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THE THIRTEENTH REGIMENT. 15
tle of Gettysburg," July 1, 1863 ;1 exchanged May I, 1864; mustered out of the service with the regiment, Aug. 1, 1864.
PRIVATES. BARRY, WILLIAM F .?
Killed at " Battle of Antietam," Sept. 17, 1862.3
CROCKER, JOHN H. Discharged Dec. 30, 1862, for disability. DAWES, AMBROSE.4
Wounded in head at " Battle of Antietam," Sept. 17, 1862 ; mustered out with the regiment, Aug. 1, 1864.
DYER, N. MAYO. Discharged April 15, 1862, to enter the navy.5 JACKSON, WILLIAM P.6 Discharged Jan. 22, 1863, for disability. KILBY, THEOPHILUS.
Discharged July 20, 1862, for disability. KING, GEORGE L.
Mustered out with the regiment, Aug. 1, 1864.
1 For sketch of prison experience, see chap. XIV.
2 Enlisted July 28, 1862, and joined the regiment Aug. IS, while on the Rapid Ann River, Va.
3 For obituary notice, see " Roll of Honor."
National loss, at this battle, 12,469 ; 2,010 killed, 9,416 wounded, and 1,043 missing. Rebel loss about 21,500 in killed, wounded and prisoners.
4 Enlisted Aug. 7, 1862, and joined the regiment Sept. 9, at Mechanics- ville, Md.
5 For items of naval history, see chap. IX.
6 Enlisted July 28, 1862, and joined the regiment Aug. 18, on the Rapid Ann River, Va.
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THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
MORSE, GEORGE J.
Wounded in hand at "Second Bull Run Battle," July 30, 1862 ; discharged March 2, 1863, to become 2d Lieu- tenant in Second Regiment, U. S. Colored Troops, in "Department of the Gulf." 1
MUNN, THOMAS J.
Taken prisoner at "Second Bull Run Battle," July 30, 1862 ; paroled on the field of battle ;2 exchanged in September 1862 ; taken prisoner at "Battle of Gettys- burg," July 1, 1863, but left in Gettysburg because wounded in thigh and leg ; transferred to Veteran Re- serve Corps,3 May 1, 1864 ; mustered out July 16, 1864.
SASSARD, AUGUSTUS.
Discharged Nov. 14, 1862, for disability.
SHELTON, ALBERT F.
Wounded in right arm and side at "Battle of Antietam," Sept. 17th 1862 ; discharged Dec. 23, 1862.
1 Wounded at Siege of Port Hudson, July 5, 1863 ; resigned July 20, 1863 ; re-entered the service in the Fifty-Ninth Massachusetts Regiment, see chap. VI.
2 Held seven days before being paroled ; all the food he had during five days of that time was one half pint of corn meal.
3 The Veteran Reserve Corps was organized April 28, 1863, and consisted of men in the service who had been disabled by wounds or disease, and who had been discharged on account of wounds or other disability resulting from military service, but afterwards re-enlisted. Over 60,000 men entered this Corps, and May 31, 1865, it consisted of 762 commissioned officers and 29,- $52 enlisted men. It escorted thousands of prisoners, convalescents, recruits and conscripts, held important military lines and positions, aided in the en- rolment and draft, or guarded depots of public property.
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THE THIRTEENTH REGIMENT.
SHELTON, CHARLES W.'
Wounded in face at " Battle of Antietam," Sept. 17, 1862 ; detailed for duty in Adjutant General's Office at Wash- ington, D. C., Dec. 10, 1862 ; transferred as Sergeant to the general service of the U. S. Army, Dec. 1, 1863 ; discharged April 1, 1864.
SHELTON, JOHN P.2
Killed at " Battle of Antietam," Sept. 17, 1862.3
SIMONDS, JOSEPH F.
Discharged July 5, 1862, for disability.4
TAINTER, GEORGE A.
Wounded in right arm at "Battle of Antietam," Sept. 17, 1862; discharged Feb. 14, 1863.
Co. D. SERGEANT. WHITNEY, EDWARD H.
