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There are now employed 130 hands, mostly men ; but ten to fifteen girls are profitably engaged here.
The material used is about $15,000 each, gold and silver, besides the manufacture of about 300,000 annually of steel spectacles and eye-glasses ; but the whole produet increases largely each year, and is deemed by the citizens of the town one of the best branches of industrial pursuit there con- dneted; as the mechanics, being mostly men with families, add much to the general prosperity of the place.
This business was originated here by William Beecher, Esq., a skillful and enterprising mechanic and business man, about the year 1831, in connection with other manufactures pro- duced from silver, which he commenced in this town about the year 1826.
In addition to the qualities of a skillful mechanic, he pos- sessed rare genins as an inventor. These qualities enabled him to construct machines, by which the most intricate and delicate part of the work is dispatched with great rapidity. Since his day in this business, E. Merritt Cole appears to have succeeded to the skillful and inventive powers possessed by his predecessor. Soon after the origin of the manufacture of silver spectacles here, Mr. Beecher added that of making steel spectacles ; the first, it is believed, made in America. Also the manufacture of various styles of eye-glasses, which were extended largely to the different metals of gold, silver, and steel, the same as the different material from which their spec-
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tacles are made. The machinery for making screws, so small and delicate that the eye is unable to fully behold them, turns them out rapidly and in the greatest perfection. And so with all parts of this business. That for cutting glass for the eyes is performed by the cam motion, and is simple though exceedingly ingenious; the same may be said with equal force regarding most of the nice machinery used here for the pro- duction of the various articles in this line of manufacture.
In 1840 Mr. Beecher sold his machinery, and transferred his business to Holdridge Ammidown and Jairus Putney, who carried on the business in the name of Ammidown & Put- ney until 1842, when Mr. Putney retired.
Lucius H. Ammidown succeeded Mr. Putney, when the business was conducted under the name of Amidown & Son. In 1850 Holdridge Ammidown retired. The business was now continued by Lucius H. Ammidown, and Robert H. Cole, under the name of Ammidown & Co. About this time the manufacture of gold spectacles commenced here.
William Beecher now became again interested in this busi- ness ; the name of the firm continuing the same.
Upon the decease of Lucius H. Ammidown in 1853, his father, Holdridge Ammidown, acquired his interest, and con- tinued a partner until 1860, when he again retired. Mr. E. Merritt Cole was now admitted a partner, and the style of the firm was changed to Beecher & Cole.
Mr. Beecher retiring again in 1862, Robert H. Cole and E. Merritt Cole conducted the business in the name of Robert H. Cole & Co. To this firm Alpha M. Cheney was admitted a partner in 1866.
In 1869 the firm of Robert H. Cole & Co., and Henry Clay Ammidown & Co. (the latter a firm that had been engaged in the same line of business five years in the immediate vicinity), were by agreement united in one firm by the name (as before stated), the American Optical Company, and is at
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this time conducting a much enlarged business with profit to themselves, and much for the prosperity of the town.
THE WAR OF THE REBELLION.
The following is the report of the auditing committee of Southbridge for the year 1866, giving an account of the sev- eral persons who enlisted from that town, and served their country in this war :
"REPORT.
" Below we give a list of those who have served in the Federal army as soldiers during the late war, and, so far as is known, their record. It is, indeed, a . Roll of Honor,' to which we shall be proud to refer as an attestation of the loyalty and devotion of our people to the Union of the States and the cause of republican liberty. There are among them few of rank, but all are of honor, save in one or two instances, and served their country well in all the vicissitudes of the war; and we desire to perpetuate the memory of the fallen and the title of the living braves, by inscribing their names upon our public records as part of our debt of gratitude to them :
" NAMES.
"Dr. S. C. Hartwell, Volunteer Surgeon to the Army of the Potomac, from April 9 to May 17, 1862 ; afterwards Surgeon of Thirty-eighth Mas- sachusetts, and also Medical Director of General Emory's Division ; re- signed March 2, 1864.
Rev. Salem Plimpton, Chaplain of Fourth Vermont, resigned Sep- tember 6, 1862.
Malcolm Ammidown, Second Lieutenant, Company H, Thirty-fourth Massachusetts; taken prisoner at Newmarket, Virginia, May 15, 1864, and died at Charleston, South Carolina, October 1, 1864, aged thirty- seven.
Stanley F. Newell, Second Lieutenant, Company B, Thirty-seventh New York; commissioned Second Lieutenant, Thirteenth New York Battery, and mustered out September, 1865.
