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Their treatment, worse than death, drove some of the prisoners to make the desperate attempt of a forcible escape. The plan failed, and then rebel muskets and cannon were turned upon them with terrible effect.
The cruelties that followed were too horrible to relate. They were so heartless and terrible that three men - Richardson and Brown, correspondents of the "New-York Tribune," and Davis of the " Cincinnati Gazette"- planned an escape, with capture or death as the probable result. They were successful. They managed to pass the rebel lines and work their way to Washington, where they labored with the President and Congress until an exchange of the Salisbury prisoners was effected.
The news reached the prison, Feb. 20, 1865 ; and without delay the worn captives turned their backs on a prison, the cruelties of which would disgrace any savage nation on earth, and on the 24th they were within the Union lines.
Nevertheless, all who went to Salisbury did not survive the tortures of that place. Several Medford men died at the prison there, whose names will appear in another place.
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The horrors of prison-life at Salisbury and Belle Isle were much the same as at Libby and Andersonville, and we save our readers the pain that a statement of particu- lars would give them.
HOSPITAL EXPERIENCES.
The places in which our Medford soldiers suffered from wounds and sickness were many and wide apart, A large number died in hospitals; but we need not attempt a description of individual experiences that looked either towards life or death.
Yet we should be guilty of great injustice, did we not refer in this chapter to the work of the Sanitary Commis- sion in behalf of our sick and wounded. Faithful women also carried gleams of light into Union hospitals during the Rebellion ; and many a sick or wounded soldier looked upon stranger faces with tender and loving emotions, be- cause they awakened holy remembrances of mother, wife, or sister, whose places they sought to fill, and whose ten- derness they emulated.
THE HOME WORK OF THE WAR.
But there was a side of the war less painful and dan- gerous, though not less difficult and perplexing, than those of which we have already treated. Not all the battles of a great war are fought at the front. The work of recruit- ing an army, of filling up its depleted ranks, of creating new regiments, of responding to calls for hospital supplies, and of providing for widows and orphans made such by the slaughter of husbands and fathers, - this is a drudgery. of war that those must perform who remain at home; and some of it involves the necessity of much labor and self- sacrifice.
The men who remained at home, and had this work principally in charge, were the town and city officers ; and in almost all cases they were faithful, wise, and untiring in their difficult tasks.
The selectmen were the directors, and sometimes the executors, of the work done in Medford for the army, and for those at home who suffered because of the war. Their names should be put on record, in memory of their earnest and honest endeavors. They were as follows : -
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1861.
A. H. Butters, J. T. Foster, and E. Boynton.
I862.
E. Boynton, Charles S. Jacobs, and F. E. Foster.
1863.
A. H. Butters, A. N. Cotton, and W. B. Thomas.
1864.
Nathan W. Bridge, John P. Perry, Atwood Litchfield, jun., Charles Currier, Charles Russell, N. M. Wild, and F. H. Kidder.
1865.
Nathan W. Bridge, Charles Currier, John P. Perry, Parker R. Litchfield, Elbridge Teele, Charles Russell, and Joshua Clark.
In justice to other citizens of the town, it should be said that the selectmen were frequently assisted in their arduous duties by large recruiting committees, composed of prominent citizens. Through them the frequent calls for volunteers were promptly met, and the facilities for raising money were greatly increased.
In this last-named work, different associations of Med- ford ladies were important factors ; and they also rendered valuable assistance in making clothing and other necessary articles for the men at the front, and in securing for them indispensable supplies, especially for hospital uses. In 1863, the town not being authorized to expend money in recruiting, committees received from individuals for that purpose $4,484.76. But more men were needed the fol- lowing year, and another committee soon raised by sub- scription the sum of $3,755.50 to use in the work of filling the next quota. And so the recruiting went on from year to year, and there seemed to be no limit to the liberality of the people in sustaining the war.
From the beginning to the close of the Rebellion, eleven calls for men were made upon this town; and the whole number furnished was 769. In the town record for the year ending Feb. 1, 1866, there is a statement of the cost of furnishing that little army ; and we give it here as follows : -
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Date of Call.
