The old First Massachusetts coast artillery in war and peace, Part 12

Author: Cutler, Frederick Morse, 1874-1944
Publication date: 1917
Publisher: Boston, Chicago, The Pilgrim press
Number of Pages: 220


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8th (A)-(1) Boston Art. May 7, 1785, 1856 Boston Phalanx, Dec. 15, 1860, transferred to A 4th Batl. Rifles, and then A, 13th Inf. '61, disbanded '64. (2) Brookline '61, dis. '64. (3) dis. Nov. 7, '62. (4) Weymouth Oct., '62, dis. Aug., '63. (5) July 20, '64, dis. Nov. II, '64. (6) W. Roxbury Rifles, Jamaica Plain, 66th Unat. Co. June 21, '65, to A May 18, '66, to 8th Company, 1905.


9th (F)-(1) dis. 1843. (2) Webster Art. 1852, dis. 1855. (3) National Gds. from L Ist Inf. 1855, dis. 1864. (4) dis. 1862, Nov. 7. (5) Leicester Oct., '62, dis. Nov. II, '64. (6) 67th Unat. Co. '66, dis. '76. (7) Taunton City Guard from F of 3d Inf. '78, to 9th Company, 1905.


Ioth (I)-(1) Pulaski Gds. from C Ist Inf. '59; to E '59. (2) Schouler Gds. '61, dis. '64. (3) Oct. '62 Dor- chester, dis. '76. (4) Cunningham Rifles from I 3d Inf., '76, to 10th Company, 1905.


IIth (L)-(1) North End True Blues, a fire eng. co. prior to 1832, to L '61, dis. '64. (2) Claflin Gds., Newton, '70, to C Feb. 20, '72. (3) Maverick Rifles from D 4th Batl. Inf. '78, to 11th Company, 1905.


12th (M)-Fall River Rifles Dec. 17, 1878, to 12th Com- pany, 1905.


THE "TIGER" FIRST REGIMENT


Aug. 22, 1797, Sub-legion Lt. Inf. Legionary Brigade, Ist Div. Mch. 12, 1810, cos. distributed amongst Ist, 2d and 3d


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Regs. Inf., 3d Bri., Ist Div. Aug., '34, Lt. Inf. Reg., 3d Bri., Ist Div. Feb. 23, '38, Lt. Inf. Batl. id. June I, '39, Reg. restored. Apr. 24, '40, Reg. numbered Ist Lt. Inf., Ist Bri., Ist Div., M. V. M. Apr. 25, '42, cos. lettered. Feb. 26, '55, Lt. Inf. changed to Inf. Mch. 1, '59, 2d Batl. Inf., Ist Bri., Ist Div. Oct. 13, '62, 43d Inf. Mass. Vols. Nov. 1, '62, Bos. Lt. Inf. Assn. to perpetuate co. July, '63, 43d dis. Aug., '64, 7th Inf., Ist Bri., Ist Div. July 20, '70, Ist Batl. Inf., Ist Bri., Ist Div., M. V. M. Mch. 25, '74, Batl. re- numbered 4th. Dec. 3, '78, consolidated in Ist Inf., Ist Bri., M. V. M.


A-Boston Lt. Inf. (Formed May, 1798) Sept. 4, 1798, 1810-'34, in 2d Inf., 3d Bri. To K Ist Inf., Dec. 3, 1878. July, '63-Aug., '64, the 24th Unat. Co.


B-(1) New England Gds. 1812, 1812-'34 in 2d Inf., 3d Bri. To A & B 4th Batl. Inf., Mch. 11, '61, then 24th & 44th Regs. Inf., dis. '65. (2) Mch. I, '61, dis. July, '63. (3) Handy Guard, renamed Washington Light Guard in 1869, and in 1873 Massachusetts Guards, 32d Unat. Co., Oct. 26, '64, to B, Aug. 10, '65, to B Ist Inf. Dec. 3, '78.


C-(1) Winslow Blues Oct., 1799, 1810-'34 in 3d Inf., 3d Bri., dis. Feb. 23, 1838. (2) Pulaski Gds., S. Boston, Sept. 13, '35, 3d Reg. Inf., 3d Bri. To C May 7, '38. Called Mechanic Greys, '49. Mch. I, '59, to I 2d Inf. (3) Mch. II, '61, dis. July, '63. (4) Milton, '64, dis. '70. (5) Pierce Lt. Gd. from E, July 26, '70, to E '72. (6) Hyde Park, '72, dis. '73. (7) Pierce Lt. Gd. from E, Mch. 25, '74, to C Ist Inf., Dec. 3, '78 ..