Promoted Corporal Nov. 1, 1863; Sergeant Nov. 19, 1863; mustered out with regiment, Aug. 1, 1864.
CORPORAL. MORSE, SIDNEY B. 2d.
Promoted Right General Guide, with rank of Corporal, July 5, 1862; died at Finley Hospital, Washington, D. C., Sept. 16, 1862, of typhoid fever.5
1 Enlisted July 28, 1862, and joined the regiment Aug. IS, on the Rapid Ann River, Va.
2 Enlisted Aug. 7, 1862, and joined the regiment Sept. 9, at Mechanics- ville, Md.
3 For obituary notice, sec " Roll of Honor."
4 Re-enlisted in the Third Cavalry Regiment, sce chap. IV.
3 For obituary notice, see " Roll of Honor."
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Co. E.
PRIVATE.
MACEY, JAMES.
Mustered out with the regiment, Aug. 1, 1864.
We had but one man in each of the Second and Twelfth Regiments, as follows :
SECOND REGIMENT.1
Co. G.
PRIVATE.
GREENE, MARTIN.
Wounded in thigh and arm at " Battle of Cedar Mountain," 2 Aug. 9, 1862 ; was left at Culpepper, Va., Aug. 17, 1862, in the evacuation of that place, where he undoubtedly died.
] The Second Massachusetts Regiment was the first loyal three years regiment raised for the United States service, and was mustered in May 11, 1861, and left the State July 8, 1861, under Colonel George H. Gordon. Its experience was arduous and varied, and has been well told by its talented historian and faithful chaplain, Rev. A. H. Quint, D. D. in his " Record of the Second Regiment." The following are the principal battles in which it was engaged: Jackson, Fort Royal, Winchester, Cedar Mountain, Antietam, Fredericks- burg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Raleigh, and Averysborongh.
2 Called by the Confederates " Battle of Cedar Run," and " Battle of South- west Mountain." Nationals lost 2,000 killed and wounded, Confederates about the same.
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THE TWELFTH REGIMENT.
TWELFTH REGIMENT.1
Co. A. CORPORAL.
SPRAGUE, SAMUEL, JR.
Promoted Corporal May 23, 1862; severely wounded in ankle at "Battle of Antietam," Sept. 17, 1862; discharged June 24, 1863.
1 The Twelfth Massachusetts was raised by Fletcher Webster, who, on the day after our boys were shot down in the streets of Baltimore, published the following notice in the Boston papers :
FELLOW-CITIZENS : I have been assured by the Executive Department that the State will accept at once an additional regiment of infantry. I therefore propose to meet to-morrow at ten o'clock in front of the Merchants Exchange, State Street, such of my fellow-citizens as will join in raising this new regiment. The muster-roll will be ready to be signed then and there.
Respectfully, FLETCHER WEBSTER.
The meeting was held accordingly, Sunday, April 21, the regiment speedily raised and stationed at Fort Warren, Boston Harbor. It left the State July 23, 1861, and was commanded by Colonel Webster until he was killed, at Second Bull Run Battle, Aug. 30, 1862. It was in the following engage- ments : Second Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Get- tysburg, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna River, Cool Arbor, and Petersburg.
III.
1861.
THREE YEARS' MEN.
Oh, Star-Spangled Banner ! the Flag of our pride ! Though trampled by traitors and basely defied, Fling out to the glad winds your Red, White, and Blue, For the heart of the North-land is beating for you ! And her strong arm is nerving to strike with a will Till the foe and his boastings are humbled and still ! Here's welcome to wounding and combat and scars And the glory of death - for the Stripes and the Stars ! * * *
Oh, God of our fathers ! this Banner must shine Where battle is hottest, in warfare divine ! The cannon has thundered, the bugle has blown,- We fear not the summons - we fight not alone ! Oh, lead us, till wide from the Gulf to the Sea The land shall be sacred to Freedom and Thee ! With love, for oppression ; with blessing, for scars- One Country - one Banner - the Stripes and the Stars ! Edna Dean Proctor.
