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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., Third regiment Massachusetts Cavalry. (search)
was drowned in the Mississippi River on April 23, 1862, four months after the organization of the company; and Jonathan E. Cowan, appointed in his place, being on leave of absence, the organization served under Lieutenant Perkins; in September, 1862, it became part of Weitzel's Brigade, and encamped at Thibodeaux, La., during the winter of 1862-63. In the autumn of 1862 the 41st Mass. Infantry, the remaining organization to unite in forming the 3d Cavalry, was recruited at Lynnfield and Boxford, Mass., and, under Col. Thomas E. Chickering of Boston, it left the State Nov. 5, 1862, and took up its quarters at Baton Rouge, La. Sharing in the Teche expedition in April, 1863, it occupied Opelousas and Barreas Lauding. On June 17 the four organizations united to form the 3d Cavalry, under Colonel Chickering. The regiment took part in the siege of Port Hudson, and in the spring of 1864 it began its part in the Red River campaign; in the latter part of July, organized as infantry, it was t
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., Forty-seventh regiment Massachusetts Infantry (Militia). (search)
otals,–––––––––––––897 Enlisted men (included above) commissioned in regiment.––––1–––––2––3 Enlisted men (included above) serving elsewhere within regiment.––1–1–––––11–4 Totals,––1–2–––––31–7 Actual total of members of regiment,— Officers,933–––––––––––42 Enlisted men, Including non-commissioned staff.7–94859679928294787665–848 Totals,–––––––––––––890 The 47th Mass. Infantry, also known as the Merchants' Guard Regiment, was recruited in the autumn of 1864 at Camp Stanton, Boxford, Mass., through the efforts of Lucius B. Marsh of Boston, who became colonel of the regiment. The companies being mustered in on varying dates from September 19 to October 31, and the field and staff on November 7, the regiment moved to Readville November 11, and on the 29th was ordered to New York; and leaving to join the forces in the Department of the Gulf, reac
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., Fiftieth regiment Massachusetts Infantry (Militia). (search)
issioned in regiment.–––––––––––––– Enlisted men (included above) serving elsewhere within regiment.–––––––––––1–1 Actual total of members of regiment,— Officers,930–––––––––––39 Enlisted men, Including non-commissioned staff.5–95888097849188928697–903 Totals,–––––––––––––942 The 50th Infantry, Mass. Volunteer Militia, had for its nucleus the 7th Regiment Mass. Militia, made up of men from Essex and Middlesex counties. Recruited to the required numbers at Camp Edwin M. Stanton, Boxford, it left camp under Col. Carlos P. Messer for New York November 19, to become part of General Banks' forces in the Department of the Gulf. Owing to the lack of means of transportation, it was sent to Louisiana by detachments, and Company I, sailing December 1, arrived much in advance of the others and was attached to the 30th Mass. Infantry at Baton Rouge until the arrival of companies A, E a
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Genealogical Register (search)
ritten Maccoon, Maccoone, and Mackoon), m. Deborah Bush 8 Nov. 1656; she d. 20 Feb. 1664, and he m. Sarah Wood 14 June 1665. His chil. were Hannah, b. 31 Oct. 1659; Deborah, b. 31 Dec. 1661; Elizabeth, b. 31 Jan. 1662, d. 30 Jan. 1663; Sarah, b. 15 Feb. 1663; John, b. 14 June 1666; Daniel, b. 18 Feb. 1668; Elizabeth, b. 17 Jan. 1669; Margaret, b. 20 Feb. 1671; Peter, b. 21 Feb. 1673. John the f. resided on the south side of the river, and was living in 1676. Mercy, m. Samuel Foster of Boxford 2 Sept. 1703. man, William (or Mann), m. Alice Teel 11 June 1657, and d. before 1 Ap. 1662. In his will, dated 10 Dec. 1661, he names his wife, and an only son Samuel, by a former marriage. William the f. was here as early as 1635, and res. on the road leading to the Fresh Pond. Before 1642 he purchased a house and land on the easterly side of North Avenue, near the Common, where he subsequently resided. 2. Samuel, s. of William (1), b. 6 July 1647, grad. H. C. 1665, and taught sc
