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A SABBATH-SCHOOL FUND of five hundred dollars was given in 1873, by Ethan C. Ely in memory of his only son, Mason Warren Ely, who died Nov. 7, 1871, aged 13 years. The fund is known as the Mason Warren Ely Fund; and its annual interest is applicable to the purchase of books for the Sabbath-school use.
THE BURYING GROUND FUND has already been fully explained upon page 201. Its claim upon every loving and reverent son or daughter of Longmeadow is strong and tender. It should come ultimately to represent the sacred ancestral instincts and interests of hundreds of such, turning lovingly thitherward from every part of our land.
Although, as appears by the foregoing statements, none of the for- mer school or ministry lands remain now, as such, in the possession of either the town or parish, yet by a favoring concurrence of circum- stances, the First Parish has become the present owner of the corner building lot of the original Pastor Williams home lot. The burning of the old Williams parsonage in 1846, already referred to on page 234, and the subsequent death of the grandson there mentioned, opened the opportunity to a few citizens to unite, in the year 1857, in the pur- chase of this lot, and in the subsequent erection upon it of a conven- ient and tasteful brick parsonage, which was then transferred to the First Parish as its perpetual parsonage property. Thus it happens that the present century finds the pastor of the old Longmeadow Church dwelling upon the same spot, drawing water from the same well, and cultivating the same garden as good old Pastor Williams of nearly two centuries ago.
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S .- THE RECENT MILITARY RECORD.
The record of Longmeadow in the late civil war was a noteworthy one, not only in the number of her representatives upon the battle field, but more especially in the alacrity of her pecuniary response to the call of the hour. Before the passage of any law by the State Legislature authorizing towns to tax themselves for bounties to volun- teers, papers were circulated at three different times, and received the signatures of nearly every voter, pledging themselves to the pay- ment of their personal proportion of liberal bounties ($100, $100, $200,) to each volunteer under the respective calls of the President, whether the Legislature should ultimately pass any enabling act or not. These subscription papers, still preserved in the town archives, constitute a Roll of Honor for those who thus promptly pledged their property, hardly less a source of just pride to the town than the muster roll of its volunteers.
When the Legislature did pass the desired enabling act, the town itself promptly authorized a temporary war debt of several thousand dollars, which it then promptly extinguished by taxation. Indeed, it may be mentioned here, as one of the happy distinctions of Long- meadow, that with an unusually low rate of taxation. it has never been willing to rest long under a town debt for any purpose.
The following is a very nearly complete list of Longmeadow's contribution in nen to the Union force in the late civil war :
LONGMEADOW VOLUNTEERS, SUBSTITUTES, AND DRAFTED MEN.
[EXPLANATION .- M'd in, mastered in; m'd out, mustered out: transf'd transferred; re-en, re-enlisted : pro, promoted : disch'd, discharged : rec'd, received. ]
RISDON A. BREWER, Sth Inty , Co. A, m'd in July 13, 1864, m'd out Nov. 10, IS64. J. MILTON GRISWOLD, Sth Infy., Co. A, m'd in July 13, 1864, i'd out Nov. 10, 1864. ALBERT M. PEASE, Sth Infy., Co. A, m'd in July 13, 1864, m'd out Nov. 10, 1864. GEORGE M. TAYLOR, Sth Infy., Co. A, m'd in July 13, 1864, m'd out Nov. 10, 1864. EDWARD L. GAGE, Sth Infy., Co. HI, m'd in July 10, 1864, m'd out Nov. 10, 1864. WILLIAM COLLINS, 9th Infy., Co. G, mi'd in July 16, 1863, deserted Sept. 19, 1863. JAMES BARTEL, Ioth Infy., Co. G, deserted, no date of his desertion.
GEORGE COOK, Ioth Infy., Co. A, m'd in June 21, 1861 ; transf'd to Battery G, 2d
U. S. Art., Nov. 21, 1862; pro. to Ist Sergt. ; killed at Cold Harbor, Va., May 31, 1864.
JAMES W. BLOSSOM, Ioth Infy., Co. B, m'd in Dec. 22, 1863; transf'd to Co. H, 37th Regt., June 21, 1864; transi'd to Co. K, 20th Regt., June 21, 1865; dropped from rolls July 7, 1865; no record of muster out.
