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the man he hired, and usually said he did not want any man to do more work in a day than he did himself. Arcadia in idyllic simplicity was here realized.
The first annual town election was in March, 1821. William Foss, (3d) was elected town clerk. Tobias Roberts, Joseph Huckins and Paul Perkins were selectmen. Azariah Waldron was representative to the General Court. There are four roads extending through the town in a northeasterly and a southwesterly direction, nearly parallel to each other-the Province road, the Ridge Road and the Crown Point road being local names for three of them. The town house was located on the Ridge road about a mile below Blue Hill, as being most convenient for all sections, the dwellers "above the Hills" objecting to having it anywhere else.
In the original plan of the old town of Barrington the land was divided into lots that were numbered up to 277, that being the number of the tax payers in Portsmouth. At each mile was a "range," and in laying off the lots, when they came to a pond, as Ayers' Pond, numbered its acres and led the lot in course beyond it. Bow Pond and Commons numbered 960 acres. So no tax payer drew a pond as his lot, but it was different as to mountains. Mr. Thomas Parker of Portsmouth drew lot 149, containing 648 acres, and when he came up to inspect his award he found a beautiful, high but very rough hill ("Blue Hill") ; hence the map makers called it Parker Mountain. Mr. Parker never resided there, but his name will abide forever.
As has been remarked the citizens were all on an equality at the start; this resulted in raising up some of the most strenuous politicians any town in the state possessed. The town meetings were always fully attended, as soon as they got the new town house built. No one being boss, each ambitious man felt that he had a right to be candidate for any office he fancied; and they did not raise bashful men in Strafford; when a man wanted an office he made bold to tell his fellow citizens what his special wish was. During the Civil War the political situation became so hot that a division of the town was asked for, the Blue Hills to be the dividing line; but the Legislature wisely refused to make the division. Perhaps the best man did not win every time, or to express it in another way the man who was defeated was generally as good as the winner, the party lines being tightly drawn. Be that as it may, the following is the list of winners in the first fifty years, 1820-1870; which party they belonged to the historian cannot say; but for many years the town was always counted on as sure to go Democratic.
Representatives: 1821, Azariah Waldron; 1822, Job Otis, Tobias Roberts; 1823, Andrew Leighton, Job Otis; 1822, Tobias Roberts, Azariah Waldron; 1825, Tobias Roberts, and no choice for second; 1826 and 1827
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there was no choice, the contests being fearfully hot; 1828, Job Otis, Benning WV. Jenness; 1829, Benning W. Jenness, Amos Tabbett; 1830, John Perkins, Elisha Parker : 1831, the same; 1832, John Perkins, Israel Hall; 1833, Israel Hall, William Tarker: 1834, Wm. Tasker, Daniel Winkley; 1835, Daniel Winkley, Hudson Peavey; 1836, Hudson Peavey; 1837, no choice; 1838, Samuel P. Montgomery, Joshua Woodman; 1839, the same: 1840, Paul Perkins, Elisha Weeks; 1841, Paul Perkins, James B. Foss; 1842, James B. Foss, Wm. Berry: 1843, Stephen Young, Andrew D. Leighton: 1844, the same; 1845, Charles Caverly, Eliphalit Foss ; 1846, the same ; 1847, Benjamin E. Woodman, Benjamin T. Foss; 1848, the same; 1849, John Huckins, John Saunders; 1850, Stephen Leighton, Nathaniel Locke; 1851, John Huckins, John Saunders; 1852, Joshua Roberts, Nathaniel Brock ; 1853, Jacob Drew, Ezra Drown; 1854. Jacob Drew, John Peavey ; 1855, Andrew J. Otis, Joseph A. Clough ; 1856, Aaron W. Foss, Dennis Babb; 1857, Aaron W. Foss, Thomas Scranton; 1858, Hezekiah Berry, John K. Evans: 1859, John C. Huckins, David R. Montgomery; 1860, Isaiah D. Edgerly, Daniel J. Holmes; 1861, Joshua Otis, Chas. F. Montgomery; 1862, John W. Jewell, Cyrus Wingate; 1863, George C. Pinkham, Paul Perkins; 1864, James Tuttle, Robert W. Foss; 1865, Nehemiah C. Twombly, Rufus Hall: 1866, Durban D. Caswell, Warren H. Perkins; 1867, Thomas Berry, Azariah Foss; 1868, Jeremiah F. Hanscom, Samuel Larkin : 1869, Daniel J. Holmes; 1870, Cotton H. Foss, Jeremiah Tasker.
