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and the question often arose among us as to the relative efficiency of regiments endowed with brains throughout and those which carried only muscle and sinew in their ranks. Yet in our case the grumbling was of a very innocent kind, and even colonels and major-generals were known to smile at the good-natured satire and badinage which anticipated Gilbert and Sullivan, and found an excellent safety-valve in comic opera. The spirit of insubordina- tion never found entrance into the Forty-fourth. Their sol- dierly recognition of authority and submission to the strictest discipline were as marked as the light-heartedness which would have served them in far sterner tasks than any to which they were called. General Foster is quoted as saying of this regi- ment, while on its first expedition, that " they were the gayest of all the troops, and greeted him with cheers whenever he came in sight."1 Brigadier-General Wessells, one of the toughest of regular army officers, whose order on taking leave of the Forty- fourth will be found in another chapter, offered unequivocal tes- timony to the discipline and good conduct of this portion of his command. A later communication from this same officer, dated May 29, 1876, in answer to an invitation to a company reunion, says: " I well remember that glorious regiment when I had the honor to call it a part of my command, and its fine appearance in line; and it is pleasant to trace the footsteps of those who did such good service to the regiment and to their native State."
In the quiet hours in barracks at New Berne, on picket, or on provost duty in the city, the companies maintained a good be- havior, and heartily seconded, for the most part, the strict pre- cepts and example of the regimental headquarters in the matter of temperance. The chaplain can testify that in these peaceful interludes the ample regimental library was generously patron- ized, and that at all times the mail-bags, going and coming, were portentously full. The list of details from the regiment for detached service at department or brigade headquarters, cover- ing the most varicd occupations, from the taking of a census of the black population of New Berne, or the drafting of topo- graphical plans, to nursing at the general hospital, shows some- thing of the varied talent of which the regiment was composed.
1 Headley's " Massachusetts in the Rebellion," p. 416.
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The great number of officers, as already shown, which it supplied to other regiments, with their honorable record of service, testi- fics to its soldierly quality and admirable discipline.
The wi-dom of calling out troops for nine months' service, subjecting them to army discipline, and bringing them to a fine state of efficiency only to scatter them to their homes again, or of placing side by side with veteran troops, enlisted for the war, these creations of a summer day, may well be questioned, and was nowhere more seriously debated, I am sure, than among the nine months' troops themselves. But whatever our opinion on this point, it must be remembered that to enlist for nine months, at that juncture, seemed to be enlisting for the war; and that the call was issued on the distinct understanding that such large and immediate additions to the army would certainly hasten the desired end. When the Forty-fourth was organized, no bounties had been offered or were thought of; and its recruits went into the ranks with just as serious a purpose, and with quite as full expectation of active and constant service, as any before or after them. They had no knowledge where they should be sent, and no thought or choice about it, but assumed, as a matter of course, that they would be placed where the need was greatest and the peril most imminent. Any disappointment or chagrin that they felt was rather in consequence of the unimportance of the service required of them than because of its hardships or dan- gers. The folly of the measure itself, if folly it was, is not to be visited upon those who responded in perfect good faith, and with absolute loyalty, to the nation's eager appeal for aid. Certainly during that year of the war no difference was known, in the duties imposed, the discipline exacted, or the work required, between the regiments of the longest and those of the shortest terms.
It is pleasant, after so many years have passed, to bear this tes- timony to one at least of these nine months' regiments. Without instituting any comparison with other organizations, or claiming the slightest superiority for my own, I wish only to offer this tribute to the fidelity, the loyalty, the high spirit, and pure aims, of the soldiers of the Massachusetts Forty-fourth.
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I T is generally considered that the en- listment of troops for short terms was a mistaken policy. They were hardly perfected in drill and disci- pline, and inured to the hardships of army life, before they were dis- charged, and their places in the field were filled by raw troops, who had to go through the same ex- perience to fit them for efficient service.
WAGNER, WILDERNES3, SPOTSYLVANIA? PETERSBURG. BOYKEN'S MILLE, ANDERSONVILLE.
But although the short- term regiments did not re- main in the field as organiza- tions, very many of their men returned to the army in other regiments, and through these veterans the nine months' troops contributed most permanently to the efficiency and strength of our armies.
The following roll shows how many Forty-fourth men re- enlisted, and presents the honorable record of their subsequent service. In this record their first regiment can take a pardonable pride, as the number of commissioned officers in the list, and the evidence of fidelity and bravery shown in the casualties in action, Speak well for the school in which these veterans received their soldierly education.
