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March 6, 1865 .- At the annual town-meeting, James S. Lewis, Esq., moderator, it was voted that the treasurer be authorized to hire nine thousand dollars, with the approbation of the selectmen, for the payment of State aid, and that eight hundred dollars of the amount raised for town expenses be appropri- ated, under the direction of the selectmen, for town aid.
The town treasurer, with the advice of the select- men, was also authorized to hire a sufficient sum of money for procuring the town's proportion of volun- tcers called for from the commonwealth, or under any call or order from the President of the United States, issued after the first day of March, 1865, provided such sum shall not exceed one hundred and twenty- five dollars to each recruit obtained under such call or order.
" Voted, That one thousand dollars of the money raised for town expenses be appropriated for recruit- ing purposes if necessary."
Military Record .- The following is a list of soldiers :
Fifth Regiment.
Robert Cushing. Revere Lincoln.
Forty-second Regiment.
Lieut. JJoseph M. Thomas. Corp. Goerge Dunbar.
Lieut. Forgus Anzle Easton. John Henry Stodder.
Sixtieth Regiment. Andrew Wallace Gardner.
One Hundred Days' Men.
Robert Cushing. Revere Lincoln,
George Dunbar.
John Il. Stodder.
HISTORY OF HINGHAM.
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Fergus A. Easton. Joseph M. Thomas.
Andrew W. Gardner.
Fourth Regiment.
Corp. Tilson Fuller. Caleb Beal Marsh.
Fifth Regiment. Sergt. Jairus Lincoln, Jr. Sixth Regiment. George Smith.
Forty-third Regimeut.
Col. John C. Whiton.
Daniel Mckenna.
Sergt. Dexter Grose.
Samuel Cushing Souther.
Corp. George W. Fearing.
Thomas Souther.
Loring Hersey Cushing.
Charles Tower.
Isaac Francis Goodwin. William Waters Sprague.
Hollis Hersey.
Robert M. Commings.
Peter Loring. Frederick W. Cotton.
Forty-fourth Regiment
Alvin Blanchard. Jr. John Albert Reed.
James Lewis Hunt (2d .
Ezra T. C. Stephenson.
William Jones. William Loring Stephen- son.
Levi Kenerson. John Henry Litchfield, Jr.
Forty-fifth Regiment.
Robert Burnside. John R. Maybew.
Ernet F. Eichborn.
Daniel W. Pendergast.
Edwin G. Erans. James Souther.
Jacob A. Ewell.
Artemas Sprague.
Francis Hersey.
Edward Trabbitts.
Henry O. Little.
Herbert J. Tulley. .
William Lowry, Jr.
Daniel J. Walls.
Josiah Lane Mareb.
Fiftieth Regiment. Charles Il. Brown.
Eleventh Light Battery. Joseph M. Thomas. Nine Months' Men.
Alvin Blanchard. Jr. Robert M. Cummings.
Charles II. Brown.
Loring 11. Cushing.
Robert Burn-ide. Josiah L. Marsh.
Ernest F. Eichborn.
John R. Maybew.
Edwin G. Erans. Daniel Mckenna.
Jacob A. Ewel. Daniel W. Pendergast.
George W. Fearing.
John A. Reed.
Tilson Fuller.
George Smith.
Isaac P. Goodwin.
James Souther.
Dexter Grove.
Samuel C. Souther.
One Year Men.
William II. Allen. William Hilton.
Thomas S. Brigham. Patrick J. Kelley.
William Carter. Michael Landers.
William M. Carter. Franeis Mayhew.
Wakefield Carver. James McNamara.
Jamee M. Cleverly.
Owen Murphy.
James Daley. George Peacock.
John R. Donaven. David Pettingell.
George C. Dunham. George W. R. Putnam.
John A. Farrington. George L. Rich.
George J. Fearing.
Michael Roach.
Michael Franey.
Charles Shute.
Sixty-first Regiment.
James W. Gray. Jobn K. Wilson.
John H. Hayes.
Jomeph H. Hilton.
James W. Gray.
Melzar Vinal.
William H. Allen.
William Ililton. 1 Henry Hart.
Thomas.S. Brigham. Patrick J. Kelley.
