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"SEC. 5. The second section of chapter sixty-five of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and sixty-three, is hereby repealed.
" SEC. 6. This act shall take effect upon its passage."
THE SOLDIERS OF THE UNION ARMY.
1861- IS65.
The Volunteers under the first call of the President for three months' men, dated April 15, 1861.
AID, AID.
Amos L. Fuller $36 00
Addison T. Hastings
George W. Mahr.
Egbert O. Hixon.
William S. Partridge
Francis L. B. Monroe
William H. Dunbar.
The Volunteers under the second call of the President, and enlisted persons to Fuly, 1862.
AID.
AID.
Milton S. Adams $498 17
George B. Everett. $
Sidney W. Allen 73 00
Charles H. Everett.
Henry W. Browne. 130 75
Albert F. Fales
338 00
George F. Browne
John M. Fales 174 82
Albert A. Ballou.
608 00
Emmons Force
Charles F. Fuller 230 00
George H. Barton 166 00
John W. Cass
James M. Grant 319 30
Albert H. Clark 338 00
Frank S. Grant.
Charles E. Cummings
Isaac C. Greenwood 664 00
Timothy Coughlin.
George E. Greenwood
32 00
Charles E. Cary.
Charles A. Grant.
12 50
David Coates.
John Gormly
John Coad.
Peter Harrington
William A. Daniels.
John Henry.
Charles M. Disper.
71 00
Thomas Dudy.
Alvin W. Houghton 155 00
Alonzo E. Dunton
178 50
Albert C. Houghton
Charles H. Daniels. 534 21
Alonzo Hixon
918 25
Edward Hogan 156 42
William D. Daniels 174 00
Edmund W. Hill 126 00
Edmund M. Bullen 444 30
Thomas Flaherty 134 26
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AJD.
Edward P. Hart. $103 00
Martin W. Phipps $255 12
Moses Hill, 330 26
Thomas Rollins. 224 00
Edwin H. Hosmer 38 84
Benjamin F. Remick 266 85
Egbert O. Hixon
395 82
William Hawes
Michael Slaven.
George H. Ide.
Daniel Inman. 29 00
Charles C. Kimball.
Frederic Swarman. 456 80
Charles G. Kingsbury
Lewis A. Treen
195 00
James B. May.
384 00
Edward A. May
Charles H. Torrey 28 14
Daniel Mundon
172 00
Charles Whitney.
518 00
Eleazar Morse.
505 90
Lewis L. Miller
Alfred C. Wheat.
Milton H. Morse.
22 57
Gilbert McCullom
33 00
F. Le Baron Monroe.
Horace J. Wilmarth.
123 57
Michael O'Donnell,
David S. Darling.
29 00
Alfred Onion
George F. Simpson
John O'Hara.
William H. Dunbar
William R. Parsons
267 62
George V. Partridge.
Jonathan Pitcher. 98 00
Emory Richardson
Asa D. Prescott.
250 40
James McCowan
32 00
The Volunteers under the third call of the President, July, 1862, for three years' men.
BOUNTY.
AID.
BOUNTY. AID.
Daniel McAleyey. $200 $
John Harney $
$95 42
Lord M. Ackert. 200
John G. Hosmer .. 100
127 00
George Bancroft. 100
25 42
Joseph H. Howard. 200
Aaron Brown
100
86 84
Albert M. Hayward 200
Newhall Barber.
100
Thomas J. Harrington 200
Sylvanus Bullard 100
Gilbert H. Leland. 100
Edward C. Barrows 100
Amos B. Morse 100
423 60
William Hiram Chace. 100
36 00
William M. Martin 100
263 20
Alexander M. Cushing 100
204 00
George L. Myer
100
David A. Clark.
100
Peter Mawn.
200
290 80
Edmund N. Clark 100
George O. Pond 100 215 60
John Carr .. 100
239 60
Franklin Proctor. 100
Abram D. Craig 100
Brougham Roberts 100
Charles Clark.
100
148 56
George H. Stratton 100
Jeremiah Vose 200
Henry A. Wood 100
130 42
Lewis L. Fisher. 200
59 00
Albert H. Wiley 100
189 68
George O. Grant ..
68 20
John Whitman 100
Joseph A. Greenwood
148 40
Charles Warden
100
Volunteers under the fourth call of the President, August, 1862, for nine months' men.
