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WILLIAM D. DANIELS, son of Jasper and Mehitable (Partridge) Daniels, was born Nov. 29, 1817, in Medway. He enlisted, and was mus- tered into the United States service Aug. 1, 1861, for three years, as a mu- sician in the hand of the 1Sth Regt. Mass. Vols. He was discharged at Harrison's Landing, Va., Aug. 11, 1862, by reason of a general order from the War Department, No. 151, relating to the discharge of regimental bands. He died Oct. 31, 1863, in Medway.
TIMOTHY DALEY was born in Ireland, resided in Milford at time of enlistment, at the age of twenty-four years. He enlisted and was mustered same day, Jan. 19, 1864, for three years, as a recruit of 38th Regt. Mass. Vols. He deserted July 10, 1864. He is reported to have been arrested as a deserter from some other regiment, Daley having been an assumed name.
DAVID S. DARLING, son of Nathan and Harriet B. (Leonard) Darling, was born April 14, 1844, in Medway. He enlisted, and was mustered into the United States service Feb. 16, 1862, for three years, as a private of Co. H, 31st Regt. Mass. Vols. He was in the expedition of Major-General Butler for the capture of New Orleans, La., and witnessed from on board the
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transport, the bombardment of Forts Jackson and St. Philip by the fleet un- der Admiral Farragut. In taking possession of New Orleans his regiment was the first to land. He states that he was in the first advance before Port Hudson, La., from March 6 to 20 ; at Fort Bisland, April 12 and 13 ; again be- fore Port Hudson from May 24 to June 17, and under fire nearly every day. On the 14th his regiment lay on the ground for many hours, without shelter, under a broiling sun, when to rise would have been to receive a rebel bullet. Dec. 19, 1863, his regiment was converted to cavalry. February 29, started on the Red River campaign. April 2 he was in a skirmish near Natchitoches ; April 8, in the battle of Sabine Cross Roads ; 9 and 10, battle of Pleasant Hill ; April 23, Cane River ; fight at Hudson's Plantation, May I, and Gov- ernor Moore's Plantation, May 3 ; Marksville, May 15 and 16; and at Yel- low Bayou, June 18, 1864. He states that he was mustered out of service Feb. 23, 1865, in New Orleans, La.
JESSE DARLING, son of Samuel and Sophia (Linnel) Darling, was born April 8, 1829, in Orleans, Jefferson County, N. Y. He enlisted, and was mustered into the United States service Aug. 23, 1864, for one year, as a private of the ISth unattached Co., afterwards Co. B, 4th Regt. Heavy Arty. Mass. Vols. He served in the defenses of Washington, D. C., and was discharged for disability May 6, 1865.
AMOS FRANCIS DAVIS, son of Amos B. and Eleanor P. (Tyler) Davis, was born Jan. 6, 1843, in Medway. He was mustered into the United States service Ang. 23, 1861, as a private of Co. E, 39th Regt. Mass. Vols. He was at that time a resident of Somerville, and was accredited to that town. He was in an engagement at Mine Run, in November, 1863. Through the winter following he was on detail as Hospital Steward and Surgeon's Clerk. He was in the battle of the Wilderness, May, 1864 ; at Laurel Hill, where his regiment lost nearly fifty per cent. in killed, wounded, and missing ; at North Anna, Tolopotomy, and Bethesda Church. After the arrival of his regiment in front of Petersburg, he was detailed as clerk at brigade head-quarters, and remained in that position until the end of his term. He was mustered out near Washington, D. C., June 2, 1865, and finally discharged the last of June, in Readville, Mass.
EDWIN S. DAVIS, son of Amos B. and Eleanor P. (Tyler) Davis, was born March 2, 1848, in Medway. He enlisted for one hundred days, and was mustered into the United States service, July 22, 1864, as a private of Co. B, 42d Regt. Mass. Vols. He served in the defenses of Washington, D. C., and was mustered out Nov. 11, 1864, his term having expired. His regiment was stationed in Alexandria, Va., and Great Falls, Md.
SHEPPARD DAVIS, age twenty-seven, residence unknown, was mustered into the United States Vet. Res. Corps, 13th Regt., June 20, 1863, for three years, and accredited to Medway. He was discharged for disability Sept. 11, 1864.