Wakefield Carver. James MeNamara.
James Daley. George W. R. Putnam.
Joliu R. Donaven.
George I. Rieh.
George C. Duuham.
John A. Watson.
Michael Franey.
Sixty-second. Regiment. Andrew Wallace Gardner. Fourth Regiment Heavy Artillery.
James Madison Cleverly. Michael Landers.
Jobn A. Farrington. Michael Roach.
George Jacob Fearing. Charles Shute.
William Mason Gilman. Melzar Vinal.
Heury Hart. Henry B. Vogell.
Charles Ilelins. Joseph N. Walls.
Miscellaneous Assignments .- The following were enrolled for the term of one year, and assigned to three-year regiments whose term of service had not expired. viz. :
Sergeants.
William M. Carter, age 23, enrolled in Co. H, Fifty-eighth Regiment, M. V. I., Aug. 18, 1864. Mustered out July 14, 1865.
Owen Murphy, age 28, enrolled in Co. C, Seventeenth Regiment, M. V. I., Sept. 20, 1864. Serviee terminated June 30, 1865, order W. D., in Co. H.
Prirates.
William Carter, age 43, enrolled in Co. G, First Regiment Heavy Artillery, M. V., Sept. 28, 1864. Mustered out May 3, 1865.
Francis Mayhew, age 18, enrolled in Co. A, Third Regiment Ileavy Artillery, M. V .. Sept. 10, 1864. Mustered out June 14, 1>65.
George Peaeoek, age 20, enrolled in Co. A, Third Regiment Heavy Artillery, M. V., Sept. 28, 1864. Mustered out June 14, 1865.
David Pettingell, age 35. Enrolled in Co. C, Seventeenth Reg- iment, M. V. I., Sept. 24, 1864. Serviee terminated June 30, 1865. order W.D., in Co. B.
Philip Sullivan, age 22. Enrolled in Co. C, Seventeenth Reg- iment, M. V. I., September 23, 1864. Service terminated June 30, 1865, order W. D., in Co B.
Aaron D. Swan, age 40. Enrolled in Co. M, Third Regiment lleavy Artillery, M. V., Aug. 27, 1864. Mustered out. June 17, 1865.
Praneis Herrey.
Thomas Souther.
Ho lie Hersey.
Artemas Sprague.
James L. Hunt 2d .
William W. Sprague.
William Joner.
Ezra T. C. Stephenson.
Levi Kenerson.
Jairus Lincoln, Jr.
John H. Litchfield, Jr.
Charles Tower.
Henry O. Little.
Edward Trabbits.
Peter boring.
llerbert J. Tulley.
William Lowry.
Daniel Walla, Jr.
Caleb B. Mareb.
John C. Whiton.
Frederick W. Cotton.
William L. Stephenson. Joseph M. Thomas.
Andrew W. Gardner. Philip Sullivan.
William M. Gilman. Aaron D. Swan.
Henry B. Vogell.
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HISTORY OF PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
John II. Hayes.
Charlos Helms. Joseph II. Hilton.
Joseph N. Walls. John A. Watson. John E. Wilson.
First Regiment Infantry .- The First Regiment, Col. Robert Cowdin, was mustered into the service of the United States on the 15th of June, 1861. Immediately on the call for volunteers for a service of three years, Col. Cowdin visited Washington, and ten- dered himself and regiment for that period ; and this is understood to be the first regiment in the United States, armed and equipped, which was so tendered.
It left the State on the day of muster, and on the 17th marched through the streets of Baltimore,-the first Massachusetts regiment which had passed through these streets to the seat of war sinee the massaere of the 19th of April, as it was also the first three years' volunteer regiment that reached the city of Washington.
After an active career, and leaving a noble record of bravery, it was mustered out at the expiration of the term of enlistment, May 25, 1864.
It took part in the following engagements, viz. : Bull Run, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Glendale, and other battles on the Peninsula, Kettle Run, Second Bull Run, Chantilly, Fredericksburg, Chancellors- ville, Gettysburg, Loeust Grove, Wilderness, and Spottsylvania. Of natives or residents of Hingham, the Massachusetts First included the following :
Lieut. Elijah B. Gill, Jr.
