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A noble specimen of an officer was Capt. George Ches- ley of the artillery, with his Napoleon hat, long blue coat, blue pants faced with red, and long sword. His select
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company of large men, six feet two, all at the drag-ropes moving their six pounders ; the rattle of the heavy wheels of artillery, and the frequent explosions of fire and thunder from the cannon, often brought fear as well as amusement to the surrounding spectators.
When the general officers on their prancing steads were escorted to the field, they were received with martial salutes ; and then there was music in the words of com- mand as well as from the bands that received them.
After the militia of these three towns was concentrated into one regiment, the Regimental Musters were usually held at Tilton's Field, in Gilmanton, that being the most central locality. Officers were usually selected from the best men, among whom were Col. Bickford, Col. Peavey, Col. Hoitt, Col. Dow, Col. Moulton, Col. Walker, and others of the grade of Lieut. Colonels, Captains, and subalterns, long to be remembered, but too numerous to be mentioned in this work. The military spirit, disci- pline and efficiency of officers of the olden time, were always instructive and interesting. For example, the orders given by the chief in command, loud and distinct, were at once caught and repeated, each word by itself, from one officer to another, and thus were they telegraphed ; and they were clearly understood by every soldier, so that at the last word "march" every foot in the Regiment moved like clock-work.
The old Tenth Regiment consisted of one company of cavalry numbering 150, and seventeen companies of foot, in all about 1500 men. Some of the officers and soldiers above named had served in the war of 1812.
The trainings were attended by wrestling parties, numerous shows, auctions, circuses, and monkeys ; and
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were always enlivened by music and dancing, with occa- sional drinks.
Parade days, like those, are at this period unknown in New Hampshire. Yet they are remembered. One of them a few years since was truthfully described in a local news- paper by a lady, who resides at the Parade. The pro- duction being regarded as valuable for its historic as well as poetical interest, we copy it :
THE OLD-FASHIONED TRAINING.
I.
In the halcyon days of the olden time, When our jolly grandfathers were in their prime, When heroic deeds were so valiantly done, And when bloodless battles were fought and won, There were few gayer scenes, I have often heard said,
Than were those at the trainings on Barnstead Parade.
II.
They came from all quarters; the young and the old, The eager-eyed boy and the officer bold; And the women and girls in their Sunday trim, In those funny old bonnets that looked so prim, With the round ruffled cape and the work-bag, too, And the narrow gored dress and the high-heeled shoe.
III.
When the red-coated troop dashed over the green, In the brightest of colors that ever were seen; While banner-like waved the long plumes that they wore, And the horse-pistols shone in their holsters before; While music was wringing from bugle and horn, Oh! it was like magic to those looking on!
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The artillery in blue coats, faced with red, With heavy-plumed, crescent-shaped caps on each head, Brought their old six-pounder, that thundered so loud, Spreading terror and dread through the startled crowd. How the echo resounded, still higher and higher, Like a hostile army returning their fire.
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THE OLD - FASHIONED TRAINING.
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With what stately step the light infantry came; The garments they wore are still living in fame; The white pants and blue coats, the bell buttons and all, And those stiff-leather caps that were terribly tall; And the long, snowy plumes that were tipped with red. And nodded and halted in time with their tread.
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Three, too, were the flood-wood - the slam-bang corps, That numbered a hundred and oftentimes more; Some were tall, some were short, some crooked, some straight, Some were prompt to keep step, and some halting in gait; Un-uniformed men, and with no taste for war, They came to the training obeying the law.
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Their weapons were brought from the workshops and farms, - They were fowling-pieces and old "Queen's arms," - Some were long, some were short, some were old and some new ; But all were well cleaned for th' inspector to view; And each man brought, as the law did require,
His two spare flints, and a brush and priming-wire.
VIII.
O, the drummers of those days drummed with a will, And the tones of the old-fashioned fifes were shrill; In a minor key they would rattle away, Through solemn old marches and quicksteps gay. " Adams and Liberty," and " Hail to the Chief," Were popular airs that stood out in relief. IX.
When the sergeants had formed the long line with care, And every man stood in his proper place there; When the roll had been called and all had said "Here," While each pompous captain was bustling near; On a prancing steed, with an escorting band, Major Nutter rode on to take the command. x.