Other calls for volunteers to serve for three years, or during the war, were made by the President in the month of July,1 - 1861,-and our citizens continued to enlist during that and the succeeding months of that year, in the various infantry and cavalry regiments then forming and
1 The total number of men called for in the May and July Proclamations was 582,748; the number obtained was 714,231.
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THE SIXTEENTH REGIMENT.
recruiting. Melrose was represented in the following or- ganizations.
SIXTEENTH REGIMENT.1 Co. A. PRIVATE. STEVENS, THOMAS H. Died at Boston, March 26, 1863, of chronic diarrhoea.
Co. C. SERGEANT. LEEDS, SAMUEL.
Wounded in shoulder at "Battle of Fair Oaks," June I, 1862;2 promoted corporal Jan. 10, 1863; re-enlisted Dec. 24, 1863 ; 3 transferred to IIth Battalion July II, 1864; promoted Sergeant Nov. 1, 1864; Color-Sergeant soon after; mustered out, by reason of the close of the war, July 14, 1865.
Co. F. PRIVATE. JACKSON, JACOB F. Discharged Nov. 17, 1861, for disability.
1 The Sixteenth Massachusetts left the State Aug. 17, 1861. The lamented Arthur B. Fuller, - killed at the " Battle of Fredericksburg," Dec. 12, 1862, - was its first chaplain. The following are its principal battles: Fair Oaks, Glendale, Malvern Hill, Kettle Run, Chantilly, Fredericksburg, Chan- cellorsville, Gettysburg, Locust Grove, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna River, Cool Arbor, and Siege of Petersburg.
? Union loss, Sgo killed, 3,627 wounded and 1,222 missing. Total 5,739. Confederate loss 5,897.
3 All veteran soldiers enlisting, or re-enlisting were paid a United States bounty, - in addition to the State and Town bounties, - of $400.
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THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT.1
Co. A. PRIVATES. CURRIER, JOHN H.
Discharged Aug. 26, 1862, for disability.
FISHER, GEORGE W.
Discharged June 23, 1863, for disability.
FULLER, HENRY F.
Died Oct. 6, 1861, at Baltimore, Md., of typhoid fever.2
KENDALL, EDWARD W.3
Mustered out at expiration of service, Aug. 3, 1864; com- missioned Ist Lieutenant, by brevet, Sept. 2, 1864.
1 The Seventeenth Massachusetts was recruited at "Camp Schouler," Lynnfield, and left the State Aug. 23, 1861. It was stationed near Balti- more, Md., for several months, and then sent to New Berne, N. C., and served the rest of its time in the "Department of North Carolina." It was in the battles of Kinston, Goldsboro', Winton, Batchelder's Creek, Weldon, and Wise's Forks. Concerning the good material and personal bearing of the Seventeenth Regiment, in which Melrose was well represented, we have the following testimony of Colonel John Quincy Adams, one of Governor An- drew's personal staff, who was sent into the "Department of North Caro- lina," in September 1862, to examine and report on the condition of our soldiers. He thus speaks : - "I examined every musket personally, and almost every equipment, and can say, with perfect satisfaction, that their condition, in almost every case, was admirable. The arms, particularly, were as bright as when they were issued. The regiment was then drilled by Lieutenant Colonel Fellows in various evolutions, concluding with the drill as skirmishers, in all which the men showed careful and faithful training and most commendable proficiency." >
2 For obituary sketch, see " Roll of Honor,"
3 Enlisted July 28, 1862 ; joined the regiment at New Berne, N. C.
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THE SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT.
LYNDE, GEORGE W.
Mustered out at expiration of service, Aug. 3, 1864; com- missioned 2d Lieutenant, by brevet, Dec. 31, 1864.1 MACEY, JOHN S.2 Discharged Nov. 11, 1862, for disability.3 PEABODY. FRANCIS.4
Re-enlisted Jan. 4, 1864; appointed Orderly for Brigadier General I. N. Palmer, Feb. 15, 1864; transferred to new organization July 16, 1864; died at New Berne, N. C., Oct. 3, 1864, of yellow fever.5
Co. D. PRIVATE. RICHARDSON, JOHN P.
