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been collected for the use of the society, and articles distrib- uted to the amount of $1,286.35, the excess being in labor, wearing apparel, and other articles contributed.
Names of soldiers who were furnished with revolvers :
Jesse Barret,
George W. George,
Henry S. Ober,
Taylor W. Blunt,
George P. Griswold,
Daniel A. Peabody,
Rodney Burdick,
Newton T. Hartshorn,
Charles H. Phelps,
Frank Chickering,
Henry II. Manning, George W. Russell,
James B. David,
Reuel G. Manning, William W. Sawtelle,
John M. Fox,
Alfred L. Moore, George Vose.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE TOWN.
1 June, 1861.
" Voted to raise a sum of money not exceeding #2,000, and author- ized the selectmen to borrow such portion thereof as might be thought necessary, and give the note of the town for the repayment of the same, said money to be placed at the disposal of a committee appoint- ed at a citizens' meeting, which committee was required to furnish necessary assistance to the families of any men who had enlisted from this town, for a longer period than three months, or to the fami- lies of such person or persons as may hereafter enlist from this town during their services as soldiers to sustain the Government and laws of our country."
The committee consisted of Perley Dodge, Charles H. Campbell, Edward D. Boylston, Charles Richardson, and Francis P. Fitch.
10 October, 1861. The committee presented a report of their proceedings, which was accepted by the town, and, after paying the balance remaining in their hands into the town treasury, they were discharged from further service.
Their receipts, as reported, have been $992.21, of which $92.21 was received from the State.
They had expended, in aid of the soldiers' families, $73.00
Paid the soldiers' extra pay voted, 397.72
Paid for revolvers for 18 volunteers, and incidentals, 240.90
$711.62
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At this meeting the town
" Voted unanimously to re-affirm and sanction the vote passed at its last meeting to compensate soldiers enlisted by the state, or who might so enlist to serve in the army of the United States, and to provide for the families of said soldiers, and raise money therefor as author- ized by the act relating to that subject approved 4 July, 1861.
" Voted to continue to assist the families of such soldiers, to the amount to be repaid by the State, as provided in the act aforesaid, and in case of sickness or other casualties happening in such families, the selectmen are empowered and directed to render them such further aid as in their judgment they may require."
" Voted, that the selectmen be a committee to transact all future business in relation to the soldiers and their families, in accordance with the law passed at the last session of the legislature."
11 March, 1862. The selectmen reported that they had received $447.43, which they had paid out :
For extra pay and service of one volunteer, $18.00
Paid families of volunteers, agreeably to act of 4 July, 1861, 414.00
And they had charged for their services and expenses, 15.45 which amount the State, according to the provisions of the act passed 4 July, 1861, is obliged to refund to the town. 12 August, 1862.
" Voted unanimously to pay a bounty of $150 each to those persons, residents of Amherst prior to the passage of this vote, who have already enlisted, or may hereafter enlist, in this town, under the call of the President for 300,000 more men to serve three years, or during the war, provided they enlist as a part of the quota of this town on or before the expiration of the time allowed by the Government be- fore drafting, and said bounty shall be paid by the selectmen of said town as soon as said persons are mustered into the service of the United States; and the said selectmen are hereby authorized to borrow such sum or sums of money as may be necessary for that purpose, and bind the town by note, or otherwise, for the payment of the same."
20 August, 1862. 181 persons, between the ages of 18 and 45 years, were enrolled in town, of whom 46 were ex- empted from the draft for various causes ; of the remainder, 17 had enlisted into the army.
23 August, 1862.
" Voted to pay 815) bounty to each person, resident in Amherst, who enlisted and was mustered into the service of the United States,
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to fill the quota of the town under a call for 300,000 nine-months' men, and that aid be extended to their families in the same manner it is done to the families of those who have volunteered for three years."
27 August, 1862.
"Voted that every person recently enlisted be authorized to serve as a recruiting officer, and that they receive the usual fee rendered for such service, the same to be paid by the town."'
27 August, 1862. Charles H. Campbell and Horace A. Clark were appointed a committee to invite Col. George Bowers and Col. A. F. Stevens to address the citizens at the next meeting (29th), and if their services could not be ob- tained the committee were authorized to procure other speakers.
29 August, 1862. Capt. Hapgood and Messrs. Bruce and Marden addressed the citizens and received the thanks of the meeting.
