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II. SURGEON RUFUS OSGOOD MASON, a graduate of Dartmouth College, class of 1854; A. M. from same institution ; M. D., College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York, N. Y., 1859; appointed acting assistant surgeon in the navy of the U. S., Oct. 21, 1861 ; served on the U. S. ship, " Santiago de Cuba "; resigned, Feb. 2, 1864. He became a prominent physician in the city of New York and died there, May 11, 1903.
12. ALBERT L. MOREY, son of Jeremy, enl. Aug. 9, mus. in, Sept. 22, 1862, as a private in Co. G, 14th Reg. ; wounded, Oct. 19, 1864, at Cedar Creek,
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Va .; discharged for disability, Apr. 10, 1865, at Concord. He was working in Dublin and gave the credit of his enlistment to that town. He eventually entered the Soldier's Home at Togus, Me. He died at Augusta, Me., Nov. 5, 1892.
13. EDWIN T. NIMS, son of Nahum, enl., Aug. 16, mus. in, Sept. 22, 1862, as a private, in Co. A, 14th Reg .; died of disease, at Offutt's Cross Roads, near Poolesville, Md., Dec. 18, 1862, only four months after his enlistment. His body was brought to Sullivan and buried in Meetinghouse Cemetery, in lot, II. 2. The date of his death in Ayling's Register is wrong.
14. JOHN O'BRIEN is understood to have been a substitute for somebody. He was not himself a Sullivan man, but was credited to Sullivan and must be counted because a Sullivan man's money paid for his service. He was born in England. He enl. and was mus. in, Dec. 16, 1863, as a private in Co. A, 6th Reg. He was a worthless fellow and deserted, Apr. 16, 1864, at Annapolis, Md. Per- haps he did not give a true name, or otherwise tell the truth, at his enlistment.
15. WILLIAM HENRY PRECKLE happened to be working at Keene and gave his credit to that town and enl., Apr. 25, 1861 for three months ; not mus. in ; paid by state ; re-enl., May 22, mus. in, May 31, 1862, for 3 years, as a private, in Co. A, 2d Reg. ; wounded severely at the 2d battle of Bull Run, Va., Aug. 29, 1862 ; discharged on account of wounds, Feb. 3, 1863, at Washington, D. C. He resides at Olean, N. Y., where he has been prospered in business.
16. ANDREW J. RUGG, son of Martin, enl., Sept. 11, mus. in, Sept, 17, as a private in Co. D, 2d Reg. ; died of disease, July 25, 1862, at Philadelphia, Pa. His mother had reached him before he died and was able to minister to his comfort in his last moments. A letter from his captain contained the following interesting paragraph : 'He [Andrew] joined our regiment and was assigned to my company as a musician, but soon after it was thought best that he should become a soldier and carry a musket. Of this change he made no complaint, but rather seemed pleased that he could do something for his country more arduous and perilous than before. He discharged all his duties faithfully and promptly. He made me no trouble, but was one of the best soldiers I had. At the battle of Williamsburg, May 5, 1862, he acted in a conspicous manner the part of a brave soldier. He escaped without a wound, although a bullet passed through the dipper attached to his haversack. The battle raged with unabated fury for thirteen hours, and, though so long under fire, he never flinched nor wavered. When, in the thick woods, the greater part of the little group had been killed, wounded, or scattered, by the casualties of so protracted a fight, he was one of the number whom I requested to look after me, if I fell, for I knew he would, to the utmost of his ability, fulfil every trust reposed in him." His body was returned to Sullivan and was buried in Meetinghouse Cemetery, lot IV. 7. The funeral was at the church, which was crowded with sympathetic friends.
