History of the town of Gardner, Worcester County, Mass., from the incorporation, June 27, 1785, to the present time, Part 36

Author: Herrick, William Dodge, 1831- [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1878
Publisher: Gardner, Mass., The Committee
Number of Pages: 600


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NAME.


AGE.


DATE OF MUSTERING IN.


REG'T.


Co.


DATE OF DIS- CHARGE.


REASON OF DISCHARGE.


Eaton, Simeon


24


May 25, 1861


2


B


Mar. 4, 1863


Disability.


Eaton, Charles


22


May 12, 1861


25


A


Oct. 20, 1864


Time out.


Eaton, Amos H.


18


Oct. 17, 1862


53


G


Sept. 2, 1863


Time ont.


Foster, Addison


21


July 25, 1862


36


D


Died Dec. 25, 1862, Falmouth, Va.


*Flood, Thomas


18


May 10, 1864


Vet. R. C.


*Fitzmorris, Barney


27


Jan. 18, 1865


25


B


July 13, 1865


Time out.


*Foley, John


24


May


9,1864


25


B


July 13, 1865


"Ford, William H.


23


May


9, 1864


25


B


July 13, 1865


*Frost, James


29


Aug. 18, 1863


9


E


Folger, Allen


35


Oct. 17, 1862


53


G


Sept. 2, 1863


Franklin, George


44


Oct. 17, 1862


53


Sept. 2, 1863


Franklin, Hugh


40


Oct. 17, 1862


53


Sept. 2, 1863


Expiration of service.


Foskett, Willard


32


Oct.


8, 1861


28


Band.


Ang. 17, 1862


*Gray, Loring


36


Jan. 8, 1864


3d Cav.


Sept. 28, 1865


*Ganaway, Benj.


24


July 19, 1864


2d| Il. A.


Greenwood, Marston D., Corp.


26


Aug. 7, 1862


36


11


May 18, 1863


Goodspeed, Thomas, Mus.


21


Ang. 9, 1862


36


LI


June 1, 1863


Order of War Department.


Gilbert, Charles


32


Aug. 7, 1862


36


H


Died July 10, 1864.


Gilson, Peter, wagoner.


40


Sept. 25, 1861


4


L


Sept. 24, 1864


Time out. Deserted March 1, 1864.


*Guy, Joseph


29


Jan. 29, 1864


5


C


Galoon, Barney


35


Oct. 17, 1862


53


G


Deserted Dec. 16, 62, New York City.


Gates, Francis


26


Oct. 21, 1861


25


F Jan. 18, 1864


To re-enlist.


Gates, Francis


28


Jan. 19, 1864


25


F


July 13, 1865


Expiration of time.


Gates, Hiram


19


Sept. 28, 1861


25


F Jan. 18, 1864


To re-enlist.


HISTORY OF GARDNER.


Deserted April 16, 1864.


Expiration of service.


Expiration of service.


G


G


Order of War Department. Time out.


Transferred 100 Penn. Vol. Disability.


Gates, Iliram Glazier, Frank B. Green. Charles H. Greenwood, Gilbert II., Corp.


21 19


¡ Jan. 19, 1864 25


Killed May 9, 1864, Petersburg, Va.


C June 18, 1863 Expiration of time. Sept., - 1863 Expiration of time. Died of wounds May 10, 1863, Wash'u, D. C.


*Gammon. William


27


28


2d Cav.


Hladley, Henry, Corp.


26


Aug. 9, 1862


36


11


Mar. 4, 1863


Hobby, John D., Corp.


18


Ang. 9, 1862


36


HI June 8, 1865


Time out


Howard, William, Corp.


26


Aug. 9, 1862


36


II


June 8, 1865


Time out.


Heywood, Joseph F.


21


Ang. 9, 1862


36


=


June 8, 1865


Time out.


Hodgman, Eugene W.


18


Ang. 9, 1862


36


=


Aug. 18, 1864


Washington, D. C.


Holden. Jason C.


19


July 15, 1862


36


June 8, 1865


Time out.


*Herlihy, Maurice


36


May 10, 1864


Vet. R. C.


Hill, Charles C.


35


Jan.


4, 1864


Ith Bat L. A.


