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from Buckfield. The following memorandum of contributions is preserved :
To U. S. Sanitary Commission,
$300
To U. S. Christian Commission, 200
To Soldiers in Maine camps, 325
To Hospitals in Boston, New York, etc. 175
To General Hospitals in Loyal States, 175
To Other Hospitals and Individuals, 398
Total, $1573
The annual statement of the municipal officers Mar. 1, 1865, showed a public debt of nearly thirty-seven thousand dollars for war expenditures.
On the morning of April 15. 1865, this town, in common with the whole country, was shocked by news of the assassina- tion the night previous of President Lincoln, who had so nobly and heroically led the Nation through its darkest years to the dawning of permanent peace and prosperity. Every citizen mourned as for a friend, who had walked our streets and sat at our firesides. On his funeral day a large public meeting was held in the Baptist church, with impressive services and touching remarks by citizens.
The organization of the Grand Army of the Republic inter- ested the veterans of Buckfield in the establishment of a branch in the village, and accordingly Fessenden Post, No. 43. named in honor of Gen. James D. Fessenden, was organized Jan. 6, 1883. with Thomas S. Bridgham, first commander, and the following membership:
Charles B. Bridgham,
William Bridgham,
Thomas S. Bridgham,
Levi Gammon,
Edmund DeCoster,
James F. Packard,
Osman Warren,
Clinton Ripley, Alphonso F. Warren,
Seth B. Dudley,
William E. Wood,
George R. Coyle,
Hiram A. Conant,
Charles H. Gammon,
Sylvester E. Murdock,
Simeon Briggs,
Charles H. Prince,
Nathaniel Harlow,
Austin W. Royal,
Gideon Fletcher, Henry D. Irish,
Isaac M. Irish.
A Bible for use of the Post and a picture of Gen. Fessenden were received from his widow in appreciation of the honor bestowed in the adoption of her husband's name. Since its date of organization, the Post has held meetings regularly and annually
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observed Memorial Day with appropriate public services and bestowal of flowers on the graves of fallen comrades. The town has usually granted a small appropriation for this purpose.
Nearly fifty years have passed since the war, in which more than two millions of combatants were actively engaged in the field. From this distance it is impossible for the present generation to form any real conception of that gigantic struggle ; but its reflec- tion, in the minds of those whose memories recall it, is a realistic, ineffaceable picture of vast armies, with hurrying squadrons, wearying marches and shock of conflict, with clouds of defeat and lights of victory and daily bulletins of death and destruction. The home scenes of Buckfield were typical of the whole country, with its sturdy young men going to the front or returning home, sick, emaciated, or wounded, from hospital, prison or field; and often the telegraph flashed the news of battle, with thousands slain or wounded. On arrival of the mail, the people would eagerly flock to the post office, and, as soon as the mail-bag could be opened, the village daily would be passed out and read to the anxious crowd, William H. Atwood, James Burroughs and Lem- 11el Cole being the principal readers.
During the whole conflict, Buckfield sustained its ancient prestige for patriotic duty. More than one hundred and thirty- five of its sons served in various State and National organizations. many of them re-enlisting in other bodies after the expiration of their first term of service, thus counting twice or more on the town's quota.
Below is given Buckfield's Roll of Honor. In some instances the length of service was slightly greater than appears, as fre- quently some days or weeks elapsed between time of enlistment and date of muster.
PANIEL AUSTIN, age 19. Private, Co. F, 11th Me. Infantry. Mustered in Nov. 7, 1861. Served three years. After war enlisted, in 1872, in Co. B, 2d U. S. Cavalry. serving five years. With Gen. Crook at time of Custer massacre. Re-enlisted, serving five years in Marine Corps on IT. S. S. Wyoming, cruising most of the time in the Med- iterranean.
GREENVILLE AUSTIN, age 21. Private, Co. G, 2d Mass. Cavalry. Mustered in Aug. 24, 1864. Served eleven months.
