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ment of $700 procured from Worcester seven of her surplus men, who, with one otherwise procured, filled the quota. Later in the year, certificates of exemption having been procured for eighty-three citizens, the quota was reduced to nineteen. The town thus had a surplus to her credit of thirty men, which was further in- creased by the enlistment of the Rev. Gilbert Cummings, pastor of the Unitarian Church, who was commissioned chaplain of the Fifty-first Regiment. The seven men secured from Worcester were returned, ten were trans- ferred to the credit of Shrewsbury on payment of $1,250, and the remaining fourteen would likewise have been transferred, had not an order been issued forbidding this practice of "selling" men.
In addition to those already named, the following Westborough men entered the United States service in 1862 :---
Lewis H. Boutelle.
Warren L. Brigham.
Thomas R. Hazzard. James Mahoney.
Patrick Burns.
John Morin.
Patrick Burns (2).
George B. Morse.
Allen W. Cross.
Henry G. Rice.
George L. Davis.
John Rice.
William Denny.
Charles A. Rice.
James Doherty.
John W. Sanger.
Benjamin N. Fairbanks.
J. Henry Stone.
William Fisher.
George H. Stone.
Charles O. Greenwood.
Frank A. Stone.
Francis Hanley.
Samuel Woodside.
On the field of battle during the year 1862 the men from Westborough had suffered severely. James H. Sul- livan was the first to fall. He had enlisted August 12, 1861, in Company K, Twenty-first Regiment. In the battle of Newbern, N. C., March 14, 1862, he was shot
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through the neck and killed. On August 30 the second battle of Bull Run took place; and there the Thirteenth Regiment, which had been engaged in picket duty be- tween the Rappahannock and Manassas, suffered con- siderable loss. Among the killed were two Westborough men, - Thomas Copeland and Hollis H. Fairbanks; and four, Alden Lovell, William Forbush, Isaiah H. Beals, and Wallace H. Cushman, were among the wounded. Upon receiving news of the battle, B. B. Nourse, accom- panied by J. F. B. Marshall, was despatched to Washing- ton with hospital stores furnished by the Soldiers' Sewing Society. The wounded men were found in the hospitals, and reported themselves well cared for. The delegates paid a visit to the camp of the Thirty-fourth Regiment at Alexandria, Va., and to that of the Thirteenth Regi- ment at Leesboro', Md. The Westborough men in the former regiment, they reported, were "well and in a cheerful condition; " but those in the Thirteenth were " quite destitute." They had lost their knapsacks at Bull Run, their clothing was unfit for wear, and the heat and dust gave them a "very uncomfortable appearance." A few days later the regiment took part in the battle of Antietam, and several Westborough men- among them George E. Hartwell, William H. Sibley, William W. Fay, Henry A. Fairbanks, and Abner R. Greenwood - were wounded.
The year 1862 had passed without bringing any signs of a speedy ending of the war, and the first months of 1863, before the successes at Vicksburg and Gettysburg, brought nothing to relieve the general depression. A considerable party was clamoring for peace on any terms, and their evil counsels became louder and louder. The horrors of war, too, were becoming more manifest. It
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became week by week more difficult to secure recruits for the armies. In July, when the President issued another call for troops, a resort to drafting became necessary. The quota of Westborough was forty-four. Although the town claimed to have furnished twenty- four men more than her just proportion, there was no way of having the claim allowed. One hundred and sixty- five of her citizens had already gone to the war. The stirring appeals of orators at public meetings, and the offer of generous bounties, were ineffectual in securing more. Harsher measures seemed necessary ; and sixty-six men were accordingly drafted into the service. Thirty of these reported themselves and were accepted, of whom twenty-six paid commutation, and four went into the army.
In October came another call for three hundred thou- sand men for three years' service, and a little later a call for two hundred thousand more. The quota of the town was thirty-two. The courage and enthusiasm of the people had been renewed by the more hopeful outlook, and the patri- otic young men, coming forward to enlist without any pe- cuniary inducement from the town, filled the quota. Six enlisted in the Brigade Band, Corps d'Afrique, which served in Louisiana until the close of the war. Their names were as follows : -
Charles R. Brigham. Solomon J. Taft.
