Dwight being inadequate to make an assault upon them, fearing he might be cut off, he marched toward Dumfriers. On the way the force examined a barn where some rebel mirrors, cushioned arm-chairs, officers' trunks, messchests, and a variety of articles for camp use, which lay scattered in every direction. The soldiers of Col. Dwight's force came in at Shipping Point loaded down with commissary stores or articles in the shape of trinkets. One prisoner was captured, who said he belonged to a
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore), 1863, April (search)
ried to Cedar County, Mo., were stripped of their clothing and inhumanly shot. Immediately after this, the guerrillas proceeded to the house of Obadiah Smith, a Baptist minister in Cedar County, and on his attempting to escape they shot him.--St. Louis Democrat. The cargo of the steamer Wave (destroyed by the rebels to prevent her from falling into the hands of the Unionists) was this day captured in the vicinity of Bayou Cocodue, La., by an expeditionary force under the command of General Dwight.--(Doc. 171.) A portion of General Reynolds's national forces entered and occupied McMinnville, Tenn.--Major McGee, of the Third Virginia cavalry with sections of Rowan's, Utt's, and White's cavalry, encountered a force of three hundred rebels at a point near Strasburgh, Va., and after a brief and brilliant fight drove them from their position. One man of Rowan's company was killed, and another wounded. The rebel loss was five killed, and nine wounded, beside twenty-five prisoners
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore), 1863, May (search)
May 4. Captain Howard Dwight, of General Andrew's staff, was killed near Washington, La., after having surrendered to a party of rebel scouts. General Banks at once ordered the arrest of one hundred white men nearest the place of assassination, to be held until further orders,--The sloop Empress, from Nassau, N. P., for Wihnington, N. C., was captured by the United States steamer Chocura.--The schooner Jupiter, bound to Mobile, Ala., was captured by the gunboat Colorado.-The Ninth regiment of New York volunteers (Hawkins's Zouaves) returned to New York from the seat of war in Eastern Virginia.--Captain Smith of the Second California volunteers, attacked a party of hostile Indians fifty miles south of Shell Creek, killing five of them and routing the rest.--The battle in the vicinity of Fredericksburgh, Va., was continued this day, the rebels succeeding in recovering nearly all the defences back of the town.--(Doc. 183.)
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1: prelminary narrative, Preliminary narrative. (search)
isoners. Colonel Gooding's report, Official War Records, XV, 348. About this same time, Lieut. Chas. S. Sargent, volunteer aide-de-camp to General Banks, went to communicate with Admiral Farragut and found Admiral Porter at the mouth of Red River. He brought the report that Porter had captured Grand Gulf and Grant had begun his victorious march on Vicksburg. Official War Records, XV, 311. Irwin, p. 144. (This is the present professor of horticulture in Harvard University.) Capt. Howard Dwight, assistant adjutant-general at the headquarters of General Banks, was shot and killed by guerillas at Bayou Boeuf, May 4, 1863, after having surrendered while riding to the front. His brother, Brig.-Gen. Wm. Dwight, Jr., was ordered by General Banks to arrest one hundred white persons in the vicinity and send them to New Orleans, to be confined as hostages for the arrest of the assassins. Official War Records, XV, 312, 1119. Irwin, pp. 145, 146. There were not so many white men i
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died., Index of names of persons. (search)
, 356 Dunning, J. F., 54, 356 Dunning, S. J., 356 Dunton, H. C., 513 Dunton, P. A., 453 Dupont, S. F., 22, 41 Dupp, E. E., 513 Duprey, Lewis, 356 Duran, A. G., 356 Durant, Bartholomew, 356 Durant, Charles, 513 Durfee, B. L., 453 Durfee, W. F., 81 Durgin, G. E., 356 Durgin, Jonathan, 513 Durgin, L. C., 356 Durivage, H. A., 56, 162 Dushelm, Leon, 513 Duso, John, 453 Dustin, E. S., 453 Duttling, August, 356 Dutton, Myranda, 356 Duxbury, Joseph, 453 Dwight, C. C., 356 Dwight, Howard, 61 Dwight, Wilder, 61, 69, 73, 453 Dwight, William, Jr., 52, 59, 61, 67 Dwinnell, C. H., 357 Dwinnell (or Dunwall), Waldo, 513 Dwyer, Daniel, 513 Dwyer, John, 357 Dwyer, Thomas, 357 Dwyer, Timothy, 357 Dwyer, William, 453 Dyer, A. O., 454 Dyer, B. G. M., 513 Dyer, D. H., 319, 325 Dyer, L. H., 357 Dyer, Michael, 357 Dyer, N. H., 357 Dyer, Peter, 65 Dyson, Reuben, 357 E. Eacott, Henry, 357 Eaff, N., 513 Eagan, Matthew, 513 Eagem, C. M., 513 Eames, D. B., 357
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1857. (search)
1857. Howard Dwight. First Lieutenant 24th Mass. Vols. (Infantry), September I, 186; firerillas, Bayou Boeuf, La., May 4, 1863. Howard Dwight, fourth son of William and Elizabeth A. Dwhout complaint, if not without sorrow. Howard Dwight never ceased to cherish the scholarly and as a citizen of Tennessee in April, 1861. Howard Dwight was not a man to be easily intimidated, buo rank from the 4th of September, 1862. Captain Dwight's duties while in the Department of the Weteers. On the staff of General Andrews, Captain Dwight saw active service in the Department of thpon what terms we are waging this war. Captain Howard Dwight, Assistant Adjutant-General to Brigadiy under the following circumstances. Captain Dwight had passed the artillery attached to this brigne of them fired. The ball passed through Captain Dwight's brain, killing him instantly. The scener testimony to the calm courage with which Captain Dwight met his fate, under circumstances far more[3 more...]
