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" You will also notify him of the detachments, and make re- Turn to the Brigade Major this day.
"JNO. M. GOODWIN, "B. Majr.
.' TO NATHL. CROSS, " Capt. Lt. Horse, I. Brig., 3 Dic."
A private soldier in a company of Massachusetts cavalry was called a " dragoon." and a private soldier in a company of artillery a " matross."
In each company of cavalry was required to be one captain. two lieutenants, one cornet or color- bearer, four sergeants, four corporals, one or more trumpeters, and a certain number of dragoons.
In each company of artillery was required one cap- tain, one lieutenant, two second lieutenants, four ser- agents, four corporals, two musicians, two bombardiers, and a certain number of matrosses.
Light-horse was a term applied to companies of cavalry.
The War of the Great Rebellion .- Coming events cast their shadows before, as will readily be seen in the following true copies of general orders :
" COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, " HEADQUARTERS, BOSTON, Jan. 16, 1861. " GENERAL ORDERS NO. 4.
" Events which have recently occurred, and are now in prog- ress, require that Massachusetts should be at all times ready to furnish ber quota of troops upon any requisition of the Presi- dent of the United States, to aid in the maintenance of the la we and the peace of the Union.
" His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief therefore orders :
"That the commanding officers of each company of Volun- teer Militia examine with care the Roll of his company, and cause the name of each member, together with his rank and place of residence, to be properly recorded, and a copy of the came to be forwarded to the Adjutant-General. Previous to which commanders of companies shall make inquiry whether there are men in their commands who from age, physical de- fect, business or family cares, may be unable or indisposed to
respond at once to the orders of the Commander-in-chief, made in response to the call of the President of the United States, that they may be forthwith discharged, so that their places may be filled by men ready for any publie exigeney which may arise whenever called upon. After the above orders have been fulfilled, no discharge either of officer or private sball be granted unless for cause, satisfactory to the Commander-in-Chief.
" If any companies bave not the number of men allowed by law, the commanders of the same shall make proper exertions to bave the vacancies filled. and the men properly drilled and uniformed, and their names and places of residence forwarded to Headquarters.
"To promote the objects embraced in this order, the General, Field- and Staff-Officers, and the Adjutant aud acting Quarter- master-General will give all the aid and assistance in their power.
" Major-Generals Sutton, Morse, and Andrews will eause this order to be promulgated throughout their respective Divis- ions.
" By command of His Excellency, " JOHN A. ANDREW, "Governor and Commander-in-Chief." " WM. SCHOULER, " Adjutant-General."
" HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISION M. V. M., " BOSTON, January 18, 1884. "GENERAL ORDERS No. 5.
" Brigadier-Generals Peirce and Bullock and Lieut .- Colonel Holmes will transmit to their respective commands General Orders No. 4, from the Commander-in-Chief (herewith trans- initted), and eause the same to be carried into effeet.
" The General trusts that increased attention will be given at this time to drills by company, and that proper exertion will be made to render every company in the First Division effectual, and readly to respond at the shortest notice to any eall for duty. " By order of Major-General Andrews. " P. S. DAVIS, " Division Inspector."
" HEADQUARTERS SECOND BRIGADE M. V. M.,1 " ASSONET VILLAGE, FREETOWN, Jany 19th, 1861. "GENERAL ORDERS NO. 5.
"General Orders No. 4, from the Commander-in-Chief, and General Orders No. 5, from Major-General Andrews, are herewith transmitted to Colonels Abner B. Paekard and David W. Wardrop and Captain Lueius Richmond, who will trans- mit the same to their respective commands, and eause the same to be carried into effeet.
"By command of Brigadier- Gen1 E. W. PEIRCE. " GEORGE CLARK, JR., " Brigade Major and Inspector."
The names of officers and soldiers that the town of Middleboro' furnished to the Union service in the late war of the great Rebellion, their rank, station, and corps in which that service was rendered, was as follows : SECOND REGIMENT OF INFANTRY (3 years' service). Company I. Alfred S. Thayer.
I The second brigade then embraced all the aetive militia of the counties of Barnstable, Bristol, Norfolk, and Plymouth, and the regiments of Cols. Paekard and Wardro were among the first that left Massachusetts for the seat of war, in April, 1861.
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HISTORY OF PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
THIRD REGIMENT OF INFANTRY (3 months' service). Company A.
Joseph S. Harlow, capt.
