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Stono River (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
o Oct. 21, 1861. Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Sept. 28, 1861. In command of brigade in the Port Royal expeditionary corps, Oct. 21, 1861, to Mar. 31, 1862; engaged, and in command of the land forces which attacked the enemy at Port Royal Ferry, and captured and destroyed the rebel batteries on Coosaw River, S. C., Jan. 1, 1862. In the department of the South, Mar. 31 to July 12, 1862; in command of brigade, and subsequently of a division; engaged in the demonstrations and actions on Stono River, June 3-10, 1862; and assault of the rebel works at Secessionville, James Island, S. C., June 16, 1862. In command of division at Newport News, Va., July –Aug., 1862. Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers, July 4, 1862. In the northern Virginia campaign, Aug.–Sept., 1862; engaged in various skirmishes on the Rappahannock, Aug., 1862; battle of Manassas, Aug. 29-30, 1862. Killed, Sept. 1, 1862, while leading his division in a charge at the battle of Chantilly. Stevenson, Robert Hooper.
Natick (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
. Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands for the states of South Carolina and Georgia, May 18, 1865, and of the state of Florida, June 8, 1865, to Jan. 9, 1866. Mustered out of volunteer service, Jan. 15, 1866. Major, staff, Quartermaster, July 29, 1866. Lieut. Colonel, staff, Deputy Q. M. General, June 6, 1872. Colonel, staff, Assistant Q. M. General, Mar. 10, 1882. Retired from active service, Oct. 19, 1888. Shepard, Isaac Fitzgerald. Born at Natick, Mass., July 7, 1816. Major, Assistant Adjt. General, Mo. State Militia, June 18, 1861. Engaged in the organization and instruction of troops under General Lyon in Missouri; Adjt. General on the staff of General Sweeney, with the rank of Lieut. Colonel. Engaged in the expedition to Springfield, Mo. Senior Aide-de-Camp, staff of General Lyon; President of Court-Martial; engaged in the battles of Dug Springs, Mo.; Wilson's Creek, Mo., where he was wounded. Aide-de-Camp, staff of Major S. D. S
Fort Independence (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
0, 1866. Dana, James Jackson. Born at Waltham, Mass., Apr. 9, 1821. Second Lieutenant, 4th U. S. Artillery, June 18, 1855; accepted, June 27, 1855. At Fort Independence, Boston, Mass., to Oct., 1856. In Florida, to Sept., 1857. First Lieutenant, Jan. 10, 1857. Acting Assistant Quartermaster and Assistant Commissary of Subsit Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, June 29, 1865. Died at Hartford, Conn., Jan. 8, 1883. Eustis, Henry Lawrence. Born at Fort Independence, Boston, Mass., Feb. 1, 1819. Cadet U. S. Military Academy, Sept. 1, 1838, to July 1, 1842. Second Lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, July 1, 1842. Resigned, , 1866. Palfrey, Francis Winthrop. Born at Boston, Mass., Apr. 11, 1831. First Lieutenant, 4th Battalion Infantry, M. V. M., Apr. 20, 1861. On duty at Fort Independence, Boston Harbor, Apr. 25 to May 25, 1861. Lieut. Colonel, 20th Mass. Infantry, July 1, 1861. Left the state with regiment, Sept. 4, 1861, for Washington, D.
Roxbury, Mass. (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
n and Antietam, Md, where he was wounded. Major, Dec. 15, 1862. Lieut. Colonel, Apr. 25, 1863 Chief of staff of 2d division, 9th Army Corps; Provost Marshal General of Kentucky, July 1, 1863. Military Commandant of the district of Lexington, Aug., 1863. Superintendent of recruiting service in Massachusetts, Apr., 1864. Mustered out, Nov. 14, 1864. Colonel, 4th Mass. Artillery, Nov. 14. 1864. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, June 17, 1865. Died at Roxbury, Mass., June 29, 1882. Kinsman, Josiah Burnham. Born in Maine. Appointed from Massachusetts. Lieut. Colonel, Additional Aide-de-Camp, U. S. Volunteers, June 24, 1862. Brevet Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Brevet Brig. General and Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, July 20, 1866. Kirkham, Ralph Wilson. Born at Springfield, Mass., Feb. 20, 1821. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1838, to July 1, 1842. Brevet Second Lieutenant, 2d U. S. Infa
Meadow Mills (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
with the bands of guerillas which infested the neighborhood of Washington. Engaged in the active raids of General Sheridan in 1864, in the Valley of the Shenandoah, during which he had thirteen horses shot under him. Engaged in the battle of Rockville, Va.; in charge of Provisional Brigade, July 26. Engaged in the battle of Winchester, Va. In command of Reserve Brigade, Sept. 8. Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Oct. 19, 1864. Died at Middleton, Va., Oct. 20, 1864, of wounds received at Cedar Creek, Oct. 19, 1864. Lyman, Luke. Born at Northampton, Mass, Nov. 1, 1824. Lieut. Colonel, 27th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 16, 1861. Present at the battles of Roanoke Island, New Berne, Kinston, Goldsboroa, Washington, Core Creek, Gum Swamp, White Hall. Resigned, May 27, 1863. Brevet Colonel and Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Died at Montreal, Canada, Nov. 12, 1889. McGinnis, George Francis. Born at Boston, Mass., Mar. 19, 1826. Served during the Mexican War as Firs
Fitchburg (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