Eber C. Pratt, Second Lieutenant, Sixth United States Colored Troops, formerly Corporal in Company H., Thirty-fourth Massachusetts ; wounded at Chapin's Bluff, Virginia, September 29, 1864, acting on the staff of Colonel Duncan, and died December 15, 1864, aged twenty-five.
Timothy Cranney, Company C, Twenty first Massachusetts; wounded and discharged, afterwards enlisted in the Corcoran Legion, and was promoted to First Lieutenant.
Henry G. Ammidown, Company B, Holden Rifles, three months, and
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afterwards served in the Third Battery, Twenty-second Massachusetts, and Thirteenth Regular Invalid Corps.
J. Richard Ammidown, Company F, Thirty-fourth Massachusetts Regulars, discharged May 1, 1863, for disability.
Francis Armes, Company H, Thirty-fourth Massachusetts, discharged January 4, 1863, for disability, drafted July 13, 1863, and afterwards enlisted into Company E, Eleventh Connecticut, and mustered out De- cember 21, 1865.
Linus C. Albee, Company II. Thirty-fourth Massachusetts, mustered ont June 16, 1865.
Nathan B. Angell, Company K, Twenty-second Massachusetts, dis- charged November, 1863, for disability, and re-enlisted into Company II, Thirty-fourth Massachusetts; mustered out January 20, 1866; was taken prisoner once and escaped.
Benjamin S. Aldrich, Company K, Twenty-second Massachusetts, mus- tered out October 8, 1864.
Conrad Anthon, Company E, Fifteenth Massachusetts; not known further.
Edward Armes, Company II, Fifty-first Massachusetts, nine months men, mustered out July 27, 1863.
Alexander Bryson, Company T, Fifteenth Massachusetts, mustered out August, 1864.
Jolin Bryson, Company H, Thirty-fourth Massachusetts, taken pris- oner at Piedmont, Virginia, in June, 1864, imprisoned in the slaughter- pens of Andersonville, Georgia, and Florence, South Carolina; was exchanged in March, 1865; discharged May, 1865.
James Bryson, Company H, Twenty-first Massachusetts, died of fever at Annapolis, Maryland, November 27, 1861, the first martyr from this town.
David Bryson, Company A, Sixth Connecticut, died at Folly Island, South Carolina, July 10, 1863.
Robert S. Bryson, Company E, Fourth Massachusetts Cavalry, fur- loughed.
Albert O. Blanchard, Company H, Thirty-fourth Massachusetts, killed by accident, May 26, 1864, at Strasburg, Virginia.
Stephen Blackmar, Sergeant, Company II, Thirty-fourth Massachu- setts, died of fever at Harper's Ferry, March 4, 1864.
Charles E. Blackmar, Company HI, Thirty-fourth Massachusetts, mus- tered out June 16, 1865.
Edwin Bennet, Company HI, Thirty-fourth Massachusetts, discharged for disability.
Sanford Broadbent, Company II, Thirty-fourth Massachusetts, wound- ed at New Market, Virginia, May 15, 1864, taken prisoner, exchanged, afterwards discharged for disability.
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Edwin S. Beecher, Company HI, Thirty-fourth Massachusetts, mustered out June 16, 1865.
Michael Bowler, Company II, Thirty-fourth Massachusetts, mustered out June 16, 1865.
George Blackmore, Third Massachusetts, B Battery, died at Hall's Hill, 1862.
Charles C. Bigelow, Company B, Thirteenth Massachusetts.
James C. Barlow, Company C, Fifteenth Massachusetts, discharged for wounds received at Antietam, April 18, 1863.
David Brown, conscript, July 14, 1864, Company K, Eighteenth Mas- sachusetts, died April 15, 1865.
Harrison A. Bond, Corporal, Company K, Twenty-second Massachu- setts, died August 22, 1863, from a gun-shot wound received at Gettys- burg.
John L. Bartlett, Company K, Twenty-second Massachusetts, mustered out October 18, 1864.
Richmond Barrett, Sergeant, Company A, Fortieth Massachusetts, mustered out July 16, 1865.
John E. Bassett, Company D, Twenty-fifth Massachusetts, discharged October 20, 1864, with regiment.
Edward Byrne, Company G, Ninth Massachusetts, wounded on Penin- sular, 1862, discharged.
C. G. Blanchard, Company H, Fifty-first Massachusetts, nine months, mustered out July 27, 1863.
Thomas Burnes, Company II, Fifty-first Massachusetts, nine months, mustered out July 27, 1863.
