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Joseph Sylvester enlisted in Colonel Bailey's regiment, for three years or during the war, October 24, 1779.
The pay-roll for six-months men raised in the town of Bridgewater in July, 1780, for Continental service, contains the following names from the North Parish : -
Akerman Pettingill, Zechariah Gurney, Hugh Carr,
Solomon Packard.
Also
Simeon Keith, Sergeant. Jeremiah Thayer, Corporal. Jacob Packard, Private.
That marched on the alarm to Rhode Island, by order of Council, July 22, 1780, in service from July 30 to August 9.
Captain David Packard's company, in Colonel Eliphalet Cary's regiment, who marched on the alarm to Rhode Island, July 22, 1780, in service from July 23 to August 9, 1780 : - David Packard, Captain. Elcazer Snow, Second Lieutenant.
SERGEANTS.
Daniel Howard,
William Packard, Ephraim Packard,
Samuel Brett.
CORPORALS.
Fobes Field,
Ephraim Cole, Jonathan Cary,
Luther Cary, Fife Major. Micah Gurney, Drummer.
PRIVATES.
Philip Packard,
Richard Field,
Barnabas Pratt,
Daniel Howard,
Ephraim Field,
Nathaniel Snell,
Bela Howard,
Zechariah Howard,
Joseph Reynolds,
William Brett,
Jonathan Reynolds,
Enos Thayer,
Joshua Ames,
James Perkins, Elcazer Cole,
Alpheus Cary,
Daniel Dickerman,
Timothy Reynolds,
Timothy Ames,
Danicl Ames,
Jeremiah Beal,
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Howard Cary,
Solomon Hill,
Samuel Chesman,
Lemuel Packard,
Adin Packard,
Eleazer Snow, Jr.,
Barnabas Pratt, Jr.,
Levi Packard,
Mannassch Dickerman,
Thomas Packard,
Abiah Packard, Job Ames,
Charles Hayden,
Joshua Cushman,
Noah Ames,
David Gurney,
Ichabod Howard,
John Gurney.
An order was passed by the Assembly, to raise two thou- sand men to reinforce northern armies, in 1780.
In this service, we find from the North Parish, in Bridge- water, -
Hugh Carr, Akerman Pettingill,
in Captain Hancock's company, who marched from Spring- field July 4, 1780, for six months.
Zechariah Gurney was in the Eleventh Division, and marched from Springfield under command of Ensign Ban- croft, for six months, July 11, 1780.
Solomon Packard was in the seventh division of six-months men, who marched from Springfield under the command of Captain Dix, July 7th, 1780.
The following is a list of Captain Nathan Packard's com- pany, in Major Eliphalet Cary's regiment, that marched on account of the alarm in Rhode Island, July 22, 1780. By order of council from North Bridgewater: -
Nathan Packard, Captain.
Jesse Perkins, First Lieutenant. John Thompson, Sergeant.
PRIVATES.
Mark Packard,
Seth Kingman,
\ Josiah Packard,
Daniel Manley,
Anthony Dike,
Shepard Packard,
Mark Perkins,
Jonathan Perkins,
John Tilden, Rufus Brett,
Seth Edson,
Caleb Packard, Simeon Packard, Jr.,
Asa Packard,
Ebenezer Edson,
Jacob Packard,
Josiah Edson,
Josialı Perkins, Jr.
Benjamin Keith, William Shaw, Jr.,
Daniel Shaw,
Naphtali Shaw, Gilbert Snell,
Barnabas Edson,
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Again, we find in the company of Captain Luke Bicknell, in Colonel Putnam's regiment at West Point, New York, 1781, several persons from North. Bridgewater : -
Joshua Cushman, Thomas Packard, Isaiah Packard,
Simeon Packard,
Marlboro' Packard, Daniel Alden.
The following persons enlisted in Colonel John Bailey's regiment, January 25, 1782, to reinforce the Continental army : --
Joseph Sylvester, Benjamin Kingman, Daniel Packard,
Noah Pratt, John Thompson.