MERRITT E. SANFORD, Ioth Infy., Co. B, m'd in Dec. 22, 1863 ; transf'd to Co. H, 37th Regt., June 21, 1864 ; transf'd to Co. K, 20th Regt., June 21, 1865; pro. Corpl. July 1, 1865, Sergt July 20, 1865; m'd out July 16, 1865.
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FRANCIS WALKER, 10th Infy., Co. B, m'd in Dec. 22, 1863; transf'd to Co. H, 37th Regt., June 21, 1864; transf'd to Co. K, 20th Regt., June 21, 1865. Severely wounded in hand at Salem Heights, Va., May 3, 1863. M'd out July 16, 1865. JOHN N. WALKER, 10th Infy., Co. B, m'd in Dec. 22, 1863; transf'd to Co. H, 37th Regt., June 21, 1864 ; transf'd to 20th Regt., June 21, 1865. Severely wounded in groin at Spottsylvania May 12, 1864. No record of muster out.
SAMUEL IRWIN, Ioth Infy., Co. C, m'd in Dec. 21, 1863; died May 29, 1864, of wounds received at Spottsylvania May 12, 1864.
CHARLES E. SPELLMAN, 10th Infy., Co. E, m'd in Dec. 22, 1863 ; transf'd to Co. K, 37th Regt., June 19, 1863 ; transf'd to 20th Regt., Co. K, June 21, 1865 ; m'd out July 16, 1865.
WILLIAM WARRILLOW, IOth Infy., Co. E, m'd in Dec. 22, 1863 ; transf'd to Co. K, 37th Regt., June 19, 1864 ; transf'd to Co. K, 20th Regt., June 21, 1865. Slightly wounded in hand at Spottsylvania May 12, 1864 ; m'd out July 16, IS65. ORRIN B. COOLEY, Ioth Infy., Co. F, m'd in June 21, 1861; pro. to Corpl. and Sergt .; disch'd Feb. 20, 1864, to re-en .; transf'd to Co. I, 37th Regt., June 19, 1864 ; pro. to 2d Lieut. in 17th Regt. Feb. 7, 1865 ; pro. to Ist Lieut. June 1, 1865 ; m'd out July 11, IS65.
EDWARD P. COOMES, 10th Infy., Co. F, m'd in June 21, IS61. Wounded in hand at Spottsylvania May 12, 1864 ; m'd out July 1, 1864; re-en. in Hancock's Vet. Corps ; pro. to Sergt.
ELIAS COOMES, 10th Infy., Co. F, m'd in June 21, 1861. Killed at Fair Oaks May 31, 1862, shot through the head.
EMORY B. GATES, 10th Infy., Co. F, m'd in June 21, IS61 ; transf'd to Vet. Res. Corps Nov. 23, 1863; m'd ont July 1, 1864.
ORRIN A. HENDRICK, Ioth Infy., Co. F, m'd in June 21, 1861 ; pro. to Corpl. and Sergt. in Sept. 1863; disch'd in Oct. 1863, to accept a commission in Gen. Wild's colored brigade ; pro. to rank of Major.
JOSIAH C. HUNT, Ioth Infy., Co. F, mi'd in June 21, IS61; disch'd Sept. 19, 1862, for disability ; re-en. Feb. 18th, in Co. A, 3d Cav. ; m'd out Sept. 28, 1865. Died at home Jan. 12, IS6S.
EDWARD W. LATHROP, 10th Infy., Co. F, m'd in June 21, IS61, disch'd Oct. 27, 1862, for disability, typhoid fever.
WILLIAM F. WINTER, IOth Infy., Co. F, m'd in June 21, 1861, pro. to Corpl. Nov. 13, 1862, Sergt. Jan. 1, IS64. Was not absent from his regiment a single day, nor in hospital ; m'd out July 1, IS64.
JAMES MCLAUGHLIN, IIth Infy., Co. C, m'd in July 15, 1863, m'd out July 14, 1865. EDMUND A. COLTON, IIth Infy., Co. G, ni'd in June 13, 1861, m'd out June 24, 1864, pro. to Corpl.
