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Soon after this convention was held, two regiments of "minute men"
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were raised by voluntary enlistments ; one in the middle and northern part of the county, under Col. John Patterson, of Lenox, afterwards General Patter- son, and the other in the southern part, under Col. John Fellows, of Sheffield, afterwards General Fellows. Both of these regiments marched to Boston soon after the battle of Lexington, where they were re organized and enlarged. In addition to these regiments, also, many other soldiers went out from the county, for longer or shorter terms of enlistment, while in 1780, by an act passed by the general court on December 2d of that year, 222 men were raised here for the service, to serve " three years, or until the close of the war, which were distributed among the several towns as follows : Sheffield, twenty-two; Great Barrington, eleven; Egremont, seven ; Alford, three ; Stockbridge, twelve ; West Stockbridge, seven ; Tyringham, ten ; New Marl- boro, twelve ; Sandisfield, twelve ; Becket, five ; London (part of Otis), three ; Richmond, thirteen ; Lenox. ten ; Pittsfield, fifteen ; Ashuelot Equivalent (Dalton), three ; Washington, four ; Lee, seven ; Lanesboro, fifteen ; New Ashford, two; Williamstown, thirteen ; Hancock, seven ; Partridgefield (now parts of Peru and Hinsdale), six ; Windsor, eight; and Adams, fifteen. The Stockbridge Indians also furnished a company, commanded by Capt. Abraham Nimham, one of their own tribe.
But our space forbids an extended notice of the part that Berkshire soldiers took in the events during those days that " tried men's souls." Suffice it to say, then, that her brave sons bore an honorable part at Bunker Hill, at Boston, at Bennington, in the expedition of Arnold through the wilds of Maine, in the taking of Ticonderoga, and in the co-operation of Montgomery, by the way of Lake Champlain, Montreal and St. Lawrence, with Arnold under the frowning walls of Quebec. And as a fitting reward the county had the pleas- ure of acting the part of host to General Burgoyne and his conquered army, for one night at least, while they were passing over the great highway leading from Albany to Boston.
WAR OF 1812.
For a period of nearly thirty years, except the troubles attending the Shays Rebellion, which has already been spoken of, peace was enjoyed. During this time forests had disappeared and villages and highly cultivated farms taken their places, mills and factories had sprung into existence, while Berk- shire county, from a pioneer settlement, had stepped well forward in the ranks of her sister counties. But England, nothwithstanding the lesson she had received, and all the years that had intervened, seemed not to appreciate the fact that her American colony had grown to an independent nation ; and though in March, 1782, Burke and Fox had raised their voices in the British parliament, and the House of Commons had formally declared that it "would consider as public enemies all those who should advise a further prosecution of the war with America," England still persisted in acts of tyranny until they became unendurable. Accordingly, on the 18th of June, 1812, an act was passed in our House of Representatives, by a vote of seventy-nine to forty-
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nine, and in the Senate by a majority of nineteen to thirteen, declaring war against Great Britain. The message of the President contained these as the principal reasons: "The impressment of American seamen by the British, the blockade of her enemies' ports, in consequence of which American com- merce had been plundered in every sea, etc."
During the two years that this war raged, Berkshire, as in days of old, sent out many of her sons ; but no important event pertaining to the war occurred here, except, perhaps, we consider as such the purchase of fourteen acres of land at Pittsfield, by the U. S. Government, on which to erect barracks and a hospital for the troops. In the autumn of 1814 Governor Strong issued a call for troops, when an entire regiment of infantry was raised in this county. One of New Marlboro's sons, Major-General Whiton, was distinguished as hold- ing that high office. His aids were Col. Henry W. Dwight, of Stockbridge, and Colonel Sloane, of Lanesboro.
WAR OF THE UNION.
" Immortal names ! O noble ones ! A nation's heart will throb For ye who fell in manly prime, For freedom and for God ; And woman's eye grow dim with tears, And bows its head Before thy deeds of valor done, New England's honored dead."
