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Sergeant, E. DEXTER SAWTEL, Groton ; 2d Lieut. in 6th Mass., 9 months ; killed, Jan. 30, 1863.
WILLIAM T. CHILDS, Groton ; Sergt. in 6th Mass., 9 months ; 1st Lieut. in 6th Mass., 100 days, 1864.
WOOD J. BURGESS, Groton.
66 JOHN S. COOKE, Groton ; 1st Lieut. 26th Mass., 3 years ; also Q. M. and Capt. in same.
JOSEPH STEDMAN, Medfield, Capt. and Lieut .- Col. in Mass. 42d,1 9 months ; also Lieut .- Colonel in 100 days; now a physician in Roxbury.
Corporal, GEORGE K. CRAGIN, Groton.
66 ABBOTT A. SHATTUCK, Groton; 1st Lieut. in 25th U. S. Colored Reg .; also, Capt. in the same.
1 The Forty-second Massachusetts was a nine months' regiment, organ- ized in November, 1862, under Col. Burrill. Its career was a very event- ful one, chiefly in the Department of the Gulf.
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Corporal, JOSEPH A. BACON, Groton; 2d Lieut. 9 months, 6th Mass .; also, 100 days, 6th Mass., 1864.
CHARLES H. W. HAYNES, Groton; 3 years in 11th U. S. Regulars. Musician, EUGENE A. TURNER,' Groton.
SOLOMON STORY, JR., Dunstable; Musician in 1st Mass. Heavy Art.1
PRIVATES.
Avander N. Blood, Pepperell; returned with the music by order of the Mayor of Baltimore.
Amos L. Ames, Groton; joined Relay House, May 20.
Theodore Brigham, Groton.
John N. Brown, Groton ; in 6th Mass., 100 days, 1864.
George V. Barrett, Shirley ; joined at Relay House, May 20 ; 1st Lieut. in - Mass.
D. F. Blighton, New York.
Charles F. Cox, Groton.
Aaron Carter, Pepperell ; joined at Relay House, May 20 ; 26th Mass; killed in Shenandoah Valley.
Henry A. Dickson, Groton; joined at Relay House, May 20; Ord. Sergt. 33d Mass.
Samuel R. Dickerman, Pepperell ; joined at Relay House, May 20; 1st Lieut. in - N. H.
George A. Fullick Groton ; joined at Relay House, May 20; 26th Mass. ; killed in Shenandoah Valley.
1 The First Massachusetts Heavy Artillery was raised as the Fourteenth Infantry, and left Massachusetts, Angust 7, 1861. It remained in the forts around Washington nearly three years, with the exception of one com- pany, which was in the Winchester fight. During the last scenes of the war, it experienced great losses, and achieved great honor. 7
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Benjamin Ford, Groton ; 26th Mass.
Thomas Gilson, Groton ; Corp. 6th Mass., 9 months; in U. S. Signal Corps. -
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George A. Gleason, Groton; joined at Relay House, May 20; 26th Mass ; reenlisted, wounded, and died in Washington.
Adams J. Hartwell, Groton ; 36th Mass. ; 1 died in service.
Timothy W. Heald, Carlisle ; Sharpshooters ; wounded.
Samuel D. Hoyt, Groton ; joined at Relay House, May 20; 2d Lieut. 26th Mass.
Russell O. Houghton, Lunenburg; joined at Relay House, May 20 ; 2d and 1st Lieut. 26th Mass.
Samuel J. Jaquith, Groton ; Q. M. Sergt. - N. H. Cav. 0 George D. Jaquith, Groton ; 7th N. H.
Frederick A. Jones, Townsend; joined at Relay House, May 20 ; Mass. 26th.
Edwin H. Knowlton, Groton; 26th Mass.
Rufus Livermore, Groton ; Lieut. in R. I. Cavalry.
Charles M. Lovejoy, Townsend ; joined at Relay House, May 20; 6th Mass., 9 months, Corp.