THOMAS BURKE, 20th Infy., Co. K, m'd in Aug. 26, 1861, transf'd to 4th U. S. Art. Oct. 20, IS62.
DANIEL GALLAGHER, 2Ist Infy., Co. B, m'd in Aug. 23, IS61, transf'd to U. S. Cav. Oct. 25, 1862.
HENRY A. KNOX, 2Ist Infy., Co. B, m'd in Aug. 23, 1861, disch'd Jan. 1, 1864, to re-en. ; transf'd to Co. I, 36th Regt .; transf'd to Co. A, 56th Regt., June 8, 1865 ; m'd out July 12, IS65.
NATHANIEL F. KNOX, 2Ist Infy., Co. B, m'd in Feb. 23, 1864. Taken prisoner before Petersburg, Va., Sept. 30, 1864. Died at Andersonville Feb. 21, IS65.
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JOSEPH FRIZZELL, 22d Infy., m'd in June 29, 1864. Substitute for Edward Cordis ; cost, $750.00.
CARLO F. BROWN, 24th Infy., Co. F, m'd in Sept. 12, 1861. Killed at Newbern, N. C., Mar. 14, 1862.
GEORGE DINES, 25th Infy., Co. G, m'd in Jan. 12, 1864. Died at New Haven, Conn., Oct. 15, 1864.
FREDERICK H. BLACKMER, 27th Infy., Co. E, m'd in June 19, 1862; disch'd Aug. 12, 1863 ; re-en. Feb. 10, 1864, in Co. I, 3d Regt., Heavy Art. ; m'd out Sept. 26, 1865.
DEXTER AINSWORTH, 27th Infy., Co. K, m'd in Sept. 25, 1861 ; disch'd to re-en. Dec. 23, 1863 ; m'd out June 26, IS65.
DORR R. BRUCE, 27th Infy., Co. K, m'd in Feb. 27, 1864. Died May 7, 1864, of wounds rec'd at Walthall Junction, Va.
EBENEZER P. MCGREGORY, 27th Infy., Co. K, m'd in Sept. 26, 1861 ; transf'd to Vet. Res. Corps Aug. 14, 1863; m'd out April 1, 1865.
CHARLES H. RUST, 27th Infy., Co. K, m'd in Oct. 12, 1861 ; pro. to Corpl. April I, 1862 ; m'd out Nov. 1, 1864.
EDWARD PENDLETON, 27th Infy., Co. G, m'd in July 31, IS62 ; disch'd to re-en. in Co. G, 27th Regt., Jan. 1, 1864; disch'd Nov. 23. 1365, for disability.
REUBEN WICKS, 27th Infy., Co. E, m'd in July 7, 1864. Never joined his Company. CHARLES STONE, 2Sth Infy., m'd in July 19, 1864. Substitute for Edwin K. Colton; cost, $700.00.
EDWARD WALTERS, 28th Infy., ni'd in July 19, 1864. Substitute for Arthur D. Medlicott; cost, $700.co.
PATRICK CARNES, 3Ist Infy., Co. A, m'd in Nov. 20, 1861 ; disch'd to re-en. Feb.
12, 1864, in Co. A, 31st Regt. ; m'd out Sept. 5, 1865.
JOHN DELACY, 32d Infy., Co. I, m'd in July 16, 1363. Died, no date given.
CHARLES S. RANSOM, 37th Infy., Co. A, m'd in Sept. 2, 1862. Deserted Oct. 1, 1863.
CHARLES H. BLY, 37th Infy., Co. D, m'd in Aug. 30, 1863, m'd out June 21, 1865. EDWARD BURT, 37th Infy., Co. D, i'd in Aug. 30, 1862; pro. to Corpl. Died June 2, 1864, of wounds rec'd at Spottsylvania.
DWIGHT M. CHAPMAN, 37th Infy., Co. D, m'd in Aug. 30, 1862; pro. to Corpl. ; m'd out June 21, 1865.
GEORGE C. DAGGETT, 37th Infy., Co. D, m'd in Aug. 30, 1862; transf'd to Vet. Res. Corps Sept. 16, 1863 ; m'd out June 21, 1865.
DANIEL GREEN, 37th Infy , Co. D, m'd in Aug. 30, 1862, m'd out June 21, IS65. HENRY HALL, 37th Infy., Co. D, m'd in Aug. 30, 1862, m'd out June 21, 1865.