For nearly half a century after the war of 1812, peace brooded over the green hills and fertile valleys of the old Bay State. Youths had grown to man- hood and to old age, and now, as gray-haired grandsires, they trotted the children upon their knees and rehearsed to them the tales they loved best to hear-tales of the battles fought and won. Prosperity asserted itself in the hum of busy machinery, telling of the increase of manufacturing in- terests, in the silver threads that were branching in all directions, proclaim- ing the route of the iron-horse as it conveyed to prosperous marts the harvest's surplus. Each morn the sun rose on a prosperous, happy, contented people ; but alas ! as its rays wreathed with a glad smile the mountain summits on the morn of April 12th, 1861, it awakened no answering smile in the hearts of the people. The first shot on Sumpter had frightened away the angel Peace, and grim War usurped her place.
Side by side with her sister states, Massachusetts endured the weary marches and bore the brunt of battles, and side by side their sons sleep the long sleep-some 'neath the sun-kissed plains of the willful South, some rocked in the bosom of the broad Atlantic, "held in the hollow of His hand," while others have been borne to rest among their kindred by sympathizing friends, who, year by year, to muffled drum-beat, wend their way to their consecrated tombs to deck their "couch of dreamless sleep" with beautiful spring flowers -a national tribute to the memory of
"New England's honored dead."
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The Bay State, aside from her treasure, furnished 159,254 men, being a surplus of 13,492 over all calls. Of this number, according to the returns made by the selectmen of the various towns in 1866, Berkshire county fur- nished 5,356, which was about the quota required. This number, however, could not have included the surplus to which the several towns were entitled, as every town furnished its full quota under every call by the President, and all except Mount Washington and Tyringham had a surplus to their credit at the end of the war. The aggregate expenditure of all the towns in the county amounted to $597,652.55, to which should be added $262,049 61, the amount raised for state aid to soldiers' families during the war, and which was reim- bursed by the commonwealth, and the grand total raised will be $859,702.16. The following table shows the amount of money, excess of men, and number of commissioned officers furnished by each town :-
TOWNS.
Amount Expended, exclusive of State Aid.
In Excess of all Demands.
Com- missioned Officers.
Adams
$112,103.00
43
29
Alford
5,348.00
4
Becket
16.387 00
7
I
Cheshire .
15,715.00
I6
3
Clarksburg
6,333.73
2
. .
Dalton
3,762.81
7
I
Egremont
12,294.00
6
3
Florida.
4,980.00
5
Great Barrington
25,691.82
8
I7
Hancock
9.455.00
5
. .
Hinsdale.
19,099.82
I5
. .
Lanesboro
12,947.91
7
. .
Lee
21,654.56
15
15
Lenox
14,642.57
16
7
Monterey
3,848.44
8
3
Mount Washington
1,885.00
. .
New Ashford.
1,385.00
I
. .
New Marlboro
25 778.53
22
3
Otis
13,741.74
II
I
Peru
3.360.00
3
ยท
Pittsfield
120,010.72
82
58
Richmond
7,690.00
5
2
Sandisfield
30, 144.00
I3
I
Savoy.
9 241.63
IO
. .
Sheffield
30,033.68
8
4
Stockbridge
15,029.56
26
Tyringham
6,960.00
. .
Washington
6,000.00
I
West Stockbridge.
17,026.32
8
I
Williamstown
15,415.00
18
6
Windsor
9,687.7 1
13
.
Total.
$597,652.55
385
I66
8 4812 2
* Including North Adams.
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ROSTER OF FIELD, STAFF AND COMPANY OFFICERS.
The following roster of commissioned officers who went out from Berk- shire county, serving in the various Massachusetts regiments, is compiled from the reports of the State Adjutant-General and from other sources, the several regiments being given precedence according to their numerical order, the names of the officers being arranged alphabetically :-
FIRST REGIMENT CAVALRY, mustered in for three years, had a total of 2,767 men, forty-nine of whom were killed in action, and 167 died of wounds or disease.
Hopkins Amos L., of Williamstown, age 20, 2d Lieut., Aug. 11, '63 ; Capt., Dec. 10, '63 ; Maj., Dec. 10, '64 ; exp. of service, June 26, '65.
Hopkins Edward B., of Williamstown, age -, Ist Lieut., Jan. 2, '64; killed at Ashland, Va., May 11, '64.
SECOND REGIMENT, Infantry, mustered in for three years, had a total of 2,767 men, 116 of whom were killed in action, and 276 died of wounds or disease.
Miller Adam, of Lee, age 22, 2d Lieut., June 13, '62 ; ist Lieut., Aug. 10, '62 ; discharged Dec. 30, '62, for disability.
