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RICHMOND.
No abstract of the records of Richmond is at hand. It is known that several town meetings were held each year, and that money was ap propriated for the payment of bounties and for State aid.
" The ladies of Richmond sent several boxes of clothing, books, dried fruits, sweetmeats, and other necesarios and comforts to the sideliers in the field and in hospitals at different times dining the war."
Au aggregate of $1,749.84 was paid by the town for State aid after- ward refunded by the commonwealth, and $7,000 were expended on se count of the war.
Richmond sent to the field the men named in the following list :
Sth Infantry, 100 days, -Privates, Nicholas Conley, Edward Morrison, Charles L. Woodward.
49th Infantry, nine months, -- Privates, John Carey, Araid 1. Chapman. Wallace Chamberlain, Simon Hoofmyer, William Linen, Charles D Ivech, Edwin E Ivuuh. John Lynch, John D. Lynch, Alfred Markham, Charles Markham, Welle B. Morgan. Henry C. Nichols, Abram Rossiter, William M. Rossiter, Frank Station, Albert Van Bramer, Wells E. Wheldon.
. Ist Cavalry, three years,-Private, Michael M. Clapper
2d Cavalry, three years, -- Private, Amidie Lagueness
12th Infantry, three years, -- Private, Lorenzo S, Knapp
19th Infantry, three years, -Private, Peter Gorman 20th Infantry, three years,-Private, Michael Plass
2Ist Infantry, three years, -- Robert B. Chamberlain, ist sergeant: Rober: B Chamberlain, Charles I, Woodworth, corporals; privates, Henry F- Chamberlain. Howard K. Swift, William H. Tyler.
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24th Infantry, three years,-Private, Charles H. Walker.
31st Infantry, three years, -- David Perr;, 2d lieutenant; Revello H. Vallinger, Charles Wilcox, corporals; privates, Albert D. Cook, George W. Lane, William E. Lane, Charles M. Renshaw, Thomas Toben.
32d Infantry, three years, -Private, Lorenzo S. Knapp.
34th Infantry, three years, -- Edward W. Chapin, corporal; privates, Joseph P. Chapman, John Crocker, John H. Jones, Henry P. Merrill, Edward H. Norton, Charles H. Walker, Benjamin C. Wilbur.
36th Infantry, three years, -Privates, Howard K. Swift, William H. Tyler.
37th Infantry, three years, -- John Plass, corporal; privates, Francis Madison, Michael Plass.
39th Infantry, three years, -Private, Lorenzo S. Knapp.
55th Infantry, three years, -Private, Franklin J. Dickerson.
56th Infantry, three years, -- William H. Tyler, corporal; private, Howard K. Swift.
57th Infantry, three years,-Privates, Horace Church, John H. Richards, Ro- manzo Stevens, Silas D. Webster.
6ist Infantry, one year,-Robert B. Chamberlain, ist sergeant.
Veteran Reserve Corps, -Phillip Sullivan.
SANDISFIELD.
As in the case of Richmond, there is no abstract at hand of the records of Sandisfield during the war. Town meetings were held during each year while the war continued, and as in other towns money for bounties and for aid to soldiers' families were voted.
The money thus raised amounted-that on account of the war-to $30.144 : and that for State aid, refunded afterward by the common- wealth, as in the case of other towns. to $5, 159.67.
Sandisfield sent the following named persons to the war :
49th Infantry, nine months,-Burton D. Deming, Ist lieutenant; Joseph B. Wol- cott, ist sergeant: Albert Hitchcock, Nathan Taylor, sergeants; Nelson M. Case, Julius P. Couch, William Deming, Porter H. Sears, corporals; privates, Albert Allen, Franklin Allen, Alfred Belden, James H. Fosdick, Alvin Heath, James Madden, Samuel Maxfield, Andrew McNamara, Samvel Merrill, Miles Munson, John North- way, Alexander Obey, Harvey Parsons, George F. Pratt, David Rathbone, James M. Richards, Charles N. Richardson, Henry Richardson, Frederick P. Seymour, Sidney Seymour, Egbert Smith, James J. Smith, Milton P. Smith, Anson Snow, Henry C. Steadman, Silas Twing. Henry M. Underwood, Harlan P. Wood.
