History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Vol. III, Part 30

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) ed
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: Philadelphia, J. W. Lewis & co
Number of Pages: 1278

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The social features have been varied and success- ful. Club suppers, dinners, Dickens parties, a dis- trict school, costume parties, the Peak Sisters, and other social entertainments have been given. To these many friends of the club have been invited. Harmony has always prevailed in this organization, and one might travel far to find a club which has sus- tained for twenty years as well its work, membership and individual character.

MASONIC .- Dalhousic Lodge .- Chartered June 24, 1861. Its regular meetings are on the second Wed- nesday of each month, at Masonic Ilall, Newtonville. Annual meeting in June. Officers for 1890: John W. Fisher, Master ; George P. Whitmore, Senior War- den ; Robert Bennett, Junior Warden ; Edwin W. Gay, Treasurer; E. E. Morgan, Secretary ; G. W. Blodgett, Chaplain ; Elliott J. Hyde, Marshal ; George A. Glea- son, Senior Deacon ; C. W. Brown, Junior Deacon; C. A. Kellogg, Senior Steward; A. F. Winslow, Junior Steward; H. E. Boothby, Inside Sentinel; George H. Brown, Organist ; Alex. Chisholm, Tyler.

Newton Royal Arch Chapter .- Chartered June 17, 1870. Regular meetings second Monday of each month, at Masonic Hall, Newtonville. Officers for 1890 : Dr. Wm. O. Hunt, E. II. P .; H. A. Thorn- dike, E. King; George Breeden, E. Scribe ; G. D. Gil- man, Chaplain ; D. E. Binney, Treasurer ; S. F. Chase, Secretary ; A. L. Harvard, P. S. ; G. A. Gleason, R. A. C .; Jas. Pickens, M. of 3rd V. ; C. F. Mason, M. of 2nd V .; John Glover, M. of Ist V .; G. II. Brown, Organist; Alex. Chisholm, Tyler.

Gethsemane Commandery, K. T .- Chartered May 20, 1872. Regular meetings third Tuesday in each month, in Masonic Hall, Newtonville. Officers for 1890: Geo. T. Coppins, E. C .; R. G. Brown, Gen .; C. A. Peck, Capt .- Gen .; J. W. Fisher, Prelate; George Breeden, S. W .; A. Nott, J. W .; F. K. Porter, Stand Bearer ; J. P. Browning, Sword Bearer ; K. W. Hobart, Warden ; Alex. Chisholm, Armorer ; Geo. E. Bridges, Sentinel ; G. H. Brown, Organist.

Union Masonic Relief Association of Massachusetts .- This association is located at Newtonville. It has paid out in benefits since its organization $85,848. Its membership now numbers about 500. Officers for 1890 : President, Luther E. Leland, Newton Lower Falls; Vice-President, Jesse H. Walker, Newton- ville; Clerk, Joseph W. Grigg, Newtonville ; Treas- urer, Robert L. Davis, Watertown.

INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS-Waban Lodge, No. 156 .- Instituted April 19, 1871. Meets every Thursday at Cole's IIall, Newton. Officers for 1890: N. G., Geo. A. Fewker; V. G., M. C. Rich ; R. Sec'y, R. A. Oldreive; P. Sec'y, Geo. II. Manley ;

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Treasurer, Geo. P. Rice; W., W. S. Ring ; Con., L. Ashley ; I. G., J. H. Robblee ; O. G., E. Bown ; R. S. to N. G., A. Nutting ; L. S. to N. G., J. R. Rob- blee ; R. S. to V. G., F. Tainter ; L. S. to V. G., R. Chapman ; R. S. S. -; L. S. S. -; Chap., -; P. G., W. Howes.

Home Lodge, No. 162 .- Instituted April 3, 1873. Meets Thursday evenings at Od I Fellows' Hall, New- ton Highlands. Officers for 1890 : N. G., G. N. B. Sherman; V. G., R. Blair ; Sec'y, F. A. Watson; Treasurer, J. Wilds; W., J. Temperley : Con., B. Stronic ; I. G., P. Mckenzie; O. G .. A. R. Roath ; R. S. to N. G., W. Bemis ; L. S. to N. G., J. S. Richard- son ; R. S. to V. G., C. Gould ; L. S. to V. G., W. Hockridge ; R. S. S., W. Estelle; L. S. S., W. Skid- more ; Chap., G. Loomer ; P. G., A. Muldoon.

