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*Grey, Henry C. .
*Gannon, Michael
24
Gilmore, Charles T.
*Kenniston, Albert H. 24
21
Guptill, Lemuel H. . 25
*Gammans, Albert 29
Gurney, Nathaniel C. . 20
Gilbreth, Samuel G. 33
Greer, Albert W. 24
Gilbreth, David .
*Grey, Alpheus H.
27
25
22
480
HISTORY OF BELFAST.
NAME.
AGE.
NAME.
AGE.
Knowlton, Frank B.
28
Mixer, Jackson . 22
Kendall, William H.
23
Maker, Andrew . 21
Moore, Oliver G. 24
Kerby, Patrick
23
*Kilgore, Henry L.
21
Maddocks, Samuel O. 24
Nickerson, W. H.
22
*Kimball, Charles Keen, Nathaniel E.
33
Noyes, Horace C.
26.
*Kallock, John A. Kimball, Thomas
29
*Nickerson, Edwin V.
20
Kelly, Benjamin, Jr.
29
*Lewis, James C.
31
Nickerson, Thomas C. . Nickerson, Jonathan
27
Otis, Salathiel N.
29
Lewis, George W. Loucous, Thomas
34
Otis, Albert B.
24
Libby, John A. .
32
Osborn, George T. .
25
Leighton, Francis M. Lord, Henry L.
31
*Owens, Thomas .
20
*Lewis, James . Locke, John L. . Locke, Horatio J.
25
*Perkins, Daniel P. . Patterson, Franklin W.
25
Loughran, Peter . Leary, Thomas
25
31
Moody, William H.
20
21
McKeen, Albert 22
Peirce, Robert Frank Peavy, Lewis H.
28
McDonald, Horace E.
20
McDonald, Lucius F.
25
20
McLellan, W. H. 29
Milliken, Thomas 32
29
*Philbrick, Joseph
20
Murch, Lncins H. 25
*Page, Jobn L.
26
Pendleton, Caleb 23
Patterson, George A.
22
Mathews, George F.
33
Patterson, Franklin M. Pattershall, Fred.
24
*Mathews, William . McCrillis, George D. Mace, Charles W.
23
Patterson, George W.
24
*Mason, John B. .
33
Philbrook, Walter A. .
33
* Morrill, William P.
20
*Philbrook, Augustus L. Philbrook, Samuel V. .
25
McCrillis, Edwin O.
21
*Park, Horace . 26
32
Mason, Isaac .
26
Patterson, Amos F.
21
Mason, James C.
24
Perkins, Horace S. 30
34
Moore, Newton J. 20
31
*Mears, Cotton A.
23
35
Monroe, James A. 21
*Pitcher, Albert A.
*Piper, Charles A. 20
*Miller, James B.
28
Quimby, John H. 34
24
37
31
*Littlefield, Jere. B. 32
29
*Pillsbury, Daniel E. Parrott, George
21
*McDonald, Henry H. 28
*Parker, Harris H. Pierce, George G. Pillsbury, Fred. A. H. Perkins, Frank Pottle, William F.
20
*McFarland, Thomas H. 26 Milliken, Seth L. 31
Patterson, Charles T. 25 20
Moody, Henry W.
21
Moore, John W ..
20
23
33
Perry, Joseph F.
20 23
*Michaels, Samuel
34
McCarty, Parker
31
McCarty, William
22
*Payson, Simon A. Pierce, Henry A.
21
McCarty, Collins, Jr.
27
Pendleton, Henderson Pendleton, Gerard E. Parker, Israel W. Peirce, Wilkinson
25
Miller, Samuel . 32
*Pitcher, Oscar W.
20
Maddocks, Alexander H. . 32
27
Newell, Robert T. 25
32
29
24
33
34 31
*Pitcher, Thomas W. Powers, William T. Patterson, Charles
29
26
21
*Maddox, Joshua P.
*Patterson, Francis V. 28
Mathews, Sanford H. 31
*Patterson, Andrew N.
27
Maddocks, Ephraim 27
28
481
BELFAST DURING THE REBELLION.
NAME.
AGE.
NAME.
AGE.
*Quimby, George T.
27
Smith, George F. 28
Quimby, Herbert C.