Number of Men furnished.
Term of Service.
Bounty paid.
Other Expenses.
Total Expenses.
April 16, 1861,
86
3 months,
-
-
-
May
3, 1861,
June
16, 1861,
May
28, 1862,
July
4, 1862,
Aug.
4, 1862,
IIO
9 months,
14,500 00.
Oct.
17, 1863,
Feb. I, 1864,
I 37
3 years,
8,553 46 )
1,210 76
19,514 22
July Dec.
19, 1864,
7
2 years,
19, 1864,
32
I year,
15
Io0 days,
769
-
$53,203 46
$1,464 15
$ 54,667 61
In addition to these amounts, there was paid by the town, as aid to families of volunteers, beyond what was reimbursed by the State, $1,507.44, making a total of $56,175.05.
The voluntary subscriptions of citizens were, in part, as follows : -
Expenses of uniforms, outfits, relief of families, of the three months' men, under call of April 16, 1861
. $3,056 97
Bounties to volunteers to fill quotas of July 14, 1862 [ 50 00
Bounties to volunteers to fill quotas of Feb. 1, 1864 213 42
Bounties to volunteers to fill quotas of March 14, 1864 .
2,570 00
Bounties to volunteers to fill quotas of July 18, 1864 8,586 65 .
Bounties to volunteers to fill quotas of Dec. 19, 1864
2, 1 56 73
$16,733 77
Amount paid by the town .
· $56,175 05
Amount paid by subscription
· 16,733 77
Total amount
. $72,908 82
-
255
3 years,
$20,400 00
$253 59
$35,153 59
March 15, 1864,
I 27
3 years,
9,750 00 )
But this amount does not cover the aid to soldiers, rendered largely through the instrumentality of the ladies of Medford. The Ladies' Benevolent Society of the First Parish, organized before the outbreak of the war, com- menced working for the soldiers by making flannel shirts and drawers for our first volunteers, and then, aided by other patriotic ladies, completed one hundred suits of clothing, donated by Francis Brooks, Esq., to the company under Capt. Hutchins.
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HISTORY OF MEDFORD.
During the remainder of the war this society completed, and sent to the hospitals, eight thousand garments suited to the needs of the sick and wounded soldiers, besides many hundred bandages, and bundles of old linen and cotton ; and when the cry for help for Union refugees came from St. Louis, Cincinnati, and Louisville, twenty barrels were packed, and sent to them.
The officers of this society were: Eliza H. Carrett, president ; Helen Porter, secretary and treasurer.
In 1862 another society was organized by the ladies of Medford, called The Union Soldiers' Relief Society. Its members represented all religious societies in town except the Unitarian, which had charge of the organization already named. The object of the Relief Society was similar to that of the Benevolent Society ; and during the three years ending October, 1865, its members made and sent to the soldiers donations as follows : 648 shirts, 351 pairs draw- ers, 316 pairs socks, 45 pairs mittens, 173 pairs slippers, 70 caps, 75 handkerchiefs, 13 pillow-cases, 19 pillows, 4 dressing-gowns, 19 bottles of wine, and other delicacies for the sick.
They also gave suits of underclothing to twelve soldiers at home on furlough, and two suits each to seven returned prisoners of war. Nine boxes were sent to the Christian Commission ; one box to the Sanitary Commission ; one to the nine-months' men ; four boxes to Company C, Thirty- ninth Regiment; and three boxes to the Philadelphia, Annapolis, and Washington hospitals. The ladies of this society contributed various things of considerable value to the Union cause, among which was the sum of $IIO to three disabled soldiers of Company C, Thirty-ninth Regi- ment. The officers of this society, at the close of the war, when it disbanded, were: Mrs. Timothy Cotting, presi- dent ; Mrs. Silas F. Wild, secretary. Another enterprise in behalf of the families of absent or deceased soldiers was successfully carried out by several public-spirited ladies and gentlemen, who secured a series of entertain- ments at the Town Hall, which netted the handsome sum of $575.20.
In addition to all this, $650.54 was raised by subscription, to furnish Thanksgiving presents to soldiers' families ; and finally $759.03 was raised to pay the expenses of the re- ception of veterans, at the close of the war.
