Wearing the blue in the Twenty-fifth Mass. volunteer infantry, with Burnside's coast division, 18th army corps, and Army of the James, Part 42

Author: Denny, Joseph Waldo, 1825 or 1826-
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Worcester, Putnam & Davis
Number of Pages: 1196


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Aug. 4, 1862.


Killed at Arrowfield Church May 9, 1864.


Pond, Lowell ... .


25


Hubbardston .. .


Oct. 2, 1861.


Mustered out Oct. 20, 1864, expiration of service.


Pond, Nathaniel HI ... .


32


Warwick. ..


Oet. 1, 1861.


Mustered out Oct. 20, 1864, expiration of service.


Potter, Ferdinand M .. . .. 18


Worcester.


July 18, 1862.


R .- en. ; w'd C'ld Har. June 3, 1864; mus. out July 13, 1865, expiration of service.


Rayner, Alphonso B.


21


Warwick. .


.


Sept. 21, 1861.


Rice, Francis .. .


36


Hubbardston ..


July 30, 1862.


Sawyer, David S.


18


Leominster . ..


Oct. 1, 1861.


Snow, Charles II. .. 24


Billerica. . . .


Oct. 15, 1861.


Mustered out Oct. 20, 1864, expiration of service. Mustered out Oct. 20, 1864, expiration of service. Mustered out Oct. 20, 1864, expiration of service. Mastered out Oct. 20, 1864, expiration of service.


503


WEARING THE BLUE.


Mustered out Oet. 20, 1864, expiration of service. Mustered out Oct. 20, 1864, expiration of service.


Oct. 1, 1861.


Moore, Joseph W ... 21


19


Orange .. ..


Oct. 4, 1861.


R .- en .; mus. out July 13, 1865, expiration of service. R .- en .; w'd D'ry B'S May 16, 1864; mus. out July 13, 1865, expiration of service.


Died May 16, 1862, at New Berne.


Mellen, Joel B ..


Richmond, N. H ... Sept. 24, 1861.


Sept. 26, 1861.


Killed Feb. 8, 1862, at Roanoke Island.


Kimberly, Ransom P. 25


-


Age.


Residence.


Original Muster-in.


Remarks.


COMPANY I-Continued.


Snow, Samuel A ..


17


Milford ..


Oct. 14, 1861.


R .- en .; pris. D'ry B'IT May 16, 1864; died Oct. 30, 1864, at Florence, S. C.


Stewart, Alexander ..


36


Royalston. ..


Sept. 28, 186 !. Sept. 30, 1861.


Stone, Asa ...


44


Hubbardston .. .


Oct. 3, 1861.


Jan. 4, 1864.


Walker, Marcus A .. 21


Royalston ..


Sept. 28, 1861.


Died Jan. 28, 1863, at Portsmouth, N. C.


Ward, Marcus HI .... 24


Orange ..


Oct. 3, 1861.


W'd C'id Dar. June 3, 1864 ; pris. on Chowan river April 16, 1863; exchanged July 17, 1863; died June 28, 1864, at Washington, D. C.


Weller, Charles W.


35


Templeton ..


Sept. 21, 1861.


Discharged Sept. 24, 1862, for disability.


Wheeler, Darling S ... . 16


Richmond, N. II .. .


Oct. 1, 1861.


Wheeler, George N ..


26


Royalston . . . .


Sept. 28, 1861.


Wheeler, Solon. ..


18 Keene, N. II ..


Oct. 1, 1861.


Whitcomb, Albert II. ...


20


Winchendon .. .


Oct. 3, 1861.


Whitney, Joel, Jr. . ....


24


Templeton ..


Oct. 8, 1861.


Wilson, Charles A. .... 19


Gardner ... .


Sept. 30, 1861.


Wilson, George W .... . 22


Gardner .. .


Oct. 4, 1861.


Witherell, Charles I ... 20


New Braintree ..


Oct. 12, 1861.


Wood, Henry S .. 21


Royalstou. . .


Sept. 28, 1861.


Discharged Nov. 6, 1863, order War Department.


COMPANY K.


MUSICIANS. .


William G. Pond. . 20 25


Hubbardston .. ..


Sept. 17, 1861. Sept. 17, 1861.


