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THE SIXTEENTH REGIMENT.
Five men were members of the Sixteenth Regiment, all of whom were mustered in July, 1861. Their names are : Gardner H. Darling, John Forsyth, Henry H. Parmenter, Horace Sanderson, Warren B. Witherell; John Forsyth and Horace Sanderson were killed ; Warren B. Witherell was wounded in the leg and discharged for disability July 28, 1863; Gardner H. Darling was wounded and taken prisoner at the battle of Fair Oaks, and exchanged. He was mustered out July 27, 1864. Henry H. Parmenter was dis- charged at the expiration of his term of service, June 29, 1864.
The Sixteenth was one of the earliest regiments of three years men that was organized in Massachusetts. It was
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commanded by Col. Powell T. Wyman of Boston. Before its close of service one of its lieutenant-colonels was Daniel S. Lamson of Weston. The regiment left the State Aug. 17, 1861. It was in the battles of Fair Oaks, Glendale, Mal- vern Hill, Kettle Run, Chantilly and Fredericksburg in 1862, and at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and Locust Grove in 1863. It was engaged in the campaign under the leader- ship of General Grant, which resulted in the capture of Petersburg ; and during the year 1864, was engaged in some of its hardest fighting. In May it started southward, and for days it had marchings and fightings. Says one in writing the history of this regiment : " May 4th, at 11 A.M., crossed the Rapidan. At 3 P.M., encamped on the same grounds where one year previous we fought the battle of Chancellors- ville. * * The bones of our fallen companions, whitened by the frosts of winter, were scattered over the field and through the woods, about which were blooming in innocent beauty the violet and other spring flowers.
" May 6th [battle of the Wilderness]. At 6 A.M. the entire line was advanced about one mile, the battle raging fiercely until 11 A.M., when the heavy reinforcements of the enemy were thrown in masses upon our lines. At this time the Sixteenth showed its real pluck, and held the ground until the entire line both to the right and left had fallen back. At 5 P.M. General Longstreet's corps made its famous charge upon our line. The advance line of battle fought the masses of the enemy until their ammunition was expended, when they were obliged to evacuate the works and seek shelter in our rear. While so doing the enemy occupied the advance line. In a moment, as if by magic, the Sixteenth leaped the works and charged the enemy, forcing him back, and captured a large number of prisoners. * The flag of the Sixteenth first waved over them
after the recapture. * May 12. * [The battle of Spottsylvania ]. At 12 M., the Sixteenth was ordered along the crest of a hill where the enemy had regained a few rods of the works lost in the morning. * Our * object was that the enemy should capture no more of the works. The musketry fire was terrific. It was at
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this point a tree, some fourteen inches in diameter, was actually fallen - being cut down by bullets -it being be- tween the fire of the contending parties. Regiment after regiment was thrown into this deadly position, and were cut down before the terrific fire like grass. Indeed, the blood flowing from so many killed and wounded, mixing with the rain then falling, gave the running water the appearance of streams of blood. The men fired upwards of three hundred rounds of ammunition, after which they were relieved to clean their pieces. In this action our loss was heavy. The Regiment arrived in Massachusetts July 22, 1864, and was mustered out the 27th."
THE EIGHTEENTH REGIMENT.
Five men enlisted for three years in this regiment, namely : -
Edwin S. Parmenter, age 20, mustered, Aug. 22, 1863, died, June 9, 1864. Leander Haynes, age 27, mustered, July 16, 1861, expiration of service, Aug. 1, 1864.
Henry Moore, age 22, mustered, July 16, 1861, expiration of service, Aug. 1, 1864.
Eugene L. Fairbanks, age 21, mustered, July 16, 1861, expiration of service, Feb. 11, 1863, disability.
George W. Woodbury, age 18, mustered, July 16, 1861, expiration of service, Feb. 11, 1863, disability.