CHESTER D. HOLBROOK, 37th Infy., Co. D, m'd in Aug. 30, IS62 ; pro. to Corpl.
Shot through the arm in the Wilderness May 6, 1864; disch'd for disability Nov. 22, IS64.
BARNABAS C. KNOX, 37th Infy., Co. D, m'd in Aug. 30, 1862 ; disch'd for disability May 6, 1863.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK, 37th Infy., Co. D, m'd in Aug. 30, 1862. Died at Frederick City, Md., Aug. 7, 1864.
FREDERICK A. MOODY, 37th Infy., Co. D, m'd in Aug. 30, 1862; pro. to Corpl. Jan. 12, 1864, Sergt. April 9, 1865 ; m'd out Jan. 21, 1865.
JOHN ORR, 37th Infy., Co. D, m'd in Aug. 30, 1862. Deserted June 18, 1863.
SAMUEL ORR, 37th Infy., Co. D, m'd in Aug. 30, 1862 ; pro. Corpl. Disch'd for disability May 20, 1864.
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DWIGHT H. PARSONS, 37th Infy., Co. D, m'd in Aug. 30, 1862; pro. to Commissary Sergt. Nov. 27, 1862 ; pro. 2d Lieut. Mar. 4, 1865; m'd out June 21, 1865. WILLIAM E. PARSONS, 37th Infy., Co. D, m'd in Aug. 30, IS62 ; pro. to Corpl. April 6, 1865; m'd out June 21, 1865.
BENNETT H. PEPPER, 37th Infy., Co. D, m'd in Aug. 30, 1862 ; pro. to Sergt. ; m'd out June 21, IS65.
HILAND PORTER, 37th Infy., Co. D, m'd in Aug. 30, 1862, m'd out June 21, 1865. JOHN C. ROCKWOOD, 37th Infy., Co. D, m'd in Aug. 30, IS62 ; pro. to Corpl. ; m'd out June 21, IS65.
JAMES F. Ross, 37th Infy., Co. D, m'd in Aug. 30, 1862. Shot in shoulder at Wilderness, May 6, 1864 ; transf'd to Vet. Res. Corps ; m'd out June 21, 1865. JOHN SHEA, 37th Infy., Co. D, m'd in Aug. 30, 1862. Died of wounds April 7, IS65, received at Sailor's Creek.
MYRON D. TAYLOR, 37th Infy., Co. D, m'd in Aug. 30, 1862. Died Mar. IS, 1864, at Brandy Station, Va.
NATHANIEL P. TAYLOR, 37th Infy., Co. D, m'd in June 4, 1864; taken prisoner May 27, 1864. Died at Andersonville Aug. 5, 1864.
WILLIAM THOMPSON, 37th Infy., Co. D, m'd in Aug. 30, 1862, m'd out June 21, 1865. SPENCER H. WOOD, 37th Infy., Co. D, ni'd in Aug. 30, IS62; transf'd to Vet. Res. Corps Oct. 4, 186.4.
TIMOTHY MULLEN, 37tl Infy., Co. K, m'd in Jan. 4, 1864. Killed at Sailor's Creek April 6, 1865; was wounded and bayoneted.
JAMES ELLIOT BLISS, 37th Infy., Co. K, m'd in Aug. 30, IS62. Murdered at White Oak Swamp, Va., Dec. S, 1862.
THOMAS F. CORDIS, 46th Inty., Co. A, m'd in Sept. 25, 1862; pro. to Sergt .; mi'd out July 29, 1863.
ARTHUR D. MEDLICOTT, 46th Infy., Co. A, m'd in Sept. 25, 1862; disch'd Jan. 5, 1863. Furnished substitute, R. Ryan.
JAMES E. COOLEY, 46th Infy., Co. E, m'd in Oct. 15, 1862; pro. to Corpl. ; m'd out July 29, 1863.
STEPHEN R. ASHLEY, 46th Infy., Co. I, mi'd in Sept. 24, 1862, m'd out July 29, 1863. JOEL B. CALHOUN, 46th Infy., Co. I, m'd in Sept. 24, 1862, ni'd out July 29, 1863. Substitute for J. C. Pease.
