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John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion 102 28 Browse Search
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Colonel Theodore Lyman, With Grant and Meade from the Wilderness to Appomattox (ed. George R. Agassiz), I. First months (search)
horses, where they were well at home, except they would persist in trying to rise to the trot in a McClellan saddle, which is next to impossible. We had to cross the river, close to the railroad, where I showed them the work they took last Saturday; at which they remarked: Oh! Ah! A nasty place, a very nasty place! Then we rode to Headquarters, just in time to avoid a heavy rain, which continued much of the night. To-day we have lain quiet; but this evening we took them over to see Captain Sleeper, 9th Massachusetts Battery. The Colonel was very inquisitive about artillery, whereupon the enthusiastic Sleeper had a newly contrived shell, which was loaded, suddenly brought into the tent! The great improvement in the shell seemed to be that it was bound to go off, somehow; so that there was a marked nervousness about him of the Guards, as the Captain poked and twisted the projectile, to illustrate its manifold virtues! . . . Headquarters Army of Potomac November 19, 1863 The
Colonel Theodore Lyman, With Grant and Meade from the Wilderness to Appomattox (ed. George R. Agassiz), IV. Cold Harbor (search)
rd the result. I feel rather anxious, though I don't fear for Hancock's safety; but I like to see him fully successful. Oh, bah! Captain Miller is just in (this is eleven o'clock at night). Hancock has lost eight guns — among them, I am told, Sleeper's battery. Poor Sleeper was here this afternoon, wounded in the arm. It is too much all one way in this business, it really is! I don't like to complain, because it troubles you, but it must break out occasionally. I get so mad and so bothereSleeper was here this afternoon, wounded in the arm. It is too much all one way in this business, it really is! I don't like to complain, because it troubles you, but it must break out occasionally. I get so mad and so bothered. For, when we have no good chance, or almost none, when our best undertakings fall through, I lose confidence in each move, and, when I hear the cannon, I look for nothing but our men coming back and a beggarly report of loss of prisoners. It is not right to feel so, but I can't help it. When a man gets knocked down every time, he expects to go down the next. Well, well, well, I feel already a little better at this grumbling. I must be a sorry eel if I am not yet used to this sort of skin
Colonel Theodore Lyman, With Grant and Meade from the Wilderness to Appomattox (ed. George R. Agassiz), chapter 8 (search)
had the division; it was always well put in and safely handled. The longer I am in the army, the more I see that great bodies of men take their whole tone from a few leaders, or even from one. I climbed on a horse and took a ride to visit Captain Sleeper, whose camp I easily recognized by its neat appearance. He always has things in a trig state about him. His own domicile was a small log cabin, with a neat brick chimney, very smooth-looking, but made in truth of only odd bits of brick, pictery full, new sergeants appointed, and a prospect of officers. His only grief is that with three years service and many battles he is only a captain. You see Massachusetts has not her batteries in a regiment and can't have field officers. So Sleeper's only hope is a brevet. November 13, 1864 We had a Lieutenant-Colonel C----, a Britisher, up for a visit; he is commander of the forces in that tropical climate of New Brunswick. In aspect Colonel C----was not striking; he had done injusti
Colonel Theodore Lyman, With Grant and Meade from the Wilderness to Appomattox (ed. George R. Agassiz), chapter 9 (search)
commanded a cavalry division very successfully for a long time. I don't know why he went out, since he is a regular officer. Some say it is a pretty wife, which is likely, seeing the same had worked in that style with others. Then there is Major Sleeper, resigned too. He has served long and well, and been wounded; so I say, what a pity that he should not stick to the end. It is human nature to expect a full performance of duty, when once a man has done decidedly well. These branch railroadsrms. The men, looking tired and indifferent, were grouped here and there. I judged they had nothing to eat, for there was no cooking going on. A mounted officer was shown me as General Field, and to him I applied. He looked something like Captain Sleeper, but was extremely moody, though he at once said he would ride back himself to General Meade, by whom he was courteously received, which caused him to thaw out considerably. We rode about a mile and then turned off to General Lee's Headquar
Colonel Theodore Lyman, With Grant and Meade from the Wilderness to Appomattox (ed. George R. Agassiz), Index (search)
Robert Gould, 257; death of, 1. Shaw, —, 134, 250, 285; described, 191. Shells, behavior of mortar, 261, 270. Sheridan, Philip, 136, 300, 332, 347; chief of cavalry, 81; described, 82, 327; Meade and, 105n, 271, 348; raids, 125, 320; to command, 210; major-general, 270; credit claimed, 351. Sherman, John, 115. Sherman, William Tecumseh, 271, 281, 296, 305; reflects on Army of the Potomac, 126; described, 327. Shot, behavior of round, 149. Sickles, Daniel Edgar, 60. Sleeper, Jacob Henry, 49, 225, 266; resigns, 310. Sleeping-car, 229. Slocum, Henry Warner, 22. Smith, William Farrar, 136, 137, 143, 160; described, 140; lunch, 148; before Petersburg, 161, 164n; Butler and, 192. Smyth, Henry Augustus, 275. Snyder, —, 72. Soldier, qualities of a great, 163. Spaulding, Ira, 311. Spaulding, —, 26. Spies, Rebel, 244. Spotsylvania, operations near, 104. Sprague, William, 75, 115, 188. Stanhope, Arthur Philip, Lord Mahon, 241. Stanton, Edwin MeMasters, 2<
