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to the front and participated in the battle of Centre- ville. After another period of service in garrison, it again took the field in May 14, 1864, and in Tyler's powerful division of heavy artillery, lost heavily at Spottsylvania. It continued at the front in the third and second corps, taking a distinguished part in the succeeding work of the Army of the Potomac, until the surrender of Lee's army, and was finally mustered out at the expiration of its term of service.
The Second and Third Regiments of Heavy Artil- lery contained many officers and men from Salem. The former did garrison duty at various points in North Carolina and south-eastern Virginia during its term of service, as well as some active duty in the field. Two of its companies were captured in April, 1864, in an engagement at Plymouth, N. C. The Third, raised late in 1864, served in the fortifications in front of Washington.
The Fourth Massachusetts Light Battery that has already been alluded to, was raised, early in the war, entirely in Salem. It was embarked at Boston, ac- companying General Butler's expedition for the re- duction of New Orleans, and it remained in the ex- treme South during its entire service of nearly four years. It was first engaged at Baton Rouge, was at the siege of Port Hudson, and on the Bayou Teche campaign. In General Canby's force it entered Ten- nessee and was engaged at Morganzia, and on Grier- son's raid, in 1864. Joining the land force sent against Mobile, it took part in the siege and capture of that place, where it remained until sent to Texas, serving there until its muster out in October, 1865. It was an excellent battery, well handled, and efficient in action.
The Fifth and Thirteenth Batteries of Light Artil- lery contained more or less Salem men, and the first- named was ultimately commanded by Captain Charles A. Phillips, of Salem. This battery left the State in December, 1861, and was always attached to the Army of the Potomac, doing excellent service and suffering severely. The Thirteenth Battery served in the De- partment of the Gulf, being present at the siege of Port Hudson, on the Bayou Teche campaign, and on duty in various parts of Louisiana. It was formed later than the Fifth, leaving for the South, January 20, 1863.
In the Third Massachusetts Cavalry, several officers and a considerable number of men from Salem had a varied and arduous service. Originally recruited as the Forty-first Massachusetts Infantry, in 1862, it was sent to the Department of the Gulf, where, shortly after, to meet the need in that quarter of mounted troops, the regiment was for a time used as Mounted Infantry. This anomalous condition was presently changed, and they were organized as the Third Cav- alry and equipped and instructed accordingly. Tak- ing part in the siege operations at Port Hudson and in the Red River campaign, the regiment was in 1864, shipped North with General Emory's Nineteenth Corps, and joined the Army of the Shenandoah. Here
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it was remounted and put in the First Brigade, Second Cavalry Division, participating in General Sheridan's brilliant campaign. After the Rebellion had been quelled this regiment was sent upon the plains with other cavalry, to hold down certain restless Indian tribes. It was ultimately mustered out of service in the fall of 1865. Lieutenant Pickering D. Allen, of this regiment, from Salem, was killed at Brashear City, La., June 2, 1863.
A number of men were recruited in Salem for the Second Massachusetts Cavalry that went out in 1862. This regiment had the peculiarity of having five full companies from the State of California. It served in Virginia, and at one time enjoyed the equivocal dis- tinction of being specially detached to hunt down the guerrilla, Colonel Mosby and his command, which was very much like the historical search for the Irish- man's Hea. Allowed later to fly at higher game, the regiment did good fighting at Aldie, North Anna Bridge and elsewhere. Being ordered to the Valley, it participated in the campaign of 1864, and ulti- mately accompanying Sheridan's column to Rich- mond, fought in the closing engagements at Five Forks and Sailors' Creek, and was present at the sur- render at Appomatox.
In the First Regiment of Massachusetts Cavalry a few Salem men enlisted in 1861. This was one of the first mounted regiments in the field and had an ex- cellent name for a long and valuable service of four years, almost constantly in Virginia. A battalion, originally recruited to reinforce this regiment, was ultimately attached to the Fourth Massachusetts Cav- alry, raised in 1864, and in which were some men from Salem, and saw considerable hard service in the closing work of the war.