22
*Sides, Edward L. 21
Rowe, Alfred .
28
*Simpson, William H. 37
Robbins, Ephraim .
25
*Simpson, Alfred K. 81
Reeves, James A.
25
Simmons, Jolın M. . Siminons, Allen, Jr.
29
*Reeves, William H. Robinson, George S.
21
*Stevens, Joseph E. . Southworth, Asa A. Southworth, Dana B. Staples, George W. . Smalley, Harvey H.
28
*Rogers, Levi H. . 23
28
Reeves, Watson 21
32
Ryan, Panl H.
29
Ryan, Hanson
30
Rust, James Alonzo Richards, Charles T.
30
*Shaw, Thomas H.
34
*Sweetser, W. H.
22
*Russ, Robert F. .
21
21
*Sweetser, Charles W. 20 23 Stevens, Ansel F. Simmons, Nathaniel H. 26
Reed, Charles E.
35
*Shaw, Peltiah 33
Shaw, Samuel 31
Shales, William H. 20
24
Robbins, Albert . 21
Trussell, John M. 30
*Robbins, Mathew 33
*Thomas, John 26
26
*Spicer, Horatio .
37
*Sawtelle, Algernon V .. Smalley, Thomas H.
26
*Trussell, Moses
28
Smalley, James T. .
22
Trussell, Joseph H. 26
Toothaker, John 33
Stetson, Martin V. .
30
Tracey, Lawrence G.
22
Staples, Sidney M. .
21
*Thombs, Ambrose F. D. Thurston, Moses
33
Stephenson, Rufus B. 23
33
*Trask, James E.
28
Shea, John
35
Sweeney, John
21
Twombley, Alonzo Thurston, William Ulmer, Oliver B. Whittier, Edward L.
39
*Scobles, William H.
25
32
*Sides, Isaac W. . Snowdell, Charles T.
27
*Wellman, Jeremiah Wells, George G. Woods, Otis B.
31
*Stephenson, Chester B.
27
Wells, Benjamin F.
25
23
*Wight, James P. Wilson, James A.
30
Wood, Isaac H. .
22
*Stevens, Andrew J.
26
Warren, Royal W.
25
Sherman, Isaac H. . Spear, Edwin H.
33
Warren, Thomas W. Warren, Napoleon D.
25
Sides, Edwin L. .
21
*Warren, George W. Whittier, Fred. D. .
24
*Stevens, Edmund, Jr. 20
*Wheeler, John A. 25
Welch, Peter F. . 27
*Shute, Alonzo
29
Walton, Salathiel 34
21
26
*Rich, Moses W. . Robinson, Benjamin Robinson, George R.
33
32
21
23
20
*Shaw, Benjamin K. Shaw, Tisdale D. Shaw, Peltiah
21
34
*Russ, George A. Reed, Thomas
34
Reed, Franklin P. 32
Richards, Benjamin F. 28
Rollins, William 28
Ryan, George F.
34
Richards, Surmandel
23
Thompson, Horatio P. Tufts, Elbridge C. . Thurston, Martin A.
25
34
20
Sargent, Charles C. 20
Swift, William A., Jr. Sylvester, James S.
30
20
Stephenson, Henry F. . Stephenson, Charles C. Shute, John W.
20
30
23
*Smart, John D. .
29
Shute, Darius . 34
22
22
30
25
29
22
31
26
*Salınond, Edwin
24
*Smart, Edward . Shorey, Samuel . 30
25
23
482
HISTORY OF BELFAST.
NAME.
ÅGE.
NAME.
AGE.
Walton, Lucius
26
Wight, John W. 28
Walton, Salathiel
34
Whitten, Albert . 20
Woods, Henry J., Jr.
27
*White, George U. 31
Wardwell, James M.
32
*Whitmore, Otis . Wentworth, Noyes R. 29
20
Wormell, Oliver. 21
White, Wallace B. . 24
27
West, Harrison . 32
27
West, James G. .
34
Whitmore, George
23
*White, Owen G. .
29
Waterman, Thomas
21
Williamson, Joseph
34
Wooster, William M. 25
White, Albert S.
23
Young, John B. .