CHARLES M. BEADLE, age 30. Private, Co. C. 20th Maine Infantry. Mustered in Aug. 29, 1862. Died at Philadelphia, Aug. 6. 1863, of wounds received at Gettysburg.
JOHN T. BERRY, age 26. Private. Co. D. Coast Guards Infantry. Mus- tered in Jan. 6, 1865. Served eight months.
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WILLIAM W. BESSEY, age 23. Private, Co. 1, 18th Mass. Infantry. Mustered in Aug. 24, 1861.
LEVI P. BICKNELL, age 23. Private, 3d Mass. Cavalry. Mustered in Oct. 26, 1861. On Gen. Butler's Body Guard. Second engineer on a Mississippi gunboat. Served eleven months. Killed in California, Jan. 10, 1891, by a caving bank in a mine.
WILLIAM H. BLAKE, age 36. Private, Co. C, 20th Me. Infantry. Mustered in Aug. 29, 1862. Died Dec. 25, 1862.
HENRY N. BRADBURY, age 29. Private, Co. C., 23d Me. Infantry. Mustered in Sept. 29. 1862. Served over nine months.
CHARLES B. BRIDGHAM, age 21. Musician, Co. D, 2d Regt., U. S. Sharpshooters. Mustered in Nov. 9, 1861. Promoted hospital stew- ard. Taken prisoner at Manassas, Aug. 1862. Exchanged and ap- pointed assistant surgeon, 54th Mass. Infantry. Acting surgeon. Resigned for disability, July 16, 1864.
THOMAS S. BRIDGHAM, age 26. Private, Co. A, 30th Me. Infantry. Quota of Poland. Mustered in Dec. 15, 1863. Discharged February, 1864, for promotion as lieutenant in 54th Mass. Infantry. Served one year, eight months.
WILLIAM H. BRIDGHAM, age 16. Musician, Co. H, 29th Me. Infantry. Quota Westbrook. Mustered in Dec. 16, 1863. Discharged for dis- ability June 29, 1864. ( First enlisted at age of 14, spring of 1861, in Buckfield Co., which was disbanded. Re-enlisted twice in 1862, when 15 years old-Ist in 20th, 2d in 23d Me. Inf., but muster was forbidden by parents.)
FERNANDO BROWN, age 19. Private, Co. K. 5th Me. Infantry. Mus- tered in June 24, 1861. Taken prisoner at Bull Run, July 21, 1861. Served one year, six months. Deceased.
HENRY BROWN, age 19. Private, Co. G. 14th Me. Infantry. Mustered in Dec. 28, 1861. Taken prisoner at Baton Rouge, La., Aug. 5, 1862. Paroled and re-enlisted Sept. 21, 1864, in 5th Me. Battery Mounted Artillery. Discharged by order. June 13, 1865.
JAMES BROWN, age 16. Private, Co. H. 5th Me. Infantry. Mustered in Nov. 19, 1863. Killed May 10, 1864, at Spottsylvania, Va.
WILLIAM H. BROWN, age 22. Private, Co. C, 23d Me. Infantry. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Served over nine months. Re-enlisted in Coast Guards Infantry Jan. 6, 1865. Served eight months. MOSES BROWN, age 22. Private, Co. C. 23d Me. Infantry. Mustered in Oct. 13, 1862. Served over nine months.
JOHN E. RRYANT. age 25. Captain, Co. C. Sth Me. Infantry. Mus- tered in Sept. 7, 1861. Detached part of 1863, recruiting South Car- olina Colored troops. Acting colonel during August of that year. Served three years. Died in New York, March, 1900.
CYRUS P. BRYANT, age 21. Private, Co. F, 33d Mass. Infantry. Mus- tered in Aug. 5. 1862. Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Aug. 15, 1863. Served three years. Died in Buckfield, May 2, 1866.
ASIA BRYANT, age 17. Private. Co. K, 5th Me. Infantry. Mustered in June 24, 1861. Taken prisoner at Bull Run, July 21, 1861. Paroled and discharged.