Benjamin McIntire, Dorchester.
Charles E. Moore, Groton.
Robert Munroe, Groton ; 26th Mass. ; discharged for disability.
Noah J. Moulton, Groton ; joined at Relay House, May 20; 26th Mass.
George V. Mansur, Groton ; joined at Relay House, May 20 ; in Navy.
Andrew J. Ockington, Groton.
William H. Priest, Groton ; joined at Relay House, May 20; in 26th Mass .; killed in service.
1 The Thirty-sixth Massachusetts entered the U. S. service September, 1862, and was in the battle of Fredericksburg; and then went West, and saw Vicksburg fall, and participated in the glories of the Mississippi cam- paign. It has suffered incredible hardships and privations.
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Henry J. Parker, Townsend; joined at Relay House, May 20; 1st Lieut. 33d Mass. ; killed, May 15, 1864.
John Quigg, Pepperell; joined at Relay House, May 20. James L. R. Russell, Groton ; 26th Mass. John Reed, Groton; joined at Relay House, May 20. James E. Richardson, Winchendon ; joined at Relay House, May 20.
Wm. E. Sartell, Pepperell; joined at Relay House, May 20.
Josiah F. Sartell, Pepperell; joined at Relay House, May 20 ; 32d Mass.1
Geo. H. Stall, Groton ; Sergt. 6th Mass., 9 months. John R. Shattuck, Pepperell.
Andrew J. Shattuck, Pepperell ; joined at Relay House, May 20.
Henry E. Smith, Groton ; Sergt. 33d Mass.
John S. Selden, Pepperell.
Ansel A. Stall, Lunenburg ; joined at Relay House, May 20; - Mass. ; died at Washington.
Geo. N. Spalding, Townsend ; joined at Relay House, May 20. 1
Daniel M. Sidlinger, Townsend ; joined at Relay House, May 20. Alfred A. Tolman, Boston.
Henry E. Tozier,? Groton ; Orderly Sergt. 3 years, 8th Maine ; reënlisted ; became Lient., then Capt .; and shot through the heart, Dec., 1864.
Benjamin Thompson, Groton ; 26th Mass. Wm. H. Tenney, Groton.
1 The Thirty-second Massachusetts was raised on the basis of the First Battalion in the winter of 1861-2. It was before Richmond, at Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg.
2 Rev. J. Eastwood, Chaplain of the Massachusetts Universalist Soldiers' Mission, who describes his last moments, characterizes him as a splendid soldier, and a noble man. His last words were, "Boys, take off my sabre : don't let it fall into the enemy's hands ! "
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Stephen W. Wheeler, Shirley ; 26th Mass.
Salmon Whitney, Groton; 52d Mass.1; 9 months; died after
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Franklin Wilson, Groton.
Chas. H. Whitney, Groton.
Chas. H. Wright, Pepperell.
Henry C. Wynn, Pepperell ; joined at Relay House, May 20. Wm. N. Warren, Pittston, Me .; joined at Relay House, May 20. Henry F. Whitcomb, Groton ; joined at Relay House, May 20. Robert F. Webb, Townsend ; joined at Relay House, May 20 ; Sergt. -- Mass. ; killed.
Ransom C. Watson, Townsend ; joined at Relay House, May 20.
COMPANY C, LOWELL.
Re-enlisted in the same regiment, in the Nine Months' and in the Hundred Days' Campaign. It is still an organized company.
The old MECHANIC PHALANX, one of the most cele- brated companies in the State, and now one of the oldest, was organized in Chelmsford, now Lowell, February 16, 1825, in answer to the prayer of Isaac Anthony and others, as a part of the Third Regiment, Second Brigade, and Third Division. The enlisting papers were signed by Col. John Baldwin, of Billerica. The original mem- bers were : -
1 The Fifty-second Massachusetts was recruited in Hampshire and Franklin counties, and proceeded to the Gulf Department Nov. 19, 1862. It completed its campaign of nine months at Port Hudson, Baton Rouge, and the other famous places in that region; and was the first regiment to make the voyage of the Mississippi after the fall of Vicksburg and Port Hudson.
