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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 2: (search)
rossed to Jersey City, and proceeded by railroad to Philadelphia, which it reached at six o'clock that evening, and first received positive information concerning the attack made upon the Sixth in Baltimore that day. The field and staff officers of the Fifth Regiment were, Samuel C. Lawrence, of Medford, colonel; J. Durell Greene, of Cambridge, lieutenant-colonel; Hamlin W. Keyes, of Boston, major; Thomas O. Barri, of Cambridge, adjutant; Joseph E. Billings, of Boston, quartermaster; G. Foster Hodges, of Roxbury, paymaster; Samuel H. Hurd, of Charlestown, surgeon; Henry H. Mitchell, of East Bridgewater, surgeon's mate; Benjamin F. De Costa, of Charlestown, chaplain; Henry A. Quincy, of Charlestown, sergeant-major; Charles Foster, of Charlestown, drum-major. Several changes occurred while the regiment was in service. Colonel Greene, Major Keyes, and Adjutant Barri were appointed officers in the regular army. To fill these vacancies, Captain Pierson was elected lieutenant-colone
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 10: (search)
b P. Gould. It left the State April 26. These regiments were ordered to the Army of the Potomac, and reported to Lieutenant-General Grant, only a few days previous to the advance of the army towards Richmond. They suffered severely in officers and men. Colonel Griswold, of the Fifty-sixth, was killed in the Wilderness. Lieutenant-Colonel Weld was taken prisoner. Colonel Gould, of the Fifty-ninth, was so severely wounded, as to cause amputation of the leg, of which he died. Lieutenant-Colonel Hodges was killed in the explosion of what was called the mine. Colonel Bartlett, of the Fifty-seventh, was taken prisoner, also, in the mine. In addition to the four infantry three years regiments, two new regiments of cavalry were organized and forwarded. The Fourth, Colonel Arnold A. Rand, and the Fifth (colored), Colonel Henry S. Russell, and a new battalion of cavalry for the First Regiment Massachusetts Cavalry, to take the place of the cavalry commanded by Major Stevens, whi