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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies 8 0 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 4 0 Browse Search
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1842. (search)
were made by the chaplain of the Fifty-third Massachusetts, Mr. Whittemore. . . . . Your affectionate nephew, Thomas R. Rodman. Headquarters, defences of New Orleans, New Orleans, June 5, 1863. dear Sir,— I had hoped to obtain some of a line of rifle-pits, to protect itself from the fire of sharpshooters. A messenger rode up with orders; and as Colonel Rodman impulsively rose to receive them, he was shot through the heart, dying instantly and without pain. The Thirty-ei on or near the battle-field. A letter from the Adjutant-General of the division, received this morning, says of Colonel Rodman, His own men, and all those who ever knew or saw him, lament him. No one of those who have fallen during the sie be rewarded. May God temper your sorrow to you. With deep respect, Your obedient servant, Frank W. Loring. Mr. Rodman. Most of those whom this book commemorates were very young men, who had no life-long habits to surmount, no settled