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Alfred A. Lincoln, Co. E. Member Lincoln Light Infty.
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Meltiah Loring, Co. A.
Frank H. Miller, Co. E. Wounded Feb. 6, 1865.
Paul McNeil, Co. A.
John M. Nolan, Co. A.
Nathaniel B. Peare, Co. E.
George M. Prouty, Co. F.
James B. Prouty, Co. E.
Thomas Rafferty, Jr., Co. E.
Foster Remington, Co. E.
William F. Riley, Co. E.
John E. Snell, Co. E. Wounded at Gettysburg.
Franklin A. Stodder. Transferred to V. R. C.
Horace L. Studley, Co. E. Born Scituate, Sept. 24, 1837. Died in the service, April 1, 1863.
William H. Thomas, Co. A.
Ezra Wilder, Jr., Co. E.
George Wilder, Co. A.
Joshua Wilder, Co. A.
Horatio P. Willard, Co. A. Born Ashburnham, Sept. 25, 1819.
Died in service, Nov. 6, 1862.
George A. Wolfe, Co. E.
FIRST BATTERY LIGHT ARTILLERY.
James R. French.
THIRD BATTERY LIGHT ARTILLERY.
George F. Tower.
FIRST CAVALRY.
William A. Daggett, Co. K, Bugler. Transferred to Co. K, 4th Cav. First served in Co. C, 4th Regt. M. V. M.
Charles D. Kilburn, Co. B, Corp. Born Boston, June 22, 1839. Mortally wounded at Hope Church, Va., November, 1863, and died Jan. 4, 1864.
William O. Lincoln, Jr., Co. A, Commissary Sergeant.
Nov. 15, 1861, the town voted to raise three thousand dollars in aid of the families of volunteers.
March 3, 1862, at a town meeting, a committee previously chosen reported that they had expended for uniforms, clothing, caps, shoes, etc., for the Lincoln Light Infantry, $1,331.27, and to volunteers in other companies, $18.50.
July 5, 1862, the town voted $5,000 for the payment of State aid, and $1,000 as town aid, to volunteers and their families in the service of the United States.
July 11, a meeting of citizens, held in reference to raising the town's quota of three hundred thousand men called for by the President on the 2d of the same month, voted to recommend the payment of $75 to each man volunteering on the town's quota ; at a meeting four days later, the amount recommended for this purpose was increased to $100, and this sum was voted by the town at a meeting on the 19th.
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Numerous meetings of citizens were held in aid of recruiting by the town during the summer, and on August 15, at a town meet- ing, it was voted to give one hundred dollars in addition to the sum previously voted to be paid to volunteers for three years on the first quota ; and at a meeting of the town on the 29th of the month the amount of bounty to be paid for each volunteer upon the second quota was increased fifty dollars.
In the autumn of 1862, two companies of "Home Guards " were formed ; they paraded as a battalion on the 22d of October, and a second parade took place November 4.
During the summer of 1862 the Government had called for three hundred thousand nine-months men, in addition to those already required for three years' service. On the quota for nine months, Hingham was required to furnish eighty-three men. Many of these were at the time borrowed from Plymouth, Middleborough, and Quincy, but were soon afterwards returned. The following were enlisted for nine months : --
FOURTH REGIMENT.
Tilson Fuller, Co. K, Corp.
Caleb B. Marsh, Co. A. Prisoner at Donaldsonville.
FIFTH REGIMENT.
Jairus Lincoln, Jr., Co. E, Sergt.
SIXTH REGIMENT.
George Smith, Co. F. Quota Newton. Wounded.
FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT.
Augustus Bolling, Co. C.
Swan P. Colberg, Co. C.
James Corcoran, Co. C.
Patrick McCrane, Co. C.
Michael Reardon, Co. C.
FORTY-THIRD REGIMENT.
John C. Whiton, Lieutenant-Colonel. Born Hingham, Aug. 22, 1828. First served as Captain of the Second Battalion M. V. M., in garrison duty at Fort Warren, then as Captain and Lieutenant- Colonel in the 43d Regiment of nine-months men. Was sub- sequently Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel of the 58th Regiment, and was wounded at Bethesda Church.