BOUNTY.
AID.
BOUNTY. AID.
Albert E. Bullard.
$100 $165 42
Erastus Adams
Robert W. Brown.
134 So
George W. Adams. 100
J. Warren Clark. 100
Stephen P. Adams. 100
Sewall J. Clark. 100
134 So
William Adams, 100
48 70
Albert L. Clark 100
Daniel Ackley. 100
306 So
Joseph C. Clifford 100
11 00
Lewis Buffum
100
86 So
D. Frank Covell. 14 00
George W. Ballou. 100
186 So
Charles II. Cole 100
33 00
George H. Read.
112 71
Herman S. Sparrow.
John H. Swarman. 226 42
Albert W. Mann
260 00
John A. Treen
William H. Turner.
Henry Wheat.
185 32
George H. Williams
George C. Webber 653 82
Alonzo M. Dain. 100
Francis T. Dodge. 100
Charles A. Adams. $100 $ 278 80 100
AID,
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BOUNTY. AID,
BOUNTY. AID.
Henry J. Daniels. $100
$
Edwin C. Pond
$100
$
James E. Fales
100
50 70
Edwin D. Pond.
100
Frank L. Fisher
100
George E. Pond. 100
George H. Fisher 100
Warren J. Partridge. 100
Willard P. Fisher. 100
o4 19
George S. Rice 100
48 70
Julius A. Fitts 100
Addison W. Richardson. 100
Theodore W. Fisher. 100
Henry L. Snell 100
George H. Greenwood. 100
97 42
John F. Stratton. 100
172 23
Edmund A. Jones 100
George S. Sanford. 100
Frank V. Mann
100
48 70
Benjamin C. Tinkham. 100
87 20
James Mitchell. 100
282 80
Lucius M. Turner 100
134 80
Frederic D. Morse 100
William H. Thomas 100
33 00
Robert T. Morse. 100
John Willey .. 100
134 80
John Nolan. 100
282 80
Lewis Wheeler. IOO
David A. Partridge. 100
Daniel S Woodman 100
George E. Pettis
100
Orson D. Young.
100
134 80
Three years' men, enlisted under the same call. an additional number being required of the town by re-adjustment of quotas.
BOUNTY. AID.
BOUNTY. AID.
William C. Hawes
$150 $226 00
John Watts. $150
James Andrews 150
Charles Allen
150
John Miller
150
Charles Murray
150
John Winter 150
John Conly. 150
George F. French 150
John Thompson 150
James Brown 150
Richard Searles 150
Volunteers under the calls of the President, sixth, seventh, and eighth, October, 1863. February and March, 1864, for three years.
BOUNTY.
AID.
BOUNTY. AID,
Harrison G. O. Grant. $ $196 98
Charles Clark. $ $101 00
George G. Nourse
100
67 70
Alonzo E. Dunton.
120 00
Aaron Brown.
100
135 42
Charles H. Daniels
202 00
George W. Bullard
100
186 80
Horace J. Wilmarth
78 42
Joel P. Bullard.
100
George H. Read.
104 00
Warren A. Clark
100
8 00
Andrew Morse.
136 00
Asa Clark.
100
193 00
George H. Barton 165
166 00
Henry M. Rockwood. 100
67 42
Asaph M. Bisbee. 155
Albert L. Vallet.
100
96 80
Sheppard Davis. 155
James A. Gale.
100
128 26
John H. Kendall.
155
George H. Hixon
100
67 42
Marshall A. Bent.
155
Ezra Pierson.
100
191 80
Henry Tibbets. 155
15 00
Joseph L. Gould.
George F. Leavit. 155
154 00
John A. Pierce. 100
208 00
Martin M. Keith 185
Robert O. Young
100
228 80
John H. Durgin 185
Henry R. Dain
100
228 80
James Spellman 185
Charles E. Burr.
33 00
Charles Magorty
David H. Benner 185
Edmund J. Smith.
Jeremiah Cassidy
185
William Smith.
Samuel P. Coffin
185
Charles E. Whitney
Joseph Kersher 185
72 00
James Whitcomb
John Fendt 185
117 14
Timothy Daly.
52 00
Thomas Mckenna I85
George Bancroft.
59 42
Charles W. Bracket 190
George A. Fuller
Andrew Fitzsimmons 190
Willard P. Fisher 100 134 84
William Kirby 190
87 00
John Looby.
