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After the war he finished his academic course, went through college, and has since been engaged in teaching, most of the time at Manchester, and Gloucester, Mass., with marked success.
He married Abbie Hayes, of Alton, April 2, 1883, and had one daughter, Gertrude (deceased).
Ile resides in Gloucester, Mass., where he is greatly respected as a man of high mental culture and moral worth.
Of this officer, much more of his record and merit might be said. lle displayed courage and ability equaled by few and in many respects excelled by none. Brilliant is his career and long may he live and his memory after him.
* See History of Colors, page 374 et seq. t See pages 460-472.
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JAMES S. BAKER.
Andrew Baker, the father of James S., became the husband of Sarah Mudgett, and one of their sons is the subject of this sketch and was born in Holderness, May 29, 1832, and died in his native town (now Ashland), some years ago (see roster). lle was married July 28, 1860, to Arabel Simonds, of Lowell, Mass. ; his children are George S., Mabel S., and Theron B. A. He was leading musician of the regiment for some time, and was ou detached service for a while as a musician in the Brigade Band. IIe also had charge of the regimental mail after the death of Chaplain Ambrose. He was an iron moulder by trade, and for some time engineer in a paper mill. He was present at many of the principal battles of the regiment, and was a faithful and reliable soldier, serving all through the war.
MIOLLIS S. BLAKE.
Was born on the 6th day of April, 1844, in the town of Holderness. His parents were Amos W. and Catherine F. (Fergerson) Blake.
Ile was wounded. in the charge made at Cold Harbor, by minie ball piercing his left ear. lle says : "Charles Chase, of my company, was wounded through Jeft thigh as we were making the second advance, and would have bled to death if it had not been for the timely assistance of his comrades." He was also in the battles of Drury's Bluff, Peters- burg and others, serving a part of the time as sharpshooter, and remained until the end of the war.
Married September 23, 1866, to Persis E. Blanchard, of Ashland, and has one child, Morris.
lle was an operator in a woolen factory for a while, and also engaged in paper making. Nothing but good for him or his record.
EDWIN E. BROWN.
At the battle of Gettysburg, where so many lives were offered np for their country, this sollier, fearless and brave, was among the fallen heroes. A minie ball penetrated his left breast, cansing immediate death. Ile was born, June 3, 1841, in Bridgewater, and son of Enos and Lavina (Ileathe) Brown, there being two boys and two girls, beside him, in the family. llis mother's uncle, Starling Ileathe, was all through the Revolution, and his great-grandfather was also in the War of Independence, and badly wounded, besides en- during great hardships.
Ile was a farmer before enlistment, and was not married. Ile was a sincere Christian, a brave and patriotic soldier and an honest man.
CORP. HARRISON M. BUSIEL.
This soldier, who has a war record, which in one respect, probably, is equal to no other in the state, if indeed in the country, was born in Gilford, Jnne 3, 1825, and is the son of Moses H. and Relief (Brown) Busiel.
Married Alice C. Blanchard, June 13, 1845. Children, Albert L. (see sketch in Com- pany 1), George W., Fred B., Frank P., Etta M., and Alice A.
Ile was regularly enlisted and mnstered in, and was honorably discharged (see roster) nearly two years later. He was not disabled by accident or sick, except for a short time, nor disobeyed a single order during that whole period, yet he never did a single day's service in the army, nor left the state, as a soldier, so far as is known.
When the regiment left Concord for the front, he was left behind to bury his son and to remain there until he should receive orders when and where to report. But no such orders were ever sent him, and he, many years after, received through the writer his full pay.
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New Hampshire Volunteers.
B. LB. L. 5-7. CALVIN M. ANDREWS.
B. B. F. 5-5- GEORGE M. ANNABLE.
D. B. L. 5-63. LIEUT. ALBERT W. BACHELER.
B. D. L. 5-1I. JAMES S. BAKER.
B. Bk. D. 5-SĮ. HOLLIS S. BLAKE.
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BVT. LIEUT. DANIEL P. CHENEY.
