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Pechles House, fight near the, 252.
Pegram Farm, action at, 258-265.
Pemberton (Gen. J. C.), in command at Vicksburg, 54; hopelessness of relief, 56; surrenders, 57.
Perham (Private D.), wounded at Jackson, Miss., 64.
Perkins (Private Francis_1.), wounded at Sportsylvania, 171.
Pericy (Lient. George A.), returns to Mass. with regiment, 310; record of, 325.
Perry (Corp. Geo. W.), dies in camp, 23.
Perry (Corp. Fred L.), wounded in the trenches at Petersburg, 214.
Petersburg, first assault on, 202-215; final assault, 282-291; surrender of, 202.
Phelps (Lieut. B.), returns to Mass. with regiment, 310; record of, 328.
Phelps (Quartermaster-Sergt. Geo. T.), rec- ord of, 328.
Plerce (Private Arthur F.), dies in camp, 24.
Pierce (Sergt. Jerome), killed at Spottsyl- vania, 171.
Pleasant Valley, camp in. 17.
Pheasants (Lieut .- Col. Henry), in command of brigade, 212; suggests the excavation of a mine at Petersburg, 224; obstacles which he encountered, 225; the work successfully accomplished, 231; explodes the mine, 234. Poe (Capt. O. M.), selects the line of defence at Knoxville. 100.
Pollard's account of the force of the Confed- crates in the assault on Fort Sanders, 111. Porter (Admiral D. D.), with a part of the fleet, joins the batteries at Vicksburg, 53.
Potter (Gen. R. B.), on his way to Vicks- hurg, 50; at Jackson, Miss., 6 ;; at Camp- bell's Station, 98: assigned to command of the brigade, 133; to the command of the division, 139: at the Wilderness, 151; at Spottsylvania, 174, 176, 177; at the North
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Anna, 181; at the Chickahominy, 155, 186; at Cold Harbor, 198; at the final assault on Petersburg, 204 ; compliments the regiment on the assault, 210; in the trenches, 215; reviews the brigade, 218; approves Lieut .- Col. Pleasants' plan of mining the " Elliott salient," 2'4; should have led the assault on the mine. 233; at the assault, 235, 237- 239: at the Weldon R.R., 249; in command of the Second Division, 255; at Pegram Farm, 259, 262; in the final assault, 283; severely wounded, 257.
Pratt (Private John W.), wounded in the Wilderness, 157.
Prescott (Major A.), killed at the Crater, 242, 313; record of, 321.
Priest (Private John T.), wounded at Spott- sylvania, 151; at Cold Harbor, 195.
Prince (Surgeon J. P.), commissioned, 5; first amputation, 46; in charge of hospital- boat, 73; rejoins the regiment, 78; chief medical officer Fourth Division, 139, 242; record of, $19.
Pryor (Roger A.), captured at Petersburg, 275.
Rackliffe (Private John S.), killed at Cold Harbor, 195.
Ranlett (Adjt. S. A.), receives bis appoint- ment, 25; resumes his duties after illness, 47; resigns, 217; record of, 319.
Rantoul (llon. R. S.), extract from Memo- rial-Day address, 140, 142.
Rawson (Sergt. Gilbert), takes the State color, 154; remark of Color-Seret. Todd, 156; at Pegram Farm, 262; record of, 527. Raymond (Capt. E. T.), returns to Mass. on special duty, 45; appointed on brigade staff, 47, 189, 144; at the Wellon R.R., 249; on Gen. Potter's staff, 290; com- missioned Major, 810; record of, 318.
Raymond (Sergt. Charles), wounded at Cold Ilarbor, 195.
Raymond (Private George A.), dies of wounds received at Coll Harbor, 195.
Reed (Private Luther P.), wounded in the Wilderness, 157.
Reno (Gen. J. L.), killed at South Mountain, 14.
Renouf (Private William L.), wounded at Spottsylvania, 171.
Rice (Quartermaster F. B.), commissioned, 5; resigns and receives his discharge, 55; rec- crd of, 329.
Rice ( Lieut. John A.), resigns, 130; record of, 324.
Rice (Corp. Henry H.), wounded at the North Anna, 152.
Rich (Corp. Joshua), killed in the Wilder- ness, 157.
Rich (Private J. Monroe), wounded at Cold Harbor, 195.
Richardson (Chaplain N.), joins the regi- ment, 173; returns to Mass. with regi- ment, 310; record of, 319.
Robertson (Private James H.), wounded in the Wilderness, 157.
Robinson (Lieut. II. S.), wounded at Blue Springs, 86; record of, 323.