William II. Beal.
John W. Chessman.
John William Gardner.
George P. Kilhurn.
Joseph M. Poole.
Thomas Tinsley.
Second Regiment.
Isaae B. Damon.
Ehenezer Flint Roherts.
William Dunbar, Jr.
Ninth Regiment. Corp. John Joyeo Breen.
Eleventh Regiment.
Capt. Edwin Humphrey. Nathaniel Gill.
Sergt. James J. Healey. William Todd Barnos.
Lemuel S. Blackman.
Charles HI. Marsh.
Daniel Horaee Burr.
William Cornolius Miller.
James S. Dustin.
Unassigned Recruits.
William Burtes.
Charles Richardson.
Twelfth Regiment.
Capt. Alexander Ilitchborn. Jamos Fitzgerald. Georgo Gardner. Jacob Gardner, Jr.
John H. Blackman.
Samuel Spencor.
Laban F. Cushing.
Honry Swours.
Jamos D. Dunbar.
Francis Thomas.
John J. Edmonds.
Thirteenth Regiment.
William Wallace Sprague. Georgo W. Stodder.
Fourteenth Regiment.
William Carter.
Anton Tapp.
Fifteenth Regiment.
John E. Morse.
Sixteenth Regiment.
Dennis Meagher.
Michael Fee.
Don Pedro Wilson.
Charles W. Blossom.
Seventeenth Regiment.
Sergt. Owen Murphy.
Philip Sullivan.
David Pettingell.
Eighteenth Regiment.
Col. Thomas Weston.
William Henry Jones.
Maj. Benj. F. Meservey.
Samuel Thaxter Mears.
Henry Jones.
Wm. Wesley Robinson.
Sergt. William H. Jones, Jr.
Jeremiah Spencer.
Corp. Nelson Franeis Corthell.
George E. Smith.
Thomas Churchill.
Edward L. Tracy.
James M. Downer.
Robert Tufts.
John Q. Jacoh.
Nineteenth Regiment.
Samuel Bronsdon.
James MeKay.
Twentieth Regiment.
Edward O. Graves.
John E. Morse.
Daniel Daley.
Alvin Tower.
George Gramhurg.
Twenty-first Regiment.
George A. Grover.
Andrew Jacoh.
Twenty-second Regiment.
Charles F. Alger.
William Kimball Gould.
John B. Crease.
Sewell Pugsley.
William B. Cushing.
Twenty-third Regiment.
Sergt. George E. Humphrey.
Andrew Jackson Clark.
Corp. Edward C. Blossom.
Samuel M. Lincoln.
Twenty-fourth Regiment.
George L. Gardner.
James Booth.
John Waro Lincoln.
Justin A. Carver,
Alhert F. Barnes.
Thomas Conway.
William Honry Beal.
Twenty-sixth. Regiment.
Corp. Charles Bolster.
John O'Brien.
Edwin Barr.
Nolson T. Wood.
Twenty-eighth Regiment.
Peter Ready.
Twenty-ninth Regiment.
Brig .- Gen. J. H. Barnes.
Edward C. Blossom.
Lient. Waldo F. Corbett.
Robert Graoe.
Sergt. Caleb H. Bonl.
Georgo Themns.
Corp. John Manix.
Thirtieth Regiment.
Sorgt. Jacob Ourish.
William J. Stockwell.
Corp. Joseph C. Burr.
John Sullivan.
John Brown.
Thirty-first Regiment.
Lieut. John G. Dnwos.
HISTORY OF HINGHAM.
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Thirty-second Regiment.
George D. Gardner,
Elijah Prouty.
Alvin R. Glines.
Isaae Prouty.
Albert S. Haynes.
Albert Hersey.
George Loring Hersey.
Henry Foster Hersey.
Charles Leroy.
John S. Neal.
Alonzo G. Stockwell.
Levi Crowell Newcomb.
Charles H. Tisdale.
Charles Henry Poole.
Frankliu Jacob Torrey.
Benjamin W. Prouty.
Albert Wilder.
Fortieth Regiment.
Jeremiah J. Corcoran.
Ensign Lincoln.
Fifty-fourth Regiment. Corp. David H. Champlin. Louis Legard Simpson.
