LIBRARY
OF
ALFRED MUDG-E,
'^/e,
THE
MELROSE MEMORIAL
THE
ANNALS OF MELROSE
COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX, MASSACHTSETTS
GREAT REBELLION OF 1 86 I" 65
By Elbridge H. Goss
PRIVATELY PRINTED BY SUBSCRIPTION
1868
ALFRED MUDGE & SON,
PRINTERS,
34 SCHOOL STREET, BOSTON.
TO THE
BOYS IN BLUE,
WHO WENT FORTH TO BATTLE,
MELROSE,
THIS VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED.
iviJi93y91
/is 7 0-7
PREFACE.
It has been the aim of the writer of the following pages to
gather such facts and incidents pertaining to the action of our
town, and of its citizens, in the late Rebellion, as may be inter-
esting to us and to those who shall occupy our places hereafter.
With what interest would any of us read a similar collection of
facts concerning the action of our native town in the Revolu-
tionary war, or the war of 1812 ; the sacrifices it made, the
heroes it furnished, and the martyrs to justice and liberty then
offered upon their country's altar.
Soldiers' monuments are appropriate memorials ; and it is
well that the memory of our dead heroes should be thus em-
balmed. May scores of monumental piles be yet reared through-
out the length and breadth of the land, reminding us and fu-
ture generations of their bravery, of their virtues, and of their
patriotism. And where such monument has or has not been
raised, it would be a desirable fact, and an interesting matter
of history, if each town, or city, would have a published record
of the items of its individual action in the late war. Future
generations would turn the leaves of such annals with pleasure
and gratitude.
Two years and a half had passed away after the close of the
great contest between Right and Wrong, before the task of
gathering the material for this volume was commenced. Had it
been undertaken sooner, or begun and continued during the
progress of the war, the labor would have been easier, and,
probably, some facts which have been forgotten, and the whirl
of time has confused, might have been recorded. Undoubtedly
VI PREFACE.
many interesting incidents, which were not minuted at the time
of their occurrence, have passed away never to be recalled.
Words of encouragement have .ever been given by all my
fellow-citizens whenever mention was made of this undertak-
ing ; and when information has been sought it has been very
readily given. My thanks are due to the Selectmen of the town,
past and present, to many of our Soldiers, and to Adjutant-
General Cunningham and his gentlemanly clerks, for informa-
tion given and favors granted.
The well-known historian, Mr. Benson J. Lossing, author of
the deservedly popular " Pictorial Field Book of the Revolu-
tion," "Pictorial Field Book of the War of 1812," "Pictorial
History of the Civil War," " Washington's Home," and many
other useful historical works, says, in a letter to me :
" I am glad you have undertaken the work you mention.
These local histories will form the solid and reliable materials
for the use of future histoi'ians, and cannot be too minutely
given. They will be of immense value. I hope you will make
thorough work. Give the name of every man who took up
arms for his country, with brief biographies of the leading ones.
You will thus leave an enduring legacy of honor to their pos-
terities."
Believing that something of this kind was due to our town
and to those who went forth to fight our battles, this work has
been accomplished during moments of limited leisure, and is now
submitted to my fellow-citizens with the hope that its faults
and deficiencies, — and no one knows better than the writer
that they are many, — may be kindly overlooked, and with the
wish that some abler pen than mine had been prompted to per-
form the task.
E. H. G.
Melrose, Sept. i8th, 1868.
CONTENTS.
Page.
I. Index to Names of Melrose Citizens xi.
II. Index to Regiments and Batteries xxvii.
III. Index to Battles and Engagements ..... xxviiL
I.
1861. Opening of the Rebellion. — Call for Three Months' Troops.—
The Sixth Massachusetts Regiment. — Governor Andrew's Address. —
Our Three Months' Men in the Fourth and Fifth Regiments. — The
Massachusetts Troops. I
11.
1861 continued. Call for Three Years' Men. — Our First Town Meeting.
— Votes passed. — Enlistments. — Our Men in the Thirteenth Massachu-
setts Regiment — Second Regiment — Twelfth Regiment 12
III.
1 86 1 continued. Call for more Troops. — Our Men in the Sixteenth
Regiment — Seventeenth Regiment — Eighteenth. — Twentieth. — Twen-
ty-Second. — Twenty-Third. — Twenty- Fourth, — Twenty-Sixth. — Thir-
tieth. — Thirty-Second. — Ninety-Ninth New York Regiment — Second
Battery. — Third Battery. — Fourth Battery. — Fifth Battery. — First
Cavalry Regiment. — Number of Men furnished in 1861. 20
IV.
1862. Third Call for Troops. — War Meeting. — Town Meeting. —
Action taken and Votes passed. — Our Men in the Eleventh E egiment.
— Thirty-Third. — Thirty-Eighth. — Thirty-Ninth. — First Heavy Artil-
lery. — Ninth Battery. — Thirteenth Battery. — Second Cavalry. — Third
Cavalry. 37
V.
1862 continued. Call for Nine Months' Men. — War Meetings. — Town
Meeting. — Action taken and Votes passed. — Our Men in the Fifth Regi-
ment — Forty-Second. — Forty-Third. — Forty- Fourth. — Forty- Fifth.
— Forty-Eighth. — Fiftieth. — Number of Men furnished in 1862. 54
Vlll CONTENTS.
VI.
1863. Conscription Act. — Another Call for Troops. — Town Meeting. —
Our Recruiting Committee. — Our Men in the Fifteenth Regiment. —
Fifty-Fourth. — Fifty-Sixth. — Fifty-Ninth. — Third Heavy Artillery. —
Fourth. — Number of Men furnished in 1863. 71
VII.
1864—5. Town Meetings. — Votes passed. — Injunction. — Recruiting
Fund Meetings. — Citizens' Subscription. 82
VIII.
1864. Call for One Hundred Days' Men. — Our Men in Fifth Regiment.
— Sixth. — Eighth. — Sixtieth. — Ninety Days' Men. — Seventh Unat-
tached Company. — One Year's Men. — Sixty-First Regiment. 93
IX.
186 1— 5. Navy. — Non-residents credited to Melrose. — Our Men in Naval
Service. 99
X. •
The Draft of 1863. — Names of the Drafted. — Draft Celebration. — Draft
of 1864. — Names of the Drafted. — Substitutes for Enrolled Men. —
Representative Recruits. 109
XI.
186 1— 5- Whole number of Men furnished. — Our Surplus. — Quotas. 123
XII.
1 86 1— 5. Relief of Soldiers and their Families. — State Aid. — Subscrip-
tions by Citizens and Churches. — Various methods taken for showing our
good will. 130
XIII.
Our " Roll of Honor." — Obituary Notices. — George J. Morse. — George
T. Martin. — Henry F. Fuller. — Martin Greene. — William H. Macey. —
Sidney B. Morse, 2d. — William F. Barry. — John P. Shelton. — Thomas
H. Stevens. — Edmund W. Davis. — Jonas G. Brown. — Benjamin
Lynde. — Nathan H. Brand. — Richard Lever. — Augustus Green. —
Albert W. Crockett — James R. Howard. — Francis Peabody. — George
E. Richardson. — Benjamin F. Wilde. — John E. Stilphen. — George
W. Lynde. — William F. Krantz. 137
CONTENTS. IX
XIV.
In Rebel Prisons. — Forty-Second Regiment. — Archibald Bogle. — Henry
H. Jones. — George E. Richardson. — Albert W. Crockett. — William
H. Eastman. — Edmund W. Davis. — George W. Batchelder. — John L.
Chambers. — Benjamin F. York. — Frederick W. Krantz. — George W.
Elliot. — John E. Quinn. — Henry Stone. — Anderson ville. 185
XV.
Close of the Rebellion. — Fall of Richmond. — Death of President Lincoln.
— Funeral Ceremonies. — Rev. Henry Baker's Address. 208
XVI.
Miscellaneous. — Cost of the War to Town. — To Citizens, — List of Town
Officers. —Valuation. — Table of Debt. — Table of Bounties. — Of Men.
— Destruction of Rebel Blockade Runner. — Farragut's Naval Victory at
Mobile. — Incidents. — Articles Exchanged. 219
XVII.
List of Commissioned Officers. — Alphabetical Roll of Melrose Soldiers.
— Melrose Men on other Quotas. 241
APPENDIX.
A. Certificate of a Non-resident Recruit 277
B. Form for Payment of Bounty 277
C. Certificate of Consent to the Enlistment of a Minor . . . 278
D. List of Citizens liable to Draft in 1863 279
E. Exemption Certificates 285
F. Exemption — Substitute for Enrolled Man .... 287
G. Receipt and Certificate — Representative Recruit . . . 289
H. Instructions to Enrolling Officer 290
I. Discharge Papers 291
J. Town Action, Nov. 3, 1868 -92
b
I.
INDEX
TO THE
NAMES OF MELROSE CITIZENS.
SOLDIERS IN SMALL CAPITALS.
A.
Page.
Abbott, Benjamin F., M. D 90, 222
Adams, John Q 89, 283
Alden, David A 118,279
Allen, John L 87,114,279
Allen, William H 86, 279
Anderson, John H. L. 96,118,244,279
Anderson, Leonard B • . 62, 244
Andrews, Edwin A 32, 244
Andrews, John L 89
Astle, Abel, M. D. 90
Astle, James 89, 113, 279
Atwood, Joel 89
Atwood, Sullivan C 90, 279
Averj-, Ephraim 222
Avery, John Q. A. ■; 283
B.
Babb, Walter . . . . . . . . 56,83,89,113,279
Bacon, George A 40, 56
Baker, Rev. Henry 211, 212, 214
Baldwin, John 86, 283
Banfield, Addison W. 56, 279
Barker, Josiah H 91
Barker, Samuel 89, 283
Barnard, John M. Jr. 59, 244
Xll INDEX,
Pagb.
Barnes, Rev. William S 211,212,213,225
Barrett, Artemas 88, 120, 222, 225
Barrett, Augustus 86, 283
Barrett, Charles 59, 244
Barrett, Charles L. 59, 244
Barrett, David A. 272
Barrett, Henry W 112,279
Barrett, Jonathan 88,113,279
Barrett, James A. 87, 279
Barron, Elliot F. . . . 66, 244
Barron, Henry 27, 244
Barry, Royal P . . 63, 90, 244, 278
Barry, William F 15, 43, 139, 149, 244
Bartlett, George W •. . . . . 88, 283
Bartlett, Nathaniel J 86,112,279
Batchelder, George W 9, 27, 31, 187, 242, 244
Batchelder, Peter 89
Beckett, James M. . . 87, 222
Biathrow, Franklin 279
Bickford, Ira H 86, 283
BicKFORD, Nelson W. 40, 47, 244
Biffin, James 118, 279
Bigelow, Liberty 88
Bird, Henry S. 283
Bishop, Daniel H. 279
Blaisdell, Charles H 87, 114, 279
Blake, John 222
Blanchard, Samuel D 92
BoARDMAN, Charles 59. 88, 244
Boardman, George F ^ . .88, 224, 283
Boardman, William W 283
BonwELL, Henry A. 28, 100, 244
Bogle, Archibald .... 23, 35, 70, 80, 187, 189, 241, 244
Bowker, Charles F. . . . " 90
Bowker, Joel 87
Bowker, Joseph C 91
Brackett, Gilbert A 279
Bradford, Erastus F. 87, 283
Brand, Nathan H 40,50,140,246
Brooks, Augustus 91, 283
Brown, Benjamin . . . , 283
INDEX. Xlll
Page.
Brown, George E 90. 2 79
Brown, Increase H. Jr. . , 283
Brown, John 283
Brown, Jonas G. 66, 139, 159, 246
Brown, Laroy 279
Brown, Oren "3.279
Bryant, Dexter 122, 279
Bryant, Hon. Napoleon B 13, 4°. 43. 5^. 73. ^6, 283
Bryant, Thomas O. . . 59. 246
BuFFUM, Adelbert A. 29, 246
Buffum, C. Edgar 87
Buffum, Carlon 91. 283
Bugbee, Francis 222
Bugbee, Samuel S. 87, 283
Burgess, William B. . . 13, 42, 43, 73, 82, 89, 132, 223, 224, 278
Bumham, George P 223
BuRNHAM, Oliver R 94. 246
BuRNHAM, Paschal E 59. 9^. 246
Buttrick, John P 9^
BuTTRicK, John W 58, 88, 246
c.
Chadbourne, Thomas W . . . 89, 225
Chambers, John L. 195, 272
Chandler, Roswell W 35, 246
Chapin, Calvin N 9°. 283
Chapin, Joseph A 51, 246, 277, 278
Chase, Daniel G 283
Chase, Daniel L 113,280
Chase, Ede K 58, 246
Chase, Sanford W 280
Cheever, Augustus L. 76, 114, 246, 280
Chipman, George A 63, 89, 94, 243, 246
Chute, Robert J 87
Clark, Frederic F 59, 248
Clark, Colonel John H. 13, 39, 43, 55, 73, 82, 83, 87, 116, 1 18, 132, 224, 278
Clark, William 90, 118, 283
Cleaveland, Nathan S. . . . . / 283
Close, Emery 91
Cobb, Elisha W 4°. 4i. 283
Cobb, John W 88,283
XIV INDEX.
Pagb.
Coburn, Lewis G .88, 131, 283
Coburn, Lucius 280
Cochran, Jonathan 222, 223
Cochran, Nelson ' 56,88,222,225
Coffin, Galen 283
Collins, Walter R 89
Connell, James 283
Conway, Daniel 9^* 283
Conway, John Jr 88
Coolidge, Charles G. 283
Coolidge, Rev, J. A 223
Cook, William 113, 280
Cooper, Rev. James I4> 223
Corson, Frederic U 59» 248
Corson, George G 280
Cowhey, Thomas 9^
Cox, James P. . . ; 66, 248
Crocker, John H 15,114,132,248,280
Crocker, Joseph C. 62, 248
Crockett, Albert W 24, 140, 171, 187, 248
Crockett, George F 33, 171, 248
Crosby, Anthony 40, 41, 87
Crowley, Jeremiah . 86, 283
Curriea, Charles M 283
Currier, James C. . . 224
Currier, John H 22, 248
Curtis, Samuel 283
Cutting, William H. Jr 63, 248
D.
Dame, Frank 86
Daniels, J. B. 90
Davie, George 283
Davis, Charles L. 202, 272
Davis, Edmund W 27, 114, 140, 187, 201, 248, 280
Davis, James L 59. 98, 202, 248
Davis, John E 59, 202, 248
Davis, Loami G . . . 46, 77, 202, 248
Dawes, Ambrose 15> 4°, 157, 248
Dawes, Richard C 62, 250
Dearborn, Samuel O. 56, 89, 223
INDEX. XV
Pagb
Deruiis, Rev. J. S • • -223
Deshon, Francis • . 40, 48, 250
Dix, Joseph O 66, 250
Dodge, James W 113,280
Donalavy, William 112,118,280
Double, Edmund B 60, 250
Dow, Milo 283
Drayton, J. Spencer 80, 241, 250
Dyer, John A 283
Dyer, N. Mayo ... 15, 70. 80, 100, 228, 231, 336, 243, 250
E.
Earl, William H 49» 104, 250
Eastman, William H 32, 187, 194, 250
Edgerly, Obadiah S 87, 283
Edgerly, Peter 88, 283
Edmands, Bradford 1^4
Edmonds, Artemas B 280
Elliot, George W 187, 272
Ellis, Jacob M 32, 243, 250
Ellis, Martin 89
Ellis, P. Russell 88
Emerson, George 86, 222, 225
Emerson, George 2d. ..... 40, 41, 120, 225, 283, 287
Emerson, George W. . . . . . . . 40,41,56,112,280
Emerson, Isaac 222
Emerson, Isaac Jr. ^ . 40, 41, 43, 56, 73, 82, 85, 133, 222, 224, 225, 283
Emerson, James G 60, 98, 250
Emerson, James W 4Ij 48, 250
Emerson, Joseph S. 98, 114, 250, 280
Emerson, R. Watson 40, 41, 56, 86, 280
Emery, Joshua Jr 114, 280
Esty, Charles F . . .12
Evans, Thomas C 40f 63, 250
F.
Fairbanks, David 39, 122, 224
Fairbanks, John W 4°. 4i. 43
Fairbanks, Joseph A 86,112,280
Fargo, Charles O . .77, 250, 280
Famsworth, George W n8, 280
XVI INDEX.
Page.
Farnsworth, William J 222, 223
Farrell, Michael • . . 66, 250
Ferdinand, Jasper F. 91
Fernald James H 280
Fessenden, George F. • . . 283
Finnegan, Dennis 91, 280
Finnegan, Edward 114, 280
Finnegan, William 91, 280
Fennerty, Thomas 280
Fisher, George W 22, 91, 252
Fletcher, George M. . . 13, 43, 73, 82, 86, 133, 222, 223, 224, 225, 278
Flint, Rufus H , . . . 222, 223
Forsythe, George R 88
Foss, James T 63, 252
Foster, Daniel W. . • 85, 283
Fountain, Francis 90
Freeman, Leander T. 113,280
Freeman, Thomas . . . . • 91
French, Alonzo 280
Fuller, George P 66, 252
Fuller, Henry F 22, 139, 143, 252
Fuller, Lorin L. 223
Fuller, William A 104,114,118,243.252,280
Fuller, William E. 82, 83, 222, 223, 224
Furneaux, Charles 88, 280
G.
Gallagher, Richard 32, 252
Gardner, Elbridge 4i> 43, 88, 222, 223
Gateley, John 91, 283
Gilman, G. W 90
Gilman, Tristram 283
Gilmore, William M. 90, 280
Gooch, Hon. Daniel W. . . . . 44, 56, 85, 131, 223, 283, 292
Gooch, Mrs. Daniel W 134
Goodwin, Joseph . . 113, 118, 280
Gordon, Curtis S 113,280
Gordon, William F 112,280
Goss, Allen C. 56, 87, 283
Goss, Elbridge H. .... 40, 41, 88, 113, 155, 176, 280, 292
Gould, Albert A 91. 283
INDEX. XV 11
Page.
Gould, Levi S 56, 85, 86, 225, 280
Greeley, William P 283
Green, Aaron 92, 223, 224, 225
Green, Augustus 28, 140, 169, 252
Green, Elbridge . . . ■ 90, 222, 223, 225
Greene, Benjamin F. 87, 280
Greene, Joseph H. 86
Greene, Martin 18, 139, 252
Grover, Andrew J 28, 76, 252, 280
Grover, George W. Jr 77, 1 14, 252, 280
Grover, John C 25, 252
Grover, William W 94, 252
Grundy, William 280
H.
Haley, Reuben T. . . 92, 284
Hamblet, James Jr. 284
Hammond, George 77,104,114,254,280
Hare, Andrew 65, 254
Hart, Abner B . . .62, 254
Hart, George 86, 284
Harvey, Franklin 104, 254
Hawkins, John . 280
Hawkins, Thomas 119, 284
Haynes, Joseph W ■ . . . .25, 254
Hayward, Daniel E 280
Hayward, Jabez G. 90, 284
Harris Augustine 280
Heald, S. W 86
Heath, George W 39, 4°, 120, 131, 284
Hemmenway, George 89, 284
Hemmenway, William 280
Henderson, John H. B. 114,134,280
Heton, John 60, 254
Hicks, Walter 284
Higgins, John S 87, 131
Hill, David 284
Hill, William L. . . . 280
Hodges, James D 284
Hoeffner, Lewis G 284
Holbrook, Joseph 119,223,284
C
XVIU INDEX.
Pack.
Hollahan, Lawrence 280
HoLLis, Henry P. 52, 254
Holmes, Philip B 56> 131
Hopkins, James S. 280
Horn, James 284
Houghton, Samuel S 85
Howard, Avery B. . . . . . . . . . .33, 254
Howard, Caleb 89, 222, 223, 224
Howard, Caleb G 280
Howard, James R 40, 48, 140, 173, 254
Howard, Nathaniel 92
Howard, Otis 280
Howe, Francis E 32, 254, 280
Howes, Jonathan C. 112,280
Howes, Solomon L. 91
Hudson, Jarvis P 87, 118, 284
Hurley, John 91
Hyde, George S 60, 254
I.
Ingalls, Rev. John C. 136, 223
Ingalls, Samuel, M. D 243, 254
Ireson, Alonzo D 60, 254
Ireson, David A. 59, 254
Irvine, Fayette J 281
Isburgh, Charles H 40, 43, 55, 73, 83, 86, 133, 225, 284
J.
Jackson, Jacob F 21, 256
Jackson, William H 49, 256
Jackson, William P 15, 256, 281
Jefferson, Daniel 87, 284
Jenkins, Osmore 91
Jones, Asa H. 89
Jones, Charles S 40, 49, 256
Jones, Henry H 14, 187, 256
Jones, J. Wesley 36, 70, 80, 242
Judkins, Roland C 59, 256
JuNKiNS, Edwin W. 64, 256
K.
Kastner, Charles 131
Keating, Thomas 281
Keith, Charles E 89, 113, 281
INDEX- XIX
Page.
Kelley, Farnsworth 284
Kendall, Edward W. 22, 175, 243, 256
Kendall, Samuel E 284
Kent, Elisha V 284
Keyes, Silas 281
KlLBY, THEOPHILUS 15, 256
King, George L. 15, 256
Kimball, Thomas J 88, 284
Kirmes, Christopher 89, 284
Knight, Edwin F 281
Knights, Edward R. 87, 222, 224, 281
Knowles, Theodore L. . 40,41,113,281
Krantz, Frederick W. . . . . . . .46, 187, 203, 256
Krantz, William F. 140, 272
L.
Lane, Addison 90, 284
Lamkin, Guy 223
Lamson, William A. 92, 284
Larrabee, Charles . . 87
Leavitt, Rufus 87, 284
Leeds, Samuel 21, 258
Leighton, William F. 3, 258
Leonard, Henry A 87, 281
Lever, Richard 74, 140, 258
Linikin, Benjamin 223
Little, Edmund B 90, 284
Littlefield, Gushing W 29, 258
Littlefield, Walter Jr 86, 223, 284
Littlehale, Henry A f 281
Locke, Simeon 86
Long, Thomas A 85, 87
Lord, Samuel 281
Loring, Martin B 91, 284
Lunt, George G. 281
Lyall, David S 96, 258, 281
Lyman, Henry H 66, 258
Lynch, John B 281
Lynde, Alonzo V 86, 284
Lynde, Alvin 90
Lynde, Amos W •' 60, 97, 258
XX INDEX.
Page.
Lynde, Benjamin 41, 48, 140, 161, 258
Lynde, Charles A "281
Lynde, Charles B 60, 258
Lynde, Charles P 90
Lynde, Daniel A 281
Lynde, George 91
Lynde, George W 23, 141, 161, 183, 243, 258
Lynde, James O. 120, 281
Lynde, Leonard 88, 281
Lynde, Sherman 35, 260
Lynde, William O. 87, 284 •
M.
Macey, James 18, 260
Macey, John S 23, 104, 175, 260
Macey, William H 139, 272
Macomber, George, M.D 87
Magoon, Sylvanus . . . 119, 281
Mansfield, George A 86, 225, 284
Marcey, J. T 91
Marshall, James 64, 260
Marshall, Samuel 60, 260
Martin, Charles H 202, 272
Martin, George T. ... 47, 70, 78, 138, 179, 202, 242, 260
Martin, Jeremiah 88, 222
Martin, Jeremiah Jr. 105, 202, 260
Martin, William H 41. 48, 202, 260
McAllister, Daniel W 28, 260
McAllister, George H 66, 260
McCafferty, Michael A. '. 56, 281
McCoubry, Thomas 284
McDonald, Angus 26, 260
Mclntire, Joseph 88, 284
McKay, Gurdon 9, 26, 35, 69, 243, 260
McLaughlin, Frank M 105, 260
• McLaughlin, George W 64, 260, 278
McLaughlin, Hiram 278
McLaughlin, Hiram Jr. 95, 260
McLenathan, Charles 281
McMahan, Philip .24, 260
McNish, Wickham C 85
INDEX. XXI
Page.
Mendum, Josiah P 56, 88
Merrick, Theodore B 225, 281
Messenger, Charles A 89, 284
Messenger, Frank A 40, 56, 86, 284
Mitchell, George 105, 260
Moore, Edward 91
Morcomb, Henry P 281
Morrison, Charles H 28, 47, 260
Morrison, Seth 9, 260
Morse, Andrew J. .131, 132,209
Morse, George J 16, 76, 8c, 138, 162, 236, 242, 260
Morse, Sidney B. 2d 17, 139, 145, 162, 262
Morse, William .114, 281
Morse, William F. 86,113,281
Morton, Daniel 88, 284
Mosely, Randolph L 281
Munn, Lawrence K • » • 90, 281
Munn, Thomas J. 16, 262
Munroe, Rev. William H . 158, 223
Murphy, Walter .• . . . 91
Murray, John . 281
N.
Nash, Gilbert 225
Nevens, Edward P. 223, 225
Newhall, Edward B , . 88, 119,281
Newhall, George 87, 222, 224, 284
Newhall, Henry B 56, 88, 281
Newhall, John 284
Nichols, George G ' 78, 97, 242, 262
Nichols, Smith W. Jr. .... 36, 70, 80, 105, 107, 243, 262
Norris, Henry A 42,43,56,86,223
Norton, Daniel Jr 56, 85, 284
Norton, John R. 281
Noyes, George N 87, 223, 225
NoYEs, George O 41, 48, 262
Noyes, Moses A 90
P.
Page, MosES S 95,113,262,281,291
Paine, John T 223
Parker, Edward 281
XXU INDEX.
Pack.
Parker, Moses, M. D 40, 56, 87, 223, 225, 284
Parsons, Rev. Wilson R 223
Patterson, Alonso 89, 118, 281
Paul, William F 118,281
Peabody, Francis 23, 28, 140, 175, 262
Peabody, Torrey ' 28, 262
Peabody, Torrey Jr 25, 262
Peck, Oren H 86, 114, 281
Pemberton Calvin 284
Pemberton, Lew^is E 98, 264
Perkins, Albert P 87, 284
Perkins, Horatio N 88
Perkins, James F. 70, 80, 107, 243, 264, 292
Perkins, John Jr 64,118,264,284
Phinney, Erastus O., M.D 223, 225
Phinney, Stephen J. . . . . . , 222
Phippen, German S. . . . . ... . . . 223
Pierce, Ansel B 91, 281
Pierce, Robert W . . . 88, 281
Pierce, William L. 90
Pike, Jacob F. 49, 264
Pilling, James L 97, 264
Pollock, George W 88, 281
Poole, William F. 89, 126, 131, 220, 284
Porter, Lucius L. D 113. 281
Pratt, Daniel S 35. 264
Pratt, Dexter 90, 281
Prait, Henry W . . .96, 264
Prentice, Charles . . . . • . . . . 67, 264
Prentice, Rev. George . . . ... . . . 281
Prescott, Horace 40. 5 ^> 264
Prince, Albert G 25, 264
Q-
Quimby, Rev. George W 43» 44
QuiNN, John E 31. 172, 187, 264
QuiNN, John H 3i» 264
QuiNN, Patrick . • 96. 264
Quinn, Thomas • .... 282
R.
Rankin, Frederick W.' A. Jr 88,113,282
Richards, Aaron H 282
INDEX. XXIU
Page.
Richardson, George E 41, 49, 140, 177, 187, 264
Richardson, Hiram D 9°
Richardson, John P. 23, 264
Richardson, Lewis H 90,113,282
Richardson, William H 77, 266, 282
Richmond, Rev. John B 225
Ripley, Augustus 118,282
Roach, Benjamin 9°
Robbins, Charles 112,282
Robbins, Charles G 285
Roberts, Charles H 62, 266
Roberts, John K 285
Roberts, Joseph L 282
Robinson, Henry 9h 223
Robinson, Henry J 91
Robinson, Luther 225
Robinson, Samuel A. 118,282
Robson, John 89
Rowe, Ai 91
RowELL, Stephen P. 26, 65, 266
Russell, Daniel 40, 41, 122, 285, 289
s.
Sales, Ephraim 285
Sanford, Joseph B 225, 282
Sargent, George 90
Sargent, George B. >Sg
Sargent, George C 87
Sargent, Wingate P 85, 224, 285
Sassard, Augustus 16, 266
Sears, Elisha F. 85, 282
Seavey, Leonard C 33, 266
Selee, Rev. Nathan P 90, 225
Sessions, Rev. Alexander J 223
Severance, Sargent F 87, 285
Severy, Solomon 89, 285
Sewall, John S 56, 88, 285
Sewall, Hon. Samuel E. . ' 85, 131, 225, 292
Sewall, Stinson • . 224
Shannon, Martin 29, 266
Shelton, Albert F 16, 113, 266, 282
XXIV INDEX.
Page,
Shelton. Charles W 17, 150, 152, 266
Shelton, John * . . . .87, 223
Shelton, John P 17. 40, 139, 154, 266
Shelton, Richard H 113,282
Shelton, Stephen . _ 71, 88, 225, 290
Shelton, Stephen W. . . . 55.56,73.83,113,133,153,158,282
Shelton, Thomas 39. 67, 96, 266
Shepard, Charles H 222
Shepard, Thomas . 285
Simonds, Charles H 223, 285
SiMONDS, Joseph F. 17, 53, 236, 242, 266
Simonds, Joseph R 24, 35, 70, 80, 144, 225, 242, 266
Simonds, Joseph W 61, 96, 266
Skinner, Charles E. . 34, 266
Skinner, Glover 282
Slocomb, Henry W 30, 268
Slocum, Asa 222
Small, Edward A 70, 80, 108, 243, 268
Small, James 90
Small, James M 282
Smith, John £8, 224
Smith, Rufus .... 39, 40, 44, 55, 56, 73, 83, 85, 133, 225, 282
Smith, Thomas 9, 33, 268
Smith, Wayland R. 61, 268
Snow, Joel . . . 56, 91, 225
Southwick, E. B. . . . . . 91
Spaulding, Henry H. . . . , . . . . .95, 268, 285
Spinney, William K 282
Sprague, Alfred W 89, 285
Sprague, Henry 222, 223
Sprague, Samuel Jr. . . .19. 268
Stantial, George C 89, 282
Stantial, Thomas B . . . 34, 268, 282
Steele, Azel E 90
Stebbins, Thaddeus S . . . 50,268
Stevens, Charles H 34, 243, 268
Stevens, Thomas H 21, 139, 268
Stevens, Edgar M. . . . . . • . . . . 86, 285
Stevens, *.ev. Henry A 213,214,282
Stilphen, John E. 33, 141. 181, 268
Stone, Calvin 90
INDEX. XXV
Page.
Stone, George F. 55. ^6, 282
Stone, Henry 49, 76, 187, 268
Stone, William H. . . 86,113,282
Stratton, William D. . . 90, 282
Sturtevant, James S 9°
Summers, Samuel F. . . 89
Sumner, Stephen 58, 268
Sutton, Joseph P. B, . 282
Sweetser, Thomas T. . . 60, 268
T.
Tainter, George A 17, 268, 282
Talbot, Rev. Josiah W 223
Tay, Aaron 282
Taylor, Fernando C , 56,87,118,285
Taylor, Franklin 222
Taylor, Shubael L. . ... 222, 223
Taylor, Marcus C 282
Taylor, William 282
Terwillager, Lyell T 89,118,285
Thompson, John . . 114,118,272,282
Thresher, James M 222
Tourtellot, Samuel M. . . . 89, 282
Tower, Benjamin . . 41, 48, 268
Tower, John W 88, 282
Towner, Levi C. ' 282
Trask, Albert 282
Trott, Andrew P 86,113,282
Trowbridge, Henry E. 225, 285
Tucker, William L 41, 50, 268
Turner, Henry 285
Tyler, William N. 95, 268
u.
Underwood, Benjamin 89
Upham, Albert 282
Upham, Asa 223
Upham, Benjamin R. 285
Upham, Charles F 91, 282
Upham, Charles H ., . . . 60, 270
Upham, Freeman 222
XXVI INDEX.
Pack.
Upham, Henry W 97i 270
Upham, Joshua . 223
Upham, Orne . 285
Upham, Osgood W. .... . ... 112, 282, 286
Upham, Sylvanus . . . 88, 282
Upham, Timothy . . ... . . . . .118,282
V.
Varney, Cyrus . . .... . ... . 285
Vaughn, William W. . . . . . . . . . 90, 282
Vial, John 223
Vinton, Aaron Jr 285
Vinton, Edwin A 60, 96, 270
Vinton, Gray 96, 270, 285
W.
Waitt, Charles A . . . 113,282
Waitt, John R . 95, 270
Walker, Benjamin R 91
Warren, Ralph . . .... . . . . . 86, 285 '
Warren, William . . . 282
Watson, Frank 282
Wells, Charles A. 45, 270
Wells, William H 89, 282
Wentworth, Oliver T. . .92
West, John . . . . . . .... . 285
Westgate, Joseph E 87
Wheeler, Gardner 86,118,285
Wheeler, George G . . 86, 285
Wheeler, Robert 92, 285
White, Alverse L. 85
White, Charles L. 4°, 45> 270
White, George E 223
Whitney, Edward H 17. 270
Whowell, John 285
Whyte, Oliver . . 86, 285
Wilde, Benjamin F. 60, 141, 270
Wilde, Joseph D 85,282
Wilcox, Daniel W 43. 120, 282
Wilkinson, William N 222
Woodward, David R. . 119.285
INDEX, XXVll
Pagb.
Woodward, George . . . .= 9h 282
Wyman, George W. ,.,...... 95.272
Wyman, Weston 95. 272
Wyman, William . 9, 30, 272, 282
Y.
York, Benjamin F. . . =. 79, 187, 202, 272
York, Josiah R. . 60, 98, 202, 272
York, William B 60, 98, 202, 272
Young, Isaiah A. . ^ 56, 89, 285
II.
INDEX TO REGIMENTS AND BATTERIES.
Second Regiment, Infantry 18
Fourth " " 9
Fifth « « . . ... . . . 8, 58, 94
Sixth u i, ^ ^ g^
Eighth " " . . . 95
Eleventh " " 45
Twelfth " " . . . 19
Thirteenth " " 14
Fifteenth " " 74
Sixteenth " " 21
Seventeenth " " 22
Eighteenth " " 25
Twentieth " " 26
Twenty-Second Regiment, Infantry 26
Twenty-Third • " " 29
Twenty-Fourth " " 29
Twenty-Sixth " " 30
Thirtieth " " 30
Thirty- Second " " 31
Thirty-Third " « . 46
Thirty-Eighth " " 46
Thirty-Ninth " " 49
Forty-Second " " eg
■Forty-Third " " 61
Forty-Fourth " " ....... 61
XXVIU INDEX.
Page.
Forty-Fifth Regiment, Infantry ....... 63
Forty-Eighth " " ...... 65
Fiftieth " « 65
Fifty-Fourth " « 78
Fifty-Sixth « " 79
Fifty-Ninth " " 74
Sixtieth " " 97
Sixty-First " " 98
Seventh Unattached Co., Infantry 97
First Heavy Artillery Regiment 45
Third " " " 76
Fourth " " '« 78
Second Light Battery 32
Third « " 33
Fourth " " 33
Fifth •* " 34
Ninth " ■ » 50
Thirteenth " " 51
First Cavalry Regiment . 34
Second " " 51
Third " " 53
Fifth " " 243
Ninety-Ninth New York Regiment, Infantry 31
III.
INDEX TO BATTLES AND ENGAGEMENTS MENTIONED IN THE TEXT.
Fort Sumter, April 12, 1861 i
Attack at Baltimore, April 19, 1861 8, 145
Big Bethel, June 10, 1861 68
First Bull Run, July 21, 1861 9, 143
Forts St. Philip and Jackson, April 18-23, 1862 . . .38, 104, 107
Fair Oaks, May 31, June i, 1862 • . 21
Gaines' Farm, June 27, 1862 27, 201
Baton Rouge, Aug. 5, 1862 68, 181
Cedar Mountain, Aug. 9, 1862 18, 68, 139
Thoroughfare Gap, Aug. 28, 1862 . ^ 151
Groveton, Aug. 29, 1862 146, 150, 162
Second Bull Run, Aug. 30, 1862 . . .16, 25, 28, 146, 151, 155, 163
INDEX. XXIX
Page.
Chantilly, Sept. i, 1862 146, 150, 162
South Mountain, Sept. 14, 1862 . 152
Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862 . . 15, 16, 17, 19, 68, 139, 149, 152, 154, 169
Little Washington, Nov. 3, 1862 29
Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862 169, 239
Kinston, Dec. 14, 1862 63, 64
Galveston, Jan. i, 1863 58, 60, 196
Sabine Pass, Jan. 21, 1863 I95
Blount's Mills, April 9, 1863 ^84
Bisland, April 13, 1863 174. I79
Chancellorsville, May 2-5, 1863 169
Port Hudson, May 27 — ^July 9, 1863, 46, 48, 159, 161, 164, 174, 179, 181, 194
Gettysburg, July i, 2, 3, 1863 . . 15, 16, 45. 46, 51. 132, 169, 187, 203
Batchelder's Creek, Feb. I, 1864 25,171
Glustee, Feb. 20, 1864 189
Red River Expedition, Mafch 7 — May 20, 1864 . . . 53,181,199
Mansfield, or Sabine Cross Roads, April 8, 1864 199
Wilderness, May 5, 6, 1864 76, 165, 166
Spottsylvania, May 10-12, 1864 . . . .74, 76, 138, 140, 162, 166
Bethesda Church, June 2, 3, 1864 28, 140, 169
Cool Arbor, June 1-3, 1864 187
Mine Explosion, July 30, 1864 . 79
Mobile Bay, Aug. 5, 1864, loc, 102, 231
Deep Bottom, Aug. 15, 1864 3°
Opequan, Sept. 19, 1864 53
Cedar Creek, Oct. 19, 1864 48, 49, 177
Fort Fisher, First Attack, Dec. 24, 25, 1864 . . 104, 105, 106, 108
Fort Fisher, Second Attack, Jan. 13, 14, 15, 1865 . . 104, 106, 108
I.
I86I.
By our altars, pure and free $
By our laws' deep-rooted tree ;
By the past's dread memory ;
By our Washington —
By our common kindred tongue,
By our hopes — bright, buoyant, young.
By the tie of country strong ;
We will still be one.
Samuel Gilman.
The first gun that spat its iron insult at Fort Sumter, smote
every loyal American full in the face.
Oliver Wendell Holmes.
On the twelfth of April, 1861, the bloody hand of Trea-
son was lifted against our Nationality, by the bombard-
ment of " Fort Sumter," at Charleston, South Carolina.
The " Stars and Stripes," which had hitherto waved aloft
so gloriously, and so triumphantly, were now lowered at
the impious behests of Slavery, and were trailing in the
dust. Great was the surprise, intense the interest, and
mighty the indignation which the telegraphic announce-
ment of the fact created throughout the length and breadth
of our land. By this infamous act every loyal heart was
insulted ; and, at the reception of the news, every such
heart was thrilled and stirred to its inmost recesses.
2 THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
By the insolent assertion of Jefferson Davis, on the 1 8th
of February, 1861, — when the Confederate Government
was instituted at Montgomery, Ala., two weeks previous
to the inauguration of President Lincoln,^ — by the firing
upon the " Star of the West " when on its errand of
mercy, three months before the assault on " Fort Sum-
ter," — by the boast of the Confederate Secretary of War,
L. P. Walker, on the day of the bombardment,^ — by the
treasonable and rebellious utterances of the Southern
press,^ — by the seizure of arsenals, forts and other public
property, to the amount of many millions of dollars, — by
all these acts it became painfully evident that Slavery had
determined to break up this Government, or commence a
devastating civil war.
"The treasonable menaces, the Ordinances of Seces-
sion, the acts of violence and incipient war, which followed
the choice of Presidential Electors in i860, and culmi-
nated into flagrant rebellion upon the accession of Abra-
ham Lincoln to the Presidency, had attracted the anxious
observation of mankind. Never in the history of civiliza-
tion had interests so manifold, so transcendent, been
involved or threatened by the internal disputes of any
nation or people. The industry of thirty millions of
* " The day of compromise is past, and those who now resist us shall
smell Southern gunpowder and feel Southern steel."
=* " No man can tell when the war this day commenced will end ; but I will
prophecy that the flag which now flaunts the breeze here, will float over the
dome of the old Capitol at Washington before the first of May. Let them
try Southern chivalry and test the extent of Southern resources, and it may
float eventually over Faneuil Hall in Boston."
^ The Richmond Whig, with others, reiterated the threats of the Secession
leaders, saying, " From the mountain tops and valleys to the shore of the
sea, there is one wild shout of firm resolve to capture Washington City at
all and every human effort."
OPENING OF THE REBELLION. 3
human beings, bond and free, the peace, happiness and
welfare of every household of our continental Republic,
the business of the busiest and richest people under the
sun, the strength of Republican Government, the validity
of Democratic ideas expressed in civil institutions, the
success of Liberty, seemed trembling in the balance,
where, poised against each other, were the struggling
hope of continued peace, and the dismal presage of civil
war. With the fortunes of the American Union were in-
volved, by reason of the intimate complexity of all human
relations in the social and political organization of modern
times, the prosperity, if not the fate of many nations." ^
By the attack upon the heroic band of patriots under
Major Anderson, at " Fort Sumter," all hope of a peaceful
settlement of the issue was extinguished ; and, by its fall
the mighty energy of the North was aroused.
" Like some old organ peal,
Solemn and grand,
The anthem of Freedom
Sweeps through the land."
One purpose seemed to spring into existence instantly,
and animate every heart — a determination to maintain
our national existence at any and all sacrifices. " Heart
throbbed to heart, lip spoke to lip, with a oneness of feel-
ing that seemed like a Divine inspiration,"
On the instant we saw a "noble and puissant nation
rousing herself like a strong man from sleep, and shaking
her invincible locks." And, when on the 15 th of April,
Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, issued
^ Oration at the Dedication of the " Ladd and Whitney Monument," by
Gov. Andrew, at I.owell, June 17, 1865,
4 THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
his Proclamation/ convening an extra session of Congress,
and calling upon the States for seventy-five thousand
troops to defend the capital and public property, the
response was truly wonderful and glorious.
" The plough, the loom, the counting-house, the bar, the
pulpit, all the avocations of ordinary life were abandoned ;
men of all conditions and circumstances flew to arms in
response to the call of the nation's Chief Magistrate." ^
Munificent offers of money were made to the Govern-
ment by city corporations, banking institutions and pri-
vate citizens all over the land. The whole loyal North
responded in the spirit of " Our Country's Call," by Wil-
liam Cullen Bryant.
Lay down the axe, fling by the spade :
Leave in its track the toiling plough ;
The rifle and the bayonet-blade
For arms like yours were fitter now ;
And let the hands that ply the pen
Quit the light task, and learn to wield
The horseman's crooked brand, and rein
The charger on the battle-field.
And, thanks to the foresight, thoughtfulness and energy
of Governor Andrew, Massachusetts was ready at once to
send forward her regiments to defend the flag and save
Washington.
The first call upon Massachusetts for troops was by a
telegram from Senator Wilson, April 15th, requesting
twenty companies of militia to be sent immediately to
Washington, and there mustered into service. Official
* This Proclamation was received by the Confederate conclave assembled
at Montgomery, Ala., with " derisive laughter."
* History of the Old Sixth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers during
its three Campaigns ; by John W. Hanson, chaplain.
THE SIXTH REGIMENT. 5
requisition from the Secretary of War came later in the
day. Governor Andrew at once issued his orders to the
commanders of the Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Eighth
Regiments. On the 17th the Sixth Regiment was on its
way, and on and before nine o'clock of the next Sunday,
the 2 1st, — six days only after the call was made, — the
Governor was enabled to say that " the whole number of
regiments demanded from Massachusetts were already
either in Washington, or in Fortress Monroe, or on their
way to the defence of the capital." And Edward Everett,
speaking at Roxbury a few days later, said : " Wide as the
summons has gone forth, it has been obeyed with an
alacrity and unanimity that knew no parallel in our his-
tory ; and the volunteers of Massachusetts have been the
first in the field."
To show with what willing obedience and cheerfulness
our troops entered the service, it will be necessary only to
specify a few facts connected with the Sixth Regiment,
which was the " first to offer its services ; first to reach its
State's capital ; first to reach the nation's capital ; first to
inflict suffering on traitors ; first to attest its sincerity
with its blood."
The official call was as follows :
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,
ADJUTANT general's OFFICE, BOSTON, APRIL 15, 1861.
Col. jfones : —
Sir, — I am directed by his Excellency the Commander-in-
Chief, to order you to muster your regiment on Boston Com-
mon, forthwith, in compliance with a requisition made by the
President of the United States. The troops are to go to
Washington.
By order of his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief.
William Schouler, Adjutant General,
O THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
Telegrams and expresses flew to all parts of the com-
mand, notifying members of the regiment, which were
scattered over four different counties, — Middlesex, Essex,
Suflblk, and Worcester, — and in thirty or more cities and
towns. Some of the officers, Colonel Jones among them,
rode all night in this duty.
" Up the hill-side, down the glen,
Rouse the sleeping citizen :
Summon out the might of men ! "
" The * Middlesex villages and farms ' then heard the
pounding of hoofs and the alarum cry of danger, as in the
olden time they had listened to the midnight ride of Paul
Revere."
Most of the men assembled on Boston Common early
on the morning of the i6th; the rest within a few hours
after. Captain John H. Dike,^ of the Stoneham Company,
was aroused by a messenger at two o'clock on the morn-
ing of the 1 6th, and the order given him. After reading
it, he said, " Tell the Adjutant General that I shall be at
the State House with my full command, by eleven o'clock."
Captain Dike was there, with his company at the ap-
pointed hour.
Captain Harrison W. Pratt, of Worcester, received the
order to join the Sixth Regiment, with his company, late
in the afternoon of the i6th, and was in Boston with his
full command on the morning of the 1 7th.
The Major of the Sixth — Benjamin F. Watson, of Law-
rence — had but two hours' notice ; but he locked the
' Severely wounded in the thigh during the passage of the " Sixth " through
Baltimore.
GOVERNOR ANDREWS ADDRESS. /
door of his law office, leaving a large docket to look out
for itself, and important business interests, and for four
months saw and knew nothing of them.
A member of one of the companies, living at Concord,
said, "when the order came for me to join my company,
sir, I was ploughing in the same field in Concord where my
grandfather was ploughing when the British fired on the
Massachusetts men at Lexington. He did not wait a
minute ; and I did not, sir."
Many other interesting instances might be mentioned,
not only of this, but of all the regiments that then went
forth, where lucrative positions and professional pursuits
were given up and abandoned cheerfully by our citizens in
order that they might go forth and defend their beloved
country.
The Sixth Regiment left Boston on the 17th, previous
to which it was drawn up in front of the State House, to
receive the regimental colors, and Governor Andrew's
parting words.
Soldiers, summoned suddenly, without a moment for prepara-
tion, we have done all that lay in the power of men to do, — all
that rested in the power of your State Government to do, — to
prepare the citizen soldiers of Massachusetts for this service.
We shall follow you with our benedictions, our benefactions,
and prayers. Those whom you leave behind you we shall
cherish in our heart of hearts. You carry with you our utmost
faith and confidence. We know that you never will return until
you can bring the assurances that the utmost duty has been per-
formed, which brave and patriotic men can accomplish.
This flag, sir, take and bear with you. It will be an emblem
on which all eyes will rest, reminding you always of that which
you are bound to hold most dear.
O THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
In reply, Col. Jones said: —
Your Excellency, you have given to me this flag, which is the
emblem of all that stands before you. It represents my whole
command ; and, so help me God, I will never disgrace it.
Two days later, — on the ever memorable 19th of April,
— the telegraph flashed the news over the land that the
Sixth Massachusetts Regiment was fighting its way
through the streets of Baltimore ; that four men had been
killed and many more wounded. Still deeper was the
shock ! More intense the feeling ! Massachusetts men
the first mart3n-s to this terrible Rebellion ! Massachu-
setts blood the first to flow, and on this anniversary of
Concord's opening scene in days of yore ! The excite-
ment increased ; business was neglected ; our Country's
wrongs and our Country's danger was the most important
and all absorbing topic of conversation.
Like all the cities and towns throughout the loyal North,
Melrose realized the excitement and felt the danger as
thoroughly as any of them ; but being a small town, and
haying no military organizations, there was no immediate
stir in our streets, -—no sound of fife and drum, — nor the
hurry and bustle consequent upon the gathering of mili-
tary companies, that was experienced in larger communi-
ties ; yet its citizens were aroused, and we had several
patriotic young men that at once buckled on the armor
and moved to the scene of conflict.
Our neighboring town. South Reading, — now Wake-
field — possessed a militia company, commanded by Cap-
tain John W. Locke, and which belonged to the Fifth Mas-
sachusetts Regiment, Colonel Samuel C. Lawrence ; and
OUR THREE MONTHS MEN. 9
into this company — B — most of our men that went into
the field at this time enhsted.
They were as follows :
Batchelder, George W.,^
McKay, Gurdon,^
Smith, Thomas,^
Wyman, William.^
The Fifth Regiment performed its duties well, and was
in the first "Battle of Bull Run," July 21, 1861,^ and sus-
tained itself in this fiery ordeal with great credit. It
returned to Massachusetts immediately after this battle,
and was mustered out of the service on the 31st of July.
None of our men were wounded.
In the Fourth Regiment, Colonel Abner B. Packard,
Melrose had one man, in Co. F, viz:
Morrison, Seth.
This Regiment was stationed at " Fortress Monroe "
during its three months' service. It returned to Massa-
chusetts, and was mustered out July 22d, 1861.
The whole number of troops sent forward by Massachu-
setts, under this demand for three months' men, was three
thousand seven hundred and thirty-six (3,736).® They
were in five different regiments ; and of these regiments
it has been well said by Adjutant General Schouler, in his
Report to the Governor, for 1 86 1 : —
' Afterwards re-enlisted in the Twenty- Second Regiment, see chap. III.
' Afterwards commissioned 2d Lieutenant in the Twenty-Second Regi-
ment, see chap. III.
■'' Afterwards re-enh"sted in the Fourth Battery, see chap. III.
* Afterwards re-enlisted in the Twenty-Fourth Regiment, see chap. III.
* Union loss in this battle in killed, wounded and missing, 2,992. Rebels
lost about 2,500.
* Of this number old Middlesex County bore oif the palm, sending 882
privates and 57 commissioned officers.
10 THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
They were the'first to respond to the call of the President ;
first to march through Baltimore to the defence of the capital ;
the first to shed their blood for the maintenance of our govern-
ment ; the first to open the new route to Washington by the way
of Annapolis ; the first to land on the soil of Virginia and hold
possession of the most important fortress in the Union ; the first
to make the voyage of the Potomac and approach the Federal
city by water, as they had been the first to reach it by land.
They upheld the good name of the State during their entire
term of service, as well by their good conduct and gentlemanly
bearing, as by their courage and devotion to duty in the hour of
peril. They proved the sterling worth of our volunteer militia.
Their record is one which will ever redound to the honor of
Massachusetts, and will be prized among her richest historic
treasures. These men have added new splendor to our revolu-
tionary annals ; and the brave sons who were shot down in the
streets of Baltimore on the 19th of April, have rendered doubly
sacred the day when the greensward of Lexington Common was
drenched with the blood of their fathers.
Governor Andrew closes his address to the extra session
of the Legislature, which was convened on the 14th of
May, in the following words : —
But how shall I record the great and sublime uprising of the
people, devoting themselves, their lives, their all ? No creative
art has ever woven into song a story more tender in its pathos,
or more stirring to the martial blood, than the scenes just
enacted, passing before our eyes in the villages and towns of our
dear old Commonwealth. Henceforth be silent, ye cavillers at
New England thrift, economy, and peaceful toil ! Henceforth
let no one dare accuse our Northern sky, our icy winters, or our *
granite hills ! " Oh, what a glorious morning ! " was the exult-
ing cry of Samuel Adams, as he, excluded from royal grace,
heard the sharp musketry, which, on the dawn of the 19th of
April, 1775, announced the beginning of the war of Lidepen-
GOVERNOR ANDREW S ADDRESS. I I
dence. The yeomanry who in 1775, on Lexington Common,
and on the banks of Concord River, first made that day immor-
tal in our annals, have found their lineal representatives in the
historic regiment, which, on the 19th of April, 186 1, in the streets
of Baltimore, baptized our flag anew in heroic blood, when Mas-
sachusetts marched once more " in the sacred cause of liberty
and the rights of mankind."
II.
i86i.
Three Years' Men.
Northmen, come out !
Forth unto battle with storm and shout 1
Freedom calls you once again,
To flag and fort and tented plain ;
Then come with drum and trump and song,
And raise the war-cry wild and strong :
Northmen, come out !
Charles Godfrey Leland.
Then, in the name of God, and all these rights,
Advance your standards, draw your willing swords.
Richard III.
On the 3d of May, 1861, President Lincoln issued his
second call for troops, which was for volunteers to serve
for a period of three years, unless sooner discharged ; and
on the same day our Selectmen issued a warrant, calling a
Town Meeting, to take place at " Concert Hall," on the
evening of May 6th. A very large and enthusiastic meet-
ing was accordingly held, at which Mr. Charles F. Esty
was chosen Moderator, and the following votes were unan-
imously passed.
That the Town of Melrose appropriate the sum of three
thousand dollars (;^3,ooo) for the relief of the families of
the citizens of Melrose, now absent in the service of the
United States, or who may hereafter volunteer into the
OUR FIRST TOWN MEETING. 13
service of the United States, or the State of Massachu-
setts. Also to aid volunteers of the town in their equip-:
ment, and to give such relief in the premises as the exi-
gencies and necessities of each case may require.
Also that above all other appropriations the sum of fif-
teen dollars per month be paid to those persons having
families, and the sum of ten dollars per month to those
who are single men, during their time of service in the
war now pending.
