nt a casus belli, or from the recognition of the Confederate Government by England and France, which would follow upon the breaking — up of our blockade of the Southern ports, which it was deemed certain that those Laird rams would accomplish.
It became, therefore, imperative that an agent from this State should proceed to England to look after its interests; and the Governor detailed Colonel Harrison Ritchie, his senior aide-de-camp, for that duty.
Colonel Ritchie sailed on the 16th of September, 1863.
He was ordered to inspect the guns and projectiles being manufactured there for the State, and assume direction of the contracts, with power to modify the contracts in every respect, excepting so as to increase the total contract prices, and to cancel the contracts for such of the guns as it might appear to him would not probably be completed within the extension of time which had already been granted.
The distinguished engineer, Mr. J. C. Hoadley, went out shortly after, and joi
Inf.,June 3, 1864,Washington, D. C., June 26, 1864.
Freeman, Lemuel, Sergt.,58th Mass. Inf.,Petersburg, Va., June 26, 1864.Washington, D. C., July 1, 1864.
Freeto, Francis,1st Mass. H. A.,Petersburg, Va.,Petersburg, Va., June 19, 1864.
French, Charles P., Corp.,10th Mass. Inf.,Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864.Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864.
French, Daniel H., Sergt.,34th Mass. Inf.,Oct. 13, 1864,Baltimore, Md., Nov. 13, 1864.
Frost, Albert C.,15th Mass. Inf.,July 3, 1863,Gettysburg, Pa., Sept. 16, 1863.
Frothingham, Gustavus, Corp.,1st Mass. H. A.,Petersburg, Va., June 16, 1864.Petersburg, Va., June 24, 1864.
Fuchs, Moritz,16th Mass. Inf.,– –Petersburg, Va., June 18, 1864.
Fuller, Morton, Corp.,43d Mass. Inf.,– –Goldsboroa, N. C., Jan. 6, 1863.
Fuller, Sandford K.,1st Co. Mass. S. S.,Gettysburg, Pa.,July 18, 1863.
Gaddes, Joseph, Sergt.,10th Mass. Inf.,Wilderness, Va.,Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864.
Gage, William H.,13th Mass. Inf.,July 1, 1863,Baltimore, Md., Aug. 20, 1863.
Gage
Inf.,June 3, 1864,Washington, D. C., June 26, 1864.
Freeman, Lemuel, Sergt.,58th Mass. Inf.,Petersburg, Va., June 26, 1864.Washington, D. C., July 1, 1864.
Freeto, Francis,1st Mass. H. A.,Petersburg, Va.,Petersburg, Va., June 19, 1864.
French, Charles P., Corp.,10th Mass. Inf.,Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864.Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864.
French, Daniel H., Sergt.,34th Mass. Inf.,Oct. 13, 1864,Baltimore, Md., Nov. 13, 1864.
Frost, Albert C.,15th Mass. Inf.,July 3, 1863,Gettysburg, Pa., Sept. 16, 1863.
Frothingham, Gustavus, Corp.,1st Mass. H. A.,Petersburg, Va., June 16, 1864.Petersburg, Va., June 24, 1864.
Fuchs, Moritz,16th Mass. Inf.,– –Petersburg, Va., June 18, 1864.
Fuller, Morton, Corp.,43d Mass. Inf.,– –Goldsboroa, N. C., Jan. 6, 1863.
Fuller, Sandford K.,1st Co. Mass. S. S.,Gettysburg, Pa.,July 18, 1863.
Gaddes, Joseph, Sergt.,10th Mass. Inf.,Wilderness, Va.,Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864.
Gage, William H.,13th Mass. Inf.,July 1, 1863,Baltimore, Md., Aug. 20, 1863.
Gage
1863.
Adjutant, Nov. 1, 1864.
Discharged (disability), Feb. 13, 1865.
Davis, Marcus M.
Second Lieutenant, 22d Mass. Infantry, Dec. 16, 1862. First Lieutenant, May 19, 1863.
Captain, June 4, 1864.
Mustered out, Oct. 17, 1864.
Davis, Marshal H.
Second Lieutenant, 32d Mass. Infantry, June 2, 1863.
Discharged (disability), Nov. 22, 1864.
Davis, Phineas Alonzo.
Captain, 7th Battery Mass. Light Artillery, Apr. 20, 1861.
Captain, Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Sept. 16, 1863.
See U. S. Army.
Davis, Walter Scott.
See Mass.
Field Officers.
Davis, William G.
Second Lieutenant, 27th Mass. Infantry, May 2, 1863 First Lieutenant, June 4, 1864.
Captain, May 15, 1865; not mustered.
Mustered out, May 15, 1865.
as First Lieutenant.
Davis, William W.
Second Lieutenant, 29th Mass. Infantry, Mar. 25, 1862.
Resigned, July 30, 1862.
Davis, William W.
Private, 13th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 12, 1862.
Mustered out, Aug. 22, 1863. Second Lieutenant,