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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 12 2 Browse Search
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Colonel Theodore Lyman, With Grant and Meade from the Wilderness to Appomattox (ed. George R. Agassiz), IV. Cold Harbor (search)
e arm and lost a deal of blood before it could be stopped. Also there came a cheery soldier, shot through the leg, who said: Never mind, I hit five or six of them first. Finally we rode the whole length of Warren's and Crittenden's lines, seeing Weld on the way. . . . May 27, 1864 Last night Russell's trusty division of the 6th Corps set out on a very long march, as our advanced guard in a flank movement to the Chickahominy. . . . This necessitated our early getting out of that, for we wered to have been done by our shells, which I was glad to hear, for I hate this business of house-burning. Next time, I fancy the warlike Thomas will make no mistakes about turns. August 13, 1864 . . . I rode over to make some enquiry about Colonel Weld, of Loring, at Burnside's Headquarters. As I drew near, I heard the sound as of minstrelsy and playing on the psaltry and upon the harp; to wit, a brass band, tooting away at a great rate. This was an unaccustomed noise, for Burnside is comm
Colonel Theodore Lyman, With Grant and Meade from the Wilderness to Appomattox (ed. George R. Agassiz), Index (search)
noeuvres, 50; at Mine Run 56; Morton's, 70; Sheridan's dislike, 106n; defect, 110n; search for, 146; feeling, 147; before Petersburg, 168, 217, 221, 233, 234, 251, 294, 297; narrow escape, 219; stragglers, 292; relieved of command, 333. Washburn, Elihu Benjamin, 318, 319. Washburn, Francis, 353. Washington, D. C., Harvard Club, i; in 1863, 4. Waste in the war, 207. Way, a covered, 203. Webb, Alexander Stewart, 42, 45, 59, 94, 807, 313, 317, 345, 356; described, 307. Weld, Stephen Minot, Jr., 128, 211. Weldon railroad, 217, 224, 226, 23, 294. Wheaton, Frank, 91, 299; before Petersburg, 175, 177. White, Julius, 219. Wilcox's wharf, 163. Wilderness, the, 53, 89; battle of, 98. Wilkinson, Morton Smith, 75. Willcox, Orlando Bolivar, 212, 234, 310. Williams, Seth, 23, 60, 110, 123, 171, 221, 258, 270; on Sunday work, 28; brevet denied, 289; messenger to Lee, 354. Williams house, 173, 189. Wilson, James Harrison, 82, 104, 136, 156. Wingate, —, 357. Winth
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Cheerful Yesterdays, chapter 5 (search)
undertaken; as when the recognized leader of a certain class of the Harvard Law School abandoned, from conscientious scruples, the career of a practicing lawyer, and spent his life as a conveyancer. What turned me away from the study of the law was not this moral scruple, but what was doubtless an innate preference, strengthened by the influence of one man and one or two books. After leaving college I taught for six months as usher in the boarding-school at Jamaica Plain, kept by Mr. Stephen Minot Weld; and then, greatly to my satisfaction, became private tutor to the three young sons of my cousin, Stephen Higginson Perkins, a Boston merchant, residing in a pretty cottage which he had designed for himself in Brookline. In him I encountered the most attractive man I had yet met and the one who was most to influence me. He was indeed a person of unique qualities and great gifts; he was in the prime of life, handsome and refined, a widower, whose modest household was superintended b
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Cheerful Yesterdays, Index. (search)
ttee, the, 139, 145. Voltaire, F. M. A. de, 298, 300, 301, 302, 303, 317, 321. Walker, Captain, 206. Walker, F. A., 26. Walker, James, 56, 110. Walpole, Horace, 280. Ward, G. C., 176. Ward, S. G., 176, 246. Ware, George, 25. Ware, Henry, 138. Ware, Thornton, 29. Ware family, the, 180. Washington, George, 16. Wasson, D. A., 112, 169. Watkins, W. I., 217. Watson, Marston, 78. Webb, Seth, 157. Webster, Daniel, 82, 136, 297. Webster, J. W., 27. Weiss, John, 103, 169. Weld, S. M., 78. Weller, Sam, 334. Wells, W. H., 129. Wells, William, 19, 20, 2x. Wendell, Barrett, 52. Wentworth, Amy, 8. Weyman, Stanley, 29. Whewell, William, 92, 101. Whipple, E. P., 170, 176. White, A. D. , 312. White, Blanco, 183. White, William, 126. White fugitive slaves, 146. Whitman, Walt, 230, 231, 289. Whittier, J. G., 8, 111, 128, 132, 133, 134, 135, 168, 171, 178, 179, 180, 185, 237. Whittier, Elizabeth, 133, 134. Wightman, Mayor, 244. Wilberforce, William, 327.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 2 (search)
Donelson. Chief of artillery at the battle of Shiloh. Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Nov. 29, 1862. Military governor of Memphis, Tenn., and superintendent of military railroads. General Grant's Chief of staff in the Vicksburg campaign. Chief of staff of Generals William T. Sherman and George H. Thomas, being present with the latter at the battle of Nashville. Brevet Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Resigned, Nov. 6, 1865. Died at Chicago, Ill., Mar. 12, 1876. Weld, Stephen Minot. Born at Jamaica Plain, Mass., Jan. 4, 1842. Volunteer Aide-de-Camp on staff of General Wright and took part in expedition which captured Port Royal, S. C., and Hilton Head. Second Lieutenant, 18th Mass. Infantry, Jan. 24, 1862. Aide-de-Camp of the staff of General Fitz-John Porter; with the Army of the Potomac on the march to Centreville, Va., and in the Peninsular campaign; prisoner at Gaines's Mill; sent to Libby Prison and remained there six weeks; exchanged and joined Genera