26
White, Augustus S.
30
Young, Charles W. .
31
White, Eugene L ..
30
Young, George A ..
22
White, Russell H. 23
Young, John W.
24
*Whittaker, Benjamin B. . 20
SECOND CLASS.
Ashmun, George W.
39
Carter, Milton F. 36
Alexander, David
35
Chase, Alden D.
42
Ayer, James
39
Carter, Henry A. 35
Banks, James M.
36
Cottrell, Jacob Y., Jr.
35
Bradman, Edwin
37
Carter, Hiram P. 35
Boardman, Isaac M.
42
Carter, William .
42
Banks, Franklin
36
Cottrell, Simeon R. 35
Bramhall, John C. .
45
Conant, Benjamin W. 40
Beckett, James M. .
37
Colley, Lemine .
40
Beckett, John R.
39
Cunningham, George W. . 35
Bates, Thomas
37
Cunningham, E. F.
38
Boulter, Nathaniel V.
40
Curtis, Albion
35
Bradbury, Albion H.
40
Cross, David
42
Blodgett, Samuel A.
36
Chase, Oliver
41
Beckett, Isaac M.
43
Cross, Ralph .
38
Burrill, Willis S.
38
Clark, Stephen D.
38
Burgess, Samuel
38
Davis, William H. .
40
Batchelder, William
42
Downs, William D.
43
Burgess, Henry M.
44
Durham, Tolford
39
Brier, Charles E.
40
Davis, Jones S.
38
Brown, Charles
42
Durham, Anson E.
37
Burgess, James E. .
43
Dunbar, Joseph .
39
Black, Benjamin T.
40
Decker, Harvey
35
Brooks, John G.
42
Edgecomb, Sylvanns T.
37
Creed, James H.
36
Eastman, Francis P. Ellis, Timothy C.
36
Carter, Horatio H. .
41
Fogg, Lorenzo D.
35
Clark, Albert E.
36
Frohock, William H. Field, Benjamin F. Forbes, Henry H.
40
Clark, Benjamin F.
38
Freeman, Erastus D.
36
Chase, Philo
35
Flanders, David P.
35
Condon, John C.
38 Frye, Wakefield G. .
36
Clark, Joab
42
Frye, Eben E.
40
Chase, George S.
38
Frye, John C.
43
Crown, Manus H.
36
Fernald, Lewis O.
35
40
Cottrell, Libbeus T.
42
43
Carter, Enoch W.
39
42
Clark, Isaac
42
Wentworth, Thomas G. 32
Woods, Joseph Mark
Webster, George
28
Wentworth, Frank A. .
483
BELFAST DURING THE REBELLION.
NAME.
AGE.
NAME.
AGE.
Fuller, Silas M. .
44
Miller, Wales L.
36
Grady, Thomas .
38
McFarland, Charles B.
41
Gipson, Howard
39
Morrill, Freeman A.
44
Gray, Walter S. .
43
Moody, John B. . 41
Mason, Henry W.
40
Gardiner, William
39
Morison, Ambrose J.
39
Gillum, Samuel B. .
39
Millard, Joshua N. .
44
Heath, Henry A.
35
McDonald, George A.
35
Hassell, Rufus P.
38
Mahoney, Philip M.
39
Hassell, John, Jr.
41
Murphy, Howard
39
Hodges, Joseph N.
42
Marriner, Moses H.
41
Hills, Rufus P.
38
Murch, Daniel
42
Hall, William N.
37
Moody, Phineas M. .
37
Hartshorn, B. Frank
37
McKenney, Charles O.
35
Herrick, George, 2d
40
McFarland, Daniel .
43
Hazeltine, Charles B.
35
Moore, Addison A ..
40
Holt, Albert
37
Mahoney, John J.
42
Hallowell, John H. .
35
Morse, Moses .
38
Hunting, Timothy, Jr.
40
Mathews, Noah M.
39
Howard, Aaron
35
Marshall, Solomon V.
38
Howard, Samuel G.
39
Mallady, Michael
40
Howes, Samuel A. .
39
Marden, Thomas
39
Harris, Arnold .
40
Morison, John F.
35
Haugh, Thomas .
44
McIntosh, John .
