. Memoirs of the war of '61. Colonel Charles Russell Lowell, friends and cousins . and taken prisoner. The surgeon toldme that Major Savage was also wounded anda prisoner. The Major was very cheerfulthough in considerable pain. Three weeks laterhis leg was amputated and he knew that hecould not possibly survive. Captain Shaw wrote Mr. Savage, August 12,1862: After amputation of his leg his mindseemed to be at peace. The only comfort hisfriends had was the assurance that his lovedHarry [Captain Russell] had stayed to cheerand aid him, though Russell must In conse-quence become a prisoner. The l
. Memoirs of the war of '61. Colonel Charles Russell Lowell, friends and cousins . and taken prisoner. The surgeon toldme that Major Savage was also wounded anda prisoner. The Major was very cheerfulthough in considerable pain. Three weeks laterhis leg was amputated and he knew that hecould not possibly survive. Captain Shaw wrote Mr. Savage, August 12,1862: After amputation of his leg his mindseemed to be at peace. The only comfort hisfriends had was the assurance that his lovedHarry [Captain Russell] had stayed to cheerand aid him, though Russell must In conse-quence become a prisoner. The last words written by James were fromthe hospital on August i8th, to ProfessorRogers: I am pretty much broken up but sureof the best treatment. Your friends here leavenothing to be desired—best love to all, fromyour Major. 26 MEMOIRS OF THE WAR OF 6i And there came from Captain H. S. Russell,Libby Prison in Richmond, I was taken whentying a handkerchief around J, leg. Writeto his father. After some weeks came a letterto his father announcing the death of a prisonerof UWIGIIT WILDER DWIGHT 27 WILDER DWIGHT Born April 23, 1833, in Springfield, September 19, 1862, of wounds receivedat Antietam, September 17, 1862. Major,Second Regiment , May 20, 13, 1862, promoted by Governor Andrewto be Lieutenant-Colonel of the Second Massa-chusetts. In boyhood as in manhood he was recognizedas one in whom to place an absolute trust. Hetook high rank as a scholar and maintained itthrough college, and on leaving the Law Schoolhe received a first prize. Was admitted to theBar in 1856, began practice in 1857, and becamepartner of Horace Gray, Jr.; but when the warcame he gave up to his country, without amoments hesitation, all that he had gainedand all that he was. He suffered not a dayto pass, after the news from Sumter, beforeopening a subscription paper to guarantee theexpenses which would be incurred in the enter-prise. On the 15th of July, 1861, whi
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