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6Ist Infantry, one year,-Privates, Isaac N. Allen, Frederick C. Kittredge
Ist North Carolina Artillery,-Private, Hall Spicer.
EGREMONT.
At the first meeting called in this town to aet on matters concerning the war, the treasurer was authorized to borrow $1.000 for State aid to soldiers' families.
In, July, 1862, a bounty of $125 to each volunteer for three years was authorized, and in August $100 were offered as a bounty to each volun teer for nine months. Efficient action was taken during this year by private citizens for the encouragement of enlistments.
In 1864 and 1865 full powers were given to the selectmen, and the treasurer was authorized to borrow whatever amounts were necessary to defray expenses.
The amount appropriated and expended for war purposes by the town was $12.294. For State aid to families of soldiers. reimbursed by the commonwealth, the amount paid was $4.124. 70.
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The following from this town were soldiers in the war :
49th Infantry, nine months,-Isaac E. Judd, Robert T. Sherman, ist heutenants; Isaac E. Judd, 2d lieutenant ; Eugede J. Judd, sergeant; Warren G. Kuner, William J. Karner, George H. Palmatier, Edwin Bunce, corporals ; privates, George W Allen, Claudius Bignall, Jonathan Brayne, George Dalzell jr., George Decker, John Decker, John Decker jr., Stewart M. G. Fullerton, William H. Hatch, Normytry H. Hallen- beck, Thomas Maclaly, Jeremiah Miller, William Murphy, Albert H Parsons, David C. Patterson, John Reapy, Charles F. Thatcher, David Van Delsen, Ezra Van Deu- sen, Levi Van Deusen, William L. Wilbur, George Yager.
12th Battery, Light Artillery, three years, -Private, James Crystal
2d Cavalry, three years, -Privates, George W. Orcutt, William R. Winchell.
4th Cavalry, three years, -Private, George Bale.
2d Infantry, three years,-Privates, Jerome J. Gorway, Roswell E. Miner.
Ioth Infantry, three years,-Privates, Charles D. Colburn, George L. Hart, George R. Pendleton, Benjamin F. Remington.
11th Infantry, three years, -Privates, James Blanchard, Leonard Felder
16th Infantry, three years, --- Private, Leonard Felder.
20th Infantry, three years, -- Privates, George I. Hart, Benjamin F. Remington.
27th Infantry, three years,-Privates, James H. Allen, Grosvenor Hollenbeck, Norman Kline, Bartlett McDermott.
28th Infantry, three years, -Private, Charles Roseback.
34th Infantry, three years,-Robert J. Gardner, ed lieutenant ; Robert J. Gard- ner, ist sergeant ; Ephraim B. Church, corporal ; privates, Franklin C. Harmstead John B. Loomis, William B. Stark.
37th Infantry, three years,-Privates, George L. Hart, Dnane Hollenbeck Charles J. Kelsey, Silas Miller, Benjamin F. Remington, Frederick Soules,
57th Infantry, three years, -Jonathan J. Byrne, musician ; privates, Robe :: 1 Downing, Stewart M. G. Fullerton.
59th Infantry, three years, -Private, Robert E. Downing.
Veteran Reserve Corps,-Oscar G. Carter. W. HI. H. Cook, James Dailey, Michael A. Dillon, Edward Garrity, John K. Harty, Peter Honan, James A. Hon, John Hughes, William H. Lyon, Hiram Wallace, Edwin H. Whitehead.
Regular Army,-George H. Cowdin.
U. S. Colored Troops,-George H. Adams, George H. Banking, William H Barnes, John Bell, Danbridge Brooks, James Butler, Richard H Butler, James L Caceen, James Cade.
FLORIDA.
No action was taken by this town till July, 1863, when a bounty of one hundred dollars was voted to volunteers for three years. In October the same bounty was offered to volunteers for nine months.
In January, 1864. one hundred and twenty-five dollars were voted as a bounty to each recruit for three years, and the selectmen were author- ized to borrow money for paying these bounties.
In 1865 they were instructed to recruit and fill all quotas on future calls, and to pay for recruits the same bounty.