Although instances of re-enlistment may have escaped the notice of the compiler, it is believed that this list comprises
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nearly all who went back into the service in any capacity. To summarize: -
Total number re-enlisted [with rank as follows] 173
Colonel and Brevet Brigadier-General I
Lieutenant-Colonel .
I
Majors . 2
Captains
First Lieutenants 24
25
Second Lieutenants .
Assistant Surgeons
3
Non commissioned Officers
48
Privates 46
Ensign U. S. Navy
I
Assistant Paymasters U. S. Navy
2
Assistant Engineer U. S. Navy . 2
Master-at-Arms U. S. Navy
I
Mate U. S. Navy
I
Captain's Clerk U. S. Navy
I
Casualties.
Killed in action or died of wounds . 9
Wounded .
16
Died prisoners of war
3
Died from disease .
I
Discharged for disability
2
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STAFF.
HINCKLEY, WALLACE. First Lieutenant and Adjutant. Was discharged May 29, 1863, and commissioned First Lieutenant and Adjutant 2d Mass. Heavy Artillery, and served with his regiment until June 8, 1365, at Fort Macon, N. C. After he was mustered out he remained on the island for some time settling his accounts, and in the early part of August was seized with typhoid fever, and died Sept. 4, 1865. His death was very sudden, as he had been pronounced convalescent by the physicians and was supposed to be on the road to recovery. His body is buried in the old cemetery at Hingham, Mass.
The following, written by one of his school friends, is so appre- ciative that it is inserted here.
". Six months at a military school made him a proficient in the manual of drill ; and when the loyal druins beat to arms in 1861, he offered his services in instructing the raw levies which the city of Lowell had then
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got together. The renown subsequently won by the company which he drilled will always cast a reflex lustre on the memory of its gallant young tutor. Returning to his studies, it was not long before he was called upon to draw his sword in good earnest. The great heart of Massachusetts was thrilled by a prayer from the Government for help; and foremost among the choicest youth of the Commonwealth who,
'Stepping like Homer at the trumpet's call,'
crowded under the banners of the famous Forty-fourth, was young Hinckley. Scarcely eighteen, he was at once appointed Adjutant. Ar- dently loving the profession of arms, he was now in his element. His exact and thorough knowledge of his duties, his intense devotion to his work, and moreover his handsome person contributed to make him the most brilliant officer of that brilliant regiment. . . .
" His life was short, but in twenty years he accomplished as much as most men in fifty. We may regret that the brilliant promise of his youth ยท was prevented by death from the fulfilment of a glorious manhood; but the lofty words of one of the prophets of the Elizabethan age, rolling to our ears from the past like the thunder-peal of an organ, proclaims that ''t is immortality to die aspiring.'"
NON-COMMISSIONED STAFF.
GIFFORD, FREDERIC S. Quartermaster Sergeant. Previous service, Q. M. Sergt. 3d Mass. Vol. Militia, from April 23 to July 22, 1861. Second Lieutenant 6th Unattached Company Mass. Heavy Artillery. First Lieutenant 3d Mass. Heavy Artillery, July 11, 1864. Resigned April 20, 1865.
COMPANY A.
BARKER, EBEN FRANCIS. Corporal. First Lieutenant 75th U. S. C. T., December, 1863 ; Captain, January, 1865; discharged November, 1865, on expiration of service.
BELLOWS, HENRY HUDSON. Private. Private Co. D, Frontier Cavalry, Jan. 2, 1865 ; discharged June 30, 1865, on expiration of service. CONANT, JOHN H. Private. First Sergeant 29th Unattached Company Heavy Artillery, Sept. 19, 1864. Second Lieutenant 54th Mass. Vols., May 1, 1865 ; First Lieutenant, July 11, 1865 ; mustered out as Act- ing Adjutant, Aug. 20, 1865, on expiration of service. Died at Cam- bridge, June 16, 1868.
CRAGIN, GEORGE NATHAN. Private. Corporal Co. A, 5th Mass. Infantry, July 25, 1864 ; discharged Nov. 16, 1864, on expiration of service. FULLER, ALBERT. Private. Sergeant Company D, 2d Mass. Heavy Artil- lery, Aug. 22, 1863. Discharged - no date given. The record of Volunteers shows he was promoted Quartermaster Sergeant ; but his name does not appear among the non-commissioned staff.