40
Havener, Gardiner L.
39
Nason, Prescott H. .
36
Haire, Roswell
40
Nickerson, Colin G.
38
Hayford, Harrison
38
Nason, Daniel
37
Hardy, George
37
Orcutt, Allen .
44
Hart, William
40
Ordway, Zenophon
38
Patterson, Alfred
39
Jones, William H.
43
Patterson, Sewall
40
Johnson, Alfred W.
38
Patterson, John S.
43
Jones, Solomon V. .
43
Plummer, Charles
43
Jones, Henry F. .
35
Peavey, Darius
42
Kimball, David H. .
35
Patterson, Richard F.
40
Knowlton, Lewis A.
38
Patterson, David M.
42
Knowlton, Frederick A.
36
Patterson, George W.
38
Kelley, Kendall W. .
35
Patterson, Henry S.
44
Kaler, Joseph H.
49
Peirce, Albion K.
41
Kalar, John
39
Pitcher, Daniel L.
37
Lemprecht, Ernest
44
Prescott, Benjamin B. .
40
Levenseller, Charles
35
Peirce, Hiram E.
44
Libby, Ira .
38
Pendleton, W. J.
36
Lassell, Ambrose P.
44 Patterson, George W.
36
Libbey, Alfred J.
44
Pratt, Ebenezer H. .
38
Limeburner, Robert
40
Parker, Henry S.
35
Libby, David H.
35
Powers, Carthage
36
Linscott, Elisha .
39
Pendleton, Wellington Pitcher, Charles A.
41
Logan, Thomas P.
40
Patterson, William
43
Leavitt, Dudley
41
Ryder, Simeon
41
*Maddocks, Otis D.
37
Ryan, Lewis A. .
36
Mckinley, John .
42
Ray, Benjamin A.
35
Hallowell, James H. Hall, Jerry E.
35
36
Patterson, Samuel
42
42
Lane, Frank H. .
43
Gilmore, George . Gale, William R.
44
41
Michaels, William P. 42
484
HISTORY OF BELFAST.
NAME.
AGE.
NAME.
AGE.
Rider, Ephraim .
35
Trussell, Benjamin F. . 36
Robbins, Samuel, Jr.
41
Thurston, Stephen .
35
Robbins, John
39
Thompson, Timothy
37
Robbins, James .
44
Thombs, Charles R.
36
Riggs, Asa F.
36
Twombly, William .
37
Redinan, Samuel Rust, William M.
44
Rink, Charles
36
39
Roberts, George W.
36
Walton, Albert
36
Roix, David
35
White, George F.
38
Roix, Alfred .
36
Whalen, James .
42
Rogers, William T.
39
Ward, Rufus A.
37
Richards, James . 44
Wadlin, John B.
41
Spearin, Charles H.
37
Walker, Joseph B. .
37
Shute, Thomas R.
41
Walker, Benson .
39
Stephenson, Thomas L.
35
Woods, William M.
42
Stephenson, A. K. P.
36
Wales, George W.
39
Smith, Lorenzo S.
42
Westcott, Melville T.
35
Swan, William B.
38
Wight, George E. .
35
Smith, Luther M.
43
Walker, Samuel H.
38
Smith, Lewis C ..
40
Whitten, Nathan
35
Shaw, John
43
Wiley, Charles A.
37
Smalley, Benjamin L.
36
Wiley, William T. .
39
Stover, Jeremiah
44
Whitcomb, Benjamin, 2d 38
Smalley, Isaac W.
39
Whitmore, James
35
Stewart, John N.
42
Wentworth, Albion K.
39
Sheehan, Patrick
42
Wentworth, William J.
37
Sides, George A.
35
Whitcomb, Jonas 36
Shuman, Elijah M.
43
Wilson, Thomas
40
Thompson, J. C.
44
West, Austin
39
Tucker, Jacob D.
42
White, James W.
42
Trussell, Joshua D.
43
Whitten, Jeremiah C.
39
A. D. BEAN, Captain and Provost-marshal. A. G. CROCKER, Commissioner. S. B. HUNTER, Surgeon of Board of Enrolment.
Of these drafted men, the following reported and actually entered service : Giles G. Berry, Augustus L. Philbrook, Samuel Michaels.
