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In December, 1863, a number of men who had been en- rolled and were liable to draft associated together and raised money to procure substitutes or volunteers to fill the quota of the town. The following persons enlisted and were paid as follows :- Newton T. Abbott and James Mooney, each $75. John Quinn, James P. Quinn, James M. Palmer, each $50. Marcellus J. Judd, Wolcott Little, Timothy Maher, James Hicks, each $45. William E. Albin, Charles H. Albin, Hu- bert D. Hoxley, David Treadwell, Alfred Saunders, Samuel Hall, and Jerome B. Ray, were paid $495 to be divided among them. The twelve first named were recruits in the Second Connecticut Heavy Artillery. The four others the Twenty- ninth Colored Regiment.
Nelson H. Lawton enlisted in the navy at this time, as 3d assistant engineer, resigned in 1865, and these were the last en- listments from the town.
In February, 1864, there was a call for 500,000 men, and under this call John Quain, Thomas McCone, and George M. Call were drafted, but absconded to parts unknown, and did not return until after the close of the war.
An Act of Congress provided that, any man being drafted
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might commute by paying $300, or furnish a substitute, and in August, 1863, the following drafted men furnished substi- tutes at $300 each :- William Davis, Frederick E. Hurlbut, Andrew Bowns, Robert Palmer, and Warren Willcox.
The state, in 1864, offered a bounty of $300 to volunteers, but by the same act prevented towns from paying any bounty, but the town voted in August to pay a bounty of $300 to each volunteer or drafted person who should be enlisted. The leg- islature in June, 1865, confirmed the act of the town, the se- lectmen issued orders on the town treasurer, dated September 18, 1865, to pay the following persons, viz .: Willard E. Gay- lord, Moses W. Gray, Benjamin F. Lamphier, Joseph C. Lam- phier, Darius D. Thomson, Henry S. Wooster, Frederick Lyman, Victory C. Hart, Thomas W. Griswold, George G. Crandall, William D. Whiting, Alvin B. Dickinson, William T. Carr, Courtland W. Bentley, Austin Allyn, Jr., and Isaac W. Brooks, $300 each; Andrew Bowns, William Davis, Fred- erick E. Hurlbut, Robert Palmer, and Warren Wilcox, $150 each.
At the succeeding annual town meeting, the treasurer was instructed not to pay the orders until an appropriation was made for that purpose, which was subsequently done and the orders were paid.
The following men furnished substitutes previous to the draft of 1864 at a cost to themselves, in addition to the state bounty, of the sums named: Willard E. Gaylord, $800; Moses W. Gray, $850; Victory C. Hart, $500; Benjamin F. Lam- phier, $925; Joseph C. Lamphier, $925; Frederick Lyman, $550; Darius D. Thomson, $940; Henry S. Wooster, $900; Austin Allyn, Jr., $950; Isaac W. Brooks, $550; Courtland W. Bentley, $950; William T. Carr, $940; Thomas W. Gris- wold, $900; George G. Crandall, $940 .- Total $11,620.
Drafted and furnished substitutes to fill quota in 1864: Hosea Crandall for one year, $750; Alvin B. Dickinson for
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three years, $1,160; Lyman Hall, for one year, $900; William D. Whiting, not entitled to state bounty, $1,100.
The men named below procured substitutes after the quota of 1864 was filled, in anticipation of another draft, which did not occur, paying the sums as stated :- Henry O. Beach, Abraham Beach, Truman P. Clark, Stephen Hurd, George J. Johnson, George W. Lamphier, Enos B. Pratt, and Alson Sanford, each $325; Wolcott Bunnell, $360; Ira Bab- cock, $345; Orion J. Hallock, William D. Johnson and Ben- jamin F. Lawton, $350.
Number of enlistments from Goshen,
Goshen citizens enlisting in N. Y. Regiment,
.
. 2
100
Killed in battle or died of wounds, . · . .
. 12
Died of disease, .
.
. .
· 16
Killed by an explosion, .
· 1
29
Total enlistments from Goshen, . . 100
Substitutes furnished previous draft, Sept., '64,
14
Substitutes furnished by persons after being drafted,
.
9
Substitutes furnished after draft, Sept., '64, . 13
Enlisted second time after discharge for disability, . 3
Re-enlistments as veterans, .
