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...This bridge was built in memory of Nicholas Longworth Anderson, graduate of Harvard College in the class of 1858; adjutant colonel; brevet brigadier, and major general of volunteers in the Civil War. To a father...
...This bridge was built in memory of Nicholas Longworth Anderson, Graduate of Harvard College in the Class of 1858, Adjutant, Colonel, Brevet Brigadier and Major-General of Volunteers in the Civil War. To a Father...
Charles Francis Adams '56.--Has long been a well-known figure in Boston public life. During the Civil War he served in the Union army, attaining the rank of brevet Brigadier General of Volunteers. Since that time he has taken a keen interest in many different affairs, and has been the author of a number of articles on a wide range of subjects. Mr. Adams has been a member of the University Board of Overseers since 1882; he was given the degree of LL.D...
...being graduated from Harvard, Mr. Higginson went to Europe where he remained until 1862, engaged in the study of law. In 1863 he obtained a commission as a second lieutenant in the First Massachusetts Cavalry with which he served until the end of the war, rising in rank to brevet-major. For a period of nine months he was a prisoner at Libby prison...
After leaving Harvard, Major Higginson served as a volunteer in the Civil War, becoming major and brevet lieutenant-colonel of the 1st Massachusetts cavalry. He was severely wounded at Aldie, Virginia, in June...