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George W. Stetson (search for this): chapter 20
, Ellis (?) and Carr (?) promoted corporals (?). Private Estee Lance Corporal to date from Dec. 1. [The above record is a sad jumble of fact and fancy. Mugford, Glidden, Endicott, Ellis (whoever this may mean) and Carr were notpromoted. Estee, Leverett Pierce and John D. Billings were made Lance corporals.] Nov. 4. Privates William Allen and Thomas Smith returned to duty from general hospital. Nov. 6. Notice received of Corp. G. A. Smith and privates Wm. Rawson, Thos. Cusick, G. W. Stetson, L. W. Adams and J. P. Brown being at Camp Parole, Md., as paroled prisoners. Nov. 7. Notice received of private C. D. Thompson at hospital, Annapolis, Md. Nov. 8. Four horses turned over to Capt. Strang by order of Lieut. E. L. Smith Battery K, 4th U. S. Art'y, A. A. I. Officer. Nov. 11. Private H. Orcutt reported to quarters. Nov. 12. Private Baxter reported to quarters. Nov. 13. Notice received of the death from wounds received in action on Aug. 25, 1864, of Private Geo
Thomas W. Strand (search for this): chapter 20
. Feb. 18. Monthly inspection (foot) by Lieut. W. S. Bull A. I. G. Art'y Brigade. Corp. G. A. Pease reported to quarters also James Lee. Feb. 19. Private Charles Slack on furlough of 20 days to New York City. Private James Lee reported to quarters. Feb. 20. Privates .Wm. Rawson and Alvin Thompson from Camp Parole (Exchanged Prisoners). Private B. H. Phillips returned to duty from General Hospital. Feb. 21. Private E. J. Wilson returned to duty from brigade headquarters. Private T. W. Strand detailed as orderly at brigade headquarters. Private Joseph Cross returned to duty from furlough. One horse died; exhaustion. Feb. 22. Maj. J. Henry Sleeper returned to duty from leave of absence. Feb. 23. Privates Harry Chase and Thresher sick in quarters. Feb. 24. Privates H. Chase and Thresher sick in quarters. Second Lieut. Milbrey Green on leave and Private James Dwight on furlough to Mass. of 20 days each. Eight horses received from Q. M. D., Art'y Brigade 2nd Corp
Samuel H. Foster (search for this): chapter 20
absent since Sept. 24, 1864. Dec. 5. Corp. Pease and Private Thayer reported to quarters. Serg't George H. Day discharged the service, for promotion agreeably to Special Order 312 Headquarters 2nd Corps, Dec. 4, 1864, and mustered into service Dec. 5, 1864 as 2nd Lieut. 10th Mass. Battery. 2nd Lieut. Wm. G. Rollins commissioned 1st Lieut. and mustered as 1st Lieut. Dec. 4, 1864. Dec. 6. Notice received of the discharge of Private Elisha T. Quimby for epilepsy, Nov. 11, 1864. Private S. H. Foster returned to duty from general hospital. Two horses shot by order Lieut. Clark, A. T. G. Art'y Brig. Second Corps.—Glanders and Lameness. Dec. 7. Corp. G. A. Pease sent to Brigade Hospital. Lance Sergeant L. L. Estabrook promoted full Sergeant. Lance Corporal Estee full corporal. Corp. J. H. Stevens and Private W. S. Roundy promoted Lance Sergeant and Corporal respectively from Dec. 5, 1864. Dec. 8. Right and Centre Sections placed in Fort Emory; Left Section in Fort Siebert
W. S. Bull (search for this): chapter 20
ivate Patrick E. Neagle absent without leave since April 29, 1864, returned (under arrest) Feb. 6, 1865. Serg't Chas. W. Doe to duty from brigade hospital. Corp. G. A. Pease reported to quarters. Feb. 18. Monthly inspection (foot) by Lieut. W. S. Bull A. I. G. Art'y Brigade. Corp. G. A. Pease reported to quarters also James Lee. Feb. 19. Private Charles Slack on furlough of 20 days to New York City. Private James Lee reported to quarters. Feb. 20. Privates .Wm. Rawson and Alvin Th March 13. Private H. Chase reported to quarters. One horse died of exhaustion. March 14. Private M. Orcutt reported to quarters. March 15. Privates Orcutt and Fales reported to quarters. March 16. Monthly inspection (mounted) by Lieut. W. S. Bull. One recruit, Thos. J. Pratt (?), received. Private M. Orcutt reported to quarters. Notice received of the transfer to General Hospital from brigade of Privates F. A. Cook and Charles Fiske. March 17. First Lt. J. Webb Adams mustered o
A. F. Richardson (search for this): chapter 20
d M. M. Pierce reported to quarters. Dec. 26. Private Jos. Edwards returned to light duty from brigade hospital. Private Pierce reported to quarters. Corp. A. F. Richardson (?) absent on furlough of fifteen days dated from Dec. 27. (The name is omitted in the Morning Report Book.) Dec. 28. Notice received of the presencerted to quarters. One horse died—farcy. Jan. 11. Corp. Pease reported to quarters. Private L. Ham returned to duty from brigade hospital. Jan. 12. Corp. A. F. Richardson absent without leave. Private Hiram P. Ring a furlough of 15 days to Millbury, Mass., and to Maine. Jan. 13. Private M. Campbell returned to duty from Q. M. Dept. Corp. A. F. Richardson absent without leave. Jan. 14. Corp. Pease and Private Ham reported to quarters. Priv. Chas. D. Thompson returned to duty from absence with leave. Paroled prisoner. Jan. 15. Private L. Ham reported to quarters; Corp. G. A. Pease and Private J. A. Lucas sent to brigade hospital from Q.
