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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 2 (search)
l Lyon; President of Court-Martial; engaged in the battles of Dug Springs, Mo.; Wilson's Creek, Mo., where he was wounded. Aide-de-Camp, staff of Major S. D. Sturgis. Lieut. Colonel, 19th Mo. Infantry, Aug. 30, 1861. In command Provost Guard, St. Louis, Mo.; ordered to Benton Barracks; regiment consolidated with 3d Mo. Infantry. Colonel, 3d Mo. Infantry (Lyon regiment), Jan. 18, 1862. On expedition to Helena, Ark., Mar.–July, 1862; in charge of brigade; on expedition to Pilot Knob and Ironton, Mo.; in the movement of Sherman against Vicksburg, Dec. 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