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James Derby, Captain ; Leonard Mitchell, Lieutenant ; Thomas J. Greenwood, Ensign ; Sergeants - N. S. Ramsay, * H. S. Smith, Thomas Mayo, Isaac Anthony ; Corporals - Daniel Ferguson, Ezekiel Merrill, Nath'l Currier, Judson W. Rice; * Musicians - Luke Holt, John T. Spofford, Warren Cudworth,* Ephraim An- drews,1 W. P. Q. Badger ; Privates - Pardon Derby, Wm. Davis,* Danford Atherton,* Abram Van Doorn, John Houghton, John Jewett, Samuel P. Emerson, Elisha Bunce, John Abbott, Samuel W. Brown,* John P. Emmes, Hiram Chase, John L. Haines, Daniel Hall,* Albert Griswold, Luther Anthony, Geo. W. Hovey, Prentiss Richardson,* Richard Bartlett, Moses Quinby, J. R. Pur- rington, Samuel Tower, John Newman, Paul Hills,* Carlton Reed, Leander P. Cobb.
The officers of the company from its organization to the year 1861 were : -
Captains - James Derby, T. J. Greenwood, Daniel Ferguson, * N. S. Ramsay, * Hiram Cobbett, Jona. Kendall, * James Dennis, O. W. Bailey, * Timothy G. Tweed, James M. Varnum, J. G. Peabody, * I. W. Beard, Chas. Stanley, J. L. Huntress, T. G. Farmer, A. W. Adams, Ephraim Hartwell, V. Garson, J. G. Chase, E. Stackpole, A. S. Follanshee. Lieutenants - Wm. Mil- ler, and most of the foregoing ; Wm. H. Oliver, J. Brooks Brad- ley, J. J. Dana, J. J. Burgess, Leonard Brown, John Billings, J. M. Dodge, David Emerson, Joseph Stevens, W. H. Clemence, Samuel Bentley, G. H. Pearsons, H. K. Barnard, A. R. Brown, C. S. Hopkins, Reuben Frye, J. R. Melvin, J. L. Rollins, J. B. Kimball, John McCarty, Sumner Hylan, John Mack, Thos. D. Bradley, S. D. Shipley, J. W. Hadley.
* Deceased.
1 Mr. Andrews was drum major " off and on " for some thirty years.
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The Phalanx received orders at 8 o'clock, P. M., April 15, and reached Boston the next day at noon, and pro- ceeded with the rest of the regiment to Baltimore.
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Captain, A. S. FOLLANSBEE, Lowell ; Col. of 6th Mass., 9 months, in 1862-3, and also 100 days in 1864.
First Lieutenant, SAMUEL D. SHIPLEY, Lowell. (1st Lieut. GEORGE H. PIERSON,1 of Dracut, discharged, April 22, 1862.) Capt. Co. C., 30th Mass .; also May 30th.2
Second Lieutenant, JOHN C. JEPSON, Lowell; Captain Co. C, 6th. Mass., 9 months, 1862-3.
Sergeant, JOHN W. HADLEY, Lowell; 1st Lieut. in Co. C, 6th Mass., 9 months, 1862-3.
BRENT JOHNSTON, Jr., Lowell; Capt. Co. F, Mass. 30th ; wounded in Shenandoah Valley, October, 1864.
IRA STICKNEY, Lowell; Sergt. Co. C, 6th Mass., 100 days in 1865 ; 7th Mass. Batt.3
1 G. H. Pearson went out as First Lieutenant, but declined to be sworn into the service, and returned home.
2 The Massachusetts Thirtieth was organized Dec. 31, 1861, and had an eventful campaign in the vicinity of New Orleans, contribnting largely to the work of regenerating Louisiana. It was engaged in the principal bat- tles of the Lower Mississippi.
