. The story of Company A, Twenty-fifth Regiment, Mass. Vols. in the the War of the Rebellion [electronic resource] . o harm to the boys in the was only an incident in a soldiers life. Noon of September 23rd found Company A againat Camp Oliver. At night fires were built in thecompany streets—a sanitary measure—and weturned in at taps, tired, but a merry lot of soldiers. On the 24th of September Comrade Lucius FKingman died of diptheria after a few days was a noble fellow—kind hearted, pleasant, anda true soldier. He was buried at New Berne. Some months before, just after th
. The story of Company A, Twenty-fifth Regiment, Mass. Vols. in the the War of the Rebellion [electronic resource] . o harm to the boys in the was only an incident in a soldiers life. Noon of September 23rd found Company A againat Camp Oliver. At night fires were built in thecompany streets—a sanitary measure—and weturned in at taps, tired, but a merry lot of soldiers. On the 24th of September Comrade Lucius FKingman died of diptheria after a few days was a noble fellow—kind hearted, pleasant, anda true soldier. He was buried at New Berne. Some months before, just after the Battle ofRoanoke, Comrade Thomas Earle, somewhat to thesurprise of the other members, left the Companya on a furlough, and went back to Massachusetts ; and*w/»/w»great was j^g astonishment when, after the Battleof New Berne, he returned a lieutenant in the samecompany he had left thirty days before as a privatesoldier. It was rather galling to the rest, but queerthings happen in the army frequently. It wouldseem almost as a rule that commissions were notwon in the field, but obtained through influence. -^a^- <c/^^^£gx~ Brevet Brigadier-General, U. S. \r. 2§th Regt., Mass. Vols. 127 at home. September 1, Lieutenant Earle resigned—a privilege officers have ; privates, if I rememberrightly, do not have that privilege—and this broughtabout other changes in the Company. Old Poseybecame Second Lieutenant, and Burr, or Birdiewas made Orderly Sergeant, the vacancies in theSergeants ranks being filled by others. It may be well, in this place to give a list of theboys of Old Company A who received commis-sions. It will be seen that some were commissionedin other regiments ; but, while we did not like topart with old faces, we rejoiced at the good fortuneof those who obtained promotion, and we regardedit as additional honor to the Company. LIST OF PROMOTIONS OF CO. A MEN. Captain Josiah Pickett, to Maj. and Col. 25th ; Bv. Lieut. F E. Goodwin, to
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