Dexter Grose, Co. F, Sergt. Two brothers of Sergt. Grose were in the service.
George W. Fearing, Co. K, Corp. Formerly in Lincoln Light Infantry.
Loring H. Cushing, Co. K. Isaac F. Goodwin, Co. K.
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Hollis Hersey, Co. K. Born Hingham, May 3, 1833. Died from disease contracted in service, Aug. 30, 1865, aged 31 years. Peter Loring, Co. K. Daniel McKenna, Co. K.
Samuel C. Souther, Co. K.
Thomas Souther, Co. K.
Charles Tower, Co. K.
William Waters Sprague, Co. A.
Robert M. Cummings, Co. B. From Braintree ; served in Hing- ham's quota.
Frederick W. Cotton, Co. K.
FORTY-FOURTH REGIMENT.
Alvin Blanchard, Jr., Co. D.
Charles H. Bailey, Co. A.
James L. Hunt, Co. H.
William Jones, Co. D.
Levi Kenerson, Co. D. First service in Lincoln Light Infantry.
John H. Litchfield, Co. D.
John A. Reed, Co. D.
Ezra T. C. Stephenson, Co. D.
William L. Stephenson, Co. D.
FORTY-FIFTH REGIMENT.
Robert Burnside, Co. I. Of Boston.
Ernest F. Eichborn, Co. G.
Edwin G. Evans, Co. B. Of Dorchester.
Jacob A. Ewell, Co. B. Of Dorchester.
Francis Hersey, Co. G.
Henry O. Little, Co. G.
William Lowry, Jr., Co. G.
Josiah L. Marsh, Co. G.
John R. Mayhew, Co. G.
Daniel W. Pendergast, Co. G. Died of disease contracted in service. James Souther, Co. G.
Artemas Sprague, Co. G.
Edward Trabbitts, Co. G. Of Boston.
Hubert J. Tulley, Co. G.
Daniel J. Wall, Co. G.
FIFTIETH REGIMENT.
Charles H. Brown, Co. E.
ELEVENTH LIGHT BATTERY.
Joseph M. Thomas. Lieut. in 42d Regt.
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The three-years men who enlisted in 1862 were : -
FIRST REGIMENT.
William H. Beal, Co. K. Born Hingham, Oct. 9, 1841. Severely wounded at Gettysburg ; gradually failed, and died Dec. 20, 1865. Also in 24th Regt.
Joseph M. Poole, Co. F.
Thomas Tinsley, Co. K. Born England, Aug. 7, 1821; died May 11. 1863, from wounds received at Chancellorsville.
SECOND REGIMENT.
Isaac B. Damon, Co. I.
SEVENTH REGIMENT.
Ebenezer F. Roberts, Co. A. Wounded and transferred to V.R.C. First served in Lincoln Light Infty.
NINTH REGIMENT.
John J. Breen, Co. K, Corp. Wounded at Spottsylvania.
ELEVENTH REGIMENT.
William C. Miller, Co. B. Wounded at Williamsburg, May 3, 1862.
THIRTEENTH REGIMENT.
George W. Stodder, Co. H.
TWENTIETH REGIMENT.
Daniel Daley, Co. H. Wounded at Fredericksburg.
TWENTY-FOURTH REGIMENT.
Albert F. Barnes, Co. A. James Booth.
THIRTY-FIRST REGIMENT.
John G. Dawes, Co. K, Sergt. Transferred to 2d La. Volunteers, and commissioned 2d Lieut.
THIRTY-SECOND REGIMENT.
George M. Hudson, Co. F. 2d Lieut. Dec. 29, 1862; 1st Lieut. Sept. 29, 1863. Wounded at Laurel Hill, May 12, 1864.
Thomas D. Blossom, Co. E, Sergt. Wounded at Petersburg, June 18, 1864.
Leonard E. Buker, Co. F. Wounded at Gravelly Run.
