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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 6 : the Army of the Potomac .--the Trent affair.--capture of Roanoke Island . (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ward , Andrew Henshaw 1784 -1864 (search)
Ward, Andrew Henshaw 1784-1864
Historian; born in Shrewsbury, Mass., May 26, 1784; graduated at Harvard College in 1808; admitted to the bar in 1811 and practised in Shrewsbury; was engaged in the custom-house in Boston in 1829-53, with the exception of two years; and was a justice of peace for over fifty years. His publicatioShrewsbury; was engaged in the custom-house in Boston in 1829-53, with the exception of two years; and was a justice of peace for over fifty years. His publications include History of the town of Shrewsbury; Ward family: descendants of William Ward; and Genea, logical history of the rice family.
He died in Newtonville, Mass., Feb. 18, 1864. was engaged in the custom-house in Boston in 1829-53, with the exception of two years; and was a justice of peace for over fifty years. His publications include History of the town of Shrewsbury; Ward family: descendants of William Ward; and Genea, logical history of the rice family.
He died in Newtonville, Mass., Feb. 18, 1864.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ward , Artemas 1727 -1800 (search)
Ward, Artemas 1727-1800
Military officer; born in Shrewsbury, Mass., Nov. 27, 1727; graduated at Harvard College in 1748, served as major in the Northern army from 1755 to 1758, and became lieutenant-colonel.
Taking an active part against the ministerial measures, he was appointed a general officer by the Massachusetts Provincial Congress, and in May became commander-in-chief of the forces gathered at Cambridge, in which post he acted until the arrival of Washington at the beginning of Jur-general under Washington; resigned in the spring of 1776 on account of ill-health; was then appointed chief-justice of the court of common pleas for Worcester county.
He was president of the council in 1777, and in 1779 was chosen a delegate to Congress, but illhealth prevented his taking a seat in that body.
For sixteen years he was in the Massachusetts legislature, and was speaker of the Assembly in 1785.
From 1791 to 1795 he was in Congress.
He died in Shrewsbury, Mass., Oct. 28, 1800.
Emilio, Luis F., History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry , 1863-1865, Roster of the Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Infantry . (search)
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 15 : Worcester County . (search)
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Index. (search)
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 2, Chapter 5 : shall the Liberator lead—1839 . (search)