The history of Melrose, County of Middlesex, Massachusetts, Part 21

Author: Goss, Elbridge Henry, 1830-1908
Publication date: 1902
Publisher: Melrose : Published by the city of Melrose
Number of Pages: 548


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The citizens drawn at that time were as follows:


John Thompson, William Donalavy,


Samuel A. Robinson,


Joseph Goodwin,


Alonzo Patterson,


William F. Paul,


William A. Fuller,


George W. Farnsworth,


William Clark,


Augustus Ripley,


Lyell T. Terwilleger,


Jarvis P. Hudson,


James Biffin,


John Perkins, Jr.,


Fernando C. Taylor,


Timothy Upham,


David A. Alden,


John H. L. Anderson,


Gardner Wheeler,


Sylvanus Magoon,


Joseph Holbrook,


Edward B. Newhall,


Thomas Hawkins,


Daniel R. Woodward.


Various measures were taken to aid the Recruiting Com- mittee in its efforts to procure men, with which to fill our different quotas. June 6, 1864, a Town Meeting was held at which it was voted:


That the Town of Melrose appropriate the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for the purpose of procuring recruits for any future calls there may be made by the President of the United States for soldiers, and to make up any deficiencies that there is, or has occurred, in the last call for volunteers; and that the present Recruiting Com- mittee of the Town of Melrose proceed immediately to recruit or pro-


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cure men in anticipation of the next call, or calls, that may be made by the President of the United States. And that the Selectmen be instructed to procure the bodies of all those of our citizen soldiers who have or may lose their lives in this war, and have them transported to their relatives or friends ;


and it was also voted:


That the Town Treasurer be instructed to borrow, from time to time, such sums of money as might be required of the amount appropriated.


The raising of money for this purpose, in this manner, was illegal, as the Legislature of Massachusetts had provided, by the act of March 16, 1864, that cities and towns might raise money by taxation, or otherwise, for the purpose of procuring volunteers, and pay to each one enlisted into the service as a part of the quota of said cities and towns, a sum not exceeding one hundred and twenty-five dollars ($125).


A petition was drawn up, signed by thirty-four citizens, and presented to the Supreme Judicial Court, asking for an injunc- tion on the proceedings at the above Town Meeting. Such an injunction was issued by Chief Justice George T. Bigelow, June 11, 1864. This was afterwards so far modified as to permit the paying of one hundred and twenty-five dollars ($125) by the Recruiting Committee, to each recruit enlisted and accepted by the United States authorities under any call of the President made between the first day of March, 1864, and the first day of March, 1865, as a part of the quota of the Town of Melrose under said calls.


At this time recruits for the army cost a larger sum than one hundred and twenty-five dollars ($125); therefore a citizens' meeting was called, to take into consideration the best manner of raising a sum of money, as a recruiting fund, to aid the committee in the furnishing of men for our quotas. It was decided to raise the same by subscription; and at a subsequent meeting the following gentlemen were appointed a committee to solicit subscriptions: Wingate P. Sargent, Daniel Norton, Jr., Levi S. Gould, Isaac Emerson, Jr., Thomas A. Long and Joseph D. Wilde. Mr. Sargent was appointed treasurer, and after the collections were made, nearly six thousand dollars ($6,000) the money was paid over to Colonel Clark, as chair- man of the Recruiting Committee. The names of the sub- scribers to this fund, and the amounts paid, are as follows:


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Wingate P Sargent, $250


ThomasA. Long, $25


Daniel Norton, Jr.,


I30


Erastus F. Bradford, 25


Rufus Smith, . 100


Benjamin F. Greene, 25


Alverse L. White, 100


George N. Noyes, 25


Isaac Emerson, Jr., 100


Dr. George Macomber, 25


Wickham C. McNish, 100


Joel Bowker, 25


Samuel E. Sewall,


100


Charles H. Blaisdell, 25


Daniel W. Gooch,


100


Daniel Jefferson, 25


Daniel W. Foster,


100


Dr. Moses,


25


Samuel S. Houghton, So


Allen C. Goss,


25


Joseph D. Wilde,


75


Fernando C. Taylor, 25


Elisha F. Sears,


75


Joseph E. Westgate, 25


25


Charles H. Isburgh, .