1 September, 1863.
"Voted to pay as bounty to the militia of this town, who may be drafted into the service of the United States, the sum of $300 each, or the same to the substitutes of such drafted inen, agreeably to the act of the legislature approved 1) July, 1863, and authorized the selectmen to procure the money necessary for that purpose by borrow- ing, their signatures to notes for the same to be binding upon the town."
At a meeting held 1 December, 1863, the proceedings of · the selectmen, in filling the town's quota of the last call for 300,000 men, were approved, and they were authorized to complete the quota in such a manner as in their opinion would be most advantageous to the town, and hire money on the credit of the town to pay the necessary expenses.
29 June, 1864, the town voted to pay veteran soldiers, who had re-enlisted and had assigned themselves to this town as a part of its quota, the sum of $100 each.
William A. Mack was chosen a committee to put in vol- unteers to fill the quota of this town to answer the next .draft, " without any regard to price whatever," and the
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selectmen were authorized to raise the sum of $6,000 to defray expenses.
27 August, 1864, the town voted to pay those men who enlisted for one year as a part of the quota of this town, the sum of $300; to those who enlisted for two years, the sum of $400; and to those who enlisted for three years, the sum of $500 each (in addition to the State and National bounties offered ), and voted to raise $10,000 to pay their bounties.
20 December, 1864, voted to refund to those who have furnished substitutes the amount exceeding $200 they have paid for that purpose ; voted also to pay $300, and advance the State bounty to all who shall put in substitutes to fill the town's quota under the call for 500,000 men ; and Wil- liam A. Mack was appointed to act as agent for the town in filling its quota.
Military expenses of the town during the civil war, as reported by the selectmen :
Prior to March, 1862,
From March, 1862, to March, 1863,
$1,263.05
12,90.72
66 66 1:63, “ 1864,
13.5 5.50
66 1834, " 66 1865,
21,866.20
66 1865, “ 1836, 1,362.23
$50,087.70
A large portion of the above was repaid by the State and United States.
10 March, 1868, the selectmen were authorized to expend a sum not exceeding $500 in building a soldiers' monu- ment.
30 May, 1869, the selectmen appointed H rrison Eaton a committee on the construction of a soldiers' monument.
9 August, 1870, J. Byron Fay, Edward D. Boylston, and Charles Richardson, were appointed a committee to ascer- tain the cost of a suitable monument to commemorate the soldiers from Amherst who lost their lives in the civil war.
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Atan adjourned meeting, held 6 September, 1870, the com- mittee reported in favor of erecting a monument similar to the one recently erected in Peterborough, the cost of which they estimated at $4,000. The report was accepted, but ac- tion upon its recommendation was postponed until the next annual meeting.
14 March, 1871, Harrison Eaton, J. Byron Fay, and John F. Whiting, were appointed a committee to locate and erect a soldiers' monument, and the style or character of the monument, and the time of erecting it, was left to their dis- cretion.
It was voted to appropriate the sum of $3,000, in addition to the sum left by the late Aaron Lawrence, Esq., toward its erection.
The granite base of the soldiers' monnment on the Plain was quarried from a bowlder found on land owned by Levi J. Secomb, Esq. The bronze figure of a soldier was placed upon it 9 December, 1871.
At the same time the bronze tablet, bearing the follow- ing inscription, was inserted :
IN HONOR OF OUR CITIZEN SOLDIERS. 1861-1865.
William W. Sawtelle, 2d Reg't James Blanchard, 10th Reg't.
James W. Patterson,
Samuel Corliss, 66 66
Fifield II. Messer,
George B. Sloan,
Henry S. Ober, 4th Eli S. Gutterson, 66
Thomas L. Gilpatrick, "
Robert Gray, 66
Charles H. Phelps, 5th
George A. McCluer, 60
Edward Vose, .
George A. Pedrick, 66
John L. Kendall,
John N. Mace, 66
Charles A. Damon,
Charles S. Parkhurst, “
William Few, 7th
Lyman B. Sawtelle,
Edwin Benden, 8th 66
Martin P. Weston, 1st Reg't
Joseph F. Johnson,
N. H. Heavy Artillery.
Albert Noyes,
66 Frank II. Holt, 47th Penn.
Charles A. B. Hall, 9th
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ERECTED 1871 BY THE TOWN OF AMHERST, ASSISTED BY A LEGACY FROM AARON LAWRENCE, ESQ.
