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ELMWOOD. RESIDENCE OF HON. EDWARD LEARNED.
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lars for each enlistment for three years; and on the 7th of December, increased the amount to one hundred and fifty. Large sums, in addition, were contributed by individuals, and the whole expenditure for raising the volunteers from the town, in bounties and other aids to enlistment, was over one hundred and twenty- two thousand dollars.
On every call for troops, public meetings were held in the park, when the weather was suitable, and at other times in the town- hall, where patriotic speeches were made by the best speakers of the town and vicinity. Hon. Samuel W. Bowerman 1 and Major Charles N. Emerson were untiring in this class of effort, and few meetings passed without an address from one or both of them, distinguished both for eloquence and good judgment. Among the other prominent speakers were E. H. Kellogg, H. L. Dawes, Edward Learned, Joseph Tucker and P. L. Page. The most remarkable of these meetings was that held July 7, 1862, to which allusion has already been made. Addresses were made by Hon. Thomas Allen, who presided, Dr. H. H. Childs, Rev. Dr. Todd, Colonel H. S. Briggs, who was at home on account of wounds received at Fair Oaks, and Major Emerson. But the unique feature of the occasion was the appearance upon the plat- form of Doctor Childs, then seventy-nine years old, Captain Jared Ingersoll, an officer of the war of 1812, who was seventy-five years old, and others of like age and character, who volunteered to " enlist or send a substitute."
Throughout the war similar occasions constantly recurred, pre- senting scenes which can never be forgotten by those who witnessed them. Sometimes ordinary business was suspended, and the people were called together at mid-day by martial music and the ringing of bells. Sometimes they assembled in the park by moonlight or torch-light. In urgent crises the solemn hours of the holy Sabbath were devoted to the same patriotic purpose. In most cases the assembly felt the presence of a great and imme- diate danger to the country. The orators spoke, and the people listened in profound consciousness of that presence; and in the
1 Samuel W. Bowerman was born at North Adams, May 8, 1820; graduated at Williams College in 1844 ; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice at South Adams in 1847. He removed to Pittsfield in 1857. He was a mem- ber of the state-senate in 1859, 1867 and 1868, and a member of the house in 1866.
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same consciousness the young men to whom they appealed, en- rolled themselves in the army of the republic. But we must leave the adequate description of those great days of danger, anxiety and excitement to other pens. Enough that they gave a new conse- cration to a spot before made sacred by the memories of the revo- lution.
John C. West, Henry Colt, and Chauncey Goodrich were select- men from the beginning to the end of the war. During the first year much labor and anxiety devolved upon them; but after the system of assigning quotas to towns was adopted, their work was perpetually laborious; often perplexing and involving the gravest responsibilities. These duties they assumed cheerfully and performed with untiring assiduity. The chairman, Mr. West, on whom a large share of the active labor naturally devolved, had made up his mind in the beginning, that, if it was possible to avoid it, the town should do its whole duty without the aid of a draft; and, except in one case where a mistake occurred at Bos- ton, too late to be rectified, he succeeded. Distinguished for firm- ness of purpose, of great personal influence, and furnished by the town with abundant pecuniary resources, he was everywhere present with persuasive tongue and purse, both when public meet- ings were in session and when private effort was demanded. In addition to this, he was in constant correspondence with the agents of the government, and of the town, keeping himself watchfully informed of the coming needs, in order to be prepared for them. He was with good reason proud of the result.
The Allen Guard had hardly left Pittsfield, in April, 1861, before the ladies began the labors for the purpose of furnishing the soldiers of the town with articles of health and comfort, which continued and increased until the end of the war. Among the earliest and busiest were the young ladies of Maplewood, in connection with which a sad incident occurred. One of the pupils was Miss Lilla Reeves, a daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Reeves of the Eighth United States infantry; one of the offi- cers stationed in Texas, who were captured through the treachery of General Twiggs. Miss Reeves was a young lady of scarcely seventeen years, of marked personal beauty, and a favorite of her school-mates, As a soldier's daughter, she was naturally fore- most in their labors for the volunteers. And, indeed, was so assiduous that her teachers feared its effect upon her health, and
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induced her to join in an excursion to Wahconah Falls, a romantic . resort, some ten miles from Pittsfield. On reaching the falls, some of the party, in the exuberance of their spirits, ventured too far on the slippery rocks, which extend into the whirlpool below the falls ; among them Miss Reeves, who, turning hastily, fell into the water, and being stunned, was carried beyond the reach of aid.
