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t The officers of Company F from New Britain were : Captain, Jarvis E. Blinn ; Lieutenants, Samuel A. Moore and Theodore A. Stanley ; Sergeants, Lev- erett Howell, Frederick S. Seymour, John W. Post, and Wilbur D. Fisk ; Corpo- rals, Henry Cooley, Charles R. Bunnell, Henry B. Goodrich, Edmund D. Gilbert, and Thomas Hart ; Musicians, J. Willard Parsons, John Inman.
In a number of instances, the officers of these companies were promoted during the war, some of them several times.
¿ The total amount as given by town officials was, from Farmington $107,- 111.95, and from Berlin $29,966.57.
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Eighty of those who went from New Britain, either fell in battle, were wounded and died of their wounds, or were sick and died in hospitals or southern prisons. Many of these were young men-the hope of their parents and friends - active in the business establishments of the place, and esteemed in social and civil life. Among those who participated actively in the war and returned in safety to their homes, were those who were commended for their bravery, and some who were promoted to posts of distinction and responsibility.
The interest manifested and the patriotism shown in Farmington and Berlin, though not seen so early as in New Britain, were none the less significant. Five men from Berlin responded to the call for three months volunteers, three going with the New Britain Company, and two with a Bridgeport Company. There were few instances during the war of a greater number of casualties and a greater sacrifice of life than occurred to the Berlin Volunteers in Company G, of the Sixteenth Regiment. There were twenty- seven members of this company from Berlin, of whom two were killed at the battle of Antietam, four died at Ander- sonville, six others died in the war, nearly all in southern prisons; six who were wounded lived to return home, and two were captured but were afterwards released. .
One of the first soldiers' monuments erected in the State was at Kensington; it bears the names of fifteen volunteers from that parish. There is also a soldiers' monument at East Berlin, with thirty-five names, some of persons who were from other towns. Farmington has also a soldiers' monument.
[NOTE,-The following list comprises most of the officers, above sergeant, who enlisted from New Britain, and a few others.]
Col. Samuel A. Moore enlisted July 16, 1862, as a recruit for the Seventh Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers. He raised a company of men and was by them elected second lieutenant. He went into camp of the Fourteenth Regi- ment at Hartford. He was promoted to the position of first
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lieutenant Aug. 15th, and was mustered into the United States service with his company Aug. 23d. The regiment left Hartford for Washington, and was first sent to Camp Chase, on Arlington Heights, then to Fort Allen and across Chain Bridge to Rockville, and was finally assigned to French's Division of the Second Corps, Army of the Potomac.
On Sept. 17th, Lieutenant Moore was in the thirty-six hours' fight at the battle of Antietam, where, after Capt. Blinn was killed, he became captain. On Sept. 22, 1863, he was promoted to be major, and on October 11th, of the same year, was made lieutenant-colonel. In the course of the war he became acting colonel and brigadier-general, and was in command of a provisional regiment at Washington, D. C., when Gen. Early made his raid on the place in July, 1864. During the war he was engaged in the following battles :
Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, 1862 ; in 1863, at Chancellorsville, Va., May 1st, 2d, and 3d ; Gettysburg, Penn., July 2d and 3d ; Falling Waters, Va., July 14th ; Auburn, Va., Oct. 14th ; Bristoe Station, Va., Oct. 14th ; Blackburn's Ford, Va., Oct. 17th; Mine Run, Va., Nov. 29th; - in 1864, at Morton's Ford, Va., Feb. 6th; Wilderness, Va., May 5th and 6th; Laurel Hill, Va., May 10th; Spottsylvania, Va., May 12th; Petersburg, Va., June 30th; Deep Bottom, Va., Aug. 15th and 16th; Ream's Station, Va., Aug. 25th; Boydton Plank Road, Va., Oct. 27th; - in 1865, at Hatcher's Run, Va., Feb. 5th and March 25th, and Farmville, Va., April 6th.
He was wounded at Spottsylvania and at Farmville. He was mustered out of service June 6, 1865.
Capt. Jarvis E. Blinn enlisted in Company F, Fourteenth Regiment. He was mustered in Aug. 23, 1862, and left the State for Washington on the twenty-fifth of the same month. He was killed at Sharpsburg, in the hard fought battle of Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862.