Opher D. Mitchell.
Oreb F. Mitchell, sergt. William M. Tinkham.
James W. Bryant, corp.
Company II.
S. Loring, 2d licut. Thomas Morton, Jr.
William C. Alden. Robert Parris.
Lorenzo L. Brown. Lucius S. Raymond.
Seth E. Hartwell. Francis S. Thomas.
Company K.
Asa Shaw, Ist sergt. George N. Gammons.
Elbridge A. Maxim, corp.
Martin F. Jefferson.
Eben A. Shaw, corp.
Henry L. McFarlin.
Eli Atwood, Jr. Leven S. Morse.
John S. Atwood. Thomas W. Sampson.
THIRD REGIMENT OF INFANTRY (9 months' service). Company B.
Wm. S. Briggs, 2d lieut. Adoniram B. Lucas.
Asa Shaw, Ist sergt. Cornelius Rausdell.
Gideon Shurtliff, corp.
Ezra Shaw.
James Briggs.
Benjamin Shurtliff, Jr.
Allen Cobb. Marcus M. Willis.
George Darling. Henry Wrightinton.
Company K. Samuel Jones.
FOURTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY (3 months' service).
Company E.
Thomas Taylor. Company G.
Daniel F. Wood. Isaac S. Clark.
FOURTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY (9 months' service). Company C.
Seneca Thomas, capt. William A. Coombs.
Daniel F. Wood, Ist lieut.
Richard Cox.
Sargeant S. Sweet, sergt.
William Eaton, Jr.
Thomas W. Finney.
Asa M. Franklin.
Jonathan L. Hall.
David Handy.
Reuben Harlow.
George H. Swift, corp. Martin V. Raymond.
Frederick E. Atwood. Thomas F. Shaw.
William M. Atwood.
Earl T. Smith.
Francis B. Cushman. Watson N. Smith.
Josiah W. Dean.
Adoniram Thomas.
William M. Dexter. Arad Thomas, Jr.
Isaac Harlow. Nelson Thomas.
Simeon Harlow.
Edwin J. Wrightinton.
John K. Maximu.
George W. Paul.
Charles A. Paul.
Company D.
Solomon F. Beals, sergt. Darius B. Clark, corp.
William H. Carle, sergt.
Edgar Harrison, sergt.
Nehomiah D. Davis, corp. Charles A. Howes, eorp. James W. King, corp. Albert H. Pratt, corp. William B. Shaw, corp.
William B. Bart.
Stillman S. Smith.
Augustus N. E. Benchel.
David H. Burgess. I'dwin M. Colo.
Rodney E. Southworth. Alfred O. Standish. John Sullivan.
Henry A. Swift. James H. Waterman.
Andrew E. Thomas.
Thomas E. Waterman.
Joseph Thomas.
Dura Weston, Jr.
Stephen F. Thomas.
Charles M. Wilbur.
Winslow Thomas.
Alva C. Tinkham.
Edward W. Wood. Jacob Weod.
NINTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY (3 years' service). Thomas B. Burt.
ELEVENTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY (3 years' service).
Company B. Albert Dubois.
Company C. Jackson Donahue.
Company E.
Robert King. John Pilkerton.
James Thompson.
Company G.
John Foley. Robert J. Jennings.
Company K.
John Cunningham.
John Flanery.
TWELFTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY (3 years' service). Company A. C. G. Tinkham, Ist sergt. Andrew B. Morton.
SIXTEENTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY (3 years' service). Company D.
Benjamin Mclaughlin.
Company I. Thomas Murphy.
EIGHTEENTHI REGIMENT OF INFANTRY (3 years' service).
S. Thomas, lieut .- col. R. H. Holmes, sergt .- maj.
Thomas Weston, maj. C. M.Vaughan, drum-maj.
Charles F. Edson, capt. R. F. Barrows, musician.
Company B. George F. Atwood, sergt.
Company C.
Eli Atwood, sergt. John S. Raymond.
John S. Atwood, corp. Marcus M. Raymond.
Erastus E. Gay, corp.
Sylvanus Mendall, corp. Dennis Shaw, corp. Isaac E. Macomber, corp.
Conrad J. Herman.
David A. Tucker, corp.
Georgo II. Ilorman. Charles H. Holmes.
Georgo W. Barrows, corp.
Francis S. Thomas, corp.
William N. Keith.
