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In the Maine volunteer company, D, of the 2d regiment U. S. Sharpshooters, have been the following citizens of Rock- land : Jacob McClure, lieutenant, wounded at Gettysburg, promoted to captain, major, and lieut. colonel ; Lorenzo Hall, sergeant, discharged for disability ; Edwin P. Morse, corporal, discharged for disability March 27, 1863 ; Barzillai E. Bragg, transferred to invalid corps ; Henry Brown, a valued adopted
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citizen from Bremen, Europe, died at Finley hospital, Wash- ington, Dec., 1863; Edgar Crockett, promoted to sergeant ; Alex. C. Crockett ; Nelson Hall, promoted to corporal, dis- charged for disability Aug. 10, 1863; Rufus T. Hall, dis- charged for disability ; John S. Hall and Thos. J. Henderson, both on detached service in invalid corps; Martin Hopkins, left the service Dec. 31, 1862 ; John M. Jameson ; Edward Lindsey, captured at Manassas ; Jas. M. Mathews, promoted to sergeant ; Argyl D. Morse, promoted to corporal, captured and paroled ; John E. Wade, promoted to sergeant ; John M. Wilson, in quartermaster's department ; James N. Pendle- ton, wounded July 4, 1863 ; and Wm. Eugene Conant, whose record may be briefly given as a specimen of the spirit that has animated so many. He had with difficulty, one year be- fore, been prevented from enlisting-a stripling of 18 years - in the 4th regiment, with his three elder brothers. But on the prospect of a draft, in July, 1862, the brave youth wrung from his father a reluctant consent, and did active service in three battles previous to that of Antietam, September 17th, where, while gallantly facing the foe, he received a cruel wound in the thigh, and fell. After he fell, he was struck four times more, one ball passing through his wrist; and there he lay twenty-four hours, without covering, nourishment, or care, suffering what none can describe. Thence, he was taken a mile and a half to a hospital, where he had good care, and, in his last days, the loving attentions of his only sister. But all could not save him. No word of complaint passed his lips ; no suffering could force him to say he re- gretted his enlistment. Heroic through all and to the last, perfectly sensible as the shades of death crept over him, his soul went up to a patriot's rest. His body was brought back to his home ; and November 30th, funeral services were per- formed by Rev. Joseph Kalloch, at the second Ba otist church, which was thronged by citizens eager to pay respect to, and take their last look at the young private who had died for his country.
In November, 1861, a battery of Light Artillery was form- ed by enlistments in this city and the neighboring towns, un- der the command and by the active exertions of Davis Tilson of this place, who had been educated at West Point, was lately Adjutant General of the State militia, and, at the time, Collector of Customs in this district. It was known as the Second Battery, in Ist regiment of Mounted Artillery, Maine Volunteers ; and was mustered into the U. S. service, Nov. 30, 1861. Besides the commander, this city contributed to
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its formation the following volunteers : - Junior 2d lieut. William A. Perry, promoted to 1st lieutenant, since on Brig. Gen. Tilson's staff; Ist sergeant Wm. N. Ulmer, promoted to captain ; 3d sergeant Benj. Kirkpatrick, dropped to ranks at his request ; 7th corporal Lewis L. Smith, ditto, discharged for disability May 8, 1863; 12th corporal Samuel Wier, re- duced to ranks, discharged for disability Jan. 27, 1863; artificers, Percy Montgomery ; James E. Thorndike, dis- charged June 12, 1862; and Anson Hewett, returned to ranks; privates, Washington Achorn; Charles Allen, pro- moted to corporal ; John Barrington ; William N. Benner ; Alvra E. Boynton, discharged for disability Jan. 17, 1862 ; George Bunker; Benjamin A. Chaples, transferred to invalid corps ; Nathan F. Clark, discharged for disability Feb. 13, 1862; Jewett F. Cotton, died at Washington Feb. 6, 1863 ; Samuel Derby; Charles H. Derby, died Sept. 17, 1862; Alden L. Farrington, discharged for disability March 30, 1863; Jacob U. Farrington ; Benj. B. Gardner ; Anthony N. Greely, promoted to sergeant; Almond Greely ; Alva F. Green; Samuel W. Hewett, discharged Oct. 12, 1862; Charles A. Jameson ; John M. Kalloch; Allen Kelly, left the service Jan. 13, 1862 ; Frank A. Knight, discharged July 30, 1862; Joseph P. Knowles, wounded July 