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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore) 111 1 Browse Search
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1851. (search)
aunt, Miss C. M. Sedgwick, added to the family circle, brought among the many guests a large number of distinguished and superior people into the house; and William Sedgwick enjoyed the opportunity, rare for a boy and young man, of seeing, in a perfectly unconstrained way, the best society, and of acquiring early that ease and queld to the entreaties of those who say, Do not persist in this war, for you will be only shedding blood to no purpose. In accordance with these principles, Mr. Sedgwick forsook his profession, and was commissioned (May 25, 1861) as First Lieutenant in the Second Massachusetts Volunteers (Colonel Gordon). He went into service with the regiment, was detailed as ordnance officer of Major-General Banks's corps, and was soon transferred to the staff of Major-General Sedgwick, his kinsman, with the rank of Major. All through his period of service he wrote constantly to his family; and the following extracts will show his habits of mind, and the spirit in wh
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1852. (search)
self. With other officers, I did my best to rally the men, and only with partial success. General Sedgwick, who was at this part of the line, had his horse shot, and was wounded in two places. I loway one of these bridges, that opposite the First Division; and the other, opposite the Second (Sedgwick's), was trembling and vibrating in its struggle for life. The division succeeded, however, in r Oaks. The column of the enemy which had advanced along the railroad was deployed in front of Sedgwick's division, when the latter came into line of battle. The safety of the army depended in a mea, and was absent from his regiment when the retrograde movement of the Second Corps commenced. Sedgwick's division was halted, and fronted the enemy in line of battle at Peach Orchard, a mile or moree rear, and about noon had become engaged with the enemy. Two brigades, Dana's and Gorman's of Sedgwick's division, were hastily marched to Franklin's support, but upon a fierce and successful attack
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1854. (search)
avery which excited universal admiration. But at Antietam (September 17) he revealed the high order of his military capacity more fully than on any other occasion during the first period of the war. He went, early in the day, with orders to General Sedgwick's division, of General Sumner's corps. He met it retreating in confusion, under a hot fire. Lowell put forth all his vigor to meet the occasion. He rode rapidly from point to point of the line, driving back and rallying the men; and such chevalier. After I was wounded, one of my first anxieties was to know what had become of him; for it seemed to me that no mounted man could have lived through the storm of bullets that swept the wood just after I saw him enter it. He was with Sedgwick when that general was wounded; and at the same time his own horse was shot under him, while a bullet passed through his coat, and another broke the scabbard of his sabre. In recognition of his gallantry in this battle, General McClellan bestowe
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1857. (search)
ifle was stolen from him. This happened a few days before the battle of Antietam; and at the commencement of that engagement he was unarmed, and at liberty to be a non-combatant. He was urged, if not actually ordered, to remain in the rear. This he could not do. He went coolly toward the front, looking for a weapon. An officer saw him take a gun from a fallen soldier and calmly load and fire until he was hit and instantly killed. This occurred in the woods adjoining the corn-field where Sedgwick's division met with its heavy losses. The next day, when the ground came into possession of the Federal army, his body was carefully and tenderly buried by his comrades, with a headboard inscribed, Sergeant Whittemore. It was soon after removed to Mount Auburn. There it rests in a spot that was a favorite resort of his while in college. It is situated on the slope of Harvard Hill,—an enclosure endeared by family associations, and which he was careful to adorn and keep in order. In vi
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1858. (search)