Jasper Bugbee, Company II, Fifty-first Massachusetts, nine months, died, after being mustered out, from disease contracted in the service, September 11, 1863.
Augustus Beuway, Company D, Ninth Massachusetts, discharged from hospital for disability.
H. W. Brown, Fifteenth Rhode Island Battery, mustered out June 23, 1865.
E. P. Bowen, Company -, Eighteenth Connecticut.
Andrew L. Bigelow, United States Cavalry, regulars, was in Fort Sumpter when taken in April, 1861.
Sanford Botham, Company A, Fifteenth Massachusetts, wounded at Antietam, discharged for disability in consequence, December 17, 1862; re-enlisted October 29, 1863, in Company G, Seventh New Hampshire; killed by a shell before Petersburg, Virginia, September 10, 1864.
William H. Belknap, Company A, First Massachusetts Cavalry, died of disease at Hartford, Connecticut, December 17, 1864.
Ilenry B. Blodgett, Second Battalion Horse Artillery, one year, mus- tered out September 3, 1865.
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Henry M. Clemence, Company D, Fifty-first ! Massachusetts, nine months, mustered out July 27, 1865.
John W. Clark, Company -, Sixty-second Massachusetts, discharged July 12, 1865.
Philip Cain, Company G, Fifty-first Massachusetts, nine months, mus- tered out and re-enlisted in Third Rhode Island Cavalry, and died at New Orleans.
Peter Cain, was in Fort Sumpter when bombarded, April 14, 1861, en- listed in Company D, Fifteenth Massachusetts, wounded and discharged in February, 1865.
Thomas Cain, Company K, Twenty-second Massachusetts, deserted from hospital.
Flavius J. Cheney, Company II, Fifty-first Massachusetts, nine months, mustered out July 27, 1863.
Watson Cheney, Company E. Fifteenth Massachusetts, discharged, and re-enlisted into the Second Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, August, 1863, mustered out.
W. H. H. Cheney, Company Eleven, Thirty-fourth Massachusetts, member of the band, mustered out June 16, 1865.
George W. Corey, Sergeant, Company H, Thirty-fourth Massachusetts, wounded at New Market, Virginia, May 15, 1864, mustered out June 16, 1865.
Joseph Corey, Junior, Company H, Fifty-first Massachusetts, nine months, mustered out July 27, 1863.
Joseph B. Corey, Company HI, Thirty-fourth Massachusetts, mustered out June 16, 1865.
Walter B. Cutting, Company II, Thirty-fourth Massachusetts, killed in battle at Stickney's Farm, October 13, 1864.
Arnold Capron, Company HI, Thirty-fourth Massachusetts, killed in battle June 5, 1864, at Piedmont, Virginia.
George Cangdon, Company II, Thirty-fourth Massachusetts, wounded at Piedmont, Virginia, June 5, 1864, taken prisoner, and afterwards dis- charged for disability.
Henry M. Carpenter, Company B, Fifteenth Massachusetts, transferred to veteran reserve corps, and discharged in August, 1864.
Lucian Convers, Company II, Twenty-first Massachusetts.
Andrew J. Clark, Company K, Twenty-second Massachusetts, dis- charged for disability September, 1864.
Calvin Clatflin, quartermaster-sergeant, First New Hampshire cavalry, mustered out July 27, 1864.
Timothy Collins, Company II, Twenty-first Massachusetts, killed in battle at Newbern, North Carolina, March 14, 1862.
William Calvert, Company E, Third Rhode Island Battery, re-en- listed after term expired, and was mustered out September, 1865.
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William B. Card, Company 8, Fifty-first Massachusetts, nine months, discharged for disability November 22, 1862.
James J. Callahan, Company 8, Fifty-first Massachusetts, nine months, mustered out July 27, 1863.
George W. Coffin (colored), Company D, Fifth Massachusetts Cav- alry, died at Galloupe Island, May 17, 1864, of disease contracted in camp.
William G. Coffin (colored). Corporal Company A, Fifth Massachusetts Cavalry, mustered out October 31, 1865.
L. A. Chapman, Company K, Thirteenth Massachusetts, mustered out August 1, 1864.
Samuel S. Dresser, Company A, Twenty-fifth Massachusetts, wounded at Roanoke Island, North Carolina, afterwards discharged for disability from disease.
Edwin Dexter, Company H, Fifty-first Massachusetts, nine months, mustered out July 27, 1863, re-enlisted into Second Battalion Heavy AArtillery, mustered out September 3, 1865.