A meeting was held 31 May, 1872, "to see if the town would vote to dedicate the Soldiers' Monument," but the ar- ticle in the warrant for that purpose was dismissed, 47 to 42. At another meeting, held 17 June, 1872, the town voted " to dedicate the Soldiers' Monument," but no steps have been taken to carry the vote into effect, and the monu- ment has never been formally dedicated.
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS FROM AMHERST IN THE CIVIL WAR. 1861-1865.
Three-months' men that went to Portsmouth in Capt. Gillis's Company, April, 1861.
Jesse Barrett, Taylor W. Blunt,
Joseph F. Cady,
Frank Chickering, . James B. David.
Rodney W. Burdick,
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Jolin M. Fox, George W. George,
George P. Griswold,
Reuel G. Manning,
Alfred L. Moore, George W. Russell, William W. Sawtelle.
Of the above those who declined to enlist for three years returned home 13 July, 1861, having received a discharge.
THREE YEARS' MEN.
SECOND REGIMENT.
George Vose, Frederick A. Wilson.
John M. Fox,
Fifield II. Messer,
SEVENTH REGIMENT.
William W. Sawtelle.
Josiah Colburn.
THIRD REGIMENT.
EIGHTII REGIMENT.
Rodney W. Burdick,
George W. Parkhurst,
James Ryan.
James L. Hardy,
Joseph A. JJohnson,
FOURTH REGIMENT.
Charles F. Crooker,
Albert Fletcher,
Thomas L. Gilpatrick,
John G. Lovejoy,
Charles A. IIale, Bartholomew Ryan.
Henry H. Manning,
Samuel H. Ober,
George W. Osgood,
William D. Stearns,
George H. Upton.
FIFTH REGIMENT.
John Boodro,
James B. David, Edson Davis, Charles A. Damon,
Samuel W. Corliss,
George F. Crooker,
Joseph B. Fay,
Jeremiah Crowley, Thomas Doyle, Robert Gray,
George W. George,
Eli S. Gutterson,
Charles E. Ilapgood, John L. Kendall, IIenry A. Nichols,
Charles F. Hall,
Robert Harrison,
Daniel A. Peabody, Charles H. Phelps, Lyman B. Sawtelle, Edward Vose,
George E. Heath,
Peter Levin,
George A. McClure,
John N. Mace,
Jesse Barrett,
Edwin Bend n,
Albert Noyes.
NINTII REGIMENT.
Robert E. Benden,
TENTH REGIMENT.
George F. Aiken,
Albert S. Austin,
James Blanchard, Thomas Broderick,
Joseph A. Brown, Lawrence Cooley,
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Thomas O'Connell,
Charles N. Parkhurst,
James W. Patterson, George A. Pedrick,
John D. Pedrick,
James A. Philbrick,
George W. Russell,
John Shea, Joshua A. Skinner, James R. Stearns,
George B. Sloan,
Horace Lawrence, Charles C. Twiss.
HEAVY ARTILLERY.
Albert E. Boutell,
Charles E. Flint,
Edwin R. Roundy,
William F. Russell,
Charles H. Shepard,
Nathan T. Taylor,
William E. Wallace,
Martin P. Weston.
N. H. BATTERY.
Edmund E. Bullard,
Richard Mahar,
Bryant H. Melendy.
SHARPSHOOTERS.
Charles Upton.
Warren S. Russell, David F. Thompson.
The following citizens of Amherst furnished substitutes:
Hollis E. Abbott,
Joseph F. IIanson,
Noah P. Batchelder,
Reuben W. Harradon,
Frank Hartshorn,
Henry R. Bontell, James C. Boutell,
Ara Jaquith, jr.,
Luther Coggin, jr., Perley W. Dodge, John Fletcher,
El enezer Jaquith, Andrew L. Kid ler,
Butler P. Flint,
Stephen McGaffey,
Charles E. Grater,
William Melendy,
John Hadlock,
IN MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENTS.
Charles Hastings, Joseph Pettengill, Warren S. Russell. 26th NEW YORK REGIMENT.
Michael Welslı.
4th PENNSYLVANIA REGIMENT. · Frank H. Holt.
U. S. ENGINEERS. Newton T. Hartshorn.
U. S. NAVY.
John HI. Clark, Henry A. Fletcher,
Charles Champhey,
Nelson D. Gould,
Patrick Moran,
George N. Wheeler.