FOURTH REGIMENT, CAVALRY, mustered in for three years, had a total of 2,018 men, twenty-one of whom were killed in action, and 123 died of wounds or disease.
Leavill Sheldon, Jr., of Great Barrington, age 21, 2d Lieut., April 9, '64; Ist Lieut , Feb. 1, '65 ; resigned as Brevet Capt., Aug. 9, '65.
FIFTH REGIMENT CAVALRY, mustered in. for three years, had a total of 1,516 men, 117 of whom died of wounds or disease, though none were killed in action.
Pelton Timothy, of Great Barrington, age 21, 2d Lieut., May 26, '65 ; exp. of service Oct. 31, '65.
EIGHTH REGIMENT, Infantry, mustered in for three months, had a total of 7II men, among whom no deaths occurred.
Bache Robert, of Pittsfield, age 27, 2d Lieut., April 30, '61; Ist Lieut., June 15, '61 ; exp. of service, Aug. 1, '61.
Briggs Henry S., of Pittsfield, age 36, Capt., April 30, '61 ; Col., 10th Regt., June 12, '61.
Goodrich Alonzo E., of Pittsfield, age 47, Ist Sergt., April 30, '61; 2d Lieut., June 15, '61 ; exp. of service, Aug. 1, '61.
Richardson Henry H., of Pittsfield, age 35, rst Lieut., April 30, '61 ; Capt., June 15, '61 ; exp. of service, Aug. 1, '6 1.
EIGHTH REGIMENT, Infantry, mustered in for 100 days, had a total of 913 men, four of whom died in the service.
Butler La Fayette, of Pittsfield, age 39, Capt., July 21, '64; exp. of service, Nov. 10, '64.
Champney Fred W., of Adams, age 20, 2d Lieut., July 16, '64; exp. of service, Nov. 10, '64.
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Kittle James, of Pittsfield, age 23, 2d Lieut., July 21, '64 ; exp. of service, Nov. 10. '64.
Lyons Henry M., of Adams, age 25, Capt., July 16, '64; exp. of service, Nov. 10, '64.
Reid William D., of Pittsfield, age 30, Ist Lieut., July 21, '64 ; exp. of service, Nov. 10, '64.
Richardson Eugene B., of Adams, age 21, Ist Lieut., July 16, '64; exp. of service, Nov. 10, '64.
TENTH REGIMENT, Infantry, mustered in for three years, had a total of 1,499 men, ninety of whom were killed in action and eighty-three died of wounds or disease.
Bacon James M., of Gt. Barrington, age 33, Ist Lieut., June 21, '61 ; dis- charged, Dec. 4, '61, for disability.
Blais Napoleon P. A., of Adams, age 27, Ist Sergt., June 21, '61 ; 2d Lieut., June 21, '62 ; died, July II, '62, at Harrison's Landing, Pa.
Briggs Henry S., of Pittsfield, age 36, Col., June 21, '61 ; Brig .- Gen., U. S. Vols., July 27, '62.
Clapp Thomas W., of Pittsfield, age 31. Capt., June 21, '61 ; discharged, Nov. 25, '62, by order of War Dept.
Cousens William H., of Adams, age 27, Sergt., June 21, '61 ; discharged, Dec. 21, '63, to re-enlist, Dec 22, '63, as Sergt .; Ist Lieut., May 22, '64; transferred June 20, '64, to 37th Infantry.
Cottrell Mark H., of Lenox, age 23, Ist Sergt., June 21, '61 ; Ist. Lieut., Nov. 26, '62 ; exp. of service, July 1, '6 .;.
Darby William F., age 26, Private, June 21, '61 ; Com .- Sergt., May. '62 ; 2d Lieut., Nov. 26, '62 ; exp. of service, July 1. 64, as Brevet Capt.
Eldridge Simeon N. (or H.), Private, June 21, '61 ; 2d Lieut., Nov. 26, '62; exp. of service, July 1, '64.
Goddard Lewis W., of Adams, age 40, 2d Lieut., June 21, '61 ; resigned Nov. 19, '61.
Hager George, of Pittsfield, age 20, 2d Lieut., June 21, '61 ; discharged, Nov. 25, '62, by order of War Dept.
Howland John W., of Pittsfield, age 43, Ist Lieut., June 21, '61 ; resigned, Sept. 29, '62.
Ives Ralph O., of Gt. Barrington, age 22, Capt., June 21, '61 ; exp. of service, Sept. 19, '64.
