. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . ackson ; and after the campaign closed, on ac-count of sickness contracted while in Mississippi, washome on leave of absence until October 8, 1863. Mean-while his regiment had entered East Tennessee, and he re-joined it early in November at Lenoirs, about twenty-fivemiles below Knoxville. Longstreet, a few days after,moved against Burnside. Lieutenant Burrage was with his regiment in the battleof Campbells Station, November 16, and in the siege ofKnoxville that followed. November 17, he was commis-sioned first lieutenant
. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . ackson ; and after the campaign closed, on ac-count of sickness contracted while in Mississippi, washome on leave of absence until October 8, 1863. Mean-while his regiment had entered East Tennessee, and he re-joined it early in November at Lenoirs, about twenty-fivemiles below Knoxville. Longstreet, a few days after,moved against Burnside. Lieutenant Burrage was with his regiment in the battleof Campbells Station, November 16, and in the siege ofKnoxville that followed. November 17, he was commis-sioned first lieutenant of Company D, to fill a vacancyoccasioned by the death of Lieutenant Holmes, killed atCampbells Station. About the middle of March, 1864, the Ninth Corpswas ordered to Annapolis, Man-land. It was supposedby many that General Burnside was to be employed in acoast expedition, but at length the corps, to which manynew troops had been assigned, was ordered from An-napolis to Washington, and then to the Army of thePotomac, rejoining that army at the battle of the Wilder-31. ness. In this battle, and at Spottsylvania, LieutenantBurrage participated with his regiment. At the battle ofCold Harbor, June 3, he was wounded in the right arm, the shoulder, and June 19, while at home on accountof this wound, he was commissioned captain of CompanyD, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of CaptainBuffum, killed at Petersburg, June 18. September 14,returning to his regiment, then in the trenches at Peters-burg, he participated in the battle of Pegrams Farm,September 30. November I, 1864, he was captured, andremained a prisoner at Richmond and Danville, Virginia,until February 22, 1865, when he was exchanged. Onreturning to his regiment he was made acting assistantadjutant-general on the staff of the First Brigade, SecondDivision, Ninth Corps, in place of Major Peckham, killedat Petersburg, and remained in this position until hisregiment returned to Massachusetts at the close of th
Size: 1404px × 1779px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookidofficersofarmyna01powe