R .- en .; mus. out July 13, 1865, expiration of service. Discharged May 31, 1862, for disability.


Henry A. Sanders .. .... WAGONERS.


Diah Ball ...


38


Joshua R. Parmenter ... 47


Holden .... . Worcester ..


Sept. 20, 1861. Sept. 21, 1861.


Discharged March 27, 1863, for disability. R .- en .; mus. out July 22, 1865, expiration of service.


504


TWENTY-FIFTH MASSACHUSETTS.


Mastered ont Oct. 20, 1864, expiration of service. Died June 30, 1864, at Washington, D. C. Discharged March 19, 1863, for disability. Died Aug. 12, 1864, at Hampton, Va.


Temple, Augustus ... ... Trask, Martin M .. . 24


24 Orange. . . ..


West Boylston ... .


Mustered out Oct. 20, 1864, expiration of service. Discharged Aug. 4, 1862, for disability. .R .- en .; mus. out July 13, 1865, expiration of service. Discharged March 16, 1862, for disability.


Mastered ont Oct. 20, 1864, expiration of service. Mustered out June 7, 1863, to be commissioned in Navy. Mustered out Oct. 20, 1864, expiration of service. Killed June 18, 1864, at Petersburg, Va.


Worcester. ..


PRIVATES. Adams, John Q .. 34


Worcester ..


Barnes, Gardner F .. . .


19


Worcester.


Sept. 18, 1861. Sept. 21, 1861. Sept. 21, 1861.


Clerk at District Headquarters, New Berne; died of yellow fever Oct. 4, 1864, at New Berne. R .- en .; w'd and pris. D'ry B'ff May 16, 1864; died May 26, 1864, at Richmond, Va.


W'd A'fld Ch. May 9, 1864; w'd C'ld Har. June 3, 1864; mustered out Oct. 20, 1864, expiration of service.


Bond, Thomas C. 20


Charlton.


June 20, 1862.


R .- en. : w'd D'ry B'ff May 16, 1864 ; d'chd May 15, 1865, for disability ; died since the war.


Brown, Edwin Y. 31


Leicester


Dee. 9, 1863.


Mustered ont July 13, 1865, expiration of service ; died since the war.


Burr, George. Cashan, John.


36


Worcester.


Sept. 16, 1861.


23


Millbury ..


Jan. 25, 1864.


W'd P'rg June 30, 1864, and died July 4, 1864. Pris. D'ry B'ff May 16, 1864 ; d'ehd June 29, 1865, order War Department.


Clark, Edward .. Clark, Edward B.


45


Holden ..


Sept. 20, 1861. Sept. 21, 1861.


R .- en .; w'd P'rg June 15, 1864; mus. out July 13, 1865, expiration of service.


Clark, Eli E.


26


Hubbardston.


Sept. 21, 1861.


R .- en .; pris. Dr'y B'TE May 16, 1864; died Sept. 12, 1864, at Andersonville, Ga.


Clark, Samuel A.


20


Holden.


Sept. 16, 1861.


W'd C'ld Har. June 3, 1864, mustered out Oct. 20, 1864, expiration of service.


Clark, Walter S. 20


Chester, Con


Sept. 16, 1861.


Discharged Nov. 28, 1862, for disability.


Clemence, Otis. . 30


Pepperell.


Feb. 2, 1864.


W'd C'ld Har. June 3, 1864, mustered out July 13, 1865, expiration of service.


Coffin, Edmund.


14


Worcester.


Discharged May 9, 1862, for disability.


Collier, David B ..


26


Leicester


I Discharged June 4, 1863, for disability.


Cooper, Otis D .... 18


Oxford. .


Cowles, Edward C. 18


Hatfield.


Sept. 21, 1861.


Creed, Isaac ....


18


Leicester


April 7, 1862.


R .- en. ; w'd C'ld Har. June 3, 1864 (three wounds) ; d'ehd June 20, 1865, for disability.


Currier, Leroy S. 18


Grafton ..


Sept. 16, 1861.


R,-en .; w'd C'ld Har. June 3, 1864; died June 13, 1864, from wounds received at Cold Harbor.


505


WEARING THE BLUE.


