Word: wars
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Smith cited the instance of Lieutenant Hobson who, ready to die for his country in the Spanish War, blocked the entrance to the harbor in which the enemy's fleet lay at anchor. Immediately the whole country rang with the praises of this daring young officer--until a newspaper story stamped him as vain and sentimental. It was the same with the man who won the battle of Manila Bay. When our nation, anxious to show its gratitude to Admiral Dewey, presented him with a house, he turned it over to his wife, and immediately "mud" was thrown...
Major Henry Lee Higginson '55 gave a delightful and interesting talk on "Reminiscences of the Civil War" before an audience that filled the Living Room of the Union last evening. He told of the lives of several of his companions in arms in the Civil War, who were willing and anxious to give their all in the service of their country. Nothing can be more profitable than to study the lives and characters of these men, whose names have been inscribed on the tablet at Soldiers Field as an everlasting monument to their courage and devotion...
James Savage '54 as a boy was not bright, but very thoughtful; full of fun and energy, and possessed of strong personality which commanded respect. He enlisted at the outbreak of the war and was killed at Cedar Mountain. Edward Dalton '55 died of exhaustion after the war. James Lowell '58 was shot once and returned to the North; later he went back to the front and was killed at Glendale. Stephen Perkins '56 was pleasant and witty, a brilliant student, standing at the head of his class in College. He was shot in the battle of Cedar Mountain. Robert...
Major Higginson served in the United States Volunteers during the Civil War, first as second lieutenant of the Second Massachusetts Infantry and later as lieutenant and then as major of the First Massachusetts Cavalry. He received severe wounds at the battle of Aldie in Virginia in 1863. Later in recognition of his gallant service, he was brevetted lieutenant-colonel...
...devoted his life to the interests of Boston and to Harvard. The first great gift that he gave to the University was a vast tract of land, which he wished to be named Soldiers Field in honor of those who had died for the Union during the Civil War. It was to be a place where all Harvard men could enjoy outdoor sports. In the autumn of 1899 he gave $150,000 to build a clubhouse which should "bear no name forever except that of our University." Plans for the building were drawn up by McKim, Mead and White...