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In a letter to Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. Muzzey, Medical Inspector United States Army, he describes the barracks as
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supports coming up also showed the Rebels the hopelessness of their attempt. After this charge Surgeon Ware remained awhile to assist at the general hospital, and Assistant-Surgeon Fisher rejoined the regiment, which went into line of battle across a road in the woods. Here perfect silence was enjoined, and one poor fellow with a spasmodic cough was dosed with opium and hurried to the rear between two comrades, with his handkerchief stuffed into his mouth. Nothing came of all our precautions, and the army took up its line of march through a burning forest towards New Berne.
On our return the same crop of lung and intestinal diseases ap- peared as had followed our Tarboro' expedition, but they were less amenable to treatment. Bronchitis and diarrhoea were re- placed by pneumonia and dysentery. The total number under treatment for December was 331, and the daily average of sick and wounded in hospital and quarters was 85. Our losses on the Goldsboro' expedition may be learned from the tables ap- pended. December 25, the first case of a new and alarming dis- ease occurred in our regiment, proving fatal in a few days. The epidemic, which followed and extended to other regiments, was entirely outside the experience of any of the surgeons in the department. The fever was at first regarded as a virulent type of malarial disease. The autopsy in the case of Henry G. Kim- ball, of Andover, Company G, who died Jan. 1, 1863, made by the assistant-surgeon, showed the presence of inflammation in the membranes of the brain and spinal cord. The disease was afterwards recognized as cerebro-spinal meningitis, which is iden- tical with the disease once known as spotted fever, occurring as an epidemic in Massachusetts between the years 1807 and 1816. The next death was that of John C. Pollitz, Boston, Company F, on January 7. Having been previously well, he came in from guard in the morning, was sent to the hospital, and died the same afternoon. This sudden fatality naturally produced much con- sternation in the regiment. Quinine rations were issued as a prophylactic measure, and Surgeon Ware was untiring in his efforts to determine the cause of the epidemic.
In a letter to Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. Muzzey, Medical Inspector United States Army, he describes the barracks as
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" placed so near the edge of a swamp that the space allotted for the sinks and pools of refuse is much too small for a permanent camp, and too near the barracks. The barracks are built of green pine, and the sills are laid directly on the ground. The buildings are placed end to end, those of each wing forming one side of a square, the retreating angle of which is directed towards the swamp." The dimensions of the barracks which he gives allow but one hundred and fifty cubic feet per man, or one seventh of the air space which the British Army regulations require for per- manent -barracks. Surgeon Ware further states that up to Feb- ruary 20, nineteen cases of the fever had occurred, with twelve deaths. No new cases appeared after January 19, when the first heavy rains fell. The epidemic was preceded by a long dry and warm spell of weather. The first symptoms in most cases were of intense cerebral congestion, followed by convulsions, rigidity of the muscles, and coma. There were usually head- ache, stupor, small, quick pulse, duskiness of the face, and sometimes collapse in the first stage, followed by a noisy de- lirium, deafness, squinting, rigidity, and lastly a petechial or pur- puric eruption, typhoid symptoms, coma, and death. Dr. Ware thought the disease was probably both of typhous and malarial origin.
- February I, in consequence of the epidemic, and the possible connection of the swamp and barracks with it, the regiment was sent to Plymouth. Assistant-Surgeon Fisher was detailed for service in the Foster General Hospital the last of January, much against his desire and the remonstrances of Colonel Lee and Sur- geon Ware. A promise was exacted that if the regiment took the field or moved he should go with it; and the Plymouth expe- dition having been ordered about this time, he was reluctantly allowed to go. The regiment remained in Plymouth ten days, quartered on board the " Northerner " at first, and afterwards in some empty warehouses without fire. The weather was very cold and the ground covered with snow. One mysterious night march of twenty-five miles was made with the usual mud, and ice-cold creeks to ford. Measles first appeared here, and the assistant surgeon was one of the first victims. Lying on the floor of a Southern house, with a Northern snow-storm raging at every
-
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crevice, very sick with a disease one is ashamed not to have had in early life, is no joke, however it may appear to one's brother officers ! After our return, February 10, to New Berne the regi- ment suffered from measles and diphtheria. The cases were severe and in a few instances fatal. The assistant-surgeon was sent as a patient to the Stanley General Hospital, putting the whole burden of the regimental work upon Surgeon Warc. On February 20 there were 44 sick in quarters and 66 in hospital, general and regimental, of which 30 were cases of measles. The daily aver- age in January was 72, in February, 67. On his recovery the assistant-surgeon went on duty at the Foster General Hospital. He had under his charge one half of the patients, medical and sur- gical, officers and men, in the large building formerly used as a theatre and masonic hall, amounting to about 75 on an average. In the first story the stage and auditorium of the theatre made one large ward, the drop-scene being nailed up over the stage to form its ceiling. In the masonic hall overhead the sick and dying were cheered by the masonic emblems painted in the panels of the ceiling, a coffin being conspicuous in one corner! The regi- mental hospital was removed for convenience from Craven Street to a hospital barrack at the camp the last of February.