Of the short-term regiments the Forty-eighth and Fiftieth regiments of Massachusetts Militia, that served nine months in 1862 and '63, contained each a large number of Salem men. These regiments were both sent to the Department of the Gulf where they took part in the siege of Port Hudson and the other active operations then going forward in Louisiana and Tex- as. Their service was arduous and well performed. The principal number of the Salem men in the Fif- tieth were in Company A, already alluded to as heing the Salem Light Infantry.
The Seventh Militia Regiment also entered the service in 1862 for six months' service taking the larger part of one company from Salem.
In the Fourth Heavy Artillery, the First Battalion of Frontier Cavalry, and the Sixty-first Infantry, all enlisted, late in the war, for one year's service, there was a considerable aggregate of Salem men. The first did garrison duty at Washington, and the second served on the Canada frontier a few months, while the Sixty-first reached the Army of the Potomac in time to do some hard work in the closing engage- ments of the war. The First Battalion of Artillery was somewhat recruited in Salem. It served during
the war, but only in home garrisons. It is proper to observe that in all of the regiments raised late in the war, were many veterans who had already served with honor in older organizations.
Mention has already been made of the first three months' troops that went forward in 1861. Those that went later in the war for this term, were used to re- lieve the regular volunteer troops from garrison duty, that they might join the armies in the field in press- ing emergencies.
"This hasty review of a few facts in the career of the regiments in which the men from Salem served, is the only means possible to convey an idea of the serviees those men performed for the country. Any individual record of nearly three thousand men is of course out of the question, and it would be an invidious task to se- lect especial cases for remark where all were good and faithful soldiers. The few names mentioned have necessarily appeared as essential parts of the narra- tive or to add here and there to its interest. If some regiments have appeared to receive more attention than others, it is in no sense to be taken as in deroga- tion of the services of the latter, but must be attrib- uted to the greater interest naturally attending those containing the largest number of Salem men, or, in some cases, to the greater facilities of obtaining infor- mation concerning them.
We cannot follow the history of the vessels of our navy, in which many men from Salem served. These men were scattered through the various fleets, on so many ships of war, that it would be an impossibility to write of the work performed by those vessels within the limits of this article ; and their aggregate number, though large, was small in comparison with the num- ber who served on land. The record of Salem on the sea, however, is good in this war, as in all others. Some fifty-seven officers and three hundred and twenty-five seamen, many of the latter being warrant and petty officers, entered the navy during the war, in addition to such others as might have been serving when it opened. This small proportional number of seamen indicates the fact that few vessels sailed from or obtained their crews in Salem at the outbreak of the war; while the large number of officers who were mainly drawn from the officers of merchant vessels, equally shows that the traditions of the old Salem families kept many men upon the sea as captains and mates of merchantmen sailing from other ports. It is doubtful whether any town in the country of equal size furnished as many volunteer officers for the navy during the war, as Salem ; and their proverbial excel- lence in the duties of their profession, made them of great value upon the quarter-decks of the men-of-war in which they served.
A number of these officers commanded vessels, among others Lieut. Com. Wmn. G. Saltonstall who commanded the "Commodore Hull," the "Governor Buckingham," and the "Kensington ;" Lieut. Lewis D. Voorhies the "Gemsbok ;" Lieut. John Roberts a
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sloop of war; Lieut. William C. Rogers the gunboat "Anderson " and also the " Huntsville ;" Lieut. Henry Pitman an armed schooner; Master Thos. W. Hutch- inson who also commanded the "Huntsville;" Master Abraham A. Very, for a time, the "Cambridge," and Ensign Charles Boyer the "Yantic ;" Ensign Robert H. Carey who also commanded the " Anderson " and Ensign Charles Wilkins a gunboat; Ensign James S. Williams commanded a vessel in one of the blockad- ing squadrons and Ensign William M. Swasey a dis- patch boat. Others no doubt may have held similar commands, many were executive officers and nearly all were given responsibilities in excess of the require- ments of their nominal rank in the service.
The names of officers and seamen are found in the appended list of those who entered the two services during the Civil War, and the work they did appears in the wonderful record of the navy ; in the blockad- ing squadrons; attacking the strong works of the ene- my on the coast and on the banks of our great rivers, and sweeping distant seas in pursnit of his nimble privateers
A few officers and enlisted men from Salem also served with regiments not of this State, but it has not been possible to note any facts regarding such regi- ments. Their names appear in the appended list.