Ilere is the picture of another one of the " old reliables," who smelt the smoke of every battle and skirmish, it is believed, that the regiment was engaged in.
lle was born in Holderness, now Ashland, and is the youngest son of Person and Anne W. (Morrison) Cheney, who had four sous in the Union army, Col. John T., of Illinois, serving on Gen. Frank Blair's staff ; Thomas P., a lieutenant in the Sixth New Hampshire Regiment ; and two more in the Twelfth. The Cheneys, of this family, came from Eng- land, but this soldier's maternal ancestors were of Scotch-Irish origin : his grandfather, Jonathan Morrison, and great-grandfather, Abraham Perkins, both serving in the Revolu- tion, the latter as captain in Colonel Long's regiment. One of his ancestors married a granddaughter of Hannah Dustin.
lle was married first to Henrietta Powell, of Holderness, March 3, 1864, who died September 29, 1889, at Sioux City, Iowa, where he has resided most of the time since the war, leaving one daughter. Married again to Lucy Moore, an English lady, who has two children by a former marriage. He had by his first marriage three children in all, Loyd, Annie M., and Benice M.
SERGT. SAMUEL T. CHENEY.
The reader can here look upon the picture of one of the heroic patriots of the regi- ment, whose name will be found on the roll of honor. llis life's blood run out on the battle-field of Cold Harbor, where he fell in that terrible charge, and though he fell by his brother's side, who the night following hunted for him, fearing he was among those left wounded and suffering between the lines, and who afterward sought him with anxious diligence. while acting as one of the detail to bury the dead, yet no trace of him, or his body, was ever found.
lle was born at Holderness (now Ashland), January 23, 1835, and was married in 1859 or '60, to Addie Moulton, of Lakeport, but left no children.
lle was orderly sergeant when he was killed, and would doubtless soon have won an officer's insignia, for he had shown his fitness for command in many battles before his last. Ile was liked by all of his comrades for he was a willing partner with them in their sufferings and sorrows, as well as their amusements and joys. The following has been written of him by one who knew him from birth, and loved him like a brother : " lle was as full of fun and drollery, with a keen eye for the ridiculous, as a man could be, generous to a fault, honorable to perfection." See parentage and family record in sketch of his brother, Daniel P.
GEORGE W. CLARKE.
llere is a very good likeness of the only living member of the regiment who lost a leg and arm in the service of his country. He is the youngest of six boys and six girls, of whom one half of each sex are still living, and was born in Dorchester, April 7, 1839 .*
In Fredericksburg and at Chancellorsville, where he was wounded in the same arm that he afterward lost with a leg from the same side, by a shell, at the battle of Swift Creek. To an immediate amputation of both limbs upon the field, and a good constitution with heroic fortitude to match, all needfully united, he is indebted for the last half of his terrene ex- istence. Huntress, afterward killed at Cold Ilarbor, and Cox, still living, stood close by him when he was struck, and helped support and care for him until his limbs were amputated. He says : " At Chancellorsville, just after they commenced to shell us so severely, I saw one shell explode and kill three men ou one of our batteries ; it stove them all to pieces. 1 saw Lieutenant Cram killed. Ile was standing near me. A ball cut off his jugular vein. I had just told him that I was wounded and he motioned for me to go to the rear, when lie fell with the blood spurting a foot or more high from his neck."
* See parentage, etc., in sketch of Aaron Clarke, Company C.
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B. I. L. 5-6.
EDWIN E. BROWN.
B. B. L. 5-9. CORP. HARRISON M. BUSIEL.
G. S. F. 5-7. BVT. LIEUT. DANIEL P. CHENEY.
B. L. 1 . 5-9. SERGT. SAMUEL T. CHENEY.
Bk. DB, D. 5-S. GEORGE W. CLARKE.
