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Part of Sherman's army marched through Richmond on its way to Washington to take part in the Grand Review. We received them with all the honors. We were now sleek and well dressed, white-gloved, with guns and equipments in. the best of condition, glittering brasses and shining steel ; they-well, they looked about as we did when we marched into Richmond, ragged and dust laden. But they were sturdy fellows, and swung through the thronged streets with a martial mien that won the respect of all that saw them. They were well worth receiving, and our only regret was that " Tecumseh " was not riding at the head of their column.
A number of commissions were received from Maine for non- commissioned officers who had rendered gallant and meritorious services, and we now had Lieutenants Lewis W. Campbell, Clarence C. Frost, Joseph O. Smith, Josiah F. Keene, and Philip H. Andrews, instead of sergeants of those names.
Commissions as Second Lieutenants were also received for Ser- geant-Major Horace A. Manley and Quartermaster Sergeants John Williams and Samuel Frye ; and for First Sergeants Joseph HI. Estes (Company F), Thomas T. Tabor (Company G), Seth A. Ramsdell (Company H), and George P. Blaisdell (Company K)-but too late to enable these worthy comrades to be mustered into the rank their gallantry had won them.
Life passed quickly in Richmond. Our camp was a pleasant and healthy one. Our duties were light, our provisions were good and plentiful, and short leaves of absence could be had for the asking. Every officer became a horseman. Quartermaster Andrews had plenty of horses in his stables, and any officer that would use a horse well had but to request one of our whole-souled friend to get it. We made up parties and rode into the interior, visited old camp grounds and battlefields, studied the fortifications around Richmond, and in a way fought some of our battles over again.
Both officers and men were inclined to fraternize with ex-Con- federates, and while, as a matter of course, the invaders were not admitted to Southern social circles, in hotels, cafes, and theaters there was much hobnobbing among the old soldiers, and many warm friendships were formed.
As order came out of the chaos the downfall of the Confederate Government had plunged the Southern people into, and the
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formation of a civil government progressed, superfluous regiments were mustered out.
Along in the fall, of our brigade our regiment was alone in service. The members of the Tenth Connecticut, the Twenty- - fourth Massachusetts, and the One Hundredth New York were now citizens. The Two Hundred and Sixth Pennsylvania had disappeared long before. And we of the Eleventh were to have a change of scene. We were ordered to Fredericksburg to relieve the Seventh New Hampshire and other regiments, that they might be mustered out. We left Richmond November 24th, and reached Fredericksburg along in the night, reporting to General Harris, commanding the District of Northeastern Virginia.
The companies were soon scattered through the District, which was divided into three sub-districts. The Sub-District of Rap- pahannock, with headquarters at Fredericksburg, embraced the counties around Fredericksburg ; the Sub-District of Fauquier, with headquarters at Warrenton, embraced the counties about Warrenton ; and the Sub-District of Essex, with headquarters at Tappahannock, embraced seven counties in that section of the State.
It was known that General Hill would be ordered from Lynch- burg to Fredericksburg to command the District. Lieutenant- Colonel Baldwin was expected to command the Sub-District of Rappahannock, of which Captain Clark was placed in temporary command. Major Adams was assigned to the command of the Sub-District of Fauquier, and Captain Maxfield to that of Essex.
Companies A, E, and K were sent to the Sub-District of Fau- quier ; C, D, and H to the Sub-District of Essex, Company C going to the village of Warsaw in Richmond County, D to Heathsville in Northumberland County, Company H remaining at Tappahannock in Essex County. Of the remaining compa- nies, Company B was sent to King George Court House, Company F to Orange Court House, and Companies G and I formed the garrison of Fredericksburg.
For a time the writer acted as Provost Marshal of Fredericks- burg. There was little disturbance of the peace. The civil authorities were able to deal with all differences between citizens. The agent of the Freedmen's Bureau cared for its colored wards. Only once were the troops called out to quiet a tumult among citizens, and one sight of our men marching through the streets
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with fixed bayonets was quite enough to convince all of riotous mind that, although it was not obtrusive, yet there was a power in Fredericksburg that must be respected.