2d Heavy Artillery, three years,-Privates, Charles G. Allen, William Allen. William Bailey, Thomas J. Russell, William H. Russell, Nicholas Vanstette.
3d Heavy Artillery, three years,-Private, James Fallon.
Ist Cavalry, three years, -- Privates, John H. Beckwith, Stephen Ellis, William F. Miller.
2d Cavalry, three years, -Private, James Kilroy.
Ioth Infantry, three years,-Private, Austin G. Williams.
17th Infantry, three years,-Charles G. Allen, corporal; privates, William Allen, William Bailey, Thomas J. Russell, William H. Russell, Matthew Stephenson.
19th Infantry, three years, -Privates, Isaac M. Fosdall, Alvis Seiss.
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20th Infantry, three years, -Private, Benjamin F Heath.
27th Infantry, three years, -- George W. Phillips, corporal; privates, Levi Clark, James J. P. Davis, John Fuller, William C. Me Kay, Francis Stone, Henry H. Under- wood, Henry Walker.
30th Infantry, three years, -- Privates, Michael McGuire, Richard Moore.
37th Infantry, three years,-Charles N. Snow, corporal; privates, Alonzo F. Bart- lett, Enos Besoncond, Alexander Deforest, Gordon Dunn, Edmund M. C. Fuller. John L. Gibbons, William H. Hale, Loyal S. Humphrey, Edgar N. Phelps.
56th Infantry, three years, Robert Amos, sergeant.
57th Infantry, three years, -Privates, Charles C. Gregory, Henry Patterson,
Veteran Reserve Corps,-Hiram Bridges, John Carroll, Philip Chace, William R. Chalfont, William Cleland, Patrick Cummings, John Doherty, John Foley, James Ford, Michael Gorman, George F. Hayden, John M. Hunter, William Ivory, Gideon S. Keen, William Muchada, John D. Penong, John Remaby, Adolph Stranz, Charles H. Stratton, George W. Templin, William Welch, Henry A. Wood.
Regular Army .- Frank E. Blodgett, Thomas Conway, John H. White.
SAVOY.
At the first town meeting. in 1861, to act on war matters the town voted to hire money, not exceeding $1,000 in amount, for State aid.
During 1862 it was voted to raise by assessment a sufficient amount to pay bounties, both to three years and nine months volunteers and to drafted men. $100 to each, to exempt the property of such volunteers. while in the service, from taxation, to pay to each $10 of his bounty in advance. and to levy a tax of $1 on each poll for the benefit of volunteers. in addition to their bounty.
In 1862 $1,000 were voted for State aid.
In June, 1864, the bounty for each recruit was increased to $125.
In 1865 81,000 were voted for State aid. and the selection were di- rected to continue recruiting and keep all quotas full.
The amount expended for State aid was $3.058.11. On account of the war, including $2,466.84 raised by subscription, it was $9.211.03.
Savoy sent men to the war as follows :
49th Infantry, nine months,-Henry H. Davis, corporal; privates, William S. Babbitt, Edwin Brown, Zelotas M. Burlingham, Albert W. Cheesbro, Alfred W. Cheesbro, Abner D. Codding, Ebenezer Codding, James A. Cornell, James E. Dun- ham, Alvin H. Hathaway, Manly H. Horton, William D. Leonard, Arad H. Maran- ville, Ezra M. Martin, William Proud.
13th Battery, Light Artillery, three years, -Private, Michael Markey.
2d Heavy Artillery, three years,-Privates, William L. Smith, James Winter.
4th Cavalry, three years, -Privates, Daniel T. Ennis, John Smith.
5th Cavalry, three years,-Thomas Smith, corporal; Privates, Richard T. Med- ley, John Nickens.