It was also voted, that the Town Treasurer be author-
ized to borrow such sums of money as might be wanted
from time to time to cover the appropriations then made ;
and that the Selectmen — Colonel John H. Clark, and
Messrs. William B. Burgess and George M. Fletcher, —
constitute a Committee to superintend the disbursements
of the money thus appropriated.
A stirring and patriotic speech was made by the Hon.
N. B. Bryant, ex-Speaker of the House of Representatives
of New Hampshire, then a resident of Melrose.
As Melrose raised no whole company for any regiment,
pur men, as they enlisted, selected the regiment or bat-
tery in which they preferred to serve ; consequently they
were much scattered, and entered many different organi-
zations before the war was ended.
Our earliest enlistments were in the Second, Twelfth
and Thirteenth Massachusetts Regiments of Infantry,
mostly in the latter regiment, which was commanded by
Colonel Samuel H. Leonard, of Boston.
The nucleus of the Thirteenth Regiment was the Fourth
Battalion of Rifles, into which our men enlisted when the
President issued his call for seventy-five thousand (75,000)'
troops, or immediately after the assault upon the Sixth
Regiment in Baltimore, April 19th, and which was or-
14 THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
dered to Fort Independence. As no more troops for a
short term were wanted, the Battalion was recruited to a
three years' regiment. On a Sunday evening, just before
the regiment left for Washington, the fourteen soldiers
belonging to Melrose met in the Baptist Church, when the
pastor, Rev. James Cooper, presented to each one a Tes-
tament, accompanied by an address and prayer. On a fly-
leaf of each Testament was written, besides the name, the
words " God and our Country."
The roll of our men who enlisted in the Thirteenth
Regiment at this time, — and later as recruits, — with
items of their military history, is as follows :
THIRTEENTH REGIMENT.^
Co. A.
CORPORAL.
JONES, HENRY H.
Promoted Corporal April i, 1863 ; taken prisoner at "Bat-
' The Thirteenth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia was recruited
at Fort Independence, Boston Harbor, and left the State for the seat of war
July 30, 1861. It was in arduous and faithful service for three years. Most
of the stirring scenes in which the " Army of the Potomac " participated
were experienced by the Thirteenth. It was in many sharp skirmishes, such
as Bolivar, Dam No. 5, etc., and in the following battles : Second Bull Run,
South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Mine Run, Chancellorsville,
Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna River, Laurel Hill, Cool
Arbor,* and Siege of Petersburg.
* This battle is given in Adjutant General Schouler's Reports as both Cold Harbor and
Qofll Harbor; but Mr. Benson J. Lossing, in his History of the Civil War, calls it Cool
Arbor, and gives the following note : " Cool Arbor derived its name from a tavern, at a de-
lightful place of summer resort in the woods, for the Richmond people, even so early as the
^ime of the Revolution. The derivation of the name determines its orthography. It has
been erroneously spelled Coal Harbor and Cold Harbor."
THE THIRTEENTH REGIMENT. 1 5
tie of Gettysburg," July i, 1863;! exchanged May i,
1864; mustered out of the service with the regiment,
Aug. I, 1864.
PRIVATES.
BARRY, WILLIAM F.2
Killed at " Battle of Antietam," Sept. 17, 1862.'
CROCKER, JOHN H.
Discharged Dec. 30, 1862, for disability.
DAWES, AMBROSE.*
Wounded in head at " Battle of Antietam," Sept. 17, 1862 ;
mustered out with the regiment, Aug. i, 1864.
DYER, N. MAYO.
Discharged April 15, 1862, to enter the navy.^
JACKSON, WILLIAM P.s
Discharged Jan. 22, 1863, for disability.
KILBY, THEOPHILUS.
Discharged July 20, 1862, for disability,
KING, GEORGE L.
Mustered out with the regiment, Aug. i, 1864.
' For sketch of prison experience, see chap. XIV.
* Enlisted July 28, 1862, and joined the regiment Aug. 18, while on the
Rapid Ann River, Va.
• For obituary notice, see " Roll of Honor."
National loss, at this battle, I2y4.69; 2,010 killed, 9,416 wounded, and
1,043 missing. Rebel loss about 21,500 in killed, wounded and prisoners.
♦ Enlisted Aug. 7, 1862, and joined the regiment Sept 9, at Mechanics-
ville, Md.
* For items of naval history, see chap. IX.
• Enlisted July 28, 1862, and joined the regiment Aug. 18, on the Rapid Ann
River, Va.
l6 THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
MORSE, GEORGE J.
Wounded in hand at " Second Bull Run Battle," July 30,
1862; discharged March 2, 1863, to become 2d Lieu-
tenant in Second Regiment, U. S. Colored Troops, in
"Department of the Gulf." 1
MUNN, THOMAS J.
Taken prisoner at " Second Bull Run Battle," July 30,
1862 ; paroled on the field of battle ;^ exchanged in
September 1 862 ; taken prisoner at " Battle of Gettys-
burg," July I, 1863, but left in Gettysburg because
wounded in thigh and leg ; transferred to Veteran Re-
serve Corps,^ May i, 1864; mustered out July 16, 1864.
SASSARD, AUGUSTUS.
Discharged Nov. 14, 1862, for disability.
SHELTON, ALBERT F.
Wounded in right arm and side at "Battle of Antietam,"
Sept. 17th 1862; discharged Dec. 23, 1862.
* Wounded at Siege of Port Hudson, July 5, 1863 ; resigned July 20,
1863 ; re-entered the service in the Fifty-Ninth Massachusetts Regiment,
see chap. VI.
* Held seven days before being paroled ; all the food he had during five
days of that time was one half pint of corn meal.
^ The Veteran Reserve Corps was organized April 28, 1863, and consisted
of men in the service who had been disabled by wounds or disease, and who
had been discharged on account of wounds or other disability resulting from
military service, but afterwards re-enlisted. Over 60,000 men entered this
Corps, and May 31, 1865, it consisted of 762 commissioned officers and 29,-
852 enlisted men. It escorted thousands of prisoners, convalescents, recruits
and conscripts, held important military lines and positions, aided in the en-
rolment and draft, or guarded depots of public property.
THE THIRTEENTH REGIMENT. 1 7
SHELTON, CHARLES W.'
Wounded in face at " Battle of Antietam," Sept. 17, 1862 ;
detailed for duty in Adjutant General's Office at Wash-
ington, D. C, Dec. 10, 1862 ; transferred as Sergeant to
the general service of the U. S. Army, Dec. i, 1863 ;
discharged April i, 1864.
SHELTON, JOHN P.2
Killed at "Battle of Antietam," Sept. 17, 1862.^
SIMONDS, JOSEPH F.
Discharged July 5, 1862, for disability.'*
TAINTER, GEORGE A.
Wounded in right arm at "Battle of Antietam," Sept. 17,
1862; discharged Feb. 14, 1863.
Co. D.
SERGEANT.
WHITNEY, EDWARD H.
Promoted Corporal Nov. i, 1863; Sergeant Nov. 19, 1863;
mustered out with regiment, Aug. i, 1864.
CORPORAL.
MORSE, SIDNEY B. 2d.
Promoted Right General Guide, with rank of Corporal,
July 5, 1862; died at Finley Hospital, Washington, D. C,
Sept. 16, 1862, of typhoid fever.^
* Enlisted July 28, 1862, and joined the regiment Aug. 18, on the Rapid
Ann River, Va.
^ Enlisted Aug. 7, 1862, and joined the regiment Sept. 9, at Mechanics-
ville, Md.
^ For obituary notice, see *' Roll of Honor."
* Re-enlisted in the Third Cavalry Regiment, see chap. IV.
* For obituary notice, see " Roll of Honor."
1 8 THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
Co. E.
PRIVATE.
MACEY, JAMES.
Mustered out with the regiment, Aug. i, 1864.
We had but one man in each of the Second and Twelfth
Regiments, as follows :
SECOND REGIMENT.i
Co. G.
PRIVATE.
GREENE, MARTIN.
Wounded in thigh and arm at " Battle of Cedar Mountain," ^
Aug. 9, 1862; was left at Culpepper, Va., Aug. 17, 1862, in
the evacuation of that place, where he undoubtedly died.
^ The Second Massachusetts Regiment was the first loyal three years regiment
raised for the United States service, and was mustered in May 11, 1861, and
left the State July 8, 1861, under Colonel George H. Gordon. Its experience
was arduous and varied, and has been well told by its talented historian and
faithful chaplain, Rev. A. H. Quint, D. D. in his " Record of the Second
Regiment." The following are the principal battles in which it was engaged:
Jackson, Fort Royal, Winchester, Cedar Mountain, Antietam, Fredericks-
burg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree
Creek, Atlanta, Raleigh, and Averysborough.
« Called by the Confederates " Battle of Cedar Run," and " Battle of South-
west Mountain." Nationals lost 2,000 killed and wounded, Confederates
about the same.
THE TWELFTH REGIMENT. I9
TWELFTH REGIMENT.^
Co. A.
CORPORAL.
SPRAGUE, SAMUEL, Jr.
Promoted Corporal May 23, 1862; severely wounded in
ankle at " Battle of Antietam," Sept. 17, 1862; discharged
June 24, 1863.
' The Twelfth Massachusetts was raised by Fletcher Webster, who, on
the day after our boys were shot down in the streets of Baltimore, published
the following notice in the Boston papers :
Fellow-Citizens : I have been assured by the Executive Department
that the State will accept at once an additional regiment of infantry. I
therefore propose to meet to-morrow at ten o'clock in front of the Merchants
Exchange, State Street, such of my fellow-citizens as will join in raising this
new regiment The muster-roll will be ready to be signed then and there.
Respectfully, Fletcher Webster.
The meeting was held accordingly, Sunday, April 21, the regiment speedily
raised and stationed at Fort Warren, Boston Harbor. It left the State July
23, 1861, and was commanded by Colonel Webster until he was killed, at
Second Bull Run Battle, Aug. 30, 1862. It was in the following engage-
ments : Second Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Get-
tysburg, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna River, Cool Arbor, and
Petersburg.
III.
I86I.
Three Years' Men.
Oh, Star-Spangled Banner ! the Flag of our pride !
Though trampled by traitors and basely defied,'
Fling out to the glad winds your Red, White, and Blue,
For the heart of the North-land is beating for you !
And her strong arm is nerving to strike with a will
Till the foe and his boastings are humbled and still I
Here's welcome to wounding and combat and scars
And the glory of death — for the Stripes and the Stars !
Oh, God of our fathers ! this Banner must shine
Where battle is hottest, in warfare divine !
The cannon has thundered, the bugle has blown, —
We fear not the summons — we fight not alone !
Oh, lead us, till wide from the Gulf to the Sea
The land shall be sacred to Freedom and Thee !
With love, for oppression ; with blessing, for scars —
One Country — one Banner — the Stripes and the Stars !
Edna Dean Proctor.
Other calls for volunteers to serve for three years, or
during the war, were made by the President in the month
of July,^ — 1 86 1, — and our citizens continued to enlist
during that and the succeeding months of that year, in the
various infantry and cavalry regiments then forming and
' The total number of men called for in the May and July Proclamations
was 582,748; the number obtained was 714,231.
THE SIXTEENTH REGIMENT. 21
recruiting. Melrose was represented in the following or-
ganizations.
SIXTEENTH REGIMENT.^
Co. A.
PRIVATE.
STEVENS, THOMAS H.
Died at Boston, March 26, 1 863, of chronic diarrhoea.
Co. C.
SERGEANT.
LEEDS, SAMUEL.
Wounded in shoulder at "Battle of Fair Oaks," June i,
1862;^ promoted corporal Jan. 10, 1863; re-enlisted
Dec. 24, 1863; 3 transferred to nth Battalion July 11,
1864; promoted Sergeant Nov. i, 1864; Color-Sergeant
soon after; mustered out, by reason of the close of the
war, July 14, 1865.
Co. F.
PRIVATE.
JACKSON, JACOB F.
Discharged Nov. 17, 1861, for disability.
* The Sixteenth Massachusetts left the State Aug. 17, 1861. The lamented
Arthur B. Fuller, — killed at the "Battle of Fredericksburg," Dec. 12, 1862,
— was its first chaplain. The following are its principal battles : Fair
Oaks, Glendale, Malvern Hill, Kettle Run, Chantilly, Fredericksburg, Chan-
cellorsville, Gettysburg, Locust Grove, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North
Anna River, Cool Arbor, and Siege of Petersburg.
'' Union loss, 890 killed, 3,627 wounded and 1,222 missing. Total 5,739.
Confederate loss 5,897.
■^ All veteran soldiers enlisting, or re-enlisting were paid a United States
bounty, — in addition to the State and Town bounties, — of ^400.
22 THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT.^
Co. A.
PRIVATES.
CURRIER, JOHN H.
Discharged Aug. 26, 1 862, for disability.
FISHER, GEORGE W.
Discharged June 23, 1863, for disabihty,
FULLER, HENRY F.
Died Oct. 6, 1861, at Baltimore, Md., of typhoid fever.^.
KENDALL, EDWARD AV.3
Mustered out at expiration of service, Aug. 3, 1 864 ; com-
missioned 1st Lieutenant, by brevet, Sept. 2, 1864.
' The Seventeenth Massachusetts was recruited at "Camp Schouler,"
Lynnfield, and left the State Aug. 23, 1861. It was stationed near Balti-
more, Md., for several months, and then sent to New Berne, N. C, and served
the rest of its time in the "Department of North Carolina." It was in the
battles of Kinston, Goldsboro', Winton, Batchelder's Creek, Weldon, and
Wise's Forks. Concerning the good material and personal bearing of the
Seventeenth Regiment, in which Melrose was well represented, we have the
following testimony of Colonel John Quincy Adams, one of Governor An-
drew's personal staff, who was sent into the " Department of North Caro-
lina," in September 1862, to examine and report on the condition of our
soldiers. He thus speaks : — "I examined every musket personally, and
almost every equipment, and can say, with perfect satisfaction, that their
condition, in almost every case, was admirable. The arms, particularly,
were as bright as when they were issued. The regiment was then drilled by
Lieutenant Colonel Fellows in various evolutions, concluding with the drill
as skirmishers, in all which the men showed careful and faithful training and
most commendable proficiency."
* For obituary sketch, see " Roll of Honor,''
' Enlisted July 28, 1862 ; joined the regiment at New Berne, N. C.
THE SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT. 23
LYNDE, GEORGE W.
Mustered out at expiration of service, Aug. 3, 1864; com-
missioned 2d Lieutenant, by brevet, Dec. 31, 1864.1
MACEY, JOHN S.2
Discharged Nov. 11, 1 862^ for disability.^
PEABODY, FRANCIS.*
Re-enlisted Jan. 4, 1864; appointed Orderly for Brigadier
General I. N. Palmer, Feb. 15, 1864; transferred to new
organization July 16, 1864; died at New Berne, N. C,
Oct. 3, 1 864, of yellow fever.^
Co. D.
PRIVATE.
RICHARDSON, JOHN P.
Re-enlisted Jan. 5, 1864; transferred to new organization
July 16, 1864; mustered out of service, by reason of
close of war, July 11, 1865.
Co. I.
LIEUTENANT.
BOGLE, ARCHIBALD.
Went out as 2d Lieutenant ; promoted ist Lieutenant
May 28, 1862; discharged May 20, 1863, to become
Major in the Thirty-Fifth United States Colored Troops,
in General Wild's Brigade.^
' Died Jan. 30, 1866, of consumption, contracted while in the service; for
obituary sketch, see " Roll of Honor."
* Enlisted July 28, 1862 ; joined the regiment at New Berne. N. C.
' Afterward entered the navy ; see chap. IX.
* Enlisted in the Seventeenth Regiment Aug. 11, 1862; joined it at New
Berne, N. C; served previously in the Twenty-Second Regiment; see page 28.
* For obituary sketch, see " Roll of Honor."
® Previous to entering the Seventeenth, served nearly two months in the
Second Battalion of Infantry in the Forts of Boston Harbor. For further
details concerning Major Bogle, see Chap. XIV.
24 THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
PRIVATE.
McMAHAN, PHILIP.
Re-enlisted Jan. 5, 1864; transferred to new organization,
July 16, 1864; mustered out July 11, 1865.
Co. K.
CAPTAIN.
SIMONDS, JOSEPH R.
Mustered out at expiration of service, Aug. 3, 1864.^
PRIVATES.
CROCKETT, ALBERT W.
Re-enlisted Jan. 5, 1864; taken prisoner at "Battle of
' We find the following complimentary notice of Captain Simonds in a
little pamphlet which appeared in 1864, entitled " Soldiering in North Caro-
lina ; being the experiences of a ' Typo ' in the Pines, Swamps, Fields, Sandy
Roads, Towns, Cities, and among the Fleas, Wood-ticks, 'Gray-backs,'
Musquitoes, Blue-tail Flies, Moccasin Snakes, Lizards, Scorpions, Rebels,
and other Reptiles, Pests and Vermin of the * Old North State.' " It was
written by Thomas Kirwan, a member of his company. "The Captain
Joseph R. Simonds, was a thoroughly patriotic and honest man, a good
soldier, with many virtues, and a few faults and foibles, (and what man has
not these to a greater or less extent ?) He took great pride in the well-being
and efiiciency of his company; and its good name, and the praise of his
superiors for cleanliness, superiority in drill, or having a small sick-list, were
to him matters of just pride and gratulation, — and frequently after a credit-
able performance on drill or parade, he would snap his fingers with delight;
and, after dismissal, invite them all to his quarters for a treat. He was
careful about the quality of their food, and whenever he could (which was
not often) would procure such articles of luxury and dietetic change as would
be most likely to promote health. He was uniformly kind, obliging and
considerate, and did not look upon his men as mere pieces of mechanism
that moved when he pulled the wires. He considered them men, — socially
his equals, though in reality under his command, and to a certain extent at
his mercy. He rarely abused his authority — never maliciously; and though
he occasionally did injustice to some deserving men — it was, I think, more
from an error of judgment than through design."
THE EIGHTEENTH REGIMENT. 25
Batchelder's Creek," Feb. i, 1864; died at "Anderson-
ville" Aug. I, 1864.1
HAYNES, JOSEPH W.
Re-enlisted Jan. 5, 1864; transferred to new organization
July 16, 1864; mustered out, close of war, July 11,
1865.
PEABODY, TORREY, JR.
Mustered out at expiration of service, Aug. 3, 1864.
GROVER, JOHN C.
Re-enlisted Dec. 28, 1863 ; transferred to new organiza-
tion, July 16, 1864 ; mustered out, close of war, July 1 1,
1865.
EIGHTEENTH REGIMENT.^
Co. E.
PRIVATES.
CARLISLE, JOHN.
Non-resident.^
PRINCE, ALBERT G.
Wounded in neck at " Second Bull Run Battle," Aug.
30, 1 862 ; taken prisoner, held five days and paroled ;
discharged Oct. 15, 1862.
* For biographical notice, see " Roll of Honor."
* The Eighteenth Massachusetts left the State August 28, 1861, and t«ok
part in the following engagements : Gaines' Farm, Second Bull Run, Shep-
pardstown, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Rappahannock
Station, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cool Arbor, Petersburg and Weldon
Railroad.
^ Rec- lit enlisted Aug. 26, 1863.
26 THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
Co. H.
PRIVATE,
ROWELL, STEPHEN P.
Discharged Jan. ii, 1862, for disability.^
, TWENTIETH REGIMENT.^
Co. A.
PRIVATES,
Mcdonald, angus.
Discharged for disabiHty,
HINCKLEY, GEORGE H. ;
Non-resident,3
TWENTY-SECOND REGIMENT.'*
Co. G,
LIEUTENANT.
McKAY, GURDON.
Commissioned 2d Lieutenant Oct. i, 1861 ; dismissed the
service Aug. 3, 1863, for being absent without leave.
' Re-enlisted in Fiftieth Massachusetts, see chap. V.
* The Twentieth Massachusetts left the State Sept. 4, 1861, and was in the
following engagements : Ball's Bluff, West Point, Fair Oaks, Peach Orchard,
Savage's Station, Glendale, Malvern Hill, Chantilly, Antietam, Fredericks-
burg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Bristoe's Station, Mine Run, Wilder-
ness, Po River, Spottsylvania, Tolopotomy, Cool Arbor, Petersburg, Straw-
berry Plains, Deep Bottom, Ream's Station, Boydtown Road, Vaughn Road
and Farmville.
^Enlisted Dec. 20, 1862 ; for form of certificate taken of non-residents at
this time see appendix A. .
* The Twenty-Second Massachusetts was recruited at Lynnfield, and left
the State Oct. 8, 1861. Its first colonel was Hon. Henry Wilson. A flag
was presented to this regiment, as it passed through Boston, by Hon. Robert
C. Winthrop, in behalf of some citizens, and another in New York, by Hon.
James T. Brady, in behalf of the " Sons of Massachusetts " resident in New
THE TWENTY-SECOND REGIMENT. 1'J
SERGEANT.
BATCHELDER, GEORGE W.
Promoted Sergeant Oct. 5, 1861 ; taken prisoner at "Bat-
tle of Gaines' Farm," ^ June 27, 1862 ; first carried to
" Libby Prison," where he was kept fourteen days, and
thence to " Belle Isle," where he suffered the usual
severe treatment at the hands of the rebels for sixty-
four days ; paroled Oct. 18, 1862 ; exchanged, date un-
known ; re-enlisted Feb. i, 1864 ; transferred to Thirty-
Second Massachusetts Regiment Oct. 17, 1864.^
WAGONER.
BARRON, HENRY.
Mustered out at expiration of service, Oct. 17, 1864.
CORPORAL.
DAVIS, EDMUND W.
Promoted Corporal June 17, 1862; taken prisoner at
"Battle of Gaines' Farm," June 27, 1862; exchanged
Aug. 5, 1862; discharged Oct. 20, 1862, at Philadel-
phia,. Pa., for disability,^
1 In Adjutant General Schouler's Reports this is called the " Battle of
Gaines' Mills ; " in Winch's " Chronicles of the Great Rebellion " it is called
" Gaines' Mills " and " Gaines' Hill." . Lossing calls it " Gaines' Farm."
The Confederates calledit, in their report, the " Battle of the Chickahom-
iny." The national loss at this battle was about 8,000, 6,000 of which were
killed and wounded. Rebels lost 5,000.
* See Thirty-Second Reginient, page 31.
^ Died at Melrose, July 22, 1864.
York. This was a gallant regiment and experienced hard service. It was
engaged in the following battles : Yorktown, Mechanicsville, Chickahominy,
Malvern Hill, Gainesville, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Get-
tysburg, Rappahannock Station, Wilderness, Laurel Hill, Spottsylvania,
Jericho Ford, Little River, Tolopotoniy, Bethesda Church, Shady Grove
Church and Siege of Petersburg. \\
28 THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
PRIVATES.
BODWELL, HENRY A.
Left the regiment after " Second Bull Run Battle," Aug.
30, 1862, and enlisted in Co, K, Sixteenth Regiment
Virginia Infantry, Sept. 22, 1862, and served until it
was disbanded, June 3, 1863.^
GREEN, AUGUSTUS.
Killed at "Battle of Bethesda Church," June 3, 1864.2
GROVER, ANDREW J.
Discharged Sept. 18, 1862, for disability.^
MORRISON, CHARLES H.
Discharged Jan. i, 1862, for disabihty.^
McAllister, daniel w.
Discharged Oct. 9, 1862, for disability.
PEABODY, TORREY.
Discharged Nov. 9, 1862, for disability.
PEABODY, FRANCIS.
Discharged April 21, 1862, for disability.^
' Afterwards served four years in the navy, see chap. IX.
' For obituary notice, see " Roll of Honor."
^ Re-enlisted in Third Heavy Artillery, see chap. VI.
'' Re-enlisted in Thirty-Eighth Regiment, see chap. IV.
• Re-enlisted in Seventeenth Regiment, see page 23.
THE TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT. 29
TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT.^
Co. K.
PRIVATES.
DONAGAN, MAURICE.
Deserted June ii, 1862; non-resident.
SHANNON, MARTIN.
Discharged Oct. 27, 1862, for disability.
TWENTY-FOURTH REGIMENT.^
Co. B.
CORPORAL.
BUFFUM, ADELBERT A.
Mustered out at expiration of service, Sept. 24, 1864.
Co. C.
PRIVATES.
LITTLEFIELD, CUSHING W.
Wounded in leg at Little Washington, N. C, Nov. 3, 1862 ;
discharged June 28, 1863.
• The Twenty-Third Massachusetts left the State Nov. ii, 1861, and was
in the following engagements : Roanoke, New Berne, Rawles' Mills, Kinston,
Goldsboro', Wilcox Bridge, Winton, Smithfield, Heckman's Farm, Arrow-
field Church, Drury's Bluff, Cool Arbor, and other engagements before
Petersburg, and Kinston 2d.
* The Twenty-Fourth Massachusetts left the State Dec. 9, 1861, and took
part in the following battles : Roanoke Island, Kinston, Whitehall, Golds-
boro', Tranter's Creek, New Berne, James Island, Morris Island, Fort Wag-
ner, Green Valley, Drury's Bluff, Richmond and Petersburg Railroad, Weir
Bottom Church, Deep Bottom, Deep Run, Fussell's Mills, Siege of Peters-
burg, Four Mile Run Church and Darby Town Road.
39 THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
WYMAN, WILLIAM.
Re-enlisted Jan. 4, 1864; wounded in hand — lost two fin-
gers — in "Battle of Deep Bottom," Aug. 15, 1864
mustered out, at close of war, July 10, 1865.
TWENTY-SIXTH REGIMENT.^
Co. A.
PRIVATE.
STARBUCK, GEORGE M.
Non-resident.
THIRTIETH REGIMENT.^
Co. B.
PRIVATE.
LANE, FRANCIS W.
Non-resident.
Co. E.
PRIVATE.
SLOCOMB, HENRY W.
Re-enlisted Jan. i, 1864; mustered out July 10, 1866.
' The Twenty-Sixth Massachusetts left the State Nov. 21, 1861. Its colo-
nel was Edward F. Jones, of Baltimore fame. It had many of the men that
belonged to the old Sixth Regiment, and that went through Baltimore, April
19, 1861. It was in the "Department of the .Gulf" the greater part of its
time of service. Was in battles of Winchester, Cedar Creek and Fisher's
Hill, under General Sheridan.
* The Thirtieth Massachusetts was mustered in Jan. 4, 1862, and took part
in the following engagements : Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Plains Stores, Port
Hudson, Cox's Plantation, Donaldsonville and Winchester, Cedar Creek
and P'ishcr's Hill under Sheridan. It was the last Massachusetts Regiment
in United States service, being mustered out July lo, 1866.
THIRTY-SECOND REGIMENT. 3 1
THIRTY-SECOND REGIMENT.i
Co. C.
LIEUTENANT.
BATCHELDER, GEORGE W.
Transferred as Sergeant from Twenty-Second Regiment,
Oct. 17, 1864; promoted 2d Lieutenant Dec. 4, 1864;
1st Lieutenant, April i, 1865 ; discharged, by reason of
close of war, June 29, 1865.
PRIVATE.
HANIGAN, JOHN.
Mustered out Oct. 28, 1864; non-resident.
Co. A.
PRIVATE.
QUINN, JOHN E.
Discharged Dec. 4, 1862, for disability.
NINETY-NINTH NEW YORK REGIMENT.^
Co. B.
PRIVATE.
QUINN, JOHN H.
Transferred from Co. K ; mustered out Feb. 30, 1865.
^ The Thirty- Second Massachusetts was mustered into service Dec. i8,
1861. It was in the following battles : Malvern Hill, Gainesville, Second
Bull Run, Chantilly, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettys-
burg, Rappahannock Station, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North
Anna River, Tolopotomy, Bethesda Church, Petersburg, Weldon Railroad,
Vaughn Road, Dabney's Mills, Boydtown Road and White Oak Road.
^ Known as the " Union Coast Guard." Massachusetts did not receive
credit for the three hundred men she had in it. Melrose paid State aid
to the families of Quinn and Gallagher,
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Co. G.
PRIVATE.
GALLAGHER, RICHARD.
Mustered out Feb. 30, 1865.
SECOND BATTERY.i
LIEUTENANT.
ELLIS, JACOB M.2
Promoted Corporal Jan. i, 1862 ; re-enlisted Feb. 15, 1864 ;
promoted Sergeant Aug. i, 1864; 2d Lieutenant, Jan.
8, 1865 ; discharged, close of war, Aug. 11, 1865.
SERGEANT.
HOWE, FRANCIS E.
Promoted Corporal Aug. i, 1861 ; Sergeant, Jan. i, 1862 ;
discharged Jan. 8, 1863, for disability. *
CORPORAL.
ANDREWS, EDWIN A.2
Mustered out at expiration of service, Aug. 16, 1864.
PRIVATES.
EASTMAN, WILLIAM H.
Taken prisoner at Bayou Boeuf, June 19, 1863; paroled
^ The Second Massachusetts Battery — Nims' — left the State Aug. 8,
1861, ;ind was in the following engagements : Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Port
Hudson, Sabine Cross Roads, Brashear City, Jackson, Claiborne, Ala., and
Daniels' Plantation.
* Credited to Boston at Adjutant General's Office, but citizen of Melrose
at time of enlistment and since the war. Melrose paid State aid.
THE FOURTH BATTERY. 33
July 3, 1863; exchanged Nov. 20, 1863; mustered out,
Aug. 16, 1864.1
SEAVEY, LEONARD C.
Mustered out at expiration of service, Aug. 16, 1864.
STILPHEN, JOHN E.
Mustered out at expiration of service, Aug. 16, 1864.^
THIRD BATTERY. 3
CORPORAL.
• HOWARD, AVERY B.
Promoted Corporal May 14, 1862; mustered out, expira-
tion of service, Sept. 16, 1864.
PRIVATE.
CROCKETT, GEORGE F.
Discharged Jan. 2, 1863, for disability."*
FOURTH BATTERY.5
PRIVATE.
SMITH, THOMAS.
Re-enlisted Jan. 2, 1864; mustered out, close of war, Oct.
14, 1865.
' For sketch of prison experience, see chap. XIV.
' Died June 25, 1865; for biographical notice, see " Roll of Honor."
' The Third Massachusetts Battery — Follett's, afterwards Martin's —
left the State Oct. 7, 1861. It took part in the following engagements :
Siege of Yorktown, Hanover Court House, Mechanicsville, Gaines' Farm,
Malvern Hill, Antietam, Sheppardstown, Leestown, Fredericksburg, Chan-
cellorsville, Middlebury, Gettysburg, Mine Run, Wilderness, Laurel Hill,
Spottsylvania, North Anna River, Bethesda Church, Cool Arbor, Peters-
burg, Six Mile Station, and Petersburg and Weldon Railroad.
* Afterwards re-enlisted in same battery in the quota of Mansfield.
* The Fourth Massachusetts Battery — Manning's — left the State Nov.
20, 1861, and was in the following engagements : Pontichoula, Baton Rouge,
Bonfouca, Bisland, Gotten, Port Hudson, Vermilion, and Siege of Mobile.
5
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FIFTH BATTERY. 1
ARTIFICER.
STANTIAL, THOMAS B.
Discharged July 25, 1862, by reason of the aboUshment of
the office.
PRIVATE.
SKINNER, CHARLES E.
Discharged Oct. 9, 1863, for disability.
FIRST CAVALRY.2
Co. G.
LIEUTENANT.
STEVENS, CHARLES H.
Entered the service as private in Co. B; promoted ist
Sergeant Co. G, March 8, 1 863 ; 2d Lieutenant Jan. 2,
1 864 ; acted as such during remainder of service, but
not mustered in ; wounded through left hand at Deep
Bottom, Va., July 28, 1864; mustered out as Sergeant,
Sept. 16, 1864.
' The Fifth Massachusetts Battery — Eppendort's, afterwards Phillips' —
left the State Dec. 25, 1861. It took part in the following battles : York-
town, Hanover Court House, Mechanicsville, Gaines' Farm, Malvern Hill,
Second Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Rappahan-
nock Station, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna River,
Bethesda Church, Petersburg, Weldon Railroad, and Hatcher's Run.
' The First Massachusetts Cavalry, — "the eyes of the army," — was mus-
tered in Nov. I, 1861, and was in the following engagements : Poolesville,
South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Brandy Sta-
tion, Aldie, Upperville, Gettysburg, Williamsport, Culpepper, Auburn,
Todd's Tavern, Fortifications of Richmond, Vaughn Road, St. Mary's
Church, Cool Arbor, and Bellefield.
FIRST CAVALRY. 35
CORPORAL.
LYNDE, SHERMAN.
Promoted Corporal Feb. i, 1864; mustered out, expiration
of service, Oct. 31, 1864.
PRIVATES.
CHANDLER, ROSWELL W.
Discharged Oct. 31, 1862, for disability.
PRATT, DANIEL S.i
Mustered out Oct. 31, 1864.
At the end of the year 1861, Massachusetts had fur-
nished for the war forty-one thousand two hundred and
ninety-four (41,294) men ; of which number three thou-
sand seven hundred and thirty-six (3,736) were for the
three months' service, one hundred and forty-four (144) —
one Battery — for six months' service, seven thousand six
hundred and fifty-eight (7,658) in the navy, and the bal-
ance, twenty-nine thousand seven hundred and fifty-six
(29,756) for the three years' service.
Melrose had furnished at this same time eighty-one
(81) men; of which number five (5) were for the three
months' service, three (3) were in the navy, and the balance,
seventy-three (73), for the three years' service. Three of
those in the three years' service were commissioned officers,
viz : Second Lieutenant Archibald Bogle, of the Seven-
teenth Regiment; Second Lieutenant Gurdon McKay, of
the Twenty-Second Regiment ; and Captain Joseph R,
Simonds, of the Seventeenth Regiment. Also, J. Wesley
* Served three months in 1861, in Co. F, Eighth Regiment, from Lynn.
36 THE MELROSE MEMORIAL*
Jones, First Lieutenant of the Twelfth U. S. Infantry,
and Smith W. Nichols, Jr., Midshipman in U. S. Navy.
The position of Massachusetts at this time is well rep-
resented by the following extract :
Massachusetts regiments and batteries were in front of Wash-
ington and Fortress Monroe ; five regiments were at Annapolis,
ready to embark in General Burnside's expedition against North
Carolina. One regiment and a battery were at Ship Island in
Mississippi, waiting orders from General Butler. Gunboats,
officered and manned by Massachusetts men, kept watch and
ward on the Southern coast, or carried the flag upon far off seas.
Officers remained here on recruiting service ; and enlistments
were made to complete new regiments, and to fill the depleted
ranks of those at the seat of war. AVounded officers and sol-
diers were at home on furlough or discharged for disability-
The " empty sleeve " was seen daily in our streets ; and maimed
veterans hobbled up the steps of the State House to show their
honorable discharge papers, and tell in modest words, of their
toils and dangers.
IV.
i862.
Great God ! to whom our nation's woes,
Our dire distress, our angry foes,
In all their awful gloom are known,
We bow to Thee and Thee alone.
We trust to Thy protecting power
In this, our country's saddest hour.
And pray that Thou wilt spread Thy shield
Above us in the camp and field.
* *****
'Till, guided by Thy glorious hand.
Those armies reunite the land,
And North and South alike shall raise
To God their peaceful hymns of praise.
J^ark Benjamin.
On the first day of July, 1 862, President Lincoln issued
his third Proclamation, calling for troops, the Governors
of eighteen loyal States having joined in an address to
him, suggesting the necessity of so doing. This call was
for three hundred thousand (300,000) volunteers, to serve
for three years, or until the end of the war. These were
to form new regiments and batteries, and fill up the de-
pleted ranks of those then in the service.
38 THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
The nation had passed through a year of successes and
reverses, and this new call came just at the time of the
disheartening result of the campaign before Richmond,
when Gen. McClellan and his army were falling back to
Harrison's Landing, on the James River.
The encouraging features at this juncture of affairs were
that Gen. Banks and his army still held possession of the
upper waters of the Potomac. Gen. Burnside had cap-
tured New Berne, and other places in North Carolina,
which were strongly held. Admiral Farragut, with his
"jolly tars," had passed and taken Forts Jackson and St.
Philip, thus opening the Mississippi River, and Gen. But-
ler occupied New Orleans and other points in Louisiana ;
and, notwithstanding the failure of this attempt to take the
Confederate capital, long wished for and long expectea,
the loyal North
" bated no jot of heart or hope ";
and never was the determination stronger than now to put
down this nefarious Rebellion.
Brig.-Gen. William Schouler, — Adjutant-General of the
State during the war, — in his " History of Massachusetts
in the Civil War," speaks as follows of the situation at this
time, and of the unremitted energy displayed by our great
war Governor, John A. Andrew :
We well remember one night, when the news of McClellan's
retreat reached Boston ; the papers were filled with accounts of
the terrible disaster ; the names of the dead and wounded of
Massachusetts' bravest and best were arrayed in the ghastly
bulletins transmitted from the front.
That very night the Governor said : " We must issue a new
order, call for more men, incite recruiting, inspire hope, dispel
THIRD CALL FOR TROOPS. 39
gloom ; this is the time which requires boldness, firmness, and
every personal sacrifice."
The order was issued ; it aroused the latent energies of the
people ; young men, who had not before thought of volunteer-
ing, offered themselves as recruits, eager to press forward to fill
the gaps which disaster and death had made in our ranks.
The proportion of the three hundred thousand (300,000)
men assigned to Massachusetts was fifteen thousand (15,-
000). The annual returns of the assessors of the several
towns and cities, of the men liable to perform military
duty, were taken as a basis on which to arrange the differ-
ent quotas ; and as soon as the figures could be properly
adjusted, an order was issued by Adjutant-General Schou-
ler, giving the quota of each city and town in the State.
The quota of Melrose was found to be thirty-seven (37)
men. On the evening of July 14th, immediately after the
promulgation of this order, a war meeting was held at
Lyceum Hall, at which Colonel John H. Clark was chosen
Chairman, and Mr. Thomas Shelton, Secretary. A num-
ber of patriotic speeches were made by our citizens, and
it was determined that the quota of Melrose should be
speedily raised.
A proposition was submitted to the meeting by Mr.
Rufus Smith, of the following tenor, viz : — That enough
of the citizens of the town to fill the quota, then and there
pledge themselves either to enlist, or furnish substitutes.
The following gentlemen gave their names, agreeing to
abide by the proposition ; four of them proposing to fur-
nish two substitutes.
Rufus Smith, two men.
George W. Heath, "
David Fairbanks, "
40 THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
Frank A. Messenger, two men.
N. B. Bryant, one man.
George A. Bacon, "
Charles H. Isburgh, "
John W. Fairbanks, "
Isaac Emerson, Jr., "
Theodore L. Knowles, "
George Emerson 2d, "
Moses Parker, M. D., "
R, Watson Emerson, "
Elbridge H. Goss, "
Thomas C. Evans, "
Anthony Crosby, "
EUsha W. Cobb,
George W. Emerson, "
Daniel Russell, "
The names of the volunteers procured by the above
gentlemen, as their substitutes, and the battery and regi-
ments in which they served, are as follows. Sums rang-
ing from twenty to fifty dollars each were paid for these
substitutes, in addition to the bounty of one hundred dol-
lars paid by the Town.
Nelson W. Bickford, Co. I, 38th Reg., Charles S. Jones,
Co. G., 39th Reg., for Rufus Smith.
Francis Deshon, Co. K., 38th Reg., James R. Howard,
Co. K., 38th Reg., for George W. Heath.
John P. Shelton, Co. A., 13th Reg., Ambrose Dawes,
Co. A., 13th Reg., for Frank A. Messenger.
Charles L. White, Co. E., ist H. Art, for George A.
Bacon.
Nathan H. Brand, 9th Bat., for John W. Fairbanks.
Horace Prescott, 9th Bat., for Isaac Emerson, Jr.
Samuel Tobey, 9th Bat, for Thomas C. Evans.
WAR MEETING. 4I
William L. Tucker, 9th Bat., for George W. Emerson.
James A. Kennelly, Co. I, 38th Reg., for Elbridge H.
, Goss.
Benjamin Lynde, Co. K, 38th Reg., for Theodore L.
Knowles.
George O. Noyes, Co. K, 38th Reg., for George Emer-
son, 2d.
William H. Martin, Co. K, 38th Reg., for R. Watson
Emerson.
George E. Richardson, Co. K, 38th Reg., for Anthony
Crosby.
Benjamin Tower, Co. K., 38th Reg., for Elisha W. Cobb.
James W. Emerson, Co. K, 38th Reg., for Daniel Russell.
The substitutes for those whose names do not appear in
the latter list were non-residents ; and they were obtained
and put into the service by Captain James H. Wade, of
the Thirty-Eighth Regiment.
The following article of agreement was drawn up and
circulated, immediately after this meeting, and was very
generally signed by our citizens. As will be seen hereaf-
ter, the vote to pay one hundred dollars ($100) bounty
to each volunteer, and the appointment of the Committee
referred to in this article, were duly authorized at a regu-
larly called Town Meeting,
At a meeting of the citizens of Melrose, held this day, for the
purpose of procuring the necessary quota of soldiers required
from the Town, in accordance with the Governor's Order No.
26, a Committee was appointed consisting of the present Board
of Selectmen, together with Messrs. Elbridge Gardner, Isaac
Emerson, Jr., and John W. Fairbanks, who were empowered to
draw upon the Town Treasurer moneys in the amount of one
hundred dollars ($100) per man for every volunteer so required,
recruited and accepted. And in order that the wishes of the cit-
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42 THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
izens thus expressed should have the necessary legal and bind-
ing effect, and that the moneys thus raised should fall equally
alike upon all in proportion to their substance, the Committee
were directed to employ an officer to visit every tax-payer and
request his or her assent and signature to this agreement ; to
wit :
Whereas it appears to us that it has become necessary to raise
money for military purposes in an informal manner, and without
any precedent in law.
We, the Tax-payers of Melrose, give our assent, and by our
signatures do hereby bind ourselves to pay, without demurring,
our property proportion of the aforesaid levy, waiving any infor-
mality in law ; and do further agree that the same shall be con-
sidered as due from us as a portion of our Town Tax to be
assessed, paid or collected in the customary and usual manner
and form ; and save the before-named Committee, as also, all
Town Officers engaged in raising and disbursing the same,
harmless in their private capacity and estate.
Melrose, July 14, 1862.
A Town meeting was called and held at Lyceum Hall,
July 28th. Mr. William B. Burgess was chosen Moderator,
and the proceedings of the citizens' meeting were read by
the Secretary, and fully indorsed and accepted ; and further
measures were taken to induce and secure enlistments.
The following vote — offered by Mr. Henry A. Norris —
was unanimously passed :
Voted, That the sum of thirty-seven hundred dollars ($3,700)
be raised to pay thirty-seven (37) able-bodied men, who shall vol-
untarily enlist in the service of the United States under the re-
cent call of the President of the United States for three hundred
thousand (300,000) men ; and that the Selectmen be authorized
to disburse one hundred dollars ($100) to each man who shall
TOWN MEETING. 43
enlist, as soon as he shall have been accepted by the military
authorities of this State, and mustered into said service.^
It was also
Voted, That the sum of two hundred dollars ($200) be raised
to aid the cause of enlistment, to be disbursed by a Committee
chosen at this meeting, in such manner as said Committee deem
best.
This Committee consisted of the Selectmen, — Colonel
John *H. Clark, and Messrs. William B. Burgess and
George M. Fletcher, — and Messrs. Elbridge Gardner,
Isaac Emerson, Jr., and John W. Fairbanks.
Encouraging and patriotic speeches were made by Hon.
N. B. Bryant, Rev. George W. Quinby, Mr. Charles H.
Isburgh, and others, A determination to bear our share
of expense, and raise our proportion of men for the field,
was manifested, and the best spirit prevailed during the
entire meeting.
In order to encourage -and obtain enlistments, Mr.
Henry A. Norris offered to pay the sum of fifty dollars
($50) to the first five men who should enlist at this time.
Mr. Daniel W. Wilcox also offered to pay ten dollars
($10) each to the next ten men that should enlist from our
town.
Hon. N, B. Bryant agreed to pay the sum often dollars
($10) each to all others who should sign the enlistment roll
on that evening.
With these extra inducements a number of our young
men enlisted at this time, the first one to sign his name
to the roll being
William Francis Barry.
* For form in which this bounty was paid to those who enlisted at this
time, see appendix B.
44 THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
This meeting was adjourned until the evening of August
2d, when a very large and enthusiastic gathering was held,
at which stirring and interesting addresses were made by
Hon. Daniel W. Gooch, — then member of Congress from
the Sixth District ; ^ Judge Cochran, of the Supreme Court
of Maryland ; Sergeant E. G. Adams, of the Second New
Hampshire Regiment ; Captain James H. Slade, of the
Thirty-Eighth Massachusetts Regiment, and formerly of
General Sigel's staff; Mr. Rufus Smith and Rev. G;;eorge
W. Quinby. The exertions and inducements put forth at
these meetings were successful, and our quota was more
than filled.
We now give the names of those who enlisted for three
years, on the quota of Melrose, at this time, and during
the rest of the year 1862, excepting those who went into
the regiments organized the year before, and whose names
have been already given on previous pages. No special
effort has been made to gather items concerning non-
residents.
^ In January 1858, Mr. Gooch was elected Representative from the Seventh
District for the remainder of the term commencing March 4, 1857. He was
re-elected for the succeeding terms, commencing in 1859, 1861, 1863 — then
by a new division of Representative Districts, called the Sixth instead of the
Seventh District — and 1865. He was a member of the "Congressional
Committee on the Conduct of the War " during its four years of investiga-
tions, and its Chairman on the part of the House. The following are among
the speeches delivered at different times during his congressional service :
" The Lecompton Constitution and the admission of Kansas into the Union,"
March 29, 1858; " Polygamy in Utah," April 4, i860; " The Supreme Court
and Dred Scott," May 3, i860; "Organization of the Territories," May 11,
i860; "Any Compromise a Surrender," February 23, 1861 ; " Recognition of
Hayti and Liberia," June 2, 1862; " Secession and Reconstruction," May 3,
1864. He resigned his seat in the House September i, 1865, having been
appointed Naval Officer for the Port of Boston by President Johnson, and
was removed by him in less than a year from the time of his appointment, y^
THE ELEVENTH REGIMENT. 4^
ELEVENTH REGIMENT.i
Co. I.
PRIVATE.
WELLS, CHARLES A.
Wounded at "Battle of Gettysburg," July 2, 1863 ;2 mus-
tered out at expiration of service, June 24, 1864.
FIRST HEAVY ARTILLERY.^
Co. E.
PRIVATE.
WHITE, CHARLES L.
Wounded in hand — one finger shot off — at Warrenton
Junction, Aug. 28, 1862, trying to save General Pope's
supply train ; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps
Oct. 23, 1863 ; mustered out Nov. 15, 1865.
* The Eleventh Massachusetts was recruited at Fort Warren, Boston Har-
bor, and mustered into the United States service June 13, 1861. It was in
most of the principal battles participated in by the " Army of the Potomac "
from the First Bull Run to the Siege of Petersburg and fall of Richmond.
* Federal loss in this battle, 23,186; 2,834 killed, 13,709 wounded, 6,643
missing. Rebel loss estimated at 26,500 in killed, wounded and prisoners.
^ The First Massachusetts Heavy Artillery — changed from Fourteenth
Regiment Infantry — left the State July 7, 1861, and was stationed in the
Forts around Washington until the last campaign, when it took part in the
following battles : Spottsylvania, North Anna River, Tolopotomy, Cool
Arbor, Petersburg, Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, Poplar Spring Church,
Boydtown Road, Hatcher's Run, Duncan's Run and Vaughn Road.
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THIRTY-THIRD REGIMEN t.i
Co. C.
PRIVATES.
DAVIS, LOAMI G.
Discharged March 15, 1863, for disability.^
KRANTZ, FREDERICK W.
Taken prisoner after " Battle of Gettysburg " by Stuart's
cavalry while on a raid ; held seven months, escaped,
and joined his regiment at Lookout Valley ; again taken
prisoner while on the " march to the sea " and confined
at "Salisbury Prison;" paroled April 3, 1865; dis-
charge'd June 6, 1865.
THIRTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT.^
Co. I.
MUSICIAN.
KENNISTON, CHARLES.
Wounded at "Siege of Port Hudson," June 14, 1863;
mustered out with regiment, June 30, 1865 ; non-resi-
dent.
* The Thirty-Third Massachusetts left the State Aug. 14, 1862, and was
jn the following battles : Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Beverly Ford,
Gettysburg, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge and the battles of Gen-
eral Sherman's Grand Army.
* Re-enlisted in Third Heavy Artillery, see chap. VI.
* The Thirty-Eighth Massachusetts left the State Aug. 26, 1862, and was
in the following engagements: Cane River, Mansura, Bisland, Port Hud-
son, Opequan, Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek.
THE THIRTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT.' 47
SERGEANT.
MORRISON, CHARLES H.
Deserted at " Camp Emory," Baltimore, Md., Nov. 7,
1862.1
CORPORAL.
KENNELLEY, JAMES A.
Discharged at Mower Hospital, Phila., Pa., May 3, 1865,
for disability ; non-resident.
PRIVATES.
BICKFORD, NELSON W.
Discharged Sept. 28, 1863, at Baton Rouge. La., for dis-
ability.
KELLEY, PATRICK.
Mustered out June 30, 1865 ; non-resident.
RICE, GEORGE.
Absent, sick, at muster-out of regiment ; non-resident.
Co. K.
LIEUTENANT.
MARTIN, GEORGE T.
Went out 2d Lieutenant ; promoted ist Lieutenant April
14, 1863 ; resigned Aug. 12, 1863, on account of dis-
ability.2
' The whole number of deserters from the Union army during the war
was 278,644 ; whole number of Massachusetts soldiers that deserted was
7,352 ; only two citizens of Melrose are here recorded as deserters.
" Re-entered the service in Fourth Heavy Artillery, see chap. VI.
48 THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
SERGEANT.
MARTIN, WILLIAM H.
On detached service in Ordnance Department from April
II till Aug. I, 1863 ; mustered out June 30, 1865.
CORPORALS.
NOYES, GEORGE O.
Promoted Corporal March 10, 1863 ; wounded in hand at
"Siege of Port Hudson," June 14, 1863 ; mustered out
June 30, 1865.
TOWER, BENJAMIN.
Promoted Corporal Aug. 10, 1863 ; wounded at " Battle of
Cedar Creek," Oct. 19, 1864; mustered out June 30,
1865.
PRIVATES.
DESHON, FRANCIS.
Mustered out June 30, 1865.
EMERSON, JAMES W.
Mustered out June 30, 1865.
HOWARD, JAMES R.
Discharged Dec. 5, 1863, for disability.^
LYNDE, BENJAMIN.
Died Aug. 18, 1863, at Baton Rouge, La., of chronic diar-
rhoea.^
' Died at Melrose Aug. 16, 1864 ; for obituary notice, see " Roll of Honor."
' For obituary notice, see " Roll of Honor."
THE THIRTY-NINTH REGIMENT. 49
RICHARDSON, GEORGE E.
Taken prisoner at " Battle of Cedar Creek," Oct. 19, 1864 ;
died in prison at Salisbury, N. C, Nov. 3, 1864.^
THIRTY-NINTH REGIMENT.^
Co. G.
CORPORAL.
STONE, HENRY.
Discharged at Boston, Sept. 30, 1863, for disability.3
PRIVATES.
EARL, WILLIAM H.
Wounded in hand at Hagerstown, Md., July 15, 1863;
transferred to navy,^ April 21, 1864.5
JACKSON, WILLIAM H.
Discharged May 19, 1864, for disability.
JONES, CHARLES S.
Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, March 31, 1864;
discharged June 24, 1865.
PIKE, JACOB F.
Mustered out June 13, 1865.
' For obituary notice, see " Roll of Honor."
'The Thirty-Ninth Massachusetts left the State Sept 6, 1862, and was in
the following battles : — Mine Run, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna
River, Tolopotomy, Bethesda Church, Petersburg, Weldon Railroad, Dab-
ney's Mills, Gravelly Run and Five Forks.
' Re enlisted in Fifty-Ninth Regiment, see chap. VI.
■• Authority for thus transferring given by Congress, Feb. 24, 1864.
* For navy items, see chap. IX.
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50 THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
STEBBENS, THADDEUS S.
Discharged Dec. 25, 1863, at Finley Hospital, Washing
ton, D. C, for disability.
Co. I.
PRIVATES.
BURNS, FRANCIS.
Non-resident.
Non-resident.
Non-resident.
Non-resident.
FERGUSON, JOHN.
SAWYER, OBADIAH.
WILSON, JOHN.
NINTH BATTERY.i
CORPORAL.
TUCKER, WILLIAM L.
Promoted Corporal Oct. 23, 1864; mustered out with bat-
tery, June 6, 1865.
PRIVATES.
BRAND, NATHAN H.
Died March 6, 1864, at Emory Hospital, Washington,
D. C, of cholera morbus.
' The Ninth Massachusetts Battery left the State Sept. 3, 1862, and was in
the following engagements : Gettysburg, Mine Run, Spottsylvania, North
Anna River, Tolopotomy, Bethesda Church, Petersburg, Weldon Railroad
and Hatcher's Run.
SECOND CAVALRY. 5I
CHAPIN, JOSEPH A.
Discharged Aug. 29, 1864, to receive promotion as Hos-
pital Steward in United States Army, by General Order
No. 284, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, D. C.^
PRESCOTT, HORACE.
Mustered out June 6, 1865.
TOBEY, SAMUEL.
Wounded at " Battle of Gettysburg," July 2, 1 863 ; mus-
tered out June 6, 1865 ; non-resident.
THIRTEENTH BATTERY.^
CORPORAL.
ELLIS, ALVAN T.
