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6, 1846 Robert B. Tucker, Thornton promoted.
Aug. 5, 1848 Sherburne R. Merrill, Woodstock " promoted.
" 31, 1849 Benjamin T. Cass, Plymouth
Among the adjutants of the fourteenth regiment are found the names of several residents of Plymouth, whose commissions were dated as follows: William D. McQuesten, Dec. 18, 1820; Ben- jamin Edmonds, April 8, 1822, Peter Harvey, Sept. 9, 1829; William H. Blair of Campton, April 6, 1830; Arthur Ward, March 18, 1833; John P. Rogers, April 14, 1841, and Cyrus Keniston, 1846.
Benjamin Edmonds, 1820, William W. Russell, 1822, David C. Webster, 1826, Peter Flanders, 1834, and Samuel C. Webster;
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1838, were paymasters. Dr. Jonathan Robbins, Dr. John Bailey of Plymouth, and Dr. Samuel Wright of Holderness were sur- geons of the regiment, and among the chaplains were Rev. George Punchard and Rev. William R. Jewett. Prominent among the musicians of the militia were Moses Hull, drum major, and David Merrill, fife major.
From 1784 to 1816 a complete list of the officers of the first or Plymouth company of the fourteenth regiment cannot be given. It is known that during this period the captains were: Benjamin Goold, Joshua Thornton, Josiah Brown, Stephen Wells, William Webster, Samuel Wells, Jotham Cummings, Jr., Moses George, Nathan Harris, Francis Worcester, Joseph Weld, Leonard Cummings, Ephraim Cook, and probably a very few others. It is reasonable to assume that some of the following lieutenants were promoted: John Farnum, David Eaton, Sargent Bartlett, Noah Cummings, Joseph F. Cummings.
From 1816 to 1851 the line officers were: -
CAPTAINS.
LIEUTENANTS.
ENSIGNS.
1816 Benjamin Darling.
1817 George W. Webster.1
1816 Geo. W. Webster.
1821 John Adams, Jr.
1821 Walker Buswell.
1817 Benj. Edmonds.
1825 Ovid Dearborn.
1823 Ovid Dearborn.
1819 John Adams, Jr.
1827 Oliver Flanders.
1825 Samuel Haines. 1821 Ovid Dearborn.
1830 Daniel Pillsbury.
1827 William Gill.
1823 Samuel Haines.
1833 F. W. A. Robie.
1829 Enos Shattuck.
1825 Oliver Flanders.
1835 Roswell B. Emerson.
1829 Jedediah C. Wood-
1827 Daniel Pillsbury.
1839 Joseph B. Rowe.
bury.
1828 Enos Shattuck.
1840 Jonathan Ferrin.
1831 F. W. A. Robie.
1829 Jedediah C. Wood-
1843 John C. Hoyt.
1833 Roswell B. Emerson.
bury. 1831 Roswell B. Emerson.
1846 Benj. T. Cass.
Jonas French.
1833 Joseph B. Rowe.
1849 Daniel C. Wheeler.
1840 John Blake.
1839 John Blake.
1852 Oliver H. P. Craige.
1843 Jason C. Draper.
1840 Charles Hazelton.
1845 Charles L. Stevens.
1843 Charles L. Stevens.
1847 Daniel C. Wheeler.
1845 William C. Hobart.
1849 William T. Cass.
1846 Daniel C. Wheeler.
1847 William T. Cass.
1851 Oliver H. P. Craige.
1849 Oliver H. P. Craige.
1851 Timothy E. Bayley.
Connected with the regiment for several years was a company of cavalry and at times a company of artillery. Peter Hobart of
1845 Jason C. Draper.
1836 Joseph B. Rowe.
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Plymouth was the captain of the company of cavalry in 1814, and Chase W. Calley was a lieutenant in the company of artillery in 1851.
NEW HAMPSHIRE NATIONAL GUARD.
In the political campaign of 1884 there were two companies in Plymouth of one hundred men each, - the " Plymouth Republi- can Cadets " and the " Cleveland Cadets." Through them an interest in military drill was aroused which led to the formation here of a company of the New Hampshire National Guard.