John Laflin. John C. Wheeler.
Francis H. Sandra. Charles H. Williams.
Eight enlisted in the Fifty-sixth Regiment, but were afterwards transferred to the Fifty-seventh Regiment, where several of their friends were serving. The list of West- borough men in Company B, Fifty-seventh Regiment, was as follows: -
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George S. Ballou.
John A. Hart.
Albert Brigham.
James H. Holland.
Calvin L. Brigham.
Antonio Joan.
Francis W. Bullard.
Charles A. Kirkup.
David N. Chapin.
Edward Lowell.
Patrick Crowe.
William Magner.
Henry C. Flagg.
Timothy G. Sullivan.
Willis A. Forbes.
Harris C. Warren.
Myron D. Green.
Harlan F. Witherby.
In other companies of the same regiment were, -
Herbert W. Bond.
Charles Q. Lowd.
John Copeland.
Jeremiah W. Marsh.
John Crowe.
John W. Sanderson.
John Little.
Herbert O. Smith.
During the year 1863 other enlistments accredited to Westborough were as follows: -
Walter Bailey.
Edwin A. Dudley.
William Berryhill.
George W. Fairbanks.
Jefferson K. Cole.
William H. H. Greenwood.
Reuben Delano.
William Mortimer.
In July, 1863, the men who had enlisted in the Fifty- first Regiment, and in August those in the Fiftieth Re- giment, - forty-three in all, - returned to their homes without the loss of a single Westborough man. The Fifty- first had been stationed in the vicinity of Newbern, N. C., where it had suffered much from disease; and the Fiftieth had taken part in the siege of Port Hudson in Louisiana. Although originally enlisting for nine months, at the end of that period both regiments had volunteered to remain longer if their services were needed. The Government had gladly accepted their offer, and it was nearly a year after their enlistment when they returned home. As for the other regiments, the Thirteenth, which contained at
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this time about thirty Westborough men, took part in the battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3. John Fly died from the effects of injuries there received, and Harvey C. Ross and Melvin H. Walker were severely wounded. The Thirty- fourth Regiment had been engaged in garrison, guard, and escort duty near Washington and Alexandria from its mus- tering until July 7, 1862, and had earned a wide reputation for its proficiency in drills, its excellent discipline, and its neat quarters. July 14, having driven out the enemy, it took possession of Harper's Ferry; and although engaged in no important battle during 1863, it did valuable duty in that vicinity.
In April, 1864, -only twenty-nine of the sixty-six men drafted in July, 1863, having been accepted, - the select- men went to Washington, D. C., and succeeded in procuring recruits to make up the deficiency of twelve in the quota of the town. These were secured by the payment of $125 bounty per man, and $50 for the services of other persons.
During these early months of 1864, General Grant, who had begun his famous campaign against General Lee, was slowly advancing toward Richmond. In order to draw him from his course, General Lee planned an invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania and an advance toward Washington. The invasion was eventually repelled by General Sheridan; but in May, when the danger was at its height, it was decided to strengthen the defences of Washington by sending forward all veteran troops who were stationed in the North. The State militia were or- dered out to relieve the veterans. The company in West- borough, under command of Captain Charles P. Winslow, promptly met the call, - many of the members, much to their pecuniary loss, leaving their business at the shortest notice. The company, which was known as the Sixth Un- attached, M. V. M., was stationed at Readville, Mass., during
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the whole of its term of service, -from May 4 to Aug. 2, 1864. It contained the following Westborough men :
Charles P. Winslow, Captain.
Alonzo G. Forbush.
John Jones, First Lieutenant.
John A. Gilmore.
William W. Fay, Second "
Charles A. Goss.
George W. Warren, First Sergt.
Charles A. Harrington.
George B. Searles, Sergeant.
Edwin F. Harrington.
Gilbert Cummings, Jr.,
Charles B. Haskell.
George T. Fayerweather, “
Bowers C. Hathaway.
Squire S. Tidd,
Charles S. Henry.
William M. Blake, Corporal.
