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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1 2 0 Browse Search
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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 8: (search)
, to-morrow, please appoint a time when they can be received. The engagement was kept, and Governor Andrew gave the officers a hearty welcome. So great was the success of the arrangement, and so well satisfied were the California men, that three other companies, making a battalion, were raised in California, and joined the regiment; Massachusetts paying expense of transportation, and allowing the bounty to the volunteers which the Legislature had authorized. Of this battalion, DeWitt C. Thompson, formerly of Major-General Halleck's staff, was appointed major. No better officers or men than these volunteers from California served in the Union army. Many of them were killed in battle, and never returned again to the shores of the Pacific; among whom was the first captain, J. Sewall Reed, who was killed in action Feb. 22, 1864. The Legislature for 1863 met at the State House on Wednesday, Jan. 7. Jonathan E. Field, of Berkshire County, was elected President of the Senate, ha
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 3 (search)
3, 1863. Discharged (disability), Sept. 29, 1864. Recommissioned as Major, Aug. 10, 1864. Lieut. Colonel, Dec. 10, 1864. Mustered out, June 26, 1865, as Major. Thomas, Charles E. First Lieutenant, 4th Mass. Cavalry, Jan. 14, 1864. Captain, Aug. 23, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 9, 1865. Mustered out, Nov. 14, 1865. Thomas, Stephen. Captain, 18th Mass. Infantry, May 16, 1861. Major, Aug. 21, 1862. Lieut. Colonel, Dec. 1, 1862. Resigned, Sept. 3, 1863. Thompson, Dewitt C. Second Lieutenant, 2d Mass. Cavalry, Jan. 16, 1863. Major, Mar. 19, 1863. Resigned, Aug. 9, 1864. Thurber, James Danforth. Private, 13th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 12, 1862. Second Lieutenant, 55th Mass. Infantry, June 15, 1863. Promoted First Lieutenant, June 29. 1863 Captain, Dec. 1, 1863. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, Aug. 29, 1865. Tileston, George F. Major, 11th Mass. Infantry, June 13, 1861. Lieut. Colonel, Oct. 11, 1861. Killed at Bu