Schouler, William. A History of in the Civil War. Boston: E. P. Dutton, 1868.

CHAPTER I. Massachusetts - Civil Government - Election, 1860 - Legislature - President of the Senate -Speaker of the House-State of the Country - Farewell Address of Governor Banks - Governor Andrew's Inaugural - Their Views of the Crisis - Sketch of Governor Andrew - Lieutenant-Governor - Executive Council - Adjutant- General- Military Staff- Congressmen - The Volunteer Militia- Military Equipment-Early Preparations - Salutes, 8th of January - General Order No. 2 - Report of Adjutant-General - General Order No. 4 -Proceedings of the Legislature - Regular Session - Emergency Fund - Loan Credit of State -Delegates to Peace Convention- South Carolina to Massachusetts-Two thousand Overcoats - Order of Inquiry-Letter of Adjutant-General - Letter of Colonel Henry Lee, Jr. -Meeting of Officers in Governor's Room - Colonel Ritchie sent to Washington-His Letters to the Governor - Secretary Seward's Letter - Letter of Colonel Lee - Charter of Transports - John M. Forbes, Esq. -Meeting in Faneuil Hall - Meeting in Cambridge - Speech of Wendell Phillips, Esq., at New Bedford - Remarks -The President calls for Troops-The Eve of Battle 1-48

CHAPTER II The Call for Troops -The Marblehead Companies first in Boston -The Excitement of the People - Headquarters of Regiments - Four Regiments called for - General Butler to command - New Companies organized-Liberal Offers of Substantial Aid- Dr. George H. Lyman, Dr. William J. Dale, Medical Service -Action of the Boston Bar -The Clergy, Rev. Mr. Cudworth -The Women of the State -The Men of the State-Liberal Offers of Service and Money - Robert B. Forbes, Coast Guard - Colonel John H. Reed appointed Quartermaster - The Personal Staff - Executive Council - Mr. Crowninshield appointed to purchase Arms in Europe - An Emergency Fund of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars-Letter of the Governor to Secretary Cameron - General Butler consulted - The Route by Annapolis -Narrative of Samuel M. Felton -Mr. Lincoln's Journey to Washington- His Escape from Assassination - The Third Regiment - Speech of Ex-Governor Clifford - The Fourth Regiment -Address of Governor Andrew-Departure for Fortress Monroe - The Sixth Regiment -Departure for Washington-Reception in New York and Philadelphia - The Eighth Regiment - Departure - Speeches of Governor Andrew and General Butler - Reception on the Route -Arrival in Philadelphia - The Fifth Regiment sails from New York for Annapolis - Major Cook's Light Battery ordered to Washington -The Third Battalion of Rifles sent forward - The Massachusetts Militia -Arrival of the Third Regiment at Fortress Monroe-Attempt to save Norfolk Navy Yard -The Fourth Regiment the first to land in Virginia -Fortress Monroe -Big Bethel - The Fifth Regiment - Battle of Bull Run - The Sixth Regiment - Its March through Baltimore - The Nineteenth of April - First Blood shed -The Eighth Regiment-Lands at Annapolis - Saves the Frigate Constitution-Arrives in Washington - The Rifle Battalion at Fort McHenry - Cook's Battery at Baltimore - End of the Three Months' Service - Conclusion 49-108

CHAPTER III The People of the Towns - The Press - The Pulpit - -Fletcher Webster offers to raise a Regiment - The Sunday Meeting in State Street- Mr. Webster's Speech-Meeting in the Music Hall - Speech of Wendell Phillips - Meeting in Chester Park -Speeches of Edward Everett and Benjamin F. Hallett-Meeting under the Washington Elm in Cambridge - Ex-Governor Banks, George S. Hillard, and others -Letters received by the Governor -Extracts -Reception of the Dead Bodies of the Killed in Baltimore -Mr. Crowninshield goes abroad to buy Arms - Ex-

