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It is not to be inferred, from finding no other names of Winchester Irishmen on the rolls of this regiment, that our foreign citizens were wanting in patriotism, for the names of Winchester men in other regi- ments abundantly show that in proportion to our population Irishmen, Germans, and Englishmen are amply represented.
On the roll of the 10th Regiment the only name of a Winchester man is that of Colonel Ira W. Pettibone, who was commissioned as Major, served in the battles of Roanoke Island and Newbern, N. C., and was successively promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel. The climate of North Carolina debilitated him to such a degree that he was compelled to resign, and he was honorably discharged in November, 1862.
The 12th Regiment of Volunteer Infantry was recruited at Camp Lyon, Hartford, under command of Colonel Henry C. Deming; was attached to Butler's Division, and sailed from New York for Ship Island, Mississippi Sound, February 24, 1862. It followed the naval armament, under Farragut, up the Mississippi, and witnessed the bom- bardment of Forts Jackson and St. Philip ; followed the armament up to New Orleans, where it landed, and garrisoned the city on its forced surrender, Colonel Deming assuming the office of provisional mayor. It
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was encamped for a time at Baton Rouge, and was afterwards engaged in active service in Louisiana. It bore a conspicuous part in the siege of Port Hudson, after which, it returned to New Orleans, and in July, 1864, embarked for Fortress Monroe, and in August following joined Sheridan's army in the Shenandoah Valley, and participated in the battles of Opequan, Fisher's Hill, and Cedar Creek, after which, it having been reduced to a skeleton by losses in battle, and by disea e, and by expira- tion of the term of service of a large portion of its men, it was reorgan- ized under Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis, and continued to serve in Virginia until its muster out in August, 1865.
Only six Winchester men belonged to this regiment, as follows :-
Doctor John B. Welch, 2d assistant-surgeon, who died of scarlatina, on shipboard, at Ship Island, February 13, 1862. He was son of Dr. James and Mrs. Lavinia Welch of Winsted, born at W., September 14, 1838 ; studied in his father's office ; graduated M.D. at Yale College in 1860 ; mustered 2d Assistant-surgeon of 12th Regiment, December 11, 1861 ; sailed with the regiment for Ship Island, Mississippi Sound, February 24, 1862, and on reaching there was unable to land with the troops, but not considered dangerously ill. He died off the Island, two days after the landing of the troops, separate from his comrades, and almost alone. His remains were sent home, and buried in the cemetery of his family, at Norfolk. His amiable character, and the circumstances of his death at the outset of his career, deeply affeeted the community with sorrow for his loss, and sympathy with his family in their affliction.
Dr. John R. Cumming, appointed 2d Assistant-surgeon in place of Assistant-surgeon Welch, was promoted to Surgeon, and was mustered out at Savannah, Ga., August 12, 1865.
Private Solomon R. Hinsdale, Company A, appointed Quartermaster- Sergeant, promoted 2d Lieutenant ; resigned August 9, 1862, on his appointment as Assistant-paymaster in the Navy, after which he served on the Mississippi Flotilla above Vicksburg, until prostrated by fever, and compelled to resign by impaired health.
Sergeant Jacob T. Brown, Company C, killed at Fisher's Hill, Va., September 19, 1864. While giving water from his canteen to a wounded lieutenant of an Iowa Regiment, on the battlefield, he was shot in the abdomen by a rebel sharpshooter, and died three hours after. He was a model of physical manhood ; a kind-hearted, unassuming man, and a con- sistent member of the Methodist Church, esteemed by his comrades as a conscientious Christian soldier.
Private George W. Eggleston, Company C, enlisted March 2, 1864, and mustered out at Savannah, August 12, 1865.
Private Wm. H. Pool, Company C, enlisted February 24, 1864 ; dis- charged at New Haven, April 29, 1865.
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Private John W. Vaughn, Company C, enlisted February 24, 1864, mustered out at Savannah, Ga., August 12, 1865.
Second Lieutenant John W. Hurlbut, of Company G, resigned June 6, 1862.
A squad of ten Winchester men composed a part of the rank and file of Company D, 11th Regiment Infantry, consisting of Charles L. Hosford, Ist Lieutenant ; Corporal Levi L. Dayton, Privates Frank S. Pease, Lewis Dayton, Edward S. Fleming, Charles Hull, George Kinney, Daniel Lotherington, William H. Slack, and Albert M. Tuttle : and another squad of twelve men composed a part of Company E of the same regiment, consisting of First-sergeant Francis T. Brown, Sergeants Samuel B. Horne, and Hiram C. Roberts ; Corporals William T. Page, Jr., and John K. Twiss ; Privates George Allen, William E. Cogswell, James Dudley, Erastus Eggleston and Rufus Eggleston (twins), Andrew M. Hurlbut, Leander Packard.