1, 1863; Robert N. Marsh; Lorenzo D. Martin, discharged for disability Jan. 27, 1863; Cyrus N. Mills, promoted to corporal ; Simon Morang and Dennis Murphy, left the service, one April 9, 1862, the other June 30, 1863; Enoch S. Philbrook, dis- charged Oct. 5, 1862; Adolphus Richards, promoted to cor- poral, transferred to invalid corps; Henry Richardson and Daniel Robbins, discharged for disability May 5th, and June 20, 1862; Charles H. Spalding; Robert Spalding: Oliver B. Spear, discharged Sept. 11, 1862; Alden W. Thorndike, wounded at Manassas, discharged Dec. 24, 1862; George F. Thomas, promoted to 'corporal; Amos L. Thompson, dis- charged May 5, 1862; James L. Thompson; Franklin Tol- man, promoted to corporal; Frank H. Ulmer; Frederic H. Ulmer, missing since battle of Gettysburg; Spencer G. Walsh; Jacob Welman, left the service Feb. 13, 1862; Od- brey Witham ; Franklin P. Witham ; and Jerome B. Wood. In May, 1862, Capt. Tilson was appointed major of the Maine Volunteer Artillery, and in August following was raised to the position of Chief of Artillery in McDowell's army corps ; since which he has been appointed Brigadier General, and put in charge of the department of Ohio as Chief of Artillery. At its first engagement the Second Battery did gallant service
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at Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, 1862, opening near morning upon the flank of the rebel camp. Its first shot killed the confederate Gen. Winder, at the same time killing or wound- ing his whole staff, thus throwing the right wing of the rebel army into confusion. At Fredericksburg also, though it suf- fered more, having two men killed and fourteen wounded, this battery's services were equally gallant; at Chancellors- ville it held an important position on the extreme right of the army; and at Gettysburg it was engaged, July 1, 1863, fully two hours before any other batteries arrived ; but, insufficiently supported by infantry, came out of a double charge upon it by the enemy with all its guns safe, though reduced in men and horses and with carriages badly smashed. Later in the day however, three of its guns were the first to be posted in the grave-yard on Cemetery Hill ; and under its successive commanders Hall, Ulmer, and Thomas, and through all the battles of 1864 around Richmond and Petersburg, it has ever sustained a distinguished reputation for promptness, disci- pline, and courage.
On the President's call in July, 1862, for 300,000 men, this city, to avoid the necessity of drafting, voted to give to all who should voluntarily enlist to make up its quota of 80 men a bounty of $125 each: and, before August 9th, the whole number was obtained, including some of the best young men of the city. These went mostly to form company I of the 19th Maine regiment, and were mustered into service August 25th. They were Edward A. Snow, captain, discharged for disability Feb. 23, 1863; George D. Smith, lieutenant, pro- moted to captain, killed July 3, 1863 ; Henry H. Earle, ser- geant, discharged for disability Dec. 9, 1862 ; James M. Hig- gens, sergeant, died Dec. 8, 1862; Edgar A. Burpee, cor- poral, promoted to captain, wounded at Gettysburg; William E. Barrows, corporal, promoted to sergeant, killed July 3, 1863; James W. Packard, musician, died Dec. 18, 1862; Hiram Whitten, wagoner; Gorham L. Black, wounded at Gettysburg; John H. Cables, sick in Washington ; Joseph L. Clark, promoted to lieutenant; Luther Clark, and Adrian C. Dodge, both wounded at Gettysburg; George E. Holmes, promoted to sergeant, wounded and died June 15, 1864; Nahum R. Jackson, died Jan. 7, 1863, from cold taken in the exhaustion of retreat after the battle of Fredericksburg; Jas. H. Place, discharged for disability May, 1863; William N. Rackliff, in ambulance corps; Charles S. Richardson, dis- charged for disability, May 13, 1863; Solomon Taylor, sick at Washington Nov. 1863; and Hosca West, discharged for
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disability March 31, 1863. Rev. W. A. Smith of the Rock- land Congregational Church was, in May 1863, appointed chaplain of the regiment. Others of this quota joined other regiments, and their names will be found on other pages. This company I was put to a severe trial at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2d and 3d, 1863, in which its brave commander Capt. G. D. Smith, long an esteemed teacher of music in this city, and Serg't Barrows, both endeared to many hearts, were killed.
