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At a meeting held September 1st, 1864, it was
" Voted, that the selectmen (or war agent) be author- ized to pay to each volunteer citizen of the town who shall volunteer for one year to fill the quota of Chester under the last call of the President for five hundred thousand men, the sum of five hundred dollars."
At a meeting held November 8th, 1864, it was
" Voted to raise five thousand dollars in addition to the amount already raised, to pay the bounty to the soldiers who have enlisted from Chester, and instruct the selectmen accordingly."
At a meeting held January 17th, 1865, it was
" Voted, that the town pay the sum of five hundred dol- lars to each person, citizen of the town, who shall enlist to
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the number not exceeding sixteen, and that the selectmen be authorized to hire the sum of eight thousand dollars for that purpose.
" Voted, that the town pay Silas F. Learnard ten dollars for each enlisted man to fill the quota of Chester under said call, instead of three dollars per day and expenses, as before voted."
ROLL OF ENLISTED MEN FOR AUBURN.
First Regiment, Three Months, - Mustered in May, 1861.
Co.
C, Amos W. Brown.
Second Regiment, Three Years, - Mustered, June, 1861.
C, Jolin Chase, pro. Corp., w'd at Gettysburg.
C, John Davis, pro. Corp.
C, Hazen Davis, Jr., w'd slightly, July, 1863.
C, Edwin Plummer, w'd slightly, July, 1863.
C, Alfred J. Sanborn, disch. dis. July, 1861, re-e. Nov., 1864.
D, John D. Wood, rec. Sept. 1861, d. in hospital Nov., 1862.
F, Felix C. Hackney, rec., d. Oct., 1865.
Third Regiment Three Years,-Mustered, August, 1861.
A, John C. Hagan, appointed Wagoner, mustered out Aug., 1864, since died.
H, Lanson Blake, re-e.
H, Alonzo D. Emery, dis. Dec., 1861.
H, Leroy McDuffee, pro. Sergt., re-e. Jan., 1864.
Fourth Regiment, Three Years,-Mustered, September, 1861.
C, Henry C. Griffin, pro. Corp., re-e., Feb., 1864, w'd, cap. at Drury's Bluff, d. in Libby prison, Sept. 10, 1864.
E, Ebenezer S. Emery, disch. dis., Oct., 1862.
E, Carlton C. Richardson, re-e. Jan., 1864.
G, William Gunston, re-e. Feb., 1864, killed at Drury's . Bluff May 16, 1864.
G, Amos W. Brown, re-e. Feb., 1864.
K, Thomas B. Platts, re-e. Feb., 1864.
Fifth Regiment, Three Years,-Mustered October, 1861.
C, Isaac Boxall, rec.
F, John Whitehouse, rec.
F, Thomas Darty, rec.
F, Murtz Sullivan, rec.
Sixth Regiment, Three Years, - Mustered, November, 1861.
I, Frederick Schaeffer, rec.
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Seventh Regiment, Three Years, - October, 1861.
A, Thornton Hazen, w'd Ft. Wagner, July, '63, died of wounds Aug. 29, 1863.
I, Otis F. Butrick, disch. dis. Aug., 1862.
HI, John Walton, rec.
Eighth Regiment, Three Years, - Mustered December, 1861.
D, Frank C. Wood, disch. dis. at Camp Parapet, La., July, 1862.
Ninth Regiment, Three Years, - Mustered July, 1862.
A, Eben Bean, died at Washington Dec., 1862.
A, George W. Goodwin.
A, Moses Reed, died at Richmond, Ky., April, 1863.
A, Alonzo D. Emery, trans. to Bat. E, U. S. Art. Sept., 1862.
A, Jolin D. Neller, rec. Dec., 1863, cap., died in Rebel prison at Salisbury, N. C., Feb., 1865.
A, James R. Preston, trans. to Sixth N. II. Vols. June, 1865. B, Charles F. Shaw, disch. dis. at Fredericksburg, Va., Jan. 15, '63. K, Charles Delos, rec. Dec., 1863, deserted Jan., 1864.
Tenth Regiment, Three Years,-Mustered August, 1862.
A, Albert Plummer, Hospital Steward, pro. Asst. Surg. Jan., '65. A, Lucian Holmes, Corp., pro. Sergt., captured at Fair Oaks, Va.,
Oct., 1864, died in Rebel prison at Salisbury, Jan. 4, 1865. A, John Y. Demeritt, died at Washington, Jan. 5, 1863.