Jan. 14, 1864


*Ilarvey, James


23


Jan. 12, 1864


56


F


*Hardy, C. A. S.


59


May 9, 1864


Vet. R. C.


#Ilarvy, Joseph


27


May 9, 1864


Vet. R. C. 4th Art.


Harris, Eben


30


Oct. 17, 1862


53


G


Sept. 2, 1863


Expiration of service.


Harrington, Lansford


32


Oct. 17, 1862


53


G


Sept. 2, 1863


Expiration of service.


Hogan, John


28


Oct. 17, 1862


53


G


Sept. 2, 1863


Expiration of service.


Howe, Rufus


37


Oct. 17, 1862


53


G


Sept. 2, 1863


Expiration of service.


*Hale, Russell


19


July 2, 1864


2d L. A.


Ang. 11, 1865


Expiration of service. Disability.


Holden, Theodore A.


25


July 19, 1861


21


G


Jan. 31, 1863


Hodgman, Willard


18


Oct.


4, 1861


27


B


Oct. 17, 1862


Disability.


Hinds, James B.


18


May 25, 1861


2


22


F


May 28, 1864


Ilill, William B., Sergt.


14


Ang. 23, 1861


21


A


Hill, William B., 2d Lieut.


45


July 22, 1862


21


A


To enlist in U. S. Army. Expiration of service. 2d Lieut. Sept. 22. 1862. Killed Sept. 1, 1862, Chantilly, Va.


429


HISTORY OF GARDNER.


Rejected recruit. Deserted Jan. 25, 1864.


Regular Army.


* Hefferman, James


28


July 30, 1864


44


Na vy. D


13 19 unassig ned


28


Feb. 16, 1864


Disability. Rejected. Disability.


Hogan, John Iluger, Felix


20 22 26


Sept. 12, 1862 Sept. 12, 1862 July 16, 1861 Apr. 9, 1864 Aug. 10, 1863 .July 25, 1864


Apr. 3, 1863


Heywood, Theodore A.


19


May 25, 1861


430


GARDNER IN THE WAR FOR THIE UNION-Continued.


NAME.


AGE.


DATE OF MUSTERING IN.


REG'T.


Co.


DATE OF DIS- CHARGE.


REASON OF DISCHARGE.


Howe, Henry M., Mus.


27


Ang. 23, 1861


21


Ang. 11, 1862


Order of War Department. Expiration of service.


Howe, Henry M., Sergt.


28


Oct. 17, 1862


53


G


Sept. 2, 1863


Hogan, James B., Corp.


26


Oct. 17, 1862


53


G


Died May 20, 1863, Brashear City, La.


Jewett, Charles


18


July 25, 1862


36


D


Dec. 25, 1863


Disability.


Jacobs, Herbert L. P.


19


Aug. 11, 1862


36


H


June 8, 1865


Time out.


Joslyn, Otis M.


30


Oct. 17, 1862


53


G


Sept. 2, 1863


Time out.


Jackson, George F.


19


Oct. 4, 1861


27


B


Oct. 5, 1864


Time out.


*Jones, John


24


Ang. 19, 1863


unassigned.


*Jones, Thomas


21


Ang. 12, 1863


11


D


Kelton, Charles O.


18


Aug. 11, 1862


36


1I


Time out.


#Kelley, Patrick


22


May


9, 1864


Vet. R. C.


*Keefe, Martin


31


Ang. 1, 1864


4th Art.


* Kenney. John


35


Aug. 4, 1864


4th Art.


Kendall, Webster A.


20


Ang. 25, 1861


2


F


*Keough, John


24


May 3, 1864


11


H


* Kane, James


23


Ang. 12, 1863


unassigned.


*Lowell, John Z.


26


May 10, 1864


Vet. R. C.


Lathrop, James E.


18


Oet. 17, 1862


53


G


Leland, Joseph W.


35


Oct. 17, 1862


53


G


Lynch, James


32


Oct.


17, 1862


53


G


Sept. 2, 1862


Time out.


Laws, Samuel N., Mus.


44


July 19, 1861


21


Aug. 30, 1864


Principal musician. Died Aug. 14, 1863, at sea.


Manning, Martin


36


Oet. 17, 1862


53


G


Mason, Joseph V.