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 4 (search)
rmaster, 48th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Dec. 8, 1862. Mustered out, Sept. 3, 1863. Durivage, Henry A. Captain, 3d Mass. Cavalry, Feb. 20, 1862. Drowned in the Mississippi River, Apr. 23, 1862. Du Verge, Louis Asty De R. See De Rathier Du Verge, Louis Asty. Dwight, Henry Cecil. Sergeant Major, 27th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 20, 1861. Second Lieutenant, Dec. 7, 1861. First Lieutenant, Apr. 1, 1862. Captain, July 1, 1862. Mustered out, Sept. 28, 1864. Dwight, Howard. First Lieutenant, 24th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 1, 1861. Second Lieutenant, 4th Mo. Cavalry, Oct. 4, 1861. See Mass. Officers in Regiments of other States. Dwinnell, Benjamin D. First Lieutenant, Regimental Quartermaster, 2d Mass. Heavy Artillery, Mar. 4, 1864. Mustered out, Sept. 3, 1865. Dwinnell, Benjamin D. First Lieutenant, Regimental Quartermaster, 51st Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Nov. 21, 1862. Mustered out, July 27, 1863. Dwyer, Patrick. Se
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 7 (search)
ant, 19th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 2, 1862. First Lieutenant, Nov. 21, 1862. Captain, Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 20, 1864. Major, Assistant Adj. General, Nov. 17, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Dec. 2, 1864. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 9, 1865. Mustered out, Sept. 19, 1865. Dudley, Nathan Augustus Monroe. See General Officers. Dunham, Thomas Harrison, Jr. See General Officers. Dutton, Everell Fletcher. See General Officers. Dwight, Howard. Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, 24th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 1, 1861. Second Lieutenant, 4th Mo. Cavalry, Oct. 4, 1861. First Lieutenant, Mar. 21, 1862. Captain, Nov. 4, 1862. Captain and Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Nov. 10, 1862. Killed by guerillas at Bayou Boeuf, La., May 4, 1863. Dwight, William. See General Officers. Eaton, Alonzo. Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, 2d Iowa Infantry, May 28, 1861. Regimental Quartermaster, Aug. 7, 1861.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 8 (search)
c. 19, 1862. Discharged, Sept. 10, 1864. Died at New York City, Oct. 20, 1884. Dunns, Michael H. Corporal, 31st Mass. Infantry, Nov. 20, 1861. Second Lieutenant, 1st La. Infantry. Resigned, Jan. 6, 1865. Dutton, Everell Fletcher. See General Officers. Dwight, Charles Trowbridge. Born at Boston, Mass. Second Lieutenant, 70th N. Y. Infantry, Oct. 1, 1861. First Lieutenant, Dec. 1, 1862. Discharged (disability), June 1, 1864. Died at Brookline, Mass., Mar. 9, 1884. Dwight, Howard. First Lieutenant, 24th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 1, 1861. Second Lieutenant, 4th Mo. Cavalry, Oct. 4, 1861. First Lieutenant, Mar. 21, 1862. Captain, Nov. 4, 1862. Captain, Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Nov. 10, 1862. See U. S. Army. Dwight, William. See General Officers. Eaton, Alonzo. Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, 2d Iowa Infantry, May 28, 1861. Regimental Quartermaster, Aug. 7, 1861. Captain, Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, June 30,
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, Index of names of persons. (search)
V. M., 273 Dunnels, H. F., 46 Dunning, J. F., 273 Dunns, M. H., 465 Dupree, W. H., 273 Duran, L. B., 273 Durand, G. R., 46 Durant, Thomas, 581 Duren, C. M., 273 Durfee, Richard, 46 Durfee, W. C., 581 Durgin, H. W., 273 Durgin, S. H., 380 Durgin, W. F., 46 Durivage, H. A., 273 Duston, J. S., 46 Dutch, J. C., 46 Dutton, E. F., 178, 414, 465, 522 Dutton, G. W., 212 Dutton, S. L., 380 DuVerge, L A. deR., 273 Dwight, C. T., 465 Dwight, H. C., 273 Dwight, H. O., 645 Dwight, Howard, 273, 414, 463 Dwight, Wilder, 212, 606 Dwight, William, 178, 414, 465 Dwinnell, B. D., 273 Dwinnell, B. D., 273 Dwyer, Patrick, 273 Dyer, Benjamin, 46 Dyer, C. W., 273 Dyer, D. H., 273 Dyer, E. B., 46 Dyer, E. C., 581 Dyer, F. A., 273 Dyer, J. F., 380 Dyer, N. M., 46 Dyer, William, 46 E. Eads, James, 64 Eager, C. H., 273 Eames, Ezra, 581 Earl, William, 46 Earle, Anthony, 274 Earle, D. M., 274, 606 Earle, Thomas, 274 Earp, Edwin, 274 Easterbrook, Kimball, Jr.,