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Dec. 28, 1863 ; First Lieutenant, Oct. 22, 1864 ; taken prisoner at North Anna River, and was in prison at Andersonville six months ;
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exchanged at Millen, Ga., and rejoined his regiment at Petersburg ; discharged July 22, 1865, on expiration of service.
WHEELWRIGHT, GEORGE WILLIAM, JR. Sergeant. Discharged Sept. 30, 1862 ; was appointed by the city of Roxbury as Assistant Sanitary Agent, in which capacity was with the Roxbury men in the Army of the Potomac several months, until obliged to give up on account of sickness. In January, 1863, sailed for New Berne in the "Frye ; " rejoined the Forty-fourth as volunteer and acted as Colonel's orderly on the Plymouth expedition. On the day of the Grand Review, Feb- ruary 26, was taken to the Stanley Hospital sick, and left New Berne for the North, March 16, 1863.
WHITE, EDWARD PETERS. First Sergeant. Second Lieutenant 2d Mass. Heavy Artillery, June 4, 1863 ; First Lieutenant, Aug. 14, 1863. Served for some time on staff of General Palmer ; resigned Jan. 7, 1865.
WHITNEY, WILLIAM LAMBERT, JR. Private. Second Lieutenant 54th Mass. Vols., Dec. 4, 1864; First Lieutenant, June, 1865; Acting Adjutant, April, May, and June, 1865 ; discharged AAng. 20, 1865, on expiration of service.
WORTHLEY, JAMES CUSHING. Private. Sergeant Co. H, 3d Mass. Heavy Artillery, Nov. 20, 1863 ; Second Lieutenant, July 25, 1865 ; dis- charged Sept. 18, 1865, on expiration of service.
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ATKINS, FRANCIS HIGGINSON. Private. Medical Cadet U. S. A. 1863-64 ; Acting Assistant Surgeon U. S. Navy, Admiral Farragut's Squadron, 1864; practising physician until 1873; Acting Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Army, from June, 1873, to 1884.
BARTLETT, EDWARD JARVIS. Private. Second Lieutenant 5th Mass. Cav- alry, July 1, 1864; mustered out Oct. 31, 1865, on expiration of service.
COGSWELL, EDWARD RUSSELL. Sergeant. Declined commission in 18th Mass. Vols.
COOK, CHARLES EDWARD. Private. Sergeant Co. F, 5th Mass. Vols. July 16, 1864 ; discharged Nov. 16, 1864, on expiration of service. DODGE, FREDERIC L. Private. Second Lieutenant 18th N. H. Vols., March 22. 1865 ; mustered out July 29. 1865, on expiration of service. Second Lieutenant 23d Regt. U. S. Infantry, March 7, 1867 ; First Lieutenant, Jan. 22, 1873. Still in service.
GOODWIN, FRANK. Private. First Lieutenant 55th Mass. Vols., June 7, 1863 ; Captain, July 20, 1863. Wounded at battle of James Island,
S. C. Brevetted Major, for " gallant and meritorious conduct ; " mustered out with regiment, Aug. 29, 1865.
HARTWELL, ALFRED STEDMAN. First Lieutenant. First entered the ser-
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vice Corporal 3d Mo. Vols., May, 1861 ; Captain 54th Mass. Vols., March 16, 1863. Transferred, Lieut .- Col. 55th Mass., May 30, 1863 ; Colonel, Nov. 3, 1863. At battle of Honey Hill, S. C., Nov. 30, 1864, while leading a charge, his horse was killed and fell on him. While thus helpless and wounded in the hand, he would have been left to fall into the hands of the enemy but for the bravery of Lieu- tenant Ellsworth, who turned back under a terrific fire, and while one of the men, who was killed the next minute, partly lifted the horse and thus released him, the lieutenant dragged the colonel across the ditch into the woods, and then to the rear. In thus going from the field Hartwell was hit three times by spent balls, but Ellsworth escaped unharmed. Brevetted Brig .- Gen. U. S. Vols. for "gallant services at the battle of Honey Hill, S. C .; " discharged April 30, 1866, on expiration of service.
