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the railroad depot. This gathering was very numerous, probably never exceeded upon any occasion in that town. A sober feeling pervaded the concourse in view of the peril to be encountered by our townsmen, and sympathy for those who were parting with husbands, brothers, and sons, and perhaps forever. A large company of citizens with the band accompanied the soldiers in the train to Boston, marched in procession to Faneuil Hall, and from thence to their temporary quarters, at 71 Clinton Street. The company numbered eighty, rank and file, when they left the town for Boston, to which there were large additions made soon after.
MARTLAND'S BAND .- Roll of North Bridgewater brass band attached to the Twelfth Massachusetts Regiment of volunteers :
Band-Master.
William J. Martland.
Musicians.
Amasa S. Glover.
Lucius H. Packard. George A. Bates.
Thaddeus M. Packard.
Henry C. Packard.
James S. Bean.
George E. Sturtevant.
Joseph Kennedy.
Louis A. Beaumont.
Samuel C. Perkins.
Fernando De Argome.
Charles M. Capin.
Isaac C. Dunham.
Minot Thayer.
Nathaniel Carver.
John B. Emmes.
Richard B. Atkinson.
John Calman.
Robert S. White.
William Dubois.
This band was mustered out of the service May 8, 1862.
DEATHS, CASUALTIES, ETC .- An account of casualties, deaths, de- sertions, promotions, and changes in Company F, Twelfth Massachusetts Regiment :
Alexander Hichborn, capt., com. June 26, 1861 ; disch. May 13, 1862.
Alpheus K. Harmon, Ist lieut. June 26, 1861; capt. May 10, 1852 ; wounded at the battle of Bull Run ; disch. July 8, 1864, at the expiration of three years' service; pro. acting provost-marshal of the Ninth Massachusetts District June, 1864, and is now the efficient sheriff of Plymouth county.
Hiram W. Copeland, 2d lieut. com. June 26, 1861 ; disch. Jan. 8, 1862.
John S. Stoddard, enlisted in Co. F, of the 12th Regt. of Massachusetts Volunteers as a private, and immediately upon the organization of the company was appointed orderly sergeant; afterwards commissioned as second lieutenant May 13, 1862; pro- moted first lieutenant Dec. 14, 1862. He was in the battle of Gettysburg, and nar- rowly escaped being taken prisoner; but by his native shrewdness and strategy he succeeded in getting back to his regiment; immediately after this he received a cap-
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tain's commission, dated July 23, 1862 ; he fell, while leading his men on in the very face of the enemy, pierced by a bullet, killing him instantly, May 10, 1864, in the battle of Spottsylvania, Va. In all thic positions that he was called to fill he proved himself faithful, and an officer of unusual capacity, while his kind and considerate regard for his men, and his ever genial disposition, made him a favorite with all, wherever lie was known, and the community in which he lived have reason to deplore the loss of one whose soldierly qualities commanded the respect of his associates. He was buried on the battle-field by his men.
Nathan H. Crosby, Ist sergt., disch. for disability October, 1862.
Charles L. Sproul, sergt., disch. by order from War Department, Aug. 1, 1863 ; after- wards attached to the navy on the Mississippi River; com. as Ist lieut. in Co. C. 60th Massachusetts Regt. for one hundred days' service, July 11, 1864, capt. July 30.
Francis P. Holmes, sergt., disch. Sept. 1, 1861 ; afterwards re-enlisted, and was killed.
James B. Sampson, sergt., pro. 2d lieut. Sept. 18, 1862, and assigned to Co. A Jan. 13, 1863; taken prisoner at the battle of Gettsyburg, Pa., and was an inmate of Libby Prison, Richmond, Va .; was a prisoner at Columbia, S. C., where he ran past the guard with two other fellow-captives, and reached the Union lines in safety, after a perilous journey of three hundred miles.
James S. Tannett, corp., afterwards sergt., died July 13, 1862, of typhoid fever, at Manassas.
Uriah Macoy, corp., afterwards Ist sergt., taken prisoner at the battle of Gettys- burg, and was a resident of Belle Isle Prison, Richmond, Va., till March, 1864 ; com. as capt. of Co. C, 60th Massachusetts Regt., in one hundred days' service, July 11th ; pro. maj. July 30, 1864; must. out of service Nov. 30, 1864.