Re-enlisted Jan. 5, 1864; transferred to new organization July 16, 1864; mustered out of service, by reason of close of war, July 11, 1865.
Co. I. LIEUTENANT. BOGLE, ARCHIBALD.
Went out as 2d Lieutenant ; promoted Ist Lieutenant May 28, 1862; discharged May 20, 1863, to become Major in the Thirty-Fifth United States Colored Troops, in General Wild's Brigade.6
1 Died Jan. 30, 1866, of consumption, contracted while in the service ; for obituary sketch, see " Roll of Honor."
2 Enlisted July 28, 1862 ; joined the regiment at New Berne. N. C.
3 Afterward entered the navy ; see chap. IX.
4 Enlisted in the Seventeenth Regiment Aug. 11, 1862; joined it at New Berne, N. C .; served previously in the Twenty-Second Regiment; see page 28. 5 For obituary sketch, see " Roll of Honor."
6 Previous to entering the Seventeenth, served nearly two months in the Second Battalion of Infantry in the Forts of Boston Harbor. For further details concerning Major Bogle, see Chap. XIV.
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PRIVATE. McMAHAN, PHILIP. Re-enlisted Jan. 5, 1864 ; transferred to new organization, July 16, 1864; mustered out July 11, 1865. Co. K. CAPTAIN. SIMONDS, JOSEPH R. Mustered out at expiration of service, Aug. 3, 1864.1
PRIVATES. CROCKETT, ALBERT W. Re-enlisted Jan. 5, 1864; taken prisoner at "Battle of
1 We find the following complimentary notice of Captain Simonds in a little pamphlet which appeared in 1864, entitled "Soldiering in North Caro- lina ; being the experiences of a 'Typo' in the Pines, Swamps, Fields, Sandy Roads, Towns, Cities, and among the Fleas, Wood-ticks, 'Gray-backs,' Musquitoes, Blue-tail Flies, Moccasin Snakes, Lizards, Scorpions, Rebels, and other Reptiles, Pests and Vermin of the 'Old North State.'" It was written by Thomas Kirwan, a member of his company. "The Captain Joseph R. Simonds, was a thoroughly patriotic and honest man, a good soldier, with many virtues, and a few faults and foibles, (and what man has not these to a greater or less extent ?) He took great pride in the well-being and efficiency of his company; and its good name, and the praise of his superiors for cleanliness, superiority in drill, or having a small sick-list, were to him matters of just pride and gratulation, - and frequently after a credit- able performance on drill or parade, he would snap his fingers with delight, and, after dismissal, invite them all to his quarters for a treat. He was careful about the quality of their food, and whenever he could (which was not often) would procure such articles of luxury and dietetic change as would be most likely to promote health. He was uniformly kind, obliging and considerate, and did not look upon his men as mere pieces of mechanism that moved when he pulled the wires. He considered them men, - socially his equals, though in reality under his command, and to a certain extent at his mercy. He rarely abused his authority-never maliciously; and though he occasionally did injustice to some deserving men - it was, I think, more from an error of judgment than through design."
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THE EIGHTEENTH REGIMENT.
Batchelder's Creek," Feb. 1, 1864 ; died at "Anderson- ville " Aug. 1, 1864.1
HAYNES, JOSEPH W.
Re-enlisted Jan. 5, 1864 ; transferred to new organization July 16, 1864; mustered out, close of war, July 11, 1865.
PEABODY, TORREY, JR.
Mustered out at expiration of service, Aug. 3, 1864.
GROVER, JOHN C.
Re-enlisted Dec. 28, 1863 ; transferred to new organiza- tion, July 16, 1864 ; mustered out, close of war, July II, 1865.
EIGHTEENTH REGIMENT.2 Co. E.
PRIVATES. CARLISLE, JOHN.
Non-resident. 3
PRINCE, ALBERT G.
Wounded in neck at "Second Bull Run Battle," Aug. 30, 1862 ; taken prisoner, held five days and paroled ; discharged Oct. 15, 1862.
