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books which gave us so high a conception of the writer's whole nature."
Dr. Hackett was married September 22, 1834, to Mary Wads- worth Balch, his cousin ; she was the daughter of Rev. William Balch, of Salisbury, Mass. Her mother was Mary Wadsworth, daughter of Dr. Benjamin Wadsworth, pastor in Danvers, Mass., for fifty years, and who was descended from a collateral branch of the family which gave President Wadsworth to Harvard Uni- versity. Besides his widow, two sons and one daughter survived him. One son died in infancy.
The principal publications of Dr. Hackett are the following :
Plutarch on the Delay of the Deity in the Punishment of the Wicked. With notes. 1844.
Grammar of the Chaldee Language, as contained in the Bible and Tar- gums. Translated from Geo. B. Winer. 1845.
Exercises in Hebrew Grammar, etc. 1847.
Recollections and Estimate of Prof. B. B. Edwards. 1853.
A Commentary on the Original Text of the Acts of the Apostles. 1852. (A new edition, revised and greatly enlarged. 1858.)
Illustrations of Scripture. Suggested by a Tour through the Holy Land. 1853. (New and Revised Edition. 1860.)
Notes on the Greek Text of the Epistle of Paul to Philemon. 1860.
Thirty Articles in Dr. William Smith's Dictionary of the Bible. 1860-3. Christian Memorials of the War. 1864.
Dr. William Smith's Dictionary of the Bible. Edited, with large addi- tions, 4 vols. 1868-70.
The Book of Ruth. 1876.
In addition to these larger volumes, Dr. Hackett published addresses, translations, introductions to other works, and numer- ous contributions to periodical literature.
ARTHUR SAVAGE TRAIN, the eldest son of the Rev. Charles and Elizabeth Harrington Train, was born in Framingham, in August, 1812. The father came to Newton to study theology in his earlier life, and it is an agreeable coincidence that the son came to Newton to teach theology nearly half a century after- wards. Mr. Train pursued his early classical studies under the instruction of his father, and graduated with high rank at Brown University in 1833. He was tutor in Brown University upwards of two years, and was ordained pastor of the First Baptist church in Haverhill, Mass., October 20, 1836, and continued to sustain that relation till January, 1860. In November, 1859, he entered upon the professorship of Sacred Rhetoric and Pastoral Duties in
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the Newton Theological Institution, and resigned his office after seven years. He then accepted the call to the pastorship of the First Baptist church in Framingham, the home of his childhood, and continued in that office till his death. Where the father had sowed, thither the son came to reap. The service of Dr. Train as a teacher covered, in all, a space of about nine years, and as a preacher, twenty-nine years ; and in each sphere alike he left an honored record.
He was a member of the Board of Trustees of Brown Univer- sity from 1845 until his death, and in 1855 he received from that University the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity.
During his residence in Haverhill as a pastor, he did, as the largest, so the most effective, work of his life. He took a deep interest in every thing which related to the welfare of his parish- ioners and of the village where he lived. He was a man of public spirit, feeling a pride in the place of his residence, and entering heartily into every thing which promised to advance its interests. The public schools of the town were remodelled through his influ- ence, and elevated to a high degree of excellence. The rural cemetery of the place owes much of its beauty and tastefulness to his suggestions, and some of the trees which adorn the streets and public squares were set out by his own hands. He was a model pastor, sympathizing, affectionate and faithful. His preach- ing was both doctrinal and practical, clear, sound and instructive. Naturally a good scholar, he was distinguished by sound sense and practical sagacity. With the exception of a brief tour in Europe, his work was never interrupted, and his church and con- gregation were eminently benefited by the influence of his minis- try. He died in Framingham, January 2, 1872, and was buried in Haverhill, among the people to whom he had devoted the best years of his life. His departure called forth many honorary trib- utes from various bodies, showing the high estimation in which he was held.
His only publication was a centennial discourse, delivered on the one hundredth anniversary of the church in Haverhill, of which he had been pastor twenty-three years.
He was twice married, and left a widow and three daughters,. the children of the first marriage.