It is with reluctance that the imperfect record of this great war is finished. If it may seem monotonous, it is the monotony of numerous gallant deeds per- formed simultaneously by many men. Greater variety might imply less heroism ; and the history of men in- tent on one great purpose may well like that of suc- ceeding events, repeat itself.
The military history of Salem must end with the events of 1865; for since that date there has been no war nor hardly rumor of war in the land, excepting where away in the western country the indomitable red man still occasionally stirreth up a little strife. In closing, it may only be added that volumes might be written of the valiant deeds performed for two centuries by her sons afloat and ashore. Perhaps enough has been here suggested, however, to indicate that this quiet city can, on occasion, hold her own with many an old fighting town, and that amid the arts of peace here cultivated so assiduously, the strong spirit of war slumbers but lightly in the breasts of her people, ready to be aroused at the first menace to the rights and liberties of the nation.1
APPENDIX (No. 1).
1774, May 17. As a Committee of Correspondence, the following persons were chosen :
George Williams. Stephen Higginson. Richard Manning.
Jonathan Gardner, j1.
Joseph Sprague.
Richard Derby, jr.
I The writer of the foregoing article begs to acknowledge his indebted- ness for many facts to Felt's "Annals of Salem, " Cuggeshall's " Pri- vateers, " many papers in the Historical Collections of the Essex Institute and the files of the Salem Gazette, in addition to the usual fields of his- torical research.
Jonathan Ropes.
Warwick Palfray.
Timothy Pickering, jr.
1775, October 16. A list of the Committee of Safety and Correspondence, now elected :
Timothy Pickering, jr. John Felt.
Thomas Mason.
John Hodges.
Samuel Williams.
Joseph Vincent.
Jacob Ashton.
Joseph Sprague.
Samuel Webb.
David Felt.
Richard Ward.
Bartholomew Putnam.
William Northey.
George Williams.
Benjamin Ward, jr.
Jonathan Peele, jr.
Joshna Wnrd. Abraham Weston.
Stephen Osborn.
John Fisk.
Abraham Gray.
Sminnel Ward.
Warwick Palfray. Nathan Goodale.
Jolin Pickering, jr.
Jonathan Andrews.
John Gardner (3dl).
George Osborn.
Joseph Hiller.
Dudley Woodbridge.
An enlistment, August 15, 1777, to reinforce the American army till last of November, as one-sixth of the able-bodied militia of Salem, according to a re- solve of General Court, August 8th.
Capt. Zadock Buffinton.
Benjamin Tarbox.
Jonathan Southwick.
Nicholas Hopping.
Edmund Munyan,
Isaac Holt.
John Curtis.
Nathaniel Safford.
Ebenezer Tuttle.
Job Abbott.
Benjamin IIndson.
Nathan Skerry.
Elijah Johnson.
Samuel Cheever.
Joshua Monlton.
Benjamin Gardner.
Joseph English.
Joseph Twiss.
Stephen Barker.
Ephraim Skerry.
William Holman.
James Austin.
Israel Burrill.
Benjamin Shaw.
William Clongh.
Joseph Flint.
Elisha Newhall.
Jeremiah Newhall.
Joshua Pitman.
William Meak.
Joshua Gould.
Daniel Foster.
Thomas Cheever.
Samuel Lovejoy.
Abel Mackintire.
Edward Brown.
Nathaniel Holden.
Samuel Merritt.
John Ward. William Newhall.
Ezekiel Dancklee.
Thorndike Proctor.
Cape Briton (black).
Joshua Cross.
List of men drafted to help guard Burgoyne's troops at Winter Hill in 1777 :
Mansel Burrill.
Joshua Convers.
Benjamin Brown, jr.
Samuel Blythı.
Asn Peirce.
Nathaniel Perkins.
Samuel Skerry.
Thomas Palfray.
Jonathan Very, jr.
Benjamin Daniels.
Timothy Welman.
Littlefield Sibly.