BENJAMIN F. DEXTER was born in Boston, and was a resident of that city at the time of his enlistment. He was mustered into the United States service Sept. 3, 1864, for one year, and was accredited to the town of Med- way. Ile held the position of Ist Sergeant of Co. B, while remaining in camp at Galloup's Island, 61st Regt. Mass. Vols. In October, 1864, when the Ist Battalion of that regiment left camp for the South, he was detailed
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Acting Sergeant-Major, and was appointed to that position when the regi- ment was filled up. He was appointed 2d Lieut. April 3, 1864, and was mustered out of service June 4, 1865, by reason of the close of the war. Previous to his connection with the 61st Regt. he had held a 2d Lieutenant's commission in the 54th Regt. Mass. Vols.
CHARLES M. DISPER, son of Joseph and Lavina (Adams) Disper, was. born Sept. 27, 1841, in Medway. He enlisted in May, and was mustered into the United States service May 25, 1861, for three years, as a private of Co. E, 3d Regt. Mass. Vols. He was in the engagements at Winchester, Va., May 25, and at Cedar Mountain, Ang. 9, 1862. He was discharged for disability, Feb. 25, 1863.
FRANCIS T. DODGE, son of Tyler and Addie (Wilkie) Dodge, was born Jan. 23, 1846, in Medway. He first enlisted at Camp Stanton, Lynnfield, Mass., and was sworn into the United States service about July 28, 1862, for the term of three years, as a member of Co. D, 35th Mass. Regt. Desir- ing to be transferred to the 2d Mass. Inf., he was sent to Camp Cameron, by direction of Col. Wild of the 35th, and was there rejected by the recruiting . officer. He enlisted again in December following and was mustered into the United States service Jan. 10, 1864, for three years, as a private of the 3d unattached Co., afterwards Co. A, 3d Regt. Mass. Heavy Arty. He was transferred to the United States Navy Sept. 19, 1864.
PATRICK J. DONNOVAN, resident of Boston, enlisted and was mustered into the United States service, Dec. 10, 1864, for one year, as a private of Co. G. 6Ist Regt. Mass. Vols., and accredited to Medway. He was pro- moted Sergeant Dec. 14, 1864, and Commissary Sergeant March 1, 1865. He was mustered out of service June 4, 1865. He had previously served a term in Co. H., Ist Regt. Mass. Vols.
JOHN F. O. DRISCOLL, resident of Charlestown, Mass., enlisted and was mustered into the United States service, June 9, 1864, for three years, as a private of Co. A. 6th Regt. U. S. Vet. Res. Corps, and was accredited to Medway. He was mustered out of service Nov. 18, 1865.
THOMAS DUDY was born in New Haven, Conn. At the age of twenty- one years he enlisted in May, and was mustered May 25, 1861, for three years, as a private of Co. E, 2d Regt. Mass. Vols. He deserted July 6, 1861, from Camp Andrew, West Roxbury, Mass.
AMOS A. DUGAN, son of William and Lucretia M. (Williams) Dugan, was born Oct. 6, 1846, in Medway. He was mustered into the United States service as a private of Co. B, 42d Regt. Mass. Vols., July 22, 1864, for one hundred days. He was mustered out of service at the expiration of his term, Nov. 11, 1864. He enlisted a second time, Jan. 10, 1865, and was mustered into the United States service on the same day, for one year, as a private of Co. K, 61st Regt. Mass. Vols. He served with his regi- ment in Virginia, and was mustered out July 16, 1865.
SHUBARD E. DUNBAR, son of Charles and Patience Dunbar, was born Nov. 4, 1829, in Franklin, Mass. He was drafted into the United States service July 15, 1863, for three years, and was assigned to Co. G, 18th Regt. Mass. Vols. He joined his regiment at Beverly Ford, Va., about the middle of September, 1863, and was in the engagements at Rappahannock Station, November 7, and at Mine Creek, Nov. 30, 1863 ; at the Wilderness, May 5,
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6, 7, Laurel Hill, May 9, Spottsylvania, May 23, skirmish at Shady Grove Road, May 30, Tolopotomy Swamp, June 1, Cold Harbor, June 3 to 5, skir- mish at Sumner's Bridge, on Chickahominy River, June 7, and before Peters- burg, Va., from June 19 to July 20, 1864, at which time the regiment was mustered out, the recruits and reënlisted men being organized as the 18th Bat- talion. He was afterwards engaged at Weldon R. R., August 21, and at Peeble's Farm, Sept. 30, 1864. The battalion was merged, October 26, in the 32d Mass. Inf., and took part in the destruction of the Weldon R. R. in December, and in the engagements before Petersburg, Va., in March and April, 1865. He was mustered out of service June 29, 1865.
