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Though an honest, modest, hard working farmer, many who boast of high military rank deserve far less credit and honor. See incident, characteristic of his courage and płuck, on page 415.
GEORGE C. CURRIER.
fere is one whose drumsticks were in hand to beat any call by night or day, when not engaged in carrying the wounded from the field of carnage. Ile belongs to a family of musicians and his brothers, Cyrus C. and Lorenzo M., were enlisted members of the Second Brigade Band, of the Tenth Corps, afterwards known as the "Post band " and stationed for sometime at Hilton Head, S. C.
lle is one of the seven children of Trueworthy G. and Nancy S. (Chase) Currier, and was born in Bristol, February 13, 1841. Present, as believed, at every battle and skirmish that the regiment was engaged in and often under fire.
Married to Clara A., daughter of Samuel Cox, of Holderness, April 28, 1866, and their only child, Carrie B., is now the wife of Ansel D. Dolloff. Occupation before and for some years after the war a wheelwright ; now manufacturer of crutches, thousands of which are made and sold by him every year. So whereas he once assisted his comrades in getting rid of their useless legs, he is now helping to supply them with useful ones. He is one of the best and most substantial citizens of Bristol.
JOHN G. DONOVAN.
Son of James and Elizabeth (Gilman) Donovan ; born in Sanbornton, March 19, 1822. Married Sarah Quimby, of Sanbornton, before the war ; one child died in infancy. Mar- ried again, August 26, 1867, to Julia A. Gilman, of Sanbornton ; one child, John H. James, brother and oldest son in a family of eleven children, was in the Mexican War, and his grandfather, Joseph Gilman, was in the War of the Revolution.
This soldier was in most of the battles of the regiment, except Gettysburg and Cold Ilarbor, and was wounded slightly by shell on right hip in the battle of Chancellorsville, where he was taken prisoner and paroled on the field.
For the last twenty years he has been as constant at his forge, as blacksmith in the railroad shop at Lakeport, as he was faithful to his post of duty in the war.
* Supposed to be Dudley F. Smith.
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New Hampshire Volunteers.
B. L. L. 5-43. CORP. ORRIN G. COLBY.
DB. B. L. 6-0.
GEORGE C. CURRIER.
B. Bk. L. 5-113. JOHN G. DONOVAN.
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LIEUT. DAVID E. EVERETT.
This son of Dexter and Betsey ( Pingree) Everett was born in New London, October 25, 1825, and was married to Harriett R. Davis, of Franklin, June 1, 1848. Ilis children are, De Volney and De Witt, the oldest, Henry R., died in infancy. His wife's brother, Richard HI. Davis, was killed in a Wisconsin Regiment.
A captain in the State militia before the war ; when the Twelfth was raised, he enlisted forty-two men for Company D, and was made its first lieutenant. He commanded his com- pany at the battle of Fredericksburg, thus evincing the active patriotism of his grandfather. Levi Everett, who was a lieutenant in the Revolution. Disabled from the effects of rheu- matic fever contracted from exposure at the battle above named, he was obliged to leave the service soon after, much to the regret of those who had learned to respect him for his many manly qualities.
Ile has for many years resided in Concord, with his record as a citizen and a soldier unblemished. He received an academic education and intended to be a teacher, but when enlisted was employed as a carriage trimmer. Since the war his business has been a har- ness cutter.
SERGT. ENOS B. FERRIN.
One of the sixteen children (ten sons) of Jonathan and Harriet (Webster) Ferrin, and born in Bridgewater, October 25, 1831. Ilis early life was spent on a farm and he was quick to respond to the nation's call for support in that direful time of 1861.
In the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Swift Creek. Cold Harbor, and Siege of Petersburg, going through them all without receiving a wound. Ile was on de- tached service on guard of the wagon train during the Gettysburg campaign. An incident about his cooking beans in the city of Fredericksburg was the means of saving his life while the enemy was shelling the city. A comrade says of him: " Brave and reliable ; who always knew that it was safe to depend on him no matter what the emergency." Ile has always seemed to enjoy a life of " single blessedness," never being married. but his name should be perpetuated.
