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Description:Excerpt from War Letters of Capt. Joseph E. Fiske (Harvard, '61): Written to His Parents During the War of the Rebellion From Andover Theological Seminary and Encampments in North Carolina and From Southern Prisons Joseph Emery Fiske - Sept. '61 - July '62, in Andover Theological Seminary. Enlisted as Private, August, '62 was made Orderly Sergeant October 7. Regiment ordered to North Carolina and for some months stationed at Beaufort. He was made 1st Sergeant December 1st and acted as Post Adjutant from Dec. 3, '62 to March 3, '63. May 29, '63, he was commissioned 2d Lieut. 2d Mass. Heavy Artillery, and soon ordered to Boston on recruiting service, where he spent the next six months; receiving promotions - to 1st Lieut., August 1, and Captain, October 9, '63. In December '63 he was ordered to Norfolk, Virginia, and there placed in command of Fort O'Rourke, from December 19, '63 to February 13, '64. In February, he was transferred to Fort Gray, one and a half miles from Pylmouth, N. C., built to protect the town from the ram Albemarle. He was in command here until April 19, the date of the surrender. After General Wessel surrendered the town Capt. Fiske, having repulsed several assaults was compelled to yield. He was taken as a prisoner through Tarboro, Goldsboro, Wilmington, Savannah and Macon to Andersonville; thence back to Macon, where he was kept in a stockade prison from May 1 to July 29, '64; when he was transferred to Savannah. On September 13, he was removed to Charleston, and kept there under the fire of his friends till October 6. Then he was taken to Columbia, S. C. When the approach of Sherman made it necessary to remove the prisoners from that place, he concealed himself with a few others and thus escaped, February 14, '65. Reporting for duty to Gen. Sherman, he was assigned to Gen. F. P. Blair's staff and remained with him a month until the army reached Fayetteville, N. C., when, receiving leave of absence, he took steamer for Wilmington and home. He was honorably discharged under general order 82, May 15, '65. In September he returned to Andover Theological Seminary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with War Letters of Capt. Joseph E. Fiske (Harvard, '61): Written to His Parents During the War of the Rebellion From Andover Theological Seminary and ... and From Southern Prisons (Classic Reprint). To get started finding War Letters of Capt. Joseph E. Fiske (Harvard, '61): Written to His Parents During the War of the Rebellion From Andover Theological Seminary and ... and From Southern Prisons (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from War Letters of Capt. Joseph E. Fiske (Harvard, '61): Written to His Parents During the War of the Rebellion From Andover Theological Seminary and Encampments in North Carolina and From Southern Prisons Joseph Emery Fiske - Sept. '61 - July '62, in Andover Theological Seminary. Enlisted as Private, August, '62 was made Orderly Sergeant October 7. Regiment ordered to North Carolina and for some months stationed at Beaufort. He was made 1st Sergeant December 1st and acted as Post Adjutant from Dec. 3, '62 to March 3, '63. May 29, '63, he was commissioned 2d Lieut. 2d Mass. Heavy Artillery, and soon ordered to Boston on recruiting service, where he spent the next six months; receiving promotions - to 1st Lieut., August 1, and Captain, October 9, '63. In December '63 he was ordered to Norfolk, Virginia, and there placed in command of Fort O'Rourke, from December 19, '63 to February 13, '64. In February, he was transferred to Fort Gray, one and a half miles from Pylmouth, N. C., built to protect the town from the ram Albemarle. He was in command here until April 19, the date of the surrender. After General Wessel surrendered the town Capt. Fiske, having repulsed several assaults was compelled to yield. He was taken as a prisoner through Tarboro, Goldsboro, Wilmington, Savannah and Macon to Andersonville; thence back to Macon, where he was kept in a stockade prison from May 1 to July 29, '64; when he was transferred to Savannah. On September 13, he was removed to Charleston, and kept there under the fire of his friends till October 6. Then he was taken to Columbia, S. C. When the approach of Sherman made it necessary to remove the prisoners from that place, he concealed himself with a few others and thus escaped, February 14, '65. Reporting for duty to Gen. Sherman, he was assigned to Gen. F. P. Blair's staff and remained with him a month until the army reached Fayetteville, N. C., when, receiving leave of absence, he took steamer for Wilmington and home. He was honorably discharged under general order 82, May 15, '65. In September he returned to Andover Theological Seminary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with War Letters of Capt. Joseph E. Fiske (Harvard, '61): Written to His Parents During the War of the Rebellion From Andover Theological Seminary and ... and From Southern Prisons (Classic Reprint). To get started finding War Letters of Capt. Joseph E. Fiske (Harvard, '61): Written to His Parents During the War of the Rebellion From Andover Theological Seminary and ... and From Southern Prisons (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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