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May 2nd (search for this): chapter 4
e of forty-two thousand and thirty-four volunteers. At the same time it was declared that no more three months regiments would be accepted. Governor Andrew, before the proclamation, had urged the General Government to accept other regiments in addition to mine. On the twenty-fifth of April he had written the Secretary of War, In addition to raising Gordon's regiment, we can send you four thousand more troops within a very short time after receipt of a requisition for them. On the second of May, Mr. Boutwell wrote Governor Andrew from Washington that Mr. Cameron, Secretary of War, agreed to authorize Massachusetts to raise two regiments in addition to mine, but that a cabinet meeting prevented completion of the orders; and it was not until the fifteenth of May, 1861, that any official designation or call was made from Washington for any other regiments for three years, or during the war, save for this one. On the above date the following letter was written Governor Andrew:--
Wilson (search for this): chapter 4
of Massachusetts, Adjutant-General's Office, Boston, July 2, 1861. Colonel George H. Gordon, commanding Second Regiment Mass. Volunteers: Sir, By direction of his Excellency the Governor of this Commonwealth, I herewith transmit to you a copy of a document this day filed in this department. (Signed) Wm. Schouler, Adjutant-General. Now, to show how rapidly Governor Andrew grew in wisdom, let me quote the following extract from a telegram from the Governor to Senators Sumner and Wilson, on the third of August, 1861. Says the Governor:-- Can it be intended by Congress, that volunteers in the field should fill vacancies by election? Where is to be the source of discipline, when every candidate is seeking personal favor of the men? From the first of July, when he thought that pledging a social glass with his corporal was an act by a captain of a company of no significance, when judged by the light of peaceful militia camp-life, to the third of August, the Governor
May 6th (search for this): chapter 4
a commission at an earlier date than any found in it,--such as Captain Abbott, who must have followed soon after Colonel Andrews. Other names brought before me in letters of application, with dates, are appended:-- S. W. Waldron, on the 20th April Samuel M. Quincy, letter of May 2, 1861, from Colonel Holmes. G. N. Macy, through letter of May 6, 1861, from F. A. Osborn. Frank H. Tucker, applying for quartermaster or captaincy, May 6, 1861. George P. Bangs, letter recommending, May 6. William Cogswell, letter, May 8, 1861, from Governor Andrew. I find the names of Charles G. Loring, Jr., W. B. Williams, C. F. Morse, Rufus Choate, S. M. Quincy, Richard Goodwin, George P. Bangs, James M. Ellis, C. P. Horton, appended to a paper dated May 9, 1861, showing the connection of those gentlemen with the regiment at that time. The names of Savage and Cary, captains; of Wheaton, adjutant; of Henry L. Higginson, Hawes, Motley, Howard and Sawyer,--do not appear in any lists
May 8th (search for this): chapter 4
ppoint him? Yours truly, J. A. Andrew. At later dates, and on four other occasions, did Governor Andrew make personal application to me in writing, suggesting appointments, or applying for places for men; thus most emphatically indorsing his promise to aid me in raising a regiment, in which all the officers were to be of my own designation and appointment; the rank and file to be enlisted in such manner as I might elect. The application next in time to the preceding was on the eighth of May, when the Governor applied to me to receive the Andrew Light guard, --a company raised in Salem by the then Captain Cogswell; as it will add, writes the Governor, to the completion of your command, to aid which I shall always be happy. On the ninth of May the Governor applied to me for an appointment for Dr. R. H. Salter, as surgeon; adding, If I were selecting a regiment, he is the man of all others I should choose as surgeon of a regiment; and again, May 16, in a letter to me introd
May 9th (search for this): chapter 4
hen the Governor applied to me to receive the Andrew Light guard, --a company raised in Salem by the then Captain Cogswell; as it will add, writes the Governor, to the completion of your command, to aid which I shall always be happy. On the ninth of May the Governor applied to me for an appointment for Dr. R. H. Salter, as surgeon; adding, If I were selecting a regiment, he is the man of all others I should choose as surgeon of a regiment; and again, May 16, in a letter to me introducing Mr. ate of this paper (unfortunately it is a matter of surmise) must have been later than the fourteenth of May, for then, by the history of the Second, Captain Savage had but 42 men; but the whole record showed such numbers of enlisted men on the ninth of May, that an encampment became a necessity. To my letter of the ninth, Mr. Copeland replied, that he would immediately start out to find an encampment; and shall get into Boston sometime this afternoon, h added, with one found. Fortunately the
May 14th (search for this): chapter 4
