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Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 746 746 Browse Search
The Atlanta (Georgia) Campaign: May 1 - September 8, 1864., Part I: General Report. (ed. Maj. George B. Davis, Mr. Leslie J. Perry, Mr. Joseph W. Kirkley) 27 27 Browse Search
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2 21 21 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 20 20 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore) 16 16 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore) 15 15 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4. 13 13 Browse Search
Capt. Calvin D. Cowles , 23d U. S. Infantry, Major George B. Davis , U. S. Army, Leslie J. Perry, Joseph W. Kirkley, The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War 13 13 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 13 13 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore) 12 12 Browse Search
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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 2: (search)
en past the military age, and of citizens who desired to learn the manual of arms. To these companies two thousand seven hundred old muskets were loaned by the State. Most of these new militia companies were organized between April 13 and the 4th of May. Numerous letters, offering pecuniary aid to soldiers' families, were received by the Governor and the Adjutant-General. William Gray, of Boston, sent his check for ten thousand dollars; Otis Norcross, of Boston, sent his for five hundred; Gaeach Washington by the Potomac River. Major Cook's Light Battery, which left New York with the Fifth Regiment and Rifle Battalion, arrived at Annapolis on the 24th of April, and was quartered at the Naval Academy, where it remained until the 4th of May, when it was sent to the Relay House. On the 13th of June, it was ordered, with the Sixth Regiment, to Baltimore, to protect the polls on election day. It remained in that city until the 30th of July, four days beyond the term of its enlistmen
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 3: (search)
, was from a poor needle-woman, saying she had but little, but desiring to give something from that little in the same behalf; and surely a cause which so appeals both to the garret and the drawing-room cannot be other than national and just. May 4, Governor writes to J. Amory Davis, President of the Suffolk Bank,— Please read the within. We shall have an extra session of our Legislature on Tuesday, May 14. Will the banks of Massachusetts take $5,000,000 of United-States loan at parepted. On the 3d of May, 1861, the President called for thirty-nine regiments of infantry and one regiment of cavalry, to serve for three years, or during the war, making an aggregate of officers and enlisted men of 42,034 volunteers. On the 4th of May, General Order No. 15 was issued by the Secretary of War, in which directions were given respecting the organization of the volunteers, but nothing was said regarding the number of regiments which each State was to furnish; and it was not until
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 4: (search)
the First Company of Cadets, was placed in command of a guard at the State Arsenal at Cambridge, and the powder magazine at Captain's Island. The guard was composed of members of the cadets and students of Harvard University, who volunteered their services. They were relieved on the 30th of May, and received the thanks of the Governor. We have already stated, that the President issued a proclamation, on the 3d of May, for volunteers to serve for three years, or during the war. On the 4th of May, Secretary Cameron issued General Order No. 15, setting forth the number of regiments to be raised, and the manner in which they were to be organized. There were to be thirty-nine regiments of infantry, and one regiment of cavalry. Nothing was said or intimated in the Secretary's order about the proportion of men or regiments which each State was to furnish. At this time, there were, in Massachusetts, upwards of ten thousand men organized into companies. They had enlisted as militia:
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 9: (search)
as severed; and from that time until the close of the Rebellion, in the spring of 1865, it lost strength and prestige. The battle of Chancellorsville was fought May 4, when the Army of the Potomac was under command of General Hooker, from whom successful military operations had been expected. On the first day of May, he commenc for twenty-three days, mostly between sharpshooters, gunboats, and artillery, though several times the engagements assumed the proportions of smart battles. On May 4, the enemy fell back from his position, and made a precipitous march towards Fredericksburg; and our forces started in pursuit, capturing several hundred prisonerse at Morehead City, Beaufort, and Evans' Mills. March 30, Colonel Sprague, in addition to his other duties, assumed command of the post at Fort Macon. On the 4th of May, the regiment returned to Newbern greatly improved in health, and re-occupied their old quarters on the Trent, afterwards removing to Camp Wellington, near the
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 12: (search)
hand of a friend than by the course of the mails. Among the memorials of affection and regard which Governor Andrew received during the war from friends in the army and elsewhere, who appreciated and loved him, was the original copy of General Lee's farewell address to the Army of Northern Virginia, after his surrender to General Grant, which was sent to him by Brevet Brigadier-General Charles S. Russell, and acknowledged by the Governor in a letter addressed to General Russell on the 4th of May. my dear Sir,—I owe you my sincere thanks in acknowledgment of your gift to me of so significant a memorial of the war as Lee's order, which you have sent me. I prize it highly, and shall cause it to be framed, and hung in my library. General Russell was born in Boston, and was a captain in the Eleventh Infantry, U. S.A., and had risen from that position, by his bravery and military capacity during the war, to the rank of brevet brigadier-general, and had command of a brigade in