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" Henry Keyes was in front of me loading and firing as fast as he could. All at once I saw him drop his gun and jump, as it seemed to me, at least two feet into the air. Then, looking around, he picked up his gun, and went to firing again. Ile soon after lost his right arm." * * *
" When I came off the field they were just getting their batteries back. The horses were literally cut to pieces. I saw one with his bowels dragging on the ground, and another with one leg only fastened to his body by a piece of hide," etc., etc. " Miles Sweney, of my company, was struck in the temple by a spent ball, which just pricked into the flesh. Ile thought at first that he was killed, and exclaimed. ' I'm gone up.'"
Comrade Clarke was a brave and faithful defender of the flag, and, saving those who gave their lives, few sacrificed so much for its honor and protection as the subject of this sketch. lle was never married.
SIMEON H. CROSS.
Oldest child of ten children of Sylvester and Clarissa (Bean) Cross. Born in Bridge- water, May 21, 1844. Ile was married just before, or soon after, the war, to Julia A., daughter of John F. Cass, of Bristol, and has no children. His uncles, Ferrin and Alma Cross, were in the Thirteenth New Hampshire.
lle had his right leg badly injured on a trip from Washington to Knoxville, and soon after discharged for disability. Since the war he has been an enterprising citizen of his town, being one of its selectmen for six years and holding other offices. Though this soldier saw nothing of war, it seems not to have been his fault.
JOHN M. DOW.
Born in New Hampton, May 3, 1844, and is the son of Perren P. and Ruth B. (Huck- ins) Dow, of New Hampton. He had one sister and three brothers, one of whom. George L., enlisted in the Eighteenth New Hampshire Volunteers. At the breaking out of the war, deeming it his duty to go, he at once obtained his mother's permission and enlisted. His father died before the war.
In all battles up to Cold Harbor, where he was mortally wounded in left leg below the knee, living only one month. His record as a soldier stands among the best.
SAMUEL GAULT.
Born in Concord in 1830, and died at Harland Hospital, June 3. 1863. He was in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg, receiving his death wound in latter, by shell shattering both legs.
Ile was the son of Samuel and Sally (Eastman) Gault, and his brother, John, was in the same company and was born April 16, 1828. Ile married for his first wife, Clarissa A. Merrill, of Holderness, August 19, 1849, and had the following children. Lewis W., George E., Willard H., and Sydney N. Ilis second marriage occurred September 18, 1862, to Emily S. Tobine, of Bridgewater. Children, Laura E., John C., Henry L., Mary E., Katie I., Rosa A., Ashley C., and Iver L. This soldier and his brother, John, were the tallest of any two brothers in the regiment, lacking but one half an inch of measuring together twelve feet and four inches. No wonder that a regiment, having so many giant-like men, should have been called the " New Hampshire Mountaineers."
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Bk. Bk. L. 5-10. SIMEON H. CROSS.
Bk. DB. L. 5-5. JOHN M. DOW.
II. BK. L. 6-13. SAMUEL GAULT.
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PETER L. GLOVER.
Robert and Betsey (Wells) Glover were the parents of eleven children, nine boys and two girls, the youngest of whom is the subject of this sketch and was born in Rumney in 1833, and brought up as a farmer's boy and working as such to the date of his enlistment, but since his discharge has been employed most of the time as a carpenter.
Married September, 1855. to Eunice E. Lyman, of Barnet, Vt., and had children by her as follows : Frank E., Fred II., Francis M., Charles II., Horace E., and Ida M.
In all the battles and marches of the regiment. and never excused from duty, up to Cold Harbor, in which battle he was severely wounded. Taken prisoner, but retaken, in a short time at Gettysburg. Left the battle-field of Chancellorsville with eight rebel bullets in his knapsack, and his clothes and equipments perforated, but with a whole skin. " At Gettysburg, my captain put his hand upon my head. and told me to keep it down and hug the ground. Scarcely had I lowered my head when a bullet pierced his hand." Others there were in the regiment more assuming and pretentious, but few, if any such, were more faithful or brave, if the author has been correctly informed.