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Governor Boutwell sent to Washington - Letter of John M. Forbes to Mr. Felton -Letter to General Wool-To Rev. Dr. Stearns - To Robert M. Mason - Offer of a Ship Load of Ice - Purchase of the " Cambridge " -Provisions sent to Fortress Monroe and Washington - Governor to President Lincoln - Attorney-General Foster - The Ladies of Cambridge - Call for Three Years' Volunteers -Letter of John M. , Forbes -Letters received by the Adjutant-General- Extracts -Letters from Dr. Luther V. BeU and Richard H. Dana, Jr. - Ex-Govemor Boutwell arrives at Washington-Letters to the Governor--State of Affairs at Washington-Letter from Mr. Foster- Cipher Telegram -Judge Hoar at Washington -Letters to the Governor - The War Department will accept no more Troops- Charles R. Lowell, Jr., Massachusetts Agent at Washington - His Instructions -Letter of Governor to Dr. Howe -Appointed to examine the Condition of the Regiments -His Report - Colonel Prescott -Letters of the Governor and General Butler- Slavery 109-161

CHAPTER IV Companies sent to the Forts - Officers appointed to Command - Militia Battalions - First Call for Three Years' Troops-Delays at Washington - Letter to Montgomery Blair-Letter of Secretary of War - General Order No. 12 - Six Regiments allowed - Governor anxious to send more- Letter of General Walbridge - Governor to Senator Wilson - More Delay - Extra Session of the Legislature - Address of the Governor - Proceedings of the Legislature-War Measures adopted - Debate on Colored Troops -Bills passed by the Legislature - Sinking Fund - Government Securities - Pay of Troops - Established Camps -Seven Millions of Dollars - State Aid to Families of Soldiers - The Six Regiments of Three Years' Men - Ten more Regiments called for - Their Organization-Additional Staff Officers appointed - Surgeon-General's Department organized - Letter of Governor to Dr. Lyman -Board of Medical Examiners - Promotion of the Surgeon-General - Letter of the Governor to Colonel Frank E. Howe -New-England Rooms, New York -Letter of Colonel Lee to Charles R. Lowell-Letters of the Governor to Different Parties - Circular of the Secretary of War- Colonel Browne to Colonel Howe - Abstract of Correspondence - Colonel Sargent to General Scott - Cobb's Battery-Letter to Colonel Webster - Letter to the President-Irish Regiments-Flag- raising at Bunker-Hill Monument - Speech of Governor Andrew - Speech of Colonel Webster - Interesting Ceremonies - Conclusion 162-215

CHAPTER V. Death of Governor Andrew - The Great Loss-Mission of Mr. Crowninshield to Europe - The Purchase of Arms - Colonel Lucius B. Marsh - Vote of Thanks by the Council- The Policy of the Governor in making Military Appointments -Letter to General Butler in Regard to our Soldiers - Neglect of Officers-Letter to Colonel Couch, of the Seventh - Sends Two Thousand Muskets to Wheeling, Va. - General Lander - Governor Stevens, of Oregon - General Sherman comes to Boston to confer with the Governor - The War Department and Appointments - Governor makes an Address to the People - Mission to Washington - Writes to Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania - Blockade-runners at Halifax - Governor saves the Life of a Private Soldier -His Letter to Patrick Donahoe -Religious Toleration - To the Editor of the Boston Post - Massachusetts Companies in New- York Regiments - General Sherman's Command -Liberality of the People - Battle' of Ball's Bluff - The Massachusetts Dead -A Noble Letter - Exchange of Prisoners - Governor's Letter to President Lincoln - Scheme to invade Texas - Suggests that Congress offer Bounties - Controversy about making Massachusetts Soldiers catch Fugitive Slaves -Letter to General McClellan- Another Letter to the President, about Exchange of Prisoners - Our