We have now given the readers an account of those who took part in the war that resulted in our national indepen- dence. Imperfect as this list may be, owing to the uncon- nected tattered rolls at the State House, we have endeavored to get the names of all who did military duty during the eight years' strife between England and America, and place them in readable form. We have brought the account down to the close of the war, or to the time of the signing of the treaty at Paris, in November, 1782. The war had grown exceed- ingly unpopular after the surrender of Cornwallis at York- town, in October, 1781, although nothing definite was done till March, 1782, when the House of Commons voted not to prose- cute the war any further. At the close of that year, commis- sioners were chosen on both sides, who met at Paris, and after a long consultation, they agreed upon the articles of peace. These were signed November 30th of that year, and on the 20th of January, 1783, hostilities ceased between the two countries.
On the 19th of April, just eight years after the battle of Lexington, Washington issued his proclamation of peace. Thus ended a war of nearly eight years' duration, in which a hundred thousand lives were lost, and millions of property destroyed. It was the decision of this war that established
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the United States among the powers of the earth. In looking over the list of persons that took part in the battles of our country, we should not forget those who were left at home to provide for the families of absent ones. In many instances the women of the town had to till the soil to obtain what food was actually needed for subsistence; in short, every nerve was brought into requisition to provide home-made cloth, stockings, shirts, and blankets, that were called for by the government in large quantities ; and although the women, wives and mothers of those who fought the battles, could not fight in the face of the foe with muskets, they did their part in aiding and abetting; and their deeds were as heroic in many instances as those we record ; may their memory ever be cherished with gratitude, and stimulate us all to act well our part, and thus be mutual helpers to each other through life, that at its close we may have the satisfaction of feeling that we have done our whole duty, and done it well.
SHAY'S REBELLION.
At the conclusion of the Revolutionary War, peace and inde- pendence having been established, the attention of the people was directed to the finances of the country. The English merchants flooded the country with foreign goods, and there- by drained us of specie, and ruined the manufacturers. This involved merchants and others in debt.
The masses of the people, finding themselves burdened un- der the weight of taxes and loss of employment, became quite disheartened and uneasy, and hence could easily be led into almost any kind of a scheme to relieve their burdens. Debts could not be collected, and the heavy taxes were the ruin of a great many. During this state of feeling, a few persons, taking advantage of that condition of affairs, called a public meeting, which was held at Hatfield, Massachusetts, in August, 1786, to see what they could do to better themselves.
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This meeting so inflamed the people that a mob of fifteen hundred persons assembled at Northampton, to prevent the sitting of the courts. From thence the insurrection fire con- tinued to burn and spread throughout the State. One Daniel Shay, of Pelham, Massachusetts, was one of the principal movers in the scheme. A similar company was collected at Springfield, in September following. Here they found a mil- itary force sufficient to stop their proceedings. Similar gath- erings were had in the towns where the county courts were held, in other parts of the State, the object being to stop all means of collecting debts by the usual process of law. Such a gathering was had at the court-house in Taunton, Bristol County, in September, 1786.
At this place, as before, the insurgents found that prepara- tions had been made for a grand reception ; and after a delay of a day or two, in frightening the people in that vicinity, the mob dispersed.
Among those called to suppress this rebellion at Taunton, were the following companies from Bridgewater. The list below gives the names of those from the North Parish of Bridgewater: -
" A muster and pay role of ye 7th company of militea in the 3d regi- ment, in the county of Plymouth, and commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Orr, -
Lemuel Packard, Captain.
Daniel Cary, First Lieutenant.
Samuel Brett, Second Lieutenant.
Parmenas Packard, Sergeant.
Howard Cary, Sergeant.
Ephraim Field, Corporal. Josiah Reynolds, Drummer. Ephraim Sturtevant, Fifer.
PRIVATES.
Oliver Howard,
William Reynolds,
James Cary,
Robert Howard,
Barzillai Field,
Daniel Ames,
John Howard,
Gideon Howard,
Thomas Packard,
Jonas Howard,
Seth Edson,
John Crafts.