The Eighteenth Regiment was commanded by James Barnes of Springfield. Eight of its companies were mus- tered into the United States service Aug. 27, 1861, and left the State the next day. The other two companies joined the regiment in the fall of the same year. The regiment was at the battle of Gaines' Mill, Second Bull Run, Shepardston and Fredericksburg in 1862, and at Chancellorsville, Gettys- burg, Rappahannock Station and Mine Creek in 1863. May 1, 1863, it crossed the Rappahannock. Shortly after, it was under command of Col. Joseph Hayes and formed a part of the Third Brigade, First Division, Fifth Corps, and until the 20th of July, when it was ordered to Washington, because near the expiration of its term of service, it was repeatedly
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engaged with the enemy. Lieutenant-Colonel White, in giving a report of the regiment from Dec. 3, 1863, to June 19, says : "I am pleased to say that both the officers and men of my command, during the series of operations to this date, have behaved in a manner which has entirely satisfied me. All have acted so well, there is little reason to particu- larize." A battalion, made up of men whose term of service would not expire with the regiment, was detached, and remained a part of the Third Brigade ; it was engaged with the enemy about Petersburg, and at one time captured fifty prisoners and a battle-flag belonging to the Twenty-seventh South Carolina Regiment. After the expiration of its term of service, the battalion was consolidated with the Thirty- second Massachusetts Regiment.
THE TWENTIETH REGIMENT.
Besides the foregoing enlistments, which were largely made up of Sudbury citizens, there is among the town papers the following list of men, who in December, 1862, were furnished by the town for the three years service. All, except the first, were in the Twentieth Massachusetts Regi- ment and mustered in December 19.
AGE.
OCCUPATION.
REGIMENT.
MUSTERED. Dec. 18, 1862.
22 John Stewart,
Carpenter,
First, Twentieth,
19,
35 Thomas Faver,
Barber,
66
66
66
22 David Henry,
Seaman,
66
22 James Maloney,
Cooper,
66
66
21 William J. Robinson,
Steward,
21 John White,
Seaman,
66
22 John Wiley,
Stone-cutter,
66
26 Charles Rogers,
Laborer,
Seaman,
66
29 James Walsh,
39 Henry Price,
22 Charles Daniels,
Harness-maker,
66
66
22 William Johnson,
Cigar-maker,
27 John McCluskey,
Boatman,
21 Joseph Powell,
Pressman,
66
66
23 John Morgan,
66
66
66
66
23 Patrick Wilson,
Laborer,
The Twentieth Regiment was commanded by Col. Wil-
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liam Raymond Lee of Roxbury, and left Massachusetts Sept. 4, 1861. It was in the battle of Balls Bluff in 1861, and in the battles before Richmond, Antietam and Fredericks- burg in 1862, and at Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Bris- tow's Station and Mine Run in 1863. May 3, 1864, the regiment left winter quarters, crossed the Rapidan, and on the 5th marched to the Wilderness and there engaged the enemy. It fought bravely and suffered severely. In one engagement of three hours it had one major killed, a colonel, three captains and two lieutenants wounded. In its march southward from the Wilderness to the front of Petersburg, it had hard fighting and lost many men.
THE TWENTY-SIXTH REGIMENT.
Sixteen men were enlisted in the Twenty-sixth Regiment, namely : -
Elias E. Haynes, 2nd Lieut., age 28, mustered, Nov. 12, 1862, expiration of service, April 21, 1865, resigned.
John M. Haynes, Corp., age 18, mustered, Sept. 20, 1861, Dec. 31, 1863, re-enlisted.
John M. Haynes, Sergt., age 20, mustered, Jan. 1, 1864, expiration of service, Aug. 26, 1865.
Albert L. Weeks, Sergt., age 22, mustered, Jan. 1, 1864, expiration of service, Aug. 26, 1865.
William Barr, age 37, mustered, Jan. 1, 1864, expiration of service, Aug. 26, 1865.
James Dooner, age 20, mustered, Jan.' 1, 1864, expiration of service, Aug. 26, 1865.
James W. Fisk, age 28, mustered, Jan. 1, 1864, expiration of service, Aug. 26, 1865.
William T. Sawyer, age 19, mustered, Sept. 6, 1861, expiration of service, Nov. 21, 1865.
Silas Willis, age 22, mustered, Sept. 4, 1861, expiration of service, Nov. 22, 1862, to enlist in United States Army.
Michael Dooner, Oct. 18, 1861, expiration of service, Aug. 26, 1865.
George Flood, mustered, Oct. 18, 1861, expiration of service, Aug. 26, 1865.
John A. Haynes, mustered, Oct., 1861, expiration of service, Aug. 26, 1865.
James Hefferman, mustered, Oct. 18, 1861, expiration of service, Aug. 26, 1865.
John Kelly, mustered, Oct. 18, 1861, expiration of service, Aug. 26, 1865.