17. DAUPHIN SPAULDING, 2d, was temporarily engaged on work in Keene when he enlisted, although he still owned his place in Sullivan, which was prop- erly his home. Unfortunately he was credited to Keene. He enl., Aug. 18, mus. in, Sept. 22, 1862, as a private in Co. C, 14th Reg. He died of disease, at Washing- ton, D. C., Feb. 7, 1864. His body was returned to Sullivan and buried in the cemetery at East Sullivan, lot IX, 39. The funeral was at the house of his father, Dexter Spaulding, then living at 53 (see map).
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IS. HENRY D. SPAULDING, a brother of the preceding, was working in Surry when he enlisted and unfortunately was credited to that place, although his home and family were in Sullivan. He enl. Aug. 13, mus. in, Sept. 22, 1862, as a private in Co. A, 14th Reg. He died of disease at Natchez, Miss., July 11, 1864, and his body was buried in the national cemetery at that place, in grave 120. He and the preceding, Dauphin Spaulding, 2d, were the only sons of Dexter Spaulding, who, striken with sorrow at their loss, yet braced himself to bear the trying ordeal and said that he wished that he had two more such sons for his country's service.
19. LIEUT. MILAN D. SPAULDING, son of Dauphin (the elder), enl., Sept. Io, mus. in, Sept. 17, 1861, as a private in Co. C, 2d Reg. ; app. sergeant ; re-enl. and mus. in, Jan. 1, 1864 ; appointed Ist sergeant, July 1, 1864; Ist lieut., Nov. 4, 1864 ; discharged, May 11, 1865. He was a Sullivan boy, but was credited to Keene, unfortunately, at his re-enlistment. He had a marvellous record of good health, bravery, and endurance. These dates are taken from Ayling's Register. The dates he gave himself were : enl., Sept. 11, 1861 ; promoted to corporal, July 1, 1863 ; to sergeant, Dec. 4, 1863 ; re-enl., Jan. 1, 1864 ; promoted to Ist sergeant, July 8, 1864 ; Ist lieut., Nov. 30, 1864. He was in command of his company from the latter date to May 11, 1865, when he was honorably discharged. " With the exception of chills, he did not see a sick day in the service. He was in every engagement (and the list is an exceedingly long one) in which his regiment was engaged, except Ist Bull Run and Drury's Bluff. He was never in the hospital, never rode a step on any march, and came home without a scratch." This regi- ment was in many of the greatest battles of the war. No Sullivan man ever had a finer war record. He resides at Fitchburg, Mass.
20. ORLAND K. SPAULDING, although a Sullivan boy, was in the West, at the time of the war, and enlisted in the IIIth Iowa Reg., as a private. He died of disease at a hospital at Cypress Hill, Long Island, near the city of New York, Mar. 12, 1865, leaving a widow and one daughter. His body was brought to Sullivan and buried in the old cemetery at the Corner, in lot VIII. 3.
21. WILLIAM WALLACE, 2d, was evidently a substitute and deserves to be counted, because a Sullivan man's money hired him. He was a native of Illinois ; enl. and mus. in, Dec. 15, 1863, as a private in Co. B, 9th Reg .; transferred, June 1, 1865, to Co. B, 6th Reg. ; discharged,. July 7, 1865, at Washington, D. C. His present whereabouts are unknown. He was not of Sullivan, but was credited to this town.
22. CORP. GEORGE OSGOOD WARDWELL enl., Aug. 16, mus. in, Sept. 22, 1862, as a private, in Co. A, 14th Reg. ; appointed corporal, Jan. 1, 1865 ; mus. out, July 8, 1865. He is a carpenter and builder and resides at Keene.