Before this July quota was wholly raised, an additional draft was ordered of another 300,000, to serve for nine months only. In consequence of the spirited exertions of a number of influential citizens, the quota of this city in con- s'deration of the large number already furnished to the army, was reduced to 58; and, although $200 bounty was voted by the City Council Sept. 1, 1862, these were not readily ob- tained by voluntary enlistments, so that a draft was resorted to Sept. 10th, but with a general understanding that no man should be allowed to go on compulsion. Volunteers were easily found, and the city's quota left for Augusta, Sept. 11th, forming with those of South Thomaston and Vinalhaven, Co. G, of the 28th Maine regiment. Those of this city were Augustine Thompson, captain, Edward A. Sprague, William Thurston, William H. Morse, and Augustus Luce, sergeants ; Edgar A. Hanaky, and Edgar O. Ulmer, corporals ; Benjamin Studley, musician; James G. Simonton, wagoner; Danforth B. Blackington; John Clifford, Amos Eldridge, Nahum H. Hall, promoted to corporal; Charles Haskell, Joshua H. Kal- loch, Alfred N. Kalloch, Adolphus A. Leavitt, Benjamin P. Mitchell, Charles H. Nickerson, Josiah H. Paine, George H. Place, Andrew D. Pottle, Ezekiel I. Perry, enlisted in U. S. navy; James Simmons, Charles Titus, Augustus H. Ulmer, and Leander Wall. In the extraordinary and almost unpar- alleled defence of Fort Butler at Donaldsonville, June 28, 1863, Capt. Thompson and his company won undying honors, but at the expense of hard fighting and many casualties. Besides Lieut. I. Murch, and C. V. Smith of Vinalhaven, Ser- geant Morse, and Alfred N. Kalloch fell gloriously in the thickest of the fight; while, among many others, Joshua A. Kalloch of this city was wounded in the head so that he died a few days after, and R. A. Palmer, cominissary sergeant of the regiment, received two bullets in the hand. After their term of service had expired, the soldiers of this regiment were received with many honors at Augusta, and returned to their homes in August, 1863.
