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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 Oc a 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, Appendix. (search)