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GEORGE W. BURGESS, son of James Burgess, and a private in Company K, Fourth Infantry, died at the residence of his mother, Mrs. E. A. Keen, in Belfast, Sept. 27, 1862, aged eighteen years and eight months. At the first call for troops in April, 1861, he enlisted in a Massachusetts regiment, from which he was dis- charged for ill-health. He afterwards joined the Fourth Maine, and while in that service responded to a call for volunteers to man the Western gunboat flotilla. At the bombardment of Island No. 10, he was wounded on the gunboat "Cincinnati." Typhoid fever ensued, which, with his wound, prostrated his nervous sys- tem, and he returned home to die.
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TOLMAN Y. BURGESS enlisted in Company C, Second In- fantry, May 28, 1861, and was killed in the first battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861. His age was twenty-eight, and he was married.
WILLIAM AUSTIN BURGESS, son of Ezekiel and Nancy Bur- gess, born Feb. 16, 1837, Corporal in Company D, Fifty-ninth Massachusetts Infantry, died at Saterlee Hospital, West Philadel- phia, Aug. 14, 1864, of wounds received in front of Petersburg. He was twenty-six years old, and unmarried. At the time of his enlistment, Feb. 9, 1864, his temporary residence was Charlestown, Mass., and he was credited to the quota of that city.
CHESSABROOK BURGIN was a private in Company I, Fourth Infantry, having been mustered into service on the 12th of De- cenber, 1862. He was killed in the terrible battle of the Wilder- ness, May 6, 1864, at the age of twenty-one.
AMERICUS F. CARTER, a private in Company K, Fourth In- fantry, died at Montville, in January, 1863, aged thirty. He was taken prisoner at the battle of Centreville, Aug. 29, 1862, and paroled. He was taken sick soon after, and brought home a few weeks before his death.
PRESTON J. CARTER enlisted Feb. 19, 1862, at the age of eighteen, in the Fourth Infantry. He was Color Sergeant of Com- pany K until July 19, 1864, when he was transferred to Company K of the Ninth Infantry, and afterwards to the First Maine Heavy Artillery. While in the latter regiment, he died of disease.
JOB CLARK was an original member, and Corporal of Company ยท K, Fourth Infantry, having joined the service June 15, 1861. Subsequently he was mustered into Company D, First Cavalry, and was killed in action at Dinwiddie Court-house, Va., March 31, 1864. He was married, and aged forty-five.
JOSEPH E. CLARK, a volunteer recruit, was mustered into Com- pany D, Fourth Infantry, Feb. 23, 1862, and afterwards trans- ferred to Company D, Nineteenth Infantry. He died in a rebel prison, Oct. 2, 1864, aged twenty-four. He was a son of David Clark.
GEORGE AUGUSTUS CROSBY, son of James Crosby, and born here, April 8, 1845, was mustered into Company B, Nineteenth Infantry, Aug. 25, 1862. He died at Emory Hospital, Washing- ton, of fever, Nov. 4, 1862.
CHARLES CLINTON COLLINS volunteered as a private in Com- pany K, Fourth Infantry, June 15, 1861, at the age of nineteen.
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He was taken prisoner at Gettysburg, and died in the rebel prison at Andersonville, Oct. 3, 1864. He was a son of Ibrook E. Collins.
JAMES E. DEAN, son of Andrew Dean, and a private in Com- pany K, Fourth Infantry, was mustered into service June 15, 1861. He lost his life in the battle of the Wilderness, the casual- ties in the regiment being thirty-four killed and one hundred and forty-seven missing. His age at the time of his death, May 5, 1864, was twenty-one.