75 George C. Sargent,


25


George A. Mansfield,


75


Samuel S. Bugbee,


25


Nathaniel J. Bartlett,


75 Anthony Crosby,


25


George G. Wheeler,


60


John H. Clark, .


25


Jeremiah Crowley, 50


George Newhall,


25


William H. Allen,


50 William O. Lynde,


25.


Edgar M. Stevens,


50 Charles Larrabee,


25


Levi S. Gould,


50


John S. Higgins,


25


Ira H. Bickford,


50


John Shelton,


25


Frank O. Dame,


50


C. Edgar Buffum,


25


George Hart,


50 Henry A. Leonard,


25


William F. Morse,


50


Rufus Leavitt, .


25


Oliver Whyte,


50 Robert J. Chute,


25


Gardner Wheeler,


50


Obadiah S. Edgerly,


25


Walter Littlefield, Jr.,


50 Sargent F. Severence, 50 Liberty Bigelow,


25


Napoleon B. Bryant,


50 John Conway, Jr.,


25


Andrew P. Trott,


50


Jonathan Barrett,


25


R. Watson Emerson,


50 Charles Boardman,


25


Augustus Barrett,


50


John W. Cobb, .


25


John Baldwin,


50


Elbridge Gardner,


25


William H. Stone,


50 Jeremialı Martin, .


25


Simeon Locke,


50


Horatio N. Perkins, . 25


Alonzo V. Lynde,


50


George F. Boardman, 25


George Emerson,


50


Josiah P. Mendum,


25


George F. Stone,


50 Stephen Shelton, . 25


Frank A. Messenger,


50


Lewis G. Coburn, . 25


Oren H. Peck,


45


Frederick W. A. Rankin, Jr., 25


Joseph A. Fairbanks,


40


Thomas J. Kimball, 25


George M. Fletcher,


30


John S. Sewall, 20


James M. Beckett,


30


John W. Tower, 20


Edward R. Knights,


30


George R. Forsythe, 20


John L. Allen,


30


P. Russell Ellis, 20


Jarvis P. Hudson, 25


Sylvanus Upham, 20


Albert P. Perkins,


25


Charles Furneanx, 20


25


Henry A. Norris,


Joseph H. Greene,


50 Peter Edgerly, . 25


S. W. Ileald, 30


Elbridge H. Goss, 20


Ralph Warren, 75


James A. Barrett, .


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Edward B. Newhall, .


$20


Calvin N. Chapin, $10


John Smith,


20


Hiram D. Richardson, . IO


Nelson Cochran,


20


Azel E. Steele, IO


John W. Buttrick,


20 Elbridge Green, IO


Daniel O. Morton,


20


Benjamin Roach, . IO


Leonard Lynde, 20


Charles P. Lynde, IO


Henry B. Newhall,


20


Rev. Nathan P. Selee, IO


Artemias Barrett, .


20 James S. Sturtevant, IO


George W. Bartlett, 20


William M. Gilmore, IO


Robert W. Pierce, 20 James Small, IO


George W. Pollock,


20 Alvin Lynde, IO


George B. Sargent,


20


William Clark, IO


Caleb Howard, .


20


J. B. Daniels,


IO


Christopher Kirmes,


20


Lawrence K. Munn


IO


Joseph McIntire, 20


Charles F. Bowker, IO


James Astle,


20


Moses A. Noyes,


IO


John L. Andrews, .


20


Addison Lane, . IO


William F. Poole,


20


Edmund B. Little,


IO


Lyell T. Terwilleger,


20


William L. Pierce,


IO


Alfred W. Sprague,


20


Royal P. Barry,


IO


William H. Wells,


20


Lewis H. Richardson,


IO


George A. Chipman, .