But one other time did we have to show the mailed hand. President Johnson appointed a day of Fasting and Prayer. The proclamation was duly posted throughout the South. However it may have been received in other Southern cities, it was quite ignored in Fredericksburg. Every store was open, the schools were in session, a steamer was unloading at a wharf, the glass- works were in full operation, and there was no doubt that neither fasting nor praying was going on in the city.
On receiving these reports General Harris became very angry. It was about ten o'clock when he sent for the Provost Marshal and ordered him to have the President's proclamation complied with in letter if it could not be in spirit. My order was quickly issued, and mounted soldiers were riding through the streets issuing peremptory orders. The school children were soon scampering home, delighted with a holiday-the only delighted persons in Fredericksburg that day-the stores were closed, the glassworks were quiet, the darkies unloading the steamer were idle, and a sort of order reigned in our little Warsaw. There was no resistance, only sullen acquiescence, but one old fellow who had backed a load of cordwood to a door to unload it showing any insolence, and for his impudence he was obliged to sit on his . load and wait until the sun went down before he could either .unload or drive away.
There was one most unpleasant duty for the provost marshal to perform. All women desiring to marry must first take an iron- clad oath of personal allegiance to the United States, and swear that they would bring up any children they might have to support the Constitution and the laws. The Provost Marshal adminis- tered the oath. It was supposed to be taken in his office ; it was often, and always with a wry face. But in a few particular cases it was requested that the Provost Marshal go to the house of the fair candidate for matrimony and administer it privately, and in each case I felt it my duty to comply, as nothing in the orders stipulated where it was to be administered. These visits were very pleasant ones, except one, when the candidate cried bitterly and took the oath, I doubt not, with full intention to perjure herself. But love laughs at locksmiths, and finally, so far as 22
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Fredericksburg was concerned, did at the United States for venturing to take up that trade. A bright girl, determined to be married, and whose parents opposed the lover, just eloped with him, taking the steamer to Baltimore, and was married without taking the oath of allegiance. The eloping couple returned, asked and received parental forgiveness and blessing. Then the question was sprung on them by some of their friends, Not having taken the oath, were they legally married ? For a week there was great excitement in their circle, when it was answered that the Washington powers that were had decided that, as Maryland was not under the ban, and they were married according to its laws, they were man and wife. The result was that there was a large increase of travel on the Baltimore boat, and the Provost Marshal, at least during my own short incumbency of the office, was not thereafter called upon to administer the ironclad oath.
General Harris was relieved of the command of the District of Northeastern Virginia by General Hill. The new commander appointed Lieutenant Clarence C. Frost Assistant Adjutant- General, and Captain Ellery D. Perkins Provost Marshal, of the District. Major Adams was called to Fredericksburg to command the Sub-District of Rappahannock. Captain Norris was ordered to Warrenton to command the Sub-District of Fau- quier. Lieutenant J. O. Smith went to Tappahannock as Assist- ant Adjutant-General of the Sub-District of Essex, relieving Lieutenant N. H. Norris, who was appointed Post Quartermaster at Tappahannock. Lieutenant P. H. Andrews was called to Fredericksburg to act as Adjutant of the regiment. Captain Scammon and Lieutenant Daggett, of Company I, and Adjutant Hanscom were mustered out while we were in this district, by reason of expiration of term of service. They had been mustered for one year only, joining the regiment in the winter of 1865.
In January, 1866, orders came for us to proceed to City Point, where we would be mustered out. The companies were assem- bled at Fredericksburg. We proceeded to City Point, passing through Richmond, and were mustered out on the second day of February. We took a steamer for New York, and from there sailed for New London, where we went aboard a train, and pro- ceeded to Augusta. On arriving at that city our colors were turned over to the State to be placed in the State House with those of other Maine regiments, and our guns and equipments
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were turned over to a United States ordnance officer. February 10th, we received our final pay, and after a varied service on land and sea of four years and three months-from November 12, 1861, to February 10, 1866-the career of the Eleventh Maine Regiment of Infantry Volunteers was at an end.
The organization of the regiment, February 2, 1866, was as follows :
FIELD AND STAFF.
Jonathan A. Hill,
Colonel.
Charles P. Baldwin,
Lieutenant-Colonel.
Henry C. Adams,
Major.
William H. H. Andrews,
Quartermaster.
Woodman W. Royal,
Assistant Surgeon.