FRANK W. DICKERSON, son of Hon. J. G. Dickerson, died at Boston, Feb. 17, 1866, of disease contracted in the war. At the time of his death, he was First Lieutenant in the Fifth United States Cavalry, having been appointed Second Lieutenant in March, 1862. He participated in the battles of Hanover Court-house, Antietam, and Markham Station, which occurred soon after he joined the service. In the latter, he had his horse shot under him while leading a charge. In the first great cavalry fight of the war, which took place at Beverly Ford, Va., Jan. 9, 1863, he com- manded the squadron which received the first shock of the enemy, and was wounded in the head by a minie-ball. He was carried to the hospital, and while recovering was offered a position on light duty in a northern city; but he declined to accept it, and returned to his regiment before his health was restored. Subse- quently, he was appointed second in command of General Grant's body-guard. When disease and disability rendered him no longer equal to great exertions and exposures, he unwillingly accepted a more retired, but still responsible post of duty, in which he con- tinned until his decease. In all the situations in which he was placed, he won the respect and confidence of his superiors, the love of his associates, and the attachment of all who were under his command. He was one of the most promising of the young men who came forward from among us, and who, at the call of their country, renounced the security and enjoyments of home, and perilled their lives in her defence. The honorary rank of cap- tain and major by brevet was conferred on Lieutenant Dickerson for his gallant services, upon recommendation of the officers of his regiment, indorsed by Generals Stoneham and Thomas.
DANIEL Dow joined Company I, Twenty-sixth Infantry, Oct. 11, 1862. He died of disease, July 8, 1863. He was aged forty- five, and married.
FREDERICK H. DYER, son of David W. Dyer, died of yellow
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fever, at Key West, Fla., June 11, 1864, aged eighteen years and nine months. He enlisted in the navy at Charlestown, Mass., in 1863 ; and, after serving as master's mate on the sloop " Julia," he was transferred to the " De Soto," where he contracted the disease which terminated his life. He was a young man of more than ordinary attainments.
ISRAEL G. EASTMAN, a private in Company D, Nineteenth In- fantry, was mustered into service Ang. 25, 1862. He died of disease, Oct. 23, 1862, at Frederick City Hospital, aged twenty- one years.
EVERETT EMMONS, son of Jonah and Rebecca Emmons, was mustered as a private in Company G, Twenty-sixth Infantry, Oct. 11, 1862, at the age of eighteen. He died of disease, March 15, 1863.
CALVIN EMERSON, a Corporal in Company I, Fourth Infantry, died Aug. 29, 1862, in Judiciary Square Hospital, Washington, D. C., of dysentery, induced by exposure and hard service. He enlisted June 15, 1861, was fifty years old, and married. His remains were interred in the United States Military Asylum Cemetery.
FRANKLIN A. ELLIS, son of Enoch Ellis, was mustered into service Jan. 7, 1864, as a private in Company G, First Maine Heavy Artillery. He was killed June 18, 1864, in an assault upon the enemy near Petersburg, Va., in which more than two-thirds of the regiment were either killed or wounded. His age was twenty- two years.
RANSOM FORBES, a private in Company C, Fourth Infantry, was mustered into service Nov. 18, 1863. He was killed in the battle of the Wilderness, May 5, 1864.
WILLIAM H. GARDINER, Sergeant in Company K, Fourth In- fantry, volunteered in May, 1861, at the age of eighteen, and was soon promoted to be Sergeant-major. At the battle of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863, he was taken prisoner, and died in a rebel prison at Andersonville, Ga., of scorbutus, Aug. 16, 1864. His remains are buried in grave No. 5907, in the national cemetery at that place. He was a son of the late William Gardiner.
EDMUND GAY, aged twenty-two years, and married, joined the service June 15, 1861, as a private in Company A, Fourth In- fantry. He was afterwards detailed on the Western gunboat service, and died in July, 1862.
JOHN T. GILBRETH, son of Samuel and Emily Gilbreth, a
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private in the Fifteenth Massachusetts Regiment (Andrew Sharp- shooters), died at the United States General Hospital, Chester, Pa., March 17, 1863, aged twenty-two. He enlisted Sept. 2, 1861.