Promoted Corporal Dec. 30, 1862 ; deserted Dec. 11, 1863,
at Hampton, Va. ; non-resident.^
SECOND CAVALRY.-*
Co. B.
PRIVATES.
HARRIS, WILLIAM.
Non-resident.
' Served fifteen months at Fort Independence, Boston Harbor.
* The Thirteenth Massachusetts Battery left the State Jan. 20, 1863. It
was in the " Department of the Gulf," and took part in the following engage-
ments : Port Hudson, Carrion Crow Bayou and Pleasant Hill.
' In the Adjutant General's Office at the State House, he is credited to
Boston ; but Melrose put him into the service, and paid his bounty.
* The Second Massachusetts Cavalry was mu^red in the early part of
1863, and was in the following engagements : South Anna Bridge, Ashley's
Gap, Drainesville, Aldie, Fort Stevens, Fort Reno, Rockville, Poolesville,
Summit Point, Halltown, Opequan, Winchester, Luray, Waynesboro, Tom's
Brook, Cedar Creek, South Anna, White Oak Road, Berryville Pike,
Charlestown, Dinwiddie's Court House, Five Forks, Baylor's Creek, Ap-
pomattox Court House.
52 THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
Co. C.
CLARK, JAMES.i
Non-resident ; mustered out June 6, 1865.
Co. D.
BURKE, PATRICK.
Non-resident.
GILLISPIE, JOHN.
Non-resident ; died from wounds at Washington, D. C,
July 20, 1864.
ROBERTSON, WILLIAM.
Non-resident.
Co. H.
HOLLIS, HENRY P.2
Mustered out June 6, 1865.
Co. L
BRANDON, EDWARD A.i
Non-resident ; mustered out June 6, 1865.
Co. K.
KING, DAVID H.i
Non-resident; mustered out June 6, 1865.
» Enlisted May 25, 1864.
' Enlisted Nov. 30, 1863.
THIRD CAVALRY. 53
THIRD CAVALRY.i
Co. D.
CAPTAIN.
SIMONDS, JOSEPH F.
Mustered in as Sergeant of Co. E ; wounded severely in
the shoulder during a cavalry charge in the " Red River
Expedition," May i8, 1864 ; promoted ist Sergeant, July
8, 1 864 ; 2d Lieutenant, Sept. 20, 1 864 ; wounded in
hand at "Battle of Opequan," Sept. 19, 1864; promoted
1st Lieutenant May 28, 1865 ; at the close of the war
the regiment was ordered to the West, to quell Indian
disturbances ; wounded — shot through both thighs —
at Fort Kearney, Aug. 25, 1865 ; promoted Captain
Oct. 5, 1865; discharged Oct. 8, 1865.
Co. G.
PRIVATE.
HUGHES, JAMES.2
Non-resident.
* The Third Massachusetts Cavalry was originally the Forty-First Regi-
ment of Infantry. It left the State Nov. 15, 1862, and took part in the fol-
lowing engagements : Irish Bend, Henderson's Hill, Cane River, Georgia
Landing, Port Hudson, Sabine Cross Roads, Muddy Bayou, Piney Woods,
Red River Campaign, Opequan, Fisher's Hill, Snag Point, Winchester,
Cedar Creek, and others.
* Enlisted April 14, 1864.
V.
i862.
Nine Months' Men.
In Freedom's name our blades we draw,
She arms us for the fight !
For country, government, and law,
For Liberty and Right.
The Union must — shall be preserved.
Our flag still o'er us fly !
That cause our hearts and hands has nerved
And we will do or die.
George F. Morris.
" We are coming, Father Abra'am,
Three hundred thousand more.
From Mississippi's winding stream
And from New- England's shore."
On the 4th of August, 1862, President Lincoln issued
his proclamation calling for three hundred thousand (300,-
000) more troops, to serve for nine months ; a draft to be
made if the quotas were not filled by volunteers by the
15 th of August.
The proportion assigned by the War Department to
Massachusetts v^as nineteen thousand and eighty (19,080)
men. The quota of Melrose was seventy-nine (79) men.
To this call, as heretofore, Melrose responded promptly,
sending its full quota of seventy-nine (79) men into the
field in eight different regiments.
OUR NINE months' MEN. ^^
A war meeting was called and held at the vestry of the
Orthodox Church on the evening of August i ith, to con-
sult in relation to supplying these additional troops. Col-
onel John H. Clark was chosen Chairman, and Mr. Charles
H. Isburgh, Secretary. Speeches were made by Colonel
Clark, Mr. George F. Stone, and several other citizens ;
and a vote was passed recommending that the Town pay
a bounty of one hundred and fifty dollars ($150) to each
and every person that should enlist and enter the service
for nine months.
A warrant for a Town Meeting was immediately issued,
to be held August 21st, to take the matter into considera-
tion. Colonel John H. Clark was chosen Moderator. As
will be seen by the following vote, offered by Mr. Stephen
W. Shelton, the recommendation of the citizens' meeting
was fully indorsed and adopted :
Fofet/, That the Town raise an amount of money equal or
equivalent to the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars ($150)
per man, for every man who is, or who may be required from
this Town to answer to the recent call of the President of the
United States for additional troops for nine months' service, to
serve in the army of the United States ; and that the Treasurer is
authorized and required, under the direction of the Selectmen,
to borrow that amount of money and pay the same to such par-
ties who may volunteer, and are properly and legally accepted
by the proper and legal authorities for such service.
It was also voted, on motion of Mr. Rufus Smith,
That a Rallying Committee of twenty-five men be appointed
by the Chairman of this meeting, with full powers to call meet-
ings and perform such other duties as they may deem neces-
sary ; and that an appropriation of three hundred dollars
($300) for incidental expenses be made by the Town, to be
expended under the direction of said Committee.
5^ THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
The following citizens were appointed to serve on that
Committee :
Rufus Smith, R. Watson Emerson,
Michael A. McCafiferty, Frank A. Messenger,
Nelson Cochran, Napoleon B, Bryant,
Moses Parker, M. D., Isaac Emerson, Jr.,
Samuel O. Dearborn, • Joel Snow,
Henry A. Norris, George W. Emerson,
Henry B. Newhall, Philip B. Holmes,
Fernando C. Taylor, Levi S. Gould,
John S. Sewall, Walter Babb,
Daniel Norton, Jr., Allen C. Goss,
Josiah P. Mendum, Addison W. Banfield,
George A. Bacon, Isaiah A. Young,
Stephen W. Shelton.
The Selectmen were afterwards joined to this Com-
mittee.
Several large and spirited war meetings were held at
various places in the town, under the auspices of this Ral-
lying Committee. The first one took place on Monday
evening, August 25th, at Lyceum Hall. Good music was
furnished by the Maiden Band, and some fine singing by
a quartette. Addresses were made by Lieutenant-Colonel
Wardwell, of the Thirty-Eighth Massachusetts Regiment,
Hon. Daniel W. Gooch, Hon. Elihu C, Baker, Messrs.
George W. Copeland, Guppy, and others.
Meetings were also held on Wednesday, Thursday and
Saturday evenings of this week, at which addresses were
made by our citizens, and by speakers from abroad ; and
volunteers came rapidly forward, and this quota of sev-
enty-nine (79) was filled.
The last week of August was almost wholly given up
OUR NINE months' MEN. 57
to recruiting purposes. The Governor recommended a
suspension of business during the afternoons, and the rec-
ommendation was very generally complied with.
Owing to the measures taken at these various meetings,
the following paper — whereby the signers agreed to pay
their just proportion of all taxes, and to indemnify all town
officers for any action taken in carrying out the wishes of
the town — was circulated among the citizens for signa-
tures :
Agreement.
Be it remembered, that whereas the Town of Melrose, at
several meetings called for that purpose, have, with great una-
nimity, passed sundry votes providing for the payment of bounty
to our volunteers, and for the support of their families, and
other incidental war purposes, which votes may, upon nice
and technical grounds, be regarded as invalid in law, — Now,
therefore, we the undersigned, Tax-payers in the Town of Mel-
rose, hereby waive all objection to the form, substance, or valid-
ity of said proceedings ; and agree to pay all taxes assessed
against us respectively arising from said votes.
And we severally hereby release any present or future officer
of said Town from all actions, or causes of action, on account of
the assessment or collection of the aforesaid tax ; all of which
we feel in duty bound to do, as true and loyal citizens, resolved
to make any sacrifice necessary for the most vigorous prosecu-
tion of the war, and for the . honor and dignity of our glorious
flag.
Of our nine months' volunteers, twenty-nine enlisted in
the Forty-Second Massachusetts Regiment, all but one of
them being in Co. G ; and they experienced the sad fate
of falling into the hands of the rebels, at the " Battle of
Galveston," January ist, 1863. But they were not, thank
God ! destined to underero the horrors of an " Anderson-
S^ THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
ville," "Salisbury," or "Belle Isle," as they were soon
afterward paroled.
The following are the names of our nine months' men,
with their regiment and company :
FIFTH REGIMENT.i
Co. A.
PRIVATE.
CHASE, EDE K.
Mustered out with the regiment, July 2, 1863.
Co. H.
PRIVATE.
SUMNER, STEPHEN.
Mustered out with the regiment, July 2, 1863.
FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT.2
Co. G.
CORPORAL.
BUTTRICK, JOHN W.
Taken prisoner at "Battle of Galveston," Jan. i, 1863 ; in
' The Fifth Massachusetts, — which served in the three months' campaign
at the beginning of the Rebellion, — now volunteering for nine months, left
Boston Oct. 22, 1862, for New Berne, N, C. Its period of service was
passed in the " Department of North Carolina," and it was in the following
engagements : Whitehall, Kinston, Goldsboro', New Berne, Blount's Creek,
and Moseley Creek, besides numerous expeditions and reconnoissances,
marching six hundred miles over the poor roads of North Carolina, during
its term of service.
' The Forty-Second Massachusetts left the State Nov. 21, 1862, for the
" Department of the Gulf." Three companies — D, G and I — were in the
" Battle of Galveston," Jan. i, 1863, and taken prisoners ; * afterwards
paroled, but not exchanged ; therefore did not perform any more active ser-
vice. The balance of the regiment served in the Louisiana campaigns.
* " When Colonel Burrill offered his sword to the officer designated by General Magru-
der to receive the surrender, he was desired to keep it, in respect to his brave and able
defence of his position against such an overwhelming force; and, on being informed that the
little band that stood before them were all the troops there, the rebels could scarcely believe
it, and were surprised they had held their position so well and so long."
FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT. 59
prison at Houston, Texas ; paroled while on steamer
"General Quitman," near Alexandria, La., Feb. 18,
1863 ; mustered out with the regiment, Aug. 20, 1863.
MUSICIAN.
IRESON, DAVID A.i
WAGONER.
JUDKINS, ROLAND C.i
PRIVATES.
BARRETT, CHARLES.i
BARRETT, CHARLES L.i
BARNARD, JOHN M., JR.i
BOARDMAN, CHARLES.^
BRIDGES, HENRY.
Deserted at New York City, Dec. 6, 1862 ; non-resident.
BRYANT, THOMAS O.i
BURNHAM, PASCHAL E.
Discharged March 27, 1863, for disability.
CLARK, FREDERICK F.i
CORSON, FREDERICK U.i
DAVIS, JOHN E.1
DAVIS, JAMES L.12
* Same military history as that of Corporal Buttrick.
•Also served ninety days in Seventh Uiu Co. Infantry, in 1864; see
chap. VIII.
60 • THE MELROSE MEMORIAL,
DOUBLE, EDMUND B.i
Wounded in hand at "Battle of Galveston," Jan. i, 1863.
EMERSON, JAMES G.i 2
HETON, JOHN.i
HYDE, GEORGE S.i
IRESON, ALONZO D.i
LYNDE, AMOS W.» 2
LYNDE, CHARLES B.i
MARSTON, JAMES M.
Deserted Dec. 6, 1862, at New York City ; non-resident,
SWEETSER, THOMAS T.i
Wounded in the mouth at " Battle of Galveston."
MARSHALL, SAMUEL.^
UPHAM, CHARLES H.i
VINTON, EDWIN A.^ 3
YORK, JOSIAH R.12
YORK, WILLIAM B.i 2
Co. H.
PRIVATE.
WILDE, BENJAMIN F,
Deserted Nov. 25, 1862, at New York City.
' Same military history as that of Corporal Buttrick.
* Also served ninety days in Seventh Un. Co. of Infantry in 1864 ; see
chap. VIII.
" Also served one hundred days in Eighth Regiment in 1864 ; see
chap. Vin.
FORTY-THIRD REGIMENT. 6l
FORTY-THIRD REGIMENT.i
Co. A.
PRIVATE,
SMITH, WAYLAND R.
Mustered out with the regiment, July 30, 1863.
FORTY-FOURTH REGIMENT.2
Co. D.
PRIVATE.
SIMONDS, JOSEPH W.
Mustered out with the regiment, June 18, 1863.3
* The Forty-Third Massachusetts was in the " Department of North Car-
olina," and was in the battles of Kinston, Whitehall, and several marches
and skirmishes.
* This regiment was also in the " Department of North Carolina," and
was in the Tarboro' expedition, the battles of Kinston, Whitehall, Golds-
boro' and Siege of Washington, N. C. It had in its ranks the astronomer
Tuttle, of Cambridge, the two brothers Cobb, artists, and Rev. Mr. Gibbs,
who relinquished the pastorate of the Universalist Church in West Cam-
bridge. The following " army song " was written by " Selim," and dedicated
to the Forty-Fourth :
Tune — " Scots wha hae wi' Wallace bled."
From Katahdin's snowy crest. Come from homes you love so dear,
To Mount Vernon's sacred rest, Come with hearts that know no fear.
Through imperial valleys West, Come with might in bow and spear.
Shout the battle-cry. Down bid slavery go.
Hark I it is your country's call I By the prayers our fathers breathed,
Lo ! she bids her brave sons all By the trusts to us bequeathed,
Make the band of traitors fall, By the hopes our hearts which heaved.
In recreant graves to lie. Smite oppression low.
Would you see our broad domain Hail our Union's newbirthnight !
By giant treason rent in twain, See it girt with grander might.
In border-strifes your children slain ? Ray out now a purer light
Back as cowards fall. To the nations round.
Would you see our banner bright When our last victory is won.
Wave untorn in Freedom's light, When the work of blood is done.
Brave the world's united might? And to our loved homes we come.
Strike, then, once for all. To God shall praises sound.
'Also served one hundred days in the Eighth Regiment, in 1864; see
chap. VIII.
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Co. E.
PRIVATE.
ROBERTS, CHARLES H.
Discharged Jan. 14, 1863, for disability.
Co. G.
PRIVATE,
HART, ABNER B.
Mustered out June 18, 1863.
Co. H.
PRIVATE.
DAWES, RICHARD C.
Mustered out June 18, 1863.*
Co. I.
PRIVATES.
ANDERSON, LEONARD B.
Mustered out June 18, 1863.
CROCKER, JOSEPH C.
Mustered out June 18, 1863.^
' Appointed Acting Ensign in the navy Dec. i6, 1863, but he was then liv-
ing in Brookline. He served until Jan. 11, 1867, when he was honorably
discharged.
* Also served nine months as clerk in the Quartermaster's Department,
Headquarters i8th Army Corps, Army of the James.
THE FORTY-FIFTH REGIMENT. 63
FORTY-FIFTH REGIMENT.^
Co. A.
MUSICIAN.
FREELAND, JOSEPH V.
Mustered out with the regiment, July 7, 1863 ; non-resi-
dent.
Co. D.
SERGEANT,
BARRY, ROYAL P.
Promoted Corporal Sept. 27, 1862 ; Sergeant, June 19,
1863 ; mustered out July 7, 1863.
PRIVATES.
CUTTING, WILLIAM H., JR.
Mustered out July 7, 1863.
EVANS, THOMAS C.
Wounded in both hands and leg at " Battle of Kinston,"
Dec. 14, 1862; discharged Feb. 27, 1863.
FOSS, JAMES T.
Wounded at "Battle of Kinston," Dec. 14, 1862; mus-
tered out July 7, 1863,
LEIGHTON, WILLIAM F.
Mustered out July 7, 1863.
CHIPMAN, GEORGE A.
Mustered out July 7, 1863.^
' The Forty-Fifth Massachusetts was in the " Department of North Caro-
lina," and in the battles of Kinston, Whitehall, and several skirmishes and
reconnoissances.
* Also served one hundred days as Lieutenant, Co. A, Sixth Regiment, in
1864 ; see chap, VIII.
64 THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
MARSHALL, JAMES.
Mustered out July 7, 1863.
Mclaughlin, george w.
Mustered out July 7, 1863.^
PERKINS, JOHN, JR.
Wounded in thigh at "Battle of Kinston," Dec. 14, 1862 ;
discharged May 21, 1863.
JUNKINS, EDWIN W.
'Mustered out July 7, 1863.
Co. I.
PRIVATES.
DORRING, JOHN.
Mustered out July 7, 1863 ; non-resident.
FOSS, GEORGE A.
Mustered out July 7, 1863 ; non-resident.
FERGUSON, JOHN.
Mustered out July 7, 1863 ; non-resident.
^ HARRIS, JOHN.
Mustered out July 7, 1863*; non-resident.
MYARS, JOHN.
Mustered out July 7, 1863 ; non-resident.
* Was a minor at time of enlistment. For form of parent's consent in
such cases see Appendix C.
THE FORTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT. 65
FORTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT.^
Co. D.
SERGEANT.
TODD, THOMAS.
Mustered out Sept. 3, 1863 ; non-resident.
MUSICIAN.
RICHARDSON, ALFRED C.
Died Aug. 8, 1863, at Baton Rouge, La. ; non-resident.
PRIVATE.
CRANE, WILLIAM R, JR.
Mustered out Sept. 3, 1863 ; non-resident.
Co. G.
SERGEANT.
HARE, ANDREW.
Mustered out Sept. 3, 1863.
FIFTIETH REGIMENT.2
Co. D.
SERGEANT.
ROWELL, STEPHEN R
Mustered out with the regiment, Aug. 24, 1863.
' The Forty-Eighth Massachusetts left New York for the " Department of
the Gulf," Jan. 4, 1863, and was engaged in the " Siege of Port Hudson,"
and marches and skirmishes in that Department.
* The Fiftieth Massachusetts was in the " Department of the Gulf," and
left the State Nov. 19, 1862. Took part in Siege of Port Hudson, and
marches and expeditions in that Department.
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66
THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
MUSICIAN..
NICHOLS, WILLIAM R.
Mustered out Aug. 24, 1 863 ; non-resident.
Co. E.
PRIVATES.
BARRON, ELLIOT F.
Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863.
BROWN, JONAS G.
Died June 18, 1863, in Regimental Hospital at Baton
Rouge, La., of malarial fever. ^
COX, JAMES R
Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863.
DIX, JOSEPH 0.2
Mustered out Aug. 24, 1 863.
FARRELL, MICHAEL.
Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863.
FULLER, GEORGE P.
Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863.
LYMAN, HENRY H.
Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863.
McAllister, george h.
Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863.
' For obituary sketch, see " Roll of Honor."
*Also served three months in 186 1, in Co. B, Fifth Regiment, from South
Reading.
THE FIFTIETH REGIMENT. 67
O'DONAGHUE, JOHN.
Deserted Nov. 22, 1862, at New York City; non-resident
PRENTICE, CHARLES.
Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863.
SHELTON, THOMAS.i
Mustered out Aug. 24, 1 863.
SIMONDS, CHARLES H.
Mustered out Aug. 24, 1 863 ; non-resident.^
HAMILTON, ROBERT.
Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863 ; non-resident.
HARRINGTON, CHARLES T.
Mustered out Aug. 24, 1 863 ; non-resident.
HAWKES, JOHN.
Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863 ; non-resident.
KINGMAN, WILLIAM W.
Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863 ; non-resident.
KNIGHTS, HENRY C.
Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863 ; non-resident.
Co. F.
PRIVATES.
GALLAGHER, JOHN.
Deserted Oct. 20, 1862, at Boxford, Mass.; non-resident.
* Also served one hundred days in the Eighth Regiment in 1864 ; see
chap. VIII.
* Resident of Maiden ; re-enlisted in Co. K, Fifty-Ninth Regiment ; lost
a leg before Petersburg, June 17, 1864,
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THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
WILSON, JOHN.
Deserted Oct 20, 1862, at Boxford, Mass. ; non-resident.
At the commencement of the year 1863, Massachusetts
had sent into the field forty-six thousand nine hundred
and twenty (46,920) three years' men, sixteen thousand
eight hundred and thirty-seven (16,837) nine months'
men, and three thousand seven hundred and thirty-six
{?»7Z^) three months' men ; making a total of sixty-seven
thousand four hundred and ninety-three (67,493) men ;
thirteen thousand six hundred and eighteen (13,618) men
had also entered into the naval service of the United
States, for which Massachusetts had received no credit,
making a total number of men furnished by Massachu-
setts of eighty-one thousand one hundred and eleven
(81,111).
General Schouler says of Massachusetts at this time :
She had given martyrs to the great cause on nearly every
battlefield ; many had their limbs severed from their bodies ;
many households had been made desolate ; many stood by the
butts of their muskets, keeping watch and ward, facing the
enemy from the falls of the Potomac to the delta of the Missis-
sippi. Some were in prison, some were in hospitals, some were
in tents, some swinging in their hammocks at the mouths of riv-
ers, to prevent blockade runners from supplying the enemy.
And Governor Andrew, in his address to the Legisla-
ture at the beginning of 1863, eloquently refers to the
part taken by Massachusetts men ; after recapitulating
the many battlefields from " Big Bethel " and " Cedar
Mountain " to " Baton Rouge " and " Antietam," he con-
tinues :
Through all the capricious fortunes of the war the regiments
of Massachusetts have borne her flag by the side of the banner
NUMBER OF MEN FURNISHED. 69
of the Union. And, beyond the Atlantic slope, every battle-
field has drunk the blood of her sons, nurtured among her hills
and sands, from which in adventurous manhood they turned
their footsteps to the AVest, Officers and enlisted men have
vied with each other in deeds of valor. The flag, whose stan-
dard-bearer, shot down in battle, tossed it from his dying hand,
nerved by undying patriotism, has been caught by the comrade,
who in his turn has closed his eyes for the last time upon its
starry folds as another hero-martyr clasped the splintered staff
and rescued the symbol at once of country and of blood-bought
fame.
How can fleeting words of human praise gild the record of
their glory ? Our eyes suffused with tears, and blood retreating
to the heart, stirred with unwonted thrill, speak with the elo-
quence of nature, uttered but unexpressed. From the din of
the battle they have passed to the peace of eternity. Farewell !
warrior, citizen, patriot, lover, friend, — whether in the humbler
ranks or bearing the sword of official power, whether private,
captain, surgeon or chaplain, for all these in the heady fight
have passed away, — hail ! and farewell ! Each hero must
sleep serenely on the field where he fell in a cause " sacred to
liberty and the rights of mankind."
Melrose had sent into the service up to this time, — Jan-
uary I, 1863, — one hundred and twenty-six (126) three
years' men, five (5) of whom were commissioned officers ;
seventy-nine (79) nine months' men, and five (5) three
months' men ; and had also furnished seven (7) men for
the navy ; one of whom had been transferred from the
army ; one discharged and enlisted in the army, and four
of whom were commissioned officers ; making a total
number furnished of two hundred and sixteen (216) men.
The officers in the army were : Second Lieutenant Gur-
don McKay, of the Twenty-Second Regiment ; Second
70 THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
Lieutenant George T. Martin, of the Thirty-Eighth Regi-
ment ; First Lieutenant Archibald Bogle, of the Seven-
teenth Regiment; Captain Joseph R. Simonds, of the
Seventeenth Regiment, and First Lieutenant J. Wesley-
Jones, of the Twelfth U. S. Infantry. In the navy, Act-
ing Master's Mate N. Mayo Dyer, Acting Ensign James
F. Perkins, Acting Ensign Edward A. Small, and Lieu-
tenant Smith W. Nichols, Jr.
The total quota of Melrose to this date, of three years'
and nine months' men, was one hundred and eighty-four
(184), and we had furnished two hundred and ten (210)
men for those periods of service.
On the 22d of September of this year, — 1862, — was
issued the great Proclamation by President Lincoln,
declaring that the slaves of all persons in States which, on
the 1st day of January, 1863, should be in rebellion, " shall
be thenceforth and forever free." Concerning this act it
has been eloquently said :
" As yet the policy of the Nation was undefined. Nor did it
reach the dignity of positive justice, clearly pronounced, until,
by the great Proclamation of Liberty, the Government became
anchored to an immortal thought, and decreed Emancipation.
By that act the President ascended a height more lofty than
Federal Hill. He rose to the serene heights of Zion, received
light and knowledge and power from an Eternal Source, fixed
by a word the moral judgment of mankind in sympathy with
our national cause, secured the verdict of history and the
prayers of the good in every land, and humbly awaited * the
gracious favor of Almighty God.' "
VI.
i863.
Three Years* Men.
" The Sun of Liberty shall ne'er
In clouds and darkness set ;
Her sons are brave, — they know no fear,
And God is with us yet."
An Enrollment or Conscription Act having been passed
by Congress, for the purpose of recruiting the forces in
the field, and making up deficiencies on the calls previ-
ously made, a new enrollment of the men liable to do
military duty was ordered, and a draft of such enrolled
men to be made in July, 1863.
These enrolled men were divided into two classes. The
first class comprised all persons subject to do military duty
between the ages of twenty and thirty-five years, and all
unmarried persons subject to do military duty between
thirty-five and forty-five. The second class comprised
the married men who were subject to do military duty
and were more than thirty-five, but under forty-five years
of age.
On the 25th of May, Provost-Marshal Herrick appointed
Mr. Stephen Shelton " Enrolling Officer for Sub-District
No. 9, Town of Melrose," who immediately entered upon
72 THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
the duties of his office ; ^ and by this enrollment it was
ascertained that there were in our town, at this time,
exclusive of those then in the service, one hundred and
sixty-two (162) persons of the first class, and one hun-
dred and twenty-one (121) of the second class.^ In the
whole State it was ascertained that there were one hun-
dred and seven thousand, three hundred and eighty-six
(107,386) persons of the first class, and fifty-six thou-
sand, seven hundred ninety-two (56,792) of the second
class ; a total of one hundred and sixty-four thousand, one
hundred and seventy-eight (164,178).
This draft was to be made from the enrolled of the first
class.
The result of this first draft of the Melrose men is
given on another page. Owing to the great number of
exemptions that were made, the additions to the men in
the service, by means of the draft, were small ; conse-
quently, to carry on this gigantic struggle with treason, it
was found necessary to issue another call, which was made
by the President, October 17, 1863, for three hundred
thousand (300,000) more troops, to serve for three years,
or during the war.
The quota of Massachusetts, on this last call, was found
to be fifteen thousand, one hundred and twenty-six (15,-
126) men ; and that of Melrose to be twenty-four (24)
men.
It was determined that another draft in Melrose should
be avoided if possible. A Town meeting was held Novem-
* Mr. Shelton was re-appointed to the same position May 6, 1864, and he
made the necessary returns of the additions and changes in the cnroUment
for that year. For letter of instructions, see appendix H.
* For the names of the enrolled, see appendix D.
OUR RECRUITING COMMITTEE. 73
ber 14th, at which Hon. N. B. Bryant was chosen Moder-
ator. It was voted that a Committee of four be appointed
by the Chair, which, in conjunction with the Selectmen,
•—John H, Clark, William B, Burgess and George M.
Fletcher, — should constitute a Recruiting Committee,
with full powers to act in such manner as would best
enable the Town to fill its quota under the recent call of
the President. Stephen W. Shelton, Isaac Emerson, Jr.,
Rufus Smith and Charles H. Isburgh were appointed to
act on this Committee, and three thousand dollars (^3,000) ■
were appropriated to defray its expenses.
During the latter part of the year 1863, and the begin-
ning of 1864, re-enlistments of the men already in service
commenced, and the Recruiting Committee secured quite
a number of such re-enlistments,^ thus reducing the quota.
The Fifty-Ninth Veteran Regiment was also forming at
this time, and a number of the men that enhsted in this
regiment were obtained ; also a number, — some of them
our own citizens, — that entered the Third Heavy Artillery.
We now give the rest of the names of those who entered,
or re-entered, the service, in the Massachusetts regiments,
at or soon after this time, counting on our quota. Where-
ever re-enlistments of our men took place in regiments
already mentioned on previous pages, such re-enlistments
are there stated, and do not appear here. As heretofore,
no special effort has been made to obtain items concern-
ing non-residents.
' All who thus re-enlisted were called " Veteran Volunteers," received a
thirty-days' furlough, a United States bounty of four hundred dollars, and,
as an honorable distinction, " service chevrons " were authorized by the War
Department. Over 136,000 tried soldiers were thus secured to the service.
10,000 re-enlisted in Massachusetts.
74 THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
FIFTEENTH REGIMENT.i
Co. A.
PRIVATE.
ARNOLD, CHARLES H.
Non-resident.
Co. B.
PRIVATE.
WALSH, THOMAS.
Transferred to Fifteenth Battalion, July 12, 1864; non-
resident.
FIFTY-NINTH REGIMENT.2
PRIVATES.
BARRY, JOHN.
Non-resident.
FRISBY, JOHN.
Non-resident.
HAGGERTY, DANIEL.
Non-resident; discharged for disability, Dec. 15, 1863.
LEVER, RICHARD.
Killed at " Battle of Spottsylvania," May 1 2, 1 864.
JENKINS, GEORGE.
Non-resident.
* The Fifteenth Massachusetts left the State Aug. 8, 1861. Was in battles
of Ball's Bluff, of the Peninsula, and most of the other battles participated
in by the " Army of the Potomac."
* The Fifty-Ninth Veteran Massachusetts left the State April 26, 1864. It
took part in the following engagements : Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North
Anna River, Cool Arbor, Petersburg, Weldon Railroad, Poplar Spring
Church, Hatcher's Run and Fort Stedman.
THE FIFTY-NINTH REGIMENT. '] f^
MULCOTT, ADOLPHUS.
Non-resident
O'REGAN, MICHAEL.
Non-resident.
. Co. B. .
PRIVATES.
HALPINE, BARTHOLOMEW.
Non-resident.
LEWIS, WALTER H.
Non-resident.
JACKSON, HENRY M.
Non-resident.
JOHNSON, WILLIAM A.
Non-resident.
PERKINS, BENJAMIN W.
Non-resident; discharged April i8, 1865.
Co. D.
PRIVATES.
MARRA, JAMES.
Non-resident.
PEASLEY, CHARLES D.
Non-resident.
Co. F.
PRIVATES.
ALDRIDGE, WILLIAM H.
Non-resident.
RYAN, MICHAEL.
Non-resident.
YOUNG, JOHN W.
Non-resident
^d THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
Co. G.
LIEUTENANT.
MORSE, GEORGE J.
Commissioned 2d Lieutenant Oct. 22, 1863 ; promoted
1st Lieutenant March 4, 1864; killed at the "Battle of
Spottsylvania," May 12, 1864.*
Co. H.
SERGEANT,
STONE, HENRY.
Wounded through the hand at the " Battle of the Wilder-
ness," May 6, 1 864 ; taken prisoner at Weldon Railroad,
Aug. 20, 1864; held in " Libby Prison" a month and
then exchanged ; mustered out with the regiment, July
30, 1865.
THIRD HEAVY ARTILLERY.^
Co. C.
PRIVATES.
CHEEVER, AUGUSTUS L.
Discharged March 9, 1865, for disability.
GROVER, ANDREW J.
Mustered out with the regiment, Sept. 18, 1865.
* For biographical sketch see " Roll of Honor."
* The Third Massachusetts Regiment of Heavy Artillery was composed
of unattached companies, part of which were on duty in the coast defences
of this State ; in the fall of 1864 the regiment was sent to Washington, and
served in its Forts until mustered out, Sept 18, 1865.
THIRD HEAVY ARTILLERY. 77
GROVER, GEORGE W., JR.
Mustered out Sept. i8, 1865.
HAMMOND, GEORGE.
Transferred to navy, July 28, 1864. 1
RICHARDSON, WILLIAM H.
Mustered out Sept. 18, 1865.
Co. F.
PRIVATES.
DAVIS, JOHN W.
Deserted at Fort Stephens, D. C, June 23, 1865 ; non-
resident.
DAVIS, LOAMI G.
Left the regiment, June 18, 1865, by permission.
FARGO, CHARLES O.
Discharged March 10, 1865, for disabiUty.^
Co. K.
PRIVATES.
REARDON, LAWRENCE.
Mustered out Sept. 1 8, 1 865 ; non-resident.
TURCK, JOHN.
Discharged July 29, 1864, for disability ; non-resident.
* See chap. IX.
* Served previously in the Tenth Maine Regiment ; severely wounded in
the hip at "Battle of Cedar Mountain," Aug. 9, 1862 ; discharged Feb. 10,
1863.
jS THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
FOURTH HEAVY ARTILLERY.i
Co. C.
LIEUTENANT.
MARTIN, GEORGE T.
Commissioned Senior ist Lieutenant Aug, i6, 1864; died
at Massachusetts General Hospital, March 13, 1865, of
pyaemia.^
Co. K.
LIEUTENANT.
NICHOLS, GEORGE G.^
Commissioned ist Lieutenant Twenty-Fifth Un. Co.
Heavy Artillery, — afterwards Co. K, Fourth Regiment,
— Aug. 18, 1864; appointed Regimental Quartermas-
ter Dec. 17, 1864; appointed Acting Assistant Quar-
termaster, Third Brigade, DeRussey's Division, on
Staff Colonel William S. King, Commanding Brigade,
Dec. 20, 1864; mustered out, June 17, 1865.
FIFTY-FOURTH REGIMENT.''
Co. A.
PRIVATES.
BUSH, HENRY.
Died from burns, Feb. 23, 1863 ; non-resident.
* The Fourth Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, like the Third, was com-
posed of unattached companies and sent to Washington, and served in its
defences until its muster-out, June 17, 1865. It was raised for one year's
service.
' For biographical sketch see " Roll of Honor."
^ Served nine months in 1862-3, ^" Forty-Second Regiment, but on Bos-
ton's quota.
■♦ The Fifty- Fourth Massachusetts was the first colored regiment raised in
Massachusetts, and left the State May 28, 1863, and took part in the follow-
ing engagements : Fort Wagner and the several engagements before Charles-
ton, Olustee, James Island, Honey Hill and Boykin's Mills.
THE FIFTY-SIXTH REGIMENT. 79
JOHNSON, WILLIAM H.
Non-resident.i
FIFTY'SIXTH REGIMENT.2
Co. B.
PRIVATE.
YORK, BENJAMIN F.
Taken prisoner at " Mine Explosion," July 30, 1 864 ; at
Danville, Va., eight months ; exchanged April i, 1865 ;
mustered out June 16, 1865.
At the end of the year 1863, Massachusetts had fur-
nished for the army in the field a total of eighty-three
thousand, nine hundred and thirty-two (83,932) men ;
sixty-three thousand, three hundred and fifty-nine (63,359)
of which were for the three years' service, sixteen thou-
sand, eight hundred and thirty-seven (16,837) for the nine
months' service, and three thousand seven hundred and
thirty-six (3,736) for the three months' service ; and from
the commencement of the Rebellion to the end of this
year, seventeen thousand, three hundred and four (17,304)
men had entered the navy, for which Massachusetts had,
as yet, received no credit on its quotas ; this made a grand
* The whole number of negro troops commissioned and enlisted during
the war was 186,017 ; the largest number in the service at anv one time was
123,156. The State in which the largest number of colored soldiers was re-
cruited or drafted was Louisiana, viz : 24,052 ; the smallest number, Texas,
viz : 45. Massachusetts furnished 4,987 ; Melrose, 2.
* The Fifty-Sixth Massachusetts Veteran Regiment left the State March
21, 1864, and took part in the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna River,
Cool Arbor, Petersburg, Weldon Railroad, Poplar Spring Church, Hatcher's
Run and Siege of Petersburg.
80 THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
total of one hundred and one thousand, two hundred and
thirty-six (101,236) men furnished by the State, up to the
end of the year 1863, for the United States service.
The following commissioned officers from Melrose were
in the service at this time : In the army, Second Lieuten-
ant George J. Morse, of the Fifty-Ninth Regiment ; First
Lieutenant J. Wesley Jones, of the Twelfth U. S. Infan-
try ; Captain Joseph R. Simonds, of the Seventeenth Reg-
iment ; Captain J. Spencer Drayton, and Major Archibald
Bogle, of the Thirty-Fifth U. S. Colored Troops. In the
navy. Acting Ensigns N. Mayo Dyer, James F. Perkins and
Edward A. Small, and Lieutenant Smith W. Nichols, Jr.
Of the position held by Massachusetts in this great
struggle at this time. Governor Andrew thus eloquently
speaks in his address to the Legislature on the 8th of Jan-
uary, 1864:
But the heart swells with unwonted emotion when we remem-
ber our sons and brothers, whose constant valor has sustained
on the field, during nearly three years of war, the cause of our
country, of civilization, and liberty. Our volunteers have rep-
resented Massachusetts, during the year just ended, on almost
every field and in every department of the army where our flag
has been unfurled. At Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Vicksburg,
Port Hudson and Fort Wagner, at Chickamauga, Knoxville and
Chattanooga, — under Hooker, and Meade, and Banks, and Gil-
more, and Rosecrans, Burnside and Grant, — in every scene of
danger and of duty, along the Atlantic and the Gulf, on the
Tennessee, the Cumberland, the Mississippi and the Rio Grande,
— under Dupont, and Dahlgren, and Foote, and Farragut, and
Porter, — the sons of Massachusetts have borne their part, and
paid the debt of patriotism and valor. Ubiquitous as the stock
they descend from, national in their opinions and universal in
their sympathies, they have fought shoulder to shoulder with men
AN ELOQUENT EXTRACT.
81
of all sections and of every extraction. On the ocean, on the
rivers, on the land, on the heights where they thundered down
from the clouds of Lookout Mountain the defiance of the skies,
they have graven with their swords a record imperishable.
The muse herself demands the lapse of silent years to
soften, by the influences of time, her too keen and poignant
realization of the scenes of war — the pathos, the heroism, the
fierce joy, the grief, of battle. But, during the ages to come,
she will brood over their memory. Into the hearts of her con-
secrated priests will breathe the inspirations of lofty and undy-
ing beauty, sublimity and truth, in all the glowing forms of
speech, of literature and plastic art. By the homely traditions
of the fireside, — by the head stones in the churchyard, conse-
crated to those whose forms repose far off in rude graves by the
Rappahannock, or sleep beneath the sea, — embalmed in the
memories of succeeding generations of parents and children,
the heroic dead will live on in immortal youth. By their
names, their character, their service, their fate, their glory, they
cannot fail ;
" They never fail who die
In a great cause ; the block may soak their gore ;
Their heads may sodden in the sun, their limbs
Be strung to city gates and castle walls ;
But still their spirit walks abroad. Though years
Elapse, and others share as dark a doom,
They but augment the deep and sweeping thoughts
Which overpower all others, and conduct
The world at last to Freedom. "
VII.
1864-5-
Our glorious banner no traitor shall mar,
By effacing a stripe, or destroying a star !
Francis De Haes jfanvier.
At the annual Town Meeting in March, 1 864, Mr. Isaac
Emerson, Jr., was excused, at his own request, from serv-
ing longer on the Recruiting Committee, and Mr. William
E. Fuller was elected Selectman in place of Mr. George
M. Fletcher ; and the Recruiting Committee now con-
sisted of the following gentlemen: — Colonel John H.
Clark, Chairman and Recruiting Agent,^ William B. Bur-
' Provost-Marshal's Office,
6th District, Mass.,
. Lawrence, November 6, 1863. .
To the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen of Melrose : —
Sir, — You are hereby informed that, under the authority of the Provost-
Marshal General U. S., and by direction of Major F. N. Clarke, A. A., Pro-
vost-Marshal General of this State, I have appointed you a Recruiting
Agent for your town, in accordance with the Regulations for the Bureau of
the Provost-Marshal General of Oct. 28, 1863.
Please report to me personally, if you accept the appointment If you do
not accept, so inform me by mail immediately.
Very respectfully,
Your ob't servant,
H. G. Herrick,
Captain and Provost-Marshal, 6th Dist. Mass.
TOWN MEETING. 83
gess, William E. Fuller, Stephen W, Shelton, Rufus Smith
and Charles H. Isburgh. At a subsequent Town Meet-
ing, held April nth, it was voted that this same Recruit-
ing Committee continue its labors, and four thousand
dollars (;^4,ooo) were appropriated for its use. This Com-
mittee acted throughout the continuance of the war ; and
by its spirited and strenuous exertions, — and also of the
Committee as previously constituted, — no other draft 1
was ever needed in order to fill our several quotas under
the calls of the President, issued in October, 1863, and
February, March, July and December, 1864, in which calls
a million and a half of men were asked for. A second
draft was made, of the enrolled men, in April, 1864, but
none of the drafted were required to report, as the quotas
were then filled.^
Various measures were taken to aid this Committee in
its efforts to procure men, with which to fill our different
quotas. On the 6th of June, 1864, a Town Meeting was
held, at whic"h Colonel John H. Clark was chosen Moder-
ator ; and, on motion of Mr. Walter Babb, it was voted :
That the Town of Melrose appropriate the sum of ten thou-
sand dollars ($10,000) for the purpose of procuring recruits for
any future calls there may be made by the President of the
United States for soldiers, and to make up any deficiencies that
there is, or has occurred, in the last call for volunteers ; and
that the present Recruiting Committee of the Town of Melrose
proceed immediately to recruit or procure men in anticipation
of the next call, or calls, that may be made by the President of
the United States. And that the Selectmen be instructed to
* One draft took place in July, 1863 ; for names of the citizens drawn, and
the disposition of the same, see chap. X.
' For names of the citizens drawn at this time, see chap. X.
84 THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
procure the bodies of all those of our citizen soldiers who have
or may lose their lives in this war, and have them transported
to their relatives or friends.
And it was also voted :
That the Town Treasurer be instructed to borrow, from time
to time, such sums of money as might be required of the amount
appropriated.
The raising of money for this purpose, in this manner,
was illegal, as the Legislature of Massachusetts had pro-
vided, by the act of March 16, 1864, that cities and towns
might raise money by taxation, or otherwise, for the pur-
pose of procuring volunteers, and pay to each one enlisted
into the service as a part of the quota of said cities and
towns, a sum not exceeding one hundred and twenty-five
dollars (^125).
A petition was drawn up, signed by thirty-four citizens,
and presented to the Supreme Judicial Court, asking for
an injunction on the proceedings at the above Town
Meeting. Such an injunction was issued by Chief Justice
George T. Bigelow, on the nth of June, 1864. This was
afterwards so far modified as to permit the paying of one
hundred and twenty-five dollars (^125), by the Recruiting
Committee, to each recruit enlisted and accepted by the
United States authorities under any call of the President
made between the first day of March, 1864, and the first
day of March, 1865, as a part of the quota of the town of
Melrose under said calls.
At this time recruits for the army cost a larger sum than
one hundred and twenty-five dollars ($125); therefore a cit-
izens' meeting was called, to take into consideration the
best manner of raising a sum of money, as a recruiting
RECRUITING FUND MEETINGS,
8;
fund, to aid the Committee in the furnishing of men for our
quotas. There was a very large attendance at this meet-
ing, and it was decided to raise the money needed by sub-
scription. A paper was drawn up, which was headed by
Mr; Wingate P. Sargent ; and at this and subsequent
times, a sum of nearly six thousand dollars (^6,000) was
raised for recruiting purposes, to be expended under the
auspices of the Recruiting Committee.
At the second meeting, held for the purpose of raising
this fund, the following gentlemen were chosen a Com-
mittee to collect the amounts already subscribed, and
to solicit additional subscriptions from the citizens.
Messrs. Wingate P. Sargent, Daniel Norton, Jr., Levi S.
Gould, Isaac Emerson, Jr., Thomas A. Long and Joseph
D. Wilde. Mr. Sargent was appointed Treasurer, and,
after the collections were made, the money was paid over
by him to Colonel Clark, as Chairman of the Recruiting
Committee.
The names of the subscribers to this fund, and the
amounts paid, are as follows :
Wingate P. Sargent
Daniel Norton, Jr. .
1^250 00
130 00
Rufus Smith .
100 00
Alverse L. White .
100 00
Isaac Emerson, Jr. .
100 00
Wickham C. McNish
100 00
Samuel E. Sewall .
100 00
Daniel W. Gooch .
100 00
Daniel W. Foster .
100 00
Samuel S. Houghton
Joseph D. Wilde .
Elisha F. Sears
80 00
75 00
75 00
86
THE MELROSE MEMORIAL,
Ralph Warren
75 00
Charles H. Isburgh
75 oo
George A. Mansfield
75 oo
Nathaniel J. Bartlett
75 oo
George G. Wheeler .
6o oo
Jeremiah Crowley .
50 00
William H. Allen .
50 00
Edgar M. Stevens .
50 00
Levi S. Gould
50 00
Ira H. Bickford
50 00
Frank O. Dame
50 00
George Hart .
50 00
William F. Morse .
50 00
Oliver Whyte .
50 00
Gardner Wheeler .
50 00
Walter Littlefield, Jr.
50 00
Henry A. Norris
50 00
Napoleon B. Bryant
50 00
Andrew P. Trott .
50 00
R. Watson Emerson
50 00
Augustus Barrett .
50 00
John Baldwin . . .
50 00
Joseph H. Greene .
50 00
William H. Stone .
50 00
Simeon Locke
50 00
Alonzo V. Lynde .
50 00
George Emerson
50 00
George F. Stone
50 00
Frank A. Messenger
50 00
Oren H. Peck
45 00
Joseph A. Fairbanks
40 00
George M. Fletcher
30 00
S. W. Heald .
30 00
CITIZENS RECRUITING FUND.
87
James M. Beckett .
Edward R. Knights
John L. Allen
Jarvis P. Hudson .
Albert P. Perkins .
Thomas A. Long .
Erastus F. Bradford
Benjamin F. Greene
George N. Noyes .
Dr. George Macomber
Joel Bowker
Charles H. Blaisdell
Daniel Jefferson
Dr. Moses Parker .
Allen C. Goss
Fernando C. Taylor
Joseph E. Westgate
James A. Barrett
George C. Sargent
Samuel S. Bugbee
Anthony Crosby
John H. Clark
George Newhall
William O. Lynde
Charles Larrabee
John S. Higgins
John Shelton .
C. Edgar Buffum
Henry A, Leonard
Rufus Leavitt
Robert J. Chute
Obadiah S. Edgerly
Sargent F. Severence
30 00
30 00
30 00
25 00
25 00
25 00
25 00
25 00
25 00
25 00
25 00
25 00
25 00
25 00
25 00
25 00
25 00
25 00
25 CX)
25 CXD
25 00
25 00
25 00
25 00
25 00
25 00
25 00
25 CXD
25 00
25 CX>
25 00
25 00
25 00
88
THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
Liberty Bigelow
John Conway, Jr.
Jonathan Barrett
Charles Boardman
John W. Cobb
Elbridge Gardner
Peter Edgerly
Jeremiah Martin
Horatio N. Perkins
George F. Boardman
Josiah P. Mendum .
Stephen Shelton
Lewis G. Coburn ,
Frederick W. A. Rankin, Jr.
Thomas J, Kimball
John S. Sewall
Elbridge H. Goss
John W. Tower
George R. Forsythe
P. Russell Ellis
Sylvanus Upham
Charles Furneaux
Edward B, Newhall
John Smith
Nelson Cochran
John W. Buttrick
Daniel O. Morton
Leonard Lynde
Henry B. Newhall
Artemas Barrett
George W. Bartlett
Robert W. Pierce
George W. Pollock
25 00
25 00
25 GO
25 GO
25 GO
25 GO
25 GO
25 GO
25 GO
25 GO
25 GO
25 GO
25 GO
25 GO
25 GO
20 GO
20 GO
2G GO
20 GO
20 GO
20 GO
2G GO
20 GO
20 GO
2G GO
20 GO
20 GO
20 GO
20 CO
20 GO
20 GO
2G GO
20 GO
CITIZENS RECRUITING FUND.
89
George B. Sargent .
20 00
Caleb Howard
20 00
Christopher Kirmes
20 00
Joseph Mclntire
20 00
James Astle .
20 00
John L. Andrews .
20 00
William F. Poole .
20 00
Lyell T. Terwillager
20 00
Alfred W. Sprague
20 00
William H. Wells .
20 00
George A. Chipman
20 00
Isaiah A. Young
20 00
Benjamin Underwood
20 00
Charles A. Messenger
20 00
Walter Babb .
20 00
Solomon Severy
15 00
John Q. Adams
15 00
Alonzo Patterson .
15 00
Samuel 0. Dearborn
15 00
Peter Batchelder
15 00
Joel Atwood .
15 00
George C. Stantial .
15 00
Thomas W. Chadbourne
15 00
Asa H. Jones .
15 00
Samuel M. Tourtellot
15 00
George Hemminway
14 00
Samuel Barker
10 00
Martin Ellis .
10 00
Walter R. Collins .
10 00
William B, Burgess
10 00
Charles E. Keith .
10 00
Samuel F. Summers
10 00
John Robson .
10 00
90
THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
Dr. Benjamin F. Abbott
10 oo
William W. Vaughn
lo oo
G, W. Oilman .
lo oo
Calvin Stone .
lo oo
William D. Stratton
lo oo
Sullivan C. Atwood
lo oo
Calvin N. Chapin .
lo oo
Hiram D. Richardson
lo oo
Azel E. Steele
lo oo
Elbridge Green
10 oo
Benjamin Roach
lo oo
Charles P. Lynde .
lo oo
Rev. Nathan P. Selee
lo oo
James S. Sturtevant
lo oo
William M. Gilmore
lo oo
James Small .
lo oo
Alvin Lynde .
10 oo
William Clark
lo oo
J. B. Daniels .
lo oo
Lawrence K. Munn
lo oo
Charles F. Bowker .
lo oo
Moses A. Noyes
lo oo
Addison Lane
lo oo
Edmund B. Little .
lo oo
William L. Pierce .
lo oo
Royal P. Barry
lo oo
Lewis H. Richardson
10 oo
Jabez G. Hayward .
10 oo
Francis Fountain .
lo oo
George Sargent
lo oo
Dexter Pratt .
lo oo
George C. Brown .
10 oo
Dr. Abel Astle
lo oo
citizens' recruiting fund.
91
George Lynde
10 00
Josiah H. Barker .
5 00
Martin B. Loring ,
5 00
J. T. Marcy .
5 00
George W, Fisher .
5 00
Albert A. Gould .
5 00
Benjamin R. Walker
5 00
Augustus Brooks .
5 00
William Finnegan .
•.
5 00
Dennis Finnegan ,
5 00
Joseph C. Bowker .
5 00
Emery Close .
5 00
Ansel B. Pierce
5 00
George Woodward .
5 00
John Hurley .
5 00
Edward Moore
5 00
Thomas Co whey
5 00
Thomas Freeman .
5 00
Solomon L. Howes
5 00
Paschal E. Burnham
5 00
John P. Buttrick .
5 00
E, B. Southwick
5 00
Henry Robinson
5 00
Charles F. Upham .
5 00
Jasper F. Ferdinand
5 00
John Gateley
5 00
Ai Rowe
5 00
Walter Murphy
5 00
Henry J. Robinson
5 00
Daniel Conway
5 00
Joel Snow
5 00
Carlon Buffum
5 00
Osmore Jenkins
5 00
92
THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
Robert Wheeler
William A. Lamson
Aaron Green .
Oliver T. Wentworth
Reuben T. Haley .
Nathaniel Howard ,
Samuel D. Blanchard
Total .
5
GO
5
GO
5
GO
3
OG
3
GG
3
GG
2
OG
$5,650 OG
With the above amount, so liberally contributed by our
citizens, the Recruiting Committee were enabled to obtain
all the men required to fill our several quotas, by adding
to the amount paid to each recruit by the Town, — one
hundred and twenty-five dollars (1^125), — whatever sum
was necessary ; the average cost of a recruit at this time,
in addition to the State and United States bounty,^ being
about two hundred and fifty dollars (1^250).
Very few of our own citizens enlisted during the last
■ year of the war, although quite a number that were already
in the service re-enlisted ; such re-enlistments counting on
our quotas the same as new enlistments.
The names of most of the recruits obtained by the
Committee, at various times and at various places, during
the last year of the rebellion, may be found in the alpha-
betical list at the end of the volume.
' Massachusetts paid no bounty until 1863; then $50 ; Oct. 17, 1863, it
was increased to $325. The United States paid $100 bounty until Oct. 17,
1863 ; then $300 to new recruits, and $400 to veterans until July 18, 1864 ;
afterwards $100, $200 and $300 to one, two and three years' volunteers.
VIII.
1864..
One Hundred Days' Men.
" All hail the Stars and Stripes ! " ^ the cry
From forest home to ocean shore,
Ten thousand times ten thousand hands
Are raised to free that flag once more.
To each proud heart new hope is sent,
To each strong arm new strength is given ;
And, raised aloft from every home,
The Stars and Stripes float nearer heaven.
George T. Brown.
In July, 1864, the Secretary of War made a tequisition
upon Massachusetts for five militia regiments, to serv^e
for the period of one hundred days, during the time the
re-enlisting troops were having their furloughs ; and, as
usual, the Old Bay State responded with alacrity, and
the regiments were recruited and equipped with all possi-
ble despatch.
These one hundred days' men were not to be credited
to the quota of Massachusetts, but it was conceded that
whoever should serve for this length of time should not be
liable to the draft then pending. Five thousand four hun-
* The last words of Luther C. Ladd, of the Sixth Regiment, who was
killed while marching through Baltimore, April 19, 1861.
94 THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
dred and sixty-one (5,461) men went forth from the State
under this call.