WILLIAM A. CARPENTER, 46th Infy., Co. I, m'd in Sept. 24, 1862, m'd out July 29, 1863.
PATRICK CASEY, 46th Infy., Co. I. m'd in Sept. 24, 1862, m'd out July 29, 1863. JOHN COME, 46th Infy., Co. I, m'd in Sept. 24, 1862, m'd out July 29, 1863. Dead. ALBERT E. CONVERSE, 46th Infy., Co. I, m'd in Sept. 24, 1862. Disch'd to re-en. in Co. A, 2d Regt., Heavy Art., June 3, 1863; m'd out Sept. 3. IS65.
N. SAXTON COOLEY, 46th Infy., Co. I, m'd in Sept. 24, 1862. Was chosen 2d
Lieut. Detailed on Signal Corps. Stationed in front of Charleston, S. C., from Feb. 1863 ; m'd out in Oct. 1863.
GILBERT H. COOMES, 46th Infy., Co. I, i'd in Sept. 24, 1862, m'd out July 29, 1863. RICHARD H. COOMES, 46th Infy., Co. I, m'd in Sept. 24, 1862, m'd out July 29, 1863. PATRICK DAVIS, 46th Infy., Co. I, m'd in Sept. 24, 1862, m'd out July 29, 1863.
WILLIAM C. EATON, 46th Infy., Co. I, m'd in Sept. 24, 1862, m'd out July 29, 1863. ARTHUR F. EGGLESTON, 46th Infy., Co. I, m'd in Sept. 24, 1862, m'd out July 29, 1863. JAMES P. GRISWOLD, 46th Infv., Co. I, m'd in Sept. 24, 1862, m'd out Sept. 29, IS63,
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ETHAN C. MCINTOSH, 46th Infy., Co. I, m'd in Sept. 24, 1862. Disch'd June 25, 1863. Civil appointment.
DANIEL F. MURRAY, 46th Infy., Co. I, m'd in Sept. 24, 1362, m'd out July 29, 1863. Dead.
DALLAS M. PEASE, 46th Infy., Co. I, m'd in Sept. 24, 1862. Disch'd June 3, 1863, to re-en. in Co. A, 2d Heavy Art. ; m'd out Sept. 3, 1865.
GEORGE M. ROBBINS, 46th Infy., Co. I, i'd in Sept. 24, 1862, m'd out July 29, 1863. GEORGE W. SCOTT, 46th Infy., Co. I, m'd in Sept. 24, 1862, m'd out July 29, 1863. FRANK R. STEBBINS, 46th Infy., Co. I, m'd in Sept. 24, 1862. Disch'd Mar. 17, 1863, for disability. Died Mar. 26, 1863.
EDMUND W. WARNER, 46th Infy., Co. I, ni'd in Sept. 24, 1862 ; pro. to Corpl. ; m'd out July 29, 1863. Died Aug. 4, 1863.
JOEL E. WHITTEMORE, 46th Infy., Co. I, m'd in Sept. 24, 1862. Disch'd for disa- bility Mar. 21, 1863.
EDWARD F. MOODY, 46th Infy., Co. I, m'd in Oct. 16, 1862. Disch'd in Nov. 1862. Furnished a substitute.
EUGENE C. PORTER, 46th Infy., Co. I, m'd in Sept. 24, 1862; pro. to Corpl. ; m'd out July 29, IS63.
EDWARD HINES, 54th Infy., Co. A, mi'd in Mar. 30, 1863, m'd out Aug. 20, 1865. JOHN CORNISH, 54th Infy., Co. C, m'd in Ma .. 30, 1863, m'd out Aug. 20, 1865.
PETER WARD, 2D, 57th Infy., Co. B, i'd in Jan. 4, 1864, m'd out July 30, 1865. Absent, wounded.
MICHAEL HARRIS, 57th Infy., Co. F, m'd in Feb. IS, 1864. Died of wounds May 12, 1864, rec'd at Wilderness.
JAMES P. TWISS, 57th Infy., Co. F, m'd in Feb. 18, 1864. Died at City Point, Va., July 22, 1864.
HUGH PATRICK, Ist Cav., Co. A, m'd in Dec. 30, 1863, m'd out June 26, 1865.