RE-ENLISTED AFTER THREE YEARS' SERVICE. Edward E. Benden,
Rodney W. Burdick,
John G. Lovejoy,
Albert Noyes,' James Ryan,
George II. Upton,
George W. Upton.
POST BAND AT HILTON HEAD.
Charles H. Kinson,
George W. Parker,
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Henry M. Parker,
Daniel C. Shirley,
James S. Parkhurst,
Daniel W. Trow,
Solomon Prince,
Joseph P. Trow,
Albert A. Rotch,
George W. Upham,
George J. Savage,
John F. Whiting,
Andrew F. Sawyer,
Samuel Wilkins.
Chester Shipley,
Names of substitutes, so far as ascertained :
Charles Baursturn,
Thomas Jones,
Pierre Boyleau,
Alexander Miller,
William Brown,
Hiram F. Morton,
John Caten,
James O'Brien,
Ira Clark,
Daniel O'Neill,
George Farley,
Christian Peterson,
John Fox,
Charles A. Rogers,
George Fray,
Owen L. Rouse,
Charles Groht,
Edward Rupel,
John Harris,
William Thompson,
Benjamin F. Hinds,
Louis Walter,
Edward Hogan,
Joseph Wright.
Of the above substitutes, nine are reported as having de- serted, one was killed at Cold Harbor, and two were wounded.
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CHAPTER XXII.
THE MILITIA.
COMPANY TRAININGS AND REGIMENTAL MUSTERS .- THE FIFTH REGIMENT, 1792 .- FORMATION OF THIE ARTILLERY AND CAV- ALRY COMPANIES .- COMPANY TRAININGS IN AMHERST, SEPT. 1807 .- REPORTS OF REGIMENTAL MUSTERS FROM THE "CABI- NET."-MAJOR DUDLEY .- MILITIA COMPANIES IN AMHERST .- THE LAFAYETTE RIFLEMEN, AND THEIR COMMISSIONED OFFI- CERS .- CAPTAINS OF THE AMHERST MILITIA PRIOR TO 1786. -CAPTAINS OF " OLD EAST" SINCE 1786 .- CAPTAINS OF TIIE " WEST" COMPANY .- CAPTAINS OF THE SECOND PARISH COM- PANY, 1783-1804 .- OFFICERS OF THE SOUTH-WEST PAR- ISH COMPANY, SEPT. 1787 .- FIRST OFFICERS OF THE ARTIL- LERY COMPANY .- AMHERST MEN WHO HAVE COMMANDED THE COMPANY .- COPY OF LIEUTENANT JOSEPH PRINCE'S COMMIS- SION, 1743.
A well-disciplined militia being deemed to be the natural and sure defense of the state, laws were enacted at an early date, providing for the instruction of the citizens in the school of the soldier. All liable to do military duty were called out twice a year for company training, and onee a year the companies were called together for inspection and review, as parts of the regiment.
These annual gatherings of the defenders of the state were attended by a crowd of spectators who were exempted from the operations of the militia law. Veterans who met to relate their exploits on former muster-fields, or, perchance, on the fields of deadly strife ; boys, look- ing forward to the time when they would be called upon to take part in the all-important proceedings of muster-day ; women and children ;
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peddlers of all sorts of merchandise; showmen and venders of cata- bles and drinkables, all were there, and their voices mingled with the roll of drums and the piercing notes of fifes made a scene of confu- sion and uproar rivalling Babel of old.
Not unfrequently the jolly gol got the better of the doughty heroes of the field. "We had a glorious muster, a first rate one," said one of them, on his return from the field, " and I judge they will have another to-morrow, as I saw a number of soldiers lying on their arms when I left the field."
Amherst being centrally situated, and for a long time the largest town in the regiment, was often selected as the place of these annual gatherings. Paraded on the common, with the cavalry near the court-house, then the artillery and rifle- men, the uniformed light-infantry companies, the Milford red coats, and the ununiformed infantry companies from the various towns included in the regiment, the old "Fifth" formed a line extending nearly to Judge Claggett's house, and presented an imposing appearance.
In the office of the Secretary of the State, at Concord, is the following return, made in November, 1792, of the number of officers and men at that time included in the regiment. Military service was then re- quired of " all free and able-bodied males between the ages of sixteen and forty years."
Privates.