Robinson (Corp. Clark), wounded, June 17, at Petersburg, 208.
Robinson (Private Charles II.), wounded at Cold Harbor, 195.
Rocmer's Battery, at Blue Springs, S6; near Loudon, 93; at Campbell's Station, 98, 99; at Knoxville, 101, 104, 110; at Petersburg, 210; at Pegram Farm, 262.
Rose (Lieut.), musters out the regiment, 307; Russell (Private Henry), mortally wounded at Petersburg, 244.
Sanders (Gen. N. B.), mortally wounded before Knoxville, 103.
Sanders (Fort), 101, 108, 109; assault on, 111-116.
Sawtelle (Corp. Alden J.), killed at Spott- sylvania, 171.
Sawyer (Capt. C.), commissioned Captain Co. II, in command of the picket, 50; in hospital, 55; record of, 321.
Sawyer (Lieut. W. H.), assigued to Co. K, 273; record of, 327.
Sawyer (Quartermaster.Sergt. J. II.), acci- dentally wounded, 46; captured by Morgan, 43; record of, 328.
Sager (Private), dies in regimental hos- pital, 25.
Schofield (Gen. J. M.), receives command of the Army of the Ohio, 127.
Scarles (Private Edwin), wounded at Spott- sylvania, 171.
Second East Tennessee at Bull's Gap, 83.
Second Michigan in Virginia, 23; at Jack- son. Miss., 66; on the retreat from Lenoir's, 95; at Knoxville, 108; at Petersburg, 292.
Second New York Rifles at Petersburg, 17th June, 205, 206; in review, 215; adjutant killed, 223; at the mine, 236, 237, 239; in the trenches, 250; pieket line captured at the Boisseau house, 267.
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Sedgwick (Gen. John), assigned to the eom- mand of the Ninth Corps, at the Wilder- ness, 150.
Seventeenth Michigan in Kentucky, 46; on the Mississippi, 51; at Jackson, Miss., 61; at Milldale, 72; on the retreat from Le- noir's, 95; makes a sortie at Knoxville, 106; assigned to Willcox's Division, 138.
Seventeenth Vermont in the assault at Petersburg, June 17, 1803, 205, 207; in the trenches, 276.
Seventh Maine Battery at Petersburg, 244. Seventh Michigan at Fredericksburg, 26. Seventh Ohio Cavalry in Tennessee, 84.
Seventh Rhode Island assigned to Potter's Brigade, 133; in review, 216; at the milne, 236; number present for duty in Sept., 1864, 255; at Pegram Farm, 260, 264.
Seventy-ninth New York (Highlanders) on
the return from Jackson, Miss., 52; fur- nishes the Thirty-sixth with a surgeon, 70; at Blue Springs, 85, &T; at Knoxville, 106; in the assault on Fort Sanders, 112; on the Chucky Valley road, 130; assigned to Willcox's Division, 13S.
Severance (Rev. Mr.), delivers an eulogy on President Lincoln at Farmville, 293.
Shaw (Private George D.), wounded at Cold Harbor, 196.
Shepardson (Private John), killed at Peters. burg, 208.
Sherman (Gen. W. T.), ordered to pursue Johnston, 53: at Jackson, 64, 65, 67; losses at Jackson, 63, 63; sent to the relief of Burnside at Knoxville, 117; reaches Knox- ville, 119; news of his success in pierc- ing the Confederacy reaches the Army of the Potomac, 278.
Sheridan (Gen. P.), on the left at Petersburg, 281.
Sheridan (Corp. B.), wounded at Spottsyl- vania, 171.
Sibley (Lieut. F. Il.), dies in hospital, 76; record of, 324.
Sigel (Gen. F.), at White Sulphur Springs, 23. Sigfried (Col. J. K.), falls back to Lenoir's, 93; in command of the brigade, 133; trans- ferred to the Fourth Division, 146.
Simcoe (Capt.), inspeets the regiment and reports, 75.
Sixteenth Wisconsin at Lake Providence, 51. Sixtieth Alabama at Knoxville, HIS, note.
Sixty-first Massachusetts in the final assault at Petersburg, 200.
Sixty-second North Carolina captured at Cumberland Gap, 80.
Sixty-fourth North Carolina captured at Cum- berland Gap, 80.
Sixty-eighth Pennsylvania in the final assault at Petersburg, 259.
Smith (Gen. W. F.), Burnside recommends his di-mission, 31.
Smith (Col. W. H.), of the Twentieth Mich- igan, killed on the retreat from Lenoir's, 95.
