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BARLOW, HERBERT S., Co. A, 1st Mass. Reg't, killed at Budd's Ferry, Va., Jan. 31, 1862.
BOGMAN, NELSON, Rhode Island Battery, died in service.
BIXBY, OLIVER C., Co. F, 58th Mass., killed July 30, 1864, at Petersburg, Va.
BURRILL, GEORGE C., Lieut., 59th Reg't, killed May, 1864, in the Wilderness, Va.
BURRILL, PASCHAL, Co. H, 2d Mass. Reg't, died of wounds, May 12, 1863.
BURKE, JOSEPH, Company I, 59th Reg't, killed May, 1864, at Spottsylvania, Va.
CHANDLER, CHARLES L., Lieut .- col., 57th Reg't, killed at North Anna River, Va., May 24, 1864. Son of T. P. Chand- ler, Brookline.
CLARK, JOHN W., 1st Mass. Battery, died October 4, 1862, at Bakersville, Md.
CUSICK, JOHN, Co. H., 1st Reg't Heavy Artillery, died soon after his discharge at the close of the war, of hardship and ex- posure.
CLEARY, THOMAS, Co. F, 56th Mass. Reg't, died at Annapo- lis, Md., April 13, 1864.
COLLINS, GEORGE, Co. B, 2nd Reg't H. A., died March 26, 1865, at Goldsborough, North Carolina.
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COLLINS, ELBRIDGE G., Co. G, 2d Reg't H. A., died pris- oner at Andersonville, Sept. 1864.
DWIGHT, WILDER, Lieut .- col., 2d Mass. Reg't, died of wounds received at Antietam, Sept. 19, 1862. Son of William Dwight of Brookline.
The intensely interesting " Life and Letters of Wilder Dwight," in our Public Library, has been so widely read, that further remark upon his character would seem superfluous, in a volume which is designed like this for only local circulation. But there is a generation of young people growing up, to whom the events of the Rebellion are as much a matter of past his- tory as the War of the Revolution. To such we can only recommend this attractive memorial, if they would know by one more proof, what beauty and strength of character, what genial traits and deserved popularity in life, and what heroic bravery in battle and in death, characterized this young martyr upon the field of Antietam.
The solemn scene of his funeral, with military honors, from St. Paul's Church, Brookline, is engraven upon the memories of those who witnessed it.
DWIGHT, HOWARD, Capt., killed by guerrillas after he had surrendered, near Bayou Bœuf, Louisiana, May 4, 1863. Son of William Dwight of Brookline.
DILLON, THOMAS, Co. B, 2d Reg't, killed at Antietam Sept. 17, 1862. Son of John Dillon of Brookline.
DALE, JAMES A., Corp., Co. H, 33d Reg't, died of wounds, July 1, 1864.
Foss, JAMES M., Serg't, Co. I, 59th Reg't, died Nov. 5, 1864, at New York.
FUNK, JOSEPH W., 11th Mass. Reg't, died Oct. 16, 1864, at Washington.
GETCHELL, FRANK, Co. A, 1st Mass. Reg't, died Feb. 3, 1863, at Falmouth, Va.
GETCHIELL, LOUIS G., Co. A, Ist Reg't, killed June 25, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va.
GODKIN, CHARLES H., Co. H, 2d Mass. Reg't H. A., died a prisoner at Andersonville, Oct. 1864.
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GRISWOLD, CHARLES E., Col., 56th Reg't, killed May 6, 1864, in the Wilderness.
HARRIS, P. NATHANIEL, Sergt., Co. D, 45th Mass. Reg't, died in North Carolina, June 1863.
HAYMON, JOHN, Co. HI, 56th Mass. Reg't, killed at Peters- burg, July 30, 1864.
KITTRIDGE, MALCOLM G., Co. G, 2d Reg't, killed May 3, 1864, at Chancellorsville.
KNIBBS, FREDERIC, Co. G, 58th Reg't, died of wounds, at Fredericksburg, May 24, 1864.