3 The Seventh Battery left Boston May 22, 1861, among the first of the three years' men, under command of Capt. Phineas A. Davis. It was stationed in South-eastern Virginia some two years, at Fortress Monroe and Suffolk, where it did excellent service. It was stationed a short time in New York, during the riots, and spent its last few months in New Orleans. The writer of this sketch saw it under trying circumstances, and can tes- tify to its valor and efficiency.
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Sergeant, THOS. O. ALLEN, Lowell; Adjutant 6th Mass., 9 months; and Major 6th Mass., 100 days, 1864.
Corporal, JOHN H. LAKIN, Lowell; Sergt. Co. C, 6th Mass., 9 months, 1862-3.
ISAAC N. MARSHALL, Lowell; 2d Lieut. Co. C, 6th Mass., 9 months, 1862-3.
¥ CHARLES H. ARLIN, Lowell.
66 RICHARD A. ELLIOTT, Lowell; 2d Lieut. Co. C, 30th Mass. ; transferred to 2d Louisiana as Adjutant ..
Musician, ANDREW J. BURBANK ; Corp. Co. C, 6th Mass., 9 months, 1862-3.
JOSEPH J. DONAHUE ; Lieut. in - N. H .; Adjutant 10th N. H.
PRIVATES.
John Arlin, Lowell ; joined the company in Boston, April 16 ; 7th Mass. Batt.
Seth Bonney, Lowell ; Lieut. and Capt. 26th Mass., 3 years ; re- enlisted.
George W. Barnard, Lowell.
Tristram Barnard, Lowell; joined after the company arrived in Washington.
0 Theron A. Bryant, Lowell.
Andrew W. Bartlett, Lowell ; 1st Mass. Cav .; 1 wounded at Olus- tee, Fla., died Beaufort, S. C.
Thomas Burns, Lowell; in - Mass.
Frank Calvert, Montgomery, Ala. ; reached and joined the com- pany May 16, having abandoned business and property for that patriotic purpose.
1 The First Mass. Cavalry was organized in September, 1861, and the different battalions of this - " the eyes of the army " - have fought in Maryland, South Carolina, Virginia, Gettysburg, Florida, and wherever there has been any considerable fighting; and has always proved itself a noble corps.
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Jeremiah Crowley, Lowell.
Edwin R. Clark, Lowell; returned from New York, sick ; Capt. Co. B, 30th Mass.
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George A. Coburn, Dracut; in 7th Mass. Battery.
Erastus Dennett, Lowell ; Sergt., Co. D, 1st Mass. Cavalry.
Charles W. Deming, Lowell ; Colonel's Clerk.
Josiah E. Flanders, Lowell ; 13th N. H.
George D. Fairbanks, Lowell.
Charles E. Fitzpatrick, Billerica ; joined at Relay House, June 3d.
Albert George, Lowell ; 3d Mass. Batt.1; 2d Lieut. 1st Mass. H. A. ; re-enlisted in the same.
Reuel Greenleaf, Lowell; Corp. Co. C, Mass. 30th ; killed, La. ; Benj. F. Goddard, Lowell ; 1st Sergt. 9 months, 6th Mass. ; Capt. Co. C, 6th Mass. 100 days.
Daniel W. Gray, Lowell ; 1st N. H. Battery.
Amaziah N. Goodwin, Lowell; Lieut. 9th Maine; killed.
Moses Harmon, Lowell ; 15th Mass. Battery .?
Frank C. Horn, Lowell.
Thomas B. Johnson, Lowell ; joined at Relay House, May 27; Lieut. 30th Mass. ; wounded, Shenandoah, October, 1864.
William C. Kent, Lowell; in Berdan's Sharpshooters.
Charles P. Lord, Lowell; Lieut. 8th Maine.
Martin V. B. Libbey, Lowell. 0
George Lawrence, Boston ; 13th N. H.
Angus McKenzie, Lowell ; Corp. Co. F, Mass. 33d ; died in the service.