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, M. (search)
ritten Maccoon, Maccoone, and Mackoon), m. Deborah Bush 8 Nov. 1656; she d. 20 Feb. 1664, and he m. Sarah Wood 14 June 1665. His chil. were Hannah, b. 31 Oct. 1659; Deborah, b. 31 Dec. 1661; Elizabeth, b. 31 Jan. 1662, d. 30 Jan. 1663; Sarah, b. 15 Feb. 1663; John, b. 14 June 1666; Daniel, b. 18 Feb. 1668; Elizabeth, b. 17 Jan. 1669; Margaret, b. 20 Feb. 1671; Peter, b. 21 Feb. 1673. John the f. resided on the south side of the river, and was living in 1676. Mercy, m. Samuel Foster of Boxford 2 Sept. 1703. man, William (or Mann), m. Alice Teel 11 June 1657, and d. before 1 Ap. 1662. In his will, dated 10 Dec. 1661, he names his wife, and an only son Samuel, by a former marriage. William the f. was here as early as 1635, and res. on the road leading to the Fresh Pond. Before 1642 he purchased a house and land on the easterly side of North Avenue, near the Common, where he subsequently resided. 2. Samuel, s. of William (1), b. 6 July 1647, grad. H. C. 1665, and taught sc
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, I. List of officers from Massachusetts in United States Navy, 1861 to 1865. (search)
Cimmarone; Montauk.South Atlantic.Apr. 8, 1865.Dropped.3d Asst. Engr. Dec. 8, 1862.3d Asst. Engr. Lane, Webster,Mass.Mass.Mass.May 23, 1861.3d Asst. Engr. Aug. 3, 1863.2d Asst. Engr.Colorado.Gulf.Mar. 22, 1867.Resigned.2d Asst. Engr. Minnesota; Roanoke.North Atlantic. Lane, William N.,--Mass.Oct. 21, 1861.Actg. Asst. Surgeon.-East Gulf.Feb. 21, 1862.Appointment revoked.Actg. Asst. Surgeon. Langdon, William, See enlistments, July 27, 1861; July 26. 1864. Credit. Somerville. Credit, Boxford.England.Mass.Mass.Sept. 1, 1864.Actg. Master's Mate.Ohio.Recg. Ship.July 8, 1867.Discharged.Actg. Master's Mate. Langley, Freeman, Credit, Somerville.Mass.Mass.Mass.May 8, 1863.Actg. Master's Mate.Princess Royal.West Gulf.Apr. 19, 1864.Resigned.Actg. Master's Mate. Langley, John W.,Mass.Mass.Mass.Sept. 3, 1862.Actg. Asst. Surgeon.Pampero.Gulf.Sept. 1, 1864.Resigned.Actg. Asst. Surgeon. Langstaff, James, See enlistment, Aug. 16, 1861. Credit, Boston.N. Y.-Mass.Feb. 4, 1862.Actg. M
Rev. James K. Ewer , Company 3, Third Mass. Cav., Roster of the Third Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment in the war for the Union, Company B. (search)
usician, Lawrence, 21, s; dresser. Aug. 6, 1862. Disch. disa. Jan. 18, 1864. Amos Powers, cook, en. Port Hudson, La., 40. Aug. 22, 1863. M. O. Sept. 28, 1865. John Stewart, cook, en. Port Hudson, La., 21. July 1, 1863. M. O. Sept. 28, 1865. Thomas Moore, cook, en. Port Hudson, La., 24. Aug. 23, 1863. Deserted July 29, 1865, Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Simeon Chase, cook, en. Port Hudson, La., 25. Aug. 28, 1863. Deserted July 29, 1862, Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Joseph Adams, en. Boxford, Oct. 27, 1863. Disch. Nov. 30, 1865. Walter S. Adams, Lawrence, 18, s; printer. Sept. 4, 1862. Killed in action Nov. 9, 1863, White Plains, La. Stillman Aldrich, E. Bridgewater, 36, m; teamster. Sept. 4, 1862. Disch. May 20, 1865. Henry D. Allard, Lawrence, 28, m; shoemaker. Sept. 4, 1862. Disch. disa. Oct. 19, 1863. Edward baker, Lawrence, 45, m; dresser. Aug. 12, 1862. Died Aug. 12, 1863, Raton Rouge, La. James F. Barnes, Clinton, 27, m; blacksmith. Jan. 5, 1864.