Smith (Lt .- Col. L. N.), at City Point, 22); commissary at army head quarters, 313; record of, 323.
Smith (Capt. J. B.), commissioned captain Co. K, 4; returns to reziment, 83; goes to Massachusetts on special daty, 127; wel- comed back, 174; in charge of skirmish line on the North Anna, 182; at Cold HIar- bor commands the left of the regiment, 192; getsa scratch at Cold Harbor, 194; nar. rowly escapes capture, 198; division officer of the day, 199, 200; in command of the regiment at Petersburg, June 17, '64, 203, 214, 215; forwards to Gov. Andrew list of recommendations for promotion, 217; on court-martial duty, 218; division officer of the trenches, 229; brigade officer of the day, 231; judge-advocate of court martial, 256; wounded at Pegram Farm, 263; assigned to command of Co. C, 273; returns to Mass. with the regiment, 310; record of, 318.
Smith (Private Albert C.), dies of wounds received at Cold Ilarbor, 196.
Smith (Private Chester J.), dies of wounds received in the Wilderness, 157.
Smith (Private Israel II.), narrative of capt- ure and prison experience of, 387.
Smith (Private James), wounded at Jackson, 64.
Smith (Corp. William N.), wounded in the Wilderness, 157.
Snell ( Private M. Porter), receives a Licu- tenant's commission, 313.
South Mountain, battle at. 13, 14.
Epear (Private James E.), remains with Quartermaster-Sergt. Sawyer, at Columbia, and is captured, 48; wounded in the Wil- derness, 157.
Spottsylvania, battle at, 160-177.
Stacy (Corp. Edward W.), killed in the Wil- dernesa, 157.
Stearns (Sergt. John A.), returns frem re. eruiting service, 172; wounded June 15. 1964, at Petersburg, 214; recommended For promotion, 217; record of, 325. Stedman, action at Fort, 280, 281.
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Steere (Col. W. II P.), in command of brigade, 227; returns home on account of disability, 202.
Stephens (Alexander H.), with Pence Com- missioners goes to City l'oint, 278.
Stevens (Corp. Joseph H.), wounded June 17, 1864, at Peter-burg, 209.
Stevens (Private Robert), wounded in the Wilderness, 158.
Strickland (Principal Musician Lorenzo C.), record of, 329.
Sturgis (Gen. S. D.), Gen. Burnside recom. mends his dismission, 31.
Sullivan (Private Michael), celebrates the surrender of Lee, 296.
Sumner (Gen. E. V.), reviews the Ninth Corps, 24; at the battle of Fredericksburg, 26; is relieved of bis command at his own request, 33.
Swords (Private Henry L.), receives a com- mission as Captain, 813.
Taylor (Col.), Gen. Buruside recommends his dismission, 31.
Taylor (Private Orin F.), wounded at Petersburg, 221.
Thirty-first Maine in the trenches at Peters- burg, 277.
Thirty-second Massachusetts, organization of the, 2.
Thirty-second Maine in the assault at Peters- burg, June 17, 1364, 205.
Thirty-third Massachusetts, organization of the, 2.
Thirty-fourth Massachusetts, organization of the, 2; Maj. Henry Bowmin receives com. mission as Colonel of the Thirty -- isth, 5; leaves Worcester and is stationed near Alexandria, 12.
Thirty-fifth Massachusetts, organization of the, 2; at South Mountain, 14; at Jackson, Miss., 61; enters the city, 67; number present for duty Sept , 1464, 235.