Roswell C. Amsden, corp. disch. for disability Aug. 18, 1862.
Galen Edson, corp., pro. sergt .; died Feb. 20, 1864, at Culpeper Court-House, Va. He was engaged in the battle at Cedar Mountain, Thoroughfare Gap, Second Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Antietam, and Gettysburg. He was spoken of by his superior officers as a brave and faithful soldier, always at his post, never shrinking from duty or danger
Charles H. Reinhardt, corp., disch. for disability May 30, 1862.
Frederic C. Packard, corp., trans. to Co. D Nov. 18, 1861, and disch. for disability Oct. 17, 1862.
Walter D Packard, corp., detached as hospital clerk at Frederick, Md., and hon. disch. July 8, 1864.
Edwin T. Cowell, corp., trans. to the United States Signal Corps Jan. 13, 1864. James Sullivan, musician, disch. for disability Jan. 26, 1864.
Joseph H. Lynch, wagoner, must. out of service July 8, 1864.
James A. Allen, sergt., pro. to Ist lieut. July 23, 1863 ; sergt .- maj. Jan. 25, 1863.
Luther E. Alden, corp., trans. to Invalid Corps March 15, 1862, and afterwards to Vet. Res. Corps; wounded at the battle of Bull Run.
James F. Andrews, private, must. out at the expiration of service July 8, 1864 ; wounded at battle of Bull Run; released from Libby Prison, January, 1884.
Leander B. Andrews, private, must. out at exp. of service, July 8, 1864.
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Jolm Barry, private, slightly wounded at the battle of Antietam, September, 1862; must. out at the exp. of service, July 8, 1864.
Henry Burns, private, slightly wounded at the battle of Antietam, September, 1862; must. out at the exp. of service, July 8, 1864.
El Bunker, private, slightly wounded at the battle of Antietam, September, 1862; trans, to the Invalid Corps Jan. 16, 1864.
Henry L. Bunker, private, slightly wounded at the battle of Antietam, September, 1862 ; must. out of service July 8, 1864.
William HI. Bennie, private, disch. on account of wounds received at Bull Run Feb. 12, 1864.
George W. Childs, corp., killed in action at the battle of Fredericksburg, Va. Dec. 18, 1862.
John D. Creighton, private, disch. on account of wounds received at Bull Run, June 11, 1863.
Malcolm F. Dhalberg, private, severely wounded at the battle of Antietam; died Dec. 17, 1862.
Thomas Doyle, private, severely wounded at the battle of Bull Run; disch. on account of wounds Dec. 15, 1862.
Albert S. Dean, private, disch. for disability June 4, 1862.
Aaron B. Dodge, private, disch. for disability Jan. 9, 1863.
Joseph P. Davis, private, must. out of service July 8, 1864.
Sargent Daniels, private, trans. to the U. S. Cav. Oct. 13, 1861.
Seth Edson, private, disch. for disability Dec. 19, 1862.
Aaron B. Frost, private, died in battle of Bull Run, Aug. 30, 1862.
Joseph W. Freeman, private, disch. for disability Dec. 12, 1862.
Henry W. Freeman, private, must. out of service July 8, 1864.
Robert F. Fuller, private, trans. to the Vet. Res. Corps Jan. 16, 1864.
Andrew J. Frost, private, died at Fairfax Court-House Aug. 28, 1862.
John C. Greeley, private, trans. to brigade headquarters; wounded at the battle of Bull Run; must. out of service July 8. 1864.
Warren A. Holmes, private, disch. for disability March 14, 1863.
Linus P. Howard, private, killed at the second battle of Bull Run, Aug. 30, 1862.
Rufus F. Hull, private, disch. for disability October, 1862.
Albert P. Hovey, private, must. out of service July 8, 1864.
Nathaniel H. Hall, private, trans. to division headquarters; must. out of service July 8, 1864.
Christopher T. Harris, private, disch. for disability Sept. 26, 1862.
Volney Howard, sergt., pro. to brig. com .- sergt., July 12, 1863.
Clarence E. Hartwell, private, trans. to the U. S. Cav. Oct. 13, 1861.
John S. Hamilton, private, died of smallpox near Washington, December, 1862. John Hallihan, private, disch. for disability June 11, 1863.
Charles Howard (2d), private, wounded at the battle of Bull Run; disch. for dis- ability on account of wounds Oct. 10, 1862.