Nathaniel Osgood, jr.
Stephen Cleaveland.
William Prosser.
James Andrews.
John Flint.
William Pynchon, jr. Renben Alley.
Edward Barnard.
Isanc Osgood.
Benjamin Cheever.
John Gardner, (4th).
Joseph Kempton.
Stephen Webb.
Gabriel Munyon.
Benjamin llathorn.
Edmund Henfield, jr.
John Carwick.
Joseph Bacon.
Edward Britton.
Andrew Ward.
Samuel Masury.
Joseph Young.
William Young.
James Boardman.
Thomas Ruce.
Nathaniel Lang.
John Dove.
Stephen Osborn. John Wood.
Jonathan Ashby.
Samuel Bond.
Jnmes Symonds. Nathan Kimball. Joseph Cook.
Jesse Farson. William Cook.
Joseph Ross. Benjamin Peters.
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David Mansfield. David Beadle.
James Gould. Joseph Cook, jr.
Soldiers in the Continental army whose families received assistance in 1777.
Col. Samuel Carlton.
Douglass Middleton.
Solomon Webber.
Capt. Ebenezer Winship.
Thomas Needham.
Abraham. Morse.
William Skeldon.
Charles Vanderford.
Jonathan Gardner.
Ephraim Ingalls.
Cornelius Bingen.
William Joplin.
William Bright.
Sanınel Payne.
Panl Holbrook.
Asa Whittemore.
Thomas Keene.
Samuel Oakman.
Samuel Murray.
Richard Maybory.
William Bright.
Joseph Masury.
Gibson Clongh.
Michaël Alley.
Patrick Swaney.
William Gray.
Edmund Gale.
Edward Smith.
John Dean.
Benjamin Latherby.
Joseph Cook.
Capt. Thomas Barnes.
John Masury.
Joseph Millet.
Joseph Metcalf.
Samuel Crowel.
Nathaniel Needham.
Stephen Ilall.
Samuel Bishop.
James Gray.
These two, Peter Pitman and Nathl. Knights, were of the army, 1776.
Besides the preceding, there were other soldiers of Salem in the army from 1777 to 1780, as follows :
George Ulmar. Abraham Bolton.
John Peirce.
John Gillard.
Timothy Dwyer.
Thomas Roche.
Thomas Richerson.
Jephtha Ward.
Joel Chendler.
William Lockhead.
Valentine Beron.
Clement Gunner.
John Darrago.
Samson Freeman.
William Liscom.
William Graviel.
Spencer Thomas.
Jonas Child.
Joseph Symmes.
William Woster.
Samuel Askins.
Richard Downing.
David Levit.
George Venner.
Moses Chandler.
In the records of Massachusetts quota in the army, the following were of Salem, 1780 :
Nathaniel Hathorn. Brown Vellett.
Alexander Baxter. Edward Lee.
Fortune Ellery.
Daniel Williams.
Capt. Nathan Goodale. David Collins.
William Fitzael.
George Tucker.
Men hired by Salem to serve six months in the Continental army, according to resolve of General Court. June 5, 1780 :
Joseph English.
Edward Prize.
James Turner.
John Gamgus, jr.
William Morgan. Humphrey Fears.
Noah Parker. John Tracy.
Samnel Royal (black).
Benjamin Knowles.
Benjamin Oliver (black).
Robert Stutson.
Thomas Morse.
John Ward.
James P. Bishop.
James Smith.
Rohert Thompson.
Thomas Sheridan.
Charles Brien.
William Long.
John Burk.
Michael Condoo.
James Smith. John Green.
These belonged here and thirteen others, belonging elsewhere, were named with them.
Names of soldiers'hired,from December, 1780, to Feb., 1781, to serve three years in the Continental army :
William Tector.
Peter Mass.
Joseph Liotier.
James Fitzgerald.
Cesar (negro).
Samnel Appey (negro).
William McLaughlan.
Randal McFadin.
London (negro). Thomas Whiddick.
James Ketwel.
Joseph Laroache.
John Smith.
Edward Rudge.
Benjamin Daland.
Samnel (negro).
John Ducture.
John Still.
