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Seventeenth Regiment.
Co. G: PATRICK O'DWYER; 2 Sept., '64; 30 June, '65. Unassigned, GEO. W. FARRINGTON; 8 Aug., '64; was in 2d H. Art. ; trans. to 17th, 17 Jan., '65.
Eighteenth Regiment.
Co. E: JOHN M. BADGER; 24 Aug., '61; 13 Dec., '62, disability. Co. G: EDWARD I. WILLIS; 14 July, '63; trans. 1 Oct., '64, to 32d Reg.
Nineteenth Regiment.
Co. A: ORRIN B. CHAFFEE; 11 Feb., '65; 30 June, '65. Co. E: GEORGE H. DAVIS; 25 March, '65; 6 May, '65.
Twentieth Regiment.
(All transferred from the Fifteenth Regiment.)
Co. E: OTIS COBURN, Serg. ; 4 Jan., '64; 12 June, '65; d. 18 March, 1888. EDWARD CUDWORTH, Serg .; 25 Dec., '63; 16 July, '65. ELBRIDGE ACKER;
1 Credited to Northbridge, Adj. Gen. Rep.
2 Credited to Worcester, Adj. Gen. Rep.
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11 Feb., '64; 27 July, '65. JOSEPH E. FELLOWS; 25 Dec., '63; d. 29 March, '65, at Andersonville. HERBERT N. FULLER; 26 Feb., '64; d. 20 Feb., '65, at Andersonville. Co. G : FRED T. MAPLE, musician; 25 Dec., '63; 16 July, '65. CHARLES H. LAMB; 4 Feb., '64; 16 July, '65. ADAM MCKNIGHT; 28 July, '63; 16 July, '65. Unassigned, FRANKLIN HOVEY [see 15th Reg.].
Twenty-First Regiment.
Band : A. DORR WOOD. WILLIAM F. HERVEY; 23 Aug., '61; 11 Aug., '62. £ Co. A: SAMUEL P. HALL; 23 Aug., '61; 2 Jan., '62, disability. Co. E: CLIFFORD MICER; 23 Aug., '61; 4 Dec., '62, disability. JOSIAH G. SAWYER; 2 Jan., '64; trans. to 56th Reg. Co. F: JOSIAH REDFERN; 19 Aug., '61; 1 Jan., '64, to re-enlist [See 56th Reg. ]. HENRY C. WISTER; 19 Aug., '61; deserted.
Twenty-Fourth Regiment. Co. I: WILLIAM J. LAMB; 2 Jan., '64 ; 20 Jan., '66.
Twenty-Fifth Regiment.
Co. B : CHARLES W. ADAMS; 18 Dec., '63; 13 July, '65. Co. C: JAMES D. THOMPSON; 12 Aug., '64; 13 July, '65. Co. D : BENJAMIN F. BARNES; 6 March, '65; 13 July, '65. JAMES O. BARTLETT; 27 Sept., '63; 2 Jan., '64, to re-enlist; served to 13 July, '65; d. 1 May, '66, at Charlton, of wounds at Cold Harbor [credited to Douglas on Adj. Gen. Rep. ]. BENJAMIN B. BARTLETT ; 27 Sept., '61; 18 Jan., '64, to re-enlist; served to 13 July, '65. CHARLES E. GROVER; 6 March, '65; 13 July, '65. WILLIAM H. MORRIS; 21 Oct., '61; 22 June, '62, disability. JOHN A. TAFT; 14 Oct., '61; 20 Oct., '64. NATHANIEL E. TAFT ; 14 Oct., '61; 15 Feb., '64, disability. JOHN F. TURNER ; 6 March, '65; 13 July, '65. Co. F: CALVIN S. ALDRICH; 5 June, '62; 2 Jan., '64, to re-enlist; re-enlisted at Webster; served to 13 July, '65. JOHN GLEA- SON; 5 June, '62; 18 Jan., '64, to re-enlist; served till 13 July, '65. Co. G : VALENTINE SUTER; 18 Sept., '61; k. 8 Feb., '62, at Roanoke Island; WILLIAM C. WISWALL; 16 Oct., '61; 20 Oct., '64. Co. H: CHARLES W. ADAMS; 14 Sept., '61; 17 Dec., '63; re-enlisted in Co. B. JAMES D. ADAMS; 14 Sept., '61; 17 Dec., '63, to re-enlist; served to 3 June, '64; d. 4 Sept., '64, of wounds at Cold Harbor. Co. K: OTIS D. COOPER; 21 Sept., '61; 17 Dec., '63, to re- enlist; served to 11 June, '65. ALFRED J. KIRBY ; 21 Sept., '61; 20 Oct., '64. JOHN B. MOULTON; 21 Sept., '61; served to 16 May, '64. SERENO NEWTON; 16 Sept., '61; 23 April, '64, disability. Unassigned, GEORGE H. KIRBY; 31 July, '62. JOSHUA EVANS; 31 July, '62.