Drafted, reported, and furnished Substitutes.
Name of Principal.
Name of Substitute.
Residence of Substitute.
Henry H. McDonald.
Josiah Pinkham
George F. Brier.
Otis M. Whitmore
William Crosby.
Eugene M. Ryder
Thomas W. Pitcher. .
Samuel H. Higgins .
Lincolnville.
John H. Emery.
William Webster
Eastport.
Charles A. Piper.
Samuel T. Woodman
Bangor.
William P. Morrill.
George Patrick
Oldtown.
William M. Wooster.
Peter Barreigli
Frank Lever
Orono.
Frederick J. Durham. James E. Trask.
Fred. Foster
37
40
42
Townsend, Martin P. Wright, Hiram E. . Woodcock, Marlboro P.
Steuben. Belfast.
485
BELFAST DURING THE REBELLION.
Drafted, reported, and paid Commutation.
Anderson, H. J., Jr.
Kalloch, John A.
Scobles, William H.
Baker, Edward A.
Mathews, William.
Bean, Charles A.
Nickerson, Edwin V.
Brier, George H.
Page, John L.
Cottrill, George W.
Patterson, Andrew N.
Stevens, Edmund, Jr.
Ferguson, George B.
Park, Horace. Perkins, Daniel P.
Whitmore, Otis.
Gammans, Albert.
Pitcher, Oscar W.
Wight, James P.
Recapitulation.
Entered service 3 Exempted under sect. 2, En. Act 17
Furnished substitutes
10
In service, March 3, 1863 3
Paid commutation . 24
Illegally drafted 1
Exempted for physical disability .
47
Failed to report
23
" non-residence .
5
Total drafted .
137
Drafting continued every day excepting Sunday, for a week, until the required quota was filled.
The whole number of men drafted in the
district was .
3,285
Number drafted and entered the service . 78
Paid commutation 501
Furnished substitutes · 321
Exempted under the provisions of the Enrol-
ment Act, or failed to report
2,385
Number who entered service . 399
Amount of commutation money received 1 . $150,300.00
The head-quarters of the provost-marshal were subsequently transferred to the court-house, where a medical examination of such drafted men as claimed exemption for physical causes, and of substitutes, was made by the surgeon. Persons claiming ex- emption for other reasons were heard before the other members of the enrolling board. These examinations occupied several weeks. As fast as men were accepted, they were quartered at barracks erected on the grounds of the Waldo Agricultural Society, and from thence sent to Augusta or Portland. For safe- keeping, confinement of substitutes in jail was occasionally neces- sary. Desertion by " bounty jumpers " became so frequent, a guard with loaded muskets was constantly maintained at the barracks.
On the 21st of June, Charles O. McKenney, chief of police, 1 Adjutant-general's Report for 1863.
Shuțe, Alonzo L. Sides, Edward L.
Stephenson, Chester B.
Thomas, John. -
Frederick, James W.
unsuitableness of age 4 .
486
HISTORY OF BELFAST.
while attempting the arrest of two deserters named Knowles and Grant, who had escaped to the town of Troy, was fired at and severely wounded. The sheriff of the county, with a posse of ten men, started in pursuit, and discovered the criminals in Pittsfield. They offered resistance, and were shot. One of them was instantly killed, and the other died from his wounds in a few days.1
The news of the capture of Vicksburg reached Belfast on the 7th of July. The bells were rung, flags displayed, and general manifestations of rejoicing took place.
Well-founded rumors of piratical craft being seen along the coast of Maine, and the capture, on the 26th of June, of the rev- enue cutter " Caleb Cushing," in Portland harbor, by the rebels, induced the best possible military preparations for defending the principal towns. Two pieces of artillery were sent here from the State arsenal at Augusta, and were kept constantly shotted, in readi- ness for any hostile demonstration that might be made.2 By an Act of the Legislature, companies of volunteer militia, composed of men over forty-five years of age, denominated " Coast Guards," were authorized. . Such an organization, numbering one hundred members, was formed in Belfast in July, and supplied with arms by the State.8 Colonel Silas M. Fuller was chosen captain, and Horatio H. Carter and Sherburn Sleeper lieutenants. At about the same time, as an additional precaution, the collector of cus- toms gave notice that no vessel other than steamboats or regular packets, excepting those in the employ of the army and navy, would be allowed to leave port between sunset and sunrise.