Newton Lodge, No. 92 .- Instituted June 15, 1887. Meets every Thursday at Knights of Honor Hall, West Newton. Officers for 1890: N. G., Wm. E. Brown; V. G., Wm. B. Collagan; Sec'y, Wm. E. Glover; Treasurer, Geo. H. Baker; W., R. L. Wil- liams; Con., F. F. Patterson ; I. G., W. P. Scamman ; O. G., J. L. Christie; R. S. to N. G., J. Anderson ; L. S. to N. G., E. W. Bailey ; R. S. to V. G., H. E. Johnson ; L. S. to V. G., W. B. Davis; R. S. S., J. D. Cooper ; L. S. S., C. M. Potter; Chap., C. W. Carter ; P. G., O. S. W. Bailey ; Organist, Geo. E. Trowbridge.

Garden City Encampment, No. 62 .- Instituted in 1886. Meets first and third Moudays of each month, at Cole's Hall, Newton. Officers for 1890 : C. P., C. E. A. Ross; H. P., Geo. A. Fewker; S. W., M. C. Rich, J. W., E. A. Dexter; R. S., M. Bunker ; F. S., J. L. Curtis ; Treasurer, Geo. O. Brock ; G., F. H. Hobart ; 1st W., B. F. Barlow; 2d W., E. A. Kennedy ; 3d W., W. A. Prescott; 4th W., Geo. W. Bush; I. S., C. O. Davis ; O. S., G. S. Noden.

ROYAL ARCANUM-Channing Council, No. 76 .- In- stituted April, 1878. Meets first and third Tuesdays of each month at Arcanum Hall, Newton.

Triton Council, No. 547 .- Instituted August, 1883. Meets second and fourth Mondays of each month at Knights of Honor Hall, West Newton.

Echo Bridge Council, No. 843 .- Instituted June, 1884. Meetings first and third Wednesdays in each month at Quinobequin Hall, Newton Upper Falls.

UNITED ORDER OF THE GOLDEN CROSS .- Crescent Commandery, No. 86. - Instituted January, 1880. Meets first and third Mondays of each month at Knights of Honor Hall, West Newton.

ORDER OF THE IRON HALL-Branch No. 392 .- Or- ganized September 28, 1886. Meets first and third Tuesdays in each month at Cole's Hall, Newton.

Branch No. 395 .- Meets first and third Tuesdays of each month at Knights of Honor Hall, West Newton. Sisterhood Branch .- Meets in West Newton.

ROYAL SOCIETY OF GOOD FELLOWS-Newton As- sembly, No. 39 .- Organized October 27, 1886. Meetings held first Wednesday evening of each month in Knights of Honor IIall, West Newton.

Auburn Assembly, No. 142-Meetings held in Au- burn Hall, Auburndale.

KNIGHTS OF HONOR-Eliot Lodge, No. 638 .- Insti- tuted June 1, 1877. Meets first and third Mondays of each month, at Masonic Hall, Newtonville.

Garden City Lodge, No. 1901 .- Instituted in 1879. Meets first and third Tuesdays in each month, at Knights of Honor Hall, West Newton.

Crystal Lake Lodge, No. 2235 .- Instituted 1880. Meets first and third Mondays in each month, in hall corner Lincoln and Walnut Streets, Newton High- lands.

INDEPENDENT ORDER GOOD TEMPLARS-Loyalty Lodge, No. 154 .- Instituted 1888. Meets every Wed- nesday evening in Good Templars' Hall.

AMERICAN LEGION OF HONOR .- Newton Council, No. 859, was instituted in 1882. It meets on the second and fourth Tuesday evenings of each month, at Knights of Honor Hall, West Newton.

ANCIENT ORDER UNITED WORKMEN .- Newton Lodge, No. 21, was organized May 9, 1884. It meets on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month at Cole's Hall, Newton.

MASSACHUSETTS CATHOLIC ORDER OF FORESTERS. -St. Bernard Court, No. 44, was instituted in 1882. It meets on the first and third Mondays of each month, at Foresters' Hall, West Newton. Annual meeting in December.