1 For biographical notice, see " Roll of Honor."
2 The Eighteenth Massachusetts left the State August 28, 1861, and took part in the following engagements : Gaines' Farm, Second Bull Run, Shep- pardstown, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Rappahannock Station, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cool Arbor, Petersburg and Weldon Railroad.
3 Recruit enlisted Aug. 26, 1863.
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Co. H. PRIVATE. ROWELL, STEPHEN P. Discharged Jan. 11, 1862, for disability.1
TWENTIETH REGIMENT.2 Co. A.
PRIVATES.
McDONALD, ANGUS.
Discharged for disability.
HINCKLEY, GEORGE H. Non-resident.3
TWENTY-SECOND REGIMENT.4 Co. G. LIEUTENANT. MCKAY, GURDON. Commissioned 2d Lieutenant Oct. 1, 1861 ; dismissed the service Aug. 3, 1863, for being absent without leave.
1 Re-enlisted in Fiftieth Massachusetts, see chap. V.
2 The Twentieth Massachusetts left the State Sept. 4, 1861, and was in the following engagements : Ball's Bluff, West Point, Fair Oaks, Peach Orchard, Savage's Station, Glendale, Malvern Hill, Chantilly, Antietam, Fredericks- burg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Bristoc's Station, Mine Run, Wilder- ness, Po River, Spottsylvania, Tolopotomy, Cool Arbor, Petersburg, Straw- berry Plains, Deep Bottom, Rcam's Station, Boydtown Road, Vaughn Road and Farmville.
3 Enlisted Dec. 20, 1862 ; for form of certificate taken of non-residents at this time see appendix A.
4 The Twenty-Second Massachusetts was recruited at Lynnfield, and left the State Oct. 8, 1861. Its first colonel was HIon. Henry Wilson. A flag was presented to this regiment, as it passed through Boston, by Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, in behalf of some citizens, and another in New York, by Hon. James T. Brady, in behalf of the " Sons of Massachusetts " resident in New
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SERGEANT. BATCHELDER, GEORGE W.
Promoted Sergeant Oct. 5, 1861 ; taken prisoner at " Bat- tle of Gaines' Farm," 1 June 27, 1862 ; first carried to "Libby Prison," where he was kept fourteen days, and thence to "Belle Isle," where he suffered the usual severe treatment at the hands of the rebels for sixty- four days ; paroled Oct. 18, 1862 ; exchanged, date un- known ; re-enlisted Feb. 1, 1864 ; transferred to Thirty- Second Massachusetts Regiment Oct. 17, 1864.2
WAGONER. BARRON, HENRY.
Mustered out at expiration of service, Oct. 17, 1864.
CORPORAL. DAVIS, EDMUND W.
Promoted Corporal June 17, 1862 ; taken prisoner at " Battle of Gaines' Farm," June 27, 1862 ; exchanged Aug. 5, 1862 ; discharged Oct. 20, 1862, at Philadel- phia, Pa., for disability.3
In Adjutant General Schouler's Reports this is called the "Battle of Gaines' Mills ; " in Winch's " Chronicles of the Great Rebellion " it is called " Gaines' Mills" and "Gaines' Hill." Lossing calls it "Gaines' Farm." The Confederates called it, in their report, the " Battle of the Chickahom- iny." The national loss at this battle was about 8,000, 6,000 of which were killed and wounded. Rebels lost 5,000.
2 See Thirty-Second Regiment, page 31.
3 Died at Melrose, July 22, 1864.
York. This was a gallant regiment and experienced hard service. It was engaged in the following battles : Yorktown, Mechanicsville, Chickahominy, Malvern Hill, Gainesville, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Get- tysburg, Rappahannock Station, Wilderness, Laurel HEill, Spottsylvania, Jericho Ford, Little River, Folopotomy, Bethesda Church, Shady Grove Church and Siege of Petersburg.
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PRIVATES.
BODWELL, HENRY A.
Left the regiment after " Second Bull Run Battle," Aug. 30, 1862, and enlisted in Co. K, Sixteenth Regiment Virginia Infantry, Sept. 22, 1862, and served until it was disbanded, June 3, 1863.1
GREEN, AUGUSTUS.