Governor Coburn having urged upon the war department the great importance of additional defences upon our coast, field works were ordered to be constructed for the protection of several of the eastern harbors. On the 25th of July, Captain Thomas L. Casey, of the regular army, arrived at Belfast to make arrange- ments for the purpose. He selected sites for two batteries, - one on the eastern shore, opposite Steele's Ledge, and the other on land of Erastus D. Freeman, about a mile below the city. Work was
1 By resolve of the Legislature for 1864, Mr. McKenney received $600 from the State, in consideration of his injuries. ,
2 Adjutant-general's report.
8 The following is a statement of ordnance and ordnance stores issued for the Guards during 1863, 1864, 1865: 200 friction primers, 1 box fixed ammunition, 50 Windsor rifles and bayonets, 500 rifle ball cartridges, 500 percussion caps, 3 packing-boxes, 800 rifle- ball cartridges, 10 6-pound solid shot, 10 6-pound canister shot, 25 6-pound cartridge.
487
BELFAST DURING THE REBELLION.
immediately commenced by Axel Hayford, the contractor, under the superintendence of Mr. Francis E. Appleton, of the United States Engineer Corps. Both works were completed in the follow- ing November. They were constructed with two faces and one salient angle, the principal fronts facing the bay, and the others in range of the city. The length of each battery was one hundred and fifty feet. The parapets, or ramparts, were eight feet high, eighteen feet wide on the top, and twenty-eight at the base. Earth and stones pounded into a solid mass constituted the materials, and the whole was covered with turf. Five guns were mounted on each work, - three thirty-two-pounder casemates, and two en barbette, all rifled, and having a range of two or three miles. About forty feet in the rear of the parapets were located the magazines, built in a pyramidal form, of logs, earth, and stone, with walls and top ten feet thick, and designed to be bomb and ball proof. Wooden barracks, one story in height were provided for officers and men. The appearance of these batteries was de- cidedly warlike, and under their cross-fire they were supposed to fully protect the harbor against any vessels except monitors.1
. The national thanksgiving, appointed on the 6th of August by President, Lincoln, for recent effective victories both on land and sea, was duly observed at Belfast.
On the 10th of Angust, that portion of the Twenty-sixth Regi- ment belonging here returned via Bangor, their term of nine months having expired. Many of the men appeared worn and sick. A formal public reception, which our citizens intended to give, was omitted, from the desire of the soldiers to reach the quiet of their respective homes.
Under his proclamation, dated October 17, the President called for three hundred thousand volunteers, " to meet the present and prospective exigencies of the war." If not furnished and mustered into service by the fourth day of January, 1864, they were to be obtained by another draft. The quota of Belfast was seventy-six. Early and vigorous measures were taken to raise the requisite number by volunteers. The city authorities voted a bounty of three hundred dollars for each person who enlisted, and this amount was largely increased by a subscription made by those liable to conscription. On the 24th and 26th of October, large public meetings, presided over by Mayor Jewett, were held at the
1 Description in the "Progressive Age." One of the barracks at the eastern battery was burnt on the evening of April 11, 1870.
488
HISTORY OF BELFAST.
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court-house. Addresses were made by prominent citizens, and committees appointed to canvass each ward for volunteers. The municipal authorities authorized a loan of $20,000 for war purposes. Another meeting, on the 5th of December, adopted similar meas- ures. Before the year terminated, the whole quota was provided for, and a draft avoided. The provost-marshal's office, which in November had been removed to the Morison Block on Main Street, was a scene of great activity and excitement during the closing weeks of 1863. Volunteer recruits from all parts of the district were constantly arriving to be examined and uniformed. After being accepted, they were temporarily quartered at the barracks, or forwarded to Augusta.1 They were generally fine- looking men, in perfect health and strength.
During the year, numerous public meetings in support of the war were held. Among them was a large county convention on the 21st of February, the 22d falling on Sunday. It was suc- ceeded on the 5th of May by a spirited meeting called "to sustain the administration and the army." On the 22d of August, an im- mense crowd assembled on the Common, where they listened to speeches from General O. O. Howard, Senator Morrill, and others.