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Men in Richmond Jail - San Francisco sends Two Thousand Dollars for Soldiers' Families - The Maryland Legislature-Liberal Action- The Republican State Convention - Interesting Debate - Democratic Convention - Thanksgiving Proclamation - Thanksgiving in the Massachusetts Camps-Major 'Wilder Dwight - The Second Regiment at Harper's Ferry-Full Account of the Controversy between Governor Andrew and Major-General Butler about recruiting and raising Regiments in Massachusetts 216-282

CHAPTER VI. The Campaign of 1862-Meeting of the Legislature - Ex-Governor Clifford elected President of the Senate - His Speech-Alexander H. Bullock elected Speaker of the House - Speech of Mr. Bullock - Of Caleb Gushing -Proceedings of the Legislature -Abstracts of Military Laws passed - Massachusetts Prisoners in Richmond - Clothing sent - Letter from Adjutant Pierson-Expedition of General Bumside - Capture of Roanoke Island - Massachusetts Troops first to land -Care of the Sick and Wounded -Dr. Hitchcock sent on- The Wounded in New York- Colonel Frank E. Howe- Establishment of the New-England Rooms - Care of the Sick and Wounded - The Army of the Potomac - The Wounded at Williamsburg-Letters of Colonel Howe-Every Assistance given-The Agencies of the State for the Care of the Men - The Office in Washington - Colonel Gardiner Tufts, Mrs. Jennie L. Thomas, Robert C. Corson, William Robinson, appointed Agents- Visits of the Adjutant-General, Colonel Ritchie, and Colonel John Q. Adams, to the Front - Report to the Governor - The Appearance of Washington -Reports of Edward S. Rand and Dr. Bowditch - First Massachusetts Cavalry at Hilton Head - Our Troops in North Carolina - Appointment of Allotment Commissioners -Their Valuable Services -Letters of the Governor- Rule for making Appointments - Illegal Recruiting - Colonel Dudley - Thirtieth Regiment - Captured Rebel Flags-Death and Burial of General Lander-Letters of Governor to Secretary of War- Secretary of the Navy- To the President on Various Subjects -Letter to General Burnside- Secretary Chase -The Retreat of General Banks - Great Excitement - Troops sent forward-Militia called out-The Position of our Regiments - The War in Earnest 283-337

CHAPTER VII Recruiting for the New Regiments - The Position of the Armies in the Field - Letters from the Adjutant-General to Different Persons - Establishment of Camps -Departure of New Regiments- Recruits for Old Regiments - Letter to Secretary Seward - Suggestions adopted -Foreign Recruits -Letter to General Couch -Deserters -Want of Mustering Officers -Letter from General Hooker - Our Sick and Wounded-Letter to General McClellan - General Fitz John Porter - Call for Nineteen Thousand Soldiers for Nine Months -Appointment of Major Rogers -Preparing for a Draft-Militia Volunteers -Letter to the President- Great Activity in Recruiting - Liberality of John M. Forbes - Colonel Maggi - Town Authorities ask Civilians to be commissioned - First Attempt to raise Colored Troops - Letter to Hon. J. G. Abbott - Recommends Merchants and Others to devote Half of each Day to Recruiting - Hardship to Seaboard Towns -Attempt to have Credits allowed for Men in the Navy -Difficulties- Earnest Letter - Surgeons sent forward - Several Recommendations -Battle of Antietam - Dr. Hitchcock sent forward - His Report - Affairs at the Front - Recruiting Brisk - Republican Convention - Sharp Debate - Nominations - People's Convention - General Devens nominated for Governor - Speeches-Letter to General Dix - Contrabands - Complaints - Quotas filled - Departure of Regiments-Invasion of Texas - Major Burt - State Appointments, &c 338-399

