CIVIL WAR BATTLE CRATER BVT MAJOR GENERAL COLONEL AIG BURNSIDE LETTER SIGNED VF!

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CHARLES GREELY LORING
(1828 - 1902)
CIVIL WAR UNION BVT MAJOR GENERAL FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICES DURING THE CAMPAIGN IN EAST TENNESSEE and AT THE SIEGE OF KNOXVILLE,
COLONEL and AIG ON THE STAFF OF MAJOR GENERAL BURNSIDE AND PARKE
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CIVIL ENGINEER BEFORE THE WAR AND CURATOR AND DIRECTOR OF THE BOSTON MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS AFTER THE CIVIL WAR.
General Loring proved himself a
hero at the Battle of the Crater
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He was also a noted orator who hailed from Boston, Massachusetts – He spoke on the death of Senator Edward Everett and at an address at Boston citizens after the Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln
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HERE'S A RARE LETTER SIGNED BY LORING ON ATTRACTIVE “MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON MASS” LETTERHEAD, 2pp., TO DR. HENRY P. WALCOTT (1838-1932), A NOTED CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS PHYSICIAN, BACTERIOLOGIST and ACTING PRESIDENT OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY.
IN THIS LETTER LORING REQUESTS HARVARD’S ACTING PRESIDENT FOR INFORMATION about the date that the honorary degree of A. M. was conferred upon S. R. Koehler, and a copy of the President’s remarks at the time the degree was conferred [President Eliot], for used in a sketch that will appear in Loring’s Annual Museum of Fine Arts Report (Loring was a Trustee and Executive Officer of the Museum 1870-1880s).
Loring boldly signs the conclusion of the letter in his own hand,
“Thanking you in advance. I am very sincerely yours
Chas. G. Loring”
NOTE:
Included with the letter is a photocopy of a related letter dated March 26
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thanking Walcott for sending President Eliot’s words at the graduation.
THE DOCUMENT MEASURES 5” x 8” AND IS IN VF CONDITION!
A RARE ADDITION TO YOUR CIVIL WAR
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GENERALS IN BLUE
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Biography of Gen. Charles Greely Loring
Source: From the Annual Report of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 1902
CIVIL WAR VETERAN. General Charles G. Loring enlisted intending to go as a private, but received, through the influence of Governor Andrew, an appointment on the staff of General Burnside, with the rank of First-Lieutenant. His commission as Assistant-Quartermaster on the staff, with the rank of Captain, dates from February 3,1862, within a few days of the capture of Roanoke Island, the exploit with which the forces under General Burnside opened their successful campaign in North Carolina. On the lid of July, 1862, by an act of Congress passed shortly before, General Burnside's command, which now had joined the Army of the Potomac, was reorganized under the title of the Ninth Army Corps, and Captain Loring was appointed one of the staff of seven officers, as Assistant Inspector-General, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.
He remained with the Ninth Corps in this capacity during its entire term of service to the end of the war. In March, 1863, the corps was detached from the Army in Virginia and transferred at first to Kentucky, later to Mississippi, and eventually to East Tennessee to take part in the operations under General Burnside which culminated in the occupation and successful defense of Knoxville. In April, 1864, recruited to about twenty-five thousand men, the Ninth Corps was again in Virginia, where it took part in the battles of the Wilderness and subsequent engagements, losing more than a fourth of its number in killed and disabled from service before crossing the James River on its way to the investment of Petersburg.
The accounts of the desperate assault on Cemetery Hill, made by the Ninth Corps at great loss on July 30, 1864, show that Lieutenant-Colonel Loring was at the scene of the explosion of the mine which preceded the attack, and with the attacking division in the bloody " battle of the crater " which followed. An officer in the Confederate service afterward related that before the explosion of the mine a Federal leader found to be Lieutenant-Colonel Loring was seen from their position exploring the ground upon which the troops were to enter, and walking about in the rain of bullets as if totally unconscious of them, until the commander of the Confederates, saying it was a shame to kill so brave a man, gave the order to cease firing.
Two brevets quickly followed, both dated August 1, 1864: one to the rank of Colonel "for gallant and meritorious services during the campaign in East Tennessee and at the siege of Knoxville;" the second to the rank of Brigadier-General " for gallant and meritorious services at the battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania and Bethesda Church, and during the operations before Petersburg, Virginia."
The Ninth Corps had its creditable share in the further successes of the Army of the Potomac up to the surrender of General Lee in April, 1865. In May it took part in the great review of the homecoming troops at Washington, and July 27 was disbanded. Ten days before, General Loring had received a third brevet, to the rank of Major-General of Volunteers, "for gallant and meritorious services during the war." Among the scores of staff officers whose names appear on the roster of the Ninth Army Corps, but one, and he a veteran of the regular army, received promotion to so high a rank as General Loring. On August 10, 1865, he was mustered out of the service.
After the war, Loring served as Director Emeritus of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
He also served as a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and was a member of the Massachusetts Historical Society.
Loring died on Aug. 18, 1902 at Beverly, Essex County, MA and is buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA
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