10th Infantry, three years,-Privates, George Carpenter, Orrin S. Harwood, James M. Warner.
24th Infantry, three years, -- Privates, William J. Nash, John T. Phelps. Charles B. Saunders.
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27th Infantry, three years, -Privates, Harrison Goodnow, William J. Joslyn. 31st Infantry, three years, -David P. Remington, corporal; privates, John L. Cain, Milo Chamberlin, James E. Dunhama, Joseph Emerson, Henry Horton, Charles E. Quinn, David P. Remington, Charles E. Segar, John Turner.
34th Infantry, three years,-Private, William J. Nash.
37th Infantry, three years, -- Arthur M. Cane, corporal; privates, Samuel Beals, George Carpenter, Thomas B. Edwards, John W. Hathaway, Warner A. Hathaway, Urbane Sears, Philip H. Sherman, William L. Towle.
57th Infantry, three years, -Private, William H. Loud.
Veteran Reserve Corps, -- Amos Baker, Peter Ferguson. Patrick Nickerson. Regular Army, -- James Scully.
SHEFFIELD.
On the 4th of May, 1861, the first town meeting to consider war meas- ures was held in Sheffield. At this meeting it was resolved to raise $2.000 for volunteers, to pay each volunteer from the town $9 per month while in the service, to give aid to the families of volunteers, to raise by tax $4,000, and to form a military company. 8500 were afterward appro- priated for State aid.
In 1862 the town voted to give bounties of $125 to volunteers for three years, and $100 each to those who enlisted for nine months. It was also voted to borrow $2.000 for aid to the families of volunteers.
In 1863 it was voted to extend aid to the families of drafted men, and in April, 1864, 83,000 were voted to procure volunteers, and the bounty was fixed at $150. Subsequently discretionary power was given to the selectmen in the matter of bounties and amounts to be borrowed for the purpose of paying them. In August it was voted "to deposit with the State treasurer one hundred and twenty-five dollars each for ten men for recruits." and in December the selectmen were authorized to borrow four thousand dollars with which to pay bounties for thirty-two recruits.
In April, 1865, the selectmen were further authorized to borrow money for State aid to the families of volunteers.
The amount expended for war purposes was $30.033.68. For State aid $14,507.63 were appropriated and expended.
Sheffield's list of soldiers in this war is as follows :
49th Infantry, nine months, -Horace D. Train, captain; Roscoe C. Taft, Ist lieutenant; Moses H. Tuttle, Ist sergeant; George L. Parsons, sergeant; Frederick K. Arnold, Dwight Boardman, Morris Decker, Charles O. Dewey, Edward E. Ensign, Lyman Gorham, Dwight M. Robbins, Robert L. Taft, Edson A. Welton, corporals; Henry L. Holmes, musician; Ebenezer S. Hinman, wagoner; privates, William Am- . stead, Henry Ashley, Charles Bartholomew, John Brazee, Charles Brennison, George E. Callender, Edwin W. Chapin, Henry B. Chapin, Norman C. Chapin, Amos Clark, George W. Clark, Wilbur J. Clark, Albert N. Cowles, James Curtis, Harvey Decker, John C. DeForest, Barney Devine, Albert Fenny, William Fogerty, Bradford C. Foote, John J. Ford, William Funk jr., John A. Graham, Timothy Handlon, Charles W. Hart, Libbeus Hedger, Horatio L. Hewins, Sylvester J. Hewins, John F. Hinton. John Jackson, Elbert S. Joyner, William H. Lawrence, Curtis Lee, Lyman Lindsey,
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Asahel M. Little, Frank Little, Albert Loomis, James D. Loring, Michael McCarty, John McCormick, Franklin Noteware, John O'Brien, John Platz, Gideon Root, Mil- ton Rooaback, John M. Roys, Dwight Seeley, Theron C. Shaw, Maloy J. Smith, Edwin R. Stannard, George H. Stevens, John J. Stevens, Nicholas Van Deusen, Henry Van Tassel, Daniel G. Webb, James Webb, Nelson Webster, Jacob Winters, William E. Winters.
