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Rucker (search for this): chapter 6
r, Frank A. Chase, and John H. Knowland reported for duty. Capt. Sleeper went on furlough. Benj. H. Phillips' sentence having expired he is reported for duty. Feb. 4. Joseph Cross and John Norton reported for duty. Frank A. Chase sick in quarters. Feb. 5. Frank A. Chase reported for duty. John Norton reported sick in quarters. Feb. 6. Jos. Cross reported sick in quarters. Feb. 8. J. P. Brown, Jos. Cross and John Pedrick returned to duty. Received four horses from Quartermaster Colonel Rucker at Washington. Henry B. Winslow, 2nd., discharged from Emory Hospital and returned to duty. Feb. 9. J. W. French being sick is relieved from extra duty since Jan. 1st and Chas. E. Bruce is detailed in his place as Farrier. Feb. 10. John P. Brown and Jos. Cross reported sick in quarters. Feb. 11. John P. Brown and Jos. Cross reported for duty. Feb. 12. B. T. Atwood reported sick. J. W. French having his discharge dated Feb. 5th, started for Washington and home. Feb
John D. Billings (search for this): chapter 6
May 7. Packard reported for duty. Hunt reported for quarters. Received notice of the discharge of Wm. H. Martin, April 22, 1863. May 9. Colbath reported to quarters. May 10. Pierce (?) and Colbath reported for stable duty. May 12. Billings reported for quarters. One horse shot per order Capt. Sleeper; disease glanders. Capt. Sleeper returned from Washington. Redfield returned from furlough. Chase reported for stable duty. May 13. Billings reported for duty. One horse diedBillings reported for duty. One horse died; disease lung fever. Lieut. Adams started for Washington on 48 hours furlough. May 14. Fifteen horses condemned (11 shot, 4 turned in) per order Col. A. B. Jewett commanding brigade. May 15. Samuel Abbott (Abell)? having been discharged is dropped from the roll. Lieut. Adams returned. May 17. Leroy E. Hunt returned to duty. May 19. Received notice of the discharge of Joseph Brooks on the 11th inst. for disability. May 20. Received notice of the discharge of John Norton on th
Joseph H. Currant (search for this): chapter 6
bay horse, Baxter's, shot; disease glanders. George W. Parks sick in quarters. J. C. Frost reported for duty. March 14. One bay horse, Martin's, shot; disease glanders. Hanson, Pierce (?) and Thayer reported to quarters. Corporal Conant (Currant)? started on furlough to Boston. March 16. Wm. Herring, E. Ashcroft, Win. Endicott and D. R, Stowell reported to quarters. March 17.. Wm. H. Martin sent to insane hospital, Washingon, D. C. C. E. Pierce reported to duty. March 18. Hansston yesterday. J. W. Thayer reported for stable duty. Hanson, White, Newton, reported for quarters. March 22. Endicott, Herring, Chase, White, Newton, and Prince reported for duty; Ring reported for quarters. March 23. Corporal Conant (Currant)? returned from furlough. Ham, Thayer and Prince reported for quarters. Hiram P. Ring reported for duty. March 24. Brooks, Hanson, Barker and Norton sent to General Hospital, Washington, D. C. Han reported for duty. Corporal Stevens to qu
Otis N. Harrington (search for this): chapter 6
Sleeper started for Washington on business. March 27. Received notice of R. B. Wendall's discharge Feb. 24. Prince returned to quarters. March 30. Prince reported for duty. Lt. Armitage returned and reported for duty. March 31. Serg't. Harrington started on 10 days furlough to Boston. Capt. Sleeper returned from Washington. April 1. Prince and Blaney reported to quarters. April 2. Blaney reported for duty. April 9. Prince reported for duty. April 10. Serg't. HarringtSerg't. Harrington reported for duty, having returned from furlough. April 11. Thayer reported for duty. April 13. Frank Loham started on furlough for 15 days on account of disability. April 14. Redfield reported to quarters. April 15. Orcutt (?) reported to quarters. April 16. Redfield reported for dismounted duty. Stowell and Pierce (?) reported for quarters. April 17. Pierce (?) reported for duty. April 18. One bay horse died and 2 horses (one chestnut and one bay) shot, per order
Samuel J. Bradlee (search for this): chapter 6
mp Heintzelman. To the credit of our organization it may here be stated that these were the first and only original members to desert their flag and the cause in which they had volunteered. Morning reports. 1862. Dec. 27. Horse died of glanders. Dec. 28. One horse died of disease of the liver. Arrived at Poolsville about 11 o'clock A. M. Dec. 31. Mustered in for pay by Maj. H. M. Tremlett, 39th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers. 1863. Jan. 3. George H. Innis, Samuel J. Bradlee, E. T. Atwood and Harmon Newton sick in quarters. Jan. 4. George H. Innis returned to duty. Serg't. Geo. H. Putnam sick. Jan. 5. William Rawson sick in quarters. Serg't. Alden sick in quarters. Jan. 6. Wm. Rawson returned to duty. Joseph Brooks and John Norton * * * Jan. 7. Francis Loham sick in Camp Hospital. Serg'ts Alden and Putnam returned to duty. Jan. 8. Harmon Newton returned to duty. C. N. Barker sick in quarters. Jan.9. S. J. Bradlee and Joseph Brook
Francis Loham (search for this): chapter 6