Twenty-Seventh Regiment.
Co. B: DANIEL W. LARNED, son of Zenas M., for Athol, Serg. ; 24 Sept., '61; re-enlisted 23 Dec., '63; Sec. Lieut. 4 June, '64; Lieut. 29 Sept., '64; Capt. 15 May, '65; disc. 26 June, '65; was wounded three times; went to Kansas, 1878; Clerk of District Court of Hodgeman Co., 1882 to 1886; Notary Public and Justice of the Peace; res. 1888, at Jetmore, Ks.
Twenty-Eighth Regiment. Co. I: JOHN O'DONNELL ; 16 Dec., '61; 19 Dec., '64.
Thirty-Second Regiment.
Co. A: A. J. COPP, for Grafton; 13 Nov., '61; d. 5 Oct., '62, Sharps- burg, Md. Co. B : MICHAEL FISHER [sub. for Emory E. Harwood]; 6 Dec., '64; 6 June, '65. Co. E: JOHN H. WELLMAN; 14 July, '63; 29 June, '65 [see 12th and 39th Regs.]. Co. L: EDWARD I. WILLIS; 14 July, '63; 30 June, '65 [see 18th Reg. ].
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Thirty-Fourth Regiment.
Co. A: GEORGE A. CLAPP, Serg .; 13 July, '62; Sec. Lieut. 12 March, '65; served to 16 June, '65 PATRICK POWELL; 7 July, '62. EDWIN ALBEE. MICHAEL RILEY; 25 Nov., '63; trans. 14 June, '65, to 24th. NATHANIEL C. WALSH; 13 July, '62; 16 July, '65. Co. C: ESTES E. BAKER; 2 Aug., '62; d. 24 Aug. [May?], '64, at Andersonville. Co. F: HORACE W. WALSH, Serg. ; 2 Aug., '62; 16 June, '65. FRANKLIN W. CARSON; 31 July, '62; 17 Nov., '62, disability. PATRICK CASEY ; 25 Nov., '63; trans. 14 June, '65, to 24th. Co. G : OSCAR E. ADAMS ; 5 Aug., '62; 16 June, '65.1 CHARLES C. TRASK, for West- field ; 31 July, '62; trans. 25 Jan., '64, to V. R. C. ; d. 10 July, 1890, at Spencer. HORACE J. WILLIAMS ; 2 Sept., '64; 16 June, '65.
Thirty-Fifth Regiment.
Co. K: ALFRED J. KIRBY.
Thirty- Sixth Regiment.
AUSTIN DAVIS, Ist Lieut. ; 22 Aug., '62; Capt. 13 Nov., '64; served to 8 June, '65. Co. C: WILLIAM A. SMITH, son of Sanford J., for Worcester; 11 Aug., '62; d. at Nicholasville, Ky., 27 Sept., '63. Co. F: EDWIN A. MARTIN, Corp. ; 9 Aug., '62; k. 3 June, '64, at Cold Harbor. ANDREW M. BLANDING; 2 Aug., '62; 8 June, '65; d. 1886, at Boston. JOHN DORE; 5 Aug., '62; trans. 31 March, '64, to V. R. C. ; d. 15 Sept., '65, at Oxford. CHESTER J. SMITH; 6 Aug., '62; d. of wounds, 3 June, '64, at Washington, D. C. Co. G : WARREN F. BLANDING ; 15 Aug., '62; 8 June, '65. PETER FRAZER; 14 Aug., '62; deserted, Sept., '62. HENRY GRIMLEY; 11 Aug., '62; 20 Jan., '63, disability ; d. 21 June, 1890, at Togus, Me. WILLIAM JESMAN; 14 Aug., '62; deserted, '63; Co. I: RUSSELL ARNOLD, Serg. ; 2 Aug., '62 ; 8 June, '65. JULIUS N. BELLOWS ; 5 Aug., '62 ; d. of wounds, 12 May, '64, at Falmouth, Va. JOSIAH G. BROWN; 1 Aug., '62; d. 26 July, '63, at Milldale, Miss. OSCAR H. BROWN; 6 Aug., '62; trans. 3 Aug., '64, to V. R. C. DANIEL V. CHILDS; 2 Aug., '62; k. 6 May, '64, at Wilderness. JACOB L. CHILDS ; 2 Aug., '62; d. 4 April, '64, at Covington, Ky. TRUMAN MARBLE; 6 Aug., '62; 7 Feb., '65, disability ;2 d. 1 Aug., 1870, a. 26. Co. K: JOSIAH REDFERN; 2 Jan., '62; trans. to 56th Reg. FRANCIS A. FLETCHER; d. 6 Dec., '63, at Falmouth, Va .; mem. of 36th Reg. [Mem. tablets]. The Adj. Gen. Rep. gives FRANCIS FLET CHER, Sutton ; 6 Aug., '62; d. 8 Dec., '62; Co. I, 36th Reg.