A, Jacob P. Buswell.
A, Charles H. Buswell, trans. to U. S. S. Corps.
A, Joseph L. Davis, died of wounds received June 3, 1864.
A, Charles H. Grant, pro. to Corp., captured at Fair Oaks, Va. Oct., 1864, died in Rebel prison at Salisbury Feb. 14, '65. A, Edward M. Melvin, disch. dis. Dec., 1864.
A, Henry C. Moore, w'd June, 1864, died at De Camp Hospital, N. Y., Sept. 8, 1864.
A, George B. Sanford.
A, Franklin Shannon, died of wounds June 16, 1864.
A, Charles Pingree, pro. to 2d Lient. of Co. I, 23d U. S. colored volunteers, killed before Petersburg, July 3, 1864.
Eleventh Regiment, Three Years, - Mustered August, 1862.
B, John Cole, rec. Dec., 1803.
K. William Clark, rec. Dec. 1863.
Twelfth Regiment, Three Years, - Mustered August, 1862.
I, Felix C. Hackney, rec. Dec., 1863.
E, James Krotzer,
[1864
H, James Murray, 66 66 killed at Cold Harbor June,
E, William Moll,
deserted Nov., 1864.
H, Oliver Rinker, 66 66
66 trans. to 2d N. H. Vols.
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Fourteenth Regiment, Three Years, - Mustered September, 1862. D, Stephen C. Coult.
Fifteenth Regiment, Nine Months, -Mustered October, 1862.
E, Moses B. Davis.
E, Daniel C. Abbott .. E, Willis H. Brown. E, Jesse Woods, d.
E, Frank C. Woods. disch. dis., d. at Auburn.
E, Jonathan Ballou, mustered out, Ang. 1863.
Eighteenth Regiment, - Mustered September, 1864.
H, Alexander M. Ballou.
H, Jonathan Ballou.
K, Sylvester E. Emery.
K, Carlton Emery.
K, Alfred D. Emery.
K, Alonzo D. Emery.
K, George A. Wood.
First Regiment Cavalry- Mustered Dec., 1861.
Troop.
L, John S. Coffin, re-e. Jan., 1864.
I, Warren J. Davis, capt'd June, 1864, paroled March, 1865.
K, Chester C. Smith, disch. June, 1862.
First Light Battery, Three Years, - Mustered Sept., 1861.
David H. Bean, bugler, re-e. Dec., 1863.
Robinson Brown, bugler.
James M. Buswell.
John H. Goodwin, dropped from rolls, Oct., 1864.
James M. Preston.
William Preston.
Benjamin S. Stewart, rec. Dec., 1863.
Hugh B. Cochran, drafted.
First Regiment Heavy Artillery, - Mustered Sept., 1864. Co.
C, Edwin Coleman.
C, George Coult. C, George E. Edmonds. C, Benjamin Eaton.
C, Jacob Lufkin.
C, Henry M. Preston. C, Stephen Pingree. G, Charles H. Lyman, disch. dis., Jan., 1865. K, Joseph P. Brown.
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K, William G. Brown.
K, Dennis Donovan.
K, Luther Preston.
K, Harrison Preston.
K, Robert T. Plummer.
K, Simon G. Prescott.
K, Benj. F. Sherburne.
K, John E. White.
M, George C. Kimball.
Second Regiment Sharpshooters- Mustered November, 1861. Samuel F. Murry, 1st Lieut., 2d Lieut., pro. to Capt., Sept., 1863.
F, Alfred J. Sanborn, w'd May, 1864, mustered out Nov., 1864.
Those Who Furnished Volunteer Substitutes.
Wells C. Underhill,
Andrew F. Fox, Daniel Webster,
Harrison Burnham, Joseph Underhill.
Drafted Men.
Evander G. Preston, Benj. D. Emery,
John N. Claflin,
Edward O. Prescott,
George W. Hall,
Charles H. Patten,
Alexander M. Philip,
Charles H. Merrill.
W. I. Gilbert,
Substitutes For Drafted Men.
August Shaffer, Isaac Powell,
James McKew,
Patrick O'Niel,
Edward Haley, Charles Bond,
William Warren,
Charles A. Varnham.
