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George H. Gordon, From Brook Farm to Cedar Mountain, Chapter 1: from Massachusetts to Virginia. (search)
F. W. Loring, 73 Mount Vernon Street. J. M. Rodocanachi, 33 Central Wharf. R. Morris Copeland, 50 School Street. N. T. Messer, Fort Independence. H. S. Everett, 32 Summer Street. Francis Wildes, Newburyport. James G. C. Dodge, Boston. Geoffrey Paul, Boston. Forsyth Howard, Boston. Charles B. Slack, Newton. H. W. Sewell, Winthrop House. Dr. Lincoln R. Stone, Salem. Henry Bowman, Clinton. --Cartwright, State Street. D. D. Farr, Rockport. Joseph Hayes. C. J. Higginson, 2 Louisburg Square. J. Lewis Stackpole. Robert G. Shaw. Thomas R. Robeson. William D. Sedgwick, Lenox. That paper does not contain the names of all who received commissions in the second regiment; nor does it name some who undoubtedly had been promised a commission at an earlier date than any found in it,--such as Captain Abbott, who must have followed soon after Colonel Andrews. Other names brought before me in letters of application, with dates, are appended:-- S.
George H. Gordon, From Brook Farm to Cedar Mountain, Chapter 2: Harper's Ferry and Maryland Heights—Darnstown, Maryland.--Muddy Branch and Seneca Creek on the Potomac—Winter quarters at Frederick, Md. (search)
that gentleman in mine. This had been urged by the Governor against my nomination of Mr. Mason. I further pointed out to the Governor, that he had commissioned citizens whom I had nominated in the places of Captains Curtis, Whitney, and Lieutenant Higginson. Astonished therefore at the enunciation of a new policy now, I added: It is your Excellency's duty to commission officers for my regiment; it is mine to test them. Each act is independent of the will of the other; both may be in harmony This ended the controversy, and for us most happily. Since leaving Massachusetts there had been eight resignations of officers in our regiment,--resignations, almost without exception, to take a higher rank elsewhere. We had lost Curtis and Higginson and others, and we had received as second lieutenants, to fill vacancies, Shelton and Fox, and Crowninshield, Oakey, and Scott. I repeat, the controversy closed for us most happily; for it gave the regiment, as one of Governor Andrew's appoint