Capt. Valentine B. Chamberlain enlisted in Company A, Seventh Regiment, Aug. 17, 1861, and was mustered in as second lieutenant Sept. 5th. He went to Washington on the eighteenth, was in the expedition sent to South Carolina in October, and in the early part of November was with the regiment when it made the first landing in South Carolina.
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He was in the siege of Fort Pulaski in April, and of James Island in June, 1862. On the first of July he was promoted and became captain. He was with his company and regi- ment in the remaining engagements of that year and in 1863, until in the assault upon Fort Wagner on Morris Island, S. C., he was captured July 11, 1863, the second day of the battle. He was confined as a prisoner at Charleston and Columbia, S. C., and at Charlotte and Raleigh, N. C. At Columbia, where his confinement was the longest, he made his escape, but while on his way to East Tennessee and near the North Carolina line, he was re-captured. He was paroled and reached our lines again March 1, 1865, at Wil- mington, N. C. He was honorably discharged April 27, 1865. Since returning from the war he has been Judge of Probate, Judge of the Police and City Court, and State Treasurer.
Capt. Charles H. Cornwell enlisted in Company A, Thir- teenth Regiment, and was mustered in Feb. 18, 1862, as second lieutenant. He was promoted to be first lieutenant June 30, 1862, and to be captain Sept. 1 of the same year. He remained with his regiment until the expiration of his term of enlistment June 6, 1865, when he was mustered out.
Frederick W. Hart was captain of a military company in New Britain, and on the breaking out of the civil war he enlisted and went with Company G of the First Regiment, as captain. He was mustered in April 23, 1861, and left for Washington and the seat of war in May. For a time he was stationed at Glenwood to guard Washington, but on June 1st, with his company and regiment, crossed Long Bridge to Virginia. He was at the battle of Bull Run, but on the expiration of the term of enlistment, July 31, was honorably discharged. He was afterwards an insurance agent. He died Feb. 16, 1883.
Capt. Ira E. Hicks was born at Rehoboth, Bristol County, Mass., Sept. 22, 1838. After graduating from Bristol Acad- emy he came to Bridgeport, Conn., and engaged in manufac- turing. At the breaking out of the war he left a prosperous
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business and enlisted Sept. 9, 1861, in Company I, Seventh Regiment, and was appointed second lieutenant, being mustered in Sept. 13, 1861. He was promoted to first lieutenant March 1, 1863. He continued with this regiment until near the close of the war. At the battle of James Island, S. C., June 16, 1862, he was wounded. At the battle of Morris Island, nearly a year later, when four companies of his regiment were leading in the assault on Fort Wagner, he was acting adjutant of the detachment in which all the other officers of his company were killed. He was then promoted to be first lieutenant of Company B, and made provost mar- . shal of the Island. In 1864, when the regiment was ordered to Fortress Monroe to take its part in the attack upon Rich- mond, Lieutenant Hicks received orders to report to Gen. Birney, commanding the Tenth Army Corps, and he remained upon the staff of that officer until Gen. Birney's death. The general, in appreciation of the services rendered by Lieut. Hicks at the battle of Deep Bottom, recommended him for promotion in the regular army, but his health being impaired he declined. After receiving promotion as captain of Infantry, he was mustered out Dec. 4, 1864. He is one of the charter members of Stanley Post, G. A. R., and has held the office of Commander of the Post, Commander of the Department of Connecticut, and also been appointed Junior Vice-Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic. He was appointed post-master by President Har- rison in 1889.
Newton W. Perkins enlisted in Company A, Thirteenth Regiment, Sept. 14, 1861. He was mustered in Dec. 22d, was chosen corporal and afterwards second lieutenant of Company C. He was first lieutenant and later captain of Company D, and was appointed major by brevet for gallant services at Port Hudson, La. He was mustered out April 25, 1866.
Eugene Tisdale enlisted in Company E, Thirteenth Regi- ment, Nov. 1, 1861, and was appointed captain. He was promoted lieutenant-colonel, First Regiment, New Orleans Infantry, May 1, 1864. He was discharged June 1, 1866.