Town Clerks: 1820-24, Wm. Foss (3d) ; 1824-28, George W. Foss; 1828-33, Enoch Place ; 1833-35, Samuel P. Montgomery; 1835-37, David K. Montgomery; 1837-38, Enoch Place; 1838-47, Benjamin E. Woodman; 1847-49, Wm. Strachm; 1849-51, David K. Montgomery ; 1851-54, Joseph A. Clough; 1854, Demeritt Place; 1855, Alfred Tasker; 1856, Charles F. Montgomery ; 1857-59, Mark K. Foss; 1860-62, Richard W. Foss; 1863-65, Mark Foss; 1866, Jolin S. Foss : 1867-68, Lafayette Chesley; 1869, Mark K. Foss; 1870-71, Wm. C. Foss.
Selectmen: 1821, Tobias Roberts, Joseph Huckins, Paul Perkins; 1822, Joseph Huckins, Joshua Otis, Azariah Waldron; 1823, Joshua Otis, Elisha Tasker, Thomas Chick; 1824, the same; 1825, the same; 1826, Joseph Huckins, James Demerrett, William Tasker; 1827, the same; 1828, Joshua Otis, Elisha Tasker, John Perkins; 1829, the same; 1830, Tobias Roberts, Isaiah Hall, Jr .. James B. Foss; 1831, the same; 1832, Daniel Winkley, Joshua Wingate, Wm. Tasker : 1833, Daniel Winkley, Barbar Gray, Joshua Woodman; 1834, Joshua Woodman, James B. Foss, Barbar Gray ; 1835, James B. Foss, John Wingate, Charles Caverly ; 1836, Charles Caverly, Joshua Otis, Israel Hall, Jr .; 1837, Dennis Babb, Joseph Caverly, David K. Montgomery; 1838, Dennis Babb, 24
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Elisha Tasker, David K. Montgomery; 1839, Elisha Tasker, Stephen Young, Daniel Winkley; 1840, Stephen Young, Daniel Winkley, B. W. Jenness; 1844, Andrew D. Leighton, Eliphalit Foss, Wm. Holmes; 1842, the same; 1843, George W. Caverno, S. P. Montgomery, Israel Foss, Jr .; 1844, the same ; 1845, Samuel Durgin, Jr., John Huckins, John H. Scott; 1846, John Saunders, Wm. Tasker, Thomas Scruton; 1847, the same; 1848, Stephen Leighton, Stephen Young, Rufus Hall; 1849, Wm. L. Hill, Joshua Roberts, Warren Foss; 1850, Jacob Drew, Rufus Hall, Thomas Berry; 1851, Jacob Drew, Thomas Berry, John Evans; 1852, Cornelius Caswell, Lewis Stiles, John L. Swain; 1853, the same; 1854, Wm. Foss, Jr., John S. Young, Jehoah Tuttle; 1855, Benjamin T. Berry, Caleb Hanson, Ebenezer F. Hanson; 1856, Ezra Drown, Dennis F. Babb, Thomas Caswell; 1857, Micajah S. Hanscom, Thomas Caswell, Azariah Foss ; 1858, M. S. Hanscom, Azariah Foss, John J. Leighton ; 1859, John Leighton, Paul Perkins, Joshua Otis; 1860, Abranı S. Clark, Joshua Otis, James Tuttle; 1861, Paul Perkins, James Tuttle, Durban D. Caswell; 1862, Paul Perkins, D. B. Caswell, Jeremiah S. Winkley; 1863, Jacob B. Smith, Stephen Leighton, Joseph A. Whitcher ; 1864, the same; 1865, Jacob B. Smith, Aaron W. Foss, Jeremiah F. Hanscom: 1866, J. W. Foss, A. F. Hanscom, Asa H. Tuttle; 1867, Joshua Otis, Asa H. Tuttle, Lyman Foss; 1868, Paul Perkins, L. W. Foss, John O. Bordy: 1869, Robert B. Peavey, Warren Foye, George N. Foss; 1870, the same.
The first delegates to the Constitutional Convention to revise the Con- stitution of New Hampshire were Benning W. Jenness, Samuel P. Mont- gomery. The delegates for revision, in 1876, were Aaron W. Foss, Jacob B. Smith.
From the town records we find that Job Otis, Azariah Waldron, Tobias Roberts, by act of the Legislature of New Hampshire, were authorized to call the first town-meeting.