23. SERGT. CHARLES C. WILSON, son of Chas. Franklin Wilson, enl., Aug. 13, mus. in, Sept. 22, 1862, as a private in Co. A, 14th Reg. ; appointed sergeant, Feb. 27, 1864 ; killed, Sept. 19, 1864, on the battle-field of Opequan. He was not killed in the action, but brutally murdered by a Confederate officer, as he lay on the field, wounded in the ankle, not being able to follow his retreating regi-
ment. A wounded comrade lying near him overheard this young officer exclaim : " Here is a good pair of boots. I will have them. They are just what I need." He then began to pull a boot from Wilson's wounded leg. Unnaturally excited
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by the pain and terrible situation in which he then was, Wilson gave the officer a smart kick with the foot of the other leg, which he richly deserved, but which caused him, in rage, to thrust his bayonet through Wilson's neck and pin him to the ground. It was a horrible and unnecessary sacrifice, but one of the terrible things incident to war. His body was buried, with many others, in a common trench, and the state of New Hampshire has erected a very fine monument over their common grave. It bears this inscription : NEW HAMPSHIRE ERECTS THIS MONUMENT TO THE MEMORY OF HER BRAVE SONS OF HER 14THI REGIMENT, WHO FELL IN BATTLE, SEPT. 19, 1864, UPON THIS FIELD, AND ARE HERE BURIED IN ONE COMMON GRAVE. Then follow the names, among which is that of SERGT. C. C. WILSON. There appears also the name of his warm friend, Lieut. Jesse A. Fiske of Dublin. Young Wilson was a graduate of the Kimball Union Academy of Meriden, in 1859, and one of the brightest young men of the town. His cruel fate was a blow to his father's household from which no one of them ever recovered. They have all joined him in the higher life. His father caused his name to be inscribed upon a fine monument erected in his lot in Meetinghouse Cemetery, II. I. His name is, of course, upon the Soldiers' Monu- ment in Sullivan, as well as upon that on the Opequan battle-field, making three monuments upon which his name is inscribed.
2. NATIVES AND FORMER RESIDENTS IN THE WAR.
This list is intended to include all the natives of Sullivan as well as former residents of the town, previous to the war, who were then legal residents of other towns and enlisted elsewhere. It is a remarkably long list, considering the size of Sullivan. As their complete records can be so easily procured, we shall here attempt to do no more than to indicate the military organizations with which they were connected.
I. GERMAN N. BREED, a nephew of the first wife of Dea. A. E. Wilson, in whose family he lived for a time ; in Co. K, 5th Reg. Died of disease, Mar. 27, 1862, at Fairfax Court House, Va.
2. LYSANDER JONATHAN DAVIS, son of Lewis, and born at 215 (see map), was in Co. K, IIth Vermont Reg. He lives at Winchendon, Mass.
3. DALPHON GIBBS DORT, son of Willard, born at 210 (see map), was in the war, probably in an Iowa regiment. See next paragraph.
4. OSCAR LYMAN DORT, son of Willard, brother of the preceding, and born at the same place, was in the war, probably in an Iowa regiment. Their sister, Mrs. Howard, writes : " Both of the boys enlisted and served their country well, during the late war, both receiving wounds that will cause them life-long suf- fering." They were living at last accounts, in the West.
5. LYMAN ELBRIDGE ESTEY, son of Solomon, born at 144 (see map), en- listed in Co. I, 9th Reg. ; transferred, June 1, 1865, to Co. I, 6th Reg .; wounded, Sept. 30, 1864, at Poplar Springs Church ; resides in Keene; is a carpenter.
6. LEWIS DOWNING EVANS, son of Nathaniel, born at 97 (see map), while his father kept a store in 96, which then joined the east end of the dwelling. L. D. Evans enlisted, Apr. 23, 1861, as a private, under Edward E. Sturtevant. There is no further military record of him. He only saw some state service, apparently not being assigned to any regiment. Res. Hopkinton.
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7. LIEUT. JAMES WILSON FELT, son of Leander, born at 237 (map), was in Co. A, 2d Reg. He now lives at So. Ashburnham, Mass.
8. MASON FOSTER, son of Ephraim, born in the old Muzzy house, that stood where the parsonage stands, was in the U. S. Navy ; served as a landsman on the U. S. Ships, Ohio, Princeton, and Mohican ; re-enlisted and served as paymaster's steward on the U. S. S. Newbern. Res. Pittsfield, Ill.