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John N. Tracy enlisted in Company G, Sixth Regiment, and was mustered in Sept. 4, 1861. He was chosen captain, and left for Washington with his company and regiment September 17th. He was wounded in the engagement at Drewry's Bluff, Va., May 16, 1864. He was honorably dis- charged at the expiration of his term of service, Sept. 12, 1864.
William Burritt enlisted in Company G, Sixth Regiment, was chosen sergeant, and mustered in Sept. 4, 1861. He was promoted to second lieutenant March 14, 1862, and resigned Oct. 9, 1862.
Frederick N. Campbell enlisted in Company D, Eleventh Regiment, was mustered in Nov. 12, 1861, was appointed first sergeant, promoted to be second lieutenant March 14, 1862, and afterwards to be first lieutenant. He resigned October 30, 1862.
Wilbur D. Fisk enlisted in Rifle Company B, Third Regi- ment, was appointed sergeant, and mustered in Aug. 23d. He was promoted first lieutenant of Company F, Fourteenth Regiment. He was wounded at Bristoe Station, Va., October 14th, and discharged Oct. 27, 1863.
Sidney S. Hicks was mustered in with the Sixth Infantry Regiment, Sept. 13, 1861, as one of the principal regimental musicians. He became sergeant of Company B, and second lieutenant Company G. He re-enlisted as a veteran Jan. 4, 1864, and was promoted to first lieutenant Company K. He was mustered out Aug. 21, 1865.
Isaac Porter enlisted in Company A, Sixty-eighth Penn- sylvania Regiment, in 1862, and was mustered in as first sergeant. He was promoted to be second lieutenant Jan. 7, 1863. He was wounded, losing an arm, at the battle of Gettysburg, July 2, 1863, and transferred to Company D, V. R. C., Nov. 15, 1863. He was discharged in 1866. He was in the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, and commanded a company at Chancellorsville and Gettys- burg. He was for a time in defense of Washington, and on duty in Indiana, Ohio, North Carolina, and New York. He has been town clerk of New Britain for several years.
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William G. Kinlock enlisted in Company G, Sixth Regi- ment, was mustered in Sept. 4, 1861, was chosen second lieutenant, and resigned March 14, 1862.
Solomon F. Linsley enlisted in Company G, Sixth Regi- ment, Aug. 26, 1861, and was discharged March 14, 1862. He re-enlisted Aug. 9 in Company K, Fifteenth Regiment, was mustered in Aug. 25th as second lieutenant, was promoted to first lieutenant Nov. 16, 1863, and was captured at King- ston, N. C., March 8, 1865. He was mustered out June 27, 1865.
Lucius F. Norton enlisted in Company F, Fourteenth Regiment, Aug. 9, 1862, was appointed first sergeant in July, and second lieutenant Dec. 5, 1863.
Frederick S. Seymour enlisted in Company F, Fourteenth Regiment, was mustered in Aug. 23d. He was sergeant, and Nov. 13th became quartermaster-sergeant. He was pro- moted to first lieutenant, Company I, was wounded at the battle of Gettysburg, and discharged on account of disability April 30, 1864.
Francis H. Smith enlisted from Plainville in Company E, Twentieth Regiment, Aug. 14, 1862, was chosen sergeant, and promoted to second lieutenant by brevet. He was mus- tered out June 13, 1865.
Theodore Augustus Stanley, second son of Henry Stan- ley, was born July 22, 1833. He was successfully engaged in business, when on the call of the President for three hun- dred thousand volunteers, he enlisted July 15, 1862, and became second lieutenant, and then first lieutenant, in Com- pany F of the Fourteenth Regiment. In the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., in the absence of his captain, he led his company in the gallant charge of the Fourteenth, was mortally wounded, and died Dec. 31, 1862, at Washington, D. C. His body was brought to New Britain and his funeral attended in the South Church, from which he was buried with military honors, Jan. 5, 1863.
Mortimer H. Stanley, second child of James and Anna North (Stow) Stanley, was born Nov. 2, 1839. He married
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Nov. 8, 1867, Theresa R. Bartholomew, daughter of J. C. Bartholomew, of Granby. He was a volunteer in the civil war, being a member of Company A, Thirteenth Regiment. He went to Ship Island and New Orleans, was detailed to the Medical Purveyor's office at New Orleans, and was promoted to second lieutenant Company H, Ninety-sixth Regiment, U. S. C. I. He resigned July 23, 1864. On his return he was in business a short time, but died Dec. 9, 1867.
