History of the Thirty-sixth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers. 1862-1865Rockwell and Churchill, 1884 - 405 pages |
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... Mass . , reached our camp , on a visit to the company from that town . When he returned home , a few days after , many of the men sent by him money which the paymaster had just left in their hands , and most kindly and faithfully he ...
... Mass . , reached our camp , on a visit to the company from that town . When he returned home , a few days after , many of the men sent by him money which the paymaster had just left in their hands , and most kindly and faithfully he ...
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... mass of rails and sleepers above . Another way was to heat the middle of a rail red hot and twist it around a tree . In this way about ten miles of this railroad were destroyed by the division in two days , rendering a main line of ...
... mass of rails and sleepers above . Another way was to heat the middle of a rail red hot and twist it around a tree . In this way about ten miles of this railroad were destroyed by the division in two days , rendering a main line of ...
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... Mass . , where funeral services were held January 18 , 1864 . As we left the open field , and entered the woods between us and Campbell's Station , the enemy manœuvred to cut us off from the road , so that we were obliged to oblique to ...
... Mass . , where funeral services were held January 18 , 1864 . As we left the open field , and entered the woods between us and Campbell's Station , the enemy manœuvred to cut us off from the road , so that we were obliged to oblique to ...
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... mass . " When the fire of their artillery slackened , the order for the charge was given . The salient of the north - west bastion was the point of attack . The rebel lines were much broken in pass- ing the abatis . But the wire ...
... mass . " When the fire of their artillery slackened , the order for the charge was given . The salient of the north - west bastion was the point of attack . The rebel lines were much broken in pass- ing the abatis . But the wire ...
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... Mass . , by Honorable R. S. Rantoul , May 30 , 1871 , seven years after the scene narrated : ୧୧ " On the 25th of April , 1864 , I stood , at high noon , on a thronged sidewalk of the city of Washington . Across the street , and raised ...
... Mass . , by Honorable R. S. Rantoul , May 30 , 1871 , seven years after the scene narrated : ୧୧ " On the 25th of April , 1864 , I stood , at high noon , on a thronged sidewalk of the city of Washington . Across the street , and raised ...
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History Of The Thirty-Sixth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, 1862-1865 (1884) Henry S. Burrage No preview available - 2008 |
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36th Mass advance afternoon army artillery assault attack batteries Burnside camp Captain captured charged Charlestown Colonel command commissioned officers Company comrades Corporal Died of disease Discharged for disabil division duty encamped enemy enemy's expiration of service Fifth Corps fire Fitchburg flank Forty-fifth Pennsylvania front George George W half-past halted head-quarters July 17 July 19 July 24 June Killed in action Knoxville Leominster line of battle ment miles Milford Monson morning moved movement Muster into U. S. Name and Rank night Ninth Corps noon o'clock ordered Petersburg Place credited position Prisoner Prisoner of war Private Promoted Corp railroad rear rebel received in action regiment river road ROSTER OF ENLISTED Royalston Second Lieutenant Sept Sergeant Sergt soon Spottsylvania Tenn Termination of Service Thirty-sixth Thirty-sixth Massachusetts Transferred to V.R.C. trenches troops U. S. Service Vols Winchendon woods Worcester wounds received
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Page 33 - I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticising their commander and withholding confidence from him, will now turn upon you. I shall assist you as far as I can to put it down. Neither you nor Napoleon, if he were alive again, could get any good out of an army while such a spirit prevails in it ; and now beware of rashness. Beware of rashness, but with energy and sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories.
Page 33 - I believe you to be a brave and skilful soldier, which of course I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession, in which you are right. You have confidence in yourself, which is a valuable if not an indispensable quality. You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm ; but I think that during General Burnside's command of the army you have taken counsel of your ambition and thwarted him as much as you could, in which you did a great wrong to...
Page 33 - What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. The Government will support you to the utmost of its ability, which is neither more nor less than it has done and will do for all commanders.
Page 33 - I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the Army and the Government needed a dictator.
Page 32 - I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appears to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to which I am not quite satisfied with you.
Page 22 - By direction of the President of the United States I hereby assume command of the Army of the Potomac. As a soldier, in obeying this order, an order totally unexpected and unsolicited, I have no promises or pledges to make. The country looks to this army to relieve it from the devastation and disgrace of a hostile invasion. Whatever fatigues and sacrifices we may be called upon to undergo, let...
Page 120 - I recommend that all loyal people do, on receipt of this information, assemble at their places of worship, and render special homage and gratitude to Almighty God for this great advancement of the National cause.
Page 21 - Washington, November 5, 1862. By direction of the President, it is ordered that Major-General McClellan be relieved from the command of the Army of the Potomac, and that Major-General Burnside take the command of that army.