History of Penobscot County, Maine; with illustrations and biographical sketches, Part 45

Author: Williams, Chase & Co., Cleveland (Ohio)
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Cleveland, Williams, Chase & Co.
Number of Pages: 1100


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HISTORY OF PENOBSCOT COUNTY, MAINE.


Army of the Potomac, and on the 25th of October moved to the defences of City Point, having been in position in the trenches before the rebel works in front of Petersburg from the 9th of July till the 25th of October, with but three days exception. The battery re- mained on duty at the defences of City Point until May 3, 1865, when it proceeded to Washington, District of Columbia, and on the 2d of June left that place for Maine, arriving at Augusta on the 6th, where, on the 17th, it was mustered out of the United States service by Captain W. G. Rankin, Thirteenth United States In- fantry, and on the 22d the men were paid and finally discharged.


COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.


Captain James G. Swett, Bangor. Captain Ezekiel R. Mayo, Hampden. First Lieutenant Ezekiel R. Mayo, Hampden.


First Lieutenant Seth Allen Emery, Bangor.


First Lieutenant Joseph W. Whitmore, Hampden. Second Lieutenant Melville C. Burgess, Hermon. Second Lieutenant Joseph W. Whitmore, Hampden. Second Lieutenant Josiah N. Baker, Orrington.


NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.


Sergeant John Tabor, Bangor. Sergeant Thomas R. Smith, Milford. Sergeant Abner Shepherd, Dexter.


Sergeant John Bunker, Brewer. Sergeant George W. Goodell, Hampden.


Corporal Alonzo E. Ricker, Bangor.


Corporal William H. Cates, Bangor.


Corporal A. B. Baker, Orrington.


Corporal Daniel Emerson, Hermon. Corporal Joseph G. Nichols, Dexter.


Corporal Timothy Stubbs, jr., Orrington.


Corporal Joseph A. Smith, Orrington. Corporal George F. McDonald, Brewer.


Musician George W. Smith, Brewer. Musician Henry Parger, jr., Brewer.


Artificer Daniel P. Colson, Brewer. Wagoner Charles H. Sprague, Corinna.


PRIVATES.


Edward Adams, Henry Bowen, Edward Allen, Henry N. Carey, Samuel C. Davis, William J. Estabrook, Charles H. Forbes, Frank H. Hall, Samuel W. Jones, William Norwood, Josiah M. Mayberry, William G. Ricker, Charles Ricker, Jeremiah N. Richardson, John Snow, Edward J. H. Snow, William Littlefield, Daniel Littlefield, George A. McDonald, John C. Rich, Bangor; George Wayer, Daniel P. Colson, Isaiah Geunthner, Benjamin F. Glidden, Rufus A. Hall, Henry Parker, jr., George W. Grant, Samuel M. Given, John S. Green, Thomas F. Green, Andrew J. Smith, Benjamin Snow, Gratien Sala- berry, Brewer; William C. Worcester, Reuben A. Robinson, Carmel; Andrew F. Angervine, Edward L. Hunt, Oldtown; Amos Roberts, jr., George A. Smith, Charles P. Toward, Asa Spooner, Othniel P. Parcher, William Douglas, William H. Hursey, Jefferson Gray, John S. Haines, Dexter; Simon Annis, jr., Henry H. Kneeland, David Emerson, Gus- tavus C. Spearing, William E. Blackwell, William H. Leathers, Mark F. Miller, Hermon; William Haskell, Hudson; James W. Batchelder, Moses Clark, Thomas Clark, Postal M. Black, Henry J. Foster, Fran- cis Given, Robert Given, jr., Lewis B. Morrill, Henry Nason, Henry Nason, jr., Joseph H. Weymouth, Stephen F. Wheeler, James P. Copeland, Corinna; Asa W. Pitman, Josiah C. Smart, George C. Getch- ell, Joseph E. McGrath, Roscoe J. Dolliff, Levant; Elijah Lane, Fred W. Badershall, Edwin A. Chapin, Samuel B. Baker, Everett S. Baker, Edward Baker, Augustus Clement, Amos H. King, Isaac F. Spaulding, Philander Kent, Thomas W. Robinson, Leander F. Smith, Hiram N. Smith, Joseph A. Smith, Orrington; Lewis Lacer, James R. Hall, William Barnes, Enfield; Charles A. Cole, Dennett A. Folsom, Frederick Gibbons, Alvin Thurston, John Williams, Newport; George H. Fisher, Prentiss; Samuel Patterson, Alton; George F. Doan, Daniel Murray, Sylvanus L. Moore, George H. Wallace, Hampden; Charles W. Olmstead, Orono; George W. Smith, Andrew J. Smith, Glenburn.