The requisite seventy-five signatures to a petition having been obtained, and an armory secured on the third floor of Tufts Block, the present Odd Fellows Hall, the necessary authority was given by the adjutant-general of the State, and fifty-eight men, the legal maximum, were enlisted, who signed the enlistment book and took the oath in the order named below: -
1. Henry S. Arris.
23. Simeon D. Eastman.
2. Wm. J. Edmunds.
3. Epes J. Calley.
25. Edward W. White.
4. George H. Bowles. 26. Ira P. Brown.
5. Alonzo Eastman. 27. Joshua W. Smith.
6. J. Frank Edgerly.
28. Brewster G. Coburn.
7. William M. Peppard.
29. Albert E. Tomkinson.
30. Charles V. Tomkinson.
9. Chas. M. Pierce.
31. Aaron A. Eastman.
10. Wm. R. Garland.
11. Etson R. Mitchell.
12. Chas. R. Dame.
34. Commodore W. Clifford.
13. Erastus B. Dearborn.
35. Michael O'Shea.
14. Edwin J. Davis.
36. Wilbur F. Currier.
15. Elwyn M. Wheeler.
37. Frederick Miller, Jr.
16. Edric O. Smith.
38. Geo. N. Elliott.
17. Geo. H. Colby.
39. Miron J. Hazeltine.
18. Nahum W. Tufts.
19. Henry H. Lougee.
20. Fred S. Rowe.
21. Frank E. Smith.
22. Burt T. Rogers.
40. Leroy A. Sawyer.
41. Hiram C. Philbrick, Jr.
42. Everett Fellows.
43. John T. McDole.
44. Wm. R. Davis.
24. John Ferrin.
8. Harry Mason.
32. Azro G. Pebbles.
33. John C. Berry.
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45. Edwin R. Calley.
52. J. Frank Dubois.
46. Geo. C. Bayley.
53. Wm. C. Hobart.
47. John S. Mason.
54. Willard Miller, Jr.
48. Myron T. Pressey. 55. Wm. H. H. Buzzell.
49. Wm. F. Adams. 56. Jeff D. Pervier.
50. Frederick W. Miller. 57. Albert E. Smith.
51. Geo. W. Miller. 58. Benj. F. St. Clair.
The company was organized April 25, 1885, the day of its first meeting for the nomination of officers; and the commissions of the following officers who were then selected bore the above date: -
Captain, George H. Colby. First Lieutenant, J. Frank Edgerly. Second Lieutenant, Erastus B. Dearborn.
Lieutenant Edgerly resigned May 3, 1886, and on May 6, 1886, these promotions occurred: Second Lieutenant Erastus B. Dear- born to be first lieutenant, vice Edgerly resigned; First Sergeant Henry S. Arris to be second lieutenant, vice Dearborn promoted.
There were no further changes among the officers.
The company was locally known as the " Russell Rifles," but its official designation was " Co. E, 3rd Infantry," like that of the company disbanded at Concord, which it succeeded, and with whose arms, equipments, and uniforms it was supplied by the State. The arms were the Springfield, breech-loading rifle, calibre .45, with angular bayonet; the equipments were the old pattern cartridge- box and belt, bayonet-scabbard and knapsack; and the uniforms consisted of a dark blue " claw-hammer " dress coat, light blue trousers, a stiff dress hat with a pompon, and the familiar army blue overcoat. The officers' uniform was the same as that of the regular army.
Company E paraded on the day of General Grant's funeral in August, 1885; it was present with reasonably full ranks at the June encampments on the State Camp Ground at Concord. Its armory inspections were commended; and although it had no suitable rifle range, it improvised one of 200 yards on the Grafton County Fair Ground, where some fair scores were made. Its drills
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were much more frequent than the State law required, and pro- ficiency in this department was encouraged by the people of Ply- mouth, who offered a handsome gold medal, termed the " Citizens Medal," which was open to competition by all the enlisted men of the company at each annual inspection, and was awarded to that soldier whom a board of competent judges should decide was the most proficient in the " School of the Soldier." This medal was won in 1886 by First Sergeant Henry S. Arris, in 1887 by Cor- poral Charles V. Tomkinson, in 1888, by Sergt. Charles V. Tomp- kinson, in 1889 by Corporal Frank E. Smith; in 1890 there was no competition for it.