HOYT, HENRY MORRIS. Private. Sergeant Co. E, 6th Mass. Vols., July 1864; discharged Oct. 27, 1864, on expiration of service.
JAMES, GARTH WILKINSON. Sergeant. Sergeant James was discharged for promotion, March 31, 1863. He was commissioned First Lieu- tenant and Adjutant of the 54th Mass. Vols., March 23, and mus- tered in April 24. The following sketch of his career is from the pen of a brother officer in the 54th : -
" Adjutant James was with the regiment at Readville and Beaufort, S. C : St. Simons and Darien, Ga .; St. Helena Island and James Island, S. C .; always on duty. cheerful, active, and a universal favorite for his endear- ing qualities of heart and mind. Of the part he took in the assault on Fort Wagner, July 18, 1863, I have his own account; and in it he says that 'when we received the first discharge of the enemy's cannon ' his action was as follows : 'Gathering together a knot of men after the sus- pense of a few seconds, I waved my sword for a further charge towards the living line of fire above us. We had gone then some thirty yards, but determinedly onwards, the ranks obliquely following the swords of those they trusted,' etc. James states that 'at the chevaux-de-frise in front of the ditch . . . I received another wound, -- a canister-ball in my foot ;' having just after receiving the enemy's first fire been wounded in the side by a shell. Having dragged himself away some distance, some ambulance men of the 54th found him and took him to the rear. He was sent North, to his home in Cambridge. Finding himself after a number of months still unfit for duty, he finally resigned Jan. 30, 1864. . . . His longing for active service caused him to apply for a commission. Stronger, but still a sufferer, and limping as he did throughout the rest of his life from the wound in his foot, on Dec. 3, 1864, he was re-commissioned as First Lieutenant in the 54th, then near Devaux's Neck. S. C. But he was unable to do duty as a line officer, and was appointed Acting A. D. C. on the staff of Colonel E. N. Hallowell of the 54th, then commanding the Second Brigade of General
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J. P. Hatch's 'Coast Division.' Lieutenant James was commissioned Captain of Company C, March 30, 1865, and mustered as such, May 12, 1865. He was with General Gilmore's staff at Georgetown, S. C., about April 2. He was mustered out with the 54th, Aug. 20, 1865. He was a sufferer all his life from his wounds, and died at Milwaukee, Wis., March, 1883, aged thirty-eight. Thus passed away one of the sweetest, most lova- ble of men ; a brave soldier, and the truest, most constant of friends. To those who knew him in the old days it is needless to say how free he was from the caprices and humors of most men. His smile was always bright, his words cheery and genial, his manner polished and winsome "
JONES, EDWARD LLOYD. Corporal. First Lieutenant 54th Mass. Vols., May 13, 1863 ; Captain, May 14, 1863 ; took an active part in the assault on Fort Wagner, S. C., July 18, 1863, where he was severely wounded, from the effects of which he never recovered ; mustered out Dec. 16, 1864. Died at Templeton, Mass., Jan. 3, 1886.
KENT, BARKER B., JR. Private. First Sergeant Ist Unattached Com- pany, M. V. M., April 29, 1864; discharged, Aug. 1, 1864, on expiration of service. Captain Co. G, Gotlı Regt. M. V. M., July 28, 1864; discharged Nov. 30, 1864, on expiration of service. Died at Boston, Feb. 2, 1873.
LATHROP, WILLIAM HENRY. Private. Medical Cadet at Satterlee Hos- pital, Philadelphia, August, 1863, where he remained until October, 1864, when he was appointed Acting Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Army, and was assigned to duty at the Depot Field Hospital of the 2d Corps at City Point and Alexandria, Va ; served there until May 20, 1865. Assistant Surgeon in the 55th Mass. Vols., June 14, 1865. When the regiment returned home, Aug. 29, 1865, he was mustered out at Charleston, S. C., to take a commission as Acting Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Army, which he retained until Nov. 1, 1866.
MITCHELL, FRANK A. Privatc. Second Lieutenant 56th Mass. Vols., Sept. 5, 1863 ; First Lieutenant, May 17, 1864; wounded at the battle of the Wilderness ; discharged for disability, March 13, 1865. Was subsequently commissioned Captain and Brigade Quartermaster. MORSE, CHARLES FAIRBANKS. Musician. Musician 3d Heavy Artillery. Died Nov. 21, 1878.
