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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 2 2 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 1 1 Browse Search
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wayne, James Moore 1790- (search)
Wayne, James Moore 1790- Jurist; born in Savannah, Ga., in 1790; graduated at Princeton College in 1808; admitted to the bar in 1810, and began practice in his native city; was judge of the Georgia Supreme Court in 1824-29; member of Congress in 1829-35; and in the latter year was appointed an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, where he sat till his death in Washington, D. C., July 5, 1867.
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, Chapter 52: Tenure-of-office act.—equal suffrage in the District of Columbia, in new states, in territories, and in reconstructed states.—schools and homesteads for the Freedmen.—purchase of Alaska and of St. Thomas.—death of Sir Frederick Bruce.—Sumner on Fessenden and Edmunds.—the prophetic voices.—lecture tour in the West.—are we a nation?—1866-1867. (search)
reconstruction; and this agreement was carried out by the adoption of a rule to that effect in the Senate. Sumner, believing that legislation for the protection of the freed men and on other subjects was imperatively required, resisted the passage of the rule; and when reminded of caucus obligations, he maintained that senators were to look to the Constitution and not to a caucus for rules of honor and duty. The rule was adopted, and Sumner was very restive under the restriction. July 3, 5, 10, 1867; Works, vol. XI. pp. 369-396. Some of his amendments to the third reconstruction bill, offered Jul 11, were ruled out under the restriction; but two of them were held not to be excluded, and were carried, July 11 and 13. Works, vol. XI. pp. 397-408. This debate, which called out much feeling, is one of the few in Congress which has raised the question of the obligations of a party caucus. In a debate Dec. 18. 1871 (Congressional Globe, p 190), Sumner treated senatorial caucuses
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, I. List of officers from Massachusetts in United States Navy, 1861 to 1865. (search)
uth Atlantic.July 2, 1862.Resigned.Actg. Master. Russell, Thomas S., Credit, Winchester.-Mass.Mass.Jan. 13, 1863.Actg. Master's Mate.Henry Janes.West Gulf.Jan. 17, 1865.Resigned.Actg. Ensign. Feb. 29, 1864.Actg. Ensign. Ryan, George P., In service prior to 1861. See Navy Register.Mass.Mass.Mass.—--1861.Midshipman.Sacramento.Special Service.--- July 16, 1862.Lieutenant. Ryan, Timothy, Credit. Adams.Mass.Mass.Mass.Oct. 9, 1862.Actg. Master's Mate.Norfolk Packet.South Atlantic.July 5, 1867.Deserted.Actg. Master's Mate. Ryder, Edward A.,Mass.Mass.Mass.Nov. 26, 1862.Actg. Ensign.Young Rover.North Atlantic.Aug. 31, 1865.Hon. discharged.Actg. Ensign. Ryder, Joshua H.,Mass.Mass.Mass.Mar. 28, 1864.Actg. Master's Mate.R. R. Cuyler.North Atlantic.July 25, 1865.Hon. discharged.Mate. Ryder, Preserved M., Credit. Adams.Mass.Mass.Mass.Nov. 28, 1861.Actg. Master's Mate.Constellation.European.May 10, 1865.Resigned.Mate. Ryder, Reuben T.,Mass.Mass.Mass.Apr. 6, 1864.Actg. Master's M
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 7 (search)
10, 1866. First Lieutenant, Nov. 23, 1868. Unassigned, Apr. 14, 1869. Assigned to 2d U. S. Artillery, Jan. 1, 1871. Captain, 2d U. S. Artillery, May 22, 1891. Chaffee, Clemens Clifford. Born in New York. Appointed from Massachusetts. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1858, to June 17, 1862. Second Lieutenant, Ordnance, June 17, 1862. First Lieutenant, Ordnance, Mar. 3, 1863. Brevet Captain, July 4, 1863. Captain, Ordnance, Mar. 7, 1867. Died at Springfield Armory, Mass, July 5, 1867. Chamberlain, Cyrus Nathaniel. Born in Massachusetts. Major, Surgeon, 10th Mass. Infantry, June 21, 1861. Major, Surgeon, U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 13, 1863. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, Oct. 6, 1865. Mustered out, Oct. 7, 1865. Chamberlain, Samuel Emery. See General Officers. Chamberlain, William D. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, 29th Mass. Infantry, Apr. 19, 1861. Captain, Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, Apr. 7, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Vol