FOURTH MOUNTED BATTERY.


Organized December 21, 1861. Fought "mit Sigel," and with Generals Banks, Pope, Milroy and others, and was mustered out at Augusta, June 17, 1865.


PRIVATES.


Edmund A. Whipple, Levant; Edward Friend, Edward R. Gustin, Robert M. Gustin, Etna; John Winchester, Corinna.


FIFTH MOUNTED BATTERY.


Organized at Augusta December 4, 1861. Served with the Army of the Potomac in some of its most not- able actions; lost 4 guns at the battle of Manassas. Mustered out July 6, 1865.


PRIVATES.


James Leavitt, Lincoln; Austin Marshall, Bangor; Levi Martin Oldtown; Frank E. Pearson, Orono; John L. Sawyer, Passadumkeag; John H. McKeen, Patten.


THE SIXTH BATTERY


was organized at Augusta, Maine, February 7, 1862, and left for Washington March 21st. They served under Generals Sigel, Banks, Heintzelman, in Virginia, and Generals Williams and Slocum in Maryland. At Cedar Mountain, August 9th, its loss was 4 men killed and 9 wounded. They were in all the fighting on the Rappa- hannock under General Pope, and took prominent part at Centerville and Manassas on the 29th and 30th of August. December 27th one section of the battery made a successful defence of Dumfries, Virginia, and, supported by infantry repulsed a large force of the enemy. They had part in the dreadful engagement at Gettysburg, and afterwards were in the retreat from Cul- peper on the 16th of September. Previous to April 22d, more than two-thirds of the men re-enlisted for three years. On that date they moved to Stevensburg, Vir- ginia, and remained until they moved forward with the Army of the Potomac toward Richmond. After this time we hear of the Sixth Battery at Cold Harbor, Petersburg, and several other places, always active and giving excellent service. After January 1, 1865, we hear little concerning this battery, save the fact that it was mustered out and discharged June 17, 1865, at Augusta, Maine.


COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.


First Lieutenant Edward Wiggin, jr., Bangor. Second Lieutenant Edward Wiggin, jr., Bangor.


NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.


Sergeant Joseph W. Burke, Lee.


Sergeant Edward Wiggin, jr., Bangor.


Corporal Ira Lamb, Carroll.


Corporal A. Johnson, Dexter.


Corporal Wilson W. Sawtelle, Dexter.


Corporal Hiram H. Carr, Carroll.


Musician Roscoe G. Winslow, Dexter.


Artificer William H. Freeborn, Dexter.


PRIVATES.


Simon A. Abbott, Hautville A. Johnson, Albert S. Lander, William R. Baynum, Delbert N. Sawtelle, Daniel Dollof, jr., Samuel Merrill, George H. Toward, Dexter; Michael Freeman, Oldtown; Wales W. Witham, Bangor; William E. Smith, Andrew H. Porter, Horace S. Gove, Lincoln; Joseph D. Hinkley, David E. Spencer, Argyle; Charles R. Brown, Orestes H. Lane, Carroll; Alphonso P. Crowell, Corinna; William S. Clarke, Hermon; Alonzo Babcock, Reuel Coffrens, Chester; Edward E. Brown, Brewer.


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THE SEVENTH BATTERY


was organized December 30, 1863, at Augusta, Maine, where it remained encamped until the morning of Feb- ruary 1, 1864. On the 25th of April it joined the Ninth Army Corps, and on the 9th and 12th of May was en- gaged with the enemy at the Ny River, losing three men severely wounded. On the 2d and 3d of June the bat- tery took part in the action at Cold Harbor, and then proceeded to Petersburg, where it assisted in driving the enemy across the Norfolk railroad on the 18th. On the 23d the battery was placed in position near the Taylor House, immediately in front of, and seven hundred yards from the point where the mine was sprung July 30th, on which day it kept a brisk fire on the enemy's batteries in its front. On the 4th of August the battery was relieved from a position held forty-seven consecutive days, and was stationed at Fort Rice, where on the 19th it was ex- posed to a severe fire from the enemy's batteries. On the 4th of October they assisted in repelling the enemy's at- tack on that position. The Ist of April, 1865, they took part in the general assault of the enemy's lines, resulting in the capture of Petersburg. On the 3d the battery followed the retreating rebels and arrived at Farmville on the roth. While there, the surrender of Lee's army oc- curred. On the 23d of May the battery participated in the grand review of the army, and on the 5th of June left for Maine, arriving on the 8th at Augusta, where the battery was mustered out of the United States service by Captain C. Macmichael, Ninth United States Infantry, on the 21st, and the men paid and finally discharged on the following day.