March 14, during the attack on our outposts across the Neuse River, shot and shell fell near the hospital and officers' quarters about breakfast-time. Shells for breakfast were a novelty. The sick and the horses having been removed, the cannon- ading was watched with less anxiety. March 15, the regiment or rather eight companies of it were sent by transport to "Little " Washington under medical charge of Surgeon Ware, leaving two companies, F and B, which were on picket duty at Batchelder's Creek, and the invalid guard at Brice's Creek in charge of the assistant-surgeon, who also continued his duties at the Foster Gen- eral Hospital. No amount of influence or persuasion which was brought to bear on the chief medical authorities sufficed to re- voke his detail or annul the above arrangement. As it afterwards proved, a disproportionate amount of work devolved on Surgeon Ware, which may have been influential in causing his sickness and untimely death. But this result was not and could not have been foreseen. As Surgeon Fisher took an affectionate leave of
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his senior on board the "Escort," neither for a moment imagined it was a final farewell.
The details of the long siege and the consequent sufferings of the men are narrated elsewhere. The casualties were few, but the constant night alarms, heavy work by day on short rations, and the exposures and anxicties of the siege entailed much unusual labor on Surgeon Ware, who was the senior medical officer of the garrison. The surgeon's-call book having been lost, the proportion of sickness in this part of the regiment cannot be determined. No fatal disease prevailed, but cases of diarrhea, dysentery, bronchitis, and tonsilitis were frequent. Surgeon Ware's duties also extended to the other regiments and to the large number of negroes engaged on the defences. The following newspaper item relates to one of Surgeon Ware's patients: -
" I must tell you of one hero who saved a company of soldiers from certain death. A flat full of soldiers, with a few negroes, attempted to land at Rodman's Point, but were repulsed by a terrible fire of Rebel bul- lets, all tumbling into the boat and lying flat to escape being shot. Mean- while the boat stuck fast on the shore, when this noble African said : 'Somebody 's got to die to git us out of dis, and it may as well be me !' He then deliberately got out and pushed the boat off, and fell into it, pierced by five bullets. Dr. Ware afterwards amputated a leg and resected a part of one bone in the arm ; but the man of course died."
Surgeon Ware was attacked with double pneumonia of a typhoidal type about April 5, and died April 10, four days before the raising of the siege. He had been seized with a dangerous attack of syncope during our former visit to "Little " Washington in November, of which he made light, but which probably in- dicated cardiac debility not favorable to a long life. He was afterwards apparently as vigorous as ever, and his death was a surprise and shock to all. His unsparing activity and zeal in the performance of his official duties made his death seem more untimely. He had become endeared to the men of the regi- ment, who had learned his real worth and his kindness of heart, and his death was the saddest event of the sad and gloomy weeks of the siege. His brother officers of the field and staff had early learned to love him as a brother. He was, in fact, the connection, friend, or familiar acquaintance of several of
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them before the war, and his death came like a family loss to them. This is not the place for an adequate memorial sketch of so diligent a student, so talented a surgeon and sanitarian, so noble a character, or even of so good a soldier. His alma mater will preserve his memory in marble as pure as his fame; his classmates will recount his virtues ; his friends and comrades will long mourn his loss; and his name will stand in his country's roll of honor, high among those whose self-sacrifice, though " sweet and fitting," was sad and disheartening to the last degree.