Samuel Wardsworth.
William Gray.
Alexander Campbell.
John Riley.
James Welch.
Lawrence Vernes.
Maurico Barrett.
John Jackson (negro).
Eneas McDonald.
William Thompson.
Polydore (negro).
Nathan Williams.
Charles Colley.
John Youans.
Benjamin Peters.
William Wetmore.
1781. John Coolin, William Cooper, Benjamin Webb and Thomas Lakeman were in the army. Men detached to service in Rhode Island, accord- ing to resolve of General Court, June 16, 1781 :
Major Joseph Hiller. Samnel Cheever.
Francis Haynes.
Joshna Pitman.
William Orne.
Theophilus Batchellor.
Lewis Hunt.
Capt. Simeon Brown.
John Dove. William West, jr.
Edward Norris.
Seth Ring.
Samnel Symonds (3d). Joseph Millet.
Francis Cook.
Francis Boardman.
John Wibnrt.
Samuel Jones.
Jonathan Gardner (3d). Caleb Foot.
Joseph Daland.
John Emmerton, jr.
Ebenezer Nutting.
Charles Britton.
George Frazier.
David Beadle.
Joseph English.
Nathaniel Brown.
Thomas Symonds.
Richard Manning.
James Masury.
Abel Lawrence.
Nathan Prince.
William Thomas.
David Bickford.
Penn Townsend.
Benjamin Lang.
David Ingersoll.
Robert Hill.
Jamee Carrel.
Cheever Mansfield.
From May 25th to July 11th, 1782, enlistments to serve in the army three years :
Jacob Northrup.
Samnel Buckmen.
Josiah Phelps. Joel Northrup.
Edward Bessley. Daniel Weller.
John Adams.
John Melony.
Peter Ingersoll. Edward Rudge.
James Smith. Samuel Locke.
David Jones. John Coats.
William Leonard.
John Hubbard.
Andrew Bulger.
Thomas Brown.
John Dorsey.
James Slater.
John Taylor.
David Davis.
Alanson Hamner.
Abraham Newport.
Moses Hall.
William Lamson.
William Tector.
William Taylor.
Eliphaz Spencer.
Thomas Powars.
Benjamin Johnson.
Nathaniel Williams.
John Fogarty.
The names of the following officers who served in the Revolutionary armies, and are all believed to have been from Salem, do not appear in the foregoing lists :
Col. Timothy Pickering.
Capt. Samuel Flagg.
Lient. Benjamin West.
Col. William Mansfield.
Capt. - Green wood. Lient. Miles Greenwood
14
Michael Garvin.
John Hale. Peter Harris. Nicholas Wallis. John Smith.
Benjamin Oliver. Alexander Smith. William Ryan. Joseph Williams.
John Bryan.
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Capt. John Felt.
Lieut. John Butler.
Lieut. Robert Foster. Capt. Addison Richardson. Major Samuel King.
Capt. John Symends.
Lieut. Benjamin Ropes, jr.
Capt. - Flint.
Capt. Benjamin Ward.
APPENDIX (No. 2.) List of Salem Privateers of the Revolution. (This is believed to include ' Letters of Marque.') SHIPS.
NAMES.
Number of Gune.
Weight of Metal.
No. of Men.
Pilgrim ..
18
9
120
Essex.
20
G
110
Franklin
18
6
100
Scourge.
20
6
110
Disdain
20
6
110
Congrees.
29
9
130
Royal Louis.
18
6
100
Porus
20
9
130
Grand Turk
24
G
120
Rattle Snake.
20
4
.95
Rover ..
20
4
95
Cromwell
16
6
100
Jason ..
16
6
100
Marquis
16
4
75
Hendrick
18
100
Junius Brutus.
20
6
110
Rhodes ..
20
6
110
Harlequin
20
1
95
Neptune
16
4
75
Mohawk
22
6
110
Buccaneer
18
9
120
Cicero
18
9
120
Rambler.
16
6
95
Defence
14
G
85
Independence
16
4
70
Jack
12
9
60
Black Prince
18
6
Bunker Hill
20
6
Hector
22
6
Jack
14
4
Hunter
18
4
Pickering.