In 1827, at a special meeting called for the purpose, it was voted "that no ardent spirit be sold within one-half mile of the place of the town meeting." Also the following is from the records :
"STRAFFORD, March 1, 1823.
"This may certify that we the subscribers selectmen approve of George W. Foss to be a suitable person to sell and mix spiritous liquors such as rum, wine. brandy, gin for two days at the Ridge Meeting-House on the 11th and 12th days of March inst.
"JOSHUA OTIS, "AZARIAH WALDRON. "JOSEPH HUCKINS. "Selectmen of Strafford.
"A true copy of record
"Attest
"WILLIAM Foss, 3d, Town clerk."
CHAPTER XLVI HISTORY OF STRAFFORD (II)
CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS
The Free Will Baptist church was established at four localities in what is now Strafford; these places were known as Crown Point, The Ridge, The Pond and Snackety. That at Crown Point (Strafford Corner) was organized in August, 1779, by the Rev. Edward Lock, who was connected with the Calvin Baptist church of Berwick, Me. He held a revival there and the church was organized of about forty members. Rev. Tozier Lord and Rev. Benjamin Randall was then a member in good standing in the Baptist church at Berwick, the work of organization and Mr. Lord was chosen the first pastor. Mr. Randall was then a member in good standing in the Baptist church at Berwick, and had been a preacher about three years, but had not started the movement to organize a new denomination. In March 1780, he left the church at Berwick and joined this new one at Crown Point in Barrington. Mr. Randall had settled his family on New Durham Ridge, where he had purchased thirty acres of land in March 1778 and was doing itinerant work in preaching in various towns around, but it was not until April 5, 1780, a month after he joined the Crown Point church that he was formally ordained as an evangelist by Rev. Tozier Lord and Edward Lock. And on Saturday, June 30, 1780, a meet- ing was appointed for the organization of the church at New Durham, where Mr. Randall resided and which is generally regarded as the First Free Will Baptist church in America. But in fact the church at Crown Point, of which Mr. Randall was a member when he organized the "Mother Church" at New Durham Ridge, was the first Free Will Baptist church, although that name had not been formally assumed. The Rev. Edward Lock who organ- ized the Crown Point church, had been a member of the Calvin Baptist church at Gilmanton, had been disfellowshipped for declaring he had no sympathy with Calvinistic election, nor with close communion, so he organ- ized the Crown Point church as an independent body of Christians. The Rev. Tozier Lord was one of the council at Gilmanton that disfellowshipped Mr. Lock, and he said at the council meeting: "If you withdraw fellowship
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from Mr. Lock you do also from me, for I am of the same belief." So when Mr. Lock had organized this independent church at Crown Point he very naturally recommended Mr. Lord for their minister, and the recom- mendation was approved, and Mr. Lord became the first settler-minister. Mr. Lock was then minister of a Baptist church in Canterbury. As Mr. Randall was a member of this church when he was ordained to the ministry, the church very naturally followed his lead when he became a full fledged "Free Willer," and it has remained ever faithful and efficient in maintaining the ancient faith proclaimed by Mr. Randall. Of course there have been occasional reverses, but its life has been continuous one hundred and thirty- four years ( 1913). At the beginning Mr. Randall had to visit the brethren and set them aright on certain theological points which he had carefully and prayerfully studied out, and get the church machinery into gear with the established routine of Free Will Baptist work.
Among the laymen of this church there were men of marked ability, one of whom was the Hon. Job Otis. It has sent out men who have become eminent as members in Free Will Baptist churches, and as leaders in the business world. It is said that the first persons baptized by immersion in the town of Strafford were Ralph Hall and Miss Abigial Daniels : he was an aged man and she a young woman. The names of the ministers of this church for the first hundred years were as follows : Elders, Tozier Lord, 1779- 1781 ; Benjamin Randall, associated with Micajah Otis from 1783 to 1821; Enoch Place, till 1853; D. L. Edgerley, till 1857; A. R. Bradbury, till 1858; E. Place, till 1861; N. C. Twombly, till 1863; B. Van Dame, till 1865; B. B. Smith, till 1868; William T. Smith, till 1869; N. C. Lothrop, till 1873; Ezra Tuttle, till 1874; S. N. Brooks, till 1876; C. C. Foster, till 1878; E. Tuttle, till 1882.
There are four parallel roads about equally distant apart extending north and south through the town; there are a few crossroads, along the six miles, which connected these main thoroughfares; they were awful rough roads, passing over very steep hills; very naturally the people travelled on them as little as possible ; the result was that the church-loving people built four meet- ing houses and organized four Free Will Baptist churches, Crown Point, the Ridge. Bow Pond and North Strafford. The good people could attend meetings, then without travelling on a single crossroad, on which scarcely any one lived.