During the siege the distant boom of guns daily aroused new apprehensions for the safety of their comrades in the men left at New Berne. The lack of reliable intelligence became positively painful, until about April 11, when rumors reached them of the death of Surgeon Ware. Assistant-Surgeon Fisher at once de- manded permission to join the regiment, but was detained a day or two, until the rumor was confirmed. He then left on the " Escort," expecting to run the blockade, but fortunately found Hill's Point in possession of our men. The last gun of the siege was fired the night of his arrival. The boys plainly showed the effects of the siege in their worn and anxious looks, but soon recuperated under the cheering influences of sleep, good rations, and the prospect of an early return to New Berne.
From April 22 to the close of its term of service the regiment was acting as provost-guard of New Berne. A large mansion- house on Broad Street was taken for a regimental hospital. Sur- geon Fisher, whose commission dated from the day of Surgeon Ware's death, took charge of it. Daniel McPhee had been com- missioned Assistant-Surgeon late in March, and joined the regi- ment on its return. Typhoid fever became prevalent, and was increasing in frequency and severity when the regiment sailed for Boston. Seven cases were too sick to be moved, and were sent to the Foster General Hospital, where four of them died. Many others, though very weak, were put on board the " Guide," in care of Surgeon Fisher. Assistant-Surgeon McPhee accon- panied the left wing on board the "George Peabody."
To summarize the results from a medical point of view of our nine months' service, the following table will suffice : -
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Killed and died of wounds .
11
Wounded
32
Died of disease 26
Discharged for disability
65
Invalid guard 25
Total sick for eight months 2,128
Pensions granted .
46
Claims pending
35
The regiment was an average one physically, but above the average in activity, intelligence, and esprit de corps. Its short term was made up of active service well calculated to test its mettle and endurance, and in no case did it fail to exhibit all those manly qualities characteristic of Massachusetts soldiers.
Killed and died of Wounds.
Charles E. Rollins, Brookline . Company C, Rawle's Mill, Nov. 2, '62. Charles Morse, Boston . E,
Matthew R. Meagher, Boston .
D. Tyler Newcomb, Medford .
J. Watson Slocum, Holliston . A,
Sergeant A. Stacy Courtis, Cambridge " Corporal Edwin H. Curtis, Boston C,
Antonio F. Pollo, Boston . ¥
C,
66
George E. Noyes, West Roxbury
K,
Albert L. Butler, Cambridge . A, Dec. 19, '62.
Sergeant David K. Hobart, Boston,
G, Wash'n, N. C., Apr. 24, '63.
Taken Prisoner.
Sergeant David K. Hobart, Boston, Company G, Washington, N. C., Mar. 30, '63.
Corporal Theodore J. Lawrence, Boston, Company G, Washington, N. C., Mar. 30, '63.
Private John Leonard, Roxbury, Company G, Washington, N. C., Mar. 30, '63.
Deserted.
William Gibson, Chelsea
B, " 21, "
Morris P. Lenihan, Boston
H, Boston,
22,
Wounded.
James W. Briggs, 2d Lieut., Boston, Company C, Rawle's Mill, Nov. 2, '62. Sergeant Albert C. Pond, Boston C, ¥
A,
A, Whitehall, Dec. 16, '62.
"
C, CC
Company A, Readville, Oct. 8, '62. Patrick Dalton, Newton
248
FORTY-FOURTH MASSACHUSETTS INFANTRY.
William A. Smallidge, Cambridge, Company C, Rawle's Mill, Nov. 2, '6z.
Sergeant Frederick W. Smith, Jr.
John C. Peakes
66
C, D),
66
Asa H. Stebbins, 2d Lieut., Boston
Charles H. Roberts, Melrose .
E, 6.
..
E. Augustus Jacobs, South Scituate Alexander H. Everett, Cambridge Albert S. May, Needham
¥
Dec. 16, '62.
John F. Berry, Boston .
.€ A,
.4
A, 66
Amos K. Tappan, Boston .