The men of Company E, like soldiers everywhere, enjoyed giv- ing play to their social natures. Their balls and assemblies were numerously attended, decorously conducted, and are still pleasantly remembered.
The two most notable incidents in the life of Company E were thus presented in the report of the adjutant-general of New Hampshire for 1889: -
In the latter part of September last there was considerable uneasiness among the citizens of the northern part of the State, in the vicinity of West Stewartstown, regarding the movements of parties of Italian labor- ers who had been engaged in the construction of a railroad just across the line in Canada, and who, having been defrauded of their pay by an absconding contractor, had destroyed some property, and after having come in collision with the local Canadian militia, were drifting toward our border, and it was feared might, in their desperate state, commit some depredations upon the property of the citizens. Upon receipt of telegram from Hon. A. S. Batchellor, of Littleton, of the Executive Council, explaining the situation, the captains of Companies C, E, and H, Third Regiment, were directed to quietly have their commands well in hand, prepared to move at once in case they should be needed. Ball ammunition was supplied and blankets, etc., were ready to be issued, but fortunately the services of the military were not required. Each of the companies named responded at once, and so quietly was the matter managed that the general public was not aware that such precautionary orders had been given until the excitement in Coos county was entirely over. The officers and men were not only ready and willing to move promptly to the frontier, but were rather disappointed that they could
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not show to the people of the State that they were ready for "active service."
The centennial of the inauguration of George Washington as Presi- dent of the United States was celebrated in the city of New York April 29, 30, and May 1, and was attended by the Governor and Com- mander-in-Chief and Staff, the Honorable Council, the State Centennial Commissioners, the Secretary of State, State Treasurer, and other prom- inent citizens. In the military parade, April 30, the three regiments of infantry paraded as a brigade, about one thousand strong, under the command of Brig .- Gen. D. M. White, and the Amoskeag Veterans under command of Major E. F. Trow, with seventy men, were the special escort of the Governor. Much credit is due the officers and men who participated in the parade, as the trip to New York was entirely a private enterprise, there being no State appropriation from which the expenses, or any part of them, could be paid.
In the spring of 1890 the term of service of the original members of Company E expired, and it being impracticable to recruit the company to the minimum required by law, thirty-four men were disbanded May 3, 1890.
RECRUITS OF COMPANY E, THIRD REGIMENT, PLYMOUTH.'
1885-1890.
Orlando J. Hanson. Charles T. Merrill.
Stuart G. Tilton.
Willie H. Hill.
James Bragan.
Etson R. Mitchell.
Thos. E. Carr.
C. B. Berry.
Orlando Hanson.
Frank L. Shaw.
B. A. Berry.
Freeman A. Dowing.
Eldin H. Lougee.
H. B. Greenleaf. Albert L. Wakefield.
Fred Burtt.
John Heath. Thad L. Elliott.
Harry S. Heath.
Olin C. Miles. Frank Littlefield.
George H. Morrison.
Wm. J. Edmonds. Chas. S. Fisher.
John R. Stevens.
George F. Adams.
Leonard T. P. Colby.
Billy E. Rogers.
H. J. Rogers.
John S. Mason.
F. M. Sawyer.
Almon C. Downing.
Edgar L. Hill.
Frank E. Hanson.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
1885-1890.
Henry S. Arris, first sergeant, May 28, 1885. Epes J. Calley, second sergeant, May 28, 1885. Wm. J. Edmonds, third sergeant, May 28, 1885.
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Joshua W. Smith, fourth sergeant, May 28, 1885. William M. Peppard, fifth sergeant, May 28, 1885. Chas. M. Pierce, corporal, May 25, 1885 ; sergeant, June 14, 1886.
Harry Mason, corporal, May 28, 1885.
Albert E. Tomkinson, corporal, May 28, 1885.
Edwin J. Davis, sergeant, June 14, 1886. William C. Hobart, sergeant, June 14, 1886. Edric O. Smith, corporal, May 28, 1886.
