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daughter, Sally Whitcomb. The children of Reuben
and Betty (Gibson) Gibson: I. - -, born in Fitchburg, October 5. 1774, died young. 2 Jonathan, born in Fitchburg, September 5, 1775, died in Salis- bury, Vermont, November 22, 1851; married (first) March 11, 1800, Deborah Allen, of Leicester, Ver- mont, who died July 13, 1822; married (second), January 29, 1826, Esther Spencer, of Salisbury, Ver- mont ; she died January 1, 1875. 3 Mary, born at Fitchburg, May 26, 1777, died at Fitchburg, Novem- ber 9, 1848; married, 1800, Daniel Chesmore. 4. Lois, born at Fitchburg, May 22, 1778, died in Salis- bury, Vermont, January 29, 1852; married, October IO, 1798, Mark Mossman, of Thetford, Vermont, and Schroon, New York, (born in Sudbury, Septem- ber 3, 1775, died Salisbury, Vermont, May 29, 1858), son of Matthew Alossman, of Ashburnham. 5. Bet- sey, born in Fitchburg, May 22, 1780, died about 1853; married, February 11, 1802, Lyman Cook, of Thetford, Vermont. 6. Reuben, born December 8, 1781, died at Salisbury, Vermont, October 22, 1813; married, May 14, 1807, Hannah Burnap, of Fitch- burg. 7. Sally, born December 8, 1782, died at Pat- ten, Broome .county, P. Q., Canada, May 27, 1826, buried in North Troy, the adjoining town in Ver- mont; married Elijah Whitcomb, born Henniker, New Hampshire, 1778, died Patton, 1863, son of Benjamin and grandson of Benjamin, of Stow. 8. Jeremiah, born August 25. 1784; married, first, Octo- ber 28, 1806, Asa Berry, of Rindge, New Hampshire, who died September 23, 1822; married (second), October 23, 1823, Captain Francis Dean, of Fitch- burg, who died December 10, 1851. 9. Susanna, born December 1, 1785, died October 15, 1786. 10. Susanna, born February 20, 1787, married
Morse, of Thetford. II. Gibson, baptized April 27, 1788, died November 5, 1788. 12. Simeon, born No- vember 18, 1789, died February 19, 1852; married, Salisbury, Vermont, Lovica Graves, who died Feb- ruary 9. 1828, aged thirty-two; married (second), August 27, 1829, Sarah, daughter of Israel Wilkins. 13. Abigail, born August 12, 1791, died at Salisbury, April 9. 1884; married at Salisbury, April 1810, James Gipson (originally Japson) of Salisbury, born in Leominster, Massachusetts, May 15. 1790, died in Salisbury, September 11, 1883, son of John Japson. 14. Olive, born March II, 1793, died at Hyde Park, Vermont, April 23, 1879: married, December 19, 1813. Enos Sherwin, of Rindge, New Hampshire, and Stow, Massachusetts, born in Rindge, September 23, 1790, died in Stow, July 1, 1863. 15. Lovica, born October 6, 1795, married, October 22, 1818, Samuel Stratton, of Rindge, who died there August 21, 1840.
(VI) Mary (or Polly) Gibson, daughter of Reuben Gibson (5), born in Fitchburg, March 26, 1777; baptized in First Church, May 4, 1777; died in Fitchburg, November 9, 1848. She married (first) about 1800, Daniel Chesmore, of Henniker, New Jlampshire, and Troy, Vermont. He died after 1816. She married (second), April 6, 1823, Jona- than Battles, of Fitchburg.