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" The above-named persons were in service from September 9th to the 13th, 1786.
Sworn to before
JUSTICE HOWARD. LEMUEL PACKARD, Captain."
" A muster and pay role of Captain John Thompson's company of mili- tia, in service from September 9 to September 13, 1786 : -
John Thompson, Captain.
PRIVATES.
Levi Washburn,
Thomas Thompson, Jr., Nathan Keith,
Jeremiah Thayer,
Jonathan Keith,
Mark Perkins,
/ Josiah Packard,
Daniel Bruyint, Seth Kingman,
Josiah Perkins,
Jonathan Perkins, Jr., Calvin Brett,
Amasa Brett,
Elijah Packard.
William Shaw,
Leonard Orcutt,
Peter Bruyint,
Henry Kingman,
Oliver Packard.
Ichabod Bruyint,
Ichabod Edson,
Obadiah West,
Calvin Bruyint,
Ephraim Groves,
Nathan Packard,
Job Bruyint,
Japhet Beals,
Nathan Packard, Jr.,
Job Bruyint, Jr.,
David Edson, Jr.,
Daniel Perkins,
Jonas Howard, Beza Bruyint.
Sworn to before
JUSTICE HOWARD. JOHN THOMPSON, Captain."
" Bridgewater, September ye 9th, 1786.
CHAPTER XIII.
WAR OF 1812.
Impressment of Seamen. - Embargo. - War declared by the President. - Calls for Troops from Militia. - Pay-Role of Company from North Bridgewater, stationed at Plymouth.
ITHE war of 1812 was memorable as the opening of a second war with England. The difficulty existing be- tween the two nations consisted in the English Government impressing our seamen on board their ships, and by a series of depredations upon our commerce, even upon our own coasts, together with insults to the American flag in various ways.
On the 4th of April, an embargo was placed upon all ves- sels within the jurisdiction of the United States for ninety days, and on the 18th of June, war was formally declared by the President between England and the United States. Vari- ous incidents and many interesting events occurred both on land and sea during the years 1812, 1813, and 1814, which we have not space to publish. The skirmishing on the sea was spirited, and resulted in many victories to our forces, and on land was as favorable as could be expected, and in the end secured to us our rights as Americans.
The plan of operations at first, was to guard our sea-coasts, sending troops to man them, by calls on the militia at vari- ous times, the whole under the direction of the regular army. The spring of 1814 opened with the loss of the ship " Es- sex " of the navy, at Valparaiso, which served to stimulate the people of the United States to renewed activity, although the war was considered by many as uncalled for. Fortu- nately there were those who thought it best to maintain their
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dignity, and not allow any injustice to be done to our seamen. During the year 1814, the militia along the seaboard towns were called upon to guard the forts. Among those who responded to the call from North Bridgewater was the fol- lowing company : ---
" Pay-roll of a company of infantry, under command of Captain Ne- hemiah Lincoln, detached from the Third Regiment, First Brigade, in the Fifth Division, stationed at Plymouth, under the command of Lieutenant- Colonel Caleb Howard, commandant."
Nehemiah Lincoln, Captain.
Ephraim Cole, Jr., Lieutenant. Silas Dunbar, Ensign.
SERGEANTS.
Gustavus Sylvester,
Josiah Dunbar, Martin Kingman.
CORPORALS.
Jabez Kingman, Galen Manley, Daniel Packard, Nathan Jones.
MUSICIANS.
Robert S. Holbrook, George W. Burt.
PRIVATES.