Fifty-fifth Regiment.
Lieut. Alphonso Marsh.
John T. Talbot.
Lient. Peter N. Sprague.
Fifty-sixth Regiment.
Corp. George Bailcy.
George A. Clapp.
Fifty-serenth Regiment.
Mus. Edw. O. Graves. John Welsh.
Fifty-eighth Regiment.
Col. John C. Whiton. William C. Torrey.
Sergt. Win. M. Carter. James L. Litchfield.
John McDonald.
Fifty-ninth Regiment.
Corp. Alfred Tyler.
Anton Tapp.
Mus. Ed. O. Graves.
Third Regiment Heavy Artillery. Maj. Lyman Barnes Whiton. First Regiment Heavy Artillery.
Corp. W. A. Cushing. Joshua Crosby, Jr.
Capt. Edwin Thomas. Francis Mayhew.
Lieut. Edwin F. Tirrell. Daniel H. Miller.
Sergt. Francis K. Meade. Levi Hanscom Dow.
Corp. Franz Burbenne. Joseph Henry Noyes.
Corp. Isaiah W. Loring.
George Peacock.
William Carter.
George E. Richardson.
John B. Batehelder.
Joseph Rollins.
Jonathan B. Ackerman. Charles Edward Spurr.
Fielder Botting, Jr. Aaron D. Swan.
George A. Chubbuck. Henry Whitman.
First Battery Light Artillery. James Russell French. Third Battery Light Artillery. George Franklin Tower. Tenth Bottery Light Artillery. Hosea Orcutt Barnes.
Men in Regiments of Artillery and in Batteries.
Jonathan B. Ackerman. Webster A. Cushing.
Hosea O. Barnes. Levi H. Dow.
John B. Batchelder. James R. French.
Fielder Botting, Jr. Isaiah W. Loring.
Franz Burhenne. Francis Mayhew.
William Carter. Francis K. Meade.
George A. Chubbuck. Daniel H. Miller.
Joshua Crosby, Jr. Joseph H. Noyes.
Lieut. George M Hudson. Sergt. Tbos. D. Blossom. Leonard E. Bnker. Thomas A. Carrer. Charles Corbett.
John Q. Hersey. William IT. Hersey. William Hersey, Jr. Sylvanus H. Higgins. Wallace Humphrey. .Joshua Jacob, Jr.
John W. Eldredge.
Henry S. Ewer.
James M. Haskell. James McCarty.
Frank Jermyn. Gardner Jones.
Morallus Lane.
Alfred G. Lincoln.
Meltiah Loring.
Frank Harley Miller. Paul MeNeil. Henry G. Morse. Hiram Newcourb. John M. Nolan.
Nathaniel B. Peare. George M. Prouty.
Jaques B. Prouty.
Thomas Rafferty. Jr.
Harvey M. Pratt.
Edgar P. Stodder.
Washington I. Stodder.
Sumner A. Trask.
Elwin Heriey. Charles II. F. Stoddler.
Ephraim Anderson.
Horace L. Studley.
Oti= Lincoln Battles.
William Taylor.
Daniel Leavitt Beal.
William H. Thomas.
Laban O. Beal.
Charles E. Wilder.
William Breene.
Ezra Wilder, Jr.
George Wilder.
Patrick Callahan.
Joshua Wilder.
Ichabod W. Chandler.
Horatio P. Willard.
Moree R. Churchill.
George Adam Wolfe.
Rufus Churchill.
Thirty-fifth Regiment.
Lieut. Oliver Burrill.
David W. Cushing.
sergt. George M. Adams.
William Dunbar, Jr.
Caleb fladley Beal.
Thirty-eighth Regiment.
Capt. James A. Wade.
Thomas Ifervey.
Lieut. Louis T. Cazaire. Joshua Roach.
Sergt. Billing: Merritt. Cushman Rounds.
Henry Brown. Cyrus II. Chase.
Thirty-ninth Regimeut.
Lieut. Thad. Churchill. Corp. Charles C. Yonng.
Lieut. John II. Pronty. Charles Eugene Bates.
Bergt. John W. Bailey. Timothy B. Chapman.