ROBERT EVERETT PATTISON, son of the Rev. William Pattison, was born in Benson, Vt., August 17, 1800, and graduated at
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Amherst College in 1826. For a brief period he taught in the Academy in Amherst, and afterwards became Tutor in Columbian College, Washington, D. C. In 1828, he was elected Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in Waterville College. After one year of service, in 1829 he was ordained pastor of the Second Baptist church in Salem, Mass., and in March, 1830, accepted a call to the pastorate of the First Baptist church in Providence, R. I. In 1836, he became President of Waterville College, and administered the duties of the office with great acceptance and success. In 1840, he relinquished the presidency, and was elected Secretary of the American Baptist Missionary Union. In 1845, he removed to Covington, Kentucky, where he was President and Professor of Theology in the Western Baptist Theological Institute ; and, when that Seminary was discontinued, he returned to Massachusetts, and became Professor of Biblical Theology in the Newton Theological Institution. After six years of service, he yielded to the call to accept, a second time, the presidency of Waterville College, where, it is said of him, "In all metaphysical questions, the clearness of his perceptions and the quickness of his intellect gave him pre-eminent power, and com- manded the respect of every pupil." From this position, he returned to a second pastorate over the First Baptist church in Providence. His next residence was a temporary one in Worcester, Mass., where he took charge of the Oread Institute for Young Ladies. In 1863, he returned to the work of theological instruction, and became Professor in Shurtleff College, Alton, Ill. The last four years of his life were spent in Chicago, Ill., as acting President of the Chicago University, and professor of Theology in the Chicago Theological Seminary. Dr. Pattison was thrice married, and had six children. He died in St. Louis, November 21, 1874. His pupils became ministers in nearly every State and Territory of the Union. The theology he taught is reproduced, through his stu- dents, among the Karens of Burmah, the Teloogoos of Hither India, and the Assamese along the Brahmaputra. His counsels and influence are seeds of thought and sources of inspiration to hundreds whom he never saw.
PROFESSORS IN THE INSTITUTION, NOW LIVING.
BARNAS SEARS, D. D., LL. D., born Sandisfield, Mass., Novem- ber 19, 1802, graduated at Brown Univ., 1825, Newton Theol. Inst., 1825-7 ; ordained pastor at Hartford, Conn., 1827; Profes-
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sor Hamilton Lit. and Theol. Inst., 1829 ; Professor and President Newton Theol. Inst., 1836-48 ; Secretary Mass. Board of Educa- tion, 1848-55 ; President of Brown Univ., 1855-67 ; General Agent Peabody Education Fund, 1867. [Died July 6, 1880.]
ALVAH HOVEY, D. D., LL. D., born Greene, N. Y., April 5, 1820 ; graduated at Dartmouth Coll., 1844, Newton Theol. Inst., 1848 ; preached in New Gloucester, Me., 1848-9 ; ordained in Boston, November, 1849; Instructor in Hebrew, Newton Theol. Inst., 1849-55 ; Professor of Church History, 1853-5; Professor of Theology and Christian Ethics, 1855 ; President, 1868.
ALBERT N. ARNOLD, D. D., born Cranston, R. I., February 12, 1814 ; graduated B. U., 1838, Newton Theol. Inst., 1841 ; ordained Newburyport, September 14, 1841 ; Missionary in Greece, 1844-55 ; Professor of Ecclesiastical History, Newton Theol. Inst., 1855-7; Pastor Westboro', 1857-64 ; Professor Biblical Criticism and Pas- toral Theology, Hamilton Theol. Inst., 1864-9 ; Professor Bibli- cal Literature and Exegesis, Bap. Theol. Sem., Chicago, 1869-76.
GEORGE D. B. PEPPER, D. D., born Ware, Mass. ; graduated Amherst Coll., 1857, Newton Theol. Inst., 1860 ; ordained Water- ville, Me., September, 1860; Professor Newton Theol. Inst., 1865-7; Professor Crozer Theol. Sem., 1868.
GALUSHA ANDERSON, D. D. Pastor at St. Louis ; Professor Newton Theol. Inst., 1866-73 ; Pastor Brooklyn, N. Y., Chicago, Ill. ; President of Chicago University.
HEMAN LINCOLN, D. D., born Boston, Mass., April 14, 1821 ; graduated Brown Univ., 1840, Newton Theol. Inst., 1845; ordained Boston, September, 1845; Professor of Ecclesiastical History, Newton Theol. Inst., 1868-73 ; of Homiletics and Pas- toral Duties, 1873.
SAMUEL LUNT CALDWELL, D. D., born Newburyport, November 13, 1820 ; graduated Waterville College, 1839, Newton Theol. Inst., 1845 ; ordained August, 1846 ; Professor of Ecclesiastical History, Newton Theol. Inst., 1873-8 ; President of Vassar College, 1878.