Wm. B. McCurdy, Lowell ; Sergt. 6th Mass., Co. C, 9 months 1st Lieut. 100 days.
1 The Third Mass. Battery's history is the honorable history of the Ar- my of the Potomac from October, 1861, till October, 1864. Its three years were most eventful.
2 The Fifteenth Light Battery was mustered Feb. 17, 1863, and was sta- tioned in the Gulf Department. It was commanded by Capt. T. Pearson.
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Joseph Mansur, Lowell ; joined at Relay House, June Ist.
Baldwin T. Peabody, Lowell ; 1st Lieut. Co. G, 33d Mass. ; dis- charged, March, 1863.
Wm. H. Phelan, Lowell.
Dudley M. Prescott, Lowell ; Capt. Mass. 33d.
Henry H. Pearsons, Bloomington, Ill. ; joined at Washington, April 22d ; Capt. and Col. - N. H. ; killed.
Edward C. Rice, Lowell.
Geo. W. Swain, Lowell ; Corp. in Co. C, 6th Mass., 9 months ; died Dec. 24, 1862.
Emilius Stackpole, Lowell ; died after leaving service.
Charles B. Stinson, Lowell ; wounded in Baltimore (nose broken) ; and discharged May 9th ; Sergt. Mass. 30th ; discharged ; 4th Mass. H. A.1
Joseph F. Tebbetts, Lowell; Sergt., 33d Mass. ; Veteran Reserve Corps.
Alexander Wilson, Dracut.
Merrill S. Wright, Lowell; joined April 28, in Washington ; de- tailed to convey killed to Boston.
James L. Williams, Tewksbury ; joined, Washington, April 28 ; reentered the service, Mass. 33d.
COMPANY D, LOWELL.
The City Guards was organized Sept. 21, 1841. It has served through the three campaigns, and still holds its organization. Its Captains have been Edward Beal, Abijah Watson, James Townsend, Benj. F. Butler,2
1 The Fourth Mass. Heavy Artillery was raised during the very last of the war, and is still in the service.
2 The name of Benj. F. Butler appears on the roster of the company, and on that of the regiment, in each grade np to that of Colonel. It has since been indelibly written on the pages of the country's history.
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Geo. F. Sawtelle, Swan L. Lesure, Samuel Lawrence, Benson Hazleton, Ezekiel Eastman, R. B. Caverly, A. S. Follansbee,1 J. W. Hart.
Lieutenants. -- Most of the above, and E. Messinger, James L. Huntress, Francis Bowers, S. J. Varney, M. N. Horne, Benj. P. Twiss, S. S. Stacy, Henry A. Sar- gent, John E. Ames, James S. Coleman, Wm. H. Lam- son,2 Nath'l P. Melvin, James T. Lancaster, Chas. H. Arlin, Wm. F. Persons, Andrew C. Wright, Andrew J. Johnson, Chas. F. Williamson, Levi Stiles, Levi Wood- bridge, D. H. Gordon, E. Simonds, C. J. Shackford, Timothy Pearson,3 Stillman Bushee.
Co. D was equally zealous with the other Lowell com- panies, and suffered most severely of all, as it was on the extreme left of the column, when attacked.
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Captain, JAMES W. HART, Lowell; Capt. Co. D, 6th Mass., 9 months; Capt. also Co. D, 100 days.
First Lieutenant, CHARLES E. JONES, Lowell; Capt. Co. G, Mass. 33d ; discharged, March 28th, 1863.
Third Lieutenant, SAMUEL C. PINNEY, Lowell; 1st Lieut. Co. D, 9 months, (6th Mass.) 1st Lieut. Co. D, 100 days, Fourth Lieutenant, LLEWELLYN L. CRAIG, Lowell.