Sergt. Henry C. French. Eleazer Chubbuck.
Sergt. William H. Jacob. James T. Churchill.
Corp. Charles C. Bailey.
John Creswell.
Corp. Benj. C. Lincoln. Andrew J. Damon.
Corp. Henry Felt Miller.
Gustavus P. Cortbell. William Fardy.
Maj. Edward T. Bonve.
Maj. Lyman B. Whiton. Capt. George R. Reed. Lieut. George W. Bibby. Lieut. N. French. Jr.
George French, Jr. Henry Gardner.
Lieut. Amos P. Holden.
Stephen P. Gould. William K. Gould. Warren Hatch. Jr. Samuel J. Henderson.
Charles S. Mead.
Peter Onrish. Jobn Parry. Isaac G. Waters.
Nathaniel Wilder 2d . John C. Chadbourn. Silas Henry Cobb.
Jacob G. Cushing. Theophilus Cushing. Jr. William L. Dawes.
John C. Eldredge.
Thomas L. French.
Foster Remington. William F. Riley. John Elleson Snell
John Sprague Souther. Demerick Stodder. Franklin A. Stodder.
Henry F. Biuney.
Peter II. Royal.
Charles E. French.
William Prouty, Jr. Joseph Simmons.
Edward A. F. Spear. Thomas Sprague. Seth Mellen Sprague.
Gen. L. Stephenson, Jr.
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HISTORY OF PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
George Peacock.
Edwin Thomas.
James Ilayes.
Michael McGranc.
William Hillarston.
Charles II. Muschatt.
Edward B. Hinckley.
George HI. Osborn.
Henry A. Hitchcock.
Edward Poiney.
Jeremiah Hurley.
Edward L. Preston.
William Randall.
Edward Kelley. Joseph B. Kelsey. Edward Roach.
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David P. Robinson.
William HI. Lane.
Albert Sawyer.
Jacob Lowe. Franklin Simmons.
John C. Maguire.
William T. Sprague.
Patrick Mahony.
William Thompson.
Veteran Reserve Corps.
Michacl Carr. Edward Galvin.
Michael ('asey.
Lawrence Hicks.
John Dolan. John Keefe.
Patrick Donnelin.
Henry B. Livingston.
Moses Fairfield.
James McGregor.
Michael Flemming. Edward MeLaughlin.
Thomas Foley.
James Tettler.
Peter Forrester.
Charles Tinmons.
Regular Army.
Richard J. Farrell.
Michael F. Thompson.
Dennis Mullian.
Joseph W. Welsh.
Joseph Henry Noyes.
James H. Williams.
William Perkins.
Fifth. Regiment of Cavalry.
Rufus Clark.
Matthew H. Lucas.
Thomas Davis.
Joseph Nathan.
George Jones.
List of Men in Cavalry Service.
Orietes L. Bailey.
Thomas Hickey.
Thomas T. Barnes.
George Jones.
Edward T. Bouve.
William H. Jones.
Charles Campbell. Charles D. Kilburn.
Rufus Clark. Matthew H. Lucas.
Thomas Cloney.
John MeLaughlin.
Cornelius Cornell.
Arvander Merrow.
Hosea Harden.
Capt. Isaiah F. Tower.
Capt. Elijah Hobart. Lieut. Benj. S. Whiting.
Allen G. Jennings.
Capt. Webster A. Whiting.
Col. Charles B. Leavitt.
Conrad P. Yäger.
The Navy.
Chief Engineer Charles Harding Loring.
Acting Master Thomas Andrews.
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Acting Assistant Paymaster Andrew Tower.
Acting Assistant Surgeon Franklin Nickerson.
Acting Ensign Edward Welles Halere.
Charles Mason Fuller.
Charles Andrew Stewart.
Acting Third Assistant Engincer John Means Trussell.
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Louis Anderson.
Iloratio M. Dallas.
Calvin R. Baker.
Thomas D. Dalten.
John Baker.
Albert Damon.
Joseph Barstow.
James Dempsey.
Gunner's Mate Charles Campbell.
Paymaster's Steward Henry Winslow Hersey.
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George H. Bonney.
Josialı Edson.
Edwin Booth,
West D. Eldredgo.