CHARLES H. HEATII.
Born in Holderness (now Ashland), July 24, 1848, and one of the youngest in the reg- iment. Parents, Charles B. and Abigail B. (Cross) Heath.
Married June 4, 1865, to Ella J. Hannaford, of Manchester. Children, Harry S., Lulu M., and Inez ().
llis father was in Company A, Seventh New Hampshire Volunteers, and Charles II. enlisted as a recruit. December 8, 1863 ; and was with the regiment and in all its battles and skirmishes, from Point Lookout to Coll Harbor, where he was severely wounded in right ankle by musket ball, and also in left knee and back. Trne and plucky and, consid- ering his years, a veritable hero.
ITIRAM T. HEATHI.
This soldier was born in Bristol, Angust 31, 1847, and is the son of Nathan W. and Esther (Thomas) Heath.
Ile was in the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, receiving a wound from musket ball in both ankle joints in the latter. After being wounded he crawled on his hands and knees to the Rappahannock river, where he was taken to Fairfax Hospital.
Afterwards he was transferred to Veterans' Reserve Corps (see roster). Towards the end of the war he joined a band of scouts who were operating in the Shenandoah valley, and remained with them until the close.
Ile had two brothers in the war. George W. and Moses C., the former serving in a Vermont regiment and the latter enlisted in the Fifth New Hampshire Volunteers, being wounded in the battle of the Wilderness.
Ilis grandfather, James Ileath, a veteran of the War of 1812, was one hundred and one years and twenty-one days old when he died, in 1857. Starlin Heath, his great-grand- father, was a scont in the French and Indian War, being present at the massacre at Fort William Henry, where he was suffering from a wounded foot and hardly able to move without crutches. At the commencement of the slaughter he was advised by a French officer to throw away his crutches, and acting under his directions, he started for the woods. Ile was intercepted, however, by the Indians, and taken a prisoner. Supposing that they would burn him at the stake. he knocked down the Indian left to guard him, and started again for the woods. But he had hardly done so when he was pursued by three Indians and recaptured after a hard fight. Taking him back once more to the fort, two of his captors left to engage in the fight, and taking advantage of this, he tripped up the remaining one, wrenched the tomahawk from his grasp, and, braming him, escaped.
Hle was married November 28, 1867, to Nellie F. Brown, and of his three children, Levi N., George M., and John F., the last two were drowned. He lives in Stewartstown, where he is highly esteemed.
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B. B. L.5-S. PETER L. GLOVER.
DB. L. L. 5-3.
CHARLES H. HEATH.
B. B. L. 5-7. HIRAM T. HEATH.
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SYLVESTER D. HOWE.
He was born September 10, 1828, at Bristol, and son of Person and Nancy (Mowe) IIowe. llis grandfather, John Howe, of Bow, was in the Revolution, and took part in the battle of Lexington.
The subject of this sketch was in the First New Hampshire, Company G, three months, then in the Fourth until January 20, 1862. He was detailed as nurse January 20, 1863, and was assigned to Division Hospital. Acted as nurse most of the time during his enlistment in the Twelfth.
It should be said of this soldier that he was one of the most faithful, reliable, and competent, in the department in which he acted, of the regiment.
He remained for some time after his enlistment had expired (see roster). He acquired so much skill and experience as a nurse in the army that he acted as such most of the time after the war ; his services as such being in constant demand. Few better men than he served as a member of the "Old Twelfth."
CAPT. ANDREW J. HUNTOON.
Is a son of David and Lucy A. (Baker) Huntoon ; born in Unity, December 4, 1832, and is a lineal decendent of Philip Iluntoon, who, to escape the religious persecution which followed the revocation of the edict of Nantes, came to this country about two hundred years ago, and settled in Exeter.
Married Isabella Wilson, of Ithaca, N. Y., May 4, 1859 (now deceased), by whom he had two children, Florence Isabella and Bertha Marion.