What authority dwelt in his resolute face ! And what dignity shone in his stately pace ! How his sword gleamed and flashed in the sunlight fair ! How his high-toned voice rang out on the air : "AT-TENTION, BAT-TALION !" Each man of the host, With closely clasped weapon, stood firm at his post.
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XI.
They shouldered arms, carried arms, right-faced and wheeled; They marched and they counter-marched over the field ; They went double-quick, and they halted and fired, And marched in platoons till they must have been tired. And, often, before they broke ranks for the night, Lines of battle were formed and they had a sham fight. XII.
The spectators, waiting round all the while, Found varied amusements, the time to beguile. There was swapping of horses and trying their pace; Some were wrestling, some fighting, some running a race. And around the side tents there would always be some, Eating crackers and fish and drinking new rum.
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And there in some nook would be veteran Joe Place, With violent gestures and angry red face, Repeating the stories, we may be assured, Of dangers encountered and hardships endured, When they fought those "rascally red-coats " to kill. At White Plains and Monmouth and on Bunker Hill. XIV.
Amidst the confusion of noises so queer, The squeak of a fiddle might fall on the ear; And some merry group would be found standing by, To hear the gay fiddling of black Herman Tye; While two, with coats off and with faces aglow, Would be dancing a "break-down " with both heel and toe. XV.
When the twilight came on, the training was done, And the trainers went homeward, one by one; Each with his bundle of ginger-bread tied In a bandana handkerchief close by his side; And many a footstep would stagger astray, When the music had died in the distance away. XVI.
Gone is the brave major, and gone nearly all The voices that answered the ancient roll-call. And many are silently sleeping alone, In old corner graveyards, unmarked and unknown. While the tramping of troops and warlike sound Are heard no more on the old Parade ground.
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OLD STYLE. (O. S.)
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Prior to 1752, the years commenced on the twenty- fifth of March.
As time had been reckoned up to that year, its com- putation during a long period had by degrees carried the Winter a considerable distance into the Spring.
To remedy this irregularity, Parliament, on January 22, 1752, passed an Act ordering eleven days to be dropped out from the calendar, so that September 3rd, of that year, should be called the 14th ; and this they denominated - New Style (N. S.).
PROMINENT EVENTS.
1492-Columbus discovered America.
1586-Sir Francis Drake visited the New England shores.
1600-Canada was settled by the French. .
1607-Virginia was settled by the English.
1614-Capt. John Smith explored this part of the New World.
1620-A Dutch ship brought negro slaves to Virginia. Pilgrims landed.
1623-New Hampshire had settlements at Dover and at Little Harbor.
1624-First cattle imported to New England.
1628-The foundation was laid for the Colony of Mas- sachusetts Bay.
1635-Roger Williams is banished from Massachusetts Bay.
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1638-June 1st. There was a great earthquake in New England.
1639-First printing in New England.
1641-The use of tobacco was prohibited in Massachu- setts.
1642-First Commencement at Harvard College ; nine graduated.
Great training in Boston ; 1200 men, and none drunk.
1642-Darby Field, bewildered, was lost on Mt. Wash- ington.
1643-James Britton and Mary Latham are executed, charged with adultery.
1644-Ana-baptists are banished.
1652-First money made at Boston.
1658-Death penalty as against Quakers.
1659-Wm. Robinson and M. Stevenson executed on Boston Common.
1662-Children of respectable parents although non- professors allowed baptism.
1663-The Indian Bible, by Eliot, is printed in Cam- bridge.
1663-Baptists are imprisoned for holding meetings. ,
1670-The title Reverend is first applied to clergymen.
1675-Phillip's war commences, 650 settlers in New England lose their lives.
1675-First public fast is held in New England.
1677-Fine and imprisonments is imposed for attend- ing Quaker Meetings.
1677-Price for labor £10 per year,-for a woman's work £4.
1679-New Hampshire is made a separate government by a commission from England.
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1680-Baptists are forbidden to hold meetings in Boston, the doors of the church are nailed up by the mag- istrates.
1680-Major Waldron killed in Dover, by the Indians.