Isaac G. Waters, Co. F. Trans. to V. R. C. First served with Lincoln Light Infty.
Theophilus Cushing, Jr., Co. F, Corp.
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William L. Dawes, Co. F. Wounded Cold Harbor.
Thomas L. French, Co. F, Corp.
Washington I. Stodder, Co. F, Corp. Born at Hingham, Aug. 26, 1841. Mortally wounded Spottsylvania Court House, May 12, 1864.
Ephraim Anderson, Co. F.
Daniel L. Beal, Co. F. Born Cohasset, June 23, 1832. Died in service, July 29, 1864.
Laban O. Beal, Co. F.
Patrick Callahan, Co. K.
Rufus Churchill, Co. F.
Gustavus T. Corthell, Co. F.
Henry Gardner, Co. F. Transferred to V. R. C. and made Sergt.
William H. Hersey, Co. F.
Sylvanus H. Higgins, Co. F.
Joshua Jacob, Jr., Co. D.
Frank Jermyn, Co. F.
Gardner Jones, born Boston, Jan. 10, 1843. Died June 1, 1864, of wounds received at Laurel Hill, aged 21 years.
Morallus Lane, Co. F.
Henry G. Morse, Co. F.
John S. Souther, Co. A. First service in Lincoln Light Infantry. Demerick Stodder, Co. F. Born Hingham, Nov. 23, 1839. First
served in Lincoln Light Infty. Killed at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863.
William Taylor, Co. F. First served in Lincoln Light Infantry.
THIRTY-FIFTH REGIMENT.
Oliver Burrill, Co. H. 2d Lieut. Aug. 11, 1862; 1st Lieut. Dec. 15, 1862.
George M. Adams, Co. H, Sergt. Wounded. Trans. to V. R. C. Served in Lincoln Light Infty.
Jason Gardner, Co. H, Musician. Quota Weymouth.
David W. Cushing, Co. H. Born Weymouth, Dec. 8, 1831, and served in quota of that town. Killed at Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862.
Perez F. Fearing, Co. I. Born Hingham, Aug. 19, 1842. Mort. wounded at the Mine, July 30, 1864.
Hiram Thomas, Co. D. Quota Waltham.
THIRTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT.
James H. Wade. Capt. Aug. 20, 1862.
Louis T. V. Cazaire, Co. I. 2d Lieut. June 16, 1864. Subse- quently in 89th Regt. U. S. Colored Troops, and later on staff of General Canby. Billings Merritt, Co. D, Sergt.
Henry Brown, Co. D. Transferred to the navy.
Cyrus H. Chase, Co. I.
Thomas Hervey, Co. I. Of Charlestown. Killed Aug. 13, 1863, at Bisland, La., aged 37 years. VOL. I .- 23
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Joshua Roach, Co. H. Died in service, June 1, 1863, aged 38 yrs. Cushman Rounds, Co. H.
Peter H. Royal, Co. H.
William Rich, Co. I.
THIRTY-NINTH REGIMENT.
Thaddeus Churchill, Co. D, Sergt. 2d Lieut. 3d U. S. Col'd Infty. John H. Prouty, Co. G, Sergt. ; 2d Lieut. First served in Lincoln Light Infty.
John W. Bailey, Co. G, Sergt.
Henry C. French, Co. G, Sergt. Born Hingham, June 30, 1836.
First served in Lincoln Light Infantry. Murdered while a prisoner at Belle Isle, Va., Aug. 26, 1864, aged 28. One of three brothers, all of whom gave their lives for their country and ours.
William H. Jacob, Co. G, Sergt.
Charles C. Bailey, Co. G, Corp.
Benjamin C. Lincoln, Co. G. Capt. 2d U. S. Col'd Infty., 1863; Major, July 20, 1864. Born Hingham, Aug. 12, 1840. Mort. wounded at Natural Bridge, Fla., March 8, 1865.
Henry F. Miller, Co. G, Corp. Born Salem, Jan. 30, 1845. Mort. wounded at Laurel Hill, May 8, 1864, aged 19 yrs.
