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Captain Morrison was town-clerk at the time he enlisted. Since the war he has represented the town in the legislature in 1865 and 1866 ; has held nearly or quite all the offices in the gift of his townsmen ; is a trustee of the Philbrick James public library ; has been a member of Union Lodge, I. O. O. F., for more than forty years ; has been commander of J. E. Chadwick Post 70, G. A. R. ; and was a charter member of Deerfield Grange P. of H.
CAPTAIN HOLLIS O. DUDLEY.
Hollis O. Dudley was born in Alton, N. H., Decem- ber 13, 1833, and at the age of seven years his parents moved to Gilmanton, N. H., in the district schools of which, and at the academy, he received his education. In 1851 he removed to Manchester, where he was for some time an employé upon the Stark corporation ; then with the Amoskeag Company's iron foundry as a moulder. In 1858 he was elected night watch upon the police force of Manchester, which position he held until nearly the breaking out of the war.
On the 16th day of April, 1861, in company with J. C. Abbott, then adjutant-general of the state, and John L.
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Kelley, he went to Concord and tendered his services to Governor Goodwin to enlist and raise a company of infantry for the three months regiment which had been called for from New Hampshire. He enlisted April 17, 1861, and was commissioned second lieutenant of Com- pany K, First Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers, April 30, 1861, being mustered into the service May I, 1861, and mustered out August 9, IS61. In June, 1862. he was appointed a recruiting officer in Manchester, and raised a company for the Eleventh New Hampshire Vol- unteers ; and on August 26, 1862, was mustered as cap- tain of Company C, and was with the regiment at the battle of Fredericksburg.
Upon the movement of the Ninth Army Corps to Ken- tucky in the spring of 1863. Captain Dudley had charge of transporting the Second Division baggage-train, and upon his arrival in that state he rejoined his regiment and resumed command of his company. He accom- panied his regiment to Vicksburg, Miss., and served in charge of a large number of men in the engineer corps until the surrender of Vicksburg. Ile was taken sick, and was disabled for duty for some weeks. being for a time in the brigade hospital. Lieutenant-Colonel Col- lins being ill, and at Covington, Ky .. receiving a furlough to visit his home. Captain Dudley assumed command of the regiment until relieved of that duty by Captain L. W. Cogswell at London. Ky., with orders to report to the medical director at Cincinnati. He obtained a furlough of thirty days and returned to his home. Shortly after he was detailed by General Dix, commanding the Eastern Department, to serve upon a general court-martial, and was stationed at Concord until he was relieved by order of the secretary of war. April 12, 1864. He rejoined his regiment, then at Annap- olis, Md., from its East Tennessee campaign, April 20,
Joseph B. Clark
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IS64. He was detailed in command of a detachment of officers and men to bring the Twenty-eighth United . States Colored Regiment from Indianapolis, Ind., to Washington, which being done, he rejoined his regi- ment April 30, 1864, at Bristoe station.
He was with the regiment at the Wilderness, receiving two slight wounds. and was with the regiment as com- manding officer during the campaign until June IS fol- lowing, when he was carried from the field to the division hospital, where he remained a few days, and subsequently was several months under the care of Dr. J. S. Ross, surgeon of the Eleventh New Hampshire Volunteers, acting medical director of the Second Brigade. October 8, 1864, he rejoined his regiment, and was in command until relieved by Colonel Harriman in the November fol- lowing. He was in command of the regiment at the close of the war, Colonel Harriman being in command of the brigade, and his regiment was one of the very first in Petersburg. Captain Dudley was mustered out of the service with his regiment June 4, 1865.
Since the war he has been engaged in trade in Con- cord ; assistant store-keeper in the customs department of New York city; in the insurance business ; and in IS87 commenced the raising of a fund of $50,000 for the endowment of the I. O. O. F. Home at Concord, in which he was very successful. His residence is in Man- chester, N. H.
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CAPTAIN JOSEPH B. CLARK.
Joseph Bond Clark. son of Samuel and Betsey (Clement) Clark, was born in Gilford. N. H .. June 21. 1823. Resided at home until seventeen years of age, then spent three years at New Hampton institution, and in 1844 he entered Brown University, Providence. R. I., from which he
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graduated in IS4S. Taught six years in academies in this state and in Massachusetts, occupying a portion of his time reading law in the office of Hon. Asa Fowler. of Concord, and later with Stephen C. Lyford, of Laconia. and was admitted to the bar of Belknap county in 1853, at which time he was principal of the academy at Wolfe- borough. He went to Manchester in January, 1855, and commenced the practice of law.