PERKINS, WILLIAM EDWARD. Sergeant. Second Lieutenant 2d Mass. Vols., Jan. 26, 1863 ; First Lieutenant, July 7, 1863 ; Captain, March 7, 1865 ; mustered out July 14, 1865. Died at Boston, Jan. 18, 1879. The following extract is from an appreciative obitu- ary notice in the Boston " Advertiser : " -
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" Most suddenly and unexpectedly has he been taken from our midst. Few men of his age have been better known. He was graduated at Harvard in the class of 1860. William at first entered the service as a Sergeant in Co. F, Forty-fourth Regiment, but when his term of service
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was half over, he obtained a commission as Second Lieutenant in the famous 2d Mass. Infantry. On the 3d of May, 1863, he was wounded at the battle of Chancellorsville. He rejoined his regiment on the evening of the last day of fighting at Gettysburg. With the 2d Mass. Infantry he went to the West in the fall of 1863 ; and in 1864 he shared in the Atlanta campaign, and in the famous march to the sea. He was with the regiment in the march through the Carolinas, was at the battles of Averysborough and Bentonville, at the former of which his captain, the gallant Ingersoll Grafton, was killed, and he was present at the surrender of Gen. Johnston. After the war he took up again his legal studies, which the war had interrupted, and he shortly after commenced practice in Boston. He was always ready, however, to give up his time, and his practice even, at the call of political duty. He served for some years in the common council and the legislature, and in both capacities he made himself known and felt as a hard-working, clear-headed, sensible man. . . . He was a thoroughly manly man. His character was one of great simplicity and sweetness. He was unselfish, perfectly ingenuous, giving his friendship unreservedly, and always the same. There was nothing suspicious or exacting about his friendship. He was a fast friend, and he attached his friends very closely to him, and his name will long be affectionately remembered."
POPE, GEORGE. Sergeant. Captain 54th Mass. Vols., May 11, 1863 ; severely wounded at the assault on Fort Wagner, July 18, 1863. Major, Dec. 3, 1864; Lieut .- Col., July 11, 1865 ; mustered out with regiment, Aug. 2, 1865.
RUSSEL, CABOT JACKSON. Sergeant. Captain 54th Mass. Vols., May 11, 1863. Killed at the assault on Fort Wagner, July 18, 1863. The New York " Evening Post " says : -
"One of the notable features of our war is the development of char- acter, energy, and heroism in our young men. Beardless lads have exhibited proofs of mature capacity, and endurance worthy of veterans. One of the leaders of the 'Charge of the Dark Brigade' at Fort Wagner was Captain Cabot Jackson Russel, of the Fifty-fourth Massa- chusetts Regiment (Colonel Shaw's colored regiment). This youth, scarcely nineteen, after serving with the Massachusetts Forty-fourth in North Carolina, was offered a captaincy in Colonel Shaw's regiment, and at that notable charge he led his men gallantly to the parapet of the Rebel intrenchments, and fell wounded in the hottest of the fight. . . . Captain Russel's manly bearing and excellent qualities endeared him strongly to his friends. He gave evidence of precocious abilities as an officer, and his carly career was full of promises of honorable distinction."
SIMPKINS, WILLIAM HARRIS. Corporal. Captain 54th Mass. Vols., May 11, 1863. Killed at the assault on Fort Wagner, July 18, 1863. The following is from the Shaw " Memorial " : -
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"These two young men [Simpkins and Russel], one not yet twenty- four and the other only nineteen, served together in Company F, Forty-fourth Massachusetts Regiment, for the nine months' term, re- turning a short time before the regiment in order to take commissions in the Fifty-fourth.