KENNEDY, TIMOTHY, Co. C, 28th Mass. Reg't, killed De- cember 13, 1862, at Fredericksburg.
LAMSON, SAMUEL G., son of Rev. Dr. Lamson of Brookline. Samuel Giles Lamson, only child of Rev. Dr. Lamson of Brook- line, was in the Paymaster's service, and was stationed at St. Louis. On the 3d of August, 1863, he embarked on board the steamer " Ruth," on his way to Vicksburg to pay off our sol- diers.
On the way down the river the boat took fire. (It was said to be the work of rebel emissaries.) The boat was consumed and thirty lives were lost, among them this young man. His body was recovered, and after two weeks was received by his afflicted parents. He was buried in Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem, Mass. Young Lamson was well educated, highly pa- triotic, and every way a promising young man.
At the time of his death he was twenty-three years of age.
MERRILL, OTIS S., Co. H, 44th Reg't, died at Newbern, N. C., March 2, 1863.
MCCALLEY, JAMES, Co. H, 59th Reg't, died May 29, 1864, at Arlington, Va.
MALONEY, EDWARD, Co. D, 56th Reg't, died June 13, 1864, at Readville, Mass.
MORIARTY, PATRICK, Co. G, 56th Reg't, died Oct. 14, 1864, at Danville.
MEADE, JOHN, 16th Mass. Lt. Battery, drowned Jan. 28, 1865, at New Brunswick, Va.
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PHELPS, JULIUS A., Co. A, 1st Reg't, killed June 30, 1862, at Glendale, Va.
ROLLINS, CHARLES E., Co. C, 44th Reg't, killed Nov. 2, 1862, at Little Creek, N. C.
RUSSELL, ALFRED W., Co. G, 58th Reg't, killed July 12, 1864, at Petersburg.
REED, S. S., 2d Heavy Artillery, died at Andersonville, Sept. 1864.
Ross, HENRY L., Co. G, 58th Reg't, killed May 6, 1864, in the Wilderness.
STEARNS, GEORGE THEODORE, Co. B, 22d Reg't, wounded in Wilderness, May, 1864; died of wounds, in Washington, July 6, 1864.
STONE, HENRY V. D., Lieut., son of Rev. Dr. Stone of Brookline. Killed at Gettysburg, July 3, 1864.
SHURTLEFF, CARLTON A., Medical Cadet, died in Brookline, after return from service, June 26, 1864. Son of Dr. S. A. Shurtleff.
TURNER, JOSEPH, Co. A, Ist Mass. Reg't, died at Fair Oaks, June 21, 1862.
TROWBRIDGE, WILLIAM H., dropped dead at night after Battle of Malvern Hills, July, 1862, while posted on picket duty.
THAYER, JOHN GORHAM, 1st Mass. Cavalry, died of sickness incurred during service, at Sacramento, Cal., Dec. 28, 1864.
WARREN, THOMAS G., Co. D, 22d Reg't, killed June 18, 1864, at Petersburg.
WHALAN, THOMAS, Co. F, 22d Reg't, killed May 10, 1864, at Laurel Hill, Va.
WHITNEY, CHARLES H., Co. A., Ist Reg't, wounded and dis- abled, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, died in Brook- line shortly after his return.
WATERMAN, AUGUSTUS, Co. A, Ist Reg't, taken prisoner, May 6, 1864, detained nearly a year at Andersonville, died of effects of starvation before reaching home, after he was dis- charged.
WELLS, HENRY W., died in the naval service.
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Thus closes the record of our dead. If any name has failed to be obtained and recorded, it is a matter of regret.
Let no one say " this one," or " that one was a non-resident." If he was, and our town hired his services, he died that some one, whom perchance we still hold dear, might be saved to us, who might otherwise have fallen in the trenches at Petersburg, or perished by slow starvation at Andersonville.
Allusion was made in the early part of our war record, to Lieut. Charles L. Chandler, who was among the first to recruit a company of volunteers in Brookline. More than a passing notice is due to this brave young officer. When the war began, he at once relinquished his business (that of a civil engineer), and devoted himself to the service of the country. It soon became apparent that he could command himself, and that he had a rare aptitude for commanding others.