D-(1) Washington Lt. Inf., 1803. 1810-'34 in Ist Inf., 3d Bri., dis. Feb. 23, '38. (2) Highland Gds., Jan. 8, '38, dis. Jan. 2, '44. (3) Mechanic Rifles Dec. 5, '43, 3d Batl. Lt. Inf. Mch. 4, '44, B Ist Batl. Rifles. To D Sept. II, '45. '47 to "Rifles Annexed." (4) Boston Lt. Gd., '47, dis. '57. (5)


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Washington Lt. Gd. or Inf. from G '57, to K 2d Inf. Mch. I, '59. (6) Dedham Oct. '62, dis. July, '63. (7) '64, dis. '70. (8) from I '70, dis. '72. (9) Maverick Rifles, also called Boston City Gd., Chelsea & E. Boston, July 19, '72, to L Ist Inf., Dec. 3, '78.


E-(1) Boston City Gd. Sept. 21, 1821. 1821-'34 in 3d Inf., 3d Bri. Dis. Feb. 23, '38. Reorgan. as Columbian Greys Aug. 12, '40, dis. Dec. 26, '59. (2) Orleans Oct., '62, dis. July, '63. (3) Pierce Lt. Gd. 51st Unat. Co. Mch. 25, '65, also called Fusilier Lt. Gd. To E. Aug. 10, '65. To C July 26, '70. From C '72. To C Mch. 25, '74.


F-Fusiliers May II, 1787. 1810-'34 in Ist Inf., 3d Bri. Dis. Feb. 23, 1838, reorgan. as Hancock Lt. Inf., May 17, '39, again Fusiliers. To G 2d Inf. Mch. I, '59. (2) Oct., '62, dis. July, '63. (3) S. Boston, '64, dis. '70.


G-(1) Mechanic Rifles until '34 in Ist. Inf., 3d Bri., dis. Feb. 23, '38. (2) Suffolk Lt. Gds. May II, '39. (3) Wash- ington Lt. Gd. or Inf. (name changed '54) '46, to D '57. (4) Abington Oct., '62, dis. July, '63. (5) Charlestown, '64, dis. '68.


H-(1) Lafayette Gds., dis. Feb. 23, '38. (2) Washing- ton Phalanx. (3) Mt. Washington Gds., Apr. 14, '41, dis. June 30, '49. (4) Winthrop Gds. '51, dis. Nov. 3, '52. (5) Union Gds. E. Boston, Aug. 21, '52, to B 3d Batl. Inf., '53 & to B 2d Inf., '55. (6) Mechanic Rifles (or Inf.) May 24, '53, from "Rifles Annexed," '59 to H 2d Inf. (7) Chel- sea Rifles Oct., '62, dis. July, '63. (8) '64 dis. '68.


I-(1) Rifle Rangers 1820, 1820'34 in 3d Inf., 3d Bri. Mch. 4, '44 to A Ist Batl. Rifles. Sept. II, '45 to -, dis. May 15, '52. (2) Norfolk Gd., 1850. (3) Sarsfield Gds. to C 3d Batl. Inf., '53, dis. '55. (4) Cambridge Oct., '62, dis. July, '63. (5) '64, to D '70.


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K-(1) Montgomery Gds. '37, dis. Apr. 6, '38. (2) Rifles Sept. 6, '42. (3) Washington Lt. Inf., dis. '51. (4) Oct. '62, dis. July, '63. (5) '64, dis. '70.


L-(1) Warren Inf., to M'50. (2) Mass. Vols. '50, '51. (3) National Gds. '49, to A 3d Batl. Inf. '53, to F 2d Inf. '55.


M-Warren Inf. from L '50, dis. '52.


Mechanic Rifles "Annexed"-from D '47, to H May 24, '53.


National Lancers were attached from '39 to '52. From '45 to '49 they were the only cavalry in Mass. To Tr. A Ist Squad. Cav.


THE THIRD REGIMENT


Sept., 1834, Reg. Lt. Inf., Ist Bri., 5th Div. Apr. 24, '40, 3d Reg. Lt. Inf., 2d Bri., Ist Div. Apr. 25, '42, cos. lettered. Feb. 26, '55, 3d Reg. Inf. Aug. 20, '66, new 3d Reg. Inf., Ist Bri., Ist Div. '76, 3d Batl. Inf. Dec. 3, '78, Ist Inf.


