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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1842. (search)
st influential merchants and ship-owners of Nantucket and New Bedford. Joseph Rotch, his great-great-grandfather, William Rotch, his great-grandfather, Samuel Rodman, his grandfather, were all men of uncommon character and ability, who left a permanent impression on the community where they lived. The latter, especially, was a man of remarkable capacity, uprightness, and benevolence, and of physical appearance so striking as to attract attention everywhere. All Boston, said his friend Josiah Bradlee, of that city, would turn out to see Samuel Rodman walk down State Street. Something of this personal prestige belonged to his grandson, in middle life, as a mounted officer. William Rodman spent five years at Friends' Academy in New Bedford, and two years under the care of Mr. William Wells. He entered college with his class in 1838, and graduated in 1842. He soon began mercantile life, being at first chiefly engaged in the oil trade. In 1849, during the California excitement, he
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1860. (search)
by the showering bullets of the intrenched sharpshooters. The body, recovered under flag of truce the next day, was found within a few feet of the Rebel works, pierced by eleven balls. It was taken within the Union lines and buried there. Colonel Bradlee, of the Fifty-first, but on that occasion commanding the brigade, after relating, in a letter to his father, the circumstances of his death, says:— His loss comes nearer to me and pains me more than any that has ever fallen on us. He cultivation had few equals. He was a natural leader, and his courage was equal to any man's; and these qualities made him especially valuable as an officer and companion. In a letter to his Lieutenant-Colonel, then absent from injuries, Colonel Bradlee writes:— No death among us has touched me like Hall's. He was the most gallant man I ever saw, and a splendid fellow in all respects. His conduct in this affair came as fully to the heroic as anything I can imagine. The Rebel officer
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, Biographical Index. (search)
ry Anne, II. 363. Boynton, P., II. 363. Boynton, W. P., Capt., Memoir, II. 363-371. Bradbury, W. F., II. 234. Bradford, Gamaliel, I. 99. Bradford, T. G., I. 110, 350;, 358, 359; II. 133, 142;, 163. Bradford, W., Gov., I. 99. Bradlee, Josiah, I. 60. Bradlee, L. P., Col., II. 130. Bragg, B., Maj.-Gen., II. 240, 361;. Breckenridge, John, I. 90. Breckenridge, John C., I. 94. Breckenridge, Letitia Grayson, I. 90. Breckenridge, Mary C., L 90. Brigham, W., II.Bradlee, L. P., Col., II. 130. Bragg, B., Maj.-Gen., II. 240, 361;. Breckenridge, John, I. 90. Breckenridge, John C., I. 94. Breckenridge, Letitia Grayson, I. 90. Breckenridge, Mary C., L 90. Brigham, W., II. 48. Briggs, H., II. 226. Britton, H. W., I. 130. Brown, C. B., Sergeant, Memoir, I. 333-345. Brown, F. H., Dr., I. 356, 394;. Brown, H. F., Private, Memoir, II. 372, 373;. Brown, Henry, I. 345. Brown, James, I. 345. Brown, John, Capt., I. 314; II. 9, 25;, 417. Brown, Mary, I. 333. Brown, M. W., I. 333. Brown, S. A, II. 80. Browne, A. G., II. 119. Bryan, T. M., Lieut.-Col., II. 50. Bryant, Henry, Dr., . I 118. Buchanan, Capt. (Rebel service), I. 81.