Occupation, before and since enlistment, a farmer.
SERGT. HIRAM W. FERRIN.
Yes, he was as firm and stern on the field as he looks here on paper, yet a good citizen and kind hearted man. He is the son of Jonathan and Harriet (Webster) Ferrin, born in Bridgewater, April 3, 1835, and married to Elizabeth II., daughter of Jonathan Brown, of Bow, November 12, 1864. Their only child is Ella II. His wife is a sister to Charles, Samuel, and Caleb Brown (see sketches). He had three brothers, besides Enos (see sketch), in the war.
Ile was in all the battles of the regiment, except the Siege of Petersburg and Ceme- tery Ilill, during which time he was absent from regiment two or three months because of a severe wound from shell in left hip at the battle of Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864. Also wounded slightly in right leg at Chancellorsville. He was one of the disabled veterans who helped defend the capitol against General Early's attack in the summer of 1864, and one of the many who wore the chevrons, but deserved the epaulets for bravely defending the flag on many bloody battle-fields. He has long resided, and is highly respected, in the city of Concord.
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New Hampshire Volunteers.
B. DB. L. 6-0. LIEUT. DAVID E. EVERETT.
B. DR. D. 5-IO.
SERGT. ENOS B. FERRIN.
B. B. L. 5-9. SERGT. HIRAM W. FERRIN.
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CHARLES II. FOSS.
One of the eight children of Loren and Mary Ann (Mason) Foss, born in Sandwich, April 17, 1830. Ilis great-grandfather, Capt. Lemuel B. Mason, was a gallant soldier of the Revolution, serving through the whole war, and fought under Washington on most of his important battle-fields, and was with Sullivan in his expeditions against the Indians, having many narrow escapes from death. He also enlisted in the War of 1812, and served one year as captain in Colonel Davis' Regiment.
His grandmother, on his father's side, was the daughter of Moses Harmon, who was also a Revolutionary soldier for three years, who fought at Ticonderoga, and was present when Burgoyne surrendered.
Married Martha A., daugliter of Charles HI. Plummer, of Sanbornton, July 4. 1859. One child, Mary J.
In battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, sick in hospital summer and fall of 1863. and transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps. Though his service in the field was short, compared with many, his record as a soldier and a citizen is worthy of his ancestry.
FRANK G. FOWLER.
Ilis name is found on the roll of honor, for he died of wounds received at Chancellors- ville (see roster).
Hle was the son of Isaiah II. Fowler and was born in Bristol, June 9, 1843. He had three brothers and one sister. His father was a brother of the mother of Luther II. Parker (see sketch).
Ile was wounded in right hip by the fatal bullet, and for some time it was expected that he would recover. He was in the battle of Fredericksburg, and nothing is known against his record. Ilis grandfather, Abner, was a soldier of the second war with England.
ANDREW P. GILMAN.
This worthy citizen of his native town was born in Saubornton. May 1. 1837. Parents, Alba and Lucy P. (Chase) Gilman, who had four children, one dying in infancy, and the other three were all in the war at the same time ; Charles A., the oldest, in the Eighteenth New Hampshire Regiment, and Andrew P'. and George B., in the Twelfth. His father died in 1866, but his mother, at the age of eighty-six is still living to be envied for her strength and activity by those many years her junior.
In the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. Wounded twice at Chancel- lorsville, the last time severely in left hip by a minie ball which he still carries in his body. *
Ilis great-grandfathers, Simon Gilman and Jonathan Chase, were both in the great struggle for independence.
Married to Althea Sanborn. December 29, 1857, and has only two children. Lucy E. and Clarence E., now living : the oldest child, Carrie A., having died in the ecstatic triunph of the Christian faith several years ago.
lle is one of the many brave men of the regiment who were crippled for life at Chan- cellorsville, and soon after, for that reason, discharged from the service, but one of the few whose name seemed providentially saved from death's long roll on that life-harvesting field.