Many acts of generous patriotism, of an individual and
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private character, were scattered along the years of the Re -. bellion, the particulars of which will never be made public ;: but one of that class has come to the light, and is too noble. to pass from remembrance. Mrs. Abner Bartlett. sister of. the Hon. Tristram Burgess of Rhode Island, well known in his time, knit with her own hands three hundred and forty-one pairs of stockings, that were forwarded to the. soldiers. She had passed her eighty-fifth year before she knit the last pair.
In closing this chapter on the home side of the war, we cannot better aid to keep alive the true idea of the: earnestness and zeal of Medford in the Union cause, than by making a record of what occurred on Sunday, Aug. 24, I 862. On that day, at half-past one o'clock, the selectmen. received the news of the repulse of our army near Wash- ington. With the sad tidings came a request for hospital stores of all kinds. The citizens were called to the square by the ringing of bells. Afternoon services, in most of the churches, were dispensed with, and every energy of men, and women was bent to the work of responding to the call. Men and women hurried to the town-hall from their several. homes, with hands and arms full of the needed supplies ; and soon many barrels were packed with bandages, linens, lint, cordials, jellies, medicines, etc., which were sent with all haste to Boston, and, before sunset of that day, were on their way to the point where they were needed.
It is a great pleasure to make such a record ; and when. the people of Medford in future generations shall read it,. they will say, "Surely our fathers and mothers believed, as Christ did, that it was right to do good on the sabbath."'
DEATH RECORD OF MEDFORD SOLDIERS.
We find in the town records of the year ending Feb. I, 1863, a statement of those who had previously died in the. service, which is as follows : -
Michael Leonard, killed at Antietam.
Edward Gustine, killed at Malvern Hill.
Daniel S. Cheney, killed before Richmond.
Lucien M. Fletcher, died at Baton Rouge.
Frank A. Keen, killed at South Mountain.
Edward Sprague, died of wounds received in North Carolina.
D. Tyler Newcomb, killed at Goldsboro.
Dominic Nolan, died at Hilton Head.
William Lahey, killed at Sharpsburg.
Daniel McGillicuddy, died at Newbern.
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Albert H. Stacey, killed at Warrenton Junction.
Daniel Dailey, place of death unknown.
Later we find mention made of the death of the follow- ing soldiers : -
George H. Champlin, Company C, Thirty-ninth Regiment, Jan. 4, 1 863.
Charles H. Coolidge, Company C, Thirty-ninth Regiment.
Richard W. Cheslin, Company D, First Cavalry, killed in the battle of Aldie, June 7, 1863.
Samuel W. Joyce, Company C, Thirty-ninth Regiment, died July 20, 11863.
Stephen Harding, Company F, Fifth Regiment, died at Newbern, June 17, 1863.
James Stetson, Thirteenth Regiment, died at Gettysburg, July 3, i1863.
Joseph P. Hubbell, Company C, Thirty-ninth Regiment, died at Washington, 1863.
The record for the year ending Feb. 1, 1865, is still larger.
Lieut .- Col. John G. Chambers, died at Fortress Monroe, May 13, If864, of wounds received at the battle of Drury's Bluff.
William H. Burbank, First Lieut., Company I, Fifty-eighth Regi- ment, died June 11, 1864, of wounds received at White House, Va.
Samuel M. Stevens, First Sergeant, Company C, Thirty-ninth Regi- iment, was killed in the battle of the Wilderness, May 10, 1864.
James Beirne, Company C, Thirty-ninth Regiment, killed at Spotsyl- vania Court House, May 12, 1864.
Rodney C. Hathaway, Corporal, Company C, Thirty-ninth Regiment, killed in attack at Weldon Railroad, July 26, 1864.
Robert Livingston, Company C, Thirty-ninth Regiment, died in prison at Andersonville, Aug. 21, 1864.
Patrick Gleason, Company C, Thirty-ninth Regiment, died in prison at Salisbury, N.C., 1864.
James M. Powers, Company K, Seventeenth Regiment, died in prison at Andersonville, August, 1864.