WILLIAM H. DUNBAR, son of Charles and Patience Dunbar, was born March 28, 1835, in Franklin, Mass. He first served in the 2d R. I. Regt., in which he enlisted about June, 1861. He was in the first battle of Bull Run, July 21 of that year. He was discharged for disability in September, 1861. He also served in the U. S. Navy, having enlisted Jan. 22, 1862, in Boston. He shipped as landsman on board the gun-boat " Marblehead," which, during his service, was stationed off Charlestown, S. C. He was discharged for disability in May, 1863, from the Naval Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y. He enlisted a second time, Aug. 23, 1864, and was mustered into the United States service, on the same day, for one year, as a private of the 18th unattached Co., afterwards Co. B, 7th Regt. Mass. Heavy Arty. He served in the defenses of Washington, D. C., and was mustered out of service June 17, 1865. He removed in 1879, and resides in Milwaukee, Wis.
ALONZO DUNTON, son of Joel and Lavina Dunton, was born June 10, 1840, in Franklin, Mass. He enlisted and was mustered into the United States service May 25, 1861, for three years, as a private of Co. E, 2d Mass. Regt. He was promoted Corporal Dec. 30, 1862, and Sergeant Feb. 22, 1863, which position he held until June 22, 1864. He reënlisted about Jan. 1, 1864, for three years. He states that he was in the battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, 1862 ; at Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862 ; at Chancellorsville, May 3, 1863 ; at Gettysburg, July 2 and 3, 1863 ; at Cedar Creek, and in the battles on the Savannah River, under Gen. Sherman. He was also one of the party of sixty men under Capt. Cogswell, which crossed the Potomac to Shepards- town, Va., on a November night in 1862, and killed the noted guerilla, Burke, and took prisoners several of his men. He appears to have de- serted Aug. 3, 1864. Vid. The Potomac and Rapidan, p. 231.
JOHN H. DURGIN, at the age of twenty-eight years, residence unknown, was mustered into the U. S. Vet. Res. Corps, May 4, 1864, for three years. CHARLES H. EVERETT, son of William and Abby F. (Wiggin) Everett, was born Nov. 18, 1844, in Medway. He first enlisted Dec. 16, 1861, in Co. D, 5th Battalion R. I. Vols., and was discharged for disability, May 29, 1863. He enlisted a second time, December 1, and was mustered into the United States service Dec. 7, 1863, for three years, as a private of Co. H, 2d Regt. Heavy Arty. Mass. Vols. He was accredited to the town of Milford. He was taken prisoner at Plymouth, April 10, 1864, and con- fined at Andersonville, Ga., till about the middle of September following, when he was removed to Florence, S. C., where he remained in confine- ment until about March 1, 1865, when he was exchanged and sent within the Union lines. But hardship and starvation had done their work. He reached home in April, and died May 25, 1865.
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GEORGE B. EVERETT, son of William and Abby F. (Wiggin) Everett, was born Aug. 21, 1840, in Medway. He enlisted in January, 1861, as a private of Captain Benison's Battery U. S. Light Arty., for the term of five years. This term was afterwards reduced to three years, and he was mustered out of service about January, 1864. He soon afterwards enlisted again in the 2d Regt. Mass. Cav., for three years, and was accredited to the town of Hanson. He was discharged from the regiment to enable him to - accept a commission as 2d Lieut. in the 2d Regt. U. S. colored Cavalry. He was mustered out, February, 1866, in Brazos Santiago, Tex.