Charles V. Tomkinson, corporal, June 14, 1886 ; sergeant, May 25, 1887.
Miron W. Hazeltine, corporal, June 14, 1886 ; sergeant, May 25, 1887.
Willie H. Hill, corporal, June 14, 1886.
Frank E. Smith, corporal, May 25, 1887. Brewster G. Coburn, corporal, May 25, 1887. Everett Fellows, corporal, May 25, 1887.
Etson R. Mitchell, corporal, May 25, 1887.
Since 1890 a company organization has not been maintained in this town. Deferring the service of Plymouth men in the war with Spain to a later paragraph, three citizens of Plymouth have been officers in the National Guard.
Frank W. Russell was commissioned a captain and an aid on the staff of General White, May 28, 1884; major and assistant inspector-general, Dec. 11, 1885; resigned May 20, 1889; first lieutenant Company G, April 27, 1898; captain, May 3, 1898; major of First New Hampshire Regiment Volunteers, July 2, 1898, and major of Third Regiment National Guard. Upon the reorganization of three into two regiments, he was commissioned major of the second regiment, March 7, 1899. At the expiration of his commission in 1904 he declined continued service.
Robert Burns was commissioned assistant surgeon of the third regiment, May 27, 1889 ; major and surgeon, May 28, 1894.
George H. Colby commissioned captain Company G, third regi- ment, Nov. 24, 1890, discharged Nov. 24, 1890; captain and paymaster of third regiment, May 28, 1894; captain and pay- master of second regiment, March 7, 1899; died Feb. 5, 1903.
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THE WAR WITH SPAIN. - The call of President Mckinley for 125,000 men to serve two years was issued April 23, 1898. The quota of New Hampshire was one regiment of twelve companies, each of not less than eighty-one or more than eighty-four officers and men. Col. Robert H. Rolfe, the senior colonel, was selected to command the regiment of volunteers. To the eight companies of the third regiment were joined two companies from the first regiment and two from the second; each company was recruited to the required standard. This regiment, comprising 1009 officers and men, was designated the First Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry and left the State, May 17, 1898. On the second call of the President for 75,000 men the quota of this State was 318. The number was enlisted and ordered into service as recruits to the New Hampshire Regiment. Returning, the regi- ment arrived in Concord, Sept. 8, 1898, and October 18 was mus- tered out of the service of the United States.
While in the service, Capt. Frank W. Russell was promoted to major of the First Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers, June 20, 1898. He was mustered out of the service of the United States, Oct. 31, 1898, retaining his commission in the State service as major of the third regiment.
Robert Burns, with rank of major, was the surgeon of the regi- ment. He resigned Oct. 11, 1898, retaining a commission of the same rank in the State service. George H. Colby was first lieu- tenant and quartermaster in the service of the United States from May 7 until the regiment was discharged, retaining his commission as captain and paymaster in the State service.
William Wallace Russell, quartermaster sergeant of Company K, First Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers, was promoted, July 14, to sergeant-major of the regiment, and September 23 was commissioned second lieutenant; discharged Oct. 31, 1898.
Walter Hall Russell, then aged sixteen years, was the trumpeter of Company K while the regiment was in the service of the United States. He was mustered May 7 and discharged Oct. 31, 1898.
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In Company H were John Z. Goodwin and Anthony K. Hanson. They were mustered May 11 and discharged Oct. 31, 1898.
Six other men of Plymouth served in Company K. They were mustered May 7 and discharged Oct. 31, 1898. They were Alvah C. Cousins, artificer, Alvin P. Burleigh, George A. Corliss, Harry F. Dearborn, Perley F. Morton, William A. Scales. Arthur Gault served in Company C.
Since the war, Horatio B. Comstock and Gilroy N. Comstock, Company K, formerly of Rumney, and Harry E. Palmer, Com- pany C, formerly of Concord, have removed to Plymouth.
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XXXII. THE CIVIL WAR.