" Let us give due honor to the men who sought commissions in the first negro regiment from such motives as theirs. Captain Simpkins wrote from New Berne when his name was selected for a commission : 'I have now to tell you of a pretty important step that I have just taken. I have given my name to be forwarded to Massachusetts for a commission in the Fifty-fourth (negro) Regiment, Colonel Shaw. . . . This is no hasty conclusion, no blind leap of an enthusiast, but the result of much hard thinking. It will not be at first, and probably not for a long time, an agreeable position, for many reasons too evident to state ; and the man who goes into it resigns all chances in the new white regiments that must be raised. . . . If I am one of the men selected, why should I refuse ? I came out here, not from any fancied fondness for a military life, but to help along the good cause.' This was the letter of a youth to whom a military life was distasteful, but who, following his idea of duty, had fitted himself for it by careful study so well that, as captain in the Fifty- fourth, he commanded the respect as well as affection of his brother officers, who say he would have adorned the high position which only death prevented his attaining. . . . The writer of this knew Captain Simpkins. His sweet and manly nature, his clear and strong intellect, made his friendship dearly prized by all who knew him well ; but only those nearest to him recognized under his natural modesty of character the possible hero whose life became complete and glorious on the bastion of Fort Wagner."
The story of the return of Captain Simpkins's pistol to his family several years after the war is too interesting to be omitted.
In September, 1875, the following letter appeared in the Boston " Globe."
OFFICE OF R. A. W. JAMES, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, DYERSBURG, TENN., Sept. 25, 1875.
To the Editors of the GLOBE.
GENTLEMEN, - I have in my possession a six-inch Smith & Wesson repeating pistol, upon the handle of which is engraved " Captain W. H. Simpkins, Fifty-fourth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, from J. L."
I took it from the body of a dead Federal officer on the 27th of June, 1864, at the salient on the Kenesaw Mountain line, Georgia.
As this is the era of reconciliation between the Gray and the Blue, and as the gallant officer may have relatives or friends who would ap- preciate a memento of him, I am anxious to restore it to them if they will place themselves in communication with me.
Believing that a mention of this, if published in your paper and copied throughout your State, might lead to inquiries by the friends of the deceased officer, I anxiously ask its insertion. My address is
R. A. W. JAMES, Dyersburg, Tenn.
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This letter soon came to the notice of Captain Simpkins's father, the late John Simpkins, Esq., of Jamaica Plain. who opened a cor- respondence with Major James, which resulted in the return of the pistol, accompanied by the following generous letter : -
OFFICE OF R. A. W. JAMES, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, DYERSBURG, TENN., Oct. 27, 1875.
JOHN SIMPKINS, Esq., Boston, Mass.
DEAR SIR, - Your favor of 3d inst. came to hand in due course of mail, and I would have replied to it sooner, but for an extraordinary press of business. I forwarded the pistol by mail, according to your instruc- tions, about a week ago, and hope that you have received it. I wish I could place you in possession of such information as would enable you to trace it back to your son, but 1 am afraid I shall never be able to do so. On the 27th June, 1864, the Confederate line occupying the salient to the left of Kenesaw Mountain was attacked by a Federal division whose number and commander I have forgotten, but you can ascer- tain by reference to almost any history of the late war. Am sorry I have none at hand to which I could refer and inform you. The attack was a terrible one, and the fighting, at one time, almost hand to hand. The attacking division, after a desperate charge, which was unsuccess- ful, retired. Expecting a countercharge, a number of our troops ad- vanced a short distance in front of the Confederate works, where I took the pistol from the body of an officer whose rank I either did not notice or have forgotten. He must have been a gallant fellow, - prob- ably a friend and comrade of your son, - for his body was not more than twelve or fifteen feet from the Confederate works and surrounded by heaps of dead comrades.
Receiving no orders to charge, and the firing in a few moments becom- ing again heavy, those of us who had advanced beyond the works retired into them again, and the firing continued almost unremittingly until on the 29th - I believe it was -a truce was had and the dead between the lines were buried. The body of the officer I mention was lying partially on a beautiful stand of colors, which bore the name of some regiment, I presume, - I know there was some inscription on it. The colors were picked up and subsequently presented to General Hardee, to whose corps 1 belonged. General Hardee gave the colors back to the captor and told him to give them to his sweetheart. 1 knew the man ; his name was Woltz, and he resided in Midway, East Tennessee. but I have not heard of him since the close of the war, except that he has left Midway. General Hardee is dead, as you perhaps know, and I know of no means of ascertaining to what regiment the colors belonged, unless indeed some of my comrades in arms, who are now widely scat- tered, should remember, which I think improbable.
