History of the Forty-second regiment infantry, Massachusetts volunteers, 1862, 1863, 1864
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- HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT INFANTRY, Massachusetts Volunteers, 1862, 1863, 1864. BY SERGEANT-MAJOR CHARLES P. BOSSON.
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- ILLUSTRATIONS.
- CHAPTER I. Organization of Regiment—Camp at Readville—Departure for New York.
- CHAPTER II. En Route—Camp at East New York—On Transports.
- CHAPTER III. On Board Transports—The Saxon—Quincy—Charles Osgood—Shetucket—Quinnebaug.
- CHAPTER IV. GALVESTON. Off for Galveston—Landing—Occupation of the City—Action of January First—Loss of the “Harriet Lane”—Deserted by the Navy—Surrender.
- The following officers and men of Company D:
- “Headquarters Dept. of the Gulf, “New Orleans, La., January 3d, 1863.
- “Headquarters Dept. of the Gulf, “New Orleans, La., January 3d, 1863.
- “Headquarters Dept. of the Gulf, “New Orleans, La., January 3d, 1863.
- LETTER CARRIED TO GENERAL BANKS, BY QUARTERMASTER BURRELL.
- STATEMENT OF SERGEANT NICHOLS.
- STATEMENT OF PURSER BACH.
- “Headquarters Dept. of the Gulf, “New Orleans, La., January 7th, 1863. (Extract.)
- “Houston, Texas, January 20th, 1863. “Colonel I. S. Burrell, “42d Regt. Mass. Vols.:
- “Headquarters Dept. of the Gulf, “New Orleans, August 5th, 1864.
- CHAPTER V. At Carrollton—Bound for Galveston—Arrival of Companies—Camp Mansfield—Details.
- CHARGE.
- FINDING OF THE COURT.
- SENTENCE.
- CHAPTER VI. FEBRUARY—AT BAYOU GENTILLY—MORE DETAILS.
- “Headquarters Dept. of the Gulf, “New Orleans, January 13th, 1863.
- CHAPTER VII. Enlisted Men Prisoners at Houston—March for the Federal Lines—Arrival at New Orleans.
- “Headquarters, 42nd Mass. Vols., “Camp Farr, Bayou Gentilly, La., March 6th, 1863.
- CHAPTER VIII. At Bayou Gentilly—March—April.
- “CIRCULAR. “Headquarters Defences New Orleans, “New Orleans, March 7th, 1863.
- “Headquarters Forty-Second Regt., Mass. Vols., “Camp Farr, Bayou Gentilly, La., April 6th, 1863.
- “To Lieutenant George E. Davis, A. A. A. General, “Second Brigade, Second Division, New Orleans.”
- “Headquarters Forty-Second Regt., Mass. Vols., “Camp Farr, Gentilly Station, La., April 14th, 1863.
- “Headquarters Forty-Second Regt., Mass. Vols., “Camp Farr, Bayou Gentilly, La., April 17th, 1863.
- CHARGE FIRST.
- CHARGE SECOND.
- CHARGE THIRD.
- CHAPTER IX. At Bayou Gentilly—May.
- “Headquarters 42d Regiment, Mass. Vols., “Camp Farr, Bayou Gentilly, La., May 5th, 1863.
- “To Captain Wickham Hoffman, A. A. General, “Second Division, 19th Army Corps, New Orleans.”
- “Headquarters Forty-Second Mass. Vols., “Camp Farr, Bayou Gentilly, La., May 12th, 1863.
- “To Major Von Herman, “commanding Provost-Guard, New Orleans.”
- CHAPTER X. Bayou Gentilly—June—Farewell to Gentilly Camp—In New Orleans.
- CHAPTER XI. BRASHEAR CITY. On Active Service—Action of June Twenty-third—Captured—Paroled and Returned to Algiers.
- CHAPTER XII. Action at La-Fourche Crossing.
- CHAPTER XIII. July—In New Orleans—At Algiers.
- “Headquarters 42d Regiment, Mass. Vols., “Custom House, New Orleans, La., July 5th, 1863.
- “Headquarters Forty-Second Regt., Mass. Vols., “Lafayette Square, New Orleans, June 21st, 1863.
- “Headquarters Forty-Second Regt., Mass., Vols. “Camp at Algiers, La., July 27th, 1863.
- “To Lieut.-Col. R. B. Irwin, A. A. General, “19th Army Corps.”
- CHAPTER XIV. Companies C and H on Detached Service at Camp Parapet.
- CHAPTER XV. Company K in Charge of Pontoons—Baton Rouge—Teche Campaign—Siege of Port Hudson—Donaldsonville—Return to Regiment.
- “Headquarters 19th Army Corps, “Before Port Hudson, June 15th, 1863.
- CHAPTER XVI. August—At Algiers—Bound North—On Board “Continental”—Arrival Home.
- CHAPTER XVII. Adventures of Corporal Wentworth and Private Hersey.
- STATEMENT OF PRIVATE HERSEY.
- “BRIGADIER-GENERAL LIDDEL, “Per ——, A. A. A. G.”
- CHAPTER XVIII. Officers in Confederate Prisons—Houston—State Prison—Camp Groce—Camp Ford—En-Route Home—At Home.
- CHAPTER XIX. In Service for One Hundred Days—Organization—Readville—Off for Washington—At Alexandria—At Great Falls—Return Home.
- “Headquarters Company B, 42d Mass. Vols., “Great Falls, Md., October 19th, 1864.
- “Headquarters Military Governor, “Alexandria, Va., October 15th, 1864.
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