Frederick N. Stanley enlisted in Company A, Thirteenth Regiment, Sept. 24, 1861, was appointed sergeant-major Feb. 15, 1863, and second lieutenant Company C, July 1, 1864. He was discharged January 6, 1865.
John, Van Keuren enlisted in Company A, Seventh Regi- ment, was mustered in Sept. 5, 1861, was chosen sergeant, promoted to second lieutenant July 1, 1862, and to first lieu- tenant Company I, Feb. 7, 1864, and discharged Dec. 25, 1864.
James Whiteley enlisted in Company G, Sixth Regiment, and was appointed sergeant. He re-enlisted as veteran March 7, 1864, and was promoted to lieutenant of Company E. He was mustered out August 21, 1865.
John E. Woodruff enlisted in Company A, Thirteenth Regiment, was mustered in Feb. 18, 1862, and chosen first lieutenant. He resigned June 24, 1862.
Orville Campbell enlisted in Company I, Sixteenth Regi- ment, was appointed first sergeant, and mustered in Aug. 24, 1862. 'He was one of the first members of the company, his first muster dating July 21st. He was killed at Sharps- burg, in the battle of Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862.
Julius O. Deming first enlisted April 18, 1861, in Com- pany F, First Regiment, and was mustered out July 31, 1861. He re-enlisted Aug. 26, 1861, in Company G, Sixth Regi- ment,.and again re-enlisted as veteran March 7, 1864. He was afterwards promoted to be sergeant, and was mustered out Aug. 21, 1865.
Christopher C. Fagan enlisted in Company A, Thirteenth Regiment, Dec. 27, 1861, promoted to be sergeant Aug. 10, 1863, and discharged Jan. 6, 1865.
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Charles R. Gladden enlisted in Company A, Thirteenth Regiment, and was mustered in Dec. 22, 1861. He was appointed sergeant, and went with his company and regi- ment to the South, and died at New Orleans, La., July 1, 1863.
Leverett Howell enlisted in Company F, Fourteenth Regi- ment, Aug. 6, 1862, was mustered in as sergeant Aug. 23, 1862, and discharged Jan. 5, 1863.
Henry Kolby enlisted in Company G, First Regiment, and was also in Company G of the Sixth Regiment. He was appointed sergeant, and discharged for disability Nov .. 11, 1862.
George H. Lewis enlisted Aug. 6, 1862. He was mus- tered in as a member of Company F, Fourteenth Regiment, Aug. 23, 1862. He was promoted to be corporal Oct. 17, 1862, was wounded Dec. 13, 1862, at Fredericksburg, and promoted to be sergeant Feb. 9, 1863. He was discharged Oct. 2, 1863.
Henry Lydall enlisted Aug. 6, 1862, and was mustered in Aug. 23, 1862. He became corporal Feb. 10, 1863, and sergeant Nov. 1, 1863. He was mustered out May 31, 1865.
Charles McAlhatten enlisted in Company F, Fourteenthi Regiment, July 16, 1862. He was mustered in Aug. 23, 1862, and promoted to be sergeant Feb. 9, 1863. He was killed Oct. 14, 1863, at Bristoe Station, Va.
Matthew McMahon enlisted in Company G, Sixth Regi- ment, was appointed sergeant ; was wounded at Fort Wagner, but re-enlisted as veteran Jan. 4, 1864. He was mustered out Aug. 21, 1865.
Michael Myers enlisted July 28, 1862. He was mustered in Aug. 23, 1862, was chosen corporal Feb. 9, 1863, and appointed sergeant Nov. 4, 1863. He was wounded and cap- tured Feb. 6, 1864, at Morton's Ford, Va., and died Sept. 20, 1864, at Andersonville, Ga.
John O'Brien enlisted in Company D, Fifth Regiment, was mustered in July 23, 1861, was captured at Cedar Moun- tain, Aug. 9, 1862, paroled Sept. 15th, captured again May
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2, 1863, at Chancellorsville, and again paroled. He was appointed sergeant, re-enlisted as a veteran Dec. 21, 1863, and was mustered out July 19, 1865.