William W. Hayden, minor, private, disch, June 28, 1862.
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Andrew Jackson, sergt., slightly wounded in the eye at the battle of the Wilderness ; must. out of service July 8, 1864.
Laban Jackson, private, wounded in the side at the battle of the Wilderness ; must. out of service July 8, 1864.
Thaddeus Keith, Ist. sergt., killed at the battle of the Wilderness May 6, 1864. At the time of his death he was at the fore-front of the battle, where he gallantly and bravely resisted several onsets of the enemy. His frank and generous nature made him a favorite in the company.
Benjamin J. Keith, private, disch. for disability Dec. 28, 1861.
Dexter D. Keith, private, disch. for disability Jan. 29, 1863; afterwards re-en- listed ; lost his right hand in the battle of Plymouth, N. C., April, 1864, and taken prisoner.
Martin M. Keith, private, severely wounded at the battle of Bull Run.
Carl A. Lindstedt, private, slightly wounded at the battle of Fredericksburg ; must. out of service July 8, 1864.
Timothy O'Leary, private, trans. to New York Battery ; must. out of service July 8, 1864.
Francis A. Manchester, private, slightly wounded at Antietam.
Francis N. Maroni, corp., killed in action at second battle of Bull Run, Aug. 30, 1862.
Henry E. Morley, private, slightly wounded at the battle of Antietam; must. out of service July 8, 1864.
Isaac S. Porter, private, trans. to the Vet. Res. Corps July 1, 1863.
James A. Packard, corp., detached for hospital duty ; must. out of service July 8, 1864.
Samuel N. Packard, private, disch. for disability July 3, 1863.
Anthony P. Phillips, private, disch. March 4, 1863; trans. to the 73d Ohio Regt. George A. Perkins, private, killed in the battle of Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862. Gilman B. Parker, private, slightly wounded at the battle of Bull Run.
Henry C. Richardson, private, trans. to the 39th Mass. Regt. June 25, 1864.
William H. Rugg, corp., must, out of service July 8, 1864.
Herbert Phillips, private, must. out of service July 8, 1864.
William F. Robinson, private, must, out of service July 8, 1864.
Osgood King, private, trans. to the Vet. Res. Corps Sept. 18, 1863.
Henry Rogers, private, disch. for disability March 4, 1863.
Frederick S. Simonds, private, severely wounded at the battle of Bull Run; disch. for disability March 13, 1863.
Frank M. Stoddard, sergt., wounded at the battle of Fredericksburg ; killed at the battle of Spottsylvania, Va., May 10, 1864.
Francis A. Sanford, private, killed at the second battle of Bull Run Aug. 30, 1862.
George S. Smith, private, trans. to the Vet. Res. Corps Feb. 20, 1864.
Luther T. Snell, private, severely wounded at the battle of Antietam; disch. for dis- ability March 3, 1863.
Harrison Stevens, private, severely wounded at the battle of Antietam; disch. for disability Dec. 25, 1862.
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George F. Tinkham, private, severely wounded at the battle of Antictam ; disch. on account of wounds March 4, 1863.
Ephraim Tinkham, private, wounded at Fredericksburg; trans. to the Vet. Res. Corps Marel 15, 1862.
Nathan M. Tripp, private, must. out of service July 8, 1864.
Joseph J. Vincent, private, pro. hosp. steward March 20, 1863.
George B. Walker, private, severely wounded at the second battle of Bull Run ; died at Washington of wounds Sept. 24, 1862.
George F. Whitcomb, private, disch. for disability Sept. 1, 1861.
Thomas W. Wall, private, wounded at the battle of Antietam; disch. for disability November, 1862.
Lewis B. Wade, private, wounded at Fredericksburg; detached as provost-marshal ; must. out of service July 8, 1864.
Herbert O. Moore, private; no report.
Webster Howard, private, detached to provost-guard; disch. April 29, 1863.
Jerome R. Hodge, private, killed in the battle of Fredericksburg Dec. 13, 1862.
Franklin M. Godfrey, musician, disch. from the 12th Regt. ; re-enl. in the 33d Regt. ; must. out of service July 8, 1864.
Richard Packard, private, killed in the battle of Fredericksburg Dec. 13, 1862.