As heretofore, under the various demands made, Mel-
rose responded with its proportion of men, and sent a
few into four of the five regiments then raised, viz : The
Fifth, Sixth, Eighth and Sixtieth ; and their names are as
follows :
FIFTH REGIMENT.i
Co. K.
PRIVATE.
GROVER, W. W.
Mustered out with the regiment, Nov. 16, 1864.
SIXTH REGIMENT.2
Co. A.
LIEUTENANT.
CHIPMAN, GEORGE A.3
Mustered out with the regiment, Oct. 27, 1864
PRIVATES, •
BURNHAM, OLIVER R.
Mustered out Oct. 27, 1864.
' The Fifth Regiment was mustered into the service July 28, 1864, and
was stationed at Fort Marshall, near Baltimore, Md.
* The Sixth Regiment was mustered into the service July 20, 1864, and
was stationed at Arlington Heights, Va., and at Fort Delaware, Md., a depot
for Confederate prisoners.
■'' Also served nine months in Forty- Fifth Regiment in 1862-3 ; see chap. V.
EIGHTH REGIMENT. 9^
Mclaughlin, hiram.
Mustered out Oct. 27, 1864.
WAITT, JOHN R.
Mustered out Oct. 27, 1864.
WYMAN, GEORGE W.
Mustered out Oct. 27, 1864.
WYMAN, WESTON.
Mustered out Oct. 27, 1864.
Co. E.
PRIVATES.
PAGE, MOSES S.i
Mustered out Oct. 27, 1864.
SPAULDING, HENRY H.
Mustered out Oct. 27, 1864.
EIGHTH REGIMENT.2
SERGEANT-MAJOR.
TYLER, WILLIAM N?
Sergeant of Co. E at first ; promoted Sergeant-Major July
^ Acted as Postmaster of the regiment while at Arlington Heights, and
Assistant Postmaster and Inspector of Rebel correspondence at Fort Dela-
ware.
' The Eighth Regiment, — like the Fifth and Sixth, as stated on previous
pages, — was one of the three months' regiments that responded so quickly
when the first call for troops was made in April, 1861, and marched to
Washington by the way of Annapolis, Md., overcoming many obstacles.*
The Eighth was now mustered into service July 26, 1 864, and was stationed
at Baltimore and Cockeysville, Md.
"* Also served three months in the Fifth Regiment in 1861, and nine
months in the Fiftieth Regiment, in 1862-3, but on the South Reading quota.
* The National latelligencer said of it, the day after its arrival in Washington, " We
doubt whether anj other single regiment in the country could furnish such a ready contin-
gent to reconstruct a steam engine, lay a rail-track, and bend the sails of a man-of-war."
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19, 1864; mustered out with the regiment, Nov. 10,
1864.
Co. E.
CORPORAL.
SHELTON, ^THOMAS.i
Mustered out Nov. 10, 1864.
PRIVATES.
ANDERSON, JOHN H. L.
Mustered out Nov. 10, 1864.
LYALL, DAVID S.
Mustered out Nov. 10, 1864.
QUINN, PATRICK.
Mustered out Nov. 10, 1864.
PRATT, HENRY W.
Mustered out Nov. 10, 1864.
SIMONDS, JOSEPH W.2
Mustered out Nov. 10, 1864.
VINTON, EDWIN A.3
Mustered out Nov. 10, 1864.
VINTON, GRAY.
Mustered out Nov. 10, 1864.
' Also served nine months in Fiftieth Regiment, in 1862-3, see chap. V.
* Also served nine months in Forty-Fourth Regiment, in 1862-3, see
chap. V.
3 Also served nine months in Forty-Second Regiment, in 1862-3, see
chap. V.
NINETY DAYS MEN. (^J
SIXTIETH REGIMENT.i
Co. G.
PRIVATES.
PILLING, JAMES L.
Mustered out Nov. 30, 1864.
UPHAM, HENRY W.
Mustered out Nov. 30, 1864.
Ninety Days' Men.
Massachusetts also sent into the field this same year, —
1 864, — thirteen unattached companies of infantry, com-
prising twelve hundred and forty-seven (1,247) nien, to
serve for a period of ninety days ; and in the Seventh
Unattached Company,^ Captain Albert E. Proctor, Mel-
rose had seven (7) men, as follows :
lieutenant.
NICHOLS, GEORGE G.
Commissioned 1st Lieutenant May 6, 1864; mustered
out with the regiment, Aug. 4, 1864.^
corporal.
LYNDE, AMOS W.4
Mustered out Aug. 4, 1864.
' The Sixtieth Massachusetts Regiment was mustered in Aug. i, 1864,
and was stationed at Indianapolis, Ind.
* The Seventh Unattached Company was mustered into service May 4,
1864, and was stationed at Gallop's Island, Boston Harbor.
^ Also served nine months in Forty-Second Regiment, but on Boston's
quota. Re-commissioned in Fourth Heavy Artillery, see chap. VI.
* Also served nine months in the Forty-Second Regiment, in 1862-3, see
chap. V.
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WAGONER.
YORK, JOSIAH R.1
Mustered out Aug. 4, 1864.
PRIVATES.
DAVIS, JAMES L.J
Mustered out Aug. 4, 1 864.
EMERSON, JAMES G.»
Mustered out Aug. 4, 1864.
EMERSON, JOSEPH S.
Mustered out Aug. 4, 1864.
YORK, WILLIAM B.'
Mustered out Aug. 4, 1864.
One Year's Men.
Melrose had one man in the regiment, — the Sixty-First,
— which was also organized during this same year, —
1864, — to serve for a period of one year. It was mus-
tered into the service in October, and took part in the
various engagements before Petersburg.
Co. F.
private.
PEMBERTON, LEWIS E.
Mustered out Aug. 3, 1865.
' Also served nine months in the Forty-Second Regiment, in 1862-3, see
chap. V.
IX.
i86i-5-
Navy.
And is the old flag flying still,
That o'er your fathers flew,
With bands of white and rosy light.
And field of starry blue ?
Ay ! look aloft ! its folds full oft
Have braved the roaring blast,
And still shall fly when from the sky
This black typhoon has past !
Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Melrose was well represented in the naval service dur-
ing the great Rebellion. From the breaking out of the war
until April 13, 1865, Massachusetts furnished for the naval
and marine service twenty-six thousand three hundred and
ten (26,310) men. July 4, 1864, Congress passed an act
allowing all men in the naval service to be credited on
their proper quotas. Those whose place of residence
could be ascertained were assigned to their several cities
and towns. It was found that there were seven thousand
six hundred and five (7,605) men whose places of resi-
dence could not be ascertained ; and these, in September,
1864, were credited /w rata to the different towns and
cities of the Commonwealth. The number apportioned
to Melrose was twenty-eight (28), and their names are as
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follows. The name of the vessels on which a portion of
them served, or their location, is given in the alphabetical
list at the end of the volume.
Bosson, Samuel, Ward, Reuben D.,
Kingdom, John, Waters, Henry,
Kohler, Charles, Watts, Simon C,
Ludirzen, George S., ' Weeks, Seymour,
Lombard, Charles E., Weldon, George E.,
Lee, George E., Wharton, Joseph,
Lamb, John R., Wilbur, William H.,
Lange, Andrew, Wilkins, Charles B.,
Lafferty, James, Wilkinson, Robert,
Launzen, Christian, Williams, Charles J.,
Lane, John, Williams, George,
Lalley, Thomas J., Williams, Walter,
Lewis, Thomas, Wilson, Thomas E.,
Lemont, Henry, Woodman, Robert.
Those of our own citizens that served in the navy, at
different times and for different periods, are as follows :
BODWELL, DANIEL A.i
Enlisted in Marine Corps, U. S. Navy, Aug, 24, 1863 ;
served on gunboats " Augusta " and " Chicopee " ; was
in Farragut's victory in Mobile Bay, Aug. 5, 1864;
discharged Aug. 24, 1867,
DYER, N. MAYO.2
Appointed Acting Master's Mate, May 2, 1862, and
ordered to the Charlestown Navy Yard for instruction in
' Served a year in the Twenty-Second Massachusetts Regiment, see
chap. IIL
* Served a year in the Thirteenth Massachusetts Regiment, see chap. IL
N. MAYO dyer's SERVICE. lOl
gunnery, etc. July 7, ordered to the U. S. S. " R. R.
Cuyler," Lieutenant Commanding Francis Winslow, and
on the 29th July sailed for the East Gulf Squadron, touch-
ing at Nassau, where the Confederate steamer " Florida "
— then called the " Oreto " — was lying, and under Eng-
lish colors. Cruised off that port for several days, until
compelled to visit Key West for coal, and repairs to
machinery. Sailed from Key West Aug. 21, for Nassau.
" Oreto " had left that port, and on the 4th of September
she entered Mobile Bay. Yellow fever broke out on
board, and the surgeon, executive and commanding offi-
cers being sick, Aug. 26th the " Cuyler " started for New
York. Aug. 27th, Dyer was placed in charge of the prize
schooner " Anna Sophia," captured that day, and ordered
to New York, where he arrived Sept. ist. Rejoined the
" R. R. Cuyler" at Portsmouth, N. H., Sept. 10, Captain
Winslow and Lieutenant Phillips having died during his
absence.
Oct. 7, the " Cuyler " sailed from Portsmouth, — Lieu-
tenant Commander Homer C. Blake in command, — for
the West Gulf Squadron, via Key West, arriving at Pen-
sacola, Fla., Oct. 20, joining the blockading fleet off
Mobile the 27th. On the escape of the " Oreto " from
Mobile in January, 1863, the "Cuyler" started in chase,
and cruised about the West Indies for two months in
search of her, returning off Mobile the middle of March.
On the night of May 17, in charge of a boat's crew,
Dyer boarded and captured the rebel schooner " Isabel "
ashore under Fort Morgan, setting fire to her and bring-
ing off her crew and papers.^ May 20, 1863, he was pro-
moted, by Admiral Farragut, to Acting Ensign, subject
' For Lieutenant Dyer's own account of this daring exploit, see chap. XVI.
102 THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
to the approval of the Navy Department. May 30,
ordered to the command of the steamer " Eugenie," and
remained on blockade duty, with occasional trips to New
Orleans, until the latter part of November ; Sept. 12, cap-
turing the blockade runner " Alabama," and being under
fire of Forts Morgan and Gaines several times, — receiv-
ing a shell from Fort Morgan through the pilot house on
one occasion, slightly wounding him in the hand.
During the winter of 1863-4 he was on duty in the
Mississippi River, excepting one expedition to the Mer-
mantau River, — coast of Louisiana, — resulting in the
capture of a schooner and sloop, and their destruction,
bringing off nine prisoners and valuable papers ; for which
he was promoted, in July, to Acting Master by the Navy
'Department, to date from Jan. 1 2, 1 864. His health being
poor at this time, he obtained permission to return North
for two months ; but on arriving at New Orleans, and
learning that the attack on the defences of Mobile Bay
would probably take place before the expiration of his fur-
lough, he returned off Mobile and applied for orders to
some vessel assigned for the attack.
July 19, he was ordered to the steamer " Metacomet,"
Lieutenant Commander James E. Jouett, which vessel on
the 5 th of August was the consort of the flag-ship " Hart-
ford," — Rear Admiral Farragut, — leading the line past
the rebel works into Mobile Bay, and to the attack of the
rebel fleet inside. The rebel steamer " Selma " struck to
the " Metacomet," and Dyer was placed in charge pro
tempore} August 26, the rebel defences of the bay hav-
ing all surrendered, he accepted leave and returned North.
Rejoined the squadron Oct, 29, when he was ordered to
' For Lieutenant Dyer's account of this fight, see chap. XVI.
N. MAYO dyer's SERVICE. IO3
the flag-ship " Hartford." Nov. 30, he was ordered to the
command of U. S. S. " Rodolph," and to duty in Missis-
sippi Sound, co-operating with the land forces under
General Granger. The " Rodolph " was destroyed by a
torpedo in Blakely River, in the approach upon Mobile,
April I, 1865,^ from which time until May 10 he was
engaged upon special duty connected with the clearing of
torpedoes from Mobile Bay and Channel.
April 22, 1865, he was promoted Acting Volunteer
Lieutenant. May 10, upon the surrender of the rebel
fleet to the forces under Rear Admiral Thacher, he was
given command of the late rebel steamer " Morgan." In
June, detached and placed in command of the " Elk," and
July 12, placed in command of the U. S. S. "Stockdale,"
and ordered to Mississippi Sound. The " Stockdale "
being sold, Sept. 4, he was ordered to the U. S. S.
" Moharka " as Executive Officer. Oct. 8, detached and
placed in command of the U. S. S. " Glasgow," temporary
flag-ship of Rear Admiral Thacher.
In April, 1866, received permission to return North,
and May 19, was ordered to special duty in the Bureau of
Navigation, Navy Department, Washington, D. C.
* "On this day, April i, 1865, another vessel was sunk by a torpedo. At
I, P. M., the tin-clad steamer ' Rodolph,' Acting Master N. M. Dyer, in
obedience to signal from flagship, weighed anchor, passed within hail, and,
receiving orders to take a barge alongside containing apparatus for raising
the ' Milwaukie,' proceeded with it inside the Blakely bar. The * Rodolph '
crossed the bar, and was standing up toward the wreck of the ' Milwaukie,'
when, at 2.40, P. M., being directly between the ' Chickasaw ' and ' Winne-
bago,' she exploded a torpedo under her starboard bow, and rapidly sank in
twelve feet of water. It appeared that a hole had been made in her ten feet
in diameter. By this casualty four of her crew were killed and seven
wounded, of whom five were colored men " — History of the Campaign of
Mobile, by Brevet Major- General C. C. Andrews.
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March 12, 1868, he was commissioned a Lieutenant in
the regular service, and is now on duty in the Pacific
Squadron.
EARL, WILLIAM H.i
Transferred from the Thirty-Ninth M.assachusetts Regi-
ment, April 21, 1864; served on gunboat "Mendota" ;
discharged June 12, 1865.
FULLER, WILLIAM A.
Appointed Acting Third Assistant Engineer, March 23,
1864; assigned to gunboat "Fort Donelson"; dis-
charged Dec. 18, 1865.
HAMMOND, GEORGE.
Transferred from the Third Heavy Artillery, June 29,
1864 ; served on gunboat "Juniata" ; was in the attacks
on "Fort Fisher," Dec, 24-25, 1864, and Jan. 13, 14,
15, 1865 ; afterwards in North and South Atlantic Block-
ading Squadrons; discharged 1865.
HARVEY, FRANKLIN.
Enlisted Dec. 19, 1861 ; served two years on gunboat
" Miami " ; was in the attack on Forts " St. Philip " and
" Jackson," April 15-23, 1862, under Admiral Farragut ;
discharged Dec, 21, 1863.
MACEY, JOHN S.2
Enlisted Nov, 15, 1863; served one year on gunboat
"Phillippi" ; discharged Dec. i, 1864.
* Served on U. S. frigate "Sabine" six months, in 1861-2,
* Served previously in the Seventeenth Regiment Massachusetts Volun-
teers, see chap. III.
Ol'R MEN IN THE NAVY. IO5
MARTIN, JEREMIAH, JR.
Appointed Paymaster's Clerk, on U. S. S. "Tritonia,"
Dec. 19, 1864 ; transferred to U. S. ship "J. C. Kuhn,"
July 3, 1865 ; discharged Sept. 14, 1865.
McLaughlin, frank m.
Enhsted March 27, 1865 ; served three years and a half
on gunboats " Kearsarge," " Mohican," and " Mohongo,"
as Ship's Yeoman ; discharged Aug. 29, 1 868.
MITCHELL, GEORGE.
Enlisted Feb. 15, 1862; served three years on gunboats
" Tioga," " Sonoma," and " Britannia " ; was in attack
on "Fort Fisher," Dec. 24-25, 1864; discharged Feb.
15, 1865.
NICHOLS, SMITH W., JR.i
At the opening of the Rebellion, assigned as Midshipman
to the U. S. frigate " Wabash " ; at home on leave of
absence, on account of sickness, two or three months
during the summer of 1861 ; after which appointed
Assistant Instructor on the U. S. Receiving Ship
"Ohio" ; Aug. i, 1862, appointed Lieutenant by Presi-
dent Lincoln; commissioned Feb. 21, 1863; appointed
Executive Officer of U. S. Sloop " Macedonian " in
latter part of 1862; transferred to Schoolship "Sa-
vannah," at New York, in spring of 1863, where he
remained until ordered to the U. S. Steam-sloop " Shen-
• Appointed Acting Midshipman in the United States navy, .Sept. 27, 1858,
on the recommendation of Hon. D. \V. Gooch. Entered the Naval Acade-
my at Annapolis, Md. In the monthly report for December, i86o, he is
spoken of by the Superintendent, G. S. Blake, as a " correct and promising
young gentleman."
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106 THE MELROSE MEMORIAL,
andoah " ; was Executive Officer of the " Shenandoah "
during the attacks on "Fort Fisher," Dec. 24-25, 1864,
and Jan. 13, 14, 15, 1865.^ After the fall of "Fort
' Captain Daniel B. Ridgely, commanding the " Shenandoah " during
these attacks, on " Fort Fisher," thus mentions Lieutenant Nichols in his
reports. Under date "Off Beaufort, N. C, December 31, 1864," referring
to the first attack, he says :
" It affords me much gratification to speak of the cool bearing of Lieutenant S. W. Nich-
ols, the Executive Officer, and other officers, and the crew of this ship, during the two days'
bombardment."
After the second attack, under date "Off Fort Fisher, January 17, 1865,"
in his detailed report he says :
* * * " At 9.48, A. M., sent the first and second launches and first cutter with the storming
party, consisting of fifty-four men and fourteen marines, under command of Lieutenant S. W.
Nichols, the Executive Officer, Ensign Sands, and Boatswain J. H. PoUey. * * * I enclose
Lieutenant Nichols' report of the storming party from this ship, which will speak for itself. I
take great pleasur* in bearing testimony to the cool bearing of Lieutenant Nichols, the Exec-
utive Officer, and the other officers and crew of this ship during the bombardment.
I am, very respectfully.
Your obedient servant,
Daniel B. Ridgely, Captain."
Rkar-Admiral David D. Porter,
Commanding North Atlantic Squadron.
The following is the report of Lieutenant Nichols referred to by Captain
Ridgely :
United States Steamer Shenandoah, )
Off Nhw Lvlet, N. C, Jan. 17, 1865. )
Sir : — I have the honor to report, that on leaving this ship on the morning of the isth
instant, in charge of assaulting party of this ship, consisting of fifty-four men and a sergeant's
guard of marines, with Ensign J. H. Sands and Boatswain J H. Policy, I passed within
hail of the " Malvern," and was there ordered to Lieutenant Commander Breese, on shore.
Arrived on shore, leaving two men as boat-keepers in each of the three boats, reported to
Lieutenant Commander Breese, and was by him placed in the third division, under command
of Lieutenant Commander Selfridge. The marines were ordered elsewhere. On the charge
our men were orderly ; kept together ; did not drop, except when ordered to do so, and
when the stockade in front of the fort was reached, were among the foremost, and were
among the last to fall back Robert Esler, second-class fireman, remained with me and
other officers and men behind the stockade until dark, when we all succeeded in getting
away.
I found that marines, Charles Smith, Adolph Burton, Wilmer D. Lyne, James Whyte,
Thomas S. Brown, all of this ship, had remained near Fort Fisher until dark, not having
fallen back with their own line. On arriving down the beach, I found that Ensign Sands
and Boatswain PoUey had rallied all the men of this ship duriu? the retreat, had found all
OUR MEN IN THE NAVY. lO
Fisher," ordered in the iron-clad " Passaic " to Philadel-
phia ; at close of war ordered home, waiting orders.
The latter part of 1865, again ordered to the U. S.
Steamer " Shenandoah," one of the fleet belonging to
the Asiatic Squadron, commanded by Rear Admiral H.
H. Bell, where he now is. Promoted Lieutenant Com-
mander, July 25, 1866.
PERKINS, JAMES F.
Appointed Acting Ensign Nov. 14, 1862 ; assigned to U.
S. S. " Tritonia," " Barrataria," " Horace Beals," and
" Portsmouth " ; was in Farragut's victory at Forts " St,
Philip " and " Jackson," and " Siege of Vicksburg " ;
discharged Sept. 20, 1865.1
' For form of discharge papers, see Appendix I.
the wounded of our own men, seven in number, and had sent them on board and rendered
good service to other wounded men of the assaulting party. Our men here maintained the
sailor discipline, obeying their officers cheerfully, ready and willing to do whatever was
required of them. None left the shore except those ordered to take off the wounded. En-
sign Sands and Boatswain PoUey deserve the highest praise for the zeal and energy shown
throughout. At night the sailors and marines relieved the garrison at army headquarters.
On being relieved in the morning, was ordered up the beach to bury the dead. Arriving
there and finding the burial party of sufficient force, returned to the boats, thence to the ship.
I am happy to state that none of our men were killed, and that the color-bearers, two in
number, returned each with his flag.
In conclusion, sir, I would beg leave to state that all of our men behaved in such a gallant
manner that I would consider it invidious to make any distinction. Each and all deserve the
highest commendation for their coolness and courage under the most trying circumstances,
and fully sustained the hard-earned reputation of the American sailor.
I am, sir, very respectfully.
Your obedient servant.
Smith W. Nichols, Jr.
Lieutenant U. S, Navy-
Captain D. B. Ridgely,
Commanding " Shenandoah."
Forwarded.
Daniel B. Ridgely,
Captain U. S, N.
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SMALL, EDWARD A.
Appointed Acting Ensign June i6, 1862; ordered to
U. S. S. " Cambridge " in North Atlantic Squadron ;
detached Oct. 1 7, 1 864, and ordered to Frigate " Wa-
bash " ; was in the attacks on " Fort Fisher," Dec.
24, 25, 1864, and Jan. 13-15, 1865 ; promoted Acting
Master Feb. 22, 1865 ; ordered on special duty until
May 15, 1865, and then to the ship "New Hampshire,"
in the South Atlantic Squadron.; discharged Oct. 14,
1865.
The good ship Union's voyage is o'er,
At anchor safe she swings,
And loud and clear, with cheer on cheer
Her joyous welcome rings :
Hurrah ! Hurrah ! it shakes the wave.
It thunders on the shore, —
One flag, one land, one heart, one hand,
One Nation, evermore ! "
X.
i863.
The Draft.
Strike for tliat broad and goodly land,
Blow after blow, till men shall see
That Might and Right move hand in hand.
And glorious must their triumph be.
William Cullen Bryant,
The Act of Congress for " enrolling and calling out the
national forces, and for other purposes," was approved
March 3, 1863. The main objects of this law wei^ to
enroll and hold liable to military duty all citizens capable
of bearing arms not exempted therefrom by its provisions,
to call forth the national forces when required, and to
arrest deserters and return them to their proper com-
mands.
The original act required the enrollment to be com-
posed of two classes : the first comprising all persons
subject to do military duty between the ages of twenty
and thirty-five years, and all unmarried persons subject to
military duty above the age of thirty-five and under the
age of forty-five ; the second, comprising all other persons
subject to military duty, that is, all married persons be-
tween thirty-five and forty-five years of age, who fulfilled
the required conditions. The law provided that the sec-
ond class should not be called out in any district until the
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Ik
first class was exhausted. This distinction of classes was
abolished Feb. 24, 1864, and all persons liable to military
duty consolidated into one and the same class.
Under this law, and by direction of Provost-Marshal
General James B. Fry, four drafts were made throughout
the loyal States during the Rebellion. The first com-
menced about the ist of July, 1863, and was for one-fifth
of the persons enrolled in the first class. The second
commenced about the 15 th of April, 1864, and was for
deficiencies under calls for seven hundred thousand (700,-
000) volunteers. The third commenced about the 19th of
September, 1864, for deficiencies under call of July 18,
1864, for five hundred thousand (500,000) volunteers. The
fourth commenced about the 20th of February, 1865, for
deficiencies under call of Dec. 19, 1864, for three hundred
thousand (300,000) volunteers.
The whole number of persons drawn, in the United
States, during the first draft, was . . 292,441
Failed to report . . . . . 39,415
Discharged for various causes . . 460
39.875
252,566
Whole number exempted . . 164,395
Held to personal service ... 9,881
Furnished substitutes .... 26,002
Paid commutation 52,288
5,171
U71
z,oou
29,191
22,559
8o7
6,832
2,322
3703
6,832
THE FIRST DRAFT. Ill
The whole number of persons drawn in Massachusetts
during this draft was .... 32,077
Failed to report 2,880
Discharged for various causes . . 6
Whole number exempted
Held to personal service
Furnished substitutes
Paid commutation .
The whole number of persons drawn in this District, —
the Sixth, — during this draft was . . . 2,712
Failed to report ...... 167
Total number exempted .
Held to personal service
Furnished substitutes ....
Paid commutation . . .
— ^ 397
Captain H. G. Herrick, of Saugus, was appointed Pro-
vost-Marshal for this District, and his headquarters were
at Lawrence ; and on the days of drafting, busy and inter-
esting scenes were presented at his office, there being a
great desire manifested during the progress of the draft,
to witness the operation, and to ascertain who were the
unlucky ones whose names should be taken from the
wheel of, — 7iot fortune, but, to them, of wzlsfortune. The
drafting in this District commenced July 9th, and Melrose,
2,545
2,148
52
397
102
243
112 THE MELROSE MEMORIAL. '
— Sub-District No. 9, — was reached July 13th. Forty-
nine (49) names were drawn from the wheels The provi-
sions of the act were such that any person drafted, if found
acceptable, could be exempted from service by furnishing
a substitute, or paying three hundred dollars (^300) com-
mutation.
The following is a list of the drafted persons, giving
those who furnished substitutes, those who paid commu-
tation, those who failed to report, and those who were
exempted for various causes. No one was drafted and
accepted from our town who served in person.
Furnished substitutes :
Jonathan C. Howes,
Henry W. Barrett,
George W. Emerson.
Paid commutation : 2
William F. Gordon,
Joseph A. Fairbanks,
Osgood W. Upham,^
Charles Robbins.
Exempted because only son of a widow, liable to mili-
tary duty :
Nathaniel J. Bartlett,
William Donalavy.^
* The whole number in enrolled men of Melrose liable to do military
duty, as returned by the assessors in May of each year of the war, was as
follows: In 1861,366; 1862,440; 1863,368; 1864.359; 1865,365.
* The amount of commutation money paid at this time, in Massachusetts,
was $1,110,900 by 3,703 men; and d iring the war, $1,610,400 by 5,318
m^n. The amount paid during the war, throughout the loyal States, was
$26,366,316.78, paid by 87.874 men.
' For form of certificate of exemption, see Appendix E.
* Afterwards entered the marine service for five years, but not on the
quota of Melrose.
OUR DRAFTED MEN. 1 13
Exempted because had two brothers then in United
States' service :
Richard H. Shelton,
Stephen W. Shelton.
Exempted because over thirty-five, and married :
William H. Stone.
Exempted because not naturalized :
James Astle.
Exempted for disability :
Charles E. Keith,
Joseph Goodwin,
Curtis S. Gordon,
Daniel L. Chase,
Frederick W. A. Rankin, Jr.,
William Cook, i
Jonathan Barrett,
James W. Dodge,
Elbridge H. Goss,
Lucius L. D. Porter,
William F. Morse,
Charles A. Waite,
Moses S. Page,
Lewis H. Richardson,
Albert F. Shelton,^
Andrew P. Trott,
Oren Brown,
Leander T. Freeman,
Theodore L. Knowles,
Walter Babb,
* Was discharged Dec. 23, 1862, from the Thirteenth Regiment on
account of wound received at " Battle of Antietani," Sept. 17, 1862.
15
114
THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
Charles H. Blaisdell,
Edmund W. Davis/
John H. B. Henderson,
William A. Fuller,
Oren H. Peck,
William Morse,
Joseph S. Emerson,
John L, Allen,
John Thompson,^
Joshua Emery, Jr.,
John H. Crocker,^
Bradford Edmands.
Failed to report :
Augustus L. Cheever,"*
George W. Grover, Jr.,*
Edward Finnegan,
George Hammond.*
Whole number drawn ....
49
Furnished substitutes . . . . .
3
Paid commutation
4
Failed to report
4
Exempted for disability ....
32
Exempted for other causes ....
6
— 49
' Was discharged Oct. 20, 1862, from the Twenty-Second Regiment on
account of disability.
* Afterwards entered the navy, but not on quota of Melrose.
' Was discharged Dec. 30, 1862, from the Thirteenth Regiment on account
of disabil'ty.
■* Enlisted in Third Heavy Artillery, July 15, 1863, two days after the draft.
* Enlisted in Third Heavy Artillery, July 25, 1863, twelve days after the
draft.
OUR DRAFT CELEBRATION. 1 I5
There were three Shelton families in our town at the
time of the draft, in one of which were five brothers ;
three of these brothers were drafted, one of whom had
been in the service. The other two brothers were then in
the service.
The Boston Journal of July 14th, — the next day after
the draft, — contained the following item :
MELROSE.
Celebrating the Draft.
The drafted men of this quiet village had a jolly time of it
last evening. A party of them arrayed in fantastic uniforms,
and with strange weapons, with an American flag, a drum,
horns, tin pans, and other musical instruments, made a tour of
the town, calling on all their fortunate compatriots, and some-
what in this way : The procession halts in front of a residence
where the lights are low, and a passer-by would know that some-
body there had been drafted. The commander shouts in a
stentorian voice, " Conscript So-and-SQ, you're wanted ! Ten
days is played out ; five minutes is the word. Conscript, come
forth ! "
A provost guard forthwith wait upon the honored personage,
and he is placed, with cheers and congratulations, in the pro-
cession, which, amid the clamor of unheard of music, moves on
to the residence of the next fortunate man. There was no es-
caping this conscription. Every man had to take his place, and
everybody seemed to enjoy the fun. At a late hour the melan-
choly horns were moaning in the suburbs ; and there was a gen-
eral impression with the citizens, as they retired to rest, that it
was rather a jolly thing, than otherwise, to be drafted.
1864.
Calls for five hundred thousand (500,000) men were
ii6
THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
made Oct. 17, 1863, and Feb. i, 1864, and our quota
assigned by Provost-Marshal Herrick.^
The second draft was made, under the call of March
14th, 1864, and resulted as follows :
The whole number of persons drawn throughout the
United States, during this draft, was . 1 1 3,446
Failed to report 27,193
Discharged for various causes . . 1,296
28,489
84,957
Whole number exempted . . 39>952
Held to personal service . . . 3,416
Furnished substitutes . . . .8,911
Paid commutation 32,678
45>oo5
45.005
* Provost-Marshal's Office, \
6th District, Mass., \
Lawrence, Feb. 16, 1864. )
Co/, y. H. Clark, Melrose, Mass. :
Dear Sir : — The quota of Melrose, exclusive of any deductions, under the
" call for 500,000 men, and to make up deficiencies," is 50.
From this is to be deducted the number of men enlisted and mustered, not
heretofore credited, and also 4 men drafted and commuted for, and 3 fur-
nished substitutes.
You will be credited for all men who shall have enlisted from your town,
and who shall have been duly mustered, up to and including Feb. 29.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
H. G. Herrick,
Capt. and Pro. -Mar. 6tk Dist. Mass.
THE SECOND DRAFT. 11 J
The whole number of persons drawn in Massachusetts
during this draft was . . .
Failed to report
Discharged for various causes
2,287
44
9,505
2.331
105
743
1,615
Whole number exempted
7,174
4,711
Held to personal service
Furnished substitutes ....
Paid commutation ....
2,463
The whole number of persons drawn in
during this draft, was ....
Whole number exempted
Held to personal service
Furnished substitutes . , .
Paid commutation .....
this District,!
350
273
77
. 2
. 19
. 56
77
The draft in this District commenced on the 14th of
May, and, on the 17th, the following names were drawn
• Our quota was as follows :
Provost-Marshal's Office,
6th Dist. Mass.,
Lawrence, March 25, 1864.
Sir: — The Quoia of your Town, under the President's call of March 14,
1864, for 200,000 men, will be as follows : Sub-Dist. No. 9, . . 19 men.
By order of Board of Enrollment, 6th Dist. Mass.,
S. W, HOPKINSON,
Commissioner.
Chairman Selecfmen of Melrose.
Il8 THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
for Melrose ; but as there was no deficiency at this time,
all the quotas of our town having been filled, the drafted
persons were not required to appear for examination,^
Four of the citizens that were drafted in 1 863 were also
drafted at this time.
John Thompson,
William Donalavy,
Samuel A. Robinson,
Joseph Goodwin,
Alonzo Patterson,
William F. Paul,
William A. Fuller,^
George W. Farnsworth,
William Clark,
Augustus Ripley,
Lyell T. Terwillager,
Jarvis P. Hudson,
James Biffin,
John Perkins, Jr.,
Fernando C. Taylor,
Timothy Upham,
David A. Alden,
John H. L. Anderson,
Gardner Wheeler,
' ' Provost-Marshal's Office,
6th District, Mass.,
Lawrence, May 31, 1864.
Col. y. ff. Clark, Melrose, Mass. :
The deficiency of Melrose is ' full, as appears from a list of Supplemen-
tary Credits furnished this morning by Major Clarke. The drafted men
need not appear. You are authorized to so notify them.
Very respectfully,
H. G. Herrick.
Capf. and Pro.- Mar., 6th Dist. Mats.
• Was then in the navy, Acting Third Assistant Engineer.
THIRD AND FOURTH DRAFTS. IIC)
Sylvanus Magoon,
Joseph Holbrook,
Edward B. Newhall,
Thomas Hawkins,
Daniel R. Woodward.
On the third and fourth drafts, there were no names
drawn in Massachusetts, her quotas being more than full.
The following is the general result of those drafts :
Whole number of persons drawn under the call of July
1 8, 1864, was 231,918
Failed to report 66,159
Discharged for various causes . . 27,223
93,382
138,536
Whole number of exemptions . . 82,531
56,005
Held to personal service . . . 26,205
Furnished substitutes .... 28,502
Paid commutation . . . . . 1,298
56,005
Whole number of persons drawn under the call of Dec.
19, 1864, was 139,024
Failed to report 28,477
Discharged for various causes . . 64,419
92,896
46,128
Whole number exempted . . 28,631
Held to personal service . . . 6,845
Furnished substitutes . . . .10,192
Paid commutation .... 460
17,497
17,497
120 THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
SUBSTITUTES
FOR
Enrolled Men.
During the year 1864, an arrangement was made, by
which any person liable to do military duty could, in
anticipation of the draft then pending, furnish a substi-
tute. Four of our citizens availed themselves of this
privilege, paying for their substitutes sums ranging from
five hundred and seventy-five to seven hundred dollars.^
In this manner men were added to our forces in the field,
and our quota was reduced to an equal extent.
The following are the names of those who thus fur-
nished substitutes, and also the names and reputed resi-
dence of their respective substitutes :
Enrolled Men. Substitutes. Residence.
George Emerson, 2d, Samuel Wilson, Nova Scotia.^
George W. Heath, William Beamen, "
James O. Lynde, John H. Reynard, Canada.
Daniel W. Wilcox, Andrew Tyrill, Nova Scotia.
1 The prices demanded for substitutes during the rebellion differed some-
what from those paid in former wars, as will be seen by the following
receipts, — the original of which are now in possession of our townsman,
Mr. Artemas Barrett. The substitutes in each case were for citizens of
North Maiden, — now Melrose, — and one of these citizens was the grand-
father of Mr. Barrett.
January 13, 1761.
Received of Phinehas Sprague june'r. eight Pounds lawful money it being for my going a
Solger to forte Cumberland and I had a promes not of Six Pounds be fore.
Pr, me John Batts.
Cambridge, August 17, 1781.
Rec'd of Mr. Joseph Barrett the sum of Twelve Pounds Solid Coine in full of all accounts
Debts Dues and Demands against Mr. Joseph Lyonde (Lynde) or Mr. Joseph Barretts. Class
for Procuring a man for three years service in the Army. Reed by me Bknj Perkins.
* For form of certificates given in such cases, see appendix F.
representative recruits. i2l
Representative Recruits.
During the latter part of the year 1 864, Massachusetts
and some of the other loyal States sent recruiting agents
into the rebellious States, at points occupied by our forces,
for the purpose of enlisting colored volunteers, under the
Act of Congress approved July 4th, 1864.
An arrangement was also made by which any person
not liable to be drafted into the military service of the
United States, by reason of age or disability, could de-
posit with the Treasurer of the State in which such per-
son resided, the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dol-
lars (^125), and be assigned one of the volunteers thus
enlisted, such volunteer to be called a " Representative
Recruit." The recruits thus obtained, and not assigned
as " Representative Recruits," were apportioned among
the various towns and cities of the Commonwealth for
which the enlistments were made.
The whole number of volunteers secured by these
agents was two thousand four hundred and eighteen
(2,418) ; of which number Massachusetts enlisted twelve
hundred and fifty-seven (1,257).
The whole number of " Representative Recruits " as-
signed to different individuals in all the States was twelve
hundred ninety-two (1,292), of which number Massachu-
setts furnished five hundred and fifty-three (553).
Three citizens of our town availed themselves of this
privilege of putting into the service a " Representative
Recruit," receiving from the State a certificate signed by
the Governor, John A. Andrew, and the Provost-Marshal
of the State, Joseph M. Day, giving the names of the
"sable volunteers" thus assigned them.^
' For form of receipt and certificate given, see appendix G.
16
122 THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
The names of these three gentlemen were :
David Fairbanks,
Daniel Russell,
Dexter Bryant.
The names of their representatives were, respectively :
Samuel Harris, enlisted at Natchez, Mississippi, in the
Seventy-First United States Colored Infantry ; Davis
Jones, enlisted at Washington, Louisiana, in the Fifty-
Eighth United States Colored Infantry ; William Parsons
enlisted in Tennessee, in the Fiftieth United States Col-
ored Infantry.
It was afterwards ascertained that the cost of these
" Representative Recruits " was only about one hundred
dollars (;^ioo); and by permission of the depositors, the
balance of the sum deposited, twenty-five dollars (^25),
.was transferred to the hands of Surgeon-General Dale, to
be appropriated for the benefit of discharged disabled Mas-
sachusetts soldiers, or their families. An acknowledg-
ment of the receipt of this sum was given by the Surgeon-
General to each depositor. In this manner the sum of ten
thousand six hundred and ninety dollars ($10,690) was
added to the fund for the relief of sick and disabled
soldiers.
XI.
i86i-5.
Our native land ! to thee,
In one united vow,
To keep thee strong and free,
And glorious as now —
We pledge each heart and hand ;
By the blood our fathers shed,
By the ashes of our dead.
By the sacred soil we tread !
God for our native land !
George W. Bethune.
The whole number of men furnished by the State of
Massachusetts during the war, for the service of the
United States, for the several terms of service, of all arms,
and including both army and navy, was one hundred and
fifty-nine thousand, one hundred and sixty-five (159,165).
The following table, from the Report of the Adjutant-
General for the year 1865, gives the number of men thus
furnished more iri detail :
Organizations, Terms, etc Number. Aggregate.
THREE months' SERVICE, 1 86 1.
Four (4) Regiments, Infantry,
One (i) Battalion, Riflemen,
One (i) Battery, Light Artillery, 3>736
THREE years' MEN IN THE ARMY.
Forty (40) Regiments, Infantry,
Five (5) Regiments, Cavalry,
124 "^^^ MELROSE MEMO IIAL.
Three (3) Regiments, Heavy Artillery,
One (i) Battalion, Heavy Artillery,
Two (2) Companies, Sharpshooters,
Sixteen (16) Batteries, Light Artillery, 54j187
Recruits, including drafted men, for above
organizations, 26,091*
Men for Regular Army, Veteran Reserve
Corps, and other organizations, 9)79°
Re-enlistments in the State organizations, 6,202
96,270
ONE year's men in THE ARMY.
Two (2) Regiments, Infantry,
Two (2) Unattached Companies, Infantry,
One (i) Regiment, Heavy Artillery,
Eight (8) Un. Companies, Heavy Artillery,
Seven (7) Companies, Cavalry, 4,728
nine months' men.
Seventeen (17) Regiments, Infantry, 16,685
ONE hundred days' MEN.
Five (5) Regiments, Infantry,
Nine (9) Un. Companies, Infantry, 5,461
NINETY days' MEN.
Thirteen (13) Un. Companies, Infantry, * ' 1,209
MEN IN THE NAVY.
Number for One Year, 8,074
Number for Two Years, 3,204
Number for Three Years, 13,929
Number, term not given, 956
26,163
Number enlisted from Dec. j, 1864, up to
and including August, 1865, viz :
White Volunteers, . 2,741
Colored Volunteers, 1,308
Regulars, 432
Seamen, 154
Marines, 12
Veteran Reserve Corps, 266
4,913
Total, 159,165
NUMBER OF MEN FURNISHED. 1 25
Of the enlisted men, of whom muster-out rolls have
been received at the Adjutant-General's office, twelve
thousand, eight hundred and twenty-six (12,826) were
killed, or died in service. Three thousand two hundred
and seventy-eight (3,278) were killed on the battlefield,
eighteen hundred and twenty-two (1,822) died of wounds,
fifty-five hundred and ninety-four (5,594) died of disease,
and twenty-one hundred and thirty-two (2,132) died in
rebel prisons.
The whole number of commissioned officers furnished
by Massachusetts during the war was fifty-eight hundred
and sixty-nine (5,869), four hundred and thirty-two (432)
of whom laid down their lives for their country, most of
them on the field of battle. Two hundred and sixty (260)
were killed, one hundred and four (104) died of wounds,
seventy-five (75) died of disease, and three (3) died in rebel
prisons. The above figures show that two thousand three
hundred and forty (2,340) mor-e men died of disease and
in rebel prisons than were killed or died of wounds.
Of the thirty-five (35) general officers furnished by
Massachusetts, nine (9) have been killed or fatally wound-
ed in action, and sixteen (16) who have fallen in battle
survive their wounds. Only ten (10) have escaped injury.
The whole number of men furnished by Melrose for the
war, for the several terms of service, of all arms, including
both army and navy, and including the eight (8) citizens
that enlisted on other quotas, was four hundred and fifty-
four (454). Of these, twenty-one (21) enlisted men lost
their lives ; five (5) were killed on the battle-field, one (i)
was accidentally shot, thirteen (13) died of disease con-
tracted in the service, and two (2) died in rebel prisons.
The number of commissioned officers furnished by
Melrose was eighteen (18) ; two (2) of whom lost their
126 THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
lives, one (i) on the field of battle, and one (i) died of dis-
ease contracted in the service.
The whole number of men apportioned to Massachu-
setts, under the several calls for troops during the war,
was one hundred and seventeen thousand, six hundred
and twenty-four (i 17,624), The number furnished, reduc-
ing all the different times of service to the standard of
three years, was one hundred thirty-one thousand, one
hundred and sixteen (131,116) men, which shows a sur-
plus of thirteen thousand, four hundred ninety-two (13,-
492.)
All of the three hundred and thirty-five cities and towns
in the Commonwealth, with the exception of twelve small
towns, furnished a surplus of men ; and it is a source of
great satisfaction to be able to say, that when the rebel-
lion closed, Melrose, one of the youngest towns in the
State,^ had a surplus, according to a communication from
' Melrose was incorporated May 3d, 1850. It was formerly the northern
part of Maiden, one of the oldest towns in the State, having been set off as
a town in 1649. Captain Edward Johnson, of Woburn, in his " Wonder-
Working Providence of Sions Saviour in New England," published in Lon-
don in 1654, — and recently re-printed in very fine style, with a learned
historical Introduction and an Index, by our townsman, Mr. William F.
Poole, — says that Maiden was settled " by certain persons, who issued out
of Charles Town, and indeed had her whole structure within the bounds of
this more elder Town, being severed by the broad spreading river of Mistick
the one from the other, whose troublesome passage caused the people on the
North side of the river to plead for Town-priviledges within themselves,
which accordingly was granted them ; the soyl is very fertile, but they are
much straitened in their bounds, yet their neerness to the chief Market
Towns, makes it the more comfortable for habitation ; the people gathered
into a Church some distance of time before they could attain to any Church-
Officer to administer the Seals unto them, yet in the mean time at their Sab-
bath assemblies they had a godly Christian named M. Sarjant, who did
preach the Word unto them, and afterwards they were supplied at times with
SURPLUS OF MELROSE. 12']
the District Provost-Marshal, H. G. Herrick, of seventy-
four (74) men ' over and above all the different quotas
* Provost-Marshal's Office, ^
6th District, Mass., >
Lawrence, December 31, 1864.)
This is to certify that, as appears by the records of this office, the surplus
of the Town of Melrose, over all calls, is seventy-four (74) men.
H. G. Herrick,
Captain and Provost-Marshal, 6th Dist. Mass.
some young Students from the Colledg,* .till the year 1650, one Mr. Marma-
duke Mathews, coming out of Plimouth Patten, t was for some space of time
with a people at the Town of Hull, which is a small Port-town peopled by
fishermen, and lies at the entrance of the Bays mouth, where this Mr.
Mathews continued preaching, till he lost the approbation of some able
understanding men, among both Magistrates and Ministers, by weak and
unsafe expressions in his teaching, yet notwithstanding he was called to the
office of a Pastor by the brethren of this Church of Christ at Maiden,
although some neighbor-churches were unsatisfied therewith, for it is the
manner of all the Churches of Christ here hitherto, to have the approbation
of their Sister-Churches, and the civil Government also in the proceedings
of this nature, by the which means Communion of Churches is continued,
peace preserved ; and the truths of Christ sincerely acknowledged." The
brief record of what may be regarded as the act of incorporation by the
General Court is as follows : " In answer to the petition of several inhabi-
tants of Mistick side, their request is granted, viz. to be a distinct town of
themselves, and the name thereof to be Maulden." The two-hundredth
anniversary of the settlement of Maiden was celebrated May 23, 1849. An
oration was delivered by Hon. James D. Green, and a poem by Rev. Gilbert
Haven, Jr. A year afterward these were published, together with other his-
torical matter relating to the town, and the Committee of Publication thus
refer to Melrose, which was set off" from Maiden the same year : " The new
town of ' faip Melrose,' the only daughter of Maiden, goes forth to set up a
separate municipal existence, with the parental consent and blessing ; and
will doubtless reflect lasting credit on her parentage." Its population at
this time was 1,260; and in i860 it had increased to 2,527. In 1865, the
year the war closed, our population was 2,865.
•Harvard College.
fPlymouth Colony.
128
THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
from the many calls for troops, by the President of the
United States.
And, notwithstanding the necessary outlay of money on
account of this gigantic rebellion, there was no reduction
in the amounts of money voted for the School, Poor,
Highway, and other appropriations ; but, on the contrary,
a steady increase throughout the continuance of the war.
As has been stated, Melrose furnished during the war
four hundred and fifty-four (454) men for the different
periods of service. Three hundred and seventy-seven (377)
different names appear on the alphabetical list ; of these,
five (5) were in the three months' service in 1861, all but
one of whom re-enlisted. Eleven (i i) of those that entered
the service in 1861 and 1862 for three years re-enlisted,
and counted twice in filling our quotas. Eight (8) re-en-
tered the service after recovering from the wounds or .
sickness, on account of which they had been discharged ;
and in this list is included also the names of the twenty-
eight (28) men in the navy, credited to us from the State at
large ; also the names of the substitutes put into the ser-
vice by enrolled citizens, and the " Representative Re-
cruits " furnished by our citizens not liable to draft.
Quotas.
The following is a statement of the number of men
called for at different times during the rebellion by the
President of the United States, the total quotas assigned,
and the number obtained from all the States, Also the
quotas of Massachusetts, with the number of men fur-
nished on each, compiled from the Report of the Provost-
Marshal General, James B. Fry. Also the quotas of Mel-
rose and the number of men furnished, as correctly as it is
possible to state them.
QUOTAS.
129
Date of
Proclamation.
April i5, 1861 . .
May & July, 1861*
May & June, 1862
July 2, 1862 . .
August 4, 1 862 .
June 15, i86j .
July, 1863, Draft
October 17, 1863
February i, 1864
March 14, 1864
April 23, 1864 .
July 18, 1864 . .
December 19, 1864
582,74!
300,00c
300,00c
100,00c
300,000
200,000
200,000
85,000
500,000
300,000 I
3 months.
3 years.
3 months.
3 years.
9 months.
6 months.
3 years.
3 years.
100 days.
2, 3 years.
2, 3 years.
2,942.748'
73.391
611,827
334.835
334.835
militia.
467.434
186,981
113,000
346,746
290,000
93.326
714.231
15,007
431,958
87.588
16,361
374.807
384,021
83.652
384.''
204,568
2.759.049 2.690,401 139.095 i5J.785t
9 CO
as
1,560
34.868
19,080
19,080
26,597
10,639
4.000
21,965
1,306
3,736
32,177
I\5I9
16,685
103
2i,4»3
18,876
6,809
3>-739
3.728
Citizen in the Navy (not included in above count)
Allotted by Navy Commissioners
a
76
'1
19 J-
166
38
38
446
* Congress passed acts on the 22d, 25th and 31st July, 1861, authorizing
the President to accept the services of volunteers, either as cavalry, infantry
or artillery, in such numbers not exceeding 1,000,000, as he might deem
necessary for the purpose of repelling invasion and suppressing insurrection.
t " Of the number of troops mustered into the United States' service for
a less period than six months (including all three months' men), not here-
tofore credited on any quota since the commencement of the Rebellion,
but which would have been proper credit upon any subsequent call, in ac-
cordance with provisions of section 15th of acts of March 3d, 1865, Massa-
chusetts furnished 4,983 men for three months, 6,809 for one hundred days,
and 121 for four months. Total, 11,913 ; equal to 3,157 years of service, or
1,052 men for three years."
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XII.
I 86 1-5.
Relief of Soldiers and their Families.
In all of the cities and towns of the Commonwealth,
large contributions of money, clothing, and other articles,
were being made during the entire period of the war. In
many, in most of these cities and towns, there was one or
more organized societies for the disbursement of these
contributions. Melrose had no such regularly organized
association, although much was done for the benefit of the
soldier and his family by the Town and by individuals.
Of the unnumbered private donations of money, of boxes
and packages of soldiers' necessities and luxuries, sent by
patriotic mothers and sisters, who can fully estimate their
value, or the benefit derived therefrom }
The generous sympathy and munificent gifts, not only of
our own citizens, but of the entire people, for the soldiers
and their cause, were wonderful. These gifts were " from
every department of social, business and religious life ;
from every age, sex and condition of our community ; by
gifts, by toil, by skill and handiwork ; out of the basket
and the store, and out of the full hearts of the community,
— they have poured through countless channels of benev-
olence." ^
' As an instance of this hearty generosity, only one of many ; nine car-loads
of hospital stores left Boston after battles of "Groveton," "Second Bull
Run," and " Chantilly," which ended the campaign under Major-General
John Pope.
CITIZENS SUBSCRIPTION.
»3i
At the first regularly called Town Meeting that was
held after the breaking out of the Rebellion, — May 6,
1861, — three thousand dollars {$3,000) were appropriated
for the relief of volunteers and their families, according to
the vote already given on a previous page, the Selectmen
being appointed a Committee of disbursement.
At the annual Town Meeting in March, 1862, twenty-
five hundred dollars ($2,500) were appropriated for the
same purpose, to aid the families of volunteers, as pro-
vided by Chap. 222, Statutes of 1861, wherein it was
enacted that the State should reimburse the cities and
towns, to a certain amount per family, the sums thus paid ;
and regularly, at each annual Town Meeting, during the
continuance of the war, a vote of similar import was unan-
imously passed.
In July, 1862, at the solicitation of Mr. William F.
Poole, a subscription of three hundred and forty dollars
($340) was made by the following gentlemen, for the
" purpose of promoting recruiting in Melrose ; for equal-
izing the bounties of those patriotic citizens who have
already enhsted ; and for the benefit of the families which
the quota frorn Melrose shall leave behind them."
Hon. Samuel E. Sewall
Hon. Daniel W. Gooch
Andrew J. Morse
George W. Heath
John S. Higgins
Philip B. Holmes
William F. Poole
Lewis G. Coburn
Charles Kastner .
$340 00
^75
00
50
00
50
00
50
00
30
00
25
00
25
00
25
00
10
00
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This amount was disbursed, mostly in aid of the fami-
lies of volunteers, by the Treasurer of the fund, Mr. An-
drew J. Morse.
Guiding Star Lodge, No. 28, Independent Order of Good
Templars, sent to the seat of war, on two different occa-
sions during the years 1861 and 1862, a box and barrel of
general hospital stores, blankets, drawers, reading matter,
etc. The first lot was sent to the encampment of the
Thirteenth Massachusetts Regiment, to the care of John
H. Crocker, of Co. A, and the latter to the hospitals in
Washington.
At the annual Town Meeting in March, 1863, it was
voted that the poll-tax of all the soldiers in the field,
belonging to Melrose, and all who should go during the
year ensuing, should be abated ; and also that the poll-tax
of all who from wounds or disability had been discharged
from the service of the United States, should be abated.
At the Town Meeting held June 8, 1863, it was voted
to set off and appropriate a portion of "Wyoming Ceme-
tery " as a free burial-place for all soldiers engaged in the
war, and for the families of such soldiers as might choose
to use the same.
For the two or three days immediately following the
"Battle of Gettysburg," July 1-3, 1863, — and very great
was the excitement in our town and throughout the North
at this time, as we all remember, — the studies in our
schools were suspended, and teachers and scholars spent
the school hours in preparing lint for hospital use. In
this manner a large quantity was gathered and sent to the
hospitals on and around the battle-field.