=
A,
John W. Greenwood, Needham
66
A, A, B,
66
Charles C. Ewer, Boston . .
D, ¥ =
Frederick Jackson, Boston
Joseph F. Dean, Cambridge
F,
¥
66
Francis E. Lincoln, Boston
Edwin S. Fisher, Boston
G,
66
Edward C. Crosby, Framingham George H. Colby, Boston, Company D, Signal Corps service on gunboat on Neuse River, near Kinston, Dec. 14, '62.
Captain James M. Richardson, Hubbardston, Company A, Washington, N. C., Mar. 30, '63.
Corporal Theodore J. Lawrence, Boston, Company G, Washington, N. C., Mar. 30, '63.
Corp. John King, Boston, Company G, Washington, N. C., Mar. 30, '63. John Leonard, Roxbury, G,
Corp. John D. Priest, Boston, “ G,
Frederic Odiorne, 2d Lieut., Company G, clothing riddled with balls at same place.
Died.
Henry G. Kimball, Andover, Company G. Jan. 1, '63, cerebro-spinal meningitis.
John C. Pollitz, Boston, Company F, Jan. 7, '63, cerebro-spinal meningitis. Alfred B. Moulton, Framingham, Company C, Jan. 9, '63, cerebro-spinal meningitis.
Josiah Moody, South Hadley, Company F, Jan. 14, '63, cerebro-spinal meningitis.
Corporal Adfur J. Upham, Boston, Company G, Jan. 18, '63, cerebro- spinal meningitis.
C,
66 66
Richard V. De Peyster, Framingham Harrison Parker, 2d, Winchester
H, 66
H, II, A, Whitehall, A,
66
Sgt. James F. Clark, W. Cambridge
44
William Bamford, North Andover Warren P. Everett, Newton
16
¥
.6
Sgt. William W. Howe, Framingham
G,
H, H.
46
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MEDICAL AND SURGICAL NARRATIVE.
George F. Boynton, Dorchester, Company G, Jan. 19, '63, cerebro-spinal meningitis.
Walter S. Bradbury, Cambridge, Company C, Jan. 22, '63, cerebro-spinal meningitis.
William F. Ingraham, South Hadley, Company F, Jan. 24, '63, cerebro- spinal meningitis.
Sergeant Albert F. Potter, Newton, Company B, Jan. 29, '63, cerebro- spinal meningitis.
George B. Young, Andover, Company G, Feb. 3, '63, cerebro-spinal men- ingitis.
Francis C. Hopkinson, Cambridge, Company F, Feb. 13, '63, cerebro- spinal meningitis.
Charles A. Bradt, Lowell, Company C, Feb. 19, '63, cerebro-spinal men- ingitis.
Ezra N. Fuller, Needham, Company A, Feb. 21, '63, measles.
Sergt. Charles E. Harwood, Boston, Company I, Feb. 26, '63, diphtheria. James S. Gilmore, Walpole, Company K, Feb. 26, '63, diphtheria.
Otis S. Merrill, North Andover, Company C, Mar. 2, '63, cerebro-spinal meningitis.
Reuben J. Gilman, Billerica, Company I, Mar. 7, '63, cerebro-spinal men- ingitis.
Surgeon Robert Ware, Boston, Apr. 10, '63, pneumonia.
Edmund L. Cutter, Weston, Company I, Apr. 25, '63, pneumonia.
Henry F. Melville, Brighton, Company A, May 15, '63, inflammation of bowels.
James A. Mickel, Charlestown, Company K, May 28, '63, pneumonia. Timothy S. Boynton, Framingham, Company C, June 8, '63, typhoid fever.
Frank B. Hanson, Boston, Company A, June 11, '63, typhoid fever.
Matthew Howard, North Andover, Company A, June 17, '63, typhoid fever.
Eben R. Buck, Newton, Company B, June 17, '63, typhoid pneumonia. William A. Barnes, Boston, Company H. June 18, '63, typhoid fever.
Discharged for Disability.
Capt. Jacob H. Lombard, Boston, Company C, Resigned, Jan. 14, '63. Capt. Frank W. Reynolds, Boston, K. Dec. 28, '62. Corp. John T. Sargent, Jr., Boston, A, Discharged, Mar. 9, '63. John F. Berry, Boston A, Feb. 14, '63.