Our soldiers in the field were not forgotten at home. Frequent donations were liberally and gratefully made for their benefit. Immediately after the battle of Gettysburg, a subscription in aid of the sick and wounded, amounting to some thousands of dollars, from over three hundred persons, was made, principally through the exertions of John W. White. The ladies, too, were in- defatigable in their efforts to alleviate the sufferings and promote the comfort of our troops. For the year ending April 27, 1863, their Aid Society, with the assistance of the "Young Ladies' Branch," sent sixteen hundred and fifty-six articles to the seat of war, and raised $946.33 in money.2 An amateur dramatic enter- tainment on March 11, at which were presented the comedy of " Kill or Cure " and the farce of " Poor Pillicoddy," a levee on the 4th of July, a ball on the 26th of November, an old folks' concert, a levee and fair, and a lecture by the Rev. George W. Field upon " English People" in December, were under their au- spices. The number of soldiers' families in Belfast who received
1 Among the volunteers were many French Canadians, from the Aroostook region. "Several carriage-loads of such soldiers, singing the Marseillaise, and with their hats fantastically decorated with ribbons, passed our office," says the "Republican Journal." 2 Report of Mrs. J. G. Dickerson, Treasurer.
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State aid, in 1863, was seventy-eight, comprising two hundred and ten persons. The amount allowed was $4,247.50.1
On the 13th of January, 1864, the sloop of war " Ino," Lieu- tenant Thomas M. Gardner, which had been ordered here to com- plete enlisting her crew, anchored off the western battery, and remained until the 23d, when she sailed for Hampton Roads. Her armament consisted of eleven guns, two of which were one hundred pound Parrotts. Her complement of men was one hundred and eighty. While in the harbor, she practised target firing.2
A proclamation by the President was issued February 1, calling for five hundred thousand more troops, to be raised by draft, unless furnished by voluntary enlistments before the 10th of March. After taking into account the credits and deficiencies of former quotas, the apportionment to this district was two thon- sand seven hundred and seventy-one; to Belfast, one hundred and twelve, which was reduced by naval enlistments. A loan of $5,000 was voted February 15, and a bounty of $300 to each volunteer in the field. The required number was filled by volun- teers, and no draft from the city took place. In response to the call, the quotas from the different towns continued to arrive for examination ; and the quarters of the Board of Enrolment became a scene of unusual activity. Nearly one thousand recruits were accepted and sent to Augusta before the day appointed for drafting.
The general government having given the State authority to raise troops to man the fortifications on our coast, in February, Captain Charles Baker, late of the Twenty-sixth Regiment, was ap- pointed commander of a company of one hundred men, which he was ordered to enlist, to do duty at the two batteries. This com- pany was subject to the orders of the war department for service out of the State, the same as other organizations. Its ranks were soon filled, and under the name of "Company A, Coast Guards Infantry," the men composing it were mustered into the United States service March 18, for the term of three years, by Captain C. Holmes, of the regular army. Barracks had not then been erected. A contract was immediately made for their construc- tion here and at Castine, by Axel Hayford, for the sum of
1 Adjutant-general's report.
2 The "Ino " was a full clipper ship, of eight hundred tons. Before the war, she had been engaged in the India trade.
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$7,975. They were completed in June. Albion H. Bradbury was appointed special paymaster to pay the one hundred dollars State bounty to each enlisted man of the company. On the 29th of April, an unexpected order to report at the seat of war reached Captain Baker, and on the 2d of May he left with his command for Fort Washington, Md. They continued in active service during the remainder of the war, and were mustered out June 25, 1865, at Portland. Company F, Coast Guards, Captain Charles H. Conant, was sent to supply their place, and arrived about the iniddle of June.
In order to supply the force required for the navy, and to pro- vide an adequate reserve force for all contingencies, a call for two hundred thousand more men was made on the 14th of March. The 15th of April was designated as the time up to which the number from each town might be raised by voluntary enlistment ; after that date, drafting was to commence. The quota of Belfast, forty- two, was filled without drafting.
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