John Ames,
Ira Hayward,
Loring White,
Benjamin Ames,
Manley Ilayward,
Nathaniel Ames,
Oliver Bryant,
James Hatch,
Theron Ames,
John Burrill, Jr.,
Bernard Jackson,
Joseph Packard,
Samuel Brett, Zibeon Brett,
Isaac Whiting,
Cyrus B. Phillips,
Zenas Brett,
James Loring,
John Battles,
John May,
William Battles,
Ambrose Packard,
Lemuel Sumner,
Chester Cooley,
Luke Packard,
David Packard,
Zenas Cary,
Jesse Packard,
Silvanus French,
Luther Cary,
Sullivan Packard,
Simeon Cary,
Martin Cary,
Arza Packard,
Enos Thayer,
Simeon Dunbar,
Zibeon Packard,
Galen Packard,
Samuel Dike, Jr.,
· Bela C. Dike,
Samuel Dickerman,
Thomas Reynolds, Matthew Snell, Oliver Snell,
Charles Lincoln,
John Delano,
Jeremiah Snell, John Smith,
Sidney Howard,
Isaac Eames,
Sprague Snow,
John Field,
Newton Shaw,
Galen Warren,
Charles Clapp,
Hezekiah Packard,
Benjamin Kingman,
Waldo Hayward, Martin Drake, Isaac Packard,
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Asa Howard,
Simeon Warren,
Jonathan Edson,
Cyrus Howard,
Cyrus Warren, Ephraim Willis, Jr.,
Lewis Howard,
Oliver Howard, Jr.,
James Willis, Ebenezer Crocker,
Nathaniel Ames, Howard Manley, John Thompson, Waldo Field,
Otis Howard,
Gideon Howard,
Jason Packard,
Salmon Manley,
Austin Howard,
David Packard, 2d, Oliver Howard.
Ozen Gurney,
Plymouth, October 12, 1814.
" This may certify that the above is a true and correct roll of the company under my command, from the 20th of September to the 12th of October, 1814. NEHEMIAH LINCOLN, Captain."
The following persons were also in service three days, - from the 12th to the 15th of October, 1814, - under the com- mand of Captain Nehemiah Lincoln, and not included in the above list : -
Nahum Leonard, Lieutenant.
Seth Keith, Sergeant.
Ansel Alger, Sergeant.
Simeon Taylor, Corporal. Jonathan Copeland, 3d Corporal.
PRIVATES.
David Ames,
Perez Williams, Jr.,
Gershom Orcutt,
Charles Copeland,
Seba Howard,
Howard Alger,
Ebenezer Caldwell, Jr.,
Eleazer Churchill, Jr., Kingman Cook,
Perez Robinson,
John Colwell, Benjamin Randall,
Daniel Hartwell, Jr.,
Charles Ames, Asa Packard,
Asa Briggs.
Bezer Lathrop, Edward C. Howard,
Samuel Packard, Charles Dunbar.
CHAPTER XIV.
THE REBELLION OF 1861.
Election of 1860. - State of the Country at the Commencement of the Rebellion. - Steamer " Star of the West." - Secession of South Carolina. - Firing upon Fort Sumter. - Call for 75,000 Volunteers for Three Months. - Company F, Twelfth Massachusetts Regiment. - Casualties and Changes in the Twelfth Regiment. - North Bridgewater Brass Band. - Call for more Troops. - Company I, First Massachusetts Cavalry. - List of Changes and Casualties in the same. - Com- panies and Regiments in which Soldiers have been in the Service. - List of Chan- ges, Prisoners, Promotions, Deaths, etc., during the Rebellion. - Narrative of the Twelfth Regiment.
TT is well known that there had existed for a long time a bitter antagonism between the Northern and Southern portions of the United States upon the great subject of Slav- ery. Fierce party contentions had long existed, and ever will continue under a free elective government.
Till the election of November, 1860, however, there never was a Southern presidential candidate that did not receive electoral votes at the North, nor a Northern candidate who did not receive electoral votes at the South. The country at this time was in a state of unexampled prosperity. Agri- culture, commerce, and manufactures, East, West, North, and South, had just recovered from the great financial crisis of 1857, and our country was spoken of, and regarded by the rest of the civilized world, as among the most prosperous na- tions of the world. We had been classed with England, France, and Russia, as one of the four leading powers of the age. No sooner had the results of the election of November 6th been made known than it appeared on the part of one of the Southern States, and whose example was soon after followed by others, that it had been the firm intention of those States not to abide the result of the election, unless it resulted in
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giving them their candidate. They were not satisfied with having had their own choice for sixty years, and now they had agreed not to abide by the decision of the majority, in the event of the election of Abraham Lincoln, and in consequence of this, the greatest conspiracy of the nineteenth century came to light, and the nation at once became involved in a civil war.