ALBERT F. FALES, son of James D. and Mary A. (Hill) Fales, was born Nov. 13, 1836, in Medway. He enlisted early in May, and was mus- tered into the United States service May 25, 1861, for three years, in Camp Andrew, West Roxbury, as a private of Co. E, 2d Mass. Inf. He was in all the earlier engagements of the regiment. At Winchester, Va., May 25, 1862, he was wounded through his arm, the ball, afterwards striking a comb in the pocket of his blouse, glanced off, thus averting a more serious, if not a fatal wound. At Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, 1862, he was wounded in the face by a pistol ball or buck-shot. At Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, 1862, he was severely wounded in the left hand. He was discharged Dec. 6, 1862, for disability, from the General Hospital, Harrisburg, Penn.
JAMES E. FALES, son of James D. and Mary A. (Hill) Fales, was born Feb. 5, 1828, in Franklin, Mass. He enlisted the last of August, and was mustered into the United States service Sept. 13, 1862, at Readville, for nine months, as a private of Co. B, 42d Regt. Mass. Vols. He served in the Department of the Gulf and was mustered out Aug. 20, 1863.
JOHN M. FALES, son of James D. and Mary A. (Hill) Fales, was born Jan. 27, 1835, in Bellingham, Mass. He enlisted early in May, and was mustered into the United States service May 25, 1861, for three years, in Camp Andrew, West Roxbury, as a private of Co. E, 2d Regt. Mass. Vols. He was detailed assistant in commissary department, and held the position of butcher through his term of service, exempt from duty in the ranks. He was mustered out at the expiration of his term, May 28, 1864.
JOHN FARREN, at the age of forty-five years, residence Boston, was mus- tered into the United States service Nov. 14, 1863, for three years, as a pri- vate of 13th Regt. Vet. Res. Corps. He was assigned to the credit of Med- way, April 30, 1864, and mustered out Dec. 1, 1865, by reason of general order No. 155 of the War Department.
JOHN FENDT, at the age of thirty-one years, residence unknown, was mustered into the United States service May 5, 1864, for three years, as a Corporal of Ist Co., 2d Battalion. He was accredited to Medway.
CHARLES H. FISHER enlisted Nov. 21, 1864, and was mustered into ser- vice on the same day, for one year, in Co. G, 61st Regt. Mass. Vols. He was accredited to Medway, but was not a resident of the town. He served with his regiment in Virginia, and was mustered out July 16, 1865.
FRANK L. FISHER, son of Lewis and Betsey (Richardson) Fisher, was born Sept. 27, 1844, in Medway. He enlisted the last of August, and was mustered into the service of the United States, Sept. 13, 1862, in Readville, Mass., for nine months, as a private of Co. B, 42d Regt. Mass. Vols. IIe served with his regiment in Louisiana, and was mustered out Aug. 20, 1863,
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his term having expired. He enlisted again in the same regiment and com- pany for one hundred days and was mustered into service July 22, 1864. IIe served in the defenses of Washington, D. C., and was mustered out Nov. 11, 1864. He resides in Pueblo, Col.
GEORGE HI. FISHER, son of Timothy Fisher, at the age of eighteen years, enlisted and was mustered into the United States service, Sept. 13, 1862, for nine months, as a private of Co. B, 42d Regt. Mass. Vols. He was mustered out Aug. 20, 1863, his term having expired.
GEORGE S. FISHER, son of Simeon and Mary A. (Rockwood) Fisher, was born Sept. 13, 1828, in Holliston. He was a resident of Ashland, and was accredited to that town. He enlisted and was mustered into the United States service Sept. 16, 1862, for nine months, as a private of Co. E, 5th Regt. Mass. Vols. He served with his regiment in North Carolina. The regiment was engaged at Kinston, Whitehall, and Goldsboro', and in skirmishes at Hill's Point, Blount's Creek, and in a reconnoisance of rebel works at Mosely Creek, and subsequently in the capture of those works. He was mustered out July 2, 1863, at expiration of his term of service.
HENRY S. FISHER, son of John S. and Frances M. Fisher, resided in Malden, but was accredited to the town of Medway. At the age of sixteen years he enlisted and was mustered into the United States service, Dec. 1, 1864, for one year, as a private of the 12th Mass. Light Bat. He was mus- tered out July 25, 1865.