Samuel E. Chandler, private, pro. to q. m .- sergt. Jan. 25, 1863.
Freeman R. Ranney, private, trans. to Vet. Res. Corps Sept. 17, 1863.
John Howard, private, disch. for disability Dec. 27, 1862.
William Woods, private, disch. for disability Jan. 11, 1863.
Lyman Allen, private, was drafted in North Bridgewater July 15, 1863, and was de- tailed to do guard duty at Long Island, where by striet integrity of character he won the confidenee of all with whom he had to do. With others he was sent to the front and attached to the 12th Regt., and was killed in the first battle that he was engaged in, near Spottsylvania, May 10, 1864.
Rodney M. Leach, private, was drafted July 15, 1863; trans. to the 39th Mass. Regt. June 25, 1864 ; wounded.
Henry L. Winter, private, killed at the battle of the Wilderness May 5, 1864.
Names of those having deserted from Company F, Twelfth Regiment, after being regularly enlisted :
John L. Colter, private, Aug. 30, 1862, at the second battle of Bull Run.
Charles E. Reed, private, March 16, 1863, at Winchester, Va.
John E. Ford, private, July 22, 1861, from Fort Warren, Boston harbor.
Arthur J. O'Keefe, private, Aug. 30, 1862, at the second battle of Bull Run.
Lawrence Burke, private, July 1, 1862, at Manassas Junetion.
NARRATIVE OF THE TWELFTH MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT.
On the 23d of July, 1861, this regiment left Boston, and arrived at Sandy Hook, Md., on the 27th inst., and went into camp. They marched twenty-one miles to the Monoc- acy River, and encamped, remaining there several days; from that place they marchied
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to Hyattstown, a distance of six miles ; to Darnestown, eighteen miles; to Muddy Branch, seven miles ; to Edward's Ferry, fifteen miles; and to Seneca Mills, by the way of Poolesville, fifteen miles. They went into winter quarters at Frederick, Md., having arrived through Darnestown and Barnestown, a distance of thirty miles. Upon the 27th of February, 1862, they broke camp at Frederick, and went into camp at Shenandoah City, Va., distant twenty-five miles from Frederick. March Ist they went to Charlestown, Va., by the way of Bolivar Heights, a distance of seven miles; they left Charlestown March 10, for Winchester, Va., by the way of Berryville, twenty- four miles; marched from Winchester to Snicker's Gap, by the way of Berryville, on the 21st of March, eighteen miles; March 23d went to Aldie, distant eighteen miles; they returned to Snicker's Gap on the 24th, from whence they marched to Goose Creek, distant eleven miles; on the 28th they left for Cub Run, and on the 29thi marched to Bull Run, five miles. They were almost continually on the march from place to place through the Shenandoah Valley between the 1st of April and August 1st, seldom re- inaining long in one camp; August 9th they were engaged in the battle of Cedar Mountain, in which they lost Capt. N. B. Shurtleff, jr., and ten men wounded ; after this they made several marches and countermarches, and on the 20th of August were engaged in the battle of the Rappahannock, in which they suffered no loss ; from this to the 30th they were almost constantly on the march, and on the day last mentioned, in an engagement at Grovetown, near Bull Run, Col. Webster, Capt. Kimball, and ten men were killed, and one hundred and thirty-five men were wounded and missing. After this- battle the regiment retreated to Centreville, arriving there the next day; on the 14th of September they marched to South Mountain, and were engaged in that battle, in which one man was killed and five wounded; from that place they went to Keedysville, and on the afternoon of the 16th formed in line of battle and bivouacked for the night ; they engaged the enemy at five o'clock in the morning, but were ordered to leave the field at nine A. M., and withdrew in good order. They went into this fight with three hundred and twenty-five men, lost forty seven killed and one hundred and sixty-six wounded, several of whom subsequently died of their wounds. On leaving the field, bringing off their regimental colors, four officers and thirty-two men, they vol- unteered to support a battery ; after which they rejoined their brigade, and participated in the pursuit of the flying enemy, who withdrew across the river.
The regiment was at this time under the command of Captain B. F. Cook, of Company E. On the 22d of September, Col. James L. Bates took command of this regiment. From this time until November 10, they were mostly on the march in Maryland and Virginia, and arrived at the Rappahannock Station, November 8, near which they encamped.