A-Halifax Lt. Inf., 1792, from Ist Inf., Ist Bri., 5th Div., dis. '76.


B-(1) Standish Gds. Plymouth, Oct. 21, '18, from Ist Inf. To 87th Unat. Co., June 26, '63, to M '68. (2) S. Car- ver dis. '66. (3) from K '66, dis. 76.


C-(1) Marshfield Rifles from 2d Inf., Ist Bri., 5th Div. (2) Hanson Rifles '42, dis. '47. (3) Rochester dis. '55. (4) Cambridge, Jan., '61, dis. July 22, '61. The first company raised in Mass. for the war. (5) Fall River '62, dis. '63. (6) Scituate, dis. '70. (7) S. Abington, dis. '76.


D-(1) Abington Lt. Inf., from 3d Inf., Ist Bri., 5th Div., dis. '54. (2) Sandwich, May, '61. Dec. 13, '61, to D, 29th Mass. Vols. (3) Fall River '62, dis. '76.


E-(1) Middleboro Grenadiers, from 4th Inf., Ist Bri., 5th Div., dis. '51. (2) Middleboro, dis. '53. (3) Fall River,


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dis. '58. (4) Fall River, dis. '60. (5) Plymouth, May 6, '61. Dec. 13, '61, to E, 29th Mass. Vols. (6) New Bed- ford City Gds. from L '62, to E Ist Inf., Dec. 3, '78.


F-(1) Scituate Rifles from 2d Inf., Ist Bri., 5th Div. (2) Wareham Grenadiers '42. (3) Middleboro, dis. '58. (4) New Bedford '62, dis. '63. (5) Taunton City Gd., 80th Unat. Co., Nov. 4, '65. To F Aug. 20, '66. To F Ist Inf., Dec. 3, '78.


G-(I)Abington Rifles, from 3d Inf., Ist Bri., 5th Div., dis. '47. (2) Assonet (Freetown) Lt. Inf. '50, merged in A '62. (3) New Bedford '62, dis. '66. (4) Taunton Lt. Gd. '55 from G 4th Inf., to G '66, to G Ist Inf., Dec. 3, '78.


H-(1) Scituate Lt. Inf. from 2d Inf., Ist Bri., 5th Div. (2) Samoset Gds., Plympton, '35, merged in B '62. (3)


Rehoboth '62, dis. '66. (4) Hancock Lt. Gds., Quincy, '55. From H 4th Inf., to H '66, dis. '73. (5) Standish Gds., from M '74, to H Ist Inf., Dec. 3, '78.


I-(1) Pembroke Lt. Inf. from 2d Inf., Ist Bri., 5th Div. (2) Rochester '46. (3) E. Freetown '52. (4) New Bed- ford '56. (5) Lynn, Apr. 19, '61. Dec. 13, '61, to I, 29th Mass. Vols. (6) Fairhaven '62, dis. '66. (7) E. Stoughton, dis. '69. (8) Cunningham Rifles, N. Bridgewater or Brock- ton, '69, to I Ist Inf. '76.


K-(1) Abington Grenadiers, from 3d Inf., Ist Bri., 5th Div. (2) Weymouth, from C 3d Batl. Inf., to L '46. (3) Bay State Lt. Inf., Carver '52, merged in B '62. (4) Bridgewater '62, dis. '64. (5) Fall River, to B '66. (6)


Abington, dis. '76.


L-(1) W. Bridgewater Lt. Inf., from 3d Inf., Ist Bri., 5th Div. (2) Weymouth, from C 3d Batl. Inf., to L '46. (3) New Bedford City Gds., July 22, '52, to E '62. (4) S. Carver, dis. '76.


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M-(1) Boston, May 14, '61. Dec. 13, '61, to B, 29th Mass. Vols. (2) Standish Gds. Plymouth, from 87th Unat. Co. '68, to H '74.