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John O'Donnell, mustered, Oct. 18, 1861, expiration of service, Aug. 26, 1865.
Marcus M. Puffer, mustered, Oct. 18, 1861, expiration of service, Aug. 26, 1865.
This regiment left the State Nov. 21, 1861. It was commanded by Col. Edward F. Jones of Pepperell, and was an offshoot of his old regiment, the Massachusetts Sixth, which was attacked when passing through Baltimore, April 19, 1861. The regiment previous to January, 1864, was for a time in Louisiania. July, 1864, it went to Bermuda Hun- dred, Va., and was for a time in the army of the Shenan- doah with General Sheridan. It was in the battle of Cedar Creek and lost several men.
THE THIRTY-FIFTH REGIMENT.
Eight men were mustered into the Thirty-fifth Regiment, Aug. 16, 1862, for the term of three years, namely : -
Sergt. Rufus H. Hurlbut, age 20, expiration of service, June 9, 1865. Corp. William F. Bowen, age 20, expiration of service, June 9, 1865. Corp. George F. Moore, age 20, expiration of service, June 9, 1865. William B. Bailey, age 25, expiration of service, June 9, 1865. Francis Garfield, age 32, transferred, March 15, 1864, to V. R. C. George H. Hall, age 22, expiration of service, June 9, 1865. Albert H. Moore, age 26, expiration of service, June 9, 1865. Eli H. Willis, age 21, expiration of service, June 9, 1865.
This regiment was recruited in July, 1862, and left the State the 22d of August under command of Col. Edward A. Wilde of Brookline. September 6, it started from Arlington Heights for Maryland, and began active service while the soldiers were yet but an undisciplined collection of enlisted citizens, or raw recruits having had but one battalion drill. Its first battle was at South Mountain, in which Colonel Wilde lost an arm, which obliged him to leave the regiment, and Lieut .- Col. Sumner Carruth of Chelsea was promoted colonel. The regiment was in the battles of Antietam and Fredericks- burg in 1862. After this, the regiment was assigned to General Burnside's corps, and sent into Kentucky to hunt guerillas, where it continued until June 4, 1863, when it was
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sent to Washington to reinforce General Grant. After the surrender of Vickburg, July 4, 1863, it was sent to Jackson, Miss., in pursuit of General Johnston, where it had several days' fighting, which resulted in the retreat of Johnston. The Thirty-fifth was the first regiment to enter the city, and it secured the rebel flag from the State House. The cam- paign was a severe one because of the extreme heat and scarcity of water. The regiment then returned to Kentucky, and Sept. 30, 1863, started for Knoxville, Tenn., and re- mained there during the siege of that place. While at Knoxville the regiment endured severe hardship and depri- vation. The rations were short and the clothing scant. At times during the winter, when the ground was covered with snow, some of the Sudbury soldiers had no shoes. One of them cut off the tail of his coat and sewed it on his feet. Some of them sewed on pieces of green hide with the hair left on the inside. Throughout the winter the soldiers were on half rations ; and during the siege, which lasted nineteen days, they were allowed some days only one pint of unbolted corn-meal ; one day they had only one ear of corn apiece, and other days they had nothing. During this time they were on picket duty more than half the time, and were obliged to be awake every alternate twenty-four hours, and sometimes forty-eight hours at a time. This occurred after the retreat from and battle with General Longstreet, which kept them fighting and marching without rest for three nights and two days.
In the spring of 1864, the regiment was sent back to the Army of the Potomac, and was engaged in the battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, and all the hard fighting to the James River. It remained in front of Peters- burg till the close of the war.
THE FORTY-FIFTH REGIMENT.
Thirteen men were mustered into the Forty-fifth Regi- ment, Sept. 26, 1862, for the term of nine months, namely : -
Marshall L. Eaton, 1st Sergt., age 30, expiration of service, July 7, 1863. Homer Rogers, Sergt., age 22, expiration of service, July 7, 1863.
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Arthur Dakin, Corp., age 22, expiration of service, July 7, 1863.
Bradley Hemenway, Corp., age 26, expiration of service, July 7, 1863.
Frank H. Hunt, Musician, age 18, expiration of service, July 7, 1863.