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RICHARDSON, JAMES MIRICK. Captain. First entered the service as Cap- tain 21st Mass. Infantry, Aug. 21, 1861 ; resigned July 25, 1862 ; was wounded during siege of " Little " Washington while on a scouting party, March 30, by two bullets through left arm. Second Lieutenant 12th Unattached Company Mass. Heavy Artillery (afterwards 3d Mass. Heavy Artillery), July 16, 1863 ; Captain, Nov. 16, 1863 ; Major, Nov. 16, 1864; mustered out Sept. 18, 1865. Brevetted Lieutenant-Colonel U. S. Vols. from March 13, 1865. Died at Boston, Oct. 7, 1878.
WHIPPLE, ALONZO LYMAN. Private. Private Co. H, 3d Heavy Artillery, Dec. 4, 1863 ; discharged September, 1865, on expiration of service.
COMPANY B.
BROOKS, GEORGE WILLIAM. Private. Private Co. K, 42d Mass. In- fantry, July 18, 1864 ; discharged Nov. 11, 1864, on expiration of service.
CLAPP, DAVID C. Private. Sergeant Ist Unattached Company Infantry, April 29, 1864 ; discharged Aug. 1, 1864, on expiration of service. Second Lieutenant 8th U. S. C. T., March 10, 1865 ; discharged Dec. 9, 1865, on expiration of service.
DEMOND, ALPHEUS. Private. Corporal Co. F, 60th Infantry M. V. M., July 20, 1864; discharged Nov. 30, 1864, on expiration of service.
GILLESPIE, WILLIAM. Sergeant. Was commissioned Second Lieutenant 2d Maine Cavalry while in the 44th, but served out his original enlistment. Remained in the Maine Cavalry " until Confederacy busted."
HARDING, NATHAN FRANCIS. Private. Private 11th Mass. Battery, Jan. 2, 1864; discharged June 16, 1865, on expiration of service.
MANSFIELD, THEODORE FRANCIS. Private. Private Co. F, 5th Infantry M. V. M., July 16, 1864 ; discharged Nov. 16, 1864, on expiration of service.
READ, HENRY FRANKLIN. Private. Private Co. I, 2d Mass. Cavalry, Aug. 20, 1864 ; discharged May 8, 1865, on expiration of service.
SOULE, CHARLES CARROLL. Second Lieutenant. First mustered into U. S. service as First Lieutenant and Adjutant of 4th Battalion of Infantry M. V. M., May 25, 1862, but the battalion not being needed, was mustered out June 1, 1862. Captain 55th Mass. Infantry, June 19, 1863 ; slightly wounded in the arm at the battle of Honey Hill, S. C., Nov. 30, 1864. Brevetted Major, to date from March 13, 1865, but declined the brevet ; mustered out with regiment, Aug. 29, 1865.
TEAGUE, FRANK W. Corporal. Second Lieutenant 78th U. S. C. T., Dec. 19, 1863. Discharged Jan. 6, 1866, on expiration of service. Died at St. Louis, Aug. 17, 1866.
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COMPANY C.
BRYANT, ALBERT. Private. Corporal Ist Unattached Company In- fantry, April 29, 1864 ; discharged Aug. 1, 1864, on expiration of service.
COOTEY, PHILIP I. Corporal. Captain Co. F, 5th Mass. Infantry, July 16, 1864 ; discharged Nov. 16, 1864, on expiration of service.
CUNNINGHAM, CHARLES A. First Sergeant. Second Lieutenant 2d Heavy Artillery, June 4, 1863 ; First Lieutenant, April 18, 1864; mustered out Sept. 19, 1865, on expiration of service. Died at South Boston, April 5, 1874.
DREW, ARTHUR. Private. Private Co. A, 42d Infantry M. V. M., July 14, 1864 ; discharged Nov. 11, 1864, on expiration of service.
HEDGE, WILLIAM. First Lieutenant. Declined commission in 20th Mass. Regiment.
HORTON, ANDREW T. Private. Corporal Co. C, 6Ist Mass. Vols., Sept. 5, 1864 ; discharged June 4, 1865, on expiration of service.
JONES, IRVING. Private. Private in Signal Corps, U. S. A., March 29, 1864; discharged Aug. 16, 1865, on expiration of service.
JONES, SYLVESTER ALLEN. Private. Corporal Co. K, 59th Mass. Vols., Aug. 21, 1864 ; discharged June 13, 1865, on expiration of service.
