Английская Википедия:Amasa Tracy
Шаблон:Infobox military person Amasa Sawyer Tracy (MarchШаблон:Nbsp16, 1829Шаблон:SndFebruaryШаблон:Nbsp26, 1908) was a Union Army officer. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor for gallantry.
Early life
Tracy was born in Dover, Maine, the third child of David and Sarah Fowler Sawyer Tracy.Шаблон:Cn[1]Шаблон:Full citation
He attended academy in Farmington, Maine. When he was 15, he moved to Uxbridge, Massachusetts, where he found work. After a short period he went to Vermont. He worked as a carpenter until the Civil War broke out.Шаблон:Cn[1]
Military career
At the age of 32, he enlisted in a company organized in Vergennes, Vermont. It elected him a first lieutenant. The unit was assigned to the Second Regiment, Vermont Volunteer Infantry. He was mustered into the US Army on June 20, 1861.Шаблон:Cn[1]
He immediately left with his regiment for Washington, D. C. In July his regiment was brigaded with the third, fourth and fifth Maine regiments under command of Colonel O. O. Howard. Tracy was appointed provost marshal on Colonel Howard's staff. The first battle in which he participated was that of Bull Run on July 21, 1861.Шаблон:Cn[1]
After the battle, his regiment ultimately became a part of the Vermont Brigade.Шаблон:Cn[1]
In February, 1862, Tracy was promoted to captain of Company H. On April 21, 1864, he was commissioned major of the regiment, and in the same year was commissioned lieutenant colonel. He commanded the regiment until the end of the war.Шаблон:Cn[1]
Tracy was breveted colonel of volunteers for gallantry in the final attack on the rebel line at Petersburg, Virginia, April 2, 1865. He commanded the old Vermont Brigade at the battle of Cedar Creek in the Shenandoah valley. He was the first officer to greet General Sheridan on his arrival from Winchester.Шаблон:Cn[1]
General Sheridan's line of battle was re-formed on Tracy's brigade at Cedar Creek. Tracy was awarded a medal of honor for his service in that engagement.Шаблон:Cn[1]
He was severely wounded in the charge on Marye's Heights, May 3, 1863, and at Cedar Creek October 19, 1864.Шаблон:Cn[1]
Tracy fought in the following battles: Young's Mills, Bull Run, Lee's Mills, Williamsburg, Golding's Farm, Savage Station, White Oak Swamp, Crampton's Gap, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Marye's Heights, Charleston, Opequan, Winchester, Fisher's Hill, Mount Jackson, Cedar Creek, Petersburg, March 25, 1865, and Petersburg, April 2, 1865, and Sayler's Creek.[2] He served in the Civil war a little over four years.Шаблон:Cn[1]
Postwar
Upon his return from the war Tracy owned a store in Middlebury, Vermont. He was postmaster for twelve years. For the following six years he manufactured carriages. He then became a US customs agent in Burlington, Windmill Point, Alburg, Richford, St. Albans and North Troy, Vermont. He lived in North Troy for at least six years as a deputy collector of customs.Шаблон:Cn [1]
The Middlebury Register newspaper noted the following in 1879: "Col. A. S. Tracy, whose coolness and skill saved Will H. Tomlinson and himself from drowning at Lake Dunmore, Decoration day, has been presented by Mr. Tomlinson with a splendid Sharps Creedmore rifle, "Old Reliable," with a fine leather case, ammunition and all the needful apparatus. The stock of the rifle bears a silver plate with an inscription explaining the occasion of the presentation. The rifle is certainly a handsome acknowledgement on the part of Mr. Tomlinson, and just such a one as the gallant colonel can appreciate."[3]
Family
He married Helen Sarah Dow in February, 1849, and they resided in her father's house in Leicester, Vermont. His wife died in August of the same year. Tracy moved to Massachusetts.Шаблон:Cn[1]
Six years later he moved to Middlebury, Vermont. There he married Sarah M. Crane, daughter of Horace Crane, in March, 1858. Six children were born. Four of them survived to adulthood : Horace C., Lena F., Lillian S. and Charles A. Tracy.Шаблон:Cn[1]
Tracy died in Middlebury, Vermont and is buried in West Cemetery.Шаблон:Cn
Medal of Honor citation
Rank and organization: Lieutenant Colonel, 2d Vermont Infantry. Place and date: At Cedar Creek, Va., 19 October 1864. Entered service at: Middlebury, Vt. Birth: Maine. Date of issue: 24 June 1892.
- Citation:Took command of and led the brigade in the assault on the enemy's works.[4]
See also
Notes
External links
- Vermont in the Civil War Шаблон:Webarchive
- Шаблон:Cite web
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- Шаблон:Find a Grave
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- ↑ 1,00 1,01 1,02 1,03 1,04 1,05 1,06 1,07 1,08 1,09 1,10 1,11 1,12 Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ This record was obtained from "Officers of the Army and Navy," L. R. Hamersly & Company, Philadelphia, 1893
- ↑ "Local News". Middlebury Register, Friday June 20th, 1879. Vol. XLIV, No. 12. Middlebury. Retrieved 2/1/2022.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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