Willard Barker,
Sergeant-Major.
Samuel Frye,
Quartermaster Sergeant.
Joseph G. Rieker,
Commissary Sergeant.
George B. Noyes,
Hospital Steward.
Waldena F. Peters,
Principal Musician.
COMPANY A.
Judson L. Young, First Lieutenant. Lewis W. Campbell, Second Lieutenant.
Sergeants. Dexter Walker, First Sergeant ; John A. Brackett, Edgar A. Stevens,
Asa L. McIntire. Corporals. Charles F. Harmon, Peter M. Casey.
Benjamin G. Seavey, Lewis C. Hobbs,
COMPANY B. Charles Sellmer, Captain. Clarence C. Frost, Second Lieutenant. Sergeants. Henry F. Randall, First Sergeant ; William Smith.
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COMPANY C. Grafton Norris, Captain. George W. Haskell, First Lieutenant. Sergeants. Gustavus Hayford, First Sergeant ;
Henry Albee, Dwight C. Rose, Charles M. Dexter. Corporals.
William S. Lyscomb, Oscar D. Wilbur.
COMPANY D. William H. H. Frye, Captain. Nelson H. Norris, First Lieutenant. Sergeants. Timothy McGraw, First Sergeant ;
Stephen Mudgett, Daniel W. Woodbury, Frank L. Young.
John Deacon,
Jotham S. Annis,
Corporals. Andrew J. Mudgett,
James E. Dow.
COMPANY E. George W. Small, Captain. Joseph S. Bowler, First Lieutenant. Charles O. Lamson, Second Lieutenant. Sergeants .. George W. Chick, First Sergeant ; Simon Batchelder, Jr., Solomon S. Cole, Henry B. Stanhope, John L. Lippincott. . Corporals.
George II. Downs, Frank H. Brown, Isaac N. Glidden.
Samuel Babb, Wagoner.
COMPANY F. Thomas Clark, Captain. Joseph O. Smith, Second Lieutenant.
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Sergeants. Joseph H. Estes, First Sergeant ; William E. Fecley, John F. Arnold, Warren H. Moores, Sylvanus Smith.
Corporals.
Luther Quint, James B. Crosby,
John Meservey,
James A. Feeley, Charles G. Fowler, John C. Gilman, Arthur Smith.
COMPANY G. Lewis H. Holt, Captain. George Payne, Second Lieutenant. Sergeants. Thomas T. Tabor, First Sergeant ;
Thomas J. Holmes, Luther A. Robbins,
Benjamin B. Coombs, George Phillips.
Corporals.
Everett B. Small,
Charles W. Royal,
Charles F. Campbell,
Charles B. Chandler,
Warren Hooker, Lewis Green,
Edward W. Bowman, Wallace C. Young.
COMPANY H. Albert Maxfield, Captain. Charles H. Scott, First Lieutenant. Josiah F. Keene, Second Lieutenant. Sergeants. Seth A. Ramsdell, First Sergeant ; Albert L. Rankin, Nathan J. Dumphey, Joseph F. Stevens.
Isaac W. Wardwell,
Corporals. John F. Wedgewood, Benjamin F. Dumphey,
William Emerson, Matthew R. Holt, Melville Ricker.
COMPANY I. Robert Brady, Jr., First Lieutenant.
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Sergeants. Samuel B. Haskell, First Sergeant ; John A. Monk, William H. Dunham, Alonzo R. Stewart. Corporals. James N. Perkins.
John O'Connell,
COMPANY K.
Ellery D. Perkins, Captain. Robert H. Scott, First Lieutenant.
Philip H. Andrews, Second Lieutenant. Sergeants. George P. Blaisdell, First Sergeant ;
John F. Buzzell,
Adelbert P. Chick,
Charles Watson, Judson W. Barden.
Corporals.
Samuel Buzzell, Horace W. Tilden, James Hersey.
ORIGINAL MEMBERS MUSTERED OUT WITH REGIMENT.
FIELD AND STAFF.
Colonel Jonathan A. Hill,
Major Henry C. Adams,
Sergeant-Major Horace A. Manley,
Quartermaster Sergeant George F. Osborne,
Commissary Sergeant Joseph G. Ricker,
Hospital Steward George B. Noyes,
Principal Musician Waldena F. Peters.