MONROE, THEODORE JAMES. Private. First Sergeant Co. E, 56th Mass. Infantry, Jan. 12, 1864 ; discharged June 25, 1865, on expira- tion of service. Subsequently enlisted as Hospital Steward, 9th Corps, U. S. A. ; afterwards appointed Hospital Steward, U. S. A. ; resigned February, 1866.
MORSE, GEORGE JULIUS. Private. Corporal Co. F, 5th Mass. Vols., July 16, 1864; discharged Nov. 16, 1864, on expiration of service.
PROCTOR, GEORGE. Private. Corporal Ist Unattached Company In- fantry, April 29, 1864 ; discharged Aug. 1, 1864, on expiration of service.
RICHMOND, WILLIAM THOMAS. Private. Enlisted in Signal Corps, U. S. A., and served until close of war.
TRESCOTT, EDWARD WHITING. Private. Sergeant Co. F, 5th Infantry M. V. M., July 12, 1864 ; discharged Nov. 16, 1864, on expiration of service.
WALKER, EUGENE CLIFFORD. Private. Private in 2d Battery, Feb. 12, 1864 ; discharged Aug. 11, 1865, on expiration of service.
W'HITTEMORE, CURTIS H. Corporal. Second Lieutenant 5th Mass. Cav- alry, July 7, 1864 ; First Lieutenant, Dec. 16, 1864; discharged Oct. 31, 1865, on expiration of service.
WILLARD, EDWARD AUGUSTUS. Private. Private 11th Mass. Battery, Dec. 2, 1864 ; discharged June 16, 1865, on expiration of service.
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COMPANY D.
BATES, DANIEL DWIGHT. Private. Landsman, U. S. Navy ; discharged as Assistant Master-at-Arms, U. S. Navy, June, 1865, on expira- tion of service.
BEAL, CHARLES W. Private. First Sergeant, Co. A, 42d Mass. In- fantry, July 14, 1864 ; discharged Nov. 11, 1864, on expiration of service.
BEAL, GEORGE W. Private. Sergeant Co. B, 60th Mass. Infantry, July 11, 1864 ; discharged Nov. 30, 1864, on expiration of service.
BREWSTER, JAMES BARTLETT. Private. Early in 1864 was attached to the Relief-rooms of the Sanitary Commission in Boston, as Surgical dresser. Assistant Surgeon 2d Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, June 1, 1864 ; stationed at White House and on the James during the summer campaign.
CARTER, GEORGE HENRY. Sergeant. Second Lieutenant 55th Mass. Vols., Nov. 15, 1864 ; First Lieutenant, June 25, 1865. Brevetted Captain U. S. Vols., to date from March 13, 1865; discharged Aug. 29, 1865, on expiration of service.
CRANE, EDWARD W. Private. Declined commission in 55th Mass. Vols., dated June 9, 1864. Died at Marshfield, Mass., May 21, 1886. CRANE, WILLIAM DWIGHT. Private. First Lieutenant 55th Mass. Vols., June 7, 1863 ; Captain Co. I, June 19. Killed at the battle of Honey Hill, S. C., Nov. 30, 1864.
The following was written by a brother officer, one of Crane's former playfellows, and like himself a graduate of Harvard Col- lege : --
" He was first commissioned as a Lieutenant, but gained his cap- taincy before muster-in, by hard work and soldierly aptitude. We were barracked together in July, 1863, and from that time until his death were rarely separated.
" It was a pleasure to be with and watch him - square, sturdy, fresh, and handsome soldier that he was - through the desert heats of Folly Island, the toilsome fatigue of the trenches before Wagner, the malarious picket details on marsh and sand-hill, the fervid drills upon the sea- beach, the sickness and weariness of the autumn of 1863, the mingled rest and activity of the succeeding winter, and the toilsome Florida marches of February, 1864."
At the battle of Honey Hill, Nov. 30, 1864, Crane was acting aide and chief-of-staff to Col. Hartwell, cominanding the brigade of which the 55th formed a part.
"At the charge on the enemy's batteries along a narrow road, ex- posed to canister at close range from seven guns, and in the focus of an infantry fire from over a thousand rifles, he was slain. I have heard that he was instantly killed by a shot through the head, and attracted
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the attention of the Rebels, who held the field after the battle, by his fine, handsome face and touching attitude. He was honorably buried, - so we learn from participants in the battle, - both out of respect for his bravery, and because of his being a newly made Freemason. In probity, singular purity of life and conversation, in upright manliness and military talent, I know of no young man who could surpass the brave soldier who thus met death and an unmarked grave, not in victory, but in defeat. It was a sad loss to us who remained. The men of his company almost idolized him." - Harvard Memorial.