The first overt act of war committed in pursuance of this treasonable conspiracy, after the formal act of South Carolina passing its secession ordinance, was the firing upon a na- tional transport, laden with men and supplies for the garrison in Charleston harbor. The date of the ordinance was De- cember 20, 1860. The firing upon the steamer "Star of the West," was January 9, 1861. The commencement of the re- bellion is dated from April 12, 1861, when the rebels, who numbered by hundreds, commenced firing upon Fort Sumter from every direction.
It was then the intention of the rebels to follow up this first blow by seizing the capital at Washington. In this they were frustrated ; for, on the 15th of April, the War Depart- ment called for 75,000 troops from the militia of the several States, for three months' service, who hastened to Washing- ton, and thus saved the capital of the nation. In no portion of the world was ever an army gathered so quickly ; in less than two months, over 200,000 men were in the army, ready for action. The response to the President's calls was truly won- derful, both in men and money.
On the 16th, the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment was on its way to the seat of government, by railroad, and the Third and Fourth Regiments moved by steamers ; on the 18th, the Eighth Regiment marched under General Butler ; on the 20th, the Third Battalion of Rifles, under Major Devens ; and the Fifth Infantry, with Cook's Battery of Light Artillery, on the morning of the 21st. The number of troops furnished by
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Massachusetts under these calls for three months' service were 3,736.
The call for volunteers in the month of April, 1861, was met in the spirit of '76. Frequent meetings were held ; patriotic speeches were made, and volunteers came up nobly to fill the ranks.
On Saturday evening, April 20, 1861, a large and enthusias- tic meeting was held in the vestry of the "New Jerusalem Church," for the purpose of forming a new military company. Dr. Alexander Hichborn was chairman of the meeting, Jonas R. Perkins, Esq., secretary. There were about one thousand persons present. Spirited and patriotic addresses were made, and over one hundred came forward and enlisted in the ser- vice of their country.
The following company enlisted as volunteers for three years, or during the war : -
Roll of Company F, Twelfth Regiment, Captain Alexander Hichborn, as corrected at Fort Warren, July 13, 1861, under command of Col. Fletcher Webster : -
Name.
Age. Rank.
Place.
Occupation. Married or Single. Married.
Alexander Hichborn,.39. . Capt.
N. Bridgewater. Physician.
Alpheus K. Harmon,.34. . 1st Ln't.
Painter.
Hiram W. Copeland,.26 .. 2d 66
Clerk. Single.
John S. Stoddard, .... 31. . 1st Sgt.
Brush Mf'r. Married.
Nathan II. Crosby, ... 29 .. 2d Bridgewater.
Awl Forger.
Charles L. Sproul, ... 25 .. 3d
N. Bridgewater. Stitcher.
Awl Forger.
James B. Sampson,. . 24 .. 5th
Wood T'n'r. Married.
James S. Tennet, .... 30. . Corporal.
Urialı Macoy, .... ... 35 ..
Trader.
Roswell C. Amsden, .. 33 ..
Boot-Cutter. Married.
Galen Edson, .. ..... 33 ..
Cabinet M'r.
Charles H. Reinhart,.39. .
Carpenter.
Frederick C. Packard.18 ..
Melod'n M'r. Single.
Walter D. Packard, .. 20 ..
Clerk.
Edwin T. Cowell, .... 19 ..
Bag. Master.
James Sullivan, .12. . Music'n. Boston.
Joseph Lyneh, .. .. 22 .. Wagn'r. E. Stoughton.
Teamster.
James A. Allen,. ... 23. . Private. N. Bridgewater. Machinist.
Francis P. Holmes,. . 31 .. 4th
Merchant. Sing le.