COMPANY A.
First Lieutenant Judson L. Young, Sergeant Robert Doyle, John A. Brackett,* Private Mitchell Nadeau.
COMPANY C. Sergeant Henry Albee .* * Joined at Washington, D. C.
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COMPANY D.
Captain William H. II. Frye,
First Lieutenant Nelson H. Norris,
First Sergeant Timothy McGraw, Corporal Jotham S. Annis,
Private John W. Day,
Prince E. Dunifer,
John Longley.
COMPANY E.
Captain George W. Small,
First Sergeant George W. Chick,
Sergeant John N. Weymouth,
66 Simon Batchelder, Jr.,
-66 Solomon S. Cole,
Henry B. Stanhope, Corporal Elias H. Frost,
Wagoner Samuel Babb.
COMPANY F.
Captain Thomas Clark,
First Sergeant Joseph H. Estes.
COMPANY G.
Captain Lewis H. Holt,
Second Lieutenant George Payne,
First Sergeant Thomas T. Tabor, Sergeant Daniel Burgess,
Stephen HI. Emerson,
Henry B. Rogers,
Thomas J. Holmes,
Inther A. Robbins, Benjamin B. Coombs,
Corporal Charles W. Royal,
Charles F. Campbell,
66 Wallace C. Young, Private John F. Clark.
Albert Garland,
George W. Hamor,
Henry II. Higgins,
Charles A. Jaquith,
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Private Charles A. Jones,
66 Herod V. Totman,
Wilbert C. White,
Alpheus S. Wooster.
COMPANY H.
Captain Albert Maxfield,*
First Lieutenant Charles H. Scott,
Second Lieutenant Josiah F. Keene,
First Sergeant Seth A. Ramsdell,
Sergeant Albert L. Rankin,
66 Nathan J. Dumphey,
Joseph F. Stevens,
Corporal John F. Wedgewood,
66 Benjamin F. Dumphey,
66 . William Emerson,
66 Melville Ricker,
Private George O. Johnson,
66 Thomas McPherson.
COMPANY I.
First Lieutenant Robert Brady, Jr.,
First Sergeant Samuel B. Haskell,
Sergeant John A. Monk,
" Alonzo R. Stewart,*
Corporal James N. Perkins,*
Private Isaac Kimball,
Foster J. Leighton,*
William Rogers.
COMPANY K.
First Lieutenant Robert H. Scott,
First Sergeant George P. Blaisdell, *
Sergeant John F. Buzzell,
Adelbert P. Chick,*
Charles Watson,
66 Judson L. Barden,*
- Corporal Samuel Buzzell, Private Edmund H. Shaw.
Total, 79.
* Joined at Washington, D. C.
PERSONAL SKETCHES.
FIELD.
General John C. Caldwell entered service as Colonel ; promoted to Brigadier-General May 4, 1862 ; after General O. O. Howard. was wounded at Fair Oaks, Va., assigned to the command of Howard's brigade. In the Seven Days' battles before Richmond his brigade occupied important positions at Savage Station, Peach Orchard, and White Oak Swamp ; also at Antietam and Freder- icksburg, where he received two slight wounds. He was in com- mand of the 1st Division, 2d Corps, at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, and after Generals Hancock and Gibbon were wounded commanded the 2d Corps on the field of Gettysburg. He was in command of the 1st Division, 2d Corps, at Rappa- hannock Station and up to Mine Run. He was relieved at his own request of the command of the division at Brandy Station, before the movement of 1861 ; detailed as President of a Military Commission in Washington, where he served until mustered out of service with the rank of Major-General of Volunteers by brevet. He was detailed as one of the guard of honor during the public obsequies at the burial of President Lincoln, and accompanied the remains to Springfield, Ill. After the war he was a member of the Maine Senate ; Adjutant-General of the State of Maine in 1867; Consul at Valparaiso, Chili, in 1869 ; from 1813 to 1882 Minister to Uruguay and Paraguay ; in 1885, having removed to Kansas, was President of the Board of Pardons of that State.