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The following from this city have enlisted in other Maine regiments, -as collated from the Adjutant General's report, giving their standing in Nov., 1863, -viz .: In the Second, Co. E, James Wright, musician ; Co. K, Richard D. Pickard, discharged for disability Nov. 13, 1862 ; Albert H. Tarr, cor- poral, promoted to sergeant. In the Third, Wm. S. Heath, of the law firm of Heath & Miller, though incurring popular indignation here as an apologist for secession, on the fall of Sumter went to Waterville, raised a company of volunteers, was promoted for gallant conduct at Bull Run to lieut. colonel, and was one among the many who gave up their lives for their country, near Richmond, Va., in 1862; in Co. A, John Ste- venson ; Co. F, James Corcoran, Joseph Coad ; Co. H, Henry H. Ferguson ; Co. K, James P. Flagg, Levi F. Howard, and John W. Spruce. In the Fifth, Thomas Jewett, shot by sen- tence of general court martial, Aug. 14, 1863. In the Sixth, Fred. W. Libby, musician, mustered out in 1862 ; Ralph W. Young, captain of Co. G, killed at Fredericksburg May 3, 1863. In the Seventh, Franklin B. Thomas, Chas. O. Went- worth. In the Eighth, Edgar A. Perry, sergeant major, died at Tybee Island, May 22, 1862 ; in Co. B, Robert E. Went- worth ; Co. H, George Wasgatt. In the Ninth, Dr. Joel Richardson, surgeon, resigned Dec. 19, 1862; Co. H, John W. Pomeroy, died Dec. 19, 1861, Alexander Hart. In the Tenth, Co. E, Joseph Benson, discharged for disability, Sam'l Wilson ; Co. F, Benj. F. Hutchinson. In. the Eleventh, Co. -G, Theodore Bunker, supposed discharged. In the Twefth, Co. I, Simon Gordon, died at New Orleans, Sept. 25, 1863, after two years brave service. In the Fifteenth, Rev. J. I. Brown, a former resident here, appointed chaplain, and be- sides his regular duties, saved the life of a federal officer at New Orleans, it is said, by shooting a rebel who was attempt- ing to stab him with his bowie knife; in Co. A, Charles S. Williams, left the service March 4, 1862; in Co. G, Ransom N. Pierce, lieut .; in Co. I, Charles Conner, Thomas Toburn, both sick in 1863 at New Orleans, and Charles Wood. In the Sixteenth, Co. H, John E. Haley, Robert Jenkins, dis- charged Dec. 27, 1862. In the Nineteenth, Co. D, Henry D. Byard, wounded at Gettysburg, Ezekiel Rackliff; in Co. E, Benjamin Burgess. In the Twenty-First, Co. F, Charles V. Grey. In the Thirtieth, Co. I, Charles Clements. In the
. Sixth battery of Mounted Artillery, Timothy Driscoll. In the First regiment Heavy Artillery, Co. F, James McLellan. In the Twentieth regiment, Alden Litchfield, quartermaster ; in Co. D, Samuel H. Gregory ; in Co. K, Robert Anderson,
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corporal, discharged Aug. 3, 1863, John H. Ames, Erastus C. Anderson, detached, Frederic H. Cross, sick in Washing- ton, Asa Cunningham, discharged for disability Dec. 25, 1862, Jas. S. Durgin, Joel S. Hart, in convalescent camp, Charles Rhoades, detached to brigade headquarters, and Vinal E. Wall, promoted to corporal. The first colonel of this reg- iment was Adelbert Ames of this city, who, on the breaking out of the rebellion, had just graduated at West Point, en- tered the regular U. S. army, and, in command of the third gun of Griffin's battery, was wounded at Bull Run, by a minie rifle ball through his thigh, and though ordered to leave the field, remounted his horse and kept his piece going till unable to ride from loss of blood, when he got upon the box of a gun and gave orders to his gunners till his boot ran full of blood and he was completely exhausted. Capt. Griffin wrote of him, "I never saw more fortitude and courage dis- played." Promotion soon followed, and in Oct., 1861, he was assigned the command of a battery of light artillery called Ames', or Battery A of U. S. Artillery. In the battles of the Chickahominy, and especially Malvern Hill, he per- formed signal service, had two horses shot under him as he rode from gun to gun, cheering on his men and handling his battery with great skill, which was on the field the entire day and expended 1300 rounds of ammunition." Soon after tak- ing command of the 20th regiment, he was promoted to a brigadier general ; and, acting as major general, commanding the 1st division of the 11th army corps, greatly distinguished . himself at Gettysburg, as on more recent occasions.