Mr. Chesmore took a lively interest in church affairs, and at Henniker he and his wife's uncle, Thaddeus Gibson, voted against the settlement of Rev. Moses Sawyer. Later he removed to Troy, Vermont, about 1815. She returned about that time to Fitchburg with her children. Children of Daniel and Polly Gibson Chesmore: 1. Mary, born in Hen- niker, New Hampshire, December 20, 1801, died in Ashburnham, Massachusetts, March 26, 1872; mar- ried, November 9, 1829, Moses Stowell, of Ashburn-
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ham. 2. Daniel, born in Henniker, September 10, 1803, died in Leominster, June 15, 1886; married Mehitable Gerry, April 3, 1829; married (second), December 25, 1844, Almira Bartlett, who died De- cember 25, 1887, aged eighty-two years. 3. Eliza- beth, born in Troy, Maine, October 31, 1804, died June 23, 1864; married, April 25,. 1825, Jonathan Whittemore. 4. Caroline, born January 1, 1806, died young. 5. Reuben, born in Troy, Vermont, Novem- ber 13, 1808, died at St. Joseph, Missouri, Marchi 3, 1895; married, December 10, 1835, Elizabeth Upton, born in Andover, Massachusetts, March 9, 1805, died in Westminster, December 14, 1880. 6. William Riley, born in Thetford, Vermont, March 26, 1810, died in Worcester, Massachusetts, March 26, 1870; married, November 30, 1834, Lucinda Lovering, of Hopkinton, Massachusetts. 7. Ransom S., born in Troy, Vermont, September 29, 1811, died in Au- burn, Massachusetts, June 9. 1895; married (first), 1847, Eliza Plummer; married (second) Mrs. Caro- line (True) Wilson. S. Royal Chesmore, changed his name to Henry Otis Rockwell; see below.
(VII) Henry Otis Rockwell, son of Daniel Chesmore (6), and Mary Gibson Chesmore, was born in Troy, Vermont, June 18, 1815 (date 1813 also given), died in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, No- vember 30, 1877. He married, April 20, 1842, Sarah Laws, born in Westford, Massachusetts, January 6, 1822, daugliter of William and Lucinda Laws. He settled in Fitchburg and became a prominent and highly respected business man there. He was a man of decided views and took a great interest in public questions. Children of Henry Otis and Sarah C. (Laws) Rockwell: 1. William Henry, born in Fitch- burg, April 27, 1845, died September 7, 1847. 2. William B., born in Fitchburg, September 28, 1847 ; resides in San Francisco, California. 3. Henry Franklin Rockwell, born September 9, 1849.
(VIII) Henry Franklin Rockwell, son of Henry Otis Rockwell (7), was born in Fitchburg, Mass- achusetts, September 9, 1849. He attended the pub- lic schools of his native town and entered the high school in 1862. He left school to enter the employ of Samuel H. Wood, 51 Tremont street, Boston, druggist, where he learned the business and became a pharmacist. This drug store was on the site now occupied by the department store of Houghton & Dutton. After three years there he went west for a year. He returned and accepted a position as clerk in the drug store of George S. Goodell, in Brooklyn, New York, formerly a Worcester man, and remained in this position for nine years. In 1877 he returned to his native town and bought the drug store of Z. Fortier, at 401 Main street, and has since then conducted the business with much suc- cess. He was one of the original directors of the Fidelity Cooperative Bank of Fitchburg. He is a member of Alpine Lodge, No. 35, K. P., Uniform Rank; Apollo Lodge, I. O. O. F .; Board of Trade ; Merchants' Association ; Columbian Club; Mayors' Club of Massachusetts.
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Mr. Rockwell is best known as one of the most popular mayors who ever served the city. He has had a very creditable public career. While he is a Republican in politics, he is decidedly independent in municipal affairs, and has been a prime mover in various citizens' movements in city elections. He was a member of the common council in 1886, 1887 and 1888, during the last two years being president of the board. He was an alderman in 1889, 1890 and 1891. He was a representative in the general
court in 1892 and 1893, and served on the committee on railroads. He was mayor of Fitchburg in 1890, 1897, and 1898. He was elected not as a Republican, but at the head of an independent citizens' ticket.
He married, in Brooklyn, New York, April 28, 1881, Jessie F. Lamberson, born in New York City, 'August 8, 1857, daughter of Thomas and Emeline ( Nostrand) Lamberson. She is descended from the early Dutch settlers in New York. Their children : I. William Milton, born in Fitchburg, August 4, 1882; graduate of Fitchburg high school and Har- vard College (A. M. 1903) ; now with Scribner's, New York. 2. Jessie Kimball, born in Fitchburg, November 30, 1886; graduate of Fitchburg high school ; student at Vassar, class of 1908.