W. W. Atwood, musician. J. M. Jenney, musician. Asa B. Adams. Andrew Alden.
William Mitchell. Harvey C. Pratt. Cornelius Rodding. Morton Robbins. Androw P. Rogers.
Isaac Alger.
Miron E. Algor.
William H. Rogers.
Elisha Benson. Earl Bennett. Grover Bennett. Sylvanus Bisbee.
Howard E. Shaw. Henry L. Shaw. Joseph B. Shaw. Ephraim Simmons.
Jolın T. Haskell, sergt. George N. Johnson, sergt. George W. Jones, sergt.
John W. King, Jr., sergt. George B. Thomas, sergt. Charles I. Brown, corp.
Charles H. Smith, corp. Harrison O. Thomas, corp. IIenry M. Warren, corp.
Frederick E. Wood, sergt. Orlando II. Shaw, sergt. J. Horace Soule, sergt. David S. Weston, sergt.
Reuben A. Harlow. Levi Hathaway.
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Musician. James S. Shaw.
Wagoner. Erastus M. Lincoln.
Privates.
Daniel W. Atwood.
John S. Baker.
Robert Parris. Francis J. Pierce.
Peleg F. Benson.
Cyrus Perkins.
William Benson.
Edwin Pierce.
William B. Brightman.
Morrell Perkins.
Leonard B. Haskins.
Benjamin O. Tillson.
Company E.
Warren Chubbuck.
Marcus F. Maxim.
Elbridge A. Maxim.
TWENTY-FOURTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. Company D. Sergt. George N. Gammons, died March 8, 1862.
TWENTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY (3 years' service).
Company B. John Bergen.
THIRTIETH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY (3 years' service).
Company F. John Grady.
THIRTY-SECOND REGIMENT OF INFANTRY (3 years' service). Company A.
Charles H. Smith, corp.
Thomas Morton, Jr.
Company B. Nehemiah D. Davis, sergt. Company C.
Orrin E. Caswell.
Melctiah R. Clark.
Ezra S. Chase.
Company D.
Charles J. Brown, corp.
George L. Finney.
Josiah W. Dean.
Company E.
Jennison Morse.
Joseph Westgate.
Edward S. Westgate. William Westgate.
Ezra T. Westgate.
Company F.
Albert F. Mellen. John T. Whitcomb.
Company H.
Marene Bumpne. Cyrus White.
Company I.
Preston Soule, zergt.
Thomas P. Young, unas-
signed recrnit.
NINETEENTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY (3 years' ser- vice).
Musician in Regimental Bond. Charles H. Gibbs.
TWENTIETH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY (3 years' ser- vice).
Henry H. Mathewson, corp.
TWENTY-SECOND REGIMENT OF INFANTRY (3 years' service). Company C.
Alexis C. Dean, corp. Peter Fagan. Vanzandt E. Smith, corp. Joseph E. Tinkham. Charles W. Clark.
TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT OF INFANTRY (3 years' service). Company D.
Phineas Burt. Nathan A. Perkins.
Ezra S. Clark.
Thompson Perkins.
Ezra S. Chase.
Thomas B. Pratt.
Charles A. Churchill.
James H. Ramsdell.
Meletiah R. Clark.
Christopher C. Reading.
James E. Cushman.
Milton Reed.
Timothy M. Davis.
James C. Record.
Ichabod S. Dean.
Samuel M. Ryder.
Leander W. Field. George L. Finney. Gilmore Fish.
Stephen C. Ryder. Albert Shaw.
Benjamin Gammons.
James Gammons.
Charles H. Smith.
Bernard Glaney.
Cornelius Sullivan.
Edward P. Gore.
Ebron F. Taylor.
Benjamin L. Thompson.
William F. Thompson. Charles T. Tillson.
Ephraim A. Hunt.
Henry E. Johnson.
Ira O. Littlejohn.
Henry H. P. Lovell. William H. Marshall.
James E. McMann.
Henry F. Whitcomb.
William R. Whitcomb. Charles W. Wilmarth.
John R. Merrick.
Emerson P. Morse.
Henry S. Murray.
Company E.
Orrin E. Caswell.
William H. Dunham.
Marcus Sonle. Erastns Wallen. William Walley.
Charles L. Morse.
Levin S. Morse. Thomas P. Weatherby.
Hercules Smith.
. Calvin B. Ward.
Charles C. Mellen.
Samnel Mellen.