SAMUEL G. GILBRETH, a brother of the last-named soldier, and First Lieutenant of the first company of Massachusetts Sharp- shooters, was wounded in the battle of Petersburg, and died June 18, 1864, aged thirty-four. He enlisted Sept. 26, 1863, and was married.
CHARLES GILES, son of Paul Giles, who died in 1821, was born here, Dec. 14, 1817. He was a practical printer, and established the " Waldo Signal" in 1840. He was postmaster from 1849 to 1853, and afterwards engaged in mercantile pursuits. On the 28th of December, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company I, Nineteenth Regiment, and afterwards joined Company F. He fell at the battle of Baton Rouge, Aug. 5, 1862. His remains repose near the place where he fell, on a plantation formerly owned by President Taylor.
ALONZO M. GILMAN, son of Captain John T. and Pamelia Gil- man, was born Feb. 3, 1830, and entered the navy at Charles- town, Mass., in 1861, as a seaman on the " Niagara." Having served his time, he enlisted Oct. 11, 1862, as a private in Company I, Twenty-sixth Infantry, which was stationed in the department of the Gulf. At a call for one member from each company to join a United States battery, young Gilman readily volunteered. He was wounded at Irish Bend, and died in the hospital at Brashear City, La., April 19, 1863, aged twenty-three years. His grave, in the national cemetery at Chalmette, near New Orleans, is marked by a marble slab.
FRANK GLIDDEN, aged twenty years, a private in Company E, Ninth Infantry, was killed in the trenches before Petersburg, Va., July 13, 1864. He joined the service Sept. 1, 1863. His remains are buried at Fort Steadman, Petersburg.
ANDREW GREER, a seaman on the steamer " Mound City," - one of Commodore Foote's mortar fleet, - was killed by an ex- plosion in July, 1862.
RILEY GREER, son of Solomon Greer, and Sergeant in Company A, Fourth Infantry, which he joined when that regiment was organ- ized, June 15, 1861, fell mortally wounded at the second battle of Bull Run, and died at Fairfax Hospital in Alexandria, Sept. 6, 1862, aged thirty-seven years and nine months. " Warm-hearted and kind to all, he was much beloved by his comrades." The
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tablet at the head of his grave in the national cemetery at Alex- andria is numbered 230.
JAMES H. GUPTILL, son of Timothy Guptill, volunteered as a private in Company K, Fourth Infantry, June 15, 1861. He was soon after discharged for disability, and transferred to the West- ern navy. In April, 1862, he participated in a daring descent on Island No. 10, at night, by which the enemy's guns were spiked. By the explosion on steamer "Mound City," he was slightly scalded. Fever ensued, which terminated his life in July, 1862, at the age of twenty-one.
ROSWELL HAIRE was mustered into service Ang. 25, 1862, as a private in Company D, Nineteenth Infantry. He was the first man of the regiment wounded at the battle of Gettysburg, July 2, 1863, and died July 4. Out of four hundred and forty men of this regiment who were engaged, over one-half the number, including nineteen officers, were either killed or wounded. He left a widow and one child.
AUGUSTINE E. HALL, son of John G. Hall, a private in Com- pany F, Eleventh Infantry, was shot through the head at the battle of Deep Bottom, Va., Aug. 16, 1864, and died instantly. He joined the service Nov. 7, 1861. His age was twenty-two.
JOSEPH WILLARD HARRIMAN, son of Hon. Willard P. Harri- man, died of diphtheria, at Brashear City, La., May 16, 1863, aged twenty years. He enlisted as a member of Company I, Twenty- sixth Infantry, and was appointed to the extra duty of regimental postmaster. In this service he continued until March 25, 1863, when he joined a Rhode Island cavalry regiment, and was Ser- geant at the time of his death. Funeral ceremonies took place at the Methodist Church in Belfast, Aug. 18, 1863. His remains were not brought home.
HENRY HAUGH, a seaman in the navy, died on steamer " Men- dota " at Fortress Monroe, in September, 1864. He entered the service as a private in Company D, Twentieth Infantry, but was soon after transferred to the naval department. He was twenty- two years old, and unmarried.