CAPTAINS OF FIRST COMPANY


John Jones Spooner, Mch. 22, 1784-'89


Jonathan Warner, 1789


Jesse Daggett, 1798-1805


Humphrey Bignell, 1805-'09


Joseph Seaver, 1809-'12


Isaac Gale, 1812-'14 William Cobb, 1814-'17


Calvin Warren, 1817-'18


Joseph Hastings, June to Aug., 1818


Samuel Lawrence, Sept., 1818-'21


Joseph May, 1821-'24


Lewis Withington, 1824-'27


Robert Stetson, 1827-'28


Joseph B. Towle, 1828-'33


John Webber, 1833-'34


Andrew Chase, Jr., 1834-'39, '40-'43


Benjamin H. Burrell, 1843-'45


John L. Stanton, 1845-'46


Samuel S. Chase, 1847-'48


Benjamin H. Burrell, 1848, died


Moses H. Webber, 1850-'53


Isaac S. Burrell, 1853-'57


Thomas L. D. Perkins, 1857-'61


John J. Dyer, 1861


George W. Beach, 1862


Ebenzer W. Stone, Jr., May 22, 1861-May 25, '64 (three- year reg.)


George Sherive, 1862-'63 (42d Reg., 9-mos.)


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Samuel A. Waterman, 1864 (42d, 100-days) Jediah P. Jordan, 1865-'68 Charles G. Burgess, 1868-'69 Isaac P. Gragg, 1869- '73 Charles G. Davis, 1873-'74 William A. Smith, 1875-'76


Benjamin R. Wales, 1876-'77


James R. Austin, 1877-'78


Albert W. Hersey, 1878-'79


Thomas R. Mathews, 1880-'81 Horace T. Rockwell, 1881-'83


Harry C. Gardner, 1883-'87 Joseph H. Frothingham, May 27, 1887-19II Marshall S. Holbrook, Dec. 11, 1911-Mch. 3, 1917 Joseph H. Hurney, Mch. 19, 1917


CAPTAINS OF SECOND COMPANY Daniel Sargent, 1798-1804 Charles Davis, 1804-'07 Henry Sargent, 1807-'15 Gedney King, 1815-'18


Henry Codman, 1818-'20 William Tucker, 1820-'21 Peter Mackintosh, 1821-'23 John T. Winthrop, 1823 Parker H. Pierce, 1824-'27


Nathaniel R. Sturgis, Jr., 1827-'30 Edward Blake, 1830-'32 Robert C. Winthrop, 1832-'34 Ezra Weston, Jr., 1834-'37 Elbridge G. Austin, 1837-'40 William Dehon, 1840-'41 Charles Parker, 1841-'43 Samuel Andrews, 1843-'44


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John C. Park, 1844, Mch. 20-'46, Nov. 20 Lt. Francis Boyd, 1846-'49


Ossian D. Ashley, July 12, 1849-'53, being elected Capt. June 4, '51


Charles O. Rogers, 1854-'59


Ralph W. Newton, 1859-'60, '60-'61


John C. Whiton, 1861-'62 Henry J. Hallgreen, 1862-'64 Horace O. Whittemore, 1864-'65


Caleb E. Neibuhr, 1865-'67


Charles F. Harrington, 1867-'68 Eben W. Fiske, 1868-'69


David W. Wardrop, 1869-'70


Austin C. Wellington, 1870-'73 Nicholas N. Noyes, 1873-'77 George O. Noyes, 1877-'78


Henry F. Knowles, 1878-'79


William A. Thomas, 1879-'82 George E. Lovett, 1882-'86 Henry Parkinson, Jr., 1886-'89 William H. Ames, July 1, 1889-'91


George F. Quinby, Aug. 10, 1891-July, '97 Frederick S. Howes, Oct. 25, 1897 Conrad M. Gerlach, June, 1908-Mch. 30, '12 Albert L. Kendall, May 6, 1912


CAPTAINS OF THIRD COMPANY


William Turner, May 25, 1788 Joseph Laughton, July 3, 1790 Thomas Adams, 1792 Joseph Laughton, 1793 John Brazer, Aug. 22, 1796 Thomas Howe, Mch. 10, 1806


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Gerry Fairbanks, 1813 (in war with England)


Caleb Hartshorn, 1816


Sam Aspinwall, 1819


Joseph N. Howe, Jr., 1822 Otis Turner, 1826 David L. Child, 1828


Louis Dennis, 1829


Grenville T. Winthrop, 1834


John Y. Champney, 1835


Noah Lincoln, Jr., 1836-'38


Louis Dennis, May 17, 1839-'41


Noah Lincoln, Jr., 1841, Apr. 12-Dec.


John F. Pray, 1842-'45


William Mitchel, 1846-'49


Henry A. Snow, 1849-'50


William Mitchel, 1851-'53


Daniel Cooley, 1853-'55.