enlisted men on the date of their arrival at camp were as follows:-- Captain AbbottfullMay 11. Captain Coggswell75 menMay 14. Captain Savage42 menMay 14. Captain Whitney78 menMay 14. Captain Underwood82 menMay 15. Captain Quincy80 menMay 20. May 14. Captain Whitney78 menMay 14. Captain Underwood82 menMay 15. Captain Quincy80 menMay 20. I find among my papers a sheet, on one side of which, in my own handwriting, is a list of all the proposed officers of the regiment, from the colonel to the last second lieutenant, and on the other side a statement of the condition of the companMay 14. Captain Underwood82 menMay 15. Captain Quincy80 menMay 20. I find among my papers a sheet, on one side of which, in my own handwriting, is a list of all the proposed officers of the regiment, from the colonel to the last second lieutenant, and on the other side a statement of the condition of the companies, as follows: Abbott, full; Quincy, probably full; Savage, 80; Curtis, 80; Cary (Lowell men), 80; Underwood, 82; Tucker, 33; Goodwin, not noted; Whitney, full; Cogswell, full. The date of this paper (unfortunately it is a matter of surmise) must have been later than the fourteenth of May, for then, by the history of the Second, Captain Savage had but 42 men; but the whole record showed such numbers of enlisted men on the ninth of May, that an encampment became a necessity. To my lette
May 15th (search for this): chapter 4
camping-ground. The numbers of enlisted men on the date of their arrival at camp were as follows:-- Captain AbbottfullMay 11. Captain Coggswell75 menMay 14. Captain Savage42 menMay 14. Captain Whitney78 menMay 14. Captain Underwood82 menMay 15. Captain Quincy80 menMay 20. I find among my papers a sheet, on one side of which, in my own handwriting, is a list of all the proposed officers of the regiment, from the colonel to the last second lieutenant, and on the other side a statemischarges. In making up the quota of three years men, you will please act in concert with the mustering officers sent to your State, who will represent this Department. I am, Sir, respectfully, Simon Cameron, Secretary of War. The fifteenth of May! One may ponder now on the forethought and the foresight which called upon Massachusetts to discharge all volunteers save enough to make up six regiments,--the quota of Massachusetts,--in a call for forty-two thousand and thirty-four volunte
May 16th (search for this): chapter 4
shall always be happy. On the ninth of May the Governor applied to me for an appointment for Dr. R. H. Salter, as surgeon; adding, If I were selecting a regiment, he is the man of all others I should choose as surgeon of a regiment; and again, May 16, in a letter to me introducing Mr. Fisher and Major Ayer, of Medway, the latter of whom had seventyone men on his rolls. This company, discarding their own elected officers, took those I designated, and became Company E of the Second Regiment. And again, on the same day, May 16, I received another letter written for the Governor by an officer of his staff, in which Governor Andrew applies to me to take into my regiment two German companies enlisted in Boston, then being supported by Mr. Urbino and others of their countrymen, who could ill afford it. In these companies, says the Governor, there are several officers and nearly thirty men who have served in the German armies, and are therefore trained soldiers. As the acceptance of his
May 18th (search for this): chapter 4
colonel from the State; irrespective, too, of the rule laid down by the War Department, that the date of musterin of regimental officers into the service of the United States, should never be earlier than the date of muster-in of the last company, for it is from this latter date that the commencement of service in the United States Army is determined. Upon this, Mr. Quint has shown, in the history of the Second, that, though some of our companies were mustered into the service as early as May 18, as a whole it was full prior to any of the designated six regiments. It is not known why the commission of the colonel of the First Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers was dated May 22, while that of the colonel of the Second was dated May 24; nor is it important, in the light of the fact that the Second Regiment was the first mustered into the service of the United States, as it was the first accepted by the United States. I have said there were exceptions, two or three, to be note
May 22nd (search for this): chapter 4
earlier than the date of muster-in of the last company, for it is from this latter date that the commencement of service in the United States Army is determined. Upon this, Mr. Quint has shown, in the history of the Second, that, though some of our companies were mustered into the service as early as May 18, as a whole it was full prior to any of the designated six regiments. It is not known why the commission of the colonel of the First Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers was dated May 22, while that of the colonel of the Second was dated May 24; nor is it important, in the light of the fact that the Second Regiment was the first mustered into the service of the United States, as it was the first accepted by the United States. I have said there were exceptions, two or three, to be noted in the character of my selections of officers; and as illustrating precisely wherein a man, without being vicious, might fail in the requirements of a good officer, I will allude to the cas
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