S ( UMTER fell. The tidings with momentous warning and prophecy were swiftly borne to the remotest hamlet of the land. Everywhere, north and south, the act was regarded as a proclamation of war. Instantly every man of the northern and many of the border states, with one mind and a common resolve, were pledged to the defence of the government and the preserva- tion of the union of the states. The exceptions in the attitude of the men of the north were few and now happily forgotten. During a war of four years the record and the sacrifice of the people of Plymouth were the fullest expressions of patriotism and of loyalty to the government of the United States. The record of the valor of the sons, the loyal attitude of the town, and the anxious vigils of the mothers, wives, and daughters of Plymouth, after the lapse of forty years, are not obscured, but the vivid story of loyalty and sacrifice should be told by " one to the manner born." No one not a resident of a community during the Civil War can properly fill the picture with the symbols of heroism or present in vivid colors the story of sacrifice.
The Register of the New Hampshire Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Rebellion is a peerless exhibit of the service of a State, and there are commendable histories of all the New Hampshire regiments of infantry except three. These are easily accessible to all. This chapter will be the narrative of the patriotism of a town with little trespass upon the domain of State or regimental history. There were few in some and more in others, but Ply- mouth was represented by her sons in every military organization raised and sent forward by the State, and from the beginning to the end of the war her patriotism was unfailing.
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April 15, 1861, President Lincoln issued a proclamation calling for seventy-five thousand men to serve three months. The same day Governor Goodwin received a requisition for one regiment. Immediately recruiting was begun in the cities and towns of this State, and two thousand men were quickly enlisted. John H. Thompson of Holderness was the recruiting officer for the towns in this vicinity. From this number of volunteers the First New Hampshire Regiment was organized, and the remainder either re- enlisted, on a later call, for three years, or remained in the service of the State at Portsmouth. Among the two thousand volunteers were eight men who were natives or residents at some time of this town. In the first regiment were Addison W. Heath and Leroy S. Heath, who were born in Plymouth and enlisted at Holderness, and Oliver M. Sawyer, a native of this town, who enlisted at Nashua. In Capt. Joshua Chapman's company in the State service at Portsmouth and Concord were Oscar F. Merrill and Theodore V. Nutting, natives of Plymouth, Moses G. Tucker, William M. Sargent, and Robert W. Haney, who have been residents of this town. Captain Chapman's company was transferred from Ports- mouth to Concord to guard the property of the State, which was left unprotected at the departure of the first regiment. The com- pany was discharged June 10, 1861, and was paid by the State. The first regiment was discharged Aug. 9, 1861. All of these eight volunteers re-enlisted for three years, and in subsequent paragraphs will be credited with continued service.
In response to the call of the President for men to serve three years, New Hampshire, in the summer and autumn of 1861, raised seven regiments of infantry, one light battery, and a battalion of four companies of cavalry. The organization of the second regi- ment was promptly completed and left Portsmouth for Washington, June 20, 1861. Three men who at some time have been residents of Plymouth served in this famous regiment. They were Darius K. Bean, who enlisted at Plymouth, and John Chandler and William Alexander, who enlisted at Campton.
Upon the rolls of the third regiment are found the names of one
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native and one resident of Plymouth. Asa P. French, who enlisted at Effingham, was born in this town, and Converse D. McDonald, a native of Maine, enlisted in this town and lived here nearly forty years. In 1865 Thomas Smith, a recruit who served on the quota of Plymouth, was assigned to this regiment.
In the fourth regiment there were twelve volunteers who have lived in this town, and of these five were born here; they were George W. Farnum, Luther C. Libby, Nathaniel P. Rogers, Ralph W. Straw, and Frank J. Thurston. Other soldiers in the fourth regiment who enlisted or have resided here are Moses G. Tucker, William H. H. Young, Dana Fifield, Addison A. Parker, Rufus Blake, Cornelius Boyle, Alfred T. Hardy. In 1863 Michael Foley, a recruit who served on the quota of Plymouth, was assigned to the fourth regiment. In December, 1864, Dr. Tristram Rogers was appointed assistant surgeon of this regiment and declined the appointment.