16
6
Renewn
14
4
Roe Buck
12
4
Trenton
12
6 & 4
Thirty -five shipe.
622
...
BRIGS.
Tyger
16
4
70
Montgomery .
14
4
60
Sturdy Beggar
14
4
60
Captain
10
3
45
New Adventure.
14
3
55
Active
14
4
60
Hero
8
4
40
Fortune
14
4
60
Swift
14
4
60
Blood-hound
14
3
55
Flying-fish
10
3
45
Fox
14
3
55
Cato
14
3
55
Chase
10
3
45
Brandywine
6
3
Cutter
10
3-
Fame.
16
4
Hampden.
14
4
Hornet
10
3
Lexington
8
3
Lincoln.
12
1
...
Lion
16
6
...
Maccaroni.
14
4
...
NAMES.
Number of Guns.
Weight of Metal.
No. of Men.
Monmouth ..
12
4
....
Pluto
8
3
Rambler
14
6
......
True American.
10
4
...
Tyger.
10
3
Wild Cat.
14
4
......
Thirty-two brigs.
392
870
SCHOONERS.
Greyhound
8
3
35
Lively ..
8
3
35
Shackle
6
3
30
Pine Apple
6
3
30
Languedoc
6
2
25
Dolphin
6
3
30
Panther
4
3
20
Beaver
10
Swivels.
...
Blackbird
10
Swivele.
Civil Usage
1
10
Swivels.
Civil Usage
each.
......
Centipede
6
2
Congress
8
3
Cutter
8
Swivele.
Delight
4
Dolphin
10
Dolphin
each.
Fly
10
Swivele.
Fox
10
Swivele.
General Gatee
8
2
Greyleund
6
2
Hammond
10
Swivels.
Hampden,
8
3
Harlequin
10
3
Hawk
10
Swivela.
Hornet
14
Swivels.
Lark.
12
Swivele.
Lively
14
Swivels.
Modesty.
8
3
Pompey
6
2
Scorpion
10
Swivels.
Skulpien
10
Swivels.
Swett
12
3
Tatne Bush
10
Swivele.
Warren
10
3
Thirty-seven schooners.
320
....
235
SLOOPS.
Fish-bawk
8
4
40
Hazard.
6
3
30
Black Spake
12
3
...
Bewdein
8
3
Jack
14
4
Morning Star.
8
3
Revenge
10
3
Rever.
8
3 & 4
Bowdoin
8
2
...
Nine eloope.
82
70
Seven shallops, names not mentioned.
RECAPITULATION.
Vessels.
Guns.
Men.
Ships.
35
622
2645
Brige
32
392
870
Schooners
37
320
235
Sloope
9
82
70
Shallops
7
120
-
Total
120
1416
3940
6
3
2 Swivele.
120 men.
Eagle ....
12
2645
2
Shark
211
SALEM.
(APPENDIX No. 3).
LIST OF THE PRIVATEERS. BELONGING TO SALEM DURING THE WAR OF 1812.
NAME
Class
Tons
Guns
Weight of Metal
Men
Where Built
When Built
Builder.
Commander
Captured
Active .
Sch.
20
2
4 lbs.
25
Salem
Alexander
1
Ship
330
[12
140
Baltimore
1810 1808
Benj. Patterson ST. Wellman, jr. B. Crowninshield
Sept., 1812 May 19, 1813 Feb., 1814
Alfred
Ship
200
16
110
Salem
1805
David Magonn
Step'n Williams Philip Besson Joseph Ropes John Keheu
Sold at ane- tion
Bl'k Vomit
Boat
5
0
Muskets
16
Salem
1813
Leach & Teague
Jas. W. Chever Johu Upton Bray
June, 1831 Sold Sept., 1812
Buckskin
Sch.
60
4
4 4
40
Boston
1814
Castigator
Launch
10
6
Car'nade
20
Salem
1813
Webb & Beadle
Cossack
Sch.
48
1 1
18 lbs.
45
Salem
1813
Webb & Beadle
Spencer Hall John Upton William Davis T. Symonds John Green
March, 1813
Dart
Sch.