Calvin W. Willis, Company K, Seventeenth Regiment, died in prison at Andersonville, July, 1864.
Calvin Curtin, Company E, Twenty-eighth Regiment, died of wounds received in the battle of the Wilderness.
James Haley, Company E, Twenty-eighth Regiment, died at Wash- ington, of disease, Nov. 16, 1864.
Joel M. Fletcher, Corporal, Company C, Thirty-ninth Regiment, died of wounds received before Petersburg, July 27, 1864.
Alfred Joyce, Company C, Thirty-ninth Regiment, died in prison at Salisbury, N.C., 1864.
Augustus Tufts, Company C, Thirty-ninth Regiment, died of disease at Medford, 1864.
Herman Mills, First Massachusetts Cavalry, died of disease at Beaufort, S.C., 1864.
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HISTORY OF MEDFORD.
Edward Ireland, Company C, Thirty-ninth Regiment, killed at Laurel Hill.
Benjamin J. Ellis, jun., Company C, Thirty-ninth Regiment, died at Medford, from disease contracted while in prison.
Sargeant Edwin B. Hatch, Company C, Thirty-ninth Regiment, killed at Hatcher's Run.
Frank R. Curtis, Company C, Thirty-ninth Regiment, died in prison at Richmond, Va.
William H. Rogers, Company C, Thirty-ninth Regiment, died in prison at Salisbury, N.C.
Henry G. Currell, Company C, Thirty-ninth Regiment, died in prison at Andersonville, Ga.
Michael O'Donnell, Second Heavy Artillery, died in prison at Andersonville, Ga.
George H. Lewis, Seventeenth Regiment, died at Raleigh, N.C. Joseph M. Carret, died in prison at Andersonville, Ga.
COL. JOHN G. CHAMBERS.
Among the saddest events of the war, to the citizens of Medford, was the death of Col. John G. Chambers, who was wounded at Drury's Bluff, and died at Fortress Monroe, May 13, 1864.
He first served as a private soldier in a Massachusetts regiment during the Mexican War, at the end of which he returned to the peaceful pursuits of private life. At the breaking-out of the Rebellion he was first lieutenant of the Lawrence Light Guards ; and on the 19th of April, 1861, he went with his company to the seat of war, and afterwards acted as adjutant of the regiment.
At the expiration of the term of his three-months' ser- vice, he joined the Twenty-third Regiment as adjutant, and again went to the front.
His cool courage, marked ability, and fondness for his profession, soon marked him as a man to be promoted ; and in due time he was made major, and afterwards colonel, of his regiment.
A wound received in the shoulder, from a fragment of an exploded shell, gave him a short furlough. But he could not long remain idle when his country required his ser- vices ; and he soon rejoined his regiment, and shared all its dangers, hardships, and exposures, until he was called to lay down his life for the cause he had so faithfully served.
His body was brought home; and, with the consent of his family, the town took charge of his funeral. Prompted by patriotic feeling, and personal regard for the deceased,
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the whole community gathered together as mourners, and united in paying the last tribute of love and honor to the dead soldier.
THE LAWRENCE RIFLES.
This company was organized under the following authority :-
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, BOSTON, Jan. 27, 1865.
[SPECIAL ORDERS NO. 71.]
George H. Gibson and eighty-four others of Medford and vicinity having forwarded to the Adjutant-general a roll of enlistment for the volunteer militia of the Commonwealth : IT IS ORDERED, that a com- pany be organized of the men there enlisted, and that a captain and one first lieutenant and one second lieutenant be immediately chosen. The order to assemble the men for the election will be directed to said Gibson of Medford, who will furnish the presiding officer with an attested copy of the enlistment-roll, previous to the meeting. The usual ten days' notice to electors will be waived. The chairman of selectmen of Medford will preside at the election, and make prompt return of the doings to these headquarters.
By command of His Excellency, JOHN A. ANDREW, Governor and Commander-in-Chief.
WILLIAM SCHOULER, Adjutant-General.
