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Newport (Rhode Island, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
se, as in many others, discretion became the better part of valor. On the twenty-third day of May, Robert C. Winthrop, of Boston, inclosed a letter to the Governor, which he had received from the American consul at Malta, a kinsman of his, giving information in regard to a portion of the British fleet stationed at that port, that had been ordered to Halifax; and, should a war occur between America and England, the first point of attack would be Portland, the second Boston, and the third Newport, so far as the Northern States were concerned, and he should be glad if the Governors of the New-England States were informed of the danger which threatened them. The letter contained much information which was of interest at the time, and would have been invaluable in case of a war between the two nations. The letter which Mr. Winthrop forwarded to the Governor was a copy of one the consul had written to Mr. Seward, Secretary of State. On the 28th of May, an order was passed by the Ex
Boston Harbor (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
tietam, where he lost his left arm. The letter of the Governor appears to have been satisfactory to Mr. Stanton, as Colonel Wilde was commissioned brigadier-general April 24, eight days after it was written. The defenceless condition of Boston Harbor had from the first attracted the serious attention of the Governor and of the community generally. The seizure of our merchant vessels upon the high seas by rebel cruisers, and the frequent reports of the approach of the Alabama upon our coaren had no authority to detain or examine suspicious vessels. In the Vineyard Sound, where ninety thousand sail of vessels annually pass Gay-Head Light, there was no protection whatever. A swift war-steamer, like the Alabama, might run into Boston Harbor or the Vineyard Sound, and do incalculable mischief, almost without molestation. New-York Harbor was five times as well protected as Boston. For these and other reasons, the Governor asked the President to comply with his request. He thoug
Hilton Head (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
ful; the moon was at its full. A small Government steamer accompanied the transport a mile outside of Boston Light. On the passage down the bay, the men were addressed by Mr. Douglass, the Adjutant-General, and some of the officers. Those who were not to go with the regiment returned to the city on the Government boat. It was a splendid sight to see the large vessel, with its precious freight, vanish in the distance, as it proceeded on its way to South Carolina. The regiment reached Hilton Head June 3. On the eighteenth day of July, it led the advance at Fort Wagner, in which engagement Colonel Shaw was killed. His body never was recovered; but it was buried, as the Charleston papers said, with his niggers. The Fifty-fifth Regiment left Boston on the twenty-first day of June, in the transport Cahawba, for Moorehead City, N. C. The Adjutant-General, in his report for 1863, gives many details relating to the organization, departure, and services of these colored regiments. T
Noddle's Island (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
ys) he was in camp previous to that time. It is for this time that he claims pay; but as no provision of law, and no appropriation of money, has been made to meet such cases, I do not see how he can be paid. There are thousands of cases existing similar to this. I think, if a gratuity of ten or fifteen dollars was made to him, he would be satisfied. He is a painter by trade, and can get work; but he is not well enough to work at present. While I was writing the above, Mrs. Abbott, of East Boston, came to see me on a case precisely similar. Her husband is in the Tenth Battery. He enlisted on the 16th of August, and was mustered in on the 9th of September. Mrs. Abbott has three children, and has received no money since the battery left the State. I think her case is as deserving as the other, the facts being the same. In January, 1863, the Governor was in Washington. The following paragraph appears in a letter addressed to him on other matters:— There is nothing new h
Louisiana (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
Hamilton, of Texas Major Burt plan to invade Texas Mortality of Massachusetts regiments in Louisiana War steamers rights of colored soldiers Temperance Generalullman's expedition coast defene. He deeply regretted that his request to have the troops destined for the expeditions to Louisiana and Texas embark from our own ports, where they could have been protected from needless hardshston to Galveston. The troops of Massachusetts in Maryland, in Virginia, in the Carolinas, in Louisiana, in Texas; the details from her regiments for gunboat service on the Southern and Western riveon of the Forty-second Regiment, the regiments failed to reach Texas, and were then on duty in Louisiana. Major Burt, who had returned home, was personally acquainted with a large number of the officpened, were at that time objects sought to be obtained by the Government. As the climate of Louisiana caused a great amount of sickness among the Massachusetts regiments on duty in that State, thi