The amount of $4.980 was appropriated and paid on account of the war, and $2, 328.38 for State aid, refunded by the commonwealth.
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Florida furnished the following men for the war:
49th Infantry, nine months,- Ralph E. Phelps, corporal; privates, David S Bliss, Ira Bradley, Ozro P. Brown, William P. Burnett, Henry W Cain, George S. Clark, Henry Hunt, Levi M. Porter, Albert H. Smith, Josich Tenney, Chester I. Tower, Sedate Tower.
2d Cavalry, three years,-Private, James Thombley.
12th Infantry, three years,-Private, William M. Smith.
19th Infantry three years,-Privates, Horace Goodrich, Heinrich C. Roberts. 24th Infantry, three years, - Privates, Albert W. Alden, Irving W. Ballou, George W. Bliss, James Furlong, Benjamin F. Tenney, Houghton Tower
25th Infantry, three years, - Edward Mealey, corporal.
27th Infantry, three years,-Privates, Harvey E. Barrett, William A. Bradley, Thomas Hare.
3ist Infantry, three years, -George W. White, sergeant; privates, Michael Clan. cy, Michael Pendergast, Chandler Whitney, Charles Witheril.
37th Infantry, three years,-Private, John Carroll.
39th Infantry, three years, -- Privates, Charles E. Gifford, Samuel E. Gould, Albert H. Smith, William M. Smith.
Veteran Reserve Corps, -James Birmingham.
Ist North Carolina Artillery, -- Richard Lane.
GREAT BARRINGTON.
In this town a public meeting was held on the 22d of April. 1861. three days after the 6th Massachusetts regiment was attacked in Balti- more. At this meeting patriotic resolutions were adopted, enlistments were made, and $4. 700 were subscribed.
At a town meeting on the 8th of June, 1861. the treasurer was author ized to borrow $2,000 as a fund for State aid to the families of volunteers. in accordance with the act of the Legislature.
On the 19th of July a bounty of $100 was authorized for three years volunteers, and on the 25th of August it was voted to pay the same bounty to volunteers for nine months: and in each case the treasurer was authorized to borrow the requisite money.
In 1863 State aid was extended to the families of drafted men. and in June, 1864, the bounty for each three years volunteer was fixed at $125.
A Soldiers' And Society was formed by the ladies of the town in 1891. and it continued its benevolent and efficient labors till the close of thewar.
The town expended on war account $25,691.82, and for Suite and to the families of soldiers, reimbursed by the State, $19,500.20.
The following named men from Great Barrington took part in the war for the preservation of the Union :
8th Infantry, 100 days, -Private, Richard A. Birge.
46th Infantry, nine months, -Private, Patrick Daley.
49th Infantry, nine months,-Samuel B. Sumner, lieutenant colonel; Samhe; B. ",Sumner, Samuel J. Chaffee, captains; Joseph Tucker, ist lieutenant; Santoel J. Chaf- fee, Henry G. Morey, George Reed, Thomas Siggens, 2d heutenamts, William S Gil. bert, George Reed, ist sergeants; James K. Parker, Henry W Mansir, Henry G.
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Morey, Guy C. Ray, sergeants, Henry A. Bristol, Jolin A Dresser, John W. Evans, Thomas H. Hughes, Edward Toby, Lewis Ward, corporals; James Van Deusen, musician; privates, James H. Adams, Alpheus H. Buley, George Billa, Samuel C. Bills, Adelbert M. Brainard, William E Bump, John W. Burghardt, John Campion, Clarence C. Chapin, Charles G. Church, Charles F. Cotting, Artemas R. Comstock, Marcus A. Dearing, Milo Decker, Edmund Deland, Frederick N. Deland, Patrick Delevanny, John Donahue, Frederick Earles, John W. Fitzgerald, Charles H French. Franklin W. Harmon, Davis Hecox. Thomas Hensey, Edwin N. Hubbard, Herbert C. Joyner, Francis Joray, George Kalbe, Almerin S. Latham, Sidney H. Latham, Horace H. Lewis, Arthur A. Loop, Lyman A. Loring, Charles B buddingihn, Ed- win C. Luddington, James H. Luddington, Henry Luka, James McGrath. James McGowen, Richard H. Moore, James Mullaly, Dwight S. Nettleton, Hlenty New. master, James P. Phillips, Legrand Ramsey. Mills S. Reynolds, James B. Rogers, John Ryan, Enos Seymour, James A. Seymour, Benjamin Shelley, Clarence WV Shutts, Thomas Siggins, Lorenzo D. Taft, John Thomas, Albert S. Warner, Charles Weyants, Bradford B. Wilcox, Edward H. Wilcox, George W. Wilcox, Henry F Wilcox, Isaac V. Wilcox, John Winchell.