GENERAL JOHN W. KIMBALL. (I) Richard Kimball, the emigrant ancestor of General John W. Kimball, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, was from the parish of Rattlesden, Suffolk county, England, where his son Henry was baptized August 12, 1615. He married, in England, Ursula, daughter of Henry Scott, of Rattlesden. The will of Ilenry Scott, dated September 24, 1625, was proved in the court of the archdeaconry of Sudbury, January 10, 1624-5. He was buried in Rattlesden, December 24, 1624. The will mentions Abigail, Henry, Elizabeth and Richard Kimball, his grandchildren, the children of Richard and Ursula (Scott) Kimball; his wife, Martha, and sons Roger and Thomas Scott, the lat- ter of whom came to America in the same ship with Richard Kimball and Martha Scott, the widow, aged sixty years. The family came to America in the ship "Elizabeth," of Ipswich, sailing April 30, 1634. The ages of the family as then given were: Richard, thirty-nine, with wife Ursula and children ; Henry, fifteen ; Elizabeth, thirteen; Richard, eleven ; Mary, nine; Martha, five; John, three; Thomas, one. They settled in Watertown, where Henry Kimball, aged forty-two, and family, also settled. This Henry Kimball is thought to have been a brother. He came in the same ship.
The home lot of Richard Kimball was six acres on the Cambridge line, now in the city of Cambridge, near the corner of Huron avenue and Appleton streets. He was admitted a freeman May 6, 1635, and was a proprietor in 1636-7. Soon after this he removed to Ipswich, where the settlers required the services of a wheelwright. He settled there and followed his trade and carried on his farm. The town granted him a house lot February 23, 1637, next adjoining Goodwin Simons, at the west end of the town. He was granted at the same time forty acres beyond the North river, near the land of Rob- ert Scott. In 1641 he was mentioned as one of the commoners of Ipswich, and was appointed one of the selectmen, ("Seven Men") March 1, 1645. He had various other grants of land and served on var- ious town committees. He was one of the execu- tors of the estate of his brother-in-law, Thomas Scott, who died February, 1653-4. He was one of the proprietors of Plumb Island. He married (sec- ond), October 23, 1661, Margaret, widow of Henry Dow, of Hampton, New Hampshire. She died March 1, 1675-6. His will was dated March 5, 1674. and proved September 28, 1675. He bequeathed to his wife fulfillment of marriage contract, and named children and other relatives. IIe died June 22, 1675, aged eighty years. Children of Richard and Ursula Kimball: I. Abigail, born in Rattlesden, county of Suffolk, England, died in Salisbury, Mass-
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achusetts, June 17, 1658; married in England, John Severans; twelve children. 2. Henry, born in Rat- tlesden, 1615. 3. Elizabeth, born in Rattlesden. 1621. 4. Richard, born in Rattlesden, 1623, died May 20, 1676, in Wenham, Massachusetts. 5. Mary, born in Rattlesden, 1625, married Robert Dutch, of Glouces- ter and Ipswich, Massachusetts; they had six chil- dren. 6. Martha, born in Rattlesden, 1629, married Joseph Fowler, son of Philip and Martha Fowler ; he was born in England in 1622, and was killed by the Indians, May 19, 1676, near Deerfield, Massachu- setts, in King Philip's war; had four children. 7. John, born in Rattlesden, 1631, died May 6, 1698. 8. Thomas, born 1633, died May 3, 1076. 9. Sarah, born in Watertown, Massachusetts, 1635, died June 12, 1690; married, November 24, 1658, Edward Allen, of Ipswich; eleven children. 10. Benjamin Kimball, born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, 1637, died June II, 1695. II. Caleb, born in Ipswich, 1639, died 1682.