These companies were mustered into service at Camp Lincoln, in Hartford, December 16, 1861. The regiment was assigned to Burn- side's Division, and fought its first battle at Newbern, N. C., March 14, 1862. In July, 1862, it was attached to the Army of the Potomac, and was in the battle of South Mountain, Md., September 14, 1862, and in the battle of Antietam, September 17th following. It was on the picket line at Fredericksburg, Va., during the battle of the 13th December, 1862, and was engaged in the defence of Suffolk, Va., during the siege from April 11 to May 3, 1863. In March, 1864, it returned from veteran furlough to Portsmouth, Va .; marched to and encamped at Williams- burg, where it constituted the force nearest to Richmond. On the 9th of May it was in the battle of Swift's Creek; it fought in the battle of Drury's Bluff, and on the 3d of June was engaged in the charge at Cold Harbor, Va. It was afterward in active service before Petersburg, from June 15 to August 27, and continued to serve in Virginia until mustered out of service December 21, 1865.
The following Winchester men of this regiment were killed or died in the service :--
Private Lewis Dayton, Company D, killed at Sharpsburg (Antietam), Maryland.
Private Wm. H. Slack, Company D, died of wounds (loss of an arm) received at Newbern, March 22, 1862.
Private Albert M. Tuttle, Company D, killed at Cold Harbor, Va., June 5, 1864.
Sergeant Hiram C. Roberts, killed at Antietam, September 17, 1862.
Corporal William T. Page, Jr., wounded at Antietam, September 17, and discharged for disability, October 25, 1862.
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Corporal John K. Twiss, Company E, wounded and taken prisoner at Drury's Bluff; died of wounds at Richmond, May, 1864.
Private Wm. F. Cogswell, Company E, killed at Antietam, September 17, 1862.
The promotions of Winchester men in this regiment were as follows :- Sergeant Francis T. Brown, Company E, promoted to captain.
Sergeant Samuel B. Horne, Company E, promoted to captain.
Lieutenant Charles L. Hosford, promoted to captain, and in command as senior officer of the regiment at the termination of the battle of Antietam.
On the rolls of the Thirteenth Regiment, organized at New Haven, Nov. 25, 1861, which participated in the engagements of Georgia Land- ing. Irish Bend, Port Hudson, Cane River, and Mansara, in Louisiana, and Winchester, Fisher's Hill, and Cedar Creek, in Virginia, the names of four Winchester men are found, viz : Second Assistant Surgeon Lucius W. Clark, Private George Losaw, of Co. D, who re-enlisted veteran, and was transferred to Co. B, from which he was mustered out April 25, 1866; Private Charles Daniels, of Co. F, who was promoted Second Lieutenant, and resigned Jan. 8, 1864; and Private Edward Skinner, of Co. G., who re-enlisted veteran, was transferred to Co. D, and mustered out April 25, 1866.
On the rolls of the Sixteenth Regiment is the name of Elliot Flem- ming, of Winchester, a private in Co. G, killed at Antietam, September 16, 1862.
The Nineteenth Infantry Regiment, afterwards reorganized as Second Regiment Heavy Artillery, was raised and organized as one of the five county regiments under the call of Lincoln, on the first of July, 1862, for three hundred thousand men. Its organization was initiated by the call of a mass county meeting at Litchfield on the 22d July, 1862, which was largely attended, and rather adroitly managed. Without a moment's notice, a colonel was nominated on individual responsibility, the question taken without opportunity for debate, and the sheriff of the county de- clared unanimously nominated. An executive committee was also ap- pointed, consisting of four, three of them from Litchfield, who assumed the prerogative of nominating the other regimental officers. Not one of these was assigned to Winchester, the foremost town of the county in patriotic and efficient support of the war.
Company E of this regiment was recruited in Winchester and towns adjoining, under the auspices of Jeffrey Skinner, late First Sergeant of Co. E, Second Regiment, who was appointed Captain, and rose by pro- motion and desert to Lieutenant Colonel of the regiment.