OAKMAN SPRAGUE STEARNS, D. D., born Bath, Me., 1818 ; grad- uated Waterville College, 1840, Newton Theol. Inst., 1846; Instructor in Hebrew in Newton Theol. Inst., 1847; ordained May 19, 1847 ; Professor of Interpretation of the Old Testament in Newton Theol. Inst., 1868.
EZRA PALMER GOULD, born Boston, February 27, 1841; grad- uated Harvard University, 1861, Newton Theol. Inst., 1868;
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ordained September, 1868 ; Assistant Professor Biblical Literature, Newton Theol. Inst., 1868-71 ; Professor of Biblical Literature (New Testament), 1871.
ELISHA BENJAMIN ANDREWS, born Hinsdale, N. H. ; graduated at Brown Univ., 1870, Newton Theol. Inst., 1872-4; Principal Conn. Lit. Inst., Suffield, Conn., 1870-72 ; ordained July, 1874 ; Pastor, Beverly, Mass. ; President Denison Univ., Granville, Ohio ; Professor of Homiletics in Newton Theol. Inst., 1879.
NEWTON THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTION AND THE WAR OF THE REBELLION.
In the war for the suppression of the rebellion, 1861-5, the students and alumni of the Newton Theological Institution were distinguished by their zeal and patriotism, and showed their readi- ness to encounter danger, when they were summoned by the call of duty. The following Roll of Honor will be appreciated by the patriot and the Christian. Such men should be kept in everlast- ing remembrance.
STUDENTS WHO SERVED IN THE WAR, 1861-5.
JAMES WILLIAM ASHTON, First Lieutenant, 157th Pennsylvania Volun- teers, October 3, 1862. Acting Post Adjutant, Fort Delaware, June, 1863. Regimental Adjutant, April, 1864. Wounded before Petersburg, Va., June 27, 1864. Discharged on account of wounds, September 29, 1864.
SETH JONES AXTELL, Corporal 51st Massachusetts Volunteers. Enlisted August 25, 1862. Served in North Carolina, under General Foster. Mus- tered out of service July 21, 1863. Pastor at West Medway, Mass. Presi- dent of Leland University, New Orleans, La.
JOSEPH HENRY GANNETT, Private, Co. H, 12th Massachusetts Volunteers, April 25, 1861. Served in Virginia. Detached from regiment as Acting Hospital Steward, Frederick City, Md., October, 1862. Mustered out of ser- vice, June 26, 1864. Pastor at East Gloucester, Mass.
JOSIAH RIPLEY GODDARD, Sergeant, Co. K, Rhode Island Volunteers, October 1, 1862. Served in Virginia and Maryland. Mustered out of ser- vice, July 6, 1863. Missionary in Ningpo, China.
FRANK TOMLINSON HAZLEWOOD, Private, 10th Rhode Island Volunteers, May 21, 1862. Served in Virginia and Maryland. Mustered out, Septem- ber 1, 1862. Served also in Christian Commission before Petersburg, Va., 1864. Pastor at Bangor, Me.
HORACE FRANKLIN BARNES, Private, Co. E, 47th Massachusetts Volun- teers, September, 1862. Served in the Department of the Gulf. Detached from regiment as Government reporter. Mustered out of service, August, 1863. Pastor.
STEPHEN COPELAND FLETCHER, Private, 7th Maine Volunteers, November 27, 1861. Captain, same regiment, January 23, 1862. Major, August 7, 1864. Lieut .- Colonel 1st Maine Veteran Volunteers, November 3, 1864.
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Brevet Colonel United States Volunteers, April 2, 1865, for gallant and meri- torious conduct at the capture of Petersburg, Va. Served in the army of the Potomac. Wounded at Spottsylvania Court House, May 12, 1864, at Fort Stevenson before Petersburg, July 13, 1864, and at Cedar Creek, October 19, 1864. Provost Marshal Southern District of Virginia, April 12, 1865. Mustered out of service, with regiment, July 9, 1865. Pastor at New London, N. H.
EZRA PALMER GOULD, Private, 24th Massachusetts Volunteers, October 18, 1861. Second Lieutenant 55th Massachusetts Volunteers, December 25, 1863. Captain, 59th Massachusetts Volunteers, April 9, 1864. Major, same regiment, December 16, 1864. Served in North Carolina and Virginia. Wounded in the battle of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864. Mustered out of service, with regiment, August 1, 1865. Professor in the Newton Theologi- cal Institution.