At the battle of Fredericksburg, fought on the 13th of December, 1862, the Twelfth Regiment was in General Gibbons' division. The division was formed in three brigade lines, and the third, commanded by General Taylor, had the advance, the Thirteenth Massachusetts Regiment acting as skirmishers for the division. Colonel Lyle's brigade, composed of the Twelfth Massachusetts, the Twenty-sixth New York, and the Nine- teenth and One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Regiments of Pennsylvania Volunteers, formed the second line, this regiment having the right. The third line was Colonel Root's
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brigade, the Sixteenthi Maine Regiment having the right. The position of the 'Twelfth Regiment was taken at nine o'clock A. M .; the enemy were hidden from view by a thick wood. Onr men remained lying down until one o'clock p. M. under a brisk fire of shot and shell, the skirmishers being hotly engaged, and the balls of the enemy passing over us. During these four hours there was but one man of this regiment injured. At one o'clock the signal to advance was given to the whole division and immediately obeyed. A heavy fire of musketry broke from the whole line of woods in our front. General Taylor's brigade stood the fire some thirty minutes, when the brigade in which was this regiment was ordered to relieve them. As they advanced they became separated from the brigade by the retiring regiments of the Third Brigade, and continued to advance independently, taking a position and firing until their ammunition began to fail. Their brigade had fallen to the rear, and they were alone until the third line came forward ; their solid ranks broke the right of this line, which opened to the right and left to get to the front where it was quickly formed. The Twelfth Regiment followed the one in their front, the Sixteenth Maine, a short distance, and being out of ammunition, were about to join their brigade in the rear, when they were ordered by General Taylor to prepare for a charge. The colonel thereupon gave the command to fix bayonets and filed to the right of the brigade and charged with them into the woods in their front. About two hundred of the enemy rushed through our lines and gave themselves up as prisoners of war. We carried the position and remained some twenty minutes expecting support, but none was in sight, and the men were constantly falling before the fatal fire of an unseen enemy. Captains Ripley, Reed, Packard, and Clark, and a hundred of the men had fallen. After consulting with the officers the colonel gave orders to about face, and they fell back slowly and reluctantly and in very good order, bearing their tattered ban- ners with them to their brigade. After reaching the place, they were ordered to fall back to where they were supplied with ammunition and rations. They remained under arms all night, and early on the morning of the 14th, they were ordered to another position where they remained till the night of the 15th, when they recrossed the river to Falmouth with their corps. During the battle the Twelfth was under fire six hours, and their loss was chiefly sustained during the last two hours. During that time they had five officers wounded and fifteen men killed, eighty-seven wounded, and three miss- ing, making an aggregate of one hundred and five out of two hundred and fifty-eight, with which they went into the fight.
On the.3d of May, 1861, the president called for forty-two thousand and thirty-four volunteers to serve for three years, unless sooner dis- charged, to be mustered into infantry and cavalry service ; also for an increase of the regular army of twenty-two thousand seven hundred and fourteen, making nearly sixty-five thousand.
The number required of Massachusetts was three regiments; this number was afterwards increased to six, and again, by the persuasion of Col. Fletcher Webster, to seven regiments.
JOHN A. LOWELL & CO, BOSTON, U. 9, A
Lucius Richmond
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On the 17th of June, Massachusetts offered ten more regiments to the United States for three years, which were accepted. Under these calls regiments were filled and sent to camp or to the field to fill up old regiments, as they were needed.
The following lists will show the regiments in which the men from North Bridgewater, now Brockton, have served :
FIRST MASSACHUSETTS CAVALRY .- List of Company I, First Regi- ment Massachusetts Cavalry, Capt. Lucius Richmond, under Col. Robert Williams :
Nathaniel Merchant, Ist lieut., dischi. Dec. 26, 1861. Freeman H. Shiverick, Ist lieut .; pro. from 2d lient. Lewis Cabot, 2d lieut. George B. Mussey, com .- sergt .; Francis A. Richardson, q .- m .- sergt.
Robert S. Capen.
Sergeants. George W. Leach. George N. Holmes.
William S. Huntington.
Joseph E. Cole.
Corporals.
Benjamin Knight, Jr.
Matthew W. Lincoln. John H. Walker.
Joseph T. Stevens. Joshua Turnbull. Samuel C. Lovell.
Augustine A. Colburn. Roscoe Tucker.
