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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2 1,234 1,234 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 423 423 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died. 302 302 Browse Search
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory, containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America., together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published. (ed. George P. Rowell and company) 282 282 Browse Search
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington 181 181 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 156 156 Browse Search
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 148 148 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 33. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 98 98 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments. 93 93 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3. 88 88 Browse Search
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Mary Thacher Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson: the story of his life, XII: the Black regiment (search)
eally a fine affair and the description in Childe Harold is not finer than the chill and hush which came over all as in the middle of the Lancers, General Saxton came in, pale and stern, and with a word stopped every foot and every chord—and said that it was wicked to be dancing amidst such suffering and disaster—Lt. Col. Reed, actually dying, had just been carried past the house. There had been a shadow over us all the evening from the mere rumors. The regiment was now, in the spring of 1864, on advanced picket duty, and Colonel Higginson described the life in his letters home:— Our life here seems like a pleasant country seat with everything very free and easy. Part of the household are just setting off for a little church in the woods about 4 miles off—some on horseback— others in a four wheeled farm wagon called by the people on the plantation reverentially the buggy — shutters are taken down and laid across for seats, then restored to their legitimate office on r
Mary Thacher Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson: the story of his life, XIII: Oldport Days (search)
ter some hard work the new chairman succeeded in abolishing separate colored schools, and in consequence was dropped from the committee. Six years later his course was justified, for he was reinstated upon the school committee, and, moreover, in this later service one of his fellow-members was a colored man. He also became instrumental in organizing a Library Corporation and was one of the directors. The beloved mother, with whom Colonel Higginson had so faithfully kept in touch, died in 1864, aged seventy-eight. In an article called The Future Life, written in 1909 for Harper's Bazar, the loyal son wrote: Of my own mother, I can say that I never saw her beautiful face so calm and so full of deferred utterance as when I sat alone beside it after death; it was of itself a lesson in immortality. A less frequent chronicle of daily events was henceforth sent to his sisters; for instance:— I read a chapter in Alice in the looking Glass after breakfast to the boarders to begin
Mary Thacher Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson: the story of his life, Bibliography (search)
is Atlantic Essays. 1871.) Same. (In his Hints on Writing and Speech-Making. 1887.) Health of Our Girls. (In Atlantic Monthly, June.) Gabriel's Defeat. (In Atlantic Monthly, Sept.） Same. (In his Travellers and Outlaws. 1889.) Life of Birds. (In Atlantic Monthly, Sept.) Def. VI. Procession of the Flowers. (In Atlantic Monthly, Dec.) Def. VI. 1863 (War) Outdoor Papers. The Puritan Minister. (In Atlantic Monthly, Sept.） Same. (In his Atlantic Essays. 1871.) 1864 (War—Newport) Regular and Volunteer Officers. (In Atlantic Monthly, Sept.） A Night in the Water. (In Atlantic Monthly, Oct.) Def. III. Leaves from an Officer's Journal. (In Atlantic Monthly, Nov., Dec.） Book Notices. (In Atlantic Monthly, Friend of Progress.) 1865 (Newport） Leaves from an Officer's Journal. (In Atlantic Monthly, Jan.） Bequest of Spiritualism. (In Friend of Progress, Feb.） Herbert Spencer. (In Friend of Progress, March.) Up the St. Ma