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William E. Blaisdell was an enlisted man in the Regular Army of the United States prior to and during the Mexican–American War. After Mexican War, he returned to civilian life as an inspector in the Boston Customs House. At the commencement of the Civil War he was offered the rank of captain in the Regular Army but instead chose to serve in the Volunteer Army, accepting the rank of lieutenant colonel with the 11th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He was eventually promoted to colonel and the command of the 11th Massachusetts. By the summer of 1864, he was in temporary command of the Corcoran Legion. He was killed during the Siege of Petersburg on June 23, 1864 and posthumously received the honorary grade of brevet brigadier general.
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<p>William E. Blaisdell was an enlisted man in the Regular Army of the United States prior to and during the Mexican–American War. After Mexican War, he returned to civilian life as an inspector in the Boston Customs House. At the commencement of the Civil War he was offered the rank of captain in the Regular Army but instead chose to serve in the Volunteer Army, accepting the rank of lieutenant colonel with the 11th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He was eventually promoted to colonel and the command of the 11th Massachusetts. By the summer of 1864, he was in temporary command of the Corcoran Legion. He was killed during the Siege of Petersburg on June 23, 1864 and posthumously received the honorary grade of brevet brigadier general.</p>
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Vermont school teacher.
From the description of Cyphering book, 1808. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84355930
Wikipedia.org article for William E. Blaisdell, viewed November 19, 2020
<p>William E. Blaisdell was an enlisted man in the Regular Army of the United States prior to and during the Mexican–American War. After Mexican War, he returned to civilian life as an inspector in the Boston Customs House. At the commencement of the Civil War he was offered the rank of captain in the Regular Army but instead chose to serve in the Volunteer Army, accepting the rank of lieutenant colonel with the 11th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He was eventually promoted to colonel and the command of the 11th Massachusetts. By the summer of 1864, he was in temporary command of the Corcoran Legion. He was killed during the Siege of Petersburg on June 23, 1864 and posthumously received the honorary grade of brevet brigadier general.</p>
Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984
Series: Indexes to the Carded Records of Soldiers Who Served in Volunteer Organizations During the Civil War, 1899 - 1927
File Unit: Blaisdell, William - Unit: 11th Infantry, Company: F&S - Enlistment Rank: Lieut Col, Discharge Rank: Colonel
Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984
Series: Indexes to the Carded Records of Soldiers Who Served in Volunteer Organizations During the Civil War, 1899 - 1927
File Unit: Blaisdell, William - Unit: 11th Infantry, Company: F&S - Enlistment Rank: Lieut Col, Discharge Rank: Colonel
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Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984
Series: Indexes to the Carded Records of Soldiers Who Served in Volunteer Organizations During the Civil War, 1899 - 1927
File Unit: Blaisdell, William - Unit: 11th Infantry, Company: F&S - Enlistment Rank: Lieut Col, Discharge Rank: Colonel
Record Group 15: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773 - 2007
Series: Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of the Army and Navy Who Served Mainly in the Civil War and the War With Spain, 1861 - 1934
File Unit: Approved Pension Application File for Mary Ann Dempsey Blaisdell, Widow of William Blaisdell, Company F & S, 11th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment (Application No. WC38467)
Record Group 15: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773 - 2007
Series: Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of the Army and Navy Who Served Mainly in the Civil War and the War With Spain, 1861 - 1934
File Unit: Approved Pension Application File for Mary Ann Dempsey Blaisdell, Widow of William Blaisdell, Company F & S, 11th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment (Application No. WC38467)
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Record Group 15: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773 - 2007
Series: Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of the Army and Navy Who Served Mainly in the Civil War and the War With Spain, 1861 - 1934
File Unit: Approved Pension Application File for Mary Ann Dempsey Blaisdell, Widow of William Blaisdell, Company F & S, 11th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment (Application No. WC38467)
Letter, 1862 May 10, Head Quarters, Hooker's Division, 3rd Army Corps, Williamsburgh [sic], Va., to C[hauncey] McKeever, Ass't Adjt. Gen'l, 3rd Army Corps, n.p.
Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879. Letter, 1862 May 10, Head Quarters, Hooker's Division, 3rd Army Corps, Williamsburgh [sic], Va., to C[hauncey] McKeever, Ass't Adjt. Gen'l, 3rd Army Corps, n.p.
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Letter, 1862 May 10, Head Quarters, Hooker's Division, 3rd Army Corps, Williamsburgh [sic], Va., to C[hauncey] McKeever, Ass't Adjt. Gen'l, 3rd Army Corps, n.p.