Among the volunteers of other States, Rockland has con- tributed the following; viz .: Samuel Smith, 17th Mass. regi- ment ; D. M. Spear, N. Y. cavalry ; Jos. Verriil, Mass. regiment ; Fred. M. Sawyer, 5th N. Y. cavalry ; Jas. Cotter, 32d Mass. regiment ; Weston W. Dow, California regiment ; Chas. H. Huntley, 8th N. H. regiment ; John E. Young, 2d Mass. regiment ; Geo. W. Haskell, Ohio regiment ; James Miller, N. Y. battery; Wm. M. Snow, 3d Wisconsin regi- ment ; James L. Smith, 17th Mass. regiment ; Niles T. Crocker, 3d N. Y. artillery, company B ; David E. Davis, 11th Mass. regiment, and Ira O. Rhoades of the Nebraska regimental band, who died of typhoid at Cincinnati, O., May 11, 1862.
In the U. S. army, regulars, this city has Adam G. Bridges, Charles Bunker, Sewall L. Day, Charles B. Fuller, Ephraim
* Col. Gerty's Report.
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M. Hewett, Wm. Knowlton, Lorenzo Lothrop, Collamore McLane, Nathaniel C. Stubbs, and John Vandergill, of the 17th regiment ; Wm. W. Place ; Wm. Fessenden, paymas- ter ; and Thos. K. Osgood, paymaster ; besides Lieut. J. A. Fessenden, before mentioned, who was wounded in the midst of his brave service at the battle of Stone River, Chicka- mauga, when, after the death of the captain and capture of the 1st Lieutenant, the command devolved upon him.
To the U. S. naval service, Rockland has supplied the fol- lowing : Daniel J. Adams, Alden C. Andrews, Henry An- drews, Edwin Banks ; Richard Bartlett, Lucius Beattie, sail- ing master of Sabine; Wm. A. Beattie, J. Warren Bragg, Wm. D. Branard, Orris Brewer, Newell W. Brown, John G. Brown, master's mate ; Arthur K. Brown ; Heman H. Bur- pee, Edward A. Butler, master's mate; Geo. Cables, acting master ; Geo. W. Caliph ; Sewall Cates, E. T. Chapman, paymaster, perished in the Commodore Jones ; James Cottar, Joseph C. Cotton, Niles T. Crocker, Jonathan W. Crocker, Charles S. Cutler, Sewall L. Day, Thomas W. Devons, Timo- thy Downey ; John M. Eastman, Jos. Warren Edgcomb, Wm. F. Elliott, Royal G. Erskine, James Foeman, George Foreman, Frank M. Foster, Frederic Furbish, acting ensign, died at New Orleans. Wm. Galland, Francis Gildy, John F. Grant, Weston Gregory, master's mate, John H. Ham, Wm. Hanson, John F. Harden, Edward C. Healey, acting master in steamer Somerset, Wm. T. Higgens, Eben L. Hig- ยท gens, John T. Irons, Daniel W. Jackson, Martin Jackson, Henry T. Keene, Frederic W. Libby, John McKean, Francis G. Mellus, Chas. H. Miller, Oliver B. Mills, James Mullen, Theirs N. Myers, Edward Norton, paymaster's clerk, Fred- eric Ordway, Albert L. Pendleton, Joseph H. Pierce, Joseph O. Pierce, Harrison A. Pitcher, Andrew B. Pressy, John W. Rich, Dodipher Richards, Edward Rogers, Joshua N. Rowe, master's mate, Adelbert Rowe, Wm. Sansom, Thomas Saun- ders, Chas. Vincent Shelden, Martin U. Singhi, Henry J. Sleeper, Henry A. Smith, Lewis L. Smith, Wesley Smith, Chas. W. Snow, (2d), acting ensign, died at New Orleans of fever ; Alden T. Spear, in command of ship Nightingale, died of yellow fever at Santa Rosa Island, 1863, after a bril- liant career, Otis G. Spear, Francis M. Staples, Albert H. Tarr, Nelson Tate, Harry Thompson, Jas E. Thorndike, Ed- ward E. True, Benj. F. Trundy, Orlando S. Trussell, Bolin F. Tucker, Albert F. Ulmer, Arthur Ulmer, Horatio A. Ul- mer, Harvey S. Walsh, Patrick Walsh, Chas. B. Washburn, J. A. Wentworth, John Wilson, Ephraim Wiley, Henry