JAMES B. BRYANT, age 22. Corporal, Co. C, 23d Me. Infantry. Mus- tered in Sept. 29, 1862. Served over nine months.
AUGUSTUS G. BUCK, age 20. Private, Co. (, 23d Me. Infantry. Mus- tered in Sept. 29, 1862. Served over nine months. Died in Buckfield, Sept. 25, 1868.
AUSTIN C. BUCK, age 18. Private, Co. C, 23d Me. Infantry. Mustored in Sept. 29, 1862. Served over nine months.
KING R. BUCK, age 18. Private, 5th Me. Battery Mounted Artillery. Mustered in Sept. 21, 1864. Served ten months.
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ADDISON BUCK, age 22. Private, Co. G, 17th U. S. Infantry. Mustered in Apr. 15, 1862. Served three years.
LLEWELLYN A. BUCK, aged 21. Private, Co. 1), 2d Regt., U. S. Sharp- shooters. Mustered in Nov. 9, 1861. Appointed hospital steward. Mustered out Aug. 23, 1865.
ALBERT H. BURROUGHS, age 19. Corporal, Co. Fr, 7th Me. Infantry. Mustered in Aug. 21, 1861. Promoted sergeant. Wounded at Antie- tam, Md. Discharged May 8, 1863.
EDWIN S. BURROUGHS, age 18. Private Co. C. 23d Me. Infantry. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Served over nine months. Re-enlisted Sept. 21, 1864, in 5th Me. Battery Mounted Artillery. Mustered out July 6, 1865.
WILLIAM A. COLE, age 18. Private, Co. C, Eth Me. Infantry. Mus- tered in Sept. 7, 1861. Wounded June 3, 1864, at Cold Harbor, Va. Served three years.
CYRUS W. COLE, age 18. Private, Co. D, Coast Guards Infantry. Mustered in Jan. 6, 1865. Served eight months.
CHARLES H. Cox, age 24. Private, Co. C, 20th Me. Infantry. Mus- tered in Aug. 29, 1862. Discharged for disability Jan. 4, 1863.
ROSCOE G. CHASE, age 24. Corporal, Co. K, 13th Me. Infantry. Mus- tered in Dec. 13, 1861. Discharged for disability June 14, 1862. CHARLES CHASE, age 21. Private, Co. D, 23d Mass. Infantry. Mus- tered in Aug. 4, 1862. Killed at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864.
DECATUR S. CHASE, age 43. Private, Co. C. 8th Me. Infantry. Mus- tered in Sept. 7, 1861. Discharged for disability Oct. 25. 1862.
JOSEPH P. CHANDLER, age 44. Private, Co. C, 23d Me. Infantry. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Served over nine months.
JAMES M. CHESLEY, age 34. Private, Co. C. 8th Me. Infantry. Drafted. Mustered in July 16, 1863. Served two years, six months. CHARLES C. CHURCHILL, age 21. Private, Co. I, 16th Me. Infantry. Mustered in Aug. 11, 1862. Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Nov. 15, 1863.
LORENZO CUSHMAN, age 20. Private, 5th Me. Battery Mounted Artil- lery. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1864. Served nine months. Died in Haverhill, Mass., Feb. 15, 1871.
JONATHAN DAMON, 2d, age 34. Private, Co. D, 32d Me. Infantry. Transferred to Co. D, 31st Me. Killed before Petersburg, Va., Apr. 2, 1865.
WILLIAM G. DAVIE, age 24. Private, Co. H, Ist Me. Infantry. Mus- tered in May 3, 1861. Served three months. Re-enlisted, corporal, Co. B. 10th Me. Infantry, Oct. 4, 1861. Served one year, seven months.
JOSEPH E. DAVIE, age 18. Private, Co. B, 10th Me. Infantry. Mus- tered in Oct. 4, 1861. Served two years, seven months. Re-enlisted, corporal, Co. D, Coast Guards Infantry, Jan. 6, 1865. Served eight months.