233 00
John Farren 160
James G. Young 185
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BOUNTY. AID.
BOUNTY. AID.
Matthew M. Sperry $190 $
John F. O. Driscoll
$285 $212 40
John McCann 190
Phillip O. Sparrow,
Alfred R. Bell. 190
39 56
George W. Mahr,
448 20
George B. Hardy, . .
134 00
Arunah Ladd. 190
George Brown. 210
William W. Forman 285 130 84
William H. Matthews (substitute)
Volunteers for one hundred days, under the ninth call of the President, Fuly, 1864.
Benj. C. Tinkham,
William O. Andrews, Amos A. Dugan,
George S. Rice,
George W. Ballou,
Edwin H. Holbrook, Edwin S. Davis,
Henry H. Rich,
George E. Fuller, E. A. J. Adams, Michael Fitzgerald, Timothy Reardon,
Henry J. Daniels,
William Adams, Edwin A. Grant,
Patrick Regan,
J. Warren Clark,
George H. Andrews, Daniel Hammond,
George A. Stedman,
Alfred A. Cary,
Adin P. Blake,
James H. Heaton,
Lewis Wheeler, Edwin H. Hosmer,
Edmund W. Hill,
Charles H. Cole,
Geo. H. Kingsbury, James S. Mitchell,
Sewall J. Clark,
Frederic F. Clark,
George L. Myer,
William A. Nolan,
Frank L. Fisher,
Alfred Clifford,
William F. Meritt,
George S. Sanford,
George E. Pond,
William B. Clark,
Stephen F. Purdy,
George H. Rich.
Volunteers under the tenth call of the President, Fuly, 1864, for one, two, and three years.
BOUNTY.
AID,
BOUNTY.
AID.
John Leonard
$ $87 00
Benj. F. Dexter $325
$ 39 14
Calvin Adams.
325
44 00
James F. Holmes
325
38 60
Richard B. McElroy
325
122 So
William Harold
325
22 00
Charles S. Clark
325
101 80
Robert Hall.
300
Wm. H. Dunbar
325
42 56
James J. Treanor 300
Albert Vallet.
325
96 So
Charles E. Williams. 325
24 00
William Lilley . ..
325
122 So
Geo. A. Jacobs.
300
37 84
James G. Richards
325
James E. Lawrence
325
138 80
John Higgins.
325
II0 80
Geo. W. Whitney
325
Peter Foster.
325
122 80
Geo. C. Webber.
325
123 20
Isaac C. Greenwood
325
IIO 88
John Monks (substitute)
125
33 00
John T. Greenwood
325
William M. Martin.
325
110 90
William H. Pettis.
29 00
Horatio T. Leonard
325
82 00
Avery Sylvester.
Silas P. Adams Navy
For one year.
William D. Newland.
For four years.
James Fitzgerald
For four years.
George H. Hixon
For one year.
John O. Hara
Transferred from 18th Infantry.
Christopher Corrigan .. $80
For one year. $52 00
James Murray.
For one year 31 00
In addition to the above, there were assigned to the quota of Medway by the Navy Commissioners the following who had enlisted at large, that is, without naming any city or town as their residence.
Henry Clay, John Donaphy,
Henry Callaghan, Gustave Finck,
Rodman Carpenter, Hugh Donnelly,
Thomas Farranty,
Alfred N. Fielder,
Daniel Cusick, Michael Donovan,
Stephen Farrell,
Bernard Fitzpatrick,
Lucian R. Dorr, Milton S. Dodge,
Ederic S. Fernald,
Joseph Fortis,
Thomas Donnivan, Lysander W. Colson, Albert Fisher (officer , Willam Freeman.
Michael Schofield 325
Chandler W. Sanders. 325
50 12
Jesse Darling .. 325
IO1 80
John F. Stratton 325
109 60
George H. Allen.
~(Drafted men.) .
John B. Jones 190
Shuhael E. Dunbar,
Stephen P. Adams,
Samuel B. Cary,
Frank W. Kimball,
..
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Volunteers under the call of the President for one, two, and three years, dated December, 1864.
BOUNTY.
AID.
BOUNTY AID.
Frank B. Andrews. $130
37 70
John McCabe. 170
William P. Wyman 130
William F. Britton. 170
Charles H. Stewart 130
Edward H. Wheeler 170
Edward L. Andrews
135
57 70
Jacob W. Butler. 170
31 42
Charles H. Fisher.