Killed at " Battle of Bethesda Church," June 3, 1864.2
GROVER, ANDREW J.
Discharged Sept. 18, 1862, for disability.3
MORRISON, CHARLES H.
Discharged Jan. 1, 1862, for disability.4
McALLISTER, DANIEL W.
Discharged Oct. 9, 1862, for disability.
PEABODY, TORREY.
Discharged Nov. 9, 1862, for disability.
PEABODY, FRANCIS. Discharged April 21, 1862, for disability.5
1 Afterwards served four years in the navy, see chap. IX.
2 For obituary notice, see " Roll of Honor."
3 Re-enlisted in Third Heavy Artillery, sec chap. VI.
4 Re-enlisted in Thirty-Eighth Regiment, see chap. IV.
· Re-enlisted in Seventeenth Regiment, see page 23.
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THE TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT.
TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT.1
Co. K.
PRIVATES. DONAGAN, MAURICE.
Deserted June 11, 1862 ; non-resident.
SHANNON, MARTIN. Discharged Oct. 27, 1862, for disability.
TWENTY-FOURTH REGIMENT.2 Co. B. CORPORAL. BUFFUM, ADELBERT A. Mustered out at expiration of service, Sept. 24, 1864. Co. C. PRIVATES. LITTLEFIELD, CUSHING W.
Wounded in leg at Little Washington, N. C., Nov. 3, 1862 ; discharged June 28, 1863.
1 The Twenty-Third Massachusetts left the State Nov. 11, 1861, and was in the following engagements : Roanoke, New Berne, Rawles' Mills, Kinston, Goldsboro', Wilcox Bridge, Winton, Smithfield, Heckman's Farm, Arrow- field Church, Drury's Bluff, Cool Arbor, and other engagements before Petersburg, and Kinston 2d.
2 The Twenty-Fourth Massachusetts left the State Dec. 9, 1861, and took part in the following battles : Roanoke Island, Kinston, Whitehall, Golds- boro', Tranter's Creek, New Berne, James Island, Morris Island, Fort Wag- ner, Green Valley, Drury's Bluff, Richmond and Petersburg Railroad, Weir Bottom Church, Deep Bottom, Deep Run, Fussell's Mills, Siege of Peters- burg, Four Mile Run Church and Darby Town Road.
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THE MELROSE MEMORIAL.
WYMAN, WILLIAM.
Re-enlisted Jan. 4, 1864 ; wounded in hand - lost two fin- gers-in " Battle of Deep Bottom," Aug. 15, 1864 mustered out, at close of war, July 10, 1865.
TWENTY-SIXTH REGIMENT.1 Co. A.
PRIVATE.
STARBUCK, GEORGE M.
Non-resident.
THIRTIETH REGIMENT.2
Co. B.
PRIVATE.
LANE, FRANCIS W.
Non-resident.
Co. E. PRIVATE.
SLOCOMB, HENRY W. Re-enlisted Jan. 1, 1864 ; mustered out July 10, 1866.
1 The Twenty-Sixth Massachusetts left the State Nov. 21, 1861. Its colo- nel was Edward F. Jones, of Baltimore fame. It had many of the men that belonged to the old Sixth Regiment, and that went through Baltimore, April 19, 1861. It was in the "Department of the Gulf" the greater part of its time of service. Was in battles of Winchester, Cedar Creek and Fisher's Hill, under General Sheridan.
2 The Thirtieth Massachusetts was mustered in Jan. 4, 1862, and took part in the following engagements : Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Plains Stores, Port Hudson, Cox's Plantation, Donaldsonville and Winchester, Cedar Creek and Fisher's Hill under Sheridan. It was the last Massachusetts Regiment in United States service, being mustered out July 10, 1866.
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THIRTY-SECOND REGIMENT.
THIRTY-SECOND REGIMENT.1
Co. C. LIEUTENANT. BATCHELDER, GEORGE W.
Transferred as Sergeant from Twenty-Second Regiment, Oct. 17, 1864 ; promoted 2d Lieutenant Dec. 4, 1864 ; Ist Lieutenant, April 1, 1865 ; discharged, by reason of close of war, June 29, 1865.