Died Sept. 18, 1863, at Washington, N. G.


19


Holden.


Sept. 21, 1861. Sept. 21, 1861. Sept. 21, 1861.


R .- en .; w'd l''rt W'al May 16, 1864; pris. D'ry B'ff May 16, 1864; d'ehd June 11, 1865, order War Department. R .- en .; pris. D'ry B'ff May 16, 1864; d'ehd June 29, 1865, order War Department.


Bellows, Henry H. ..


19


Worcester. .. .


Age.


Residence.


Original Muster-In.


Remarks.


COMPANY K-Continued. Cutting, Otis S.


18


Leicester


Sept. 16, 1861.


R .- en .; w'd D'ry B'ff May 16, 1864 ; mustered out July 13, 1865, expiration of service.


Damon, Otis. ..


33


Davis, Augustus E ... ...


20


Grafton ..


Sept. 20, 1861. Sept. 17, 1861.


R .- en. ; mus. ont July 13, 1865, expiration of service. R .- en .; w'd C'ld Har. June 3, 1864; discharged July 20, 1865, for disability.


Demond, Augustus G .. . 26


West Springfield ..


July 24, 1862.


R .- en .; w'd A'lld Ch. May 9, 1864 ; mustered out July 13, 1865, expiration of service.


Demond, Chauncey P. . ..


18


Rutland ..


Sept. 21, 1861.


R .- en .; w'd C'ld Har. June 3, 1864; died July 10, 1864, of wounds received at Cold Harbor June 3, 1864. Discharged April 7, 1863, for disability.


Deunis, John C. 34 Devereaux, John II .. . . .. 20


Worcester.


Hubbardston ..


Sept. 20, 1861.


R .- en .; w'd A'fld Ch. May 9, 1864; died July 22, 1864, of wounds.


Eaton, Joseph ....


18


Worcester.


Sept. 16, 1861.


R .- en .; w'd Gum Swamp, N. C., May 22, 1863; killed May 16, 1864, at Drewry's Bluff.


Eddy, William L. . ..


18


Leicester. ..


Feb. 25, 1864. Sept. 20, 1861. April 16, 1862.


W'd l''rg June 18, 1864; transferred to V. R. C. R .- en .; mas. out July 13, 1865, expiration of service.


Edwards, Stanley W ... ..


18


Worcester ...


Ren .; pris, D'ry B'TE May 16, 1864; died Feb. 9, 1865, at Florence, S. C.


Edwards, William II .. ...


45


Worcester ..


Sept. 20, 1861. Nov. 1, 1861.


Transferred May 18, 1864, to Veteran Reserve Corps. Discharged Sept. 29, 1863, for disability.


Gates, Theodore N .... Gibbons, William F .. ..


18


Fitchburg. .


Aug. 1, 1864.


W'd C'ld Har. June 3, 1864 ; discharged July 13, 1865, expiration of service.


Gibson, Edmund J .. ..


19


Spencer. . .


Sept. 20, 1861.


R .- en. ; pris. D'ry B'ff May 16, 1864 ; d'chd June 29, 1865, order War Department.


Gifford, Morton D ..


18


Auburn


Sept. 20, 1861.


Died on his way home from service, October, 1864 [sup- posed].


Goodnow, James W.


36


Upton ..


Feb. 22, 1864.


W' and pris. C'ld Har. June 3, 1864; died June, 1864, at Richmond.


Green, Lorenzo B .. 25


Grinun, Joseph M. 1.9


West Boylston .... Grafton ..


Sept. Sept. 20, 1861.


Discharged Jan. 3, 1862, for disability. R .- en .; killed May 16, 1864, at Drewry's Bluff, Va.


506


TWENTY-FIFTH MASSACHUSETTS.


Edwards, Albert W .. . :


18


Worcester . . .


Sept. 16, 1861.


19


Worcester ..


16, 1861.


Paxton. ...


Hall, Charles S. . .


40


Worcester


Handley, James W ..


22 |


Upton ...


Harrington, Charles A. .. 18


Henshaw, William II. ... 30


Holt, Elias () .. ..


27


Hubbardston.


July 30, 1862.


Horton, James B. .


25


Worcester.


Sept. 16, 1861. Sept. 20, 1861.