Buglers.
Henry T. Dagget.
John D. Darling.
A. J. Bailey .
Alfred Worthington.
Privates.
Richard Adams.
Joel D. Dudley.
Hiram F. Howe.
Giles R. Alexander.
Edward Drury. George W. Hunt.
Martin Argan. Caleb Badger.
Elihu T. Ellis.
Freeman P. Howland.
Andrew W. Bartlett.
Joseph C. Estes.
Daniel W. Jacobs.
Joseph Bisbee.
William H. French. John Jewett.
Francis A. Bliss.
Ebenezer H. Faxon. James Fitzpatrick.
Edward T. Jordan. Caleb H. Joslyn.
James Baynes.
Andrew J. Keene.
Ezekiel N. Brown, Virgil F. Blaisdell. Isaac W. Cox.
Tolman French. Charles P. Farnsworth. Edward T. George.
Noah M. Knight. Thomas D. Knight.
Samuel A. Chandler.
Isaac P. Gaynor.
William H. S. Kimball.
Richard Cunningham,
Francis O. Harlow.
John H. Leonard.
Thomas F. C. Dean.
Henry P. Holmes.
Ellis V. Lyon.
Farriers.
George A. Edson.
James H. Howland.
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Edward A. Lunt.
Samuel Patterson.
Edward Tilden.
Jeremiah Leavitt.
Amandns Richardson.
James II. Tucker.
Daniel Linnehan.
Gilbert G. Richardson.
William A. Vining.
Stephen C. Moulton.
William W. Robinson.
Rufus H. Willis.
Andrew Morse.
George W. Reed.
Henry M. Wheeler.
Wilson Orr.
John A. Studley.
Joseph Ware.
Horace F. Pool.
Moody K. Stacey.
Nathan C. Wood.
Isaac R. Porter.
Joseph S. Stone.
Frederick M. Wortman.
John T. Peterson.
William A. Smith.
Eugene W. Whitehouse.
Chas. M. Packard. John Sylvester.
This company was recruited in North Bridgewater by Capt. Lucius Richmond. In 1853 a dragoon company was chartered in the town, and when the call was made for men he enlisted as many of that com- pany as he could, and offered their services to the government, and was accepted.
The company left North Bridgewater in the morning train for Camp Brigham, Readville, on the IIth of September, 1861. Before leaving the town the company partook of a collation at their armory, and then marched through the principal streets in the village to the music of drum and fife, escorted by a large concourse of citizens, with Engine Companies Nos. 2, 3 and 5. The streets were filled with an eager crowd to witness their departure and bid them farewell.
The regiment left the State in battalions. The First Battalion left on the 25th, the Second on the 27th, the Third on the 29th of December, 1861. The Third Battalion-consisting of Company I, of North Bridge- water, Capt. Lucius Richmond ; Company K, Capt. James H. Case, of Middleboro' ; Company L, Captain William Gibbs, of Waltham ; Com- pany M, Capt. Marcus A. Moore, of Waltham-left Camp Brigham December 29, 1861, by the way of the " Shore Route " to New Haven and New York.
Upon their arrival in New York they had a collation provided for them at Park Barracks, where they remained for fourteen days. Left New York for Port Royal in steamer Marion, January 11, 1862, where they arrived after a passage of seventy-two hours. Camped at Hilton Head till about the Ist of August. From thence removed to Beaufort, S. C .; was engaged in the battle of Pocotalgo, S. C., during which three men were slightly wounded in Company I. Afterwards remained in camp till April 1, 1863, when twenty- five men were detached for courier
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duty on Morris and Folly Islands. On the last of May the remainder of the company was ordered from Beaufort to Hilton Head, and again, on the 7th of June, fifteen were ordered to James Island, under General Terry.
On the 7th of July Captain Richmond was placed in command of fourteen infantry companies, forming the picket-line from Hilton Head to Cariboque Sound, near Fort Pulaski; removed to headquarters at Hilton Head, January 4, 1864. Ordered to Jacksonville, Fla., February 5th, where they arrived on the 8th of February. Here they joined Captain Elder's First United States Battery of four guns, and the For- tieth Massachusetts Regiment Mounted Infantry, under command of Col. Guy V. Henry. These companies were brigaded and placed under the command of Colonel Henry, as acting brigadier-general.
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