General Harris M. Plaisted entered service as Lieutenant- Colonel; promoted to Colonel, May 12, 1862 ; to Brigadier-Gen- eral, by brevet, Feb. 21, 1865, and to Major-General, by brevet, March 13, 1865. While at Fernandina, Fla., commanded the post, and while on Morris Island, S. C., commanded the brigade. He also commanded the brigade the most of the time in the great campaign of 1864. (See sketch of regiment.) A member of the Maine Legislature in 1867 and 1868 ; Attorney-General of Maine in 1873, 1874, and 18:5; a Member of the 44th Congress, and
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Governor of the State of Maine in 1881 and 1882. Since July, 1883, has been editor of The New Age at Augusta, Me.
General Jonathan A. Hill entered service as Captain of Co. K ; promoted to Major, June 7, 1864 ; to Lieutenant-Colonel, June 25, 1864; to Colonel, April 5, 1865 ; and to Brigadier-General, by brevet, April 9, 1865. IIe commanded the regiment most of the time from June 2, 1864, to August 16, 1864. At Deep Run, Va., he was severely wounded, and lost his right arm. He returned to the regiment in November, 1864, and was in command until the surrender of Lee at Appomattox, Va., April 9, 1865, where he was again wounded. After the surrender of Lee he served as President of a Military Commission in Richmond, Va., after which he was in command of the N. W. District of Virginia, with headquarters at Lynchburg, and later in command of the N. E. District of Virginia, with headquarters at Fredericksburg. (See sketch of regiment.) At present is a director in the Union Tanning Co. of Pennsylvania.
Lieutenant-Colonel William M. Shaw, at the beginning of the war, was an officer in the Portland Rifle Guards. He entered service as Captain of Co. E, Ist Maine Infantry, May 3, 1861, and served with that company until its muster out, Aug. 5, 1861. He joined the Eleventh as Major ; promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel May 12, 1862.
Lieutenant-Colonel Robert F. Campbell entered service as Captain of Co. C ; promoted to Major, May 12, 1862 ; to Lieuten- ant-Colonel, Sept. 12, 1862. His military career began in the Maine Militia as Ensign of the Cherryfield Light Infantry, with which he served in the Aroostook War of 1837. He was after- wards Captain of the same company, until it disbanded. At the Battle of Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1862, he commanded that portion of the Eleventh which was with the colors. Died at Cherryfield, Me.
Lieutenant-Colonel Winslow P. Spofford entered service as Captain of Co. G; promoted to Major, Sept. 16, 1862; to Lieutenant-Colonel, Nov. 10, 1863. Was mortally wounded while in command of the regiment at Bermuda Hundred, Va., June 2, 1864. Died of wounds at Fortress Monroe, Va., June 17, 1864. One of the batteries on the Bermuda Hundred front named in his honor.
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General Charles P. Baldwin entered service as Captain of Co. (new) B ; promoted to Major, July 3, 1864 ; to Lieutenant-Colonel, April 5, 1865. While the regiment was at Morris Island, S. C., during the siege of Fort Sumter, he commanded a battery of 13- inch mortars at the north end of the island. He was twice wounded at Deep Bottom, Va., Aug. 14, 1864, once severely. He recovered from his wounds sufficiently to return to the regi- ment in November, 1864. During the winter of 1864-65 he was Judge Advocate of a Court Martial, and also a member of the board for the examination of officers commissioned by the Gov- ernors of States. He was severely wounded at Hatcher's Run, Va., April 1, 1865. He was promoted to Colonel, by brevet, " for gallant and meritorious conduct in the Battle of Deep Bottom, Va., Aug. 14, 1864," and to Brigadier-General, by brevet, "for gallant and meritorious service at the Battle of Hatcher's Run, Va., April 1, 1865." He served as President of a Board of Claims, and President of a Military Commission from July 1, 1865, until ordered to be mustered out. He was examined by a board of officers appointed to examine applicants for positions in the regu- lar army, and was recommended for the position of Captain.