Thirty-Ninth Regiment.
Co. D: JOHN H. WELLMAN; 14 July, '63; trans. 2 June, '65, to 32d Reg. [see 12th Reg. ].
Fortieth Regiment.
Co. C: JAMES A. CUMMINGS, Serg. ; 1 Sept., '62; 16 June, '65.
Forty-Second Regiment.
Co. E: JOHN BROWN, for Millbury; 3 Nov., '62; 20 Aug., '63. Co. F: ORRIN B. CHAFFEE, for Brookfield; 15 July, '64; 11 Nov., '64. ALBERT W. CARGEL, for Leicester ; 30 Sept., '62; 20 Aug., '63. Co. G: DANFORD JOHN- SON, for Worcester ; 21 July, '64; 11 Nov., '64. Co. K: CHARLES M. TIFFANY, for Auburn; 1 Nov., '62;, 20 Aug., '63.
Fifty-First Regiment (nine months).
Co. C: BOWERS DAVIS; 25 Sept., '62; 27 July, '63. J. EDWARD NICHOLS; 25 Sept., '62; 27 July, '63. HENRY W. PUTNAM; 25 Sept., '62; 27 July, '63. Co. E: WILLIAM A. COPP, for Grafton; 25 Sept., '62; 27 July, '63. Co. G :
1 Credited to Auburn on Adj. Gen. Rep.
2 Credited to Blackstone in Adj. Gen. Rep.
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THOMAS D. KIMBALL, Capt. ; 30 Sept., '62; 27 July, '63.1 JOHN HARWOOD, 1st Serg. ; 30 Sept., '62; 27 July, '63. LEWIS T. EMERSON, Serg. ; 30 Sept., '62; 27 July, '63; d. 23 July, 1886, at Oxford, a. 49. CHARLES H. BUR- LEIGH, Serg. ; 30 Sept., '62; re-enlisted 1 June, '63.1 JOHN GRADY, Corp. ; 30 Sept., '62; re-enlisted 1 June, '63.1 CHARLES O. TAFT, musician; 30 Sept., '62; re-enlisted 1 June, '63.1 LUKE BERGEN; 30 Sept., '62; 27 July, '63. PETER BLACK; 30 Sept., '62; 27 July, '63. PHILIP CAIN, Jr. ; 15 Oct., '62 ; 27 July, '63. WILLIAM A. CAMPBELL; 30 Sept., '62; 27 July, '63 [See 2d Cav. Reg.]. TIMOTHY CARNEY; 30 Sept., '62; 28 Oct., '62. CHARLES L. CUMMINGS; 30 Sept., '62; re-enlisted 1 June, '63. JOHN DALEY; 30 Sept., '62; 27 July, '63. EDWIN DAVIS; 30 Sept., '62; 25 Feb.,- '63, disability. GEORGE L. DAVIS; 30 Sept., '62; 27 July, '63. STEPHEN EAGER; 30 Sept., '62 ; 27 July, '63; d. 28 Nov., '64, at New Berne, N. C.1 WILLIAM S. FORREST; 30 Sept., '62; 27 July, '63.1 ALBERT G. FOSKETT; 30 Sept., '62.2 DANIEL FOSKETT; 30 Sept., '62; 27 July, '63. JAMES GRADY ; 30 Sept., '62; 27 July, '63. THOMAS HURST; 30 Sept., '62; 27 July, '63. GEORGE H. KEITH; 30 Sept., '62; 27 July, '63. JAMES H. KENNEDY; 30 Sept., '62; 27 July, '63. DANIEL LUCY ; 30 Sept., '62 ; 27 July, '63; d. 24 Jan., 1882, at Oxford. MARTIN MAHER; 30 Sept., '62 ; 27 July, '63. AUSTIN W. MARTIN ; 30 Sept., '62; 22 Oct., '62, disability. PATRICK MURPHY ; 30 Sept., '62; 27 July, '63. JOHN P. NEW- TON; 30 Sept., '62; 27 July, '63. AMASA PHETTEPLACE; 30 Sept., '62; 4 Oct., '62. ANTONIO PHILIP; 30 Sept., '62; 27 July, '63 [see 57th Reg.]. FRED A. PRESBY ; 30 Sept., '62; 27 July, '63. WILLIAM SABIN; 30 Sept., '62; 27 July, '63. DANIEL SHEA; 30 Sept., '62; 27 July, '63. JOHN WELSH; 30 Sept., '62; deserted. JASON WEST; 30 Sept., '62; re-enlisted 1 June, '63. In Reg. COR- NELIUS P. DAVIS, son of Reuben ; d. 1 July, '63, at New Berne.