John Brown. Melzar W. Clark.
Thomas M. Farrell. Timothy Gordon. Jannes Gorman.
First Class Fireman Alden Lincoln.
George Alexander Grover. Daniel Stodder Lincoln, Daniel Daley.
Isaac Murray Dow.
John Collins.
Thomas Collins.
Thomas Griffin. Edward Hackett.
John William Gardner. Edward Gottohell.
Barney Conaloy.
Mark Hall.
George E. Richardson. Benjamin Lincoln Jones.
Charles Cook.
Otis C. Hardy.
Geo. Anthony Chubbnek.
George Iloward Merritt.
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Charles E. Spurr.
Henry Whitman.
Aaron D. Swan.
Lyman B. Whiton.
Anton Tapp. First Regiment of Cavalry.
William Alden Daggett. Charles Damon Kilburn.
Second Regiment of Cavalry.
Thomas T. Barnes. John MeLaughlin.
Eben Hart. Fourth Regiment of Cavalry.
Lieut. Benjamin Thomas.
Alfred Gardner.
Maj. Edward T. Bouve.
Charles Gardner.
Lieut. Thomas Hickey. George W. Farrar.
Sergt. Frank H. Gilınan. James Hickey.
Sergt. Arvander Merrow.
William Henry Jones. Joseph Smith Miller.
Corp. James G. Raymond.
Mus. Thomas Cloney.
Samuel Newcomb (2d).
Mus. William A. Daggett.
Thomas Rafferty, Jr.
Orietes L. Bailey.
Dennis Scully.
Charles Campbell.
Edmund Spellman.
Cornelius Connell.
Frank H. Tilton.
Samuel N. Corthell.
Philo C. Winslow.
Enlistments in other States of Natives or Residents of Hingham.
Col. Hawkes Fearing, Jr. Sergt. Beza H. Lincoln.
James Ballentine. Sergt. John Lincoln, Jr.
Lieut. William Barnes. Sergt. Leavitt Lincoln.
George Bicknell. Gen. Allyne C. Litchfield.
Martin Cushing.
James Lowry.
Capt. IIenry H. Cushing. Daniel Murphy.
Sergt. David P. Eldredge.
William L. Neal.
John J. L. French.
Charles Remington.
Caleb Gill.
John Fearing Rogers.
Sergt. John Gorman.
Henry E. Spaulding.
Samuel N. Corthell.
Joseph S. Miller.
William L. Cummings.
Joseph Nathan.
William A. Daggett.
Thomas Davis.
Thomas Rafferty, Jr.
George M. Farrar.
James G. Raymond. Dennis Scully.
Charles Gardner.
Edward Spellman.
Frank H. Gilman.
Benjamin Thomas.
Eben Hart.
Frank H. Tilton.
James Hickey.
Philo C. Winslow.
Classed as additional enlistments.
Edwin Allen.
Henry Daggett.
Captain's Clerk Augustus Barnes. Master-at- Arms Fredoriek Clinton Blair.
Alfred B. Whiting.
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George W. Boen.
Henry B. Downes.
Signal Quartormaster Elkanah Binney. Signal Quartermaster Samuol Newcomb (2d).
William Eldredge. Robert Francis Hardy.
William Colman.
George E. Richardson.
Edwin F. Tirrell.
Joseph Rollins.
George F. Tower.
Alfred Gardner.
Samuel Newcomb (2d).
William L. Cummings.
HISTORY OF HINGHAM.
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Wm. Gray Cushing, Jr. Benjamin Hatchfield.
Daniel Stodder. Thomas R. Murphy.
Daniel Joseph Thompson. Henry Trowbridge. William Burtes.
HINGHAM MEN IN THE NAVY ACCORDING TO RANK.
Officers,
Charles Harding Loring. Charles Mason Fuller.
Thomas Andrews. Charles Anderson Stewart.
Andrew Tower.
John Means Trussel.
Franklin Nickerson.
Augustus Barnes.
Edward Welles Halcro.
Warrant Officers.
Frederick Clinton Blair. Samuel Newcomb (2d.)
Alfred B. Whiting. Alden Lincoln.
Charles Campbell.
George Alexander Grover.
Henry Winslow Hersey.