9th Battery, Light Artillery, three years, -Private, Charles Porter.
11th Battery, Light Artillery, three years, -Private, Daniel Doyle.
Ist Heavy Artillery, three years, -- Privates, George Pitts, Henry W. Pitts.
2d Cavalry, three years, -- Private, Luther M. Wiggins.
3d Cavalry, three years,-Private, John H. Jackson.
5th Cavalry, three years,-Francis Boyd, Daniel Brown, commissary sergeants ; privates, Hilary Brown, George Hicks, Edward Johnson, George Mars, Robert Miller, Benjamin Simons, John Williams.
roth Infantry, three years, -Privates, Robert R. Andrews, Martin Bartholomew, Frank Cadney, Lee Cummings, Orrin Curtis, Davis Hart, Charles L. Pennock, Peter Smith, John B. Tubbs.
11th Infantry, three years,-Alexander Hall, corporal; privates, Edward Dasen- berry, Lauren S. Gaylord, Thomas Jones, Hiram C. Manville, George E. Wright.
16th Infantry, three years, -- Hiram Manville, corporal; privates, Edward Dasen - berry, William H. Loomis, George E. Wright.
20th Infantry, three years,-Privates, Edgar Barnum, Lee Cummings, Peter Smith, Charles Webster.
24th Infantry, three years,-Robert O. Dusenberry, corporal; privates, John Ferry, Elias J. Flink, Michael McGraw, Charles Williams, George Witheroux.
2Sth Infantry, three years, -- Privates, Lorenzo Bonaventura, George W. Bowen.
3ist Infantry, three years, -- George Frink, sergeant; Charles Gordon, wagoner; privates, Lewis Beckwith, Michael Dusenberry, Francis S. Frink, Lorin Frink, Seth Frink, William Frink, Edward Funk, Albert Keep, S. Knickerbocker, Edwin Mc- Carry, James F Middleton, Charles Ulrich, Hiram Wentworth.
34th Infantry, three years, -- Private, Charles L. Pennock.
37th Infantry, three years,-Thomas C. Lawton, assistant surgeon; George D. Chapin, Robert O'Brien, Levi M. Stannard, sergeants; Levi Davis, Henry J. Deming, Albert L. Strong, corporals; privates, Edgar Barnum, Martin Blodgett, Stephen H. Collar, Lee Cummings, Thomas Darby, Rodolphus Decker, James Ferry, Grove Gorham, Edward Harper, Hiram Hart, Wilson Hayes, Nathan J. Hedger, john Higgins, John Kelly, Andrew J. Knight, John M. Manville, Alonzo O'Brien, George Pease, Frederick S. Shepard, Henry Sikes, Peter Smith, Arlington Stannard, Daniel Tarpy, Charles Webster, Philip Winters, Luther S. Wright.
54th Infantry, three years, -- Privates, David Addison, Edward Crosslear, Milo J. Freeland, John C. Harris, George Jarvis, Nathaniel H. Johnson, Norman Johnson, William Jones, Edward More, Henry J. Tucker, Ira Waterman.
55th Infantry, three years, -Private, Thomas Henry.
57th Infantry, three years, -Michael Lovejoy, sergeant; privates, Martin E. Finkle, Charles F. Frink, John E. Hinton, Albert M. Nickerson, James Winters.
6ist Infantry, one year,-Privates, Harvey Decker. John McCormick. John Roberts.
Veteran Reserve Corps,-John T. Bolton, Thomas Connall, Edward Fitzgerald,
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William H. Fletcher, Bernard Forrest, Oscar S. Jewett, Michael Keenan, John Leger, Henry Mckeon, William Meyer, John Ryan, Frederick Schroder, George M. Vick- ers, Allen I. Williams.