·
7
Whole number furnished,
. 146
The state furnished 41,983 men. The quota of Goshen, accord- ing to population, was 122 men; the town furnished 24 men in ex- cess of its proportion, and is waiting to hear of any town in the state with a better record.
The population of Goshen in 1861 was 1,300, counting men, women, and children, and one out of every nine persons in the town was a soldier in the army. The town and individuals and Ladies' Soldiers' Aid Societies paid out directly, on account of the war, $28,200.50, and sums in a private way that can never be estimated.
Comparisons are odious, but sometimes excusable. Where every regiment holding Goshen men did well, and none dis- graced the colors, all are entitled to equal praise. While en-
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listments in former wars were many of them for short terms, it is worthy of notice that all of Goshen's volunteers in the last war were in for " three years or during the war." History tells us of the sufferings of the Patriots of '76 from lack of clothing, shoes, and food. The soldiers of the Civil War knew what it was to be hungry and thirsty, when " hard tack " was worth one dollar each, and water could not be had; when rags scarcely hid their naked bodies, and the marches and counter- marches through rebeldom were bloody trails from bleeding feet. The soldier's record may be had in a few lines, with date of enlistment and discharge. His true record would em- brace a chapter, filled with months or years of hard, faithful, patriotic service, privations, sufferings, hardships, sickness, wounds, and death.
Of these things the historian cannot give the details, the reader cannot appreciate, cannot measure, cannot imagine them.
In preparing the following statement of the service of Goshen soldiers in the Civil War, names, dates of enlistment, promotions, wounds, deaths, discharges, etc., are taken from the official records of the War Department, and are, therefore, in the main correct.
The 4th Regiment Connecticut Infantry was changed to 1st Regiment Connecticut Heavy Artillery, January 2, 1862, and after that date the two designations are synonymous.
The 19th Regiment Connecticut Infantry was changed to 2d Regiment Connecticut Heavy Artillery, November 23, 1863, and after that date those two terms are synonymous.
THE RECORD.
William L. Adams, enlisted July 31, 1862; served in Co. C, 19th Regiment, and discharged July 8, 1865.
Charles G. Adams, enlisted Aug. 6, 1862; served in Co. C, 19th Regiment, as corporal; had his leg broken May 24, 1864, while en- gaged in destroying a railroad near Noel's Station, North Anna, Va., and was discharged for disability May 20, 1865, being permanently disabled.
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Lyman A. Adams, enlisted Oct. 30, 1861; served in Co. A, 1st Regiment Cavalry; promoted to corporal, sergeant, and 1st sergeant, and discharged with the regiment May 31, 1865. Was captured at New Market, Va., Sept. 25, 1864, and released March 10, 1865.
William E. Albin, corporal, enlisted as recruit January 2, 1864, in Co. C, 2d Conn. Heavy Artillery, and discharged with the regiment. Charles H. Albin, corporal, enlisted as recruit Jan. 2, 1864, in Co. C, 2d Conn. Heavy Artillery, and discharged with the regiment.
Newton T. Abbott, enlisted as recruit Jan. 4, 1864, in Co. A, 2d Conn. Heavy Artillery, and discharged for disability Jan. 16, 1865.
Avery M. Allyn, enlisted Aug. 7, 1862; served in Co. C, 19th Regiment, and discharged for disability June 20, 1865, with im- paired health. He never recovered, lingered a few months, and died at his home in Gosheu.
Joseph P. Brady, enlisted Nov. 19, 1861; served in Co. A, 13th Regiment; re-enlisted as a veteran Feb. 8, 1864, and deserted Aug. 27, 1864.
George W. Butler, enlisted Nov. 18, 1861; served iu Co. C, 13th Regiment; discharged for disability March 11, 1863.
Joseph D. Bierce, enlisted Aug. 16, 1862; served in Co. B, 19th Regiment, and discharged for disability Aug. 14, 1863.
George D. Bentley, enlisted Oct. 30, 1861; served in Co. A, 1st Regiment Cavalry as corporal; discharged for disability March 15, 1862. He re-enlisted in the 19th Regiment Aug. 12, 1862, joining Co. C, was made regimental wagoner, and discharged at expiration of term of enlistment. While in the service he suffered from sun- stroke and other injuries, and, as the result, became insane. He has been under treatment in an asylum for about 25 years; was re- leased a short time, but again confined. The government has al- lowed him a pension of $75 per month for twenty-five years, and he is still receiving the same pension and confined in the State In- sane Retreat.