Charles C. Young, Co. G, Corp.
Charles E. Bates, Co. G. Born Cohasset, Dec. 16, 1837. Wounded at Laurel Hill. Died in service, Nov. 2, 1864, aged 26 years. Timothy B. Chapman, Co. G.
Eleazer Chubbuck, Jr., Co. G.
James T. Churchill. Born Hingham, May 9, 1841. Died in Andersonville Prison, June 23, 1864, aged 23 years.
John Cresswell, Co. G. First served in Lincoln Lt. Infantry. Andrew J. Damon, Co. G. Born Scituate, June 14, 1843. Died of disease contracted in service, Oct. 27, 1863, aged 20 years. Charles E. French, Co. G. Born Hingham, Aug. 2, 1842. Died a prisoner at Salisbury, N. C., Nov. 28, 1864, aged 22 years.
George D. Gardner, Co. G. Born Boston, Aug. 27, 1828. Died in service, Aug. 4, 1864, aged 36 years.
Alvin R. Glines, Co. G.
Albert S. Haynes, Co. G. Born Hanover, Sept., 1843. First served in Lincoln Light Infty. Mort. wounded at Laurel Hill, and died June 11, 1864, aged 21 years.
Albert Hersey, Co. G.
George L. Hersey, Co. G.
Henry F. Hersey, Co. G. Prisoner at Libby Prison.
Charles Leroy, Co. G.
John S. Neal, Co. G. Born at Hebron, N. H., Nov., 1831. Died in prison at Salisbury, N. C., July 16, 1865, aged 33 years.
Levi C. Newcomb, Co. G.
Charles H. Poole, Co. G.
Benjamin W. Prouty, Co. G.
Elijah Prouty, Co. G. Died in service Dec. 9, 1863. Served in Lincoln Light Infantry.
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Isaac Prouty, Co. G. Transferred to V. R. C.
William Prouty, Jr., Co. G. Served also in Lincoln Light Infty. Joseph Simmons, Co. G. Born Scituate, April 11, 1829. Died in service March 3, 1864, aged 35 years.
Edward A. F. Spear, Co. G. Born Norwich, Vt., March 13, 1828. Died in Salisbury, N. C., prison Jan. 20, 1865, aged 37 years.
Thomas Sprague, 2d, Co. G. Born Oct. 25, 1826. Died in service April 24, 1864, aged 37 years. Seth M. Sprague, Co. G.
Alonzo G. Stockwell, Co. G. Wounded at Weldon Railroad.
Charles H. Tisdale, Co. G.
Frank J. Torrey, Co. G. Wounded at Laurel Hill.
Albert Wilder, Co. G. Born Hingham, Feb. 28, 1842. Mortally wounded at Laurel Hill, May 8. 1864. Died June 1, 1864, aged 22 years.
FORTIETH REGIMENT.
Jeremiah J. Corcoran, Co. A. First served in Lincoln Light Infantry. Mort. wounded June 3, and died June 10, aged 28 years.
Ensign Lincoln, Co. I.
At a town meeting held March 9, 1863, the sum of $9000 was placed at the disposal of the Selectmen for the payment of State aid to the families of volunteers ; it was also voted to raise $800 as town aid to the families of volunteers.
Aug. 14 the town voted that $15000 be raised by the Town and appropriated for the aid of the wives, children, parents, brothers, and sisters of such as might be drafted into the service.
During this year numerous war meetings were held by the citizens for the purpose of encouraging enlistments, and strenuous efforts were also made to procure recruits in order to avoid the necessity of a draft being enforced in the town.
These proved unavailing, however, and on July 20 a number of names were drawn at Taunton for the purpose of supplying the only deficiency that ever occurred in any of Hingham's quotas. So far as is known, only William K. Gould, Sewall Pugsley, and Don Pedro Wilson ever joined the army under the requisition, while fifteen others obtained exemption by the pay- ment of the sum required by law for commutation.
Sewall Pugsley and Don Pedro Wilson never returned to the homes which they loved, both laying down their lives in the country's service.