At a meeting held Nov. 14, 1863, it was voted that the
Recruiting Committee, — which consisted of the Select-
men, Colonel John H. Clark, William B. Burgess and
CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE CHURCHES. I35
George M. Fletcher, and Messrs. Stephen W. Shelton,
Isaac Emerson, Jr., Rufus Smith and Charles H. Isburgh,
— should " look after the interests of the families of vol-
unteers who are now, or may be hereafter, in the service
of the United States, and see that they are properly pro-
vided for." A subscription fund was also raised at this
time to " give all the families of volunteers belonging to
Melrose, then in service, means to provide for them such
a Thanksgiving dinner as they are most deservedly enti-
tled to."
At the fall election of this year, — 1863, — Mr. Isaac
Emerson, Jr., was chosen, for the second time. Represen-
tative to the Massachusetts Legislature. Instead of giv-
ing a reception to his constituents and friends at his resi-
dence, as he did the previous year, he donated the sum of
one hundred dollars (^100) to the "Christian Commis-
sion." Consequently the " guard at the front " received
the benefit, rather than the members of the " home
guard."
At different times during the war, a number of contri-
butions were taken up in our various churches in aid of
those wonderful monuments of the free-will offerings of
the loyal North, the " Christian " and " Sanitary Commis-
sions." ^
The contributions of the " Orthodox Congregational
Church " for the " Christian Commission," during the
years 1863, 4, 5, amounted to three hundfed and thirty
dollars and six cents ($330.06), besides eighty-five dollars
' The total value of cask, stores and publications distributed by the
•' Christian Commission " during the war, was $5,478,280.31 ; $2,524,512.56
of which was donated in cash. Total amount received and distributed by
the " Sanitary Commission " was $4,924,048.09.
134 I'HE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
and twenty cents (1^85.20) contributed for the benefit of
sick and wounded soldiers in the hospitals at Washington,
which amount was sent to and distributed by Mrs. Gooch,
— wife of Hon. Daniel W. Gooch, then our Representative
in Congress from this District, — whose visits and kind-
nesses will long be remembered by many a soldier.
The "Universalist Church" contributed fifty dollars
(^50) to the " Sanitary Commission," besides sending sev-
eral boxes of articles suitable for the sick and disabled
soldiers in Washington. These were sent to and distrib-
uted by Mrs. Emma Nichols Marden.
The "Methodist Episcopal Church " and the "Baptist
Church " also contributed to the same object, but no rec-
ord was made of the amount, therefore the sums cannot
be given here.
A vocal and instrumental concert was given May 30,
1864, at Lyceum Hall, under the auspices of Mr. John H.
B. Henderson, the proceeds of which were for the benefit
of our sick and wounded soldiers. The sum of eighty-
seven dollars (1^87) was paid into the treasury of the
" Christian Commission."
During the first year of the war, many of our ladies
met in Lyceum Hall, a number of days in succession, for
the purpose of making and collecting garments and arti-
cles of all kinds suitable for the sick and wounded soldiers
in our hospitals. A large collection of comforts and lux-
uries was thus made and collected.
Barrels, boxes and bundles of such necessary articles,
including garments, hospital stores, reading matter, etc.,
were also collected at later times in the war by some of
our public-spirited and patriotic ladies, and forwarded to
either the " Christian " or " Sanitary Commissions." That
these various collection? were ever welcomed by, and were
A soldier's gratitude. 135
the source of great comfort to our brave boys, suffering
from wounds received on the battle-field, or from diseases
contracted in the service, is made evident by the following
letter from Lieutenant O. D. Robinson, of the Ninth New
Hampshire Regiment, written to a lady in our town, soon
after the reception of one of these boxes :
Mt. Pleasant Hospital,
Mrs * * *
Washington, D. C, June 24, 1864.
I
Dear Madam : — Last week a large box arrived at this Hos-
pital filled with minor boxes and bags, each of which contained
numerous comforts and luxuries for " sick and wounded sol-
diers," and I can assure you that the valuable gifts found plenty
of eager recipients. To me was given a bag containing a nice
pair of woollen socks, a linen handkerchief, pocket Testament,
etc., etc. In the Testament was a brief note bearing the signa-
ture to which I am addressing this humble missive.
I trust, Dear Madam, the gifts you have so freely donated
have not been given in vain, and I hope not unworthily be-
stowed. Many who that day received presents from friends
unknown before, will soon return to their native homes to rest
from the toils and hardships of war, having been disabled by
wounds received in the recent battles. Others from the same
cause may live but a few days to enjoy their gifts ; while others
still, like myself, will soon return to engage anew in the bloody
contest. I have not been wounded, but having participated in
the bloody fights of Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna
River and Cool Arbor, having endured in common with others
the hardships and exposures attendant upon such a campaign,
and then suffering from a fresh attack of intermittent fever,
contracted last summer in the swamps of Louisiana and Mis-
sissippi, I was compelled to leave the field for a few days to
obtain rest and medical treatment. I arrived in Washington on
the loth inst, and shall return in the course of three or four
136 THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
days. Of socks I was nearly destitute, and had lost my pocket
Testament, which is always my constant companion. Accept
my thanks for these same articles received through your benev-
olence. I prize them the more, because, receiving them as I
do from those I have never seen or known even by reputation,
I feel that thousands of hearts are in sympathy with us in this
unprecedented struggle, and that the Matrons and Daughters
throughout New England are the Mothers and Sisters of those
who are fighting for our Nation's honor and institutions.
But I am intruding too largely upon your time and more upon
your patience. It was my intention to write but a note. I shall
go back to my comrades refreshed after my short respite, and
encouraged to faithfully perform my duty, by the kindness I
have received from friends present and absent.
I am. Dear Madam, a true friend to all lovers of our Country
and our Country's Flag. •
Lieutenant O. D. Robinson,
Co. E, gth JV. H. FA
Our fellow-citizen. Rev. John C. Ingalls, spent the win-
ters of 1 86 1, 2, 3 in Washington, D. C. ; and on one
occasion, during this time, he raised the sum of twelve
hundred dollars ($1,200) in the cities of Philadelphia, New
York, Boston and Portland, for the benefit of the sick and
wounded soldiers at the Emory Hospital in Washington,
He also acted as Chaplain of this hospital for a number
of weeks, without pay, during the sickness of its regular
Chaplain. Besides which, he raised the money for build-
ing a chapel for the use of this same hospital.
' Lieutenant Robinson was afterwards promoted Captain of his company,
and remained in the service until the close of the war.
XIII.
Our "Roll of Honor.'
" High on the world's heroic list,
Shall every name be seen, —
And time among the cherished dead
Shall keep their memories green.
" The patriot's heart shall warmer glow,
When standing by their grave ;
And dearer still shall be the flag
They welcomed death to save."
" How bright are the honors which await those who, with
sacred fortitude and patriotic patience have endured all things
that they might save their native land from division and from
the power of corruption. The honored dead ! They that die
for a good cause are redeemed from death. Their names are
gathered and garnered. Their memory is precious."
All generations shall commemorate their valor and their
patriotism. No ties of kindred can irnpose limitations upon
the grief and gratitude in which they shall be held and treas-
ured. The country shall be their monument.^
Of the two hundred and three (203) Melrose citizens
that served in the ranks of our annies during the Rebel-
lion, " who helped open the Mississippi, who were present
' Governor Alexander H. Bullock, at the funeral of Lieutenant-Colonel
George E. Marshall, of the Fortieth Massachusetts Regiment, at Fitchburg
April 19, 1866.
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138 THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
at Vicksburg, Port Hudson, New Orleans and Mobile,
who saw the starry flag as it ascended Missionary Ridge,
and witnessed the flight of Bragg and his host ; who
marched from Atlanta to the sea, and who were among
those who so long struggled between Washington and
Richmond, and who at last saw the rebel flag go down
upon the Appomattox," twenty-three (23) of them, or about
one in nine, were either killed on the battle-field or died in
consequence of services rendered in the great contest.
Six (6) were killed by the bullet on the field, and the rest
died in camp, in hospital, or after returning to their homes.
Two (2) commissioned officers and twenty-one (21) en-
listed men constitute the oblation made by Melrose to
Treason.
Our " Roll of Honor " — containing the names of all
of our citizens that we have been able to learn, whether
they served on our quotas or not, but who gave their lives
for their country — is as follows ; name, regiment, com-
pany, cause and date of death :
THE "UNRETURNING BRAVE."
OFFICERS.
LIEUT. GEORGE J. MORSE.
Private Co. A, Thirteenth Regiment ; 2d Lieutenant in
2d U. S. Col. Troops ; ist Lieutenant Co. G, Fifty-Ninth
Regiment ; killed at the " Battle of Spottsylvania," May
12, 1864.
LIEUT. GEORGE T. MARTIN,
1st Lieutenant Co. K, Thirty-Eighth Regment ; Senior ist
Lieutenant Co. G, Fourth Heavy Artillery ; died at Mas-
sachusetts General Hospital, March 13, 1865, of pyoemia.
THE "UNRETURNING BRAVE." IJQ
PRIVATES.
HENRY F. FULLER.
Co. A, Seventeenth Regiment ; died at Baltimore, Md., Oct.
6, 1 86 1, of typhoid fever.
MARTIN GREENE.
Co. G, Second Regiment ; died of wounds received at
"Battle of Cedar Mountain," Aug. 9, 1862.
WILLIAM H. MACEY.
Co. F, Third Maine Regiment ; died at Alexandria, Va.,
Aug. 30, 1862, of typhoid fever.
SIDNEY B. MORSE, 2D.
Co. D, Thirteenth Regiment ; died at Finley Hospital,
Washington, D. C, Sept. 16, 1862, of typhoid fever.
WILLIAM F. BARRY.
Co. A, Thirteenth Regiment ; killed at " Battle of An-
tietam," Sept. 17, 1862.
JOHN P. SHELTON.
Co. A, Thirteenth Regiment ; killed at " Battle of An-
tietam," Sept. 17. 1862.
THOMAS H. STEVENS.
Co. A, Sixteenth Regiment ; died at Boston, March 26,
1863, of chronic diarrhoea.
JONAS G. BROWN.
Co. E, Fiftieth Regiment ; died at Baton Rouge, La., June
18, 1863, of malarial fever.
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BENJAMIN LYNDE.
Co. K, Thirty-Eighth Regiment ; died at Baton Rouge,
La., Aug. 18, 1863, of chronic diarrhoea.
NATHAN H. BRAND.
Ninth Battery ; died at Emory Hospital, Washington, D.
C, March 6, 1864, of cholera morbus.
RICHARD LEVER.
Co. A, Fifty-Ninth Regiment.; killed at " Battle of Spott-
sylvania," May 12, 1864.
AUGUSTUS GREEN.
Co. G, Twenty-Second Regiment ; killed at " Battle of
Bethesda Church," June 3, 1864.
EDMUND W. DAVIS.
Co. G, Twenty-Second Regiment ; died at Melrose, July
22, 1864, of consumption and heart disease.
ALBERT W. CROCKETT
Co. K, Seventeenth Regiment ; died in " Andersonville
Prison," Aug. i, 1864.
JAMES R. HOWARD.
Co. K, Thirty-Eighth Regiment ; died at Melrose, Aug.
16, 1864, of chronic diarrhoea.
FRANCIS PEABODY.
Co. K, Seventeenth Regiment ; died at New Berne, N.
C, Oct. 3, 1864, of yellow fever.
GEORGE E. RICHARDSON.
Co. K, Thirty-Eighth Regiment; died in " Salisbury Pris-
on," Nov. 3, 1864.
THE '* UN RETURNING BRAVE." 14^
BENJAMIN F. WILDE.
Co. H, Forty-Second Regiment ; re-enlisted in Regular
Infantry; afterward in Eleventh New York Cavalry;
accidentally shot in fall of 1864.
JOHN E. STILPHEN.
Second Battery ; died at Melrose, June 25, 1865, of hemor-
rhoids.
GEORGE W. LYNDE.
Co. A, Seventeenth Regiment ; died at Melrose, Jan. 30,
1.866, of consumption.
WILLIAM F. KRANTZ.
Co. C, Thirty-Third Regiment ; Veteran Reserve Corps ;
died at Melrose, June 13, 1866, of dropsy and heart
disease.
We cannot speak individually of all the " fallen brave "
whose names are here given, although all deserve equal
mention. They have rendered up their lives in behalf of
what to us was a mighty and vital question, and we would
hold their memory in veneration, remembering that
" They never fail
Who die in a great cause." ♦
And with the scholarly and lamented Everett, standing
on the blood-stained field of Gettysburg, at the consecra-
tion of its National Cemetery, we would feel as never
before how justly "from the dawn of history to the pres-
ent time, men have paid the homage of their gratitude and
admiration to the memory of those who nobly sacrifice
142 THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
their lives, that their fellow-men may live in safety and in
honor."
" The muffled drum's sad roll has beat
The soldier's last tattoo ;
No more on life's parade shall meet
That brave and fallen few.
On Fame's eternal camping-ground '
Their silent tents are spread,
And glory guards with solemn round
The bivouac of the dead."
OUR "roll of honor." 143
HENRY FRANKLIN FULLER.
Private in Co. A, Seventeenth Regiment Massachusetts
Volunteers; died at Baltimore, Md., Oct. 6, 1861, of
disease contracted in the service.
Henry Franklin Fuller, the youngest son of William E.
and Mary (Boardman) Fuller, was born in Melrose, March
5, 1844.
The old family names of Melrose, or what was the
northern part of Maiden, were well represented in the
great struggle between Right and Wrong ; and in the list
of dead we find the names of Brown, Fuller, Howard and
Lynde.
Fuller was one of our youngest soldiers, and was the
first one, belonging to Melrose, that laid down his life in
the service of his country.
The disaster of the first " Bull Run Battle " had been
realized, when young Fuller, like so many more of our
noble and brave, felt called upon to offer himself to go
forth to battle ; and on the 6th of August, he went to
" Camp Schouler," at Lynnfield, and enlisted in Co. A,
Seventeenth Massachusetts Regiment. For some two
months previous to this time, the duty of thus offer-
ing himself to the cause of liberty had been revolving
itself in his mind, but he did not enlist until the above
date.
The Seventeenth Regiment left the State on the 23d of
August, and proceeded to " Camp Andrew," at Baltimore,
Md., where Fuller underwent the hardships incident to the
uncomfortable state of the camping-ground, which, accord-
ing to the following extract from a letter, written by Cap-
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tain Joseph R. Simonds to the Selectmen of Maiden/ was
anything but agreeable or conducive to good health.
How would the soldier at home like lying upon the bare
earth every night for six weeks, with nothing but a thin rubber
blanket under him, and a thinner woollen one over him, and a
knapsack for a pillow ?
Up to the time of Fuller's death, the regiment had been
engaged in no battle or expeditions ; but whatever duties
were incumbent upon him, he performed faithfully and
well, until the ist of October, when he was taken sick,
with the typhoid fever, which terminated his life October
6, 1861.
His body was brought home and buried in the Melrose
Cemetery.
" He, the young and strong, who cherished
Noble longings for the strife.
By the roadside fell and perished,
Weary, with the march of life."
' Captain Simonds, of our town, was in command of Co. K, Seventeenth
Regiment, known as the Maiden company, and in which Melrose had sev-
eral men.
OUR "roll of honor." 145
SIDNEY BRADFORD MORSE, 2D.
Private in Co. D, Thirteenth Massachusetts Regiment ;
Color Corporal, July 5, 1862 ; died at the Finley Hos-
pital, Washington, D. C, Sept. 16, 1862, of disease con-
tracted in the service.
" There is a history in almost every home of Massachusetts,
which will never be written ; but the memory of kindred has it
embalmed forever. The representatives of the pride and hope
of uncounted households, departing, will return no more."
Sidney Bradford Morse, 2d, was the second son of
George H. and Sarah (Bird) Morse, and was born Dec.
28, 1844, in Charlestown, Mass. He was one of the
youngest of our soldier boys ; but he was old enough to
fully comprehend the danger which threatened our coun-
try, and was at once aroused at the dark clouds gathering
over it. At the time of the breaking out of the Rebellion
he was employed in his father's agricultural warehouse, in
Boston ; and upon the day our Massachusetts men were
shot down in the streets of Baltimore, — the 19th of
April, 1 86 1, — young Sidney hurried home, saying to his
mother that he had a request to make of her, which was
that he, — together with his older brother George, —
might be permitted to enlist, in response to the Presi-
dent's call, and help uphold our dear old flag, and put down
their country's enemies. Of course the mother hesitated,
— what mother would not .'' — before she could yield to his
importunities, and say :
Go, save our country ! she is first —
Stand guard until you fall ;
Or till the danger overcome
Shall respite the alarum-drum —
I will delay recall.
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Go, where along the lurid front
The Union vanguards tramp !
Do your whole duty, danger spurn.
When Freedom 's laurelled, then return —
These arms shall be your camp !
Upon receiving an affirmative reply, Sidney embraced
his mother, and ardently thanked her, saying that however
much he may have deemed it his duty to go, he never
should have gone with the sin of disobedience to her rest-
ing upon him ; saying also : " I have neither houses nor
land to give, but I am willing to give my life for my coun-
try ! " And truly did his actions verify the assertion.
He enlisted at once, — as did also his brother George,
— in the Fourth Battalion of Rifles, which was soon after-
wards sent to Fort Independence, Boston Harbor, where
it was recruited to a full regiment, — the Thirteenth, —
under the command of Colonel Samuel H. Leonard.
He left Boston with his regiment, July 30, 1861, and
performed a soldier's duties with earnestness and devotion
through the various hard marches, severe skirmishes and
daily fatigues of the fall and winter campaign under Gen-
eral Banks, on the Upper Potomac, and thence down
through Virginia to the still severer marchings and fight-
ings of General Pope's campaign, ending with " Grove-
ton," "Second Bull Run," and "Chantilly," in August,
1862 ; being constantly exposed to hardship, day and
night ; yet passing through all thus far uninjured, but
very much worn and fatigued ; so much so, that he was
repeatedly urged to go into the camp hospital and recruit ;
but he would not leave his post, and on the night before
the " Second Bull Run Battle," he was found on the
picket line, entirely exhausted, and taken to the rear. He
was placed on an open car, with other sick and wounded
SIDNEY BRADFORD MORSE, 2D. I47
soldiers, and started for Washington ; but, owing to the
great confusion of those days of battle, he was two nights
and one day on the way, entirely uncared for ; no food,
not even a drink of water ; and when he arrived at the
" Finley Hospital," a typhoid fever was raging fearfully.
From that time, the fever had taken so firm a hold of him,
he grew worse and worse until the day of his death, —
Sept. 16, — about a fortnight after reaching Washington.
The Hospital Chaplain, Rev. W. W. Winchester, for
several days previous to Sidney's death, repeated passages
of Scripture to him, and talked with him concerning that
other and " better land " ; and during his last moments, —
his father having arrived and being present, — he read the
beautiful Twenty-Third Psalm ; Sidney, then, as always
before, greatly enjoying the consolations of Holy Writ ;
after which his spirit took its flight to the soldier's home
with perfect calmness and serenity. 1
Although but a lad of seventeen and a half years of age,
young Morse was a brave and a thorough soldier. It is
the universal testimony of officers and comrades, that,
young though he was, he made one of the best and tru-
est ; never shrinking from any post, however dangerous ;
and he bore the hardships incident to camp life, and the
fatigues of the long and wearisome marches of the Regi-
ment through various parts of Virginia, with perfect
cheerfulness and heroic fortitude. He was sick long
before he was found exhausted, and should have left the
' Mr. Winchester says, in a letter of condolence to Sidney's parents :
" May God bless and comfort the mothers who give their sons ! I stand
amazed at the fortitude which they sometimes exhibit, when they speak of
the sacrifices which they make. God sees how they give those dearer to
them than their heart's blood, and God will reward with blessings richer
and purer than any this earth can afford."
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field ; but he was too earnest and ardent in his work to
allow himself to do so, and would not leave, so long as he
had strength. At the time he left his regiment he held
the position of Right General Guide, with rank of Cor-
poral.
The letters of young Morse were full of love and con-
fidence, fearlessness of death, and words of kindness and
sympathy for his parents in case he should fall in battle,
or die in the hospital ; often saying, that if he should lay
down his life it would be in a just and holy cause. His
remains were embalmed and brought to Melrose, and
buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery ; the funeral ceremo-
nies being held September 27, at the Universalist Church,
a large and sympathizing congregation being present.
Patriotism ! bravery ! duty ! all are embraced in the
action and career of the young and noble soldier, Sidney
Bradford Morse.
" With us his name shall live,
Through long succeeding years,
Embalmed with all our hearts can give —
Our praises and our tears."
OUR "roll of honor." 149
WILLIAM FRANCIS BARRY.
Private in Co. A, Thirteenth Massachusetts Regiment ;
killed at the "Battle of Antietam," Sept. 17, 1862.
Who dies in vain
Upon his country's war-fields, and within
The shadow of her altars ?
William Francis Barry, another of our youngest sol-
diers, was the second son of Royal P. and Elizabeth (Ser-
rat) Barry, and was born in Boston on the 13th of Decem-
ber, 1843. At the breaking out of the Rebellion he was
a clerk in the house of E. W. Wheelock & Co., Boston,
dealers in tailors' trimmings. One year later, after the
reverses to the Union army under General McClellan,
before the gates of Richmond, and at the time when the
President was calling for still further re-enforcements,
young Barry felt it his duty to go forth and battle for his
country. In conversation upon the subject at this time,
he said :
"I don't wish to leave home, but rather stay, — but just such
young men as I am are called for ; I am well and strong ; and
it is my duty to go." «
When reminded that by so doing he might lose his life,
his noble answer was :
" What is life without a country ? "
It was not an easy task for the widowed mother to part
with her beloved boy ; but, with thousands of other
mothers, she realized the country's necessities, and, lis-
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tening to the spirit of the following lines, finally acceded
to his request :
"Can you selfishly cling to your household joys,
Refusing this smallest tithe to yield,
While thousands of mothers are sending boys
Beloved as yours to the battle-field ?
Can you see my country call in vain,
And restrain my arm from the needful blow ?
Not so ; though your heart should break with pain.
You will kiss me, mother, and let me go."
And, with others, — among whom was his bosom friend
and companion, Charles W. Shelton, — he enlisted at the
war meeting held Monday evening, July>28th, 1862, was
sworn into the United States' service, Aug. 4th, at Boston,
and sent to " Camp Cameron," at Cambridge, a rendez-
vous for recruits for the regiments then in the field.
Previous to this time, when the Fourth Battalion of In-
fantry offered its services to the Government for a short
term of enlistment, young Barry entered its ranks ; but
as it was not deemed best to accept any troops for so
short a time, its services were rejected.
On the 13th of August, he was ordered, with other
recruits, to the seat of war, passing through and spending
a day in Washington ; and joined his regiment, then on
the Rapid Ann River, Va., on the 18th, a short time pre-
vious to the battles of " Groveton," " Second Bull Run,"
and " Chantilly," which ended the campaign under Gen-
eral Pope. The exigencies of the service were such at
this time that recruits were at once sent to the front, and
into active service, many of them young and without pre-
vious drill or military experience of any kind whatever ;
this was the case with young Barry and his • companions
from Melrose that enlisted in this emergency.
WILLIAM FRANCIS BARRY. \ ^\
The day after he joined the ranks, according to his let-
ters home,
" Those fallen leaves that keep their green.
The noble letters of the dead,"
his regiment marched twenty-three miles, during which
many of the most experienced gave out ; but the raw
recruits bore up manfully under the severe trial.
The Thirteenth participated in the engagements on the
Rappahannock River, from Aug. 20th to the 24th ; Thor-
oughfare Gap, on the 28th, when he says, "Three men
were shot down near me " ; and in the disastrous battle of
" Second Bull Run," on the 30th, when, according to his
pocket diary, " The bullets whistled like hail, and a round
shot struck within three feet of me and threw dirt all over
me ; but I came off without a scratch " ; and in a letter
written while in camp at Hall's Hill, Va., four miles from
the capital, he says :
We went on to the field on the double quick and with hur-
rah. I never was so excited in my life as then. On the Bat-
tle-field I felt just as cool as a man could be. I was n't fright-
ened at all until we got some ways back on the retreat. I
was helping to carry off a wounded man. The bullets, shell
and shot struck all round. A person feels much more fright-
ened at thinking of the danger after he has been through it
than when he is in the midst of it.
Of the day after this battle, he says in his diary :
Centreville was the most mixed up place that ever I saw.
Artillery, cavalry, ammunition, ambulances, hacks, and every-
thing under the sun. Every house, barn and place of shelter
crowded with wounded. Men of every regiment in the field,
hunting and inquiring for it, — nobody knew anything.
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Then came the Maryland campaign, with its hard
marches, the " Battle of South Mountain," and ending
with the " Battle of Antietam," The last entry in his
diary is dated September 8 ; but a letter to his brother
Royal, found on his body after he was killed, was dated
Ridgeville, Md., Sept. 1 2, five days previous to the battle ;
and the following extract from this, his last letter, gives a
slight idea of the hardships incident to this campaign :
The recruits joined us three days ago ; they stand it very
well so far. Yesterday we marched about eight miles ; day
before, seventeen ; the first was a pretty hard one ; the day was
sultry, and the sweat poured off in streams. Near the end of
the march we got pretty well used up. My shoulders got so
sore that it was hard work to tell which to put the gun on.
When we went into camp for the night it was raining, and it
rained all night. I woke up in the night several times, and
found my feet in a pool of water ; I would draw them up and
go to sleep again.
On the fatal day, the 17th of September, the Thirteenth
Massachusetts was in the thickest of the fight, during the
early part of the day, and suffered severe losses in killed
and wounded. Young Barry fought as well and as brave-
ly as the oldest veteran, until he was shot directly through
the heart. His friend, Charles W. Shelton, writing from
Keedysville, Md., on the 19th, two days after the battle,
after very touchingly alluding to their intimacy, his sorrow
at his death, and his deep sympathy for his afflicted
mother, says :
He was Willie Barry on the battle-field. The coolest, brav-
est, noblest of the many patriots who that day gave themselves
a sacrifice to Liberty and Country !
His body was buried on the battle-field. Through the
WILLIAM FRANCIS BARRY. I53
kind exertions of Mr, Stephen W. Shelton it was ex-
humed and brought to Melrose ; and on the 29th of
September, very interesting and appropriate funeral cere-
monies were held in the Baptist Church, the Rev. Mr.
Edmands delivering the commemorative discourse ; after
which all that was mortal of brave young Willie Barry
was laid at rest in Wyoming Cemetery.
" So prompt at duty's call,
So dauntless and so brave ; —
To shield his bleeding Country's life.
His blood, his life he gave.
" Rest, Soldier, Patriot, Friend !
In your young manhood rest ; —
Your Country's blessing o'er your bier,
Her flag above your breast.
" A grateful land uprears
Her tribute to your praise :
Yours are the holiest of her tears.
The greenest of her bays."
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JOHN PARKER SHELTON.
Private in Co. A, Thirteenth Regiment Massachusetts
Volunteers ; killed at the " Battle of Antietam," Sept.
17, 1862.
" How sweetly they sleep, who have died for their country,
And never will wake for the combat again,
But mantled with glory, they peacefully slumber,
And rest from their toil in the graves of the slain."
John Parker Shelton was the only son of John and Ann
(Kendall) Shelton, and was born in Boston, June 8th,
1844.
He graduated as a medal scholar from the Chauncy
School, in Boston, about the time of the breaking out of
the Rebellion ; after which he entered as clerk in a whole-
sale clothing house in that city, where he was at the time
of his enlistment, Aug, 7th, 1862. Most of our young
men who went to the war during its first years were of our
best families, of good education and of high character ;
enlisting from a true sense of duty and pure love of coun-
try ; not from the novelty of the occupation or mere love
of excitement, or for pecuniary gain, but only and solely
to save our land from Treason's grasp. Thus was it with
young Shelton. He enlisted at a time when our regi-
ments and batteries had been depleted by many battles,
skirmishes and marches, just after the terrible blow and
disheartening result of the Peninsular campaign, while
General McClellan and his army were at Harrison's Land-
ing on the James River.
" He gave the tribute of a tear
To those fond hearts who held him dear,
And southward turned — a volunteer —
The oft-told story.
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To right the wrong, wipe off the shame,
He cared not that the trump of Fame
Should sound aloud his humble name-
In tropes of glory.
For Union, and for equal laws.
For Liberty — the grand old cause ;
How could he speak these names and pause,
Faltering, uncertain ?
He knew not what Fate had in store,
Nor cared her purpose to explore.
But calmly waited on, before
Her awful curtain."
With others who had enlisted in the Thirteenth at this
time he was forwarded to his regiment, and joined it at
Mechanicsville, near Washington, after the defeat of our
army under General Pope; when the "Second Bull Run
Battle" had been fought, and Lee's invasion of Maryland
had begun. Ten days afterward the great " Battle of An-
tietam " took place. Young Shelton's action in this, his
first and only battle, is so well told by his friend and com-
panion, — Ambrose Dawes, — that his letter concerning
him is here introduced :
New York, July 4, 1867.
Mr. E. H. Goss :
Dear Sir: — It is with great pleasure, not, indeed, unmixed
with sadness, that I comply with your request to give you some
account of the last hours of our mutual friend and neighbor,
John P. Shelton. The noble courage, heroic devotion and
pure patriotism of that young life, nipped as it was in the bud,
cannot be too highly appreciated. During the few short days
he was with the regiment he endeared himself to many, and
his vivacious temperament did much towards keeping up the
spirits of his companions during that dark hour when " Bull Run "
was lost, and before " Antietam " was gained.
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Enlisting with no other thought but love of country, he went
forth to fight the good fight, leaving behind him everything
which makes it " life to live," and carrying nothing with him
but the prayers of dear ones to shield him from the bullets of
the enemy. I remember his coming to me just upon the eve of
the battle, — perhaps ten minutes before it opened, — looking
very pale, — as we probably all did, — and saying that he felt
very strangely, and as if he should never return from that field
alive. I clasped his hand in mine, and encouraged him as well
as I could, for I felt no fears of that kind myself, and we
marched together into the fight. Some little time after the bat-
tle commenced, he turned to me, his face flushed with excite-
ment, and said : " I am hit in the foot, but shall stick to it and
have another pop at them." We advised him to quit the field
in vain. This was the last time I saw him. Soon after I saw
young Barry fall with a bullet through the forehead. I went
up to him, but he was dead, and drawing him behind a tree out
of reach of bullets, we left him. Then I received a slight
wound, and from loss of blood, being too weak to fight any
more, left the field. Shelton remained till the regiment was
ordered to the rear, to make room for re-enforcements, after
fighting nearly three hours, and then, instead of selfishly look-
ing out for himself, he volunteered to help a dying comrade
off the field, although he himself could use but one foot. Thus
slowly helping this poor fellow out of danger, a bullet hit him
in the spine, which caused paralysis in the lower limbs.
He was taken up, in a dying condition, in a blanket, by four
men, one a member of our regiment, and sent, by mistake or
from necessity, to one of Sedgewick's Hospitals instead of
Hooker's, and thus was lost track of. Being informed that he
had repeatedly asked to see me, I hastened to where he had
been left ; but unfortunately he had been removed to some
other place ; and although I travelled from hospital to hospi-
tal I could not find him. We know that he lived but about
forty-eight hours, and expired with no friends around him, in
JOHN PARKER SHELTON. I ^J
one of the most uncomfortable places on earth, — a field hos-
pital. You know the rest ; how his body was found and
brought home to his bereaved and heart-broken parents, and
buried in the beautiful cemetery at Wyoming. No better man,
no more generous spirit fell in the war. He gave his life freely
in the cause of duty. Why regret that he died such a glorious
death ? Rather envy him that he died for his country in the cause
for which Reno, and Mansfield, and Wadsworth, and Reynolds,
and last, but not least, the Martyred Lincoln, laid down their
lives. Let us hope that they did not die in vain ; that their
blood may be sanctified to our country, and from their ashes
rise the Phoenix, Liberty and Union, forever and ever. And
now, my dear sir, I thank you for allowing me the privilege of
testifying to the noble life and glorious death of my truest
friend and companion.
I have the honor of being.
Very Respectfully,
Your Obedient Servant,
Ambrose Dawes.
As is intimated in the above letter, no definite informa-
tion concerning young Shelton was obtained by his sor-
row-stricken family for nearly three weeks after the battle.
As soon as the sad tidings were telegraphed, Mr. Simon
G. Cheever, — an intimate friend of the family, — started
immediately for the battle-field, using every exertion to
find him, or learn aught of his situation ; issuing descrip-
tive posters and scattering them throughout the region,
and making all possible inquiries ; but to no purpose ; no
trace of him was learned. Nothing was ascertained until a
letter was received from Surgeon S. G. Palmer, of Gen-
eral Howard's Division, who wrote from head-quarters, in
camp near Harper's Ferry, Oct. 2, — the battle was Sept.
17th, — stating that young Shelton died of his wounds
at the hospital on Hoffman's Farm ; — in the rear of that
portion of the battle-field where Sumner's corps, — to
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which the Thirteenth Regiment belonged, — was engaged,
and where about a thousand of the wounded had been
brought ; — and that he had been buried in a pleasant
spot beneath a walnut tree, by the side of many others,
about an eighth of a mile from the farm house ; at the
same time sending home what few effects were found
upon his body. When these facts were learned, his cousin,
Mr. Stephen W. Shelton, and his brother-in-law, Mr.
George W. Copeland, at once proceeded to the battle-field
and brought his body home. He was buried in Wyoming
Cemetery on the i6th of October, the funeral services
being held in the Baptist Church. An appropriate ser-
mon was preached by the pastor. Rev. Mr. Colby, and he
was assisted in the solemn ceremonies by the Rev. Wil-
liam H. Munroe, rector of the Episcopal Church.
As has been said, "Antietam" was young Shelton's
first and only battle ; he had not been in even a skirmish
before ; and it is the testimony of all, — officers and pri-
vates, — that he fought well and manfully, — the bravest
of the brave, — on that bloody field. Would that he had
not been called to render up his young life so early in the
great conflict !
" There is a tear for all that die,
A mourner o'er the humblest grave ;
But nations lift the funeral cry
And freedom weeps above the brave.
" For them is sorrow's purest sigh
O'er ocean's heaving bosom sent ;
For them are tears in every eye ;
All earth becomes their monument.
" A theme to crowds that knew them ncft,
Lamented by admiring foes,
Who would not choose their glorious lot,
Who would not die the death they chose ? "
OUR "ROLL OF HONOR." IjCJ
JONAS GREEN BROWN.
Private in Co. E, Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment ; died
at Baton Rouge, La., June i8, 1863, of disease con-
tracted in the service.
Jonas Green Brown, son of Joseph and Keziah (Gerry)
Brown, was born in Melrose, June 20, 1824.
In August, 1862, when the President called for three
hundred thousand more troops, to serve for nine months.
Brown enlisted in Captain Littlefield's South Reading
Company, Fiftieth Regiment, of which Carlos P. Messer,
of Haverhill, was Colonel. The nucleus of the Fiftieth
was the Seventh Massachusetts Militia Regiment, and
it was composed of companies from Essex and Middlesex
Counties. The Colonel and Lieutenant-Colonel, — John
W, Locke, of South Reading, — were Captains in the
three months' service when the Rebellion broke out. The
Fiftieth was sent into the " Department of the Gulf," and
assigned to the command of Acting Brigadier-General N.
A. M. Dudley, First Division, Third Brigade, Nineteenth
Army Corps, and was encamped at Baton Rouge. On the
14th of March it accompanied Major-General Banks' expe-
dition to the rear of Port Hudson, which was undertaken
for the purpose of allowing Admiral Farragut, with his
two war steamers, "Hartford" and "Albatross," to pass
the batteries. This object was successfully accomplished,
and the Fiftieth returned to Baton Rouge. It was after-
wards actively engaged in the " Siege of Port Hudson,"
and, after the surrender of that stronghold, was encamped
within its fortifications ; but previous to the siege, and
while at Baton Rouge, Brown was attacked with diar-
rhoea, — May 17th, — and died June i8th, 1863.
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An extract from Captain Littlefield's letter to the widow,
— indorsed by Lieutenants Warren and Draper, — testi-
fies to the regard in which Brown was held by his officers
and fellow-soldiers :
We feel that an all-wise Providence has in His, to us some-
times mysterious dispensations, seen fit to take from our num-
ber a brother soldier, whom we esteemed for his virtues and
respected for his personal worth ; while from you He has taken
a loved partner and support, and from your children a kind
father and protector. No words can express to you what we
feel in our hearts for his afflicted family, and we can only point
you to Him who has said, " Blessed are they that mourn, for
they shall be comforted." Hoping that you will bring your
wounded, broken heart, with all its burdens and sorrows, to
Him who has said He will be the widow's God, and the Father
to the fatherless, I subscribe myself,
Yours in affliction,
S. F. LlTTLEFIELD,
Captain Co. E.
OUR "roll of honor." 161
BENJAMIN LYNDE.
Private in Co. K, Thirty-Eighth Massachusetts Regiment ;
died at Baton Rouge, La., Aug. 18, 1863, of disease con-
tracted in the service.
Benjamin Lynde was the oldest son of George and Har-
riet (Favor) Lynde, and was born in Melrose, Aug. 14,
1831.
. At the time of his enlistment, August 1862, he was
pursuing his occupation as a farmer. He was the brother
of George Warren Lynde, who enlisted the year before in
the Seventeenth Regiment.
The Thirty-Eighth Regiment was sent into the " De-
partment of the Gulf," where it participated in the " Siege
of Port Hudson," and various battles and marches in Lou-
isiana. In the summer of 1863, Lynde was attacked with
the chronic diarrhoea, and during the long and wearisome
march through the " Teche " country, he was hardly able
to keep his place in the ranks, and was often advised to go
to the hospital ; but he would not listen to such advice,
and persevered much longer than he ought, performing
every duty incumbent upon a well man. After a rest at
Alexandria, he recovered somewhat, but after passing
through the " Siege of Port Hudson," he became worse,
and on the i8th of August, while the regiment was lying
at Baton Rouge, he died. His comrades placed a head
board at his grave, giving his name, age, residence, reg-
iment, company, and date of death, and he sleeps in
a soldier's grave on the distant banks of the "Father
of Waters." He left behind a wife to mourn his loss.
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GEORGE JAMES MORSE.
Private in Co. A, Thirteenth Massachusetts Regiment ;
2d Lieutenant in Second U. S. Colored Troops ; ist
Lieutenant in Co. G, Fifty-Ninth Massachusetts Regi-
ment ; killed at the "Battle of Spottsylvania," May 12,
1864.
" With sword on thigh, ' to do or die,'
I march to meet the foe."
" A nation's tears will greet the dead,
Whose blood for Freedom's cause was shed."
George James Morse — brother of Sidney Bradford
Morse — was the oldest son of George H. and Sarah
(Bird) Morse, and was born in New York, Dec. 7, 1842.
He was one of the earliest of our citizens to enlist. On
the 19th of April, — witii his brother Sidney, — he joined
the Fourth Battalion of Rifles, which offered its services
to the government for three months' service, but being
refused for that period of time, was soon afterwards
recruited to the Thirteenth Regiment of three years'
troops.
During the fall and winter of 1 861-2, he experienced
the fortunes of the Thirteenth on the upper waters of
the Potoma?, engaged in many severe skirmishes, hard
marches and arduous picket duties ; followed by the
campaign of General Pope, ending with the battles of
"Groveton," "Second Bull Run," and " Chantilly."
While at Warrenton, Va., before the hard fighting of
this campaign commenced, he says, in a letter to his
mother :
To-day ends our first year in " Uncle Sam's " service. Two
years more at the farthest, and our troubles and privations will
GEORGE JAMES MORSE. 163
be over, and we can return to our homes with the proud con-
sciousness of having done our duty, and spent the best years of
our lives in our country's service.
At the " Second Bull Run Battle " he narrowly escaped
with his life. Two bullets pierced his knapsack ; his can-
teen and rifle-sling were both shot away ; and his right
hand was shattered by a musket ball, on account of which
he was sent to the hospital at Philadelphia. Amputation
of his hand was at first thought necessary ; but it was
saved, and he soon afterward received j:he appointment of
a clerkship in the hospital where he was confined. It was
while here that his much loved brother, Sidney, died.
Poignant was his grief at the sad tidings, as will be seen
by the following letter to his mother, written with his left
hand :
Philadelphia, Sept. 19, 1862.
My dear mother : — Last evening I received your letter, an-
nouncing the departure of my beloved brother to the spirit
world. May God give us strength to bear with our affliction,
and make us better because of it. I feel it deeply, — more so
than I can express ; but I find comfort in the reflection that he
is in a better world, where we shall all meet again. He " has
fought the good fight," and died in the service of his country I
Although so young in years, he was old in experience, and
has given up his young life to the best cause that has engaged
the attention of our countrymen since the days of the American
Revolution. He was beloved by all who knew him. No one
knows the pain and anguish I suffer ; but it is softened by the
remembrance that what I could do for him was cheerftilly and
gladly done. He little knew that many a time I had given him
the last cracker, and knew not where to get more. But I am
thankful it was in my power to do so. For fifteen months we
were together, — and, so far as I was able, I feel that I have
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done my duty by him. This comforts me ; and now I only look
forward to that time when I shall meet him in that life where
there are no wars, " nor rmnors of war," but where all is peace
and love. And, oh, what a joyful meeting it will be ! Father,
mother, brothers and sisters, all united in one happy family, —
never more to part !
After recovering from this vi^ounded hand, and having
been discharged from the Thirteenth Regiment, he was
commissioned, for valor displayed and meritorious services
rendered, 2d Lieutenant in the Second United States Vol-
unteers, — colored troops, — in the " Department of the
Gulf" Here he participated in the sieges of " Vicksburg "
and " Port Hudson."
On the 5 th of July, during the "Siege of Port Hudson,"
where he was forty-three days in the trenches, he was
wounded in the head ; and before he could be taken from
the field he received a sun-stroke. Soon afterwards a
malarial fever seized upon him, and it was the decision of
the surgeon, that the only hope of saving his life was for
him to leave that region, and return home ; and at his
positive command, he tendered his resignation, which was
accepted, and he was sent North. He arrived at his home
in Melrose, in September, in a very dangerous condition ;
so much so, that no one that saw him at the time sup-
posed it was possible for him to live ; but God had other
work for him yet to do, and with constant and tender care
he began slowly to recover.
In less than two months after arriving home, and while
yet convalescent, he learned that J. Parker Gould, his for-
merly much esteemed and honored Major of the Thir-
teenth Regiment, had been commissioned Colonel of the
Fifty-Ninth Regiment Massachusetts Veteran Volunteers,
and at once determined to enlist under him ; and, rising
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from his sick bed, he penned a note to Colonel Gould,
soliciting an appointment. Parents and friends, thinking
his health not sufBciently established, endeavored to dis-
suade him from entering the service again so soon.
But his answer was : " I enlisted at first, because I felt
it to be my duty ; the same cause still exists, and the same
necessity for action ; and if my life is spared, and I am
needed, ^fi^'^ years from this time will find me in the field,
for while this war lasts, that must bq my home."
He received a commission, Oct. 22, 1863, as 2d Lieu-
tenant in Co. G, and, as soon as his health permitted, was
ordered on recruiting service for his regiment, and sent to
Woburn, Stoneham, and other towns. Dec. 14th, he
was ordered to the camp at Readville ; and on March 4th,
he was promoted to ist Lieutenant.
During the latter part of April, 1864, the Fifty-Ninth
Regiment was hurried off to the seat of war, in order to
join in the final campaign under General Grant. It left
Readville April 26th, and arrived in Virginia just in sea-
son to cross the Rappahannock with the grand army, and
entered into the " Battle of the Wilderness," without rest,
only ten days after leaving the State. Here Lieutenant
Morse was wounded in the head by a falling tree ; but he
remained from his regiment only a very short time,
returning with bandaged head to take command of his
company, the Captain of which had retired.
During the battles of the succeeding days he was often
cautioned and warned from going ahead of his men dur-
ing action. His answer was : " If you want your men to
go anywhere, you must lead them."
He seems to have had a presentiment before leaving
home, and more especially before entering his last battle,
that he should be killed, as was manifested by messages
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left behind, and from the fact that just before the " Battle
of Spottsylvania," or as it is sometimes called the " Battle
of the Angle," he took a paper from his pocket, directed
it to his mother, and requested Sergeant Bearce, of his
company, to see that she received it, as he felt that he
should not survive the coming battle.
He led his company into that battle, and a ball pierced
his right side, shattering at the same time a pistol in his
belt. Placing him upon a stretcher, two of his men started
with him for the hospital four miles in the rear. When
about half way there, he became faint, said that he was
dying, and requested them to stop : after leaving with
them messages for the wife, mother, and other dear ones
at home, he said : " Tell the boys I die like a soldier " ;
after which his spirit took its flight to that other and bet-
ter world. And thus did he die the " proudest of all
deaths," as he termed the death of a comrade in arms,
killed in the battles before Richmond in 1 862 ; saying of
him, in a letter to his mother :
Poor fellow! he is at rest, with the proudest of a names;
and he died the proudest of all deaths, a soldier fighting for
his country.
His body was taken to the hospital, and buried under
the direction of his Colonel, who was then at the hospital
on account of a sun-stroke, received during the " Battle
of the Wilderness " ; and there, in the blood-stained soil
of Virginia, lies one who was, in the words of Colonel
Gould, who wrote his parents a few days afterwards, " a
very brave soldier." His remains were afterwards re-
moved by the Government to the National Cemetery in
Fredericksburg, Va., Grave No. 201, Division A, Sec-
tion C.
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Lieutenant Morse was a member of Guiding Star
Lodge, No. 28, Independent Order of Good Templars,
in Melrose, and at a meeting, held May 26th, 1864, a
series of resolutions was offered and adopted, one of
which was as follows :
Resolved, That we tender our deepest sympathy to his be-
reaved wife, parents and relatives, in this our mutual affliction,
and we unite with them in mourning the loss of a worthy
brother, an affectionate son, husband and father ; and we also
seek to participate with them in the only consolation to be
derived from the circumstances of his decease ; that his life
having illustrated his unbending courage, he merits the martyr's
crown by being able, amid the allurements of wife, child and
home, to lay down his life upon the battle-field, exclaiming with
other dying heroes :
" It is sweet to die for one's country."
The following incident is told of Lieutenant Morse
while in the trenches before " Port Hudson " : One day
he was ordered to have his men build some breastworks
on a certain portion of the line, very much exposed to the
enemy's fire. While overseeing this labor, a colonel rode
out to the spot, saying that he had been told that there
was a coward out there ; the bullets flew by, and close to
the colonel, and off he started for a more retired position.
Very soon after a major rode out, and made the same
assertion. Lieutenant Morse said nothing ; but the flying
bullets spoke for him, whistling such a melody about the
major's ears, that he soon turned his horse, and followed
the course of the colonel before him. Nothing more was
heard about cowardice.
Remarks made by those who go from us and return
again are seldom remembered ; but let them be made by
one that is taken from us, and they are recalled and treas-
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ured. A remark made by Lieutenant Morse to his
mother, just before leaving home for the last time, was :
" If I am worthy to go and wear a soldier's uniform, I am
worthy to fill a soldier's grave."
We close this sketch with a stanza from a poem entitled
" The Dying Soldier," suggested by the death of the two
brothers, — George and Sidney, — and written by a resi-
dent of Melrose :
Thou Southern clime ! e'en thou must be
" His Chancel, Nave and Sacristy " ;
Death ended many a bright career
Whose noble forms lie buried here ;
Ye winds and rains, a requiem raise.
And chant it o'er these warriors' graves.
They've ended here all dreams of fame,
But leave behind an honored name.
OUR "ROLL OF HONOR." iCg
AUGUSTUS GREEN.
Private in Co. G, Twenty-Second Massachusetts Regi-
ment ; killed at the " Battle of Bethesda Church," June
3, 1864.
" He sleeps where he fell, 'mid the battle's roar,
With his comrades true and brave ;
And his noble form we shall see no more, —
It rests in a hero's grave."
Augustus Green, the oldest son of Levi and Sarah
(Davis) Green, was born in Maiden on the 28th of May,
1841.
He enlisted in Co. G, Twenty-Second Massachusetts
Regiment, in September 1861. The Twenty-Second
Regiment was organized by Hon. Henry Wilson, and left
the State in October 1861. It was encamped a num-
ber of months at Hall's Hill, Va., after which it was
engaged in the battles of the Peninsular campaign, under
General McClellan, followed by " Antietam," " Fredericks-
burg," " Chancellorsville " and " Gettysburg," and -then in
the final campaign under General Grant. For a month pre-
vious to the " Battle of Bethesda Church," it was engaged
in constant fights and skirmishes. Up to this time. Green
had followed the fortunes of his regiment without receiv-
ing a wound. On the second day of the fight at this
place, — which besides the church, a small, one-story,
unpainted building, consisted of only three or four
houses, — the Twenty-Second had been in line of battle,
behind its breastworks, all day, and Green had occupied a
position behind a large oak-tree during this and the pre-
vious day. Just before night he ventured to put his head
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out from behind the tree, to take a look at the enemy's
line, when a sharpshooter shot him through the forehead,
and he expired almost instantly. He was buried by his
comrades on the field of battle, and there his body now
rests. He is spoken of by his comrades in arms as a bold
soldier, and one that fought well, never shrinking from his
duty.
" He fought and died. A nameless grave
Where no sad willows o'er him wave,
Or sculptured stone extols the brave
In chiselled numbers,
Was his. The bird's shrill symphonies,
The restless murmur of the trees,
The sighing of the evening breeze,
Mar not his slumbers."
OUR "ROLL OF HONOR." I7I
ALBERT WATERSTON CROCKETT.
Private in Co. K, Seventeenth Regiment; died in " An-
dersonville Prison," Ga., Aug. i, 1864.
Albert Waterston Crockett, — brother of George F.
Crockett, who served in the Third Battery, — was the son
of George B. and AdeHne D. Crockett, and was born in
Boston, Jan. 3, 1843.
At the time of his enhstment, August 1861, he was
employed in French's daguerrotype and photographic
material establishment on Washington Street, Boston.
His regiment was sent to and served its time in the " De-
partment of North Carolina," and Crockett was one of the
best of soldiers, performing his duties well and faithfully
up to the time of his captivity, which was at the " Battle
of Batchelder's Creek," Feb. i, 1864. On that day, at four
o'clock, A. M., the rebels made an attack on the pickets
and camp of the One Hundred and Thirty-Second New
York Regiment, near Batchelder's Creek, nine miles from
New Berne. Lieutenant-Colonel John F. Fellows, with
portions of the five companies stationed near Fort Totten
— D, E, H, I and K, — the other five being in New
Berne, went to assist in repelling the attack. The
Seventeenth arrived just as the enemy, numbering fifteen
thousand men, had succeeded in carrying the bridge, and,
under cover of woods and fog, it succeeded in flanking
our small force ; and, finding resistance useless against
such overwhelming numbers, orders were given to fall back
to the crossing of the railroad and Trent road, there to
make another stand. At this time, the remainder of the
Union force had retreated, leaving the Seventeenth alone
to check the advance of the enemy. Soon after, Lieuten-
ant-Colonel Fellows, together with seven other officers
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and fifty-eight enlisted men, were taken prisoners. Three
were killed, and three severely wounded. Lieutenant-
Colonel Fellows was one of the Union officers who were
placed by the rebel authorities in the city of Charleston,
they thinking to prevent our gunboats and batteries
from shelling it. He was afterwards exchanged, and
returned to his regiment. Crockett, with others, was
taken first to " Belle Isle," and thence to " Anderson-
ville " ; and while performing these marches became very
foot-sore. Before his imprisonment he was one of the
most cleanly and careful of soldiers as regarded his bodily
health ; but afterwards, while being slowly starved to
death, he became disheartened, and was careless of him-
self; in consequence of which, dirt and vermin, ever
abounding in those Southern prisons, aggravated his
troubles, — and chronic diarrhoea and scurvy seizing upon
him, soon ended his life. He died a very hard death,
suffering terribly from his disease, and for want of proper
care and nourishment. At the time of his death, he had
bartered everything he had for food, excepting an old
pair of drawers and a blouse ; the latter given him by his
fellow prisoner and sufferer, John E. Quinn, who first went
out from our town, in 1861, in the Thirty-Second Regi-
ment, but was discharged for disability, and afterwards
re-enlisted in the Seventeenth Regiment, and was taken
prisoner at the same time with Crockett, but who survived
all the horrors of " Andersonville " and " Belle Isle," and
returned to tell the tale.
Crockett was buried outside the " prison pen," where so
many thousands of our brave boys are now sleeping, and
the number of his grave is 4,483 ; and there he will sleep
with his comrades " till a clarion, louder than that which
marshalled them to the combat, shall awake their slum-
bers."
OUR " ROLL OF HONOR." 1 73
JAMES ROWLAND HOWARD.
Private in Co. K, Thirty-Eighth Massachusetts Regi-
ment ; died Aug. i6, 1864, of disease contracted in the
service.
" The least in rank, but not in honor."
James Rowland Howard, the fourth son of James and
Mary (Holt) Howard, was born in Melrose, Feb. 15, 1841.
His father and grandfather were also natives of Melrose,
or, as it was then called. North Maiden. When the
Rebellion broke out, James was in Charlestown, Mass.,
learning the harness-maker's trade, and he expressed a
very strong desire to enlist in the service of his country
at once ; but, as he was not then of age, yielded to the
remonstrances of his widowed mother.
In July 1862, when the renewed and earnest call came
for more men, he could no longer withstand the appeal.
The spirit and desire to serve his country, which actuated
so many thousands of our young men at this time, was
his ; and listening to the lines of Oliver Wendell Holmes,
Listen, young heroes ! your country is calling !
Time strikes the hour for the brave and the true !
Now, while the foremost are fighting and falling,
Fill up the ranks that have opened for you !
and the mother telling him to act as he thought best, as he
was then free, he enlisted during the latter part of July,
with several other Melrose men, in Co. K, Thirty-Eighth
Regiment, and was mustered in at " Camp Stanton,"
Lynnfield, Aug. 12, 1862, and left the State Aug. 26th.