14th Battery, Light Artillery, three years, -- Private, Alonzo F. Briggs.
2d Heavy Artillery, three years,-Edwin C. Hurlburt corporal ; privates, Henry Abbott jr., James W. Barry, John W. Beckwith, Morris W. Bennett, William Broderick, Lewis Buckley, Charles A. Corey, Orange Damon, Robert Ellis, Thomas Farrell, Franklyn L. Griffin, Samuel E. Griffin, John Kelley, Michael McGowan, Thomas S. McKenna, Joseph K. Nixon, James H. Rogers, Edward Smith.
29th Unattached Heavy Artillery, one year, -- Private, John Waldron.
Ist Cavalry. three years,-Timothy Pelton, corporal ; privates, Donald Broderick, Eli Bushnell, Leon Durhelme, Wesley Ford, William Ford, William Hasson, James Johnson, Frank Lutsinger, Edward J. Mallory, George Mallory, John McDonough, Charles McCarty, Angel H. Ray, Dwight B, Seever, William Steele, John Suppenaugh.
4th Cavalry, three years,-Sheldon Leavitt jr., Ist lieutenant ; Sheldon Leavitt jr., 2d lieutenant ; private, Peter N. Remhold.
5th Cavalry, three years, -- Timothy Pelton, 2d lieutenant : George Luma, farrier : privates, Othello Jackson, John McArthur.
rst Infantry, three years,-Private, Curtis W. Gove.
2d Infantry, three years, -. Private, Joseph McCardhill.
roth Infantry, three years,-Ralph O. Ives, captain ; James M. Bacon, 15? lieutenant ; Henry L. Wilcox, 2d lieutenant ; Charles A. Gilmore, principal musician ; Melanchthon B. Beach, Daniel J. Bishop, sergeants ; George Warner, wagoner ; privates, William R. Bradley, Alfred F. Couch, Owen Cummings. Edward Dennis, Luman Dennis, Charles Fugherty, Charles A Gilmore, Daniel Haggerty. George H. Holmes, Francis M. Ives, Lawrence Killela, William Levy, Edward J. Mallory, Lafayette Markham, James R. Olds. Calvin Peascley, Thomas Pugh. Benjamin F. Remington, Alonzo Seamer, Thomas Welch
11th Infantry, three years, -- Privates, Edward Adams, Thomas Foley, William A. Leonard, George W. Phillips.
12th Infantry, three years, -Privates. Edward A Strong. Pratt V. Strong
. 16th Infantry, three years, -Privates, Edward Adams, Abram Ferguson, William A. Leonard, George W. Phillips.
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17th Infantry, three years, -. Robert Ellis, Thomas S. McKenna, corporals; pri- vates, Henry Abbott jr., James W. Barry, William Broderick, Charles A. Corey, Thomas Farrell, John Kelley, Edward Smith
19th Infantry three years, -Privates, Robert Farrell, Thomas Harrington, Pat- rick Higgins, Jacob Jenner, John Lynch, Charles Smith
20th Infantry, three years, -Privates, Lafayette Markham, David Wemys.
24th Infantry, three years, -Privates, Wilbur H. Bills. Stephen Johns, Ebenezer F. Thayer.
26th Infantry, three years,-Privates, Hiram Powers, John Weston.