1681-Mason comes and asserts his title to lands in New Hampshire, but is resisted and leaves the state.
1682-New Hampshire has four towns and 4000 in- habitants.
1692-Twenty persons are executed at Salem, for witchcraft.
1693-First post-office is established in Boston, and common drunkards are posted there.
1696-There are thirty Indian churches in New Eng- land.
1701-Kidd, the pirate, is sent to England to be exe- cuted.
1702-Small-pox prevails in Boston, 500 die.
1704-The News-Letter, the first newspaper in Amer- ica is printed.
1712-Paper money is made a legal tender.
1715-Singing books are introduced here for the first time.
1715-Population of New Hampshire, 9500. It issues £15,000 in paper money.
1719-Potatoes were first raised at Andover.
1720-Tea was first used in New England.
1721-Inoculation for smallpox was first practised.
1724-The highest tides in the midst of a violent storm.
1725-A reward is offered for Indian scalps.
1730-Seven million dollars in goods are imported to New England.
1731-George Washington was born.
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1735-An epidemic, a putrid sore throat, prevails in New Hampshire.
1739-George Whitfield visits America, and is the leader in a great revival.
1746-Concord was invaded by Indians.
1750-Paper money is discarded. New Hampshire has 24,000 inhabitants.
1752-Benjamin Franklin experiments with electricity.
1756-War between the French and English.
1759-Sept. 13, Quebec is taken by the English, and Wolfe and Montcalm are both killed.
1759-George II dies, and George III succeeds him.
1765-The stamp act was passed. Boston had 15,500 inhabitants.
1768-British troops arrive in Boston.
1770-Several are killed at the Boston Massacre. Tea is no longer in general use.
1773-Tea is destroyed in the Boston harbor.
1774-Shakers increase. Ann Lee was their leader.
1774-Population of New England was 102,000.
1775-Fight at Lexington, April 19.
1775-Battle at Bunker's Hill, June 17.
1775-Washington takes command of the army at Cambridge, July 2.
1775-Paper money was issued by Congress.
1775-Benjamin Franklin was the first Postmaster General.
1776-The British evacuate Boston.
1777-LaFayette joins the Americans in their struggle for independence.
1777-General Burgoyne surrendered.
1778-The Sandwich Islands were discovered by Capt. Cook.
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1779-Siege of Charleston, S. C.
1780-Charleston surrenders.
1780-Major Andre is executed as a spy.
1781-New London was burnt by the British.
1781-Yorktown, by Lord Cornwallis, is surrendered to Washington.
1782-A provisional treaty with the United States, signed by England at Paris.
1783-Independence of the United States acknowl- edged by Sweden ; Feb. 25, by Denmark ; March 24, by Spain.
1783-The American army is disbanded.
SYNCHROLOGY MORE MODERN.
1860.
· Nov. 6 .- Abraham Lincoln is elected President of the United States.
Nov. 10 .- South Carolina takes measures to raise ten thousand troops, and proposes secession.
· Nov. 18 .- Georgia Legislature votes $1,000,000 to arm the state.
Dec. 20 .- The South Carolina Convention adopts a secession ordinance unanimously.
1861.
Jan. 2 .- Georgia troops seize Fort Pulaski, &c., and Gov. Ellis of North Carolina takes possession of Fort Macon.
Jan. 4 .- Gov. Moore of Alabama, seized Fort Morgan and the U. S. Arsenal at Mobile.
Jan. 9 .- The Star of the West is fired on by the rebel
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batteries in Charleston Harbor, and driven back. On this day the Mississippi Convention passed an ordinance of secession.
The Florida Convention did the same on the 10th, Alabama on the 11th, Georgia on the 19th, Louisiana on the 26th, North Carolina on the 30th, Texas on the 4th of March, and Virginia on the 17th of April then next following.
Feb. 9 .- Jefferson Davis and A. H. Stevens are elected provisional President and Vice-President of the Southern Confederacy.
April 15 .- President Lincoln calls for 75,000 volun- teers.
April 16 .- The Governors of Kentucky, Virginia, Ten- nesee, and Missouri, refuse to furnish troops to quell the rebellion.