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., Tenth battery Massachusetts Light Artillery. (search)
Tenth battery Massachusetts Light Artillery. （1) Capt. Jacob Henry Sleeper, Bvt. Maj., U. S. Vols. （2) Capt. J. Webb Adams, Bvt. Maj., U. S. Vols. Officers.Men.Totals. Number on rolls,9257266 Enlisted men (included above) commissioned in battery,–33 Enlisted men (included above) serving elsewhere within battery,––– Totals,–33 Actual total of members of battery,9254263 Killed and died of wounds,2810 Died by accident and disease,–1111 Died in Confederate prison,–33 Total lossesiver Po May 10; was at Cold Harbor June 2; in the vicinity of Petersburg, Va., June 16; at Deep Bottom, Va., July 28. It was engaged at Reams's Station, August 25, losing 5 men killed in action, 24 wounded and missing, and 34 horses killed; Captain Sleeper being wounded early in the day, the battery was under the command of Lieut. Henry H. Granger. From September 24 to October 24 it was in position in front of Petersburg; engaged at Hatcher's Run under the command of Lieutenant Gra
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 3 (search)
ot mustered. Mustered out as Major, July 5, 1866. Shurtleff, Flavel. Second Lieutenant, 10th Mass. Infantry, June 21, 1861. First Lieutenant, Dec. 5, 1861. Captain, July 31, 1862. Mustered out, July 1, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Shurtleff, William Steele. Private, 46th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S , Aug., 1862. First Lieutenant, Sept. 26, 1862. Lieut. Colonel, Oct. 30, 1862. Colonel, Feb. 5, 1863. Mustered out, July 28, 1863. Sleeper, Jacob Henry. Second Lieutenant, 5th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Apr. 19, 1861; mustered, May 1, 1861. Mustered out, July 31, 1861. First Lieutenant, 1st Mass. Battery, Sept. 23, 1861. Captain, 10th Mass. Battery, Sept. 21, 1862. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Dec. 2, 1864. Resigned, Feb. 27, 1865. Smith, James B. Captain, 36th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 22, 1862. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, July 6, 1864. Major, Oct. 12, 1864. Lieut. Colonel, Nov. 13, 1864; not mustere
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 4 (search)
nner, Theodore R. Second Lieutenant, 30th Mass. Infantry, Apr. 21, 1865. First Lieutenant, Jan. 25, 1866. Mustered out, July 5, 1866. Slack, Charles B. Second Lieutenant, 13th Battery Mass. Light Artillery, Nov. 3, 1862. First Lientenant, Mar. 10, 1864. Resigned, July 9, 1865. Slade, James H. Captain, 38th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 16, 1862. Dismissed the service, Feb. 26, 1863 (G. O. 19, Feb. 26, 1863, Headquarters, Dept. of the Gulf, Letter, War Dept., Jan. 7, 1869). Sleeper, Jacob Henry. See Mass. Field Officers. Sloan, Sardus S. Captain, 15th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 1, 1861. Resigned, Jan. 16, 1862. Sloan, Timothy W. Captain, 27th Mass. Infantry, Oct. 16, 1861. Resigned, Nov. 15, 1862. Small, John T. First Lieutenant, 19th Mass. Infantry, Oct. 8, 1864. Mustered out, June 30, 1865. Smart, Alexander. Second Lieutenant, 1st Mass. Heavy Artillery, Nov. 18, 1862. Mustered out, July 8, 1864. Smart, Elisha. Captain, 10th Mass. Infantry, J
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 11 (search)
. — Second Lieutenant J. A., of the 26th U. S. Infantry, to be First Lieutenant, U. S. Army, by brevet, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Jonesborough, Ga., to date from Mar. 2, 1867. G. O. 33, Apr. 9, 1869. — Brevet First Lieutenant J. A., U. S. Army, and Second Lieutenant of the 26th U. S. Infantry, to be Captain, U. S. Army, by brevet, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Jonesborough, Ga., to date from Mar. 2, 1867. G. O. 33, Apr. 9, 1869. Sleeper, Captain J. Henry, of the 10th Mass. Light Artillery, to be Major, U. S. Volunteers, by brevet, for gallant services at the battle of Reams's Station and during the present campaign before Richmond, Va., to date from Dec. 2, 1864. G. O. 15, Feb. 6, 1865. Smith, Surgeon D. P., U. S. Volunteers, to be Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, by brevet, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from Aug. 15, 1865. G. O. 148, Oct. 14, 1865. G. O. 65, June 22, 1867. Smith, Capt
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, Index of names of persons. (search)
. F., 444, 479, 556 Sinclair, C. H., 130 Sinclair, Malcolm, 132 Sinclair, R. B., 350 Sinclair, W. T., 479 Singer, G. W., 495, 556 Siskron, S. F., 350 Sisson, H. D., 350 Skinner, J. L., 350 Skinner, R., Jr., 575 Skinner, Richard, Jr., 351 Skinner, T. R., 351 Slack, C. B., 351 Slade, A. P., 584 Slade, J. H., 351 Slade, Jonathan, 2d, 584 Slade, W. L., 584 Sladen, J. A., 444, 495, 556 Slamm, J. A., 132 Slattery, D. P., 132 Slattery, Robert, 479 Sleeper, J. A., 132 Sleeper, J. H., 228, 351, 556 Slidell, John, 678 Sloan, J. F., 132 Sloan, S. S., 351 Sloan, T. W., 351 Slocum, H. W., 716 Small, E. A., 132 Small, E. F., 132 Small, J. T., 351 Smalley, Anthony, 132 Smalley, L. D., 132 Smart, Alexander, 351 Smart, Elisha, 351 Smith, A. E., 351 Smith, A. L., 572 Smith, A. M., 389 Smith, A. N., 132 Smith, A. P., 132 Smith, Asa, 351 Smith, C. B., 389 Smith, C. G., 132 Smith, C. H., Navy, 132 Smith, C. H., 32d Mass. Inf., 351 Smith, C. P., 351 Smit
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