18


Oct. 17, 1862


53


G


Sept. 2, 1863


Time out.


MeDonald, Hugh


35


Oct. 17, 1862


53


G


Sept. 2, 1863


Time out.


HISTORY OF GARDNER.


Regular Army.


Time out.


To re-enlist.


Dee. 30, 1863 June 19, 1865


Time out.


Time out. Died Mar. 31, 1863, Baton Rouge, La.


Sept. 2, 1862


Time out.


July 14, 1865 June 8, 1865


Time out.


Murray, Michael Merriam, Wilder, Mus. Merriam, Aaron W., Mus. * Murray, George * Morris, Robert McFarland, Dan. W. *McCarty, Edward * McCann, John


24 | Sept. 13, 1861 22


23 28


Feb. 20, 1864 Oct 8, 1861


28 28


Band. E May 23, 1865


Ang. 17, 1862 Order of War Department. Order of War Department. Died.


Sept. 11, 1862


Disability.


July 1, 1863 Transferred to V. R. C.


* MeKenny, John


38


May 10, 1864


* Miller, Jacob M ..


24 May 9,1864


*Miller, Theodore C.


35 May 9,1864


McNamara, Patrick 22 Oct. 24, 1861


* Murray, Oscar * McLean, Patrick


32


June 16, 1863


4th Art.


Regular Army. Regular Army.


* McNulity, Michael *Moore, Johu D.


22


Feb. 18, 1863


Regular Army.


*Morgan, W. HI.


27


Jan. 29, 1864


* Moses, John


22


May 6, 1864


Newton, Sewell D.


24


Aug. 9, 1861


5 un assig'd. 1st Cav.


Oct. 3, 1864


Time out.


Nichols, George


21 Aug. 8, 1862


36 H June 8, 1865


Time out.


*Narcese, Wm., Jr.


20


Jan. 9, 1864


Oct. 31, 1865


Time out.


Osgood, Ezra


43


Aug. 8, 1864


Vet. R. C.


*()'Brien, Jeremiah


34


Dec. 28, 1864


24


C


Deserted Dec. 28, 1865.


*O'llern, Patrick


18


May 10, 1864


24


C


Piper, James S.


27


Oct. 17, 1862


53


G


Sept. 2, 1863


Time out.


*Page, Josiah, Jr.


35 Jan. 4, 1864


23


A


June 25, 1865


Time out.


Parker, Thomas S.


23


May 25, 1861


2


F


May 28, 1864


Time out.


Powers, Lorenzo .J.


18


May 25, 1861


2


F


Jan. 22, 1864


Disability.


431


HISTORY OF GARDNER.


Killed June 27, 1862. Gaines Mills, Va. G C July 17, 1865 Time out.


21 Aug. 10, 1863


20 Ang. 10, 1863


27 Oct. 10, 1861


19


25


Aug. 6, 1862 36 K Ang. 5, 1864 Vet. R. C. Vet R. C.


Vet. R. C. Vet. R. C. 25 C C 25


Died May 1, 1861, Hampton, Va.


19 Oct. 24, 1861


21 Sept. 13, 1862


4th Art.


4th Art. C 5 5th Cav C


Mar. 8, 1865


Time out.


Newton, Charles H.


19 Sept. 25, 1861


5th Cav. 53 G Sept. 2, 1863


34 Oct. 17, 1862


Time out.


*O'Brien, Owen


Deserted Feb. 25, 1864.


Deserted Dec. 31, 1864.


28 1st Cav.


432


GARDNER IN THE WAR FOR THE UNION-Continued.


NAME.


AGE.


DATE OF MUSTERING IN.


REG'T. Co.


DATE OF DIS- CHARGE.


REASON OF DISCHARGE.


*Patch, Josiah, Jr.


34


Apr. 30, 1864


19


I


.July 2, 1865 Sept. - 1863


Disability. Time out.


Paine, Charles F.


20


Sept. 12, 1862


Na vy.


*Parker, John


28


Aug. 4, 1863


28


E


Putnam, William


24


May 25, 1861


1 Band.


July 27, 1862


Order of War Department. Time out.


Putnam, William


25


July, - 1862


Band.


