History of the Twenty-first Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, in the War for the Preservation of the Union, 1861-1865: With Statistics of the War and of Rebel Prisons |
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1st Lieut 21st Massachusetts 2d Lieut 56th Inf 9th Corps advance afternoon Andersonville Andersonville Prison Antietam April army artillery assault attack August battery battle battle of Antietam battle of Chantilly bility bridge brigade Burnside camp Captain captured cavalry Centreville Chantilly charge Colonel command Company Corporal disa disabil Division enemy Expiration of service fight fire Fitchburg flag flank force Fredericksburg front gallant George guns Henry infantry James John July June killed Knoxville Lee's Lieutenant Longstreet's loss March Massachusetts miles morning moved Muster into U.
S. Name and Rank Newbern night November o'clock A. M. officers official report Petersburg picket Place credited position Potomac prisoners Private railroad rations rear rebel Reënlisted regiment Reno retreat Richmond river road Roanoke Island ROSTER OF TWENTY-FIRST Sept September Sergeant Sergt shot soon Templeton Transferred to 36th troops TWENTY-FIRST REGIMENT U.
S. Service Union Union army woods Worcester
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Page 349 - GENERAL : — Your note of last evening, in reply to mine of same date, asking the condition on which I will accept the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, is just received. In reply, I would say, that peace being my great desire, there is but one condition I would insist upon — namely. That the men and officers surrendered shall be disqualified for taking up arms again against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged.
Page 299 - The armies in the east and west acted independently and without concert, like a balky team, no two ever pulling together, enabling the enemy to use to great advantage his interior lines of communication for transporting troops from east to west...
Page 352 - I received your letter of this date containing the terms of the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia as proposed by you. As they are substantially the same as those expressed in your letter of the 8th inst., they are accepted. I will proceed to designate the proper officers to carry the stipulations into effect. RE LEE, General LIEUT.-GENERAL US GRANT.
Page 370 - In sorrow by thy bier we stand, Amid the awe that hushes all, And speak the anguish of a land That shook with horror at that fall. Thy task is done; the bond are free; We bear thee to an honored grave, Whose proudest monument shall be The broken fetters of the slave. Pure was thy life; its bloody close Has placed thee with the sons of light, Among the noble host of those Who perished in the cause of Right.
Page 168 - Stonewall Jackson's way." Ah! Maiden, wait and watch and yearn For news of Stonewall's band! Ah! Widow, read, with eyes that burn, That ring upon thy hand. Ah! Wife, sew on, pray on, hope on; Thy life shall not be all forlorn; The foe had better ne'er been born That gets in "Stonewall's way.
Page 117 - taking strong positions and holding them," of "lines of retreat,
Page 167 - Silence ! Ground arms ! Kneel all ! Caps off! Old Massa's going to pray. Strangle the fool that dares to scoff. Attention ! it's his way. Appealing from his native sod, In forma pauperis to God, "Lay bare thine arm! Stretch forth thy rod. Amen.
Page 200 - Mr. President, I approve of the proclamation, but I question the expediency of its issue at this juncture. The depression of the public mind, consequent upon our repeated reverses, is so great that I fear the effect of so important a step. It may be viewed as the last measure of an exhausted government ; a cry for help ; the government stretching forth its hands to Ethiopia, instead of Ethiopia stretching forth her hands to the government/ His idea was that it would be considered our last shriek...
Page 117 - I have come to you from the West, where we have always seen the backs of our enemies— from an army whose business it has been to seek the adversary, and to beat him when found, whose policy has been attack and not defence.
Page 350 - GENERAL: I received, at a late hour, your note of to-day, in answer to mine of yesterday. I did not intend to propose the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, but to ask the terms of your proposition.