135
Patrick J. Donnovan 165
69 60
Michael Hart, Jr. 135
33 70
James McLaughlin. 145
87 42
Patrick Killaly 145
29 70
Timothy Coughlin 145
32 12
Silas Force. 135
John Welch. 165
6 00
James T. Higgings I45
32 70
Thomas Reese. 165
Henry S. Fisher ..
150
33 84
George W. Armitage. 170
Cornelius Keating 150
64 84
Charles Osborne. 170
William F. Kemp 175
John Hirl 170
Hugh O'Brien.
175
Melvin Sawyer. 170
Thomas O'Rourke.
175
Edward G. Tutein 165
William E. Pettingill
150
Frank X. Sinzinger
170
Amos A. Dugan
125
James F. Murphy 175
Henry Watts, 125
Alpheus Proctor. 175
31 84
James Wright, 100
Patrick Raferty 160
James Hubbard,
100
George W. Codding 165
44 98
Henry Ringold,
100
Thomas Hacket. 170
Alexander Scott,
150
George F. Brown .. 165
69 20
John Lewis,
100
George F. Marden 170
Nelson Neptune.
. . 100
Volunteers from Medway who were accredited to other towns but whose families received aid form this town.
John Crawford.
Accredited to Milford. $157 60
Christopher McNemara
Accredited to Boston 51 70
John Scott.
Accredited to Cambridge 326 00
Samuel B. Adams.
Accredited to Orange 106 60
Henry Wheat.
Accredited to Bridgewater 93 88
$735 78
THE DRAFTS ORDERED AND MADE.
The first draft under the call of the President for one-fifth of the first class enrolled was made for this town July 15, 1863. The following is a copy of the Provost- Marshal's Record :
George H. Hixon. Exempted. The only support of his mother.
John F. Lesure. Exempted. Chronic inflammation, neck of bladder.
Joseph H. Disper. Exempted. Chest too small.
Addison A. Smith. Exempted. Natural feebleness of constitution.
George S. Lesure. Passed. Paid commutation, $300.
Otis Springer. Passed. Paid commutation, $300.
Asa A. Green. Exempted. Malformation of chest.
Thomas O'Sullivan. Exempted. Hernia, right inguinal.
Patrick Keith. Exempted. Over age.
William F. Carroll. Exempted. Over age.
Harlan P. Sanford. Drafted at Washington, D. C., and paid commutation there. The Second Draft.
Henry E. Gay. Passed. Furnished a substitute. Paid $300. Shubael E. Dunbar. Passed. Went into service.
Henry Cooper. Passed. Paid commutation, $300.
28 00
George W. Bartlett
125
State Recruits.
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William W. Gay. Passed. Paid commutation, $300. Elihu C. Wilson. Exempted. Chest too small. Phillip O. Sparrow. Passed. Went into service.
Charles C. Kimball. Passed. Paid commutation, $300. George H. Cummings. Exempted. Alien.
Andrew Partridge. Exempted. Insufficient teeth.
Joseph C. Claflin. Passed. Paid commutation, $300.
Oliver A. Clark. Exempted. Parents elect before the draft.
Henry M. Daniels. Passed. Paid commutation, $300.
Lewis L. Fisher. Exempted. Chronic diarrhea.
Charles E. Wood. Exempted. Chest too small.
The Third Draft.
David A. Hixon. Exempted. Only son of infirm mother.
Nathaniel Adams. Passed. Paid commutation, $300.
Charles Morris. Exempted. Non-resident.
George A. Richards. Exempted. Hernia, left inguinal.
Charles F. Adams. Exempted. Hernia and natural feebleness of constitution.
Barney Rooney. Exempted. Alien.
Frank A. Lovell. Exempted. Insufficient teeth.
Byron Albee. Exempted. Old granular inflammation of eyelids.
George W. Mahr. Passed. Went into the service.
Charles S. Adams. Exempted. Hernia, left inguinal.
John A. Hutchins. Exempted. Hemorrhoids, ulcerated.
Matthew Mooney. A deserter. Never reported.
Walter D. Ray. Passed. Paid commutation, $300.
Charles S. Clark. Exempted.
The Fourth Draft.
Charles H. Torrey. Exempted. In service March 3, 1863.