The Thirty-Eighth was ordered to join the "Banks'
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Expedition," and was sent into the " Department of the
Gulf," where it experienced hard service ; having been en-
gaged, previous to the time that Howard left it, in the " Bat-
tle of Bisland," the " Siege of Port Hudson," and many-
severe marches through the " Teche," and other portions
of Louisiana, one of the marches being ninety-six miles
in four days. It was during the " Siege of Port Hudson,"
and while encamped in the woods, that his system became
thoroughly impregnated with the poison of the miasmas
from the swamps and bayous of the surrounding region ;
so much so as to deprive him of nearly all sense of feeling
in his flesh.
Chronic diarrhoea seized upon him, very much reducing
his strength and ability for duty; and yet, although so
reduced, he would not listen to appeals to enter the
hospital, saying that he " entered the service to work, not
to be waited upon." Upon being examined by the sur-
geon, he saw that it was necessary that he should be sent
North ; and in August he was granted a furlough, but,
owing to detentions, he did not arrive home until October.
His furlough expiring in December, he reported himself,
with the intention of returning to the field ; but the
authorities would not receive him, and ordered his dis-
charge, which was given Dec. 5, 1863.
Disease had so firmly seated itself upon him, that con-
sumption was engendered, and he lived but a few months
after his discharge, dying Aug. 16, 1864.
Howard is highly spoken of by his companions in arms
as a true soldier, and one that performed every duty incum-
bent upon him. He has gone to his reward. He did not
die upon the battle-field, nevertheless he gave his life for
his country.
OUR " ROLL OF HONOR." 1 75
FRANCIS PEABODY.
Private in Co. G, Twenty-Second Massachusetts Regi-
ment ; discharged April 21, 1862, for disabihty ; re-en-
hsted in Co. A, in the Seventeenth Massachusetts
Regiment, Aug. 11, 1862; died at New Berne, N. C,
Oct. 3, 1864, of yellow fever.
Francis Peabody, son of Torrey and Matilda (Alley)
Peabody, was born in Lynn, Mass., Dec. 31, 1845. He
enlisted in the Twenty-Second Regiment, — raised by
Hon. Henry Wilson, — and was mustered into the service
Oct. 5, 1 86 1, but was discharged for disability, April 21,
1862. In the July following, when the exigency of the
country demanded a large accession to the ranks in the
field, young Peabody, having recovered his health, heard
again the cry :
Our country 's calling ! Go forth ! go forth !
To danger and glory, ye gallants !
and enlisted in Co. A, Seventeenth Massachusetts Regi-
ment, being sworn into service, Aug. 11, 1862. This
regiment experienced severe and honorable service in the
" Department of North Carolina." Peabody joined his
regiment at New Berne, — two other recruits from our
town, Edward W. Kendall and James S. Macey, joining at
the same time, — and served his country faithfully and
with true soldierly bearing, through the various marches,
skirmishes and battles incident to the North Carolina
campaigns.
He again re-enlisted, Jan. 4, 1864, as a veteran volun-
teer, under General Order No. 191 from the War Depart-
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ment Soon after this re-enlistment, in February 1864, he
became Orderly for Brigadier-General I. N. Palmer, and
served in that capacity until the time of his death, Oct. 3,
1864. He died of yellow fever, at New Berne, during the
prevalence of that epidemic. His body now lies in the
" Old Cemetery " of that city. The father and brother of
Francis both served in the army, and both are now suffer-
ing from the effects of services then rendered.
We close this sketch with the following testimonial
from General Palmer, now Lieutenant-Colonel 2d U. S.
Cavalry :
Fort Laramie, D. T., )
Jan. 6, 1868. j
Mr. E. H. Goss, Melrose, Mass ^ :
Dear Sir : — Your letter of the ist of August only reached
me a short time since, as I was absent for a few months from
this Post, and my letters were not forwarded to me.
With regard to the young man, Francis Peabody, late of the
Seventeenth Mass. Volunteers, I can only say that he was on duty
at my Head-Quarters at New Berne, North Carolina, for some
time before his death, which occurred during the terrible season
of yellow fever in 1864. He was always a remarkably quiet,
well behaved, trustworthy man. Although he did not meet a
soldier's death on the battle-field, his name should nevertheless
be enrolled with the list of the heroes whose lives were given
so freely in the service of their country during the Rebellion.
I am, sir,
Very respectfully, yours,
I. N. Palmer,
Lieut.-Col. 2d Cavalry"^ Bt. Brig.-General.
OUR "roll of honor." 177
GEORGE EL^VYN RICHARDSON.
[Communicated.]
The subject of this notice was born May 11, 1844. He
enlisted in Co. K, with other young men from this town,
in the Thirty-Eighth Massachusetts Regiment.
At the early age of eighteen, he left a pleasant home
and associations to endure the hardships, and meet the
dangers of a soldier's life. He went into camp at Lynn-
field, Aug. 15, 1862, and left the State, Sept. 24, for Balti-
more, and remained there until the loth of November,
when his regiment left for New Orleans ; and, after being
delayed at Fortress Monroe and Ship Island, arrived
safely at that city, Dec. 31. For nearly two years he
served under General Banks, in the " Department of the
Gulf," sharing with his regiment the dangers and honors
of the Western Louisiana and Port Hudson campaigns.
He left Louisiana with his regiment, and joined the army
of General Sheridan, in the Valley of the Shenandoah, in
the fall of 1864.
At the battle of "Cedar Creek " he had the misfortune
to be taken prisoner. He was carried first to Richmond
and then to Salisbury, N. C, where he died on the 3d of
November following, in the rebel prison of that place.
Thus he died at the early age of twenty, a martyr in the
cause of his country. We have no remarkable incidents
of his soldier life to record, but we have the testimony of
his comrades, that he was a good soldier, always cheer-
fully doing his duty ; and although he fell thus early, he
will not die in the memory and love of his friends. He
was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and
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Sabbath School, and all that knew him had confidence in
the purity of his character, and cherish the hope of meet-
ing him in that home above, "where no sorrow shall
come," but where the redeemed of the Lord shall enjoy
an eternal heaven of joy on high. c. h. u.
OUR " ROLL OF HONOR." IJQ
GEORGE THOMAS MARTIN.
[Communicated.]
George Thomas Martin was born in Boston, May 7,
1840. In April, 1846, his parents removed to Melrose,
which continued to be his home until his death. He
early sought to enter the service of his country, and was
commissioned 2d Lieutenant of Co. K, Thirty-Eighth
Massachusetts Volunteers, took an active part in recruit-
ing his company, and proceeded with his regiment " to
Baltimore. While encamped here, he was wounded in
the ankle by the accidental discharge of a pistol, and
though he soon appeared to recover from it, yet it is prob-
able that it was an indirect cause of his death. The
Thirty-Eighth was assigned to General Banks' corps, and
sailed soon after for Ship Island. From here it pro-
ceeded to CarroUton, La., and thence took part in the first
movement on "Port Hudson." At the "Battle of Bis-
land," young Martin was promoted to be ist Lieutenant.
In the long marches of this campaign, and in the " Siege
of Port Hudson," he bore a part. The hardships of this
service induced a varicose vein, and he was compelled to
ask his discharge, which was given, and he returned to
Melrose. Some months' rest followed, when he re-en-
tered the army, and was commissioned Senior ist Lieu-
tenant of Co. C, Fourth Massachusetts Heavy Artillery,
Aug. 16, 1864. He was ordered to the fortifications near
Washington. About the ist of March, 1865, he obtained
leave of absence, and entered the' Massachusetts General
Hospital at Boston, in order to have the varicose vein
removed. This was in part successfully accomplished ;
but pyaemia ensued, causing his sudden death, March 13,
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1865. To die, for him, however, "was gain." His dying
hours were full of triumphant joy, for he was sustained
by a hope in Christ, which did not fail. He united with
the Congregational Church in Melrose, in June 1858, and
had been active in the Sabbath School and prayer meet-
ings, as well as the more social gatherings of the church.
He was also an active member of the Boston Young
Men's Christian Association.
Thus in merest outline is the brief life of one of our
soldiers sketched! How they loved him and how they
miss him at home, in the social gathering, the prayer
meeting, the church, the Sabbath School, cannqt here be
told ; we know that his merry laugh, his earnest, cheerful
tones are hushed and still here forever ! We know, too,
that we shall meet him again, where every sound of
earthly strife is ended, and where " there shall be no more
death, neither sorrow nor crying." c. n. c.
OUR "roll of honor." l8l
JOHN EASTMAN STILPHEN.
Private in the Second Massachusetts Battery ; died June
25, 1865, of disease contracted in the service.
John Eastman Stilphen was born in Dresden, Maine,
June 18, 1830. At the breaking out of the RebelHon,
and for a few years previous, he was Hving in Melrose,
following his occupation as a carpenter. He enlisted in
Nims' Second Battery, which was mustered into the ser-
vice July 31, 1 86 1, and sent to Baltimore, Md. While
here it took part in the " Eastern Shore Virginia Expedi-
tion" ; and, in April 1862, was ordered to report to Major-
General B. F. Butler, commanding " Department of the
Gulf," where it saw much and arduous service ; taking
part in the " Siege of Vicksburg," " Battle of Baton
Rouge," " Siege of Port Hudson," " Red River Expedi-
tion," and other battles and skirmishes, besides many hard
marchings and counter-marchings throughout that Depart-
ment. Stilphen was one of the best of soldiers, perform-
ing every duty incumbent upon him, although suffering
from his disease — hemorrhoids — during all the latter
part of the period of his service ; so much so, that most
men under like circumstances would have sought for and
obtained a discharge ; but Stilphen remained at his post
until his time was out ; and one who served with him
during these many campaigns, says that " he was as true
as steel, and never flinched when under fire." He was
mustered out of the service, Aug. 11, 1864, after which
time he was able to do but little work, gradually failing
under the fatal hold of his disease. He died June 25,
1865, leaving a wife and three children to mourn his loss.
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and was buried in Wyoming Cemetery. A handsome
head-stone bears, besides his name and date of death, the
following inscriptions :
A Soldier's Grave,
HE HAS LEFT US FOR HIS HOME IN HEAVEN.
OUR "roll of honor," 183
GEORGE WARREN LYNDE.
Private in Co. A, Seventeenth Massachusetts Regiment ;
commissioned Brevet ist Lieutenant, Dec. 31, 1864;
died Jan. 30, 1 866, of disease contracted in the service.
George Warren Lynde was the youngest son of George
and Harriet (Favor) Lynde and was born in Melrose,
Sept. 2, 1846.
This was another of our boy-soldiers, he being but
fifteen years of age at the time of his enlistment. He
was then attending school, and, on the morning of the
23d of August, 1 861, as had been his custom, he drove
his father's cows to pasture ; but instead of returning
home, he kept on his way to " Camp Schouler," at Lynn-
field, and at once enlisted in Co. A, Seventeenth Regi-
ment, giving his age as eighteen. For some time previous
to this he had been in the habit of asking his father and
mother, nearly every day, for their consent to his entering
the service of his country. A negative answer was inva-
riably given, until the day before he started for Lynnfield,
when, in answer to the question, his father, half sportively
and half in earnest, said " yes." This was enough, and
George took the first opportunity that offered and started
off on foot for the camp, eight miles distant. He was at
this time captain of a boy's military company, organized
a month or two previous, in which he took a great inter-
est ; and undoubtedly his taste for military matters was
enhanced by his experience in this company.
He left the State with his regiment, which was assigned
to the " Department of North Carolina," and served
throughout its period of service with much honor to him-
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self and his country. He was in the battles of " Kinston,"
" Whitehall " and " Goldsborough," besides many skir-
mishes and long marches over the wretched and swampy
roads, and almost impenetrable jungles of North Carolina.
His comrades bear evidence that during his absence as
a soldier he did not become addicted to any of the habits
and vices which cursed so many ; but so straightforward
and soldierly had been his career, that his colonel fre-
quently recommended him for promotion.
While at New Berne, he suffered severely at times with
the fever and ague, and was also otherwise unwell ; but
he remained at his post, fighting the good fight well, and
performing every duty satisfactorily until his period of
service expired, when he returned home, and was mustered
out on the 3d of August, 1864; but he was never well.
Comsumption had marked him for its victim. From the
day of his muster-out he was never warm, suffering almost
constantly from feeling cold until his death, which took
place on the 30th of January, 1866.
He was brevetted 1st Lieutenant, Dec. 31, 1864, for
gallant conduct and bravery displayed at the " Battle of
Blount's Mills, "when, with a few others, he rushed out
from the ranks and rescued Belger's Fifth Rhode Island
Battery, which had become disabled and been left in
the field between the two forces, Captain Belger him-
self having lost an arm, the horses being killed, and the
battery abandoned.
XIV.
In Rebel Prisons.
" The world's ear is full of cries from the land of rebel bar-
barism, where starvation walked at the side of every captive,
and suffering, despair and death sat at every prison door."
"Andersonville"! "Belle Isle"! "Florence"! "Mil-
len " ! Salisbury " ! Who that has had friends or rela-
tives starved in these hideous "prison-pens," or that has
read the story of those who have experienced and survived
the systematic cruelty there practised by the rebel author-
ities, — the "horrible and predetermined scheme, contrived
for the purpose of depleting our armies and discouraging
our soldiers," " to destroy them, or to disable them for
further military service, or to compel our Government to an
exchange on other than the terms to which it is in honor
and by necessity committed," — does not shudder at men-
tion of these names, so suggestive are they of brutality,
sickness, disease, starvation, death, and almost every con-
ceivable inhumanity ? It is impossible for any one to
realize the amount of suffering and misery endured by
Union men in these terrible places.
After hearing the recital, or reading the account of one
who has experienced this severe treatment, suffered its
horrors, and has returned and told his story, the wonder
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is that any one of the many thousands that have been
there incarcerated ^ ever survived the fearful ordeal. But
there are those, — and we have a few in our midst, — who
lived through all and returned, and have related their suf-
ferings, giving the world a picture of the misery and tor-
ture endured by our men at the instigation of rebel leaders,
whose names and memories will ever be accursed and stig-
matized, be they wandering up and down the face of the
earth, or be they in their graves.
Not many of our own citizens were destined to experi-
ence these fearful sufferings, although at one time, Jan. i,
1 863, twenty-five (25) Melrose men, belonging to the Forty-
Second Massachusetts Regiment, were taken prisoners at
Galveston, Texas ; but this was before the extreme cruelty
and barbarity toward our men, — the systematic determi-
nation to let them perish from neglect, — was fully exer-
cised, — although great suffering had then been endured by
our men in more eastern prisons, — and they were treated
comparatively well, being cared for, and as good and as
much food given them as it was in the rebels' power to
give ; and, after passing through Texas and Louisiana to
the Mississippi River, by railroad and steamboat, with one
foot-march of one hundred and twenty-five miles in five
days, they were paroled, having been in the rebel author-
ities' hands only about two months.
* The number of Union prisoners held in the South during the Rebelh'on
was 126,940. Of this number 22,576 died, or were starved to death. The
first Union prisoner held by the rebels was John L. Worden, — who after-
terwards commanded the " Monitor " in its encounter with the " Merri-
mack," — who was kept in the common jail at Montgomery from April 15,
1861, until Nov. II, and then exchanged.
IN REBEL PRISONS. 187
Besides these twenty-five (25) men, the following of our
citizens have been prisoners of war :
Henry H. Jones, George W. Batchelder,
Archibald Bogle, Benjamin F. York,
George E. Richardson, Frederick W. Krantz,
Albert W. Crockett, George W. Elliot,
Wilham H. Eastman, John E. Quinn,
Edmund W. Davis, Henry Stone.
Ten of these lived to return to their homes. Richard-
son and Crockett were starved to death at " Salisbury "
and " Andersonville." Sketches of them have appeared on
a previous page. We now give short notices of the impris-
onment of some of those who survived the fierce conflict
with sickness and starvation.
HENRY H. JONES,
of Co. A, Thirteenth Massachusetts Regiment, was taken
prisoner during the first day's fighting of the " Battle of
Gettysburg," July i, 1863, and, after suffering eight
months the horrors of rebel prisons, was exchanged, and
rejoined his regiment in May 1864, just before the "Battle
of Cool Arbor," during the final campaign under General
Grant.
From Gettysburg young Jones was taken to Staunton,
Va., where, with between four and five thousand other
prisoners, he remained six weeks, waiting transportation
to Richmond ; to which place prisoners were finally car-
ried on cattle cars.
His first night in Richmond was spent in the famous —
and infamous — " Libby Prison " ; after which he was sent
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to "Belle Isle," where commenced his sufferings, and
where he remained until exchanged.^
Here he suffered the horrors and torments incident to
this overcrowded, ill-fed and ill-treated body of prisoners.
There were at times from ten to twelve thousand men
congregated in this small space, — turned in like so many
cattle, — to find what resting-place and comfort they could.
When the least crowded, they could not have had a space
for each man larger than three feet by nine. Here disease
and death held high carnival. Thousands without tent or
shelter of any kind ; through summer, fall and winter ;
through torrid sun, rains and floods ; malarial fogs and
sharp, cutting winds ; covered with dirt and vermin ;
" stripped of blankets and overcoats, hatless often, shoe-
less often, in ragged coats and rotting shirts, they were
obliged to take the weather as it came. Here and there
a tent had a fire, and the inmates gathered round it, but
the thousands outside shivered as the cold cut them to the
bone, and huddled together for warmth and sympathy " ;
"the cold froze them because they were hungry, — the
• Belle Island is a small island in the James River, opposite the Tredegar
Iron-works, and in full sight from the Libby windows. It has pretensions
enough to beauty at a distant view to justify its name, as part of it is a bluff
covered with trees. But the portion on which the prisoners are confined is
low, sandy and barren, without a tree to cast a shadow, and poured upon
by the burning rays of a Southern sun. Here is an enclosure, variously
estimated to be from three to six acres in extent, surrounded by an earthwork
about three feet high, with a ditch on either side. On the edge of the outer
ditch, all round the enclosure, guards are stationed about forty feet apart,
and keep watch there day and night. The interior has something of the look
of an encampment, a number of Sibley tents being set in rows, with " streets"
between. These tents, rotten, torn full of holes, — poor shelter at any rate, —
accommodated only a small portion of the number who were confined within
these low earth walls. — Report of Committee to U. S. Sanitary Commission.
IN REBEL PRISONS. 189
hunger consumed them because they were cold." So
severe was the treatment, that, according to the Confeder-
ate Surgeon-General's quarterly report for the months of
January, February and March, 1864, out of nearly twenty-
eight hundred patients in the hospital, about fourteen
hundred — half the number — died ! This is but a slight
picture of the sufferings experienced in this and other
rebel prisons.
Jones was released from this scene of misery in April
1864, and after his exchange was sent to Annapolis,
Md., — then a rendezvous for exchanged prisoners, —
where he remained, recuperating his nearly exhausted
system, for six weeks ; after which he joined his regi-
ment, went with it through the remaining period of its
service, returned, and was mustered out, Aug. i, 1864.
Some idea of the suffering he experienced can be imag-
ined, not realized, when it is stated that when taken
prisoner he weighed one hundred and fifty-eight pounds ;
when he arrived at Annapolis he weighed ninety-five
pounds. He still suffers from deafness and rheumatism,
engendered by the cruel treatment received while in the
hands of " our erring sisters."
ARCHIBALD BOGLE
Went into the service in 1861 as 2d Lieutenant of Co.
I, Seventeenth Massachusetts Regiment, was promoted
1st Lieutenant, May 28, 1862, and discharged May 20,
1863, to become Major of the Thirty-Fifth U. S. Colored
Troops in General Wild's Brigade, then stationed in North
Carolina. At the " Battle of Olustee," in Florida, Feb. 20,
1864,^ he was left on the field, supposed to be dead, being
severely wounded in bowels and leg. His colonel being
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absent, and the lieutenant-colonel being wounded, the
command of the regiment devolved upon Major Bogle for
five hours, during the hottest part of the strife. For distin-
guished gallantry at this battle Major Bogle was published
in General Orders, and in March following was brevetted
Lieutenant -Colonel. As the "Olustee" battle-ground
remained in the possession of the Confederates, Major Bogle
fell into their hands and was taken, — notwithstanding he
was an officer, and should have been taken to " Macon " or
some other officer's prison, — to " Andersonville," where
he experienced the horrors of that " prison-pen " for nine
months.
"Andersonville" was an open space, of twenty-five
acres, in the shape of a parallelogram, sloping on both
sides, without trees or shelter of any kind, and with a
sandy soil over a bottom of clay. The fence was made of
upright trunks of trees, about twenty feet high, near the
top of which were small platforms, where the guards were
stationed. Twenty feet inside and parallel to the fence
was a light railing, forming the " dead-line," beyond which
the projection of a foot or finger was sure to bring the
deadly bullet of the sentinel. Here were crowded at times
as many as twenty-eight thousand fellow - soldiers,^ — so
' The " Battle of Olustee," or " Ocean Pond " was fought between 5,000
Union Soldiers under General Seymour, and 10,000 Rebels under General
Finnegan. Unionists compelled to retreat, leaving five guns, nearly six hun-
dred stand of small arms, all its battery horses, and about one thousand two
hundred killed and wounded on the field. Rebel loss nine hundred and
thirty-five killed and wounded.
* The Macon Journal and Messenger of the summer of 1864 said that
there were over 27,000 prisoners in Andersonville, and the deaths from fifty
to sixty per day. By sworn testimony before the Commissioners of the
" Sanitary Committee," it was proved that the average number of deaths in
August, 1864, was over one hundred and thirty a day. Warren Lee Goss,
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crowded that it was difficult to move in any direction
without jostling or being jostled. We cannot spare the
space to give details of the condition of this prison ; of
the utter disregard to all cleanliness and health of the pris-
oners ; of the perfectly horrid state to which the swampy
portion of the inside became. So wretched an appearance
did it present that new comers on reaching it would
exclaim, " Is this hell ? " yet they soon would become cal-
lous, and enter unmoved the horrible rottenness.
From this living death at " Andersonville," Major Bogle
was successively removed to Millen, Savannah, Charleston,
and Columbia, and was finally paroled at Wilmington, N.
C, March i, 1865. He received the rank of Brevet-Colonel
March 13, 1865.
Colonel Bogle is honorably mentioned and interestingly
spoken of, while at " Andersonville," in " The Soldier's
Story of his captivity at Andersonville, Belle Isle, and
other Rebel Prisons," by Warren Lee Goss of the Second
Massachusetts Regiment of Heavy Artillery. Mr. Goss
was twice a prisoner in the hands of the rebels, wit-
nessing and experiencing the things of which he speaks ;
and if one desires to learn something of the sufferings
through which our men passed, — although he says in
conversation with the writer, that were he to tell the story
with all its fiendish cruelties and barbarities, it would not
be believed, — we advise them to read his volume, in
which he "proposes to relate the tale of horrors experi-
in his book, — hereafter referred to, — says that "July and August of this
year were the most terrible experienced by the general prisoners. In one
day in August, no less than one hundred and sixty died. From the ist of
February to the i6th of September, 12,000 Federal Soldiers, prisoners of
war, were carried from the prison to the dead man's trench and the felon's
burial."
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enced in these prisons, without exaggeration," An extract
from this sadly interesting book, relating to Col. Bogle, is
here introduced.
Understanding that there was a major of colored troops
in prison, I hunted him up, and found Major Archibald Bogle,
who was formerly, I believe, a Lieutenant in the Seventeenth Mas-
sachusetts Infantry. He was captured at Olustee, after being
severely wounded in several places. He informed me that he
formerly lived in Melrose, Massachusetts. Since he came into
the pen, he had been refused all medical and surgical treatment,
though the prisoners detailed as hospital stewards had covertly
afforded him aid, and dressed his wounds. He wore his uniform,
and freely declared himself an officer of negro troops, — a fact
which all officers of negroes were not willing to own, by reason
of the hard treatment received therefor from the rebels. His
was an instance of the fact that a true gentleman remains the
same amidst the most squalid misery and accumulated misfor-
tunes. His intercourse with others was dignified, courteous, and
urbane, as if in command of his regiment. There were many
in prison, as there always have been in our army, who professed
to despise negro troops, and have a contempt for their officers.
Major Bogle was at one time, I was informed, compelled to
mess with his negroes ; yet he always maintained his gentle-
manly bearing and his self-respect, and commanded the respect
of others amid all the accumulated misery of the " prison-pen."
Such were my impressions of Major Bogle.
Many loose statements have been made in print indicating
that officers were as common among prisoners at Andersonville,
as enlisted men. With the exception of Major Bogle, there were
no commissioned officers intentionally placed in Andersonville.
Others were there by their own act ; but the prison was intended
for enlisted men only. At any time an officer of white troops
could be sent to Macon, or some other officers' prison, by
merely making a plain statement of facts which looked plau-
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sible. So much is required to be said, as there seems to be a
great misunderstanding in relation to tliis matter ; and it is my
desire to write such a description of the prison that those who
were prisoners at the time with myself will be the ones most
ready to testify to the truth of these pictures, crudely drawn
with pen and ink. Major Bogle at one time was engaged in a
tunnelling operation, in which he plotted to release all the pris-
oners of the stockade. It failed through the treason of some
one in the secret, though it came near being a success. About
the time I became acquainted with him, an extensive plot was
formed to break the stockade. Over two thousand men were
pledged to risk their lives upon an effort to liberate the prison-
ers of the stockade. Here seemed the choice before us, to die
without an effort, amid all the misery of the " prison-pen," or to
die with our hands uplifted to strike one blow at our enemies,
before death, in an attempt to liberate ourselves and starving
comrades. To no reasonable man did there appear at that
time to be any hope for life but in that manner. I went into
the project, I am willing to confess at this day, having full confi-
dence in our ability to achieve the desired result, and with a
feeling that it was better to die in such an attempt than to die a
miserable, loathsome death by gradual starvation.
Acting in concert, we set ourselves at work, and dug tunnels
up to the stockade ; then the tunnel branched off at right angles,
running parallel with the stockade, a shoulder of earth being
left as a temporary support, so that when a rush was made
against the wall from the outside, it would be thrown down in
the places thus mined. In this manner three portions of the
stockade walls were undermined, — at least, I have reason to
suppose so, although I was engaged in digging and engineering
on but one of them. Our plans were as follows : One detach-
ment of prisoners was to break through on the south side, near
the gate, and capture the reserve of the guard ; another to break
through on the north side, and, making a circuit of the stockade,
capture the guard thereon ; another party, breaking through on
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the south-west side, near the gate, was to capture the rebel artil-
lery near headquarters, and use it according to circumstances,
and make such capture of rebel officers as was possible ; while
prisoners outside, under detail, were to cut the telegraph wires.
This achieved, prisoners were to be liberated, rations equally
distributed, the cars seized, ammunition and arms placed in the
hands of the " organization," and then, raiding through the rebel
country, seize upon horses and other modes of transportation,
and effect an escape to the Gulf. Such were our plans generally.
All was pronounced ready for the grand assault, and we were
waiting with trembling expectancy, when a proclamation was
read in prison, and posted in conspicuous places, stating that
such a plan was known to be organized, and the commandant
of the prison had full knowledge of all its details, even to the
names of those concerned; and that, if we persisted in carrying
it out, there would be great bloodshed, which he wished to avert
Such, in substance, was a proclamation signed by Henry AVirz.
We had been betrayed by one who, we supposed, from every
motive of interest, would keep the secret. Artillery was posted
at various points, with men in position to use it : twice shots
were fired over the heads of prisoners in crowds, while white
flags were placed all over the prison, as ranges for the artil-
lerists. Thus ended the best-conceived plan for liberating the
prisoners en masse during my imprisonment, and proved the
assertion frequently made among the Kentucky boys, that,
" Everything in the Confederacy was drefful onskrtain, and liable
to bust."
WILLIAM H. EASTMAN,
of Nims' Second Battery was taken prisoner at Bayou
Bceuf, June i8, 1863, while the army was on the march to
" Port Hudson," — he, with others, having been left behind
in charge of sick horses belonging to the battery. As our
army moved forward, the rebel army followed, taking what
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spoils and prisoners it could. Eastman was taken to
Brashear City, where he was held only about a fortnight,
and then paroled and sent within the Union lines, where he
arrived just before the fall of " Port Hudson." He was not
exchanged until the following November, and during the
intermediate time he acted as clerk for the Provost Marshal
of one of the Louisiana Districts. During the short time
he was in the hands of the Rebels, his treatment was com-
paratively good, and he escaped without suffering the
tortures of an " Andersonville " or a "Salisbury."
JOHN L. CHAMBERS.
Acting Master's Mate, John L. Chambers, although
living in East Boston at the time he entered the service,
was a citizen of Melrose before the war, and has been since
his return ; therefore, a short sketch of his imprisonment
is here introduced, notwithstanding his name did not count
on our quotas. It was, by far, the longest imprisonment
suffered by any of our citizens, being over two years in
duration.
Mr. Chambers was appointed Acting Master's Mate,
August 15, 1862, and ordered on board the gunboat
" Albatross." In September, while at Ship Island, he was
transferred to the ship " Morning Light," — Acting Master
John Dillingham in command, — which was on blockading
duty on the coast of Louisiana and Texas. She had an
armament of eight long 32-pound guns and a rifled Butler
gun, with a crew of eighty-four men, all told. In No-
vember, 1862, she was ordered on duty off Sabine Pass.
On the morning of the 21st of January, 1863, — a consort,
the schooner "Velocity," which carried two twelve-pound
howitzers, being also then on duty, — when four mileS
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from shore, and in a perfect calm, these vessels were
attacked by two river boats, which had been converted
into cotton-clad Rebel gunboats ; they were the " John
Bell" which carried a 64-pound rifled cannon, and the
" Uncle Ben," with two twelve-pounders, and with five
hundred sharp-shooters on board, all under the command
of Major O. M. Watkins. Although the "Morning Light"
had the heaviest armament, yet she failed to keep the
Rebel steamers at a distance, and, approaching within a
thousand yards they poured in a terrific and constant fire ;
and after a fight which lasted about two hours and a half,
both vessels surrendered, with a loss of five killed and
fifteen wounded. The prisoners were first taken to Sabine
City, thence to Houston, where they were imprisoned in
a large warehouse. About ninety men were confined in
the room with Chambers, which was about one hundred
feet square. But the treatment here was not severe, the
men being allowed two hours each day for walking, under
a guard of twelve men.
About the last of April, the officers of the " Morning
Light," together with those of the " Harriet Lane " and
the " Forty-Second Massachusetts Regiment," taken pris-
oners at the "Battle of Galveston," Jan. i, 1863, — twenty-
two in all, — were sent to Huntsville, where for three days,
by order of the rebel authorities, they were confined in the
cells of its State Prison. These cells were anything but
inviting places of abode, being about eight feet by five,
and overrun with cockroaches and overbrooded with mos-
quitoes. But by the kindness of Colonel Caruthers, the
Superintendent, they were released from these close
quarters and given a large upper room, which was fitted
up and made comfortable for them.
Here Chambers remained until the 27th of June, when
he, with the rest of the officers, was ordered to " Camp
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Groce," seventy miles southwest from Huntsville, on the
"Houston and Navasota Railroad," to which place the
crews of the " Morning Light " and the " Velocity " had
been previously sent. " Camp Groce " was first a camp
of instruction for the Rebels, but afterwards was turned
into a "prison-pen" or "corral." It consisted of four
stacks of barracks surrounding an area, beyond which a
tract of wild country, wood, swamp and prairie, stretched
for miles around. It was under a guard of from sixty to
eighty men, commanded by a fat officer known as " Cap-
tain Buster." Among the officers now congregated at
" Camp Groce " were Colonel Isaac S. Burrill and Surgeon
A. I, Cummings of the " Forty-Second Massachusetts,"
Colonel A. J. H. Duganne,^ of the "One Hundred and
Seventy-Sixth New York," and many others taken at
Galveston, Sabine Pass, and other points in Texas. In
" Camp Groce " Chambers remained until the 9th of
December following, and during this time much sickness
had prevailed, and many deaths had taken place, one of
which was that of Surgeon Cummings. Nov. 20th, Cham-
bers and three hundred other prisoners were paroled, and
ordered to dispose of all superfluous clothing, bedding and
baggage, and prepare for a march to Shrevesport, Louisi-
ana, about three hundred miles distant, for the purpose of
being exchanged. Up to this time the Rebel authorities
had transported for the prisoners all bedding, baggage,
etc., and they had received comfortable care, with good
beef and corn-bread rations ; but now this kindness ceased
and from this time the ill-treatment and sufferings of
' Author of " A History of Governments," ** Footprints of Heroism,"
" War in Europe," " Battle Ballads," " Twenty Months in the Department
of the Gulf," etc. .
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Chambers increased. This march to Shrevesport was
about three hundred and thirty miles in length, and
occupied twenty-one days ; passing through Anderson,
Huntsville, Crockett, Palestine, Kickapoo, and Tyler.
Near the last town is situated "Camp Ford," now left
behind, but which was yet destined to receive these disap-
pointed prisoners. When within ten miles of Shrevesport,
and near Marshall, La., they were ordered to halt and
encamp in the woods near *' Four Mile Spring." Here
amid rain and snow and very severe weather they suffered
great hardships. In the morning orders came not to
exchange, and a "camp" was made near by in an open
field, where, without shelter, they remained amid much
suffering and many privations about three months. In
March they were ordered back to " Camp Ford," one
hundred miles distant. This march was accomplished in
three days, and with terrible suffering, tracks of blood
being left in many cases ; in such condition were the pris-
oners, and so severe the treatment One sad incident of
this march deserves mentioning. There were two brothers
among the prisoners, one of whom was taken sick during
the march, and died just before bivouacking for the night.
The officer in command would not allow the brother to
remain and bury the body, but compelled him to march
on with the rest ; but at night, after they had encamped,
the guards, more humane than the officer, went back and
buried him. Chambers was not in this severe march, but
from the camp near "Four Mile Spring" was sent, with
twenty other sick prisoners, to Shrevesport, where he
remained until May 28th, when he was sent back to
" Camp Ford," together with a hundred and fifty other
prisoners that had been gathered from different sources.
" Camp Ford," the " Andersonville " of Texas, was situ-
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ated four miles from the town of Tyler, and consisted of a
space of six acres, enclosed with a stockade of timbers
eight feet high. One-sixth of this area was allotted to the
officers, who dwelt in log huts and cabins of various shapes,
erected by themselves or purchased of former tenants ; while
the rest of the area was occupied by the other prisoners, who
burrowed under ground, or erected booths of branches,
and arranged every conceivable contrivance for a shelter.
In April, during the " Red River Expedition," under
General Banks, eleven hundred and eighty-six Federal pris-
oners, captured at the " Battle of Mansfield," April 8,
1864, were brought to "Camp Ford" at one time. Many
others were added at subsequent times, so that at the time
Chambers entered the "Camp," May 28th, there were
congregated as many as forty-seven hundred prisoners,
three hundred of whom were officers. The rations for
much of the time consisted of corn meal, — cob and all
ground up, and generally musty at that ; often whole corn,
without grinding, was given them. With this kind of food,
insufficient clothing, and such general ill-treatment, it is
not strange that there were many deaths. From May i,
to Dec. I, 1864, there were two hundred and thirty-two
deaths in the " Camp." ^ It was a constant boast with the
guard, as they went on duty, that they would " shoot a
' A very good picture of life at " Camp Ford," as then experienced, is
given in the following letter written by the Confederate Post-Surgeon.
Tyler, Texas, June 14, 1864.
Surgeon J. M. Hayden, Chf. Med. Bureau, T. M. D.
Sir : — In obedience to orders, I reported to the officer in command of the camp of Fed-
eral prisoners at this place (Colonel Anderson), who immediately placed me on duty, as
surgeon in charge. I at once set about examining the sanitary condition ofthe stockade, and
although my mind was prepared by representations to meet with abundant materials for dis-
ease, it fell far short of the reality. The enclosed ground is entirely too small for the number
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Yank to-day," and often, without any provocation what-
ever, would a prisoner be shot down. Many were thus
killed during his imprisonment. Notwithstanding all
these disheartening circumstances, the Fourth of July,
1864, was duly celebrated by the reading of a poem, of
the Declaration of Independence, and the delivery of an
oration, interspersed with national airs by a glee club.
When the weather permitted, much of the time it being
very wet, evening meetings were held, conducted by the
chaplains present. During all this time the hope of being
exchanged was constantly entertained, fed by rumors, and
the fact that occasionally squads of two or three hundred
were sent away for that purpose.
Yankee ingenuity developed itself wonderfully at " Camp
Ford," and a great variety of articles were manufactured.
of men, (over 4,500), and it would be impossible to make them healthy in such a crowded con-
dition. The filth and offal have been deposited in the streets and between the quarters, from
which arises horrible stench. A great number of the enlisted men have no quarter nor
shelter, and have to sleep out on the ground, without even a blanket to cover them. Some of
the sick are thus situated, and I am making preparations to provide for their wants and to
make them comfortable. We have a hospital in course of erection, and will need bedding
very much. The popular prejudice here is so strong against them that I can get no facilities
from the people. I have sent to you for approval the requisition which I would have sent
directly to the Medical Purveyor, but I thought your signature would be necessary. I am
ready to receive into hospital a few, if we had the articles, and they are not to be had here. No
regular register of cases or deaths has been kept, up to a recent period, but I visited the grave-
yard and counted twenty-five graves, a much smaller number than I was led to believe. * * *
Very respectfully.
Your obedient servant,
F. W. MEAGHER.
The following notice was also found posted one morning :
Hereafter any Federal prisoner, being detected in trying to make his escape from the prison,
— either in the act, or after he has made his escape, — will be shot by the one capturing him.
By order of
Lieutenant-Colonel J. P. BORDERS,
ComiTg Camp Ford Prison,
B. W. McEACHAN,
L Untenant and A ding A djutant.
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With a half-dozen axes and hatchets, three spades, a dull
saw and their jack-knives, the prisoners contrived to mul-
tiply tools, and erect machinery, by means of which musical
instruments, rakes, hoes, bedsteads, tables, chessmen, pipes,
and very many other useful and ornamental articles were
manufactured; and in this manner many weary hours of
imprisonment were whiled away. While here Chambers
contrived to make a very fine and complete model of the
ship " Morning Light." ^
A newspaper was also established, called "The Old
Flag," printed with pen and pencil, containing a variety
of advertisements and literary emanations, and circulated
among the prisoners.
Thus was this long imprisonment passed, amid many
privations, much suffering, sickness, and death; but the
long looked for and long deferred hour at length arrived.
On the 3d of March, with three hundred other prisoners,
Chambers was marched to the mouth of the Red River,
and on the tweaty-sixth day of March, 1865, having been
in the hands of the Confederates two years, two months,
and five days, he was exchanged and sent to New Orleans ;
thence up the Mississippi River, home.
EDMUND WALLACE DAVIS.
Enlisted in Co. G, Twenty-Second Massachusetts Reg-
iment, in 1 86 1, and was taken prisoner at the "Battle of
Gaines' Farm " or " Gaines' Mills," June 27, 1862. He was
' Colonel Duganne in his "Twenty Months in the Department of the
Gulf," while enumerating the characteristics of some of his co-prisoners, thus
refers to Chambers : " The ingenious Chambers whose model of the ' Morn-
ing Light ' was a trophy of Yankee naval architecture."
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first carried to " Libby Prison," and afterwards to " Belle
Isle," but was held only about six weeks, when he was
exchanged and sent into the union lines ; consequently
his sufferings, as a prisoner, were of short duration ; but
the heart disease, with which he had been suffering, was
aggravated by the treatment received while in the hands
of the Rebels, and he was discharged from the service soon
after his exchange. He died at Melrose, July 22, 1864.
Davis was one of five brothers that served in the Union
army. Loami G. was in the Thirty-Third and Third
Heavy Artillery Regiments ; John E. and James L. were
in the Forty-Second Regiment ; Charles L. in the Eighth
Maine Regiment ; and Edmund W. in the Twenty-Second
Massachusetts Regiment. We had no other instance
where one family furnished five persons for the army, but
we had two other families that furnished four ; Martin and
York, as follows : George T. Martin was in the Thirty-
Eighth and Fourth Heavy Artillery Regiments ; William
H. in the Thirty-Eighth Regiment ; Charles H. in the
Fourth Heavy Artillery ; and Jeremiah, Jr., in the Navy.
Benjamin F. York was in the Fifty-Sixth Regiment ;
Josiah R. and William B. were in the Forty-Second ; and
Arthur, Jr., was in the Twelfth New Hampshire Regi-
ment.
Several families furnished three members for difierent
periods of service, viz: Shelton, Macey, Emerson, — a
father and two sons ; Peabody, — a father and two sons ;
Wyman and McLaughlin. Many families gave us two
members ; viz : Anderson, Barry, Barron, Crockett,
Dawes, Fuller, Grover, Howard, Ireson, Lynde ; two
families two each, — Morse, Marshall, — father and son,
— McAllister, Nichols, and Quinn.
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FREDERICK W. KRANTZ.
When the Rebellion broke out Krantz was in the U. S.
Navy, having enlisted in 1859 for three years; he was dis-
charged at Portsmouth, N. H., Sept. 24, 1861. In July,
1862, he enlisted in Co. C, Thirty-Third Regiment. After
the " Battle of Gettysburg " was fought and won, while our
army was pursuing General Lee, he became foot-sore,
and, with others, was left behind the army to follow as
best he could, when he was taken prisoner by Stuart's
Cavalry. He was carried to a tobacco warehouse about
two miles from Piankatank Point, between the Potomac
and Rappahannock Rivers. Here he suffered the usual
hard treatment allotted our prisoners, being ^ick a long
while with fever and ague ; but, after an imprisonment of
seven months, he made his escape in the night and reached
Washington, Feb. 3, 1864. He returned to his home in
Melrose, and, after recruiting his health during a furlough of
two months, was returned to his regiment, then encamped
in Lookout Valley, P.ast Tennessee. After taking part in
nearly all the engagements of the " great march to the
sea," under General Sherman, he was again taken prisoner
by Rebel cavalry, while on a foraging expedition. He was
taken to the prison at Salisbury, N. C, where he remained
suffering the horrors and tortures of that place, until just
before the fall of Richmond, when he was removed to
" Libby Prison," and after a delay of two weeks was paroled
and sent to City Point, where he arrived, once more under
the old flag, on the day Richmond was evacuated. He
was sent to Annapolis, and soon after discharged and sent
home.
The following extract from the " Congregationalist and
Recorder" gives a slight idea of some of the experiences
passed through by our prisoners while at " Andersonville."
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It is from the description of a visit made in April, 1868,
by the Rev. C. L. Woodworth, who was Chaplain of the
Twenty-Seventh Massachusetts Regiment, two hundred
and fifty members of which had been inmates of this
" prison-pen."
After speaking of the insufficiency of water allowed our
prisoners, received from a small brook running through
the enclosure, which in summer " could have been little
more than a mere drizzle from the swamps around," and
that within bow-shot was " a creek of beautiful, unfailing
water, twenty feet wide, and three feet deep, which would
have made prison-life almost a joy," of the forests of wood
near at hand, and only one stick a day allowed for a squad
of fifty men, and of the evidences of the many attempts at
" mining out " made by our men, he says :
One can give no account of his feelings as he wanders over
these accursed acres, and sees everywhere traces of the unfortu-
nate occupants. The debris of cabins, chimneys, fire-places,
ovens, holes in the hill-side, are among the painful evidences of
the battle they fought for comfort and life. The side-hill on
the north, is burrowed all over, and reminds one of a sand
bank honey-combed with swallows' holes. Some of these under-
ground excavations were quite spacious, and might hold a score,
while others are so small that not more than one could have
occupied them at a time. The tops of the larger ones have
mostly fallen in, softened by the rain. Indeed, it was no uncom-
mon thing during a rainy night for some one or more of them
to cave in and bury the sleepers. Quite a number of lives, it is
said, were lost in this way.
But that which most forcibly reminds one of the terrible strug-
gle which the men had for simple comfort, is the wells which
they dug in search of water. Forty of these are still in exist-
ence, and some of them as fresh as if dug but yesterday. In a
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number of instances they went down eighty feet, but in nearly
every case failed to find the coveted treasure. One marvels
how they could have dug them without tools of any sort, using
simply their fingers, and bringing up the dirt in the pockets of
their blouses, or in their caps, or handkerchiefs. Had I not
seen the wells, and waited some moments for a stone, that I
dropped in to strike the bottom, I could not have believed it.
How consuming the thirst which could impel to such labors !
Until near the close of the war there was only one structure
inside the stockade, — that was a small, rough building used by
the Quartermaster, — where were weighed, and from whence
were issued the scanty rations that our men fought over like
famished dogs. I saw the platform, and a part of the scales on
which this starvartion diet was balanced to the nicety of death.
It was after the attention of the civilized world had been
directed to the barbarity practised on our prisoners, that the
confederate government put up within the stockade, both at the
northern and at the southern end, five large sheds of a hundred
feet in length, simply covered at the top ; the sides all open
like a depot wood-house. These were better than nothing, but
in storm and cold, were a poor protection for weak, starving
men, and miserably inadequate for all.
South of the main stockade a hundred and fifty yards or so,
was the hospital stockade. Within this were twenty-two of
these long, low sheds, from which fifteen thousand martyred
souls went up to God. The day I visited this ground was hazy
and sultry, and I imagined the air was stifling from the boding
horrors which every object suggested. Could I forget that only
a litde time ago these sheds were filled with sick, pale, famished,
wasted men, that every hour out of the twenty-four, the dead-
cart carried, at least, two, oft times six, lifeless bodies to the
trenches !
Seven forts and earthworks commanded the prison, and made
all thought of resistance hopeless. Escape, therefore, was a
thing which depended entirely on the cunning and craft of
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the individual man. Mining out was a favorite method ; a
few scaled the stockade. Some ran the guard, and others,
who had passes to cut wood, bring water, or bury a comrade,
forgot to return. But this constant attempt to outwit, and elude
their keepers, was met on their part with a weapon of warfare
known only in the South, and up to this time practised only on
negroes, and escaped Yankee prisoners. I refer, of course, to
hounds that were kept to track and hunt down the fugitives.
There were three block-houses, just west of the stockade, where
the hunters and the hounds were quartered. Only one of the
houses is now standing, and this will soon disappear, for every
relic hunter is sure to carry a piece of it away. The stories told
by the colored people of the horrid exploits of the hounds, —
human and inhuman, — in running down our boys, is enough
to make one's flesh creep. I have no heart to put a single one
of them on paper.
We cannot better close these notices of the sufferings
of our heroes in these wretched spots, than to give an
extract from a letter by a correspondent of the " American
Missionary," dated Atlanta, Ga., May 13, 1867, showing,
as it does, the great change in the use to which "Ander-
sonville " is now consecrated :
Did they ever imagine, those rebel officers, who used our
poor boys to erect those buildings — buildings put up to enable
them to hold thirty thousand prisoners in unheard of tortures —
did they ever imagine to what use those buildings were to be
applied, and so soon ? Did they dream that the wail of the
captive would scarcely be hushed, and the last victim laid to
sleep his last sleep in those awful witness-bearing trenches,
before two angels of mercy should take their abode there,
transforming that hell upon earth into a little earthly heaven ?
Yes, " Andersonville " has been cleansed and sanctified ; and,
thank God, by the purity, the presence, the labor, and the
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love of woman. Where the rebel soldier's jeer and oath
used to be heard, now daily ascends the sweet sound of
prayer and praise. For the howl of the hungry hound, eager
to chase the perishing Union fugitive, you may now hear the
sweet voices of the children blending in song. The jailer has
fled, haunted by the memory of his crimes (for Wirz was not alone
in the charge), and two gentle women have taken possession of
his dwelling ; the persecuted slave has found a shelter in the huts
erected by his persecutors, and the Freedman's corn is now
growing in the empty stockade.
One of the ladies referred to above, says in the same
paper :
You would scarcely know the place were you to come here
now. The trees are heavy with the wealth of foliage, the air
resonant with the sweet song of birds, and odorous with the
breath of flowers. But the stockade with its silent tale of suf-
fering, and the cemeterj', with its quiet sleepers, are still here.
" Andersonville " will ever be to me a memory of suffering, a
home of dead heroes, a planting of freedom's seed. I am glad to
have been here, glad of the record we shall leave — I only wish
it were more glorious with fruit ; but one soweth, and another
reapeth. I am content with sowing, and with the evidence of
life in the seed. It is germinating ; already the mellowed soil
is breaking from the struggles of the embryo which wants light
and air. We have but to lay our ear to the earth, to hear the
swelling and the struggling of the new life beneath. A few
more rains of love, a few more dews of mercy, a few more
suns of grace, and the blade will appear ; after that, the going
on from strength to strength, till the harvest time shall come.
Oh ! it has been good to work here. I thank God for it, and
the rich experience it has brought !
XV.
i86s.
Close of the Rebellion.
Oh, beautiful ! my country ! ours once more !
Smoothing thy gold of war-dishevelled hair
O'er such sweet brows as never others wore,
And letting thy set lips
Freed from wrath's pale eclipse,
The rosy edges of their smile lay bare.
What words divine of lover or of poet
Could tell our love and make thee know it,
Among the nations bright beyond compare ?
What were our lives without thee ?
What all our lives to save thee ?
We reck not what we gave thee ;
We will not dare to doubt thee.
But ask whatever else, and we will dare !
yames Russell Lowell.
In the "Life of Abraham Lincoln," by Dr. J. G. Hol-
land, — " Timothy Titcomb," — occurs the following vivid
passage relative to the fall of Richmond :
The day on which Richmond fell will long be remembered
by the people of America, in both sections of the country. Whpn
the news was made public on Monday, — April 3, 1865, — the
whole North was thrown into a frenzy of joyous excitement.
Every bell on every public building, from the Atlantic to the
Pacific was rung for hours. Cannon answered to cannon, from
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mountain to mountain, and from valley to valley. Men grasped
one another's hands in the streets, and wept, or embraced each
other in the stress of their joyous enthusiasm. Public meetings
were called, at which the deeds of the gallant heroes who had
won the decisive victories were praised and cheered, and the
public exultation found expression in speech and music. Noth-
ing like it was ever seen upon the continent. The war was
over. Richmond, that had so long defied the national authority
and resisted the national arms, was ours. The rebel President
and his associates were fugitives. Lee's army was running
away, and Grant was pursuing them. The sun of peace had
fairly risen. The incubus of war that had pressed upon the
nation's heart for four long, weary years, was lifted ; and the
nation sprang to its feet, with all possible demonstrations of
joyous exultation.
Melrose joined with much enthusiasm in these demon-
strations over the joyful termination of this great struggle.
Upon the receipt of the telegram,
Richmond and Petersburg are ours. A third part of Lee's
army is destroyed. For the remainder there is no escape,
there was great rejoicing ; the bells were rung, flags hoisted,
houses illuminated in the evening, and a display of fire-
works ; and a general congratulation over this long wished
for event. A concert, given on the same evening by the
" Melrose Musical Association," under the direction of Mr.
Andrew J. Morse, was closed with patriotic airs, and cheers
for General Grant and his noble army.
This great and universal joy was augmented six days
later, April 9th, by the news of General Lee's surrender
to General Grant, at " Appomattox Court House."
The culmination was now reached, and rebellion crushed.
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Henceforth Peace was to take the place of War. The time
had come when
" They shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their
spears into pruning hooks."
But this great gladness was very soon turned into the
deepest mourning by the death of our beloved president,
Abraham Lincoln, who died only six days after Lee's sur-
render, — April 15, 1865, — by the hand of an assassin.
Governor Andrew communicated this sad intelligence
to the Massachusetts Legislature, April 1 7th, commencing
his address as follows :
In the midst of the exultations of repeated victory, in the
midst of the highest hopes, of the most auspicious omens, in
the hour of universal joy, the nation passed at once, by an in-
scrutable and mysterious Providence, into the Valley of the
Shadow of Death. Assembled while the cloud is yet thick upon
our eyes, and the hearts of men are oppressed by the sense of a
strange dismay, it has become my mournful duty to record, by
formal and official announcement to the Legislative department
of the Commonwealth, this calamitous and distressing event.
The day of the funeral, Wednesday, April 19th, was a
day of general mourning throughout the land. Business
was entirely suspended and funeral ceremonies were every-
where held. Churches were thrown open, and music,
prayer, and eulogy testified to the nation's great loss.
In Melrose, a united service was held in the Congre-
gational Church, which was appropriately draped in
mourning. This was a deeply interesting occasion, and
the exercises were as follows :
I.
Chant, — "Thy Will Be Done."
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II.
Invocation and Reading of the Scriptures.
BY REV. WILLIAM S. BARNES.
III.
Hymn.
See, gracious God ! before thy throne
Thy mourning people bend ;
'T is on thy sovereign grace alone
Our humble hopes depend.
Dark, frowning judgments from thy hand .
Thy dreadful power display ;
Yet mercy spares this guilty land,
And still we live to pray.
How changed, alas ! are truths divine,
For error, guilt and shame !
What impious numbers, bold in sin,
Disgrace the Christian name !
Oh, turn us, turn us, mighty Lord,
By thy resistless grace ;
Then shall our hearts obey thy word,
And humbly seek thy face.
IV.
Prayer.
BY REV. HENRY BAKER.
V.
Hymn.
God moves in a mysterious way,
His wonders to perform ;
He plants his footsteps in the sea,
And rides upon the, storm.
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Deep in unfathomable mines
Of never-failing skill,
He treasures up his bright designs,
• And works his sovereign will.
Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take :
The clouds ye so much dread
Are big with mercy, and shall break
In blessings on your head.
Judge not the Lord by feeble sense,
But trust Him for his grace :
Behind a frowning providence
He hides a smiling face.
His purposes will ripen fast.
Unfolding every hour ;
The bud may have a bitter taste.
But sweet will be the flower.