R .- en. : w'd C'id Har. June 3, 1864; mus. out July 13, 1865, expiration of service (died 1878).


Johnson, Charles N.


18


Worcester


Fch. 29, 1864.


W'd P'rt W'al Va., May 6, 1864; mustered out July 13, 1865, expiration of service.


Johnson, Jerome.


18


Auburn ..


Sept. 20, 1861.


R .- en .; pris. D'ry B'ff May 16, 1864 ; died Feb. 26, 1865, at Florence, S. C.


Kirby, Alfred J. 24


Oxford.


Sept. 21, 1861. Sept. 21, 1861.


Mustered out Oct. 20, 1864, expiration of service. R .- en .; pris. D'ry B'ff May 16, 1864; died Sept. 24, 1864, at Andersonville, Ga.


Lewis, Seth E ... .


19


Hubbardston ..


Sept. 20, 1861.


Loring, Henry A .. 34


West Boylston


Sept. 20, 1861.


Marey, George P ... 30


Worcester.


Sept. 21, 1861. Sept. 21, 1861.


Mayo, Jolm S .. . .


3.4


Holden .. .


Worcester ...


Sept. 21, 1861.


R .- en .; mus. out July 13, 1865, expiration of service; died since the war.


Maynard, Frederick W ... 18


Hubbardston.


Feb. 29, 1864.


Mills, Benjamin F .. . . ... 17


Worcester ...


Sept. 17, 1861.


Mustered out Oct. 20, 1864, expiration of service; died Dee. 11, 1868, at Brooklyn, N. Y.


Miller, Benjamin F .. ... ·


28


Worcester ..


Sept. 21, 18G1.


Moulton, John B. . .. 18


Oxford .. . .. .


Sept. 21, 1861.


Murdock, William E .. ... 18


Worcester ...


Sept. 17, 1861.


Newton, Sereno .. 24


Oxford . ...


Sept. 16, 1861.


Padelford, John M. W ... 41


Worcester ..


Sept. 16, 1861.


Mustered out Oct. 20, 1864, expiration of service; died 1868 in Worcester.


Parmenter, Cyrus T .. 18


Shrewsbury .


·


Worcester ..


Sept. 16, 1861. Sept. 17, 1861.


R .- en .; died at home, of consumption, in 1864. Pris. D'ry B'ff May 16, 1864; died Oct. 7, 1864, at Charleston, S. C.


507


.


WEARING THE BLUE.


Discharged Feb. 14, 1863, for disability. R .- en .; killed June 3, 1864, at Cold Harbor, Va. Died Jan. 8, 1862, at Annapolis, Md.


Discharged May 9, 1862, for disability. Discharged Sept. 11, 1863, for disability.


Discharged April 24, 1863, for disability.


Humes, Reuben ... 38


Millbury.


Sept. 20, 1861. July 31, 1862. Sept. 21, 1861. Sept. 20, 1861.


Paxion .....


Leicester ...


2


Latham, William. 40


Worcester


Died Oct. 1, 1863, at Washington, N. C.


R .- en .; mus. out July 13, 1865, expiration of service. R .- en .; mus. out July 13, 1865, expiration of service. W'd N. B'ne March 14, 1862; d'chd Aug. 5, 1862, for disability (loss of arm).


Maynard, Sylvester C .. . . 18


Mustered ont July 13, 1865, expiration of service.


R .- en .; killed May 16, 1864, at Drewry's Bluff, Va.


R .- en .; pris. D'ry B'ff May 16, 1864; d'ehd O. War D'nt. R .- en .; mms. out July 13, 1865,'expiration of service. Discharged April 23, 1864, for disability.


Perry, Jehu .. 29


------


Age.


Residence.


Original Muster-in.


Remarks.


COMPANY K-Continued.


Poland, Charles A.


18


Worcester.


Sept. 21, 1861.


R .- en .; w'd P'rg June 30, 1864; mus. out July 13, 1865, expiration of service.


Pond, George H[ ....


18


. Hubbardston .. ..


Sept. 21, 1861.


R .- en. ; w'd D'ry B'ff, pris, and escaped, May 16, 1864; discharged June 19, 1865, order War Department. Killed May 16, 1864, at Drewry's Bhuff.