Daniel Covell. Exempted. Only support of parents.
John W. Cass. Exempted. Decided feebleness of constitution.
Joseph S. Adams. Passed. Paid commutation, $300.
William B. Hodges. Exempted. Feebleness of constitution.
Nathan W. Davenport. Passed. Paid commutation, $300.
Willard P. Clark. Passed. Paid commutation, $300.
George Black. Exempted. Enlargement of the heart.
William H. Webb. Exempted. Malformation of chest.
Edward Cheeny. Exempted. Insufficient teeth.
Henry Wheat. Exempted. Insufficient teeth.
Silas P. Adams. In the navy.
William M. Adams. Exempted. Decided feebleness of constitution.
Charles McGuire. A deserter. Never reported.
The Fifth Draft.
George B. Hardy. Passed. Went into service.
Erastus H. Tyler. Exempted. Only support of mother.
Charles W. Seavey. Exempted. Chest too small.
SUMMARY.
Number drafted . . 56 Number went into service. 4
Number exempted . 3.5 Number drafted elsewhere. 1
Number paid commutation 12 Number in naval service
Number put in a substitute.
1
Number never reported .
2
MILITARY EXPENSES OF THE TOWN, IS61 - 1865. MAY, 1861, TO MARCH, IS62.
Paid to volunteers for drilling and outfit. $607 00
Paid George P. Metcalf, use of hall for drilling. 9 00
Paid sundry persons for expenses relating to volunteers. 44 69
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Paid Military Committee for services to March 1, 1862, as follows :
Abram S. Harding $ 5 00
David Daniels 20 93
Joel P. Adams 5 00
Jason Smith. 6 00
Simeon Fisher. 5 00
Charles H. Deans 27 00
William Daniels. $7 00 Sundry bills by town treasurer. 8 25 $84 18
Total expense for the year,
aside from aid to fam-
ilies
$744 87
MARCH, 1862, to MARCH, 1863.
Paid Bounties to 35 three years' men $4,300 00
Paid Bounties to 46 nine months' men 4,600 00
1,800 00
Total Bounties during the year $10,700 00
Miscellaneous Expenses.
Paid D. J. Hastings for recovery of bodies of Ide and Sparrow. $41 00
Paid W. D. Daniels toward expense of removal of body of W. A. Daniels 50 00
Paid sundry expenses .. 8 03
Paid Alfred A. Cary for attempt to recover the body of Charles E. Cary. 25 00
Paid A. M. B. Fuller, time and expenses recruiting. 37 49
Paid William Daniels, 23 days and expenses 60 04
Paid Clark Partridge, 8 days and expenses.
21 70
Paid Simeon Fisher, 4 days. 6 00
Paid A. P. & R. O. Forbush, board of recruits 13 00
Paid D. J. Hastings, telegram 2 89
Paid Merrill & Son, printing posters. 2 50
Paid Dr. A. L. B. Monroe, examining sixty-three recruits.
31 50
Paid D. A. Partridge, assistance in recruiting. 46 00
Paid music at funeral of W. A. Daniels. 25 00
Paid special aid to Mrs. Caroline E. Cushing 50 00
Total miscellaneous expenses paid .. $420 15
MARCH, 1863, TO MARCH, 1864. Miscellaneous Expenses.
Paid toward removal of body of C. E. Cummings. $46 00
Paid toward removal of body of George O. Pond. 50 00
Paid toward removal of body of D. F. Covell. 15 00
Total miscellaneous $111 00
MARCH, 1864, TO MARCH, 1865.
Paid Bounties to 44 men, for three years, under calls of October, 1863, Feb-
ruary and March, 1864. $ 7,005 00
Paid Bounties to 27 men for one year, call of July, 1864 8,700 00
Paid J. M. Daniels toward substitute. 125 00
Paid one man in Navy, one year. So 00
Paid 39 men for one year, call of December, 1864. 6,105 00
Paid for 7 state recruits 725 00
Total $22,740 00
Miscellaneous Expenses.
Paid D. J. Hastings, money expended in recruiting. $115 05
Paid D. J. Hastings, 65 days, from December, 1863 to July, 1864. 130 00
Paid D. J. Hastings, horse and carriage hire ...
32 16
Paid Bounties to 12 three years' men
41
Paid Stacey and others for printing.
9 37
Paid enrolled men to Worcester for exemption.