The church at Crown Point was first, as already stated; the second was organized in the summer of 1781, at North Strafford (local name Snackerty), with Elder Joseph Boody as minister ; he was a native of Barrington and at this time was 29 years old. He was one of the converts in the revival which
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swept his native town under Elder Randall, preaching; he was one of the seventy who organized this church and began preaching, but he was not ordained until August 24, 1785. His ordination was to the office of Ruling Elder; remained minister of the church thirty years. Mr. Boody was a tall, dignified appearing man; he had a powerful voice and a pleasing and at- tractive manner in using it in his sermons and addresses; his keen wit, severe sarcasm and fearless independence, rendered him a successful antagonist in theology and also in politics. He was a great revival preacher, and was often engaged in evangelistic work with Elder Randall. When they con- fronted a crowd of sinners, his Satanic Majesty made haste to retreat. Be- side attending to the religious wants of his home church Elder Boody travelled and preached extensively in Vermont and Canada. He died in 1824, but his usefulness as a minister ceased when he was a little past three score years old. This church still lives.
The Third Free Will Baptist church was organized in 1819: the residents on the Ridge got weary of travelling over the rough and exceeding hilly cross- road to attend meetings at Crown Point, so, January 20, that year, a request was made by the people of Strafford Ridge to the New Durham Quarterly Meeting for a separation and for the organizing of a separate church at that place, not because of any difficulty among them as to divisions or disputes, but for convenience and better accommodations. This request was granted. and Elders Place, Merrill, and Peavey were appointed a committee to meet the people at the Ridge on the first Saturday in February, 1819, to acknowl- edge them the Third Church and to assist them in organizing.
The meeting was organized on the above date by choosing Rev. Enoch Place moderator, and Rev. J. L. Peavey clerk. (From the records. ) "Now when the brethren had gathered together at the schoolhouse on the Ridge, on the Ist Saturday in February, 1819, agreeable to appointment, they came to the following conclusion by the Grace of God.
"We, whose names are hereafter subscribed, having given ourselves unto the Lord, do give ourselves to one another in the Lord, by the will of God, considering ourselves a church of Christ, intending to watch over one another in love, striving together for the things which make for peace and things whereby we may edify one another. Owning the Scriptures to be our rule of faith and practice and all the saints of God our brethren, we intend to comfort ourselves in the Lord together and edify one another even as also we do. And to know them which labor among us and are over us in the Lord and admonish, and to esteem them very highly for their work's sake and be at peace among ourselves. To warn them that are unruly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the weak, be patient to all men. - To render not evil
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for evil to any man, but ever follow that which is good, both among ourselves and to all men, praying the God of love and peace to aid us in all our journey from this to the eternal world, and preserve us blameless, soul, body, and spirit unto his heavenly kingdom."
Ebenezer Kelley, John Winkley, John B. Foss, Jr., Jerusha Foss, Timothy Foss, George Foss, Jr., Joshua Foss, Jr., Joseph Hill, William Foss (3d), Richard B. Foss, Joseph Huckins, Samuel Kelley, James Foss (4th), Mechech Drew, Simon Foss, Moses Sawyer, Joshua Foss (4th), Joseph Roberts, James Tuttle, John Tuttle, Woodbury Foss, James C. Cate, James Tuttle (3d), John Rowe, Sarah Foss, Mary Huckins, Hannah Huckins, Elizabeth Foss, Eleanor Muncy, Alice Foss, Eliza Foss, Elizabeth Foss, Sarah Foss, Alice Foss, Abi- gail Foss, Hannah Foss, Abigail Foss, Sarah Foss, Priscilla Foss, Mary Caverly, Anna Drew, Sarah Drew, Mary Drew, Jane Foss, Mary Huntress, Hannah Foss, Sarah Foss, Amy Foss, Abigail Foss, Sarah Foss, Judith A. Shepherd, Sally Shepherd, Eliza Shepherd, Sally Hill, Polly Hill, Katherine Hill, Susan Hodgdon, Betsey Peary, Sally Foss, Betsey Foss, Betsey Daniels, Elizabeth Brown, Olive Twombly, Anna Drew, Deborah Kelly, Sarah Tuttler, Sally Tuttle, Esther Tuttel, Polly Hall, Rhoda Clark, Alice Clark, Sarah Rowe, Mary Smith, Lydia Smith, Sarah Smith.