9. SURG. CARLTON P. FROST, born at 72 (map) ; Dartmouth College, 1852 ; A. M., same college, 1855 ; Dartmouth Medical School, 1857; LL. D., same college; 1892 ; also Dean of the Dartmouth Medical School ; was surgeon of the 15th Vermont Reg. in the war, later a surgeon of the Board of Enrolment ; died at Hanover, N. H., May 24, 1896.
IO. EDWIN B. FROST, son of Benjamin, born at 72 (see map), a brother of the preceding, and also a physician, was in some Vermont regiment, and lost his life at the battle of Cold Harbor.
II. EZRA W. HOWARD, son of Henry H., who lived at 214 (map), enlisted, Mar. 29, 1865, in the Ist N. H. Vol. Cavalry, and was mus. out in Boston, at Galloup's Island, May 6, 1865, without having seen any active service. He died at Marlow, July 10, 1881.
I2. CORP. HORACE W. HOWARD, a brother of the preceding, enlisted, Jan. 8, 1862, in the 8th Vermont Reg., Co. H, as a private ; promoted to corporal, re-enlisted, served nearly four years, discharged, July 10, 1865. Res. Gilsum.
13. HENRY KINGSBURY, who lived at 196 (map) for a time, enlisted from Keene, in Co. C, 14th Reg. He died at Westmoreland, June 12, 1895.
14. LIEUT. JAMES B. MASON, son of John, Jr., a graduate of Dartmouth College, in 1871, lived in youth at 2 (map), enlisted in Co. A, 14th Reg. ; pro- moted to Ist lieutenant, in Co. A, U. S. Colored Troops ; severely wounded in the mine explosion at Petersburg, Va., July 20, 1864, losing an arm ; resides at So. Lancaster, Mass.
15. JOSEPH V. MASON, son of Sylvester, born at 53 (map), enlisted as a private in Co. G, 53rd Mass. Reg. ; discharged on account of ill health, Sept. 2, 1863, and died, Oct. 11, 1863, at So. Gardner, Mass., a little more than a month after his discharge.
16. NATHAN MORSE, son of Silas, born at 182 (map), was in Co. F, 2d Reg. U. S. Vol. Sharpshooters, known as " Berdan's Sharpshooters "; trans- ferred, in 1865, to Co. I, 5th Reg. ; serving, in all, nearly four years. Res. Mich.
17. SYLVANUS A. MORSE, son of James, born at 191 (map), enlisted in the 14th Reg. and went to Concord, but became ill immediately after his arrival and was not mustered in. He lives at Keene.
18. ROSWELL L. NASH (now calls himself " George " Nash), son of Charles, who lived at 202 (map), served three years in the 28th N. Y. Reg. ; was severely wounded ; captured and kept several months in Libby Prison, at Richmond, Va. One day, when swimming with other prisoners in the river, he tried to swim away and escape. He was shot by a guard, but not fatally. He returned to his home and still lives, in feeble health, at the home for soldiers in Canton, Ohio.
19. CHARLES F. NIMS, born at 149 (map), son of Edmund, was in Co. K, 6th Reg. He resides at Marlow.
20. BREVET COL. ORMOND F. NIMS, son of Philander, a brother of Dauphin
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W. and Frederick B., was connected for six years, as lieutenant, captain and major of the old Boston Light Artillery. In the Civil War, he served three years and five months as the captain of the famous " Nims's Battery," and, " for gallant and meritorious services during the war," he received the three brevet ranks of major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel. He attained the most distin- guished rank of any native of the town during the Civil War. His battery has an honorable place in the history of that great conflict. Res. Boston.
21. SAMUEL, NIMS, son of Lanman, born at 36 (map), was in Co. H, Ist Reg. N. H. Vol. Heavy Artillery. He enlisted, Sept. 4, 1864, from Newport, and was appointed hospital steward, Nov. 9, 1864, and mus. out, June 15, 1865. He died at Keene, Aug. 18, 1886.