Poud, Rowland ..


20


Hubbardston. .


Sept. 21, 1861.


Pratt, Albert W ..


18


Paxton ...


May 27, 1862.


Pratt, Edwin F ..


18


Paxton ...


Sept. 17, 1861.


R .- en .; mus. out July 13, 1865, expiration of service. R .- en .; w'd R'ke Is'd Feb. 8, 1862; mus. out July 13, 1865, expiration of service.


Preston, Samuel II. . ....


19


Holden.


Sept. 17, 1861.


R .- en. ; w'A A'ildt Ch. May 9, 1864 ; d'ehd March 2, 1865, for disability ; died from accidental cause, 1869.


Pushce, Sidney A.


39


Worcester. .


Sept. 21, 1861.


Discharged May 23, 1863, for disability.


Putnam, Clarence W ... Reed, Davis


18


Worcester ..


Feb. 15, 1864.


39 Sterling.


Sept. 17, 1861.


Remington, Thomas M ..


40 Northbridge ...


Aug. 8, 1862.


Discharged March 18, 1863, for disability.


Richardson, Solomon. ... Shaffer, Jacob.


38


Worcester. .


July


26, 1862.


21


Rutland. ..


Aug. 7, 1862.


Shaw, Andrew.


29


Worcester.


Feb. 27, 1864.


Sherman, Edward M. ...


18


Worcester.


June 18, 1862.


Discharged May 1, 1863, for disability.


Sibley, Frank S.


21


Worcester.


Sept. 21, 1861.


W'd R'ke Is'd Feb. 8, 1862; discharged March 14, 1864, for disability.


Smith, Benjamin F. .


21


Worcester ..


Sept. 21, 1861.


Smith, Charles M. ...


3-4


Uxbridge. .


Snow, Daniel B


24


Berlin . .


.


Sept. 21, 1861. Sept. 21, 1861. Sept. 16, 1861. Sept. 20, ISGI.


Stockdale, Albert .... 20


Leicester. .


Stowe, Charles R. .


21 22


Hubbardston .. Worcester ..


Mar. 16, 1864. Sept. 21, 1861.


Discharged Nov. 28, 1862, for disability. Mastered ont Oct. 20, 1864, expiration of service. Mustered out Oct. 20, 1864, expiration of service. Mustered ont Oct. 20, 1864, expiration of service. R .- en. ; w'd A'lld Ch. May 9, 1864; w'd P'rg June 15, 1864 ; discharged July 13, 1865, expiration of service. WV'd P''rg June 30, 1864, and died July 4, 1864. Discharged Jan. 3, 1862, for disability at Annapolis, Md.


508


TWENTY-FIFTHI MASSACHUSETTS. .


Discharged Nov. 7, 1865, for disability. Discharged April 23, 1864, for disability.


.


Mustered ont Oct. 20, 1864, expiration of service. W'd near N. B'ne Nov. 11, 1862 ; w'd D'ry B'ff May 16, 1864; ms. ont Oet. 20, 1864, expiration; of service. Pris. D'ry B'ff May 16, 1864; died Aug. 24, 1864, at Andersonville.


.


Spooner, Horatio B .. . 26


Worcester ..


-


Sylvester, John S. ...


-


4-


Thompson, Sidney C.


21


Rutland. ...


Sept. 21, 1861: July 30, 1862.


R .- on. ; mustered out March 2, 1865, for disability. R .- en .; pris D'ry B'ff May 16, 1864 ; died Nov. 26, 1864, at Florence, S. C.


Webber, George W .. ...


Worcester. .


Sept. 21, 1861.


Transferred April 24, 1863, to 2d Cavalry.


Wetherby, Adin P ... ...


31


Hardwick ..


Sept. 21, 1861.


Discharged Nov. 28, 1862, for disability.


Williams, Charles C. . .. 21


Auburn ...


Sept. 17, 1861.


R .- en .; mus. out July 13, 1865, expiration of service.


Windle, Thomas ...


18


Worcester ... . July 29, 1862.


R .- en .; mus. out JJuly 13, 1865, expiration of service.


Witherby, Edwin T .. . 18


Worcester . .


Sept. 21, 1861.


