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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 26 (search)
d to Western Branch, and you will send with her two armed boats from the Perry, under competent officers, who will be under the orders of Acting Master Williams, commanding the Barney. Should the General Putman still be in the Nansemond, you will deliver the accompanying despatch to her commanding officer. Respectfully, yours, S. P. Lee, Acting Rear-Admiral, commanding N. A. B. Squadron. Acting Vol.-Lt. Amos P. Foster, Commanding United States Steamer Commodore Perry Orders to James Williams. flag-ship North Atlantic Blocking squadron, off Newport News, April 13, 1864. Sir: Proceed with the Commodore Barney, under your command, up the Nansemond River, communicating with the Commodore Perry, and receiving from her two armed boats, with which you will proceed with the Barney to the mouth of Western Branch. It is expected that a detachment from the army will be at Milnerstown or Red Ferry, situated on the West Branch, at about eleven o'clock to-morrow, (Thursday mornin
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Musgrove's Mill, affair at (search)
Musgrove's Mill, affair at The patriots of South Carolina were not conquered, only made to pause, by the cruelty of Cornwallis. Among those who took protection as a necessary expedient was Col. James Williams, who commanded the post at Ninety-six. He lost no time in gathering the patriots in that region, and on Aug. 18, 1780, fell upon a body of 500 British troops—regulars and loyalist militia—who had established a post at Musgrove's Mill, on the Ennoree River. He routed them, killed sixty, and wounded a greater number, with a loss to himself of eleven
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Williams, James 1740- (search)
Williams, James 1740- Military officer; born in Hanover county, Va., in 1740; emigrated to Laurens district, S. C., in 1773, where he was an active patriot and member of the Provincial Congress in 1775. In 1779 he became colonel of militia, and commanded a detachment in the battle of Stono Ferry, June 20, 1779. At Musgrove's Mill he attacked and defeated a large body of British and Tories; and in the expedition against Ferguson, which terminated in the battle of King's Mountain, he exhibited great energy and skill,. but fell in the thickest of the fight, mortally wounded, and died the next day, Oct. 8, 1780.
Emilio, Luis F., History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry , 1863-1865, Chapter 1: recruiting. (search)
ction was strong, and active for mediation. In consequence of the situation, the arming of negroes, first determined upon in October, 1862, was fully adopted as a military measure; and President Lincoln, on Jan. 1, 1863, issued the Emancipation Proclamation. In September, 1862, General Butler began organizing the Louisiana Native Guards from free negroes. General Saxton, in the Department of the South, formed the First South Carolina from contrabands in October of the same year. Col. James Williams, in the summer of 1862, recruited the First Kansas Colored. After these regiments next came, in order of organization, the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts, which was the first raised in the Northern States east of the Mississippi River. Thenceforward the recruiting of colored troops, North and South, was rapidly pushed. As a result of the measure, 167 organizations of all arms, embracing 186,097 enlisted men of African descent, were mustered into the United States service. John A. A
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died., List of Massachusetts officers, and soldiers who died as prisoners. (search)
. Inf.,Andersonville, Ga.,Aug. 24, 1864. Williams, Charles,54th Mass. Inf.,Florence, S. C.,Jan.--, 1865. Williams, Charles H.,39th Mass. Inf.,Wilmington, N. C.,March 119, 1865. Williams, Eugene,4th Mass. Cav.,In hands of enemy,—--, 1864. Williams, James,27th Mass. Inf.,Richmond, Va.,June 4, 1864. Williams, John H. Name and rank.Command.Place of Death.Date of Death. Williams, John H.,58th Mass. Inf.,Andersonville, Ga.,Sept. 13, 1864. Williams, Peter, Corp.,20th Mass. Inf.,SaliWilliams, John H. Name and rank.Command.Place of Death.Date of Death. Williams, John H.,58th Mass. Inf.,Andersonville, Ga.,Sept. 13, 1864. Williams, Peter, Corp.,20th Mass. Inf.,Salisbury, N. C.,Dec.--, 1864. Willis, Calvin W.,17th Mass. Inf.,Andersonville, Ga.,July 17, 1864. Willis, Stephen R., Corp.,35th Mass. Inf.,Jackson, Miss.,July 17, 1863. Williston, G.,*27th Mass. Inf.,Andersonville, Ga.,Sept. 12, 1864. Wilmarth, Charles W.,18th Mass. Inf.,Andersonville, Ga.,July 18, 1864. Wilson, Edward E.,2d Mass. H. A.,Charleston, S. C.,Oct. 6, 1864. Wilson, George, Enlisted from Lowell.3d Mass. Cav.,Richmond, Va.,March 19, 1864. Wilson, George, Enlisted from Boston.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died., Weymouth, Uriah (search)