27th Infantry, three years,- Samuel Camp, assistant surgeon; Richard J. Bush, Otto L. Stamr), 2d lieutenants; George W. Brewer, Richard J. Bush, sergeants; Washington I. Burghardt, Frederick .\. Robbins, Otto 1. Stamm, corporais; privates. Nelson Adams, Daniel F. Andrews, Elijah Andrews, Henry C. Bacon, Henry I. Barnum, George W. Brewer, Charles W. Coggswell, Gilbert C. Comstock, John W Gilmer, John Griffin, James M. Hamlin, William Hecox, Joseph W. Huntley, Thomas Jones, Nelson E. Knapp, Charles Mastern, Dennis McDonough, Peter H. Pixley. Edward R. Pynchon, Frederick A. Robbins, George H1. Rossiter, Peter Royal, John R. Ryan, Jonas Scott, Benjamin W. F. Smith, William Smith, Reuben J. Strong, Alfred C. Turner, Frank S. Turner, Anthony Wackel.
28th Infantry, three years, -- Privates, Curtis Deland, Patrick O'Neill.
30th Infantry, three years,-Private, Leonard Duford.
31st Infantry, three years, -- William H. Pelton, ist lieutenant: William H. Pel- ton, 2d lieutenant: William H. Pelton, Ist sergeant; Charles T. Phillips, sergeant; George Howes, corporal; privates, Charles E. Bradbrim, John Buckley, Lockwood Cary, Dwight Collins, John Doland. John Drew, John 1. Hall, Frank Miller, John E. Moore, Charles T. Phillips, Ami Ray, William Schutt, Frank Seley, Henry Sherry, Ebenezer F. Thayer, Jeremiah Thomas, Robert Van Deusen, George Wagner, Gil. bert P. Warfield, Warren D. Wheeler, William Wooding, John Wolfinger.
32d Infantry, three years, -Private, Edward A. Strong.
33d Infantry, three years,-Private, Joseph McCardell.
34th Infantry, three years, -- Eugene Renne, corporal; privates, William Dennis, George W. Hicox, Miles Lawrence, Charles F. Parsons.
36th Infantry, three years,-Private. William I .. Renef.
37th Infantry, three years, -- Edwin Hurlburt, captain; Richard H. Taylor, is: lieutenant, 2d lieutenant, Ist sergeant; William H. Dunning, Martin Schem- merhorn, George A. Seeley, sergeants; George J. Pineo, Erastus Strickland, corpo- rals; Timothy Pelton, musician; privates, Thomas Barns, Stephen H. Hillings. Henry Brewer, Charles P. Burzitt, James Casey, Patrick Cleary, Bael Gleison, Edwin P Gleason, Miles P. Gleason, John W. Graham, Colonel D. Halsey, Nathan W. Hal. sey, Elijah P. Hatch, William H. L'Hommedieu, Charles H Loomis, Lafayette Mark. ham. Charles C. Martin, Arthur McConnel, Christopher Miller, John Moore, Rich- ard E. Morgan, James H Olds, George W. Orcutt. Egbert Pesley, John H. Prime. George W. Sherman, John Shelley, Richard Shea, John Smith. Egbert Turner. Jacob Van Bramer, John Walcott. David Wemeyx
39th Infantry, three years,-Private, Edward A. Strong.
40th Infantry, three years,-Jonathan Cass, assistant surfrom
54th Infantry, three years, -- Ralph B. Gardiner, David H Van Allen, corporals: privates, John R. Ferris, Franklin Gover, Abraham A Jackson, Francis J. Jackson.
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James H. Jackson, Levi H. Jackson, William A. Stephens, Jacob H Thomas, Charles P. Thompson, Edward H. Williams.
56th Infantry, three years, -Private William L. Renef.
57th Infantry, three years,-Henry G Prout, hospital steward; privates. Charles W. Bills, Henry Bills, Waber H. Bills, Lockwood Cury, John Hughes, Jacob Kirby, William Maloney, Henry G. Prout, Lester W. Rawson, George W. Shaw, Michael Shelley, Joseph Soudant, Silas C. Swift, Almond C. Townsend, George W. Wiloco
58th Infantry, three years, -- Lewis D. Lyford, musician; private, Jo'm Medals, 6Ist Infantry, one year .- Privates, Frank S Atkinson, Charles Brook , Stephen Golding, Charles Oliver, Samuel P. Stone. James Wood.
