Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-02-05
'rwonty-Fifth Regiment.

We give our readers, below, general orders
from the twenty fifth Massachusetts, regiment,
assigning new officers, recently commits
stoned, to their several positions, and also the
position of each company in line of battle.
The captains rank in the following order -
Captain Denny, Captain O'Niel, Captain Fos-
ter, Captain Foss, Captain Wageley, Captain
Parkhurst, Captain Emery, Captain Goodwin,
Captain Tucker and Captain Harrington.
The new appointments are worthily made,
and the twenty-fflh will lose none of its
former character under its present manage
ment.
OF the new line officers, Capt. Tucker of
Boston was sergeant in the third battalion
three months service, and since the organiza-
ton of this regiment has been lieutenant in
Co. c. Capt. Harrington of Paxton en-
tered the regiment upon its formation as lieu
tenant of Co. X. Lieut. Davis entered
the regiment as first sergeant of Co. l. Lieut..
Forbes of Worcester entered the regiment as
first sergeant of Co. II. Lieut.. McCarter of
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Lieut. Pelton of Worcester entered as SER
geant of Co. H. Lieut.. Saul of Templeton
entered as sergeant of Co. l. Lieut. Saul is
an old soldier, and was member of the Wor-
cester Light Infantry some fifteen years ago.
Lieut.. Woodwork of Worcester, ana son of
our well known fellow citizen, James S.
Woodwork, entered the regiment as sergeant
in Co. II. The 25th regiment is in New bern,
companies SKI and &c" of the regiment be-
ing on picket duty on the Trent road, some
eight miles from Newbern.
HEADQUARTERS 18TH REG. MASS. Vols,
Camp Oliver, Newbern, n. G., Jan. Is, 1868.
General Orders No. 81.
lExtract from Special Orders Me- 49, issued Head
quarters, JstOn, Mass, Jan. II, 1861
''The following commissions have been is
sued by order of his excellency, John A. An
drex, governor and commander in chief
Major Josiah Pickett of Worcester to be col
onel, from Oct. 20, 1862, vice Upton, dis
charged Oct. %, 1862. (His commission is
in place of one previously issued, dated Dec
8, 1862. Capt. Orson Moulton of Worcester.
to be lieutenant colonel, Nov. 5, 1862, vice
Sprague discharged Nov. 4, 1862. Captain
Cornelius G. Atwood Of Boston to be major
Oct %, vice Pickett, promoted.
lst Lieut.. James Tucker of Boston, to be
captain Oct 20, 1862, vice Atwood, promoted.
LIST Lieut. Samuel Harrington, to be captain
Nov. 5, 1862, vice Moulton, promoted.
2nd Lieut.. John w. Davis of Worcester, to
be LIST lieutenant Oct. 20, 1868, vice Tucker,
promoted. I'd Lieut. Arthur p. Forbes of
Worcester, to be LIST lieutenant Nov. 5, 1862,
vice Harrington, promoted. I'd Lieut.. John
g. McCarter of Milford, to be lst lieutenant
Nov 5, 1862, vice Hardness, discharged Nov.
4, 1862.
Sergeant Major Charles H. Pelton of Wor-
ccster, to be I'd lieutenant Oct. 30, 1862, vice
Forbes, promoted. Sergeant Jas. C. Wood
worth of Worcester, to be ID lieutenant Nov.
5, 1862, vice Carter, promoted"
In accordance with the above orders, the
line officers above mentioned are assigned to
and will enter for duty in the following COM
panies -
Capt. James Tucker, to command of Co. C.
Capt. Samuel Harrington, to command of
Co. IL.
LIST Lieut.. John W. Davis, to LIST Lieutenant
cy OF Co. C.
Ist Lieut.. Arthur p Forbes, to LIST lieuten-
cy of Co. X.
LIST Lieut. John G. McCarter, to first lieu
tenancy of Co. b.
I'd Lieut.. Charles II. Pelton, to second lieu
tenancy of Co. B.
I'd Lieut.. Thomas Saul, to I'd lieutenancy
of Co. |.
I'd Lieut.. James C. Woodwork, to second
lieutenancy of Co. II.
Owing to the promotion of Capts. Moulton
and Atwood to the lieutenant colonelcy and
majority of this regiment, and the promotion
of lst Lieuts. Tucker and Harrington to the
captaincies of Cos. and IL, the companies
will hereafter take their position in line of
battle as follows: X, l, f, c, ID, B, G, IL, A, L.
BY order of JOSIAH PICKETT,
Colonel commanding.
HENRY McCoNvILLE, Adjutant.