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Woods, and Edward R. Wooster. [The list furnished the compiler, did not mention the offices and stations held by each, so those only are noted which happened to be picked up from other unofficial sources.7 There were also enlisted into the navy under the call of July 18, 1864, Josiah Achorn, Jr., John H. Adams, Issac Adams, J. G. Babbidge, Charles C. Baker, Hudson Barker, Theodore S. Brown, Chas. E. Burpee, Austin Buckland, B. W. Candage, Seth E. Condon, Frank S. Coombs, Jos. C. Cotton, reinlisted, Alex. C. Crockett, Albert J. Crockett, Alfred Crockett, Henry O. Davis, Henry T. Dunning. Amos Eldridge, Iddo K. Elwell, John E. Ellems, Albert N. Fales, John II. Grafton, Iddo K. Graves, Samuel L. Hall, W. W. Hardy, Zenas H. Higgens, Jairus M. Healey, Bradford K. Holmes, Orris J. Jameson, Leonard Jameson, F. C. Knowlton, Eugene Mills, Amos Nash, - Packard, Albert N. Pendleton, Abner A. Perry, Jos. O. Pierce, Mauton M. Pillsbury, Greenleaf Porter, William A. Pressey, Galen Rhoades, John B. Rogers, Josiah Sherer, G. T. Simmons, A. K. Simonton, Geo. S. Slocum, William H. Snow, Frederic Snow, Timothy Smith, Geo. E. Williams, Ichabod Y. Wing, Amos P. Wood, and Edgar O. Ulmer.
On a call for a draft of 300,000 in July, 1863, this city's quota was 183, of whom two, viz., Albert E. Smith and John Coakley, entered service; 71 furnished substitutes, of whom one only, Michael Martin, was of this city; 74 were ex- empted for physical disability, &c .; one had been paroled by rebels ; two were in service March 3, 1863; and 32 failed to report. On the President's later calls for volunteers, many of the young men of this city enlisted, of whom the following joined the 2d Regiment Cavalry; viz., Charles A. Miller, major; in Co. D, Albion C. Colby; in Co. E, Adoniram J. Pickard, lieutenant; Edgar A. Hanaky, sergeant; Adolphus A. Leavitt, Cyrus Harding, and James P. Robbins, corporals ; Benjamin Bartlett; Jonathan Crockett ; John H. Dean; Am- brose Dill; Melzar T. Dyer, Albert L. Fields, Samuel W. Hewett, Nathan A. Hewett, Frank A. Knight, Francis G. Mellus, Sanford H. Pendleton, Josiah Peabody, David M. Robbins. John E. Sanders, Ashley St. Clair, Pearl Spear, Michael Tracy, William Wasgatt, Charles O. Wentworth, and Charles P. Wood; and, in Co. M, Thomas Barney, Stephen O. Young, and William S. Farwell, corporal, transferred to Capt. Chase's company of District Columbia cavalry and pro- moted to lieutenant.
The following were enrolled in the Coast Guards : Philip Achorn, Manasseh E. Andrews, John M. Bachelder, Oliver D.
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Brown, Alphonzo Brown, Wm. J. Cotton, Byron J. Erskine, George Johnson, Benjamin Jones, Oscar R. Perry, Israel Rivers, Wm. A. Rackliff, Augustus Studley.
The following enlisted in the 30th regiment; viz., Charles Clemmons, company I; Joel P. Quimby, company D; and in company F, Charles E. Haskell, George F. Stewart, and Ed- ward A. Sprague, the latter probably transferred to the 31st regiment, in which, as stated in the papers, he was the color bearer, greatly distinguished for his coolness and bravery in all the battles of the Potomac army from the Wilderness to Petersburg, in the assault on which, after the mine explosion, he was the first to plant the Union flag on its breastworks, for which he has since been promoted to 1st lieutenant of his company.
