History of the town of Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, from its first settlement in 1630 to 1855, Part 20

Author: Brooks, Charles, 1795-1872; Whitmore, William Henry, 1836-1900. cn; Usher, James M
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: Boston, Rand, Avery
Number of Pages: 738


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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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HISTORY OF MEDFORD.


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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HISTORY OF MEDFORD.


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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