In the gallant fifth regiment there were three natives of this town and eight who have resided here. Addison W. Heath, Leroy S. Heath, and Charles A. Lovejoy were born in Plymouth. The Heath brothers served on the quota of Holderness, and Lovejoy on the quota of this town. Russell F. Fox, a native of Campton, George W. Smith, a native of Bath, and Charles E. Sanborn, a native of Sanbornton, enlisted here, and at their request were credited to this town. Greenleaf R. Cummings, Thomas Bruce, Henry H. Lougee, George W. Merrill, and William J. Sanborn enlisted in other places, but subsequently lived in Plymouth.
In every narrative of the patriotic record of Plymouth in the Civil War, the story of the battle-scarred sixth regiment will be conspicuous. In this enumeration of the volunteers during the first year of the war an account of the enlistments in this regiment demands a more extended paragraph. The enlistments in 1861 in the other military organizations included many of the sons of Plymouth, but a majority of these were then living and enlisted in other towns. The volunteers in this town who were mustered into the sixth regiment were called from the farms,
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the stores, the industries, and the homes of Plymouth. The sacri- fice of war became the daily experience of many families. For this regiment recruiting offices were established in Plymouth, Haver- hill, Enfield, and Littleton in Grafton County, and in several other places in the State.
Of the original volunteers in this regiment the following ten were born and enlisted in this town: Edgar A. Adams, Arthur W. Butler, David Glynn, Warren C. Heath, Gilmore McL. Houston, William L. Houston, George K. Mitchell, Theodore V. Nutting, James S. Ryan, Daniel D. Straw. Four natives of Plymouth enlisted in this regiment in other towns: George W. Craig, Wil- liam H. Cummings, George W. Lovejoy, and Simeon M. Webber. Eleven who were not natives of Plymouth were residents and enlisted here. They were William Alexander, John Blake, Gus- tavus R. Cilley, Capt. Joseph Clark, Henry G. Coffin, Amos P. Foster, Charles E. Green, Calvin A. Lewis, Walter A. Merrill, Carlos B. Seavey, and Alfred L. Smith. The following veterans of the sixth, thirteen in number, have removed to Plymouth since the war: Henry E. Chapman, Heber L. Chase, Capt. Oliver H. P. Craig, William H. Farmer, Alonzo D. Muchmore, Curtis L. Parker, William A. Russell, Albert Smith, Elijah L. Smith, William H. Tupper, Hiram O. Berry, Asa Richardson, and Seneca Sargent.
In the seventh regiment was Anthony Cilley, who was born in Plymouth and served on the quota of Manchester. In the record of another year will be found the names of fifteen recruits who were raised to satisfy in part the demands of the draft of 1863.
The eighth regiment left New Hampshire for the seat of war in January, 1862. The men were enlisted in the autumn of 1861. In this regiment were Leonard P. Benton, who was born in Ply- mouth and enlisted in Campton; William F. Hannaford, a native of this town, who enlisted in Sanbornton; Samuel T. Hanscom, who was born and enlisted in Plymouth, and Cummings Priest, who was born and enlisted in Lisbon, but who has since resided here.
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The First Regiment of New England Cavalry, sometimes called the First Rhode Island, enjoys the distinction of being the first regiment of cavalry raised in New England. The regiment was composed of eight companies from Rhode Island and four com- panies from New Hampshire. One company was mustered in October and three in December. It was immediately after an unusual effort of Plymouth to furnish men for the regiments of infantry, and there were only three men in the regiment of cavalry whose names are found in Plymouth annals. They were John L. Thompson, a native of this town, who was appointed a lieutenant October 9, a captain Dec. 3, 1861, and major July 3, lieutenant-colonel July 11, 1862. He resigned March 24, 1864, to assume command of the First New Hampshire Volunteer Cavalry, and will be named in connection with a mention of that regiment. Frank P. Elkins, a native of Andover, and for a few years a resident of Plymouth, was discharged on account of wounds, Oct. 3, 1863. The third man was Oscar F. Merrill, who was born in this town, and who re-enlisted and served in the New Hampshire Cavalry until the close of the war.
William H. Marshall, who lived in Plymouth from 1872 to 1885, served three years, enlisting in Dunbarton in the First Regiment United States Volunteer Sharpshooters.
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