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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 2 (search)
2, 1862; battles of Chickasaw Bayou, Miss.; Arkansas Post; Deer Creek, Miss., expedition; expedition to Black Bayou. In command of 1st Miss. Regiment Volunteers of African descent, afterwards 51st U. S. Colored Infantry, and of all troops of African descent in that vicinity. Colonel, 51st U. S. Colored Infantry, May 9, 1863. Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Oct. 27, 1863. Ordered to report at Washington, D. C., thence to General Grant at Nashville, Tenn., and assigned to command in General McPherson's Corps with headquarters at Haines's Bluff. Appointment expired by constitutional limitation, July 4, 1864. Died at Bellingham, Mass., Aug. 25, 1889. Sherwin, Thomas. Born at Boston, Mass., July 11, 1839. First Lieutenant, and Adjutant, 22d Mass. Infantry, Oct. 1, 1861. Major, June 28, 1862. Lieut. Colonel, Oct. 17, 1862. Served with the Army of the Potomac in the Peninsular campaign, and campaigns following; commanded regiment at the battle of Gettysburg. Brevet Colonel, U.