MOSES B. GILMAN.
December 14, 1829, this youngest but one in a family of five boys and two girls, was born to Moses and Sophia (Burley) Gilman, in the town of Sanbornton, where he still resides.
Ilis grandfather, Joseph Gilman, was in the Revolution ; his father in War of 1812, and severely wounded, narrowly escaping the scalping knife by hiding under a log through
* See incident of, page 345.
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New Hampshire Volunteers.
B. B. L. 5-9. CHARLES H. FOSS.
R. DB. L. 5-63. FRANK G. FOWLER.
H. B. L. 5-10. ANDREW P. GILMAN.
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the night. and swimming across the river after daylight under the fire of the Indian sharp- shooters and finally reaching the American lines by the assistance of his brother, who was in the same battle, and met him as he landed.
Ilis three brothers (Albert A., in the Mexican War ; John HI., in the Sixth Vermont Volunteers, and Freeman D., in the First New Hampshire Volunteers and afterward in Sprague's Rhode Island Cavalry) also fought for the same flag as himself, making a family record of courage and patriotism equalled by few.
In the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg ; wounded slightly in the second, and so severe in left wrist and back in the last battle as to disable him for the field and was transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps (see roster), where he served until the end of the war.
Married May 5, 1861, to Everline A. Johnson ; one adopted son.
He is now, as ever since the war, a thrifty farmer of his native town, but enjoys a coon hunt or fox chase with his favorite hound, quite as much as harpooning whales * or shooting quails in his earlier years, for he is still " one of the boys."
" At Gettysburg," as he relates, " Jonathan Leavitt, who stood near me when the battle commenced, said, 'now Moses we have got to catch it,' and so we did. He was killed, and I was badly wounded."
ADNA M. HALL.
Born in Bristol, July 4, 1811. and died (see roster) of wounds in shoulder and back by shell and musket shot at the battle of Gettysburg.
For parentage, etc., see sketch of his brother, Oliver P. His great-grandfather was a soldier in the Revolution. He fought at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, where by his heroism he proved the quality of that patriot blood that he inherited, and which he afterwards shed for liberty on one of the world's greatest battle-fields. 1Je was wounded early in the engagement and was one of the first to receive a fatal shot.
Ile is remembered by his early associates and army comrades as being upright and temperate in all his dealings and habits, and was one of the many noble hearted whose names are found on the regimental roll, of those who died of wounds received on the field of battle.
LIEUT. GEORGE W. HALL.
llis place and date of birth are Tunbridge, Vt., November 19, 1829, and he is the son of Abner and Thirza ( Elkins) Ilall.
November 7, 1853, he married Hannah H., daughter of Eliphalet Flanders, of Sanborn- ton. Children, Emma 1., George E., Cora E., Charles A., Maude A., Florence II., Harry W., and Sarah E.
lle was in the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville and wounded at last named In left shoulder, taken prisoner and paroled on the fiekl, where he assisted the other wounded until he crossed the river into our lines. He was also in the battles of Swift Creek, Port Walthall, Cold Harbor, and part of the Siege of Petersburg. At the battle of Cold Harbor he commanded Company B in the leading division of the charge. He says : "At Chancellorsville, after being taken prisoner, I got water and fixed up shelters for those who were too badly wounded to help themselves. I asked and was granted permission to do this by a rebel surgeon. The cry all around me was for water. I worked until ten o'clock that night." For the last few months of the war he was acting adjutant at Rendez- vous Camp. Portland, Me.
A carpenter by trade, and his record as a soldier and civilian speaks for itself on the right side of every cause and work in the present as well as in the past.
" He went on a whaling voyage when young.
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New Hampshire Volunteers.