June, - 1865


Priest, Willard


32


Ang. 20, 1864


4th II. A.


June 17, 1865


Time out.


Perley, Lewis S.


18


Aug. 8, 1862


36


D


May 18, 1865


Order of War Department. 1st Lieut .. Oct. 11, 1864


Perley, George A., 1st Sergt.


31


Aug. 8, 1862


36


11


Perley, Alonzo L.


21


Aug.


8, 1862


36


II


Died Aug. 19, 1863, Mound City, Ill.


Pratt, William H.


36


Aug. 7, 1862


36


=


Parish George F.


43


July 25, 1862


36


11


*Pabast, Adam


38


July 22, 1864


Vet. R. C.


*Peck, Thomas G.


28


May 9, 1864


Vet. R. C.


* Perry, Ira


26


May 9, 1864


Vet. R. C. 4th Art.


*Pickens, Samuel


26


Nov. 24, 1862


Vet. R. C


*Quinton, Patrick


34


May 10, 1864


Vet. R. C.


Regan, Daniel


34


May 3, 1864


3


R. C.


May 13, 1864


Regan, JJohn HI.


42


Oct. 17. 1862


53


G


Rugg, Daniel B.


29


Oct. 17, 1862


53


Remington, Orlando P., Corp.


21


July 19, 1861


21


G


July 1, 1862


Robbins. George F.


18


July 19, 1861


21


G


Regau, Michael


21


Sept. 13, 1861


22


G


Time out.


Richardson, Fred W


21


Sept. 12, 1862


C


Oct. 17, 1864 June 18, 1863


Time out.


HISTORY OF GARDNER.


Regular Army. Regular Army. Regular Army.


* Patterson, Henry


24


Sept. 15. 1863


Died Oet. 6, 1863, Crab Orchard, Ky. Hos pital Steward, July 5, 1863.


Sept 2, 1863 Died Mar.


Rejected. Time out. 29, 1863, Baton Rouge, La. Disability.


Killed Sept. 1, 1862, Chantilly, Va.


Deserted Dec. 14, 1864.


-


*Rand, Nahum A., Corp. #Rock, Charles Ray, Dewit C. Ray, Edson N.


21 21


Apr. 29, 1864 28


C


June 30, 1865


Time out.


unas signed.


18 Aug. 23, 1861 21


18 July 19, 1861


21 1 st


A A


Killed July 20, 1864, near Petersburg, Va. Feb. 5, 1863 Disability. Died Oct. 2. 1864, Beverly, N. J.


55 Reagan, Michael Read, Chas. F., Sergt.


26


Sept 30, 1861 Aug. 7, 1862


36


II June 8, 1865 Time out.


Reed, Luther P.


26


Ang. 7, 1862


36


. =


Killed May 6. 1864, Wilderness, Va.


Remington, Diah ().


34


Aug. 7. 1862


36


11 June 8, 1865 Time out.


Rugg, Win. B


10


Aug. 7, 1862


36


H


Apr. 26, 1863 Disability.


*Robinson, James A.


21


May 9. 1864


33


May


10, 1864


Ross, Charles H.


18


Dec. 30, 1864


1.st Bat. Frontier Cav. Co. B June 30, 1865. Time out.


Symonds, John


27


Oct


17, 1862


53


G


Sept. 2, 1863


Time out.


Stoddard, Roval B.


35


Oct. 17, 1862


53


G


Sept. 2, 1863


Time out.


Sweet. George W. 28 Oct. 17, 1862


53


G


Sept. 2, 1863


Time out.


Stone, Ai B.


18


Oct. 17, 1862


53


G


Died June 1. 1863, New Orleans, La.


Stockwell, Nelson


28


Ang. 23, 1861


21


G


Mar. 27. 1863 Disability.


Southwick, Elmer G.


24


Sept. 20, 1861


25


Jan. 30, 1863


Disability.


Stockwell, James A.


31


Sept. 16, 1861


25


Oct. 20, 1865


Time out.


Sargent, Aaron, Jr.


31


Jan.


4. 1864


Jan. 14, 1864


Rejected.


*Smith, JJohn


30


Aug. 12, 1863


1 1


F


Deserted Aug. 23, 1863.