Myron J. Horton.
Israel H. Bullard,
Charles S. Howe.
William M. Child,
John W. Howe.
Ezra Churchill,
Edward Hudson.
David B. Faulkner,
Elijah C. Janes.
Albert A. Arnold.
Samuel R. Jones.
Warren Bartlett.
Charles W. Kidder.
George N. Bellows.
Charles T. Lackey.
Hiram C. Bemis.
Peter Boulie.
Joseph Lebeau. William C. Loker.
Alden L. Boynton.
Charles O. Longley.
Ellison L. Braley.
George A. Longley.
Frank G. Braley.
Josiah W. Miller.
Silas H. Brigham.
William A. Miller.
Warren L. Brigham.
John W. Moody.
Henry A. Burnap.
Thomas Murphy.
Frederick D. Chase.
Frank A. Newton.
Napoleon Chevalier.
Augustus F. Nichols.
Charles E. Clark.
Charles O. Parker.
Walter Clemons.
Charles H. Pierce.
William H. Drummond.
Arthur W. Robbins.
Patrick Dunn.
James F. Robinson,
Charles A. Fairbanks.
John T. Robinson. John G. Sargent.
Freeman Fairbanks.
Henry A. Fairbanks.
George W. Searles.
Festus Faulkner, Jr.
Foster Shambeau.
Waldo L. Fay.
Alfred L. Trowbridge.
William C. Fletcher.
George A. Walker.
Charles A. Ware.
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Just before the return of the Westborough men from Readville, the President issued a call for five hundred thousand men to serve one year. The quota of West- borough was forty-six. On the return of the militia com- pany, Captain Winslow, having obtained permission from the State officials to raise a company in Westborough, quickly secured sixty-two enlistments. Men from other towns eagerly embraced the opportunity to enlist in it, and Captain Winslow reported at Worcester with full ranks. It was known as Company E, Fourth Heavy Ar- tillery, Mass. Vols. The company had been raised for coast defence, under the assurance that it would not be called beyond the limits of the State. Early in August, however, it was ordered to the defence of Washington, and remained in the neighborhood of the capital until its discharge, - June 17, 1865. The volunteers from Westborough were as follows : -
Charles P. Winslow, Captain. John Jones, First Lieutenant.
William W. Fay, Second "
George R. Douglas, Q. M. Sergt. George N. Bellows, Sergeant.
George A. Walker,
Freeman Fairbanks,
John Q. Adams. George S. Aldrich.
Alonzo G. Forbush,
Warren Bartlett.
Patrick Heaphy,
Robert Black.
Charles M. Howe,
John Blanchard.
Edward Hudson, ¥
John W. Bowman.
Frank G. Braley, Corporal.
George C. Brigham.
Silas H. Brigham, 66
William Brown.
James Crowe, 66
William J. Card. Michael Cavey.
Michael Dolan,
Bernard Fannon, 66
James Conroy.
Charles A. Goss,
Victor Coolidge.
George A. McKendry, Corporal. Prescott Sibley,
Michael Crowe.
James F. Durgin.
Daniel T. Witherbee, Corpl. George B. Lakin, Musician. David M. Bailey, Artificer.
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Willard W. Fairbanks.
Andrew Morrissey.
Patrick Flinn.
S. Whitney Nourse. Michael O'Dea.
Edward Keevan.
John Kelly.
Edmund H. Priest.
Charles W. Kidder.
Martin Quinn.
Patrick Kilkenny.
Henry V. Richards.
Charles H. Lamson.
Arthur W. Robbins.
Richard Loughlin.
Thomas Russell.
Samuel W. Mann.
Patrick J. Sheehan.
William McCoy. Thomas Slattery.
Timothy McCue.
Silas P. Squier.
Thomas McHough.
Jeremiah Staples.
Lowell P. Mitchell.
George A. Walker.
John W. Moody.
Robert Woodman.
In Company F of the same regiment were -
George T. Fayerweather, Captain. William C. Loker.
Samuel W. Mann, First Lieutenant. Andrew Sullivan.