The vicissitudes of the campaign of North Georgia were such that minor circumstances in engagements were soon forgotten except by those particularly affected by them. If I could ascertain to what regi- ment the colors belonged, - and Woltz could tell that, - it might pos-
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sibly furnish a clew which would lead to the name of the officer, for I think he and the colors belonged to the same regiment.
Any information I may hereafter be able to obtain touching the matters of which you inquire I will communicate to you. I shall preserve your kind letter as a memento but little less dear to me than the pistol to you. I only care to remember the late war in so far as it teaches its participants to respect each other's feelings, honor each other's bravery and magnanimity, and love each other's common mother country. Hoping to hear from you again, and that you have received the pistol, I have the honor to be
Yours fraternally,
R. A. W. JAMES, Formerly Major 11th Regt. Tenn. Infantry, C. S. A.
NOTE. - It will be seen that the pistol has had an eventful history : First belonging to a Federal officer at his death, it fell into the hands of the Con- federates. It then passed into the possession of a Federal soldier, when and where we can probably never know, and then it once more passed into the possession of a Confederate officer in the manner related. The weapon is in fine condition, and has evidently been carefully preserved.
SOULE, CHARLES CARROLL. Private. Served as private in Co. F from October 6 to October 22, when he was transferred to Company B as Second Lieutenant. (For subsequent service, see Company B.) TEWKSBURY, GEORGE H. Private. Corporal Co. H, 6th Mass. Vols., July 16, 1864 ; discharged Oct. 27, 1864, on expiration of service. TWEED, WILLIAM HENRY. Private. Corporal Co. A, 42d Mass. Vols., July 14, 1864 ; discharged Nov. 11, 1864, on expiration of service. WELD, GEORGE MINOT. Sergeant. Declined commission in 18th Mass. Vols.
WESTON, GEORGE. Private. Second Lieutenant 18th Mass. Infantry March 4, 1863. Died at Boston, Jan. 5, 1864, of wounds received at Rappahannock Station, Va., Nov. 7, 1863.
Weston left the company before its term of service expired, leaving behind him the memory of a man always prompt and brave in every duty, and of a singularly bright and cheery disposition. One of his comrades and former classmates writes lovingly of him : -
" Weston had been a good private soldier, and he made an admirable officer, - cheerful and bright when in health, uncomplaining and patient in sickness, and in the march and on the battlefield the soul of fortitude and courage. . . . But the strength of his character was, after all, in the exquisite kindliness and geniality of his nature. This it was which made him so universally a favorite. His sunny humor was a sort of intellectual outgrowth of those traits of his moral nature, and seemed to answer perfectly to that definition of a great writer which makes humor to consist of . love and wit.' Among his friends Weston's name was almost a synonym for sunshine." - Harvard Memorial.
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WOODWARD, GEORGE MOORE. Private. First Lieutenant 55th Mass. Vols., June 7, 1863 ; Captain, July 27, 1864 ; severely wounded in the leg at the battle of Honey Hill, S. C., Nov. 30, 1864; mus- tered out with regiment, Ang. 29, 1865
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ADAMS, JOHN. Private. Private Co. K, 57th Mass. Infantry, April 6, 1864 ; discharged July 30, 1865, on expiration of service.
ADAMS, WARREN WHITNEY. Private. First Lieutenant Co. B, 60th Mass. Vols., July 16, 1864 ; discharged Nov. 30, 1864, on expiration of service.
ALLEN, WALTER BALFOUR. Private. Private Co. B, 11th Mass. Vols., Ang. 31, 1864; discharged June 4, 1865, on expiration of service.
BUNKER, NATHANIEL WYETH. Private. Private Co. I, 56th Mass. Vols.
March 10, 1864; Second Lieutenant July 1, 1865, but not mus- tered ; discharged July 12, 1865, on expiration of service.
CHASE, LORING AUGUSTUS. Corporal. Sergeant Co. F, 5th Mass. Vols., July 16, 1864 ; discharged Nov. 16, 1864, on expiration of ser- vice.