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Name. Age. Rank. Place. Occupation. Married or Single.
Luther E. Alden, .... 30 .. Private. N. Bridgewater. Boot-Cutter. Married.
James F. Andrews, .. 35. .
Cabinet M'r.
Leander B. Andrews,.30 ..
Painter.
Cooper. Single.
John Barry,. .19 ..
North Andover. Machinist.
Isaac W. Blanchard,. 25 ..
N. Bridgewater. Butcher. Married. Single.
Eli Bunker, .. .20 ..
66
Henry L. Bunker, ... 18 .. 66
66
66
William H. Benney,.22 ..
66
Boot-maker. 66
John L. Colter, ...... 21 .. 66
66
Shoemaker. 66
Henry R. Coots, ..... 40 ..
Chelsea.
66
Married.
George W. Childs, ... 21 ..
N. Bridgewater.
Laborer.
Malcolm D. Halberg,.30. . 66
Thomas Doyle, ...... 30 .. 66
60
66
Albert S. Dean, ..... 27 ..
Aaron B. Dodge,.
.. 22 ..
Joseph P. Davis,. 23 ..
Sargent Daniels, .. ... 37 ..
East Randolph. Shoemaker. Married. N. Bridgewater. Buteher. 66 Carpenter. Married.
Lowell.
Shoemaker. Single.
N. Bridgewater. Needle Mk'r.
66
66
Shoemaker. Married.
60
Shoe-Cutter.
Barber. Single.
N. Bridgewater. Boot-Maker.
Shoemaker. Married.
John C. Greeley, .... 33 .. Warren A. Holmes, .. 20 .. Linus P. Howard, ... 24 ..
66
66 Shoe-Cutter.
Single.
Rufus F. Hull, .. ... 23 .. Albert P. Hovey, .... 32 ..
Boxford. Wheel'r't.
Nathaniel H. Hall, ... 30 .. 66 N. Bridgewater. Stitcher. 66
Christopher T. Harris,21 .. 66 Plymouth. Tin Worker. Single.
Volney Howard, ..... 21 .. Clarence E. Hartwell,25 .. John S. Hamilton, ... 25 ..
66
N. Bridgewater.
Married.
John Hallihan, ...... 24 ..
66 Lowell.
Shoemaker. Married.
Charles Howard, ..... 20 .. 66 N. Bridgewater. Farmer. Single.
William W. Hayden,.17 .. Andrew Jackson, .... 22 ..
West
Shoe-Cutter.
N. Bridgewater. Farmer. 66
16
Dexter D. Keith. ... 29 ... 66
Shoemaker. Married.
Benjamin J. Keith, .. 19 .. 66
Martin M. Keith, .... 22 ..
Shoemaker.
Single.
South "
Clerk. 66
Laban Jackson,. .. ... 20 ..
Thaddeus Keith,.
28 ..
66
Lawrence Burke, .... 19 .. 66
Henry Burns, .28 ..
Shoemaker. 66
Single.
John Creighton, ..... 21 .. 66 Boston.
N. Bridgewater. Shoemaker.
Machinist. Married. Boot-Maker. Single.
Seth Edson, .33 ..
Aaron B. Frost,. .23 .. Joseph W. Freeman,. 22 ..
Henry W. Freeman, .. 33 .. 66 Robert F. Fuller, .... 29 ..
John E. Ford, ... .. 25 .. Andrew J. Frost, .... 31 ..
Boston.
Georgetown.
Manf'r. Married.
Randolph.
Boot-Maker.
South " Blacksmith. Single.
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Name. Age. Rank. Place. Occupation. Married or Single.
Carl A. Linstead, .... 27 .. Privatc. N. Bridgewater. Shocmaker.
Timothy Leary, ..... 18 ..
F. A. Manchester, .. 33 ..
Francis N. Maroni, .. 20. .
66
Shoe-Cutter. Married. Shoemaker. Single.
Henry E. Morley, .... 22 .. 66
William W. Newson,28 .. 66
Boston.