THOMAS BENTLEY, Ist Cav., Co. D, i'd in Feb. 20, 1864, m'd out June 29, 1865.
CORNELIU'S T. CHANDLER, Ist Cav., Co. E, m'd in Sept. 14, 1861, m'd out Nov. 7, 1864. Died Sept. 15, 1867.
JAMES M. COOMES, Ist Cav., Co. E, m'd in Sept. 18, 1861. Died May 4, 1864, in Andersonville.
ELISHA Goss, Ist Cav., Co. F, m'd in Sept. 25, 1861. Disch'd for disability Feb. 5, 1863. Died April 8, 1863.
CHAUNCEY E. PECK, Ist Cav., Co. F, m'd in Sept. 25, 1861. Disch'd for disability Sept. 12, 1864.
GEORGE SLADE, Ist Cav., Co. H, m'd in Nov. 15, 1864, in'd out June 26, 1865.
JOHN E. PERKINS, Ist Cav., Co. H. No record. Enlisted Jan. 11, 1864.
JAMES ANDERSON, 2d Cav., unassigned recruit, m'd in July 15, 1864.
JOHN GREY, 2d Cav., unassigned recruit, m'd in July 15, 1864.
JOHN HARVEY, 2d Cav., unassigned recruit, m'd in July 8, 1864. Discharged for disability July 22, 1864.
FRANCIS LYNCH, 2d Cav., unassigned recruit, m'd in July 15. 1864.
HENRY C. HUNT, 3d Cav., Co. A, m'd in Feb. 16, 1864 ; pro. to Corpl. ; m'd out Sept. 28, 1865.
JAMES DONAHUE, 3d Cav., Co. G, m'd in Jan. 5, 1864. Died Aug. 10, 1864, at Soldiers' Rest, Springfield, Mass.
CHARLES D. MACKEY, 4th Cav., Co. A, m'd in Mar. 1, 1864. Disch'd for disability May 24, 1865.
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FARNAM E. SAWIN, 4th Cav., Co. A, m'd in Mar. 1, 1864 ; pro. to Sergt. ; m'd out Nov. 14, 1865.
WILLIAM A. SMITH, 4th Cav., Co. A, m'd in Mar. 1, 1864 ; pro. to Corpl. Killed Oct. 24, 1864, at Gum Creek, Fla.
BENJAMIN F. COOK, 4th Cav., Co. C, m'd in Jan. 6, 1864, m'd out Nov. 14, 1865. JOHN F. BANNON, 4th Cav., Co. G, m'd in Jan. 27, 1864 ; pro. to Ist Sergt. Deserted - April 7, 1865.
HERBERT E. EGGLESTON, 2d Heavy Art., Co. F, m'd in Aug. 26, 1864, m'd out June 26, 1865.
HIRAM C. BLACKMER, 3d Heavy Art., Co. I, m'd in Feb. 10, 1864, m'd out May 28, 1865.
HARVEY H. COOMES, 5th Infy., Conn., disch'd in 1865. Enlisted in June 1861. JAMES GAGE, 7th Infy., Co. B, Conn., m'd out in Sept. 1864. Enlisted Sept. 2, 1861. WILLIAM A. ALLEN, 8th Infy., Co. B, Conn., m'd in Sept. 12, 1861, m'd out Dec. 12, 1865.
GEORGE MILLER, 16th Infy., Co. D, Conn. Died Mch. IS, 1865, at Annapolis, Md. ERASTUS B. KEENEY, 16th Infy., Conn. Disch'd June 10, 1865.
ETHAN W. LATHROP, 16th Infy., Conn. Died Oct. 21, 1863, in hospital at New Haven, of typhoid fever produced by sun stroke. Enlisted Aug. 14, 1862. CHARLES E. MINER, 16th Infy., Conn. No record.
WILLIAM H. CROOKS, Ist Infy., Co. D, N. Y., m'd in June 21, IS61. Wounded in shoulder at Williamsburg, Va. ; pro. 2d Lieut. Jan. 23, 1864 ; pro. to Capt. ; m'd out July 26, 1864.
JOHN CARVER, 88th Infy., N. Y. No record.
PATRICK PIERCE, 88th Infy., N. Y. No record.