He received an academic education at Gilmanton, preparing himself for admission to the sophomore class at Dartmouth College, in 1855. After this he had charge of several insti- tutions of learning in Massachusetts and New York, and at the time of his enlistment was principal of the academy at Plymouth. His future was bright and promising but he heard his country's call for help and left the school room for the battle-field.
Ile was in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Swift Creek. At Chancellorsville, he was wounded by a minie ball striking him in the fore-arm, producing a compound fracture, and immediately following he was taken prisoner and remained upon the battle-field in the hands of the enemy about ten days. On account of his absence he was reported killed, and he was the last of the many line officers who fell, either killed or wounded, on that day.
lle has been in the government service most of the time since the war, being connected with the Treasury Department, and the office now known as the office of the auditor for the Interior Department, in which at one time he was one of the chiefs. For a few years succeeding his graduation in 1868, from the Medical Department of the Georgetown Uni- versity. he practised medicine. He now holds a position of examiner on the Central Board of the Civil Service Commission, whose duty is to examine applicants for admission to the Civil Service and for which position he seems especially fitted and likely to be soon pro- moted to chief of that department.
As a man and a scholar he ranks above the average, and was known in the war as the "Shakespeare of the regiment," as he was always ready to quote that great author " to point a moral or adorn a tale."
FRANK L. HUGHES.
Here is another of the many, a few of whom still live, who fought their last battle on the field of Chancellorsville. He is the only son of Thomas N. and Mary C. (Cummings) Hughes, and was born in Groton, Mass., August 16, 1845.
lle was wounded on the retreat by a piece of shell striking him on the spine. He was sent to hospital at Washington, D. C., then to Rhode Island, from which he was furloughed home and discharged.
lle was married March 21, 1871, to Addie S. Sheppard, of Ashland, and has one child, Elmer C. He was a farmer's boy when he enlisted, but has been for many years since the war a prosperous merchant in the town of Ashland.
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New Hampshire Volunteers.
DB. BK. L. 5-II. SYLVESTER D. HOWE.
DII. Bk. D. 5-10}. CAPT. ANDREW J. HUNTOON.
B. L. L. 5-63. FRANK L. HUGHES.
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ABNER C. JONES.
Here you see him with his cooking cap upon his head and a welcome smile upon his- countenance, as if he was dealing out rations to the boys of Company E, and happy to fill up their tin plates with some ground-baked beans.
Son of Joseph D. and Mary G. (Green) Jones, and born at Stanstead, Lower Canada, October 1. 1832.
Married Zylpha A. Jones, January 1, 1852; and the happy new year's mating was- soon blessed by two nestlings, Abner C. and Jacob B.
Though lame from infancy, or early life, he was accepted for a common soldier, and acted as such on the battle-fields of Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, and Cemetery Hill. Most of the time, however, he acted as cook, being for the last year or more a cook at Brigade Headquarters and for Division Commissary Department. He was never wounded but quite seriously injured in hip and shoulder while in the service. Occupation, shoemaker.
lle was one of the most serviceable men, in his way, in the regiment, being always ready to feed the well, nurse the sick, or fight the enemy, as occasion might demand. True and kind hearted and of a jovial disposition, he did much to relieve the wants and suffer- ings of his comrades when sick, and cheer them up when despondent. For his faithful devotion to their health and comfort, they soon gave him the well-earned name of " Mother Jones," by which he has been called and known by them ever since, and of which he has reason to feel proud ; for he was a good mother to the boys of Company E, many of whom remember him with gratitude.
JOB C. JENNE.
Son of Tolmon and Sylvia (Larabee) Jenne, and born in Derby Centre, Vt., October 7,. 1833. Ilis grandfather, James Jenne, was a soldier in the War of the Revolution.
He married Angie L. Place, the widow of Cogswell Place, of Company A, of Alton, February 11, 1864. No children.
fle was at the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg. Wounded in last named battle in right hip by a musket ball, and in right shoulder, slightly, by piece- of shell, and never performed active field service, except for a short time, afterward.