20


Jabez G. Hayward,


IO


Isaiah A. Young,


20


Francis Fountain, IO


Benjamin Underwood,


20


Charles A. Messenger,


20


Dexter Pratt,


IO


Walter Babb,


20


Dr. Abel Astle,


IO


John Q. Adams,


15


George Lynde,


IO


Alonzo Patterson,


15


Josialı H. Barker, .


5


Samuel O. Dearborn,


15


Martin B. Loring,


5


Peter Batchelder,


15


J. T. Marcy,


5


Joel Atwood,


15


George W. Fisher,


5


George C. Stantial,


I5 Albert A. Gould, .


5


Thomas W. Chadbourne,


15


Benjamin R. Walker,


5


Asa H. Jones,


15 Augustus Brooks, .


5


Samnel M. Tourtellot, .


14 Dennis Finnegan,


5


Samuel Barker,


IO


Joseph C. Bowker,


5


Martin Ellis,


IO


Emery Close,


5


Walter R. Collins,


IO George Woodward,


5


Charles E. Keitlı,


IO John Hurley,


5


Samnel F. Summers,


IO Edward Moore,


5


John Robson,


IO Thomas Cowhey,


5


Dr. Benjamin F. Abbott,


10 Thomas Freeman,


5


William W. Vaughn,


IO Solomon L. Howes, .


5


G. W. Gilman,


IO Paschal E. Burnlian,


5


Calvin Stone,


IO John P. Buttrick, 5


William D. Stratton, IO


E. B. Southwick, 5


Sullivan C. Atwood, . IO Henry Robinson, 5


15 William Finnegan,


5


George Hemminway,


IO Ansel B. Pierce,


5


William B. Burgess, .


George Sargent, 10


George C. Brown, IO


Solomon Severy,


15


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Charles F. Upham, . $5 Robert Wheeler, $5


Jasper F. Ferdinand,


5 William A. Lamson, . 5


John Gately,


5 Aaron Green, 5


Ai Rowe,


5 Oliver T. Wentworth, 3


Walter Murphy,


5


Reuben T. Haley,


3


Henry J. Robinson,


5


Nathaniel Howard,


3


Daniel Conway,


5


Samuel D. Blanchard, 2


Joel Snow,


5


Carlon Buffum1,


5


Total amount, $5,650


Osmore Jenkins,


5


With the above amount, so liberally contributed by our citizens, the recruiting committee was enabled to obtain all the men required to fill our several quotas, by adding to the amount paid to each recruit by the town-one hundred and twenty-five dollars, ($125) - whatever sum was necessary; the average cost of a recruit at this time, in addition to the State and United States bounty, being about two hundred and fifty dollars ($250).


Very few of our own citizens enlisted during the last year of the war, although quite a number that were already in the service re-enlisted; such re-enlistments counting on our quotas the same as new enlistments.


On the third and fourth drafts, there were no names drawn in Massachusetts, her quotas being more than full.


During the year 1864, an arrangement was made, by which any person liable to do military duty could, in anticipation of the draft then pending, furnish a substitute. Four of our citi- zens availed themselves of this privilege, paying for their sub- stitutes sums ranging from five hundred and seventy-five to seven hundred dollars. In this manner men were added to our forces in the field, and our quota was reduced to an equal extent. George Emerson, 2d, George W. Heath, James O. Lynde and Daniel W. Wilcox thus furnished substitutes.


During the latter part of this year, 1864, Massachusetts and some other loyal States sent recruiting agents into the rebel- lious States, at points occupied by our forces, for the purpose of enlisting colored volunteers, under the Act of Congress ap- proved July 4, 1864.


An arrangement was also made by which any person not liable to be drafted into the military service of the United States, by reason of age or disability, could deposit with the treasurer of the State in which such person resided, the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars ($125), and be assigned


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one of the volunteers thus enlisted, such volunteer to be called a " Representative Recruit." The recruits thus obtained, and not assigned as "Representative Recruits," were apportioned among the various towns and cities of the Commonwealth for which the enlistments were made.