At first, the efforts of the ladies in procuring comfort for the soldiers, like those of the gentlemen in enlisting them, were some- what more earnest than well-directed, and did not perfectly accom- plish their purpose ; but as the needs of the soldiers began to be better understood, and the fact that the war must be protracted was realized, a ladies' soldiers' aid-society was formed, and a spacious hall in Martin's block, devoted to its use. The organi- zation was peculiar. There were no officers, or records, or votes. By spontaneous consent, Mrs. Curtis T. Fenn became sole direc- tor and manager, taking advice and asking aid of whom she would, but under no control or supervision save that of public opinion ; and, so well was she sustained by that, that to the close of the war, almost all donations for the army and contributions to the sanitary commission-not only from Pittsfield, but from sev- eral neighboring towns-passed through her hands. Boxes were constantly forwarded to the regiments containing Pittsfield men, to the sanitary commission, and to the hospitals. A New York society, for the aid of the hospitals and garrisons around that city, received very large contributions through Mrs. Fenn, who per- sonally visited the stations at David's Island, and aided at the soldiers' thanksgiving-dinner. The regiments returning from the south-west, and passing through Pittsfield, were all handsomely entertained-the well with solid refreshments, and the sick with wines and delicacies. Long before the war closed, the name of Mrs. Fenn was one of those most familiar by the camp-fire and hospital. The amount of Pittsfield contributions expended under her direction may be fairly estimated at over ten thousand dollars. For the whole period of the war she gave herself up almost en- tirely to her duties as directress of the soldiers' aid-society.1
1 Mrs. Curtis T. [Parthenia] Fenn was born in 1798, being the daughter of Captain Jolin Dickinson. She had worked for the soldiers of 1812, and for the Greek patriots in 1824, and for her whole life has been noted for kindly services to the sick and suffering.
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Nearly every lady of the town took some part in the labors of the ladies soldiers aid-society, and many of them with a zeal and self-devotion almost, if not quite equal to that of Mrs. Fenn. Among those who were most distinguished for their efficiency and assiduity, were Mrs. Dr. N. Wilson (afterwards Mrs. Albert Tol- man), Mrs. L. F. Sperry, Mrs. Daniel J. Dodge, Mrs. Willard Carpenter, Mrs. Joseph Gregory, Mrs. J. P. Rockwell, Mrs. Phinehas Allen, Jr.
These ladies were always ready on every emergency, even if necessary to the sacrifice of their personal comfort and pressing personal engagements. The soldiers returning through Pitts- field from the war, had special occasion to remember them with gratitude.
A lady whose services and encouragement were most enthusi- astically recognized by the soldiers, was Mrs. J. R. Morewood, who extended them a liberal hospitality, and presented them with flags to be carried to the field as tokens of her interest in their exploits. In return, they gave her name to their camps, while she was living, and since she died, bestow upon her grave, annually, the same floral testimonials with which they decorate those of their fallen comrades.
The calls upon the town for soldiers had hardly ceased, before its attention was directed to the pledges which had been made in its name, that it would hold in perpetual memory and honor, the names of its sons who had died in the field. Committees were appointed to consider the best means of redeeming these pledges, by the erection of some monument ; and from time to time made par- tial reports. But final action was delayed, at first on account of the town's desire to avoid all expenses not immediately necessary in order to speedily extinguish the debt incurred in the war; and, when that was accomplished, from some difference of opinion whether the monument should take the form of a pillar, statue, or a memorial hall.
