Author; born in
Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 22, 1823; graduated at Harvard College in 1841; became pastor of the First Congregational Church in
Newburyport, Mass., in 1847.
In 1858 he gave up the ministry for literature.
He entered the
National army in September, 1862, and was made colonel of the 33d Colored Regiment in
the same year.
This regiment comprised the first freed slaves received into the
National army.
He was wounded at Willtown Bluffs, S. C., in August, 1863, and resigned in the following year.
His publications include
Army life in a Black Regiment;
Young folks' history of the United States;
History of education in Rhode Island;
Young folks' book of American explorers;
Short studies of American authors;
Life of Margaret Fuller Ossoli (in
American men of letters series, 1884) ;
Larger history of the United States, etc.
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