UNITED ORDER OF PILGRIM FATHERS-Nonantum Colony, No. 77 .- Instituted December 15, 1886. Meet- ings second and fourth Mondays of each month, at Cole's Hall, Newton.

WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION .- Or- ganized in September, 1878. Meetings held last Satur- day of each month, in the Congregational chapel, Au- burndale. President, Miss E. P. Gordon ; secretary, Mis- E. M. Strong.

IMPROVED ORDER OF RED MEN-Norumbega Tribe, No. 76 .- Meets in Cole's Hall, Newton. first and third Tuesdays of each moon. Sachem, W. S. Slocum.

CHAPTER IX.

NEWTON-(Continued).

MILITARY HISTORY OF NEWTON.

(Subsequent to 1860). BY ARTHUR C. WALWORTH.

THE military history of a Massachusetts town sub- sequent to 1860 necessarily has two parts, one relating to the action of the authorities and people at home, the other to the experiences and exploits of the vol- unteers in the field. In the case of Newton we will first relate the events that took place in the town- for it was not then a city-at the beginning of the war and during its prosecution.

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At the time in question there was no militia company in Newton, nor had there been any for many years, owing, perhaps, to the isolation of the separate vil- lages and the absence of a centre of more dense population ; but the citizens were no more lacking in military spirit than those of the cities and towns around them. Many of them were members of mili- tary companies in Boston, such as the " Cadets," the "Lancers," and the "Fusiliers," and it was the train- ing received in this way that enabled Gen. Edmands and Gen. Underwood to render snch effective service and obtain such rapid promotion.

The firing on Fort Sumter produced the same ex- plosion of patriotism here as everywhere throughout New England, and party ties were forgotten in the common indignation against the South Carolina rebellion and the attack upon our flag.

Moved by the spirit of patriotism, the selectmen issued their warrant for a town-meeting for the 29th of April, 1861, to see, as the warrant read, if the town would appropriate money and make other provision for the relief of families of volunteers, and if money should be expended for the purchase of uniforms and equipments for such companies as might be formed in the town.

James F. C. Hyde, afterwards first mayor of the city, was moderator of this meeting, and patriotic speeches were made by Hon. David H. Mason, ex- Congressman J. Wiley Edmands, Andrew HI. Ward, Jr., and others, the last-named being a very promi- nent Democrat, whose remarks were significant of the loyalty of all parties to the old flag. Appropriate resolutions were passed, ending with the sentiment "The cause of this Union is our cause, and to its support, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we pledge our lives, our fortuues and our sacred honor."

And they not only made pledges, but they appro- priated $20,000 and appointed a committee to obtain arms, uniforms and underclothes for such company or companies as should be formed. A paper was read, which had been received from representative ladies of the several villages, in which the women of the town volunteered to make up all the undergar- ments necessary for the outfit of a military company. The selectmen were also given authority to pay, if advisable, $20 per month extra to volunteers in addi- tion to the government pay.

A company was soon enrolled, organized and drilled, but the Government, accepting Mr. Seward's view of the short time necessary to crush the Rebellion, would not accept any more troops, although repeated etforts were made to have the company mustered in, and on June 11, 1861 the selectmen reported to that effect, and that they had expended about $12,000, and asked for instructions. The time and money, however, that was expended on this company was not misspent, for in it many young men learned their first lesson in military duty, and afterwards enlisted

in other companies, where they were able to take a higher rank and be of more service than would have been the case otherwise. The fact that has been stated, that no military company was maintained in Newton before the war, placed the young men under a disadvantage in respect to military training that was partially remedied by this drill company. Others of the young men joined Colonel Salinac's battalion or the Massachusetts Rifle Club, of Boston, in which good military instruction could be obtained.

In the record of every town-meeting we find the patriotism of the citizens exercised in a watchful care over the volunteers in the field and their families at home. In 1862 the Government began to make calls for more troops, and the town fathers were prompt and active in filling the quotas asked for. Thus on November 4, 1862, $40,000 was appropriated to pay. bounties and expenses of holding meetings for recruit- ing, $2000 for burying soldiers who died in the ser- vice, $3000 for relieving the extraordinary necessities of residents of the town serving in the army, $2000 for the relief of discharged and returned soldiers, $2000 for the recovery and burial of deceased soldiers, and $1000 for the support of the families of men serving in the navy.

