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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1853. (search)
ttle wound. I saw two of our men coming, and I called them over. The Rebels saw them, and began firing. Colonel Dwight wanted us to go back to the regiment. Said he, Rupert, if you live, I want you to be a good boy. I wanted to bind up his wounds, but he said 't was no use. He gave me a paper he had been trying to write on, and the pencil; the paper was covered with his blood. He then gave us directions how to carry him, and we lifted him carefully and carried him into a cornfield. Magee, one of the men who helped carry him, says: When we first came to lift him up, he said, Now, boys, don't think that because I'm wounded I've any less spirit than I had before. I feel just the same. General Gordon writes:β€” As Wilder was brought from the fatal spot, I rode to his side. As I reined up my horse, his eye met mine, and he almost exultingly saluted me. At this moment bullets whistled over our heads, shot and shell crashed through the trees. I said, I must have you remo
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1860. (search)
aid we got behind a barn. In the battle of Chickamauga he was severely wounded and taken prisoner. He wrote, a day or two afterwards, while within the enemy's lines:β€” dear father and mother,β€”The fortunes of war have mixed me a new cup. I'm wounded and a prisoner. I supposed I must lose a leg, but the surgeon says he shall try to save it.... Give my love to all, and don't be down-hearted about me, for, believe me, there's no reason for it. The following is the testimony of Surgeon Magee, of the Fifty-first Illinois, who was taken prisoner with him:β€” On the 19th of September, after the regiment had participated in a gallant charge, driving back the Rebel lines, the third man brought before me was Adjutant Hall, with a severe gun-shot wound through the knee. After a consultation on his case, the conclusion was that amputation was the only safe practice to adopt, and I at once notified him to that effect. He pleasantly replied, I would like very well to keep my le<
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, Biographical Index. (search)
217. McClellan, G. B., Maj.-Gen., I. 55, 56;, 213, 216, 244, 289, 404, 410, 428; II. 10, 35;, 161, 217, 227, 288, 338, 341, 405, 420, 426, 459. McCook, A. M., Maj.-Gen., II. 56. McCracken, Patrick, I. 18. McDowell, Irvin, Maj.-Gen., I. 1, 10;, 26; II. 50, 168;, 170, 415. McFarland, Dr., II. 221. Mackenzie, W. S., Rev., I. 330. McKeon, Mr., I. 3. McKnight, J., Maj., I. 431. Macy, G. N., Brig-Gen., I. 429,431, 432; II. 13, 16;, 17, 96, 97, 98, 99, 310, 454, 455. Magee, Surgeon, II. 129. Magruder, B., Maj.-Gen. (Rebel service), I. 429. Mahone, Gen. (Rebel service), I. 430. Mali, H. W. T., Capt., II. 19. Mann, Hallock, Capt., II. 416, 419;. Mansfield, Daniel, II. 234. Mansfield, Gen., I. 100; II. 187. Marschalk, Mr., II. 173. Marshall, Col., I. 159. Marshall, Humphrey, Brig.-Gen., II. 424. Marshall, Isaac, II. 427. Martindale, J. H., Brig.-Gen., II. 167. Mason, Albee, I. 193. Mason, A., Lieut., I. 69. Mason, E. B.,