The Massachusetts register. Serial no., 94 |
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... Regiment , Eighth 66 66 Officers and Privates ... 196 Sketch of .... ......... 203 Officers and Privates ... 212 Third Bat❜n of Rifles , Sketch of .... 66 66 " Page . .220 ..227 126 126 First Regiment , .... 228 Sketch of ..230 66 66 ...
... Regiment , Eighth 66 66 Officers and Privates ... 196 Sketch of .... ......... 203 Officers and Privates ... 212 Third Bat❜n of Rifles , Sketch of .... 66 66 " Page . .220 ..227 126 126 First Regiment , .... 228 Sketch of ..230 66 66 ...
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... regiment on his return from the East , and tendered its services to the Governor , conscious that he saw war in the future . He exerted himself to influence the Legislature of Illinois to pass a military bill for put- ting that State ...
... regiment on his return from the East , and tendered its services to the Governor , conscious that he saw war in the future . He exerted himself to influence the Legislature of Illinois to pass a military bill for put- ting that State ...
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... regiment was required , he was made colonel , and was au- thorized to raise it . He soon raised and had the regiment ready for war . His reg- iment opened the battle of Bull Run , and he fell at the head of his regiment at the moment ...
... regiment was required , he was made colonel , and was au- thorized to raise it . He soon raised and had the regiment ready for war . His reg- iment opened the battle of Bull Run , and he fell at the head of his regiment at the moment ...
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... Regiment of New York , anxious to be led by the historic name of Cameron , tendered the command to him . The regiment soon removed to Camp Lochiel . He was at the battle of Bull Run . During the engagement he showed the bearing and the ...
... Regiment of New York , anxious to be led by the historic name of Cameron , tendered the command to him . The regiment soon removed to Camp Lochiel . He was at the battle of Bull Run . During the engagement he showed the bearing and the ...
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... regiments , respectively , and such commanding officers shall make re- turns of their regiments to the commanding ... regiment or battalion , or the companies attached thereto ; and such officer may enter forthwith upon his duties ...
... regiments , respectively , and such commanding officers shall make re- turns of their regiments to the commanding ... regiment or battalion , or the companies attached thereto ; and such officer may enter forthwith upon his duties ...
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1st Lieut 2d Lieut Abington Adams Albert Allen Andover Andrew Attleboro battle Ball's Bluff battle of Ball's Bedford Benj Benjamin Beverly Braintree Bridgewater Brookfield Brown Cambridgeport Captain Charles H Charlestown Chas Chelsea Chicopee Clark COMMISSIONED OFFICERS Company Court Daniel David Davis Dedham disch'd discharged Dorchester East Bridgewater East Cambridge Edward Edwin Fall River Fitchburg Francis Frank George H George W Gloucester Haverhill Henry Henry W Hingham Hiram Holliston Isaac John H Joseph Josiah Lawrence Lewis Lowell Lynn Malden Marblehead Marlboro Massachusetts Michael Middleboro Milford moted to corporal Musicians Natick Newburyport Newton NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS North Northampton OFFICERS AND PRIVATES Patrick Pittsfield Plymouth Pres prisoner at battle promoted to corporal Quincy Randolph regiment Richard Roanoke Island Robert Roxbury Salem Samuel Sergeants Smith Somerville South Boston Springfield Stephen Stoneham Stoughton Taunton Thomas Timothy Waltham Wareham Warren Washington Webster West Westfield Weymouth William H Woburn Worcester wounded
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Page 120 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it.
Page 119 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government, and to collect the duties and imposts...
Page 119 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.
Page 133 - The state treasurer is hereby authorized, under the direction of the governor and council, to borrow...
Page 135 - Said bonds shall bear interest at the rate of not more than six per cent per annum, payable semiannually on the first days of January and July of each year.
Page 125 - Whatever may happen, cherish the consolation that I was engaged in the performance of a sacred duty; and tonight, thinking over the probabilities of tomorrow, and the occurrences of the past, I am perfectly content to accept whatever my fortune may be, confident that He who noteth even the fall of a sparrow will have some purpose even in the fate of one like me. My darling and ever-loved parents, good-bye. God bless, protect and care for you.
Page 132 - Buchanan) to amply and faithfully discharge his constitutional duty of enforcing the laws and preserving the integrity of the Union : and we proffer to him, through the Governor of the Commonwealth, such aid in men and money as he may require, to maintain the authority of the national government.
Page 227 - That there shall be allowed to each regiment one chaplain, who shall be appointed by the regimental commander, on the vote of the field officers and company commanders on duty with the regiment at the time the appointment shall be made.
Page 122 - Whereas the laws of the United States have been, for some time past, and now are opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed, in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Page 156 - Born in Boston in 1840, he was educated in Europe, where he went when eleven years old, and where in France, Germany, and Italy he showed that he possessed the ancestral faculty of mastering easily all languages, and where he faithfully studied classic and Christian antiquity and art. Under the best and most loving guidance, he read with joy the vivid descriptions of Virgil, while looking down from the hill of Posilippo, on the headland of Misenum, and the ruins of Cumae.