Daniel Stodder Lincoln.
Elkanah Binney.
Seamen.
William Eldredge. George E. Richardson.
John William Gardner.
Ordinary Seamen.
George Anthony Chub-
buck.
Benjamin Hatchfield. Daniel Stodder.
William Gray Cushing. Thomas R. Murphy.
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Coal-Hearer.
Isaac Murray Dow.
Land»men.
Daniel Daley. George Howard Merritt.
Robert Francis Fardy.
Daniel Joseph Thompson.
Edward Gotchell. Henry Trowbridge.
Benjamin Lincoln Jones.
Unknown.
William Burtes.
Further Enlistments.
Artbur Beal, Forty. second Regiment.
Augustus Bolling, Forty-second Regiment.
Swan P. Colberg, Forty-second Regiment.
James Corcoran, Forty-second Regiment. William Otis Lincoln. Jr., First Regiment Cavalry.
Patrick McCrane, Forty-second Regiment.
Michael Reardon, Forty-second Regiment.
William Rich, Thirty-eighth Regiment. John Ryan.
Warren R. Spurr, Heavy Artillery.
Summary.
Regular members and volunteers of the Lincoln Light Infantry who served at Fortress Monroe, not in- cluded in any quota 79 Number of soldiers and sailors, natives of Hingham, who served in the war, including enlistments in other States . Number of soldiers and sailors who served for the quota of Hingham . 471
It should be understood that many of our soldiers and zailors served upon more than one quota of the town. In some instances, soldiers serving for short terms afterwards enlisted for three yeare. Others, at the ex- piration of their term of three years, or after being discharged for disability, re-enlisted upon new quotas, as required at the time.
The aggregate of the enlistments from Hingham during the war, and not including the members of the Lin- coln Light Infantry, was 705
Number of soldiers and sailors connected with Hing- ham who died prior to the erection of the monument 87
With a single exception, all the quotas of Hing- ham were filled by voluntary enlistments. A draft was made at Taunton, July 20, 1863, when one hun- dred were drawn, viz. :
Reuben Sprague. Edwin Wilder (2d).
William Fearing (2d). John White.
John C. Fearing.
Joseph Curtis.
Morallus Lane.
Edward S. Cushing.
Ebenezer C. Ripley.
William Coughlan.
Alanson Crosby.
Henry Hohart.
Charles C. Hersey.
Theophilus Cushing, Jr.
Francis H. Stowell. Edmund Hersey (2d).
Samuel Lemon.
David Thaxter.
Caleb C. White.
Joshua Jacoh, Jr.
Don Pedro Wilson.
Charles Stephenson.
Hosea B. Hersey.
Joseph H. Lincoln.
William K. Gould.
William C. Wilder.
Benjamin Thomas.
Seth S. IJersey, Jr.
George Fox.
Matthew Clynch.
Caleb Marsh.
John F. Welsh.
John O. Remington.
Ambrose Leach.
Benjamin L. Cushing.
Josiah Q. Gardner.
Lincoln B. Bick nell.
Smith Richardson.
Josiah S. Remington.
Atkinson Nye.
Peter MeGlone.
Thomas MeGlone.
Edward C. Wilder.
John Lemon.
James K. Young.
Edwin W. Beal.
John Pyne. George W. Tilden.
Edward Pyne.
William T. Nelson.
Edward O. Farmer.
Laban O. Beal.
Joseph H. Litchfield.
Elijah W. Burr.
Thomas Stephenson.
Barzillai Lincoln.
Henry W. Ripley.
John Wilder.
Levi Hersey.
Charles H. Eldredge.
George Hobart.
Daniel Bowen.
William C. Miller.
Thomas Murray.
John Hines.
Ebed Sprague, Jr.
Ebenezer C. Hohart.
Edwin H. Bates.
George Lang.
Thomas L. Sprague.
Patrick Fee.
Howard Litchfield, Jr.
George R. Ripley.
Stephen P. Gould.
Thomas Baeezil.
Redmond Welsh.
Leonard Birch.
George A. Newhall.
Albert T. Hutchins.
James M. Garland.
Hiram T. Howard.
Alhert Whiton.
George W. Young.