Following is a list of the Elders who ministered spiritual food to its people during the sixty years following the organization of the church; it is now one of flourishing and strong churches of the denomination; the date of set- tlement was, Enoch Place, 1819; Ammi R. Bradbury, 1855; Arthur Caverno, 1858; D. P. Harriman, 1859; Uriah Chase, 1865; I. M. Bedell, 1866; Caleb C. Foster, 1872; C. E. Handy, 1873; S. C. Kimball, 1875; L. H. Winslow, 1880.
During the thirty-six years' pastorate of the Rev. Enoch Place he preached but one-half of the time, two Sabbaths per month; the other Sabbaths the pulpit was occupied at intervals by Elders Sherburn, P. S. Burbank, John Winkley, Nathan Caverno, and others.
The first clerk of this church was William Foss (3d), 1819, succeeded by Rev. Enoch Place, 1821; William B. Foss, 1842; J. H. Montgomery, 1845; Warren Foss, 1848; Alfred Tasker, 1877, who served 20 years.
The first church was built in 1800. It was a large church, with square high-backed pews, and a gallery running round three sides of the house. There were no means of lighting or heating; evening service and service during severe weather being held in the academy. The pulpit was high and elaborate.
This church was taken down in 1857, and a new church built, in which service is held at the present time.
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The Bow Lake meeting-house was erected in 1843, as a Union Church, and occupied as such till 1859.
Rev. John Caverly and Enoch Place, Free-Will Baptists, and the Rev. George W. Ashby, Baptist, occupied the pulpit.
In 1859 the Bow Lake Free-Will Baptist Church was organized, with Rev. Levi B. Tasker as pastor, William P. Hall, deacon, and Orin T. Hill, clerk.
The meeting-house was dedicated to the Free-Will Baptists, Nov. 14, 1859. The church, when organized, consisted of twenty-four members, as follows : L. B. Tasker, M. H. Tasker, W. P. Hall, Eliza Hall, C. M. Thomp- son, Dyer Hall, Daniel D. Caverly, Orin T. Hill, Mary E. Hill, Reuben Crit- chett, Betsey Critchett, George W. Buzzell, Mary Babb, Jeremiah Caverno, Dolly H. Caverno, Almira J. Hill, Elizabeth Roberts, M. A. Huckins, C. A. Hill, A. W. Hill, Susan Roberts, William Thompson, Mary Tasker, and Deborah Thompson.
The Rev. L. B. Tasker presided over the church as pastor for three years, and was succeeded by Rev. Joseph Brown, who remained pastor until 1865. Since then they have had a succession of good ministers and the church is prosperous.
SCHOOLS IN STRAFFORD
From the beginning of its organization as a separate town, Strafford has been liberal in supplying good town schools. Not only that, but in 1832, twelve years after the separation from Barrington, Strafford Academy was organized by the citizens of the town and located on the Ridge. It was recognized as a Free Will Baptist institution, and really was the outgrowth of that church on the Ridge .. So it became the first, high class educational organization of the Free Will Baptist denomination, and took the lead in educating men for the Free Will Baptist ministry; many of its men who became powerful leaders in after years received their education there. Some of the instructors became distinguished as educators of nation wide fame; and its students occupied seats in the Senate of Congress, and held positions of honor in the National Government.
In the later years of the Nineteenth century the Rev. Mr. Austin made a bequest of $5,000 and the name was changed to Austin Academy. A score of years ago Mr. Cate, a wealthy shoe manufacturer in Massachusetts, who was educated in the original academy, bequeathed by will about $200,000 to the institution, and the name was changed to Austin-Cate Academy, and it is now one of the best educational institutions in the state.
CHAPTER XLVII HISTORY OF STRAFFORD (III)
STRAFFORD'S PATRIOTIC RECORD, 1861-1865
SECOND REGIMENT NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEER INFANTRY RECRUITS
Joseph D. Boyd, Co. I ; enl. Dec. 2, 1863 : absent, sick, Dec. 19, 1865 ; no dis- charge furnished.
Johnson, Jolın J., Co. B; enl. Jan. 4. 1864; trans. from Co. I, 13th N. H. V., June 21, 1865: must. out June 21, 1865.
Johnson, Gray W., Co. B; enl. Jan. 4, 1864; trans. from Co. I, 13th N. H. V., June 21, 1863 : must. out Dec. 19, 1865.
Smith, Richard, Co. I; enl. Dec. 2, 1863.