Mansir Allen S., of Monterey, age 29, Ist Sergt., June 21, '61 ; 2d Lieut., Oct. 7, '62 ; Ist Lieut., June 21, '62 ; exp. of service, July 1, '63.
Smart Elisha, of Adams, age 37, Capt., June 21, '61 ; killed, May 31, '62, at Seven Pines, Va.
Traver Samuel C., of Adams, age 24, Ist Lieut., June 21, '61 ; Capt., June 1, '62; cashiered, Nov. 25, '62.
Wells David W., of Adams, age 24, Sergt., June 21, '61 ; 2d Lieut , Nov. 20, '61 ; ist Lieut., June 1, '62 ; resigned, Nov. 28, '62.
Wheeler Charles, of Dalton, age 22, Ist Lieut., June 21, '61 ; Capt., July 21, '62 ; resigned, Dec. 20, '62, as Ist Lieut.
Whittlesey Elihu B., of Pittsfield, age 21, 2d Lieut., June 1, '62 ; exp. of service, July 1, '64.
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Wilcox Henry L., of Gt. Barrington, age 39, 2d Lieut., June 21, '61 ; re- signed, Oct. 7, '61.
ELEVENTH REGIMENT, Infantry, mustered in for three years, had a total of 2,423 men, eighty-five of whom were killed in action, and 147 died of wounds or disease.
Bassett Russell W. (or Wm. R.), of Pittsfield, age 23, Private, June 13, '61 ; discharged, Dec. 28, '63, to re-enlist as Ist Sergt., Dec. 29, '63 ; 2d Lieut., July 11, '65 ; exp. of service, July 14, '65, as Ist Sergt.
EIGHTEENTH REGIMENT, Infantry, mustered in for three years, had a total of 1,633 men, eighty-four of whom were killed in action and 148 died of wounds or disease.
Hastings Benjamin F., of Lenox, aged 26, assistant surgeon, Mar. 13, '63 ; exp. of service, Sept. 2, '64.
NINETEENTH REGIMENT, Infantry, mustered into service for three years, had a total of 2,469 men, 104 of whom were killed in action, and 160 died of wounds or disease.
Eggleston Melville, of Stockbridge, age 20, 2d Lieut., May 6, '65 ; 1st Lieut., May 30, '65 ; exp. of service, June 30, '65.
TWENTIETH REGIMENT, Infantry, mustered into service for three years, had a total of 3,220 men, 192 of whom were killed in action, and 192 died of wounds or disease.
Hibbard Lansing E., of Pittsfield, age 22, 2d Lieut., Nov. 12, '62 ; Ist Lieut., June 16, '63 ; killed, May 10, '64.
Mali Henry W. T., Jr., of Stockbridge, age 18, 1st Lieut., Mar. 8, '64 ; Capt., May 7, '64 ; discharged, May 20, '65.
Rouce Ashbael W., of Adams, age 29, Sergt., Dec. 21, '63 ; 2d Lieut., June 1, '65 ; exp. of service, July 16, '65, as Sergt.
Smith Walter B., of Pittsfield, Capt., March 4, '65 ; transferred to 37th Inf .; exp. of service, July 16, '65.
TWENTY-FIRST REGIMENT, Infantry, mustered into service for three years, had a total of 1,619 men, ninety-five of whom were killed in action, and 119 died of wounds or disease.
Clark William H., of Pittsfield, age 26, Ist Lieut., March, 15,'62; Capt., Oct. 30, '62; died of wounds, August 16, '64.
Richardson Henry H., Pittsfield, age 35, Capt. Aug. 21, '61 ; Major, Dec., '62; Lieut-Col., July 16, '64; discharged Aug. 30, '64, as Major, having declined promotion.
Severence John F., of Becket, age -, Chaplain, June 16, '64 ; declined commission.
TWENTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT, Infantry, mustered in for three years, had a total of 2, 103 men, seventy-one of whom was killed in action, and 293 died of wounds or disease.
Ainley Joseph, of Adams, age 21, Ist Sergt., Sept. 20, '61 ; discharged, Jan.
1, '64, to re-enlisted, same position ; Capt. May 15, '65 ; exp. of service, June 26, '65, as Ist Sergt.
Birsh Richard J., of Gt. Barrington, age 20, 2d Lieut., July 23, '63 ; resigned Oct. 28, '63.