(II) Thomas Kimball, son of Richard Kimball (I), born in Rattlesden, Suffolk county, England, 1633, was one year old when he came to New Eng- land with his parents. He later went to Ipswich, Massachusetts, and to Hampton, New Hampshire, where he was living October 20, 1653, the owner of a mill property on Oyster river there. He had his home there as late as 1660, and afterward removed to that portion of Rowley later included in the pres- ent town of Bradford, Massachusetts. This part of Rowley was originally known as Merrimac. Thom- as Kimball was elected constable in Rowley in 1669. His home was on the road to Boxford. He lived there ten years. He was a mechanic as well as farm- er, and owned over four hundred acres of land at the time of his death. He was a victim of Indian raiders in King Philip's war. On the night of May 2, 1676, three well known "Praying Indians" who had turned against the whites, Peter, Andrew and Simon, so they had been christened, started for Rowley on an errand of murder, but failing to reach their destination early enough for their purposes they sought the home of Thomas Kimball in Merri- mac when the night was far advanced, and killed the father. The mother and five children were taken into captivity and carried forty miles into the for- est. The lives of Mrs. Kimball and her baby were frequently threatened, and twice the fire was light- ed to burn them at the stake. Through the friendly offices of Wanalancet, of the Pennacook Indians, they were freed after forty-one terrible days in cap- tivity, and reached their desolated home June 13, 1676. The prayers of the congregation at Ipswich were asked May 3, 1676, for the safety of the cap- tives. Subsequently the widow petitioned the gen- eral court for protection from Simon, the Indian who murdered her husband and threathened to kill her and her children if they returned to their home. Accordingly the three Indians were seized and put in jail, but they escaped and continued their murder- ous course most mercilessly thereafter, we are told. They were well known, for they had lived a great deal in the settlements and worked for the colonists. Thomas Kimball served the town of Merrimac as selectman and in other offices. He married Mary, daughter of Thomas and Joanna Smith, of Ipswich. Joanna died about 1681. The children of Thomas and Mary (Smith) Kimball: I. Elizabeth, born Hampton, Massachusetts, December 5, 1658, died December 27, 1658. 2. Richard, born Hampton. 1660, died Bradford, Massachusetts, January 21, 1732-3. 3. Joseph, born 1662, died 1699; was im-
pressed into His Majesty's service in 1689 and again in 1690. 4. Mary, born about 1663; married, March 22, 1682-3, Thomas Reddington, of Boxford, Massachusetts; six children. 5. Hannah, born Jan- uary 27, 1661, died before 1699. 6. Thomas, born 1605, died June 30, 1732, in Bradford. 7. Ebenezer, born April 20, 1668. 8. John, born October 14, 1675; removed to Piscataquis, East Jersey. 9. Joanna, died April 10, 1690; married Joshua Morse, of New- bury, Massachusetts, who died March 20, 1691.
(III ) Thomas Kimball, son of Thomas Kimball (2), born in Rowley, Masachusetts, 1665, died in Bradford, Massachusetts, January 11, 1732; married, in Malden, Massachusetts, December 22, 1686, Deb- orah, born 1668 and died December 22, 1726, daugh- ter of John Pemberton, of Malden. He died 1692, and administration was granted to his wife Deborah. Thomas Kimball married ( second ) Grace, widow of John Currier, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, daugh- ter of Christopher and Sarah Hall. He resided September 4, 1729, in that part of the town of Brad- ford now Groveland. His old homestead was stand- ing until 1893, when it was torn down by the owner, Mrs. William Gray. Children of Thomas and Deb- orah (Pemberton) Kimball: I. Thomas, born in Bradford where all the children were born, October 14, 1687, died September II, 1748. 2. Jonathan, born February 21, 1689, died unmarried. 3. Dorothy, born September 13, 1690; married June 19, 1711, Daniel Poor; ten children. The children of Thomas and Grace (Currier) Kimball were: 4. John, born November 16, 1692, died November II, 1748, at Bradford. 5. Mary, born February 25, 1694, mar- ried, August 13, 1713, Samuel Webster; ten chil- dren, among them Rev. Samuel Webster, of Salis- bury, Massachusetts (H. C. 1737). 6. Deborah, born April 13, 1695, died probably before December 29, 1758; married Samuel Poor, of Andover; five chil- dren. 7. Ebenezer, born July 8, 1697. 8. Ephraim, born April 29, 1699, died December 28, 1743. 9. Abigail, born April 12, 1702, married, November 14, 1722, Samuel Kimball, son of David Kimball. 10. Priscilla, born June 14, 1703; married, November 17, 1728, Ebenezer Gage. II. Sarah, born January 22, 1705-6. 12. Hannah, born September 17, 1707, died April 13, 1727.