Blind unbelief is sure to err,
And scan his work in vain ;
God is his own interpreter.
And He will make it plain.
VI.
Address.
BY REV. WILLIAM S, BARNES.
VII.
Address.
BY REV. HENRY BAKER.
VIII.
Anthem.
"rest, spirit, rest."
FUNERAL CEREMONIES. 2I3
IX.
Address.
BY REV. HENRy A. STEVENS.
X.
Prayer.
BY REV. WILLIAM S. BARNES.
XI.
Hymn.
My country, 'tis of thee,
Sweet land of Liberty,
Of thee I sing :
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrim's pride,
From every mountain side
Let freedom ring !
My native country, thee —
Land of the noble free —
Thy name I love :
I love thy rocks and rills,
Thy woods and templed hills ;
My heart with rapture thrills
Like that above.
Let Music swell the breeze,
And ring from all the trees
Sweet freedom's song !
Let mortal tongues awake ;
Let all that breathe partake ;
Let rocks their silence break —
The sound prolong 1
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Our father's God ! to Thee,
Author of liberty,
To Thee we sing :
Long may our'land be bright
With freedom's holy light ;
Protect us by thy might,
Great God, our King !
XII.
Benediction.
BY REV. HENRY A. STEVENS.
Owing to the length of the programme, the remarks by
Messrs. Barnes and Stevens were quite short ; the principal
address being made by Rev. Mr. Baker, of which the fol-
lowing is an abstract.
I would rather have been a silent listener amid the univer-
sal sadness of this hour! The stillness of these draped walls,
the sombre flags of a thousand cities at half-mast, and their
countless avenues hung with symbols of deepest woe ; the
silent tread of the millions of mourners, and the universal sadness
unspeakable, welling up from a nation's heart, all speak louder
than words the sad consciousness of our terrible bereavement.
But not only our own native land, but if angels are interested
in the affairs of earth, and carry tidings from continent to conti-
nent, and sphere to sphere, the great heart of humanity every-
where bleeds to-day ! The down-trodden of every land will shed
a tear, for a great, a good man ; humanity's universal friend has
rudely fallen. A man peculiarly honest, for he had earned the
enviable name of " Honest Abe." A man paternal, for we
loved to call him Father Abraham. A thoughtful, sober, frank,
sincere, sagacious, far-seeing, common people^s man, that you and
I had learned to love.
A man of deep religious faith, that dared to trust in God. A
REV. HENRY BAKER's ADDRESS. 21 5
man that recognized the providence of God. Leaving Springfield
for the great duties which the nation had imposed upon him,
how fully he seemed to realize his great responsibilities, as
bidding them an affectionate farewell, he says, " pray for me ! "
And in our sad, dark struggles, with his terse, affectionate proc-
lamations, he summons the afflicted millions to fastings, and
then in triumph to thanksgivings and to praise.
Amid all his public trials and anxieties^ affliction hovered
around his own home, and his darling child is borne to the grave.
His soul listened to the voice divine that thus seemed to speak
from eternity. On the fields of Gettysburg, weeping over the
slaughtered thousands of our fallen heroes, and the deep
depravity of human hearts, he there resolved personally to give
himself to Christ. From that hour he was a practical Christian.
The first hours of every day, while others slept, he read God's
word and bowed in prayer. This was his custom. Who of us
so noble and so pure. Who can offset so many virtues, to their
faults so few ?
" Who of us have borne our faculties so meek, as he who has
been so clear in his great office, that his virtues will plead like
angels trumpet-tongued, against the deep damnation of his
taking-off ? " Oh how foul that malignant spirit that struck at
our nation's heart ! Do we not now see it, " the sum of all
villanies " ? Ay, how base tliis monster evil ! How like the
hydrophobia it infects widi its own vile spirit its own victims.
How it butchered at Zazarcnce, and starved at Andersonville and
Libby. Look upon the already idiotic starvelings of " Anderson
Stockade," those brave patriots, and hear the coward tyrants
declare to them, '•' If we can't whip you, we can starve you to
death ! " One million subscription is opened in Alabama to
procure assassination ! and soon the world is startled at this
culminating dastarly act ! " Then you, and /, all of us fell
down while bloody treason flourished over us."
But there is a Providence still in all this. Truth and error
are ever antagonistic, and there will always be friction along the
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line of their contact. Diplomacy had ceased ; the clash of arms
resounded. Slavery defeated, again appeals to Diplomacy ; and
here, dear friends, is our present danger.
A sickly, morbid philanthropy is abroad — that dare not
recognize treason and rebellion a crime ; a growing leniency
that may yet prove the country's doom ; the soothing style in
which we meet the defeated, but still defiant rebel.
But the voices of a half million patriots are to-day crying from
the ground for vengeance ! " Carleton " writes, the very day of the
assassination, " We now witness an impatient longing for ' peace
at any price,' which impresses many statesmen with the con-
viction that Lee's capitulation is but the commencement, rather
than the end of our national troubles." Let us not forget the
"frozen serpent, the peasant in pity put into his bosom."
God hates slavery I And its death-warrant has been read,
and it must fall, if the nation goes down with it. Its appointed
hour has come ! Could any act of this monster have so roused
the nation to its danger ! God permits Booth for a season to
escape, only that the nation may for a season rouse from her
slumber, and heed her danger. Oh how this nation is aroused
to-day ! How the malignant hiss of the copperhead has died
away ! Shall it ever be heard again ? Not if the nation feels as
she does to-day ! We can't hear a word disloyal to-day. The
stars and stripes must be flung to the breeze from every doubt-
ful door ! Our mothers dare to vindicate the death of patriot
sons, for there v^ freedom in the very air to-day !
A new era dawns upon us. We are ceasing to be a pro-
slavery nation. God sees a new administration necessary, and
does not palsy the loose arm that strikes down the nation's
head.
How strangely was our beloved Lincoln nominated ; how
providentially elected. How like an angel spirit he led the
cause of freedom onward, until the land was free. He has done
his work, and so well. That blow that struck off the executive
head of a pro-slavery government, finished that dynasty and
inaugurated a world-wide freedom.
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God now would use a severer scourge to secure the future of
free governments.
How significant the assassin's cry, " Sic semper tyrannis " ! It
was meet that it should thus destroy itself. Now let us live for
freedom and for God.
As it was in Melrose, so was it in every city, town, and
village throughout the loyal portion of our land. Eulogies,
sermons and addresses were delivered before the assembled
multitudes. Resolutions of grief, respect and admiration
were offered by various corporated associations, and
at the meetings of educational, literary, and historical
societies, not only in our own, but in foreign lands.^
" As there was never such a funeral as this, so there
was never such a procession. That which moved from
the White House, on the nineteenth, was but the begin-
ning of a pageant that displayed its marvellous numbers
and its every-varying forms, through country, and village,
and city, winding across the territories of vast States,
along a track of more than fifteen hundred miles. The
President was to be borne back to his own people, and
to be buried among the scenes of his early life. He had
told the people of Springfield, Illinois, when he parted with
' The Appendix to the " Diplomatic Correspondence of 1865," issued by
the United States Government, contained the resolutions, proceedings, arti-
cles, and correspondence of 1,139 different bodies and individuals, mostly in
foreign countries; and Mi. Charles H. Hart, of Philadelphia, has made
a very complete collection of the printed sermons, addresses, and eulo-
gies called forth by this sad event. It numbers 431. He is soon to issue
a work descriptive of the same, with the following title : " Bibliographia
Lincolniana. A Catalogue of the Publications occasioned by the Death of
Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States of America.
With an Introduction and Notes. By Charles H. Hart, Historiographer cf
the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia, etc., etc."
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them, more than four years before, that he owed to them
all he was. It was but right that they should have his
dust."
As we commenced this notice of the downfall of the
Rebellion by a quotation from Dr. Holland's " Life of
Abraham Lincoln," so will we end it with the closing
words of the same :
Humble child of the back-woods, — boatman, axe-man, hired
laborer, clerk, surveyor, captain, legislator, lawyer, debater,
orator, politician, statesman. President, savior of the republic,
emancipator of a race, true Christian, true man, — we receive thy
life and its immeasurably great results, as the choicest gifts
a mortal has ever bestowed upon us ; grateful to thee for thy
truth to thyself, to us, and to God ; and grateful to that ministry
of Providence and grace which endowed thee so richly, and
bestowed thee upon the nation and mankind.
XVI.
Miscellaneous.
COST OF THE WAR, FOR BOUNTIES AND OTHER NECESSARY
EXPENSES.
The amount of indebtedness of the town of Melrose, on
the 1st of March, 1861, was twenty-nine thousand two
hundred and sixty dollars (1^29,260.00). The amount of
indebtedness April i, 1865, was seventy-five thousand,
five hundred and thirty-two dollars (^75,532.00) ; ^ showing
an increase for the four years of forty-six thousand, two
hundred and seventy-two dollars (;^46,272,oo). Of this
amount thirty-eight thousand, five hundred ninety-two
dollars and seventy cents ($38,592.70) was incurred on
account of the Rebellion.^
A large amount of money was raised and expended
during these four years, by the citizens, which of course
does not appear in the reports of the financial affairs of
the town. In 1862, when our quota was thirty-seven men,
and a certain number of citizens agreed to go intq the
service themselves, or furnish a man in their place, sums
ranging from twenty to fifty dollars each, were paid to the
substitutes then obtained. The amount thus paid must
have been at least eight hundred dollars ($800.00). The
* The amount of Town Debt, March i, 1868, was $60,578.11 ; a decrease
in three years of $12,675.20.
• In addition to this, $700.00 Bounty money was paid during the years
1866-67, as per votes of the town.
220 THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
same year a subscription fund was raised by Mr William
F. Poole, for the benefit of the families of those then in
the service, which amounted to three hundred and forty
dollars (^340.00).
In 1863, four of the drafted citizens paid commutation
money, three hundred dollars (1^300.00) each, amounting
to twelve hundred dollars (^1,200.00) ; and three furnished
substitutes, costing nine hundred dollars (^900.00), besides
some additional expenses in putting the men into the
service.
In 1864, three of our citizens furnished "Representative
Recruits " costing three hundred and seventy-five dol-
lars (^375.00) ; and four furnished " Substitutes for En-
rolled Men," costing about twenty-five hundred dollars
(^2,500.00) ; and a fund of five thousand six hundred and
fifty dollars ($5,650.00) was raised by the citizens, by sub-
scription, in aid of the recruiting service.
During the war, at least six hundred dollars ($600,00)
in money — besides many boxes of hospital and other
stores, — were contributed to the " Christian " and " Sani-
tary Commissions," by the different churches : making a
total amount of money, paid by the citizens, of over twelve
thousand dollars ($12,000.00). Beside this amount many
sums were given to individual soldiers, by their friends, at
different times, of which it is impossible to make explicit
mention.
LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS.
The town of Melrose was set off from the northern part
of the town of Maiden and incorporated by Legislative
Act, May 3, 1850. It was enlarged by the annexation of
a small portion of the eastern part of the town of Stone-
ham, March 15th, 1853. It contains two thousand nine
LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS. 221
hundred and twenty-one (2,921) square acres of territory,
and is bounded as follows : — on the north by Wakefield,
— formerly South Reading, — on the east by Saugus, on
the south by Maiden, and on the west by Medford and
Stoneham. When incorporated it had a population of
twelve hundred and sixty (1,260), which had increased to
twenty-eight hundred and sixty-five (2,865) ^^ the time of
the last census, 1865.
The following is a list of its Selectmen, Town Clerks,
Treasurers, Collectors, Assessors, School Committee, and
Representatives to the General Court, from the date of its
incorporation until the present time :
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TOWN OFFICERS.
YEAR. SELECTMEN. TOWN CLERK. TREASURER. COLLECTOR.
f Jeremiah Martin.
1850. } Isaac Emerson, Jr. Elbridge Green. Isaac Emerson. Isaac Emerson.
' Artemas Barrett.
/ Jeremiah Martin.
1851. < ShubaelL. Taylor. Jonathan Cochran. Isaac Emerson. Shubael L. Taylor.
' Jonathan Cochran.
/ Jeremiah Martin.
1852. } Franklin Taylor. Jonathan Cochran. Isaac Emerson. Freeman Upham.
( Rufus H. Flint.
/ Franklin Taylor.
1853. } Ephraim Avery. Francis Bugbee. Isaac Emerson. Asa Slocum.
( Henry Sprague.
/ George Emerson.
1854. } John Blake. Francis Bugbee, John Blake. Wm. N.Wilkinson.
' James M. Thresher.
/►John Blake.
1855. < Tames M. Thresher. Francis Bugbee. Caleb Howard. Caleb Howard.
( James .M Beckett.
/ George M. Fletcher.
1856. \ Wm. E. Fuller. Francis Bugbee. Caleb Howard. Caleb Howard.
(■ James M. Beckett.
r George M. Fletcher.
1857. } Wm. E. Fuller. Francis Bugbee. Caleb Howard. Caleb Howard.
' Benj. F.Abbott.M.D.
f Elbridge Gardner.
1858. < Ephraim Avery. Chas. H. Shepard. Caleb Howard. Caleb Howard.
' Nelson Cochran.
/ Elbridge Gardner.
1859. < Wm. J. Farnsworth.EdwardR. Knights. Caleb Howard. Stephen J. Phinney.
' George M. Fletcher.
/ George Emerson.
i860. < Nelson Cochran. Edward R. Knights. Caleb Howard. George Newhall.
' Wm. J. Farnsworth.
1 The new Representative system went into operation this year. The towns, Stoneham, South
Reading, — now Wakefield, — and Melrose, forming the Twentieth Middlesex Representative
LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS.
223
TOWN OFFICERS.
ASSESSORS.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Representatives
TO
General court.
Aaron Green. Henry A. Norris.
Shubael L. Taylor. Caleb Howard.
Wm. J. Farnsworth. Elbridge Green.
Shubael L. Taylor. Erastus O. Phinney, M.D.
Aaron Green. Rev. Wilson R. Parsons. John T. Paine.
Ruftis H. Flint Rev. Josiah W. Talbot
Aaron Green. Rev. Wilson R. Rarsons.
German S. Phippen. Erastus O. Phinney, M.D. Daniel W. Gooch.
Henry Sprague. George E. White.
Rev. John C.Ingalls.Daniel W. Gooch.
German S. Phippen. George P. Burnham. Samuel O. Dearborn.
Joshua Upham. John Shelton.
Jonathan Cochran. Elbridge Green.
Germans. Phippen. Erastus O. Phinney, M.D. Voted not to send.
Asa Upham. Charles H. Simonds.
Geo. M. Fletcher. Erastus O. Phinney, M.D.
Jonathan Cochran. Rev. Alex'r. J. Sessions. John Vial.
Edward P. Nevens. Rev. J. A. Coolidge.
Jonathan Cochran. Rev. Alex'r. J. Sessions.
Benjamin Linikin. Walter Littlefield. Voted not to send.
Geo. M. Fletcher. Caleb Howard.
Jonathan Cochran.
Geo. M. Fletcher.
Joseph Holbrook.
Jonathan Cochran.
Joseph Holbrook.
Henry Robinson.
Jonathan Cochran.
Henry Robinson.
Wm. E. Fuller.
Jonathan Cochran.
Wm. B. Burgess.
Geo. M. Fletcher.
Guy Lamkin.
» Walter Littlefield, Jr.
J. Sullivan Eaton, South Reading.
Rev. Alex'r. J. Sessions.
Rev. Wm. H. Munroe.
Rev. J. S. Dennis.
Moses Parker, M.D.
Rev. Wm. H. Munroe.
George N. Noyes.
Erastus O. Phinney, M.D. J. Parker Gould, Stoneham.
Rev. Wm. H. Munroe. Loren L. Fuller.
Rev. James Cooper.
Erastus O. Phinney, M.D. John Wiley, 2d, South Reading.
Aaron Green. Lyman Dyke, Stoneham.
Elbridge Gardner.
District, sending two Representatives to the General Court each year. Changed to the Twenty-
Third District in 1866.
224 ^^^ MELROSE MEMORIAL.
YEAR, SELECTMEN. TOWN CLERK. TREASURER. COLLECTOR.
Wm. B. Burgess.
1861. ) George M. Fletcher.EdwardR. Knights. Caleb Howard. George Newhall.
* ( Col. John H. Clark.
/ Col. John H. Clark.
1862. ^ Wm. B. Burgess. Edward R. Knights. Caleb Howard. George Newhall.
V George M. Fletcher.
/ Col. John H. Clark.
1863. } Wm. B. Burgess. Edward R. Knigljts. Caleb Howard. George Newhall.
' George M. Fletcher.
/ Col. John H. Clark.
1864. < Wm. B. Burgess. Edward R. Knights. Caleb Howard. John Smith.
' Wm. E. Fuller.
Wingate P. Sargent.
1865.-^ George M. Fletcher. Stinson Sewall. David Fairbanks. David Fairbanks.
Isaac Emerson, Jr.
r
I Wingate P. Sargent.
1866.-^ George M. Fletcher. Stinson Sewall. David Fairbanks. David Fairbanks.
Isaac Emerson, Jr.
L
r Wingate P. Sargent.
1867.'! Isaac Emerson, Jr. Stinson Sewall. David Fairbanks. Aaron Green.
I George M. Fletcher.
/ Wingate P. Sargent.
1868. ] James C. Currier. Stinson Sewall. David Fairbanks. Geo. F. Boar dman.
' George Newhall.
LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS
225
ASSESSORS. SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Erastus O. Phinney, M.D.
Luther Robinson.
Charles H. Isburgh.
Luther Robinson.
Charles H. Isburgh.
Henry E. Trowbridge.
Charles H. Isburgh.
George A. Mansfield.
Edward P. Nevens.
Joseph R. Simonds.
Theo. B. Merrick.
Edward P. Nevens.
Geo. M. Fletcher.
Stephen Shelton.
Edward P. Nevens.
Geo. M. Fletcher.
Stephen Shelton.
Edward P. Nevens. Joseph B. Sanford.
Stephen Shelton. Rev. John B. Richmond.
Geo. M. Fletcher. Thomas W. Chadbourne.
Representatives
TO
General Court.
Artemas Barrett.
"William H. Pierce, South Reading.
Captain John H. Dyke, Stonehatn.
William H. Atwell, So. Reading.
Isaac Emerson, Jr.
Leander F. Lynde, Stomham.
Daniel Allen, South Reading.
Isaac Emerson, Jr.
George Emerson.
Joel Snow.
Geo. M. Fletcher.
George Emerson.
Joel Snow.
Geo. M. Fletcher.
Joel Snow.
Geo. M. Fletcher.
George Emerson.
Hon. Samuel E. Sewall.
Thomas W. Chadbourne.
Kev. John B. Richmond.
George N. Noyes.
George A. Mansfield.
George Emerson, 2d.
Charles H. Isburgh.
Thomas W. Chadbourne.
George N. Noyes.
George Emerson, 2d.
George A Mansfield.
Charles H. Isburgh.
Thomas W. Chadbourne.
Moses Parker, M.D.
Rev. Nathan P. Selee.
Leander F. Lynde, Stonehatn.
Daniel Allen, South Reading.
Rufus Smith.
John Kingman, Stoneham.
Erastus O. Phinney, Rev. Wm. S. Barnes.
M.D.
Aaron Green. Nelson Cochran.
Elbridge Green. Gilbert Nash.
John Botume, Jr., Stoneham.
James F. Mansfield, So. Reading.
Levi S. Gould.
James F. Mansfield, So. Reading.
29
226
THE l^ELROSE MEMORIAL.
VALUATION OF MELROSE.
Year.
Real Estate.
Personal Estate.
Total.
1861.
^1,288,066
;? 1 34.754
;^i, 423,820
1863.
1,320,280
125,867
1.446,147
1863.
1.334.643
161,186
1,495,829
1864.
1,329,68s
126,057
i,45S,74»
1865.
1,366,48s
311.369
1,677,854
The increase of valuation in the real estate of our town,
during the Rebellion, was seventy-eight thousand four
hundred and nineteen (^78,419.00) dollars ; in the personal
estate the increase was one hundred and seventy-six thou-
sand, six hundred and fifteen (^176,615.00) dollars; an
aggregate of two hundred fifty-five thousand and thirty-
four (^255,034.00) dollars ; an average of fifty-one thousand
and seven ($51,007.00) dollars a year.
It should be stated that the great increase in personal
property for the year 1865, over previous years, was owing
to the fact that income from business was taxed that year,
and not the years preceding.
DEBT AND BOUNTIES.
TABLE OF DEBT.
22'
» United States Debt
' Massachusetts Debt.
9 Melrose Town Debt.
July I, i860.
164,769,703 08
Dec. 31, i860.
^7.175.977 94
March 16, x86x.
$29,260 00
" X, 1 861.
90,867,828 68
" 31, 1861.
10,988,919 65
" 24, 1862.
35,560 00
" 1, 1862.
514,211.371 92
" 31, 1862.
11,129,578 71
" 2, 1863.
57,560 00
" 1, 1863.
x,098,793,i8i 37
" 31, 1863.
12,794,862 42
I, 1864.
53,900 00
" I, 1864.
1,740,690,489 49
" 31, 1864.
22,529,015 34
X, 1865.
73.253 31
" 1, 1865.
2,682,593,026 53
" 31, 1865.
33.233.631 7S
X, 1866.
69.819 67
" X, x866.
2,783.425.879 2'
" 31, 1866.
25.SS5.747 51
^ Tabular statement showing the bounties paid by the United
States during the war.
Amount.
^100
400
300
300
100
200
300
By what authority paid.
Act of July 22, i86i.
G. O. 191, of June 25,
1863, A. G.O.
Circular, Oct. 24, 1863,
P. M. G. O.
Telegram, Dec. 24, 1863,
from A. G. O.
Act approved July 4,
'64,andcircularNo.
27, of 1864, from
P. M. G. O.
G. O. 287, A. G. O.,
Nov. 28, 1864.
Letters of War Depart-
ment, Nov. 29, 1863,
and Dec. 22, 1863, to
Gens. Butler and Gil-
To whom paid.
All volunteers.
Veterans.
New recruits enlisting
in old or^nizations.
New recruit.s enlisting
in an^ three year
organization author-
ized by the War De-
partment.
(Volunteers enlisting
for one, two, and
three years.
Men enlisting in ist
Army Corps.
Colored recruits.
From com. of war to July 18, 1864.
From June 25, '63, to April i, 1864.
From Oct. 24, '63, to April i, 1864.
From Dec. 24, '63, to April i. 1864.
Between what dates paid.
From July 19, '64, to July i, 1865.
From Nov. 28, '64, to July i, 1865.
* Obtained through the kindness of Mr. William B. Willson, of Southboro', Mass.
* The real debt for these years was some $6,000,000 less than these figures, that amount
being loaned to different Railroads in the State and secured by mortgages. The State Debt
for Jan. i, 1868, was $26,573,560.12, and it was classified in the report of the Finance Com-
mittee as follows :
Railroad Debt $6,751,196 00
Ante- War Debt 1,340,000 00
War Debt 16,573,244 00
Temporary Debt 1,909,120 12
^26, 573, 560 13
The war cost Massachusetts nearly $28,000,000.
" For net amount of expenses incurred on account of the war, see page 219.
* This table, and the one following is from the final report of the Provost-Marshal General of
the United States, James B. Fry.
228
THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
Estimate of the number of men to whom United States Bounty
has been paid, the amount paid each man, and the total amount
paid, from May 3, 186 1, /k? the end of the war.
Periods] Number
AinE
Total
Aggregate
Periods embraced.
Qassofmen.
of
of
per
amount
for
service.
men.
man.
paid.
each period.
From May 3, 1861, to Oct.
17, 1863.
From Oct. 17, 1863, to July
Volunteers.
3 years.
905,869
$100
190,586,900
190,586,900
Veteran volun-
158,507
400
63,402,800
1
18, 1864.
teers.
"
> Recruits.
"
257,028
300
77,108,400
[•146,417.500
"
11,025
100
1,102,500
Drafted men
48,038
100
4,803,800
and substitutes.
"
From July i8, 1864, to the
Volunteers.
I year.
191,936
100
19,193,600
) ,
end of the war.
"
2 years.
10,606
200
2,121,200
63,219,100
3 years.
139,681
300
41,904,300
Total
. . . .
1,722,690
$300,223,500
1300,223,500
DESTRUCTION OF A REBEL BLOCKADE RUNNER.
The following is an account of the burning of the
schooner " Isabel " while under the guns of Fort Morgan,
in May, 1863, by Lieutenant N. Mayo Dyer, — then Act-
ing Master's Mate, — written by him the next day after the
transaction. It was a daring and brilliant achievement ;
and Captain Jouett, in recommending him very strongly
for promotion as Ensign, spoke of it as "one of the bold-
est of the war, and was conducted with matchless coolness
from beginning to end."
U. S. S. " R. R. CUYLER,"
Off Mobile Bar, May 18, 1863.
* * * I had asked and obtained permission of Captain Jouett,
to allow me to take an armed boat into Swash Channel, by
which most of the blockade runners ran out and in, in order to
board them if possible ; if not, to signalize the direction they
* Enlisted between Oct, 17, 1863, and April i, 1864.
* Enlisted between April 1, 1864, and July 18, 1864
LIEUTENANT DYER'S EXPLOIT. 229
took, SO as to be taken by the steamers. Last night being a
favorable night for some schooners that we knew were inside to
run out, I had everything prepared, and at 6.20 left the ship
and pulled in shore. The position I wished to get in was about
a quarter of a mile from " Fort Morgan," where the channel is not
above a half mile wide, and I could readily see anything coming
out or iiL The tide was running very strong and I did not
reach the position I desired until 10.30. Coming to an anchor,
I watched ; I could plainly see a man on the beach, we were so
close. About 11 I discovered, as it lit up a little, a vessel
ahead of me and nigher the Fort. I at once took it to be a
steamer from the inside, come out to look after just such
fellows as myself; so taking a position a little nearer him so as
to observe any movement he might make, I kept shady. He
was apparently at anchor. About a quarter to 12, behold
what I supposed was a steamer, hoisted her mainsail, and I
made her out to be a schooner looking quite rakish; but still
thought, as she lay so quietly at anchor, that it was a picket
boat ; however I pulled up to her, going so nigh as to hear
noises distinctly. She lay about two hundred yards from the
beach of " Fort Morgan," and I could plainly see the guns frown-
ng over the parapets of the Fort I wanted to board her at
once, and proposed it to ihe men. But three of them seemed to
take the idea favorably ; and as she lay so nigh the Fort, I did
not like the idea of boarding her with a crew of unwilling men.
5o pulling up again and reconnoitring her closely, on the
in-shore side, I saw a boat pull off to her from the shore, and
discovered she had a hawser out to the Fort also. I then got on
the off-shore side of her and dropped my anchor quietly, near
her. I was provoked to find any disposition to back out on the
part of the men ; but finally, asking them individually, seven of
the thirteen expressed their desire to board her, and the others
said they would go into " Fort Morgan " if I said so, but considered
it a little imprudent, as I had orders not to board anything
until out of the range of the Fort. You see I was hardly justi-
230 THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
fied in ordering my men to follow me unwillingly. However I
now concluded to do it, and pulling right astern of her, giving
my directions to the men as I took my place in the bow, to pull
steadily, and the moment she touched the schooner, to trail
oars and get on her decks as soon as possible, using only the
cold steel, as fire-arms would have brought a hornet's nest
about our heads. Fully expecting to find her armed, I was sur-
prised on getting close to her to see that she had a deck-load
of cotton. Whispering my men to give way, in another stroke
we were alongside and aboard of her. We took them com-
pletely by surprise. The whole crew, seven men, were on deck
and awake, and the first intimation they had of what was up,
they beheld us coming on to the deck-load, with drawn cutlasses,
and there was a sharp pointed instrument at each man's breast
before he knew what the matter was ; and commanding the
utmost silence, I ordered them all into the boat under a guard.
They were as docile as lambs. I went at one poor fellow with
my cutlass, the first man I saw as I reached the deck, and
thinking his days were numbered, he gave a scream, and leaped
overboard like a frog ; however I managed to get him aboard
again. I soon found that she was hard ashore, having run
aground in attempting to run out. Finding it impossible to
save her, that is get her off, I at once determined to burn her ;
so securing all her papers, some of them valuable, I spread
cotton all over the cabin floor and saturated it with turpentine,
of which she had seventy or eighty barrels on deck I also
emptied a barrel of the same on deck all over her cotton, and
then took a bucketful of it, and seeing every man in the boat,
set fire to the cabin and threw my bucketful into the galley on
the stove, where there was a fire. Like a flash she was com-
pletely covered with flames fore and aft, nearly blinding me
with smoke and heat as I jumped into the boat and shoved off,
just as a Rebel gun-boat came round Mobile Point, about a
thousand yards off, to her assistance. The boat I had seen board
the schooner was from this steamer, and had returned for the
NAVAL VICTORY AT MOBILE. 23I
Steamer to tow her off. I arrived on board the " Cuyler " at 3.30,
with my seven prisoners, and was warmly congratulated by Cap-
tain Jouett and my fellow officers. She was the rebel schooner
" Isabel "with two hundred bales of cotton and about one hun-
dred barrels turpentine, quite a valuable cargo if it could have
been saved.
FARRAGUT's great naval victory at mobile — PAS-
SAGE OF FORTS "morgan" AND "GAINES."
The following is Lieutenant Dyer's interesting account
of the terrific fight and complete victory of our navy, in
passing Forts "Morgan" and "Gaines." Dyer was, at
the time of this writing, Acting Master ; and for some
months previous to this action, had been in command of
the steamer " Eugenie."
U. S. S. " Metacomet,"
Inside Mobile Bay,
Aug. 5, 1864.
♦ * * Our fleet, consisting of fourteen wooden vessels and four
iron-clads, successfully passed Forts "Morgan" and "Gaines "this
morning at 8 o'clock, whipping the Rebel fleet, and is at this
moment in complete possession of Mobile Bay. I wish you could
just be on board this, or any other vessel here for a few minutes
and witness the scene. We are all now lying quietly at anchor in
the Bay, with the Star Spangled Banner floating from every gaff
and mast-head in the fleet, and in our midst the famous ram
"Tennessee," Admiral Buchanan, and the Confederate gun-
boat " Selma," both of which struck their colors to our victo-
rious flag. Our loss has been the heaviest of any naval fight
of the war by far. This ship was struck about twenty times,
but strange to say we have lost but one killed and two wounded.
In all we have about fifty killed and seventy-five wounded, not
including the monitor " Tecumseh," which was blown up by a
232 THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
torpedo, and all hands sank with her except twelve or fourteen
— ten of whom were picked up by a boat from this ship. But
to give you something of an idea of the fight, I will inclose a
diagram of our position at the time the " Tecumseh " blew up.
I have placed the ships in the position they were at the decisive
moment of the fight, the time that the " Tecumseh " blew up.
As you will see, the line was formed as follows : — " Brooklyn,"
with the " Octorora " alongside ; " Hartford " — Flag-Ship, —
with the " Metacomet " ; " Richmond " and " Port Royal " ;
" Lackawanna " and " Kennebec "; " Ossipee " and " Seminole";
'" Monongahela " and " Itasca," and the " Oneida " and
"Galena"; the "Tecumseh" was to the right of the "Brook-
lyn," the "Manhattan" to the right of the "Hartford," the
" Winnebago " to the right of the " Richmond," and the
" Chickasaw " to the right of the " Lackawanna," the four last
being monitors.
At 6.30 our line was formed, and we advanced to the con-
flict, — with an ensign at every mast-head and gaff in the fleet.
And in the light of an August morning's sun the bright hues of
our banners seemed to inspire every one with courage and hope,
notwithstanding many, no doubt, with myself, felt the momentous
importance of the moment ; and with an inward prayer for
victory, nerved themselves for the fight. At seven o'clock " Fort
Morgan " opened fire, which was at once returned from the
" Brooklyn's " forecastle gun, and soon after, by a broadside
from the "Brooklyn" and " Hartford," when the fight became
general with the leading ships. From this time until 7.45 the
firing was rapid. The rebel fleet had come out from behind the
point and lay directly ahead of our line delivering a raking fire
upon us, which we could not return. About this time the
" Brooklyn " discovered a torpedo ahead, and backing to clear
it, the " Hartford " and this ship took the lead, and at eight
o'clock were in the position described by the diagram. At 8.05
the "Tecumseh" blew up, close on our starboard beam — and
the firing now was terrific. To attempt a description is impossi-
NAVAL FIGHT IN MOBILE BAY. 233
ble. Forts " Morgan " and "Gaines " upon either side — four gun-
boats ahead raking us, and the " Tecumseh " going down before
our eyes. We sent a boat to pick up the floating. The Admiral
then steamed with the " Hartford " close in to the Fort, within
two hundred yards of the beach, closely followed by the " Brook-
lyn," and poured broadside after broadside of grape and can-
ister into them, steaming slowly ahead all the time. As soon
as we had passed out of range of their grape, we cut loose from
the " Hartford " and steamed off on our own hook for the three
gun-boats ahead ; they at once headed up the bay, fighting us
at the same time. We engaged the whole of them, leaving the
" Tennessee " to the tender mercies of the fleet. We soon
succeeded in crippling the "Gaines," and we then had the
" Morgan " on one bow and the " Selma " on the other. Soon
the " Morgan " turned her tail, and after a running fight of fifty
minutes the " Selma " struck her colors and I was ordered on
board to take charge. I did so, and found five men killed and
ten wounded, three of whom have since died. Transferred pris-
oners to our ship, buried the dead, hoisted the Stars and Stripes
and steamed down to the Admiral. We were about seven miles
from our fleet when she surrendered. As the " Metacomet " is
"to go to Pensacola with the wounded, myself with my prize crew
have just returned to our ship, having been relieved, and the
wounded on both sides are now coming on board. The " Ten-
nessee " surrendered to the fleet after a desperate fight. She
did not fulfil the boast of Admiral Buchanan, C. S- Navy, of
" whipping the whole Yankee fleet in one hour " quite ! though
she is a most formidable vessel ; and nothing but a determina-
tion to destroy her, or be destroyed, effected her capture.
Admiral Buchanan, commanding the rebel fleet, is now on board
wounded in the leg. The officers of the " Selma" and " Ten-
nessee," so far as I have seen, take it quite coolly, though
evidently much chagrined at the result ; they are gentlemen,
and I think have no fault to find with their treatment so far.
I am deeply thankful for my escape thus far and I hope I may
be equally fortunate still.
30
234 THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
Pensacola, Aug. 6.
At daylight this morning got under weigh from our anchorage
and ran down to " Fort Morgan " with all the wounded on board.
I was sent to communicate with the Fort, under a flag of
truce, and delivered the bodies of two officers, killed on board
the " Selma," and received permission to take the wounded to
this place, where we arrived at 2 P. M. We have delivered the
wounded to the hospital, and to-morrow morning start again for
Mobile Bay, having come out with the express understanding
that we were to return and report to the Fort as soon as possible.
The only outlet is by the same way we entered, and therefore,
until we effect the capture of one of the three forts, we are vir-
tually blockaded, our communications cut off, etc. " Fort Powell "
is the smallest and weakest fort, and without doubt we shall have
that within a day or two, when we can work at our leisure, as
their communications are as effectually cut off as ours. With five
thousand troops all three forts would be in our possession in less
than a fortnight, in my opinion, and I think we shall have that
number soon. Already our forces occupy a portion of Dauphin
Island, on which " Fort Gaines " is situated, and are operating
against it, under command of General Granger.
A short extract from another of Lieutenant Dyer's
letters, written five days later, is interesting as giving an
idea of the sentiments of the people in and about Mobile
at that time.
.... You are doubtless looking for the fall of Mobile City
daily, but be not impatient ; when we g^t ready then the thing
will be accomplished. " Fort Powell," commanding " Grant's
Passj" has been blown up and abandoned, and " Fort Gaines "
has surrendered to the Navy, with its garrison of eight hundred
and fifty men, and our flag now waves over both forts. " Fort
Morgan " still holds out, but its surrender is but'a question of
time. Our fleet is all around it, that is, have complete control of
SCENES ABOUT MOBILE BAY. 235
its water approaches, and the army is within four hundred yards
of its walls on the land To-day we have been up the
Bay on a reconnoissance, to within five miles of the city, and
have had a grand view of the town and its water defences. About
three and a half miles below the town is what is called Dog
River Bar, where they have made extensive preparations to
receive us. The channel is sealed up by sunken vessels, piles,
etc. ; and then above them they have three rams and two iron-
clad floating batteries, besides batteries upon the shore both
sides up to the city About eight miles below the city
I landed with a party, and visited several houses in the vicinity.
Saw one woman who left the city this morning ; she says the
greatest excitement exists in Mobile, but that there are very few
troops there. There is not an able-bodied man, nor boy over
twelve years of age, on either side of the Bay ; every one is con-
scripted, or fled to the woods to escape it. Those that I saw,
most of them, are manifestly glad to see us, but dare not say all
they wish till they are sure that we will remain. One very pretty
young lady remarked to me, in answer to my question, as to
whether there were any Union people about, " If we only were
certain of your stopping here, you could find nothing but Union
people, and real Union people, too ; but if it should be known
that we gave you any information, they would take us to town
and put us in the common jail." Consequently when we
wanted to purchase some chickens or peaches, they would take
no money, but told us to take them, and then they could say
we took them by force. They seemed anxious to hurry us off,
for they momentarily expected a company of cavalry from town.
I established a code of signals with one woman there, by which
I can tell hereafter whether there are any troops in the vicinity,
before landing.
INCIDENTS.
The following incidents are here introduced from " Carle-
ton's " " Four Years of Fighting," because they happened in
connection with the Thirteenth Massachusetts Regiment,
236 THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
in which we had a goodly number of " boys in blue," and
relate so closely to him who was our friend and neighbor,
the brave and lamented Colonel — then Major — J. Parker
Gould, of Stoneham.^ Colonel Gould represented our
district in the Legislature during the winter of 1858-9.
He led his Regiment, — the Fifty-Ninth Massachusetts,
— into the last campaign, and was then assigned to the
command of First Brigade, First Division, Ninth Army
Corps ; and when before Petersburg, he was severely
wounded. While at Philadelphia, on his way home, he
died. He was a noble man, loved and respected for his
heroic qualities and Christian virtues, by all who knew
him ; and by none more so than by those who served
under him during the war.^
* The Thirteenth Regiment furnished many officers for other organizations.
Our Lieutenant Dyer, now in the U. S. Navy, Captain Simonds of the Third
Massachusetts Cavalry, and Lieutenant Morse, killed at " Battle of Spottsyl-
vania," all rose from its ranks. In recommending men in the service for
appointments, Governor Andrew said of the Thirteenth : — " Batchelder is
not needed there. That regiment could furnish officers for a whole regiment
outside of itself, and be no more weakened than is a bird by laying its eggs.
It is remarkable for its excellence of material."
Several poems were written complimentary to this regiment. One entitled
"Song of the Thirteenth Regiment, Massachusetts Rifles." Another "The
Gallant Thirteenth," written just after the fights of "Bolivar Heights" and
" Harper's Ferry," two stanzas of which are as follows :
Tried, and found not wanting ! valiant, firm, and true,
Boston fathers' flowing hearts send greeting back to you ;
Tears were dried in loving pride, when first you marched away,
How proudly now lifts every brow, that you have won the day I
*********
And now, all question put aside, they know you as you are.
The heroes who set at nought at Heig;hts of Bolivar !
And Harper's Ferry, names which hence, long as Potomac roll.
Emblazoned, shine along the line, on the gallant Thirteenth's scroll I
* The following extract from a letter to one of our citizens, written just before
the Peninsula campaign of 1862, shows his hopeful spirit : " I think I have
seen most all the varieties in the bill of waAzxt, from the common duties to
THE INTELLIGENT SLAVE. 237
These incidents happened while a detachment of the
Thirteenth Regiment, under Major Gould, was stationed
at Hancock, Md., and in the winter of 1861-2. And it
must be remembered that at that time slaves were returned
to their so-called loyal masters, and the Hutchinsons had
been expelled, by order of General McClellan, from the
camps of our soldier boys, where they had been singing,
because they sang abolition songs, and it was feared the
soldiers' minds would be poisoned thereby. But a change
was gradually taking place in public opinion, on these
matters.
A negro slave, belonging in Winchester, came into the
lines. He was intelligent, cautious, shrewd, and loyal.
Major Gould did not return him to his master, but asked
him if he would go back and ascertain the whereabouts of
Stonewall Jackson ; the negro readily assented. He was
supplied with packages of medicine, needles, thread, and
other light articles greatly needed in the South. With these
he easily passed the Rebel pickets : " Been out to get 'em
for massa," was his answer, when questioned by the rebels.
the smart skirmish. Yet I wish to see it out, for no man can see the service
that I have seen, without leaning to warlike feelings. The rebels must be taught
one everlasting lesson. I predict that the Union forces will succeed, and if so,
slavery is a dead letter. Though slavery is not the question in the contest,
it will die away naturally, and perforce Union is the question, and it is the
only necessary question now, and it is going to be decided in the affirmative.
I thought some time ago that most of the fighting would be over by June,
so that perhaps we should be ordered home by July — but now I think it
may possibly take longer. If the coming battles at Yorktown and Corinth must
decide the hard fate of the war so far as large battles are concerned, — still,
from the character of the people, there will probably be much guerilla fighting.
But the Southern people have become singularly educated, and they are singu-
larly ignorant." In the spring of 1864, when Colonel of the 59th Regiment,
and just before the final campaign, the same cheerful and hopeful spirit
animated him, he then predicting, in conversation, certain successes, and
that by the following Christmas.
238
THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
Thus he passed repeatedly into the rebel lines, obtaining
information which was transmitted to Washington, He
had great influence with the slaves.
" They are becoming restless," said he, " but I tells 'em that
they must be quiet. I says to 'em keep yer eyes wide open and
pray for de good time comin'. I tells 'em if de Souf whip, it is
all night wid yer; but if de Norf whip it is all day wid yer."
" Do they believe it?" Major Gould asked. "Yes, massa, all
believe it. The black men am all wid yer, only some of 'em
isn't bery well informed ; but dey is all wid yer. Massa tinks
dey isn't wid yer, but dey is."
How sublime the picture ! — a slave counselling his
fellow-bondmen to keep quiet and wait till God should
give them deliverance.
Among the many rebel ministers who had done what
they could to precipitate the Rebellion, was a Presbyterian
minister in the vicinity of Charlestown, Va. It was his
custom, after closing his sermon, to invite the young men
to enlist in the regiments then forming. On one of these
occasions he made an address in which he gave utterance
to the following sentiment :
" If it is necessar\' to defend Southern institutions and South-
ern rights, I will wade up to my shoulders in blood ! "
This was brave ; but the time came when the chivalry
of the parson was put to the test. When the rebels were
routed at Bolivar, he, not being mounted on so fleet a
horse as those of his flock who had given heed to his
counsels and joined the cavalry, found himself left behind.
A bullet lodged in the body of his horse prevented escape.
He then tried his own legs, but soon found himself in the
hands of the soldiers, who brought him to head-quarters.
A SLIGHT MISTAKE. 239
He at once claimed protection of Major Gould on the most
extraordinary grounds. He had read the poems of Hannah
Gould, and presumed that Major Gould, hailing from
Massachusetts, must be her kinsman. When confronted
with the Major he promptly exclaimed,
" Major, I have read the poems of Miss Hannah Gould, and
admire them ; presuming that she is a relative of yours, I claim
your protection and consideration."
The Major replied that he had not the honor to be a
relative of that gifted lady, but that he should accord him
all the consideration due to those who had rebelled against
the peace and dignity of the United States, and had been
taken with arms in their hands. He was marched off with
the others, and placed under guard.
ARTICLES EXCHANGED.
In a letter to the writer, from Lieutenant George C.
Kaulback, of the Tenth Massachusetts Regiment, written
after the battle of " Fredericksburg," while lying on the
banks of the Rappahannock, is described the manner in
which articles of daily use were frequently exchanged
between the rebels and our troops. This was done by means
of slips of wood, two or three feet long, cut into the form
of boats, and sent across with little sails. The following
letter came over in this way, tied to the mast of one of
these boats :
Outpost, Feb. 9, 1863.
Gents, on U. S. Duty : We have received the small cargo
of coffee. Accept our sincere thanks. In return we send you
a small quantity of tobacco. We regret it is so small. In regard
to Abe's negro proclamation — we suppose you all cordially
240 THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
endorse this last great act. Abe says " he cannot escape
history." But he need not be alarmed. He is not known out-
side of his own dominions as anybody but Abe Lincoln, a
perjured villain. How does he and you reconcile to your vile
consciences his oath he took on the 4th of March, 1861, when
he pledged his honor as a dog, that he had no intention to inter-
fere with the institution of slavery where it existed, and to sup-
port the Constitution of the United States, as made by our
forefathers.
We are, gents.
Yours truly,
REBELS.
P. S. How long before your army of observation will make
another " On to Richmond ! "
XVII.
LIST OF COMMISSIONED OFFICERS FROM MELROSE.
Names. Date of commission.
BREVET COLONEL.
Archibald Bogle. Seventeenth Massachusetts Regiment
Infantry and Thirty-Fifth U. S. C.
Troops. Second Lieutenant, Aug. 21,
1861 ; First Lieutenant, May 28, 1862.
Major, May 20, 1863 ; Brevet Lieu-
tenant-Colonel, March 13, 1864;
Brevet Colonel, March 13, 1865 ;
Commissioned First Lieutenant in
United States Army, and assigned to
Thirty-Ninth U. S. Infantry at New
Orleans, March, 1868.
^ MAJOR.
J. Spencer Drayton.^ Thirty-Fifth U. S. Colored Troops.
First Lieutenant and Quartermaster,
April 28, 1863 ; Captain, July 14,
1863; on General Wild's Staff, from
July 14, 1863, until June 28, 1864,
when discharged for disability ; Com-
missioned Paymaster for State of
Massachusetts, with rank of Major,
July 23, 1864, and ordered to New
Berne, N. C. Remained until April,
1865. Discharged Dec. 31, 1866.
' When Rebellion broke out was resident in Dedham, and enlisted in
Second Massachusetts Battery ; discharged for disability ; re-enlisted Feb.
31
242 THE MELROSE MEMORIAL:
CAPTAINS.
Joseph R. Simonds. Seventeenth Massachusetts Regi-
ment Infantry, Aug. 21, 1861.
Joseph F. Simonds. Third Massachusetts Cavalry.
Second Lieutenant, Sept. 20, 1 864 ;
First Lieutenant, May 28, 1865 ;
Captain, Oct. 5, 1865.
FIRST LIEUTENANTS.
George W. Batchelder. Thirty-Second Massachusetts
Regiment Infantry. Second Lieu-
tenant, Dec. 4, 1864; First Lieuten-
ant, April I, 1865,
J. Wesley Jones. Twelfth U. S. Infantry. May 14, 1861.
George T. Martin. Thirty-Eighth Massachusetts Regi-
ment Infantry and Fourth Heavy
Artillery. Second Lieutenant, Aug.
16, 1862 ; First Lieutenant, April 14,
1863 ; Senior First Lieutenant, Aug.
16, 1864, *
George J. Morse. Second U. S. Colored Troops and
Fifty-Ninth Massachusetts Regiment
Infantry. Second Lieutenant, March
2, 1863 ; Second Lieutenant Fifty-
Ninth Regiment, Oct. 22, 1863 ; First
Lieutenant, March 4, 1864.
George G. Nichols. Seventh Unattached Company
Infantry. First Lieutenant, May 6,
1864. Fourth Heavy Artillery. First
Lieutenant, Aug. 18, 1864.
21. 1862, in Co. A, First Heavy Artillery; appointed Quartermaster-Ser-
geant March i, 1862 ; detached in August, and ordered to report to Colonel
J. Dimmock, cdmmanding First U. S. Artillery at Fort Warren, as Commis-
sary-Sergeant.
LIST OF OFFICERS. 243
SECOND LIEUTENANTS.
George A. Chipman. Sixth Massachusetts. July 20, 1864.
Jacob M. Ellis. Second Massachusetts Battery.
Jan. 8, 1865.
GuRDON McKay. Twenty - Second Massachusetts
Regiment Infantry, Oct i, 1861.
Charles H. Stevens. First Massachusetts Cavalry. Jan.
2, 1864.
BREVET LIEUTENANTS.
Edward W. Kendall. Seventeenth Massachusetts Regi-
ment, Brevet First Lieutenant, Sept,
2, 1864.
George W. Lynde. Seventeenth Massachusetts Regi-
ment Brevet Second Lieutenant,
Dec. 31, 1864.
ASSISTANT SURGEON.
Samuel Ingalls, M. D. Fifth Massachusetts Cavalry.
Jan. II, 1864.^
OFFICERS IN THE NAVY.
N. Mayo Dyer. Acting Master's Mate. May 2, 1862 ;
Acting Ensign, May 20, 1863 ; Act-
ing Master, Jan. 12, 1864; Acting
Lieutenant, April 22, 1865 ; Lieuten-
ant in Regular Navy, March 12, 1868.
Edward A. Small. Acting Ensign, June 16, 1862;
Acting Master, Feb. 22, 1865.
James F. Perkins. Acting Ensign, Nov. 14, 1862.
William A. Fuller. Third Assistant Engineer, March
23, 1864.
' Was Acting Assistant- Surgeon U. S. A. in Lincoln General Hospital,
Washington, D. C, and U. S. General Hospital, at Portsmouth Grove, R. I.,
from Dec. 1862 to Jan. i, 1864.
244
THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
ALPHABETICAL ROLL OF
Names.
Regiment.
Company.
Rank.
A.
Aldridge, William H. .
59
F
Private.
Anderson, John H. L.
8
E
((
Anderson, Leonard B. .
44
I
<(
Andrews, Edwin A.
2d Bat.
Corporal.
Arnold, Charles H.
15
A
Private.
B.
Barnard, John M., Jr. .
42
G
Private.
Barrett, Charles . .
42
G
<(
Barrett, Charles L.
42
G
((
Barron, Elliot F. . .
50
E
((
Barron, Henry . . .
22
G
Wagon'r.
Barry, Garrette . . .
28
A
Private.
Barry, John ....
59
A
«
Barry, Royal P. . . .
45
D
Serge'nt.
Barry, William F. . .
13
A
Private.
Beaman, William . .
Navy
Seaman.
Bickford, Nelson W. .
38
I
Private.
(
5
B
«
Batchelder, George W. <
22
G
Serge'nt.
(
32
C
I St Lieut.
Boardman, Charles . .
42
G
Private.
Bodwell, Henry A. . j
22
Navy
G
Seaman.
Bogle, Archibald • |
17
35U.S.C.T.
I
2d Lieut.
Bvt. Col.
Bosson, Samuel . . .
Navy
Seaman.
Boyd, Robert . . .
19
A
Private.
ROLL OF SOLDIERS.
SOLDIERS FROM MELROSE.
245
Term of Enlistment
Discharged.
Remarks.
Three years.
Expiration of service.
Non-resident.
One hundred days.
With Regiment.
Nine months.
((
Three years.
Expiration of service.
((
((
Non-resident.
Nine months.
(t
With Regiment.
Prisoner, Texas.
«
Three years.
«
Expiration of service.
^
«
«
«
«
Non-resident.
Nine months.
With Regiment.
Three years.
KilledjAntietam
Sept. 17, 1862.
«
Expiration of service.
Substitute for
Geo. W. Heath.
tt
DisabiUty.
Three months.
With Regiment.
Re-enlisted.
Three years.
Prisoner, Libby.
Close of war.
Re-enlisted.
Nine months.
With Regiment.
Prisoner, Texas.
Three years.
Re-enhsted.
((
Expiration of service.
((
For promotion.
Wd.Pris.,Ander-
((
Close of war.
sonville. Now in
U. S. Army.
Three years.
Expiration of service.
Non-resident.
((
((
(<
246
THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
Names.
Brand, Nathan H.
Brandon, Edward A
Bridges, Henry .
Brierly, James
Brimmer, Daniel
Brown, George .
Brown, Jonas G.
Brown, Robert . .
Brown, Thomas . .
Bryant, Thomas O.
Buckley, James . .
Buffum, Adelbert A.
Burke, Patrick . .
Burnham, Oliver R.
Burnham, Paschal E.
Burns, Francis . .
Burtwell, Thomas .
Bush, Henry . . .
Buttrick, John W. .
C.
Carlisle, John . . .
Chambers John. . .
Chandler, Roswell W.
Chapin, Joseph A. .
Chase, Ede K. . .
Cheever, Augustus L.
Cherain, Charles
Chipman, George A.
Regiment.
9th Bat.
2d Cav.
42
5th U.S. Cav.
nth U.S. I.
50
II
5th U.S. Cav,
42
Vet. R. C.
24
2d Cav.
6
42
39
19
54
42
18
28
I St Cav.
9th Bat.
3d H. Art.
5th U.S. Cav.
45
6
Company.
Rank.
I
G
B
E
I
G
B
D
A
G
I
E
G
A
C
D
A
Private.
Corporal.
Private.
Corporal.
Private.
2d Lieut.
ROLL OF SOLDIERS.
247
Term of Enlistment
Discharged.
Remarks.
Three years.
Died at Wash-
ington, D. C,
March 6, 1864.
((
Expiration of service.
Non-resident.
Nine months.
Non-res. des'tr.
Three years.
«
Expiration of service.
«
Non-resident.
«
u
M
Sub. J.C. Howes.
Nine months.
Died at Baton
Rouge, La., June
18, 1863.
Three years.
«
Expiration of service.
Non-resident.
Nine months.
With Regiment.
Prisoner, Texas.
Three years.
Expiration of service.
«
Non-resident.
«
(1
Non-res. des'tr.
One hundred days.
With Regiment.
Nine months.
Disability.
Three years.
«
Expiration of service.
it
Non-resident.
tt
it
tt
tt
DiedFeb. 23,'63.
