Ansell Wass
Ansel Dyer Wass (November 12, 1832 – January 24, 1889) was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War. Wass was born in Addison, Maine on November 12, 1832.[1]
Wass served in the Massachusetts Militia from April 22, 1861 to August 2, 1861.[1] On August 28, 1861, he was appointed captain of the 41st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry and was promoted to major on July 1, 1862 and lieutenant colonel on October 10, 1862.[1] He resigned his commission on January 31, 1863.[1]
Wass was appointed lieutenant colonel of the 19th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry on May 29, 1865.[1] He was severely wounded during Pickett's Charge on July 3, 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg.[1] On October 14, 1863, he led a brigade at the Battle of Bristoe Station, where he was again wounded.[1] He was mustered out of the volunteers on July 28, 1864.[1] He was appointed colonel on August 6, 1864 and led the 60th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry in Maryland to guard the railroad lines.[1][2]
Wass was again mustered out of the volunteers on December 29, 1864.[1] On May 4, 1866, President Andrew Johnson nominated Wass for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers, to rank from March 13, 1865, and the United States Senate confirmed the appointment on May 18, 1866.[3]
Wass was a United States Customs Service agent after the war.[1] He died in Boston, Massachusetts on January 23, 1889.[1] He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery (Portland, Maine).[1]
References
- Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 978-0-8047-3641-1. p. 556.
- "Biography of Elisha W. Buffinton: Bristol County, MA Biographies". Retrieved 2012-04-10.
- Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 978-0-8047-3641-1. p. 760.