He was but twenty-one when he received his first commis- sion, was made 1st Lieutenant in March, 1862, and served with the 1st Mass. Regiment, at the first battle of Bull Run, and through the Peninsula campaign.
In August of that year he was made Captain in the 34th, and in March, 1864, was commissioned Lieutenant-colonel of the 57th (Veterans). Of this he was in command during most of the terrible battles in the " Wilderness," Colonel Bartlett having been wounded in one of the first engagements.
Brigadier-general Ledlie writes of him: " From the moment of his joining his regiment at Alexandria, he attracted general attention by his remarkable qualities, both as a soldier and a gentleman, and no officer in the division was more respected and beloved."
. In the advance and terrible repulse of the First Division of the Ninth Army Corps, at the North Anna River, on the night of May 24, 1864, this gallant young officer was mortally wounded. His side received the fatal bullet, but his arm was also shattered, and hung motionless. His officers were assisting him off the field when they found themselves flanked by the rebels. At once he ordered them to leave him and rally their men, and reluctantly they laid him down to die.
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He fell into the hands of the rebels, but Colonel Harris, of the Twelfth Mississippi Regiment, kindly cared for him in his last hours, and to him, a gentleman and a friend, as he proved himself, although a rebel, the dying soldier committed his money, his watch, diary, and a photograph.
He had been three years in the service of the country, and had won the highest encomiums for his ability, fidelity, and rare and genial qualities. " Every officer and man," wrote General Bartlett, " that I have been to see in the hospital here, speak of Colonel Chandler's bravery and devotion with filling eyes. I never saw men who, in so short a time had such a feeling of admiration for any man's conduct. His loss was felt throughout the corps."
The kind rebel officer saw the body of the handsome young colonel properly buried, and after the war was over, took measures to let his family know of the mementoes he had kept for them, and delivered them to his brother, who made a jour- ney to Virginia; but the battle-field was vainly searched for the remains of the beloved one. They had been removed, and are now resting in an unknown grave; but the love of friends and kindred, and the honor of his country, long shall keep his memory sacred.
His last letter home expressed firm confidence in the power and love of the Lord respecting him. He had counted the cost, was ready for the sacrifice, and died happy in the noble dis- charge of his duty.
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OUR HEROES
WHO SLEEP IN UNKNOWN GRAVES. MEMORIAL DAY, 1872.
BRING garlands for each patriot's grave, Our dear and honored dead !
Above the brave the flag shall wave, - The wreath its fragrance shed. They bore our nation's emblem hence When traitors scorned its name;
Borne homeward from its brave defense Wrapped in its folds they came.
Peace to their memories ! But for those Who went but came no more, - Who lie where facing rebel foes They fell mid battle's roar; - Who pined in prison and dying wore Starvation's martyr-crown, - Who sleep in fort and trench on shore, Or lie where ships went down; -
For them no flag, nor wreath, nor cross, To-day above them rest ; But, hallowed by the price it cost, In every patriot's breast, - Is freedom's triumph which they won, By the brave blood they shed, And shrined in story and in song Shall be our nameless dead.
Thrice hallowed ever be the land For which our heroes died, Nor the least boon of freedom's hand To one who seeks, denied; By sea and shore, on mountain crest, Where'er unknown they sleep, The God of nations guard their rest, And green their memories keep.
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ADDENDA.
There have been some local changes in streets and buildings since the proof for this volume was corrected, which it is now too late to notice. An incident illustrative of the difficulty of keep- ing pace with the march of events even while a book is in press, is connected with the clock now in the new Town Hall, which, at the time an account of it was written and printed, was in the old Town Hall, and seemed to be a fixture there. It has since been removed from the ancient case which had inclosed it for seventy years, and has been fitted in its new location by Mr. John Koch, with an appro- priate taste which makes it appear as if a part of the original design of the gallery which it ornaments.
Other changes are going on in the town which are not noticed in this volume because not yet completed, but which will furnish ample material for some future historian of Brookline.
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