In 1862 Newton first realized the horrors of the war in the death of William R. Benson, of Company 1, First Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, who was killed at Williamsburg, Va., on May 5th, of that year. His body was brought from the field of battle and buried with all the military honors in the Newton Cemetery. A military escort, headed by a band playing dirges, marched from Newton Corner to the cemetery, bearing its sad burden through crowds of sympathizing people, who, by this object-lesson, began to learn than patriotism meant something more than orations and enthusiasm.

During the summer of 1862 two companies were raised in Newton, one for three years' service-which became Company K, Thirty-second Regiment-and one for nine months, Company B, Forty-fourth Regi- ment. The recruiting of these companies was chiefly in charge of James F. C. Hyde, Thomas Rice, David H. Mason and J. Wiley Edmands, they being, per- haps, the four leading citizens of the town.

Rallies were held in each village, with music and speeches, and one hundred and one names were soon placed on the rolls of Company K, which was re- cruited especially by E. S. Farnsworth, of Newtonville, afterwards captain and brevet-major, but then taking the position of orderly sergeant.

Partly in consideration of the services of his father, J. Cushing Edmands was chosen captain, he afterwards rising to the command of the regiment, and Ambrose Bancroft and John F. Boyd, lieutenants. Major Farnsworth's name was the first on the roll, Boyd's second, John Doherty third, and the fourth recruit was a Universalist minister, Rev. W. L. Gilman, who was made a corporal and received his death-wound at

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Gettysburg. The recruits reported at the Lynnfield camp, and went to the front August 20, 1862, where those who were not disabled served through the war in the Fifth Corps of the Army of the Potomac, Grif- fin's Brigade.

On August 4, 1862, President Lincoln issued a call for 300,000 men to serve nine months, 19,000 of whom were to be furnished by Massachusetts, with authority to raise them by draft ; but Governor Andrew was con- fident that they could be raised by voluntary enlist- ment, and the event proved that he was right.

On the morning of August 5th a number of young men decided that the time had arrived for them to enter the military service of their county. Among them were John M. Griswold and John A. Kenrick, who were among the first to enroll their names and to undertake the recruiting of the company. The first meeting was held at the town-hall, West New- ton, the second at the hall at Newton Corner, which was the old church altered over, standing where El- iot Hall now stands. The full number of men was soon raised and the recruits began their army life at Readville, as Company B, Forty-fourth Regiment, under Jobn M. Griswold, captain, aud Frank H. Forbes and John A. Kenrick, heutenants. The reg- iment left for the front October 23, 1862, or about two months after the three-years' company of the Thirty- second.

The next important event in the home history of the war was the erection and dedication of the sol- diers' monument. The movement for the construc- tion of this memorial, the first raised in New Eng- land, was initiated soon after the return of Company B, of the Forty-fourth, and on August 7, 1863, a com- mittee of nine prominent citizens was chosen at a public meeting and empowered to erect a suitable monument. This took the shape of an obelisk of Quincy granite, resting on a die and plinth of the same material, with an entablature at the base of the mound surmounted by a cannon and bearing the names of fifty-nine heroes of Newton who laid down their lives on the altar of their country. The monu- ment was dedicated on July 23, 1864, with appropri- ate and solemn ceremonies in the open air, in the presence of a large audience; the addresses and poems delivered on this occasion were preserved in a pamphlet printed by the town.

On these tablets will be preserved the names of those who gave their lives for their country, but rec- cords can never show nor history relate the efforts and sufferings and bereavement of those at home ås well as those in the army ; the sacrifices and anxiety of the mothers and the young wives, who scanned the list of the killed and wounded after every battle, thinking that they might read there the name of him who was dearest of all on earth to them. One day, not long after the battle of Gettysburg, in one of the churches four biers were placed side by side, bearing the remains of four young soldiers of Newton,

whose shattered forms had been sought out and ten- derly brought home to be buried by the side of their kinsfolk. Loving words of eulogy and of consolation were spoken by their pastors, fervent prayers were ut- tered and the solemn services impressed the great audience in a manner that will never be forgotten. One of these young men was Charles Ward. At a public meeting at Newton Centre, called to promote the recruiting of the first Newton three-years' com- pany, he had come forward and pledged himself to fight and to die, if such should be his lot, for his beloved country. The names of five of his family were upon the rolls of the Revolutionary army, and two of the name are found in the list of those killed in battle dur- ing the Rebellion. The picture in the Grand Army quarters, at Newtonville, shows a handsome, slender young soldier, with a delicate but bright and intelli- gent face, for he was just out of school and fitted for college.