PRESCOTT D. HINDS, son of Daniel G. and Mary Hinds, Cor- poral Company D, Nineteenth Infantry, was killed in action, near Richmond, May 24, 1864. While performing meritorious service, in a position most advanced against the enemy's line, he fell, shot through the body, and lived but two hours. He enlisted Aug. 25, 1862, and at the time of his death was eighteen years of age.
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RALPH JOHNSON, son of Daniel and Phebe Johnson, and First Sergeant of Company D, Nineteenth Infantry, was wounded at the battle of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864, started for the rear under a heavy fire, and was never heard from afterwards. He enlisted Aug. 25, 1862, and was twenty-eight years of age.
LOUIRA A. KELLY, youngest son of Major Benjamin Kelly, and a Corporal in Company D, Nineteenth Infantry, fell at the battle of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863. He was mustered into service Aug. 25, 1862, and was nineteen years old. Funeral memorial services took place at the Universalist Church in Belfast, Aug. 30, 1863.
WARREN L. KENDALL, son of Waterman B. Kendall, and Second Lieutenant of Company I, Twenty-sixth Infantry, was wounded in the neck by a musket-ball at the battle of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863, and died three days after. From a sense of duty to his country, he volunteered in its defence as a private, Ang. 29, 1862. By bravery and good conduct, he was promoted to be a non-com- missioned officer, and afterwards to a lieutenancy. At the time of the battle, he was just recovering from a camp fever, and, al- though unfit for duty, he insisted upon being at his post. His age was twenty-six years, and he was unmarried. The Hydrant En- gine Company of Belfast, to which he belonged, passed resolu- tions of respect to his memory. His remains repose in grave numbered 16, in the national cemetery at Gettysburg.
WILLIAM J. KING, a private in Company K, Fourth Infantry, was left dead on the battle-field of Chantilly, near Manassas, Aug. 29, 1862. He was mustered into service June 15, 1861, at the age of nineteen years.
CONSTANTINE KNOWLES, a volunteer recruit, joined Company D, Fourth Infantry, Feb. 26, 1862, and died on the following 25th of June, at Fair Oaks, aged eighteen.
EDWIN LINDSEY enlisted as a volunteer recruit in Company K, Fourth Infantry, Feb. 19, 1862. He died of disease in a military hospital in New York, Aug. 15, 1862, at the age of twenty-two.
JAMES E. LINSCOTT enlisted Jan. 6, 1864, as a private in Com- pany A, Thirtieth Infantry, and was subsequently transferred to Company H of the same regiment. In the Adjutant-general's Report for 1865, he is erroneously designated as a deserter; but he died in the service July 5, 1864, and is buried in the national cemetery at New Orleans.
SUMNER P. LOTHROP joined the naval service at Charles-
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town, Nov. 1, 1862, and was acting master on the "Ossipee." He died of consumption, at Boston, June 15, 1863, at the age of thirty-seven, leaving a widow and children. His remains were brought home for interment, and rest in Grove Cemetery.