1 Captain of Co. C, and afterwards Colonel of the Sixth.
2 Lieutenant in Twenty-sixth Massachusetts, and Major Thirty-third Massachusetts.
8 Timothy Pearson was Captain of the Fifteenth Massachusetts Battery, raised in 1863.
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Sergeant, WILLIAM H. LAMSON, Lowell; wounded in Baltimore, eye and head, paving stones; Co. D, 26th Mass., 1st Lieut .; 33d Mass. Major ; discharged March 8th, 1864.
66 JOHN E. EAMES, Lowell; wounded in Baltimore, and returned home ; died after leaving service.
66 FRANK L. SANBORN, Lowell; 26th Mass., discharged.
66 W.M. P. CUMMINGS, Lowell; Sergt. 9 months, Co. D, 6th Mass.
JOHN H. GILMORE, Lowell.
Corporal, ARTHUR J. WITHEY, Lowell; 33d Mass.
AMORY W. WEBBER, Lowell; Co. L, 3d Mass. Cavalry.1
66 WINSLOW A. DODGE, Lowell; Sergt. Co. G, 33d Mass. ; discharged.
JOSEPH L. WOOD, Lowell; Corp. 1st Sharpshooters. Musician, CHARLES H. EDMONDS, Lowell.
PRIVATES.
George Alexander, Lowell; wounded April 19th, Baltimore, head, brick; Co. D, Mass. 30th.
William H. Bickford, Lowell; Sergt. 26th Mass .; died in service. John R. Chamberlain, Lowell ; Co. A, Mass. 26th ; discharged. James Conroy, Lowell ; in Navy.
Chas. Chandler, Cambridge ; wounded in Baltimore, April 19th, head, brick ; Co. G, Mass. 33d; in Navy ; in H. A.
Simeon Chandler, Lowell; in - Mass. ; discharged.
Edmund Colburn, Dracut ; wounded in Baltimore, April 19th ; Mass. 33d.
1 The Third Massachusetts Cavalry left the State, as the Forty-First Infantry, in November, 1862. In June, 1863, it became a cavalry regi- ment, and has performed extraordinary service in the Gulf Department.
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Martin Davis, Dracut ; Wagoner, Co. G, Mass. 33d.
Horace R. Finn, Lowell.
Frederic W. Glover, Groton. L.
Wm. P. Gilmore, Lowell; 3d Mass. Cav. ; discharged.
Wm. B. Gass, Dracut ; Co. D, Mass. 26th.
Henry L. Huckins, Tewksbury ; Co. G, Mass. 33d.
Aldis B. Harvey, Lowell.
Daniel A. Ham, Lowell.
John A. Jacks, Lowell; 7th Mass. Battery, discharged.
Alonzo Kincaid, Lowell.
Geo. W. Lovrein, Lowell; wounded in Baltimore, April 19th ; Co. D, Mass. 26th.
Luther C. Ladd, Lowell ; killed in Baltimore, April 19th.
Hiram C. Muzzey, Lowell; 2d Lieut. Co. D, 6th Mass., 9 months ; 2d Lieut. Co. D, 100 days ; Frontier Cavalry.1
Robert Marshall, Lowell ; Co. G, Mass. 19th, Vet. Res. Corps.
Hugh F. Mehill, Lowell; Lieut. Mass. H. A.
Ira W. Moore, Lowell; wounded in Baltimore, April 19th, left arm, brick ; Sergt. Co. B, 30th Mass .; died after leaving service.
Joseph B. Peaks, Lowell ; in - Maine Reg.
Wm. R. Patch, Chelmsford; wounded in Baltimore, April 19.
Andrew S. Peterson, Lowell; 26th Mass.
John B. Rushworth, Lowell ; Co. F, 33d Mass .; died 1864.
Henry A. Sinclair, Lowell ; Serg. Co. G, 33d Mass.
James M. Sanborn, Lowell; Corp. Co. D, 6th Mass. 100 days; Frontier Cavalry.
Wm. H. H. Sunderlin, Lowell ; died 1861.
David C. Stevens, Lowell ; wounded in Baltimore; Co. A, Mass. 26th.
1 The Frontier Cavalry was raised in expectation of troubles on the Can- adian frontier. It performed a great deal of provost duty.