Fifty-Fourth Regiment.
Co. F: EUGENE T. WILLIAMS; 28 Nov., '63; 20 Aug., '65. Unassigned, DANIEI. P. PETERS ; 1 Sept., '64 ; trans. to 55th Reg.
Fifty-Fifth Regiment.
Co. C: DANIEL P. PETERS ; 1 Sept., '64; 29 Aug., '65 [see 54th Reg. ]. Fifty- Sixth Regiment.
Co. B: JOSIAH REDFERN; 1 Jan., '64; 12 July, '65 [see 36th Reg.]. Co. I: JOSIAH G. SAWYER; 1 Jan., '64; 12 July, '65 [see 21st Reg. ].
Fifty-Seventh Regiment.
Co. A: MARTIN MAHER; 4 Jan., '64; 30 July, '65. ASA M. RAY; 4 Jan., '64 ; 30 July, '65. JOHN TULLEY; 4 Jan., '64; d. of wounds, 18 May, '65, at Alexandria, Va. Co. B: EUGENE SMITH, musician; 4 Jan., '64; 30 July, '65. DANIEL V. ADAMS; 4 Jan., '64; 30 July, '65. LORING J. ADAMS; 4 Jan., '64; 2 Nov., '64, disability. HENRY C. HAYDEN; 4 Jan., '64; d. of wounds received 17 June, before Petersburg, 4 July, '64, at Annapolis. AMOS P. NEWTON; 25 Jan., '64; k. 27 May, '64, at North Anna River. ANTONIO PHILIP ; 4 Jan., '64 ; d. 3 Sept., '64, at Andersonville [see 15th and 51st Regs. ]. WILLIAM ROBBINS ; 11 Jan., '64 ; k. at Wilderness, 6 May, '64. JOSIAH SAWYER, a. 44 ; 4 Jan., '64, rejected. EDWIN H. SMITH; 4 Jan., '64; trans. to V. R. C. Co. D : MAURICE WELCH, musician; 25 Jan., '64; 30 July, '65. JAMES COW- DEN; 25 Jan., '64; 13 July, '64, disability. EDWIN CUDWORTH; 25 Jan., '64 ; k. 25 March, '65, at Fort Stedman, near Petersburg. Co. H: JOSHUA EVANS ; 11 Jan., '64; 12 May, '65. WILLIAM H. RICE; 11 Jan., '64; 12 May, '65.
Sixty- First Regiment.
Co. G : MOWRY J. GIBSON; 15 March, '65; 12 July, '65.
1 Re-enlisted in 2d Reg., Heavy Artillery.
2 Died in service. [Town Report].
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First Regiment Cavalry. Co. C: FRANCIS G. ELLIOT, Jr. ; 17 Sept., '61; 4 May, '62, disability. Second Regiment Cavalry.
Co. A: JOSEPH SPRING; 20 March, '65; 20 July, '65. Co. B: HORACE A. POPE; 16 March, '65; 12 July, '65. Co. F: FRED F. JOHNSON; 15 March, '65; 20 July, '65; d. 4 Dec., 1870, at Oxford. Co. G : GEORGE BEN- WAY; 20 March, '65; 20 July, '65. GEORGE DOUBLEDAY; 10 March, '65; 20 July, '65. Co. K: JAMES G. FORREST; 20 March, '65; 20 July, '65. JAMES MAHONEY ; 26 Jan., '63; 6 Nov., '63, disability [lost an arm; see 15th Reg. ]. Co. M: GEORGE H. BAKER; 20 March, '65; 20 July, '65. Unassigned, WILLIAM A. CAMPBELL; 16 March, '65; 16 May, '65 [see 51st Reg. ].
Fourth Regiment Cavalry.
Co. E: ELISHA C. TAFT, Corp. ; 27 Jan., '64; 14 Nov., '65; d. 26 Feb., 1869, at Oxford. Co. F: WILLIAM D. WHITE, Serg. ; 1 March, '64; 14 Nov., '65. WILLIAM KIBBE; 1 March, '64; 14 Nov., '65. AUSTIN W. MARTIN [see 51st Reg. ] ; 27 Jan., '64; 14 Nov., '65; d. 21 Jan., 1884. JOHN MUNROE; 9 Aug., '64; 14 Nov., '65. THOMAS MURPHY; 3 Sept., '64; 22 May, '65. Co. G: VERNON CHAFFEE, for Webster; 27 Jan., '64; 28 May, '65.