LEWIS L. FISHER, son of Ebenezer and Melatiah (Smith) Fisher, was born in Bellingham, Mass. He enlisted Aug. 20, 1862, and was mustered into the United States service on the same day for three years, as a private of Co. E, 2d Regt. Mass. Vols. He was discharged for disability, Feb. 19, 1863. He died July 4, 1866, an accidental death.
THEODORE WILLIS FISHER, son of the Hon. Milton Metcalf and Elea- nor (Metcalf) Fisher, was born May 29, 1837, in Westboro, Mass. He was educated in the public schools of Medway, in Williston Seminary, East Hampton, and in Phillips Academy, Andover. He graduated, in 1861, from the Harvard Medical College in Cambridge, and was at once appointed to the position of Resident Physician for the city institutions in Boston Harbor. He was commissioned, Aug. 29, 1862, Assistant-Surgeon of the 44th Regt. Mass. Vols., and was mustered into the United States ser- vice Sept. 12, 1862, for nine months. He was at that time a resident of Boston, but preferred to be accredited to Medway. His regiment arrived in North Carolina, October, 1862. He was on duty in the Tarboro' Expedi- tion, when his regiment took part in the engagement at Rawles' Mills, November 2, and also in the Goldsboro' expedition, when it was in the engagements at Kinston, December 14; Whitehall, December 16; and Goldsboro', Dec. 17, 1862. He was detailed Jan. 28, 1863, in charge of a section of Foster General Hospital, in Newbern, N. C. He obtained leave, Jan. 29, 1863, to go on the expedition to Plymouth, N. C., and on account of sickness did not return to the hospital till February 24 following. He was commissioned Surgeon of his regiment April 10, 1863, in place of Dr. Robert Ware, deceased, and rejoined his regiment at Washington, N. C., April 16, the day on which the siege of that place was raised. Ile was mustered out June 18, 1863, at the expiration of his term. In the
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autumn of 1863 Dr. Fisher was appointed Assistant-Superintendent of the Boston Lunatic Hospital, which position he filled until 1869. During this period, in 1867, he traveled widely in Europe, making hospital construc- tion and ventilation a special study. In 1869 he established himself in Boston as a specialist in the treatment of mental diseases. He was widely consulted, and testified as an expert in cases of insanity in courts throughout New England, and was a witness in the famous Guiteau trial. Dr. Fisher wrote many papers on insanity and mental diseases. In 1880 he was ap- pointed Superintendent of the Boston Lunatic Hospital, which position he now fills. He is a member of numerous medical societies in the country. Dr. Fisher delivered an historical address Dec. 31, 1872, at the dedication of Sanford Hall, Medway. He married, Nov. 10, 1858, Maria C. Brown, daughter of Artemas Brown, M. D., of Medway. Mrs. Maria C. Fisher died July 28, 1860. Dr. Fisher married, Dec. 18, 1873, Ella G. Richard- son, daughter of J. W. Richardson, Esq., of Boston, Mass. There are three children of the second marriage now living, viz., Willis R., Edward M., and Gertrude Fisher.
WILLARD P. FISHER, son of Simeon and Mary A. (Rockwood) Fisher, was born Oct. 2, 1842, in Holliston. He enlisted the last of August, and was
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mustered into the United States service, Sept. 13, 1862, for nine months, as a private of Co. B, 42d Regt. Mass. Vols. He was in the engagement at Brashear City, La., June 23, 1863, and was taken prisoner. He was pa- roled June 26, and was mustered out Aug. 20, 1863, in Readville, Mass. He enlisted a second time, and was mustered into service March 11, 1864, for three years, as a Corporal of the 16th Mass. Light Bat. He served in the defenses of Washington, D. C., and was mustered out June 27, 1865.
JULIUS A. FITTS, son of Charles H. and Emeline A. (Richards) Fitts, was born Nov. 12, 1843, in Medway. He enlisted in August, and was mustered into the United States service, Sept. 13, 1862, for nine months, as a private of Co. B, 42d Regt. Mass. Vols. He was detailed as an orderly to Lieut .- Col. Stedman, and was mustered out Aug. 20, 1863. He enlisted again from Holliston, Mass., for one hundred days, in the same regiment and company, and was mustered into service July 22, 1864, as 5th Sergeant. He served in the defenses of Washington, D. C., and was mustered out Nov. 11, 1864. He became a resident of Medfield, and engaged in mer- cantile business.