The names of the men enlisting for three years in 1863 are -
ELEVENTH REGIMENT.
Wallace Thomas, Co. K ..
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SIXTEENTH REGIMENT.
Don Pedro Wilson, Co. A. Born at Dracut, Aug. 16, 1821. August, 1863, drafted into the service. Probably taken pris- oner Oct. 23, 1863, and never since heard from.
TWENTY-SECOND REGIMENT.
William K. Gould, Co. F. Also in 5th Battery and 32d Regt. Sewall Pugsley, Co. F. Born Hiram, Me., March 20, 1831. One of the three drafted men from Hingham ; died in service Nov. 12, 1863, aged 32 years.
THIRTY-SECOND REGIMENT.
William K. Gould, Co. L. One of the three drafted men from Hingham.
FIFTY-FOURTH REGIMENT.
David H. Champlin, Co. B.
Louis L. Simpson, Co. G.
FIFTY-FIFTH REGIMENT.
Alphonso Marsh. Private 21st Mass. Infty. 2d Lieut. 55th Infty. Aug. 21, 1863. 1st Lieut. July 9, 1864.
TENTH LIGHT BATTERY.
Hosea O. Barnes. Born Scituate, June 13, 1842 ; killed at Jones's Farm, May 30, 1864, aged 22 years.
FIRST REGIMENT HEAVY ARTILLERY. Webster A. Cushing, Co. D, Corp.
THIRD REGIMENT HEAVY ARTILLERY.
Lyman B. Whiton, Major. See 32d Reg.
Edwin Thomas, Co. K, Captain. Born Hingham. Private 1st Unattached Co. Heavy Artil. ; Jan. 1863, 2d Lieut. 3 Co .; May 25, 1863, 1st Lieut ; Sept. 8, 1864, Capt. Co. K., 3d Regt. Heavy Artil. Quota Weymouth.
Francis K. Meade, Co. A. Qt. Sergt.
Franz Burhenne, Co. A, Corporal.
John B. Batchelder, Co. A, Artificer.
Jonathan B. Ackerman, Co. A.
Fielder Botting, Co. A.
George A. Chubbuck, Co. A. Transferred to Navy.
Daniel H. Miller, Co. A.
Levi H. Dow, Co. E. Served in Lincoln Light Infty. and in Co. E, 17 Regt. U. S. A. (Regulars).
Joseph H. Noyes, Co. A. Also in 1st Regt. Mounted Rifles U. S. A. (Regulars). Refused commission in rebel army in 1861.
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George E. Richardson, Co.'A. Transferred to Navy. Joseph Rollins. Charles E. Spurr, Co. A.
Warren R. Spurr, Co. A.
Henry Whitman, Co. A.
SECOND REGIMENT CAVALRY.
Thomas T. Barnes, Co. B.
FOURTH REGIMENT CAVALRY.
Alfred Gardner, Co. C.
George W. Farrar, Co. B.
Samuel Newcomb, 2d, Co. D. Transferred to Navy.
Edward Spellman, Co. A.
Philo C. Winslow, Co. A.
VETERAN RESERVE CORPS.
The following are in addition to the men transferred to this corps and noted in the general lists : -
Michael Carr,
Lawrence Hicks,
Michael Casey,
John Keefe,
John Dolan,
James McGregor,
Patrick Donnelin,
Edward Mclaughlin,
Moses Fairfield,
James Tettler,
Michael Flemming,
Charles Timmons,
Thomas Foley,
Peter Forrester,
Henry B. Livingston. Died in service May 21, 1864.
Edward Galvin,
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John Ryan.
Under the call of the President of Oct. 27, 1863, for 300,000 additional volunteers, the quota of Hingham was fifty. Forty-two men were soon obtained, and the re-enlistment of twenty-two sol- diers of the 32d Regiment enabled the town to have credited to it a considerable surplus above all previous calls.
March 7, 1864, the annual meeting of the town was held, and it was voted to appropriate $800 for town aid to the families of volunteers, and to borrow $8,000 for the purpose of paying State aid. It was also voted to raise $1,000 for the expenses of recruiting.