Marcus Dillabar, Company HI, Fifty-first Massachusetts, nine months, discharged for disability November 25, 1862.
Frank H. Dean, Company A, Forty-fifth Massachusetts, nine months, mustered out July 8, 1863.
George H. Dean, Sergeant Company H, Thirty-fourth Massachusetts, mustered out June 16, 1865.
George Eccleston, Company A, Fortieth Massachusetts, mustered out June 16, 1865.
Henri Elkins, Company K, Twenty-second Massachusetts, wounded at Gaines' Mill and died from its effects at hospital in Philadelphia, August 4, 1862.
Edward Egan, Company F, Fourth Massachusetts Cavalry, mustered out November 14, 1865.
John D. Fiske, Sergeant, Nim's Second Massachusetts Battery, dis- charged February 10, 1864, re-enlisted in same, and mustered out July 21, 1865.
George W. Faulkner, Company E, Fifteenth Massachusetts, promoted Commissary Sergeant, and mustered out September 1, 1865.
George F. Fiske. Company 4, Thirty-fourth Massachusetts. died in camp at Galloupe Island, May 2, 1864, of pneumonia.
Ambrose Fogle, Company K, First Cavalry, wounded and discharged.
David Fairfield, Company H, Thirty-fourth Massachusetts, mustered out July 16, 1865.
Bernard Flynn, Company -, Thirty-sixth New York.
James Flynn, First Sergeant, Company H, Fifty-first Massachusetts, nine months, mustered out July 27, 1863, re-enlisted in Company G, Fourth Massachusetts Cavalry, mustered out November 14, 1865.
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Luther S. Fox, Company H, Fifty-first Massachusetts, mustered out July 27, 1863.
Arthur L. Fox, Company HI, Thirty-fourth Massachusetts, killed at the battle of Piedmont, Virginia, June 5, 1864.
John C. Freeman, drafted July 13, 1863, Company F, Twelfth Massa- chusetts, died a prisoner at Florence, South Carolina, February, 1865.
John A. Frost, Company A, Second Massachusetts Heavy Artillery. died at Newbern, North Carolina, October 19. 1864.
Joseph Goodale, Company K, Seventh Connecticut.
Charles H. Greenleaf, Company H, Twenty-first Massachusetts, dis- charged.
John Gleason, Company A, Ninth Massachusetts, killed at Gaines' Mill, Virginia, June 27, 1862.
Henry C. Green, Company H, Thirty-fourth Massachusetts, discharged for disability. 1863.
Charles Green, Company H, Fifty-first Massachusetts, nine months, mustered out July 27, 1863.
Henry E. Gilbert, conscripted July 14, 1863, entered the service, was wounded and discharged September 29, 1864.
Joseph Harman, Company B, Twenty-first Massachusetts, killed in battle, Roanoke Island, February 8, 1862.
William E. Horton, Sergeant, Company A, Fortieth Massachusetts, mustered out June 16, 1865.
David R. Horton, Company, K, Twenty-second Massachusetts, mus- tered out October 17, 1864.
Charles L. Horton, Company D, Twenty-first Massachusetts, mustered out July 22, 1865.
Charles M. Hersey, Company C, Fifteenth Massachusetts, discharged July 12, 1864.
George W. Hersey, Company H, Tenth Massachusetts, wounded, re- enlisted.
George E. Hubbard, Company H, Thirty-fourth Massachusetts, taken prisoner at the battle of Stickney's Farm, October 13, 1864, exchanged and mustered out June 16, 1865.
Perry Ilayes, Company K, Twenty-eighth Massachusetts, deserted.
Frederick Holmes, Company H, Thirty-fourth Massachusetts, wounded and taken prisoner at the battle of Lynchburg, June 15, 1864, and after- wards exchanged, mustered out July 27, 1865.
Philip Lucia, Company , Seventh Vermont.
John W. Lucia, Second Battalion, Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, mustered out January 17, 1865.
George S. Lafllin, drummer, Company H, Fifty-first Massachusetts, nine months, mustered out July 27, 1863.
James J. Leary, Company HI, Fifty-first Massachusetts, nine months,
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mustered out July 27, 1863; re-enlisted into Company G, Fourth Massa- ehusetts Cavalry.
Charles H. Leonard, Company A, Forty-fifth Massachusetts (cadet), nine months, mustered out July 8, 1863.