Henry A. Snow, 1855-Aug. 3, 1861


Francis H. Ward, Aug. 26, 1861-Oct. 2, '62


John McDonough, Mch. 1, 1863-May 25, '64 (Snow, Ward and McDonough commanded in the three-year regi- ment)


Alfred N. Proctor, 1862-'66 (42d Reg. 9-mos. service) Alanson H. Ward, 1864 (42d Reg. 100-days)


Albert E. Proctor, 1864-June, '65 (7th Unat. Co. & K 4th Heavies)


Thomas A. Cranston, 1866-'68


John F. Pray, 1869-'70


Henry A. Snow, 1870-'73 George G. Nichols, 1873-'75 Henry A. Snow, 1875-'84


George T. Sears, 1884-'86


Robert P. Bell, 1886-'90


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Albert B. Chick, Feb. 4, 1891-Nov. 28, '06


Frank S. Wilson, 1907


Calvin S. Tilden, 1910 Harry J. Kane, Oct. 23, 1912


CAPTAINS OF FOURTH COMPANY


George A. Bourne, Aug. 31, 1852-'54


Timothy Ingraham, 1855-'61


Richard A. Pierce, Apr. 4-Aug. 20, 1862 John A. Hawes, 1862-'63 James L. Sharp, 1863-'64 Isaac A. Jennings, 1864-'65


Henry H. Porter, 1865-'66 Daniel A. Butler, 1866-'68


William E. Mason, 1868-'69 Daniel A. Butler, 1869-'76


William Sanders, 1876-'81


John K. McAfee, 1881-'83 William B. Topham, 1883-'86 William Sanders, 1886-'89 Richard H. Morgan, 1889-'91


Arthur E. Perry, Mch. 23, 1891-June 2, '96


Thomas S. Hathaway, June 11, 1897-Dec. 22, '97 Joseph L. Gibbs, Jan. 24, 1898-May 31, '06 John C. DeWolf, 1906 Ernest L. Snell, 1906-'08 William Stitt, 1908-Nov. 4, 19II


Gilbert G. Southworth, Dec. 18, 1911 John A. Stitt, Feb. 2, 1914


CAPTAINS OF FIFTH COMPANY Alpheus J. Hillbourn, Sept. 15, 1863-'64 John Q. Adams, 1864-'67


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John Perry, 1867-'69 James P. Wade, 1869-'71 Stephen W. Wheeler, 1871-'75 Henry Wilson, Jr., 1875-'79 George W. White, 1879-'80 Charles J. Foye, 1881-'85 Henry W. Atkins, July 22, '85-Apr. 10, '92 Chester M. Flanders, 1892-'94 John R. Smith, May 14, 1894- Walter L. Pratt, Dec. 16, 1895 William Renfew, 1907, Apr. 29-1915 Fred R. Robinson, Apr. 24, 1916


CAPTAINS OF SIXTH COMPANY


William Harris, July 30, 1810 Jonathan Thaxter, Oct. 9, '13-Apr. 24, '19 Francis Tufts, May 4, 1819-Jan. 23, '21 John A. Shaw, May 1, 1821-Feb. 2, '22 Francis Jackson, Apr. 15, 1822-Apr. 9, '24 Jedediah Tuttle, May 4, 1824-Mch. 31, '25 Samuel Lynes, May 3, 1825- Thomas White, Sept. 18, 1826-Feb. I, '28 Charles Hersey, May 6, 1828-Apr. 19, '30 Thomas Goodwin, May 25, 1830-June 25, '32 John Wilson, July 25, '32-Oct. 16, '33 Jabez Pratt, Nov. 22, 1833-Dec. 10, '34 Samuel D. Steele, Dec. 26, 1834-Sept. 9, '36 Daniel Cragin, Sept. 21, 1836-Feb. 19, '40 Ephraim B. Richards, Mch. 12, 1840-May 8, '44 Isaiah R. Johnson, Aug. 1, 1844-Dec. 26, '44 Danforth White, Jan. 31, 1845-Nov. 19, '46 Caleb Page, Jan. 6, 1847-Jan. 4, '50 Jerome B. Piper, Feb. 5, '50-Feb. 13, '51


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William W. Bullock, Mch. 25, 1851-Mch. 29, '54 John B. Whorf, May 10, IS54-