ready,—on, on to Richmond and victory. Shortly after, in March, the division, Sedgwick's, moved across the Potomac and up the Shenandoah Valley nearly to Winchester t Yorktown, Lieutenant Patten got his first sight of siege and battle. Thence Sedgwick's division was despatched in the column which occupied West Point; but the Twespiration of a genuine soldier, marched au canon, without waiting for orders. Sedgwick's division was in advance, crossed the swaying and dangerous Chickahominy bridperilous scheme now resolved upon. They were three of those five regiments of Sedgwick's division who had routed the enemy at Fair Oaks. This brigade was sent down ville, where the division (the Second of the Second Corps) was assigned to General Sedgwick's famous column on the left, which carried Fredericksburg, stormed Marye'ss is, Lieutenant-Colonel Kimball, Fifteenth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, Sedgwick's Division, Washington, District of Columbia. He then crossed his hands over h
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1860. (search)
ich the regiment numbered when it crossed the river. When General Hooker commenced the movement which led to the battle of Chancellorsville, in May, 1863, General Sedgwick caused his command, the Sixth Corps, with the Second Division of the Second Corps, to cross below Fredericksburg. Thus the Twentieth, which belonged to the e gallant soldier who commanded that division all through the Peninsular campaign and at Antietam. Abbott was with his regiment in all the movements made by General Sedgwick, and marched with it through the streets of Fredericksburg, passing the graves of the many gallant soldiers of his company who fell there in the previous Decander; and that corps was the sturdy Second, which was reported long after his death to be the only corps in the army which never had lost a gun or a color. General Sedgwick, who knew him well, declared with emphasis that he was a wonderfully good soldier; and his division commander, General Gibbon, pronounced his military servic
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1862. (search)
er path open. So do not think I am discouraged, or longing for home, for comforts, and for society. I do want to see you all, though, very much; and being away from you, and mother, and all, is the greatest trial I have. But this is not discouraging, only an evil every young man must bear. On the 25th of February the Twentieth Massachusetts broke camp, preparatory to entering upon an active campaign. The regiment at this time belonged to the Third Brigrde (Dana's), Second Division (Sedgwick's), of the Second Corps (Sumner's). The division crossed the Potomac near Harper's Ferry in the early part of March, to render assistance to Genera-Banks in his advance down the Valley of the Shenandoah. Here Lieutenant Ropes received his initiation into active military life. On the 27th of March the Twentieth embarked on board the transport Catskill, on the 28th started for the Peninsula, and on the 31st landed at Hampton, Virginia. Sumner's corps marched towards Yorktown on the 5th of
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, Biographical Index. (search)
K., Col. . II 240. Scott, Winfield, Lieut.-Gen., I. 10. Sears, Freeman, Rev., I. 179. Sedgwick, Catharine M., I. 168. Sedgwick, Charles, I. 167. Sedgwick, Elizabeth D., I. 187. SedgSedgwick, Charles, I. 167. Sedgwick, Elizabeth D., I. 187. Sedgwick, J., Maj.-Gen., I. 123,170,186,214, 216, 217, 289, 318, 421, 422, 426, 427; II. 93, 95;, 100, 307. Sedgwick, W. D., Maj., Memoir, I. 167-176. Severance, John, I. 163. Seward, W. H., Hon.Sedgwick, Elizabeth D., I. 187. Sedgwick, J., Maj.-Gen., I. 123,170,186,214, 216, 217, 289, 318, 421, 422, 426, 427; II. 93, 95;, 100, 307. Sedgwick, W. D., Maj., Memoir, I. 167-176. Severance, John, I. 163. Seward, W. H., Hon., I. 418. Seymour, Horatio, Hon., I. 13. Shattuck, G. C., Dr., I. 31. Shattuck, G. O., I. 327, 329;. Shaw, F. G., I. 292; II. 172. Shaw, Lemuel, I. 380. Shaw, R. G., Col., Memoir, ISedgwick, J., Maj.-Gen., I. 123,170,186,214, 216, 217, 289, 318, 421, 422, 426, 427; II. 93, 95;, 100, 307. Sedgwick, W. D., Maj., Memoir, I. 167-176. Severance, John, I. 163. Seward, W. H., Hon., I. 418. Seymour, Horatio, Hon., I. 13. Shattuck, G. C., Dr., I. 31. Shattuck, G. O., I. 327, 329;. Shaw, F. G., I. 292; II. 172. Shaw, Lemuel, I. 380. Shaw, R. G., Col., Memoir, II. 172-198. Also, I. 290, 291;, 292, 319, 321, 323, 324. 326, 355, 356II. 83,121,142,145, 251. Shaw, Sarah B., II. 172. Sheafe Family, II. 275. Shelton, E. E., Lieut., II. 137. Sheridan, PSedgwick, W. D., Maj., Memoir, I. 167-176. Severance, John, I. 163. Seward, W. H., Hon., I. 418. Seymour, Horatio, Hon., I. 13. Shattuck, G. C., Dr., I. 31. Shattuck, G. O., I. 327, 329;. Shaw, F. G., I. 292; II. 172. Shaw, Lemuel, I. 380. Shaw, R. G., Col., Memoir, II. 172-198. Also, I. 290, 291;, 292, 319, 321, 323, 324. 326, 355, 356II. 83,121,142,145, 251. Shaw, Sarah B., II. 172. Sheafe Family, II. 275. Shelton, E. E., Lieut., II. 137. Sheridan, P. H., Maj.-Gen., I. 296, 297;, 298, 299, 301, 303; II. 69, 129;. Sherman, Dr., I. 187. Sherman, J., Hon., II. 239. Sherman, W. T., Maj.-Gen., II. 56, 59;, 130, 266, 271, 272, 273, 437, 445