Colonel THOMAS H. MARSHALL, of the Seventh Regiment of Maine Volunteers, died of fever, at Baltimore, Oct. 25, 1861, aged thirty-five years. He was the oldest son of Hon. Thomas Mar- shall, and, with a brief exception, always resided here. In 1844, he entered Bowdoin College, but on account of ill-health was compelled to leave during his Sophomore year. He soon after engaged in mercantile pursuits. Upon the disruption of the Whig party, of whose principles he had been a steadfast supporter, he became a prominent Republican, and as such was elected Repre- sentative to the Legislatures of 1857 and 1858. In the two fol- lowing years, he was returned to the Senate, and was chosen President of that branch during the last year of his term, a posi- tion which he filled with dignity and ability. His first military experience was in the Belfast City Greys, being the captain of that company when the Rebellion broke out. From the purest motives of patriotic duty, he at once enlisted in the service of his country, relinquishing the blessings of friends and home, and the peaceful attractions which surrounded him. Filling up the ranks of his command, he joined the Fourth Maine Regiment, then being formed at Rockland. At the election of officers, he was chosen Major. His rapid promotion from that position, first to that of Lieutenant-colonel, and then to that of Colonel of the Seventh Maine, shows the estimation with which his military qualities were regarded. While serving in the first-named regiment, he distinguished himself by his coolness and courage at the battle of Bull Run. "On taking command of the Seventh Regiment," said the general order issued by General Dix, on the occasion of Colonel Marshall's death, "he found it but just organized, and totally undisciplined ; and it was by his arduous and unremitting exertions to prepare it for the field that he contracted the disease to which he fell a victim. While he was thus assiduously occu- pied, he displayed a zealous devotion and a practical efficiency, which, together with his good conduct in the face of an enemy, gave promise of an enviable distinction. The uncertainty which accompanies us in all the phases of life is painfully illustrated in the impressive incident that his regiment commenced this morn- ing its march to the capital through the street and past the dwell-
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ing in which he was breathing his last, parting with all that was mortal in its commander, but carrying with it for its encourage- ment and imitation the example of his courage, and devotion."
The remains of Colonel Marshall reached his native city on the morning of October 29, and were received from the same steamer in which only a few weeks before he had embarked, accompanied by the prayers and hopes of thousands of his fellow-citizens who attended his departure. Funeral services took place on the fol- lowing afternoon at the Unitarian Church, and were conducted by Rev. Dr. Palfrey, Rev. Wooster Parker,1 and Rev. Edward F. Cutter. The bells of the city were tolled, all places of business were closed, and other demonstrations of respect made, while the large concourse of people present on the sad occasion testified that the loss which this community had sustained was no ordinary one.
Colonel Marshall left a widow, the daughter of the late Wil- liam Tilden, to whom he was married in 1851, and a son and daughter.
Though lacking some of the brilliant qualities which have dis- tinguished men less worthy, Colonel Marshall possessed a moral force which gave him great influence. He was not gifted with the graces of oratory ; but, when he addressed the public, his words were impressive by their sincerity and by their sound wis- dom, - the result of conclusions reached after mature thought. The conduct of his life was directed by the rule of an un- compromising honesty. He was never known to deviate from the path of right; he knew no guile ; he was candid in the expres- sion of his opinions ; he incurred no enmities ; he was devoted in his friendships. To use the apt words of another, "He was the soul of honor and uprightness; he fawned not for favor or prefer- ment ; in judgment, he was cool and dispassionate ; in an opinion once formed he was tenacious beyond the tenacity of most men ; in his political and other beliefs, he was inflexible, but maintained them from reason, and not from petty interests or transient feel- ings ; and whatever he undertook he gave his whole attention to, and mastered."
On receiving the intelligence of the death of Colonel Marshall, Governor Washburn issued the following order : -
1 The funeral address of Mr. Parker, the resolutions of the city government, and the proceedings of the officers of the regiment which Colonel Marshall commanded, are pub- lished in the " Progressive Age " of Nov. 7, 1861.
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STATE OF MAINE.
HEAD-QUARTERS, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, AUGUSTA, Oct. 31, 1861.
GENERAL ORDER No. 53.
With sadness, the Commander-in-chief officially announces that Colonel Thomas H. Marshall, of the Seventh Regiment of Maine Volunteers, died at Baltimore on the twenty-fifth day of this month.
The painful news, which the next day after the mournful event had spread throughout the State, carried with it to thou- sands of friends and admirers the shock of a personal affliction.
Colonel Marshall, a native and always a resident of the State, was known throughout its extent, and had received at the hands of the people unusual honors for one of his age. At the breaking out of war, urged by the highest sense of duty toward his country, he left a home and a family circle, adorned and valuable by all the charms which wealth, culture, and taste could throw around them, and accepted the hardships of the field as Lieutenant-colonel of the Fourth Maine Regiment.