"Smith, William


20


Ang. 12. 1863


11


Sawin, Levi C .. Corp.


2.1


Oct. 17, 1862


53


G


"Smith, William


30


Aug. 10, 1863


28


II


*Smith, James


23


Aug. 10, 1863


unassigned.


"Smith, William


21


Ang. 10, 1863


unassigned.


Shehan, James


30


Feb. 14, 1865


1st H. A.


Oct. 20, 1865 Time out.


Smeady, John


19


Feb. 14, 1865


1st I1. A.


Apr. 1, 1865


Disability.


Saunders, Frank B.


40


Aug


6, 1862


36


HI


June 8, 1865


Time out.


433


HISTORY OF GARDNER.


21 Feb. 25, 1864


II. A


3d Cav. Nov. 26, 1864 Time out.


Reed, George W.


24


Aug. 12. 1863


11


Vet. R. C. Vet. R. C.


* Roberts, Lewis


Killed May 8, 1864. Spottsylvania, Va. Sept. 2, 1863 Time out Died of wounds, Ang. 30, 1864.


434


GARDNER IN THE WAR FOR THE UNION-Continued.


NAME.


AGE.


DATE OF MUSTERING IN.


REG'T. Co.


DATE OF DIS- CHARGE.


REASON OF DISCHARGE.


Smith, D. J.


37


Ang. 12, 1862


36


H


June 1, 1863


Disability.


*Schnaggi, August


40


May 10, 1864


Vet. R. C.


*Seymour, John


37


Ang. 6, 1864


Vet. R. C.


Feb. 5, 1865


Disability.


*Sinster, Wm. 1I.


33


May 10, 1864


Vet. R. C.


*Smith, Albert


22


May 9. 1864


Vet. R. C.


"Smith, William


37


May 9, 1864


Vet. R. C.


*Shuffner, Mike


30


July 30, 1864


2nd Inf't.


Regular Army. Regular Army.


*Sheehan, James


34


July 28, 1863


4th Art.


Symonds, John


21


Oct. 26, 1864


Band.


June 13, 1865


*Stevens, George


18


Jan. 21, 1864


12th Inf't.


25


Sept. 7, 1862


11th Inf't.


*Sweeney, Mike Thurston, Henry E.


23


Oct. 17, 1862


53


Sept. 2, 1863


Time out. Rejected Jan. 27, 1864.


*Turney, Joseph *Trainer, John *Tyler, Charles H.


40


July 29, 1864


Vet. R. C.


*Thayer, James D. *Trought, Charles


26


Aug. 6, 1864


Vet. R. C.


Van Benthuysen, Edward B. Vallentine, Robert B.


18


Oet. 17, 1862


53


G


Died May 22, 1863, Brashear City, La.


18


July 19, 1861


21


G


Ang. 30, 1864


Time out.


*Vansebogus, Jean C. Webber, Porter B.


21


Oct. 17, 1862


53


G


Sept. 2, 1862


Time out.


Woodward, Dwight


23


Oct. 17, 1862


53


G


Sept. 2, 1862


Time out.


Wood, William H.


28


Oet. 17, 1862


53


G


Sept. 2, 1862


Time ont.


HISTORY OF GARDNER.


Deserted Aug. 28, 1865.


28


July 21, 1864 Aug. 6, 1864


Vet. R. C. 4th|Art. Band.


Regular Army.


Regular Army.


*Upson, Gust. A.


35


27


May 3, 1863


4th Art.


Regular Army.


21


Feb. 6, 1865


G 9th Bat.


Regular Army. Regular Army.


Jan. 25, 1864


Walker, Edward P. Whitman, Edward Walboro. George W.


29 27


Oct. 7,1861 Jan. 19, 1864 Sept. 25, 1861


25 25 25


F


G G


Oct. 20, 1864 July 13, 1865 Jau. 18, 1864 July 6, 1865


Walboro, George W. Wood, Levi


Whittaker, Edward, Sergt.


33


18 Sept. 23, 1861 May 25, 1861


2 2


Whipple, Alfred P.


23 May 25, 1861


25 Dec. 31, 1863


2


F


July 14, 1865 July 14, 1865


Time out. Time out.


Wilson, James, 1st Sergt.


