862.
Colonel, Oct. 17, 1862.
Took part in the battles before Richmond under General McClellan, 1862.
Wounded at Gaines's Mill, and sent as a prisoner to Richmond.
Rejoined his regiment, and present at the battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, and the battles following; engaged at Petersburg and Weldon Railroad. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Sept. 9, 1864.
Mustered out, Oct. 17, 1864.
Died at Newtonville, Mass., Mar. 23, 1889.
Tower, zealous Bates.
Born at Cohasset, Mass., Jan. 12, 1819.
Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1837, to July 1, 1841. Second Lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, July 1, 1841. Brevet First Lieutenant, Apr. 18, 1847. First Lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, Apr. 24, 1847. Brevet Captain, Aug. 20, 1847. Brevet Major, Sept. 13, 1847.
Captain, Corps of Engineers, July 1, 1855. Chief engineer in the defence of Fort Pickens, Fla., Feb. 20, 1861, to May 10, 1862.
Major, Aug. 6, 1861.
Present at the repulse
William H.
Second Lieutenant, 47th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Sept. 20, 1862. First Lieutenant, Nov. 8, 1862.
Mustered out, Sept. 1, 1863.
Torrey, Robert, Jr.
First Lieutenant, 43d Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Sept. 24, 1862.
Mustered out, July 30, 1863.
Torrey, William H.
See Mass.
Field Officers.
Tower, Elisha C.
First Lieutenant, 46th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Oct. 22, 1862.
Mustered out, July 29, 1863.
Tower, Morton F.
Sergeant, 13th Mass. Infantry, Apr. 23, 1861; mustered, July 16, 1861. Second Lieutenant, July 23, 1862. First Lieutenant, Feb. 3, 1863.
Captain, Oct. 23, 1863; mustered, Mar. 5, 1864.
Mustered out, Aug. 1, 1864.
Townsend, Albert H.
First Lieutenant, 47th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Oct. 24, 1862.
Discharged (disability), June 2, 1863.
Townsend, George Miles.
Corporal and Sergeant, 10th Battery Mass. Light Artillery, Sept. 9, 1862. Second Lieutenant, F
Tenn., June 30, 1863, of wounds received at the action of Hoover's Gap, Tenn., June 26, 1863.
Thorndike, George L.
Born in Massachusetts.
Captain, Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, Sept. 9, 1861.
Resigned, Mar. 24, 1863.
Thorndike, James Edward.
Born in Massachusetts.
Captain, Additional Aide-de-Camp, U. S. Volunteers, June 17, 1862. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
Resigned, June 5, 1865.
Tilton, William Stowell.
See General Officers.
Tower, zealous Bates.
See General Officers.
Town, Franklin E.
Born in Massachusetts. Second Lieutenant, 42d N. Y. Infantry, June 22, 1861. First Lieutenant, Nov. 12, 1862. Captain, U. S. Signal Corps, Mar. 3, 1863.
Resigned, Nov. 29, 1864.
Captain, 4th U. S. Veteran Volunteers, Dec. 31, 1864.
Mustered out, Apr. 2, 1866. Second Lieutenant, 11th U. S. Infantry, Mar. 7, 1867. Brevet First Lieutenant, U. S. Army, Mar. 7, 1867.
Transferred to 16th U. S. Infantry, Apr. 12, 1869.
Unassigned, Apr. 1
864.
G. O. 256, Sept. 15, 1864.
G. O. 15, Feb. 6, 1865.
Tobey,
Captain J. S., of the 35th Mass. Infantry, to be Major, U. S. Volunteers, by brevet, for eminent gallantry and good conduct throughout the war, to date from Apr. 2, 1865.
G. O. 133, Aug. 22, 1865.
G. O.65, June 22, 1867.
Torrey,
William H., late Captain of the 55th Mass. Infantry, to be Major, U. S. Volunteers, by brevet, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from Mar. 13, 1865.
G. O. 91, Oct. 9, 1867.
Tower,
Major Z. B., of the Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, to be Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Army, by brevet, for gallant and meritorious services during the defence of Fort Pickens, Fla., to date from Nov. 22, 1861.
G. O. 71, Aug. 31, 1866.
— Brevet Lieut. Colonel Z. B., U. S. Army, and Major of the Corps of Engineers, Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, to be Colonel, U. S. Army, by brevet, for zeal and efficiency displayed by him during active operations in front of Nashville, especially on the f
Bell.
Bivouac, vol. 1, p. 174.
— – Short review of action during whole Chancellorsville operations.
Boston Evening Journal, May 21, 1863, p. 2, col. 2.
— – Song of the regiment, verses.
Bivouac, vol. 1, p. 3.
— – Statement of Capt. Morton F. Tower, who escaped through the tunnel, Feb. 9, 1864, about prisoners at Libby, Richmond, Va. Boston Evening Journal, Feb. 23, 1864, p. 2, col. 7.
— – Straggling; Sergt. Roland B. Morris. Chas. H. Bingham.
Bivouac, vol. 2, p. 266.
— – Theournal, Feb. 1, 1864, p. 4, col. 2.
— Col. Rose's tunnel from Libby prison, Feb. 9,10, 1864.
With diagrams.
Frank E. Moran. Century, vol. 35, p. 770.
— – Escape from Libby.
Army and Navy Journal, vol. 1, p. 407.
— Statement of Capt. Morton F. Tower, 13th Regt. M. V. I., who escaped through the tunnel, Feb. 9, 1864. Boston Evening Journal, Feb. 23, 1864, p. 2, col. 7.
— Condition of prisoners in Libby and Belle Isle, 1864. Army and Navy Journal, vol. 2, p. 8
Tobey, G. H., 496
Tobey, J. S., 230, 362, 561
Tobin, J. M., 362
Tobin, R. F., 726
Todd, G. S., 362
Todd, J. S., 362
Tolman, S., Jr., 575
Tomlinson, E. G., 362
Tompkins, E. F., 362
Toombs, E. W., 362
Toombs, W. D., 362
Toothaker, S. G., 144
Topham, P. M., 144
Topham, W. H., 362
Topliff, J. C., 144
Torbert, A. T. A., 726
Torrey, P., 575
Torrey, Robert, Jr., 362
Torrey, W. H., 230, 362, 661
Tower, Andrew, 144
Tower, E. C., 362
Tower, G. B. N., 144
Tower, L. L., 584
Tower, M. F., 362, 727
Tower, Z. B., 197, 449, 561
Towle, D. G., 481
Towle, G. F., 727
Towle, S. K., 390
Town, F. E., 449, 481
Towne, E. B., 584
Towne, F. W., 144
Townsend, A. H., 362
Townsend, E. D., 198, 449, 561, 727
Townsend, G. M., 362
Townsend, J. P., 362
Tracy, G. H., 449, 561
Tracy, Henry, 362
Tracy, T. G., 449, 481
Trafton, J. W., 362
Train, C. J., 162
Train, C. R., 449
Train, H. D., 49th Mass. Inf., 362
Train, H. D., 31st Mass. Inf., 390
Train, S. F., 144
Train, Samuel,