Cyrus M. Bartholomew, enlisted Aug. 6, 1862; served in Co. C, 19th Regiment; was wounded in the battle of Cold Harbor June 1, 1864. and killed in battle at Cedar Creek, Oct. 19, 1864. He was 23 years of age. His body was buried at Goshen Nov. 17, 1864.
William H. Beach, enlisted Aug. 11, 1862, and served in Co. C, 19th Regiment. He was made corporal in 1864, and killed in battle near Winchester, Va., Sept. 19, 1864, and buried in Goshen Oct. 16, 1864. He was 23 years of age.
Zophar Beach, enlisted Aug. 13, 1862; served in Co. C, 19th Regiment, and discharged for disability June 20, 1865.
Darius C. Beach, eulisted Aug. 14, 1862; served in Co. C, 19th Regiment; chosen corporal, and discharged with the regiment.
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Francis J. Bentley, enlisted May 23, 1861; served in Co. I, 4th Regiment; discharged for disability Dec. 16, 1861.
John Bruce, enlisted as recruit Dec. 24, 1863, and served in Co. A, 6th Regiment; wounded at Deep Run, Va., Aug. 16, 1864; discharged for disability June 14, 1865.
Charles A. Barnum, enlisted Aug. 23, 1861; served in Co. E, 7th Regiment; discharged at expiration of term of enlistment.
Robert T. Becker, enlisted Aug. 27, 1861; served in Co. E, 7th Regiment, and re-enlisted as veteran Dec. 22, 1863; wounded at Ber- muda Hundred, Va., June 17, 1864, and died Feb. 3, 1865.
George R. Colby, enlisted Aug. 4, 1862; served in Co. K, 19th Regiment; was sick with chronic diarrhoea, and in the hospital at Alexandria for some time, then transferred to hospital at New Haven, where he remained until his discharge, May 18, 1865.
Henry Colby, enlisted July 31, 1862; served in Co. K, 19th Regi- ment. On skirmish line, at North Anna, Va., May 24, 1864, he was wounded in the hand; was sent to Portsmouth General Hospital, R. I., where his hand was amputated. He died in the hospital June 17, 1864, aged 22 years.
Frederick A. Cook, enlisted May 23, 1861; served in Co. I, 4th Regiment; discharged for disability Sept. 23, 1861. In July, 1862, he received enlisting orders, and recruited part of a company in towns adjoining Goshen. Was mustered into service in the 19th Regiment Aug. 15, 1862, and appointed first lieutenant of Co. B. Resigned June 5, 1863.
Moses Cook, Jun., enlisted Aug. 11, 1862; served as sergeant of Co. B, 19th Regiment; died in camp at Alexandria, Va., April 18, and was buried in Goshen April 26, 1863, aged 21 years.
George W. Curtiss, enlisted Aug. 4, 1862; served in Co. C, 19th Regiment, a portion of his time as drummer, and was discharged with the regiment.
Daniel B. Curtiss, enlisted Aug. 13, 1862; served in Co. C, 19th Regiment, and discharged with the regiment.
George C. Downs, enlisted Nov. 19, 1861; served in Co. C, 13th Regiment, and died in the service Sept. 13, 1863.
Calvin L. Davis, enlisted Sept. 3, 1862; was chosen corporal, sergeant, promoted to color sergeant, and second lieutenant. His bravery will never be forgotten. When the balls were flying thick and comrades were lying down to protect themselves, he would not lie down, but bore the colors aloft in face of almost certain death. He won his promotion. He was wounded in the shoulder by a minie ball, which was never extracted, in the battle near Winchester, Sept. 19, 1864. Was discharged with the regiment.
Seymour H. Eldridge, enlisted Aug. 12, 1862; served in Co. C,
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19th Regiment; promoted corporal and sergeant. He was ill during part of 1864, but, on his recovery, returned to his regiment, and was finally discharged with the regiment. At the battle of Winchester, Va., Sept. 19, 1864, the musket in his hands was struck by a shell, cutting it in two and leaving the barrel in his hands, then cutting a large hole in Sergeant Homer W. Griswold's pants, cutting off both legs of Peter Burke at the ankles, crushing a foot for Anson F. Balcom, reaching the ground and exploding, throwing the dirt and gravel-stones into the face of Lieut. D. C. Kilbourne, cutting and bruising the skin badly, and the concussion paralyzing both arms for a time. Burke and Balcom died, as the result. Eldridge coolly held up the part of his musket that was left, and asked his captain if he could " turn it in and draw another."