Regular Army,-Angustus Baker, John Barth, Patrick Breen, George Brown, James Brooks, John Delehanty, Philip Deu, Philip Felter, Frederick Herpolscheimer, Conrad Hillenbrand, William Hogan, William S. Holden, William Jones, Dennis Kelley, Adolphus Lowell, Simon Meisenbock, Henry Meyer, John Murphy, Thomas Murphy, David O'Brien, John Robinson, John Walsh, Adam Wolf, Frederick Wullf.
STOCKBRIDGE.
The first town meeting in Stockbridge to act on war matters was held May 3d, 1861. At this meeting it was voted to borrow money within the limit of two thousand dollars for the purchase of clothes and equip- ments for volunteers. Also the selectmen were directed to pay State aid to the families of volunteers. in accordance with law.
In April. 1862. the selectmen were authorized to borrow $1,000 for State aid. In July a bounty of $125 was voted to each volunteer for three years, and in August a bounty of $100 was voted to each volunteer for nine months.
In 1863 State aid was voted to the families of drafted men, and the selectmen were authorized to borrow money for military purposes. They were also directed to solicit subscriptions for bounties to volunteers, and it was voted to abate the poll taxes of soldiers belonging in Stock- bridge.
In 1864 it was voted to appropriate $3,963 to fill the quota of the town and refund subscriptions. It was also resolved to recruit twenty- five men in anticipation of the next call.
The town expended on account of the war $15,029.56 ; and for State aid $11,141.96.
The ladies of the town early organized a soldiers' aid society, and during the war articles to the aggregate value of several thousand dollars were forwarded by them to the army and to hospitals.
" A very handsome brown stone monument has been erected to the memory of the men of Stockbridge who died for their country in the War of the Rebellion. The cost of the monument was twenty-six hundred dollars. It stands near the centre of the village to which it is an ornament as well as an honor to the memory of those who fell."
The list of the defenders of the country who went from Stockbridge is as follows :
3d Battalion Riffemen, three years,-Private, Elias M. Gifford jr.
49th Infantry, nine months,-Edwin T. Dresser, ist lieutenant; Charles P'. Adams, C. Luther Nettleton, sergeants: Henry S. May, William H. Palmer, corpo. rals; privates. John A. Arnold, Charles H. Babcock, Edward R. Bradley, James Caffrey, Robert E. Clary, George W. Cooper, John Crosby, Wells Fuller, Benjamin G Horton, Charles H. Horton, Alfred Johnson, Henry R. Jones, Lucian F. Kellogg. John Lawless, Charles L. Lynch, George T. May, Francis Nea, Albert C. Nettleton,
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Dennis O'Brien, John O'Neill, David Owens, Nelson Owens, Franklin A. Parker, John Power, John E. Sargent, Andrew C. Smith, Albert J. Spoor, Edgar O. Whipple, George R. Williams, Godfrey Wolfinger.
2d Heavy Artillery, three years, -- Private, Freeland A. Doe.
3d Heavy Artillery, three years, -Private, Joshua L. Meacham.
29th Unattached Heavy Artillery, one year, -John H. Johnson, sergeant; James E. Badger, artificer.
ist Cavalry, three years,-Privates, James W. Carey, John 1 .. Dresser, John F. Tullar.
2d Cavalry, three years, -Privates, William Collins, Thomas Karrigan.
3d Cavalry, three years, -Privates, James F. Dresser. William H. Dresser.
5th Cavalry, three years,-Theodore Martin, corporal.
2d Infantry, three years, -Williant F. Mix, ist sergeant; William Logan, Morris Solomon, sergeants; privates, Milton G. Bishop, Charles E. Brace, John S. Burghart, Frederick Bomeler, John Burns, Ethan A. Clary, Charles E. Cunningham, Michael Dailey, Thomas Dailey, John Deu, Thomas Halpin, John Harlmann, James Johnson, John Lawless, James Mullaney, Michael Mullaney, Patrick Murphy, Joseph C. Rath- burn, George Reese, William Ridell, Edmund Shultz, Robert Smith, John Stone.