In this capacity, at the battle of Bull Run, he displayed a gal- lantry, coolness under fire, discretion, and military skill, which gave the public assurance that his future would fulfil the most flattering promise of personal friends.
He was afterwards promoted, and transferred to the command of the Seventh Regiment of Maine, stationed at Baltimore. He found the regiment, then newly raised, almost without discipline, and gave all his energy and skill to make it ready for actual ser- vice. He accomplished this; but at how great a price! for in the effort he overtasked himself, and contracted the disease which has taken him away.
We mourn the gentleman, who united with culture and strong intellect and manly virtue the graces of character which insure respect and affection.
We mourn the soldier, whose gallantry in the face of the enemy gave credit to his native State, and whose skill and prudence in these trying times cannot well be spared.
All that remains is to remember this true man, so that we may cherish his virtues and imitate his excellence.
By order of the Commander-in-chief. 1 JOHN L. HODSDON, Adjutant-general.
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JAMES C. MASON, son of Isaac and Mary Mason, born July 28, 1836, a private in Company I, Twenty-sixth Infantry, died at Belfast, Aug. 29, 1863, a few days after his regiment was mustered out of service. He enlisted Oct. 11, 1862, and was twenty-six years of age.
NELSON N. MAYO, son of Alfred Mayo, and Sergeant in Com- pany D, Nineteenth Infantry, volunteered Aug. 25, 1864. He was wounded May 6, 1864, at the battle of the Wilderness, and died May 24, aged twenty-one years.
AUGUSTUS McCOLLEY, a private in Company E, Ninth In- fantry, joined the service Oct. 19, 1863; was wounded before Petersburg, June 30, 1864 ; and died August 5, at the age of nine- teen. He was buried in the cemetery at Hampton, Va.
GEORGE MICHAELS enlisted as a volunteer in Company D, Nineteenth Infantry, Aug. 2, 1862. He died of disease, Dec. 9, 1862. His age was twenty-seven years. He left a widow.
SAMUEL MICHAELS, a private in Company E, Ninth Infantry, was mustered into service Aug. 5, 1863. He was wounded June 24, 1864, while doing duty in the trenches before Petersburg, and died Aug. 4, 1864. He was thirty-five years old.
SHERIDAN F. MILLER, born Nov. 13, 1841, son of George A. and Susan Miller, was mustered into service as Corporal in Com- pany K, Fourth Regiment. He was soon promoted to be Second and First Lieutenant, and during the absence of Captain Adams had command of the company. While leading his men in a fatal charge near Fredericksburg on the 2d of May, 1863, he was shot down as he stood urging them on by voice and gesture. He went boldly where duty called him, -faithful and enduring, through weariness and danger. General Berry at one time remarked of him "that he was faultlessly trustworthy, and, if his life was spared, he would reach a higher station and more important com- mand, as he possessed coolness, judgment, and undaunted courage, - elements that make the valiant soldier." He obeyed the first call of his country, being in service two years, and participated in every battle in which the " Iron Fourth Maine " was engaged.
ANDREW NEWBIT, son of Alden Newbit, a private in Company L, Second Cavalry, enlisted Dec. 24, 1863. He died in hospital at Barrancas, Nov. 15, 1864, aged thirty-six, and married. His grave is designated as No. 134, in the cemetery at that place.
ROBERT I. NEWELL, Corporal in Company D, Nineteenth In- fantry, volunteered Aug. 25, 1862. He died of wounds received at
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Gettysburg, July 16, 1863, at the age of twenty-five. His remains are interred in grave No. 19, in the Soldiers' National Cemetery, in the same section with those of L. A. Kelly and others of his com- pany. He was a son of Ebenezer Newell.
JOHN O'CONNELL, son of Michael O'Connell, a seaman in the navy, died of consumption, at the Marine Hospital in Chelsea, Mass., March 8, 1864, aged twenty-five years. He was a printer by trade.
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