April 19 .- The 6th Mass. Regiment in passing through Baltimore were attacked by a mob, and several soldiers were slain on the one side and citizens on the other.
May 3 .- President Lincoln calls for 60,000 Volunteers for the Army and Navy, for three years.
May 10 .- Major General Robert E. Lee assumes com- mand of the Rebel forces in Virginia.
June 13 .- Queen Victoria issues a Proclamation of Neutrality.
July 21 .- Battle of Bull Run.
Aug. 15 .- Jefferson Davis orders all Northern men to leave the South in forty days.
Sept. 21 .- John C. Breckinridge, late Vice-President of the United States, openly joined the Rebels.
Oct. 29 .- Great Naval expedition under Commodore Dupont ; General T. W. Sherman, in command of land forces, leaves Fortress Monroe.
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Nov. 1 .- Lieutenant General Scott resigns the com- mand-in-chief of the Union armies, and General McClellan appointed in his place.
1862.
Feb. 8 .- Battle of Roanoke Island.
Feb. 16 .- Fort Donelson captured.
Feb. 22 .- Jeff. Davis re-inaugurated President of the C. S. A., at Richmond.
March 9 .- Engagement between the Monitor and Merrimac, in Hampton Roads.
April 6 .- Battle of Shiloh, or Pittsburg Landing.
April 7 .- Surrender of Island No. 10.
April 10 .- Surrender of Port Pulaski.
May 3 .- Yorktown evacuated by the Rebels.
May 31 .- Battle of Seven Pines and Fair Oaks.
June 26 .- Commencement of seven days' battle before Richmond.
July 1 .- President Lincoln calls for three hundred thousand men. Battle of Malvern Hills, and close of the seven days' struggle.
Aug. 4 .- President Lincoln calls for three hundred thousand nine months' troops.
Aug. 9 .- Battle of Cedar Mountain.
Aug. 29 .- Second battle of Bull Run.
Sept. 14 .- The battle of South Mountain.
Sept. 17 .- Battle of Antietam.
Oct. 3 .- Battle of Corinth.
Nov. 7 .- General Mcclellan relieved of the command of the Army of the Potomac by Gen. Burnside.
Dec. 13 .- Battle of Fredericksburg.
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1863.
Jan. 1 .- President Lincoln issues his Emancipation Proclamation.
May 3 .- Battle of Chancellorsville.
May 10 .- Stonewall Jackson died at Richmond.
May 18 .- General Grant invests Vicksburg.
May 28 .- The first Colored Regiment from the North left Boston.
June 15 .- Rebels invade Pennsylvania. President Lin- coln calls for one hundred thousand more men to repel in- vasion.
July 3 .- Third and last day of the battle of Gettys- burg, Pa.
July 4 .- Vicksburg surrenders to Gen. Grant.
July 8 .- Surrender of Port Hudson to General Banks.
July 13 .- Commencement of the great Draft Riot in New York.
July 14 .- Draft Riot in Boston.
Aug. 12 .- Robert Toombs publishes a letter exposing the bankruptcy of the Southern Confederacy.
Aug. 17 .- Grand bombardment of Fort Sumter com- menced by the Yankees.
Oct. 17 .- President Lincoln calls for three hundred thousand more men.
Oct. 19 .- Dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg.
Oct. 28 .- Battle of Lookout Mountain.
Nov. 25 .- Third and last day of the battle of Chatta- nooga ; results in the complete rout of the enemy.
Dec. 4 .- Longstreet's retreat from Knoxville, Tenn.
Dec. 8 .- President Lincoln issues his Amnesty Proc- lamation.
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1864.
Feb. 1 .- Draft ordered for 500,000 men.
March 9 .- Major General Grant receives his commis- sion as Lieutenant General from President Lincoln.
March 12 .- General Grant appointed Commander-in- Chief of the United States Army.
March 15 .- President Lincoln calls for two hundred thousand more men.
May 11 .- General Grant " proposes to fight it out on this line."
May 27 .- Lee retreats towards Richmond.
May 28 .- Great battle between Sherman and Long- street.
June 19 .- Pirate Alabama sunk by the U. S. S. Kear- sarge.
June 22 .- House of Representatives resolved to abolish Slavery.