At that meeting he arose in the assemblage and spoke of his prospects and the hope he had of becoming a minister of the Gospel of peace. "But," said he, " if my country needs my services, I am willing, for her sake, to make the sacrifice." In the battle of Gettys- burg, Ward, then risen to the position of sergeant- major of the Thirty-second Regiment, was shot through the lungs. Colonel Stephenson, of the Thirty-second, gives the following account of his last hours : "Just at night the attendants brought to the place where I was lying a young soldier of my regiment, and laid him beside me. It was Charles Ward, of Newton. I remembered him well as one of the youngest of the regiment, one whose purity of character and attention to duty had won the esteem and love of all who knew him. The attendants placed him in the tent, furnished us with canteens of water, and left us for the night, for, alas ! there were thousands of wounded men to be cared for, and but little time could be spared for any one. My young companion had been wounded by a ball passing through his Inngs, and it was with difficulty he could breathe while lying down. To relieve him I laid flat on my back, putting up my knees, against which he leaned in a sitting posture. All night long we remained in this position, and a painful, weary night it was. At intervals we would catch a few moments of sleep ; then, waking, wet our wounds with water from the canteens, try to converse, and then again to sleep. So we wore away the night, longing for the light to come.

"No one came near us ; we heard far away the drop- ping fire of musketry on the picket lines, the occa- sional booming of the cannon and the groans wrung from the lips of hundreds of wounded men around us. My young friend knew that he must die; never again to hear the familiar voices of home, never to feel a mother's kiss, away from brothers, sisters and friends ; yet, as we talked, he told me that he did not regret for a moment the course he had taken in

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enlisting in the War of the Union, but that he was ready, willing to die, contented in the thought that his life was given in the performance of his duty to his country.

In 1868 a post of the Grand Army of the Republic was organized in Newton, and adopted the name of Charles Ward as that of a most distinguished and heroic soldier of the town. This post has flourished greatly, and now numbers 150 members, including many well-known merchants and professional men.

The town was liberal from first to last in the treat- ment of soldiers and their families. At various times $113,000 was appropriated for this purpose in town- meetings and aid was sent to many non-resident families of soldiers who had been enlisted in Newton's quota in Washington and elsewhere. But besides this, the citizens contributed thousands of dollars through the Sanitary and Christian Commissions, be- sides the barrels and boxes containing clothing, hospital supplies and loving gifts sent by those who remained at home to the boys in the field. On one summer Sabbath day news was brought of the great battle fought by Hooker in the Wilderness, and the urgent need of hospital supplies. Services in the churches were suspended, people went home to tear up their old sheets for bandages and to pull lint, so that by nightfall the supply train starting out from Boston took on at each station in Newton a great pile of boxes and barrels filled with the desired supplies, which were hurried to the field hospitals at the front as fast as steam could carry them.

The whole number of men that Newton was called upon to furnish under all the calls made by the State in response to the demands from Washington was 1067, but the town actually furnished 1129, a surplus of sixty-two, and these were all raised by volunteer- ing except a few who at one time were drafted un- necessarily, as it afterwards proved, but who cheerfully accepted their lot and served faithfully in the Union Army. Three hundred and twenty-three of the num- ber above were mustered in for "three years or the war." The town also furnished forty-three com- missioned officers, including one brevet brigadier- general and one brevet major-general.

The latter was Adin B. Underwood, colonel of the Thirty-third Massachusetts Regiment, who distin- guished himself especially at Lookout Mountains, where, at night, with only seven companies, he charged up an almost inaccessible hill, through woods and underbrush, and carried the rebel in- trenchments after two assaults with fixed bayonets, and drove a brigade of Longstreet's men from the hill. In this charge Col. Underwood was desper- ately wounded in the hip, so that his life was des- paired of and one leg crippled for life. Gen. Hooker, in his official report, recommended him for immedi- ate promotion to the command of a brigade, and his advice was followed.