Rev. James K. Ewer , Company 3, Third Mass. Cav., Roster of the Third Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment in the war for the Union, Company C. (search)
18, s; shoemaker. Feb. 29, 1864. M. O. Sept. 28, 1865. James Ward, Roxbury, 27, s; grocer. Aug. 22, 1862. Disch. May 20, 1865. Martin Ward, Roxbury, 23, s; grocer. Aug. 22, 1862. Deserted Nov. 10, 1862, Long Island, N. Y. Patrick Welch, New York, Cr. Prescott, 21, s; laborer. March 24, 1864. Died Aug. 24, 1865, near Ft. Kearney, N. T. John Wentworth, Salem, 45, m; stone cutter. Aug. 22, 1862. Disch. disa. Nov. 15, 1863. William Wise, New Bedford, 27, m; harness maker. Aug. 22, 1862. Disch. May 20, 1865. James H. Whitcomb, Boxford, Cr. Stowe, 23, s; farmer. Jan. 5, 1864. Absent, sick at M. O. Sept. 28, 1865. Levi White, New York, Cr, Barnstable, 21, s; farmer. Jan. 30, 1864. Disch. Aug. 18, 1865. Samuel Wolfe, New Bedford, 21, s; seaman. March 28, 1864. M. O. Sept. 28, 1865. Charles A. Wright, Plympton, 18, s; farmer. Aug. 22, 1862. Disch May 20, 1865. Charles H. Wright, Pepperell, 22, s; brakeman. Jan. 1, 1862. Disch. Jan. 3, 1865.
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, The Tenth Massachusets Battery (search)
ops encamped with us were ordered to the seat of war, and those remaining were to be removed to Boxford. So, packing up our effects and getting down to the station promptly at nine o'clock in the mong backwards as much as forwards, and standing still more than it did either, we were landed in Boxford about ten o'clock at night, to find the ground soaked with rain, and the beans that had been stny end to his restless search, we never knew. In the morning Camp Stanton was established at Boxford. Here we pitched our tents and remained about six weeks, changing our location once during our On the evening of the 9th inst. Mr. Tobinas Beck of Charlestown was married at Camp Stanton, Boxford, to Miss Sarah Kilgore of Hampden, Me., by Benj. S. Barnes, Esq., J. P. The occasion brought together a great many of the ladies of Boxford and of the friends of the bridegroom and bride. The officers of the 10th Mass. Battery, of which the bridegroom is a member, were also interested spec
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Chapter 2: (search)
in the Boston Journal:— Marching orders. [Saturday, Oct. 4, 1862.] The 10th Massachusetts Battery in camp at Boxford have received marching orders for Monday, Oct. 6, and will probably reach this city about 1 o'clock. The following is a orlew. The departure of Sleeper's Battery. [Monday Oct. 13, 1862.] The 10th Mass. Battery, Captain Sleeper, now at Boxford will certainly leave for the seat of war at 10 o'clock tomorrow forenoon. The horses for the battery have all been inspenth Massachusetts Battery, Captain J. Henry Sleeper, arrived in the city at 1 o'clock this afternoon from Camp Stanton, Boxford, and marched up State and Washington Street en route for the Old Colony and Fall River Railroad Depot. The company is c Rest, and throwing ourselves on the floor, were soon sound asleep. Morning reports. 1862. Oct. 14. Started from Boxford at 11.30 o'clock en route for Washington, D. C., with orders to report to the Adjutant General. At Boston we took a spe
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