While the town was thus considering its plans, independent action had not been neglected. Immediately after the close of the war, Mrs. Fenn devoted herself as energetically to obtaining the means for a monument to the memory of the fallen soldiers, as she had before to the service of the living. By soliciting con- tributions, and by a fair in co-operation with other ladies, she obtained a considerable fund. But, while it was felt that it
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would give additional interest to the monument, that the ladies should have a conspicuous share in providing it, it was also gen- erally deemed proper and fitting, that the town, in its corporate capacity, should take the greater part in thus honoring the mem- ory of its representatives in the armies of the republic. Mrs. Fenn, therefore, suspended her labors and deposited the fund raised by her, in the savings bank, to await the action of the town.
In the spring of 1871, it had there accumulated to the sum of three thousand dollars, and it appeared to gentlemen who had from the first been interested in the matter, that there should be no longer delay. At the April town-meeting, Hon. S. W. Bow- erman moved an appropriation of seven thousand dollars for the erection of a "suitable and appropriate soldiers' monument." The motion was advocated by Mr. Bowerman and by Hon. Thomas Colt, who left the moderator's chair for the purpose ; and was unanimously adopted. The following gentlemen were then appointed a committee, with full powers to carry the vote into effect : Samuel W. Bowerman, Thomas Colt, William F. Bartlett, Henry S. Briggs, William R. Plunkett, Ensign H. Kellogg. John C. West, Henry H. Richardson, Alonzo E. Goodrich, Edward S. Francis, and Henry Stearns.
Mr. Colt was chosen chairman of the committee, and Messrs. Bartlett, Colt, and Plunkett, were appointed a sub-committee for procuring the monument. Several designs were submitted, but that offered by Mr. Launt. Thompson of New York, an artist of distinguished reputation and acknowledged genius, was so origi- nal in thought, so striking and appropriate in character, that the committee had little difficulty in making their selection.
The monument, as finally erected, consists of a bronze-statue of a color-sergeant standing upon a square granite-pillar composed of pedestal, base, shaft, and capital. The height of the pillar is fifteen feet and four inches, and the figure of the standard- bearer is six feet and three inches ; above which the spear-pointed staff of the colors rises four feet, making the extreme height of the monument, to this minute apex, twenty-five feet and six inches. The sergeant is represented standing in line of battle, looking eagerly into the distance. The figure is erect, but slightly supported by the staff of the colors, which is clasped by both hands; the right gathering the flag-the stars and
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stripes-into graceful folds. The statue is correct in detail, as well as truthful in its grand effect; the uniform and accoutre- ments being faithfully copied from those of a color-sergeant at Fort Hamilton. Both face and figure are of a peculiar military type-as unique and easily recognized as that of the French zou- ave or Cossack trooper-which the war for the Union developed from material which it found rough-moulded in every New England village. One sees, at a glance, that the sculptor's ideal was a bold, frank man ; resolute rather than defiant; self-reliant but modest; capable of either commanding or obeying; looking into the future as well as into the distance.
The base of the pillar is truncated at the top, leaving a pro- jection upon each face, which bears in bronze-relief : on the west, the arms of the United States ; on the east, the arms of the com- monwealth; on the north and south, shields inscribed with the names of the Pittsfield soldiers who fell in the war.1
The dedicatory inscriptions are carved upon the shaft, and read as follows :
On the west face :
FOR THE DEAD A TRIBUTE.
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FOR THE LIVING A MEMORY. - FOR POSTERITY AN EMBLEM OF LOYALTY TO THE FLAG OF THEIR COUNTRY.
On the east face :
WITH GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF THE SERVICES OF ALL HER SONS WHO UPHELD THE HONOR AND
1 Mr. Thompson gave much attention to the modeling of the Massachusetts coat-of-arms, procuring a complete Indian hunting-suit, as a study for the principal figure, and copying the head from that of Spotted Tail, the famous western chief.