John W. Greenwood, Needham A, Apr. 1, '63. Hiram Hubbard, Jr., Boston A, Apr. 16, '63.
Albert S. May, Needham A, Feb. 28, '63. Henry E. Warner, Boston A, Oct. 7, '62. ¥ Henry C. Whittier, Boston A, " Jan. 14, '63.
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FORTY-FOURTH MASSACHUSETTS INFANTRY.
Corp. George W. Lanson, Newton, Company B, Discharged, Jan. 14, '63.
John Brennan, Needham
B,
Jan. 30, '63.
Stephen M. Dresser, Newton
B,
Jan. 30, '63.
Edward P. Kingsbury, Newton B, Sept. 25, '62.
Rodney M. Lucas, Newton B,
Jan. 30, '63.
William T. Mallen, Newton
B, Mar. 9, '63.
Bowman G. Salsbury, Newton .
B, Oct. 3, '62.
John A. Washburn, Newton
"
B, May 28, '63.
Frank O. Bradt, Lowell .
"
C, Mar. 14, '63.
Charles H. Hiscock, Cambridge .
C,
Oct. 4, '62.
Thomas Holmes, Lynn .
"
C,
Sept. 30, '62.
Edward F. Mahoney, Boston
C, Jan. 31, '63.
Charles L. Plummer, Boston
C,
=
Oct. 7, '62.
George M. Rollins, Brookline .
C,
Apr. 15, '63.
. David J. Thomas, Boston
C,
Apr. 15, '63.
William Ware, Milton
C,
Mar. 14, '63.
J. Albert Blanchard, West Cambridge
D,
Mar. 9, '63.
Charles C. Ewer, Boston
D,
66
May 6. '63.
William B. Leatherbee, Boston
=
D,
Oct. 3, '62.
Theodore L. Barnes, Waltham
E,
Apr.
3, '63.
George E. Buttrick, West Roxbury
E,
Mar.
9, '63.
William Dean, Waltham
E,
Nov. 3, '62.
Peter F. Jones, Roxbury
E,
Mar. 9, '63.
Edward Richardson, Cambridge .
¥
E,
=
Mar. 24, '63.
Charles H. Roberts, Melrose
E,
=
Jan. 14, '63.
William F. Sawyer, Malden
E,
"
Oct. 3, '62.
Joshua B. Warren, Boston
¥
E,
Oct. 1, '62.
George W. Wheelwright, Jr., Roxbury
¥
E,
Oct.
3, '62.
Henry A. Clark, South Hadley
F,
=
Oct.
4, '62.
Horace F. Learned, Boston
F,
Oct.
4, '62.
John W. Pitman, Jr., Malden
F,
.€
Oct.
4, '62.
George S. Sanford, Sherborn
F.
Jan. 23, '63.
Edwin S. Fisher, Cambridge
G,
May 18, '63.
J. Augustus Hall, Dorchester .
G,
Oct. 6, '62.
Francis E. Lincoln, Boston
=
G,
Mar. 31, '63.
Thomas F. Phipps, Dorchester
66
H,
66
Mar. 9, '63.
Austin M. Copp, Malden
=
H
=
Oct. 2, '62.
Charles 11. Fuller, Framingham E. Angustus Jacobs, South Scituate
H,
Mar. 13, '63.
Alonzo E. LeMoyne, Boston .
H,
Jan. 17, '63.
Charles C. Rice, Winchester
H,
Apr. 14, '63.
Benjamin F. Bates, Brewster
44
I,
=
Apr. 1, '63.
G,
66
Oct. 6, '62.
Joseph M. Bannister, Framingham Allen F. Boone, Winchester
H,
June 5, '63.
H,
Mar. 9, '63.
"
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Edward H. Judkins, Boston . .
. Company I, Discharged, Sept. 30, '62.
Herbert B. Richardson, Weston
I,
May 18, '63.
Forrest L. Whittredge, Boston .
I, May 1, '63.
Charles E. Wyett, Boston
I, May 18, '63.