EDMUND DeCOSTER, age 31. Sergeant, Co. C, 20th Me. Infantry. Mustered in Aug. 29, 1862. Discharged Feb. 9, 1863.
WILLIAM B. DeCOSTER, age 21. Corporal, Co. C, 23d Me. Infantry. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Died at Edward's Ferry, Md., Jan. 27. 1863.
CYRUS DeCOSTER, age 21. Private, Co. E, 32d Me. Infantry. Mustered in Apr. 2, 1864. Transferred to Co. E, 31st Infantry. Discharged for disability June 1, 1865.
NATHAN H. DeCOSTER, age 25. Private, Co. C, 20th Me. Infantry. Mustered in Aug. 29, 1862. Discharged July 24, 1863, for promotion in Corps d' Afrique.
EDWIN G. DOBLE. age 24. Private, 5th Me. Battery Mounted Artillery. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1864. Mustered out July 6, 1865.
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CHARLES H. DUNHAM, age 19. Private, Co. G, 17th U. S. Infantry. Mustered in Apr. 19, 1862. Wounded at Petersburg, Va., June, 186t. Served three years. Died in Sumner, Me., 1891.
DANIEL W. FARRAR, age 21. Private, Co. K, 5th Me. Infantry. Mus- tered in June 24, 1861. Killed at Bull Run, Va., July 21, 1861. CHARLES C. FARRAR, age 18. Corporal, Co. C. 20th Me. Infantry. Mustered in Aug. 29, 1862. Transferred to Invalid Corps, 1864.
JAMES M. FARRAR, age 24. Private, Co. K, 13th Me. Infantry. Mus- tered in Dec. 13, 1861. Deserted Feb. 19, 1862.
JOHN C. FARRAR, age 21. Private, Mass. Unattached. On Gen. But- ler's Body Guard. Mustered in Oct. 26, 1861. Discharged for dis- ability June 15, 1862, at New Orleans, La.
GIDEON FLETCHER, age 24. Private, Co. C, 23d Me. Infantry. Mus- tered in Oct. 13, 1862. Served over nine months.
ROLAN A. FOSTER, age 20. Private, Co. C, 23d Me. Infantry. Mus-
tered in Sept. 29, 1862. Served over nine months.
CLINTON FORBES, age 22. Private, Co. B, 10th Me. Infantry. Mus- tered in Oct. 1, 1861. Died in Washington, Oct. 25, 1862, of wounds received at Antietam, Md.
HENRY B. FORBES, age 18. Private, Co. H, 29th Me. Infantry. Mus- tered in Jan. 12, 1864. Taken prisoner at Sabine Cross Roads, La., Apr. 9, 1864. Discharged for disability May 20, 1865.
CHARLES H. GAMMON, age 24. Private, Co. C, 20th Me. Infantry. Mustered in Aug. 29. 1862. Discharged Feb. 9, 1863.
LEVI GAMMON, age 20. Private, Co. B, 10th Me. Infantry. Mustered in Oct. 4, 1861. Discharged for disability June 1, 1862. Re-enlisted as a substitute in Co. F, 16th Me. Infantry, Sept. 7, 1863. Discharged Jan. 27, 1864.
NATHANIEL HARLOW, age 34. Private, Co. G, 12th Me. Infantry. Mustered in Nov. 15, 1861. Promoted corporal. Reenlisted in Co. A, Feb. 1. 1864. Wounded at Winchester, Sept. 19. 1864. In hospital one year. Served four years, two months.
FREELAND F. HARLOW, age 23. Private, Co. C. 23d Me. Infantry. Mustered in Oct. 29, 1862. Promoted corporal. Served over nine months.
KINSMAN HOLMES, age 20. Private, Co. C, 23d Me. Infantry. Mus- tered in Sept. 29, 1862. Discharged for disability Feb. 2, 1863. Re-enlisted in 27th Unassigned Co. last part of the war. Died at North Buckfield, March 23, 1874.