48 So
Paid board of 2d Heavy Artillery Band, 24 men, one day, and other expenses
of recruiting meeting at the village.
46 00
Paid W. Daniels, services, 46 days, @@ $3.50, including expenses ..
161 00
Paid for posters and circulars. 5 50
Paid V. R. Coombs, services and expenses.
8 00
Paid C. Partridge, 7 days' services and expenses 22 50
Paid Daniel G. Marston, assistance in recruiting 25 00
Paid D. J. Hastings, special services in securing credit for three years' men . 375 00
Paid for removal of body of Edwin A. Grant .. 50 00
Paid for removal of body of Gilbert McCullora. 41 00
Total miscellaneous expenses for the year. $1,069 38
THE FINAL SUMMARY OF TOWN EXPENSES FOR THE WAR.
Paid for Bounties. $33,440 00
Refunded by the State, 1863. 4,035 29
$29,404 71
Paid for the recovery of bodies.
318 00
Miscellaneous expenses paid.
2,234 40
Paid State and Town aid to families and dependents, from May, 1861, to December 31, 1865. $27,150 65
Amount re-imbursed by the State 23,429 80
3,720 85
Total paid by the Town $35,677 96
THE RECORD OF THE UNION SOLDIERS.
LORD M. ACKERT was born in 1831, in New York City. He was re- cruited by Lieut. A. D. Sawyer, of the 2d Mass. Regt., and was mustered into the service of the United States for three years, Ang. 30, 1862, in Boston, Mass., and accredited to Medway. He was assigned to Co. H, 2d Regt. Mass. Vols. He was mustered out of the service May 28, 1864. He ap- pears on the state record to the credit of Peru, Mass.
DANIEL ACKLEY, son of Samuel and Eliza Ackley, was born Jan. 16, 1830, in Rumford, Me. He was mustered into the service of the United States for nine months, Sept. 13, 1862, in Camp Meigs, Readville, Mass., as a private of Co. B, 2d Regt. Mass. Vols. The regiment was in the Depart- ment of the Gulf. The only battle in which he was engaged took place June 23, 1863, in Brashear City, La. He was taken prisoner, paroled June 25, and mustered out of service Aug. 20, 1863, in Readville, Mass., his term having expired. Like many of his comrades he came home suffering with malarial disease, being for a long time incapacitated for labor.
CALVIN ADAMS, son of Peter and Anna U. (Claflin) Adams, was born July 29, 1821, in Holliston, Mass., a part of that town now within the limits of Medway. He was mustered into the United States service Aug. 13, 1864, for one year, as a private of the 19th unattached Co., afterwards Co. C, 4th Regt. Mass. Heavy Arty. He served in the defense of Washington, D. C. He was mustered out of service June 17, 1865, at the close of the war.
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CHARLES A. ADAMS, son of Gilbert and Sally (Seavey) Adams, was born May 18, 1845, in Holliston, Mass. He was mustered into the United States service, Sept. 13, 1862, for nine months, as a private of Co. B, 42d Regt. Mass. Vols., in Readville, Mass. He was mustered out of service in Readville at the expiration of his term, Aug. 20, 1863. He enlisted a second time early in January, 1865, for one year, as a private of Co. K, 61st Regt. Mass. Vols., and was accredited to the town of Bellingham. He was mustered out July 16, 1865.
CHARLES C. ADAMS was a lad who lived in West Medway, prior to the war. He enlisted in Boston, and served three years as a bugler in Co. G, 11th Regt. U. S. Inf. Since the close of the war he has been in business in Boston. He retains such an interest in the town where he lived in his boyhood, that he would gladly be accounted in the list of soldiers as a Medway boy.
ELIAKIM A. J. ADAMS, son of Eliakim and Elizabeth Adams, was born Sept. 18, 1835, in Medway. Enlisted for one hundred days and was mus- tered into service July 22, 1864, as a private of Co. B, 42d Regt. Mass. Vols., stationed at Alexandria and Great Falls, Md. He served in the defense of Washington, D. C., and was mustered out Nov. 11, 1864.