In November, 1864, came the national election. The Republican party, having declared in its platform that no terms should be given to the rebellious States but uncon- ditional surrender, renominated President Lincoln. The Democratic party declared the war a failure, and favored a cessation of hostilities. Its candidate was Gen. George B. McClellan. The vote in Westborough showed an in- creased majority for President Lincoln, the Republican electors receiving three hundred and twenty-three votes, and the Democratic electors one hundred and thirty-one. The result of the contest was the triumphant re-election of President Lincoln, and the continuation of the war.
The last call for volunteers came December 19, 1864, when three hundred thousand men were wanted to fill deficiencies in former quotas. The quota of Westborough under the former call for five hundred thousand men having been forty-six, it was thought that under the pres-
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ent call the quota would be about three fifths of that number; and as the selectmen had received an official statement from the Provost-General of the State that the town had a surplus of thirty-five men to its credit, they were surprised to learn that, owing to a reduction of the number of years' service for three years' men, the town would be required to furnish twelve more recruits. This number, partly from enlistments and partly from other sources, was with some difficulty procured.
In addition to those previously named, the Westborough men who enlisted in 1864 were as follows : -
William F. Blake. Waldo L. Fay.
Timothy Driscoll.
George A. Lackey.
Irving E. Walker.
The following were procured from out of town to fill quotas : -
George L. Call.
Frederick Harrenslayer.
John Calverly.
John K. Harrison.
James D. Carter.
Thomas R. Hazzard.
Edward Clements.
James S. Kirkup.
George L. Davis.
Robert H. Lowheed.
Godfried Delevenne. John McCarthy.
James Fanin.
Richard McNulty.
George W. Fletcher.
John Murphy.
Roland Graham.
John Roberts.
William Stevens.
The year 1864 was especially severe for the soldiers from Westborough. "In the terrible battles of the Wil- derness, early in May, and in those that followed around Petersburg, the Fifty-seventh Regiment, which was in the Ninth Corps under General Burnside, suffered great loss. In the list of killed, wounded, and missing, were the names of two hundred and fifty-one men. Of the West-
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borough boys, Sergeant Herbert W. Bond, Jeremiah W. Marsh, and William H. H. Greenwood were killed; John A. Hart was mortally wounded; Francis W. Bullard, who had enlisted the preceding November, when scarcely sixteen years old, lost a leg; and Albert Brigham, Tim- othy G. Sullivan, Calvin L. Brigham, Charles A. Kirkup, William Magner, Daniel McCarthy, Myron D. Green, Antonio Joan, Patrick and John Crow, and Captain John W. Sanderson were wounded. The Fifty-seventh Regi- ment, although in active service less than a year, had the third highest percentage of killed of any regiment in the war.
The veterans of the Thirteenth Regiment were also in the thick of battle in the Wilderness and near Petersburg, and two Westborough men, Lyman G. Haskell and Michael Lynch, were wounded. The regiment had seen hard ser- vice since its departure from home in the summer of 1861, but its hardships were nearly over. Early in July, 1864, it was ordered home, and on the morning of July 2I, as the cars slowly passed the station at Westborough, the veterans joyfully threw their knapsacks to the plat- form. There was a short delay in Boston, and on the 22d of July the three years' service was over. The men had done "honor to themselves and the town they so well represented," say the selectmen in their report, ". . . and were cordially and heartily welcomed by their friends and fellow-citizens."
Other regiments had also suffered, and men from West- borough had tasted the horrors of Andersonville and Florence. The records show that eight, - Herbert O. Smith, William H. Blake, George S. Chickering, Charles S. Carter, Minot C. Adams, Frank E. Kemp, John Cope- land, and Irving E. Walker, - died of "starvation and
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neglect" in Southern prisons. In the hospital at Wash- ington, Timothy Driscoll died of wounds on July 12, and Abner W. Haskell, August 29, at Beverly, N. J.
But the war was nearly over; and in 1865 the calls for troops were no longer heard. There were, however, a few enlistments accredited to Westborough in the early weeks of the year, as follows : --
Almer R. Fairbanks.
William E. Rogers.
Henry A. Freeman.
Frank S. Stone.