Three citizens of our town availed themselves of this privi- lege of putting into the service a "Representative Recruit," receiving from the State a certificate signed by the Governor, John A. Andrew, and Provost-Marshal Joseph M. Day, giving the names of the "sable volunteers" thus assigned them. The names of these three gentlemen were: David Fairbanks, Daniel Russell and Dexter Bryant.


In July, 1864, the Secretary of War made a requisition upon Massachusetts for five militia regiments, to serve for the period of one hundred days, during the time the re-enlisting troops were having their furloughs. These men were not to be credited to the quota of Massachusetts, but it was conceded that whoever should serve for this length of time should not be liable to the draft then pending. Twenty men enlisted from Melrose in four different regiments; the Fifth, Sixth, Eighth and the Sixtieth. During this same year Massachusetts sent into the field thirteen unattached companies of infantry, into one of which, the Seventh, Melrose sent seven men; also one man into the Sixty-first Regiment which was organized to serve for one year.


Melrose was also well represented in the naval service. July, 4, 1864, Congress passed an act allowing all men in the service to be credited on their proper quotas. Those whose place of residence could be ascertained were assigned to their several cities and towns. There were seven thousand six hundred and five (7,605) men whose places of residence could not be ascer- tained; and of these twenty-eight were assigned to the quota of Melrose; and thirteen of her own citizens served in the navy.


The whole number of men furnished by Melrose for the war, for the several terms of service, of all arms, including both army and navy, and including the eight (8) citizens who enlisted on other quotas, was four hundred and fifty-four (454). Of these twenty-one (21) enlisted men lost their lives; five (5) were killed on the battle-field, one ( I) was accidentally shot; thirteen (13) died of disease contracted in the service, and two (2) died in rebel prisons.


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HISTORY OF MELROSE.


The number of commissioned officers furnished by Melrose was eighteen (18); two (2) of whom lost their lives, one (I) on the field of battle, and one (I) died of disease contracted in the service.


The following letter will show, taking into consideration the population and wealth of Melrose, that the town furnished a larger proportion of men for service during this Great Rebel- lion, than most other towns and cities:


PROVOST-MARSHAL'S OFFICE, 6TH DISTRICT, MASS., LAWRENCE, December 31, 1864.


This is to certify that, as appears by the records of this office, the surplus of the Town of Melrose, over all calls, is seventy-four (74) men. H. G. HERRICK,


Captain and Provost-Marshal, 6th Dist. Mass.


RELIEF OF SOLDIERS AND THEIR FAMILIES. In all the cities and towns of the Commonwealth, large contributions of money, clothing, and other articles, were being made during the entire period of the war. In many, in most of these cities and towns, there was one or more organized societies for the disbursement of these contributions. Melrose had no such regularly organized association, although much was done for the benefit of the soldier and his family by the town and by individuals. Of the unnumbered private donations of money, of boxes and packages of soldiers' necessities and luxuries, sent by patriotic mothers and sisters, who can fully estimate their value, or the benefit derived therefrom?


The generous sympathy and munificent gifts, not only of our own citizens, but of the entire people, for the soldiers and their cause, were wonderful. These gifts were


from every department of social, business and religious life; from every age, sex and condition of our community; by gifts, by toil, by skill and handiwork; out of the basket and the store, and out of the full hearts of the community, they have poured through countless channels of benevolence.


As an instance of this hearty generosity, only one of many; nine car-loads of hospital stores left Boston after the battles of Groveton, Second Bull Run and Chantilly, which ended the campaign under Major-General John Pope.


In addition to the appropriation of three thousand dollars ($3,000) appropriated at the first war Town Meeting, May 6,.


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MILITARY HISTORY.


1861, an appropriation of twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500) was made at the annual Town Meeting held in March, 1862, for the same purpose, to aid the families of volunteers, as pro- vided by Chapter 222, Statutes of 1861, wherein it was enacted that the State should reimburse the cities and towns, to a cer- tain amount per family, the sums thus paid; and regularly, at each annual Town Meeting, during the continuance of the war, a vote of similar import was unanimously passed.