COMMISSIONED OFFICER.


Second Lieutenant Daniel Staples, Oldtown.


NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER.


Sergeant Albert Towle, Kenduskeag.


PRIVATES.


Charles O. Randall, Bangor; Alonzo B. Merrill, Joseph Ring, Hol- den; Daniel F. Oakes, Finson R. McKeen, Eddington; Levi F. Towle, jr., Kenduskeag; Emery C. Dunn, Dixmont; George H. Fariar, James H. Fall, Frank Lancaster, Daniel H. Lovejoy, Oldtown.


ENLISTMENTS IN THE FIRST (GENERAL HANCOCK'S) ARMY CORPS.


Frederick R. Buck, Rodney C. Stetson, Edward Bradfield, Simeon E. Facey, Charles W. Merrill, Bangor; Stillman H. Lothrop, Bradley; Willard H. Burton, George W. Calif, Eddington; Samuel H. Win- chester, Holden; John W. Torsey, Milford; Henry H. Scribner, Ar- gyle; John H. Sargent, Springfield; James H. Roundy, Carmel; Matthew P. House, George W. House, Lee; Edwin Frederick, Edward Frederick, George Cook, Charles W. Doble, Oldtown; George S. Daniels, Newport, Elbridge D. Doble, Etna.


ENLISTMENTS IN OTHER COMMANDS.


Alton .- James Means, Twenty-first Massachusetts.


Bangor .- Nahum H. Corson, Twenty-fifth Missouri; Patrick Carnes, Patrick Early, John Kelly, Dennis O'Leary, John McCue, Harrison Wescott, Corcoran's Brigade; Charles M. Duren, Twenty-fourth Mas- sachusetts; Edmund Duren, Thirteenth Massachusetts.


Brewer .- Wesley J. Bissell, Fortieth Massachusetts. Burlington .- Henry A. Libby, Fourteenth New York.


Carmel .- Isaac A. D. Blake, Twenty-seventh Pennsylvania; John M. Day, jr., Forty-seventh Massachusetts; Francis J. Hutchings, same; Samuel W. Hutchings, Thirty-fifth Massachusetts.


Corinna .- Charles H. Bassett, Sixth Massachusetts; Joseph C. Bas- sett, Second Massachusetts; George S. Hussey, Eleventh Massachusetts. Frederick E. Sprague, Twenty-sixth Massachusetts; William C. Elder, Massachusetts; Isaac Libbey, Twelfth Wisconsin; Abijah Mason, One


Hundred and Fifty-fourth New York; Timothy K. Richer, Forty-sixth Illinois.


Dexter .- Howard M. Copeland, Fourteenth Illinos; Elijah Curtis, James S. Curtis, jr., Ninety-ninth New York; Walter Bennett, Thir- teenth Massachusetts; Amos R. Storer, Newman W. Storer, First Mas- sachusetts cavalry.


Dixmont .- Martin Emery, Alonzo A. Nye, Massachusetts regiments. Etna .- George B. Bartom, Nineteenth Massachusetts; Ellis A. Friend, Tenth Massachusetts; Osroe Stevens, Avery Sylvester, Reuben Sylves- ter, Thompson H. Withee, Massachusetts regiments.


Exeter .- Charles Berry, Charles Berry, jr., Fourteenth Massachusetts; Garscelle and George P. Leighton, Massachusetts regiments; William B. Coan, Forty-eighth New York.


Garland .- Alexander McCoombs, New York regiment.


Greenbush .- Reuben Emerson, Illinois regiment; George A. and Wil- liam Mannering, California regiment.


Hampden .- A. J. Pickard, Rhode Island cavalry; A. G. Rice, United States engineers; Charles Deane, Fourteenth New York; Wil- liam H. Osborne, Corcoran's Brigade.