1864. Wilcox, Philip A.,58th Mass. Inf.,Danville, Va.,Nov. 28, 1864. Wilder, Abel L.,3d Mass. Cav.,Salisbury, N. C.,Dec.--, 1864. Wilder, Charles S., Taken prisoner, June 2, 1864. No further record. Corp.,21st Mass. Inf.,------ Wilder, Lewis E.,2d Mass. H. A.,Andersonville, Ga.,Aug. 12, 1864. Wilkins, Samuel O.,1st Mass. Cav.,Andersonville, Ga.,Aug. 30, 1864. Willard, Persons S., Also known as Persons, Willard L.19th Mass. Inf.,Andersonville, Ga.,Oct. 26, 1864. Williams, A., Probably error for Williams, Armistead, Corp.54th Mass. Inf.,Charleston, S. C.,April--, 1864. Williams, Armistead, Corp.,54th Mass. Inf.,Charleston, S. C.,July 21, 1864. Williams, Charles,27th Mass. Inf.,Andersonville, Ga.,Aug. 24, 1864. Williams, Charles,54th Mass. Inf.,Florence, S. C.,Jan.--, 1865. Williams, Charles H.,39th Mass. Inf.,Wilmington, N. C.,March 119, 1865. Williams, Eugene,4th Mass. Cav.,In hands of enemy,—--, 1864. Williams, James,27th Mass. Inf.,Richmond, Va.,June 4, 1864.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died., Williams, John H. (search)
Williams, John H. Name and rank.Command.Place of Death.Date of Death. Williams, John H.,58th Mass. Inf.,Andersonville, Ga.,Sept. 13, 1864. Williams, Peter, Corp.,20th Mass. Inf.,Salisbury, N. C.,Dec.--, 1864. Willis, Calvin W.,17th Mass. Inf.,Andersonville, Ga.,July 17, 1864. Willis, Stephen R., Corp.,35th Mass. Inf.,Jackson, Miss.,July 17, 1863. Williston, G.,*27th Mass. Inf.,Andersonville, Ga.,Sept. 12, 1864. Wilmarth, Charles W.,18th Mass. Inf.,Andersonville, Ga.,July 18, 1864. Wilson, Edward E.,2d Mass. H. A.,Charleston, S. C.,Oct. 6, 1864. Wilson, George, Enlisted from Lowell.3d Mass. Cav.,Richmond, Va.,March 19, 1864. Wilson, George, Enlisted from Boston.3d Mass. Cav.,Richmond, Va.,March 19, 1864. Wilson, Hynes,57th Mass. Inf.,Danville, Va.,Dec. 17, 1864. Wilson, J.,*22d Mass. Inf.,Richmond, Va.,Jan. 8, 1864. Wilson, James,17th Mass. Inf.,Savannah, Ga.,Nov. 3, 1864. Wilson, James,2d Mass. H. A.,Andersonville, Ga.,Sept. 1, 1864. Wilson, Owen A.,2d Mas
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died., Index of names of persons. (search)
s, 27th Mass. Inf., 559 Williams, Charles, 54th Mass. Inf., 559 Williams, Daniel, 488 Williams, E. J., 432 Williams, Edward, 432 Williams, Eugene, 559 Williams, F. A., 432 Williams, G. C., 488 Williams, G. H., 432 Williams, G. O., 432 Williams, G. S., 432 Williams, Isaac, 432 Williams, J. E., 495 Williams, J. H., 45th Mass. Inf., 432 Williams, J. H., 58th Mass. Inf., 560 Williams, J. M., 2d Mass. Inf., 488 Williams, J. M., 10th Mass. Inf., 488 Williams, J. S., 126, 432 Williams, James, 559 Williams, John, IX Williams, John, 31st Mass. Inf., 64, 432 Williams, M. H., 432 Williams, Peter, 560 Williams, Robert, 143, 158 Williams, Thomas, 56, 57, 162, 181, 252, 254 Williams, Thomas, 32d Mass. Inf., 488 Williams, W. B., 68, 432 Williams, W. S., 432 Williams, W. T., 432 Williamson, F. S., 432 Williamson, Joseph, 1st Mass. H. A., 488 Williamson, Joseph, 58th Mass. Inf., 432 Willis, C. W., 560 Willis, D. W., 432 Willis, Franklin, 432 Willis, G. H., 432 Wil
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 21: military History. (search)
eph Tuttle. John Vertys. John Vila. Thomas Wait. Edward Walker. Israel Walton. William Warland. Daniel Watson. Isaac Watson. William Watson. Ezra Welch. John Welch. Elijah Weld. Henry Weld. Job Wetherell. Thomas Wheeler. Andrew White. James White. John Whiting. Andrew Whitney. Nathaniel R. Whitney. Oliver Whitney. Timothy Whitney. Francis Whittemore. Nathan Whittemore. Samuel Whittemore, Jr. Thomas Whittemore. James Williams. Nathaniel Williams. Timothy Willison. George Wilson. Josiah Wilson. Thomas Wilson. William Wilton. Henry Win ship. Isaac Winship. John Winship. Coolidge Wood. Charles Wyman. Phipps Wyman. James Yates. The war against Great Britain, which was proclaimed on the 19th of June, 1812, was unpopular in Cambridge, as in New England generally. The muster rolls are not within my reach; and I am unable to furnish a full list of volunteers who may have ent
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, Index of names of persons. (search)
ine T., 585 Williams, Charles, 483 Williams, D. R., 585 Williams, E. L. M., Mrs., 585 Williams, E. P., 731 Williams, Edwin, 497 Williams, Emily L., 585 Williams, Ephraim, 454, 567 Williams, G. D., 373 Williams, G. F., 731 Williams, G. S., 571 Williams, G. W., 731 Williams, George, Navy, 154 Williams, George, 585 Williams, H. B., 454 Williams, H. P., 373 Williams, J. A., 154 Williams, J. B., 373, 585 Williams, J. H., 373 Williams, J. M. S., 585 Williams, J. O., 373 Williams, James, S., 154 Williams, Jesse S., 373 Williams, M. F., 373 Williams, Philander, 373 Williams, R. S., 483 Williams, Robert, 1st Mass. Cav., 202, 233, 454, 567 Williams, Robert, 39th Mass. Inf., 373 Williams, S. A., 373 Williams, S. B., 483 Williams, S. K., Jr., 605 Williams, W. B., 373 Williams, W. G., 454 Williams, William, 154 Williamson, D. H. C., 373 Williamson, H. F., 483 Willis, H. A., 605 Willis, Henry A., 373, 608 Willis, R. H., 373 Willis, S. C., 483 Willis, S.
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