(IV) Ephraim Kimball, son of Thomas Kim- ball (3), born in Bradford, Massachusetts, April 29, 1699, died December 23, 1743. He married, Jan- uary 12, 1721, Anna Tenney, born 1700, died August 6, 1726. He married (second), October 1, 1726, Mary Wittier, born 1703, died April 3, 1740. 1Ie married (third), February 5, 1740-41, Sarah Mul- liken, who survived him. He resided in Bradford, Massachusetts, and owned land in Rowley and Lun- enburg, Massachusetts, and Chester, New Hamp- shire. His will was proved January 23, 1743-4. He ordered his executors to sell his negro girl slave to pay his debts. Children of Ephraim and Anna (Ten- ney) Kimball: 1. Ephraim, born August 16, 1722, resided in Lunenburg, Massachusetts. 2. Dorothy, born June 30, 1724, died April 30, 1797; married, January 25, 1742, Edmund Kimball, of Bradford. Children of Ephraim and Mary ( Witter) Kimball : 3. Mary, born December 30. 1730, married, Feb- ruary 1, 1749, Peter Hunt, of Tewksbury ;_ thirteen children. 4. Ann, born December 25, 1732, died September 14, 1736. 5. William, born May 31, 1734, died September 21, 1736. 6. Eliphalet, born October II, 1736, died 1760. 7. William, born March 29, 1740, resided at Charlestown, New Hamp-
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shire. Children of Ephraim and Sarah ( Mulliken) Kimball : 8. Hannah, baptized October 25, 1741, died November 2, 1754. 9. Nathaniel, born lieb- ruary 3, 1743-4, resided at Bradford.
(V) Ephraim Kimball, son of Ephraim Kimball (4), born Bradford, Massachusetts, August 16, 1722, died February 14, 1782; married, July 18, 1746, Mary, daughter of Ephraim and Elizabeth Wetherbee, of Lunenburg, Massachusetts, who was born January 6, 1730, died 1816. He resided in Bradford and Lunenburg, Massachusetts (now Fitchburg). He had the rank of ensign in the militia. Children of Ephraim and Mary ( Wetherbee) Kimball : 1. Mary, born January 14, 1747-48; married, September 30, 1766, John Dunsmore; ten children; she married (second) - Lovell, of Charlestown, New Hamp- shire. 2. Anne, born December 24, 1749; married, October 20, 1767, Jonathan Dix, of New Ipswich, New Hampshire. 3. Ephraim, born February 15, 1752, resided at Fitchburg, Massachusetts. 4. Rachel, born September 5, 1754; married, December 3, 1772, Benjamin Frost. 5. Levi, born October 23, 1756; married, October 23, 1776; was in Cap- tain Ebenezer Wood's company of Fitchburg, 6. Han- April 19, 1775, at Lexington Alarm.
nah, born 1758;
December, died March 6, 1786; married, 1781, Joseph Farre; resided in Pep- perell, Massachusetts. 7. Elizabeth, born March 31, 1761, died young. 8. Abigail, born April 23, 1703; married, October 28, 1782, John Polly. 9. Eliphalet, born July 22, 1765. 10. Elizabeth, born July 17, 1767. II. Sarah, born August 6, 1770.
( V1) Ephraim Kimball, son of Ephraim Kim- ball (5), born Fitchburg, Massachusetts, February 15, 1752, died May, 1825; married, April 14, 1774, Betty White, born April 14, 1754, died July 26, 1844, aged ninety. He resided in Fitchburg, where he was prominent in public affairs. He held the principal offices of the town; was deacon of the Congregational Church. He was in Captain William Thurlo's company under Major Ebenezer Bridge, in the revolution, serving at the Bennington call, 1777. Betty White was the daughter of John and Mary (Whitney) White of Lunenburg. Their children: I. John, born February 17, 1775, married Beulah, born July 4, 1779, daughter of Joseph and Mary Sawyer; settled in Bloomfield, Maine. 2. Ephraim, born January 12, 1777, died November 27, 1853. 3. Polly, born April 9, 1778, died August 22, 18.46; married, December 6, 1804, Joseph Farwell, of Fitch- burg. 4. Betsey, born October 5, 1779; married - Smith, of Bloomfield, Maine. 5. William, born June 26, 1781 ; married, February 20, 1807, Catherine Adams; resided at Petersburg, Ohio. 6. Samuel, born March 31, 1783. 7. Porter, born January 8, 1785. 8. Hannah Farrar, born August 2, 1786, died January 1821 ; married, March 11, 1807, Samuel Putnam, died July 31, 1860; resided at Fitchburg. 9. James, born November 21, 1789, died January 24, 1821 ; unmarried. 10. Joseph, born January 17, 1791, died young. 11. Alpheus, born June 26, 1792, died February 13, 1859. 12. Abel, born May 12, 1794, died young. 13. Nancy, born July 16, 1796, died at Fitchburg, January 6, 1847; married, December 3, 1818, Jonas Holden, of Shirley, Massachusetts. 14. Elvira, born November 7, 1798, died in Fitchhurg, January 18, 1856; married, January 2, 1840, Ephraim Crocker.