John W. Post enlisted in Company F, Fourteenth Regi- ment, July 19, 1862, and was appointed sergeant and then quartermaster-sergeant. He died Nov. 1st of the same year at Harper's Ferry.
Charles M. Scoville enlisted in Company F, Fourteenth Regiment, Aug. 7, 1862, and was mustered in Aug. 23, 1863. He was made corporal Nov. 1, 1863, and wounded at Mor- ton's Ford, Feb. 6, 1864. He was appointed sergeant Feb. 17, 1864, and a second time was wounded at Spottsylvania, May 12, 1864. He died July 14, 1864.
Francis E. Stanley, eldest son of Walter Stanley, was born Nov. 7, 1842. He entered the service as a member of the company of three months' men in 1861, and served upon the Potomac. He re-enlisted in Company A of the Thir- teenth Regiment in September, was appointed sergeant, and went with the regiment to Ship Island, leaving the barracks at New Haven March 17th. He was at the battle at Georgia Landing, Oct. 27th, and on April 14, 1863, while, as orderly sergeant, he was leading his company against the enemy at Irish Bend, La., he was killed. His body was brought home, and his funeral was attended at the Center Church, March 1, 1864.
Francis Wadsworth Stanley, son of Timothy W. Stanley, was born Jan. 24, 1843. He was a young man of much promise and pleasant prospects in life, but on the call for volunteers in the civil war he enlisted in the Thirteenth Regi- ment. He was wounded in the battle of Irish Bend, La., April 14, 1863, and on the 29th of May died of his wounds at Brashear City. He was.a brave soldier and, as sergeant of his company, had won the approbation of his superior officers. His body was brought to New Britain, where he was buried Aug. 15, 1863.
Nelson W. Steele enlisted in Company A, Thirteenth
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Regiment, was mustered in Dec. 22, 1861, was appointed ser- geant, and honorably discharged Jan. 6, 1865.
Charles W. Vensel enlisted Aug. 7, 1862, and was mus- tered in Aug. 23, 1862. He was made corporal Oct. 4, 1862, and promoted to be sergeant Feb. 9, 1863. He was trans- ferred to Company A, Twenty-fourth Regiment, V. R. C., Dec. 12, 1863, and discharged June 28, 1865.
Edward H. Wade enlisted Aug. 8, 1862, and was mus- tered in Aug. 23, 1862. He was promoted to be corporal Feb. 10, 1863, and to be sergeant Nov. 12, 1863. He was discharged May 31, 1865.
Edwin Westover enlisted in Company A, Eighth Regi- ment, was mustered in Sept. 25, 1861, was appointed ser- geant March 28, 1862, and discharged for disability, Oct. 25, 1862, at Pleasant Valley, Md.
Francis J. Wolff enlisted in Company A, Thirteenth Regiment, Sept. 16, 1861. He was appointed corporal Nov. 1, 1862, and sergeant July 1, 1863. He was transferred to Company A, Thirteenth Battalion, Dec. 29, 1864, and dis- charged Aug. 12, 1865.
Mortimer S. Porter was master of a merchant vessel trading in the East Indies in the first years of the war. On his arrival in England he was directed to place his ship under the English flag and offered an increase of pay. Not choosing to sail under a foreign flag, he transferred the ship to the mate, resigned, and came home. He enlisted in the navy, was acting ensign, and was honorably discharged in 1865. He died in Australia in December, 1872.
Dr. Edward D. Babcock enlisted with the Fifth Regiment in July, 1861, leaving Hartford for the seat of war a week after the battle at Bull's Run. He became hospital steward, and as the regiment went without adequate supplies, and was subject during the autumn and early winter to weari- some marches, exposures, and sudden surprises, his labors were arduous. On the transfer of the regiment in Decem- ber, 1863, to the Department of the Cumberland, he re-en- listed as a veteran, and continued in the service until mus tered out July 19, 1865.
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Ithamar W. Butler was mustered in with the Sixteenth Infantry Regiment, Aug. 24, 1862, and was made hospital steward. He continued with the regiment until he was mus- tered out at Newbern, N. C., May 13, 1865.