Albert B. Richardson, Musician, age 19, expiration of service, July 7, 1863. Asa B. Bacon, age 41, expiration of service, July 7, 1863. James B. Butterfield, age 22, expiration of service, July 7, 1863. John H. Eaton, age 24, expiration of service, July 7, 1863. Theodoric A. Jones, age 18, expiration of service, July 7, 1863.
Alpheus Puffer, age 22, expiration of service, July 7, 1863.
William Scott, age 19, expiration of service, July 7, 1863.
Charles C. Spaulding, age 24, expiration of service, July 7, 1863.
This regiment was organized in the summer of 1862, and the companies composing it came from different towns. It left the State, Nov. 5, 1862, and July 21, 1863, it returned to Boston and was recruited. The regiment took part in the battle of Kingston, N. C., Dec. 14, 1862, and in the battle of Goldsboro. It was also engaged in the movements about Newbern. Its losses in battle were twenty killed and seventy-one wounded, exceeding that of all the other nine months regiments taken together. The loss from sickness and disease was also very heavy. The march to Goldsboro, under a sultry sun, is spoken of as a long and weary one to men unaccustomed to such hardships, but they stood it like true soldiers, and held on their way till it was ended. One of the younger ones in his company was Theodoric Jones ; though his feet were badly blistered by his coarse army shoes he never flinched nor lagged behind ; and when, for once having climbed a fence by the roadside for a momentary rest, he heard it intimated that he was giving out, he in- stantly sprang to the ground, and with some vigorous remarks resumed his journey with apparent ease. When he arrived in camp his shoes were a curiosity, -it is said they were so completely run down that the heels were nearly bottom side up, and the owner's feet were in such a condi- tion that, for a number of days, he was entirely disabled.
Of the Sudbury men in this regiment, perhaps William Scott did as much as any towards breaking up the monotony of the weary march and the tedious camp life. " Billy," as the boys called him, was short and stout, a good soldier and full of fun. Sometimes he would act as barber, and get his
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pay in the sport he made of his patrons. On the march of the regiment from Goldsboro to Newbern, Billy captured a small mule about the size of a heifer; and, having loaded the beast with such articles as had been picked up by the way and his gun and accoutrements, he mounted it and the journey was resumed towards camp. A lieutenant, having his attention called to the animal, required him to give it up, but Billy clung to the bridle without saying a word ; the officer threatened, but Billy rode on, and when at length he arrived at Newbern he presented a comical spectacle. He had, besides the blankets, muskets, haversacks, etc., two geese, some hens, and a large number of canteens, so that the little mule was well nigh covered. Billy was smiling, as usual, and the boys smiled too. The mule was unloaded and given up, and Billy, so far as known, received no repri- mand but what he had at the start.
THE FIFTY-NINTH REGIMENT.
The following men enlisted in the Fifty-ninth for three years : -
Cyrus E. Barker, age 25, mustered, Jan. 14, 1864, died April 9, 1865. Curtis Smith, age 21, mustered, Jan. 14, 1864, died Oct. 19, 1864.
Benjamin Ryde, age 35, mustered, Feb. 9, 1864, transferred, June 1, 1865, to Fifty-seventh Infantry.
Alfred Moore, age 21, mustered, April 2, 1864, transferred June 7, 1865, to V. R. C.
This regiment was raised and commanded by Jacob P. Gould of Stoneham, who was formerly Major of the Thir- teenth. It left the State for Washington, April 26, 1864. Ten days after, it was engaged in its first fight; and in 1864 it took part in the battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna, Coal Harbor, the battles before Petersburg, and the battle of Weldon Railroad.
With the exception of the instances now mentioned, the soldiers who went from Sudbury, for the most part, enlisted in different regiments, and their names are scattered along in the various rolls of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, and bear date from the first to the last year of the war. The
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following are the names of these soldiers as given in the State Adjutant General's Report or the Sudbury Soldiers' Record Book, from which we have also taken the foregoing lists.
ENLISTMENTS IN OTHER REGIMENTS OF INFANTRY.
NINE MONTHS MEN IN THE SIXTH REGIMENT.
Samuel G. Brown, Corp., age 27, mustered, Aug. 31, 1862, expiration of service, June 3, 1863.
Solomon Davis, age 36, mustered, Aug. 31, 1862, expiration of service, June 3, 1863.
Francis Dutton, age 26, mustered, Aug. 31, 1862, expiration of service, June 3, 1863.
Augustus Newton, mustered, Aug. 31, 1862, expiration of service, June 3, 1863.
