Samuel Miller Quincy (; 1832–1887) was the 28th mayor of

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officer during the

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Samuel Miller Quincy was born in

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on June 13, 1832, the son of Josiah Quincy, Jr., former mayor of

, and the younger brother of Josiah Phillips Quincy. He was a distant cousin of President

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and a descendant of Rev. George Phillips, who settled in

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, in 1630. He was also a Harvard graduate (1852), lawyer and legal historian, and

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soldier in the

, during which he was wounded, captured, imprisoned, and exchanged. Shortly after the attack on

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, Quincy was commissioned a captain in the

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on May 25, 1861. He was promoted to major on October 22, 1862, and to colonel on January 18, 1863. He resigned his commission on June 5, 1863, but was re-commissioned as the lieutenant colonel of the 73rd United States Colored Infantry Regiment on November 29, 1863, and was promoted to colonel in command of the regiment on May 29, 1864. He served briefly as

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from May 5 to June 8, 1865. He transferred to the 96th US Colored Infantry Regiment on September 27, 1865, and was mustered out on January 21, 1866, and became the colonel of the 81st US Colored Infantry the next day. He was honorably mustered out of service on November 30, 1866. On February 21, 1866,Eicher, John H. and Eicher, David J. ''Civil War High Commands''. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001, p. 755.

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Andrew Johnson nominated Quincy for the award of the honorary grade of

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, to rank from March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services during the war,Hunt, Roger D. and Brown, Jack R. ''Brevet Brigadier Generals in Blue,'' p. 496. Gaithersburg, MD: Olde Soldier Books, Inc., 1990. The

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confirmed the award on May 18, 1866. He was a member of the Massachusetts Commandery of the

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. General Quincy died in

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on March 24, 1887.

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*Eicher, John H. and Eicher, David J. ''Civil War High Commands''. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001. . *Hunt, Roger D. and Brown, Jack R. ''Brevet Brigadier Generals in Blue,'' p. 496. Gaithersburg, MD: Olde Soldier Books, Inc., 1990. .

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