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Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 4, Chapter 5: the Jubilee.—1865. (search)
church, and which is used by the colored people as their principal place of worship. It was crowded with an immense audience of three or four thousand blacks. Gen. Saxton Major-General Rufus Saxton, the philanthropic Commander of the Department, and worthy successor to General Mitchel in his vigilant regard for the interests of Major-General Rufus Saxton, the philanthropic Commander of the Department, and worthy successor to General Mitchel in his vigilant regard for the interests of the freedmen. was presiding over the meeting, and around him in the pulpit were some of the most eminent public men and leading abolitionists in the country. The space in front was filled with military officers, teachers, and missionaries from the North, and members of the excursion parties of the Arago and the Oceanus. The Odpath presiding, and Samuel Dickerson made an eloquent farewell speech, to which Garrison, Thompson, and Tilton responded. Major Delaney, a colored member of General Saxton's staff, also spoke. The hundreds of school children present sang patriotic songs with great energy. As the steamer swung off, Dickerson was seen kneeling a
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Carlyle's laugh and other surprises, chapter 13 (search)
not run a Typewriter more than a Sewing-Machine. Will the next generation learn to write — any more than learn the alphabet? With Love to all yours Truly & always E. E. Hale. This next letter was called out by the death of Major-General Rufus Saxton, distinguished for his first arming of the freed slaves-- Washington, D. C., Feb. 29, 1908. Dear Higginson,--I have been reading with the greatest interest your article on Gen. Saxton. It has reminded me of an incident here — thGen. Saxton. It has reminded me of an incident here — the time of which I cannot place. But I think you can; -and if you can I wish you would write & tell me when it happened — and perhaps what came of it. I was coming up in a street [car] when Charles Sumner came in & took a seat opposite me — The car was not crowded. Every one knew him, and he really addressed the whole car — though he affected to speak to me. But he meant to have every one hear-& they did. He said substantially this,-- The most important order since the war began
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Carlyle's laugh and other surprises, chapter 14 (search)
slave regiments, as it was. The fact that General Saxton was a Massachusetts man, as was the colonement; but this is an error of five months, General Saxton's authority having been dated August 25, 1buted, in a general way, to the success of General Saxton's undertaking. In making this claim, it my end the war. As an outcome of all this, General Saxton's name is quite sure to be long rememberedvil and military authority was not always what Saxton himself would have selected. There were timesare of fatigue duty. This was hard indeed for Saxton to bear, and was increased in his case by the neral Saxton. As an organizer of troops General Saxton's standard was very high, and he assumed, eing the lowest in their personal habits. General Saxton would issue special orders from time to ti expeditions for his own particular regiments, Saxton kept up, as we thought at the time, a caution . To the present writer, at least, the world seems unquestionably more vacant that Saxton is gone. [8 more...]
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1: prelminary narrative, Preliminary narrative. (search)
ninety-seven privates as missing, thus confirming the original statement (p. 429). Brig.-Gen. Rufus Saxton, United States Volunteers (a Massachusetts officer), commanded about this time the defegton, and his whole enterprise had been disallowed by the United States government when Brig.-Gen. Rufus Saxton, then military governor of the department, availing himself of the fact that one compangiment, p. 278. made it the pioneer of the whole subsequent series of slave-regiments. Now, General Saxton was a Massachusetts man; so was the colonel whom he put in charge of the regiment (T. W. Higformed during the war was formed of South Carolina and Florida recruits (volunteers) by Brig.-Gen. Rufus Saxton, military governor of the Department of the South,—he being a Massachusetts man, —and t credit should also be given the State of Massachusetts for the enormous service rendered by General Saxton as military governor in organizing the vast number of freedmen and refugees upon the Sea Isl
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died., Index of names of persons. (search)
68, 478 Savage, John, 563 Savage, Leonard, 547 Savage, M. W., 414 Savage, S. G., 97, 478 Savery, John, 547 Saville, G. W., 547 Saville, J. R., 414 Savin, J. H., 547 Sawin, Charles, 547 Sawin, J. W., 547 Sawtell, A. J., 414 Sawtell, E. D., 415 Sawtell, G. S., 415 Sawtell, J. A., 244 Sawtell, Luther, 478 Sawtelle, H. A., 478 Sawyer, A. H., 478 Sawyer, A. T., 415 Sawyer, C. H., 415 Sawyer, G. W. B., 415 Sawyer, J. W., 547 Sawyer, John, Jr., 547 Sawyer, S. F., 547 Saxton, Rufus, 52, 81, 90, 91 Sayers, G. D., 547 Sayles, G. C., 415 Scaffer, H., 547 Scanlan, John, 547 Scanlon, John, 415 Scannell, John, 478 Scannell, Patrick, 415 Schaffer, C. M., 547 Schalster (or Schusser), Joseph, 548 Schellinger, Franklin, 563 Schemmerhorn, Martin, 415 Schenck, Anthony, 438 Schill, Philip, 494 Schiller, William, 415 Schleicher, George, 415 Schmidt, Bernard, 415 Schmidt, William, 9th Mass. Inf., 415 Schmidt, William, 11th Mass. Inf., 415 Schmidt, William, 35