SAMUEL F. HOLMES, age 44. Private, Co. D. Coast Infantry. Mus- tered in Jan. 6, 1865. Served eight months.
ASIA HOWARD, age 29. Private, Co. C, 23d Me. Infantry. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Served over nine months.
JAMES HUSSEY, age 57. Private, Co. C. 23d Me. Infantry. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Served over nine months.
VARANES D. IRISH, age 27. Private, Co. C, 20th Me. Infantry. Mus- tered in Aug. 29, 1862. Discharged Jan. 13, 1863. Re-enlisted Sept. 22, 1864, in 5th Battery Mounted Artillery, serving nine months. ABEL IRISH, age 24. Corporal, Co. C, 23d Me. Infantry. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Served over nine months.
ISAAC M. IRISH, age 23. Private, Co. C, 23d Me. Infantry. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Served over nine months. Re-enlisted in 5th
Battery Mounted Artillery Sept. 29, 1864, serving nine months. WILLIAM H. IRISH, age 24. Private, Co. C, 22d Me. Infantry. Died in hospital at Philadelphia, Oct. 21, 1862. STEPHEN O. IRISH, age 21. Private, 5th Battery Mounted Artil- lery. Mustered in Sept. 22, 1864. Served eight months.
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HENRY D. IRISH, age 26. Sergeant, Co. B, 28th Me. Infantry. Mus- tered in Oct. 10, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 31, 1863. Served on quota of Farmington.
DANVILLE R. JACK, age 20. Private, Co. D), Coast Guards Infantry. Mustered in Jan. 6, 1865. Served eight months.
SIMON L. JOHNSON, age 21. Corporal, Co. K, 5th Me. Infantry. Mus- tered in June 24, 1861. Promoted sergeant 1863. Served two years and re-enlisted Dec. 24, 1863. Wounded and transferred to Co. B, 1st Me. Infantry, Veteran Volunteers. Discharged for disability May 14, 1865.
SAMUEL T. JOHNSON, age 24. Private, 5th Battery Mounted Artillery. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1864. Served nine months.
AMIAL JONES, age 31. Private, 5th Me. Battery, Mounted Artillery. Mustered in Sept. 22, 1864. Discharged by order June 17, 1865.
ARTHUR B. LATHAM, age 19. Private, Co. C, 20th Me. Infantry. Mustored in Aug. 29, 1862. Promoted corporal 1863. Wounded at Wilderness, Va. Promoted sergeant. Served one year, ten months. HENRY C. LONG, age 23. Musician, 11th Me. Regimental Band. Mus- tered in Oct. 29, 1861. Died in New York, July 7, 1862.
OZIAS M. LOWE, age 22. Private, 3d Mass. Cavalry. Mustered in Nov. 23, 1861. Orderly to Gen. Banks. Died at New Orleans, Aug. 23, 1863.
WILLIAM W. MARSTON, age 25. Wagoner, Co. I, 16th Me. Infantry. Mustered in Aug. 14, 1862. Died at Buckfield, Aug. 22, 1864. Served two years.
GEORGE D. MARSTON, age 28. Corporal, Co. 1, 16th Me. Infantry. Mustered in Aug. 14, 1862. Promoted sergeant. Served two years, ten months. Taken prisoner at Gettysburg. Reported missing. Supposed dead. Grave in National Cemetery marked with his name. ARRINGTON MASON, age 19. Private, Co. C, 23d Me. Infantry. Mus- tered in Sept. 29, 1862. Served over nine months. Re-enlisted in Co. B, 29th Me. Infantry, Jan. 12, 1864, serving one year, seven months.
HENRY H. MAXIM, age 20. Private, Co. G, 12th Me. Infantry. Mus- tered in Nov. 15, 1861. Promoted corporal 1863. Re-enlisted Feb. 1, 1864. Wounded at Winchester, Va., Sept. 19, 1864. Discharged Feb. 25, 1865. Served three years, three months.