The remainder of those enlisted since Jan. 1, 1864, whose regiment and companies, not being found in the last Adjutant General's Report, we are unable to give, are as follows : Washington Achorn, Wm. H. Ames, Wm. Anderson, Thos. Anderson, John Adley, Jr., Benjamin L. Babbidge, Alvin Barnoul, Peter Blake, Warren Blake, George S. Bond, Enos C. Bridges, Wm. H. Britto, Benaiah P. Brackley, Wm. J. Brown, John E. Burrill, George Bunker, Michael Cassady, Cornelius Cauhalen, Abiel B. Clark, Orrin S. Clossen, Wm. J. Collamore, Frederic Colombe, Edgar Crockett, Norman L. Crockett, James B. Cushing, Samuel Derby, Thomas Devens, Leander Elwell, Samuel Fessenden, Alva F. Furbish, Joseph F. Gerry, Henry H. Gilpie, John Graves, Jr. Almond Greeley, Anthony N. Greeley, Alva F. Green, Alex Hall, Frank W. Ham, James Harriman, Robert Hill, Jacob B. Holmes, Wm. T. Higgins, Daniel L. Howe, Charles A. Jameson, Edward E. Jennison, Charles Jones, Peter Kaler, John M. Kalloch, Wm. H. Kenneston, John S. Kenneston, Joseph Knowles, Edgar C. Kirkpatrick, Benjamin Leach, Thomas W. Lee, Adolphus A. Leavitt, Charles H. Leighton, Robert N. Marsh, J. A. Marshall, James M. Mathews, Samuel L. Meservey, Edwin P. Merrill, Cyrus N. Mills, Charles H. Miller, Charles A. Moore, Eugene Moffitt, Myrick H. Nash, Daniel C. Norris, Frederic Ordway, Wm. A. Orne, Thomas Powers, Eli R. Perry, James Rackliff, Jere. P. Rackliff, Charles H. Raye, Charles C. King, Thomas Riley, James E. Rhoades, Daniel Robbins, Andrew H. St. Clair, Thomas C. Saunders, Robert Spalding, Jr., Charles H. Spalding, Otis G. Spear, Robert C. Stacy, Dennis A. Sullivan, George F. Thomas, Zebulon F. Thompson, Alden U. Thorndike, James E. Thorndike, Edward Titus, Charles B. Titus, Franklin Tolman, Michael
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E. Towne, John W. Turner, F. H. Ulmer, Abiezer Veazie, James Walden, Abiathar K. Wiggin, John M. Wilson, Od- brey Witham, Daniel Whalen, Jerome B. Wood, and George W. Wood. Rockland being thus credited with so large a number of volunteers, was not subject to the draft of Oct. 5, 1864.
Besides this long list of her most precious treasures, torn from the peaceful pursuits of civil life, the city has contri- buted from her pecuniary resources, for soldiers' bounties, prior to Feb., 1864, $77,175; for the support of soldiers' families, $9,220,32 ; and her citizens, for one year ending Aug. 31, 1863, were called upon to pay internal duties, licenses, &c., to the amount of $7,296,82, of which $2,814,- 96 were paid by 86 individuals as an income tax, -an amount said to be nearly double that paid by any other town or city in this the 5th district of Maine. The remainder was assessed on 13 wholesale dealers, one wholesale liquor dealer, 90 retail dealers, 24 retail liquor dealers, eight third class peddlers, four fourth class peddlers, three seventh class and two eighth class hotel keepers, five livery stable keepers, seven manufac- turers, three photographers, seven lawyers, nine physicians and surgeons, and four apothecaries. The same taxes for 1864, amounting to $4434,67, together with the tonnage du- ties on vessels, had their amount been received in season to be here inserted, to say nothing about the derangement of business from fear of piratical cruisers, and other like causes, added to the preceding sums and individual contributions, would exhibit sufficient evidence that the people of this city have borne their full share of the burdens, privations, sorrows, and sufferings growing out of the present conflict- a willing sacrifice for liberty, union, and the institutions established by our forefathers.
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