Charles D. Shaw. Henry Shaw.
Cyrus Hall. Theodore P. Holmes. Charles E. Hont.
Charles Tinkham. George B. Tinkham. Charles R. Tripp. James H. Wade.
William T. Withington. John Young.
Company H. Francis J. Peirce. Company I. James C. Record. Company K.
Marcus Soule.
Elbron F. Taylor.
William F. Thompson.
Company L. Henry F. Whitcomb.
Unassigned, Recruits.
John T. Haskell, sergt.
George B. Thomas, corp.
Solomon F. Beals, sergt.
Charles W. Wilmarth.
FORTIETH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY (3 years' ser- vice).
James W. Bryant, capt. Oreb F. Mitchell, capt. J. Arthur Fitch, lieut.
Southworth Loring, lieut. Edwin P. Holmes.
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Company A.
William E. Whito, sorgt.
Addison J. Shaw. IFonry A. Eaton.
Company E.
W. H. Harlow, sorgt. George Hinkley.
II. L. McFarlin, sorgt.
Edward Jennings.
A. M. Perkins, sergt.
Henry F. Maxim.
William E. Bryant, corp.
F. O. Burgess, corp.
Albert F. Finney, corp.
Darius M. Nichols.
Francis M. Hodges, corp.
John J. Perkins.
Sidney B. Wilbur, corp. Albert G. Pratt. John Scanlin.
Benjamin W. Bump.
James Carter. William N. Shaw.
Oramel H. Churchill.
Christopher C. Smith.
Ansel A. Cohb.
Timothy J. Sullivan.
Robert V. Cole.
Charles G. Tinkham.
James C. Fessenden.
Thomas E. Wilmot.
Asaph Writington.
FIFTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY.
Company B.
David W. Deane, corp. Richard Cox.
Company C. John L. Cobh. Company E. David S. Pason.
Company K. Henry Fitsimons.
FIFTY-NINTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY (3 years' service).
Company G. Benjamin Chamberlain.
FIRST REGIMENT OF CAVALRY (3 years' service). Company I.
R. S. Capen, Ist sergt. William A. Smith.
Francis O. Harlow.
Company K.
Thomas Doran. John E. Smith.
Washington I. Caswell.
THIRD REGIMENT OF CAVALRY (3 years' service).
Company HI. George Cummings.
Company L. T. P. Van Benthuysen, sergt. Company M.
John Grant.
Charles F. Smith.
Read's Company (80 called). James E. Nichols.
FOURTH REGIMENT OF CAVALRY (3 years' servico). Robert S. Capen, sergt .- maj.
Company A. Iloraco S. Flagg. Company B. Andrew P. Rogors, sergt. Company D. Albert Eddy, sergt. Jeremiah Callihan, corp.
Thomas S. Ellis.
FIFTH REGIMENT OF CAVALRY (3 years' service). Company G. John Allen.
Roll of Honor .- Names of Middleboro' men whose lives were sacrificed for the cause of the Union in the late war of the great Rebellion :
" The gallant man, though slain in fight lie be, Yet leaves his country safe, his nation free, Entails a debt on all the grateful State ;
His own brave friends shall glory in his fate, His wife live honored, and his race succeed, And late posterity enjoy the deed."-POPE's Homer.
THIRD REGIMENT OF INFANTRY (9 months' service). Company B. Asa Shaw, Ist sergt.
Company K. Samuel Jones, died May 26, 1863.
FOURTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY (9 months' service). Company C.
Miron E. Alger, died at Brashear City, La., July 10, 1863. David H. Burgess, died Aug. 28, 1863.
Williams Eaton, Jr., from wounds received at Port Hudson, died at New Orleans June 21, 1863.
Daniel Handy, died at Centralia, Ill., Sept. 10, 1863. Levi Hathaway, died at Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 20, 1863.
Henry L. Shaw, of wounds received at Port Hudson, died Octo- ber, 1863.
Ephraim Simmons, died at Brashear City May 24, 1863. Andrew E. Thomas, died at or near Brashear City, La., June 27, 1863.
Stephen F. Thomas, died in the hospital at New Orleans May 1, 1863.
Alva C. Tinkham, died at Brashear City, La., July 15, 1863. Joseph Thomas, died at Port Hudson, La., Aug. 1, 1863.
Corp. Francis S. Thomas, died at Carrollton Hospital, La., March 9, 1863.
TWELFTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY (3 years' service). Company A.
Sergt. Cornelius G. Tinkham, died Oct. 1, 1862, of wounds re- ceived at the battle of Antietam.
EIGHTEENTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. Company C.
William M. Atwood, killed at battle of Bull Run, Va., Aug. 30, 1862.
Isaac Harlow, died in camp March 1, 1862.
Adoniram Thomas, died Sept. 29, 1862, of wounds received at battle of Bull Run.
Martin V. Raymond, killed at Bull Run Aug. 30, 1862.
Frederick E. Attwood, killed in battle Aug. 26, 1862.
Francis B. Cushman, died May 13, 1862.
John K. Martin, died in hospital Jan. 27, 1865.
Corp. George H. Swift, died in 1863, from wounds received at Chanoellorsville. Georgo W. Panl, died May 31, 1862.
Company D.
William B. Brightman, died in Libby Prison Sept. 28, 1862. Charlos E. Hunt, killod at battle of Cold Harbor June 1, 1864. Sorgt. Ilonry M. Warron, diod Dee. 20, 1862, from wounds re- ceivod in battlo of Fredoricksburg. James II. Wado, died iu hospital at Philadelphia Ang. 7, 1862.
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Harrison IIaskins.
Benjamin S. MeLaughlin. Silas II. Murdock.
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Samnel M. Rider, died in December, 1862, from wounds received at the battle of Fredericksburg.
James C. Record. died in hospital at Alexandria Nov. 25, 1864. Corp. Darius B. Clark. killed in the battle of Fredericksburg Dec. 13. 1862.
Morrell Perkins, died Dec. 20, 1862, from wounds received at battle of Fredericksburg.
Peleg F. Benson, died Nov. 17, 1862.
Cyrus Hall. died in hospital at Washington, D. C., Oct. 19, 1862. Samuel Mellen, died at Hall's Hill Jan. 10, 1862.
Charles W. Wilmarth, died in Andersonville prison July 18, 1864.
Cyrus Perkins, died Jan. 1. 1863.
Company H. Cyrus White, died Nov. 19, 1862. Company I. Sergt. Preston Soule. died May 14, 1862.
TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT OF INFANTRY (3 years' service). Company E. Elbridge A. Maxim, died July 25, 1864.
THIRTY-SECOND REGIMENT OF INFANTRY (3 years' service). Company E.
Ezra T. Westgate, killed in battle at Cold Harbor June 4, 1864.
FORTIETH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY (3 years' service). Company E.
Lieut. Arthur Fitch. killed at Fort Harrison Sept. 30, 1864.
Corp. Sidney B. Wilbur, died June 2, 1864, from wounds re- ceived in battle at Cold Harbor.
Edward Jennings, died.
George Hinkley, died Feb. 24, 1863, from wounds received at the battle of Olnstee.
Oramell H. Churchill, died Sept. 11, 1863.
Corp. Francis M. Hodges, died at Beaufort Oct. 27, 1863.
Timothy J. Sullivan, died Aug. 22, 1864, of wounds received in battle at Petersburg.
FIFTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY (3 years' service). Company B. Richard Cox, killed Jnne 3, 1864.
Company C. John L. Cobb, died Ang. 12, 1864. FIFTY-NINTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY.
Company G. Benjamin Chamberlain, died Dec. 10, 1864.
FIRST REGIMENT OF CAVALRY (3 years' service). Company K. Washington I. Caswell, died Aug. 29, 1863.
THIRD REGIMENT OF CAVALRY (3 years' service). Company B. George Cummings, died at New Orleans July 23, 1864.
FOURTH REGIMENT OF CAVALRY (3 years' service). Company D. Sergt. Albert Eddy, died.
" On fame's eternal camping-ground Their silent tents are spread,
While glory guards with solemn ronnd The bivouac of the dead."
Local Militia .- Names of Middleboro' gentlemen who attained to ranks higher than that of captain :
GENERAL OFFICERS.
Abiel Washburn, brigadier-general, from Sept. 4, 1816, to 1824. Ephraim Ward, brigadier-general, from Jan. 27, 1825, to 1831. Darius Miller, brigadier-general, from July 20, 1831, to 1833. Eliab Ward, brigadier-general, from April 8, 1850, to 1855.
FIELD OFFICERS.
FIRST REGIMENT OF INFANTRY.
Elkanah Leonard, major, from 1741-1745.
