ROSTER OF OFFICERS
2ND MASSACHUSETTS INFANTRY

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ABBOTT, Edward Gardner
b. Lowell, MA (29 S 1840); s. of Josiah G. Abbott & Caroline Livermore; Harvard (1860)
Captain (24 My 61). Killed at Cedar Mountain (9 Ag 62)
HARVARD MEMORIAL BIOGRAPHIES

ABBOTT, Fletcher Morton
b. Lowell, MA (18 F 1843); s. of Josiah G. Abbott & Caroline Livermore
2Lt. (8 Jl 61); 1st Lt. (13 Je 62); staff of Gen. William Dwight (62-63); resigned due to ill health on 23 D 63)

ANDREWS, George Leonard
b. Bridgewater, MA (31 Ag 1828); s. of Manassch Andrews & Harriet Leonard; West Point (1851); m. Sarah Bridge Fisk (21 D 1853)
Lt.-Col. (24 My 61); Colonel, (13 Je 62); BG (9 N 62); staff of MG N.P. Banks; Bvt MG (26 Mr 65). discharged 24 Ag 65
A Brief Biography of George L. Andrews

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BANGS, George Pemberton
b. Boston, MA (29 Jl 1835); s. of George P. Bangs & Elizabeth Simpkins; Amherst; Cambridge Scientific School (1 year)
1Lt. (28 My 61); Captain, (13 Je 62). resigned 29 Mr 1863 due to illness.

BINNEY, George Loring
b. Boston, MA (2 S 1840); s. of Charles J. F. Binney & Clarissa Loring
Pvt., Co H (11 My 61); QM-Sgt. (10 Mr 62); 2Lt. (10 Ag 62); 1Lt. (10 Mr 63); detached to Corps QM dept. (1 Mr 63); on staff of Gen. Thomas Ruger in the Dept. of the Ohio (7 N 64); Bvt. Maj. (13 Mr 65). mustered out 26 Jl 65

BROWN, Robert Bancroft
b. Salem, MA (19 Ap 1840); s. of Robert Brown & Mary Cleaveland
2Lt. (28 My 61); 1st Lt. (28 N 61); QM (1 S 62) Capt. (23 O 62); resigned 15 Ap 65

BROWNING, George Franklin
b. Salem, MA (21 Ap 1837); s. of George B. Browning & Elizabeth B. Patterson; m. [?] in Winchester, VA (1862)
Pvt., Co. C (13 My, 61); 1st Sgt. Co. C; QM-Sgt. (O 61); 2nd Lt. (14 F 62); 1st Lt. (9 Ag 62); 1st Lt., Invalid Corps, 1st Rgt. (13 Je 63); QM on the staff of General Swayne, Bureau of Refugees and Freedmen, Dept. Of Alabama (D 66); w. in the right hip at Cedar Mountain (9 Ag 1862) and discharged from the 2nd MA on 23 D 1862.

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CARLL, Erastus Burbank
b. Unity, ME (8 N 1830); s. of Nathaniel Carll & Frances Woods; m. Mary E. Galvin (1859)
Commissary Sgt. (11 My 61); 2Lt. (23 O 62); 1Lt. (31 Mr 63); Capt. (24 My 64); w. at Gettysburg (3 Jl 63); mustered out Jl 65.

CARY, Richard
b. Boston, MA (27 Je 1835); s. of Thomas Graves Cary & Mary Perkins; m. Helen Eugenia Shelton (25 O 1858)
Captain (24 My 61); mw. at Cedar Mountain (9 Ag 1862); d. 10 Ag 62.