July 13 .- Rebel General Forrest defeated in five differ- ent battles in three days.
July 22 .- Hood attacks Sherman's lines around At- lanta ; Rebel loss, 20,000.
Aug. 5 .- Farragut's great victory in Mobile Bay.
Sept. 1 .- General Hood evacuates Atlanta.
Oct. 7 .- The Pirate Florida captured by U. S. S. Wau- chusett.
Oct. 19 .- Battle of Cedar Creek.
Nov. 5 .- General Butler assumes command in New York City, to meet existing emergencies.
Nov. 8 .- President Lincoln re-elected. Gen. Mcclellan resigns his commission.
Nov. 9 .- Sherman begins his march through Georgia.
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1865.
Jan. 15 .- Capture of Fort Fisher, Wilmington Harbor.
Feb. 18 .- Charleston, S. C., occupied.
March 2 .- Sheridan defeated Early, and captured over a thousand of his men.
April 2 .- Assault along the whole line in front of Petersburg ; twelve thousand prisoners and fifty pieces of artillery captured.
April 3 .- The Union forces under General Weitzel occupy Richmond.
April 9 .- Surrender of General Lee and his whole army to General Grant.
April 14 .- Assassination of President Lincoln by J. Wilkes Booth, an actor, and attempted murder of W. H. Seward, Secretary of State.
April 15 .- Death of President Lincoln.
April 26 .- J. Wilkes Booth is killed, and Harrold, an accomplice, is taken. Surrender of Gen. Johnson and all the troops in his department to Gen. W. T. Sherman.
May 10 .- Jeff. Davis captured under peculiar circum- stances.
POPULATION.
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Barnstead, as we have seen, was Chartered in 1727; was incorporated in 1727; is in Belknap County, N. H .; is 18 miles northeast of Concord, and 500 miles from Washington City. Its population in 1840 was 1,945; in 1850 it was 1,848 ; in 1860 it was 1,885; in 1870 it was 1,544.
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THE GREAT REBELLION.
This conflict was prompted by an inordinate ambition in the slave state leaders, who sought to extend and per- petuate their peculiar institution, an institution on which they had for many years been combined and confederated, and who, by force of it, undertook to overturn the Govern- ment and to make themselves conquerers.
Barnstead was not indifferent to the public weal in such an emergency. In the war of the Revolution her sons had acted well their part. It is worthy of praise that by the " test list" of that day, not a man could be found within the lines of Barnstead, who was.not true to the Constitution, and ready to help fight the battles of his country. (See Appendix, C.) So it was in the conflict of 1812, and so it has ever been, and thus, as we trust, it ever will be. . The soldiers of Barnstead who gave battle against the Rebellion were as follows :
THREE MONTHS' MEN.
First Regiment, N. H. Vols .- Wm. B. Aikin, Frank Sleeper, George H. Bridges, - Dudley.
First Regiment, N. H. Heavy Artillery, (3 years) .- William Brimage.
Fourth Regiment, N. H. Vols. (3 years) .- Enos Geo. Hodgdon, killed in battle.
THREE YEARS' MEN.
Eighth Regiment, N. H. Vols .- Henry H. Huse, Captain at first, then a Major. John H. Greenwood, Sergeant at
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first, then a Lieutenant, killed in battle. Samuel J. Smart, Sergeant at first, then a Lieutenant, died in camp.
Daniel D. Hanscom, re-enlist- ed.
Frank Sleeper, re-enlisted.
Lewis M. Jackson, died of wounds received in battle.
Rufus Clark.
Chas. H. Williams, re-enlisted.
James E. Bunker.
Albert Davis, re-enlisted.
Smith Davis, re-enlisted.
Thomas M. Huse.
John S. Hill, re-enlisted.
Daniel Lewis, re-enlisted. James E. Moses, re-enlisted. Benjamin R. Munsey, died.
John T. G. Smart, died in camp. Samuel G. Shackford.
William B. Aikin, re-enlisted. David A. Littlefield. John M. Smart, died in camp.
This regiment left New Hampshire in January, 1862 ; their service was in Louisiana.