Edward M. Fanning, enlisted Oct. 5, 1861, and served in Co. C, 8th Regiment. He died in the service Aug. 12, 1862.
John Fanning, enlisted Oct. 6, 1861, and served in Co. F, 9th Regiment. He died at New Orleans Nov. 13, 1863, aged 28, leaving a wife and two children.
Henry C. Ford, enlisted Oct. 4, 1861; served in Co. D, 11th Regi- ment. He died at sea Jan. 17, 1862.
William N. Ford, corporal, enlisted Oct. 4, 1861; served in Co. D, 11th Regiment; transferred to Co. M, 3d Regiment, Heavy Artil- lery, U. S. A., Oct. 25, 1862, and died Dec. 9, 1863.
Henry Fritz, enlisted Sept. 6, 1861; served in Co. B, 7th Regiment; taken prisoner June 2, 1864, at Hatcher's Run, Va., paroled Dec. 11, 1864; returned to service, and discharged April 10, 1865.
Charles Gregory, enlisted July 24, 1862; served in Co. K, 19th Regiment; promoted to corporal and sergeant, and discharged with the regiment.
Homer W. Griswold, enlisted Aug. 2, 1862, and served in Co. C, 19th Regiment; was chosen corporal; promoted sergeant, first ser- geant, and commissioned second lieutenant Co. L, Feb. 23, 1865, and first lieutenant, March 2, 1865; declined the last appointment, and commission revoked March 31, 1865; discharged with the regi- ment.
Hobart Griswold, corporal, enlisted Aug. 6, 1862; served in Co. C, 19th Regiment, and discharged with the regiment.
Matthew H. Huxley, enlisted Aug. 11, 1862; served in Co. C, 19th Regiment; was chosen sergeant. He died after a long sick- ness, at Alexandria, Va., Jan. 28, 1864, aged 23 years. He was buried with Masonic honors at Goshen, Feb. 6, 1864. His father, Dr. A. Mack Huxley, was the resident physician of Goshen, was a man greatly beloved, a physician of eminent skill, who had the confidence of all who knew him, had been for some time in Alexan-
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dria, attending upon his sick son, died instantly, of heart disease, while seated at the dinner table, Jan. 5, 1864. He was fifty-eight years of age. He was buried in Goshen Jan. 14, 1864.
Edward C. Huxley, enlisted Aug. 11, 1862, and served in Co. C, 19th Regiment. He was promoted May 1, 1863, to regimental quartermaster-sergeant; in March, 1864, to second lieutenant, Co. F; and April 13, 1864, to first lieutenant, Co. L; appointed regimental quartermaster April 14, 1864; transfered to Co. G July 20, 1865; and was acting brigade quartermaster during the latter part of his service; was discharged Aug. 18, 1865.
William Herald, enlisted July 28, 1862, and served in Co. C, 19th Regiment. He died at Alexandria, Va., Feb. 20, 1863, aged 20 years, and was buried in Goshen March 12th.
Samuel Hunter, enlisted Aug. 2, 1862; served in Co. C, 19th Regi- ment, and was discharged with the regiment.
James Hicks, enlisted Nov. 16, 1861, and served in Co. C, 13th Regiment; was discharged for disability March 10, 1862; enlisted as a recruit in 2d Heavy Artillery, Co. G, Jan. 1, 1864, and was dis- charged May 30, 1865.
Hubert D. Hoxley, corporal, enlisted as a recruit Jan. 4, 1864, in Co. G, 2d Heavy Artillery; promoted corporal, and discharged with the regiment.
Frank Huntley, corporal, enlisted as a recruit April 11, 1863, and served in Co. E, 1st Regiment Cavalry. He was captured at Bolivar Heights, Va., July 14, 1863, paroled April 16, 1864, and dis- charged for disability Sept. 28, 1865.
Samuel Hall, enlisted Dec. 31, 1863, and served in Co. I, 29th Regiment (colored), and was discharged Oct. 24, 1865.
Henry H. Ives, enlisted Aug. 7, 1862, and served in Co. C, 19th Regiment; discharged with regiment.
Marcellus J. Judd, enlisted Jan. 2, 1864; served in Co. A, 19th Regiment. He was a very large man, and none of the army uni- forms could be found that he could wear. For this reason he was not required to parade with his regiment. He was a shoemaker, and rendered himself useful by working at his trade, and continued in the service until discharged for disability, June 10, 1865.