CHOATE, Rufus
b. Salem, MA (14 My 1834); s. of Rufus Choate & Helen Olcott; Amherst (1855); Cambridge Law School
2Lt. (28 My 61); 1Lt. (13 D 61); Capt. (17 Ag 62); resigned due to illness (31 O 62)

COGSWELL, William
b. Bradford, MA (23 Ag 1838); s. of Dr. George Cogswell & Abigail Parker; Darmouth (dnf); Cambridge Law School (1860); m. Emma Proctor )20 Je 65)
Captain (24 My 61); Lt.-Col. (23 O 62); Colonel, (6 June, 63); Bvt. BG (17 D 64), cmd. 3B/3D/20C; .w in the shoulder at Chancellorsville (My 63); mustered out 25 Je 65

COMEY, Henry Newton
b. Hopkinton, MA (4 Mr 1840); s. of Elbridge G. Comey & Abigail J. Pierce
Pvt., Co G, 2nd MA Inf. (My 61); Corp. (2 Je 62); Sgt. (1 N 62); 2nd Lt. (to date from 1 N 62); 1st Lt. (6 Je 63); Capt. (24 My 64); w. at Gettysburg (3 Jl 1863); mustered out 24 Jl 65

COOK, James Warren
b. Reading, MA (3 Ag 1831); s. of James D. Cook & Rebecca W. Coney; m. Sarah J. Pinkham (1 My 1853)
Pvt. Co. A, (11 My 61); Corp. (14 Ag 61); Sgt. (14 Jl 62); 1st Sgt. (27 D 62); 2Lt. (19 Mr 63); 1Lt. (13 S 63); w. in hand at Kernstown (24 My 62); w. at Chancellorsville (3 My 63); mustered out 28 My 64.

COPELAND, Robert Morris
b. Roxbury, MA (11 D 1830); s. of Benjamin Copeland & Julia Ruggles; m. Josephine Gannett Kent (29 Je 1854)
QM (22 My 61); Aide to General Banks (Ag 61); Ass't A-G/Maj. (27 N 61); Dismissed from service by order of the Secretary Of War (6 Ag 1862)

CROWNINSHIELD, Francis Welch
b. Boston, MA (12 My 1843); son of Edward Agustus Crowninshield & Caroline Maria Welch; Harvard (dnf)
2Lt. (25 D 61); 1st Lt. (10 Ag 62); Capt. (30 Mr 63); w. in the leg at Winchester, VA (25 My 62); w. in the leg at Antietam (17 S 62); w. at Gettysburg (3 Jl 63); w. in the leg near Racoon Creek, GA (6 Je 64); mustered out on 24 Jl 1865)
HARVARD MEMORIAL BIOGRAPHIES

CURTIS, Greely Stevenson
b. Boston, MA (21 N 1830); s. of James F. Curtis & Isabella Stevenson; Harvard; m. Harriet Appleton
Captain (24 My 61); Maj., 1st MA Cav. (31 O 61); Lt.-Col., 1st MA Cav. (30 O 62); Bvt. BG (13 Mr 65); Discharged for disability (4 Mr 1864)

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DWIGHT, Wilder
b. Springfield, MA (23 April, 1833); s. of William Dwight & Elizabeth Amelia White; Harvard (1853)
Major (24 My 61); Lt.-Col. (13 Je 62); mw at Antietam (17 S 62); d. 19 S 62.

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ELLIS, James March
b. Boston, MA (23 N 1835); s. of Granville Ellis & Mary Ann March; Amherst (1856); Cambridge Law School
2Lt. (28 My 61); Commissary of Subsistence/Capt. (22 N 61) and assigned to Gen. Abercrombie; assigned to General Hartsuff, Dept. of the Gulf; Chief Commisary, 23rd Corps/Lt.-Col.; Left the service in July, 1865

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FITZGERALD, Gerald
b. Troy, NY (6 S 1835); s. of William P. N. Fitzgerald & Sarah A. Goodyear; Cambridge Divinity School (1859)
Pvt., 12th MA Inf. (24 Ap 61); Sgt. Maj., 2Lt., 2nd MA Inf. (25 Ag 62); 1st Lt. (29 Mr 63); k. at Chancellorsville on 3 My 1863