Major Henry C. Adams entered service as Commissary Ser- geant ; promoted to Sergeant-Major, Sept. 16, 1862 ; to Second Lieutenant of Co. G, April 27, 1863; to First Lieutenant of Co. G, Jan. 6, 1864 ; to Captain of Co. G, Dec. 17, 1864 ; to Major, April 25, 1865. In addition to the duties of his own position, he performed the duties of Quartermaster Sergeant from May 31, 1862, to Sept. 16, 1862, and the duties of Regimental Quartermaster from July 4, 1862, to Aug. 18, 1862. Detailed as Post Commissary at Fernandina, Fla., from Aug. 14, 1863, to Oct. 15, 1863. One of the officers detailed to accompany the reenlisted men to Maine on their veteran furlough in February, 1864. Detailed as Staff Commissary at Headquarters, Army of the James, from May 23, 1864, to Dec., 1864 ; commanded the right wing of the regiment in the campaign of 1865 ; in command of the regiment at Appo- mattox, Va., after Colonel Hill was wounded on the morning of April 9, 1865, and most of the time while the regiment was sta- tioned at Richmond, Va. When the regiment was ordered to the Northeastern District of Virginia he commanded the Sub-Dis- trict of Fauquier, with headquarters at Warrenton. and later relieved General Harris, commander of the Northeastern Dis-
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trict, which he commanded until relieved by General Hill, after which he commanded the Sub-District of Rappahannock, with headquarters at Fredericksburg, until ordered to be mustered out.
STAFF.
Captain Charles J. Pennell, at the commencement of the war, was an officer in the Mechanic Blues of Portland, Me. He entered service as First Lieutenant of Company B, Ist Maine Infantry, May 3, 1861, and served with that company until its muster out, Aug. 5, 1861, He joined the Eleventh as Adjutant. After leaving the Eleventh, was First Lieutenant of the Portland Mechanic Blues from Sept. 18, 1869, to April 27, 1871, and Cap- tain of the same company from April 23, 1873, to June 18, 1877.
Adjutant Harrison Hume entered service as Sergeant-Major ; promoted to Second Lieutenant of Co. I, May 11, 1862, and to Adjutant, May 31, 1862. He was a member of the Maine Senate in the winter of 1895.
Adjutant Henry O. Fox entered service as Sergeant in Co. F; promoted to Sergeant-Major, May 11, 1862 ; to Second Lieuten- ant of Co. H, Aug. 24, 1862, and to Adjutant, Oct. 1, 1862. Wounded at Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1862. He acted as Assist- ant Adjutant-General on the staff of Colonel Plaisted while the regiment was at Fernandina, Fla., and as Assistant Inspector- General of the troops at Fernandina, Fla., from Aug. 18, 1863, to Oct. 6, 1863. After leaving the Eleventh, was appointed First Lieutenant and Adjutant of the 4th U. S. Vols., Nov. 1, 1864 (a regiment organized from rebel prisoners), and served in the Far West until mustered out at Leavenworth, Kan., June 18, 1866.
Adjutant Sanford Hanscom entered service as First Lieutenant of the 8th Co. Unassigned Maine Volunteers, which was assigned to the Eleventh ; promoted to Adjutant, April 26, 1865. When the regiment was ordered to the Northeastern District of Vir- ginia, was assigned to duty on the staff of General Thomas M. Harris, commanding the District as Acting Assistant Adjutant General.
Quartermaster Ivory J. Robinson entered service as Quarter- master. He died while on sick leave.
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Quartermaster John Ham entered service as Quartermaster. He resigned at Morris Island, S. C.
Quartermaster William H. H. Andrews entered service as pri- vate ; promoted to Quartermaster Sergeant, Sept. 10, 1862; to First Sergeant of Co. E, Nov. 1, 1862; to Quartermaster Ser- geant, May 1, 1863, and to First Lieutenant and Quartermaster, Feb. 16, 1864. Was commissioned Captain of Co. A, Oct. 30, 1865, but not mustered. In the campaigns of 1864-65 he acted as Brigade Quartermaster most of the time. After being mus- tered out, he made his home in Boston, Mass., where he was engaged in the practice of law. He died at Philadelphia, Pa.
Surgeon Nathan F. Blunt was a graduate from the University Medical College, New York City. He joined the regiment at Chickahominy Railroad Bridge. While the regiment was at Fer- nandina, Fla., he was Post Surgeon, and in charge of hospital and quarantine. At Morris Island, S. C., he had surgical charge of a brigade hospital. . He was assigned to the charge of the Base Hospital of the 10th Army Corps in September, 1864, and later was Medical Inspector of the General Hospital of the Army of the James at Point of Rocks, Va., until mustered out.
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