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Chas. I. Taylor, Lowell; 3d Mass. Cavalry ; discharged.
Chas. W. Taylor, Lowell.
Edward Taylor, Lowell ; 26th Mass.
Chas. A. Taylor, Boston ; killed and buried in Baltimore, April 19th, 1861.
Daniel B. Tyler, Lowell; wounded in Baltimore, April 16, 1861 ; Co. M, 1st Mass. Cavalry ; discharged.
James O. Winn, Lowell ; Co. H, 26th Mass.
Addison O. Whitney, Lowell; killed in Baltimore, April 19th, 1861.
Wm. G. Withington, Lowell ; wounded in Baltimore, April 19, 1861; Corp. Co. C, 30th Mass.
COMPANY E, ACTON.
Re-enlisted in the Nine Months' and One Hundred Days' Cam- paigns, still an organized company.
The DAVIS GUARDS, named in honor of Captain Isaac Davis, who fell at Concord Bridge, in 1775, was or- ganized April 19th, 1851. The members of the com- pany were scattered over a wide area of territory ; but the night was devoted to transmitting the call to arms ; and at 4 o'clock, at the ringing of bells, the company assembled to the number of forty. The day was stormy ; and through the rain, after a sad parting with friends, the Guards started for Lowell, reaching that city at 7, A. M. Few in numbers, the company was always prompt and efficient, and did honor to the name it bears.
The commissioned officers, since the organization and previous to 1861, are as follows :
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Captains. - Winthrop E. Faulkner, Daniel Jones, Rufus Holden, Moses Taylor, Daniel Tuttle (twice), A. C. Handley (twice).
Lieutenants. - All who were captains except Faulk- ner ; and Wm. R. Lothrop, Cyrus Noyes, Wm. F. Wood, James E. Harris, Abraham H. Jones, Luke Smith, John D. Moulton, Henry Robinson.
ROSTER.
Captain, DANIEL TUTTLE, Acton.
First Lieutenant, WM. H. CHAPMAN, Acton ; Captain Co. E, 26th Mass., 3 years ; Major and Lieut. Col. 26th Mass .; wounded at Winchester, Sept. 19th, 1864.
Second Lieutenant, GEO. W. RAND, Acton ; 2d Lieut. 6th Mass., Co. E, 9 months.
Third Lieutenant, SILAS P. BLODGETT, Acton; 2d and 1st Lieut. 26th Mass., Co. E, 3 years.
Fourth Lieutenant, AARON L. FLETCHER, Acton ; 1st Lieut. 6th Mass., Co. E, 9 months.
Sergeant, LUKE SMITH, Acton ; in 26th Mass., Co. E; discharged, disability ; 6th Mass. 100 days, 1864.
66 GEO. W. KNIGHT, Acton ; 2d Lieut. Co. E, 6th Mass., 9 months ; 1st Lieut. 100 days.
HENRY W. WILDER, Stow ; 26th Mass., Co. E; killed Sept. 19th, 1864.
66 GRANVILLE W. WILDER, Stow ; 26th Mass., Co. E. discharged, disability ; 5th Mass.,1 100 days, 1864.
Corporal, CHARLES JONES, Acton.
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Corporal, JOHN F. BLOOD, JR., Acton; 26th Mass., Co. E; dis- charged, disability.
LUKE J. ROBBINS, Acton ; 26th Mass., Co. E, 3 years.
66 LEVI ROBBINS, Acton ; 6th Mass., 9 months.
Musician, GEO. F. CAMPBELL, Acton ; Lieut. 118th N. Y. Vols.
GEORGE RUSSEE, Baltimore, Md. ; 20th Mass.1
PRIVATES.
George Blood, Acton ; 2d Mass ..
John Brown, Stow ; Sergt. 26th Mass. ; wounded, Sept. 19th, died, Dec. 1864; buried in Acton.
Henry L. Bray, Acton ; Co. E, 6th Mass., 9 months ; Musician - Maine.