GOFF, WILLIAM CULLEN. First Lieutenant Co. F, 5th Infantry M. V. M., July 16, 1864 ; discharged Nov. 16, 1864, on expiration of service. HEMENWAY, AUGUSTUS A. Private. Band-master 4th Mass. Cavalry, March 1, 1864 ; discharged Nov. 14, 1865, on expiration of service. Drowned Aug. 30, 1872, at wreck of steamer " Metis" off Watch Hill, Conn.
HOBART, GEORGE HENRY. Privat ?. Sergeant Co. A, 42d Mass. Vols., July 4, 1864 ; discharged Nov. 11, 1864, on expiration of service. HOWARD, WILLARD. Private. Discharged for promotion at New Berne,
April 26, 1863. Second Lieutenant 54th Mass. Vols., May 13, 1863 ; First Lieutenant, May 31, 1863. Slightly wounded at assault on Fort Wagner, July 18, 1863. Acting Adjutant, November, 1863 ; Adjutant, March 1, 1864; Captain, Dec. 3, 1864 ; discharged Aug. 2, 1865, on expiration of service.
JACOBS, AUGUSTUS. Private. First Sergeant Co. F, 5th Mass. Vols., July 12, 1864 ; discharged Nov. 16, 1864, on expiration of service. LITTLEFIELD, HENRY WARREN. Private. Second Lieutenant 54th Mass. Vols., May 11, 1863 ; First Lieutenant, Oct. 7, 1853; resigned Feb. 9, 1855, on account of wounds received at battle of Olustee, Fla., Feb. 20, 1864.
NOURSE, HARRISON. Private. Corporal Co. D, 6th Mass. Infantry, July 16, 1864 ; discharged Oct. 27, 1864, on expiration of service. SIMONDS, JOSEPH WARREN. Private. Private in Co. E, 8th Mass. In- fantry, July 19, 1864 ; discharged Nov. 10, 1864, on expiration of service.
STURTEVANT, CHARLES WHITMORE. Private. Commissary-Sergeant Co. L, Ist Mass. Cavalry, Jan. 6, 1864 ; discharged June 26, 1865, on expira- tion of service.
TRIPP, GEORGE LEIGHTON. First Sergeant. First Lieutenant Co. H, 6th Mass. Vols., July 16, 1864; discharged Oct. 27, 1864, on expiration of service. Died at Alfred, Me., March 13, 1867, of disease con- tracted during service.
TUTTLE, HORACE P. Private. Discharged April 26, 1863, for disability. Assistant Paymaster in United States Navy, July 2, 1864, and served several years.
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VOSE, CLIFTON HENRY. Private. First Sergeant Co. F, 58th Mass. Infantry, April 20, 1864. Died at Rickersville Hospital, S. C., Oct. 28, 1864, while prisoner of war ; was buried at Charleston, S. C.
COMPANY E.
ADAMS, WILLIAM ROBERT. Corporal. Sergeant Co. H, 6th Mass. Vols., July 16, 1864 ; discharged Oct. 27, 1834, on expiration of service. BRADISHI, ALBERT HENRY. Private. Second Lieutenant 55th Mass. Vols., Feb. 11, 1864; Acting Post Ordnance officer at Palatka, Fla., during the stay of the regiment at that point; resigned June 27, 1864, for disability.
BREWSTER, WARREN JOSHUA. Private. Discharged Sept. 30, 1862, for disability. Afterwards re-entered the service (particulars of which cannot now be learned) and served for a time on staff of General Cooke, in the West.
CARTWRIGHT, JAMES WELD. Corporal. Second Lieutenant 56th Mass. Vols., July 30, 1863 ; First Lieutenant, Nov. 21, 1863 ; Captain, May 17, 1864; mustered out July 12, 1865, on expiration of ser- vice. Wounded May 12, 1864, at Spottsylvania, and again, April, 1865, at Petersburg, Va., slightly in left hand and right shoulder.
CROSS, HENRY CLAY, Private. Private in Ist Tennessee Home Guards, 1864, and served until end of war.
DERBY, OLIVER CARPENTER. Private. Sergeant Co. H, 3d Mass. Heavy Artillery, Nov. 20, 1863 ; discharged Sept. 18, 1865, on expira- tion of service.