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The names of Winchester men in this company originally enlisted, amounting to sixty-two, are as follows; Capt. Jeffrey Skinner, 1st Lient. Benj. F. Hosford, 2d Lieut. Chester D. Cleveland (of Winsted Society); Sergeants Orlow J. Smith, Salmon A. Granger, George White, Henry Skinner, Wm. S. Cooper, Stephen W. Sage, Mason Adkins. Frederick W. Daniels, Charles A. Reynolds; Musicians Wilson B. White, Myron Ferris ; Wagoner Alfred G. Bliss ; Privates James R. Baldwin. Edward Beach, Patrick T. Birmingham, Almeron Bunnell, Edward F. Carring- ton, Philip D. Carroll, Frederick M. Cook, Alfred Comins, Robert A. Cutler, Henry A. Dayton, Adam I. N. Dilley, Edwin Downs, Lewis Downs, Bernard W. Doyle, Birdsey. Gibbs, George N. Gibbs, James A. Green, Manwaring Green, William Hall, Luther W. Hart, Timothy A. Hart, Willard Hart, Geo. W. Hurlbut, William S. Hurlbut, William R. Hubbard, Asa Humiston, Alonzo J. Hull, Henry C. Kent, Walter Martin, Herman P. Moore, Henry Overton, Joseph Pettit, Charles Henry Pine, Jerome Preston, Theodore Robbins, Edmund B. Sage, William Seymour, Lucius S. Skinner, John Smith, Prosper W. Smith, Philip Stabell, Dar- win S. Starks, John M. Teeter, Hubert A. Warner, Marcus A. White- head, Warren M. Wood, Julius Woodford, Wallace M. Woodruff.
To these were added, by subsequent enlistment, the following Winchester men, who died in the service, or were honorably discharged or mu-tered out : Ernest A. Basney, Robert J. Balcroft, Samuel U. Brew, Henry Clarke, Wells Clark, Benjamin G. Carman, David Durand, Jared P. Evarts, Mathew Fitzgerald, Patrick Keegan, Jacob Le Roy, Julius Rogers, Henry J. Reynolds, William H. Rowe, Edward Rugg, Edward E. Rowe, Philip Shelley, Henry Van Duesen, William Warner, Erastus Woodworth, Henry Wenzell.
The regiment left Litchfield for Washington, Sept. 15, 1862, and was stationed at Alexandria, Va., until November 23, 1863, when it was changed from an infantry to an artillery organization, and was designated " The Second Connecticut Heavy Artillery." It was engaged in garrison and police duty in the defences of Washington, south of the Potomac, until May 21, 1864, and was there filled up to 1800 men, the maximum of an artillery regiment. On the 22d of May, 1864, it was assigned to the Sixth Army Corps, and was from that time continually on the march until June 1, 1864, when it received its first baptism by fire in the mur- derous charge at Cold Harbor, Va. It afterwards participated in battles at Hatcher's Run, Va., Feb. 6, 1865, near Petersburg, Va, March 25 and April 2, and at Sailor's Creek, Va., April 6, 1865 ; and was mustered out at Washington, D. C., August 18, 1865.
The promotion : of Winchester men in this regiment were :
C'apt. Jeffrey Skimmer to Lieut. Colonel.
Lient. Benjamin F. Hosford to Captain.
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James R. Baldwin
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Sergt. Orlow J. Smith to Captain.
Sergt. Salmon A. Granger to 2d Lieut.
Sergt. Henry Skinner to Captain. Corp. Wm. S. Cooper to 2d Lieut. Corp. Frederick W. Daniels to 2d Lieut.
Corp. Charles A. Reynolds to 2d Lieut.
Priv. Frederick M. Cook to 2d Lieut.
The killed and mortally wounded were as follows :
At Cold Harbor : Col. Elisha S. Kellogg, Sergt. Frederick W. Daniels, Musician Myron Ferris, Privates James R. Baldwin,* Alfred Comins, Lewis Downs, Birdsey Gibbs, James A. Green, Willard Hart, Alonzo J. Hull, Henry C. Kent.t Walter Martin, Jolin M. Teeter, Jared P. Everts -14 of Co. E; to these add Albert M. Tuttle, Co. D, Eleventh Regi- ment-15.
At Cedar Creek, Capt. Benj. F. Hosford, whose remains were brought home for interment.
The following members of the regiment were wounded, but not mor- tally, in the service :
At Cold Harbor: Privates Edward Beach, Philip D. Carrol, William Seymour, Marcus A. Whitehead, Ernest Basney, Samuel N. Brew, Jacob Le Roy, Julius Woodford, Henry Wenzell :
At Cedar Creek : Major Jeffrey Skinner, Corp. Wm. S. Cooper.