Ebenezer Sproutt, major, from 17- to 1776.
Benjamin Drew, Jr., major, from Feb. 14, 1835, to April 24, 1840.
THIRD REGIMENT OF LIGHT INFANTRY.
Eliab Ward, colonel, from July 10, 1844, to April 8, 1850. Elnathan W. Wilbur, colonel, from May 4, 1850, to 1853.
Stephen Thomas, colonel, from March 12, 1853, to 1858.
Lothrop Thomas, lieutenant-colonel, from Aug. 23, 1834, to 1836.
Eliab Ward, lieutenant-colonel, from Sept. 15, 1843, to July 10, 1844.
Daniel Atwood, lieutenant-colonel, from September, 1845, to 1850.
Ebenezer W. Peirce, lieutenant-colonel, from April 3, 1852, to Nov. 7, 1855.
Thomas Weston, lieutenant-colonel, from July 12, 1856, to 1858.
Daniel Atwood, major, from July 10, 1844, to 1845.
Joseph Sampson, Jr., major, from 1845 to 1849.
Elnathan W. Wilbur, major, from 1849 to May 4, 1850.
George Ward, major, from May 4, 1850, to 1851.
Ebenezer W. Peirce, major, from Aug. 2, 1851, to April 3, 1852. Stephen Thomas, major, from April 3, 1852, to March 12, 1853.
FOURTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY.
Ebenezer Sproutt, colonel, from February, 1776, to 1781.
John Nelson, colonel, from July 1, 1781, to 1787.
Edward Sparrow, colonel, from Oct. 29, 1793, to April 1, 1796. Abiel Washburn, colonel, from July 22, 1800, to Sept. 4, 1816. Ephraim Ward, colonel, from April 25, 1817, to Jan. 27, 1825. Benjamin P. Wood, colonel, from Sept. 7, 1826, to 1829.
Darius Miller, colonel, from Aug. 31, 1829, to July 20, 1831.
Thomas Weston, Jr., colonel, from 1832 to 1834.
Edward G. Perkins, colonel, from Feb. 4, 1837, to 1839.
Nathan King, colonel, from Feb. 7, 1839, to April 24, 1840.
William Tupper, lieutenant-colonel, from July 1, 1781, to 1784. Edward Sparrow, lieutenant-colonel, from July 17, 1787, to Oct.
29, 1793.
Abiel Washburn, lieutenant-colonel, from Jan. 4, 1797, to July 22, 1800.
Ephraim Ward, lieutenant-colonel, from 181-, to April 25, 1817. Peter H. Peirce, lieutenant-colonel, from April 25, 1817, to 1823. Benjamin P. Wood, lieutenant-colonel, from Oct. 10, 1823, to Sept. 7, 1826.
Southworth Ellis, Jr., lieutenant-colonel, from Sept. 7, 1826, to 1829.
Thomas Weston, Jr., lieutenant-colonel, from Aug. 31, 1829, to 1832.
Oliver Eaton, lieutenant-colonel, from 1832 to 1834.
Edward G. Perkins, lieutenant-colonel, from May, 1834, to Feb. 4, 1837.
Nathan King, lieutenant-colonel, from Feb. 4, 1837, to Feb. 8, 1839.
Peter Hoar, senior major, from July 22, 1800, to 1807.
Jacob Cushman, senior major, from Nov. 27, 1807, to 1809.
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HISTORY OF PLYMOUTHI COUNTY.
Levi Poirce, senior major, from 1812 to 1816. John Nolson, major, from May 9, 1776, to July 1, 1781.
Edward Sparrow, major, from July 1, 1781, to July 17, 1787. Abiel Washburn, major, from May 1, 1794, to Jan. 4, 1797. Petor Hoar, major, from Jan. 4, 1797, to July 22, 1800.
Lovi Poiree, major, from Juno 8, 1809, to 1812.
Ephraim Ward, major, from 1814 to 1816.
Peter II. Poiree, major, from 1816 to April 25, 1817. Branch Ilarlow, major, from April 25, 1817, to 1823. Pbilo Washburn, major, from Sept. 7, 1826, to 1828. Darius Miller, major, from Sept. 12, 1828, to Aug. 31, 1829. Oliver Eaton, major, from Aug. 31, 1829, to 1832.
Isaac Fullor, major, from Feb. 8, 1839, to April 24, 1840.
BATTALION OF CAVALRY.