Henry Cole,
Commutation fee of three hundred dollars paid by Arthur Dinsmore.
PROCEEDINGS OF AUBURN IN REGARD TO SOLDIERS.
June 1, 1861, there was a town meeting to see if the town would give bounties to such as had enlisted or should enlist in the support of the Government in the present emergency. Also to see if the town would provide each of said men with one rubber and one woolen blanket fit for military service. The articles were dismissed.
At a meeting, Sept., 26, 1861, it was
"Voted, to pay for the support of such of the wives
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and families of those who have enlisted or may enlist in the service of the United States, as are entitled to support by the provision of an act of the Legislature passed last June session.
" Voted, the selectmen be authorized to hire a sum of money not exceeding eight hundred dollars, and appropri- ate the same."
At the annual meeting held March 11, 1862,
" Voted, to raise a sum not exceeding three hundred dollars to aid the families of volunteers."
August 14, 1862,
" Voted, to raise eight hundred dollars to aid the fam ilies of volunteers.
" Voted, to pay one hundred dollars to each man (citizen of our town), who has enlisted or may enlist to fill our quota of three hundred thousand three-years men.
"Voted, to pay one hundred dollars to each man (citizen of our town), who may enlist to fill our quota of the last call for three hundred thousand nine-months men.
"Voted, that the selectmen be authorized to borrow a sum not exceeding three thousand dollars on the credit of the town."
Dec. 22, 1862,
" Voted, that the selectmen be authorized to procure volunteers from this town or any other that may be credited to us, until our quota is filled, by paying a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars to each volunteer.
" Voted, that the selectmen be authorized to hire on the credit of the town, a sum not exceeding six hundred dollars to carry the foregoing vote into effect, and pay the expense of recruiting and other incidental expenses."
On motion,
" Voted, to raise one hundred dollars in addition to the foregoing."
March 10, 1863,
" Voted, to raise a sum not exceeding a thousand dol- lars to aid the families of volunteers."
Aug. 27, 1863,
" Voted, that the town raise and pay to every drafted man who shall enter the service or furnish a substitute, the sum of three hundred dollars at the expiration of ten days after such drafted man or substitute shall have been mustered into the service of the United States.
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" Voted, that the selectmen be authorized to borrow or hire, on the credit of the town, a sum not exceeding six thousand dollars to carry out the foregoing vote."
At a meeting held Oct. 3, 1863, the foregoing votes were rescinded. On motion,
" Resolved, that the town raise and appropriate three hundred dollars as a bounty to each of the members of the enrolled militia of the state from the town of Auburn who may be, or have been, drafted or conscripted under the laws of the United States to serve in the army of the United States during the existing rebellion, or to the substitutes of such conscripts, and that the selectmen be authorized to pay such bounty to the order of such drafted man, or his substitute, or his order, after ten days from the time when such drafted man or his substitute shall have been mus- tered into the service of the United States.
"And that the selectmen hire on the credit of the town, the sum not exceeding eight thousand dollars to carry out the foregoing vote, and that they give the notes of the town, and therefore cause a copy of all such notes to be recorded by the town clerk in the records of the town.
" Voted, that the selectmen borrow or hire on the credit of the town, a sum not exceeding eight hundred dol- lars, to carry out the laws of the state rendering aid to families of volunteers."
Dec. 3, 1863,
" Voted, that the town raise eight thousand dollars to encourage voluntary enlistment to fill the quota of said town under the last call of the President of the United States for three hundred thousand volunteers : that the town assume and cash the United States and state boun- ties coming to each volunteer, upon their assigning the same to the town : that the town pay to each volunteer belonging to said town, who is entitled to $402 United States bounty, upon his assigning all bounties that may be due him to the town, eight hundred dollars ; to each vol- unteer belonging to said town who is entitled to $302 United States bounty, upon his assigning all bounties that may be due him to the town, seven hundred dollars ; to each volunteer not resident in town, a sum not exceeding six hundred and fifty dollars upon a like assignment of his bounties ; said sums to be paid upon their being accepted and mustered into the' United States service, and in no
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case shall a bounty be paid to any person enlisting after the quota is full : that the selectmen are hereby author- ized to borrow a sum not exceeding said eight thousand dollars to pay the aforesaid bounties and give the notes of the town for the same, -and cause a copy of said notes to be recorded in the book of the town clerk."