Second Regiment Heavy Artillery.
THOMAS D. KIMBALL [see 51st Reg. ], Capt .; 18 Sept., '63; 3 Sept., '65; Major, 18 Sept., '65. Co. A: CHARLES H. BURLEIGH [see 51st Reg.], 1st Serg. ; 4 Aug., '63; 3 Sept., '65. Co. B: JOHN GRADY [see 51st Reg. ], Corp. ; 28 July, '63; 3 Sept., '65. Co. D: PATRICK O'DWYER; 2 Sept., '64; trans. 9 Feb., '65, to 17th Reg. CHARLES O. TAFT [see 51st Reg. ] ; 22 Aug., '63; 3 Sept., '65.1 WILLIAM WIGGIN; 22 Aug., '63; 3 Sept., '65. Co. E: JAMES O'BRIEN; 5 Oct., '63; 3 Sept., '65. STEPHEN EAGER; 8 Oct., '63; d. 28 Nov., '64, at New Berne. Co. F: ANDREW DARLING; 8 Oct., '63; 3 Sept., '65.2 Co. G: WILLIAM BIGGS: 7 Dec., '63; d. 21 July, '64, at Andersonville. WILLIAM H. N. CADY; 7 Dec., '63; d. 1 Nov., '64, in prison. PATRICK HOGAN; 7 Dec., '63; d. 27 Aug., '64, at Andersonville. PATRICK HOLDEN; 7 Dec., '63; d. 25 Aug., '64, at Andersonville. JOSEPH PIPER; 19 July, '64; 3 Sept., '65. JOHN C. STEERE; 7 Dec., '63; rejected. Co. G : CHRISTOPHER VICARS; 7 Dec., '63; d. 30 Aug., '64, at Charleston, S. C .;
prisoner. RUFUS VICARS; 7 Dec., '63; d. Oct., '64, at Florence, S. C .; prisoner. Co. H: GEORGE W. FARRINGTON; 8 Aug., '64; trans. 17 Jan., '65, to 17th Reg. GEORGE HASTINGS; 6 Aug., '64; deserted Sept., '64. Co. K: WILLIAM S. FORREST [see 51st Reg.], Corp .; 22 Dec., '63; 3 Sept., '65; d. 21 Nov., 1889, at Oxford. DAVID N. HARRIS; 22 Dec., '63; 3 Sept., '65; d. 26 Nov., 1887, at Oxford. DANIEL TOOMEY ; 22 Dec., '63 ; 1 June, '65; d. 4 Jan., 1882, at Oxford. ALBERT W. BLANDING; 22 Dec., '63; 3 Sept., '65. Unas- signed, SAMUEL P. JONES ; 13 Sept., 64; 21 Oct., '64, disability. JAMES MIL- FORD; 6 Aug., '64. WILLIAM DANIELS; not in service.
Third Heavy Artillery. Co. C: PATRICK O'DAY ; 14 Aug., '63; deserted 1 May, '64. First Battalion, Heavy Artillery.
Co. C: LOWELL A. BECKWITH; 28 Nov., '64; 20 Oct., '65.3 Co. D: LEWIS SEYMOUR ; 6 June, '63; deserted 20 Oct., '63.
Tenth Battery, Light Artillery.
ALGERNON P. FOLLETT; 5 Sept., '64 ; 9 June, '65.
1 Credited to Dedham in Adj. Gen. Rep.
2 Credited to Worcester in Adj. Gen. Rep.
3 Credited to Lowell in Adj. Gen. Rep.
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Third Battalion, Riflemen.
Co. B: SERENO NEWTON; 19 May, '61; 3 Aug., '61.
Forty-Second Regiment (100 days).
Co. E : VERNON T. WETHERELL ; 22 July, '64; 11 Nov., '64. Co. G : WILLIAM S. HURD; 21 July, '64; 11 Nov., '64.
Nineteenth ( Unattached Co.) Infantry.
WILLIAM S. HURD; 25 Nov., '64; 27 June, '65.
Veteran Reserve Corps.
ELIX BULLEY ; 5 Sept., '64; 17 Nov., '65. SAMUEL MEEKER. (?) Regular Army.
DAVID BARTON; 26 Nov., '62; Asst. Q. M., rank of Captain, at Hilton Head, S. C., until resignation on account of ill health, 1864. SAMUEL R. BARTON; 4 Dec., '62; 3 May, '65; hospital steward at Washington, D. C.