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Bligh Charles H., of Mt. Washington, age 19, Corp., Sept. 25, '61; discharged Dec. 23, '63 ; to re enlist, Ist Sergt., Dec. 24, '63 ; Ist Lieut., Sept. 14, '64 ; Capt., May 15, '65 ; exp. of service, June 26, '65, as Ist Sergt.
Bowker George M., of Adams, age 30, Ist Lieut., Jan. 21, '63 ; discharged Feb. 1I, '65.
Bradley Luther J., of Lee, age 23, 2d Lieut., Oct. 16, '61 ; Ist Lieut., July 23, '62 ; Capt., June 4, '64 ; exp. of service, June 26, '65.
Briggs Wm. H. H., of Adams, age 21, 2d Lieut., Oct. 16, '61 ; Ist Lieut., Dec. 7, '61 ; exp. of service, Jan. 13, '65.
Brown William M., of Adams, age 45, M aj., Sept. 25, '61 ; resigned, Dec. 6, '6 1
Camp Samuel, of Gt. Barrington, age 33, Asst. Surgeon, Sept. 21, 61 ; resigned March 27, '62.
Coombs Edgar H., of Lee, age 30, ist Sergt., Oct. 1, '61; re-enlisted, Dec. 24, '63, as ist Sergt. ; 2d Lieut., April, 18, '64 ; killed June 4,'64, at Cold Harbor.
Harrington William F., of Pittsfield, age 22, Ist Sergt., Sept. 20, '61 ; 2d Lieut., June 4, '63 ; discharged, Sept. 12, '64, for disability.
Hurst Frank, of Lenox and Pittsfield, age 21, Corp., Sept. 20, '61 ; Sergt., Dec. 24, '63 ; 2d Lieut., May 15, '65 ; exp. of service, June 26, '65, as Sergt.
Joselyn Jerome B., Adams, age 25, 2d Lieut., April 1, '62 ; resigned June 10, '63.
Mckay William M., of Adams, age 23, 2d Lieut., May 29, '63; Ist Lieut., March 1, '64 ; Capt., May 17, '64; Maj., May 15, '65 ; exp. of service, June 26, '65, as Capt.
Roberts Robert M., of Mt. Washington and Pittsfield, age 23, Corp., Sept. 20, '61 ; Sergt., Dec. 24, '63 ; Ist Lieut., May 15, '65 ; exp. of service, July 26, '65, as Sergt.
Sanford Charles D., of Adams, age 21, Ist Lieut., Oct. 16, '61 ; Capt., Dec. 7, '61 ; killed May 16, '64.
Sanford Miles, of Adams, age 45, Chaplain, Oct. 8, '61 ; resigned, Feb. 25, 62.
Stamm Otto L., of Great Barrington and Monterey, age 23, Corp., Sept 21, '61 ; re-enlisted, Dec. 24, '63, as Sergt. ; 2d Lieut., May 15, '65 ; exp. of service, June 26, '65, as Sergt.
Terry Sydney S., of Adams, age 22, Corp., Oct. 12, '61 ; Sergt., Jan. 2, '64 ; Ist Lieut., May 5, '65 ; exp. of service, July 26, '65, as Sergt.
Tyler William H., of Adams, aged 30, Ist Lieut., Sept. 17, '61 ; Com .- Sub- sistence, U. S. V., Jan. I, '63.
Whittaker Amos D. (or T.), of Lee and Lenox, age 27, private, Jan. 26, '64; 2d Lieut., May 15, '65 ; exp. of service June 26, '65, as private.
THIRTIETH REGIMENT, infantry, mustered into service for three years, had a total of 2.064 men, twenty-seven of whom were killed in action, and 344 died of wounds or disease.
Brett Josiah W., of Pittsfield and New Marlboro, age 29, Ist Sergt., Jan. 2,
'64; 2d Lieut., April 21, '65 ; exp. of service, July 5, '66, as Ist Sergt.
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THIRTY-FIRST REGIMENT, infantry, had a total of 1,781 men, forty-three of whom were killed in action, and 147 died of wounds, or disease.
Bache Robert, of Pittsfield, age 27, Maj., Feb. 20, '62; resigned, April 14, '64
Chubbuck Francis E. R., of Pittsfield, age 27, Chaplain, June 12, '62 ; exp. of service, Nov. 26, '64.
