United States Marine - Accompanied Lincoln's Remains

Item NMC-9552

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Thomas Yardley Field
United States Marine Corps
Backmark: Chicago, ILL

Major Field along with two Naval officers were directed by the Secretary of the Navy, Gideon Wells on April 20, 1865 to accompany the remains of President Lincoln from the Washington, DC to Springfield, IL, and continue with them until they are consigned to their final resting place.

Thomas Y. Field.-Born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Pennsylvania. Commissioned as Second Lieutenant, March 3, 1847; with the army in Mexico during the war; brevetted First Lieutenant for gallant and meritorious conduct; frigate "Raritan," Pacific Squadron, 1850-1853; Marine Barracks, Philadelphia, 1854-1855. Promoted to First Lieutenant October 15, 1854; sloop " Constellation,” Mediterranean Squadron, 1854- 1855; Marine Barracks, Charlestown, Mass., 1856-1857; sloop "St. Mary's," Pacific Squadron, 1858-1859; steam sloop "Saranac," Pacific Squadron, 1861. Commissioned as Captain, May 30, 1861; Marine Barracks, Philadelphia,1862-1863; Marine Barracks, Gosport, Va., 1864. Commissioned as Major, June 10, 1864; Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Washington, D. C., 1865; Marine Barracks, Philadelphia, 1866-1867; Marine Barracks, Gosport, Va., 1868-1869; Recruiting Rendezvous, Philadelphia, 1870-1874; Marine Barracks, Portsmouth, N. H., 1875-1878. Commissioned Lieutenant-Colonel, November 1, 1876; Marine Barracks, League Island, Pa., 1878-1879; Marine Barracks, Brooklyn, 1879. Commissioned Colonel, April 18, 1880; Marine Barracks, Portsmouth, N. H., 1880-1881; Marine Barracks, League Island, Pa., 1881-1886; Marine Barracks, Norfolk, Va., 1886-1888; Marine Barracks, League Island, Pa., 1889. Retired, August 17, 1889.