The following from Oxford are given as in Massachusetts regiments, but we do not find them on the Adjutant General's Report.
Thirty-Sixth Regiment.
WELCOME MILLER.
Fifty-Seventh Regiment.
PETER LAMONT; disc. JOSEPH PEAKE; deserted.
WILLIAM A. EMERSON had served in 51st Reg. and was disc .; was drafted from Oxford in '64, and served from Aug. to Dec., '64; unassigned.
GEORGE TIFFANY, substitute for Braman F. Sibley, served nine months at Boston Harbor.
DR. CHARLES W. LYNN enlisted in Co. H., 25th Reg., Sept., '61 [credited to Thompson] ; served 18 months in the ranks, and was detailed to hospital ser- vice, continuing until his disc., Oct., '64.
First R. I. Cavalry Regiment.
MICHAEL MULLEN; 14 Dec., '61; 15 Nov., '64. PATRICK MULLEN; 14 Dec., '61; 3 Aug., '65. SAMUEL C. WILLIS, Jr. ; 16 Dec., '61; 3 Aug., '65; Quar. Mas. Serg. of Co. G, 10 May, '62; Reg. Com. Serg., 18 May, '64; First Lieut. and commander, Co. F, 1 Nov., '64. GEORGE F. CUMMINGS; 14 Dec., '61; 3 Aug., '65 ; Corp. [given as " Frank Cummings" in Town Rep. ] ; Serg. 1 May, '65 ; credited to Auburn. NATHANIEL SMITH EMERSON, served in this Reg .; 14 Nov., '61; July, '62; credited to Worcester. He later went as officer's servant to New Orleans, where he died. JACOB .H. PICKETT is given as of this Reg. in Town Rep. ; his name is not on the official list.
Seventh R. I. Regiment.
Co. I: EMORY HUMES; 4 Aug., '62; 9 June, '65. Second N. H. Regiment.
Co. H: JOHN A. ELLIOT; 27 May, '61; deserted 10 June, '63. Eleventh Conn. Regiment. Co B: WILLIAM W. SCHOFIELD; Sept., '61; wounded 14 March, '62, at New Berne; disc. for dis. Feb., '64.
Sixteenth Conn. Regiment.
GEORGE R. KIMBALL, Serg. ; 29 July, '62; July, '65.
Fourth Vermont Regiment.
Co. I: GEORGE H. AMIDON; 21 Aug., '61; 13 July, '65; Sec. Lieut., 19 Jan., '62; First Lieut., Co. G, 19 July, '62; Capt. Co. E, 23 Sept., '62;
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brevet Major, 9 June, '65; wounded 5 May, '64, at Wilderness, and 19 Oct., '64, at Cedar Creek; left the service an invalid; d. 4 Jan., 1871, at Oxford.
First Vermont Cavalry.
Co. C: P. MERRICK MOFFITT; 20 Sept., '61; wounded 20 Sept., '63, at Grove Church, Va .; re-enlisted 28 Dec., '63; disc. 9 Aug., '65.
Twenty-Fourth Wisconsin Volunteers.
Co. B : ALBERT G. UNDERWOOD; Aug., '62; June, '65; clerk under Howard, Rosecrans and Sheridan; d. 22 Dec., 1882, in Florida.
Twenty-Sixth N. Y. Regiment [U. S. C. T.].
Co. B: JOHN R. SMITH; 28 Dec., '63; 28 Aug., '65. U. S. Navy.
BENJAMIN DYER, Jr., was acting volunteer Lieut. on store-ship Fredonia, at Arica, Peru, 13 Aug., 1868, the vessel being in the harbor. An earthquake destroyed the town and a tidal wave following wrecked the vessel. She sunk with all on board, including Dyer and his wife.
GEORGE WHITLEY, substitute for Benjamin W. Childs, served from 7 Dec., '64, to the close of the war.
U. S. Engineers.
HOWARD CARSON. LEANDER A. POOR.
Number of Oxford Soldiers. It is impossible to give from data accessible, the precise number of men properly called inhabitants of Oxford who engaged in the war, as many from abroad enlisted in . Oxford's quota, and were credited here, while a considerable number from the town enlisted in other places. The number furnished by Oxford is given officially in the Selectmen's Report for 1865 as 252, including five three years' men enlisted in the southern States, which was a surplus of 23 one year's men over all calls.
Memorial Tablets, Town Hall.1 Twelfth Regiment. GEORGE BACON, died at Alexandria, Va., June 6, 1864. SAMUEL C. SMITH, killed at Petersburg, Va., June 21, 1864.