B. DB. D. 5-S3. MOSES B. GILMAN.
B. DR. L. 5-9. ADNA M. HALL.
Bk. D. D. 5-S3. LIEUT. GEORGE W. HALL.
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OLIVER P. HALL.
Son of Oliver S. and Elizabeth (Morrison) Hall, and brother of Adna M. (see sketch). who was killed at Gettysburg.
Born in Bristol, where he has always resided, May 18, 1843, and is the great-grandson of a soldier of the Revolution.
In all the general engagements of the regiment, except Fredericksburg and Gettysburg. Wounded severely by minie ball in right hip at Chancellorsville while trying to bind up the death wound of Augustus Chapman (see roster), of the same company. Rejoined regiment at Point Lookout the next fall. Captured at Bermuda Hundred (see roster) and paroled from Salisbury prison, N. C., March 9, 1865, having previously been for a while in Libby and Belle Isle prisons and was one of the fortunate few, of the 10,000 confined there when he went in, that came out and reached home alive.
He has never yet married, and it is feared now he never will, though almost any good and patriotic woman would have reason to feel proud of a husband with such an honor- able record made in the service of his country.
CORP. ARTHUR L. HANNAFORD.
March 8, 1844, is the date of this soldier's birth, who is the ninth of the fourteen chil- dren of Albert Hannaford, who married Loraina Smith who became the mother of them all. A brother, William F., served from 1861 to 1865 in the Eighth New Hampshire.
In most of the battles of the regiment, excepting Gettysburg, when he was a paroled prisoner, being wounded and captured at Chancellorsville. Was in Libby and Belle Isle about a month, then at Parole Camp, Annapolis, Md., and did not rejoin regiment until September at Point Lookout. When taken prisoner, and for a while after, he was between the lines and exposed to a severe fire from both sides. He speaks of a severe experience while under rebel control, and remembers of finding Richmond draped in mourning for the death of General Jackson. This soldier has a vein of pleasantry in his make-up, and was always as ready to entertain his comrades in camp as to engage the enemy on the field.
Married Emily F., daughter of Miles Randall, at Canterbury, October 11, 1869. Chil- dren, Orville R. (deceased) and Edith M. Married Morilla II. Swan, daughter of James Marsh, of Franklin, November 13, 1879. Child, Bernice.
The picture, from which this was engraved, was taken just before leaving the state for the front.
LIEUT. ALONZO W. JEWETT.
Born in Wentworth, September 17, 1839. Son of Alpha C. and Hannah Flanders Jewett. Married April 23, 1861, to Annette Locke, and August 5, 1879, to Celestia Davis Angel. Children by first wife, Katie B., Harry C., and Arthur A., all deceased but the last.
In all the principal engagements of the regiment, except the Siege of Petersburg, when he was on detached service as acting quartermaster of field hospital ; afterward of the regiment. Wounded slightly at Cold Ilarbor, and one of the "eighteen," as he remem- bers it, who helped retake the lost ground and prisoners at Gettysburg. During last of war he acted as quartermaster for the regiment for some time, and was appointed acting assistant quartermaster for the post at Danville, Va., besides filling other positions of official trust during his enlistment. Ile was prompt, brave, and efficient, and as true to duty as the needle to the pole. He has been engaged in farming most of the time since the war, and is one of the most respected citizens of Laconia, where he has long resided.
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New Hampshire Volunteers.
B. DB. L. 5-7. OLIVER P. HALL.
B. B. L. 5-9.
CORP. ARTHUR L. HANNAFORD.
B. B. L. 5-43. LIEUT. ALONZO W. JEWETT.
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JOSIAII JONES.
Son of Jonathan and Sarah (Haines) Jones, and born in Quincy, Mass., October 27, 1839.
In battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, and wounded at the latter in four places - in left thigh and leg severely by shell, and slightly in side by piece of shell, and in the head by minie ball, and was left in a helpless and suffering condition on the field for thirteen days at the mercy of the enemy. lle lay until Thursday noon before his wounds were dressed. Discharged on account of wound in leg which lamed him for life. He had two brothers in the war, John F., in Thirteenth Massachusetts Infantry, and George, in a Massachusetts Battery.