Ioth Infantry, three years,-Private, Russell L. Chadwick.
19th Infantry, three years,-Melville Eggleston, Ist lieutenant.
20th Infantry, three years,-Henry W. T. Mali jr., captain; Henry W. T. Mali, Arthur G. Sedgwick, Ist lieutenants; privates, Edward E. Dresser, Levi Lamson jr., Edward C. Sexton, James Sullivan.
2Ist Infantry, three years, -- Privates, Richard Bassett, Charles H. Sperry.
24th Infantry, three years, -- Privates, William Beaton, George I. Cooles, Fred- erick E. Eastland, James Newman, Charles L. Ostrander, Charles I. Parker, John W. Payson, Marshall W. Pepoon, Charles W. Rathburn, Nelson Weeks.
27th Infantry, three years,-Nelson Adams, corporal; privates, Harvey H. Con- verse, George W. Bradburn.
28th Infantry, three years, -Private, James Somers.
30th Infantry, three years,-William A. A. Flegentrager, corporal; private. Christian Wolf.
31st Infantry, three years, -- Privates, Charles Blivin, Anthony Conway, Frank Fitch, Jacob Kirby, Henry Webster.
34th Infantry, three years, -William F. Evans, corporal.
36th Infantry, three years, -Charles H. Sperry, sergeant.
37th Infantry, three years,-Privates, James Caffrey, Philip Caffrey, Thomas Caffrey, John W. Cooney, Gideon M. Dutcher, William Farrell, Morrison A. Holmes, George W. Jones, Stephen Kirby, Lewis Lenox, Thomas McCabe ed, Charles H. Miller, Cornelius Miller, Frederick Miller, John W. Newton, John O'Brien, Frank Page, Louis Pepoon, Abram Russell, George Sehnier, William E, Slocum, Oscar Sweet.
39th Infantry, three years, -- Private, John Eminger.
54th Infantry, three years, -- Privates, John I. Clow, Charles H. Piper, John Q. Williams, Valorons W. Williams.
56th Infantry, three years, -- Charles H. Sperry, sergeant.
57th Infantry, three years, -- Whitman V. White, surgeon; Alfred II. Dashiell jr .. chaplain; Edson T. Dresser, captain; Henry S. May, sergeant; privates, Charles
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Jones, John O'Neil, Newton B. Pepoon, Charles Rathburu, William H. Rathburn, George J. Schafer.
6ist Infantry, one year, -- Privates, John H. Connors, Bernard McCona.
62d Infantry, one year, -- Melville Eggleston, 2d lieutenant.
Veteran Reserve Corps,-John Farrell.
TYRINGHAM.
In 1861 the town authorized its selectmen to borrow money for State aid to the families of volunteers.
In 1862 the disbursement of State aid was continued, and in July of that year a bounty of $100 was offered for each volunteer for three years. In August this bounty was increased to $200, and a bounty of $100 each was offered for nine months' volunteers.
State aid was continued in 1863, and in 1864 bounties to the extent of $300 each were authorized for three years volunteers under anticipated calls, and a tax of $3,200 was voted.
In April, 1865, it was voted to pay the expenses already incurred in recruiting, and to raise $1.500 by tax for recruiting purposes and commu- tations under subsequent calls and drafts, if any.
The town expended on account of the war $6.960, and $1.681.51 for State aid.
The following named soldiers went to the field from Tyringham. This was said by the adjutant general to be one of the two towns in the county that sent its exact quota under all calls :
8th Infantry, 100 days, -- Privates, Hamlin F. Clark, Hiram Young.
49th Infantry, nine months, -- George H. Sweet, ad lieutenant; George H. Sweet. Ist sergeant; Thomas Steadman, Charles H. Videtto, corporals, Hamlin F. Click, musician; privates, George L. Barnes, Alfred S. Bigelow, Horace W. Blake, Karl Curtin, Henry J. Gardner, Addison P. Heath, Franklin Heath, Thomas Maloney, Edward W. Steadman, Harlon A. Wheelock, Scott W. Wilson, James S. Young.