Veteran Reserve Corps,-Privates, William B. Bessom, Lewis Bower, Jarvis Chase, Charles H. Chellis, Francis Creigh, James Gibbons, George Hanterrein, James Harkins, Charles F. Hovey, Frederick Jansen, Patrick Lahy. James Leddy, Horice Mann, Albert Kamsdell, Jacob H. Ramsdell, Edward St. Lawrence.
Regular Army,-Edwin Taylor, Daniel l'hompson.
U. S. Colored Troops, -- Henry Curtis, Alwise Dickinson, Ferdinand Dickinson. Daniel Holmes, Tascar Holmes, Joseph Lloyd, James Saxton, George C. Shorter, George W. Thomas, John H. Thomas, John T. Watts.
HANCOCK.
The first town meeting in Hancock for the consideration of war mat- ters was held on the 25th of July. 1862. At that meeting $900 were ap- propriated to pay niue volunteers, the number called for, bounties of $100 each. The selectmen were also authorized to bestow State aid on the families of soldiers. In September a bounty of $200 each was author. ized for nine months' volunteers.
In August, 1861, the town voted to pay a bounty of $125 to each vol- unteer for three years, and the same amount to any one grooming a sub stitute previous to a draft. Thus the bounties continued to the end of the war.
The ladies in this town sent to the soldiers in the field, in hospitals. or elsewhere many articles of comfort during the continuance of the war.
The amount expended on account of the war was $9.455; for State aid. refunded by the State, $1, 140.41.
The following is Hancock's soldiers' list:
49th Infantry, nine months,-Charles J. Hazard, sergeant ; A. A. Grant, cor- poral ; privates, William H. Bailey, Albert C. Brockway, Franklin Brooks, William A. Johnson, Edward A. Landon, Alanson Lewis, Joseph Marshall, August Weise, Charles H. Wells.
Ist Cavalry, three years, -Private, Daniel Bronwalder.
2d Cavalry, three years,-Private, Samuel S. Estes.
3d Cavalry, three years, - Private, Charles B. Sunond ..
18th Infantry, three years, -Private, George H. Miller.
20th Infantry, three years,-Private, Sylvester Slow.
24th Infantry, three years,-Henry Sawyer, corporal ; private, Albert P. Wilkin. son.
31st Infantry, three years, - Private, Lorenzo D. Bailey
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34th Infantry, three years, -Franklin W. Hull. sergeant ; Thomas J. Phillips. corporal ; privates, Henry D. Brockway, George A. Carlton, Robert G. Kirke, Mar- shall C. Knapp, Barney McFeelcy, Henry Sawyer, Dexter Taylor, James R. Taylor. Caleb S. Vickery.
57th Infantry, three years,-James H. Marshall, ist sergeant ; Charles W, Vick- ery, sergeant ; James K. Chambers, corporal ; priviges, Henry C. Chapman, Ralph Chapman, Albert Doty. Horace O. Gardner, Henry Stock.
Gist Infantry, one year,-Privates, George H. Cowan, Erasmus D. Rose, Daniel A. Sedgewick, Enoch W. Sedgewick.
Veteran Reserve Corps,-Joseph Backoff.
HINSDALE.
This town on the 10th of May. 1861, appropriated two thousand dollars to be used for war purposes at the discretion of the selectmen.
In October, 1862, four thousand one hundred and fifty dollars were appropriated for bounties.
In April, 1863, one thousand three hundred dollars were voted for recruiting expenses, and in April, 1864, one thousand two hundred and eighty-five dollars were appropriated for the same purpose.
A year later, or in April, 1865, citizens who had subscribed to defray the expenses of raising volunteers were, by vote of the town, reimbursed to the amount of four thousand two hundred and eighty- nine dollars and three cents.
The ladies of the town furnished supplies of garments and money, aside from their labor, to the amount of three hundred and fifty dollars.
The total expenditure on account of the war was $19.009.82. The amount raised and expended for State aid to enlisted men's families was $6,045.78.