Matthew Smith, age 19, mustered, Aug. 31, 1862, expiration of service, June 3, 1863.
ONE HUNDRED DAYS MEN IN THE SIXTH REGIMENT.
Rockwood Puffer, age 18, mustered, Aug 18, 1864, expiration of service, Oct. 27, 1864.
THREE YEARS MEN IN THE NINTH REGIMENT INFANTRY.
Walter Lee, age 38, mustered, March 28, 1864, transferred, June 10, 1864, to Thirty-second Infantry, expiration of service, June 29, 1864.
Michael Muller, age 29, mustered, Aug. 21, 1863.
THREE YEARS MEN IN THE NINETEENTH REGIMENT.
Cornelius Buckley, age 38, mustered, March 26, 1864, expiration of service, June 30, 1865.
Thomas Smith, age 28, mustered, March 26, 1864, died, Jan. 26, 1865. Josiah Garfield, mustered, July 26, 1861, expiration of service, June 30, 1865.
MEN IN THE TWENTY-FOURTH REGIMENT.
Michael Malone, age 32, mustered, March 26, 1864.
THREE YEARS MEN IN TWENTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT.
Michael Fitzgerald, Corp., age 22, mustered, Jan. 26, 1865, expiration of service, June 30, 1865.
THREE YEARS MEN IN THE THIRTIETH REGIMENT. Stillman Willis, mustered, Jan. 4, 1862, expiration of service, -.
THREE YEARS MEN IN THE THIRTY-SECOND REGIMENT. John Herschel Moore, mustered, July 2, 1862, discharged for disability.
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THREE YEARS MEN IN THE TWENTY-SECOND REGIMENT.
John Rothe, mustered, Oct. 5, 1861, expiration of service, Oct. 20, 1864.
THREE YEARS MEN IN THE THIRTY-THIRD REGIMENT.
John Roth, age 40, mustered, Aug. 5, 1862, expiration of service, Jan. 11, 1865.
Robert Arnold, mustered, Aug. 13, 1862, regiment mustered out, -.
THREE YEARS MEN IN THE THIRTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT.
Marcus T. Baker, age 21, mustered, Jan. 21, 1865, transferred, June 22, 1865, to Twenty-sixth Infantry.
George A. Jones, age 18, August 21, 1862, expiration of service, June 30, 1865.
MEN IN THE THIRTY-NINTH REGIMENT.
James M. Sawyer, age 19, mustered, Aug. 18, 1862, expiration of service, July 18, 1865.
NINE MONTHS MEN IN THE FORTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT.
Silas H. Blake, age 38, mustered, November, 1862, expiration of service, Sept. 1, 1863.
THREE YEARS MEN IN THE FIFTY-SIXTH REGIMENT.
William F. Coombs, age 37, mustered, Feb. 25, 1864, expiration of service, Aug. 1, 1865, order War Department.
MEN IN THE SIXTY-FIRST REGIMENT.
Edward A. Farnsworth, age 24, mustered, Jan. 10, 1865, expiration of service, July 16, 1865.
Peter McDougal, age 38, mastered, Jan. 16, 1865, expiration of service, May 27, 1865, order War Department.
SUDBURY SOLDIERS IN THE CAVALRY SERVICE.
THREE YEARS MEN IN THE FIRST CAVALRY.
Averill F. Willis, mustered, September, 1861, expiration of service, June 26, 1865.
George F. Butterfield, mustered, September, 1861, expiration of service, June 26, 1865.
This regiment was commanded by Col. Robert Williams of Virginia, and left the State by battalions; the First on the 25th, the Second on the 27th, and the Third on the 29th of December, 1861. It was stationed in the Department of the South until August 19, 1862, when eight of its compa- nies joined the Army of the Potomac. The two men from Sudbury served in Company L, Capt. William Gibbs of
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Waltham. It is stated that, while in South Carolina, "they suffered from hunger, storm, wind and heat, and were at the terrible battles of James Island, Fort Wagner, and Morris Island." After leaving South Carolina, they were in Vir- ginia with the Tenth Army Corps, commanded by Major- General Gilmore, and served in front of Petersburg until its surrender. In 1864, a part of the battalion of cavalry, known as the Independent Battalion Massachusetts Cavalry, that served in the Department of the South and was formerly of the First Massachusetts Cavalry, constituted, with the First Battalion Veteran Cavalry, the Fourth Massachusetts Cavalry.