When duly organized, it was attached to the Fifth Regi- ment as Company E, afterwards changed to Company F. During its existence, it served the purposes of its organi- zation, much to the satisfaction of the town, and the military authorities of the State. Benjamin F. Hayes, Godfrey Ryder, jun., William H. Dane, Charles O. Bur- bank, and Warren W. Manning, served successively as its commanders.
It was, however, found difficult to maintain two military companies in Medford ; and in 1874, by amicable arrange- ment, the membership of the Rifles was merged in that of the Lawrence Light Guard, and its charter transferred to a company formed in Waltham.
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HISTORY OF MEDFORD.
CHAPTER VIII.
MILITARY HISTORY, CONTINUED.
LIST OF MEDFORD MEN WHO SERVED IN THE UNION ARMIES DURING THE REBELLION.
Names.
Enlisted for
Reg't.
Co.
Mustered in.
Mustered out.
Adams, Joseph D.
9 months
5th
F
Sept. 23, 1862
July 2, 1863
Adams, Samuel
9 months
5th
F
Sept. 23, 1862
July 2, 1863
Alden, William F.
3 years
39th
C
Aug. 14, 1862
Jan. 21, 1863
Alley, Charles Q. .
3 years
39th
C
Aug. 6, 1862
Anderson, James
3 years
17th
I
Jan. 23, 1862
Jan. 22, 1865
Anderson, John
3 years
15th
Battery
Feb. 17, 1863
Aug. 4, 1865
Bagley, Alonzo I.
9 months
5th
F
Sept. 23, 1862
July 2, 1863
Bailey, William H.
3 years
32d
C
Nov. 23, 1861
Nov. 27, 1864
Bailey, Augustus .
3 years
5th Cav.
F
Feb. 22, 1864
Oct. 31, 1865
Bailey, James .
3 years
5th Cav.
F
Feb. 22, 1864
Oct. 31, 1865
Ballou, Charles H.
3 years
39th
C
Aug. 14, 1862
May 18, 1865
Banks, Joseph .
Mozart
Banks, Thomas
9 months
5th
F
Sept. 23, 1862
July 2, 1863
Barker, Willianı S.
3 years
39th
C Aug. 14, 1862
July 2. 1865
Barnard, David A.
3 years
39th
C Aug. 14, 1862
Jan. 20, 1866
Barry, Garret
3 years
28th
A
Dec. 13, 1861
Jan. 1, 1864
Barry, Michael
3 years
9th
Aug. 13, 1862
Basset, Louis
3 years
Navy
U
Aug. 14, 1862
Oct. 31, 1862
Beck, John S.
3 years
39th
Aug. 14, 1862
July 2, 1865
Beirne, James
3 years
39th
B
Aug. 22, 1864
June 17, 1865
Benford, Moses
3 years
5th Cav.
B
May 21, 1864
Oct. 31, 1865
Black, Lewis
9 months
5th
F
Sept. 23, 1862
July 2, 1863
Blanchard, William H.
3 years
39th
C
Aug. 9, 1862
July 2, 1865
Bond, Dudley
3 years
39th
C
Aug. 8, 1862
Jan. 21, 1863
Booker, George D.
3 years
39th
Aug. 14, 1862
Braden, Angus .
3 years
20th
Sept. 14, 1861
Brent, William .
3 years
5tl Cav.
G
Mar. 4, 1864
Oct. 31, 1865
Brown, John
3 years
Navy
Brown, John, 2d
3 years
Navy
Brown, John W.
3 years
28th
C C
Dec. 13, 1861
Oct. 30, 1862
Bunker, Benjamin, jun
3 years
39th
Aug. 14, 1862
Oct. 26, 1862
Burns, Edward.
3 years
28th
Dec. 13, 1861
Dec. 18, 1864
Busha, Stephen
3 years
39th
Burnham, Theodore
3 years
15th
Battery
Feb. 17, 1863
Burns, James
3 years
15th
Battery
Feb. 17, 1863
Burroughs, Joseph
3 years
Navy 5th Cav.
L
May 27, 1864
Oct. 31, 1865
Butters, Willard, jun.
3 years
Ist Cav.