22. ISAAC W. RAWSON, Son of Charles, born at 180 (map), was three years in Co. A, 14th Reg. Res. Westmoreland.
23. GARDNER H. RUGG, son of Harrison, born at 145 (map), was a member of the 38th Reg. of Ill. Vols., in the war. He survived the conflict, but contracted diseases which resulted in his death, at Carbondale, Ill., Apr. 21, 1866. His name has been placed upon the Soldiers' Monument.
24./ HORACE K. RUGG, another son of Harrison, and brother of Gardner H., also boin at 145 (map), enlisted, Sept. 8, 1862, and mus. in, Nov. 3, in Co. G, 16th Reg. ; mus. out, Aug. 20, 1863. Res. at Acworth.
25. SERGT. GEORGE F. RUSSELL, lived for a time at 144 (map), enlisted, Apr. 19, 1861, in Co. G, Ist Reg., as sergeant ; was mus. out, Aug. 9, 1861. Res. Fitchburg, Mass.
26. REV. GEORGE W. STINSON, who was the acting pastor of the Ist Cong. Ch., 1859 to 1861, and lived in the old parsonage, was in the Christian Com- mission, in the last part of the war. He died at Maysville, Mo., Dec. 17, 1865.
27. SERGT. HOSEA TOWNE, who lived a long time at 135 (map), enlisted from Keene, Oct. 19, 1861, in Co. E, 6th Reg. ; mus. out, Nov. 28, 1864. He died at Keene, Jan. 31, 1897.
28. HARLAN P. WARDWELL, whose father, Rev. Ezra Wardwell, lived a time at 101 (map), was in the Ist Mass. Cavalry. He died at Weare, Mar. 19, 1897.
29. CORP. LYMAN E. WARDWELL, brother of the preceding, son of Rev. Ezra, was in Co. H, 2d Reg .; appointed corporal, June 1, 1863 ; captured, July 2, 1863, at Gettysburg ; released ; discharged, Sept. 16, 1864. He died at Yon- kers, N. Y., Aug. 4, 1898.
30. OLIN N. WARDWELL, a brother of both of the two preceding, and a son. of Rev. Ezra, enlisted, Mar. 8, 1865, for a year, in Co. F, Ist Reg. N. H. Vol. Cav., but was mus. out, July 15, 1865. Res. at Jamaica, Vt.
31. ALLEN MERRILL WILDER, son of Luther, born at 123 (map), and lived a time at 122, enlisted, Apr. 26, 1861, in the Cheshire Light Guard, at Keene, as a private, but was discharged, May 17, 1861, for being more than 45 years of age, and never joined any of the regular regiments. He died at Mitchell, So. Dakota, Feb. 2, 1883.
32. SERGT. BRAMAN I. WILSON, son of Dea. A. E. Wilson, lived a long, time at 36 (map), was in Co. I, 9th Reg .; appointed sergeant; died of disease, at Pleasant Valley, Md., Oct. 23, 1862. His body was buried at New Ipswich.
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33. JOEL WILLISTON WRIGHT, M. D., recently professor in the University Medical College in New York City, and an instructor in the medical department of the University of Vermont, born at 236 (map), a son of Mr. (later Rev. Dr.) D. G. Wright, was in some way connected with the army during the war. It has been exceedingly difficult to obtain any information about this family. We cannot tell what organization he joined, or in what capacity. Res. in New York.
in RECENT RESIDENTS WHO WERE IN THE WAR.
This list is intended to contain the names of all men connected with the war who have moved into town since its close. So far as we can ascertain, they are the following :
I. WILLIAM H. BATES, who resides at 210 (map), enlisted, Apr. 18, 1864, in Co. B, Ist Reg. N. H. Vol. Cavalry, as a private; discharged to date from July 15, 1865.