Dinan Patrick J., of Washington, age 21, private, Dec. 5, '61 ; re-enlisted, Feb. 15, as Ist Sergt. ; 2d Lieut., Dec. 7, '64 ; Ist Lieut., Feb. 3, '65 ; exp. of service, Sept. 9, as 2d Lieut.
Fordham Elbert H., of Pittsfield, age 28, Ist Lieut., Feb. 20. '62 ; Capt., Sept. 6, '62 ; Maj. April 15, '64 ; exp. of service, Nov. 26, '64, as Brevet. Lieut .- Col.
Hayden Lester M., of North Adams, age 31, Ist Lieut., Feb. 20, '62 ; Capt., April 22, '64 ; exp. of service, Nov. 18, '64.
Hollister Edward P., of Pittsfield, age 25, Capt., Feb. 20, '62 ; Lieut .- Col., 57th Regt., Inf., Dec. 21, '63.
Morey Benjamin F., of Lee, age 45, Ist Lieut., Aug. 19, '62 ; Capt., Feb. 2, '64 ; resigned, Sept. 9, 64.
Pelton Wm. H., of Great Barrington, age 27, Ist Sergt., Co. H, Dec. 7, '61 ; 2d Lieut., Jan. 1, '63 ; ist Lieut., Mar. 20,'64 ; exp. of service, Dec. 15, '64
Perry David, of Richmond, age 31, 2d Lieut., Feb. 20, '62 ; resigned, Jan. 30, '64.
Rockwell William W., of Pittsfield, age 22, Capt., Feb. 20, '62 ; died, Dec. 3, '63, at Baton Rouge, La.
Sears George W., of Pittsfield, age 19, private Nov. 20, '61 ; re-enlisted, Feb. 17, '64, as Sergt. ; Sergt .- Maj., Sept. 23, '64 ; 2d Lieut., Dec. 7, '64 ; exp. of service, Sept. 9, '65, as 2d Lieut.
Wade Charles J., of Lenox, age 22, 2d Lieut., Dec. 7, '64 ; exp. of service, Sept. 9, 65.
THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT, Infantry, mustered into service for three years. had a total of 1,448 men, eighty-one of whom were killed in action, and 172 died of wounds or disease.
Butler Lafayette, of Pittsfield, age 38, Ist Lieut., July 15, '62 ; dishonorably discharged, Sept. 5, '63.
Cooley William H., of Pittsfield, age 28, Capt., Aug. 6, '62; resigned June 24, '63.
Gardner Robert I. (or J.), of Egremont, age 24, Ist Sergt., July 31, '62; 2d Lieut., May 1, '65 ; exp. of service, June 16, '65, as Ist Sergt.
Millard Henry J., of North Adams, age 28, Asst. Surg., Dec. 30, '64 ; exp. of service, June 16, '65.
Mitchell Wells B., of Adams, age 23, 2d Lieut., Oct. 18, '64; Ist Lieut., Nov. 25, '64; exp. of service, June, '65, as 2d Lieut.
Potter Andrew, of Pittsfield, age 28, Capt., Aug. 6, '62 ; Maj., Sept. 24, '64 ; exp. of service, June 16, '65.
Pomroy Lemuel, of Pittsfield, age 32, Sergt .- Maj., Aug. 1, '62; 2d Lieut., Nov. 29, '64 ; exp. of service, June 16, '65, as Sergt-Maj.
Platt Samuel H., of Pittsfield, age 22, 2d Lieut., Aug. 6, '62 ; Ist Lieut., March 18, '64 ; resigned March II, '65.
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VanLoan Lyman W., of Pittsfield, age 34, Ist Lieut., Aug. 6, '62 ; Capt., Sept. 24, '64 ; exp. of service, June 16, '65.
Walker Melville E., of Pittsfield, age 27, 2d Lieut., June 18, '63; Ist Lieut., June 6, '64; Capt., Nov. 9, '64 ; exp. of service, June 16, '65.
THIRTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT, Infantry, mustered in for three years, had a total of 1,483 men, 110 of whom were killed in action, and 138 died of wounds and disease.
Bradley John S., of Lee, age 21, Ist Sergt., Aug. 30, '62 ; 2d Lieut., Jan. 29, '63 ; Ist Lieut., Feb. 9, '64 ; discharged, May 15, '65, as Brevet Capt.