Mechanic.
Arthur J. F. O'Keefe, 18. . 66
66
Printer.
Isaac S. Porter, ...... 19 .. 60 Stoughton. Farmer,
James A. Packard, .. 25. . 66
Samuel N. Packard, .. 37. . Anthony P. Phillips,.19 ..
Herbert A. Phillips, . 24. .
66
Boot-Maker.
George A. Perkins, .. 23 .. Gilman B. Parker, ... 21 ..
66 West Boxford.
Shoemaker. 66
66 Henry C. Richardson,18 ..
William H. Rugg, ... 21 ..
William F. Robinson,27 ..
N. Bridgewater. Farmer.
Osgood Ring, 40 .. 66
Boot-Trees.
Single.
Charles Reed, 20 ..
Shoemaker.
66
Frederick S. Symonds,33. .
66
North "
Awl Forger.
Frank M. Stoddard,. . 19. .
Francis A. Sanford, .. 21 ..
George G. Smith, .... 22 ..
Easton.
N. Bridgewater. Machinist.
Boston. Clerk. 60
N. Bridgewater. Shoemaker. 66 66 Carpenter. Married.
Boston. Teamster.
Single.
N. Bridgewater. Shoe-Cutter.
Weymouth. Boot-Maker.
Randolph. Last-Maker.
East Stoughton. Shoemaker.
Lewis B. Wade, ..... 19 .. 66
Herbert O. Morse, ... 21 ..
Webster Howard, .... 24 ..
N. Bridgewater.
Married.
Canton, Me.
66
Jerome R. Hodge, .... 27 .. Franklin M. Godfrey,23 .. Easton. Carpenter. Single.
Richard Packard, .... 20 ..
N. Bridgewater. Shoe Striper.
Samuel E. Chandler,.24. .
Charlestown. Clerk.
Freeman Ranney, .... 44. . 66 Boston. Merchant. Married.
John Howard,. ..
E. Bridgewater. School T'h'r. Single.
William Woods, ..... 21 ..
Boston,
M. Student.
Married.
Henry Rogers,.
... 27 ..
66
South "
East Stoughton. Shoe-Cutter.
N. Bridgewater. Shoemaker.
Luther T. Snell,. ... 18 .. Harrison Stevens, .... 18 ..
George F. Tinkham, .. 24 ..
Ephraim Tinkham, .. . 28 .. 66
Nathan M. Tripp, ... 25 .. Ira Temple,. ... .. 23 .. 60 Joseph J. Vincent, ... 21 .. 66
George B. Walker, ... 22 .. 66 George F. Whitcomb,19 .. Thomas W. Wall, ... 21 ..
N. W. Bridg't'r. Boot-Maker. Boxford. Shoemaker.
Married. Single. .
West N.
N. Bridgewater. Shoe-Cutter. Married. 66
Shoemaker.
Single.
66 66
Mechanie. 66
Boxford. Shoemaker.
The Twelfth Regiment of which Company F, of North Bridge-
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HISTORY OF NORTH BRIDGEWATER.
water, formed a part, was organized at Fort Warren by Col. Fletcher Webster (son of the late lamented and illustrious Hon. Daniel Webster, of Marshfield, Massachusetts), " a brave and generous gentleman," who fell in the battle of Bull Run August 30, 1862. The regiment, when mustered into service on the 26th day of June, 1861, numbered 1,040 men. Com- pany F was recruited at North Bridgewater, and left that town April 29, 1861, at 9 o'clock A. M. The event of leav- ing the town was the occasion of a grand demonstration by the people of the town, thousands of whom had turned out to bid them farewell. The company assembled in their armory, which they left under the escort of the North Bridge- water Light Dragoons, Captain Lucius Richmond, with the Engine Companies Nos. 2, 3, 5, and 6, and a large body of citizens, marching, to the music of the North Bridgewater Brass Band, through the village to the railroad depot. . The 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, and when arriving in Boston, marched in procession to Faneuil Hall, and from thence to their tempo- rary 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. *
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