Hooker as division commander is writing to give his report of the Battle of Williamsburg, 5 May 1862, which resulted in a Union victory. Mentions Joseph Carter Abbott, William Woods Averell, William Blaisdell, Joseph Dickinson, William Hemsley Emory, Samuel Jameson Gohlson, Cuvier Grover, Samuel Peter Heintzelman, Joseph Eggleston Johnston, Philip Kearny, William Hudson Lawrence, James Longstreet, Robert McAllister, Francis Engle Patterson, George Edward Pickett, Roger Atkinson Pryor, William Farrar Smith, George Stoneman, Nelson Taylor, Charles Sheils Wainwright.
Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879. Letter, 1862 May 10, Head Quarters, Hooker's Division, 3rd Army Corps, Williamsburgh [sic], Va., to C[hauncey] McKeever, Ass't Adjt. Gen'l, 3rd Army Corps, n.p.
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Blaisdell, William E., 1815-1864
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Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984
Series: Letters Received, 1805 - 1889
File Unit: Blaisdell, William - Massachusetts - 1849 - File No. B515
Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984
Series: Letters Received, 1805 - 1889
File Unit: Blaisdell, William - Massachusetts - 1849 - File No. B515
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Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984
Series: Letters Received, 1805 - 1889
File Unit: Blaisdell, William - Massachusetts - 1849 - File No. B515
Heath, Henry, fl. 1862. History of the 11th Massachusetts regiment, 1862.
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History of the 11th Massachusetts regiment, 1862.
The narrator describes the organization of the regiment; life at Ft. Warren and Camp Cameron (Stanton); journey to Washington and Alexandria; battle of Bull Run, move to Bladensburg and Budd's Ferry; voyage to the Peninsula; siege of Yorktown; battle of Williamsburg; the battlefield at Fair Oaks; battle of White Oak Swamp; and reconnaissance at Malvern Hill. There are frequent references to Colonels George Clark, Jr., and William Blaisdell, and Major Porter D. Tripp, as well as other officers, and generals Joseph Hooker, Samuel P. Heintzelman, and Cuvier Grover. The author describes parades, marches, privations, construction of earthworks, picket duty, the local populace, malarial fever in the troops, burial of the dead, and the unjust punishment of an officer. After each battle he lists the killed, wounded, and missing by companies. With the history is a photograph [of the author?] Based on a comparison with photographs of officers of the 11th Massachusetts, the pictured man is almost certainly Lieutenant Henry Heath.
Gen. Joseph Hooker letter, Gen'l, 3rd Army Corps, n.p, 1862 May 10
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Blaisdell, William E., 1815-1864
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Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984
Series: Letters Received, 1871 - 1894
File Unit: Consolidated Military Officer's File of Colonel William Blaisdell, 11th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984
Series: Letters Received, 1871 - 1894
File Unit: Consolidated Military Officer's File of Colonel William Blaisdell, 11th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
Title:
Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984
Series: Letters Received, 1871 - 1894
File Unit: Consolidated Military Officer's File of Colonel William Blaisdell, 11th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
Record Group 21: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685 - 2009
Series: Case Files, 1790 - 1911
File Unit: Halligan, Elizabeth v. Blaisdell, William
Record Group 21: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685 - 2009
Series: Case Files, 1790 - 1911
File Unit: Halligan, Elizabeth v. Blaisdell, William
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Record Group 21: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685 - 2009
Series: Case Files, 1790 - 1911
File Unit: Halligan, Elizabeth v. Blaisdell, William
Dawson, James, d. 1844. James Dawson papers, 1844-1847.
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James Dawson papers, 1844-1847.
Include his last will and testament Oct. 10, 1844, witnessed by J. O'Farrel and William Blaisdell; statement by J.P. Leese for his widow, Nov. 1844, and by Antonio M. Pico, 1847, re the rancho she inherited.
Civil War manuscripts collection, 1859-1900 (inclusive).
Civil War manuscripts collection, 1859-1900 (inclusive).
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Civil War manuscripts collection, 1859-1900 (inclusive).
An artificial collection of diaries, correspondence, narratives, and pictorial works relating to the Civil War. Personal accounts and observations of Civil War events, family life, military life, and civilian activities are included.
William E. Blaisdell was a recruiter in Boston after his wounds at the Battle of Molino del Rey. William E. Blaisdell was an inspector at the Boston Customs House after the Mexican-American War.
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