Thirty-sixth Massachusetts, organization of the regiment, 1-6; presentation of national colora, 7-10; leave- for the sent of war, 11; arrives in Washington and is assigned to the Ninth Corps, 12; marches through Mary. land and joins the army at Antietam, 13, 14; assigned to the Third Brigade, First Divi -. lon, Ninth Corps, 15; encamps at Antietam Iron Works, 16; in Pleasant Valley, 17; hastens to Frederick-burzat the time of Stu. art's raid into Pennsylvania, 17, 18; with the army crosses Into Virginia, 19: at Water- ford, 20; advances to Fredericksburg, 21-
24; battle of Fredericksburg, 25-29: in camp opposite Fredericksburg, 30-33; at Newport News, 34-30; is transferred to the Army of the Ohio, 37, 38; at Lexington, Ky., 30, 40; at Camp Diek Robinson, 41; in Southern Kentucky, 42-47; onlered to Vicksburg, 45; on the Mississippi, 40-51; In the rear of Vicksburg. 52-57; in opera- tions against Jackson, 53-70; returns to Vicksburg, 71; ordered North, 14, 75; con- dition of the regiment, 76; recruits nt Crab Orchard, Ky., 77, 75; en route to East Tenn. by way of Cumberland Gap, 79-53; in battle of Blue Springs, 84-57 ; in camp at Lenoir's, 88-89; in the movement against Longstreet, below Loudon, 90-22; again at Lenoir's, 93, 91; at the battle of Campbell's Station, 95- 99; in the retreat to Knoxville, 100; at the siege of Knoxville, 101-122; in subsequent movements in East Teun., 125-130 ; ordered to Annapolis, Md., 151; marches into Ken- tucky, 132; reaches Annapolis, 134; in camp at Annapolis, 135-139; marches to Alexandria, 140-142; at Catlett's Station, 143-146; rejoins the Army of the Potomac, 146-149; in the Wilderness, 150-159; at Spottaylvania, 160-177; on the North Anna and the Pamunkey, 178-187 ; at Cold Harbor, 188-200; in the movement on Petersburg, 201-203; gallant assault, 204-209; subse- quent movements, 210-215 ; in the trenches, 216-230; during the inine affair, 231-241; still in the trenchie-, 242-247; at the Weldon R.R., 248-252; in the Fines, 253-257; in the action at Pegram Farm, 2-8-265; again in the trenches, 206-272; consolidation of Twenty-first Mass. with the regiment, 272, 273; in Fort Rice, 276-270; the action at Fort Stedman participated in by some of the officers, 250-281 ; final assault at Peters- burg, 282-201; the fall of Petersburg, 222; on the march, 203-225; at Farmville, 296- 299; ordered to Alexandria, 300-301; at the great review, 302, 503; receives Gen. Cur- tin's farewell address, 301; farewell visit to Forty-fifth Penn., 205, Sos; mustered out of the service and returns to Ma-s., 807 ; recep- tion of the regimeut at Worcester, 503-310; discharged from the service, SI1; conclu- sion, 312-315.
Thirty-seventh Massachusetts, organizatlon of the, 2.
Thirty-seventh Wisconsin In the final assault at Petersburg, 294.
Thirty-eighth Wisconsin In the final assault at Petersburg, 234.
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Thirty-Ninth New Jersey in the final assanit at Petersburg, 2$1.
Thomas (Gen. G. H.), at Chattanooga, 103.
Thompson (Private Henry A.), wounded in the Wilderness, 157.
Thornton (Private John J.), wounded at Cold Harbor, 195.
Tiffany (Sergt. B. B.), wounded at Cold Har- bor, 195.
Todd (Sergt. Henry), killed in the Wilder- ness, 154, 156. 157.
Tucker (Lient. J. M.), re-iens and returns to Mass., 71; serves subsequently in the Fifty- seventh Mass .. and is severely wounded, 313; record of, 326.
Turnbull (Private William), wounded at Petersburg, 214.
Tuttle (Lieut. A. S.), arrives at Camp Wool with first detachment of Co. F., 4; in charge of division ambulance corps, 79; re- turns to Mars. with the regiment, 310; rec- ord of, 320.
Twelfth Michigan Battery at Morristown, Tenn .. 82, 83.
Twentieth Maine accompanies the Thir- ty-sixth to Alexandria on the steamer Merri- mac, 11, 12.
Twentieth Massachusetts at Fredericksburg, 26.
Twentieth Michigan in the retreat from Le- noir's, 95; beyond Morristown, 120.
Twentieth New York in the final assault at Petersburg, 290.
Twenty-tirst Massachusetts In North Caro- lina, 9: at Knoxville, 107; number present for duty in Sept., 1804, 255; at Pogram Farm, 260; consolidated with the Thirty- sixth, 272; transferred to the Fifty-sixth, 307.
Twenty-fifth Massachusetts furnishes officers for the Thirty-sixth, 3, 4; in North Caro- lina, 9.
Twenty-seventh Michigan in Kentucky, 42, 44: in brigade assignment. +; at Jackson, Miss., 61; on the return from Vicksburg, 74; in the final assault at Peter-burg, 284.
Twenty-ninth Massachusetts at Jackson, Miss., 61; in the assault at Fort Sanders, 112: transfers its non-reenlisted men to the Thirty-sixth Mass., 126; these men mus- tered ont at Spott-y Ivania, 173.
Twitchell ( Private Hartwell C.), captured in the Wilderness. 157.
Tyler (Asst. Surgeon Warren), receives commission, 5; record of, 319.
Underwood (Sergt. Charles), wounded at Petersburg, 263.