Hermon .- George W. Moore, Seventh Illinois; Edward L. Tracy, Eighteenth Massachusetts.


Lagrange .- George Clark, Massachusetts regiment.


Levant .- Hiram F. Smiley, Sixth Massachusetts.


Newburg .- Benjamin F. Bussey, and John D. and Isaac Holmes. Forty-fifth Massachusetts; Adolphus J. Chapman, Second Iowa.


Newport .- Hollis Garney, Massachusetts regiment; Joseph Wilson, Washington (District of Columbia) regiment.


Oldtown .- George Burnham, New York cavalry; Charles Smith, Massachusetts regiment; Henry Harrington, Pennsylvania regiment. Orono .- Charles Hussey, Aldaman Mann, Sixteenth Massachusetts.


Orrington .- William H. Hunton, Elton W. Ware, Connecticut regiment.


Plymouth .- Thomas V. Eaton, Indiana regiment; Joshua D. Loud, Minnesota regiment; Nathan Loud, Massachusetts regiment.


IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY.


Alton .- Henry Babb.


Bangor. - Darius Shaw, John E. Reynold, Addison W. Crowell, Richard Lander, Edward Appleton, Thomas Kelley, Henry B. May- ville, William H. Mills, jr., Lewis Sawyer, Charles Webb, - Car- lisle, Lewis F. Hoyt, Elijah L. Green, George Moulton, Elsbury May, Henry Osborn, James S. O'Conner, William Rowley, William Rand, James Smith, Edward Short, James Sullivan, John H. Tuttle, Lewis Trepania, Amaziah Trueworthy, George Windover, George Webb, Elijah Winslow, Joseph Winslow, Marshall A. Andrews, Stephen H. Andrews, George V. Baxter, William Carroll, Edward Cunningham, James Clark, James Crawford, Daniel S. Collins, Jonathan U. Drew, Allen P. Davis, Andrew Davis, Frederick Frazier, Isaac Fairbrother, Lorenzo Fields, Daniel Gillison, Michael Gallagher, William L. Gray, Frederick Gage, Benjamin Holmes, Frank Howard, Sylvanus Ham- mond, Milford Hersam, George Jones, Joseph Knight, Charles Keene, John Lassard, Peter Monson, George F. Marshall.


Bradford .- Mark A. Roberts, Melvin Wade.


Brewer .- Peter Tobie.


Carmel .- Alfred Getchell, Levi Jackson, James Newcomb.


Corinna. - Samuel Gould, jr.


Corinth .- Wilson Mitchell.


Dexter .- Isaac G. White.


Eddington. - Alvin N. Parsons.


Edinburg .- William H. Thomas.


Hampden .- James McElroy, Everett Avery, Joseph Antonio, Albert


Mayo, Samuel R. Spencer, Frank Smith, Albert Taylor.


Hermon .- John B. Bickford, Charles H. Pickard.


Holden .- David W. Blake, Philip Phillips.


Hudson .- George Cunningham, George H. Flagg, Richard V. Flagg, Cyrus M. Johnson. Lee .- John J. Moody.


Levant .- Andrew J. Pomeroy.


Newport .- Albert N. Burrell, Charles Carr.


Oldtown .- Benjamin Grover, John J. Williams, William Graham, Henry Hinkley, George P. Lancaster, Ambrose Lawrence.


Orrington .- Howard O. Powers, George N. Smith.


Passadumkeag .- John McCauslin.


Plymouth .- Granville Loud.


Prentiss .- Walter T. Ellis.


Stetson .- David Dresser. Springfield .- Gilman B. Bolton.


Veazie .- Robert F. Campbell, George C. Prouty, Joseph Miller.


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UNITED STATES NAVY.


Alton .- Charles Crawford, William Curtis, Boardman Means, Mer- rill Means, Brainard Walton, Joseph Whitcomb.