A
Sept. 25, 1861
Oct. 24, 1864
C
July 29, 1862
.
Bryant, Edward G.
3 years
3 years
28th
4th H.A.
Aug. 18, 1864
Sept. 17, 1865
Bryden, Robert
I year
Navy
Dec. 13, 1861
Feb. 14, 1862
Bryant, Samuel E.
3 years
24th
B
Dec. 19, 1863
Baxter, George M.
3 years
39th
C
Bellnix, George W.
I year
4th H.A.
C
1
K C
A C July 22, 1862
Butts, Solomon
3 years
Banks, Edward
Barker, William H. S.
Barnard, George N.
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LIST OF MEDFORD MEN, ETC. - continued.
Names.
Enlisted for
Reg't.
Co.
Mustered in
Mustered out.
Campbell, Hugh M. .
99th
Carter, William
I year
4th H.A.
N.Y. K
Aug. 18, 1864
June 17, 1865
Carroll, Daniel
3 years
15th
Battery
Feb. 17, 1863
Aug. 4, 1865
Carr, Royal S. .
3 years
39th
C
Aug. 14, 1862
June 2, 1865
Champlin, George H.
3 years
39th
C
Aug. 14, 1862
Chaffin, James W.
3 years
39th
C
Mar. 27, 1862
Feb. 27. 1865
Chambers, John G.
3 years
23d
Nov. 26, 1862
Cheney, William
3 years
39th
C
July. 16, 1862
June 18, 1863
Cheney, Daniel S.
3 years
1St
Battery
Sept. 13, 1861
Cheslyn, Richard W.
3 years
5th Cav.
D
Sept. 19, 1861
July
2, 1865
Chick, Thomas C.
3 years
5th Cav.
C
Sept. 23, 1861
Oct. 24, 1864
Clapp, Meltiah .
3 years
39th
39th
C
Aug. 14, 1862
July
2, 1863
Clark, Gorham B.
9 months
5th
F
Sept. 23, 1862
July
2, 1865
Coffin, George W.
1 year
4th H.A.
K
Aug. 18, 1864
July 17, 1865
Coleman, Perry
3 years
39th
C
Aug. 14, 1862
Nov. 7, 1863
Coolidge, Charles H.
3 years
39th
C
Aug. 14, 1862
Coughlin, Michael
3 years
28th
A
Jan. 1, 1862
June 2, 1865
Crockett, Edward F ..
3 years
39th
C
July 29, 1862
Aug. 15, 1864
Curtin, Francis
3 years
28th
A
Mar. 11, 1864
July
1863 ·
Currell, Henry G.
3 years
39th
Aug. 14, 1862
July
2, 1863
Currell, Elbridge G., jun.
9 months
5th
Sept. 23, 1862
July 2, 1863
Currier, Charles
9 months
5th
Sept. 23, 1862
July
2, 1863
Cushing, Joseph M.
3 years
39th
Aug. 11, 1862
June 2, 1865
Cushing, Henry H. D.
3 years
39th
Aug. 14, 1862
Jan. 27, 1864
Cushing, Lyman F. W. .
1 year
4th H.A.
Sept. 2, 1864
June 17, 1865
Cutter, Benjamin P.
3 years
39th
July 28, 1862
June 2, 1865
D'Avignon
3 years
2d
May 25, 1861
May 11, 1862
Daily, Daniel
3 years
6th
Jan. 9, 1862
.
Dane, Thomas .
3 years
17th
K
July 22, 1861
Feb. 13, 1864
Darling, Theodore
9 months
5th
F
Sept 23, 1862
July 2, 1863
Davis, Joseph .
3 years
30th
Hosp. St'd,
Jan. 4, 1862
· .
Davis, Samuel .
9 months
5th
F
Sept. 23, 1862
July 2, 1863
Denham, David A.
9 months
5th
F
Sept. 23, 1862
July 2,1863
Delancy, Thomas .
3 years
15th
Battery K
Aug. 18, 1864
June
9, 1865
Donnell, George E.
3 years
IIth
F
June 13, 1861
June 24, 1864
Douglas, James A.
3 years
Dow, Albert F.