ral, U. S. Army, May 31, 1862. In command of 4th Army Corps on the Virginia Peninsula, Aug. 25, 1862, to July, 1863; engaged in the organization of a raid to the White House, Va., Jan. 7, 1863; in command of expedition to West Point, Va, May 7, 1863; and in expedition under Maj. General Dix towards Richmond, June-July, 1863; and engaged in several skirmishes. On Board for Retiring disabled officers, July 15, 1863, to May 6, 1864. Resigned, May 6, 1864. Kimball, John White. Born at Fitchburg, Feb. 27, 1828. Captain, 15th Mass. Infantry, July 12, 1861. Major, Aug. 1, 1861. Present at the battle of Ball's Bluff. Lieut. Colonel, May 1, 1862. Engaged in the Peninsular campaign, Pope's campaign and battle of Antietam. Discharged to accept promotion, Nov. 12, 1862. Colonel, 53d Mass. Infantry, Nov. 10, 1862; mustered, Dec. 3, 1862. Served in Louisiana. Present at the fall of Port Hudson. Engaged in recruiting service in Worcester, Mass. Mustered out, Sept. 2, 1863. Brevet B
Orange, N. J. (New Jersey, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
of the Potomac, Mar.–Aug., 1862. In the Maryland campaign, Sept.–Nov., 1862. On inspection duties in the departments of the Northwest, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi and the Gulf, July, 1863, to Sept. 20, 1865. Brevet Brig. General and Maj. General, U. S. Army, Mar. 13, 1865. On leave of absence and awaiting orders, Sept. 20, 1865, to Sept. 3, 1866. Brig. General, staff, Insp. General, U. S. Army, Dec. 12, 1878. Retired from active service at his own request, Jan. 2, 1881. Died at Orange, N. J., Nov. 22, 1887. Martin, William Henry. Born in Massachusetts. Private, 1st Ohio Infantry, Apr. 19 to Aug. 2, 1861. Captain, 93d Ohio Infantry, July 18, 1862. Lieut. Colonel, Apr. 3, 1863. Resigned, Dec. 2, 1863. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, June 8, 1865. May, Dwight. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, 2d Mich. Infantry, Apr. 25, 1861. Resigned Dec. 2, 1861. Lieut. Colonel, 12th Mich. Infantry, Oct. 8, 1862. Colonel, June 10, 1865. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Vol
New Orleans (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
f of Mexico and the Mississippi. Took possession of the city of New Orleans, May 1, 1862, after ts capture by the naval forces. Recalled, Dment of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, and in the occupation of New Orleans, La. Military commander of city, May to June, 1862. Commanding a bgaged at the battle of Baton Rouge, La. Commanding defences of New Orleans, La., Aug., 1862. Brevet Major, U. S. Army, Aug. 5, 1862. Acting Asneral Butler till Dec. 24, 1862. Detached at Fort Jackson and New Orleans, La., May 4-22, 1862. In charge of the construction and repairs ofdent of U. S. Claim Commission, and finally as Acting Mayor of New Orleans, La., May 4 to June 8, 1865. Commanded 81st U. S. Colored Troops ict. 1, 1861. Engaged in the organization of the expedition to New Orleans, La. Chief of staff and ordnance to Maj. General Butler, commandingp Island to Biloxi, Miss. (in command), Apr., 1862, capture of New Orleans, La., May 1, 1862. On sick leave of absence, June to Sept., 1862.
Worthington (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
U. S. Volunteers, July 2, 1863. Mortally wounded at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863. Died at Westminster, Md., July 4, 1863. Revere, William H., Jr. Born in Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, 11th N. Y. Infantry, May 7, 1861. Resigned, June 1, 1861. Colonel, 10th Md. Infantry, July 30, 1863. Mustered out, Jan. 29, 1864. Colonel, 107th U. S. Colored Infantry, July 11, 1864. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Aug. 17, 1865. Died Sept. 20, 1865. Rice, James Clay. Born at Worthington, Mass., Dec. 27, 1829. Enlisted as private. Promoted First Lieutenant, 39th N. Y. Infantry, May 10, 1861. Captain, Aug., 1861. Lieut. Colonel, 44th N. Y. Infantry, Sept. 13, 1861. Colonel, July 4, 1862. Present at the battles of Yorktown, Hanover Court House, Gaines's Mill, Malvern Hill, Manassas, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville; commanded a brigade at Gettysburg; engaged in the advance on Mine Run and in the operations in the Wilderness. Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Aug. 17, 18
Hampton Roads (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
to Boston. Colonel, 20th Mass. Infantry, Dec. 18, 1862; mustered, Jan. 24, 1863. Resigned on account of disability, Apr. 13, 1863. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Died at Cannes, France, Dec. 6, 1889. Palfrey, John Carver. Born at Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 25, 1833. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1853, to July 1, 1857. Brevet Second Lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, July 1, 1857. Second Lieutenant, Dec. 31, 1857. Assistant Engineer on the defences of Hampton Roads, Va., Apr. 24 to July 4, 1861. On sick leave of absence, July 4 to Oct. 27, 1861. First Lieutenant, Aug. 3, 1861. Assistant Engineer at Fort Monroe, Va., Oct. to Nov. 29, 1861. Superintending Engineer of the construction of fort at Ship Island, Miss., Dec. 23, 1861, to Jan. 5, 1863. Acting Aide-de-Camp to Brig. General Phelps and afterwards to Maj. General Butler till Dec. 24, 1862. Detached at Fort Jackson and New Orleans, La., May 4-22, 1862. In charge of the construction and repairs
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