Fifteenth Regiment.
Lieut. NELSON BARTHOLOMEW, died at Philadelphia, Nov. 22, 1861. Sergt. LUTHER C. TORREY, killed at Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1862. Sergt. AMOS H. SHUMWAY, killed at Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, 1862. Corp. JOHN TOOMEY, killed at Fair Oaks, May 31, 1862. EDWARD BOOTH, died at Fitchburg, March 20, 1868. GEORGE W. CROSS, killed at Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863. GEORGE P. DAVIS, killed at Wilderness, Va., May 8, 1864. JAMES H. DAVIS, killed at Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, 1862. ALFRED W. DAVIS, died at Antietam, Md., Sept. 22, 1862, of wounds. EDWARD ENNIS, died at Millbury, Nov. 20, 1866. PATRICK ELLIOTT, died at Oxford, Dec. 4, 1863. HERBERT N. FULLER, died at Andersonville, Ga., Feb. 20, 1864.
1 It will be noticed that in some instances the from the best information available. It is dates here given do not agree with those in the known that in several cases the dates on the Memorial Tablets are erroneous. preceding list. That record was made with care
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JOSEPH E. FELLOWS, died at Andersonville, Ga., March 29, 1865. JAMES HILTON, killed at Ball's Bluff, Va., Oct., 21, 1861. JOSEPH JENNISON, Jr., killed at Ball's Bluff, Va., Oct. 21, 1861. HENRY KOCK, killed at Spottsylvania, Va., May 13, 1864. CYRUS LARNED, died at Washington, D. C., Sept. 12, 1862. ALBERT S. MOFFITT, died at Oxford, April 11, 1864, of wounds. ELLIOT F. MCKINSTRY, died at Southbridge, Jan. 28, 1867. ANTONIO PHILLIPS, died at Andersonville, Ga., Sept. 3, 1864. FRANCIS C. POPE, died at Satterlee Hospital, N. Y., Feb. 15, 1865. LYMAN PHIPPS, died at Richmond, Va., Dec. 2, 1862. VERNON F. RINDGE, died at Oxford, Feb. 24, 1863. EDWIN E. RINDGE, died at Frederick, Md., Oct. 18, 1862, of wounds received at Antietam, Md.
GEORGE O. RAYMOND, died at Gettysburg, Pa., July 22, 1863, of wounds. JEROME P. SOUTHWICK, died at Uxbridge, Mass., Aug. 12, 1867, of wounds. BERNARD SCHMIDT, killed at Wilderness, Va., May 8, 1864. FELIX SHERBINO, killed at Wilderness, Va., May 8, 1864. GEORGE SHORTSLEEVE, died June 5, 1864, of wounds received at Wilderness, Va., May 8, 1864. SAMUEL THOMPSON, died at Poolesville, Md., Feb., 5, 1862. CONRAD M. TOWER [AMPTAEUR], killed at Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, 1862. CHARLES H. WHEELOCK, killed at Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, 1862. GEORGE S. WILLIAMS, killed at Spottsylvania, Va., May 13, 1864. ALBERT L. WILLIAMS, died at Bottom's Bridge, Va., Jan. 12, 1862.
Twenty-Fifth Regiment. .
JAMES D. ADAMS, died at Oxford, Sept. 4, 1864. JAMES O. BARTLETT, died at Charlton, May 1, 1866, of wounds received at Cold Harbor, Va. VALENTINE SUTER, killed at Roanoke Island, Feb. 8, 1862. Thirty-Fourth Regiment.
ESTES E. BAKER, died at Andersonville, Ga., Aug. 24, 1864. Thirty- Sixth Regiment.
Corp. EDWIN A. MARTIN, killed at Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864. JULIUS N. BELLOWS, died at Falmouth, Va., May 12, 1864, of wounds received at Wilderness, Va. JOSIAH C. BROWN, died at Milldale, Miss., July 26, 1863. DANIEL V. CHILDS, killed at Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864. JACOB L. CHILDS, died at Covington, Ky., April 4, 1864. JOHN DORE, died at Oxford, Sept. 15, 1865. FRANCIS A. FLETCHER, died at Falmouth, Va., Dec. 6, 1863. CHESTER J. SMITH, died at Washington, D. C., June 3, 1864.
Fifty-First Regiment. ALBERT FOSKETT, died in the service. Fifty- Seventh Regiment. EDWIN CUDWORTH, killed at Petersburg, Va., March 25, 1865. HENRY C. HAYDEN, died at Annapolis, Md., July 4, 1864. AMOS P. NEWTON, Jr., killed at North Anna River, Va., May 27, 1864. WILLIAM ROBBINS, killed at Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864. JOHN TULLEY, died at Alexandria, Va., May 18, 1865. Second Heavy Artillery.