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 3 (search)
jor, Additional Paymaster, U. S. Volunteers, Sept. 5, 1861. See United States Army. Webster, Fletcher. Colonel, 12th Mass. Infantry, June 26, 1861. Killed at Bull Run, Va., Aug. 30, 1862. Webster, Moses F. First Lieutenant, 1st Mass. Cavalry, Dec. 19, 1861. Captain, 4th Mass. Cavalry, July 3, 1863. Major, Oct. 18, 1864. Resigned, July 7, 1865. Weld, Horace N. Major, 5th Mass. Cavalry, Jan. 22, 1864. Lieut. Colonel, Feb. 15, 1865. Mustered out, Oct. 31, 1865. Weld, Stephen Minot. See General Officers. Wells, George Duncan. See General Officers. Weston, Thomas. Captain, 18th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 20, 1861. Major, Oct. 15, 1863. Mustered out, Sept. 2, 1864. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Wheatland, George, Jr. Captain, 48th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Sept. 19, 1862. Major, Dec. 8, 1862. Mustered out, Sept. 3, 1863. Wheelock, Joseph H. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1846, to July
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 7 (search)
5. Captain, Assistant Surgeon, June 23, 1865. Major, Surgeon, July 28, 1866. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, Sept. 28, 1866. Retired, Feb. 28, 1889. Weeks, Benjamin Franklin. Born in Massachusetts. Private, Sergeant Major and Q. M. Sergeant, 28th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 24, 1861. First Lieutenant, Regimental Quartermaster, Apr. 6, 1862. Captain and Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 21, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, July 18, 1865. Mustered out, Aug. 4, 1865. Weld, Stephen Minot. See General Officers. Wells, Charles Brown. Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, Regimental Quartermaster, 52d Ill. Infantry, Sept. 13, 1861. Captain, Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, Nov. 20, 1862. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Resigned, July 14, 1865. Wells, George Duncan. See General Officers. Wells, Thomas R. Born in Massachusetts. Private and Q. M. Sergeant, 13th Mass. Infantry, July 16, 1861. Second Lieutenant, Nov. 5, 18
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 11 (search)
Major Warren, Surgeon, U. S. Army, to be Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Army, by brevet, for meritorious and distinguished services at Hart's Island and David's Island, New York Harbor, where cholera prevailed, to date from Sept. 28, 1866. G. O. 89, Sept. 26, 1867. Weeks, Captain B. F., Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, to be Major, U. S. Volunteers, by brevet, for efficient and meritorious services, to date from July 18, 1865. G. O. 133, Aug. 22, 1865. G. O. 65, June 22, 1867. Weld, Colonel S. M., of the 56th Mass. Infantry, to be Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, by brevet, for gallant and meritorious service, to date from Mar. 13, 1865. G. O. 148, Oct. 14, 1865. G. O. 65, June 22, 1867. Wells, Captain C. B., Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, to be Major, U. S. Volunteers, by brevet, for meritorious services in his department during the war, to date from Mar. 13, 1865. G. O. 65, June 22, 1867. Wells, Colonel G. D., of the 34th Mass. Infantry
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 16 (search)
. 1029. — – Position at Gettysburg, Pa. In paper on Gen. Sickles. Army and Navy Journal, vol. 24, p. 57. — 5th Corps. At Manassas, Aug. 30, 1862; review of field and action of Corps; with sketch map; from Boston Herald, attributed to Gen. Stephen M. Weld. Army and Navy Journal, vol. 15, p. 527. — – At Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862. Report of Gen. A. A. Humphreys for 3d Div.; two columns. Army and Navy Journal, vol. 7, p. 177. — – Crossing the North Anna, Va., May 23, 1864; sho. 1, p. 2, col. 2, p. 4, cols. 1, 3; Sept. 2, p. 4, col. 1. — – Outline of events, Aug. 28-30. N. Y. Nation, vol. 28, p. 260. — – Review of the field and the action of the 5th Corps; with sketch map; from Boston Herald; attributed to Gen. Stephen M. Weld. Army and Navy Journal, vol. 15, p. 527. — – Rumors of Jackson's supposed move upon Baltimore. Boston Evening Journal, Sept. 3, 1862, p. 2, cols. 1, 2, 4, 7. — – Summary of blunders at; from Atlantic, Aug., 18
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, Index of names of persons. (search)
Milton, 150 Webster, W. H., 150 Webster, Warren, 452, 564 Weeber, C. W., 368 Weed, J. D., 150 Weeden, C. L., 150 Weeks, B. F., 368, 452, 564 Weeks, E. C., 150 Weeks, G. M., 729 Wehrun, C. C., 368 Welgand, Frederick, 368 Welr, Thomas, 368 Weiss, J., 729 Welch, Archelaus, 368 Welch, C. P., Navy, 162 Welch, C. P., 39th Mass. Inf., 368 Welch, F. M., 368, 496 Welch, H. B., 368 Welch, Richard, 500 Weld, A. D., 150 Weld, F. M., 150, 496 Weld, H. N., 232 Weld, R. H., 368 Weld, S. M., 200, 232, 452, 564, 729 Weller, E. J., 368 Weller, I. C., 368 Welles, Gideon, 730 Welles, H. C., 368 Wellington, E. W., 368 Wellington, Horatio, 586 Wellman, C. C., 368 Wellock, C. H., 368 Wells, C. B., 452, 482, 564 Wells, C. C., 150 Wells, D. L., 368 Wells, D. W., 368 Wells, G. D., 200, 232, 452, 564, 730 Wells, Gideon, 368 Wells, H. M., 150 Wells, H. W., 160 Wells, Jerome, 585 Wells, Parker, 685 Wells, T. R., 368, 452, 564 Wells, W. L., 368 Wells, W. M., 368 Wels