William Bowers, Boston K, Feb. 7, '63. =
Guy Boyce, Sherborn K, K, .€ Jan. 14, '63.
Ithamar W. Copeland, Dedham
Charles M. Garland, Boston
K, Jan. 31, '63.
George W. Nickerson, Walpole
=
K, Jan. 14, '63.
Thomas Seavey, West Roxbury
K, Jan. 31, '63.
James W. Spinney, Sherborn
K, Jan. 14, '63.
Joseph T. Stedman, Roxbury .
K,
" Feb. 17, '63.
Invalid Guard.
Corporal Charles A. Yendell, Jr., Boston
Company A.
Matthew Howard, North Andover .
" A.
Henry C. Whittier, Boston
A.
Antonio J. Fayes, Newton
B.
Richard T. Robinson, Cambridge
"
C.
Isaac R. Stearns, Chelsea .
C.
Horace P. Tuttle, Cambridge
¥
D.
. James A. Blanchard, West Cambridge
D.
Levi Kenerson, Hingham
D.
George L. Dyer, Boston
E.
William E. Copeland, Roxbury .
F. G.
Charles L. LeCain, Dorchester .
G.
T. Robinson Harris, Cambridge Lyman J. Sawyer, Boston
G. H.
Heman H. Belcher, Framingham Rufus C. Bruce, Framingham Matthias J. Moore, Boston
H.
Alonzo E. LeMoyne, Boston
H.
Henry W. Webster, Cambridge .
H.
Theodore Pinkham, Chelsea
I.
Lawrence Rhoades, Boston
¥
I.
Guy Boyce, Sherborn .
K.
James W. Spinney, Sherborn
K.
George W. Nickerson, Walpole .
K.
Peter R. Guthrie, Boston .
66
G.
H.
Jan. 14, '63.
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FORTY-FOURTH MASSACHUSETTS INFANTRY.
GENERAL SUMMARY OF SICK REPORTS, FORTY-FOURTII REGIMENT, M. V. M.
WHOLE NUMBER UNDER TREATMENT.
DULY AVERAGE NUMRER
Month.
Sick.
Wounded
or injured,
Total.
In hos- In quar-
Total.
ters.
1862.
October
172
34
205
5
7
12
November
272
65
337
13
27
December .
283
48
331
21
64
8
1863.
January
300
28
337
20
52
7
February
215
21
236
46
6
March
240
8
248
19
43
62
April
161
7
168
15
27
42
May.
265
0
265
16
28
44
Total
1,917
211
2,128
130
294
+24
Monthly average
2.10
26
266
16
37
53
Pension Claims of all Classes admitted.
Matthew R. Meagher,1 Boston
Company A.
John F. Berry, Boston
A.
Albert S. May, Needham
"
A.
John W. Greenwood, Needham
A.
Henry C. Whittier, Boston
A.
James M. Richardson,1 Hubbardston
A.
Amos K. Tappan, Boston
A.
Francis B. Hanson,1 Boston
A.
John Brennan. Needham.
66
B.
John A. Washburn, Newton .
B.
George N. Hill,1 Newton .
B.
Eben R. Buck,' Newton .
¥
B.
John R. Holmes,1 Newton
B.
James S. Withington,1 Newton
B.
Samuel B. Hadley,2 Boston
C.
George H. Ray,1 Boston .
C.
Walter S. Bradbury,1 Cambridge
C.
Antonio F. Pollo,1 Boston
C.
1 Deceased.
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL NARRATIVE.
253
Otis S. Merrill,1 North Andover
Company C.
George H. Hobart, Newton .
D.
Theodore L. Barnes,1 Waltham .
E.
James W. Lovejoy, Cambridge
E.
Charles H. Roberts, Melrose .
E.
Albert K. Page,1 Boston
E.
John H. Hanson, Boston .
F.
Edwin S. Fisher, Boston
"
G.
John Leonard, Roxbury
66
G.
Theodore J. Lawrence, Boston Henry G. Kimball,1 Andover George B. Young,2 Andover .
=
G.
G.
Elisha A. Jacobs, South Scituate Richard V. De Peyster,1 Framingham
66
H.
