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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1. 224 2 Browse Search
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865 172 2 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 153 117 Browse Search
Colonel William Preston Johnston, The Life of General Albert Sidney Johnston : His Service in the Armies of the United States, the Republic of Texas, and the Confederate States. 152 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore) 136 14 Browse Search
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Chapter XXII: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, North Mississippi, North Alabama, and Southwest Virginia. March 4-June 10, 1862. (ed. Lieut. Col. Robert N. Scott) 132 12 Browse Search
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Chapter XXII: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, North Mississippi, North Alabama, and Southwest Virginia. March 4-June 10, 1862., Part II: Correspondence, Orders, and Returns. (ed. Lieut. Col. Robert N. Scott) 86 4 Browse Search
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 1 80 2 Browse Search
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant 78 0 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2. 78 0 Browse Search
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1849. (search)
1849. Everett Peabody. Colonel 13th (afterwards 25th) Missouri Vols. (Infantry), September 1, 1861; killed at Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., April 6, 1862. the Rev. William B. O. Peabody, D. D., of Springfield, Massachusetts, was the son of Judge Oliver Peabody of Exeter, New Hampshire, and was born July 7, 1799. He married Eliza Amelia White, daughter of Major Moses White, who served in the army through the Revolution. Rev. Dr. Peabody was settled in Springfield, Massachusetts, in Oca chivalrous officer was devoted to almost certain death, and he behaved just as his friends would have predicted in such an emergency. The following letter brought the announcement of his death. camp Prentiss, in the field, near Pittsburg, Tennessee, April 8, 1862. Frank Peabody, Boston. Dear Sir,—I have but a few minutes to write, and will devote them to performing one of the most painful duties that have devolved on me during this war. Your brother, Everett Peabody, Actin
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1858. (search)
pital Steward in the Twelfth Michigan Volunteers (Infantry), then in camp at Niles, Michigan. He took part in the battle of Shiloh, where he was made prisoner,—an experience which is graphically described in one of his letters. Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee, April 13, 1862. my dear friends,—I have not heard a word from you since I left Niles. Don't you write, or do the letters fail of coming through? I presume it is the latter. At any rate, I presume you would like to hear from me to rest under a tree. The name of the place is Nelson's, or Frazier's Farm. Lowell was among the earliest of the Harvard soldiers to fall by the hand of the enemy. Colonel Peabody preceded him about three months, having been killed at Pittsburg Landing, and Major How died on the field in the same battle in which Lowell received his mortal wound. He was also the earliest to fall of seven kinsmen, the lives of five of whom will be found in these volumes. While the soul of this noble you
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, Appendix. (search)
ived) at Gettysburg, Pa,10 Antietam, Md,7 Fredericksburg, Va,5 each Cedar Mountain, Va, Fort Wagner, S C,3 each Bull Run, Va, Chancellorsville, Va, The Wilderness, Va,2 each Port Hudson, La, Glendale, Va, Honey Hill, S C, Averysborough (Black Creek), N C,) Aldie, Bellfield, Carrsville, Cold Harbor, Cedar Creek, Deep Bottom, Drury's Bluff, Hatcher's Run, Petersburg, Rappahannock Station, Spottsylvania, Va.; Boykm's Mills, S. C.; Hartsville, Lookout Mountain, Pittsburg Landing, Tenn.; Whitestone Hill. Dakotah.1 each Total killed in action63 Killed by guerillas,4 Killed accidentally,2 Total died by violence,—69 Total died by disease,    26     — Total died in service,    95 Iii. Table of rank of deceased. [only the highest rank attained by each is here taken into the account.] Army, Brigadier-Generals3 Brevet Brigadier-General1 Colonels6 Lieutenant-Colonels6 Majors6 Brevet Majors2 Captains18 First Lieutenants21 Second