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INTEGRITY OF OUR BELOVED COUNTRY IN HER HOUR OF PERIL, THE TOWN OF PITTSFIELD ERECTS THIS MONUMENT IN LOVING MEMORY OF THOSE WHO DIED THAT THE NATION MIGHT LIVE.
The names inscribed on the monument are those of citizens of Pittsfield who died in the war, either from wounds, or, before their discharge, from disease contracted in the war; not includ- ing citizens of other places, who served on her quota. They are as follows :
SECOND REGIMENT. Charles W. Robbins, died in hospital at Louisville, Ky. Michael Mullany, died in 1862.
EIGHTH REGIMENT.
Charles C. Broad, died at Pittsfield, November 4, 1864. Daniel S. Morgan, died at Baltimore, August 9, 1864.
ยท TENTH REGIMENT.
Sergt. Haskel Hemenway, killed July 1, 1862, at Malvern Hill. Sergt. Thomas Duffee, killed at Spottsylvania, Va., May 12, 1864. Samuel D. Burbank, killed May 10, 1864, at Spottsylvania, Va. James Cassidy, killed May 5, 1864, at Wilderness, Va. Richard S. Corliss, killed July 1, 1862, at Malvern Hill, Va. Nelson N. Grippen, killed July 1, 1862, at Malvern Hill, Va. Charles F. Harris, Jr., died Sept. 17, 1862, at Newport News, Va. Alfred C. Hemenway, killed May 30, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va. Gardner B. Hibbard, died November 13, 1861, at Washington, D. C. Michael Hogan.
Henry Noble, killed May 12, 1864, at Spottsylvania, Va. Richard Ryan, killed May 12, 1864, at Spottsylvania, Va.
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TWENTIETHI REGIMENT.
Lieut. Lansing E. Hibbard, killed May 10, 1864.1
Sergt. John Merchant, killed October 21, 1861, at Balls Bluff, Va.
Oliver S. Bates, died August 19, 1864, at Alexandria, Va.
James Carough, died of wounds December 15, 1862.
Jonathan Francis, died of wounds December 13, 1862, at Fredericks- burg, Va.
Charles Goodwin, killed in the Wilderness, May 5, 1861.
George F. Kelly, killed October 21, 1861, at Balls Bluff, Va.
James K. Morey, died December 28th, at Salisbury, N. C.
Wilbur Noble, died in June, 1862, in New York, while on his way home.
John A. Sloan, died October 8, 1862, at Bolivar Heights, Md.
TWENTY-FIRST REGIMENT.
Capt. William H. Clark, died of wounds, August 16, 1864.
Sergt. Justin S. Cressy, killed September 1, 1862, at Chantilly, Va. Sergt. Evelyn A. Garlick, killed September 1, 1862, at Chantilly, Va. Corp. Charles L. Woodworth, killed March 14, 1862, at New- bern, N. C.
Ilenry F. Chamberlain, died April 6, 1862, at Newbern, N. C.
George W. Jarvis, killed June 2, 1864, at Cold Harbor, Va.
Hobart R. McIntosh, killed September 1, 1862, at Chantilly, Va.
George E. Menton, killed March 14, 1862, at Newbern, N. C.
Samuel Wright, died March 30, 1863, of wounds.
TWENTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT.
Sergt. Willard L. Merry, died April 19, 1862, at Newbern, N. C. Sergt. William H. Monnier, died December 4, 1864, at Annapolis, Md. James S. Bentley, died September 4, 1862, at Newbern, N. C. David Bolio, killed June 3, 1864, at Cold Harbor, Va. Charles H. Davis, killed June 18, 1864, at Petersburg, Va. James Donlon, died July 20, 1864, at Andersonville, Ga.
Joseph Goddit, died June 27, 1864, of wounds, at Point of Rocks, Md. Eleazur Wilbur, died August 24, 1864, at Andersonville prison, Ga. James Williams, died in Libby prison, Va., June 8, 1864. John Wilson, died May 21, 1864, at Norfolk, Va.
THIRTY-FIRST REGIMENT.
Capt. William W. Rockwell, died December 3, 1863, at Baton Rouge, La.