FOX, John Andrews
b. Newburyport, MA (23 D 1835); s. of Rev. Thomas Bayley Fox & Feroline W. Pierce
2Lt. (6 Ja 62); 1st Lt. (10 Ag 62); Adj. (1 Ja 63); mustered out 26 Jl 1865)

FOX, Thomas Bayley
b. Newburyport, MA (1 F 1839); s. of Rev. Thomas B. Fox & Feroline W. Pierce; Harvard (1860); Cambridge Law School
2Lt. (14 Ag 62); 1Lt. (1 N 62); Capt. (6 Je 63); w. in right ankle at Gettysburg (3 Jl 63) & d. on 25 Jl 63.
HARVARD MEMORIAL BIOGRAPHIES

FRANCIS, James
b. Lowell, MA (30 Mr 1840); s. of James B. Francis & Sarah W. Brownell
2Lt. (28 My 61); 1Lt. (1 N 61); Capt. (10 Ag 82); Maj. (4 Jl 63); bvt. Lt.Col (13 Mr 65); w. in the hand at Antietam (17 S 62); mustered out Jl 65.

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GELRAY, Joseph Wiley
b. Manchester, UK (28 F 1840); s. of Robert Gelray
Pvt., Co A (11 My 61); Corp. (25 My 61); Sgt., Co H (22 D 61); 2Lt. (25 D 62); 1Lt. (4 Jl 63); Capt., 57th MA Inf. (25 Jl 64); AIG to Gen. Bartlett; Colonel, 59th MA Inf. (rgt. too small for him to be mustered in); Major, 4th MA Heavy Arty (14 N 64); w. right shoulder & right thigh at Antietam (17 S 62); w. in right arm (amputated) at Gettysburg (3 Jl 63); mustered out 17 Je 1865

GEORGE, John Francis
b. Boscawen, NH (29 Ag 1838); s. of Edward O. George & Ruth G. Carter
Sgt., Co A (11 My 61); C/Sgt (carried the colors at Cedar Mountain); 2nd Lt. (10 Ag 62); 1st Lt. (25 D 62); Capt. (4 July, 63); mustered out 28 My 64

GOODWIN, Richard Chapman
b. Boston, MA (11 O 1833); s. of Ozias Goodwin & Lucy N. Chapman; Harvard (1854)
Captain (24 My 61); k. at Cedar Mountain (9 Ag 62)
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GORDON, George Henry.
b. Charlestown, MA (19 July, 1824); s. of Robert Gordon & Elizabeth S. Carlisle; West Point (1846); Harvard Law School; m. Mary Elizabeth Scott (16 June, 1864)
Colonel (24 My 61); BG (6 Je 62); cmd. 3B/1D/Shenandoah (4 Ap-27 My 62; 3B/1D/II/Army of VA (26 Je--12 S 62); /1D/XII (17 S-20 0 62); 2D/IV/Army of the Potomac (4 My-15 Jl 63); 1D/XI (17 Jl-5 Ag 63); cmd. South end of Folly Island (16 Ag-24 O 63/28 N 62-15 Ja 64); cmd Dist. Fla. South (13 My-2 Je 64); cmd. U.S. Forces Mobile Bay (1-31 Ag 84); Bvt. MG (9 Ap 1865); Relieved of command of the district of East Virginia due to ill health (1865).
A Brief Biography of George H. Gordon

GRAFTON, James Ingersoll
b. Boston, MA (16 Je 1841); s. of Maj. Joseph Grafton & Maria Gurley; Harvard (dng)
2Lt.(1 N 61); 1st Lt. (21 Jl 62); Capt. (9 N 62);w. in the head at Cedar Mountain (9 Ag 62); w. above the knee and ankle bone of right leg at Chancellorsville (1863); k. at Averasboro, NC (16 Mr 1865)
HARVARD MEMORIAL BIOGRAPHIES

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HANNING, James
b. Dumfries, Scotland (1840)
Pvt., Co. I (15 My 61); Corp. (1 9 63); 1Lt. (17 Mr 65); w. in neck at Gettysburg (3 Jl 63); mustered out Jl 65).