The following named men (privates) died in the service :
Manwaring Green, Oct. 17, 1864, by railroad accident. Gro. W. Hurlbut, at Fort Worth, Va., March 27, 1863. Wm. S. Hurlbut, at Reg. Hospital, Oct. 25, 1863. Wm. R. Hubbard, at Reg. Hospital, Ang. 4, 1864. Jerome Preston, at Reg. Hospital, Oct. 24, 1863.
*Among the names on the foregoing list were James R. Baldwin and Henry C. Kent, who were in the assault at Cold Harbor, and were never seen afterwards. They were doubtless killed, and the remains buried during some of the following nights, by fatigue parties, who could carry no lights without drawing the fire of the rebel bat- tery in close vicinity of the battle-field. Private Baldwin was son of Mr. Ezra Bald- win of Winsted ; youthful and cheery-tenderly reared and religionsly edneated-be- loved of his parents and comrades.
t Private Kent, son of an English entler, at fifteen years old had never been to school, and was destitute of the first rudiments of education ; was the oldest of a large family of children, and was kept at constant work in aid of their support. In this condition, he sought instruction from a benevolent lady during his winter evenings, and at the Sabbath school; made rapid progress, mastered thoroughly the ordinary branches of education, and made a consistent profession of religion. At twenty, he bought his time of his father, at once enlisted, and died in his first battle a Christian soldier.
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Darwin S. Starks, at Reg. Hospital, Aug. 23, 1863.
Mathew Fitzgerald, prisoner of war at Salisbury, N. C., Jan. 6, 1865. Julius Rogers, at Reg. Hospital, Sept. 21, 1864,
Edward E. Rowe, at Warren Station, Va., March 27, 1865. Julius Woodford, at Reg. Hospital, Jan. 30, 1865.
The heroic Colonel Elisha S. Kellogg, who commanded the regiment at Cold Harbor, and there fell at the head of his men, though a resident of Derby on entering the service, subsequently removed his family to the society of Winsted, and his remains lie buried in the south cemetery under an appropriate monument.
The final contribution of Winchester men for the service was made to the 28th regiment of nine months infantry, consisting of the major of the regiment, a captain, two lieutenants, and fifty-nine enlisted men. The regiment encamped at New Haven until November 18th, 1862, when it embarked for Pensacola, Florida, and there remained inactive until or- dered to join General Banks' army, and, after harassing marches in Louis- iana, was actively engaged in the assault on Port Hudson, June 14th, 1863, sustaining a loss of fifty-nine killed, wounded, and missing. The regiment was mustered out of service at New Haven, Conn., August 28th, 1863.
The names of the Winchester men in the regiment were Wheelock T. Batcheller (late 1st lieutenant Company E, 2d three months Infantry), major; Lucien B. Wheelock (late sergeant Company E, 2d three months Infantry), captain of Company F; Caleb P. Newman (late 1st sergeant Company B, 2d three months Infantry), Ist lieutenant; Jabez Alvord, 2d lieutenant; sergeants, George L. Andrews, Silas H. McAlpine, Milton T. Moore, and Henry L. Roberts; corporals, B. Frank Marsh, William A. Wadsworth, William Couch, Charles H. Moore, and Joseph H. C. Batch- elder; privates, Columbus C. Wright, Samuel C. Barber, George Bul- croft, Charles Baldwin, Edward Camsell, Henry P. Cook, Peter Coe, James Dugan, George N. Dewey, Henry Detert, Cornelius Dayton, Charles Decker, Lucius Eggleston, George W. Elmore, Paul Forcier, Correll T. French, Edward Finn, Mat. M. Fitzgerald, Claudius W. S. Foster, John E. Garrett, Ward Grant, Samuel E. Griffin, William Hague, Charles N. Hollister, George Hoskin, Edward B. Kinney, Ralph Lina, Charles Maddra, Harvey Moore, George R. Moore, Silas Moore, Elbert Manchester, Thomas Morris, James E. Maddra, James McDermott, Wil- liam N. Pierce, George L. Pease, John Partridge, Elam E. Richardson, William H. Rowe, David R. Rankin, Stephen Scott, Frank S. Turner, Lyman Terrill, Cassins Watson, Howard S. Wheeler, William S. Wood- ford, Mark H. Wheeler, Henry C. White, and Michael Haggarty, of Com- pany H.