Louis HI. Daily, died June 29, 1865, at Donaldsonville, La.
1 Lieutenant Hibbard's commission as captain was issued, but he had not been mustered into his new rank, when he was killed.
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Henry Holder, died October 13, 1863, at Cairo, Ill. Edward E. Quigley, died December 24, 1861, at Chester, Mass. George L. Martin, died October 12, 1864, at New Orleans, La. John B. Ross, died April 11, 1864, at New Orleans, La. James Tute, died June 17, 1864, at New Orleans, La. Jonathan F. H. Harrington, Jr.
THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT.
Lieut. James L. Dempsey, died October 17, 1864, at Winchester, Va., of wounds received at Cedar Creek, October 13th. Corp. Noah A. Clark, killed October 18, 1863, at Ripon, Va. John Casey, killed June 6, 1864, at Piedmont, Va. Charles II. Dill, died August 20, 1864, at Staunton, Va. William E. Donnelly, killed at Newmarket, Va. Edgar P. Fairbanks, died November 6, 1862, at Fort Lyon, Va. John Grady, died November 12, 1865, at Salisbury, N. C. Nelson Harned, died January 7, 1864, at Harper's Ferry, Va. Thomas Leeson, died April 3, 1864, at Martinsburg, Va. John Shaw, died August 27, 1864, at Staunton, Va.
THIRTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT.
Miles H. Blood, killed September 19, 1864, at Winchester, Va. Oliver C. Hooker, killed May 6, 1864, at Wilderness, Va. Patrick Hussey, killed July 3, 1863, at Gettysburg, Pa. Robert Reinhart, killed August 21, 1864, at Fort Stevens, D. C.
THIRTY-NINTII REGIMENT.
Elbert O. Hemenway, died at Salisbury prison, N. C., January 1, 1865.
FORTY-NINTHI REGIMENT.
Corp. Allen M. Dewey, died March 23, 1863, at New Orleans, La. James B. Bull, killed July 13, 1863, at Donaldsonville, La. Luther M. Davis, killed May 27, 1863, at Port Hudson, La. Seth R. Jones, died May 16, 1863, at Baton Rouge, La.
Daniel M. Joyner, died July 2, 1863, at Baton Rouge, La. Samuel G. Noble, died July 14, 1863.
Charles E. Platt, died June 6, 1863, of wounds, at Port Hudson, La. William Taylor, died March 20, 1863, at New Orleans, La. Charles F. Videtto, died April 14, 1863, at Baton Rouge, La.
FIFTY-FOURTH REGIMENT.
Eli Franklin, died July 20, 1863, at Beaufort, S. C. Levi Bird, died July 10, 1865, at Charleston, S. C. John Van Blake, died December 21, 1863, at Morris Island, S. C. Henry Wilson, died July 31, 1865, at Charleston, S. C.
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FIFTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT.
Corp. George H. Hodge, died June 5, 1864, at Arlington, Va. William G. Bourne, killed May 6, 1861, at Wilderness, Va. Chester HI. Daniels, died July 29, 1864.
Lowell Daniels, killed May 18, 1864, at Spottsylvania, Va. Horace Danyon, died July 18, 1864, at Washington, D. C. Peter Monney, killed May 12, 1864, at Spottsylvania, Va. Patrick Thornton, died May 18, 1864, of wounds.
Lester Tyler, killed May 6, 1864, at Wilderness, Va.
SIXTY-FIRST REGIMENT.
Thomas D. Beebe, died February 12, 1865, at City Point, Va. Martin F. Mallison, died September 12, 1864, at Galloup's Island.
FIRST REGIMENT OF CAVALRY.
Charles T. Chapman, died August 28, 1863, at Annapolis, Md.
Hiram S. Gray, died August 17, 1864.
Michael Hanly, died August 22, 1864, at Andersonville, Ga.
John F. Hills, died February 18, 1865, at Richmond, Va.
John P. Ober, killed June 17, 1863, at Aldie, Va.
