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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 10 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore) 3 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Woodbury, Augustus 1825- (search)
Woodbury, Augustus 1825- Author; born in Beverly, Mass., in 1825; graduated at the Harvard Divinity School in 1849, and was ordained in the Unitarian Church; became pastor of the Westminster Unitarian Church in Providence, R. I., in 1853; was chairman of the Rhode Island board of inspection for prisons in 1866-77; appointed chaplain of the 1st Rhode Island Regiment in 1861, and was chaplain-inchief of the Grand Army of the Republic in 1874-75. In 1883 he became president of the Providence Athenaeum. His publications include The preservation of the republic; Narrative of the campaign of the 1st Rhode Island Regiment in the spring and summer of 1861; An Historical sketch of the prisons and jails of Rhode Island; Memorial of Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside, etc.
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 84 (search)
. Remington, jr.; Third Lieutenant, Augustus M. Tower; Fourth Lieutenant, Henry B. Brastow; Surgeon, Nathaniel Miller. (This battery is now at Easton, Pa.） Medical Staff--Surgeon Wheaton and Asst. Surgeons Rivers and Carr. Chaplain — Augustus Woodbury. The Regimental Band contains 22 musicians. The uniform of the Regiment consists of the regulation hat, a loose blue blouse, and gray pantaloons. A plain leather belt around the waist sustains the cartridge-box, the bayonet, and six-baMoses Jenkins, a private in this regiment; is a gentleman worth one million dollars. When the regiment was organized he destroyed his ticket for a passage to Europe that he might remain to fight in defence of the flag of his country. The Rev. Augustus Woodbury resigned his charge unconditionally; the trustees refused at first to accept his resignation. The Rev. gentleman was so determined, however, that they decided to receive his resignation, to supply his place, and to continue his salary,
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, XIV. Massachusetts women in the civil war. (search)
s were made from them. The total receipts of the New England society were $314,874.07. In addition to the regular hospital supplies, the society distributed in the hospitals 168,476 books and pamphlets. A vast deal of relief and supply work was done by Massachusetts women during the war, besides that accomplished under the auspices of the Sanitary Commission. The same is true of men, not only in Massachusetts, but throughout the North. In the autumn of 1861, Miss Anna Lowell, now Mrs. Woodbury, with other Boston ladies, organized the Union Hall Association of Boston, which was formed to give employment to the wives of the volunteer soldiers. Among the ladies interested with Miss Lowell were Mrs. Oliver Wendell Holmes and Mrs. James T. Fields. These ladies took large contracts of army clothing at the government price, and obtained contributions of money from wealthy people, which enabled them to pay good wages to the sewing-women. Over 900 women were employed by this associa
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 16 (search)
vol. 24, p. 528. — Letter, giving review of Gen. C. P. Stone and Ball's Bluff, Va. Army and Navy Journal, vol. 24, p. 646. Burnside and 9th Army Corps. Augustus Woodbury. Rev. of book, and full discussion. N. Y. Nation, vol. 4, p. 125. Burnside expedition. 1861. Letter from Annapolis, Md., Dec. 26, giving brief and — – In Tennessee, Oct., 1863. March and events of current month; despatches. Boston Evening Journal, Oct. 21, 1863, p. 2, col. 4. — – Burnside and the. Augustus Woodbury, rev. of, and full discussion. N. Y. Nation, vol. 4, p. 125. — 11th Corps. Position at Gettysburg, Pa. In paper on Gen. Sickles. Army and Navy Journal, ve Monitor in Hampton Roads, March 29, 1862. Century, vol. 29, p. 738. Wood, col. Wm. H. Obituary notice. Army and Navy Journal, vol. 24, p. 468. Woodbury, Augustus. Burnside and the 9th Army Corps, rev. of, and full discussion. N. Y. Nation, vol. 4, p. 125. Wormwood cordial of history. O. W. Holmes. Atl
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, Index of names of persons. (search)
f, Charles, 158 Wood, A. E., 733 Wood, Albert, 391 Wood, C. L., 374 Wood, C. O., 158 Wood, Caleb, 585 Wood, Daniel F., 374 Wood, David, 374 Wood, David F., 585 Wood, Edwin A., 374 Wood, Ephraim A., 374 Wood, G. H., 158 Wood, J. B., 158 Wood, J. T., 733 Wood, L. C., Jr., 158 Wood, Leonard, 374 Wood, Moses, 585 Wood, Pliny, 374 Wood, S. A., 374 Wood, T. D., 576 Wood, W. E., 374 Wood, W. F., 374 Wood, W. H., Navy, 158 Wood, W. H., 11th U. S. Inf., 455, 567, 733 Woodbury, Augustus, 733 Woodbury, G. A., 158 Woodbury, H. T., 374 Woodbury, W. W., 483 Woodfin, J. U., 374 Woodfin, P. T., Jr., 374 Woodland, Charles, 158 Woodman, G. F., 483 Woodman, H. F., 375 Woodman, W. H., 375 Woods, C. H., 158 Woods, C. I., 375 Woods, G. H., 455, 483, 567 Woods, H. L. R., 158 Woods, S. F., 3d Battalion Mass. Rifiemen, 375 Woods, S. F., 34th Mass. Inf., 375 Woodsum, W. P., 375 Woodward, C. J., 375 Woodward, C. M., 375 Woodward, D. M., 233 Woodward, E. P., 375