September 4, 1862, he was commissioned first lieuten- ant of Company C, Eleventh Regiment, and was promoted to captain of Company H. May 1. 1863. At the Battle of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864, he received a severe wound on his right forearm, while leading his men in the thick- est of the fight, disabling him for life. After a furlough of several months, he again joined his regiment, and was mustered out with it June 4, 1865. He participated in the battle of Fredericksburg. in the Kentucky cam- paign in the spring of 1863, in the Mississippi campaign. and in East Tennessee, and in the last campaign when the Rebellion was ended.
After the war closed he returned to Manchester, of which he was mayor in 1867. He was solicitor for Hillsborough county in 1861 ; a representative from the city in 1859-'60; solicitor for the city in IS58-'59, and was reappointed solicitor for the county in 1866, hold- ing the position for a period of ten years. He was a director of the Merrimack River National Bank, a trustee of the Merrimack River Savings Bank, one of the foremost men in the formation of the First Baptist church in Manchester, and was prominent in all matters relating to the prosperity of the city. He was an aspirant for the nomination as a representative to congress from the first district of the state, but was defeated. He took his life by suicide October 22, ISS6.
On the morning of September 11, 1862, as the Eleventh
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Regiment was breaking camp to proceed to the station to leave for the front, Captain Clark and Mrs. Mary Jane (Peabody) Smith were united in marriage by Col- onel Harriman. Mrs. Clark died August 15, 1873. Captain Clark's adopted city lost in his death one of its very noblest citizens.
CAPTAIN LEANDER W. COGSWELL.
Leander W. Cogswell was the son of David and Han- nah Cogswell, and was born in Henniker, November IS, IS25. Received an academic education in the academies at Henniker and Francestown; went to California in 1849. returning in 1854 ; was in the mercantile business in Henniker from 1855 to 1861. July, 1861, he was appointed route agent from Hillsborough to Manchester. Enlisted as a private August 13, 1862, and September 4. 1862, was commissioned captain of Company D, Eleventh New Hampshire Volunteers. Was with the regiment at Fredericksburg, a portion of the Mississippi cam- paign, the East Tennessee campaign, being in command of the regiment on its march over the mountains to Knoxville, during the siege of Knoxville, and in the mountains afterward. Was acting-assistant adjutant- general on the staff of Lieutenant-Colonel Collins, com- manding the Second Brigade, Second Division, Ninth Army Corps, and on the staff of Colonel Sumner Car- ruth, commanding the same brigade. He participated in all the battles of the last campaign, save the final charge at Petersburg and Pegram Farm : a large portion of the time as assistant inspector-general upon the staff of Gen- eral Simon G. Griffin, commanding the Second Brigade, Second Division, Ninth Army Corps ; was commissioned lieutenant-colonel of the Eleventh Regiment August 20, IS64, but was never mustered, for lack of numbers in the
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regiment. Was seriously ill in January, 1865, taken to the hospital and from there to his home, where he was honorably discharged from the service April 26, 1865.
Since the close of the war he has represented Henni- ker in the legislature in 1866, 1867, 1870, 1871 ; was state treasurer 1871-'72; savings bank commissioner from 1876 to ISSI ; president of the New Hampshire Anti- quarian Society ; worshipful master of Aurora Lodge, F. & A. M., and high priest of Woods Chapter, R. A. M.,- each several years.
LIEUTENANT THOMAS L. SANBORN.
Thomas L. Sanborn was the son of Dr. Nathan San- born, and was born in Henniker, January 4, 1836. He fitted for college at the academy in Henniker, and entered Dartmouth in 1854, from which he graduated in August, 1858. He was at the head of a very large and prosperous school in Henniker academy for four years, and until he enlisted as a private August 13, 1862. He was commissioned first lieutenant of Company D, Eleventh New Hampshire Volunteers, September 4. 1862; resigned, and was honorably discharged from the service February 23. 1863, and returned to his home in Henniker. He was a clerk several years in one of the departments at Washington, was for some time a resi- dent of Alexandria, Va., and now resides in New York city, where he has been teaching for several years.
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LIEUTENANT DAVID C. HARRIMAN.