Casey Michael, of Pittsfield, age 19, Ist Sergt., Sept. 2, '62 ; 2d Lieut., Mar.
2, '65 ; Ist Lieut., June 26, '65 ; exp. of service, June 21, '65, as Ist Sergt.
Chalmers James G. (or C.), of Pittsfield, age 22, Com .- Sergt., Sept. 4, '62 ; 2d Lieut., Nov. 20, '62 ; Ist Lieut., Dec. 5, '63 ; discharged, July 30, '64, for disability.
Champney Jonas A., of Adams, age 32, Ist Lieut., Aug. 27, '62 ; Capt., May 15, '64 ; exp. of service, June 21, '65, as Brevet Maj.
Colt Thomas G., of Pittsfield, age 20, Ist Lieut., Aug. 5,'62 ; Capt., Sept. 23, '6 4, discharged May 23, '65, as Brevet Maj.
Cousins William H., of Adams, age 27, Ist Lieut., May 22, '64; discharged Nov. 26, '64.
Dodge Daniel J., of Pittsfield, age 42, Ist Lieut., Aug. 5, '62 ; resigned, Jan. 28, '63.
Dooley Peter, of Cheshire, age 40, 2d Lieut., July 30, '62 ; Capt., Aug. 27, '62 ; dismissed, March 9, '63.
Goodrich Alonzo E., of Pittsfield, Lieut-Col., Aug. 27, '62 ; resigned, Jan. 16, '63.
Hopkins Archibald, of Williamstown, age 19, Capt., Aug. 27, '62 ; Maj., May 19, '65 ; Lieut .- Col., June 26, '65 ; exp. of service, June 24, '65, as Capt., Brevet Maj.
Hurlburt Edwin, of Great Barrington, age 44, Capt., Aug. 11, '62 ; resigned, Oct. 14, '62.
Hyde George H., of Lee, age 22, 2d Lieut., Aug. 27, '62 ; Ist Lieut., Jan. 17, '63 ; Capt., July 27, '64 ; exp. of service, June 21, '65.
Lawton Thomas C., of Sheffield, age 28, Assistant Surgeon, Aug. 15, '62 ; resigned Feb. 23, '64.
Morgan P. Woodbridge, of Lee, age 20, 2d Lieut., Aug. 27, '62 ; resigned, June 19, '63.
Morse Frank C., of Pittsfield, age 23, Chaplain, Aug. 27, '62; exp. of ser- vice, June 21, '65.
Pease Franklin W., of Lee, age 40, Capt., Aug. 27, '62 ; died of wounds, March 14, '64.
Plunkett Thomas F., Jr., of Pittsfield, age 19, 2d Lieut., Aug. 14, '62 ; Ist Lieut., Aug. 27, '62 ; dismissed June 2, '63.
Reed Julius H., of Lee, age 20, Ist Sergt., Aug. 30, '62 ; 2d Lieut., Oct. 13, '64 ; Ist Lieut., May 24, '65 ; exp. of service, June 21, '65, as 2d Lieut. Robinson John C., of Adams, age 25, Ist Lieut., Aug. 27, '62; Capt., Dec. 24, '63 ; discharged May 15, '65, as Brevet Major.
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Smith Walter B., of Pittsfield, age 31, 2d Lieut., Aug. 27, '62 ; Ist Lieut., April 5, '64; Capt., March 4, '65 ; transferred to Twentieth Infantry.
Sparks Albert C., of Lee, age 21, Sergt., Aug. 30, '62; 2d Lieut., June 3, '63 ; Ist Lieut., May 15, '64 ; discharged Sept. 20, '64, for disability, as 2d Lieut.
Stannard Edward E., of New Marlboro, age 22, Ist Sergt., Aug. 30, '62 ; 2d Lieut., May 15, '65 ; exp. of service, June 21, '65, as Ist Sergt.
Taylor Richard H., of Great Barrington, April 29, Ist Sergt., Aug. 30, '62 ; 2d Lieut., Nov. 18, '63 ; Ist Lieut., Oct. 13, '64; exp. of service, Oct. 13, '64.
FORTIETH REGIMENT, Infantry, mustered into service for three years, had a total of 1,167 men, forty-six of whom were killed in action, and 146 died of wounds or disease.
Brewster Oliver E., of Pittsfield, age 46, Surgeon, Aug. 20, '62; resigned, Oct. 3, '63.
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