Dr. B. N. Comings was mustered in as surgeon of the Thirteenth Regiment, Feb. 18, 1862. He was in barracks at New Haven, and left for Ship Island March 17th. After three weeks' service at this place he went to New Orleans, where he remained with the regiment through the summer ; the last of September he went to Camp Parapet, in the suburbs of New Orleans, and the regiment was brigaded with the Twelfth. He was at the battle of Georgia Landing, Oct. 27th, where he cared for the wounded. He remained with the regiment until Jan. 26, 1863, when he resigned.
Dr. George Clary was mustered in the Thirteenth Regi- . ment Feb. 18, 1862, as first assistant surgeon. He was with the regiment in its varied fortunes at the South, and on the resignation of Dr. Comings, was promoted to be surgeon July 31, 1863. He was mustered out April 25, 1866.
Dr. Linus S. Ludington enlisted as private in Company G, First Regiment, Artillery, Rev. Robert G. Williams, cap- tain, was mustered in May 23, 1861, and left Hartford for the front June 10th. On July 7, 1861, in the absence of the surgeon, he entered upon surgeon's duty at Williamsport, on the Potomac, and the same month became hospital steward, and held this position first at Williamsport, and then at Arling- ton Heights, and continuously until he was captured at Cold Harbor, June 2, 1862. The next day he was taken to Libby prison, where he remained until July 23, when he was paroled and went to Annapolis, Md. Here, when able, he served as hospital steward at the hospital which had been established at St. John's College, and also had charge of the drug store at Annapolis. While at Annapolis he collected a quantity of books for the hospital at the college. He served in the different positions to which he was called, by detail ; and was several times under fire while attending to the sick and wounded. He was transferred to the Invalid Corps March 15, 1864, and discharged June 3d.
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Wm. B. North was appointed second assistant surgeon of the Eighteenth Regiment March 20, 1863. He resigned May 9,1864.
Rev. Emmons P. Bond enlisted Oct. 15, 1864. He was mustered in Nov. 13, 1864, and was discharged April 26, 1865. He was chaplain of the Fourteenth Regiment In- fantry.
John P. Connell enlisted Aug. 26, 1861, was sergeant and second lieutenant Company G, was wounded at Deep Run, Aug. 16, 1864, became captain Company E, Feb. 13, 1865, and was mustered out Aug. 21st.
C. Myron Talcott was mustered in Company K, Twentieth Regiment, Aug. 11, 1862, as sergeant, was appointed adju- tant Dec. 17, 1864, was wounded March 16, 1865, and dis- charged on May 10th.
Edward J. Murray enlisted in Company K, Twentieth Regiment, Aug. 15, 1862, became lieutenant, was wounded at Gettysburg, Peach Tree Creek, and Fayetteville, and discharged May 15, 1865.
Charles W. Newton enlisted in Company K, Twentieth Regiment, was mustered in Sept. 8, 1862, as lieutenant, and resigned May 28, 1863.
Dwight A. Woodruff enlisted Aug. 26, 1861, in Company G, Sixth Regiment, became commissary-sergeant, then second lieutenant Company C, afterwards first lieutenant Company K.
William H. Clements enlisted in Company F, Fifth Regi- ment, became sergeant Dec. 1, 1863, re-enlisted as veteran Dec. 21st, and was discharged July 28, 1864.
Albert Stillman enlisted Aug. 11, 1862, in Company K, Twentieth Regiment, became sergeant and was killed at Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863.
CHAPTER XVIII.
SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONS.
T HERE are few towns or cities where Societies and Asso- ciations have been more numerous or varied in charac- ter than in New Britain. Some of these organizations date back to the time when New Britain was included in the towns of Farmington or Berlin, but most have been estab- lished within the last thirty years. No attempt will be made to mention all these societies, but a sketch of the principal representative ones seems necessary to a complete history of the place.
FREE MASONS.
The oldest organization not distinctively ecclesiastical or municipal was probably that of the Free and Accepted Masons. Frederick Lodge, No. 14, consisting of several of the fraternity residing in Farmington, was organized Sept. 18, 1787, receiving its charter from the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts nearly two years before the Grand Lodge of Connecticut was formed. The first master of Frederick Lodge was William Judd, an officer of the revolutionary war. He was a delegate to the convention which organized the Grand Lodge of the State, was made chairman, and was elected first Grand Master, and held the position for seven years.
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