David C. Harriman was the son of Benjamin Harri- man, and was born in Warner in 1820. He resided in that town most of the time until the war broke out. when
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he enlisted as a private August 18, 1862, and was com- missioned September 4, 1862, second lieutenant of Com- pany D, Eleventh New Hampshire Volunteers ; was promoted to first lieutenant February 27, 1863 ; resigned. and was honorably discharged from the service at Mill- dale, Miss., June 27, 1863, and returned to his home in Warner. October 6, 1864, he was commissioned first lieutenant of Company E, Eighteenth New Hampshire Volunteers, and was mustered out with his regiment at the close of the war. He has resided in Warner since the war closed, and at one time was deputy sheriff. He was a brother of Colonel Walter Harriman.
CAPTAIN AMOS B. SHATTUCK.
Amos B. Shattuck was born in Lowell, Mass., June 24, 1834. He was educated in the public schools of Lowell, at Francestown academy, and at Williams college (Massachusetts). He studied law at Manchester, N. H., with the late Judge Daniel Clark, and was admitted to the bar in November, 1857, at Manchester, where he continued in the practice of law until he entered the army. At the formation of the Eleventh New Hamp- shire Regiment he assisted in raising a company of men afterwards known as Company E, of which company he was commissioned captain September 4, 1862. At the battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862, he was mortally wounded while fighting most bravely with his men, and died December 17, 1862. He suffered ampu- tation of his right leg. His body was conveyed to his late home in Manchester by Chaplain Stratton.
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CAPT. ARTHUR C. LOCKE.
Arthur Caverno Locke was born in Epsom, N. H., October 31, 1824, his paternal and maternal grandfather being soldiers of the Revolution. He married, Septem- ber 23, 1847, Salina O. Bickford, of Epsom. He was a farmer by occupation, teaching school during the winter. He was one of the selectmen of the town, and filled other positions of trust. His biographer says of him,-
" When the old flag was fired upon at Sumter, his patriotism was aroused, and when men were asked to volunteer by the beloved Lincoln, he said, 'Shall I remain at home in such a time of need? No! While the blood of my ancestors courses through my veins, I feel it my duty to go, and I must go.' He told me that he was in sixteen battles, and he had no fear of death. He was severely wounded, and came to his home for a short time, but his courage and patriotism did not abate. When the war was over, he came home and resumed his former occupation, and as a trader in a country store for awhile, for his system had received so many shocks that he was not the strong man of other years. He had rheumatism very severely, which culminated in paraly- sis. For twelve or more years he was lame, going upon crutches, and for three years before he died could not dress or feed himself. During all these long years of suffering he loved to recount his battle scenes, and when his comrades called to see him, his vigor and his patriot- ism seemed renewed. He was patient through it all, and never regretted that he gave his life for his coun- try."
This is indeed a loving tribute, such as only a sister could give, and truthful, as every member of the Eleventh Regiment knows, to every one of whom he endeared himself by his genial disposition, his manly bearing, and
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his unflinching courage. At the first reunion of the regiment after the war, held at Manchester, the entire regiment joined in resolutions tendering the brave man their deepest sympathy and continued respect.
LIEUTENANT HENRY G. DILLENBACK.
Henry G. Dillenback was born in Dickinson, N. Y., in 1832. August 18, 1862, he enlisted as a member of Company E, Eleventh Regiment New Hampshire Volun- teers, being then a resident of Derry, N. H. He was mustered into the United States service August 29, 1862, and was commissioned first sergeant of his com- pany. He was wounded at the battle of Fredericksburg, and on the promotion of First Lieutenant Arthur C. Locke to be captain of Company E. he was commis- sioned first lieutenant, his commission dating December 18, 1862. In January following he was detailed as com- mander of the provost guard at division head-quarters, and rejoined his regiment at Mount Sterling, Ky., in the month of April following. He was with the regiment through the Mississippi campaign, and upon the return of the regiment to Kentucky he was again detailed as commander of the provost guard at the division head- quarters, and took charge of a large wagon train over the Cumberland mountains. arriving at Knoxville. Tenn., September 25, 1863. January Ist, following. he rejoined his regiment, then lying at Blaine's cross-roads, remain- ing with it two weeks, when he received an order from Major-General John G. Foster, then commanding the Ninth Army Corps. to report at Knoxville for duty upon the railroad. Here he remained until May, 1864, when he came home on a sick leave of thirty days, being quite ill because of the severe duties he had been discharging
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in his usual prompt and faithful manner for so many months. At the expiration of his furlough he reported at Washington, and was sent from there to a hospital at Annapolis, being still seriously ill, with no immediate prospect of being able for duty in the field. He was. on July 22, 1864, honorably discharged from the service. having been on duty of various kinds nearly all the time for a period of nearly two years. He is a resident of Haverhill, Mass.