Beaufort, N. C. (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
he State. In the Adjutant-General's office, an equal number were written, of which we can refer only to a few, to illustrate some of the difficulties against which the State officers had to contend. On the 12th of January, the Adjutant-General, by direction of the Governor, wrote to Mr. Gooch, member of Congress, calling his attention to the case of David E. Goodfellow, an enlisted man in the Twenty-first Regiment, who had served under General Burnside in the capture of Roanoke Island, Beaufort, and Newbern, N. C. In January, 1862, he had been detailed by General Burnside to help lay a railroad-track at Annapolis, Md., a business which he was acquainted with. He remained faithful to his duty until he was prostrated with a fever, and received a furlough to come home from Mr. Goddard, who had charge of the Government work. On his recovery, he at once reported at the State House, and asked for transportation back to his post. The Adjutant-General sent him to Colonel Day, U. S. A.,
Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
re the practical embodiment of intelligent Massachusetts thought. The plan was favored from the beecognition of its justice and necessity by Massachusetts, which was the first of the United States State House. The Californians are mostly Massachusetts men, though not exclusively so; some are fce. It not only discussed the position of Massachusetts in the war, but also a variety of topics r there were at least two establishments in Massachusetts capable of building such vessels, whose se, from Boston to Galveston. The troops of Massachusetts in Maryland, in Virginia, in the Carolinashere is no part of the military history of Massachusetts of greater interest than the part which reolor to enlist in the colored regiments of Massachusetts. At this time, there were a great number interesting episodes in the war history of Massachusetts, as we shall show hereafter, and for the pan he be considered a part of the quota of Massachusetts, so that his family can receive the State [44 more...]
Middlesex County (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
been paid for ten months, utters no complaint. The Adjutant-General disclaimed any wish to say a word disparagingly of Colonel Day. He is an old officer of the army; but he does not understand our people, and is too aged to learn. He will do nothing that is not in the regulations. Cannot some discretionary power be given, or are we to die daily, like St. Paul, by this adherence to the old rules, made when the army of the United States did not number as many men as the county of Middlesex has sent to this war. Goodfellow is now at the Hancock House at the expense of the Commonwealth. He had either to go there or sleep all night in the Tombs or police station. It is this utter disregard of the rights and amenities of brave and patriotic men that is sapping to its roots the tree of patriotism, and making recruiting almost an impossibility. Please show this letter to Senator Wilson and such of your colleagues as you may think best, and let me hear from you as soon as possi
Staten Island (New York, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
, in the State, and men who believed in the capacity of colored men to make good soldiers. Upon receiving authority to recruit a regiment, he immediately fixed upon Robert G. Shaw, a captain in the Second Regiment Massachusetts Infantry, as the colonel; a gentleman of education, a brave officer, and connected, by blood and marriage, with the oldest and most respectable families in the State. Before communicating his purpose to Captain Shaw, he wrote Jan. 30 to Francis G. Shaw, Esq., Staten Island, N. Y., father of the captain, to obtain his consent. After stating fully his purpose to have the colored regiments officered by the best men, he said, My mind is drawn toward Captain Shaw by many considerations. I am sure he would attract the support, sympathy, and active co-operation of many among his immediate family relations. The more ardent, faithful, and true republicans and friends of liberty would recognize in him a scion from a tree whose fruit and leaves have always contribute
Fort Independence (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
addressed to him on other matters:— There is nothing new here that requires mention. Every thing, I believe, is progressing in the right direction. Camp day (North Cambridge) was broken up yesterday, and the recruits transferred to Fort Independence, which, I understand, will hereafter be the rendezvous for recruits for old regiments. If we could only have some energetic person appointed at the head of the recruiting service, and have two-thirds of the officers now here, ostensibly onl. We find the following note among the Adjutant-General's letters, dated April 20, 1863:— I have been ordered by His Excellency the Governor to proceed this evening to New York, to see General Wool. There is a man, a deserter, at Fort Independence, who is sentenced to be shot, and the Governor is very anxious to have the sentence commuted. General Wool has power to do it. If I am successful, I save a poor fellow's life; if unsuccessful, I will have the satisfaction of having done wh
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