WALTER WHITNEY HAMMOND, Private, Co. I, 47th Massachusetts Volun- teers, September 6, 1862. Sergeant, October 24, 1862. First Sergeant, June 8, 1863. Served in the Department of the Gulf. Mustered out of ser- vice, with regiment, September 1, 1863. Pastor at Brooklyn, N. Y., Ber- gen, N. J., Detroit, Mich.
SYLVANUS BOARDMAN MACOMBER, Private, Co. K, 13th Maine Volunteers, January 4, 1864. Served in the Department of the Gulf. Mustered out of service, with regiment, May 13, 1865. Pastor.
GEORGE HOLMES MESSER, Private, 10th Rhode Island Volunteers, May, 1862. Served in Virginia and Maryland. Mustered out of service, with regiment, September 1, 1862.
SYLVESTER BARON PARTRIDGE, Private, 92nd New York Volunteers, September 1, 1861. First Sergeant, Co. H, December 15, 1861. Second Lieutenant, Co. B, January 1, 1862. Detached from regiment to serve as Acting Signal Officer, October 6, 1862. First Lieutenant, Co. B, 92nd New York Volunteers, November 24, 1862. First Lieutenant Signal Corps United States Army, March 3, 1863. Served last as Chief Signal Officer, 25th Army Corps, on the staff of Major-General Weitzel. Mustered out of service June 6, 1865. Missionary in Siam and China.
HENRY HUDSON BEACH, Private, Co. D, 133rd Illinois Volunteers. Mus- tered into service at Camp Butler, Ill., May 31, 1864. Mustered out, Sep- tember 18, 1864.
CHRISTOPHER C. BURROWS, Chaplain United States Army, Port Hudson, La., 1863-4.
WILLIAM THOMAS CHASE, appointed Chaplain 4th United States Colored Troops, March, 1863. Served in the Department of the Gulf. Mustered out of service, March, 1864. Pastor at Dover, N. H., Lewiston, Me., and Cambridgeport, Mass.
NELSON NEWTON GLAZIER, Private, Co. G, 11th Vermont Volunteers ; afterwards Ist Vermont Heavy Artillery. Corporal, November 23, 1862. Soon afterwards, detailed as Acting Ordnance Sergeant. Second Lieutenant Co. A, November 2, 1863. First Lieutenant, January 21, 1864. Served in the Department of Washington till May 12, 1864; then, in the Army of the
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Potomac. Wounded at Spottsylvania Court House, May 18, 1864. He lost his left arm. Discharged on account of wounds, September 3, 1864. Pastor at Burlington, Vt.
WILLIAM HENRY SPENCER, Private, 61st New York Volunteers, Septem- ber 6, 1861. Second Lieutenant, January 8, 1862. First Lieutenant, Janu- ary 24, 1862. Captain, June 14, 1862. Served in Virginia. Wounded at Charles City Cross Roads, Va., June 30, 1862. He lost right leg. Com- missioned Major, but never mustered as such. Discharged on account of wounds, December 29, 1862. Pastor at Foxboro', Mass., Waterville, Me.
JAMES HOPE ARTHUR, Private 7th Connecticut Volunteers. Was con- fined eight months in Libby Prison, Richmond. Wounded in knee, in bat- tle of Tybee, N. C. Missionary to Japan.
ALUMNI WHO SERVED IN THE WAR, 1861-5.
1831.
TIMOTHY R. CRESSEY,, Chaplain of a Minnesota regiment. Served in the Army of the Cumberland. Died Aug. 30, 1870.
1834.
WILLIAM F. NELSON, Hospital Chaplain, U. S. Army, 1861-5. Died March 15, 1875.
1839.
SAMUEL W. FIELD, Chaplain 12th R. I. Volunteers, Sept., 1862. Served in Virginia and Kentucky. Mustered out of service, with regiment, July, 1863.
1843.
GEORGE KNOX, Chaplain 1st, 10th and 29th Maine Volunteers, 1861-4. Died Oct. 31, 1864. The report of the Adjutant General says, " He shared the perils and hardships of the gallant 10th, during its memorable campaigns, with distinguished coolness and fortitude. His presence was never wanting on the battle-field, where his attentions to the wounded and the dying were timely and efficient. He endeared himself to the men by numberless acts of kind- ness which will never be forgotten."
1845.