22


Ang. 12, 1863


11


Welch, James


22


Aug. 12, 1863


11


Wilson, Charles E.


21


Ang. 12, 1863


11


*Woodward, Elbridge G.


23


Aug. 1, 1863


12


Wallace, John W., 1st Sergt.


26


Jan. 2, 1864


21


A Sept. 24, 1864


Superunmary.


Wilbur, Leprelet


29


Oct. 17, 1862


53


G


Sept. 2, 1863


Time out.


Whitney, Sumner P., Mus.


33


Oct. 8, 1861


28


Aug 7, 1862


Order of War Department.


*Williams, George


24


Ang. 11, 1863


28


*Ward, Matthew


24


Feb. 10, 1865


July 20, 1865


Time out.


Winchester, Charles G.


21


Oct 22, 1861


Nov. 26, 1864


Time out.


Whitney, Asaph B.


33


Aug. 7,1862


36


=


June 8, 1865


Wood, Alden B.


37


Aug. 9, 1862


36


H


*White, John 1st


27


Jan. 19, 1864


Deserted Feb. 18, 1864.


*Walton, Leman S.


22


July 29, 1864


Vet. R. C.


* Weiss, Reuben


29


Aug. 5; 1864


Vet. R. C. Navy. Vet. R. C.


Sept., - 1863


Time out.


*Wright, William HI.


20


May 9, 1862


Wood, Francis L.


24


Oct. 9, 1861


26


I


Sept. 18, 1862


Disability. Time out.


Young, Rufus


32


Oct. 17, 1862


53


G


Sept. 2, 1863


Time out. Time out. To re-enlist. Disability. Q. M. Sergeant, Mar. 8, 1863. Disability.


HISTORY OF GARDNER.


435


26


28 Jan 19. 1864 25


27


B


Mar. 18, 1862


F F Dec. 30. 1863


To re enlist.


Whipple, Alfred P., Corp.


D F Transferred Apr. 2, 1864, to Navy. G July 14, 1865 Expiration of service in Co. D. G Transf'd June 25, 1864, to 39th Infantry.


Band C 2nd Cav. 3d Cav.


45


Aug. 9, 1862


36


=


June 1. 1865


Order of War Department. Time out. Transferred to Vet. Res. Corps.


Wallace, Franklin


Wright, Henry C.


18


Sept. 12. 1862


F


436


HISTORY OF GARDNER.


COST OF THE WAR TO THE TOWN IN MONEY.


The whole number of men furnished by the town, for the war was two hundred and ninety-eight, which was a surplus of nine- teen, over and above all demands. Six were commissioned officers. The total amount of money raised and expended, by the town for war purposes, exclusive of state aid, was $23,062 .- 27. In addition to this, $13,343.70 were raised by voluntary subscription.


The amount of money paid, during the war, by the town for state aid to soldiers' families, and repaid by the commonwealth, was as follows: In 1861, $1,053.54; in 1862, $4,068.10; in 1863, $6,050.25 ; in 1864, $3,791.23 ; in 1865, $2,400.00. To- tal amount, $17,363.12.


As this last named sum was refunded by the state, it might be supposed by some, that it did not really come out of the town, but as the state was taxed to pay it, and this town being about on an average with other towns, it is fair to infer that the tax paid by this town, is about equivalent to the sum received.


In 1862, there was a " Soldiers' Aid Society" formed by the the ladies of the town, who met once a week, at first, and after- wards once in two weeks, to work for the soldiers. These meet- ings were well attended, sometimes as many as one hundred being present at one time. They received contributions of any- thing that could be converted into articles suitable for hospital use, or for clothing for soldiers in the field. It is not known exactly what the value in money, of what was sent by them, would be, as the articles were not all inventoried, but it appears from their record that at one time they sent a box valued at $190, and at another time a box and barrel of articles valued at $60. It would be safe to put the amount expended by the ladies in their organized capacity, and of private individuals, who sent articles of clothing and other necessaries, to their friends, at $1000, making the cost in money to the town during the war as follows :-


437


HISTORY OF GARDNER.