40
2
4 "
40
Salem
1800
Diomede 1
Sch.
170 3
12 ^
100 New York
1814
J. Crowninshield
May, 1814
Dolphin
Sch.
140
1
12 0€
70
Baltimore
Jacob Endicott
Enterprize.
Sch.
200
4
18 4
100 ! Salem 35
1812
Barker & Magoun
John R. Morgan John R. Morgan Webb, Upton, Poland
May, 1813 Sept., 1812
Fame
Sch.
30
6 4
30
Essex
Frolic
Sch.
110
24 “
60
Salem
1813
Green, Chapman & Evans Nathan Green
Galliniper
Sch.
25
142 1 4
2
32 “ 18 Car.
60
Boston
1814
John Evans
Nov., 1814
Gen. Stark
Sch.
54
3
12 Car.
50
Salem
1813
Barker & Magoun
July, 1813
Grand Turk.
Brig
310
18
9 lbs.
150
Wiscasset, Me.
70
Braintree Salem
1813
Leach & Teague
1814
Jefferson
Sloop
14
1
4 Car.
20
Salem
1801
Christ'er Jurner
John
Sbip
200
16
6 lbs.
105
Salem
1794
Enos Briggs
Feb., 1813
John & George.
Sch.
57
12 "
50
New York
1810
Nov., 1812
Lizard
Sch.
30
6 4
30
Salem
1813
Leach & Teague
Montgomery
Brig
190
10
6 4
100
Medford
1812
Orion
Boat
5
0
Muskets
20
Salem
1813
Leach & Teague
Leach & Teague William Rowell
Polly.
Sloop
96
1
8
2
3 6
20 Salem
1810
Regulator.
Sch.
75
1
24 "
50
New York
1808
Sept., 1812
Revenge.
Sch.
57
12 4
50
New York
1810
John Sinclair, jr.
Nov., 1812
Scorpion
Sloop
14
1
20
Salem
1812
Wm. Huliss
Swift Swiftsure
Sch.
27
1
25
Eng. built
1808
Launch
10
1
4 4
20
Salem
1813
Leach & Teague
Terrible.
Boat
5
0
Muskets
16 Salem
1813
Leach & Teague
Viper.
Sch.
14
1
4 lbs. 6 54
20 35
Salem Salem
1814 1813
Leach & Teague William Hulin
Joseph Preston Ernest A. Ervin.
Wasp
Sloop
30
2
(APPENDIX No. 4).
List of officers and enlisted men from Salem who served in the Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers during
the Mexican War.
Crowninshield, Charles B. .....
..... .. Capt.
Charles C. Varney, Levi Curtis. .... ... .Privates.
Crowninshield, John C .. .1st, Lieut.
Augustus Chamberlain, Lucius Grover .... Musicians.
America ..
Ship
350
20
9 4
150
Salem
1804
Retiah Becket
1
12 lbs.
50
Baltimore
1808
Cadet
Sch.
47
2
1
12 "
New York
1809 1804
6 4
30
Eng. built
1807
J. B. H. Odiorne Tim. Wellman
May, 1813 and burnt
Gen. Putnamı
Sch.
150
1
1
9 lbs.
John Evans William Rice Holten J. Breed
Nathan Green
Growler
Sch.
172
1
24 "
105 Baltimore
1812
Under Sup't'nce Capt. J. J. Knapp
Aug. 1813
Helen
Sch. Boat
75
1
6
0
Muskets
16
Sam'l B. Graves Nath'l Lindsey John Upton Samuel Lamson John Keheu, J. H. Downie, S. Giles J. Wellman, jr. James Fairfield B. Crowninshield John Sinclair, jr.
April, 1813
Phoenix
Sch.
20
1
Muskets 6 lbs.
14 Salem 25
1813
Salem
1814
1800
April, 1814
Recovery
Sch.
20
1812
6 4
2 1
2
12 4
60 Poughkep- sie, N. Y.
Samuel Loring Holten J. Breed, Benj. Upton, Joseph Strout John Upton Jonathan Blythe William Duncan Stephenson Richards Sam'l C. Hardy Robert Evans Joseph Peele James Mansfield
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