3 years
39th
C
Aug. 14, 1862
June 2, 1865
Dow, Benjamin H.
3 years
39th
0
Aug. 14, 1862
Driscoll, John .
·
15th
Battery
Feb. 17, 1863
Sept. 26, 1863
Dushutte, H. L.
3 years
39th
C
July 22, 1862
Dec. 23, 1862
Dwyer, Thomas
9 months
5th
Sept. 23, 1862
July 2, 1863
Dyer, Charles E.
3 years
39th
C
Aug. 14, 1862
July 2, 1865
Eames, John H.
3 years
39th
C K
Aug. 14, 1862
Sept. 6, 1864
Eells, Fred S. .
1 year
4th H.A.
Aug. 18, 1864
June 17, 1865
Ellis, Benjamin J.
3 years
39th
C
Aug. 14, 1862
.
Ellis, Hezekiah C.
3 years
39th
C
Aug. 14, 1862
June 2, 1865
Ellis, Robert
3 years
17th
K
July 22, 1861
Aug. 3, 1864
Ells, Daniel S. .
100 days
60th
A
July 18, 1864
Nov. 30, 1864
Evans, Henry .
3 years
Navy
Farley, Thomas
9 months
5th
F
Sept. 23, 1862
July
2, 1863
Fett, Jacob .
9 months
5th
F
Sept. 23, 1862
July
2, 1863
.
.
A
Mar. 15, 1864
July 11, 1865 ·
Dean, Martin P.
I year
4th H.A.
K
Aug. 18, 1864
Feb. 17, 1863
Dever, James
I year
4th H.A.
Dixon, John
Doherty, James
Navy
Dore, Joseph
2₫
May 21, 1864
Dunn, Edwin
3 years
Navy
C
F
Sept. 23, 1862
F
F
C
C
Sept. 23, 1862
Curtis, Frank J.
3 years
39th
C
July 18, 1862
Currell, Elbridge G.
9 months
5th
C
Aug. 9, 1862
Coughlin, Owen
3 years
39th
Curtin, Andrew
9 months
5th
F
Aug. 14, 1862
Clapp, George L.
3 years
39th
C
Aug, 14, 1862
Churchill, George A.
3 years
.
C
I Battery
Davis, William L.
3 years
17th
215
HISTORY OF MEDFORD.
LIST OF MEDFORD MEN, ETC. - continued.
Names.
Enlisted for
Reg't.
Co.
Mustered in.
Mustered out.
Flanegan, Thomas
3 years
15th
Battery
Feb. 17, 1863
Fletcher, Joel M. .
3 years
39th
C
Aug. 14, 1862
Fletcher, Thomas M.
3 years
39th
C
July 28, 1862
Aug. 14, 1865
Fletcher, Lucius M. .
3 years
30th
A
Sept. 15, 1861
Fletcher, Stephen W.
3 years
22d
H
Oct. 1, 1861
Foster, Joseph R. .
I year
Navy
C
July 16, 1862 July 31, 1862
May 25, 1865
Fox, George
3 years
5th
Gaffney, Patrick
3 years
9th
E Battery
June 11, 1861
Jan. 11, 1863
Gale, Mortier
3 years
5th
Sept. 16, 1861
Aug. 3, 1864
Gee, Nathaniel .
9 months
5th
F
Sept. 23, 1862
July 2, 1863
Gill, Anderson L. B.
3 years
39th
C
Aug. 14, 1862
June
2, 1865
Gilson, William
9 months
5th
F
Sept. 23, 1862
July 2, 1863
Ginn, James F.
9 months
5th
F
Sept. 23, 1862
July 2, 1863
Girard, James S.
3 years
Ist Cav.
F
Dec. 20, 1863
June 26, 1865
Gleason, Patrick
3 years
39th
C
Aug. 6, 1862
·
.
Aug. 14, 1 14, 1862
·
.
F
Aug. 11, 1862
Nov. 7, 1864
Gordon, Orange S.
3 years
39th
C
July 14, 1862
May 24, 1865
Gould, Thomas
9 months
5th
E
Sept. 23, 1862
July 2, 1863
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