WILLIAM BIGGS, died at Andersonville, Ga., July 21, 1864. WILLIAM H. N. CADY, died in Rebel Prison, Nov. 1, 1864. 25
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STEPHEN EAGER, died at Newbern, N. C., Nov. 28, 1864. PATRICK HOGAN, died at Andersonville, Ga., Aug. 27, 1864. PATRICK HOLDEN, died at Andersonville, Ga., Aug. 25, 1864.
RUFUS VICKERS, died at Florence, S. C., Oct., 1864.
CHRISTOPHER VICKERS, died at Charleston, S. C., Aug. 30, 1864.
Graves of Soldiers in Oxford, whose names are not in the fore- going lists. In the cemetery on the Plain :-
CHARLES MORAN, d. 23 Aug., 1883, a. '65; Co. F, 21st Mass. Reg. [Credited to Worcester in Adj. Gen. Rep.]
MANSON GOULD, Co. H, 51st Mass. Reg., d. 18 June, 1863, at Newbern, N. C. [Charlton.]
CHARLES A. HALL, Band, 4th Mass. H. Art., d. 16 May, 1876. [Worcester.]
In the North Cemetery :-
JOHN H. WISWELL, Corp., Co. I, 34th Mass. Reg., served from 23 July, '62, d. 23 March, '65, at Wilmington, N. C. [Warren.]
GEORGE G. MONROE, Co. C, 54th Mass. Reg. [colored], served from 30 March, '63; disc. for disability 10 July, '65 ; d. 3 Feb., 1883, a. 41. [Littleton. ] MYRON J. BALCOM, Co. B, 11th Conn. Reg., d. 6 Jan., 1876, a. 34.
HENRY M. WHITE, U. S. Colored Troops, d. 17 Aug., 1870, a. 30.
EUGENE SMITH, Co. B, 57th Mass. Reg. [colored], musician; served from 4 Jan., '64, to expiration of service, 30 July, '65; d. 24 March, 1883, a. 37.
WILLIAM SEVERANCE, Maine Reg., d. 5 Dec., 1881.
DANIEL W. BLANDING, d. 22 May, 1870.
ANSEL L. HOWE, Co. I, 39th Mass. Reg .; served from 25 Aug., '62, to decease, 18 Aug., '64, on Weldon R. R., N. C. [Natick.]
RHODES STAFFORD, Co. E, 4th Mass. Cavalry ; served from 7 Jan., '64, to decease, 21 Oct., '64, at Mower Hospital. [Auburn.]
FREDERICK E. YOUNG, k. in battle before Richmond, 13 Oct., '64.
GEORGE L. GROVER, Co. H, Ist Conn. Cav. ; d. 18 Feb., 1871, a. 23.
WILLIAM J. BOND, Serg., Co. K, 25th Mass. Reg. ; d. 3 June, '64, at Cold Harbor, Va. [Charlton.]
SIMEON WHEELOCK ; no headstone.
IRVING S. VASSALL, in service as clerk in Mass. State Agency at Washing- ton; d. 9 April, 1865.
Grand Army of the Republic. Oxford Post, G. A. R. No. 27, Charles Devens, was organized 15 Oct., 1867, in the Engine Company's hall, met there for a time and removed in 1868 to San- ford's Hall, continuing to the fall of 1870. A reorganization occurred Nov., 1870, in the basement of the store next south of the bank, and meetings were held there until about 1878, when the hall over the store on Sutton Avenue, near the railroad station, was occupied. In Nov., 1881, Sanford's Hall was again leased and has since that date been headquarters.
In 1879 a Relief Fund was established for the benefit of sick soldiers, and in 1889 $366.82 had been disbursed. In addition special contributions to needy comrades were made to the amount of about $500. The regular fund has been kept up by donations and the profits of public entertainments. The number of members, 1889, was 43.
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Commanders : 1867, Bernard B. Vassall ; 1868, A. Burrill Yeo- mans ; 1869, A. B. Clark ; 1870, '71, '72, Lewis T. Emerson ; 1873, William S. Forrest ; 1874, George H. Baker ; 1875, '76, J. Edward Nichols ; 1877, George H. Stevens ; 1878, '79, George W. Warner ; 1880, John A. Taft ; 1881, '82, Leonard E. Thayer ; 1883, John A. Taft ; 1884, Fred. G. Hyde; 1885, Lewis T. Emerson ; 1886, '87, Orrin B. Chaffee ; 1888, Fred. G. Hyde ; 1889, John A. Taft; 1890, Leonard E. Thayer.
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