HAWES, Marcus Morton
b. New Bedford, MA (23 S 1836); s. of William Hawes & Maria Morton; Harvard (1858)
1Lt. (24 My 61); acting QM (12 Ag 61); QM (27 N 61), acting Brigade Commissary (31 Mr 62); Ass't QM/Capt. (17 Jl 62); assigned to BG Andrews; chief QM; resigned Feb 65.

HEATH, William Henry
b. Epsom, NH (19 Mr 1829); s. of Douglas M. Heath & Rebecca Currier; Harvard (1853); m. Delia Maria Belknap (22 Ag 61)
Ass't surgeon (27 Jl 62); surgeon (24 Ap 63); d.of disease at Lookout Mountain 23 Ag 64.

HIGGINSON, Henry Lee
b. New York City (18 N 1834); s. of George Higginson & Mary Cabot Lee; Harvard (1851); m. Ida Agassiz (1863)
2Lt. (24 My 61); 1Lt., (8 Jl 61); Capt. 1st MA Cav. (31 O 61); Maj. (26 Mr 62); Bvt. Lt.-Col (13 Mr 65); w. (3 saber cuts & 2 pistol wounds) at Aldie (17 Je 63); discharged for disability (9 Ag 64).
A Biographical Sketch of Henry Lee Higginson

HILL, Edwin Ruthven
b. Salem, MA (18 Ap 1826); s. of Benjamin Hill & Anstiss Peirce Lane; m. Abby E. H. Kinsley (6 S 1852)
1Lt.(28 My 61); enlisted in 4th MA Cav; Lt., 55th MA Inf. (21 S 64); resigned from the 2nd MA due to illness (29 N 61; k. near the Charleston & Savabbah RR 9 D 62).

HORTON, Charles Paine
b. Boston, MA (1 O 1837); s. of Henry K. Horton & Helen M. Barnes; Harvard (1857)
2Lt. (28 My 61); 1Lt. (1 N 61); staff of Col. Gordon; staff of Gen. G.S. Greene; AAG/Capt. (17 Jl 62); aide to Gen. Heintzelman (24 Ag 63); remained in the service until O 65.

HOWARD, Ochran Hanks
B. Ware, MA (19 O 1838); s. of Benjamin Howard & Mary Sturtevant; U.S.N.A. (1857-61); m. Catharine Breck
2Lt. (28 My 61); 1Lt. (17 S 61); Capt. (10 Ag 62); Chief Signal Officer, Dept. of the Gulf (1866); was on detached service in the Signal Corps since 27 Ag 61, and transferred to that corps when organized (12 S 1863).

HOWES, Edwin Augustine
b. Chatham, MA (4 Ja 1834); s. of Collins Howes & Rhoda Bangs; m. Sophia E. Andrews
Pvt., Co F (My 61); Corp. (My 61); Sgt. (2 Je 62); Comm. Sgt. (8 D 62); 1Lt. (24 My 64); QM (3 N 64); mustered out Jl 65.

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LELAND, Francis
b. Sherborn, MA; s. of Joseph P. Leland & Tryphena Richardson; Brown (1838); Tremont Medical School; Harvard (1842)
Surgeon (11 O 61); w. in the head at Cedar Mountain (9 Ag 62); resigned due to disability 24 O 62.

LUNDY, Francis Henry
b. Manchester, England (14 N 1830); s. of William Lundy & Marion Steen); emigrated D 1955; m. Sarah Mansfield (30 Mr 1859)
Pvt., Co B (My 61); Sgt. (12 Ag 61); 1st Sgt. (1 N 62); 2Lt. (30 Mr 63); 1Lt. (24 D 63); resigned 22 O 64

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