The following table shows the distribution of Newton

men in the several regiments and batteries, and it will be seen that there was hardly a regiment in the State in which the old town was not represented. It will be seen that Newton had a full company in the Thirty- second Regiment, one in the Forty-fourth and nearly enough men for a company in the Fifth Cavalry, al- though in that case they were distributed through the several companies.

THREE YEARS' TROOPS.

First Regiment, 15 men ; 2d, 2 men ; 7th, 2 men ; 9th, 5 men ; 11th, 9 men ; 12th, 4 men ; 13th, 5 men ; 15th, 2 men ; 16th, 17 meu ; 17th, -1 man ; 18th, 2 men ; 20th, 5 mien ; 21st, 1 maa ; 22d, 3 met; 24th, 15 mien; 28th, 1 maa ; 29th, 2 men ; 30th, 1 mao ; 31st, 3 men ; 32d, 8 offi- cers, 27 noo-commissioned officere and 78 men ; 33d, 2 men ; 35th, 2 mea ; 38th, 2 meo ; 54th, 1 man ; 55th, 1 maa ; 57th, 2 meo ; 59th, 1 man ; 61st, 12 men ; 62d, 1 man.

Cavalry .- First Regiment, 26 men ; 2d, 6 men ; 3d, 9 men ; 4th, 7 mea ; 5th, s2 men.

Artillery .- First Battery, 1 man; 9th, 1 man; 13th, 3 men ; 15th, 1 maa ; 16th, I man.

First Heavy Artillery, 3 men ; 2d, 7 men ; 3d, 3 men.

NINE MONTHS' TROOPS.

5th Regiment, 1 maa ; 6th, 1 man ; 42d, 1 man; 43d, 2 men ; 44th, 6 officers aad 101 met ; 45th, 28 men ; 47th, 3 meo ; 48th, 1 man.

ONE HUNDRED DAYS' TROOPS.

5th Regiment, 3 men ; 6th, 4 meo ; 8th, 1 man ; 42d, 9 men ; 60th, 2 mien ; 22d Unattached Company, 2 men.

THREE MONTHS' VOLUNTEERS.

5th Regiment, 2 men ; Reg. Army, 40 men ; Navy, 41 men.

ROSTER OF NEWTON OFFICERS IN MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENTS.

Thomas B. Hitchcock, aest .- surgeon, 42d lafaotry.

Col. F. L. Lee, Capt. John M. Griswold, Ist Lieat. F. Il. Forbes, let Lieut. John A. Keorick, all of 44th Iafaotry.

F. A. Dewson, quartermaster, Harrison Gardner, Ist lieutenant, and I. II. Robiasoa, 2d lieutenant, of 45th Infantry.

Edward W. Clark, chaplain, 47th Infantry.

1st Lient. Chas. B. Slack, 13th Battery.

Major Andrew Washhorn, Ist Heavy Artillery.

Major Henry T. Lawson, 2d Heavy Artillery.

Major George H. Teagne, Ist Cavalry.

2d Lieut. Jeremiah Dyson, 3d Cavalry.

2d Lieut. George F. Scott, 5th Cavalry.

lat Lieut. Wa. B. Morrill, Ilth Infantry.

Lient .- Col. T. M. Bryan, Jr., Asst .- Surgeon A. A. Kendall and Ist Lient. T. P. Haviland, all of 12th lafantry.

Ist Lieut. Henry S. Benson, 20th Infantry.

1st Lients. H. A. Royce and F. S. Benson, 22d Infantry.

Asst .- Surgeon Cyrus S. Mann, 31st Infantry.

32d Regiment Infantry as follows: Col. aod Brevet Brig .- Gen. J. Cashing Edmands, Capt. A. Bancroft, Capt. E. S. Farnsworth, Cap. Geo. A. Ilall, Capt. I. F. Kingsbury, 2d Lieuts. J. F. Boyd, Wm. F. Tufts, Chas. E. Madden-to which should be added the lamented Chas. Ward, sergeant-major.

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History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Vol. III, Part 30

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) ed Publication date: 1890 Publisher: Philadelphia, J. W. Lewis & co Number of Pages: 1278

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) ed
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: Philadelphia, J. W. Lewis & co
Number of Pages: 1278