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The following deaths occurred in the service:
Private Columbus C. Wright died at Brashear City, La., May 23d, 1863. Private Samuel C. Barber died on the Mississippi.
Private Charles Maddra died at Great Barrington, Mass., August 23d, 1863.
Private Cassius Watson died at Brashear City, La., May 23d, 1863.
Private Mark H. Wheeler, killed at Port Hudson, La., June 14th, 1863. Private Howard S. Wheeler died soon after reaching home, of disease contracted in the service.
Private Michael Haggarty, of Company H, died of wounds received at Port Hudson, August 12th, 1863.
The following Winchester men served as officers of the 1st Regiment Louisiana Colored Engineers :
Willard S. Wetmore, 1st lieutenant and quartermaster. Edward Hewitt, 1st lieutenant.
The following Winchester men served in the navy :
Marcus Baird, ensign and acting sailing-master, Gulf Squadron.
David W. Coe, executive officer's clerk, United States Frigate Sabine. Solomon R. Hinsdale, assistant pay-master on the Mississippi Flotilla, above Vicksburg.
Henry Overton, transferred from 2d Heavy Artillery to the United States Navy. Ansel Rowley.
We compile a connected list of soldiers of the town who died in the service, as follows :-
Robert Arnold, Corporal Company I, 5th Infantry, killed Cedar Mountain, August 9,1862.
Jacob T. Brown, Sergeant, Company C, 12th Infantry, killed Fisher's Hill, September 19, 1864.
James M. Burton, Private, Company E, 2d Infantry, died in hospital, New Haven, May 13, 1861.
George Bellows, Jr., Private, Company E, 7th Infantry, mortally wounded Hamp- ton, Va., October 19, 1864.
James R. Baldwin, Private, Company E, 2d Heavy Artillery, killed Cold Harbor, June 1, 1864.
Samuel C. Barber, Private, Company F, 28th Infantry, died of fever on Mississippi River.
Albert Burdick, Private, Company E, 7th Infantry, died at Beaufort, S. C., July 29,1862.
John Biederman, Private, Company E, 7th Infantry, died October 13, 1864.
Alfred Comins, Private, Company E, 2d Heavy Artillery, killed Cold Harbor, June 1, 1864.
Wolcott Cook, Private, Company K, 2d Heavy Artillery, died City Point, Va., June 16, 1865.
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Wm. F. Cogswell, Private, Company E, 11th Infantry, killed Sharpsburg, Md , September 17, 1862.
Frederick W. Daniels, Sergeant, Company E, 2d Heavy Artillery, killed Cold Harbor, June 1, 1864.
Robert Dempsey, Lientenant, Company E, 7th Infantry, killed Olustee, Fla, February 20, 1865.
Lewis Downs, Private, Company E, 2d Heavy Artillery, killed Cold Harbor, Jnne 1,1864.
George C. Downs, Private, Company C, 13th Infantry, died on the Mississippi September 13, 1863.
Lewis Dayton, Private, Company D, 11th Infantry, killed at Sharpsburg, Md., September 17, 1862.
James Dolphin, Private, Company G, 14th R. I. Colored Artillery, died at Plaque- mine, La., August 5, 1864.
Lucins B. Eggleston, Private, Company F, 28th Infantry, died at Memphis, Ten.
Jared P'. Evarts, Private, Company E, 2d IIcavy Artillery, killed at Cold Harbor, June 1, 1864.
Myron Ferris, Musician, Company E, 2d Heavy Artillery, killed at Cold Harhor, June 1, 1864.
Elliott Fleming, Private, Company G, 16th Infantry, killed at Sharpsburg, Md , September 17, 1862.
Mathew Fitzgerald, Private, Company E, 2d Ileavy Artillery, died a prisoner at Salisbury, N C.
Birdsey Gibbs, Private, Company E, 2d Heavy Artillery, killed at Cold Harbor, June 1, 1864.
James A. Green, Quartermaster-Sergeant, Company E, 2d Heavy Artillery, mor- "tally wounded at Cold Harbor.
Manwaring Green, Private, Company E, 2d Heavy Artillery, killed by railroad accident, October 17, 1864.
Charles Gilbert, Private, Company E, 7th Infantry, died of wounds in Charleston S. C., July 9, 1862.
Benjamin F. Hosford, Captain, Company D, 2d Heavy Artillery, killed at Cedar Creck, October 19, 1864.
Willard Hart, Private, Company E, 2d Heavy Artillery, killed at Cold Harbor, June 1, 1864.