William Bourne, major, from Sept. 12, 1803, to 1807.
Thomas Bennett, major, from April 28, 1807, to November, 1811. Harry Jackson, major, from Jan. 29, 1823, to death, in 1823.
BATTALION OF ARTILLERY. William Thomas, major, from Aug. 23, 1834, to 1836.
Company Officers .- From 1669 to 1727, or about fifty-eight years, all the local militia within the bounds of what are now the townships of Middleboro' and Lakeville were embraced in one company. This com- pany was, in or about 1727, divided into two compa- nies known as First and Second Companies, and a few years later subdivided into three companies, and in or before 1755 made to constitute four companies, as it continued to do until the war of American Revolu- tion, when further divided and organized as eight com- panies.
FIRST COMPANY. Commissioned Officers.
Jacob Thompson, captain, from - to 1716. Joseph Vaughan, captain, from March, 1716, to - -
Peter Bennett, captain, from -
Ebenezer Sproutt, captain, from 1762 to 177 -.
Nathaniel Wood, captain, from 1776 to July 1, 1781.
William Shaw, captain, from July 1, 1781.
John Thompson, lieutenant, from 1675.
Joseph Vaughn, lieutenant, from 17- to March, 1716.
Ichabod Southworth, lieutenant, from March, 1716, to 1727. Samuel Smitb, lieutenant, from 1762 to Sept. 19, 1775. Jonah Washburn, Jr., lieutenant, from 1776 to July 1, 1781. Joseph Vaughn, ensign from -.
Peter Bennett, ensign.
Nathaniel Wood, ensign, from 1762 to 1776.
SECOND COMPANY. Commissioned Officers.
Ichabod Southworth, captain, from 1727 to 17 -. Nathaniel Southworth, captain, from 17- to 17 -. Ebenezer Morton, captain, from 17- to 1754. Nathaniel Smith, captain, from July 23, 1754, to 1762. Gideon Southworth, captain, from Oct. 27, 1762, to 1772. Robert Sproat, captain, from June 12, 1772, to 1774. Nathaniel Smith, captain, from Oct. 10, 1774, to Sept. 19, 1775. Nehemiah Allen, captain, from May 9, 1776, to 1778. John Barrows, captain, from April 8, 1778, to 1780. Abner Bourne, captain, from June 2, 1780, to July 1, 1781. Ezra llarlow, captain, from July 1, 1781, to 1790. George Vaughan, captain, from April 12, 1790, to 1793. Peter Hoar, captain, from June 6, 1793, to Jan. 4, 1797.
Jabez Thomas, captain, from Jan. 25, 1797, to 1799. John Morton, captain, from May 7, 1799, to 1802. Sylvanus Tillson, captain, from May 4, 1802, to 1805. Nathaniel Cole, captain, from May 7, 1805, to 1809. Abner Barrows, Jr., captain, from July 27, 1809, to 1811. Ephraim Ward, captain, from March 18, 1811, to 1814. Peter Il. Peirce, captain, from Feb. 18, 1814, to 1816. Orrin Tinkham, captain, from Sept. 10, 1816, to 1817.
Enoch llaskins, captain, from April 14, 1817, to Feb. 25, 1818. Nathaniel Southworth, lieutenant, from 17- to 17 -.
Gideon Southworth, lieutenant, from July 23, 1754, to Oct. 27, 1762.
Robert Sproat, lieutenant, from Oct. 27, 1762, to June 12, 1772. Ichabod Wood, lieutenant, from June 12, 1772, to 1774.
Nchemiah Allen, lieutenant, from Oct. 10, 1774, to May 9, 1776.
John Barrows, lieutenant, from May 9, 1776, to April 8, 1778. Abner Bourne, lieutenant, from April 8, 1778, to June 2, 1780. Elias Miller, lieutenant, from June 2, 1780, to July 1, 1781. Abner Nelson, lieutenant, from July 1, 1781, to 1790.
Peter Vaughan, lieutenant, from April 12, 1790, to 1793. John Morton, lieutenant, from June 6, 1793, to May 7, 1799. Zachariah Weston, lieutenant, from Jan. 25, 1797, to 1799. Sylvanus Tillson, lieutenant, from May 7, 1799, to May 4, 1802. Nathaniel Cole, lieutenant, from May 4, 1802, to May 7, 1805. Abner Barrows, Jr., lieutenant, from May 7, 1805, to July 27,
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