Edward O. Roberts, died September 21, 1864, at Andersonville, Va. Giles Taylor, died at City Point, Va.
THIRD REGIMENT OF CAVALRY.
Abram Malcom, died October 13, 1864.
Charles Ollinger, killed at Kelley's Ford.
Allen Prichard, died August 11, 1865, at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
OTHER REGIMENTS.
Timothy Reardon, second battery light artillery, killed April 8, 1864, at Sabine Cross Roads.
Sergt. Byron W. Kellogg, One Hundred and Seventy-third New York Volunteers, died of wounds June 30, 1863, at Baton Rouge, La.
Charles M. Shepardson, Twelfth New York Cavalry, died October 30, 1864, at Newbern, N. C.
Isaac Johnson, Fifth Massachusetts Cavalry, killed July 28, 1864, at Point Lookout, Va.
Capt. Henry H. Sears, Forty-eighth New York.
Sergt. John W. Smith, United States Army, died January, 1863, at Harper's Ferry, Va.
James Donahue, One Hundred and Twenty-first New York Infantry, . died at Alexandria, Va., April, 1865.
THE PARK. 1876.
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One name, which the committee reluctantly, under the strict interpretation of their rules, omitted from the inscription, was that of Lieut. George Read, of the Forty-ninth regiment, who died at Cleveland, O., before reaching home, but after his discharge from the service on account of ill health.
The cost of the entire monument was ten thousand dollars, besides which, Mr. Thompson received a number of condemned cannon, granted for the work by congress, through the efforts of Hon. H. L. Dawes.
It was determined to place it at the west end of the park, in or near which, a large portion of the Pittsfield soldiers volunteered, and which possessed many other associations of patriotie interest; and the park, however beautiful, being not considered in a proper condition for the reception of the contemplated work, the town placed in the hands of the committee before-named, a further sum of seven thousand dollars, for the purpose of making some long- desired improvements. The nature of these improvements was left to the discretion of the committee, by whom the following changes were made: The oval plot which constitutes the park, was surrounded by a handsome and substantial coping of granite, outside of which a broad gravel walk, with granite curbing, was built. The surface of the plot was graded, and a considerable number of trees, which had become so thick as to impede each other's growth, were felled. The Old Elm had fallen in 1861. In addition to this, the grade of Park place was reduced so as to make it more uniform with that of Bank row.
While these alterations were in progress, the town voted an appropriation of twenty-five hundred dollars, to enable the com- mittee to dedicate the monument to its great purposes, with such impressive words and ceremonies, as should fix them, for at least one generation, in the minds of the community ; and at the same time add to the honors which the town bestowed upon the mem- ory of its heroic dead.
To carry these intentions into effect, the committee had the good fortune to secure the services of so, eminent an orator as George William Curtis. It was afterwards determined to have other exercises than those of the platform; and such as would require very great industry, zeal, experience, and good judgment. The committee, therefore, called to their aid fifteen gentlemen, distinguished for those qualities, viz. : Messrs. James M. Barker,
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Graham A. Root, Israel C. Weller, William H. Teeling, Thomas G. Colt, Samuel E. Nichols, William W. Whiting, Frederick A. Francis, William H. Coogan, Michael Casey, Seth W. Morton, George S. Willis, Jr., D. J. Dodge, Henry B. Brewster, and Erd- man Leidhold. By this committee, the exercises of the day, with the exception of those on the platform, were arranged and carried out, consultation being had with the town-committee whenever occasion arose.
The pillar having been previously erected, the statue was raised to its place at noon, on the 23d of September, 1872, and immediately draped with the national flags belonging to the two political parties in the town, which had, for the day, been removed from the street, in order that no reminder of political differences might, by any chance, mar the harmony of the occasion.
The day fixed for the unvailing of the statue was the 24th of September, in that week of the year which is most unfailingly characterized by the most delicious of autumn days ; and never were September skies more cloudless, or September days more genial in Berkshire, than those which favored the ceremonies with which Pittsfield honored her soldiers.
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