R .- en .; mus. out July 29, 1865, order War Department.


Witt, Clayton ....


18


Hubbardston .. ...


WEARING THE BLUE.


509


GENERAL INDEX.


Action at Cobb's Hill, May 21, 1864. Page 236


Albemarle Sound .. 132


rebel ram destroyed. 406


Aldrich, Asahel, of F. .320


Anchored at Fortress Monroe ..


.401


Andrew, Governor, at Camp Lincoln.


23


Andrew's, Governor, proclamation August 20, 1861.


8


Andrew, Governor, denounces attempt to crush brave officers 261


Anderson, Fort, defence of ... 178


Auderson, Lieutenant-Colonel 178, 228


Andersonville prison pen.


.365


Dr. Hamlin upon.


.36$


table of prisoners and deaths. .376


facts and incidents. .370


reception to the stockade 371


cracking bones in. 372


responsibility for cruelty in 378


Arms supplied to Twenty-fifth Regiment. 15


Army ration.


influences 116


of the James.


265


of the Potomac reorganized.


.245


of thé Potomac


.304


Arrowfield Church, battle of. 275


Arrival and reception at Worcester. 104


Ashby's Harbor, Roanoke Island ..


Assault of the enemy's works June 3, 1864 .. 314


Attack on the Sixth Massachusetts in Baltimore. 5


upon Washington, N. C. 127


upon detachment at Rocky Run. 146


upon detachment at Deep Gully 173


of the enemy June 30, 1864. 358


on New Berne ( February, 1864) 248


on New Berne (May 4, 1864) . 254


Attwood, Cornelius G 8, 15, 72, 165, 220, 223, 260, 317, 323 B Company, organization of (Appendix) .439


Baldwin, John D., letter to, from Governor Andrew. 260


Baldwin, Captain Fifty-first Massachusetts Infantry. 168


Ball playing at Camp Hicks 35


Ball, Diah, of K, shipwrecked. 60


33


GENERAL INDEX. 511


Ball, Sergeant of F, at Cold Harbor. Page 318


Baltimore mob attack Massachusetts troops


5


Band of Twenty-fifth Regiment. 18


discharged from service 131


Barton, Miss Clara 366, 381


129


Bates, Ira D., of B.


19


Bartlett, A. F., of H.


321


Battle of New Berne ..


99


Ball's Bluff, Va


6


Bull Run (1861).


6


Roanoke Island


74


Kinston, N. C ..


156


Whitehall, N. C.


157


Goldsboro', N. C ..


158


Port Walthal Junction


270


Arrowfield Church.


275


Drewry's Bluff. 286


Cold Harbor (June 1 and 2) .. 309, 311


Cold Harbor (June 3). 312


Chesterfield Junction. 273


Spottsylvania Court House .306


Petersburg (June 15) .. .344


Appomattox river (June 18). 352


361


Battles, William E., of F.


320


Beaufort. N. C., good retreat for the sick.


129


Benson, Charles E., of A.


371, 372


Bermuda Hundreds, landing at.


.267


. intrenchments. .269


bottled up at. .297


Terry's Division in front of. .350


enemy strong in front of. 351


moving forward from. :269


Bessey, Merritt B 17, 60, 171, 174, 252, 329, 345


Bivouac under the enemy's guns


99


Bill of fare fit for a soldier.


129


Big Bethel, disaster at.


5


Blanchard, W. D., of H .. .


.321


Bond. Sergeant William J., of K. 173, 331


Boss, Corporal, of F, resenes a comrade. 320


Bosworth, H. T., of B, first to die in prison 376


Bosworth, Joel S., of I, in Andersonville. .372


Bottom's bridge, march to .. 240


Boys in Blue and Gray chatting together. 81


Brave defence of Fort Anderson, N. C .. 178


Bravery of Union troops at Little Washington


191


Brambles and briers at Roanoke. 73


Branch, General, rebel commander at New Berne.


94, 97, 105


Brewer, Corporal George W., of D.


331


Brigades formed at Annapolis. 39


Brigade of Colouel Amory. 153


153


Brigade of Colonel Stevenson


153


Brigade of General Wessels 154, 197


Brown, W. O., Regimental Quartermaster. .17, 228, 246


4


the Crater .. Wise's Forks. .413


deit' ... ٧٦وب


Brigade of Colonel Lee ...