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CAPTAIN CHARLES WOODWARD.
Charles Woodward was the son of Gage and Betsey Woodward, and was born in Sutton, N. H., November 3, IS37. He has resided in New London most of his life. He enlisted as a private in Company F. Eleventh New Hampshire Volunteers. August 9, 1862 ; was appointed second sergeant of the company, and, upon the resigna- tion of Lieutenant Messer. was promoted first lieutenant September 30. 1862. He was commissioned captain of the company January 30, 1863. in place of Captain Carr, resigned. and was honorably discharged from the service. for disability. June 23. 1864.
Captain Woodward was with his regiment continuously until its return from the East Tennessee campaign, and until he became physically disabled. During the most trying days of the siege of Knoxville he was in charge of forty men stationed in the "round-house " at the rail- road station. with the walls pierced, with orders to defend it until the last man was killed or captured, which orders were most faithfully and ably carried out.
Captain Woodward represented New London in the state legislature in 1885-'S6, and is a carpenter and house-builder.
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CHAPTER V.
FROM AUGUST 14, 1863, TO DECEMBER 7, 1863-EAST TENNESSEE- THE SIEGE OF KNOXVILLE-HARDSHIPS OF THE REGIMENT- BIOGRAPHIC SKETCHES OF COMPANY OFFICERS-SERG'T MCAL- LISTER'S EXPERIENCES AT LIBBY PRISON AND SALISBURY.
And now, resting in their pleasant camping-place, the men of the regiment were wondering what the next move would be. Already Burnside had planned his campaign to reconquer East Tennessee, and was about to set out with the Twenty-third Corps, leaving his corps, the Ninth, to follow as soon as possible. The Eleventh had earned the reputation of being the most hardy regiment of the brigade, and it might well have been said, of the division also. The men bore their hardships bravely, and though very many were ill and unfit for duty, they preferred remaining with the regiment to entering any hospital with an almost absolute certainty of dying, or becoming disabled for life, because of their crowded condition. So, when the rumor filled the camp that East Tennessee was their destination, they hailed it with pleasure, saying, "Anywhere but Mississippi."
Here Captain Dudley was placed in command of the regiment because of the illness of Lieutenant-Colonel Col- lins, and on Wednesday, August 26, at 5 p. m., the regi- ment left Covington by rail, reached Nicholasville, a dis- tance of 112 miles, shortly after midnight, and that day went into camp about four miles beyond. There it remained, resting and recruiting, until September S, when an order was received to be ready to march the next day with three days' rations. The regiment moved at the time designated, leaving seventy-five sick men in
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camp, and marched to Crab Orchard. Here Rev. E. T. Lyford, the new chaplain, joined the regiment, and was most cordially received. A portion of the Ninth Corps was already on the march to Knoxville, and on Wednes- day, the 15th, the regiment broke camp, marched seven- teen miles, and camped at Cave Spring.
The next forenoon. after marching seven miles, we halted to let 2,200 rebels pass us. These were captured by Burnside a few days previous at Cumberland Gap. There were three regiments of them ;- one Tennessee, one North Carolina, and one Georgia,-all under com- mand of General Frazer. The Georgia regiment was cross and sullen, but the other two were in good spirits, and bandied many a joke with the boys of the Eleventh as they passed by. An old colored man attached to the Eleventh Regiment, standing by the writer of this, seemed very much pleased. and said. "You didn't make · much gigging [fighting] this time, did you? You'se got your rights : now you'd better go home ;" and then turning said, " Got 'em now, haint we, cap'n?"
After this interesting incident the regiment resumed its march, and, after fording .. Big Rock Castle" river. passed over "Wild Cat" mountain, near the summit of which the rebel general, Zollicoffer, attacked Colonel Garrett ; but he was badly defeated, having been held at bay by Union bush-whackers until Garrett had been reinforced. On the summit one team of the regiment tipped over, and its load, consisting partly of sugar and hard bread, went rolling down the hill. Everything was made right after awhile, and three miles further on the regiment camped. Resuming the march the next morn- ing. we went into camp that noon about two miles from London in Laurel county.