Twelfth Regiment, N. H. Vols. (3 years) .- Colonel, Thomas E. Barker. First enlisted in Co. B, 2d N. H., was in all the battles of his regiment, except Gettysburg, was captured at Bull Run, was ten months in Salisbury prison, N. C., and afterwards recruited a company in Barn- stead and Gilmanton in six days, commanded it, and was then promoted to the command of his regiment, was wounded at Chancellorsville, served during the war and was discharged with his regiment in 1865 ; resides now at Lynnfield, Mass.
Benjamin F. Chesley. Calvin Pitman.
Jonathan McNeal.
Winsor P. Huntress, killed in battle at Chancellorsville.
Joseph W. Hill, died of wounds received at Cold Harbor.
John S. Hayes, died of wounds received at Chancellorsville.
Arthur C. Newall, a medical ca- det, then assistant surgeon. Thomas Moore, wounded. John I .. Garland, killed in bat- tle Calvin Chesley. George W. Pitman.
John L. Piper. George W. Aiken, died.
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Joseph N. Bunker, killed at Cold Harbor.
Thomas J. Pierce, died of wounds received at Chancel- lorsville.
Joseph Pendergast, died. Alvin D. Hall.
Solomon W. Young.
William T. Knight, killed at Gettysburg.
Moses Bickford.
J. M. Tasker, a color-bearer, wounded at Chancellorsville, and then a Lieutenant, trans- ferred to the Invalid Corps.
David Sackett.
Henry H. Emerson. Melvin Jenkins.
J. H. Edgerly. Horace M. Parshley. Arthur L. Bickford. George Jones. Solomon Clark. Joseph C. Russell.
Wm. H. Berry, died of wounds at Chancellorsville.
Geo.T.Munsey, died of wounds at Chancellorsville. Noble Sackett. Charles H. Pickering.
C. H. P. Young. Wm. U. Shaw.
Horace Edgerly, a private, then a Lieutenant.
Horace Munsey, died in the service.
The above regiment served in Virginia from Sep- tember, 1862, up to the close of the war.
Thirteenth Regiment, N. H. Vols. (3 years) .- Lafay- ette Place.
NINE MONTHS' MEN.
Fifteenth Regiment, N. H., Vols .- Thomas M. Huse, First Lieutenant ; Christopher C. Pickering, Second Lieu- tenant.
William A. Frye. George W. Blake.
Jeremiah E. Emerson. George H. Emerson. Hanson H. Young. James M. Jones. John F. Chesley.
John Hill, died.
D. L. Huse, died.
Charles W. Adams.
Orrin F. Chesley.
J. F. Parker. Royal Boynton. Albert S. Buzzell.
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Timothy Blake, Jr. William A. Chesley.
Jolın C. Mason, died.
Hazen D. Nutter, died.
Jacob Lord.
This regiment did service in Louisiana. It left New Hampshire for the seat of war in October, 1862.º
ONE YEAR'S MEN.
Eighteenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers.
Horatio G. Shackford.
Charles Kaime.
Samuel H. Clark.
Horace Cough.
George W. Blake.
James C. Kaime.
Eli H. Foss.
Noble Sackett.
Alvah O. Adams.
Nathaniel Blaisdell.
Wm. F. Hanscom.
James C. Ham.
This regiment left New Hampshire in September, 1864, for Virginia, and served through the war.
NAVY.
Charles Hill of Barnstead served in the United States Navy, and was one of the crew of the Kearsarge. He par- ticipated in that famous onset which destroyed and sunk the Alabama.
SURGEONS.
During the Rebellion Barnstead furnished surgeons as follows : John Wheeler, M.D., Acting Assistant Surgeon, U. S. A. ; Thomas H. Wheeler, do., Laban M. Sanders, do.
Miss Harriet P. Dame served against the rebellion. She was the daughter of James C. Dame of Barnstead, went to the seat of war in June, 1861, and continued there
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a friend to the sick and wounded, advising and assisting them as a nurse up to its final end. A part of the time she acted as an agent in the receipt and distribution of supplies to the sick and wounded soldiers of New Hamp- shire.
This town, in the year of the rebellion, sent to the war one hundred and seventy enlisted men, a fraction more than one to every ten of its inhabitants.
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