(VII) Alpheus Kimball, son of Ephraim Kim- ball (6), born Fitchburg, June 26, 1792, died there February 13, 1859; married, September 29, 1816,
Harriet Stone, of Framingham, Massachusetts, born July 29, 1790, died January 6, 1888. Alphens Kim- ball was educated in the public schools of Fitch- burg. He started in business in Fitchburg as a merchant, but is best known as a manufacturer of scythes. He was the founder of the firm of Alpheus Kimball & Sons, scythe manufacturers, of Fitchburg. Mr. Kimball was actively interested in politics. He left the Whig party when the Free Soil party was formed, and voted for Fremont for president. Hc was a member of the Congregational Church and leader of the anti-slavery faction when the church was divided over the ethics of the slavery question, about 1840. He was a charter member of the Fitch- burg Fusiliers, organized February 3, 1817, with John Upton, captain, Alphens Kimball, lieutenant, and Walter Johnson, ensign. The three officers of the company were of cqual height, all over six feet. Mrs. Kimball was daughter of Luther and Mary (Trowbridge ) Stone of Framingham, Massa- chusetts. Their children were all born in Fitchburg : I. Harriet Ann, 1817, married, October 2, 1851, Jeremiah B. Lovett. 2. Alpheus P., born 1819. 3. Eliza F., born 1821 ; married Richard Hobart Tor- rey. 4. William, born 1823. 5. James, born 1825. 6. John W., born February 27. 1828.
(VHI) General John W. Kimball, son of Alpheus Kimball (7), was born in Fitchburg, Mas- sachusetts, February 27, 1828. He was educated in the public schools of his native city, and also at- tended Fitchburg Academy. He began his busi- ness career in the scythe factory of Alphens Kim- ball & Sons, and was associated with his father and brothers later in the partnership. After the death of the senior partner in 1859 the business was conducted by William Kimball and John W. Kim- ball until 1864.
When the civil war broke out General Kimball was the captain of the local militia company, the Fitchburg Fusiliers, of which his father was a charter member and first lieutenant after organiza- tion. General Kimball himself joined the company at the age of eighteen and had risen from the ranks through the various offices of the company, and was a faithful and conscientious officer from the very first. His company maintained a high standard of efficiency. He tendered his company to Governor Andrew to serve in the war, January, 1861, and his company with Companies A, and C, of the old Ninth Regiment, became the nucleus of the famous Fifteenth Massachusetts Volunteers under Colonel Charles Devens. The Fitchburg Fusiliers had also been a part of the Ninthi Regiment, M. V. M. as Company B. He had been adjutant of the regi- ment from May 1, 1858, to January 7, 1860. Be- fore leaving the state he was commissioned, August I, 1861, major of the regiment, and became lienten- ant-colonel April 29, 1862. As lieutenant-colonel of the Fifteenth he commanded the regiment in all the battles of the Peninsular campaign, siege of Richmond, Second Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, and down to Fredericksburg. In the battle of Antietam alone the regiment lost in less than twenty minutes 330 killed and wounded and fourteen missing-344 out of 606 officers and men, including First Massachusetts Sharpshooters at- tached to the regiment. His horse was shot under him. The Fifteenth was attached to the First Brig- ade, Second Division, Second Corps, Army of the Potomac. In November, 1862, Colonel Kimball was called from the front to take command of the
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Fifty-third Regiment. He commanded that regi- ment in 1863 in the Department of the Gulf, and was at the siege of Port Hudson. In the assault of June 14. 1863, he was dangerously wounded in the thigh, but did not leave the field until after the fighting was over. His regiment was in the Third Brigade, Third Division, Nineteenth Army Corps, Depart- ment of the Gulf. An attack of malarial fever pros- trated him, and he returned to Worcester county to serve as superintendent of recruiting there. In the winter of 1864 he organized the Fifty-seventh Regi- ment in Massachusetts. He was brevetted briga- dier-general March 13, 1865, "for gallant and dis- tinguished services in the field during the war." He was in the service nearly three years.
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