Arrived at Poolsville about 11 o'clock A. M. Dec. 31. Mustered in for pay by Maj. H. M. Tremlett, 39th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers. 1863. Jan. 3. George H. Innis, Samuel J. Bradlee, E. T. Atwood and Harmon Newton sick in quarters. Jan. 4. George H. Innis returned to duty. Serg't. Geo. H. Putnam sick. Jan. 5. William Rawson sick in quarters. Serg't. Alden sick in quarters. Jan. 6. Wm. Rawson returned to duty. Joseph Brooks and John Norton * * * Jan. 7. Francis Loham sick in Camp Hospital. Serg'ts Alden and Putnam returned to duty. Jan. 8. Harmon Newton returned to duty. C. N. Barker sick in quarters. Jan.9. S. J. Bradlee and Joseph Brooks returned to duty. Jan. 10. Joseph Cross and W. S. Roundy sick in quarters. Jan. 11. James Dwight returned to duty. Jan. 12. W. S. Roundy returned to duty. Jan. 14. C. E. Woodis sick in quarters. Jan. 15. Wm. Rawson sick in quarters. Jan. 18. John M. Ramsdell sick in quarters. Jan. 1
Norman H. Butterfield (search for this): chapter 6
season. Fired a salute of 34 guns at 12 o'clock M. Feb. 26. William H. Martin placed under arrest for disobedience of orders. Frederick F. (?) Brown not having returned we have dropped him from the Report, as a deserter. Feb. 27. Norman H. Butterfield and C. N. Barker reported sick in quarters. Lieut. Smith went on furlough of 7 days. Feb. 28. Jos. Brooks reported sick in quarters. Battery mustered (for pay) by Capt. Sleeper. March 1. N. H. Butterfield returned to duty. Lieut.N. H. Butterfield returned to duty. Lieut. Adams leave of absence till Wednesday morning. March 2. Chas. E. Prince and John C. Frost reported sick in quarters. March 3. Sergt. Chandler Gould reduced to the ranks and Corporal L. R. Allard promoted to Sergt. vice Gould removed. One horse shot per order Capt. Sleeper, disease glanders. J. P. Brown reported sick in quarters March 4. John Norton reported for light duty. J. L. W. Thayer reported sick in quarters. Lieut. Adams returned. March 5. Nine horses condemned (5 turn
John E. Mugford (search for this): chapter 6
. March 16. Wm. Herring, E. Ashcroft, Win. Endicott and D. R, Stowell reported to quarters. March 17.. Wm. H. Martin sent to insane hospital, Washingon, D. C. C. E. Pierce reported to duty. March 18. Hanson reported for stable duty and Mugford and Chase reported to quarters. March 19. Mugford, Herring, Ashcroft and Stowell reported for duty. Alex. W. Holbrook reported to quarters. One sorrel horse ridden by Merrill, shot; disease glanders. March 20. Lieut. Adams returned and Mugford, Herring, Ashcroft and Stowell reported for duty. Alex. W. Holbrook reported to quarters. One sorrel horse ridden by Merrill, shot; disease glanders. March 20. Lieut. Adams returned and reported for duty last night. Herring reported for quarters. Holbrook reported for duty. March 21. Lieut. Armitage started on furlough for Washington and Boston yesterday. J. W. Thayer reported for stable duty. Hanson, White, Newton, reported for quarters. March 22. Endicott, Herring, Chase, White, Newton, and Prince reported for duty; Ring reported for quarters. March 23. Corporal Conant (Currant)? returned from furlough. Ham, Thayer and Prince reported for quarters. Hiram P. R
Mother Goose (search for this): chapter 6
charged fiercely down the glen. Bright gleamed his blade And terribly flashed his eye. Tearing apart the shrubbery that held the foe in concealment, lie dragged him to the light, and beheld—an astonished hospital nurse in quest of water. Thus ended the ever memorable event known in our company as the battle of Benson's Hill, so called, from the name of the man on whose farm it might have occurred; on which occasion we seemed in all but numbers like the King of France, as sung by Mother Goose, who with forty thousand men marched up a hill and then marched down again. We returned to camp at noon; but our troubles did not end here. Gen. Lee was now fairly launched on his great invasion of the North, and our isolated position seemed one fraught with much danger. Now and then the sound of distant cannonading told of cavalry contests between opposing armies as both were pressing northward, but we could hear nothing definite about what was actually taking place. Four days aft
Jesse T. Higgins (search for this): chapter 6
onsisting of a dipper furnished with a wire bail. He returned in transports at our appearance, and, having seen double, reported Capt. Sleeper's Battery of twelve guns and three hundred men as in splendid condition. We, on the other hand, took the hint about the dippers, and from that day forward a tin vessel fitted with a wire bail was known among us as a Dillingham. The weather becoming quite warm, nearly every man appeared under a straw hat, purchased in the town at the store of Jesse T. Higgins, one of two grocers then located there. During the first week in May the battle of Chancellorsville was fought and lost. Soon afterwards the Rebel movement northward began, and our days of quiet were broken in upon by frequent rumors of a move. The centre section, commanded by Lieut. Asa Smith, was sent to Edwards Ferry the 9th of May, and its guns put in position to command the crossing of the Potomac and the mouth of Goose Creek opposite. It was supported by a squadron of caval
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