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CHAPTER VIII. The Proclamation of Freedom - Colored Regiments -Letter to Samuel Hooper- The California Battalion - Meeting of the Legislature, January, 1863 -Organization- Address of the Governor- Delay of the Government in paying the Soldiers -The Commission of Mr. Crowninshield - His Claim not allowed-Reports of the Adjutant, Surgeon, and Quartermaster Generals-Abstract of Military Laws -Letter to Hon. Thomas D. Eliot - Western Sanitary Commission -Confidential Letter to General Hooker - Efforts to reinstate Major Copeland - The Pirate " Alabama " - Curious Coincidence -Authority to recruit a Colored Regiment-The Governor's Policy in the Selection of Officers - Colonel Shaw - The Passage of the Fifty-fourth (colored) Regiment through Boston - Departure for South Carolina - Death of Colonel Shaw at Fort Wagner-Letter of the Governor to Captain Sherman-Letter to General Hamilton, of Texas -Major Burt - Plan to invade Texas -Mortality of Massachusetts Regiments in Louisiana - War Steamers - Rights of Colored Soldiers - Temperance -General Ullman's Expedition - Coast Defences - General Wilde - John M. Forbes writes from London - Colonel Ritchie - A Rebel Letter-Robert C. Winthrop - Letter to Mr. Gooch, M.C. - Army Officers in Boston - Cases of Suffering - Useless Detail of Volunteer Officers -Letter to General Wool - Suggestions about Recruiting -About Deserters - Staff Appointments - Complaints - Nine Months' Men -Letter to J. H. Mitchell, - Claims for Money in the Legislature - Case of Mr. Maxwell, of Charlemont - Sergeant Plunkett, of the Twenty- first Regiment - Soldiers to be shot-Troubles in the Department of the Gulf, &c 391-440

CHAPTER IX

The Military Condition-Reverses and Successes of the Union Arms- Service and Return Home of the Nine Months' Regiments - List of Casualties -Deserters - The July Riot in Boston -Prompt Action - An Abstract of the Orders -Alarm in other Cities - The Attack in Cooper Street - The Eleventh Battery- The Word to fire - The Riot suppressed-The Draft - Appointment of Provost- Marshals - The Fifty-fifth Colored Regiment -Letters from Secretary Stanton-Injustice to the Colored Troops - Letters of the Governor on the Subject-Difficulties with the Draft-Major Blake sent to Washington-Request to allow Bounties to Drafted Men refused - John M. Forbes in Washington - Letters to the Governor - Heavy Ordnance - Colonel Lowell - The Attack on Wagner - Death of Colonel Shaw - Instances of Bravery on the Part of Colored Troops-Letters to General Dix - Troops for Coast Defence - Governor writes to Governor of Ohio -Formation of Veteran Regiment -Massachusetts Militia- Letters to Colonel Lee - Colored Cavalry -Letter of Secretary Stanton - Confidential Letter on the Exposed Condition of the Coast- Telegraph Communication with the Forts -Letters to Senator Sumner- Exact Condition of the Defences - Letter of the Adjutant-General-Reports of General William Raymond Lee - Colonel Ritchie sent to England-Democratic State Convention - Republican State Convention - Re-election of Governor Andrew - The President calls for Three Hundred Thousand more Volunteers - Extra Session of the Legislature called - Governor's Address-Bounties increased-Abstract of Laws 441- 506

CHAPTER X. The Military Camps in Massachusetts-Number of Troops Jan. 1, 1864 - Where Serving-Letter of Governor to Lewis Hayden-From Miss Upham- Soldier's Scrap-book-Letter to Samuel Hooper -

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Sale of Heavy Ordnance -The Condition of our Defences - Colonel Ritchie in England -Meeting of the Legislature - Organization -Addresses of Mr. Field and Colonel Bullock - Address of the Governor- Eloquent Extract- Abstract of Military Laws-Members of Congress -Letter to John B. Alley - The Springfield Companies - Secretary Stanton refuses to pay them Bounties - Correspondence in Regard to it-Letters from General Butler - Governor to Miss Upham - Complaints about Soldiers at Long Island - Re-enlisted Veterans - Order of War Department - Returns of Veteran Regiments - Their Reception-Letter to General Hancock - General Burnside review. 8 the Troops at Readville-Letter to the Christian Watchman - General Andrews - Surgeon-General Dale - Confederate Money -Letter from General Gordon -Battle of Olustee - Letter to Selectmen of Plymouth-A Second Volume of Scrapbook -Letter from Mr. Lovejoy - Lieutenant-Colonel Whittemore - Correspondence-The Heavy Artillery - Condition of Fort War- ren - Misunderstanding - Secretary Stanton and the Governor-Colonel William F. Bartlett-His Promotion -Earnest Letter to Mr. Sumner-Troubles about Recruiting - Complaints made-A Convention held -Letter of the Adjutant-General-The Recruiting of New Regiments -Forwarded to the Front- The Advance of General Grant 507-559

