Excerpt from Massachusetts in the Army and Navy During the War of 1861-1865, Vol. 2 The following list of naval officers, with their records, has been in course of gradual preparation for many years, under a resolve of the Massachusetts Legislature, approved March 31, 1875, providing for "a full list, as nearly as may be practicable, of the officers, sailors and marines of Massachusetts who served in the navy during the late civil war, on the quota of Massachusetts, designating the name, age, rank and residence of each at the time of appointment or enlistment, with date of discharge or resignation and the reason therefor; the vessels and squadrons to which attached; also, the name of town or city, if any, upon whose quota said officers or seamen were credited." Resolves of 1875, c. 15. This was modified five years later by a resolve, approved Feb.18, 1880, providing for the inclusion in this report of "the names and record of all persons who served in any capacity in the United States navy, in the late civil war, who had their residence in Massachusetts at the time of said service." Resolves of 1880, c. 8. The original intention, as stated in the resolve, was to have this report published in a volume by itself, uniform with the "Record of Massachusetts Volunteers." The work of preparation proved, however, to be very much more laborious and difficult than was expected. Since 1885 it has been entirely in charge of Captain Charles W. Wilson, of the Adjutant-General's Department, who has bestowed upon it an immense amount of labor, and whose thoroughness and accuracy are recognized by all who have come in contact with him. Even he has not yet been able to bring the list of sailors into condition for publication, and as this is the case, he has consented to publish the list of officers, as a partial report in connection with this work, an arrangement which is eminently satisfactory to all concerned. 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.