2. JAMES BRASON, who lives on the old Asa Ellis place, 112 (map), was in the 21st, the 36th, and the 56th Mass. Regs., serving four years.
3. EDWARD S. BRYANT, who lived on the Winchester farm, 193 (map), and who died there, Aug. 23, 1889, was in some regiment out of the state.
4. SERGT. WILLIAM H. CHAPIN, who lives on the I. N. Wardwell place, at 232 (map), was four years and three months in Co. A, 3rd Vermont Reg., holding the rank of sergeant.
5. JOEL COWEE, JR., who lived a short time on the C. W. Rawson farm, at 175 (map), was a third class musician in the band of the 2d Reg. He was only a few months in the service. He finally went to live in his native town of Gardner, Mass., where he died about 1892.
6. SERGT. JOHN S. CURRIER, who lives at 53 (map), enlisted, Nov. 23, 1861, in Co. C, 7th Reg. ; wounded at Fort Wagner, July 18, 1863; re-enlisted, Feb. 28, 1864; appointed sergeant, Dec. 26, 1864; Ist sergeant, June II, 1865; saw nearly four years of service.
7. SERGT. JOHN W. HAMMOND, who lives on the Martin Spaulding place, at 253 (map), saw about four and a half years of service in the old 2d Reg., in Co. A. He enlisted, Apr. 25, 1861 ; not mus. in; re-enlisted, May 22, 1861 ; wounded at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863 ; re-enlisted, Jan. 1, 1864 ; sergeant, July 1, 1864 ; 2d lieutenant, Nov. 21, 1865, not mus. in; mus. out as sergeant, Dec. IO, 1865.
8. CORP. FRANKLIN B. HARDY, who lives on the Caleb Goodnow place, at 34 (map), enlisted, Oct. 9, mus. in, Oct. 24, 1862, as a corporal in Co. G, 16th Reg. ; mus. out, Aug. 20, 1863, having been in the service between ten and eleven months.
9. 2D LIEUT. CHARLES A. HOWARD, who lives on the old Hastings farm, at 14I (map), enl. Sept. 2, mus. in Sept. 9, 1861, as private in Co. B, 2d Reg .; re-enlisted, Jan. 1, 1864; wounded at Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864 ; sergeant, July I, 1864 ; discharged, Nov. 23, 1864, at Varina, Va., to accept promotion, as a 2d lieutenant in Co. E of the 107th Infantry, of the U. S. Colored Troops ; resigned, July II, 1865, at Ft. Macon, N. C., after a service of nearly four years.
IO. GEORGE S. KINGSBURY, son of Seth of Roxbury, lived several years at 51 (map), on the old Jeremiah Mason farm. He was a soldier in Co. E, 16th
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Vermont Reg. He died, Mar. 25, 1893, at the house of his brother Elbridge in Roxbury.
II. GEORGE W. MARSTON, who lives on the Amos Wardwell, Jr., farm, at 236 (map), enl., Aug. 15, 1864, for one year, in Co. HI, 14th Reg., from Marlow. He was mus. out, July 8, 1865.
12. JAMES W. PRICE, who lives on the Perry E. Kemp place, at 168 (map), enl. from New London, Conn., at Fort Trumbull, as a drummer in the 3d battalion of the 14th U. S. Infantry, on June 28, 1862; was discharged, Mar. 16, 1864 ; re-enlisted, Sept. 30, 1864, and served until discharged, Sept. 22, 1865. He was but a mere boy, only about twelve years of age, when he enlisted. He was physically well developed, and, by misrepresenting his age, passed muster and served over three years.
13. DAVID L. RICHARDSON, who lives at 114 (map), enl., Sept. 13, 1862, as a private in Co. A, 14th Reg. ; mus. out, July 8, 1865, after a service of nearly three years.