OLBAN A. MAXIM, age 19. Private, Co. G. 12th Me. Infantry. Mus- tered in Nov. 15, 1861. Promoted corporal 1862. Discharged Jan. 31, 1863, for disability.
FRANKLIN MAXIM, age 18. Private, 5th Battery, Mounted Artillery. Mustered in Sept. 21, 1864. Mustered out July 6, 1865.
AMERICA F. MAYHEW, age 19. Private, 5th Battery, Mounted Artil- lery. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1864. Mustered out July 6, 1865.
ISAAC H. McDONALD, age 37. First Lieutenant, Co. C, 8th Me. In- fantry. Mustered in Sept. 7, 1861. Resigned, Apr. 25, 1862. Com- missioned Captain, Co. C, 20th Me. Infantry, Aug. 29, 1862. Resigned Dec. 10. 1862.
THOMAS MERRILL, age 30. Private, Co. D, 2d Regt., U. S. Sharp- shooters. Mustered in Nov. 6, 1861. Transferred to Co. E, 17th Me. Infantry, Dec. 24, 1863. Re-enlisted. Served three years, seven months.
MOSES MERRILL, age 38. Corporal, Co. D, Coast Guard Infantry. Mustered in Jan. 6, 1865. Served to July 31, 1865.
R. G. MITCHELL, age 25. Private, Co. F, 7th Me. Infantry. Mustered in Aug. 21, 1861. Promoted corporal. Served one year, four months. DECATUR MONK, age 30. Private, Co. C, 20th Me. Infantry. Mustered in Aug. 29, 1862. Discharged in '64.
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CARROLL MORRILL, age 24. Private, Co. C, 20th Me. Infantry. Mus- tered in Aug. 29, 1862. Died Nov. 2, 1862.
JAMES MURDOCK, age 13. Private, Co. G, 14th Me. Infantry. Mus- tered in Feb. 25, 1862. Discharged for disability 1863. Re-enlisted April, 1864, in Vet. Infantry. Wounded at Cedar Creek, Va., Oet. 19, 1864. Lost a leg.
CHARLES A. MURDOCK, age 18. Private, Co. G, 14th Me. Infantry. Mustered in Dec. 12, 1861. Re-enlisted Jan. 1, 1864. Served three years, eight months.
SYLVESTER E. MURDOCK, age 34. Private, Co. C. 20th Me. Infantry. Mustered in Aug. 29, 1862. Served two years, nine months.
ADDISON G. OSBORN, age 21. Private, Co. C, 8th Me. Infantry. Mus- tered in Aug. 7, 1861. Promoted corporal 1862, and to Ist lieutenant. 4th South Carolina Vols., 1863.
JAMES F. PACKARD, age 26. Private, Co. H, 14th Me. Regt. Mus- tered in March 22, 1865. Discharged Aug. 28, 1865.
CHARLES H. PRINCE. age 25. Captain, Co. C, 23d Me. Infantry. Mus- tered in Sept. 29, 1862. Served over nine months.
MADISON O. PROCTOR, age 31. Private, 5th Me. Battery, Mounted Artillery. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1864. Discharged May 17, 1865. SAMUEL W. PROCTOR, age 18. Private, Co. D, Coast Guards Infantry. Served eight months.
LEWIS RECORD, age 34. Private. Co. K, 13th Me. Infantry. Mustered in Dec. 13, 1861. Served three years.
GEORGE B. RECORD, age 25. Private, 5th Me. Battery, Mounted Artillery. Mustered in Sept. 21, 1864. Served nine months.
JULIUS A. RECORD, age 18. Private, Co. C, 23d Me. Infantry. Mus- tered in Sept. 29, 1862. Served over nine months.
EDGAR T. RECORD ,age 18. Private. Co. C. 23d Me. Infantry. Mus- tered in Sept. 29, 1862. Served over nine months. ALPHEUS A. RICKER, age 25. Private, Co. C, 23d Me. Infantry. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Served over nine months.