Daniel Kimberly, enlisted Aug. 23, 1861, and served in Co. E, 7th Regiment. He re-enlisted as a veteran Dec. 22, 1863. He was a sharpshooter. At the battle of Bermuda Hundred, May 31, 1864, he was wounded in the face, neck, and legs. Subsequently, he was shot in the knee while in camp. After five weeks of suffering in the McClellan Hospital, Fortress Monroe, he died of his wounds, July 5, 1864, aged 25 years. He left a wife and two children.
Frederick A. Lucas, enlisted Aug. 8, 1862, and served in Co. C,
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19th Regiment. He was promoted to corporal, sergeant, sergeant- major, and 2d lieutenant. He had command of Co. B (color com- pany) most of the time during the season of 1865, and in all the battles of that campaign. He was wounded twice, once severely, at Cedar Creek, Va., Oct. 19, 1864, by a minie ball through the left thigh, and, again, cut in the right hip by a piece of shell at Hatcher's Run, Va., Feb. 6, 1865. Although confined in the hospital three months by the first wound, he was present in every engagement of his regiment, and took a prominent part. He was mustered out with his regiment Aug. 18, 1865.
The following is from the history of the Second Connecti- cut Heavy Artillery, by Theodore F. Vaill, Adjutant:
"Sergeant-Major, afterwards Second Lieutenant, Frederick A. Lucas received a wound in the left thigh at Cedar Creek, which dis- abled him for several months. He returned to the regiment just in time to receive another wound, a slight one, in the affair at Hateber's Run. He was promoted for gallantry at Winchester and Fisher's Hill, and Colonel Mackensie told the writer just after those battles, that he never saw a braver man than Sergeant-Major Lucas."
Daniel E. Lyman, enlisted Aug. 1, 1862, and served in Co. C, 19th Regiment. He died at Alexandria, Va., Nov. 2, and was buried at Goshen Nov. 7, 1862, aged 18 years. This was the first death in the 19th Regiment.
Wolcott Little, enlisted as a recruit, Jan. 2, 1864, and served in Co. C, 19th Regiment, and was discharged with the regiment.
Nelson H. Lawton, entered the navy in 1863 as 3d assistant engineer, and resigned in 1865, after the close of the war.
Henry Mayo, enlisted Dec. 18, 1861; served in Co. I, 13th Regi- ment; discharged for disability May 20, 1862.
Orson M. Miner, corporal, enlisted Aug. 11, 1862, and served in Co. C, 19th Regiment. He had such an overwhelming conscious- ness or premonition that he was going to die, that at times it was almost impossible to get him on to the picket line or into action. He could not stand, and would lie on the ground as if stricken with palsy. No one considered him a coward, as there was no doubt of the reality of his sufferings. He was, however, on the front line during an engagement in the woods near Petersburgh, Va., June 22, 1864, and he fought well - was cool and brave - but a minie ball pierced his heart and he fell dead, just as he had predicted. He was buried where he fell, and the tree over him was marked with his name. His body was afterwards removed and buried in the ceme- tery at Cold Harbor.
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Avery F. Miner, enlisted Aug. 7, 1862; served in Co. C, 19tu Regiment; promoted corporal and sergeant; discharged with the regiment.
Henry E. Merwin, enlisted Oct. 30, 1861; served in Co. C, 13th Regiment; chosen corporal, discharged for disability May 12, 1863.
Michael Morris, enlisted Dec. 16, 1861; served in Co. C, 13th Regiment; re-enlisted as veteran Feb. 8, 1864, and deserted Aug. 26, 1864.
James Mooney, enlisted as a recruit, Jan. 4, 1864, and served in Co. E, 2d Conn. Heavy Artillery; was wounded in battle at Cold Harbor, June 1, 1864, and died the next day, aged 20 years.
Timothy Maher, corporal, enlisted as a recruit, Jan. 2, 1864, and served in Co. C, 2d Conn. Heavy Artillery, and was discharged with the regiment.