WILLIAM BACHELLER GREENE, Col. 14th Reg., Mass. Volunteers. He died in England in 1877, at the age of 51 years. Col. Greene was son of the late Nath'l Greene, formerly postmaster of Boston, and was born at Haverhill. He was educated at West Point; served in the Florida campaign; was con- nected with the Brook Farm movement; was settled as a Baptist minister, at Brookfield, Mass., and afterwards as a Unitarian, at Springfield. He was a strong abolitionist and a Democrat. On the 5th of July, 1861, he was com- missioned as colonel of the 14th Regiment of Massachusetts Infantry Volun- teers, afterwards the 1st Regiment of Heavy Artillery.
In August, 1864, he was recalled by General McClellan and assigned to the command of the artillery brigade of General Whipple's Division, and had charge of a line of twelve forts, from Forts Scott and Jackson to Forts De
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Kalb and Bennet. His brigade consisted of the 14th Massachusetts Infantry, 16th Maine Infantry, Ist Battery Independent Wisconsin Artillery, and 2d New York Artillery. He resigned his commission October 11, 1862, and re- turned to Boston, where he resided until about a year and a half before his death, when he went to England.
In 1853 he was a member of the Constitutional Convention, was a strong advocate of social progress, and was greatly interested in the improvment of the condition and privileges of the working people. He was also a firm be- liever in freedom of speech. Col. Greene was a close student of theology, having considerable acquaintance with Hebrew and Egyptian antiquities. He was also a fine mathematician, and an industrious scholar in all the branches of science and philosophy which interested him. In Free Masonry, he took all the thirty-three degrees of the " Ancient and Accepted Rite." As a writer, Col. Greene has left several memorials of himself in the shape of published works, among which are " Socialistic, Communistic, Mutualistic and Financial Fragments," "Theory of the Calculus," "Explanation of the Theory of the Calculus," "Transcendentalism," " The Facts of Con- sciousness and the Philosophy of Mr. Hebert Spencer."
1851.
JONATHAN MERRIAM, 1864. Pastor in Illinois. Died, Nov. 29, 1872. 1852.
HEMAN LINCOLN WAYLAND, Chaplain 7th Connecticut Volunteers, Infan- try, Sept. 18, 1861. Served with his regiment in the Department of the South (S. C., Ga. and Florida). Mustered out Jan. 7, 1864. President Franklin College, Ind. Editor National Baptist
1855.
HENRY FAYETTE LANE, Chaplain 41st Massachusetts Volunteers, Infantry, Nov. 4, 1862. Served in the Department of the Gulf under General Banks. Mustered out, Aug. 25, 1863.
1856.
GEORGE DONALD HENDERSON, Chaplain, U. S. A., 1859-63; do. U. S. Navy, July 2, 1864. Served in the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron. Ordered to the Naval Academy, Sept. 12, 1864.
1857.
ENOS MUNGER, Chaplain, 1862-4. Died, Oct. 14, 1873.
JOSEPH COLVER WIGHTMAN, Chaplain 24th Connecticut Volunteers, In- fantry, Oct. 31, 1862. Served in the Department of the Gulf. Mustered out, with regiment, Sept. 30, 1863.
1858.
GEORGE BULLEN, Chaplain 16th Maine Volunteers, Infantry, Aug., 1862. Served in Maryland and Virginia. Mustered out, Oct. 11, 1863. Pastor, Pawtucket, R. I.
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CHARLES A. SNOW, Chaplain 3rd Massachusetts Volunteers, Infantry, Oct. 10, 1862. Served in North Carolina. Mustered out, with regiment, June 26, 1863. Pastor, Fall River.
J. PARKER CHAPIN, Chaplain U. S. Hospital, 1862-3. Pastor, Conway, N. H.
1859.
JOHN F. ASHLEY, Captain, Co. G, 53rd Massachusetts Volunteers, Infantry. Served in the Department of the Gulf. Mustered out, with regiment, Sept. 2,1863.
JOTHAM W. HORTON, Chaplain, New Orleans, La. 1863-4. Superintend- ent Ross Colony, 1864. Killed by a mob, Aug. 5, 1866. (See pp. 574, 575.)
1860.
FRANCIS MANSFIELD, Chaplain U. S. Volunteers, 1862-3.
1861.
CHARLES H. COREY, U. S. Volunteers, 1864-5. President, Richmond Insti- tute, Richmond, Va.
LUCIUS M. S. HAYNES, 1st Lieutenant, 4th Maine Battery, Dec. 21, 1861. Served with his battery in the field, and was mustered out Sept. 22, 1862.
