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George H. Gordon, From Brook Farm to Cedar Mountain, Chapter 2: Harper's Ferry and Maryland Heights—Darnstown, Maryland.--Muddy Branch and Seneca Creek on the Potomac—Winter quarters at Frederick, Md. (search)
ir parties, and attended the concerts which our band gave,--none of them ever wavered in their loyalty. God bless Frederick for those true-hearted women who braved all and suffered all from their devotion to their country. It was here, in camp at Frederick, that Governor Andrew first made known his intention to take the nomination of officers to fill vacancies in my regiment out of my hands. To refer briefly to this matter in this history is a necessity. At Maryland Heights, Darnstown, Seneca, and at Frederick, there had been resignations of - officers,some to enter, with higher rank, the new cavalry regiment forming in Massachusetts, some promoted to staff corps, and some two or three only because it was not deemed desirable to retain them. In the record of the Second Massachusetts Infantry Mr. Quint has given the names and rank of those who left us, and the causes which moved them. In filling vacancies in the grade of second lieutenant, it had not occurred to me that the Gove