Bangor .- Schardt Bagger, Solomon G. Emerson, Solomon G. Emery, John M. Fuller, John Lee, Charles H. Littlefield, William Mann, Thomas Murphy, Richard Power, Joseph E. Reading, Frank Saunders, Eben Stevens, Joseph Stevens, William L. Smith, James H. Tracy, Norman Tibbitts, Abram Vanderpool, Nicola Wisson, Lourin Clark, Francis A. Cobb, Edward K. Flowers, Patrick Golden, Alfred Ken- drick, C. A. Kirkpatrick, Charles H. Littlefield, Martin McKusic, Willis G. Perry, Charles B. Pierce, Charles E. Taylor, Howard M. Briggs, Frank Carron, John Carron, Joseph Carron, John Fuller, Robinson Titcomb, George H. Benson, George A. Bright, William Harris, John W. Jaques, Michael B. Clancey, George Currier, John Donohoe, Alex- ander M. Fountain, James Groman, Daniel R. Hamilton, John Holmes, John Hellier, Charles H. Jackson, John G. Liljestram, Henry Luise, William T. Montgomery, Charles Nelson, Daniel H. Patten, jr., Thomas Rice, John Snow, Charles Wilson.


Bradford .- John Clark, Peter McArey.


Bradley .- James Gordon, James Sanborn, Hiram Spencer, Elisha Sanborn, William Tarrio, Solomon Tarrio, William Willett, jr.


Brewer .- James F. Cushing, William S. Goodwin, Ephraim Langill, Levi Lashus, Ezekiel C. Swett, Samuel W. Davis, John S. Deering, Daniel Frost, Charles M. Goodwin, Anthony F. Lovette, George F. Merrill, Calvin W. Mitchell, Hower H. Pomroy, James L. Pomroy, William Sargent.


Carmel .- Charles C. Anderson, Moses C. Thompson, William H. Thompson, Amasa S. Garland, Timothy Harrington, Michael Herbert, Dennis E. Murphy, Eben H. Stover, William H. Thompson.


Charleston .- John Thomas, Manuel A. De Barron, Patrick Durace, Henry Franc, Thomas Joyce, Albert King, Thomas Smith, Joseph Williams.


Clifton .- Andrew Holm, Henry Smith.


Corinth .- Walter Hawes, Alphonso Ober, John W. Swett, Charles A. Robinson, John M. Brown, John Cane, Albert Ide, John Lewis.


Dexter .- August Brown, William Mitchell, Daniel Raymond, Wil- liam Taylor.


Dixmont .- John H. Butman, Randolph Cook, Oliver W. Kimball, Otis Farnham.


Eddington .- John W. B. Austin, Amos L. Coleson.


Exeter .- Chandler Eastman, George L. Buswell, Robert Armstrong. John Bowman, Fred Dagen, Frederick Miller, Louis Olson, Thomas Wilson.


Garland .- Eben Hoyt, John A. Davis, Frank Drew, Charles A. Dol- liver, John Driscoll.


Glenburn .- Frank B. Cort, John M. Onail.


Hampden .- Joseph Mayo, Robert Carle, Horace Crockett, Nathan- iel T. Hamlin, Samuel Holbrook, Newell Murch, Willis Pierce, Thomas Rice, William Rodgers, Henry Woodard, Avery Gross, John Humphrey, Sylvanus Humphrey, John Jackson, Levi W. Knowles, Edward H. Lander, Francis Loring, William D. F. Nye, Charles Nor- wood, Hiram B. Orff, Dudley G. Porter, David K. Rice, Thomas Ryan, Charles E. Swett, Daniel Sullivan, Alonzo Temple, Samuel W. Tem- ple, Alonzo Taylor, Augustus C. Wing, Charles B. Walker, John Whaylin, Arthur B. Arey, David W. Arey, John W. Babcock, Lowell W. Brown, Abner L. Crosby, George W. Chapman, Norman A. Dil- lingham, Henry Deane, Joseph G. Easton, Frank Fornay.


Hermon .- Clifford Oden, Joshua D. Warren.


Holden .- John M. Hart, Alexander W. Rowell, Hiram M. Wiswell, Orlando Moore, John Rowell.


Hudson .- George Cunningham, George H. Flagg, Richard V. Flagg, Cyrus M. Johnson, T. H. Benton Briggs, John Porter.


Kenduskeag .- Orrin Bridges, Pecallies M. Clark, Albert Towle.


Levant .- George A. Hutchins, Peter Lawson, Albert H. Waugh.


Lincoln .- Reuben Dolley.


Lowell .- Nathaniel J. Lord.


Medway .- John Prince.


Newburg .- Jedediah Green, Johr F. Brittaln, Enoch L. Bartlett, Edward A. Farnham, George L. Goodrich, Moses Parsons, Nathan E. Trask.