At a town meeting held April 11 it was voted to raise $8000 for the purpose of refunding to individuals the money contributed by them towards filling the town's quotas under the calls of the President of Oct. 17, 1863, and Feb. 1, 1864. At this meeeting, too, the selectmen were requested to obtain authority from the
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Legislature to defray the expenses of obtaining and interring the bodies of such officers and soldiers belonging to the town as may die in the service during the rebellion.
The enlistments into the three-year organizations in 1864 were -
SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT.
Owen Murphy, Co. C. One year enlistment.
David Pettingill, Co. C. One year enlistment.
Philip Sullivan, Co. C. One year enlistment.
TWENTIETH REGIMENT.
George Gramburg.
TWENTY-SIXTH REGIMENT.
Charles Bolster, Co. E. Corporal.
Edwin Barr, Co. E.
John O'Brien, Co. B.
Nelson T. Wood, Co. E.
TWENTY-NINTH REGIMENT.
Caleb H. Beal, Sergt. Also served in Co. K, 35th Regt.
John Manix, Co. I, Corporal.
Edward C. Blossom. Also served in Co. A, 23d Regt. Robert Grace.
THIRTY-SECOND REGIMENT.
Hiram Newcomb, 2d, Co. E. Born Hingham, Jan., 1842. Died of disease contracted in army Oct. 15, 1867, aged 25 years. Charles E. Wilder, Co. E. Born Hingham, Aug., 1832. Wounded at Laurel Hill, May 12, 1864. Died of disease in the service, Dec. 23, 1864.
THIRTY-FIFTH REGIMENT.
Charles H. Beal, Co. K. First served in 84th N. Y. Vols. After- ward, 2d Licut. Co. E, 107th N. Y. Vols. Finally transferred to Co. I, 29th Mass., where he was a sergeant.
FIFTY-FIFTH REGIMENT.
Peter N. Sprague, Co. A. Born Hingham, Dec. 16, 1826. First served in Lincoln Light Infantry. 2d Lieut. Co. A, 55th Regt. Aug. 20, 1864. 1st Lieut. May 15, 1865. John T. Talbot, Co. B.
FIFTY-SIXTH REGIMENT.
George Bailey, Co. I, Corporal. Killed at Petersburg, June 17, 1864, aged about 30 years.
George A. Clapp, Co. H.
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FIFTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT.
Edward O. Graves, Co. C. Also served in Co. K, 20th Regt., and Co. C, 59th Regt. A musician. John Welch, Co. G. Also served in 59th Regt.
FIFTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT.
John C. Whiton, Colonel.
William M. Carter, Co. H, Sergt. Wounded ; one year enlistment.
John McDonald, Co. A.
James L. Litchfield, Co. D.
FIFTY-NINTH REGIMENT.
Alfred Tyler, Co. F, Corporal.
Edward O. Graves, Co. C, Musician. Transferred to 57th Regt.
William C. Torrey, Co. G. Enlisted from Dedham.
John Welch, Co. G. Transferred to 57th Regt.
FIRST REGIMENT HEAVY ARTILLERY.
William Carter, Co. G. One-year enlistment. Transferred from 14th Infantry.
Anton Tapp, Co. L. One-year enlistment. Transferred from 14th Infantry.
THIRD REGIMENT HEAVY ARTILLERY.
Edwin F. Tirrell, Co. B, 2d Lieut. Enlisted from Weymouth.
Isaiah W. Loring, Co. A, Corporal.
Joshua Crosby, Jr., Co. A.
Francis Mayhew, Co. A. One-year enlistment.
George Peacock, Co. A. One-year enlistment.
Aaron D. Swan, Co. M. One-year enlistment.
SECOND REGIMENT CAVALRY.
Eben Hart, Co. L.
John Mclaughlin.
FOURTH REGIMENT CAVALRY.