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 2 (search)
1862. Additional Aide-de-Camp to Maj. General Banks; on duty in the department of the South; Army of the Potomac; and department of the Gulf. Present at the battles of Secessionville, Culpepper, Rapidan Station, South Mountain, Antietam, Chancellorsville and Fredericksburg. Engaged in the Red River campaign. Wounded in action of Bayou Rapids. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 21, 1864. Discharged for disability resulting from wounds received in action, Sept. 29, 1864. Saxton, Rufus. Born at Greenfield, Mass., Oct. 19, 1824. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1845, to July 1, 1849. Brevet Second Lieutenant, 3d U. S. Artillery, July 1, 1849. Second Lieutenant, 4th Artillery, Sept. 12, 1850. First Lieutenant, Mar. 2, 1855, to May 13, 1861. In command of detachment of artillery at St. Louis Arsenal, Mo., Feb. to June, 1861; engaged in breaking up the assemblage of secessionists at Camp Jackson, May 10, 1861. Captain, staff, Assistant Quartermaster, May 13, 18
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 7 (search)
. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Mustered out, July 20, 1866. Saxton, Mirand Wright. Born in Massachusetts. Cadet at Military Academy from July 1, 1861, to Feb. 13, 1863. Second Lieutenant, 33d U. S. Colored Infantry, Nov. 19, 1863. Captain, 128th U. S. Colored Infantry, Mar. 28, 1865. Second Lieutenant, 38th U. S. Infantry, Jan. 22, 1867. Transferred to 24th U. S. Infantry, Nov. 11, 1869. First Lieutenant, U. S. Volunteers, May 27, 1871. Resigned, Aug. 20, 1878. Saxton, Rufus. See General Officers. Saxton, Samuel Willard. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, Additional Aide-de-Camp, U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 30, 1862. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Jan. 12, 1865. Mustered out, July 20, 1866. Schmidt, Claudius. Born in Denmark. Appointed from Massachusetts. First Lieutenant, 18th U. S. Infantry, May 14, 1861. Resigned, June 30, 1862. Scott, Henry Bruce. Born in Indiana. Second Lieutenant, 2d Mass. Infantry, Jan. 16, 1862. Captain, Assistant
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, X. Massachusetts officers, soldiers and sailors receiving Medals of Honor. (search)
own.) Rice, Edmund. Captain, 5th U. S. Infantry. Medal issued for conspicuous bravery in leading his regiment in the countercharge against Pickett's division, himself falling severely wounded within the enemy's lines, in the battle of Gettysburg, Penn., July 3, 1863, while serving as Major, 19th Mass. Infantry. Robinson, John. Private, Co. I, 19th Mass. Infantry. Medal issued, Dec. 1, 1864, for capture of flag of 57th Virginia in action at Gettysburg, Penn., July 3, 1863. Saxton, Rufus. Colonel, retired, U. S. Army. Medal issued for distinguished gallantry and good conduct in the defence of Harper's Ferry, Va., from May 26 to May 30, 1862, while serving as Brigadier General of the Volunteers. (Born in Massachusetts.) Stevens, Daniel D. Seaman, U. S. S. Canonicus. Medal awarded, Aug. 24, 1865, for gallant conduct while serving on board U. S. S. Canonicus, having replaced the colors three times when shot away during the battle at Fort Fisher, N. C. (Shipped a
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 11 (search)
. Volunteers, by brevet, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from Mar. 13, 1865. G. O. 133, Aug. 22, 1865. G. O. 65, June 22, 1867. Saxton, Brig. General Rufus, U. S. Volunteers, to be Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers, by brevet, to date from Jan. 12, 1865. G. O.97, May 26, 1865. — Captain RufusArmy, by brevet, for faithful and meritorious services during the Rebellion, to date from Mar. 13, 1865. G. O. 133, Aug. 22, 1865. G. O. 71, Aug. 31, 1866. Saxton, Brevet Lieut. Colonel Rufus, Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Army, Brevet Maj. General, Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, to be Colonel, U. S. Army, byunteers, to be Brig. General, U. S. Army, by brevet, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from Apr. 9, 1865. G. O. 71, Aug. 31, 1866. Saxton, Captain S. W., Additional Aide-de-Camp, U. S. Volunteers, to be Major, U. S. Volunteers, by brevet, to date from Jan. 12, 1865. G. O. 97, May 26, 1865. Sc
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 16 (search)
Bull Run; scenes on the field; attitudes of the dead, etc. Boston Evening Journal, Aug. 31, 1861, p. 2, col. 2. — Soldiers buried on Sherman's march; resume of letter of Quartermaster-Gen. Meigs. Army and Navy Journal, vol. 3, p. 582. — 33d Regt. M. V. I. in camp near Thoroughfare Gap, Va.; account of march from Fairfax Court House, Va., thither, and of burial grounds of Manassas. Boston Evening Jounal, Nov. 21, 1862, p. 2, col. 4. — Without religious services disapproved by Gen. Rufus Saxton. Boston Evening Journal, March 31, 1863, p. 2, col. 1. Soldiers, colored. At Beaufort, S. C. Commended in private letter from a Massachusetts cavalry officer. Boston Evening Journal, March 2, 1863, p. 4, col. 1. — – Letter describing drill, etc., of Col. T. W. Higginson's 33d Regt. U. S. C. T. Chas. Carleton Coffin. Boston Evening Journal, March 5, 1863, p. 4. cols. 2, 3. — Compared with white. Army and Navy Journal, vol. 4, p. 348. — Compilation of military la
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