Other votes passed by the town, for kindred purposes have been given in previous pages.


In July, 1862, at the solicitation of William F. Poole, a sub- scription of three hundred and forty dollars ($340) was made by the following gentlemen, for the


purpose of promoting recruiting in Melrose; for equalizing the boun- ties of those patriotic citizens who have already enlisted ; and for the benefit of the families which the quota from Melrose shall leave be- hind them :


Samuel E. Sewall, . $75 Philip B. Holmes, $25


Andrew J. Morse, . 50 Lewis G. Coburn, 25


John S. Higgins, 50 William F. Poole, . 25


Daniel W. Gooch, . 50 Charles Kastner, .


George W. Heath, . 50


. IO


This amount was disbursed, mostly in aid of the families of volunteers, by the treasurer of the fund, Andrew J. Morse.


Guiding Star Lodge, No. 28, I. O. of G. T., sent to the seat of war, on two different occasions during the years 1861 and 1862, a box and barrel of general hospital stores, blankets, reading matter, etc. At different times, a number of contribu- tions were taken up in our various churches in aid of those wonderful monuments of the free-will offerings of the loyal North, the "Christian" and "Sanitary Commissions."


The Orthodox Congregational Church sent three hundred thirty dollars and six cents ($330.06), besides eighty-five dol- lars and twenty cents ($85.20) contributed for the benefit of sick and wounded soldiers in the hospitals at Washington, which amount was sent to and distributed by Mrs. Gooch - wife of Hon. Daniel W. Gooch, then our Representative in Congress from this District-whose visits and kindnesses will long be remembered by many a soldier. The Universalist Church contributed fifty dollars ($50) to the "Sanitary Com- mission," besides sending several boxes of articles suitable


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HISTORY OF MELROSE.


for the sick and disabled soldiers in Washington. These were sent to and distributed by Mrs. Emma Nichols Marden. The Methodist, Episcopal and Baptist Churches, also contributed generously to the same object, but no record was made of the amount. Eighty-seven dollars ($87) was paid into the treas- ury of the "Christian Commission," the proceeds of a concert given under the auspices of John H. B. Henderson.


During the first year of the war, many of our ladies met in Lyceum Hall, a number of days in succession, for the purpose of making and collecting garments and articles of all kinds suitable for the sick and wounded soldiers in our hospitals. A large collection of comforts and luxuries was thus made, forwarded and distributed.


Barrels, boxes and bundles of such necessary articles, in- cluding garments, hospital stores, reading matter, etc., were also collected at later times in the war by some of our public- spirited and patriotic ladies, and forwarded to either the "Christian " or "Sanitary Commissions."


The late Rev. John C. Ingalls spent the winters of 1861, '62 and '63, in Washington, D. C .; and on one occasion, during this time, he raised the sum of twelve hundred dollars ($1,200) in the cities of Philadelphia, New York, Boston and Portland, for the sick and wounded soldiers at the Emory Hospital in Washington. He also acted as chaplain of this hospital for a number of weeks, without pay, during the sickness of the regu- lar chaplain. Besides which, he raised the money for build- ing a chapel for the use of this same hospital.


Of the two hundred and three (203) Melrose citizens who served in the ranks of our army and navy during the Civil War,


who helped open the Mississippi, who were present at Vicksburg, Port Hudson, New Orleans and Mobile, who saw the starry flag as it ascended Missionary Ridge, and witnessed the flight of Bragg and his host; who marched from Atlanta to the sea, and who were among those who so long struggled between Washington and Richmond, and who at last saw the rebel flag go down upon the Appomattox,


twenty-three (23) of them, or about one in nine, were either killed on the battle-field or died in consequence of services rendered in the great contest. Six (6) were killed by the bullet on the field, and the rest died in camp, in hospital, in rebel prisons, or after returning to their homes.


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MILITARY HISTORY.