Edward T. Bouve, Co. G. Born Hingham, Aug. 14, 1841. 2d Lieut. 32d Infty. June 30, 1862; 1st Lieut. Sept. 1, 1862; Capt. 4th Cavalry Jan. 22, 1864 ; Major 26th N. Y. Cavalry, Feb. 28, 1865 ; Major 4th Mass. Cavalry. Commander of Post 104, G. A. R., in 1877, 1878, and 1879.
Benjamin Thomas. 2d Lieut. Dec. 1863. 1st Lieut. and Quarter- master 4th Cavalry Jan. 1, 1864. A. A. Q. M. Tenth Army Corps.
Thomas Hickey, Co. M. Born Hingham Jan. 14, 1841. First served from Waltham in Co. M. 1st Regt. Cavalry in 1861.
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Color-Sergt. 4th Cavalry ; 2d Lieut. Aug. 9, 1865. Prisoner at High Bridge Aug. 1865. Destroyed the colors to prevent their falling into the hands of the enemy.
Frank H. Gilman, Co. B, Sergeant.
Arvander Merrow, Co. B, Sergeant.
James G. Raymond, Co. D, Corporal. From Weymouth. Died at Hilton Head May 24, 1864, aged 18 years.
Thomas Cloney, Co. F, Musician.
William A. Daggett, Musician. Also in 1st Reg. Cavalry.
Orietes L. Bailey, Co. C.
Charles Campbell, Co. D. Transferred to Navy.
Cornelius Connell, Co. D. Prisoner at Florence, Ala.
Samuel N. Corthell, Co. D. Prisoner at Florence, Ala. Also served in Co. K, 7th Infantry.
William L. Cummings, Co. D.
Charles Gardner. Enlisted from Brighton.
James Hickey, Co. C.
William H. Jones, Co. C. Died of wounds Sept. 19, 1864, at Magnolia, Fla., aged 48 years. Served also in 18th Infantry. Lost two sons in the service.
Joseph S. Miller, Co. F. Wounded at Deep Bottom, Va.
Thomas Rafferty, Jr., Co. F.
Dennis Scully, Co. D. Born County Cork, Ireland, Sept., 1834. Died in service, April 26, 1864, aged 29 years.
Frank H. Tilton, Co. C. Died in service July 12, 1864, aged 18 yrs.
FIFTH REGIMENT CAVALRY.
Rufus Clark, Co. B.
Thomas Davis, Co. I.
George Jones, Co. G.
Matthew H. Lucas, Co. B.
Joseph Nathan, Co. B.
In 1864 the President called for 85,000 men to serve for 100 days. Those enlisting for this service from Hingham were -
FIFTH REGIMENT.
Robert Cushing, Co. F.
Revere Lincoln, Co. F.
FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT.
Joseph M. Thomas, Co. A. Born Hanson, Aug. 24, 1841; 2d Lieut. July 14, 1864. Also served in 11th Battery. Fergus A. Easton, Co. E. Sergeant. First served in Lincoln Light Infantry ; then as Orderly-Sergt. in 6th N. Y. Cavalry, in which he was 2d Lieut. June 27, 1862, and 1st Lieut. March 22, 1863.
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George Dunbar, Co. D, Corporal. First served in Lincoln Light Infantry. 2d Lieut. Co. I, 4th Mass. Vol. Militia. John Henry Stoddar, Co. D. Arthur Beale, Co. A, Commander of Post 104 G. A. R., 1893.
SIXTIETH REGIMENT.
Andrew W. Gardner, Co. B.
The following members of the Thirty-second Infantry re-enlisted as veteran volunteers for three years from Jan. 5, 1864.
Ephraim Anderson,
Charles S. Meade,
Otis L. Battles,
James McCarty,
William Breen,
Frank H. Miller,
John C. Chadbourn,
Peter Ourish,
Jacob G. Cushing,
Harvey M. Pratt,
William L. Dawes,
William F. Riley,
John W. Eldredge,
Charles H. F. Stodder,
Thomas L. French,
Edgar P. Stodder,
Edwin Hersey,
Washington I. Stodder,
Wallace Humphrey,
Nathaniel Wilder, 2d,
Gardner Jones,
George A. Wolfe.