CHARLES HENRY ROWE, Chaplain Post Hospital, Augusta, Me., 1864-5. 1862.
HENRY TUPPER, Private, Co. E, 36th Massachusetts Volunteers, Infantry. Enlisted July, 1862. Sergeant, Aug., 1862. Served in Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky and Mississippi. Transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps, Nov. 1, 1863, and stationed at Portsmouth Grove, R. I. Mustered out at the close of the war. President, Shaw University, N. C.
1863.
CHARLES HERBERT RICHARDSON, Chaplain, U. S. Volunteers, 1864-5.
1864.
JOSEPH H. SEDWICK, Private, Co. B, 44th Massachusetts Volunteers. Promoted Sergeant. Served in North Carolina under General Foster. Mus- tered out of service, with regiment, at Readville, Mass., June 18, 1863.
HENRY KIRK PORTER, Private, Co. A, 45th Massachusetts Volunteers. Enlisted in the autumn of 1862. Served in North Carolina. On duty a while at the office of the Provost Marshal at Newbern. Mustered out of service, with regiment, at Readville, Mass., July 8, 1863.
SAMUEL WHITE DUNCAN, Captain, Co. F, 50th Massachusetts Volunteers. Commissioned November 10, 1862. Served under General Banks in the Department of the Gulf. Participated in the several assaults on Port Hud- son in the months of May and June, 1863. Mustered out of service, with regiment, at Wenham, Mass., Aug. 24, 1863. Pastor, Cleveland, Cincinnati.
HENRY SWEETSER BURRAGE, Private, Co. A, 36th Massachusetts Volun- teers, August 1, 1862. Sergeant, August 5, 1862. Sergeant-Major, August
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27, 1862. Second Lieutenant, Co. D, May 16, 1863. First Lieutenant, November 17, 1863. Wounded at the battle of Cold Harbor, Va., June 3,. 1864. Captain, June 19, 1864. A prisoner at Richmond and Danville, Va., from November 1, 1864 to February 22, 1865. Brevet Major United States Volunteers, " for gallant and meritorious conduct in the campaign from the Rapidan to the James," March 13, 1865. Acting assistant Adjutant General, 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, April 15, 1865. Served in Mary- land, Virginia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, and a second time in Vir- ginia. Mustered out of service, with regiment, June 8, 1865, at Alexan- dria, Va. Editor Zion's Advocate, Portland, Me.
1866.
WILLIAM C. BARROWS, Private, Co. F, 24th Maine Volunteers, September 10, 1862. Sergeant, September 16, 1862. First Sergeant, December 17, 1862. Second Lieutenant, June 1, 1863. Served in Department of the. Gulf. Mustered out of service, with regiment, August 25, 1863.
HENRY GORDON GAY, Private, 10th Rhode Island Volunteers, May 26, 1862. Mustered out of service at Providence, September 1, 1862. Re-en -. listed September 3, 1862, in Co. F, 26th Connecticut Volunteers. Appointed: First Sergeant, September 19, 1862. Served in Department of the Gulf. Wounded at Port Hudson, June 13, 1863. Mustered out of service, with: regiment, August 17; commissioned Second Lieutenant August 17, but was. not mustered, on account of expiration of service.
ADDISON PARKER, Sergeant, Co. F, 46th Massachusetts Volunteers. Served in North Carolina under General Foster. Mustered out of service- July 28, 1863.
Besides the past graduates of the Newton Theological Institu -. tion, and its actual members who served in the armies of the Union. during the war of the Rebellion, many of the students and former- graduates entered the service of the Christian and Sanitary Com- missions, and in the hospitals gave themselves to the labor of car- ing for those who needed such assistance as they were able to. render. Soldiers of the cross of Christ, though they did not win for themselves titles or emoluments, they secured the heartfelt grat- itude of the sick, the wounded, and the dying. And it is a remarkable fact that among all who thus imperilled their lives for. their country, leaving the study for the field of deadly conflict, not one young life perished. Two others, graduates of the Insti- tution, however, gave up their lives to the cause to which they had. consecrated themselves,- Mr. Knox, who was accidentally killed in the discharge of his duty, and Mr. Horton, who was shot by a mob which he was endeavoring to pacify. The remains of Mr. Horton were returned to his friends in Boston for burial. A crowded assembly gathered in Tremont Temple to do honor to his-
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