Newport .- Davis Lawrence, Reuben D. Ward.


Oldtown. - John H. Hunt, William H. Manchester, Frederick A. Powers, Alexander M. Hunt, Orlando Moore, Alvin J. Minot.


Orono .- Enos B. Peaslee.


Orrington .- Josiah D. G. Hinds, William B. Liscomb, Joseph S. Robinson, George Rogers, James H. Rogers, Henry Severance, Ebe- nezer C. Wheelden, J. W. Chapin, Daniel Chapin, Christopher


Holmes, Edwin Lovell, Joseph B. Ryder, Celestine St. Petes, John Wilson, Arthur W. Wentworth.


Plymouth .- Thaxter Hopkins, Thomas Cole, James Slatery.


Prentiss .- Aaron Dennis.


Springfield .- Aaron Dennis.


Stetson .- Charles Parker.


Veazie. - Wallis E. Davis, Edward K. Valentine.


Winn .- David B. Cressey.


PRIVATE BENEFACTIONS.


The final table, also from the Adjutant-General's Re- ports, sets forth the private contributions of money, hos- pital stores, and other articles for the army and navy, during the war of 1861-65. Many towns failed to keep such records, and others neglected to send in their re- urns; so that this is considered but an approximate cal- culation :


Towns.


U. S. Sanitary


Commission.


U. S. Christian


Commission.


Soldiers in Maine


General Hospitals in


Regimental Hospitals


and individuals.


New York, Philadel-


phia, Boston, etc.


Total.


Bangor


$15000 $12000 $10000


Bradford.


100


200


100


150


400


100


1050


Bradley .


200


50


75


100


450


75


950


Brewer.


2000


1000


100


150


200


100


3550


Carmel,


I00


150


75


200


100


75


700


Charleston ..


200


I50


100


175


200


150


975


Corinna


300


100


150


200


300


175


I225


Corinth


200


800


100


150


200


500


1950


Dexter ..


300


400


200


100


400


600


2000


Eddington,


200


75


50


150


300


100


875


Exeter.


200


800


200


100


100


300


1700


Garland.


200


50


75


100


250


300


975


Hampden


2000


600


400


325


400


200


3925


Hermon


400


200


50


75


500


150


1375


Holden .


250


300


75


50


200


75


9,50


Kenduskeag


250


150


75


100


400


100


1075


Levant. .


100


150


100


175


100


200


825


Newburg.


300


250


100


175


200


150


1175


Newport.


400


300


300


150


300


400


1750


Oldtown


400


350


250


200


400


300


1900


Orono ..


300


200


300


200


150


300


1450


Orrington


400


300


200


300


200


300


1700


Plymouth


200


300


100


150


100


150


1000


Springfield ..


500


100


200


150


500


100


1550


Veazie.


200


200


150


200


375


150


1275


THE LOCAL MILITIA.


Mr. E. F. Duren hands us the following note:


The usual military organizations have been maintained. They have been called into active service, chiefly in 1814, in repelling the British forces that came up the Penobscot River; in 1839, during the excite- ment attending the question of the Northeast boundary of the State, which was peaceably settled by a treaty between Great Britain and the United States, ratified by the Senate, August 20, 1842; and again dur- ing the late civil war (1861-65). In this last campaign, the Second Maine Regiment, six companies of the Sixth Maine, and the entire Eighteenth regiment, afterwards the First Heavy Artillery, were com- posed chiefly of residents of this county. Monuments in memory of the patriot soldiers deceased, are erected in the cemeteries at Bangor, Brewer, Hampden, Dexter, Newport and other places. The Jameson Guards, of Bangor, were organized in April, 1870. The Crosby Guards of Hampden; the Hersey Guards, of Oldtown; and the Coburn Cadets, at the Agricultural College, Orono; are now the principal uniformed voluntary organizations.


The following notices are given to several of the Pe- nobscot companies in one of the recent reports of the Adjutant General of the State:


G Company, Jameson Guards, Bangor .- The armory of this com- pany was not in the perfect condition I had reason to expect from the good record the company has attained, and from the appearance at my former inspection. The arms and equipments, however, were in good condition, and gave evidence of proper care. Much credit is due the efficient clerk of the company for the neat appe irance of the books and


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$5000 $60000


$8000 $ 10000


Camps.


loyal States.