The town furnished the following men for the war :
8th Infantry, roo days .- Privates, Oliver W. Palmer, Frank M. Pierce, Michael Shay, David Tobin. Francis M. Watkins, Robert D. Wyre.
60th Infantry, too days,-Privates, Abrahim W. Goodrich, Andrew S. Hodge. 49th Infantry, nine months,-Edward P. Nash, sergeant; John Dwver, Milo Spring, Francis E. Warner, corporals; privates, Theodore Barnes, John W. Bowles, Alvin L. Clark, Timothy Connor, John L. Cook, Lawrence Farrall, Matthew Farley, Sedgwick Fay, John W. Hummell, Henry T. Johns, Frederick Kittredge, Waldo C. Leland, Lyman Mack, Homer O. Mason, John Noble, Joseph Stevens, Henry E. Stowell, David Tobin.
Ist Heavy Artillery, three years, -John M. Brown, corporal.
2d Heavy Artillery, three years, -Privates, Alfred A. Dunham, John J Harring- ton, John Loonley, James O'Brien.
2d Cavalry, three years,-Private, Henry Windell.
4th Cavalry, three years, -Private, Herbert L .. Howland.
5th Cavalry, three years, -William Michaels, sergeant; privates, James P. Davis, Johnson Jefferson, John E. Johnson, Robert Miner, Robert Sullivan.
Ist Battalion, Frontier Cavalry, one year,-Privates, Jesse Dispeaux, William Golliway.
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2d Infantry, three years, -Privates, Michael Coleman, Charles Dill, Edward G. Farman, John Walker.
10th Infantry, three years, -Michael S. Hogan, ist sergeant; Chtton 1. Roth corporal; Andrew Walker, musician; privates, Sylvester W. Allen, James Curry, Mon- roe Emmons, William E. Gilbert, Richard Rafter, James M. Shaw.
12th Infantry, three years, -Private, John I. Scott. 15th Infantry, three years, -Private, Francis M. Watkins.
17th Infantry, three years, -Private, John Goggin.
19th Infantry. three years, -Privates, William A. Hearne, Sunnel K Watkins
20th Infantry, three years .- George S. Clark, sergeant; privates, Sylvester W. Allen, William Babcock, Benjamin Jones, Thomas I. Kendall.
24th Infantry, three years,-Privates, John O'Reilly, Joseph H. Stevens
27th Infantry, three years, -Privates. Charles A. Como, Joseph Dyer, George Gilmore, Charles W. Stebbins.
28th Infantry, three years, -Private, Albert F. Jones.
3Ist Infantry, three years, -Privates, Peter V. Allen, Rodolphus Allen, Robert Armstrong, John B. Brewster, Philip E. Gilmore, Paul Hacket, Nelson Herrick, John Owens, Orlando W. Palmer, John Scott. 1 34th Infantry, three years,-Privates, John P. Bambush, Samuel F. Buck, John Owen, David G. Smith, George A. Smith, Joseph Stephens, Harlow P. Stowell.
37th Infantry, three years,-Private, Sylvester W. Allen.
54th Infantry, three years, -Privates, Lorenzo S. Duncan, John T. Grant, Frank Hamilton, Frank Hamilton 2d, Henry Hamilton, Charles W. Potter, Freeman Thompson.
57th Infantry, three years,-Privates, Joseph Bartrand, Joseph Benois, Moses . Bertrand, Lewis Brotgers, Lyman Bryant, Levi B. Bushnell, Stephen F. Bush, Charles W. Day, Joseph Deargenon, Julius Dougall, Joseph Fortin, Russell Hastings. Peter Labombard, Frank Laley, Frank Lashua, James Leslie, James Lowe, Jacob Meatte. James Norway, Louis Reno, Merwin Rowe, Charles Saburan, Joseph A. Syncyr,
58th Infantry, three years, -Privates, William Nickerson, George E Pellow Veteran Reserve Corps,-Hugh Byrne, William O'Brien.
Regular Army,-John Halpin, Timothy Hurley, James Kelley.
LANESBORO.