Barnard A. Leonard, Company A, Forty-fifth Massachusetts (cadet), nine months, discharged for disability.
David Marcy, Company HI, Thirty-fourth Massachusetts, mustered out June 16, 1865.
Marvin G. Marcy, Company I, Twenty-fourth Massachusetts, re- enlisted.
Patrick Maher, Company G, Ninth Massachusetts, killed at battle of Gaines' Mill, June 27, 1862.
Dennis Mahan, Company C, Twenty-first Massachusetts, discharged August 30, 1864.
Charles W. Melleney, Company F, Twenty-first Massachusetts, dis- charged for disability February 10, 1863.
William B. Morse, Company H, Thirty-fourth, transferred to Twenty- fourth Massachusetts, wounded at the battle of Cedar Creek, October 10, 1864, discharged for disability June 21, 1865.
Samuel H. Marble, Company C, Twenty-first Massachusetts, re-enlisted and mustered out.
Charles Morse, Company K, Twenty-second Massachusetts, deserted from hospital.
Albert E. Morse, Company B, Thirteenth Massachusetts, mustered out ยท August 14, 1864.
William F. Miller, Corporal, Company E, Fifteenth Massachusetts, mustered out July 28, 1864.
Eliot F. MeKinstry, Company E, Fifteenth Massachusetts, discharged January 15, 1864.
James A. Mckinstry, Company C, Twenty-fifth Massachusetts, re-en- listed into Company A, mustered out July 13, 1865.
Elias M. Mckinstry, Company A, Twenty-fifth Massachusetts, mustered out July 13, 1865.
C. O. Mckinstry, sergeant, Company HI, Second Massachusetts, re-en- listed into same; promoted Second Lieutenant, mustered out July 13, 1865.
A. J. Mckinstry, Company C, Twenty-fifth Massachusetts.
Anson Morse, Company K, Twenty-second Massachusetts, discharged for wounds; re-enlisted in First.
1. Marra, Company K, Twenty-second Massachusetts; killed a rebel ; sentenced to be hung, but discharged himself without bail; never re- ported since.
John Mack, Company F, Thirty-fourth Massachusetts, mustered out June 16, 1865.
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Patrick Moriarty, Company II, Thirty-fourth Massachusetts, mustered out June 16, 1864.
Andrew HI. Moore, Company C, Thirty-sixth, transferred to Twenty- fourth Massachusetts, mustered out January 20, 1866.
Albert Holmes, Company H. Fifty-first Massachusetts, nine months, mustered out July 27, 1863.
George A. Hanson, Company II, Fifty-first Massachusetts, nine months, discharged June 12, 1863.
Fitz Henry Hall, Company H, Fifty-first Massachusetts, nine months.
Adelbert O. Horn, Company H, Fifty-first Massachusetts, nine months ; mustered out July 27, 1863; re-enlisted in Company G, Fourth Massachu- setts Cavalry, mustered out July 16, 1865.
Philip W. Harris, Company HI, Fifty-first Massachusetts, nine months, mustered ont July 27, 1863.
Charles N. Hager, Company II, Fifty-first Massachusetts, nine months, mustered out July 27, 1863.
Charles A. Howard, Company A, Forty-fifth Massachusetts (cadet), nine months, mustered out July 27, 1863.
Edward C. Hughes, bugler, Company F, Fourth Massachusetts Cavalry, mustered out November 14, 1865.
Francis Heffenan, Company F, Fourth Massachusetts Cavalry, mustered out November 14, 1865.
Samuel G. Irish, Company II, Twenty-first Massachusetts, wounded at Petersburg, Virginia, July 29, 1864, and afterwards discharged.
Isaac F. Irish, Second Battalion Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, one. year, mustered out September 3, 1865.
John Innis, Company A, Ninth Massachusetts, mustered out.
Frederick Kind. Company H, Fifty-first Massachusetts, nine months, discharged for disability, March 3, 1863.
James A. Knight, Company F, Forty-second Massachusetts, nine months; died before he was mustered out, on his return home at Hartford, Connecticut, August 10, 1863.
John Kelly, Company C, Second Massachusetts Heavy Artillery ; drafted July 13, 1863; was in service ; died at Portsmouth Grove, Rhode Island, May 17, 1865.
David T. T. Litchfield, Company H, Thirty-fourth Massachusetts, member of band, mustered out June 16, 1865.
J. H. Lumbard, Company F, Thirty-fourth Massachusetts, mustered out June 16, 1865.
Ebenezer Leach, Company II, Thirty-fourth Massachusetts, discharged for disability, November 16, 1862.