Raised and expended by the town. $23,062.27 Raised by voluntary subscriptions .. 13,343.70 Paid state aid to soldiers or their families .. 17,363.12 Seut by the Soldiers Aid Society, to the soldiers, through the Christian and Sanitary Commission


and by individuals, direct to the soldiers. . . 1,000.00


Making a total of. $54,769 09


Nor is this all. State aid is still paid to disabled soldiers and their families, and since the close of the war the town has paid as follows : For the year 1866, $2,312.36; 1867, $1,567.44; 1868, $1,458.00; 1869, $1,225.00; 1870, $1,430.00; 1871, $1,662.00; 1872, $1,098.66 ; 1873, $1052.00, making, since the close of the war, $11,905.46, which added to the above, makes a total of $67,674.55.


There is another item of cost, which is of no small importance, and which ought to be included in the aggregate of war expenses. In 1863, the government having need of more troops, and volun- teers coming in slowly, resort was had to conscription. The number drafted from this town was about seventy. Of this number, twenty-five were accepted. No one of them entered the service personally, but all procured substitutes at an expense of $300 each, making for the whole $7,500, which added to the foregoing, makes a total of $75,174.55.


The preceding statements relate only to the pecuniary costs of the war, which are as nothing, in comparison with the suffer- ings and death of our soldiers, in the camp and on the field, and the sadness and grief of their friends at home. Silver and gold are worthless, when compared with the lives and happiness of those we love. Seven of our citizens were killed, in battle, three died of wounds, and seventeen died of various diseases, incident to camp life, and the hardships of long marches, and several came home, only to die of diseases contracted in the service of their country. The following are the names of those who were killed, or died of disease while in service :-


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Walter Bickford, killed at Cedar Mount, Va., Aug. 9, 1862.


Joel J. Brooks, died at Libby Prison, Va., Samuel B. Clapp, died at Alexandria, Va., Dec. 14, 1861.


George Clark, died at Baton Rouge, La., Apr. 13, 1863.


George F. Conant, died at Washington, N. C., Sept. 7, 1863.


Asahel Clapp, died at Clinton, Miss., July 20, 1863.


Augustus Coval, died of wounds at Annapolis, Md., September 7, 1864.


Ai O. Dyer, died of wounds at Knoxville, Tenn., Dec. 26, 1863.


Addison Foster, died at Falmouth, Va., Dec. 25, 1862.


Charles Gilbert, died July 10, 1864.


Iliram Gates, killed at Petersburg, Va., May 9, 1864. Gilbert H. Greenwood, died of wounds at Wash., D. C., May 10, 1863.


William B. Hill, killed at Chantilly, Va., Sept. 21, 1862.


James B. Hogan, died at Brashear City, La., May 20, 1863.


James B. Lathrop, died at Baton Rouge, Ang. 14, 1863.


Martin Manning, died at sea, Ang. 14, 1863.


Michael Murray, killed at Gaiues Mills, Va .. June 27, 1862. Patrick MeNamara, died at Hampton, Va .. May 1, 1864.


Alonzo Perley, died at Mound City, Ill .. Aug. 19, 1863.


William H. Pratt, died at Crab Orchard, Ky., Oct. 6, 1863.


Daniel B. Rugg, died at Baton Rouge, La., Mar. 29, 1863. George F. Robbins, killed at Chantilly, Va., Sept. 1, 1862. Dewitt C. Ray, died near Petersburg, Va., July 20, 1864. Michael Reagan, died in Beverly, N. J., Oct. 2, 1864.


Luther P. Reed, killed at Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864.


Ai B. Stone, died at New Orleans, June 1, 1863.


Edward Van Benthusen, died at Brashear City, La., May 20, 1863.


Besides those of our citizens who enlisted to fill the quota of Gardner, there were several who volunteered and were accred- ited to other towns. Of the whole number of soldiers credited to this town, 9.61 per cent. were killed, or died before reaching home.


The whole number of men called into the national service, during the war, was 2,688,523. Ten per cent. of the whites and about 15 per cent. of the blacks were killed or died while in service.