At the first town meeting held for the consideration of war matters. held December 10th, 1861, the selectmen of Lanesboro were authorized to expend money at their discretion for the relief of soldiers' families. In August of the next year the town authorized a bounty of one hundred dollars to each volunteer for three years, or nine months.
In April. 1864, the town voted to pay a bounty of one hundred and twenty-five dollars to each volunteer for three years, and this arrange ment was continued until the close of the war.
The expenditure in Lanesboro on the war account amounted to 812 .. 947.91. In addition to this a considerable amount was raised by private means. The total amount of $3.856.45 was expended for aid to volun teers' families, and afterward repaid by the State.
The soldiers list of Lanesboro is as follows:
8th Infantry, 100 days, -Private, George B. Powell.
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49th Infantry, nine months,-George E. Howard, quartermaster sergeant; Hlenty S. Burbank, George E. Howard, sergeants; Eljzur Blisy, Hfrank Burlingham, Isaac Nourse, Samuel H. Rossiter, David Winchell, George M. Wood, Oliver L. Wood. corporals; privates, William Ashburn, James Beckley, Henry Hille, Wiidias Hnice, John Callahan. George Dowley, Albert S. l'arnum, Alfred Farnum, Garrett Fnz- gerald, Charles R. Fuller, Myron Goodelf, Thomas Green, Henry G. Griffen, Comme Heins, Daniel Leman, John Lyman, Williams Mc Daniel, Anson S. Middlebrook, Jolin Stevens.
ist Heavy Artillery, three years, -- Private, Henry Nchiun.
3d Heavy Artillery, three years, -Privates, Charles B. Aldrich, Peter Carroll, Martin Lannin.
Ist Cavalry, three years, -- Daniel R. Hines, farrier; privates, William Buskin, Calvin Carpenter, Andrew J. Gabler, Wilmot J. Joslyn, John Lyman, Edward Mc. -- , Russell Munson, Edward Williams.
2d Cavalry, three years, -Privates, John H. Adams, John W. Gibbs, Judson .1. Herman, Thomas Monroe.
3d Cavalry, three years, -Private Charles H. Grant.
5th Cavalry, three years, -Sylvester Moores, corporal.
Ist Battalion, Frontier Cavalry, one year,-Frank V. Parker, corporal; Robert R. Tulin, bugler.
2d Infantry, three years,-Privates, George W. Ackley, Peter Bradley, John Cavanaugh, Wellington H. Turner, Charles Wilson.
Ioth Infantry, three years, -Private, Henry Noble.
19th Infantry, three years,-Private, Ervin Smith.
20th Infantry, three years,-Edwin B. Mead, corporal; privates, Charles Brown, John Cleary, Edward Laro, Manton A. Wood.
21st Infantry, three years,-Private, Edwin A Hinckley.
23d Infantry, three years, -- Private, John B. Norton.
26th Infantry, three years, -Private, George F. Bayard.
27th Infantry, three years,-Private, Martin Gaitley.
3Ist Infantry, three years, -Privates, John Cummings, David McDaniels, Hid. ward Pettit, Ralph Wolfran.
34th Infantry, three years, -- Privates, James F. Brodie, Henry G. Hines, Faltine Lafe, Charles E. Mason, Robert Morton, Joshua Phillips, Hugh Stuart
37th Infantry, three years, -Privates, Samuel P. Beers, Henry Bretcher, William T. Carpenter, John Cummings, Edward Law.
57th Infantry, three years,-Myron Goodell, sergeant; privates, Patrick Hever- on, William McDaniels.
Gist Infantry, three years,-Private, John Ragan.
Regular Army,-Henry Bricken, Robert Fleming.
LEE.
On the 4th of May, 1861, a town meeting to consider war matters was held in Lee. At that meeting it was resolved to enroll, at ones, a com- pany of sixty-four men, to be ready for a call into the service, and the selectmen were authorized to borrow three thousand dollars and to pro cure a drill room.
In April, 1862, the selectmen were authorized to borrow money for
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aiding the families of volunteers. In July of the same year a bounty of $100 to each volunteer for three years was voted, and the selectmen were authorized to borrow $3,700 to pay those bounties. In August it was voted to pay the same bounty to volunteers for nine months.
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