JOHN RANDALL, SSth Infy., N. Y. No record.
ASAHEL GAGE, JR., 2d Wis., Co. D. Killed by a shell at South Mountain Sept. 14, 1862. Enlisted April 19, 1861.
OTTO NEWPORT, 5th Cav., U. S. No record.
STEPHEN H. GREELEY, 5th Cav., Co. I), N. Y. No record.
GEORGE F. SESSIONS, 3d Art., Co. E, U. S., i'd in Oct. 14, 1861 ; pro. to Corpl., Sergt., and Ist Sergt .; m'd out Oct. 14, 1864.
HOWARD M. BURNHAM, 5th Art., Co. H, U. S. Rec'd appointment of 2d Lieut. in 5th U. S. Art. May 14, 1861 ; pro. to Ist Lieut. April 27, 1863. In Aug. IS63 was in command of Battery H, 5th U. S. Art. Appointed Chief of Art., Ist Div., 14th Army Corps, on Staff of Gen. Baird. Killed at Chicamauga, Ga., Sept. 19, 1863.
EDWARD F. I'HELPS, Ist Bat'y, Conn., m'd in Nov. 13, 1861 ; pro. to Corpl. and Sergt. ; i'd out in Va. in 1864.
MOSES PHELPS, JR., Ist Bat'y, Conn., m'd in Nov. 13, 1861. Disch'd for disability in 1864.
LEVI H. WARNER, Ist Bat'y, Conn., m'd in Nov. 13; 1861. Died of typhoid fever Aug. 8, 1862, at Hartford, Conn.
EUGENE MCGREGORY, 15th Bat'y, m'd in Dec. 1862.
GEORGE EVANS. No record.
GIDEON D. TOWNE. No record.
JOHN F. WHITCOMB. No record.
MICHAEL LEONARD, U. S. Navy. No Record.
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PETER CAVANAGH, Vet. Res. Corps, m'd in Dec. 6, 1864. Disch'd Nov. 15, 1865. Order War Department.
JAMES HOTEY, Vet. Res. Corps, m'd in Nov. 21, IS64.
JOHN HURLEY, Vet. Res. Corps, m'd in Dec. 7, 1864. Disch'd Nov. 17, 1865. Order War Department.
JOHN JACKEL, Vet. Res. Corps, m'd in Dec. 7, 1864.
JAMES M. CLARK, substitute for William E. Bliss; cost, $80S.
MICHAEL DALTON, substitute for Thomas F. Cordis ; cost, $733.
CHARLES L. DAVIS, substitute for C. F. Hunn ; cost, $SoS.
WILLIAM DILLON, substitute for John N. Colton ; cost, $733. JOSEPH HARGREAVES, substitute for David Booth, 2d; cost, $808.
DAVID JOHNSON, substitute for Homer Dwight ; cost, $908.
EDWARD JOHNSON, substitute for William E. Boies ; cost, $733.
CHARLES LAURENS, substitute for D. Erskine Burbank ; cost, $715.50.
ANDREW MCNAUGHTON, substitute for Stephen R. Ashley ; cost, $80S.
JAMES SMITH, substitute for Sylvester Bliss ; cost, $700. FRANK WILLIAMS, substitute for N. Saxton Cooley ; cost, $710.
DANIEL C. BLISS, drafted in 1864 ; procured a substitute.
DAVID W. DONE, drafted in 1864; procured a substitute. MYRON HILL, drafted in 1864; paid commutation, $300. RALPH B. HOPKINS, drafted in 1864; procured a substitute.
HENRY J. ROBERT, drafted in IS64; paid commutation, $300.
SIMEON B. SIMONS, drafted in 1864 ; paid commutation, $300.
SUMMARY.
Whole number,
166
Served whole term of enlistment.
79
Killed, .
S
Died of wounds,
5
Died of disease,
Died in prison,
3
Discharged for disability,
12
Deserted,
5
No record,
18
Substitutes,
14
Transferred to regular army,
2
Discharged by order of War Department,
2
Drafted,
6
U. S. Navy,
I
Never joined his company,
I
Died since the war,
5
Total loss by death,
166
Average age, .
25 years 4 months. 26 . .
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PERSONAL REMINISCENCES.