Officers. Totals.
Company 1. Dunstable.
71
14
85
2. Amherst, 2d parish.
50
16
66
3. Nottingham West, 1st Co.
56
13
69
4. Merrimack, 1st Co.
65
3
68
5. Hollis, 1st Co.
60
16
76
6. Amherst, East Co.
58
16
74
7. Litchfield.
44
11
55
8. Hollis, 2d Co.
60
16
76
9. Amherst, West Co.
56
16
72
10. Nottingham West, 2d Co.
60
15
75
11. Raby.
38
9
47
12. Merrimack, 2d Co.
48
10
58
13. Amherst, 3d parish & Mile Slip.
56
15
71
722
170
892
Totals, 13 companies,
of which Amherst and the Mile Slip contributed 220 privates and 63 officers; total, 283.
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In 1794 an artillery company was organized in the regi- ment, of which Luther Dana, of Amherst, was elected cap- tain. A brass field-piece, one of the trophies of the battle of Bennington, was procured for its use, which was after- ward transferred to the artillery company in the Ninth regiment, and used many years by the New Boston artillery. On the centennial anniversary of the battle, the old gun, which has been christened "Molly Stark," was fired one hundred times in honor of Stark's victory.
Prior to 1795 a company of cavalry was organized in the regiment. At the muster, in 1806, the regiment consisted of one company of cavalry, one of artillery, and twelve of infantry. It was inspected and reviewed at Amherst by Brig -Gen. Benjamin Pierce and staff.
The following account of the fall training, in 1807, has been preserved :
"Capt. Campbell's company (old East) met at Kendall's store at nine o'clock in the morning, and, after exercising some time, marched to the plain, where they performed the usual maneuvers. At one o'clock they repaired to Mr. Ball's and took dinner. Capt. Means's company (West company) met at one o'clock. At two o'clock the two companies marched together on the plain. At three o'clock they were joined by the Mont Vernon company, commanded by Capt. Thad. Kendall, and the marching and drill of the companies was kept up until night. The detachment was under the command of Capt. Campbell, the senior captain, who was mounted.
In 1814 the regiment mustered at Dunstable, where it was inspected and reviewed by Gen. Steele and staff. In the morning a draft was made to fill the last quota called for by the governor to serve at Ports- mouth. The drafted men were dismissed with orders to appear at Goffstown the next day, where they were to be joined by the drafted men from the other regiments in the brigade, and the whole were to march in a body to Portsmouth.
The 5th regiment, commanded by Col. Greely, and the 22d, com- manded by Col. Steele, mustered in Amherst 18 Sept., 1818, and were reviewed by Brig. Gen. Gay and suite. The weather was very favora- ble, and the appearance of the troops has seldom been surpassed.
The 5th regiment mustered in Amherst 12 Sept., 1821. At this muster the Dunstable cadets and Milford light-infantry gained great
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and merited applause by their soldier-like appearance and the ease with which they performed various evolutions, new to most of the spectators.
About this time Maj. Dudley, late of the U. S. Army, visited Amherst and some of the neighboring towns, and gave instructions in military tactics to classes of young men, which produced a manifest improvement in the appear- ance of the militia companies of which they were members.
The regiment mustered at Amherst 12 Sept., 1834, and the " Cabi- net" remarked that "the general appearance of the troops was creditable to the officers and soldiers, but an unusual assemblage of peddlers, loafers, rum-drinkers, and gamblers, was present, whose ill- conduct was a disgrace to the place, and to all concerned in it."
A revival of the military spirit took place shortly after this time, and at the muster in Amherst, 26 Sept., 1837, three new uniformed companies from Nashua, and one from Hudson, appeared on the field, and "the regiment never appeared to better advantage."
His excellency, Gov. Ilubbard, and staff, reviewed the regiment at Nashua, 27 Sept., 1842. The weather was all that could be desired, the troops appeared finely, and the whole affair passed off very much to the satisfaction of all concerned.
The 5th, 9th, and 22d regiments mustered at Amherst, 27 Sept., 1850. The appearance of the troops was creditable, but the attending scenes were discreditable. Blacklegs and rowdies abounded, and the troops were called upon in one instance to suppress a riot. Mr. Boyl- ston remarked, " on the whole the muster was a singular compound of mud, militia, music, and misery."
The old militia system, with its trainings, musters, and carousals, was abandoned soon after, and the state still lives without its protection.