ELIPHAZ RIPLEY, age 29. Private, Co. 1, 17th Me. Infantry. Mus-
tered in Aug. 18, 1862. Died of disease at Washington, Dec. 17, 1863. Served one year, four nionths.
CLINTON RIPLEY, age 27. Private, 5th Me. Battery, Mounted Artillery. Mustered in Sept. 22, 1864. Wounded Feb. 12, 1865. Mustered out July 6, 1865. Died in Dixfield, Me.
ALBERT A. ROBERTS, age 29. Private, Co. C, 23d Me. Infantry. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Served over nine months. Died in Tur- ner, Me., Mar. 12. 1901.
JAMES A. RUSSELL, age 23. Private, Co. H, 14th Me. Infantry. Mus- tered in Mar. 22, 1865. Mustered out May 22, 1865.
ALVARADO RUSSELL, age 18. Private, Co. K, Ist Me. Cavalry. Mus- tered in Feb. 24, 1863. Deserted Feb. 20, 1864.
FRANK J. SHAW, age 20. Private, Co. K, 5th Me. Infantry. Mustered in June 24, 1861. Discharged for disability June 14, 1862. Enlisted Co. D, Coast Guards Infantry, Jan. 6, 1865, serving eight months.
BURTON SHAW, age 19. Private, Co. C, 23d Me. Infantry. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Served over nine months. Enlisted 5th Me. Battery, Mounted Artillery, Sept. 23, 1864, serving nine months. Died May 9, 1876.
MILFORD N. SHAW, age 18. Private, Co. H, 29th Me. Infantry.
Mustered in Dec. 29, 1863. Died May 5, 1864, in hospital at Now Orleans.
ALFRED SHAW, age 34. Private. 6th California Infantry. Mustered in Sept. 28, 1863. Served two years, one month.
JAMES T. SKILLINGS, age 18. Private, Co. C, 23d Me. Infantry. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Served over nine months. Re-enlisted in 5th Me. Battery. Served over eight months.
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JAMES G. SPAULDING, age 26. Private, Co. A, 5th Me. Infantry. Mustered in June 26, 1861. Postmaster of regiment in 1862, and of brigade in 1863. Served three years, one month,
CYRUS C. SPAULDING, age 24. Corporal, Co. C, 20th Me. Infantry. Mustered in Aug. 29, 1862. Served five months.
CYRIL P. SWALLOW, age 22. Private, Co. I, 7th California Infantry. Enlisted Oct. 24, 1864. Served one year, five months. Died in Canada, Apr. 3, 1900.
VINTON F. SWALLOW, age 21. Private, Co. I, 12th Mass. Infantry. Mustered in June 26, 1861. Assigned to 2d U. S. Cavalry. Killed at Manassas Gap, Va., July 27, 1862.
GARDNER THOMES, age 18.
Private, 5th Me. Battery, Mounted Artillery. Mustered in Sept. 22, 1864. Served ten months.
ORVILLE P. TUCKER, age 27. Private, Co. C, 20th Me. Infantry. Mustered in Aug. 29, 1862. Served one year.
LUTHER TURNER, age 18. Private, Co. C, 23d Me. Infantry. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Served over nine months.
WINSLOW TURNER, age 37. Private, Co. C, 20th Me. Infantry. Mus- tered in Aug. 29, 1862. Served two years, nine months.
MOSES F. VERRILL, age 24. Private, Co. C, 20th Me. Infantry. Mus- tered in Aug. 29, 1862. Served two years, nine months.
HOLMAN W. WALDRON, age 32. Sergeant, Co. C, 23d Me. Infantry. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Served over nine months. Re-enlisted corporal, Co. E, 32d Me. Infantry, Apr. 2, 1864, serving eight months. JAMES A. WARREN, age 20. Private, Co. C, 23d Me. Infantry. Mus- tered in Sept. 29, 1862. Served over nine months.