Joseph N. Pennock, July 2, 1856- Walter Scott Sampson, Mch. 12, 1859-July, 1861 Daniel G. Handy, Nov. 1, 1864-Nov. 6, '65


James H. Baldwin, 1865-'66


Riley W. Kenyon, 1866-'68


Walter Scott Sampson, 1868-'69


George H. Drew, 1869-'74


Harry J. Jaquith, May to Oct., 1874


Levi Hawkes, 1874-'79 William E. Lloyd, 1879-'81


Albert F. Fessenden, 1881-'83 William L. Fox, 1883-'84 Harrison G. Wells, 1884-'85


Frank W. Dallinger, 1885-'92


Walter E. Lombard, Jan. 23, 1893-Jan. 23, 1906 Marshall Underwood, 1906 Benjamin B. Shedd, June 17, '07-Feb. 3, 'II. Herbert E. Lombard, 191I Alonzo F. Woodside, June 12, 'II- Henry S. Cushing, Feb. 10, 1913


CAPTAINS OF SEVENTH COMPANY Henry J. Hallgreen, Apr. 3, 1865-'69 John W. W. Marjoram, 1869-'74 Theodore L. Harlow, 1874-'75 Horace B. Clapp, 1875-'77 William Downie, 1877-'78 Horace B. Clapp, 1878-'79 Louis H. Parkhurst, Jan. 18, 1879-Sept., 1879 Samuel R. Field, 1879-'82 Charles L. Hovey, 1882-'84


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J. Marion Moulton, 1884-'87 Perlie A. Dyar, 1887-'91 A. Glendon Dyar, 1891-'92 Henry W. Atkins, Apr. II, 1892-Feb. 19, '95 Charles P. Nutter, Mch. 11, 1895-July 14, '99 Charles F. Nostrom, Oct. 16, 1899-Mch. 15, '06 Arthur E. Hall, 1906


George M. King, Dec. 12, 1910-Feb. 9, '15 Arthur W. Burton, Feb. 17, 1915


CAPTAINS OF EIGHTH COMPANY


George O. Fillebrown, 1865-'67


William H. Hutchinson, 1867-'68


Nathaniel H. Kemp, 1868-'71 George F. Woodman, 1871-'72


Nathaniel H. Kemp, 1872-'75 A. Spaulding Weld, 1876-'80 William J. Cambridge, 1880-'81 John B. McKay, 1881-'84


William W. Kellett, 1884-'85


Frank H. Briggs, 1885-'90 Charles Pfaff, Feb. 12, 1890-May 18, '93 John P. Nowell, June 21, 1893-


John Bordman, Jr., Jan. 27, 1896-July 22, 1899 E. Dwight Fullerton, Oct. 18, 1899-Nov. 17, '02 James H. Smyth, Nov. 12, 1902-'09 Olin D. Dickerman, May 26, 1909-'14 Horace J. Baum, Jan. 13, 1915


CAPTAINS OF NINTH COMPANY William J. Briggs, Nov. 21, 1865-Nov. 25, '67 William Watts, Dec. 13, 1867-Dec. 5, '70


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David B. Lincoln, Jan. 2, 1871-Dec. 24, '72 Alfred B. Hodges, Jan. 13, 1873-Dec. 30, '78 Henry C. Spence, Jan. 20, 1879-Jan. 15, '80 George F. Williams, 2d, Jan. 26-May 27, 1880 Alden H. Blake, June 7, 1880-Apr. 6, '83 William C. Perry, Mch. 3, 1884-Jan. 4, '86 George A. King, Jan. 11, 1886-Apr. 15, '89 Norris O. Danforth, Sept. 16, 1889-Jan. 23, '06 Alonzo K. Crowell, Feb. 12, 1906-Jan. 13, '14 Frank A. D. Bullard, Jan. 26, 1914


CAPTAINS OF TENTH COMPANY


Samuel B. Hinckley, Sept. 20, 1869-'77


Bradford Morse, 1877-'81


James N. Keith, 1881-'84 Nathan E. Leach, 1884-'88


Charles Williamson, Mch. 19, 1888-July 26, '99


George E. Horton, Aug. 18, 1899


CAPTAINS OF ELEVENTH COMPANY


Charles G. Burgess, July 19, 1872-'73 Henry A. Thomas, 1873-'74 Henry Parkinson, Jr., 1875-'83 George E. Harrington, 1883-'84 Henry Carstensen, 1884-'88 Edward G. Tutein, 1888-'91


Fred M. Whiting, Apr. 15, 1891 James H. Smyth, Apr. 9, 1913-'14 William D. Cottam, Mch. 11, 1914


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CAPTAINS OF TWELFTH COMPANY


Sierra L. Braley, Dec. 18, 1878-'99 David Fuller, Feb. 14, 1899-1909 Frederick W. Harrison, 1910-'II Harry A. Skinner, Apr. 23, 1912-May 26, '16 Thomas J. Clifford, June 6, 1916


APPENDIX II


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History of the First Regiment, by Warren H. Cudworth.