From 1787 to 1794 the militia of Amherst was divided into four companies; one in the north-west parish, one in the south-west parish, and two, the "East" and the " West," in the first parish. After the incorporation of Milford and Mont Vernon, the "East" and "West" companies alone remained in Amherst. On the formation of the Lafayette rifle company, in 1825, the "West" company was disbanded, leaving "Old East" the only infantry company in town.
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The Lafayette rifle company was organized in January, 1825, and was well sustained for nearly thirty years. It was one of the companies called out to perform escort duty, at the time of President Jackson's visit to Concord, in 1833, and the exploits of some of the members at that time, as related by the "survivors," were marvelous indeed. Its commissioned officers were
Charles Richardson, captain, 14 Jan., 1825; resigned 22 April, 1828. Benj. F. Aiken, lieutenant, 24 Jan., 1825; resigned 24 Jan., 1827.
Charles G. Atherton, ensign, 14 Jan. 1825, lieutenant, 26 Jan., 1827, captain, 28 April, 1828; resigned 24 .Jan., 1829.
Samuel B. Melendy, ensign, 26 Jan., 1827, lieutenant, 28 Jan., 1828; resigned 30 March, 1829.
Abraham Holmes, captain, 30 March, 1829; resigned 26 June, 1830.
Ammial Noyes, ensign, 28 April, 1828; resigned 30 March, 1829.
Alexander H. Converse, lieutenant, 30 March, 1829, captain, 25 Aug .. 1830 ; resigned 21 April, 1834.
George W. Fletcher, ensign, 30 March, 1829, lieutenant, 25 Aug., 1830, captain, 21 April, 1834 ; resigned 13 April, 1835.
Isaac T. Parker, ensign, 25 Aug., 1830; resigned 23 April, 1832.
Charles P. Danforth, ensign, 27 April, 1832; resigned 3 August, 1833.
Levi J. Secombe, lieutenant, 21 April, 1834, captain, 13 April, 1835 ; resigned 13 April, 1838.
Luther Towne, ensign, 21 April, 1834, lieutenant, 14 April, 1835 ; resigned 13 April, 1838.
Sewall G. Mack, ensign, 14 April, 1835, captain, 13 April, 1838; resigned 6 Feb., 1839.
Levi Curtis, lieutenant, 13 April, 1838, captain, 6 Feb., 1839; re- signed 30 Dec., 1841.
Elbridge Hardy, ensign, 13 April, 1838, lieutenant, 6 Feb., 1839: re- signed 30 Dec., 1841.
Israel Fuller, jr., ensign, 6 Feb., 1839, captain, 30 Dec., 1841 ; re- signed 11 April, 1843.
Peter Carlton, lieutenant, 30 Dec., 1841, captain, 11 April, 1843 ; re- signed 30 March, 1844.
Isaac P. Weston, ensign, 30 April, 1842, lieutenant, 11 April, 1843, captain, 30 March, 1844 ; resigned 26 March, 1846.
Benjamin B. Whiting, ensign, 11 April, 1843, lieutenant, 30 March, 1844, captain, 26 March, 1846.
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Miles Lovejoy, ensign, 30 March, 1844, lieutenant, 26 March, 1846; resigned 10 May, 1847.
John Putnam, ensign, 26 March, 1846.
Captains of the militia companies of Amherst, prior to 1786, so far as can be ascertained :
Joseph Prince, lieut. command'g.
William Peabody,
John Bradford,
Robert Read,
Ephraim Hildreth,
John Shepard,
Nathan Kendall,
Archelaus Towne,
Ilezekiah Lovejoy,
Israel Towne, jr.
6TH COMPANY, 5TH REGIMENT.
Captains of Amherst " East " Company, since 1786, with date of commission :
1785 Moses Barron.
1821 Elijah Mansur.
1793 Jeremiah Ilobson.
1824 David Fisk, 3d.
1795 William Fisk. 1828
Luther Melendy.
1797 Joseph Nichols.
1829 Charles Melendy.
1801 John Harvell. 1834
Robert G. Shepard.
Philip Eaton.
1838
Ebenezer T. Duncklee.
1805 Daniel Campbell, jr.
1844 Thomas M. Ilarvell.
1803 Josiah Converse.
1846 Charles H. Campbell.
1815 Benjamin P'. Brown.
1818
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