CHAPTER XI. General Position of Affairs at the Beginning of 1864 - Credits in the Navy - Law of Congress - Appointment of Commissioners - Circular Letter - Agents to Recruit in Rebel States - Letter to Mr. Everett-Governor Andrew in Washington - Pay of Colored Troops - Letter to the President - Letter to Mr. Stanton - Expectation of Rebel Attack on our Coast - Present of a Turtle - Brigadier-General Bartlett- Letter to Governor Seymour, of New York - Letter to the Secretary of War- Letter to the Attorney-General - Letter to Andrew Ellison- Colonel N. A. M. Dudley - Letter of Governor Yates, of Illinois - Case of Otis Newhall, of Lynn- Case of Mrs. Bixby, of Boston - Letter to the President - Plan to bum the Northern Cities - Speech of Mr. Everett-Destruction of the "Alabama" - Honors paid to Commodore Winslow - Donations for our Soldiers-Letter of Mr. Stebbins-Letter to the Union League Club, New York- Colored Officers - Letter to James A. Hamilton - Battle before Nashville - Case of Jack Flowers - National Conventions -Nominations - Republican State Convention - Proceedings - Renomination of Governor Andrew - Democratic State Convention - Nominations - Report of the Adjutant- General's Journey to the Front - Staff Appointments during the Year - Conclusion 560-608

CHAPTER XII Public Confidence-Meeting of the Legislature - Organization-Address of Governor Andrew - Acts passed by the Legislature - General Sargent - Death of Edward Everett - Frontier Cavalry - Governor and Secretary Stanton - Abolition of Slavery - Boston Harbor-Fast Day - Currency Question - Proclamation of President Lincoln - Case of a Deserter - Letter from Secretary Seward - Foreign Enlistments- The End of the Rebellion - Capitulation of General Lee - Rejoicings throughout the State -Governor sends a Message to the Legislature-Meeting in Faneuil Hall- Proposition for a National Thanksgiving -Death of President Lincoln - Action of the Legislature - Governor's Letter to Mrs. Lincoln- Original Copy of General Lee's Farewell Address, sent to the Governor by General Russell-Death of General Russell- Monument to the First Martyrs in Lowell - Address of the Governor -Letter to F. P. Blair, Sen. - Meeting at Faneuil Hall-Letter of the Governor -Reconstruction - Colonel William S. Lincoln - Memorial Celebration at Harvard-Letter to Mr. Motley, Minister to Austria-Miss Van Lew - Alexander H. Stephens - Governor to President Lincoln- Relics of Colonel Shaw -Letter to Colonel Theodore

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Lyman - State Prisoners in Maryland- Letter to James Freeman Clarke - Freedman's Bureau- Emigration South -Letter to General Sherman- Governor's Staff- Governor declines Re-election - Republican Convention - Democratic Convention - Reception of the Flags - Forefathers' Day - Speech of General Couch - Speech of Governor Andrew - Compliment to the Adjutant-General - General Grant visits Massachusetts - Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis - Her Services - New England Women's Auxiliary Association - What it did - New England Rooms, New York-Massachusetts Soldiers' Fund - Boston Soldiers' Fund - Surgeon-General's Fund - Number of Men sent from Massachusetts to the War - Governor Andrew's Valedictory Address - Governor Bullock inaugurated - Last Military Order - Close of the Chapter 609-670

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