14. LIEUT. EDWIN RICHARDSON, a brother of the preceding, whose father lived at 115 (map), the old Holt place, enl., Apr. 27, 1861, as a private, and was discharged, July 12, 1861, as of Capt. Jonathan R. Bagley's Co., at Fort Con- stitution. He reenlisted, Aug. 9, 1861, in Co. B, 2d Reg .; wounded, June 25, 1862, at Oak Grove, Va .; again, July 3, 1863, at Gettysburg, Pa .; corporal, July 7, 1863 ; re-enlisted, Jan. 1, 1864; wounded again, May 9, 1864, near Peters- burg, Va .; Ist sergeant, July 1, 1864 ; sergeant-major, Nov. 6, 1864 ; made Ist lieutenant and transferred to Co. D, Jan. 8, 1865 ; resigned, May II, 1865, after an honored service of more than four years, having been wounded in three battles. He lives at Springfield, Mass.
15. FRANCIS RICHARDSON (usually called " Frank " Richardson), a brother of the preceding two, enl., Oct. 26, 1861, in Co. K, 6th Reg., and was in his fourth year of service when mus. out, July 17, 1865. He is living at Joplin, Mo.
16. HARVEY J. RICHARDSON, a brother of the preceding three, served from Jan. 4, 1864 to July 15, 1865, as a private in Co. L, Ist Reg. N. H. Vol. Cavalry. He is living, and his post-office address is Oldham, Kingsbury Co., So. Dakota.
17. LYMAN E. RICHARDSON, a brother of the preceding four, served from May 6 to July 12, in 1861, in Capt. Jonathan R. Bagley's Co., at Fort Consti- tution, at Portsmouth. He enl., Aug. 25, 1862, as a private in Co. K, 6th Reg .; wounded, Sept. 17, 1862, at Antietam, Md .; and discharged, on account of wounds, Dec. 18, 1862. He died at Winslow, Ark., Apr. 23, 1899.
18. CHARLES A. TARBOX, who lived at 54 and 39 (map), but now lives at Keene, served from Sept. 12, 1862 to Aug. 20, 1863, in Co. G, 16th Reg., as a private.
19. WILLIAM H. H. WOODBURY, who lived at 159 (map), on the old Nahum Nims farm, but now lives in Keene, on the James Wright place, on Beech Hill, was in Co. I, Ist Vermont Cavalry.
Thus it will be seen that there were, in the Civil War, 23 men who belonged to the town, 33 who were natives or former residents, and 19 more who came to town to live afterwards, making a grand total of 75, connected with Sullivan, who participated in that memorable conflict. We should also note that Wm. Wallace Barrett, who lived at 202 (map), went to Concord to enlist, but was seriously ill on his arrival and obliged to desist from his purpose.
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4. WOMEN'S WORK DURING THE WAR.
The story of Sullivan's part in the war would not be complete if we were to omit a mention of the honorable and helpful part taken by the women of the town in helping along the cause. Those of us who can remember those days recall the patriotic meetings at the Town Hall, when women worked, men made encouraging speeches, and the younger men and boys paraded with the guns which were kept at the old armory. If the older men and boys took all the guns, the younger boys would substitute sticks. The spirit of loyalty pervaded the whole town. The women organized a " Ladies' Aid Society." The work which they accomplished was marvellous for a place so small. They knit and sent to the soldiers 572 pairs of stockings and 41 pairs of mittens. They made and sent out 57 quilts and blankets, 130 sheets, 146 cotton and flannel shirts, 310 towels and handkerchiefs, 35 pillows, 106 pillow cases, 14 bed sacks, 13 dressing gowns, besides many slippers and other comforts for the sick. They sent hundreds of pounds of dried apple, cherries, and blackberries, and scores of bottles and jars of wine, cordials. jellies, pickles, and preserves, and large quantities of lint and bandages. In the meantime, they also raised $553.00 in money. This is certainly an honorable record and, in proportion to the number of women in the town, it may safely be assumed that it was not surpassed by the similar work of women in any town in the country.
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