Lucian G. Lamb, Company G, Fifteenth Massachusetts, mustered out July 28, 1864.
John G. Leach, Company C, Twenty-fifth Massachusetts, discharged for disability December 27, 1862.
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George Link, Company G, Twenty-fifth Massachusetts, re-enlisted.
Andre Lougevin, Company -, Thirty-sixth Massachusetts, deserted.
Joseph Link, Company G, Fourth Massachusetts Cavalry, discharged for disability.
-- Leach, Company 18, Connecticut.
W. O. Mason, Company HI, Fifty-first Massachusetts, nine months, re- enlisted to Second Battalion Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, mustered out September 3, 1865.
John II. Mason, Company A, Forty-fifth Massachusetts (cadet), nine months, discharged for disability November 20, 1862.
Andrew H. Morse, Company II, Thirty-fourth, transferred to Twenty- fourth Massachusetts, wounded at the battle of Cedar Creek, mustered out January 20, 1866.
Oliver H. Mason, Sergeant Company H, Seventh Connecticut, wounded in the assault on Fort Wagner, mustered out September 12, 1864.
John Murray, Company H, Fifty-first Massachusetts, nine months.
Joseph Moore, Company H, Fifty-first Massachusetts, nine months, mustered ont July 27, 1863; re-enlisted in Company C, Second Heavy Artillery, mustered out September 20, 1865.
Edwin J. Morse, Company A, Forty-fifth (cadet), nine months, mus- tered out July 8, 1863.
Dwight Moore, Company C, Twenty-fifth, mustered out July 13, 1865. W. H. Nichols, Company F, Fifteenth, mustered out July 28, 1864.
Norval Newell, Company II, Fifty-first, nine months, mustered out July 27, 1863.
D. K. Olney, Company G, Forty-fifth (cadet), nine months, member of band, mustered out July 8, 1863.
James S. O'Brien, Company C. Twenty-first, discharged November 1, 1862, re-enlisted in Second Heavy Artillery, Company G, died at Ander- sonville, August 29, 1864.
Thomas O. Harry, Company C, Second Heavy Artillery, discharged.
Alden Potter, Company A, Fortieth, discharged for disability Novem- ber 24, 1862.
John F. Pratt, Company K, Twenty-second, taken prisoner Gaines' Mill, June 27, 1862, released and discharged for disability May 25, 1863.
William P. Plimpton, Company A, Forty-fifth (cadet), mustered out with regiment, re-enlisted in Company B, Fifth, one hundred days, after- wards in Company B, Thirty-ninth, wounded at the battle of Hatchers' Run, February 7, 1865, discharged June 3, 1865.
Samuel F. Plimpton, Company G, Second, D. C., promoted Commissary Sergeant, shot himself March 6, 1864.
F. D. Plimpton, Company G, Second, D.C., died in Columbia Hospital, D. C., June, 1865.
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Edwin T. Plimpton, Company H, Sixteenth Iowa Cavalry, died June 14, 1862, from exposure at Pittsburg Landing.
Porter Plimpton, Fourteenth, mustered out (Company D).
Andrew J. Plimpton, Surgeons' Assistant, Thirty-eighth, discharged.
Frank A. Prescott, Fifth Battery, Clerk of Battery.
William H. Parsons, Company II, Fifty-first, nine months, mustered out July 27, 1863.
Samuel S. Perry, Forty-fourth, New England Guards, nine months, mustered out June 18, 1863.
Peter Porter, Farrier, Company G, Fourth Cavalry, mustered out November 14, 1865.
John Powers, Company F, Fourth Cavalry, mustered out November 14, 1865.
William O'Brien, Company - Sixty-first, killed at Petersburg, Va. E. N. Robbins, not known.
John Ryan, Company D, Twenty-fifth Massachusetts, mustered out July 13, 1865.
James Ryan, Company H, Fourth Massachusetts, mustered out June 16, 1865.
William Ryan, Company H, Fifty-first Massachusetts, nine months, mustered out July 27, 1863; re-enlisted Corporal, G, Fourth Cavalry, mus- tered out November 14, 1865.
Louis Rivers, Company H, Thirty-fourth Massachusetts, transferred to Twenty-fourth, mustered out January 20, 1866.
Munroe Reynolds, Company H, Thirty-fourth Massachusetts, mustered out June 16, 1865.
Thomas Ratican, Company H. Fifty-first Massachusetts, nine months, mustered out.
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