April 2, 1864,
" Voted, to pay all volunteers that have enlisted, or may enlist, to fill the quota of the town under the call of the President for two hundred thousand men, three hun- dred dollars.
" Voted, to hire four thousand dollars on the credit of the town to carry out the foregoing vote."
Aug. 8, 1864,
" Voted, that the town raise and appropriate a sum not exceeding six thousand dollars to encourage voluntary en- listments in said town, and that the selectmen be author- ized to hire the same on the credit of the town, and that the town treasurer be instructed to pay to each volunteer for one year, or his substitute, or to the order of his substi- tute, the sum of one hundred dollars ; and to each volun- teer for two years, or his substitute, or to the order of his substitute, the sum of two hundred dollars; and to each volunteer for three years, or his substitute, or to the order of his substitute, the sum of three hundred dollars. Said sums to be paid when such volunteer, or his substitute, shall be mustered into the service of the United States.
" Voted, that the town assume and cash the state bounty, and take an assignment back from the state.
" Voted, to instruct the selectmen to hire the sum not exceeding six thousand dollars, to pay drafted men or their substitutes.
" Voted, that any person putting in a substitute can take an assignment of the state bounty from their substitute, and have the same cashed by the town."
August 16th, 1864,
" Voted, to pay two hundred dollars in gold, or its equivalent, to each man, to pay expenses in procuring sub- stitutes.
" Voted, to instruct the selectmen to hire a sum not exceeding eight thousand dollars to cash the state bounty.
" Voted, that the selectmen be instructed to hire a sum not exceeding eight thousand dollars, to pay for procuring substitutes.
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" Voted, that the selectmen be authorized to pay three per cent. bonus on money, if it cannot be procured for less.
" Voted, that the town appoint one agent to act in uni- son with the selectmen in procuring substitutes."
Andrew F. Fox was chosen agent.
September 2d, 1864,
" Voted, to instruct the selectmen to pay the sum of four hundred dollars in addition to the one hundred dollars which was voted at the meeting of August 8th, to citizen volunteers under the last call of the President.
" Voted, an agent to see to the roll of the militia of this town."
Kendrick Emery was chosen agent.
" Voted, that the agent be paid the sum of three dollars per day, and his expenses.
" Voted, to authorize the selectmen to hire on the credit of the town, a sum not exceeding eight thousand dollars, to pay their own citizens that have enlisted, or may enlist, to fill the quota of the town, under the call of the Presi- dent."
January 9th, 1865,
" Resolved, that the town raise a sum of money not ex- ceeding eight thousand dollars, and appropriate the same as bounties to such persons as may voluntarily enlist, as volunteers or as substitutes 'for enrolled or drafted men, to fill the quota of the town under the last call of the Pres- ident of the United States for three hundred thousand men to serve in the army and navy.
" Resolved, that the town pay each man voluntarily en- listing or volunteering as a substitute for an enrolled or drafted man of this town, the sum of one hundred dollars for one year, two hundred for two years, three hundred for three years ; and to each man who has been an inhabitant of this town for three months preceding this meeting, en- listing in the quota of this town, the sum of six hundred dollars for one year, seven hundred dollars for two years, and eight hundred dollars for three years; and that per- sons so enlisting by this vote to receive them or their order as soon as they are mustered into the service of the United States.
" Voted, that the selectmen be instructed to raise a sum of money not exceeding eight thousand dollars, to carry out the foregoing vote."
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The following list of soldiers furnished by the town of Candia, and the bounties paid them, has been given by Abraham Emerson, Esq. I prepared a list from the Adju- tant-General's Report, showing the companies and regi- ments in which they served, but the names of many were not found there credited to Candia, owing probably to the large number classed under " unknown," and some others who enlisted into Massachusetts regiments. The following list is certified by the selectmen as having enlisted from Candia into the service of the United States in 1861, or previous to any bounty being paid by the town :
J. Lane Fitts,
Stephen Dearborn, killed at James Island,
George Emerson, killed at Fredericksburg,
Wells C. Haines, wounded at Bull Run, taken pris- oner, and died at Rich- mond,
Horace Dearborn, Albert Harlow, Chester C. Smith, J. Henry Worthen, John Sullivan, Stephen Fifield,
William Robinson,
James Gannon,
John G. Burbeck,
David Bedee,
William Bedee,
Richard B. Brown,
Jolin Brennard,
Francis Fifield,
Edmund J. Langley,
Lewis B. Carr,
Edwin J. Godfrey,
George W. Clay,
William Roberts, Charles B. Carr,
Rufus Ward,
Henry Buzzell,
E. Matthews,
Lorenzo Fifield,
Charles Robinson,
William Norton,
David Norton, Jr.,
Richard Norton,
Henry Norton,
Lucien Carr,
Reuben Batchelder.