James Hayward.
Edgar V. Stone.
Erastus M. Lincoln.
Joseph W. Wright.
The spring brought the surrender of General Lee and General Johnston, and the end of the war.
In responding to the calls of the President, Westbor- ough had willingly and faithfully done her share. The following summary shows her contribution of soldiers:
Number sent under call of May 3, 1861, 82 for three years.
July 2, 1862, 36
66 Aug. 4, 1862, 43 " nine months.
66
Oct. 17, 1863, 45 " three years.
Feb. 24, 1864,
66
March 14, 1864, 13 66
to Readville, April 4, 1864, 73 " ninety days.
under call of July 18, 1864, 68
" one year.
8 " three years.
Dec. 19, 1864, 5 " one year.
Whole number sent in response to calls 373.
There were also eleven men from Westborough in the navy, as follows : -
Ira Barker.
Albert E. Harlow.
Samuel N. Brigham.
Samuel B. Kinders.
David N. Chapin. Albert L. Lowd.
Patrick Crowe.
Daniel McCarthy. -
William H. H. Greenwood.
William A. Smith.
Caleb Tarr.
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The total number of men supplied by Westborough (four serving in both army and navy) was three hundred and thirty-seven; but many enlisted twice, and some three or four times, so that the total number of enlistments accredited to the town was three hundred and eighty- four.1 According to the official figures, Westborough furnished forty-five men over and above all demands. Seventeen of her soldiers were commissioned officers. Twenty-five lost their lives in defending their country, and sixty-two were more or less severely wounded. Of the dead, fourteen died from wounds, eight of " starvation and neglect " in Southern prisons, and three others from disease. The bodies of only five, - William H. Blake, John S. Burnap, George C. Haraden, William C. Loker, and Daniel B. Miller, - were brought home.
The names of the Westborough soldiers who died in their country's service are as follows : --
Killed.
Herbert W. Bond.
Francis E. Hanley.
Thomas Copeland.
Henry A. Harris.
Timothy Driscoll. John A. Hart.
Hollis H. Fairbanks.
Abner W. Haskell.
John Fly.
Jeremiah W. Marsh.
William H. H. Greenwood. Daniel B. Miller.
James H. Sullivan.
Died in Prison.
Minot C. Adams. John Copeland.
William H. Blake.
Francis E. Kemp.
Charles S. Carter.
Herbert O. Smith.
George S. Chickering. Irving E. Walker.
1 General Schouler, in his "Massachusetts in the Rebellion " (vol. ii. p. 693), says that " Westborough furnished three hundred and forty men for the war, - which was a surplus of forty-five over and above all demands." The number of men, however, was not secured from official sources, and apparently refers to the number of individuals rather than to the number of enlistments.
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Died from Disease.
John S. Burnap. William Denny.
George C. Haraden. William C. Loker.
But the sacrifices were not all made by the men who entered the army. Some were kept at home by duty, others by age or infirmity; and there were few citizens, it is safe to say, who did not make costly offerings for their country's safety. The amount of money expended by the town for war purposes, exclusive of State aid, was $23,920; and nearly $18,000, which was afterwards repaid by the State, was spent in assisting soldiers and their families. The duties of the "town fathers," especially, were greatly increased by the necessity of procuring en- listments and caring for the families of volunteers. During 1861 and 1862 the selectmen were, Greenleaf C. Sanborn, Benjamin B. Nourse, and Silas B. Howe; 1863, Edwin Bullard, Baxter Forbes, and George H. Raymond; 1864, Edwin Bullard, George H. Raymond, and George W. Parker ; 1865, Edwin Bullard, George H. Raymond, and Greenleaf C. Sanborn.