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Circular-Services of Gen. George L. Hartsuff, Dec. 4. 1889.


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My First and Last Fights, by Leverett D. Holden. Malden, Mass. : Samuel Tilden, 1914.


Regiments and Armories of Massachusetts, by James A. Frye and others. Two volumes.


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Historical Sketch and By-Laws of the 2d Co., C. A. C. Boston : 1917.


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INDEX


Adams, John, 21, 23. Adams, John Q., 27, 35. Adams, Thomas, 9, 89. Albany, Fort, 62. Alexandria, 55.


Allen, Nathaniel M., 72. Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company, 15, 26, 42, 61, 63, 72, 74, 92, 100. Anderson's Plantation, 74. Andrews, Fort, 143. Armory, 6, 7, 8, 18, 91, 133. Arthur, Chester A., 130. Artillery, 4, 13, 18, 19, 32, 35, 40, 57, 62, 73, 132, 134, 135, 141.


Baldwin, Clark B., 44, 48, 60, 68, 71, 72. Band, 14, 23, 67, 104, 109, 131.


Bardeen, Charles W., 68, 78.


Battle-flags, 6, 7, 8, 52, 55, 57, 107, 141. Blackburn's Ford, 9, 61.


Bladensburg, 62, 76. Bowdoin, James, 10, 89. Budd's Ferry, 63, 64, 77. Bull Run, 9, 47, 50, 61, 82, 106.


Burrell, Isaac S., 37, 43, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 59, 80, 81. Butler, Benjamin F., 46, 82, 121.


Cadets, First Corps, 64, 72, 90, 135. Camp, first, 35. Cass, Thomas, 40. Chancellorsville, 7, 60, 67, 69, 70, 71, 72, 74, 77. Chantilly, 63. Chaplain, 3, 4, 75, 76, 77, 78, 131. Church of First Regiment, 78. Clark, James F., 8. Colonel, first, 28, 29, 34, 95, 114.


Company letters, 10. Compulsory service, 14, 27, 72, 151 Constitution, Fort, 139, 140. Cowdin, Robert, 36, 37, 39, 41, 42, 43, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 57, 60, 63, 68, 74, 77, 80, 101, 109. Cudworth, Warren H., 75, 76, 77, 78, 79.


Disbandment of 1838, 97. Distances, 75. Doherty, James, 72. Drill regulations, 18, 28, 43, 44, 94.


Eighth Company, 13, 18, 34, 41, 48, 52, 55, 59, 60, 64, 81, 127, 135, 136, 139, 143, 147. Eleventh Company, 111, 127, 136, 143. Emancipation. 77, 116, 121.


Fair Oaks, 63, 66. Fifth Company, 37, 40, 42, 51, 52, 54, 55, 57, 59, 60, 62, 64, 81, 87, 95, 97, 98, 102,. 107, 114, 117, 122, 125, 127, 130, 136, 139, 143, 144, 146.


Fillmore, Millard, 38, 99. Fires, 83, 93, 110, 133, 134, 143, 146, 153. First Company, 8, 12, 13, 18, 19, 22, 26, 34, 37, 49, 51, 55, 56, 60, 80, 84, 98, 127, 136, 139, 143, 153, 155. Fourth Company, 16, 22, 34, 37, 42, 49, 51, 55, 57, 59, 60, 72, 81, 85, 102, 115, 116, 122, 127, 136, 143, 145, 153. Fredericksburg, 7, 61, 67, 68, 69, 77.


Galveston, 53. Garfield, James A., 129.


Gettysburg, 7, 49, 70, 71, 72. Gilmore, Patrick, S., 104, 109, 131. Glendale, 60, 63.


Goldsboro, 108, 124.


Gragg, Isaac P., 62, 147.


Grant, U. S., 73, 74, 82, 85, 130, 132. Greble, Fort, 140.