Two (2) commissioned officers and twenty-one (21) enlisted men constitute the oblation made by Melrose to Treason!


For memoirs and biographical sketches of the "unreturning brave," those that suffered in rebel prisons, and other informa- tion, experiences and anecdotes connected with the history of our soldiers, see pages 138 to 243 of the Melrose Memorial ; also. 16 pages of collateral information in the Appendix.


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ALPHABETICAL ROLL OF MELROSE CITIZEN SOLDIERS.


NAMES.


Regiment.


Co.


Enlisted for


Rank.


Discharged.


Remarks.


Anderson, John H. L.


S


E


100 dys Private


With Regiment


Anderson, Leonard


44


I


9 mos Private


With Regiment


Andrews, Edwin A.


2 Bat.


3 yrs Corporal


Expiration of Service


Barnard, Jolın M., Jr.


42


G


9 mos Private


With Regiment


Barrett, Charles


42


G


9 mos Private


With Regiment


Prisoner, Texas. Prisoner, Texas.


Barrett, Charles L.


42


G


9 mos Private


With Regiment


Prisoner, Texas. On Malden's Quota.


Barrett, David A.


17


K


3 yrs


Corporal


With Regiment


Barron, Henry


22


G


3 yrs Wagoner


Expiration of Service


Barry, Royal P.


45


D


9 mos Sergeant


With Regiment


Barry, Willianı F.


13


A


3 yrs Private


5


B


3 mos Private


With Regiment


Batchelder, George W.


22


G


3 yrs


Sergeant


1st Lieut.


Bickford, Nelson W.


38


I


3 yrs


Private


Boardman, Charles,


42


G


22


G


3 yrs Private


Bodwell, Henry A., {


Navy


17


I


3 yrs


2d Lieut


Bogle, Archibald


35 U. S. C. T. 9th Bat. 50


E


9 inos Private


Brown, Jonas G. Bryant, Thomas O. Buffum, Adelbert A. Burnham, Oliver R.


42


G


9 mos Private


24


B


3 yrs Corporal


6


A


100 dys Private


Burnham, Paschal E.


12


G


9 nios Private


With Regiment


Burnhanı, George P.


Captain


Expiration Service


Chambers, John L.


3 yrs


Act. Mate


Chandler, Roswell W. Chapin, Joseph A.


1 Cav.


G


Private


9 Bat.


3 yrs 3 yrs


Private


Disability For promotion


Hospital Steward.


HISTORY OF MELROSE.


Killed at Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862. Re-enlisted. Prisoner, Libby.


1


32


C


Close of War Disability


9 mos Private


With Regiment


Prisoner, Texas. Re-enlisted.


Expiration of Service For promotion Close of War


Bvt. Col.


Brand, Nathan H.


3 yrs Private


Wounded, Prisoner, Andersonville. Then U. S. Army. Died at Washington, D. C., Mar. 6, 1864. Died at Baton Rouge, La., June 18, 1863. Prisoner, Texas.


With Regiment Expiration of Service With Regiment


Prisoner, Texas. Under Gens. Banks, Meade and Grant.


Brig. Com1. Navy


Master's Prisoner, Jan. 21, 1863 For 2 years, 2 months, and 5 days.


Barron, Elliot F.


50


E


9 mnos Private


3 yrs


Seaman


Chase, Ede K. Cheever, Augustus L.


5


3 H. Art. 45


Chipman, George A. 3


6 42


G G


42


50 13


44


17 3 Bat. 17


A D


3 yrs Private 9 mios Private 3 yrs Private


Davis, Charles L.


8 Maine


E


Davis, Edmund W.


22


G


G


3 yrs Corporal 9 mnos |Private 90 dys Private


With Regiment


Prisoner, Texas.


Davis, James L.


42 7 Un. Co. 42


G C


F


3 yrs Private


Expiration of Service


Davis, Loammi G. { Dawes, Ambrose Deshon, Francis


3 H. Art. 13


A


3 yrs Private


Expiration of Service Wounded at Antietam.