Ile married Lizzie Wilson (deceased) in 1869. Married again to Emima A., of Tops- field, Mass. ; no children by either wife.
* " Two lines of rebel infantry charged over me," he says, "after I fell." * " The ugliest looking man I ever saw was a rebel whom I feared at first sight, but soon learned to love. for he helped me into the shade of a tree, put a blanket under my head and was very kind to me. Some of the rebel musicians had previously robbed me of my money and boots, and Joseph Young, who lay near me, of the pictures of his wife and daughter. The regular soldiers of the line, however, treated me well."
Died in Lynn, Mass., where he resided for many years, about 1890. Another worthy veteran gone.
CORP. WILLIAM C. KELLEY.
On the 6th day of June, 1834, William C. Kelley was born in Hill. His parents were Alfred and Mary (Currier) Kelley and he had three sisters, he being the only son. His grandfather, Timothy Kelley, served during the War of 1812.
He faithfully followed the flag in all engagements, except Cold Ilarbor, during which battle he served in the capacity of cook. At the battle of Chancellorsville, when the fight was raging the hottest, he was hit by a spent ball in breast and another grazed his side.
Ile was married in the year 1867, on the 29th of May, to Anna Merrill, of Hill, by whom he had four children, Alfred M .. Minnie J., Lizzie M., and Arthur W. A farmer, good man, and brave soldier.
HENRY R. KIDDER.
This good man and brave soldier was killed at Chancellorsville as he was lying upon the ground just before advancing into the vortex of battle. * He had just raised his head to get a better view of the field across which the bullets were flying. when the fatal bullet struck him in the head. His brother (see next sketch) was lying by his side. He was the son of Joseph and Dorcas ( Nelson) Kidder, and born in Bristol, 1841.
His mother. it is said. saw him as she thought walking towards the depot in Bristol, the same hour that he was killed, nearly a thousand miles away. The news of his early fall in the service of his country brought life-lasting sorrow to the hearts of relations and friends at home, and sadness to all who knew him. Like his brother, hie possessed good traits of manty character.
SERGT. URIANI H. KIDDER.
This valiant defender of his country's flag was born, January 27, 1837, in the town of Bristol, where, when not in the army. he has ever since resided. .
He was the son of Joseph and Dorcas (Nelson) Kidder, and was married to Nancy J., daughter of Oliver S. Hall, March 29, 1881.
He was with his regiment in every battle, skirmish, and march, from Concord to Cold Harbor, Va., where he was badly wounded in right thigh, never able to do field service
* See page 79.
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New Hampshire Volunteers.
G. D. D. 5-5. JOSIAH JONES.
B. B. I .. 5-52. CORP. WILLIAM C. KELLEY.
NHV
D. DB. D. 6-0. HENRY R. KIDDER.
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afterward. Ile was also slightly wounded at Gettysburg by a shell that assisted him over a fence on the retreat, a towel in his knapsack saving his life. At Chancellorsville, he es- caped unharmed. though his brother was killed by his side. He says :
" I saw Lieutenant Cram when he fell on the field of Chancellorsville, with the blood spurting ont from both sides of his head or neck. I saw Lieutenant Keyes, of Company E, on the same field jump into the air, while he was waving his sword to his men, and fall dead to the ground. I also saw the Nelson boys together near the Chancellor House, when Dan was killed. I saw Frank Knowlton and Adna Hall when they were mortally wounded at Gettysburg." A farmer, strictly honest and honorable.