ALPHONZO F. WARREN, age 18. Musician, Co. C, 23d Me. Infantry. Served over nine months.
CYPRIAN WHITMAN. age 43. Private, Co. G, 12th Me. Infantry. Mustered in Nov. 15, 1861. Served nine months. Discharged for dis- ability.
MAURICE WOODBURY, age 21. Private, Co. C, 8th Me. Intantry.
Mustered in Aug. 7, 1861. Re-enlisted and promoted corporal. Served four years, five months.
HORACE M. YOUNG, age 18. Private, Co. B, 29th Me. Infantry. Mus- tered in Jan. 14, 1864. Promoted corporal. Served two years, five months.
ROSCOE G. BUCK, age 26. Musician, 11th Regt. Band. Mustered in Oct. 29, 1861. Discharged Aug. 22, 1862.
RUFUS A. W. BUNKER, age 19. Private, 5th Me. Battery. Mustered Feb. 29, 1864. Discharged July 6, 1865. JOHN D. DeCOSTER, age 20. Private, Co. A, 12th Me. Regt. Mustered Dec. 1, 1863. Discharged April I8, 1866.
GREENLEAF FARRAR. Served in Mass. Regt.
DAVID K. GREEN, age 19. Private, Co. C, 8th Me. Regt. Mustered Sept. 7, 1861. Re-enlisted Jan. 1, 1864. Killed in battle near Fair Oaks, Va., Oct. 27, 1864.
WILLIAM R. HASEY, age 27. Private, 5th Me. Battery. Mustered Sept. 23, 1864. Discharged July 6, 1865.
SAMUEL JOHNSON. Served in Mass. Regt.
JAMES W. McDONALD, age 29. Leader, 11th Regt. Band. Mustered Oct. 29, 1861. Discharged Aug. 22, 1862.
MOSES F. PACKARD, age 18. Private, Co. K, 5th Me. Regt. Mustered Nov. 9, 1×61. Discharged in 1861.
BENJAMIN PACKARD. Captain in Ohio Regt.
ALEXANDER C. RECORD, age 23. Private, Co. C, 12th Me. Regt. Mustered Jan. 2, 1864. Discharged Apr. 18, 1866.
ELLIS RUSSELL. Served in Mass. Regt.
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HISTORY OF BUCKFIELD
JERRY RUSSELL, age 22. Private, 2d Me. Battery. Mustered Jan. 4.
1864. Discharged June 16, 1865.
LINTON WALDRON, age 27. Served in Mass. Regt. Died in Buckfield.
MILTON WALDRON, ago 24. Served in Regular Army. Died in Texas.
JOSEPH H. YOUNG, age 20. Private, 5th Me. Battery. Mustered Sept. 21, 1864. Discharged July 6. 1865.
Many persons born in Buckfield enlisted from other towns and places. Of these whose names we have been able to trace are : H. Miltemore Jordan, who enlisted from Poland in the 9th Me. Regt. as a private, and for meritorious service attained the rank of Captain in the 4th S. C. Colored Troops. He died in Minot after the war. Thomas M. Packard enlisted from Oxford in Co. C, 17th Me. Regt. Ezra F. Churchill was in the 23d Me. Regt. from the same town. Sampson. A. Thomas from Turner was a corporal in Co. E, 16th Me. Regt. and a member of the color guard at Gettysburg, where he was taken prisoner. Isaac J. Monk was in the same company from the same town. Alvin Monk enlisted from Paris in the 12th Me. Regt., and Sidney S. Monk was in Co. C, 23d Regt. from Sumner. Florian Jordan and William F. Jordan from Hartford served in Co. C, 20th Me. Regt. The boyhood days of all these men were passed in the vicinity of Streaked Mountain. With the number already men- tioned as enlisting on the quota of Buckfield, there were over twenty in all-a most creditable record for that section of the town, but not more so than other sections.
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