Hancock, John, 8, 10, 20, 89.


Harrison, William H., 31. Holbrook, Charles L., 39, 100, 105. Hooker, Joseph, 62, 69, 141, 147.


Inauguration, 5, 144, 146. Independence, Fort, 25, 49, 104. Inspector Instructor, 134, 145.


Jackson, Andrew, 27, 95. Jackson, Thomas J. (" Stonewall "), 69. John Brown's Body, 105, 108, 156. Johnson, Andrew, 82, 96.


Kinston, 108, 124.


Lafayette, General, 13, 15, 27.


Legion, 21, 91, 92, 102.


Lincoln, Abraham, 46. Lincoln, Benjamin, 17, 18. Lombard, Walter E., 74, 110, 136, 145.


Losses, 58, 71, 75.


McClary, Fort, 139. McClellan, George B., 64, 66, 76.


McKinley, Fort, 141.


McLoughlin, Napoleon B., 68.


Madison, James, 26.


March of the First, 3, 131, 136, 156.


Monroe, Fort, 108, 117, 118, 119, 121, 122. Motto, 13, 56, 89, 90, 107, 154.


Ninth Company, 37, 40, 51, 55, 59, 60, 81, 100, 101, 103, 124, 125, 127, 136, 143. Norfolk, 120.


Peninsula, 31, 36, 44, 60, 61, 63, 67, 76, 122. Pfaff, Charles, 135, 136, 139, 140, 141. Pickering, Fort, 139.


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Polk, James K., 35. Poore, Ben Perley, 99, 100. Privileges, 19.


Richmond, Silas P., 116, 118, 123. Rifle practice, 84, 94.


Riot, 30, 38, 39, 41, 82, 93, 100, 110, 125, 132, 143, 146, 153, 156.


Rodman, Fort, 57, 138, 140.


Roosevelt, Theodore, 144.


Sampson, Walter S., 44, 109. Savage's Station, 66.


Scott, Winfield, 7.


Second Company, 9, 21, 42, 51, 54, 55, 59, 60, 80, 90, 94, 95, 97, 100, 102, 105, 106, 108, 127, 133, 136, 139, 143, 151, 153, 155. Seven Pines, 63, 65. Seventh Company, 9, 23, 34, 41, 47, 49, 50, 55, 59, 60, 81, 82, 87, 110, 127, 136, 139, 143, 155. Sewall, Fort, 139.


Shays, Daniel, 17, Sheridan, Philip H., 82, 131.


Sherman, William T., 86.


Sickles, Daniel E., 69, 71.


Sixth Company, 22, 34, 40, 44, 51, 54, 55, 60, 81, 101, 109, 110, 127, 132, 136, 139, 143, 145, 150. Soul of the Soldiery, 23, 92.


Spooner, John Jones, 8, 12. Spotsylvania, 7, 60, 63, 67, 73, 104. Stage Fort, 139.


Stevenson, Thomas G., 104.


Strong, Fort, 25, 93, 143.


Taft, William H., 144. Taylor, Zachery, 37.


Tenth Company, 52, 55, 60, 64, 72, 81, 87, 125, 127, 136, 143. Third Company, 9, 21, 37, 42, 51, 53, 54, 55, 60, 80, 87, 89, 90, 93, 97, 98, 99, 100, 102, 116, 122, 124, 127, 130, 136, 143, 153, 155. Thompson, Asa, 112.


Train-band, 14, 21, 26, 30, 92, 98, 112, 113.


Twelfth Company, 85, 127, 136, 143, 145. Tyler, John, 32, 65.


Uniform, 18, 27, 33, 36, 37, 61, 82, 90, 95, 111, 118, 128, 135, 140, 143.


Veterans, 154.


Wardrop, David W., 110, 116, 117. Warren, Fort, 25, 105, 108, 132, 134, 137, 138, 143, 154.


Washington, George, 9, 20, 21, 64, 65, 77, 90.


Wayne, Anthony, 64.


Webster, Daniel, 32, 35, 38, 113, 130. Webster, Col. Fletcher, 106. Wellington, Austin C., 110, 129, 132.


Whitehall, 108, 124.


Wilderness, 67, 70, 73. Williamsburg, 9, 63, 65, 77.


Wilson, Henry, 46, 86. Wilson, Woodrow, 146.


Wool, Gen. John E., 43, 117.


Yorktown, 9, 63, 64, 76.





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