THREE YEARS MEN IN THE SECOND REGIMENT CAVALRY.
Hartson D. Sinclair, age 21, mustered, Feb. 14, 1865, died, May 26, 1865. John F. Casey, age 19, mustered, Aug. 9, 1864, expiration of service, June 17, 1865.
Richard H. Graham, age 19, mustered, Aug. 9, 1864, expiration of ser- vice, June 17, 1865.
John O'Brien, age 20, mustered, Aug. 9, 1864, expiration of service, June 17, 1865.
THREE YEARS MEN IN THE FOURTH REGIMENT CAVALRY.
John Lee, 2nd Lieut., mustered, July 13, 1865, expiration of service, Nov. 14, 1865.
George F. Butterfield, Corp., age 20, mustered, Sept. 23, 1661, expiration of service, Sept. 24, 1864.
Frank E. Willis, Bugler, age 19, mustered, Sept. 23, 1861, expiration of service, Sept, 24, 1864.
THREE YEARS MEN IN THE FIFTH REGIMENT CAVALRY.
Daniel Robinson, age 21, mustered, Aug 25, 1864, expiration of service, May 23, 1865.
Lyman Taylor, age 21, mustered, Aug. 25, 1864, expiration of service, May 23, 1865.
SUDBURY SOLDIERS IN THE ARTILLERY SERVICE.
THREE YEARS MEN IN SEVENTH BATTERY OF LIGHT ARTILLERY. John P. Hudson, age 23, mustered, May 21, 1862, died, March 7, 1864.
THREE YEARS MEN IN FIRST REGIMENT, HEAVY ARTILLERY. Edward R. Cutler, Asst. Surg., age 22, mustered, Sept. 25, 1863, Surg. Dec. 19, 1864.
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THREE YEARS MEN IN THE FIRST BATTALION, HEAVY ARTILLERY. George A. Dean, age 18, mustered, Feb. 11, 1865, expiration of service, Oct. 20, 1865.
THREE YEARS MEN IN SECOND REGIMENT, HEAVY ARTILLERY.
Thomas Corcoran, age 21, mustered, Aug. 18, 1864, died, April 11, 1865.
ONE YEAR MEN IN THE FOURTH REGIMENT, HEAVY ARTILLERY.
Sidney Smith, age 21, mustered, Aug. 12, 1864, expiration of service, June 17, 1865.
Alexander Black, age 42, mustered, Aug. 25, 1864, expiration of service, June 17, 1865.
Joseph Clear, age 19, mustered, Aug. 23, 1864, expiration of service, June 17, 1865.
Jonathan G. Leavett, age 34, mustered, Aug. 25, 1864, expiration of ser- vice, June 17, 1865.
James F. Rundell, age 19, mustered, Aug. 17, 1864, expiration of service, June 17, 1865.
Charles R. Taylor, age 22, mustered, Aug. 23, 1864, expiration of ser- vice, June 17, 1865.
ONE YEAR MEN IN THE TWENTY-NINTH UNAT. CO., HEAVY ARTILLERY. Cornelius Fitzpatrick, age 23, mustered, Sept. 1, 1864, expiration of service, June 16, 1865.
Matthew Heaphey, age 21, mustered, Aug. 25, 1864, expiration of ser- vice, June 16, 1865.
Michael Shea, age 21, mustered, Sept. 1, 1864, expiration of service, June 16, 1865.
UNITED STATES SANITARY COMMISSION.
Two Sudbury men, Edwin Hunt and Alfred S. Hudson, . were with the army in the service of the Sanitary Commis- sion. The first remained until obliged to return on account of ill health ; the other entered the service July, 1864, and was stationed at City Point, Va., at the junction of the Appomatox and James Rivers, near Petersburg, at the time of the siege.
Notwithstanding the promptness of the town in taking means to fill its quotas by voluntary enlistments at home, and by offering bounties for enlistments from abroad, before the war closed it was subjected to a draft. July 17, 1863, the names of the town's citizens included in the First Class List were deposited at Concord, and the following names were drawn therefrom.
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LIST OF CONSCRIPTS IN THE TOWN OF SUDBURY, DRAWN AT CONCORD, JULY 17, 1863.
M. W. Evans, exempt.
William L. Stone, exempt.
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