Stael, Franz, Co. I; enl. Dec. 2, 1863 : must. out July 1, 1865.
THIRD REGIMENT NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
Campbell, Nathaniel J., Co. H : enl. Aug. 24, 1861 ; reduced to the ranks May 30, 1863 : re-enl. Feb. 13, 1864.
Huckins, Azariah W., Co. H; enl. Aug. 24, 1861 ; died of disease at Hilton Head, S. C., Aug. 20, 1862.
Scruton, Clark, Co. H; enl. Aug. 24, 1861; wounded slightly July 18, 1863; re-enl. Feb. 19, 1864.
Clark, John, Co. H; enl. Dec. 10, 1864; must. out July 20. 1865. Hines, James, Co. I; enl. Dec. 10, 1864.
FOURTH REGIMENT NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
Pillsbury, Moses W., Co. E; enl. Sept. 18, 1861 ; discharged for disability at Morris Island, S. C., Oct. 27, 1863.
Jenness, Jolın M., Co. E; enl. Feb. 25, 1864; captured April 9, 1865; released April 29. 1865 ; must. out June 5. 1865 ; re-enl. veteran.
FIFTH REGIMENT NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
Brown, James, Co. C; enl. Dec. 4, 1863 ; absent, sick, June 28, 1865. Carlisle, James, Co. C; enl. Dec. 4, 1863; disch. for disability Oct. 10, 1865. Hunter, James, Co. C; enl. Sept. 14. 1865; must. out June 28, 1865. Mercier, Charles, Co. C; enl. Aug. 12, 1863 ; must. out June 28, 1865. Underhill, William H., Co. E; enl. Aug. 20, 1864.
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SIXTH REGIMENT NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
Creamer, Alonzo D., Co. G; enl. July 2, 1864; trans. from Co. G, 11th N. H. V., June 1, 1865 : must. out July 17, 1865.
Williamson, James, Co. I; enl. Aug. 14, 1863 ; absent, sick, since May 27, 1864; no discharge furnished.
SEVENTH REGIMENT NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
Johnson, Henry, Co. D; enl. Dec. 2, 1863; wounded severely, Feb. 26, 1864; wounded June 16, 1864; died of wounds at Hampton, Va., June 25, 1864. Rand, William E., Co. I; enl. Aug. 11, 1864; must. out July 20, 1865. Caverly, Cyrus G., Co. A : enl. Feb. 27, 1864; captured near Richmond, Va., Sept. 27, 1864 ; died at Salisbury, N. C., Nov. 25, 1864 ; re-enl. veteran. Tuttle, Joseph W., Co. A ; enl. Feb. 24, 1864 : wounded at Deep Run, Va., Aug.
16, 1864; pro. to corp. June 1, 1865 ; must. out July 20, 1865; re-enl. vet- eran.
EIGHTH NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
Prescott, Thomas C., capt. Co. H ; com. May 25, 1863 ; must. out Jan. 18, 1865. Prescott, John H., capt. Co. G ; com. Dec. 20, 1861 ; pro. to maj. July 16, 1863. Prescott. Thomas C., sergt. Co. G; must. in Dec. 31, 1861 ; pro. to sergt .- maj. Nov. 16, 1862.
Prescott, John H., corp. Co. G; enl. Dec. 23, 1861 : pro. to sergt. July 11, 1862 ; re-enl. Jan. 4, 1864.
Eastman, George H., Co. G; enl. Jan. 4, 1864 ; cap. at Yellow Bayou, La., May 16, 1864: released ; pro. to corp. Nov. 1, 1864; trans, to Co. B, Vet. Batt., 8th N. H. Vols., Jan. 1, 1865.
Prescott, John H., Co. G; enl. Jan. 4, 1864 ; pro. to 2d lieut., to date Dec. 16, 1863.
VETERAN BATTALION, EIGHTH NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
Eastman, George H., Co. G; pro. to corp. July 1, 1865 ; must. out Oct. 28, 1865.
ELEVENTH REGIMENT NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
Bones, Thomas, Co. H; enl. Dec. 4, 1863.
Legro, Alexis, Co. A; enl. Dec. 22, 1863; wounded slightly June 7, 1864; disch. for dis. March 20, 1865.
Straub, William, Co. G; enl. Dec. 19, 1863.
Halstead, Walstonholme, Co. G; enl. Dec. 23, 1863: pro. to corp. March I, 1865 ; pro. to sergt. May 1, 1865 ; trans. to N. H. Vols. June 1, 1865.
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