The war of the Rebellion was virtually ended by the surren- der of Lee and his army on the 9th of April, 1865, and in less


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than four months, six hundred and forty thousand, eight hundred and six soldiers of the Union army were mustered out of service and returned to their homes, most of them entering immediately into their former industrial pursuits .*


We close this chapter with a quotation from the very able report, (House Doe. No. 7), made by Mr. Wentworth to the legislature in 1867 : " No better evidence of the determination of the people of the Commonwealth to support the General Government in the war, can perhaps be found than the individ- ual contributions given in aid of its prosecution, which, in many of the towns, were astonishingly large. In Bradford, Water- town, Gardner, Mendon and Templeton, they exceeded five dollars to each inhabitant ; in Somerville, seven ; in West Cam- bridge, eight ; in Leyden, nine; in Longmeadow, ten, and in Belmont ten."


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CHAPTER XVIII.


SCHOOLS. " The room displays


Long rows of desk and bench ; the former stain'd


And streak'd with blots and trickles of dried ink,


Lumber'd with maps and slates, and well-thumb'd books, And carv'd with rude initials."-Street's Poems.


" Yet, on her rocks, and on her sands, And wintry hills, the school house stands, And what her rugged soil denies, The harvest of the mind supplies."- Whittier.


" And then, the whining school boy, with his satchel, And shining morning face, creeping like a snail,


Unwillingly to school."-As You Like It, Act II., Scene VII.


" There, in his noisy mansion skilled to rule, The village master taught his little school.


A man severe he was, and stern to view ;


I knew him well, and every truant knew. Yet he was kind, or if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault. The village all declar'd how much he knew ;


'Twas certain he could write, and cipher too, Land he could measure, terms and tides presage, And even the story ran that be could gange."-Goldsmith.


B EFORE passing, immediately, to a review of the schools of this town, since their inception, it may be profitable to glance briefly, at the origin, of our common school system. As is well known, to every student of history, children of such parents as were able to provide them with the rudiments of learning, either placed them in parochial schools, or furnished them with private teachers. This was the custom in England


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previous to the settlement of the colonies. Indeed, the Plym- outh and Massachusetts Colonies had been in existence for nearly twenty years, before any organized effort had been made, for the general education of the young. Whatever instruction the youth received, they obtained in private families.


As early as 1623, three years after the landing of the Pil- grims at Plymouth, these colonists were informed that it was asserted in London, as something derogatory to them, that their " children were not catechised, nor taught to read." To which the reply was made, " this is not true, in neither part thereof; for divers take pains with their own, as they can. Indeed, we have no common schools for want of a fit person, or, hitherto, means to maintain one, though we desire to begin." In 1635, Benjamin Eaton, " was, by the Governor and Assistants, with his mother's consent, put to Bridget Fuller, widow, for fourteen years, she being to keep him to school two years."*


It was not, however, until 1670, that the government of Plymouth Colony took any action regarding the establishment of public schools, at which time, the General Court, " upon divers serious considerations, them thereunto moving, did freely give and grant all such profits as might or should annually acerne, or grow due to this colony, from time to time, for fish- ing with nets or seines, at Cape Cod, for mackerel, bass or her- rings, as by the said grant doth fully appear, to be employed and improved for and towards a free school, in some town of this jurisdiction, for the training up of youth, in literature, for the good and benefit of posterity."t It will be seen, by the above, that the early colonists were not ignorant of the intimate relation existing between fish, and intellectual vigor.


In 1641, the first step, taken by the central government of Massachusetts, in respect to education, was a request " that the elders would make a catechism for the instruction of youth in the grounds of religion." Shortly after, in consideration of " the


*Plymouth Colony Records, vol. 1, p. 37.


+Plymouth Colony Records vol. 5, p. 107.


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great neglect of many parents and masters, in training up their children in learning and labor and other employments which might be profitable to the commonwealth," power was given to the selectmen of towns, to " take account, from time to time, of all parents and masters, and of their children, concerning their calling and employment of their children, especially of their ability to read and understand the principles of religion and the capital laws of the country." Selectmen were also au- thorized with " consent of any court or the magistrate, to put forth apprentices, the children of such as they should find not to be able and fit to employ and bring them up,"* and were indicted by the grand jurors, if they neglected their duty. Ac- cording to Palfrey, " Boston had a school, with some sort of public encouragement, in its fifth year," the inhabitants voting " that our brother, Philemon Pormont be entreated to become school-master for the teaching and nurturing the youth among us."t




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