CORP. JAMES F. MARSHALL.
llere is Company D's baby, as he looked after having donned Uncle Sam's uniform at Concord, in the fall of 1862. Then a little, pale-faced boy scarcely in his " teens," and looking hardly old enough to get the cows, but now he would lack only the uniform to make him appear what he proved himself to be, one of the bravest and best soldiers of the regiment .* lle is the fourth child and oldest son, except one (died in infancy), of Benjamin F. and Be- linda (MeCauley) Marshall, and was born in Concord, August 31, 1846. llis father, now deceased, was a member of Troop L, First New Hampshire Cavalry, serving until the end of the war. He moved to Hill, where his widow still resides.
This soldier was in every battle of the regiment, except the Siege of Petersburg, where he was disabled from duty by a wound through left shoulder at the battle of Cold llarbor. Now look, again, at the stripling in uniform, and then read further that he never was on detached duty ; never went to a surgeon's call or in hospital, except when wounded ; never asked for an excuse or a pass ; and never away from the colors, on march or in battle ; and then pause in wonder and admiration at the invincible determination and heroic fortitude, to say nothing of the wonderful powers of physical endurance of one so young and small.
llis first wife was Emma L. Shaw, of Laconia, married October 24, 1868. Died a year or two later. Married Emma A. Hall, April 15, 1872. Children, Frank A., Chester II., Fred J., and Charles R.
lle is now a resident of the city of Portsmouth ; occupation, a hair dresser ; and one of her best and worthiest citizens. With such a heroic record, words of praise are super- fluons.
DR. ROBERT MARTIN.
Son of Samuel and Betsey (Cass) Martin, and born in Alexandria. A brother, Rufus L., in First New Hampshire Cavalry, and Newell S., in First New England Cavalry.
Married in 1841 to Mary A. Flanders, of Ilill. No children.
Although enlisting, and for a short time serving as a musician, his previously acquired skill in the treatment of sick and wounded horses soon caused him to be detailed for duty in the quartermaster department as veterinary surgeon, in which capacity he continued to act for regiment, brigade or division, until the end of the war. Though not a graduate of any school for the study of comparative anatomy, yet his council and advice were often so- licited and followed by those who were ; and he took great interest and pride in the work' for which he proved himself especially fitted, and in which he won for himself the honor_ able abbreviation of Dr.
lle was present at the battles of Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Relay House, Drury's Bluff, Cold Harbor, Siege of Petersburg, and Chapin's Farm, and had an exciting race with, and narrow escape from, General Jackson's troops at Chancellorsville, where his horse was shot under him. Several years ago he moved to South Dakota, where he now resides. Post-office, Parker.
* See page 215.
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New Hampshire Volunteers.
D. DE. D. 5-1I. SERGT. URIAH HI. KIDDER.
Bk. I.B. L. 5-43. CORP. JAMES F. MARSHALL.
G. B. D. 5-7. DR. ROBERT MARTIN.
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LIEUT. BRADBURY M. MORRILL.
This is one of the five children of Folsom and Rosilla (Morrison) Morrill, who was born in Sanbornton, April 26, 1829.
llis father was for many years a prominent mast and spar dealer, cutting many of them from his own farm, on the banks of the l'einigewasset river, where this soldier-son was engaged with him in business before he enlisted.
He was married first to Ellen S., daughter of George W. Sumner, of Hill, June 25, 1851, who died childless two years later, and second, to Ann E. Proctor, of Lowell, Mass., September 4, 1856. Children, Ellen S., Harriet F., and Alice B.
Ile was in the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, and also in Gettysburg where he was severely wounded in left wrist. A captain's commission awaited his return to the regiment, but after four months' sickness in hospital from his wound he was in a condition to resign rather than accept it, being permanently disabled. Ile was one of the last if not among the very last to leave the field of Chancellorsville, when the regiment re- treated. Since his discharge (see roster), he has been in business as photographer and in- surance agent. Some of the pictures that appear in this history were engraved from pho- tographs taken by him during or immediately after the war. lle is of a quiet and mild disposition and not unduly excited even amid the clash of arms. He has been an invalid for many years. Ilis grandfather, Nathaniel Morrill, was in the War of 1812.
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