Isaac B. Miller.
Warren Remington.
Freeman Pugsley.
Timothy Shea.
Charles Mayhew.
William H. Starr.
James S. King.
Leavitt Sprague (2d). Willard Snow.
Caleb F. Gardner.
Thomas J. Hersey.
David Fearing, Jr.
George R. Turner.
So far as known, three only joined the army under the requisition of this draft, viz., William K. Gould, Sewall Pugsley, and Don Pedro Wilson. A very large majority was excused for disability, and the
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Andrew C. Cushing.
Daniel W. Sprague. Sewall Pugsley. Richard Staples.
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HISTORY OF PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
remainder either exempted by provisions of the law, or by payment of the sum required for commutation. Among the latter were the following :
Alanson Crosby. Henry Hobart. James S. King.
Andrew C. Cushing.
Edward S. Cushing.
Edward Pyne.
William Fearing (2d).
William Snow.
Josiah L. Gardner.
William H. Starr.
Seth S. Hersey, Jr.
George W. Tilden.
Thomas Jones Hersey.
George W. Young.
Ebenezer C. Hobart.
Of natives, but at the time non-residents of Hing- ham, the draft ineluded, --
Gustavus Abbott.
Amasa Lincoln.
Charles W. Bassett.
Solomon Lincoln, Jr.
Elijah Beal.
Thomas W. Lincoln.
Robert Burr.
David Ripley.
Henry Damon.
Levi B. Ripley.
Henry L. Fearing.
Joseph S. Sprague.
Timothy Foster.
Leonard Sprague.
Henry Kenerson.
Samuel Sprague.
George Lane.
Levi Stearns.
Parker E. Lane.
James Tilden.
William Lane. Albert T. Whiting.
Weston Lewis.
Dexter B. Whiton.
Members of the Thirty-second Regiment who en- listed as veteran volunteers, and who were counted on the quota of the town of Hinghamn, being regularly mustered into the service of the United States for three years from Jan. 5, 1864 :
Ephraim Anderson.
James McCarty.
Otis L. Battles.
Charles S. Meade.
William Breen.
Frank H. Miller.
John C. Chadbourn. Peter Ourish.
Jacob G. Cushing.
Harvey M. Pratt.
William L. Dawes. William Riloy.
John W. Eldredge. Charles II. F. Stodder.
Thomas L. French.
Edgar P. Stodder.
Edwin Hersey.
Washington I. Stodder.
Wallace Humphrey.
Nathaniol Wilder (2d).
Gardner Jones.
Georgo A. Wolfe.
Substitutes were furnished by the following per- sons :
Principal.
Substitute.
Amos B. Bates.
DeWitt C. Batos.
John M. Whittier. Dennis Riley.
Caleb G. Beal.
Jolın Manill.
Auibroso Becch.
E. Waters Burr.
Isaac Gardner (21). Tobias O. Gardner. W. Allan Gay.
Theodore R. Glovor.
George P. Hayward.
David R. Hersey. Charles Howard. David Jacob.
Vornon W. Androws. John Stuart.
Josoph T. King. Martin Callahan.
Josoph Jacob, Jr. Loring Jacob. Arthur Lincoln.
John II. Buxton.
John Domick. Christian Veil.
Principal. Substitute.
Solomon Lincoln, Jr.
Enos Loring. Jerry Hurley.
Thomas F. Whiton.
William C. Wilder. Joh Nicholas.
Soldiers' Monument .- The soldiers' monument of Hingham was dedicated June 17, 1870, the address being delivered by Solomon Lineoln.
The monument is of Quiney granite. It rests upon a solid foundation, ten feet square by six feet deep, laid in regular courses of split stone and cement. The mottoes, mouldings, and embellishments upon it are skillfully wrought, and the general outline of the whole structure is neat and pleasing in appearance. The proportions are as follows: Lower base, eight feet nine inches square, by one foot five inches in height. Plinth, six feet eight inehes square, by one foot five inches in height. Upper base, moulded, five feet eleven inches square, by one foot two inches in height. Die, four feet six inches square, by seven feet one ineh in height. Shaft, two feet nine inches square at base, by nineteen feet in height. Whole height, thirty feet.
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