DELANO, WILLIAM C. Private. Private 11th Mass. Battery, June 2, 1864 ; Discharged June 16, 1865, on expiration of service.
GARDNER, JAMES FRANCIS. Sergeant. First Lieutenant in Washington, D. C., Rifles, from June 1, 1864, to July, 1865.
HERSEY, ANDREW J. Private. Sergeant Co. H, 3d R. I. Cavalry, April 15, 1864 ; discharged Nov. 29, 1865, on expiration of service.
HERSEY, JACOB H. Private. Sergeant Co. H, 3d R. I. Cavalry, April 15, 1864 ; discharged Nov. 29, 1865, on expiration of service.
HOBBS, SETH J. Private. Third Assistant Engineer, U. S. Navy. He was last seen in the Mediterranean, on board of a United States man-of-war.
HODGES, ALMON DANFORTH, JR. Private. Second Lieutenant Co. B, 42d Mass. Infantry, July 20, 1864 ; discharged Nov. 11, 1864, on expiration of service.
HOLT, BALLARD, 2d. Private. Private Co. B, 11th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 26, 1864 ; discharged June 4, 1865, on expiration of service.
LANE, THOMAS J. Private. Quartermaster Sergeant 4th Mass. Cavalry, Feb. 18, 1864 ; Second Lieutenant May 11, 1865 ; First Lieutenant Aug. 9, 1865 ; discharged Nov. 14, 1865, on expiration of service.
LE CAIN, CHARLES LAMONT. Private. Corporal Co. HI, 6th Mass. Vols., July 16, 1864; discharged Oct. 27, 1864, on expiration of service.
LIPP, LEODEGAR M. Private. Second Lieutenant 56th Mass. Infantry, July 30, 1863 ; First Lieutenant Nov. 21, 1863 ; Captain, Sept. 21, [864 ; discharged July 12, 1865, on expiration of service.
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MERRILL, THOMAS TOBIE. Private. Private 4th Unattached Company
Infantry, May 3, 1864; discharged Aug. 6, 1864, on expiration of service. Private Co. D, ist Frontier Cavalry, Jan. 2, 1865 ; dis- charged June 30, 1865, on expiration of service.
PERKINS, EZRA. Private. Second Lieutenant Co G, 60th Infantry M. V. M., July 19, 1864 ; discharged Nov. 20, 1864, on expiration of service.
POWERS, STEPHEN AMBROSE. Corporal. Sergeant Co. I, 2d Mass. Heavy Artillery, Dec. 25, 1863; discharged Sept. 3. 1865. After the war was in U S. Marine Corps for several years.
PRIEST, JOHN DODD. Corporal. Second Lieutenant 56th Mass. Vols., July 30, 1863 ; First Lieutenant, May 17, 1864. Died at George- town, June 22, 1864, from a wound received while on the skirmish- line at " Salem Church," May 31, 1864.
The following extract from the letter of a brother officer, written hurriedly from the field, shows the regard in which he was held by the members of his regiment : ---
" It on this occasion becomes a duty, though a sorry one, to commu- nicate to you the fact that my dear friend and fellow-officer, your de- voted son, was last evening, in an action with the enemy, wounded by a bullet in the groin.
" I did not see him, as I did not come to tlie rear until late at night. He was sent to the rear in an ambulance, and will probably have a fur- lough to go home. Poor words of mine cannot properly express the feeling of regret with which the fellow officers and soldiers of this command part with Lieutenant Priest. He is a son to be proud of, a man to be admired, a soldier whose conscientious bravery is an example for officers and men to follow.
"He is on the eve of promotion, which is merited in a high degree. You have my heartfelt sympathy in his illness, but I hope to see him with us again in his new rank which he has so gloriously earned."
RAYMOND, WALTER LANDOR. Private. Private Co. L, Ist Mass. Cavalry, Jan. 6, 1864. Died Dec. 25, 1864, of pneumonia, at Salisbury, N. C., while prisoner of war.
SAWYER, LYMAN J. Private. Private Co. C, 3d Mass. Heavy Artillery, Oct. 6, 1863 ; deserted Jan. 27, 1864.
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