The women, and even the children, who had their society for picking lint and winding bandages, gave freely of their time and labor. In the earlier pages of this chapter I spoke of the work of the Soldiers' Sewing Society in preparing uniforms for the first recruits. In the fall of 1861, in re- sponse to an appeal from the Sanitary Commission, their work began again. Frequent meetings for providing sup- plies and raising funds were held until the close of the war. During the year ending April 1, 1862, the society collected $76.97; 1863, $391.90; 1864, $305.67; 1865, $562.55, - a total amount of $1,337.09. In addition, during the year ending April 1, 1862, the society sent seven pack- ages, containing about five hundred articles of clothing,
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to the Sanitary Commission; fifty-six pairs of mittens to Company K, Thirteenth Regiment; and twelve pairs of socks to prisoners at Richmond. The following year it sent nine boxes of clothing and five boxes of other articles suitable for hospital use to the Sanitary Com- mission; one barrel of clothing and one of stores to the Massachusetts Relief Association at Washington; and two boxes to Company K, Thirteenth Regiment. The contributions during 1863 were three barrels of cloth- ing to the Sanitary Commission, more than fifty pairs of socks to soldiers in various regiments, and one hun- dred towels to the Second North Carolina Regiment. In the last year of the society's existence it forwarded eight boxes of clothing, containing eight hundred articles, to the Christian Commission, one hundred handkerchiefs to the Thirty-seventh United States Colored Troops, and nineteen and one half barrels of vegetables to the Sani- tary Commission. The officers of the society for the year 1861-62 are given in another place. Mrs. E. M. Phillips declined a re-election to the presidency in 1862, and Mrs. S. Deane Fisher occupied the position until the organization came to an end at the close of war. Miss M. J. Marshall, the secretary, resigned on removing from town, Nov. 2, 1863; Mrs. A. N. Arnold was her succes- sor; and Miss Mary E. Greene served as secretary and treasurer during the last year.
The summer of 1865, throughout the North, was a joy- ful time. The great war was over, and the men, young and old, who had left the farm, the factory, or the shop to endure the privations and dangers of army life, once more responded to the call of duty, and became
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peaceful and industrious toilers among their relatives and friends. The men from Westborough had performed their duty wherever they had been placed. If none had risen to high rank, at least none had brought discredit on the town which sent them to the war. The license and hardships of army life, it is true, had unfitted some for the pursuits of peace; but, with few exceptions, the men who honored Westborough in the war have done her equal honor by their orderly, industrious, and useful lives since its close.
CHAPTER II.
1861-1865.
RECORDS OF SOLDIERS IN THE CIVIL WAR.
T HE following record of each soldier furnished by Westborough during the Civil War has been com- piled mainly from records kept by the town and from the published records of the State. Every effort has been made to have the chapter as complete and accurate as possible ; but in some cases the authorities are conflicting, and in others information is lacking. Where no rank is given, the soldier served as private.
MINOT C. ADAMS, unmarried ; son of Alvin T. and Bethiah L .; enlisted, July 15, 1862, for three years ; mustered, July 31, 1862, in 34th Regt., Co. C, Mass. Vols. Born, Upton, Mass., Sept. 24, - 1842 ; occupation, farmer. He was taken prisoner near Martins- burg, Va., in May, 1864; was carried to Andersonville, Ga., and thence to Florence, S. C., where he died, Nov. 1, 1864, of star- vation and neglect.
JOHN Q. ADAMS, married ; son of James and Hopeful ; enlisted, Aug. 8, 1864, for one year ; mustered, Aug. 12, 1864, in Co. E, 4th H. A., Mass. Vols. Born, Southbridge, Mass., Jan. 2, 1825; occupation, mechanic. He had his leg accidentally broken ; was discharged in Virginia, June 17, 1865, at the close of war.
WILLIAM M. ALDRICH, unmarried ; son of Hannibal S. and Mary B. ; enlisted, July 17, 1862, for three years ; mustered, July 31, 1862, in 34th Regt., Co. C, Mass. Vols. Born, Westborough, May 2, 1844; occupation, farmer. He was discharged at Rich- mond, Va., June 16, 1865, at the close of war.
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GEORGE S. ALDRICH, unmarried ; son of Hannibal S. and Mary B. ; enlisted, Aug. 9, 1864, for one year ; mustered, Aug. 12, 1864, in Co. E, 4th H. A., Mass. Vols. Born, Westborough, Jan. 20, 1846; occupation, farmer. He was discharged in Virginia, June 17, 1865, at the close of war.
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