Charles Brooks, Acton ; 26th Mass.,. 3 years; re-enlisted. Edward D. Battles, Littleton.
James L. Durant, Littleton.
Aaron J. Fletcher, Acton ; 26th Mass., 3 years ; re-enlisted.
! Abel Farran, Acton ; 6th Mass., 9 months.
Henry Gilson, Acton.
Nathan Goss, Acton ; 26th Mass., 3 years; re-enlisted.
Wm. H. Gray, Acton ; appointed Hos. Stew. May 7th ; 1st U. S. Cavalry.
Gilman S. Hosmer, Acton ; 26th Mass., 3 years; wounded in bat- tle, Oct. 19, 1864 ; re-enlisted.
Wm. S, Handley, Acton ; 26th Mass., 3 years ; re-enlisted.
Charles Handley, Acton ; accidentally shot while hunting, Jan'y 29,1862.
1 The Twentieth Massachusetts left for the seat of war Sept. 4th, 1861, under command of Col. Wm. Raymond, and was at Ball's Bluff, before Richmond, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, and constantly in active service when any was being performed, never failed to honor itself and the Commonwealth.
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George Jones, Acton ; Co. E, 6th Mass., 9 months.
Waldo Littlefield, Boxboro'.
Henry W. Lazell, Acton ; 26th Mass .; died of disease, in New Orleans.
James Moulton, Acton ; 26th Mass. ; re-enlisted.
Charles H. Moulton, Acton ; 38th Mass.1; died of disease, in Ac- ton, Dec. 26, 1864.
Charles Morse, Acton ; 26th Mass .; re-enlisted.
John Putnam, Acton ; 26th Mass .; died in Acton, Dec. 23, 1864.
Varnum F. Robbins, Acton ; 6th Mass., 9 months.
William Reed, Acton ; Co. E, 6th Mass., 9 months.
Wm. B. Reed, Acton ; 26th Mass .; died in New Orleans in 1864.
Chas. W. Reed, Littleton ; - Mass.
Geo. A. Reed, Littleton ; 26th Mass., 3 years ; re-enlisted.
Luke J. Robbins, Acton ; 26th Mass., 3 years.
Ephraim A. Smith, Acton ; 26th Mass. ; discharged, disability.
And. J. Sawyer, Acton ; 6th Mass. 9 months; and 100 days, 1864. Edwin Tarbell, Acton ; appointed Assist. Com., May 17; 26th Mass., 3 years.
John Whitney, Quincy.
Wm. F. B. Whitney, Acton ; 26th Mass., 3 years ; re-enlisted.
Eben F. Wood, Acton; navy, 1 year; 6th Mass., 100 days, 1864. Samuel Wilson, Acton.
Hiram Wheeler, Acton.
John Wayne, Acton ; 26th Mass., 3 years; re-enlisted.
John H. P. White, Acton ; 2d and Ist Lient. 26th Mass .; died July 10, 1863, in New Orleans.
1 The Thirty-eighth Massachusetts left the Commonwealth September 24, 1862, and was actively engaged in the Lower Mississippi campaigns and Shenandoah Valley, and has made a brilliant record.
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THE THREE MONTHS' CAMPAIGN. COMPANY F, LAWRENCE.
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Consolidated with Company I, in the same regiment, in the Nine Months' Campaign.
The " WARREN LIGHT GUARD " was organized March 3d, 1855, and was named in honor of General Joseph Warren. The Lawrence companies received their orders on the 15th, and with great ardor proceeded to perform their duty. Early on the morning of the 16th, they were ready to march to Lowell. Thousands of their friends and fellow-citizens thronged to bid them adieu, amid the most intense excitement; and they were received in Lowell with the wildest enthusiasm, and proceeded with the Lowell companies to Boston, and so on to the scene of strife.
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The commissioned officers of this company from its organization to 1861, and to its consolidation with Com- pany I in 1862, were as follows :
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