George W. Hurlbut, Private, Company E, 2d Heavy Artillery, died at Alexandria, Va., March 27, 1863.
William S. Hurlbut, Private, Company E, 2d Heavy Artillery, died at Fort Worth, Va., October 25, 1863.
William R. Hubbard, Private, Company E, 2d Heavy Artillery, died at Fort Worth, February 28, 1864.
Asa Humiston, Private, Company E, 2d HIcavy Artillery, mortally wounded at Opequan, Va., September 19, 1864; died September 21, 1864.
Alonzo J. Hull, Private, Company E, 2d Heavy Artillery, killed at Cold Harbor, June 1, 1864.
Lewis Hazzard, Private, Company G, 29th Colored Infantry, drowned at Plaque- mine, La , October 5, 1865.
Michael Haggarty, Private, Company H, 28th Infantry, mortally wounded at Port Hudson, August 12, 1863.
Davis Hart, Private, Company A, Massachusetts Infantry, killed at Fredericks- burg, Va.
Henry C. Kent, Private, Company E, 2d Heavy Artillery, killed at Cold Harbor, June 1, 1864.
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Walter Martin, Private, Company E, 2d Heavy Artillery, killed at Cold Harbor, June 1, 1864.
Charles E. Palmer, Captain, Company E, 7th Infantry, died at James' Island, S. C., July 7, 1862.
Jerome Preston, Private, Company E, 2d Heavy Artillery, died at Alexandria, Va., October 24, 1863.
Hirain Roberts, Private, Company E, 11th Infantry, killed at Sharpsburg, Md., September 17, 1862.
Edward E. Rowe, Private, Company E, 2d Heavy Artillery, died at Petersburg, Va., March, 1865.
Julius Rogers, Private, Company E, 2d Heavy Artillery, died at Petersburg, Va., September 21, 1864.
William H. Slack, Private, Company D, 11th Infantry, mortally wounded at Newbern, N. C., March 22, 1862.
Darwin S. Starks, Private, Company E, 2d Heavy Artillery, died at Alexandria, Va., August 23, 1863.
John M. Teeter, Private, Company E, 2d Heavy Artillery, killed at Cold Harbor, June 1, 1864.
Albert [M. Tuttle, Private, Company D, 11th Infantry, killed at Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864.
John K. Twiss, Sergeant, Company E, Ilth Infantry, died at Richmond, Va., May 1, 1864.
Julius Thorne, Private, Company M, Ist Regiment of Cavalry, died at New Haven, December 14, 1864.
John B. Welch, Assistant-Surgeon, 12th Infantry, died at Ship Island, February 13, 1862.
Howard S. Wheeler, Private, Company F, 28th Infantry, died of scurvy at home after muster out.
Mark H. Wheeler, Private, Company F, 28th Infantry, killed at Port Hudson, La., June 14, 1863.
Julius Woodford, Private, Company E, 2d Heavy Artillery, died at Alexandria, Va., January 30, 1864.
William S. Watson, Private, Company K, 2d Heavy Artillery, died at Alexandria, Va., August 28, 1863.
Columbus C. Wright, Wagoner, Company F, 28th Infantry, died at Brashear City, La., May 23, 1863.
Cassins Watson, Private, Company F, 28th Infantry, died at Brashear City, La., May 23, 1863.
The enlistments by families is a notable feature of the volunteer force of this town. We find fourteen instances of two brothers in the service, nine instances of three members of the same family, two of four, and one of six connected in the relation of father, stepfather, sons and stepsons. We note the instances embracing three or more members of one family : ---
I. Sons of Caleb F. Daniels-
1. Frederick W., private Company D, 2d Infantry, and ser- geant Company E, 2d Heavy Artillery, killed at Cold Harbor, Va.
2. George, private Company E, 7th Infantry. 61
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3. Charles, private Company G, 13th Infantry, promoted t 2d Lieutenant.
II. Sons of Isaac Downs-
1. Edwin E., private Company E, 2d Heavy Artillery ; dis- charged for disability.
2. Lewis, private Company E, 2d Heavy Artillery ; killed at Cold Harbor, Va.
3. George C., private Company C, 13th Infantry ; died of swamp fever.
III. Sons of Rufus M. Eggleston-
1. Gustavus, private Company B, Ist squadron cavalry.
2. Erastus, ) twins, privates Company E, 11th Infantry ; dis-
3. Rufus, charged for disability.
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