JAMES FITZGERALD, son of Edward and Mary (O'Connor) Fitzgerald, was born about September, 1840, in Kerry County, Ireland. He enlisted May 24, 1861, for four years, as a private of U. S. Marine Corps. He was first assigned to duty on board the United States steamer "Preble," Sept. 20, 1861. He was at the capture of Ship Island, Oct. 13, 1861, and in an en- gagement with the rebel ram, " Manassas" above the passes of the Missis- sippi River. He was in a slight engagement, April 3, with the rebel fleet under Admiral Buchanan, and June 29, 1862, at the capture of the steamer " Ann" at the entrance of Mobile Bay, bound for that port from Nassau, N. P., with harnesses, saddles, and artillery stores. He left the "Preble" Jan. 10, 1863, and was assigned to duty at the Pensacola Navy Yard, Fla., re- maining there until December, when he went on board the United States transport "Bermuda." He was transferred, Feb. 17, 1865, to the United States steamer " Richmond," arrived at Charlestown Navy Yard, July 15, and was mustered out of service Aug. 1, 1865, his term having expired.
MICHAEL FITZGERALD, a resident of Medway, was mustered into the United States service July 22, 1864, for one hundred days, as a private of Co. B, 42d Regt. Mass. Vols. He was mustered out Nov. 11, 1864.
ANDREW FITZSIMMONS, residence Cambridge, Mass., was mustered into the United States service, May 7, 1864, for three years, as a member of unassigned detachment Vet. Res. Corps, and accredited to Medway.
JAMES BLAKE FLAHERTY, son of Thomas and Maria (Blake) Flaherty, was born May 15, 1848, in Ireland. He was a resident of Medway, but en- listed from Philadelphia, Penn., and was mustered into the United States ser- vice March 3, 1863, for three years, as a private of Co. H, 19th Regt. Penn. Cav. He took part in the battle of Nashville, Tenn., in December, 1864, and in many raids and skirmishes. He was mustered out May 12, 1866, at the expiration of his term of service, in New Orleans, La.
THOMAS FLAHERTY, son of Thomas and Maria (Blake) Flaherty, was born about 1846, in Ireland. He was a resident of Medway, but enlisted September 27, from Worcester, Mass., for three years, as a private of Co. K, 5th Regt. N. Y. Cav., and was mustered into service Oct. 15, 1861. He was
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afterward promoted Corporal. The service of his regiment was principally in Virginia. He took part, Nov. 12, 1862, in the movement by which the rebels were driven out of Stephensburg, Va., the Union troops occupying the rebel camp. March 28, 1863, he was in a raid under General Kilpatrick, resulting in the capture of a number of prisoners, and he was detailed one of the guards over them. On the 23d of March, in a skirmish with Moseby's cavalry near Chantilly, he was taken prisoner with thirty-four others of his regiment, and sent to Richmond, Va. He was paroled after three days, and sent to Camp Parole, at Annapolis, Md. When a prisoner on his way to Richmond, he was deprived of a part of his clothing by the rebel guards, and thus exposed, he took cold, which resulted in a fever, from the effects of which he never recovered. He was exchanged after several months, and returned to his regiment, but being unfit for service he was sent to the hos- pital, and in May, 1864, was removed to Lovell General Hospital, Ports- mouth Grove, R. I. In October he returned to duty in the regiment, and took part in several skirmishes, and on one occasion, having his horse killed under him, he escaped capture only by mounting the horse of a comrade who had been killed. He was resolved, as he wrote to his mother, to be killed rather than be again taken prisoner. He was mustered ont Nov. 14, 1864, at the expiration of his service. After being discharged his health continued to fail, and he died Dec. 21, 1865, in Medway.
EMMONS FORCE, son of Samuel and Relief (Hood) Force, was born July 5, 1834, in Westboro, Mass. He enlisted early in May, and was mustered into the United States service May 25, 1861, in Camp Andrew, West Rox- bury, for three years, as a private of Co. E, 2d Regt. Mass. Vols. He was in the earlier skirmishes of the regiment and at the battle of Winchester, Va., May 25, 1862. Soon after he was sent to the hospital and was detailed as a mechanic. He was discharged Nov. 21, 1862, for disability.
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