Vaughan (Private Samuel G.), wounded in the Wilderness, 153; dies of wounds re- ceived at Spottsylvania, 171, 172.
Vicksburg, operations at, 52-57.
Von Schlein's Battery at Campbell's Station, 98.
Wadsworth (Gen. J. S.), in the Wilderness, 152.
Walker (Private J. L.), wounded at Peters- burg, 240.
Wallace (Private Franklin), wounded at Petersburg, 202.
Ward (Col. George H.), in command of Camp John E. Wool, 2; endeavors to secure a furlough for the regiment, 5: visits the regiment in eamp opposite Fredericks- burg, 34.
Ward (Private Edmund S.), dies of wounds received at Petersburg, JJune 17, 1864, 209. Warren (Gen. G. K.), at the Weldon R.R., 248, 251; at Nottaway, 277.
Warriner(Capt. S. C.) , discharged from Tenth Mass., in order to accept a commission iu the Thirty-sixth Mass., 3; in command of the picket at Jackson, 65; resigns and returns to Mass., 130; record of, 321.
Washburn (Ostenello, Sergt .- Major), wounded at Pegram Farm, 263: record of, 32S.
Waterford, Va., camp at, 20.
Waters (Private Edward), wounded at Coll Harbor, 196.
Webb (Corp. Robert F.), killed at Pegram Farm, 263.
Weldon Railroad, battle at, 248, 252.
Wells (Col. G. D.), killed near Cedar Creek, 9, note.
Welsh [not Welch, as on pages cited] (Gen. T.), in command of brigade, 15; orderd roll-call. 17; receives promotion and as. sumes command of the division, 41.
Wescott (Private C. M.), killed in the Wil- derness, 157.
Wetherbee (Private Ashael), wounded at Petersburg, 209.
Wetherber (Private Henry W.). wounded in the Wiklerness, 157.
Wheeler (Gen.), with Longstreet in the movement against Knoxville, 90, 91.
Wheeler (Private Charles H.), wounded in the Wilderness, 158; wounded at Pulire. burg, 245.
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Wheelock (Private Joseph B.), wounded at Spottsylvania, 171.
Whipple (Serst. Albert B.), wounded at Petersbury, June 17, 1864, 208.
White (Gen.), with a division of the twenty- third Corps, advances against Longstreet, 92; on the retreat from Lenoir's, 95; at Campbell'a Station, 98; at Knoxville, 101. White (Orderly Sergt. 1. A.), in command of Co. I, and receives a commission as Second Lieutenant, 144; in the Wilderness, 156; wounded at Spottsylvania, 160; why he could not be mustered in, 217; moral influence in the regiment, 313; record of, 324.
White (Corp. Roland N.), dies of wounds received at Cold Ilarbor, 195.
Whitney ( Private Augustus S.), wounded at Spottsylvania, 171.
Whitney (Lieut. Chas. W.), record of, 326.
Whitney (Private Francis L.), dies of wounds received at Cold Harbor, 195.
Whitney ( Private William F.), wounded at Spottsylvania, 171.
Wilderness, battle of the, 149-159.
Willcox (Gen. O. B.), in command of the First Division, Ninth Corps, 15; orders day of special religi outs service, 16 ; in command temporarily of the corps, 21; at Fredericks- burg, 27 ; in command of First Division, 34; at Blue Springs, $4, 85; in pursuit of Long- street, 12 ;; in command of Third Division, 138; again temporarily in command of the
Ninth Corps, 245; at the Weldon R. R., 251; in conimaud of the First Division, 255; at Pegram Farm, 259.
Williams (Private Aaron M.), wounded in the Wilderness, 157.
Wilson (Corp. Watson), wounded at Cold Harbor, 196.
Winchester ( Private Emory), wounded in the Wilderness, 157.
Winslow (Private Lewis D.), killed at Spott- sylvania, 171.
Wood (Private George W.), wounded at Cold Harbor, 195.
Woodbury (Chaplain A.), remarks on the march of the Ninth Corps through Washing- ton, 142.
Woodbury (Private Elijah II.), killed at Cold Harbor, 196.
Woodward (Lieut. P. G.), wounded at Cold Harbor, 196; recommended for promotion, 217; in command of Co. C, 203; returns to Mass. with the regiment, 310; record of,
Wool, Camp John E., 2, 4, 5, 11.
Wright (Sergt. D.), promoted, but unable to muster, 144; wounded anl taken prisoner in the Wilderness, 157; reason why he could not be mustered in, 217; record of, 325.
Young (Private Edward O.), wounded and taken prisoner in the Wilderness, 157.
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