James P. McCabe, enlisted July 31, 1862, and served in Co. C, 19th Regiment; was chosen sergeant and promoted to 2d lieut. of Co. M, Feb. 27, 1864, and to 1st lieut. of Co. K, April 14, 1864. He was wounded in the battle near Winchester, Va., Sept. 19, 1864. A ball passed through both hips. He had his rubber blanket rolled and hanging over his shoulder resting on his hip. After he was hit the blanket was unrolled and it was found that the ball had passed through it before reaching his body, had made twenty-two holes in the blanket, and must have been fired at short range. He started for his home in Goshen without tickets, money, or " transportation." He was a Free Mason. A stranger paid his fare to New York, as the conductor would not pass him. From there to Torrington the con- ductors let him ride. He took a team at Torrington and reached his home in the night, crawled to the door, pounded and shouted until his wife was aroused and opened the door, when he fell into the house. This was on October 1st, and he died the morning of the 3d, and was buried the 5th, with Masonic honors. He was forty years of age, and left a wife and five children.
Peter McCabe, enlisted Oct. 5, 1861, and served in Co. E, 11th Regiment. He died at Roanoke Island March 19, 1862, aged 26 years.
Patrick McElhone, enlisted May 23, 1861, and served in Co. I, 4th Regiment, and was discharged at the expiration of his term of enlistment, May 22, 1864.
George W. Newcomb, enlisted Aug. 1, 1862, and served in Co. C, 19th Regiment; was chosen corporal and promoted to sergeant in 1864, and to 1st sergeant March 20, 1865; discharged with the regiment.
Carlton N. Nichols, enlisted July 31, 1862; served in Co. C, 19th Regiment, and discharged for disability April 29, 1863.
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Uriah Nickerson, enlisted Sept. 7, 1861; served in Co. E, 7th Regiment; re-enlisted as veteran, Dec. 22, 1863, and discharged at expiration of term of service.
Theodore A. Pendleton, enlisted Ang. 4, 1862; served in Co. C, 19tn Regiment. He was promoted to company quartermaster ser- geant of Co. O of the 2d Conn. Heavy Artillery. He was one of the smallest men in the regiment, wore No. + boots. He was a skillful mechanic, and his musket was the pride of the " Defences of Wash- ington." A great many people came to see it, and among them many Regular Army officers. He was offered $100 and another musket for it. He was discharged with the regiment.
Henry D. Pierce, enlisted July 26, 1862; served in Co. C, 19th Regiment; wounded Oct. 19, 1864, at Cedar Creek, Va., and dis- charged with the regiment.
Benjamin H. Prindle, enlisted Nov. 25, 1861; served in Co. C, 13th Regiment; discharged for disability Oct. 17, 1862.
Charles J. Porter, enlisted May 23, 1861; one of the five men who first enlisted, under the call for three-years men, from Goshen. He served in Co. 1, of the 4th Regiment, and afterwards in the 1st Conn. Heavy Artillery. He was mustered a corporal of the Co., and, April 25, 1862, was made company quartermaster sergeant, and was discharged at the expiration of the term of enlistment.
Charles D. Pattrell, enlisted as recruit, April 11, 1862; served in Co. 1, 1st Regiment Heavy Artillery; promoted to corporal and sergeant; re-enlisted as veteran April 19, 1864, and discharged with the regiment.
James M. Palmer, enlisted as recruit, Jan. 1, 1864; served in Co. G, 2d Regiment Heavy Artillery; was wounded Oct. 19, 1864, in the battle at Cedar Creek, Va., and died in the field hospital Oct. 22, 1864, leaving a wife and three children.
John Quinn, enlisted as recruit Jan. 2, 1864; served in Co. C, 2d Regiment Heavy Artillery. He was wounded at Cedar Creek, Va., Oct. 19, 1864; discharged with the regiment.
James P. Quinn, enlisted as recruit, Jan. 2, 1864; served in Co. C, 2d Regiment Heavy Artillery. Was wounded at Cold Harbor, Va., June 1, 1864. Was promoted to corporal, Feb. 22, 1865, and to 1st sergeant July 20, 1865; discharged with the regiment.
Garrett Reinders, enlisted Sept. 7, 1861; served in Co. E, 7th Regiment. Was taken prisoner at Drury's Bluff, Va., May 16, 1864; confined at Andersonville; paroled Dec. 11, 1864, and discharged March 13, 1865.
Edward S. Richmond, enlisted Nov. 30, 1861; served in Co. I, 13th Regiment. He was one of the guards on an ammunition train on the Opelousas Railroad. The train took fire when near New Orleans, and in the explosion which followed he was killed, the
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