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Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Chapter 6: removal to Muddy Branch. (search)
op was promoted to First Lieutenant, and First Sergeant Lysander Hume was advanced to Second Lieutenant. First Lieut. Henry A. Hale of Co. H. was transferred to Co. I, while bandmaster John A. Spofford, with musicians R. W. Stevens, W. C. M. Howe, E. F. Spofford and J. M. Hine resigned and were discharged. Lewis Rimback, of Boston, was appointed as the new bandmaster. Instead of staying all winter in Camp Benton as had been expected, the regiment was ordered, on December 4, 1861, to Seneca, at a place called Muddy Branch, some miles nearer Washington, where it relieved some of the command of Gen. Banks, whose division was sent to Frederick. Camp Benton, with its well determined lines, its spacious streets, curiously constructed ovens and underground furnaces, its nicely thatched stables and log houses, was left as a monument to the versatile skill, the military genius, ingenuity and perseverence of the men of Massachusetts. In moving to Muddy Branch, the regiment, with
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Chapter 7: the winter at Muddy Branch. (search)
rst Sergt. M. A McNamara was promoted to the position. During January and February the officers were very much scattered. Col. Hinks was absent in Massachusetts, and Lieut. Col. Devereux was left in command of the district from Great Falls to Seneca. Adjt. John C. Chadwick was acting Asst. Adjt. General at the headquarters of the First Brigade, Corps of Observation; Capt. C. M. Merritt, Company A. was at Rockville as Provost Marshall, with Second Lieut. W. L. Palmer, of Company I, as Deputy Marshall; Capt. J. Scott Todd, of Company C, was at Seneca in charge of building defensive blockhouses; Capt. James D. Russell, of Company D, at Muddy Branch Lock, building the defensive blockhouse between Muddy Branch and Seneca and Second Lieut. Samuel Baxter was with him. Capt. Edmund Rice, of Company F, had charge of the picket line on the Potomac River at Seneca Lock, while Second Lieut. Dudley C. Mumford was at Lock No. 31, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal. Capt. Weymouth, of Company G, was at
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Index. (search)
...................................... 186 Scott, John,............................................ 330 Seaver, Joseph,................................................. 184, 186 Seavey, Joseph I.,................................................... 286 Second Massachusetts Regiment,........................................ 2 Sedgwick, John, Gen.,...55, 82, 117, 134, 136, 139, 142, 148, 200, 204, 205, 206 Seminary Ridge,........................................... 225, 226, 235, 255 Seneca, Lock Falls,.............................................. 43, 44, 46 Seven Days Retreat,.................................................. 85 Seventeenth Massachusetts Regiment,.................................... 10 Seventh Michigan Regiment, 8, 15, 16, 32, 39, 115, 166, 167, 168, 172, 178, 184, 185, 199, 203, 255, 298, 300, 352, 354, 361, 362 Seventh Mississippi Regiment,.......................................... 27 Seventeenth Mississippi Regiment,.................................. 27,