Under the head of "Unassigned Recruits " the following names occur in " Hingham in the Civil War": William Burtes, trans- ferred to Navy, and Charles Richardson.
There were enlisted for one year the following-named men : -
SIXTY-FIRST REGIMENT.
John E. Wilson, Co. E, Corporal.
William H. Allen, Co. F.
Thomas S. Brigham, Co. G.
Wakefield Carver, Co. F.
John R. Donaven, Co. F. Michael Franey, Co. K.
William Hilton, Co. F. Patrick J. Kelley, Co. C.
James McNamara, Co. F.
John A. Watson, Co. F.
FOURTH REGIMENT HEAVY ARTILLERY.
James M. Cleverly, Co. G. John A. Farrington, Co. C. George J. Fearing, Co. G. William M. Gilman, Co. G. Henry Hart, Co. C. Charles Helms, Co. G. Michael Landers, Co. G. Michael Roach, Co. G.
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History of Hingham.
Charles Shute, Co. D. Probably enlisted from Worcester.
Melzar Vinal, Co. C.
Henry B. Vogell, Co. G.
Joseph N. Wall, Co. G. Also served in 23d Regt.
On the first of December the town had to its credit twenty-six men above all calls, having furnished two hundred and fifteen soldiers to the army during the year.
On the 29th December a meeting of citizens liable to military duty was held at the town hall for the purpose of forming a company in accordance with the provisions of an act of the Legis- lature approved May 14. Henry Jones, who had served in the 18th Infantry Mass. Vols., was elected captain. The law was shortly after repealed, and this, the last of Hingham's militia companies, never met for parade or drill.
March 6, 1865. At the annual town-meeting it was voted to hire $9000 for the payment of State aid, and to appropriate $800 for town aid to families of soldiers.
There were enlisted for one year the following men in 1865 : -
SIXTY-FIRST REGIMENT.
James W. Gray, Co. K, Corporal.
James Daley, Co. I.
George C. Dunham, Co. I.
John H. Hayes, Co. K.
Joseph H. Hilton, Co. I.
George W. R. Putnam, Co. H.
George L. Rich, Co. H.
SIXTY-SECOND REGIMENT.
Andrew W. Gardner, Co. C.
REGULAR ARMY.
There enlisted in the regular army at various periods during the war, the following : -
Richard J. Farrell, Co. G, 2d Regt. U. S. Artillery. Born in Dungarvan, Ireland, Jan. 10, 1841. Enlisted June 10, 1861. Wounded on the Peninsula, and died March 24, 1864, aged 23 years.
Dennis Mullian, 19th Infantry. Enlisted May 10, 1864.
Joseph H. Noyes, 1st Mounted Rifles.
William Perkins, 19th Infantry, May 10, 1864.
Michael F. Thompson, Co. D, 5th Regt. U. S. Artil., Sergeant. Born Ireland, March 9, 1840. Died of disease contracted in service Jan. 6, 1867, aged 27 years.
Joseph W. Welsh. Enlisted Sept. 24, 1864.
James H. Williams, 19th Infantry, May 10, 1864.
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Military History.
Under the title " Enlistments in other States of Natives or Residents of Hingham," we find in "Hingham in the Civil War "-
Hawkes Fearing, Jr. Colonel Fearing was born in Hingham May 20, 1826, and became Captain of the Lincoln Light Infantry upon its organization in 1855. In 1860 he was Lieutenant- Colonel of the Fourth Regiment, M. V. M., in which capacity he first went into active service. September 24, 1861, he was com- missioned as Colonel of the Eighth New Hampshire Volunteers. April, 1863, Colonel Fearing was wounded at Bisland, in Louisiana. During the years 1871 and 1872 Colonel Fearing represented the district comprising Hingham and Hull in the General Court. He was one of the original members of Post 104 of the Grand Army, and Commander in 1869 and 1870. Colonel Fearing has been for some years Librarian of the Hingham Public Library.
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