PRIVATE. HANIGAN, JOHN.
Mustered out Oct. 28, 1864 ; non-resident.
Co. A. PRIVATE. QUINN, JOHN E. Discharged Dec. 4, 1862, for disability.
NINETY-NINTH NEW YORK REGIMENT.2
Co. B. PRIVATE. QUINN, JOHN H. Transferred from Co. K ; mustered out Feb. 30, 1865.
1 The Thirty-Second Massachusetts was mustered into service Dec. IS, 1861. It was in the following battles : Malvern Hill, Gainesville, Second Bull Run, Chantilly, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettys- burg, Rappahannock Station, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna River, Tolopotomy, Bethesda Church, Petersburg, Weldon Railroad, Vaughn Road, Dabney's Mills, Boydtown Road and White Oak Road.
2 Known as the " Union Coast Guard." Massachusetts did not receive credit for the three hundred men she had in it. Melrose paid State aid to the families of Quinn and Gallagher.
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Co. G.
PRIVATE. GALLAGHER, RICHARD.
Mustered out Feb. 30, 1865.
SECOND BATTERY.1
LIEUTENANT.
ELLIS, JACOB M.2
Promoted Corporal Jan. 1, 1862 ; re-enlisted Feb. 15, 1864 ; promoted Sergeant Aug. 1, 1864; 2d Lieutenant, Jan. 8, 1865 ; discharged, close of war, Aug. 11, 1865.
SERGEANT. HOWE, FRANCIS E.
Promoted Corporal Aug. 1, 1861 ; Sergeant, Jan. 1, 1862 ; discharged Jan. 8, 1863, for disability.
CORPORAL. ANDREWS, EDWIN A.2
Mustered out at expiration of service, Aug. 16, 1864.
PRIVATES.
EASTMAN, WILLIAM H. Taken prisoner at Bayou Bœuf, June 19, 1863; paroled
1 The Second Massachusetts Battery- Nims'- left the State Aug. S, 1861, and was in the following engagements : Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Port Hudson, Sabine Cross Roads, Brashear City, Jackson, Claiborne, Ala., and Daniels' Plantation.
2 Credited to Boston at Adjutant General's Office, but citizen of Melrose at time of enlistment and since the war. Melrose paid State aid.
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July 3, 1863; exchanged Nov. 20, 1863; mustered out, Aug. 16, 1864.1
SEAVEY, LEONARD C.
Mustered out at expiration of service, Aug. 16, 1864.
STILPHEN, JOHN E.
Mustered out at expiration of service, Aug. 16, 1864.2
THIRD BATTERY. 3 CORPORAL. HOWARD, AVERY B.
Promoted Corporal May 14, 1862; mustered out, expira- tion of service, Sept. 16, 1864. PRIVATE. CROCKETT, GEORGE F. Discharged Jan. 2, 1863, for disability.4
FOURTH BATTERY.5
PRIVATE. SMITH, THOMAS.
Re-enlisted Jan. 2, 1864; mustered out, close of war, Oct. 14, 1865.
1 For sketch of prison experience, see chap. XIV.
2 Died June 25, 1865; for biographical notice, see " Roll of Honor."
3 The Third Massachusetts Battery - Follett's, afterwards Martin's - left the State Oct. 7, 1861. It took part in the following engagements : Siege of Yorktown, Hanover Court House, Mechanicsville, Gaines' Farm, Malvern Hill, Antietam, Sheppardstown, Leestown, Fredericksburg, Chan- cellorsville, Middlebury, Gettysburg, Mine Run, Wilderness, Laurel Hill, Spottsylvania, North Anna River, Bethesda Church, Cool Arbor, Peters- burg, Six Mile Station, and Petersburg and Weldon Railroad.
4 Afterwards re-enlisted in same battery in the quota of Mansfield.
5 The Fourth Massachusetts Battery - Manning's - left the State Nov. 20, 1861, and was in the following engagements : Pontichoula, Baton Rouge, Bonfouca, Bisland, Cotten, Port Hudson, Vermilion, and Siege of Mobile.
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