Barbarity of rebels at Little Washington.


512


GENERAL INDEX.


Brown, Edward A .. Page 17, 231


Browning, George D, of I.


372


Buchanan justities revolutionary resistance 3


his administration reviewed. 3


Buckwheat cakes, luxuriating on 242


Bngbee, Corporal Walter S., of A 320, 367, 370, 371


Burial lot for soldiers at Roanoke. 80


Burning the bridge at Goldsboro' 159


Burnside, General A. E. . 23, 40, 63, 127


expedition embarks. 45


expedition to North Carolina. 17,50


instructions to from MeClellan.


48


with his " back up" 63


fleet enters Neuse river. 93


cramped for want of troops 113


leaves North Carolina. 127


Ninth Corps under, joins Army of the Potomac. 245


Burr, Lieutenant George .. 329, 360


Burr, George, private of K, mortally wounded. 358


Burgwyn, Lieutenant-Colonel, an incident about 86


Butler, B. P., at Hatteras Inlet .. 56


not ordered to attack Petersburg. 270


bottled up and why. 297


retires from Fort Fisher, and why 408


4


Camden, battle of ...


Camp Lincoln at Worcester 13


Hicks at Annapolis 32


Oliver at New Berne.


122, 213


Sprague.


123


Harkness.


140


waked np by grand rounds. 135


Campaign of May, 1864. commenced. 305


in North Carolina (1865), importance of. 415


Cantonment rear Cobb's Hill .297


Carpet bag as headquarters. 346


Capture of rebel steamer Alice. Wilson.


120


Carter. General S. P., thanks the troops


417


Casey of C., saves the colors.


Casualties at Roanoke Island. 79


New Berne. .105


Port Walthal .. 273


.282


Drewry's Bluff. 201


Cold Harbor .. 333


Petersburg (June 15) .348 Petersburg (June 18) .352 360 after June 18, 1864 .. 121


Cavalry, Third New York, near Washington, N. C ..


on Rocky Mount raid. 221


.21, 189, 226, (Appendix ) 441


Chaplain James. Dodd. 256, 342, 413 Champnes, Sergeant P. A., of D. 375


Sammel G. of D, death of .403


Chandler's, Colonel, report on Andersonville. .383


Call of President for seventy-five thousand men ..


112


alarmed by picket firing. 121


129


319


Arrowfield Church.


GENERAL INDEX. 513


Charge near Appomattox river. Page 352


Charge of enemy at Wise's Forks 417


Character of officers and men of the regiment .214


Charlotte, N. C., and its early patriots 424


Chesterfield Junction ... . 273


98


Claiming Federal protection


90


Clark, Eli E., of K


.372


Captain, of B, resigns


117


master of transport steamer


63


Clay eaters in North Carolina ..


125


Close of Buchanan's administration.


3


Coast Division proposed by MeClellan 47 change of object. 48


269


enemy charge at .296


cantonment near. 297


3


Cold Harbor, moviment to


298, 301


Eighteenth Corps arrive at. .308


battle of, (June Ist). 309


.312


Collins, Corporal Cornelius, of K 372


Colors, National, saved. 32S


Colored people, rejoicing of, at New Berne


104


Coleraine, Companies A and E march to.


222


Company A go to Elizabeth City with prisoners 88


B, organization of. .439


C, in action at Cold Harbor


.311


D, at Drewry's Bluff


288


E capture rebel flags


.102


F, organization, etc.


12, 185


-G, musical talent of ..


125 G and II on picket near Red House 222


II, at Bray farm, on picket.


134 I, left behind, go to Winfield .. 186


K, on provost duty at Little Washington 223 streets at Camp Lincoln.


15 funds misappropriated. 34


Comte de Paris on Buchanan's administration.


3


Confederates at Manassas, July, 1861.