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HISTORY OF PENOBSCOT COUNTY, MAINE.


records of the company, which were properly kept and complete. This company is out of debt, but is without any funds in the treasury.


I Company, Crosby Guards, Hampden .- This company has a nice armory, and the arrangements made for the protection of the company property, the care taken of the same and the interest manifested by the officers and men, reflect credit upon the company. Company books and records are complete and properly kept. The company has no fund on hand, but is out of debt.


K Company, Hersey Light Infantry, Oldtown .- The armory of this company is nicely arranged, and everything in connection with the company arms and equipments was in good condition. The company books were not fully completed. The company is out of debt, but without any company fund.


STATISTICAL-BOUNTIES.


By the 2d of February, 1864, the bounties in the vari- ous towns of Penobscot county aggregated $359,087.50. Bangor led the list, of course, with $69,380; Whitney Ridge is the smallest reported, with $200. The heaviest bounties were paid afterwards, the whole in the county by the close of the war amounting to the splendid total of $889, 108.48-and doubtless more, since 19 of the plantations and unincorporated townships are not re- ported. The following table exhibits in detail the boun- ties paid by each town, with their several classes:


Towns, etc.


Call of 1861.


of 1862.


of 1862.


To nine months' men


To volunteers of 1863.


To volunteers of 1864,


entered service.


tered service.


commutations.


For drafted men's


account of draft.


ited to other towns.


teers who were cred-


bounties paid volun-


Losses on account of


towards bounties to


Amounts contributed


Total.


Alton


$ 250 00 $ 200 00


$1400 00 $ 600 00 $3000 00 $


$


. .


$ 8150 00 10204 36


Bangor.


935 00


700 00


4600 00


1100 00


6000 00


*600 00


13335 00


Bradley .


473 00


230 00


200 00


4150 00


850 00 11550 00


600 00


571 00


5381 00


24005 00


Brewer


3190 00


3100 00


8875 00


8100 00


6400 00


4700 00


900 00


22 00


35287 00


Burlington


180 00


200 00


2500 00


200 00


2200 00


232 50


607 00


6719 00


Carmel.


715 00


405 00


4175 00


5200 00


3000 00


2100 00


300 00


185 52


1450 00


3535 52


Charleston


1650 00


2100 00


5000 00


4600 00


13350 00


Chester.


1000 00


Clifton


300 00


200 00


1650 00


64 84


1000 00 2214 84


Corinna.


927 30


2210 00


7600 00 15678 00


3600 00


2000 00


3900 00 2200 00


220 00


100 00


950 00


37185 30


Corinth


2100 00


2300 00


5000 00


650 00


1500 00 14849 00


28599 00


Dexter.


1335 00


3500 00 10200 00 16650 00


3118 00


5200 00


235 00


40238 00


Dixmont


1900 00


400 00


4940 00


8930 00


700 00


700 00


17570 00


Eddington


900 00


1000 00


3680 00


3325 00


250 00


2600 00


1500 00


13255 00 600 00 3647 00


Enfield


150 00


I200 00


1800 00


300 00


600 00


47 00


450 00


900 00


800 00


2000 00


2900 00


250 00


150 00


50 00


4000 00


2000 00


52605 00


Garland.


795 00


1900 00


3400 00 10125 00


1000 00


4500 00


7650 00


600 00


225 00


160 00


17493 15


Greenfield.


400 00


200 00


4848 00


557 00


6005 00


Hermon


1500 00


700 00


4000 00


7650 00


145 00


890 00


1900 00


2100 00


1325 00


3000 00


122 12


800 00


10137 12


Howland.


600 00


1414 00


400 00


3500 00


2550 00


8464 00


Kenduskeag.


900 00


270 00


2280 00


1350 00


3600 00


1200 00


1150 00


9600 00


Lagrange.


525 00


150 00


1800 00


5200 00


3800 00


325 00


11800 00


Lee. ..


2650 00


Levant


1400 00


900 00


4000 00


2625 00


266 00


9191 00


Lincoln.


430 00


200 00


13930 00


Mattawamkeag


I22 40


271 00


1000 00


350 00


1000 00


132 09


2875 49


Maxfield.


800 00


Milford


600 00


500 00


I200 00


365 00


2400 00


5400 00


10465 00


Newburg


1400 00


200 00


6170 00


14537 00


200 00




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