Charles Turner,
George Robinson, William Daniels,
George A. Turner, Guilford Batchelder,
E. Morrill,
David R. Daniels, died in army, David Dudley, died in Mary- land, John Hall,
On the 17th of October, 1861, we find the following vote passed by the town of Candia in aid of volunteers :
" That the selectmen be authorized and instructed to raise by loan, or otherwise, a sum of money not exceeding 26
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five hundred dollars, and expend so much of the same as they may think proper in aiding the families of such per- sons as have enlisted and been mustered into the service of the United States from this town ; the same to be expended agreeably to the law of New Hampshire, passed June, 1861. Also, that the same provision be granted to all who may hereafter enlist."
At the annual meeting in March, 1862, the following vote Tras passed :
" Voted, that the selectmen abate the poll-tax of all sol- diers that have enlisted into service from this town."
At a legal town-meeting, held on the 14th day of August, 1862, the following votes were passed in the affirmative :
" Voted, that one thousand dollars be raised to aid the families of volunteers.
" Voted, that the selectmen hire, at the lowest possible rate of interest, a sufficient sum of money to pay each vol- unteer who has enlisted, or may enlist into the service of the United States for three years, and who has been mus- tered into said service to make up the quota of Candia, agreeable to the last call of the President for three hun- dred thousand men, two hundred dollars."
At the same meeting it was
" Voted, to add one hundred dollars, making three hun- dred to each volunteer."
On the 13th of the same month it was
" Voted, to pay the nine-months men one hundred and fifty dollars each."
The following is a list of names of those who received a bounty of three hundred dollars each, at the time Captain W. R. Patten enlisted his company. Here is the receipt :
" We severally acknowledge to have received from the town of Candia the sums set to our names, agreeable to the vote of the town passed August 14th, 1682, to encourage volunteer enlistments into the service of the United States for the term of three years."
WILLIAM R. PATTEN, Captain; R. BAXTER BROWN, 1st Lieut.
William Clark, sickened in Henry W. Rowe,
the army, returned to Con- cord and died, Robert Clark,
Ansell Emerson,
Lewellyn Wallace, died in army, Charles R. Rowe, George W. Hartford,
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Edwin Haines,
Frank Sovaine,
Edward B. Robinson,
Thomas C. Runnells, Oliver Haynes, George Mead, died, Dexter Read, Woodbury Hartford,
Joel P. Bean, returned, died,
Jesse D. Bean,
N. F. Brown, Daniel Brown, Jr., died, E. W. Foss, C. R. Stacy,
Charles E. Wason,
Manson M. Bricket,
Asa E. Buswell,
Levi Barker, Jr.,
John A. Gile,
Frederick F. Emerson,
Daniel C. Davis,
Charles M. Lane,
Woodbury D. Dearborn,
Nathl. Hardy, died,
Reuben H. Dunn,
George W. Brown, Jr.,
William Collins.
The following is a list of volunteers for nine months, who were paid a bounty of one hundred and fifty dollars each :
Levi Barker, Andrew J. Mead, Daniel B. Langley,
Edward P. Lane, died at New Orleans, Henry T. Eaton,
Walter W. Bean, Franklin Clay, John H. Bean,
Samuel C. Nay, P. Gerrish Robinson, Daniel Hall, died at New Orleans, Frederic Clay,
Joseph Avery,
George W. Taylor,
Charles W. Hoit, John A. Haines.
At a legal meeting held on the 10th of January, 1863, the following vote passed affirmatively :
" That the selectmen be instructed to appropriate six hundred dollars to aid the families of volunteers."
At the annual meeting, 1863, it was
" Voted, to raise one thousand dollars to aid the families of volunteers."