W. T. Sherman (search for this): chapter 20
th the hope of seeing you at no distant day giving a practical helping hand to those who are still striving to put down the Rebellion. Sincerely your friend, Alexr. S. Webb, Bv't Major General, Chief of Staff, A. P. About the middle of March orders came to be ready to move at short notice, and to turn in one section of the Battery. March 24th a corps review was held, and sutlers and non-combatants generally were ordered to City Point. We were now on the tiptoe of expectation. Sherman was marching northward by rapid stages, and great events were discernible in the near future. We did not look forward to the opening of the spring campaign with so much dread as we felt a year before, for two reasons,—first, because we had since become thoroughly seasoned by what was indisputably the hardest year's campaigning of the war; and second, because we knew the terrible strait to which our foe had been reduced in numbers and morale.We did not expect any more hard fighting. Everyt
Grant (search for this): chapter 20
ods, Battery headquarters were established, where we applied all our previous experience in building the neatest and cosiest quarters we had ever erected, and all the longer to be remembered because the last of their kind. Thus the whole of this newly acquired territory was in a sort time dotted with the white-roofed huts of the soldiery, and what we found a comparative solitude transformed into the stir and bustle of town life. Its sloughs were soon ribbed with corduroy, and in a few days Grant's modern marvel, the military railroad, was extended along the new lines, having its terminus a few rods in rear of our camp. The truce already mentioned as existing between the lines at Fort Welch was unbroken here, and the only firing heard was that of Rebel pickets directed Zzz. at members of their own side deserting to the Union army. Every night especially dark, brought squads of these men in, whom we saw marched past to corps headquarters, but with whom we rarely had opportuni
Harrison Chase (search for this): chapter 20
d Thresher sick in quarters. Feb. 24. Privates H. Chase and Thresher sick in quarters. Second L2nd Corps. Feb. 25. Privates M. Orcutt and H. Chase, excused. Feb. 26. Privates M. Orcutt and H. Chase reported to quarters. Private L. W. Temple returned from furlough. Brevet Major J. Henry Feb. 28. Privates J. W. Wilson, M. Orcutt, H. Chase, and F. Mins, excused from duty. Notice receital of Private J. A. Lucas. March 1. Privates H. Chase, J. W. Wilson and M. Orcutt reported to eave to duty. March 6. Privates M. Orcutt, H. Chase, F. Mins and S. Otis reported to quarters. Parker on furlough of 20 days to Mass. Privates H. Chase, F. Mins and M. Orcutt reported to quartom General Hospital. Artificer Gross and Privates H. Chase and Orcutt (?) reported to quarters. on furlough of 20 days to Boston, Mass. Privates H. Chase, F. Mins and M. Orcutt reported to quarttt (?) reported to quarters. March 13. Private H. Chase reported to quarters. One horse died of [1 more...]
Michael Foley (search for this): chapter 20
d to duty from general hospital. Monthly inspection by Lieut. Clark A. I. G. Art'y Brigade. Dec. 15. One horse died—Stoppage. Thirteen (13) horses turned over to Capt. Strang by order of Lieut. Clark, A. I. G. Art'y Brig. Private information received of the death of Judson Stevens at East Boston while on furlough, Aug. 31, 1864. Lieut. Geo. H. Day on leave of absence of 15 days to Boston. Dec. 16. Nine recruits received from Draft Rendezvous, Mass.; Wm. H. Clark, Francis A. Cook, Michael Foley, Joseph Lear, George Nichols, Chas. F. Clark, Patrick Foran, Samuel Otis, Moses Mercier. Dec. 17. First Lieut. Wm. G. Rollins temporarily detailed on special service at Headquarters Art'y Brigade, Second Corps, agreeably to Special Orders 213, Headquarters Art'y Brigade. Dec. 18. Private J. L. W. Thayer sent to brigade hospital. One horse died.—Glanders. Dec. 19. Privates H. Orcutt, E. C. Jewell, T. Herlehy, S. A. Atwood on detailed duty with Q. M. Dept. Art'y Brigade, agreea
Daniel McAllister (search for this): chapter 20
The following is an extract from a letter written by Gen. McAllister to a friend in New Jersey. The General commanded a brface the following extract from a letter written me by Gen. McAllister, by saying that Gen. Gordon, commander of the Rebel Sevision, with a kind of swamp or marsh intervening, was Gen. McAllister's Brigade of the Third Division, facing northward. Ouof First Division), which had taken post at the right of McAllister, whereat Ramsey at once sent word to headquarters that hion must have been flanked or captured, perhaps both. Gen. McAllister, too, admitted his inability to have held his post unaan. 3. Private M. Mercier sent to brigade hospital. Privates McAllister and Pierce (?) reported to quarters. Corp. G. A. Pe 1864. Jan. 4. Privates Ellsworth, (?) Southworth and McAllister reported to quarters. Corp. F. M. Howes and Private Ric Pease excused from duty. Jan. 6. Corp. Pease and privates McAllister and Campbell reported to quarters. Private F. A. Co
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