Dix, Josepli O.


50


E


9 mos Private 9 nios Private 3 yrs Captain


With Regiment


Prisoner, Texas, Wounded. Afterwards Paymaster, Rank, Major.


Drayton, J. Spencer


42 35 U. S. C. T. Staff 13 A


G


3 yrs


Private Seaman


Expiration of Service


Eastman, William H.


2 Bat.


3 yrs


Private Private


Prisoner, 4 months.


Elliot, George W. Ellis, Jacob M.


2 Bat 42


G


9 1110s Private


With Regiment With Regiment


Prisoner, Texas.


Emerson, James G. 3


7 U11. Co.


I


90 dys Private


Emerson, James W.


38


K


3 yrs Private


Expiration of Service


Emerson, Joseph S.


7 Un. Co. 45


I


90 dys |Private


Evans, Thomas C.


D


9 11os Private


With Regiment Disability


With Regiment With Regiment WVitlı Regiment With Regiment With Regiment Disability With Regiment Re-enlisted Disability Disability With Regiment


Prisoner, Texas. Prisoner, Texas.


Prisoner, Starved at Andersonville. Re-enlisted at Mansfield.


Augusta quota. Prisoner, Belle Isle, Died there.


Davis, John E.


33


3 yrs Private


Witlı Regiment Disability


Prisoner, Texas. Re-enlisted.


38


K


3 yrs Private


With Regiment With Regiment


Double, Edmund B.


Disability


Dyer, N. Mayo


3 yrs Private


To Enter Navy


Remained in Regular Service. Wounded at Hagerstown, Md.


Earl, William H.


Navy


Expiration of Service Prisoner, Texas.


S Maine


E


3 yrs


3 yrs 2d Lieut.


Expiration of Service Re-enlisted.


Wounded at Kinston, N. C.


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MILITARY HISTORY.


Currier, Jolin H. Cutting, William H., Jr.


45


A C D A 9 mos Private 100 dys 2d Lieut. 9 nios Private 9 111os Private


1 9 mos Private 3 yrs Private


E 9 mos Private 3 yrs Private 9 inos Private


A I K 3 yrs Private 3 yrs Private


Disability


I


With Regiment


9 mos Private


G


39


Transferred


With Regiment [Disability


Clark, Frederic F. Corson, Frederic U. Cox, Jamies P. Crocker, John H. Crocker, Joseph C. Crockett, Albert W. Crockett, George F.


2 40


ALPHABETICAL ROLL OF MELROSE CITIZEN SOLDIERS. - Continued.


NAMES.


Regiment.


Co.


Enlisted for


Rank.


Discharged.


Remarks.


Fargo, Charles O.


3 H. Art.


F


3 yrs Private


Disability


Farrell, Michael


50


E


9 mos | Private


Witlı Regiment


Fisher, George W.


17


A


3 yrs Private


Disability


Foss, James T.


45


D


9 111os Private


With Regiment


Fuller, George P.


50


9 mos Private


With Regiment


Fuller, Henry F.


17


A


3 yrs Private


Fuller, William A


Navy


1 yr


3 Asst. Eng'r


Expiration of Service Expiration of Service


Gallagher, Richard


99 N. Y.


G


3 yrs Private


Green, Augustus


22


G


3 yrs


Private


Greene, Martin


2


G


3 yrs


Private


22


G


3 yrs |Private


Disability


Grover, Andrew J.


3 H. Art


C


3 yrs


Private


With Regiment


Grover, George W., Jr.


3 H. Art


C


3 yrs |Private


Witlı Regiment


Grover, John C.


17


K


3 yrs Private


Expiration of Service


Grover, William W.


5


K


100 dys Private


With Regiment Transferred


Hammond, George


3 H. Art. Navy 48


G G


9 mos Sergeant


Hart, Abner B.


44


9 mios Private


Harvey, Franklin


Navy


2 yrs Seaman


Haynes, Joseph W.


17


G


9 mos Private


With Regiment




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