5


Confederate loss at New Berte. 106


officer, as a guest 124


ability to feed prisoners. .367 policy in treatment of prisoners .377


interest to kill Yankee prisoners


381, 382


testimony anent Andersonville. 383 naval attack on James river. 127 final struggle for life 435 .436


Conference of Grant and Lee .. 82


Congratulatory orders at Roanoke .. SI,


New Berne .. 106


regimental, at New Berne. 163


from General Heckman .281


Weitzel .. 291


W. F. Smith .356


65


7


...


of North Carolina. 53


Cobb's Hill.


Coercion opposed by President Buchanan.


(June 3rd).


Chicken, the pioneer, in North Carolina.


514


GENERAL INDEX.


Congratulatory orders from General Stannard Page 357


S. P. Carter. 418


Contrabands commit compound larceny 9L


Cooper shop and Union saloons .. 30


Coppee, Professor, ou the Eighteenth Army Corps 309


Corporal, a brave ... 176


Correspondence between Grant and Lee 433


Court of inquiry on mine explosion .. .362


Cowardice, the mother of cruelty


274


Cracking bones at Andersonville.


.372


Creed, Isaac, of K, with three wounds


.325


Cushing, Lieutenant W. B., exploit of.


406


Daly, Lieutenant William ..


. 171, 246, 276, 294, 320, 321, 333


.283


Davis, Aug. E., of K. .325


John W.


. 165, 174, 336, 342, 359, 397


Major Charles H.


.231


Myron W., of K.


325


Jefferson, formally retires from Congress.


3


guilty of Andersonville cruelties


384


flees from Richmond.


6, 432


Deaths at Annapolis ..


in rebel prisons.


.3$5


at sea, of yellow fever.


.402


Death and burial of a soldier 136


of Commander Flusser 201


Declaration of Independence, Charlotte, N. C. 425


173


67


Defence of New Berne criticised.


105


Demond, Augustus G., of K.


Chauncey P., of K.


325


Democratic National Convention [1860].


1


Denny, J. W. .. . ... 129, 146, 167, 170, 184, 205, 222, 227, 253, (note) 255, 394 226


Department of Provost-Marshal. North Carolina. 409


169


Detachment of Twenty-fifth, at Red House.


122


Dirt-eaters, among the "white trash". 125


Disaster at Bull Run [1861] 6 Ball's Bluft. 6


to gunboat Picket .. 128


Discharge of regimental band 131


Discipline, an element of success. 265


Disgusted Confederate Pickett. 252


Divide, or you are a dead Johnnie .355


Dodd, Rev. S. G., Chaplain ... 256, 342, 413


Draper, George, letter of (appendix) William F


15, 60, 440


Drennan, James M.


86, 146, 147, 194, 260, 280


Drewry's Bluff, battle of.


.286


Drudgery, incident at Roanoke Island.


325


Drury, Luke T., of K.


Dust and dead animals 301


Early, General, finished.


Elenton, N. C., march into


38


Deep Gully, attack upon, March, 1863


94


Defences at Roanoke Island New Berne


215


Deserter, with "important information


440


THELE


Darling, Fort, its strength.


.


GENERAL INDEX. 515


.


Edwards, Stanley W., of K. . Page 372


Eighth Massachusetts Volunteer Militia. .143, 192, 216


Election of President Lincoln [1800]


Ellsworth, Colonel E. E., killed. 5


Emery, William .... 117, 329, 333, 360, 390, 440


Engagement near Washington; N. C. 126


201


Erecting fort, Plymouth N. C.


189


Escaped Union officer from Libby. 212


Escort, steamer, fired into. 193


Excitement for news at Plymouth, N. C. 195 of the front ... 395


Executive Order for raising the regiment.


14


Exchange of prisoners.


3


Expedition to Plymouth, N. C


132


Tarboro. 144


up the Chowan 184


foraging of Companies G and H. 222


.125


Farewell to North Carolina.


.229


Federal loss June 18, 1864.


.356


Fellows, Lieutenant-Colonel, and others captured.


250


Field and staff of Twenty-fifth Massachusetts


17


Field-day in Camp Oliver.


182


Fields of clover, fresh in Virginia .299


Fifth Rhode Island Volunteers. 40, 192


Fifth Massachusetts Volunteer Militia 143, 144, 159, 192, 204, 215


Fifteenth Massachusetts Volunteers .. 8, 29


Fifty-first Massachusetts Volunteer Militia. 138,.154, 172, 216




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