The formal details of tabular statements might be to any extent relieved and enlivened by personal sketches of army experience. The two which follow are taken as representative of gallant behavior and personal incident on the field in different departments of the service.
PHOTO EN LOS
THE BURNHAM PLACE, LONGMEADOW.
LIEUT. HOWARD MATHER BURNHAM, BATTERY H, FIFTH U. S. ARTILLERY, Son of Roderick H. and Katharine Livingston Burnham, grandson of Elisha and Emily Burt Burnham, and in the eighth generation from the Burnhams of Hatfield in Herefordshire, England, was connected through his grandmother, Emily Burt Burnham, with the Burts of Longmeadow-Capt. Calvin, Capt. David, and others of the line, who served in the Indian and Revolutionary wars, going back through nine generations to Henry Burt of Springfield in 1638. Rev. Mr. Harding, in the address at his funeral, said : " As chief of artillery and on the staff of Gen. Baird, Lieut. Burnham had been assisting in the difficult task of conducting the artillery over Lookout Mountain, when he fell on the battle-field of Chickamauga, while in command of his battery. To one of the Sixteenth Regulars, who hurried to him as he fell with the question, 'Lieutenant, are you hurt?' his answer was, 'Not much ; but save the guns !' He then asked for water. One of his lieutenants was soon after at his side, and said, ' Burnham, do you know me ?' Opening his eyes faintly, he mur- murmured, ' On with the Eighteenth !' and never spoke again. He died at his post, serving his guns, surrounded by his brave men, in the very heat and ardor of the battle, shot through the breast. There for us and his country he poured out his noble blood. It was a willing sacrifice. What pleasant memories have we all of that manly, open, handsome face, that laughing eye, that beamed so keen with honor and with friendship. We knew him as one who scorned from his deepest soul all
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meanness and untruth and deceit. We think of him as the type of gentlemanly bearing and the model of courtesy. He all along was unconsciously fitting himself for the career that was to distinguish his opening manhood. Full six feet high and finely proportioned, he became a proficient in manly sports and feats of strength; was a great walker, and perfectly at home in the saddle."
A letter published in the New York Herald, from its army correspondent, says : "Among the batteries lost was the famous Battery H of the Fifth Artillery. At Shiloh it figured as Terrill's, that officer then commanding, christening it on that memorable day when it and others saved the day. At Stone River it again came to the rescue, this time of McCook; and under Lieut. Guenther it was now baptized with his name. Recently Lieut. Howard M. Burnham came into command ; and again for a third time, under a third gallant commander, Battery H came to the res- cue. I knew Burnham and Fessenden and Ludlow well. Their quarters lay on my route to headquarters, and I never passed them without a pleasant greeting and a cheerful word. They were each men of unusual worth. Burnham is killed and the others wounded and captured. All have fallen nobly, and though the battery ceases to exist, the story of their worth and heroism will not perish. 'Though the field be lost, all is not lost,' when the smoke of battle dissolves to reveal the tableau of these young men perishing over their guns .. . At one time the regulars, hard pressed, had the inisfortune to be separated. A battalion of the Sixteenth Infantry was cut off and nearly all captured. Major Coolidge was killed, Dawson and Miller, Clark, Mills, Crofton, Adair, and Meridith wounded ; Burnham dead, and the men and horses of his battery lying in heaps around him, with his lieutenants too badly wounded to command, the brigade broken, badly repulsed, leaving the now immova- ble battery in the hands of the rebels." The same correspondent adds : "The charge of that corps should go down to posterity in language that would insure the immortality of the story. Moving with admirable precision, yet with great rapidity, the line never wavered, as the enemy, attempting to make a stand, would for a mo- inent halt, and turn upon the terrible line of leaping flame which pursued him. The incidents of that charge cannot be told. A thousand are crowding the note book of my memory ; but I dare not stop now to tell how noble Burnham and Ludlow and Fessenden, with thirty men and fifty horses killed, fell, over their captured guns, nor how the battery was retaken, nor how the Sixteenth Infantry threw itself away against the wall of flame that licked it up till only one wounded captain and twenty men remained. I cannot now detail how volunteers and regulars vied with each other for the honor of the day. God knows they won glory enough to cover all."
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