Charles C. Page,
Leonard F. Dearborn,
George W. Griffin,
Heman O. Mathews, Charles C. Brown, E. F. Brown, died, N. J. Dearborn, Rufus Ward, Ezekiel L. Shurtleff, John H. Harrison, Thomas J. Morrill, Joseph L. Gleason, Albert M. Morrill, Augustus B. Gile, James H. Morrill, Charles A. Jones, Hiram G. Gleason, George C. Fifield,
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July 14th, 1863, it was
" Voted, to appropriate two thousand dollars to aid the families of volunteers."
At a legal meeting, held on the 2d day of September, 1863, the following vote was passed affirmatively :
"To pay each drafted man three hundred dollars, whether he serves himself, or procures a substitute."
At a meeting of the town, held on the 30th day of No- vember, 1863, to see what measures the town would take to fill its quota, the selectmen were instructed to procure a sufficient number of men at as low a rate as may be, and that the town raise a sum of money not exceeding eight thousand dollars, and appropriate as much as may be necessary in procuring said men.
List of Volunteers under the call of October 17th, 1863.
Patrick Donnelly, Carl Neagle,
Augustus Archer,
George Smith,
Charles Smith,
George C. Brown,
Edward Black, John Nelson,
John Wilson, Martin Rapee,
John Brown, Frederick McPherson,
Horace Colburn,
James Webber,
Nelson Hurd,
Charles Fifield.
At the annual meeting, 1864, it was voted to raise one thousand dollars to aid families of volunteers.
At a meeting of the town, April 28, 1864, it was voted to pay veteran soldiers three hundred dollars bounty.
At the same meeting it was voted to raise two thousand five hundred dollars, to be paid as bounties to raw re- cruits ; also to raise five thousand dollars to be expended in filling our future quotas, if any calls be made prior to March next.
At a legal meeting of the town held Aug. 30, 1864, it was voted to raise fifteen hundred dollars to aid families of volunteers.
At the same meeting it was voted to raise five thousand dollars in addition to what had already been raised ; and to pay to drafted men, or substitutes for drafted or enrolled men, the highest bounties allowed by law.
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At a meeting held Dec. 28, 1864, it was voted to pay volunteers, residents of Candia, six hundred dollars for one year.
" Voted, to raise a sum not to exceed twelve thousand dollars, to pay volunteers or substitutes."
Substitutes for Drafted Men.
James O'Donnel,
Thomas Marks,
Carlz Fitzrun, John Stevens,
James Sullivan, James Han.
The above were paid three hundred dollars each, by the town.
The following is a list of those enlisted in 1864, who were paid a bounty of four hundred dollars :
James Thomas,
Thomas Harvey,
James Wright,
Edward Bailor,
George Bower,
Malcom McKinna,
Charles Dearborn,
George A. Turner,
William Robinson,
Richard Howard,
Alexander White,
Robert Field,
Nicholas Johnson,
Cyrus W. Truel,
Willie F. Eaton,
John H. Brown,
A. Frank Patten,
Orlando Brown,
Reuben II. Fitts,
Sam1 C. Nay.
The following enlisted under the vote to pay six hundred dollars bounty :
John C. Fifield, Orestes J. Bean,
Lewis H. Cate,
William G. Fitts,
George L. Merrifield,
Jolın L. Quimby,
Lewis D. Moore,
Samuel L. Carr,
John H. Mears,
Frank G. Bursiel.
At the annual meeting, 1865, it was voted to raise twelve hundred dollars to aid families of volunteers.
Here follows a list of substitutes furnished by enrolled men, to each of which the town paid a bounty of three hundred dollars :
Joseph B. Quimby, Thomas Smith,
Charles Fuller, John Curdines,
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John Logan,
Frank Rogers, James Cheney, James Green,
Edmund Boyle,
Frank Stanton, James Webb,
Wm. H. Williams, John Haynes, Jacob Shenan.
The following list of the soldiers furnished by the town of Raymond has been given by the Rev. Joseph Fullonton, who is preparing a history of Raymond ; as with the town of Candia, there are discrepancies between that and the Adjutant-General's Report :
Sewel J. Tilton, Capt.,
Elisha Towle,
John A. Cram, Lieut.,
Nathaniel Emery,
George B. Cram,
Richard Abbot,
George H. Tilton,
Rufus A. Tilton,
John Brown,
Daniel W. Osgood,
Orren T. Dodge,
Nathan Norton,
Samuel G. Bartlet,
Jonathan P. Holman,
Warren True,
Abraham S. Healey,
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