Here an order was received appointing Captain Cogs- well provost-marshal of the town, but some of the First
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Division of the Ninth Corps were still there, and the order was countermanded. The regiment did a large amount of picket, guard, and fatigue duty ; also escorted a great many prisoners to Crab Orchard on their way North. On October 5, Captain Cogswell was placed in command of the regiment, for Captains Dudley and Til- ton had gone home on furloughs. Saturday, October 10, an order was received to be ready to move at once. At an interview between the captain commanding the Eleventh Regiment and Lieutenant-Colonel Schell com- manding the brigade, it was discovered that the brigade was on half rations, and the Eleventh having no more than that, and there being no time to secure more, as he was under orders to be in Knoxville in eight days, he decided to leave that regiment with orders to secure eight days' rations, and follow on as soon as possible. So, turning over the command of the regiment to Cap- tain Cogswell, he left for the front. The regiment expected to march in three days at the farthest, but was not able to do so.
Sunday night. October 11, Parson Brownlow, wife, and four daughters, and Hon. Horace Maynard, wife, and two daughters. spent the night at London. They were on their way to their homes in East Tennessee, from which they had been driven two years previous. Among Brownlow's daughters was the one who defended with a revolver the stars and stripes on the roof of her father's house in Knoxville. As they left the next morning, Brownlow said to the men of the Eleventh, "My parting advice to you, boys, is, Never kill a guerilla prisoner : take him out in the woods somewhere and leave him."
But the order had come to proceed to Knoxville at once. October 16, new clothing was issued to the men who needed it, eight days' rations were secured, and the men supplied with three quarters rations for three days.
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Though having few teams, the regiment broke camp at London Saturday, October 17, at 2 p. m., marched.nine miles and camped. The march was resumed the next . morning in a drenching rain, and at the end of six miles we camped in some old out-houses by the side of the · road. Here an ox team was pressed into the service, and on Monday the march to Barboursville, thirteen miles, was made. Here another team was found. The next day, after a march of sixteen miles, we forded the river at Cumberland Ford, and went into camp on its southerly bank. Just after getting into camp, this dis- patch was received by the commanding officer of the regiment from General Fry :
U. S. MILITARY TELEGRAPH. BARBOURSVILLE, October 20, 1863. By telegraph from Camp Nelson, 20th, 1863.
TO CAPT. CROXTON, LONDON, KY. :
Dispatch the commanding officer commanding the 11th N. H., and say it would be well for him to return and wait for Captain Day's train. Also dispatch General Burnside, and let him know the danger. Have you no one to send out to ascertain the facts in regard to the rebels at London? If so, send at once. I will try and send a force to London.
S. S. FRY, Brigadier-General.
Another orderly immediately appeared from Cumber- land Gap, fourteen miles below, bearing this dispatch :
October 20, 1863. By telegraph from Camp Nelson.
TO COMMANDING OFFICER, HITH N. H., C. GAP :
I have just received a dispatch that a body of rebels had reached Manchester, Clark county, only 25 miles from London, and that Cap- tain Day has a large train between London and Barboursville. I request that you return with your regiment, and escort and guard the train on. There is no force at London, and it would be impossible for me to get a force there in time if the rebels are at Manchester.
S. S. FRY, Brigadier-General.
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General Fry had nothing to do with the Eleventh Regi- ment, but in the absence of any orders from Burnside at Knoxville, the commanding officer decided to return to Captain Day's rescue. He dispatched an orderly to warn him of his danger, sent an orderly to Cumberland Gap with a dispatch to Burnside stating General Fry's request, and asking for instructions. One hundred and twenty-five men were detailed to make the return march, accompanied by two lieutenants, Adjutant Morrison, and Surgeon Moore,-the whole under command of Captain Cogswell. Although a wearisome march had been made that day, the men of the regiment were ready, to a man, to turn back and make a night march. But it was thought best to leave a portion of the men in camp. Just after dark the river was again forded, and an advance guard thrown out.
The march was taken up at midnight. Six miles from camp the men were met by a messenger,-one of their own regiment, returning from a furlough-Ira G. Wil- kins, of Company C,-with the following dispatches :
BARBOURSVILLE, October 20, 1863. By telegraph from Knoxville, 20, 1863.
TO OPERATOR :
Do n't have the Eleventh New Hampshire return, but send word for them to halt where they are for Captain Day's train, and come as escort.
A. E. BURNSIDE, Major-General.
TO COMMANDING OFFICER, IITH N. H. VOLS. :
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