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Emilio, Luis F., History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry , 1863-1865 26 2 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies 17 1 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died. 6 0 Browse Search
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1860. (search)
ho was taken away by disease after five months service (Hopkinson), was one of the most brilliant writers and Latin scholars among our recent graduates. Company F, it is also to be noticed, afterwards contributed from its own ranks to the three years regiments in service one brevet brigadier-general, two lieutenant-colonels, nine captains, one first and one second lieutenant Three of these officers performed signal service and were wounded in the assault on Fort Wagner, and two others, Captain Simpkins and Captain Russell, were there killed. The commission of Second Lieutenant in the Eighteenth Massachusetts Regiment was issued to Weston by Governor Andrew on March 4, 1863, and in the latter part of that month he sailed from Newbern for Boston. After a preparation of some ten days he set out for his command in Virginia, and joined it in its camp near Falmouth on the 18th of April. The history of Lieutenant Weston, from May to November of 1863, is identified with that of the Eig
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1865. (search)
en discussed by him while in camp, and especially with his friends Simpkins and Sergeant James. The former was several years older than his Captain (afterwards Brevet Brigadier-General) A. S. Hartwell. Captain Simpkins joined the regiment at a later period. Cabot served at first nt on a small scale; all officers safe, but alas for my poor men! Simpkins, Willard, and myself were detailed for picket on the 15th instant, with our companies. We went out, Simpkins's and my companies on the line, Willard's in reserve. We went out at six P. M. All night the Rebe uneasy, and my men kept firing on their scouts. Just at daybreak Simpkins's line was violently driven in, the enemy thus turning my flank an the ground, and across him the body of his dear friend, Captain William H. Simpkins, his comrade in arms and in death, than whom the countryptain Russel. A ball struck him in the shoulder and he fell. Captain Simpkins offered to carry him off. But the boy had become a veteran in
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, Biographical Index. (search)
Shurtleff, Benjamin, Dr., II. 42. Shurtleff, N. B., Dr., II. 42. Shurtleff, N. B., Jr., Capt., Memoir, II. 42 -51. Also, I. 24, 25;; II. 50, 51;. Shurtleff, Sarah S., II. 42. Sickles, Daniel E., Maj.-Gen., I. 140, 220;; II. 72, 73;, 235. Sigel, Franz, Maj.-Gen., I. 244; II. 170. Simmons, C. F., Adjt., Memoir, I. 50-58. Simmons, David A., I. 51. Simmons, G. F., Rev., I. 50. Simmons, Lucia, I. 50. Simmons, William, I. 50. Simonds, C. S., Capt., I. 186. Simpkins, W. H., Capt., II. 202, 461;, 462, 463, 465. Slocum, H. W., Maj.-Gen., II. 273. Smith, D. P., II. 161. Smith, Elbridge, I. 333. Smith, Gen. (Rebel service), I. 213. Smith, Hiram, II. 42. Smith, J C., Rev., I. 356. Smith, Nathan, II. 391. Smith, Thomas, II. 391. Snow, Rev. Mr., I. 42. Soule, C. C., Capt., II. 378. Soule, G. L., I. 358; II. 372. Spurr, John, Gen., I. 440. Spurr, Mary A. L., I. 440. Spurr, S. D. Col., I. 440. Spurr, T. J., Lieut., M