Edward C. Crosby, Framingham
H. H.
Alonzo E. LeMoyne,1 Boston
H.
Frank W. Clapp,1 Holliston . Benjamin F. Bates, Brewster .
I.
Edwin P. Upham, Weston
I.
Michael Shanghnessy, Cambridge
=
K.
George W. Nickerson, Walpole . James W. Spinney,1 Walpole
=
K.
Ithamar W. Copeland, Dedhanı
K.
Thomas Seavey, West Roxbury .
=
K.
William L. Mitchel,1 Sherborn
K.
George E. Noyes,1 West Roxbury
K.
Joseph F. Stedman, Roxbury
K.
Pension Claims of all Classes pending.
George W. Lovejoy, Andover
Company A.
Henry Ingraham, Framingham .
A.
John G. Whitmarsh, Needham . Frederick T. Brown, Boston .
A.
D. Tyler Newcomb,1 Medford . William T. Mullen,1 Newton
B.
Samuel H. White, Quincy
B.
Rodney M. Lucas, Newton
B.
John G. Erhart, Newton
¥
B.
Seth T. Snipe, Newton
B.
William MI. Rogers, Newton
B.
William W. Robinson, Newton
B.
Charles A. Belcher,1 Newton
B.
1 Deceased.
G.
66
H.
Edward S. Hemmenway, Framingham
H.
I.
A.
A.
254
FORTY-FOURTH MASSACHUSETTS INFANTRY.
William H. Belcher,1 Newton
Company B.
Jacob H. Lombard,1 Boston
C.
Zenas T. Haines, Strong, Maine
D.
Edward W. Crane, Boston
= D.
Charles C. Ewer,' Boston
D.
Franklin D. Magoun, Cambridge Francis C. Hopkinson,1 Cambridge
E.
F.
Samuel Moore,1 Wayland
G.
Thomas McCarty, West Roxbury
G.
Hezekiah N. Brown,1 Wayland.
G.
Rufus C. Bruce, Framingham
H.
Christopher Riley, Framingham
H.
Nathaniel J. Foster, Kingston
"
I.
Lawrence Rhoades, Boston .
¥
I.
William W. Wild, Leominster
K.
Walter Bailey, Needham .
K.
Albert Fisher, Walpole
K.
William P. Sanderson, West Roxbury
K.
James S. Gilmore, Walpole .
K.
James A. Mickel,1 Charlestown 1 Deceased.
K.
I.
Samuel H. Corlis, Weston
William A. Jessop, Wayland
K.
LT .- COL.
CABOT.
JOR CHARLES
W. DABNEY, JR.
DR. ROBERT
CHAPLAIN EDWARD
HALL,
DA. THEO
W. FISHER.
COLONEL FRANCIS L. LEE
FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS
OF THE
44th Regiment, M.V. M.
1862.
0
USH. JA.
RTERMASTER
FRANK
HELIOTYPE PRINTING CO .. ROSTON
ADJUTANT
Y.
WALL
EDWARD
WARE
CHAPTER XIV.
PERSONNEL.
HE Forty-fourth Regiment pre- sented the usual entertaining variety in its ranks as to age, position, and occupation. The average age, on recruiting, was twenty-two years seven months; Company E being the youngest, with an aver- age of twenty-one years five months; Company B, the most venerable, with an aver- age of twenty-four years seven months. Looking at occupa- tions, in Company C, seventy-nine out of one hundred were mercantile clerks; in Companies D, G, and E, the clerks were in a great majority ; in Company B, there was an equal number of clerks and of laborers (twenty each) ; in Company F, there were twenty-two Harvard College students. In the entire regi- ment there were four hundred and fifty clerks, one hundred and eight farmers, seventy-five college students. Forty-five occupa- tions in all were represented in the regiment, including carpen- ters, merchants, hotel-keepers, blacksmiths, musicians, barbers, lawyers, astronomers, and cooks. There was the same number of civil engineers and of butchers (seven) ; the same number of editors and of bakers (two) ; the same number of musicians and of upholsterers (three) ; nearly the same number of artists (eigh- teen) and of shoemakers (sixteen) ; precisely the same number of clergymen and of coachmen (three).
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