2d Infantry, three years, -- Privates, Wilbur F. Anthony, Gershom W. Fielding. Theodore D. Holmes, Gilbert B. Ingraham, Henry Johnson, William J King, George H. Sweet, George Ticknor.
ioth Infantry, three years,-Private, Charles Blakesley.
27th Infantry, three years, -Private, James M. McGinness.
31st Infantry, three years,-Private, Scott W. Wilson.
35th Infantry, three years, -Private, John Waters.
54th Infantry, three years, -Privates, William T. Taylor, Amos Williams.
6ist Infantry, one year, -Privates, James Batler, Coleman Finegan.
WASHINGTON.
Although no formal town meeting was called during 1861 relative to war matters, several popular meetings were held.
In September, 1802. a meeting was held, and bounties of 875 each were voted to seven men who had enlisted for three years, and $100 each to volunteers for nine months.
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Probably no action by the town was necessary during 1863, and pone was taken.
In April. 1864. it was voted to pay bounties of $125 to recruits, and vigorous action was taken to promote enlistments.
In this town, as in many others, the ladies did good work in furnish- ing lint, bandages, and other supplies for wounded and sick soldiers.
The town expended $6,000 on account of the war, and $3,632.53 for State aid.
The following were sent by the town to fight the battles of the Union: Sth Infantry, Ico days, -- Private, John W. Noble.
15th Unattached Infantry, 100 days .- Private, George H. Brooker.
49th Infantry, nine months,-Charles V. Abbott, John Kelley, Cheney I. Ingell, corporals; privates, Zera Barnum, Ezra Brown, Sylvester Burrows, Lewis Crozier, Edmund Filio, Orestes R. Foster, Ira Higgins, Samuel S. Kettle, John McCarty, Ambrose Morgan, Jerry Noble, Henry M. Segar, Ensign J. Simmons, Ephraim Wil- son, Frank Wilson, William Wilson jr.
loth Infantry, three years, -Walter B. Smith, corporal: private, John Lander.
3Ist Infantry, three years, -Patrick J. Dinan, Ist lieutenant; Patrick J. Dinan, 2d lieutenant; privates, Thomas Bills, Simon Devalla, Patrick J. Dinan, Owen Flan- nigan, Jared F. Harrison, John Hall, Lawrence W. Hopkins, Francis Peyton.
32d Infantry, three years, -Private, Francis H. Tarbell.
34th Infantry, three years .- Private, John McCarty.
37th Infantry, three years, -David Kelly, corporal; privates, Joseph Fettleat, John Gilbert, Michael Quigley, Dwight M. Squire, Joseph Vetter.
57th Infantry, three years, -Privates, Dennis Collins, James M. Frost, Loren S. Holmes, Ambrose E. Morgan, Ensign J. Simmons, Wesley T. Simmons,
6ist Infantry, one year,-Privates, Henry A. Beach, Alanson B. Pomeroy, Eras- tus Smith.
62d Infantry, one year,-Martin G. Tewksbury, sergeant; Henry Williams, corporal.
WEST STOCKBRIDGE.
The first war town meeting in this town was held November 18th. 1861, and at that meeting the selectmen were authorized to give State aid to the families of volunteers.
In March, 1862, 81.500 were appropriated for State aid. the payment of poll taxes by enlisted men was remitted. a bounty of $100 was voted to each volunteer for three years, and the treasurer was directed to bor- row money for the payment of these bounties. In August the same bounty was ordered for each volunteer for nine months.
In 1863. $1.700 were appropriated for State aid. and that aid was ex- tended to the families of drafted men, and additional allowances were made to volunteers.
In 1864. 82,000 were appropriated for State aid, and $1,500 were voted for recruiting purposes. Bounties were provided for, and it was voted to refund to citizens money which they had contributed for enlistment. The selectmen were authorized to pay in gold the bounty of $125 author- ized by an act of the Legislature, in that year, to be raised.
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