HIGHT, HENRY ORMAND. Corporal. Second Lieutenant 82d U. S. C. T., Nov. 12, 1863 ; discharged Captain, Sept. 16, 1866, on expiration of service. Brevetted Major for gallantry at siege of Fort Blakely, April, 1865.
HOMER, HENRY AUGUSTUS. Sergeant. Declined commission in 51st Mass. Vols. Captain 19th Mass. Vols., April 22, 1865 ; discharged June 30, 1865, on expiration of service. Died at Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 11, 1875.
JOY, CHARLES FREDERICK. Private. Sergeant Co. F, 2d Heavy Artil- lery, Oct. 8, 1863. Transferred as Second Lieutenant 54th Mass. Vols., Sept. 30, 1864; First Lieutenant, March 30, 1865 ; Captain,
July 17, 1865 ; discharged Aug. 20, 1865, on expiration of service. KENT, FRED. AUGUSTUS. Private. Captain's clerk in U. S. Navy, and served four years.
KING, BENJAMIN FLINT. Private. First Lieutenant Co. B, 18th U. S. C. T., Dec. 7, 1863. Appointed Judge Advocate, on staff of Gen. George L. Andrews. Resigned Aug. 10, 1864, on account of ill health. Died at Boston, Jan. 24, 1868, of heart disease.
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LIVERMORE, WILLIAM BELDEN. Private. Corporal Co. H, 6th Mass. Vols., July 16, 1864; discharged Oct. 27, 1864, on expiration of service. Died at Charlestown, Mass., Sept. 23, 1870.
MYERS, JOHN HENRY, JR. Private. Sergeant in Co. H, 4th Mass. Cavalry, Feb. 8, 1864; discharged Nov. 14, 1865, on expiration of service. The squadron to which he was attached carried the first national colors into Richmond. Died Jan. 21, 1873.
NEWELL, JAMES SHUTTLEWORTH. First Lieutenant. First Lieutenant 5th Mass. Cavalry, Dec. 29, 1863 ; Captain, Feb. 15, 1865 ; discharged Oct. 31, 1865, on expiration of service.
PARK, CHARLES STUART. Private. Declined Second Lieutenant's Com- mission 56th Mass. Vols. Acting Assistant Paymaster, U. S. Navy, from November, 1864, to August, 1865.
PATTEN, THOMAS HENRY. Private. First Sergeant Co. I, 2d Mass. Heavy Artillery, Dec. 11, 1863 ; Second Lieutenant, Jan. 17, 1865 ; discharged Sept. 3, 1865, on expiration of service. Feb. 22, 1865, was appointed Second Lieutenant 54th Mass. Vols., but declined commission,
PLIMPTON, MERRILL FRANCIS. Private. First Sergeant Co. C, 56th Mass. Vols., March 1, 1864; commissioned Second Lieutenant, July 1, 1865, but not mustered ; discharged July 12, 1865, by Spe- cial Order No. 162, War Department, Washington, D. C. Wounded by a buck-shot at Petersburg, June 17, 1864, and again by a frag- ment of a shell in the thigh, and in the hand by a bullet, at the mine explosion, July 12, 1864.
ROBBINS, JAMES ARTHUR. Private. Private Co. E, 57th Mass. Vols., Feb. 18, 1864 ; promoted Quartermaster Sergeant ; discharged July 30, 1865, on expiration of service.
STEVENS, EDWARD LEWIS. Private. Second Lieutenant 54th Mass. Vols., Jan. 31, 1864 ; First Lieutenant, Dec. 16, 1864. Killed April 18, 1865, at Boykin's Mills, S. C. He is believed to have been the last Union officer killed during the war. The remains of Lieutenant Stevens, and of Corporal Johnson of his regiment, were disinterred July 29, 1885, and re-interred in the National Cemetery at Florence, S. C. TUCKER, CHARLES EDWARD. Corporal. Second Lieutenant 54th Mass. Vols., May 13, 1863 ; First Lieutenant, May 28, 1863; Captain, Feb. 3, 1864. Wounded by a bullet in temple and ear at the assault on Fort Wagner, July 18, 1863 ; mustered out Aug. 20, 1865, on expiration of service.
WALCOTT, GEORGE PHINNEY. Private. Sergeant Co. F. 5th Mass. Vols., July 16, 1864 ; discharged Nov. 16, 1864, on expiration of service. WALLACE, EDWIN ASHLEY. Frivate. Sergeant Co. C, 56th Mass. Vols.,
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