CAPT. ORLANDO W. KEYES.
This officer was born in Hancock, now Bennington, April 5, 1832, and was the son of Jonathan F. and Mary (Woods) Keyes. lle was the oldest of a family of ten children, three boys and seven girls. Ilis great-grandfather, Abner Keyes, went through the Revolution and his grandfather enlisted in the War of 1812, but was never called out.
Ile was in the battle of Fredericksburg and was killed on the field of the next battle, Chancellorsville. When the fatal ball struck him, he was in the act of cheering his men forward by swinging his sword above his head. While so doing he was seen to leap into the air and to fall lifeless to the ground. Ile had previously been wounded near the brook, by a ball striking him in the calf of his leg, which was sufficiently serious for him to leave the field of action. But he tirinly refused to do what he honorably might, being made of different temper. His brother, Ilenry F., was a member of the same company, and wounded severely in the same battle, causing his death two years later (see roster).
Captain Keyes was married to Sarah L. Ellis, of Plymouth, who died before the war, and had one child (died in infancy).
Ile is remembered as one of the most competent and energetic officers of the regiment,. and his death was a great loss to the service as well as to his relatives and friends.
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B. B. L. 5-8. ABNER C. JONES.
B. B. D. 5-S. JOB C. JENNE.
B. S. L. 6-0. CAPT. ORLANDO W. KEYES.
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AMBROSE II. MUDGETT.
Born in Sandwich, September 20, 1825, and was the son of Orlando W. and Nancy (Hinds) Mudgett.
Married first to Susan Walker, of Lowell, Mass. ; children, Delia M., Edwin O., and Phylena M. Married second to Mary E. Campfield, October 12, 1885 ; one child, Irena E. His grandfather. Elisha Mudgett, was a captain in the Revolution.
This soldier was sick much of the time and was given light service in hospital depart- ment, and was never in any battle except Fredericksburg, but was injured by falling from the stockade at Point Lookout, Md. Ile died October 3, 1891, at Lakeport.
HORACE F. PRESCOTT.
Born in the town of Bridgewater, on the third day of March, 1845, and the only son of Silas B. and Fidelia J. (Piper) Prescott, of Wilmot, and had two sisters.
Ile was wounded severely in right arm, losing part of the bone, in the battle of Chan- cellorsville, and died of small pox in Washington, January 22. 1864. His great-grand- father, Samuel Prescott, fought against the English, in " '76." Samuel S. S. Morrison, of this company (see roster), married one of his sisters.
llis record, though brief, is good.
BVT. LIEUT. COL. NATHANIEL SHACKFORD .*
This heroic officer, son of William and Sarah (Rand) Shackford, was born June 20, 1827, in Portsmouth, where his ancestors from England had settled in 1662. Ilis great- grandfather was a captain aud enlisting officer in the Revolution, and rode from Newing- ton, N. II., to New York ,after he was seventy years old ; and he possesses, in a remarkable degree, the pluck and endurance of his noted progenitor.
At Chancellorsville. wounded slightly. At Gettysburg, wounded severely in left wrist (the ball lodging in forearm, where it still remains), he wrapped his handkerchief around it, and continued the fight ; struck again by another bullet, which pierced through his right groin, he still refused to he helped to the rear, and not until a third ounce of lead tears through his left shoulder, lodging back of his lung, did he allow himself to be carried on a stretcher from the field, upon which he was no longer able to stand. In less than three months, with two bullets in him, he reports for duty, which he continues to do until again thrice wounded in the battle of Cold llarbor : First by a grape shot destroying elbow, three inches of bone taken out above it ; next by a piece of shell across the back, cutting him almost in two ; and again by slight bruise on left hip. Although given up to die by everybody, except himself, the October following found what was left of him again at the front, ready for battle where he remained in active field service to the close of the war ; riding into Richmond (where he always claimed he was going before he died) as major of the regiment.
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