ERASTUS ADAMS, son of Walter and Mary (Dadmun) Adams, was born Jan. 3, 1842, in Union, Me. He was mustered into the United States service Sept. 13, 1862, for nine months, as a private of Co. B, 42d Regt. Mass. Vols., in Readville, Mass. He was in the engagement at Brashear City, La., June 23, 1863, and was taken prisoner. Paroled and liberated June 26, 1863. Mustered out of service Aug. 20, 1863, his term having expired. He removed several years since to Grafton, Mass., where he now resides.
GEORGE W. ADAMS, son of William and Emeline Adams, was born Jan. 24, 1841, in Walpole, Mass. He was mustered into the United States service for nine months, Sept. 13, 1862, in Readville, Mass., as a private of Co. B, 42d Regt. Mass. Vols. He was mustered out of service by reason of the expiration of his term, Aug. 20, 1863, in Readville.
MILTON S. ADAMS, son of William and Huldah Adams, was born Oct. 10, 1833, in Medway. He enlisted May 11, 1861, and was mustered into the service of the United States for three years, May 25, 1861, in Camp Andrew, West Roxbury, Mass., as Corporal of Co. E, 2d Regt. Mass. Vols. He was in every battle and skirmish of the regiment during his term of service. The principal engagements were in Winchester, Va., May 25, Cedar Mountain, Va., August 9, Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, 1862; in Chancel- lorsville, Va., May 3, Beverly Ford, Va., June 9, Gettysburg, Penn., July 2 and 3, 1863 ; and in Resaca, Ga., May 15, 1864. He was mustered out of service May 28, 1864, his term of service having expired, and subsequently resided in Medway.
SAMUEL B. ADAMS, son of Eliakim and Elizabeth Adams, was born July 2, 1840, in Walpole, Mass. He was mustered into the United States service July 21, 1861, for three years, as a private of Co. A, 21st Regt. Mass. Vols., Col. Morse commanding. Being at that time a resident of Orange, Mass., he was accredited to that town. He states that he was in the battles of Cedar Mountain, Aug. 9, 1862, second Bull Run, August 29, Chantilly, about September 1 ; South Mountain, September 14; Antietam, September
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17 ; Blue Springs in October, Lenons Station or Loudon Bridge in Novem- ber, and at the siege of Knoxville, Tenn., from Nov. 17 to Dec. 5, 1863. He reënlisted Jan. 1, 1864, into Co. K, at Blairs Cross Roads, Tenn., for three years or the war, intending to be accredited to Medway, and so ap- pears upon the elective vote, but by error in filling out the muster in roll he was again accredited to Orange. He was afterwards in the battle of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864, and at Spottsylvania, May 12, when he received a severe wound in the left hand. Transferred June 9, 1865, to Vet. Res. Corps, 131st Co., 2d Battalion. Discharged for disability July 10, 1865, from which date he has been a resident of Medway. He had twin sons born Jan. 11, 1864, during the war, who were named Edrick Jesse Butler and Edgar Samuel Burnside Adams. He received a pension.
SILAS P. ADAMS, son of Walter and Mary (Dadmun) Adams, was born July 24, 1843, in Lexington, Mass. He enlisted about July 24, 1863, for one year, in the United States Navy. Though at that time a resident of Worcester, he was accredited to the town of Medway, having been enrolled here on account of being a minor. He was assigned to the schooner " George Mangham" ; rank, landsman. The vessel was first sent to the British Prov- inces. It was afterwards assigned to duty on the blockading fleet, and patrolled the coast from North Carolina to Florida. During his service he was under fire from Forts Wagner and Sumter during the siege of those works. He was discharged about Sept. 17, 1864, in Philadelphia, Penn.
STEPHEN P. ADAMS, son of Newell and Abigail (Blake) Adams, was born Aug. 29, 1842, in Medway. Was mustered into the United States ser- vice Sept. 13, 1862, for nine months, in Readville, Mass., as a private in Co. B, 42d Regt. Mass. Vols. He was mustered out of service at the expiration of his term, Aug. 20, 1863, in Readville. He reenlisted and was mustered into the United States service July 22, 1864, for one hundred days as 4th Sergt. of Co. B, 42d Regt. Mass. Vols. ; was mustered out Nov. 9, 1864, his term having expired. Soon after the war he went through a course of study in the Commercial College of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He then went to Augusta, Me., where he established a commercial school as principal and proprietor. This was broken up by the great fire which occurred soon after, and he then went to Plattsburgh, N. Y., where he opened a similar school, which he taught about seven months, when he was taken ill, and died Dec. 24, 1866.
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