Nine months.
With Regiment.
Prisoner, Texas.
Three years.
Expiration of service.
Non-resident.
«
ti
Disability.
it
For promotion.
Hos, Steward,
U. S. Army.
Nine months.
With Regiment,
Three years.
Disability.
((
Expiration of service.
Non-resident.
Nine months.
With Regiment.
One hundred days.
«
248
THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
Names.
Regiment.
Company,
Rank.
Clark, Frederick F.
42
G
Private.
Clark, James ....
2d Cav.
C
(<
Clark, Symonds . . .
4th U.S. Art.
A
<(
Colbert, Thomas . .
5th U.S.Cav.
«
Condon, James . . .
5th U.S.Cav.
Drum'er.
Conway, Thomas . .
Vet. R. C.
Private.
Corson, Frederick U. .
42
G
Cowan, Thomas . .
1 2th U. S. I.
I
Cox, James P. . , .
50
E
Crane, William P., Jr.
48
D
Creeley, William . .
9
E
Crocker, John H, . .
13
A
«
Crocker, Joseph C.
44
I
Private.
Crockett, Albert W. .
17
K
((
Crockett, George F, .
3d Bat.
«
Cronk, Sydnia ...
»
19
C
((
Currier, Henry . . ,
3d U. S. Art.
I
((
Currier, John H. . .
17
A
«
Cutting, William H. Jr.
45
D
«
D.
Darley, Caspar . , .
3d U. S. Art.
Private.
Davis, Edmund W.
22
G
Corporal.
Davis, James L. . .
42
7th Un.Co. I.
G
Private.
Davis, John E. . . .
42
G
<(
Davis, John W. . . .
3d H. Art.
E
«
Davis, Loami G. . .
33
3d H. Art.
C
F
«
«
Dawes, Ambrose . .
13
A
(
ROLL OF SOLDIERS.
249
Term of Enlistment.
Discharged.
Remarks.
Nine months.
With Regiment.
Prisoner, Texas.
Three years.
Expiration of service.
Non-resident.
«
Three years.
«
Expiration of service.
«
Non-resident.
Nine months.
With Regiment.
Prisoner, Texas.
Three years.
Expiration of service.
Non-resident.
Nine months.
With Regiment.
((
(t
Non-resident.
Three years,
Expiration of service.
<<
((
Disability.
Nine months.
With Regiment.
Three years.
Re-enlisted.
Prisoner. Starv'd
at Andersonville
Aug. I, 1864.
«
Disability.
Re-enlisted on
Mansfield quota.
«
Expiration of service.
«
Non-resident.
((
Disability.
Nine months.
With Regiment.
Three years.
Expiration of service.
Non-resident.
«
Disability.
Pris., Belle Isle.
Died July 22' '64.
Nine months.
With Regiment.
Prisoner, Texas.
Ninety days.
«
Nine months.
«
Prisoner, Texas.
Three years.
Non-res., des'tr.
((
Disability.
Re-enlisted.
((
Expiration of service.
«
«
i
Wd. Antietam,
Sept. 17, 1862.
32
250
THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
Names.
Regiment.
Company.
Rank.
Dawes, Richard C.
44
H
Private.
Deshon, Francis . .
38
K
«
Devine, John . . ,
3d U. S. Cav.
I
«
Dix, Joseph O. . . .
50
E
((
Domenico, Bilotto . .
5th U.S. Cav.
((
Donagan, Maurice . .
23
K
((
Dorring, John . . .
45
I
((
Double, Edmund B.
42
G
<(
Drayton, J. Spencer .
35U.S.C.T.
Captain.
Drew, WilHam H. . .
29
F
Private.
Duffy, Bernard . . .
Vet. R. C.
((
Dunn, Dennis . . .
5th U.S. Cav.
D
((
Dyer, N. Mayo ...
13
Navy.
A
Lieut
E.
(
Navy.
Sabine.
Seaman.
Earl, WilHam H. . .{
39
G
Private.
I
Navy.
Mendota.
Seaman.
Eastman, William H. .
2d Bat.
Private.
Eddy, Orrin ....
3d H. Art.
<(
Ellis, Alvan T. . .' .
13th Bat.
Corp'l.
Ellis, Jacob M. . . .
2d Bat.
2d Lieut.
Emerson, James G. . |
42
G.
Private.
7th Un.Co. I.
(<
Emerson, James W. .
38
K
<(
Emerson, Joseph S.
7th Un.Co. I.
<(
Esbeck, Charles . .
3d H. Art.
«
Evans, Thomas C. . .
45
D.
<(
F.
Fargo, Charles O. . .
3d H. Art.
F
Private.
Farrell, Michael . .
50
E
«
ROLL OF SOLDIERS.
•251
Term of Enlistment,
Discharged.
Remarks.
Nine months.
With Regiment.
Three years.
«
<(
Expiration of service.
Non-resident.
Nine months.
With Regiment.
Three years.
Expiration of service.
Non-resident.
«
((
Non-res., des'tr.
Nine months.
With Regiment.
Non-resident.
«
«
Wd. Pris., Texas.
Three years.
«
DisabiHty.
Afterwards Pay-
master, Rank of
Major.
«
Expiration of service.
«
Non-resident.
To enter Navy.
(I
Now in Regular
Service.
One year.
Expiration of service.
Re-enlisted. Wd.
Three years.
Transferred.
at Hagerstown,
Expiration of service.
Md.
«
((
Prisoner, Texas.
ti
Non-resident.
((
Non-res., des'tr.
(I
«
Re-enlisted.
Nine months.
With Regiment.
Prisoner, Texas.
Ninety days.
«
Three years.
«
Ninety days.
(f
Three years.
Non-resident.
Nine months.
Disability.
Wd. Kinston,
Dec. 14, 1862.
Three years.
DisabiHty.
Nine months.
With Regiment,
252
THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
Names.
Ferguson, John ,
Fimeyer, Philip .
Fisher, George W.
Foss, George A.
Foss, James T. .
Frank, WilHam .
Freeland, Joseph V
Frisby, John . .
Fuller, George P.
Fuller, Henry F.
Fuller, William A,
Ferguson, John .
Gallagher, Edward
Gallagher, John .
Gallagher, Richard
Gillispie, John
Goericke, Frederic .
Gofifeney, Robert
Green, Augustus
Greene, Martin .
Grover, Andrew J. ,
Grover, George W., Jr.
Grover, John C.
Grover, William W.
Regiment.
Company.
39
I
8th U. S.I.
K
17
A
45
I
45
D
SthU.S.Cav.
F
45
A
59
A
50
E.
17
A
Navy.
Ft. Don-
elson.
45
I
SthU.S.Cav.
D.
50
F
99 N.Y. Reg.
• G
2d Cav.
D
U. S. Cav.
8th U. S. I.
K
22
G
2
G
22
G
3d H. Art.
C
3d H. Art.
C
17
K
5
K
Rank.
Private.
Music'n.
Private.
3d Ass't
Eng'r.
Private.
Private.
ROLL OF SOLDIERS.
253
Term of Enlistment.
Discharged.
Remarks.
Three years.
«
Expiration of service.
«
Non-resident.
«
Disability.
Nine months.
With Regiment.
Non-resident.
«
«
Wd. Kinston,
Dec. 14, 1862.
Three years.
Expiration of service.
Non-resident.
Nine months.
With Regiment.
«
Three years.
Expiration of service.
«
Nine months.
With Regiment.
Three years.
Died at Baltimore,
Md.,Oct. 6, 1 86 1.
One year.
Expiration of service.
Nine months.
With Regiment.
Non-resident.
Three years.
Expiration of service.
Non-resident.
Nine months.
Non-res., des'tr.
Three years.
«
((
Non-res., died
from wounds, July
20, 1864.
«
Non-resident.
u
Killed, Bethesda
Ch.Va,,June 3,'64.
(1
Died from w'nds,
Aug. 16, 1862.
u
DisabiHty.
Re-enlisted.
u
11
With Regiment.
«
tt
Expiration of service.
«
One" hundred days.
With Regiment.
254
THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
Names.
Regiment.
Company.
Rank.
H.
Hagan, John J. . .
Vet. R. C.
Private.
Haggerty, Daniel . .
59
A
«
Halpine, Bartholomew
59
B
((
Hamilton, Robert . .
50
E
<(
Hammond, George . j
1
3d H. Art.
C
«
Navy.
Juniata.
Seaman.
Hanigan, John . . .
32
C
Private.
Hare, Andrew . . .
48
G
Serg't.
Harrington, Charles T.
50
E
Private.
Harris, John ....
45
I
«
Harris, Samuel . . .
71U.S.C.T.
«
Harris, William . . .
2d Cav.
H
«
Hart, Abner B. . . .
44
G
((
Harvey, Franklin . .
Navy.
Miami.
Seaman.
Hawkes, John . . .
50
E
Private.
Hayes, James . . .
U. S. Cav.
«
Haynes, Joseph W.
17
K
((
Hecker, Charles F. . .
5th U.S. Cav.
Music'n.
Heton, John ....
42
G
Private.
Hinckley, George H. .
20
A
((
Hollis, Henry P. . .
2d Cav.
H
((
Howard, Avery B. . .
3d Bat.
Corp'l.
Howard, James R. . .
38
K
Private.
Howe, Francis E. . .
2d Bat.
Serg't.
Hughes, James . . .
3d Cav.
G
Private,
Hyde, George S. . .
I.
Ireson, Alonzo D. . .
42
G
((
42
G
Private.
Ireson, David A. , .
42
G
Music'n.
Ingalls, Samuel . . .
5th Cav.
Ass't
Surgeon.
ROLL OF SOLDIERS.
^55
Term of Enlistment.
Discharged.
Remarks.
Three years.
Expiration of service.
Non-resident.
«
Disability.
«
<(
Expiration of service.
«
Nine months.
With Regiment.
((
Three years.
Transferred.
u
Expiration of service.
«
Nine months.
With Regiment.
«
Non-resident.
«
Three years.
Expiration of service.
Rep. Recruit for
David Fairbanks.
((
Non-res., des'tr.
Nine months.
With Regiment.
Two years.
Expiration of service.
Nine months.
With Regiment.
Non-resident.
Three years.
Expiration of service.
((
<i
«
Re-enlisted.
«
«
Non-resident.
Nine months.
With Regiment.
Prisoner, Texas.
Three years.
«
Expiration of service.
Non-resident.
Disability.
Died at Melrose,
((
«
Aug. 1 6, 1864.
((
Non-res., des'tr.
Nine months.
With Regiment.
Prisoner, Texas.
Nine months.
With Regiment.
«
Resigned.
Prisoner, Texas.
256
THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
Names.
Regiment.
Company.
Rank.
J.
Jackson, Henry M.
59
B
Private.
Jackson, Jacob F. . .
16
F
a
Jackson, William H. .
39
G
((
Jackson, William P.
13
A
«
Jenkins, George . .
59
A
((
Johnson, William A. .
59
B
(t
Johnson, William H. .
54
«
Jones, Charles S. . .
39
G
((
Jones, Davis . . . . {
58U.S.C.T.
(t
I
Jones, Henry H. . .
13
A
Corp'l.
Judkins, Roland C.
42
G
Wag'nr.
Junkins, Edwin W.
45
D
•Private.
K.
Kelley, Patrick . . .
38
I
Private.
Kendall, Edward W. .
17
A
Bvt. I Lt.
Kennelly, James A.
38
I
Corp'l.
Kennerk, John . . .
SthU.S.Cav.
B
Private.
Kenniston, Charles . <
(
38
I
Music'n.
Kilby, Theophilus . ,
13
A
Private.
King, David H. . . .
2d Cav.
K
t(
King, George L. . .
. 13
A
<(
King, John S. . . .
SthU.S.Cav.
F
((
Kingdom, John . . .
Navy.
•Tioga.
Seaman.
Kingman, William W.
50
E
Private.
Knights, Henry C. . .
50
E
«
Kober, Charles . . .
5 th U.S. Cav.
«
Koeppen, John . . .
2d U. S. I.
K
«
Kohler, Charles . .
Navy.
Seaman.
Krantz, Frederick W.
33
C
Private.
ROLL OF SOLDIERS.
257
Term of Enlistment.
Discharged.
Remarks.
Three years.
«
Expiration of service.
DisabiUty.
Non-resident.
«
«
Expiration of service.
«
Non-resident.
«
«
Nine months.
«
«
«
«
With Regiment.
«
«
Vet. Res. Corps.
Rep. Recruit for
Daniel Russell.
Pris., Belle Isle.
Prisoner, Texas.
Three years.
«
«
«
«
With Regiment.
Expiration of service.
Disability.
Expiration of service.
With Regiment.
Disability.
Expiration of service.
«
Non-resident.
«
Wounded, Port
Hudson, June 14,
1863.
Non-resident.
Three years.
Nine months.
Nine months.
Three years.
Expiration of service.
With Regiment.
<(
Expiration of service.
«
Non-resident.
«
((
((
«
«
Prisoner, twice.
33
258
THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
Names.
Lafferty, James .
Lahey, John . .
Lalley, Thomas J.
Lamb, John R. .
Lane, Francis W.
Lane, John . .
Lange, Andrew .
Launzen, Christian
Lee, George E. .
Leeds, Samuel .
Leighton, WiUiam F.
Lemont, Henry .
Lever, Richard .
Lewis, Thomas .
Lewis, Walter H.
Liffin, James
Lindsey, Joseph
Littlefield, Gushing W,
Lombard, Gharles E
Long, John , .
Longwood, John
Ludirzen, George S
Lutz, William
Lyall, David S. .
Lyman, Henry H.
Lynde, Amos W.
Lynde, Benjamin
Lynde, Charles B,
Lynde, George W.
Regiment.
Company.
Navy.
Vet. R. C.
Navy.
30
B
Navy.
«
16
C
45
D
Navy.
Maratanza.
59
A
Navy.
Mahaska.
59
B
29
F
24
B
Navy.
II
K
19
Navy.
1 2th U. S. I.
B
8
E
50
E
42
G
7th Un.Co. L
38
K
42
G
17
A
Rank.
Seaman.
Private.
Seaman.
«
Private.
Seaman.
Serg't.
Private.
Seaman.
Private.
Seaman.
Private.
Drum'r,
Private.
Seaman.
Private.
Seaman.
Bugler.
Private.
Corp'l.
Private.
((
Bvt. 2 Lt.
ROLL OF SOLDIERS.
259
Term of Enlistment.
Discharged.
Remarks.
Three years.
«
«
Expiration
(
of service.
<
<
<
Non-resident.
«
«
«
«
((
<(
((
{(
Nine months.
Three years.
<(
(t
«
«
«
((
With Regiment.
Expiration of service.
Expiration of service.
«
«
«
Re-enHsted.
Non-resident,
K'ld., Spottsylva-
nia. May 12, 1864.
Non-resident.
«
«
«
«
«
«
Disabihty.
Expiration of service.
Sub. for Henry
W. Barrett.
Wounded.
Non-resident.
<(
One hundred days.
Nine months.
((
Ninety days.
Three years.
Nine months.
Three years.
With Regiment.
«
With Regiment.
Expiration of service.
Prisoner, Texas.
Died at Baton
Rouge, La., Aug.
18, 1863.
Prisoner, Texas.
Died at Melrose,
Jan. 30, 1866.
26o
THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
Names.
Regiment.
Company.
Rank.
Lynde, Sherman . .
1st Cav.
G
Corp'l.
M.
Macey, James . . ,
13
E
Private.
Macey, John S. . . . (
17
A.
((
Navy.
Philippi.
Seaman.
Marra, James . . .
59
D
Private.
Marshall, James . .
45
D
((
Marshall, Samuel . .
42
G
ii
Marston, James M.
42
G
((
Martin, George T. . . j
38
K
istLieut.
1
4th H. Art.
c .
<<
Martin, Jeremiah Jr. . j
Navy.
Tritonia.
Paymas-
1
ters' Cl'k.
Martin, William H.
38
K
Serg't.
McAllister, Daniel W.
22
G
Private.
McAllister, George H.
50
E
((
McDonald Angus . .
20
A
t<
McKay, Gurdon . .
5
B
((
22
G
2d Lieut.
McLaughlin, Frank M.
Navy.
Kearsarge.
Yeoman.
McLaughlin, Hiram .
6
A
Private.
McLaughlin, George W.
45
D
((
McMahan, Philip . .
17
I
«
Mitchell, George . .
Navy.
Tioga,
Seaman.
Moran, Bernard . . .
5th U.S. Cav.
Private.
Moran, Thomas . . .
Vet. R. C.
«
Morrison, Charles H. . (
22
G
((
i
38
I
Serg't.
Morrison, Seth . . .
4
F
Private.
13
A
(<
Morse, George J. . <
2dU.S.C.T.
59
G
2d Lieut.
istLieut.
ROLL OF SOLDIERS.
261
Term of Enlistment.
Three years.
Three years.
One year.
Three years.
Nine months.
Three years.
One year.
Three years.
Nine months.
Three years.
Three months.
Three years.
One hundred days,
Nine months.
Three years.
Discharged.
Three months.
Three years.
Expiration of service.
Expiration of service.
DisabiUty.
Expiration of service.
((
With Regimeni.
Disabihty,
Expiration of service,
Disabihty.
With Regiment.
Disability,
With Regiment,
Dismissed.
Expiration of service,
With Regiment,
it
Expiration of service
Disabihty.
With Regiment.
Disabihty.
Remarks.
Re-enHsted.
Non-resident.
Prisoner, Texas.
Non-res., des'tr.
Died at Boston,
March 13, 1865.
Re-enhsted.
Re-enHsted.
Non-resident.
((
Re-enhsted.
Deserter.
Wd. Sec'nd Bull
Run, Aug. 30, '62.
Wd, Port Hudson,
July 5,'63. Killed
Spottsylvania,
May 12, 1864.
262
THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
^ Names.
Regiment.
Company.
Rank.
Morse, Sydney B. 2d .
13
D
Corp'l.
Mullcott, Adolphus
Munn, Thomas J. . .
59
13
A
A
Private.
«
Murphy, Patrick . .
Myars, John .... .
Vet. R. C.
45
I
N.
Nichols, George G. . <
Nichols, Smith W., Jr.
Nichols, William R. .
Nolan, Thomas . . '.
Noonan, Edward . .
Noyes, George O. . |
0.
42
7thU.C0.Inf.
4th H. Art.
Navy.
50
4th U.S. Art.
SthU.S.Cav.
38
G
K
Shenandoah
D
A
K
Serg't.
istLieut.
Lieut.
Music'n.
Private.
«
Corp'l.
O'Donaghue John . .
O'Leary, Timothy . .
O'Regan, Michael . .
Otslott, Frederick . .
P.
Page, Moses S. . . .
Parsons, William . .
50
U. S. Marines.
59
8th U. S. I.
E
A
K
Private.
«
6
50U.S.C.T.
E
Private.
«
Peabody, Francis . f
<
22
17
G
K
Orderly.
Peabody, Torrey . .
Peabody, Torrey, Jr. .
22
17
G
K
Private.
ROLL OF SOLDIERS.
203
Term of Enlistment.
Discharged.
Remarks.
Three years.
«
«
«
Expiration of service.
«
«
Died at Washing-
ton, Sept. 16, '62.
Non-resident.
Wd. Gettysburg,
July I, 1863. Vet.
Res. Corps.
Non-resident.
«
Nine months.
Ninety days.
One year.
Nine months.
Three years.
With Regiment.
«
«
With Regiment,
Expiration of service.
As Acting Lieut.
Co. E.
On Col. King's Staff.
U. S. Navy.
Non-resident.
«
«
«
Wounded, Port
Hudson, June
14, 1863.
Nine months.
Four years.
Three years.
«
Expiration of service.
Disability.
Expiration of service.
Non-res., des'tr.
Non-resident.
«
«
One hundred days.
Three years.
((
«
With Regiment.
Expiration of service
Disability.
Disability.
Expiration of service.
Rep. Recruit for
Dexter Bryant.
Re-enlisted.
Re-enlisted. Died
at New Berne, N.
C, Oct. 3, 1864.
264
THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
Names.
Regiment.
Pearson, William H, .
3d U. S. Art.
Peaseley, Charles D. .
59
Pemberton, Lewis E, .
61
Penn, Isaac ....
4th U.S. Art.
Perkins, Benjamin W.
59
Perkins, James F, . .
Navy.
Perkins, John, Jr. . (
Perse, William A. . .
45
8th U. S. L
Pike, Jacob F. . . .
39
Pilling, James L. . .
60
Pratt, Daniel S . .
1st Cav.
Pratt, Henry W. . .
8 •
Prentice, Charles . .
50
Prescott, Horace . .
9th Bat.
Prince, Albert G. . .
18
Q-
Quinn, John E. . .
32
Quinn, John H. . . .
99th N. Y.
Quinn, Patrick . . .
8
R.
Rain, William G. . .
8th U. S. L
Reardon, Lawrence
3d H. Art.
Reynard John H. . (
Rice, George . . .
Navy.
38
48
1
Richardson, Alfred C. <
Richardson, George E. j
Richardson, John P. .
38
17
Company.
Rank.
Private.
D
(i
F
<(
A
«
B
«
Act. Ensiga
D
Private.
F
Private.
G
G
G
E
E
E
A
Private.
B.
Private.
E
«
D
Corp'l.
K
Private.
Seaman.
F
Private.
D
Music'n.
K
Private.
K
(
ROLL OF SOLDIERS.
265
Term of Enlistment
Three years.
(<
One year.
Three years.
Nine months.
Three years.
One hundred days
Three years.
One hundred days
Nine months.
Three years.
Three years.
«
One hundred days.
Three years.
«
Nine months.
Three years.
«
34
Discharged.
Remarks.
Expiration of service
Disabihty.
Expiration of service
«
With Regiment.
Expiration of service.
With Regiment.
«
Expiration of service,
Disability.
Disabihty.
Expiration of service.
With Regiment.
Expiration of service.
Expiration of service.
Non-resident.
Non-resident.
Wd., Kinston,
Dec. 14, 1862.
Non-resident.
Wd. Second Bull
Run, July 30, '62.
Re-enlisted on
quota of Boston.
Non-resident.
«
Sub. for James O.
Lynde.
Non-resident.
Non-res. Died at
Baton Rougej La.,
Aug. 8, 1863.
Died at Salisbury,
N. C, Nov. 3, '64.
Re-enlisted.
266
THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
Names.
Regiment
Company.
Rank.
Richardson, William H.
3d H. Art.
c
Private.
Riley, James ....
iithU. S. L
«
Riley, William . . .
iithU. S. L
((
Roberts, Charles H. .
44
E
«
Robertson, William
2d Cav.
D
«
Rowell, Stephen P. \
i8
H
((
50
D
Serg't.
Ryan, James ....
19
Private.
Ryan, Michael . . .
S.
Sassard, Augustus . .
59
F
«
13
A
Private.
Sawyer, Obadiah . .
39
I
<(
Seafferman, Henry . .
5th U.S. Cav.
K
«
Seavey, Leonard C.
2d Bat.
((
Shannon, Martin . .
23
K
((
Shelton, Albert F. . (
1
13
A
«
Shelton, Charles W. (
13
A
Serg't.
Shelton, John R . j
13
A
Private.
Shelton, Thomas . j
50
E
Private.
8
E
«
Shrekler, Frederick
8th U. S. L
D
«
Shrodenback, Joseph .
5th U.S. Cav.
It
Simms, Daniel . . .
((
((
Simonds, Charles H. .
50
E
((
Simonds, Joseph F. (
13
A
«
3d Cav.
D
Captain.
Simonds, Joseph R.
17
K
((
Simonds, Joseph W. (
44
D
Private.
8
E
((
Sinclair, Thomas J.
8th U. S. I.
B
«
Singler, Louis . . .
«
B
«
Skinner, Charles E.
5 th Bat.
«
ROLL OF SOLDIERS.
267
Term of Enlistment
Three years.
«
Nine months.
Three years.
Nine months.
Three years.
Three years.
Nine months.
One hundred days,
Three years.
Nine months.
Three years.
Nine months.
One hundred days,
Three years.
Discharged.
Expiration of service
Disability.
DisabiHty.
With Regiment.
Expiration of service,
Disability.
Expiration of service,
Disability.
((
General service.
With Regiment.
«
Expiration of service.
«
With Regiment.
Disability.
Expiration of service.
((
With Regiment.
«
Expiration of service.
i(
Disability.
Remarks.
Non-resident.
Non-res., des'tr.
Re-enlisted.
Non-resident.
Non-resident.
Wd., Antietam,
Sept. 17, 1862.
Wd., Antietam,
Sept. 17, 1862.
Killed, Antietam,
Sept. 17, 1862.
Re-enlisted.
Non-resident.
Re-enlisted.
Wd. three times.
Re-enlisted.
Non-resident.
268
THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
Names.
Slocumb, Henry W. .
Small, Edward A. . .
Smith, Thomas . .
Smith, Wayland R.
Souggroe, Timothy
Spaulding, Henry H. .
Spear, William S. . .
Sprague, Samuel Jr.
Stantial, Thomas B.
Starbuck, George M. .
Stebbens, Thaddeus S.
Stevens, Charles H.
Stevens, Thomas H.
Stilphen, John E.
Stone, Henry . . .
Sumner, Stephen . .
Sweetser, Thomas T,
T.
Tainter, George A. .
Taltersall, Edward . .
Tobey, Samuel . .
Todd, Thomas . .
Tower, Benjamin .
Turck, John . .
Tucker, William L.
Tyler, William N.
Regiment.
Company.
30
Navy.
5
4th Bat.
43
Vet. R. C.
6
Vet. R. C.
12
5 th Bat.
26
. 39
ist Cav.
16
2d Bat.
39
59
5
42
13
5th U.S. Cav
9th Bat.
48
38
3d H. Art.
9th Bat.
E
Wabash.
B
A
A
A
A
G
G
A
Rank.
Private.
Act. Master.
Private.
G
G
H
G
A
F
D
K
K
Corp'l.
Artificer.
Private.
((
2d Lieut.
Private.
Corp'l.
Serg't.
Private.
Private.
Serg't.
Corp'l.
Private.
Corp'l.
Serg't.-Maj.
ROLL OF SOLDIERS.
269
Term of Enlistment
Discharged.
Remarks.
Three years.
«
Expiration of service.
Re- enlisted.
Three months.
With Regiment.
Re-enlisted.
Three years.
Expiration of service.
«
Nine months.
With Regiment.
Three years.
Expiration of service.
Non-resident.
One hundred days.
With Regiment.
Three years.
Expiration of service.
Non-resident.
«
Disabihty.
Wd., Antietam,
Sept. 17, 1862.
«
AboHshment of office.
«
Expiration of service.
Non-resident.
«
Disability.
«
Expiration of service.
Wounded.
«
Died at Boston,
March 26, 1863.
«
Expiration of service.
Died at Melrose,
June 25, 1865.
«
Disability.
Wounded. Pris-
«
With Regiment.
oner, Libby.
Nine months.
((
«
a *
Wounded. Pris-
oner, Texas.
Three years.
Disability.
Wd., Antietam,
Sept. 17, 1862.
((
Expiration of service.
Non-resident.
((
With Battery.
Wd., Gettysburg,
July 2, 1863.
Nine months.
With Regiment,
Non-resident.
Three years.
((
Wounded, Cedar
Creek, Oct. 19,
1864.
((
Disability.
Non-resident.
tt
With Battery.
One hundred days.
With Regiment.
Also on S. Read-
ing quota.
270
THE MELROSE MEMORIAL,
Names.
Regiment.
Company.
Rank.
Tyrrill, Andrew , .
U.
Navy.
Seaman.
Upham, Charles H.
42
G
Private.
Upham, Henry W.
60
G
((
V.
Vinton, Edwin A. . (
42
G
Private.
8
E
((
Vinton, Gray . . . .
8
E
«
W.
Waitt, John R. . . .
6
A
Private.
Wallace, John . . .
19
<(
Walsh, Thomas . .
15
B
((
Ward, Reuben D. . (
Navy.
George
Seaman.
May hew.
Warren, Nathaniel ^. .
<(
«
Waters, Henry . \ .
«
<(
Watts, Simon C, . .
Navy.
Neipsic.
((
Weeks, Seymour . .
((
tt
Welden, George E.
«
«
Wells, Charles A. . .
II
I
Private.
Wharton, Joseph . .
Navy.
Seaman.
White, Charles L. . (
Whitney, Edward H. .
1st H. Art.
E
Private.
13
D
Serg't.
Wilbur, William H. j
j
Navy.
St. Law-
Seaman.
rence.
Wilde, Benjamin F.
42
H
Private.
Wilkins, Charles B.
Navy.
Seaman.
Wilkinson, Robert . .
((
((
Williams, Charles J. .
Navy.
Seaman.
Williams, George . .
((
St. Law-
rence.
«
ROLL OF SOLDIERS.
271
Term of Enlistment
Discharged.
Remarks.
Three years.
Expiration of service.
Sub. for Daniel
W. Wilcox.
Nine months.
One hundred days.
With Regiment.
«
Prisoner, Texas.
Nine months.
One hundred days.
With Regiment.
<<
tt
Prisoner, Texas.
One hundred days.
Three years.
«
With Regiment.
Expiration of service.
Non-resident.
«
((
«
tt
((
tt
tt
«
tt
tt
«
tt
tt
it
tt
tt
«
ft
tt
tt
«
u
tt
It
*t
it
tt
tt
Wd., Warrenton
Junction.
It
ft
Non-resident.
Nine months.
Three years.
«
Expiration of service.
«
Deserter.
Non-resident.
(I
tt
((
tt
tt
«
tt
2/2
THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
Names.
Regiment.
Company.
Rank.
Williams, Walter . .
Navy.
Seaman.
Wilson, John ....
50
F
Private.
Wilson, John . . .
39
I
«
Wilson, Samuel . . j
Wilson, Thomas E.
Navy.
Seaman.
((
Aries.
«
Woodman, Robert . .
((
((
Wyman, George W. .
6
A
Private.
Wyman, Weston . .
6
A
((
Wyman, William . j
5
B
((
24
C
«
Y.
Yeaton, George . . .
29
A
Drum'er.
York, Benjamin F. . .
56
B
Private.
York, Josiah R. . .
42
G
<>
/thUn.Co.L
((
York, William B. .
42
G
((
7th Un. Co. I.
«
Young, John W. . .
59
F
«
MELROSE CITIZENS WHO SERVED
, Names.
Regiment.
Company.
Rank.
Barrett, David A. . .
Chambers, John L.
:
Davis, Charles L. . .
Elliott, George W. . j
17th Mass.
Navy.
8th Maine.
K
Morning
Light.
E
E
Corp'l.
Master's
Mate.
Private.
Krantz, William F. j
Macey, William H. |
33d Mass.
Vet. R. C.
3d Maine.
C
F
n
Martin, Charles H.
Thompson, John .• .
4th Ms. H. A.
Navy.
C
Rhode IslU
Corp'l.
Seaman.
ROLL OF SOLDIERS.
273
Term of Enlistment.
Discharged.
Remarks.
Three years.
Expiration of service.
Non-resident.
Nine months.
Non-res., des'tr.
Three years.
Expiration of service.
Non-resident.
((
ft
Sub. for George
Emerson 2d.
it
u
u
Non-resident
«
One hundred days.
With Regiment.
Three months.
((
Re-enlisted.
Three years.
Expiration of service.
Wounded.
Re-enlisted.
Three years.
Expiration of service.
Non-resident.
((
((
Pris., Danville.
Nine months.
With Regiment.
Prisoner, Texas.
Ninety days.
<(
Nine months.
«
Prisoner, Texas.
Ninety days.
«
Three years.
Expiration of service.
Non-resident.
ON OTHER QUOTAS.
Term of Enlistment
On what Quota.
Remarks,
Three years.
«
Maiden.
Boston.
Prisoner over
It
Augusta, Me.
(t
two years.
Pris'r, 4 Months.
Re-enlisted.
it
Maiden.
Re-enlisted.
u
u
One year.
Douglass.
Skowhegan, Me.
Franklin.
Boston.
Died June 1 3 '66.
Died at Alexandria,
Va., Aug, 30, 1862.
35
APPENDIX.
APPENDIX.
A.
CERTIFICATE OF A NON-RESIDENT RECRUIT.
Boston, Dec. 20, A. D. 1862.
I, William R. Riddle, a ist Lieutenant Twentieth Mass.
Vols, in the military service of the United States, and duly author-
ized to act as a Recruiting Officer, do hereby certify that I have,
on the twentieth day of December, A. D. 1862, caused to be
mustered into the military service of the United States, in Co.
A, Twentieth Regiment, to serve for three years or during the
.war, unless sooner discharged, George H. Hinckley, to be
applied upon the quota of the town of Melrose ; and that, to the
best of my knowledge and belief, the said George H. Hinckley
has not been previously reported to the Adjutant-General's
office, and is not a resident of any other town or city in this
Commonwealth.
WM. R. RIDDLE,
isi Lieutenant Twentieth Mass. Vols.,
Recruiting Officer.
B.
FORM FOR PAYMENT OF BOUNTY.
No. 30. * Melrose, Aug. 16, 1862.
Mr. Caleb Howard, Town Treasurer.
Sir : Pay to Joseph A. Chapin of Melrose, a recruit accepted
and mustered into the service of the United States by Lieu-
tenant Adams, for the Ninth Battery Massachusetts Volunteers,
the sum of One Hundred Dollars bounty, as per order of the
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Town, passed July 28, 1862, he being a part of the quota of
troops to be furnished by the Town of Melrose, for three years
unless sooner discharged by proper authority.
JOHN H. CLARK,
WM. B. BURGESS,
G. M. FLETCHER,
Selectmen of Melrose.
I hereby certify that I enlisted the above named Joseph A.
Chapin into the Ninth Battery, and that he was mustered into
the service of the United States, on the 29th day of July, 1862,
by Lieutenant Adams, of the United States Army.
ALEX. H. WHITAKER,
Lieutenant Ninth Battery.
This was indorsed as follows :
No. 30. Melrose, Aug. 16, 1862.
I, Joseph A. Chapin, hereby acknowledge to have received
of the Town Treasurer of Melrose, One Hundred Dollars as
bounty for enlistment in the service of the United States, as
within.
JOSEPH A. CHAPIN.
Witness, William B. Burgess.
The form of payment of Bounty for the nine months' men
differed from the above only in the date of Town action — Aug.
21, 1862, — and the amount paid. One Hundred and Fifty
Dollars.
C.
CERTIFICATE OF CONSENT TO THE ENLISTMENT OF A MINOR.
I, Hiram McLaughlin, do certify, that I am the father of
George W. McLaughlin, that he is nineteen years of age ; and
I do hereby freely give my consent to his enlisting as a soldier
in the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, for the period of nine
months in the service of the United States.
HIRAM Mclaughlin.
Witness, RoYAL P. Barry.
Dated at Melrose, this first day of October, A. D. 1862.
APPENDIX.
279
D.
The following is a copy of the circular and list of the citizens
of Melrose, liable to Draft in 1863, posted in our town by
direction of Provost-Marshal Herrick.
ENROLLMENT LIST, SIXTH DISTRICT MASSACHUSETTS.
List of persons enrolled in Sub-District No. Nine, Town of
Melrose.
Any person herein enrolled may appear before the Board of
Enrollment, at Lawrence, on the days of December, 1863,
from eleven to one o'clock, and two to five o'clock, and have
his name stricken off the List, if he can show to the satisfac-
tion of the Board that he is not, and will not be at the time
fixed for the next Draft, Jan. 5, 1864, liable to do Military
duty on account of
I. Alienage. 2. Non-residence. 3. Unsuitableness of age.
4. Manifest permanent physical disability.
Class I.
A.
Allen, John L.
Alden, David A.
Allen, William H.
Astle, James
Atwood, Sullivan C.
Anderson, John H. L.
Babb, Walter
B.
Bishop, Daniel H.
Banfield, Addison W.
Blaisdell, Charies H.
Barrett, Henry W.
Brackett, Gilbert A.
Barrett, James A.
Brown, George E.
Barrett, Jonathan
Brown, Laroy
Bartlett, Nathaniel J.
Browne, Orrin
Biathrow, Franklin
Bryant, Dexter
Biffin, James
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Chase, Daniel L.
Chase, Sanford W.
Cheever, Augustus L. ^
Coburn, Lucius
Davis, Edmund W.
Dodge, James W.
Edmonds, Artemas B.
Emerson, George W.
Emerson, Joseph S.
Fairbanks, Joseph A.
Fargo, Charles O.
Farnsworth, George W.
Fernald, James H.
Finnegan, Dennis
Finnegan, Edward
Gilmore, 'William M.
Goodwin, Joseph
Gordon, Curtis S.
Gordon, William F.
Goss, Elbridge H.
Hammond, George
Harris, Augustine
Hawkins, John
Hayward, Daniel E.
Hemmenway, William
Henderson, John H. B.
Hill, William L.
Cook, William
Corson, George G.
Crocker, John H.
D.
Donalavy, William
E.
Emerson, Richard W.
Emery, Joshua Jr.
F.
Finnegan, William
Fennerty, Thomas
Freeman, Leander T.
French, Alonzo
Fuller, William A.
Furneaux, Charles
G.
Gould, Levi S.
Greene, Benjamin F.
Grover, Andrew J.
Grover, George W. Jr.
Grundy, William
H.
Hollahan, Lawrence
Hopkins, James S.
Howard, Caleb G.
Howard, Otis
Howe, Francis E.
Howes, Jonathan C.
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281
Irvine, Fayette J.
Jackson, William P.
Keating, Thomas
Keith, Charles E.
Keyes, Silas
Leonard, Henry A,
Littlehale, Henry A,
Lord, Samuel
Lyall, David S.
Lunt, George G.
Magoon, Sylvanus
McCaflferty, Michael A,
McLenathan, Charles
Merrick, Theodore B.
Morcomb, Henry P.
Newhall, Edward B,
Newhall, Henry B.
Parker, Edward
Page, Moses S.
Patterson, Alonzo
Paul, William F.
Peck, Oren H.
Pierce, Ansel B.
36
I.
J.
K.
Knight, Edwin F.
Knights, Edward R.
Knowles, Theodore L.
L.
Lynch, John B.
Lynde, Charles A.
Lynde, Daniel jA,
Lynde, James O.
Lynde, Leonard
M.
Moseley, Randolph L,
Morse, William
Morse, William F.
Murray, John
Munn, Lawrence K.
N.
Norton, John R.
P.
Pierce, Robert W.
Pollock, George W.
Porter, Lucius L. D.
Pratt, Dexter
Prentice, George
282
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Quinn, Thomas
Rankin, Frederick W. A. Jr.
Richards, Aaron H.
Richardson, Lewis H.
Richardson, WilHam H.
Sanford, Joseph B.
Sears, Elisha F.
Shelton, Albert F.
Shelton, Richard H.
Shelton, Stephen W.
Skinner, Glover
Small, James M.
Spinney, William K.
Tainter, George A.
Tay, Aaron
Taylor, Marcus C.
Taylor, William
Thompson, John
Upham, Albert
Upham, Charles F.
Upham, Osgood W.
Vaughn, William W.
Waitt, Charles A.
Warren, William
Watson, Frank
Wells, William H.
Q.
R.
Ripley, Augustus
Roberts, Joseph L.
Robbins, Charles
Robinson, Samuel A.
S.
Stantial, George C.
Stantial, Thomas B.
Stevens, Henry A.
Stone, George F.
Stone, William H.
Stratton, William D.
Smith, Rufus
Sutton, Joseph P. B.
T.
Tower, John W.
Tourlellot, Samuel M.
Towner, Levi C.
Trask, Albert
Trott, Andrew P.
U.
Upham, Sylvanus
Upham, Timothy
V.
W.
Wilcox, Daniel W.
Wilde, Joseph D.
Woodward, George
Wyman, William
APPENDIX,
283
Class II.
Adams, John Q.
Baldwin, John
Barker, Samuel
Barrett, Augustus
Bartlett, George W.
Bickford, Ira H.
Bird, Henry S.
Boardman, George A,
Boardman, William W.
Chapin, Calvin N.
Clark, William
Cleaveland, Nathan S.
Cobb, John W.
Cobb, Elisha W.
Coburn, Lewis G.
Conway, Daniel
Davie, George
Dow, Milo
Edgerly, Obadiah S.
Edgerly, Peter
Avery, John Q. A.
B
Brooks, Augustus
Brown, Benjamin
Bradford, Erastus F.
Brown, Increase H, Jr.
Brown, John
Bugbee, Samuel S.
Bryant, Napoleon B,
Buffum, Carlon
C.
Coolidge, Charles G.
Courriea, Charles M.
Crowley, Jeremiah
Curtis, Samuel
Chase, Daniel G.
Coffin, Galen
Connell, James
D.
Dyer, John A.
E.
Emerson, George 2d.
Emerson, Isaac Jr.
Fessenden, George F.
Gateley, John
Gilman, Tristram
Gooch, Daniel W.
Foster, Daniel W.
G.
Goss, Allen C.
Gould, Albert A.
Greeley, William P.
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Haley, Reuben F.
Hamblet, James Jr.
Hart, George
Hawkins, Thomas
Hayward, Jabez G.
Heath, George W.
Hemmenway, George
H.
Hicks, Walter
Hill, David
Hodges, James D.
Hoefifner, Lewis G.
Holbrook, Joseph
Horn, James
Hudson, Jarvis P.
Isburgh, Charles H.
Jefferson, Daniel
Kelley, Farnsworth
Kendall, Samuel E.
Kent, Elisha V.
K.
Kimball, Thomas J.
Kirmes, Christopher
Lane, Addison
Lamson, William A.
Leavitt, Rufus
Little, Edmund B.
Mansfield, George A.
McCoubry, Thomas
Mclntyre, Joseph
Newhall, George
Newhall, John
Parker, Moses
Pemberton, Calvin
Perkins, Albert P.
Littlefield, Walter Jr.
Loring, Martin B.
Lynde, Alonzo V.
Lynde, William O.
M.
Messenger, Charles A.
Messenger, Frank A.
Morton, Daniel O.
N.
Norton, Daniel Jr.
P.
Perkins, John Jr.
Poole, William F.
APPENDIX.
285
Robbins, Charles G.
Roberts, John K.
Sales, Ephraim
Sargent, Wingate P.
Severence, Sargent F.
Severy, Solomon
Shepard, Thomas
R.
Russell, Daniel
Sewall, John S.
Simonds, Charles H.
Spaulding, Henry H.
Sprague, Alfred W.
Stevens, Edgar M.
Taylor, Fernando C.
Terwillager, Lyell S.
Upham, Benjamin R.
Varney, Cyrus
Vinton, Aaron Jr.
Warren, Ralph
West, John
Wheeler, Gardner
Wheeler, George G.
Young, Isaiah A.
Captain
Trowbridge, Henr}' E.
Turner, Henry
U.
Upham, Orne
V.
Vinton, Gray
W.
Wheeler, Robert
Whowell, John
Whyte, Oliver
Woodward, David R.
Y.
H. G. HERRICK,
and Provost-Marshal^ Sixth Dist, Mass.
EXEMPTION PAPERS.
Those citizens who had the pleasure of reading their names
in the afternoon papers of July 13, 1863, as among the drafted,
received soon afterwards a letter from the Provost-Marshal,
286 THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
notifying them of the fact, and to appear before the Board of
Enrollment at Lawrence, for examination. If not exempted
for any cause, a choice was given the accepted person to furnish
a substitute, or pay commutation money. The following is the
form of receipt and certificate given in the latter case.
Sixth Massachusetts Collection District.
No. 121.
Received at Haverhill, on the fourteenth day of August, 1863,
from Osgood W. Upham, of Melrose, who was drafted into the
service of the United States, on the thirteenth day of July, 1863,
from the Sixth Congressional District of the State of Massa-
chusetts, the sum of Three Hundred Dollars ($300), to obtain,
under Section 13 of the "Act for enrolling and calling out the
national forces, and for other purposes — approved March 3,
1863," a discharge from further liability under the draft.
Signed in triplicate.
GEO. COGGSWELL,
Receiver of Commutation Money,
certificate of non-liability to be given by the board of
enrollment.
We, the subscribers, composing the Board of Enrollment of
the Sixth District of the State of Massachusetts, provided for in
Section 8, Act of Congress " for enrolling and calling out the
national forces," approved March 3, 1863, hereby certify that
Osgood W. Upham, of Melrose, Middlesex County, State of
Massachusetts, having given satisfactory evidence that he is not
properly subject to do military duty, as required by said act, by
reason of having paid Three Hundred Dollars, is exempt from
all liability to military duty for the term of the present draft.
H. G. HERRICK,
Provost- Marshal and Pres. Board of Enrollment.
r. E. DAVIS,
Member of Board of Enrollment,
J. L. SULLIVAN, JR.,
Surgeon of Board of Enrollment.
Dated at Lawrence, this twentieth day of August, 1863.
APPENDIX. 287
When a substitute was furnished, or when exemption was
granted for the various causes, except disability, the same
kind of certificate was used, differing only in the reason given
for exemption. For exemption from disability the following was
the form.
CERTIFICATE OF EXEMPTION FOR A DRAFTED PERSON ON
ACCOUNT OF DISABILITY.
This is to certify, That of Melrose, Middlesex County,
State of Massachusetts, having been drafted, and claiming
exemption on account of disability, has been carefully exam-
ined, and is found to be unfit for military duty by reason of
and, in consequence thereof, he is exempt from
service under the present draft.
H. G. HERRICK,
Provost-Marshal and Pres. Board of Enrollment.
P. E. DAVIS,
Member of Board of Enrollment.
J, L. SULLIVAN, JR.,
Surgeon of Board of Enrollment.
Dated at Lawrence, this thirty-first of July, 1863.
F.
CERTIFICATE OF NON-LIABILITY TO BE GIVEN BY THE BOARD
OF ENROLLMENT.
We, the subscribers, composing the Board of Enrollment of
the Sixth District of the State of Massachusetts, provided for
in Section 8, Act of Congress, " for enrolling and calling out
the national forces," approved March 3, 1863, hereby certify
that George Emerson, 2d, of Melrose, of Middlesex County,
State of Massachusetts, having given satisfactory evidence that
he is not properly subject to do military duty, as required by
said Act, and the Act approved Feb. 24, 1864, and July 4,
1864, by reason of having furnished an acceptable substitute, is
288 THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
exempt from all liability to draft, not exceeding the time for
which his substitute was enlisted, viz., three years.
H. G. HERRICK,
Provost-Marshal and Pres. Board of Enrollment.
S. W. HOPKINSON,
Member of Board of Enrollment.
JOHN L. SULLIVAN, JR.,
Surgeon of Board of Enrollment.
Dated at Lawrence, Mass., this twenty-third day of July, 1864.
CERTIFICATE OF EXEMPTION OF THE SUBSTITUTE FURNISHED
BY THE ABOVE.
I, Samuel Wilson, of Nova Scotia, do hereby certify that I
am not legally subject to enrollment or draft, under the Acts of
Congress for enrolling and calling out the national forces of the
United States, and for the following reasons : That I am an
alien and subject to the British Government. That I have never
voted in, or declared my intention of becoming a citizen of the
United States.
SAMUEL WILSON.
We, the subscribers, do hereby certify that we have such
knowledge of said Samuel Wilson as to leave no doubt in our
minds of the truth of his statement.
JAMES KUHN, of Boston, 11 Clark Street:
W. M. I. BOTHAM, of Boston, () F. H. Square.
SUFFOLK, SS.
Personally appeared the above named Samuel Wilson, James
Kuhn, and W. M. I. Botham, and severally made oath that the
above Certificate is correct and true, according to the best of
their knowledge and belief.
Dated at Boston, Mass., this twentieth day of July, 1864.
[stamp.]
THATCHER C. HATCH,
Justice of the Peace.
APPENDIX. 289
RECEIPT AND CERTIFICATE FOR REPRESENTATIVE RECRUIT.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Treasurer's Office, Boston, Aug. i, 1864.
Received of Daniel Russell of Melrose, One Hundred and
Twenty-Five Dollars, for account of the Provost-Marshal General
of the State of Massachusetts, to be used for recruiting purposes
under General Order No. 27, 1864, such recruit to be credited
to the quota of Melrose. Representative Recruit.
HENRY K. OLIVER,
Treasurer.
LEVI REED, Auditor.
Commonwealth of Massachiisetts.
This is to certify that Daniel Russell of Melrose, in said
Commonwealth, a citizen not liable to be drafted into the mili-
tary service of the United States, has paid the sum of One
Hundred and Twenty-Five Dollars into the State Treasury,
under General Order of Commonwealth, No. 27, dated July 14,
A. D. 1864, to assist in recruiting the national armies, and has
had assigned to him as his Representative Recruit, Private
Davis Jones, Fifty-Eighth U. S. Colored Infantry. Enlisted
under the Act of Congress providing for the recruitment of
volunteers in the Rebellious States, approved July 4, A.D. 1864.
Given under my hand, at the Head-Quarters of said Com-
monwealth at Boston, this fourth day of January, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-five.
JOHN A. ANDREW,
Governor of Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
J. M. DAY,
Colonel and Provost-Marshal of Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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290 THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
H.
Provost-Marshal's Office, ')
6th District, Mass., >-
Lawrence, May 6, 1864. )
You are hereby informed that the Board of Enrollment of the
Sixth District Massachusetts has appointed you an Enrolling
Officer for the Sub-District, as follows, viz : No. 9, being the
town of Melrose, at a compensation of three dollars per diem,
for the time actually employed.
You will immediately enter upon your duties, and complete
the enrollment required under the amended Enrollment Act of
Feb. 24, 1864, without the least delay.
You will enroll,
I St. All persons liable to draft whose names have been
omitted in the former enrollment. These omissions you will
learn by reference to the accompanying printed lists.
2d. All persons who, since the former enrollment, and prior
to this, shall have arrived at the age of twenty years.*
3d. All aliens who have declared their intention of becom-
ing citizens, and not heretofore enrolled.
4th. All persons discharged from the military or naval service
of the United States, who have not been in such service two
years during the present war, whether heretofore enrolled or
not; except those borne upon the printed lists.
5th. You will enroll, upon separate sheets, the names of any
and all persons whose names are borne on the printed lists, who
shall have arrived at the age of forty-five at the time of the com-
pletion of your enrolment.
6th. You will return, on a separate sheet, the names of all
persons borne on the printed list, who are now in the service,
stating as far as you are able, their regiment and company, and
all who have died.
H. G. HERRICK, Capt. and Pro.-Mar.,^ Board
S. W. HOPKINSON, Com'r, \ of
JOHN L. SULLIVAN, JR., Surgeon, ) Enrollment.
To Mr. Stephen Shelton, Melrose, Mass.
APPENDIX. 291
DISCHARGE PAPERS.
ARMY.
To all whotn it may concern.
[Vignette : Eagle standing on shield, surrounded with flags and stars.]
Know ye, That Moses S. Page, a Private of Captain Frank
H. Whitcomb's Company (E) Sixth Regiment of Infantry,
Massachusetts Volunteers, who was enrolled on the fifteenth
day of July, 1864, to serve one hundred days, is hereby dis-
charged from the service of the United States, this twenty-
seventh day of October, 1864, at Readville, Massachusetts, by
reason of term of enlistment having expired. (No objection to
his being re-enlisted is known to exist.)
Said Moses S. Page was born in Haverhill, in the State of
New Hampshire, is twenty-six years of age, five feet eight and
one-half inches high, light complexion, blue eyes, brown hair,
and by occupation, when enrolled, a Broker.
Given at Readville, this twenty-seventh day of October, 1864.
* J. W. MEANS,
First Lieutenant Eighth Infantry, U. S. M. O.
FRANK H. WHITCOMB,
Captain Comd'g. Co. E, Sixth Mass. Re^t.
NAVY.
United States of America.
[Vignette : War vessels at sea.]
Navy Department.
The war for the preservation of the Union having, under
the beneficent guidance of Almighty God, been brought to a
successful termination, a reduction of the naval force becomes
necessary.
Having served with fidelity in the United States Navy from
the fourteenth day of November, 1862, to the present date, you
292 THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
are hereby honorably discharged with the thanks of the Depart-
ment.
Given under my hand and seal of the Navy Department, at
the City of Washington, this twentieth day of September, 1865.
GIDEON WELLES,
Secretary of the Navy.
j SEAL OF THE NAVY )
\ DEPARTMENT. \
JAMES F. PERKINS,
Acting Ensign U. S. Navy,
Melrose, Mass.
J.
ACTION OF THE TOWN,
NOV. 3, 1868.
Hon. Samuel E Sewall offered the following resolution, which
was unanimously adopted :
That the Selectmen be authorized to subscribe and pay for a sufficient
number of copies of Mr. Elbridge H. Goss' ..work, entitled " The Melrose
Memorial : The Annals of Melrose, County of Middlesex, Massachusetts,
during the Great Rebellion of i86(-5," to furnish a copy to every inhab-
itant of this town who served as a soldier or sailor in the Rebellion, now
living, and a copy for the family of each of said soldiers and sailors as have
deceased ; also for twenty-five additional copies for the town, any of which may
be given to public libraries at the discretion of the Selectmen.
And on motion of Hon. Daniel W. Gooch, it was voted that
the following inscription be embossed in gilt letters on the cover
of each copy thus given :
Presented to — (name of soldier or sailor) — by the Town of Melrose, in
recognition of his services during the Great Rebellion of 1861 - 5.
ERRATA.
Page 100 — For Bodwell, Danitl A., read Henry A.
" 175 — For yames S>. Macey, read John S. Macey.
" 243 — Omitted in List of Officers in the Navy :
Smith W. Nichols, Jr. Midshipman, Sept. 27, 1858 ; Lieutenant, Feb.
21, 1863 ; Lieutenant Commander, July 25, 1866.
Page 256 — Omitted in Alphabetical Roll :
Jones, J. Wesley, 12th U. S. Inf. ist Lieut.
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