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HOWARD O. SIMON. Private, Co. F., 5th Reg't. Mustered April 20, 1862.
HARLOW SIMONDS. Substitute for G. II. Tilton. Private, Co. B, 5th Reg't. Mustered Aug. 14, 1863. Died at Brattleboro', Vt., Oct. 18, 1864.
SAMUEL S. SIMONDS. Substitute for Charles W. Bickford. Private, Co. C, 5th Reg't. Mustered Aug. 14, 1863. Promoted Sergeant. Promoted 2d Lieu- tenant, 36th U. S. Colored Reg't, July, 1861.
JOHN T. SINCLAIR. Private, Co. I, 15th Reg't. Mustered Oct. 22, 1862.
EDWIN E. SMALL. Private, Co. K, 18th Reg't. Mustered April 1, 1865. Mustered out May 6, 1865.
JAMES FARRINGTON SMITH. Son of Charles and Nancy, was born in Roel- ester June 21, 1823. Private, Co. K, 12th Reg't. Mustered Sept 10, 1862. Killed instantly at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863. Left a wife and five children.
JOHN W. SMITH. Enlisted March 30, 1867. Served in Indian war in Iowa. Discharged April 8, 1870.
JOSEPH SMITH. Substitute for George E. Nyc. Private, Co. C, 5th Reg't. Mustered Aug. 14, 1863. Wounded June 3, 1864. Promoted Corporal Oct. 20, 1864. Mustered out June 28, 1865.
RICHARD SMITH. Son of Timothy. Enlisted as substitute under name of Charles Hoyt, Sept. 1863. Discharged July, 1865. Afterwards served three years in regular army.
WOODBURY SMITHI. Son of John R. and Lavinia, was born in Rochester Jan. 7, 1845. Enlisted as substitute for Alanson B. George of Lempster, under name of William Sanborn. Private, Co. K, 5th Reg't. Mustered Oct. 7, 1863. Severely wounded at Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864. Captured and died in prison at Richmond, Va., June 17, 1864. Buried there in National Cemetery.
JOSEPH F. SPINNEY. Private, Co. E, 17th Illinois Reg't. Enlisted for three years, May 25, 1861. Re-enlisted private, Co. D, 1st Heavy Artillery. Mustered Sept 4, 1864. Discharged May 16, 1865.
HENRY STANSBURY. Substitute for J. W. Ham. In Navy three years. Mus- tered Aug. 22, 1864.
EDWARD STANTON. Substitute for Edward C. Hurd. Marine Corps four years. Mustered Aug. 16, 1864.
JAMES B. STEVENS. Corporal, Co. I, 15th Reg't. Mustered Oct. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 13, 1863.
J. D. STILLINKAMP. Substitute. Reg't unknown.
LYMAN D. STONE. Substitute for Joseph W. Hurd. Private, Co. F, 5th Reg't. Mustered Aug. 14, 1863. Wounded June 3, 1864. Mustered out June 28, 1865.
JOHN S. SULLIVAN. Private, Co. D, 5th Reg't. Mustered Oct. 23, 1861. Discharged for disability Jan. 28, 1863. Re-enlisted, as substitute for Lafayette Wiggin, in Marine Corps. Mustered Sept. 16, 1864.
AUGUSTUS TAYLOR. In Navy, 1864.
CHARLES TEAGUE. Private, Co. C, 18th Reg't. Mustered April 6, 1865. Mustered out May 6, 1865.
MATTHEW TEAGUE. Private, Co. D, 1st Heavy Artillery. Mustered Sept. 4, 1864. Mustered out June 15, 1865.
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CHARLES E. TEBBETS. Private, Troop A, 1st Cavalry. Mustered March 9, 1864. Mustered out July 15, 1865.
JEREMIAH H. W. TEBBETS. Sergeant, Co. I, 15th Reg't. Mustered Oct. 14, 1862. Promoted Sergeant Major Jan. 18, 1863. Afterwards reduced to ranks. Mustered out Aug. 13, 1863.
NOAH TEBBETS. Corporal, Co. I, 15th Reg't. Mustered Oct. 22, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 13, 1863. Re-enlisted Private, 5th Reg't. Mustered Feb. 21, 1865. Is member of the U. S. Grant Post, G. A. R., and was one of the thirteen detailed to guard the body of Gen. Grant and accompany it to the tomb, and whose portraits appeared in Harper's Weekly of that date.
SAMUEL H. TEBBETS. Private, Co. B, 1st Reg't. Mustered May 2, 1861. Mustered out Aug. 9, 1861.
WILLIAM THOMAS. Substitute for Charles H. Willey. Marine Corps four years. Mustered Aug. 19, 1864.
JOHN THOMPSON. Private, Co. H, 9th Reg't. Mustered Aug. 21, 1862. Wounded at Antietam in right foot, Sept. 17, 1862. Discharged for disability March 17, 1863. Re-enlisted private, Veteran Reserve Corps. Mustered Dec. 29, 1863.
ANDREW JACKSON THURSTON. Son of Oliver and Susan, was born in Eaton. Substitute for Augustus J. Rogers. Private, Co. B, 5th Reg't. Mustered Aug. 14, 1863. Severely wounded at Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864. Hip bone broken. Died of wound at City Point, Va., June 25, 1864. Buried in National Cemetery at Arlington, Va. Left a wife, Priscilla, and four children.
EDWARD D. TILTON. Musician, Co. I, 11th Reg't. Mustered Jan. 2, 1864. Transferred to Co. C, 6th Reg't, June 1, 1865. Mustered out July 17, 1865.
GEORGE W. TRICKEY. Private, Co. K, 2d Reg't. Mustered June 8, 1861. Discharged for disability July 15, 1861. Re-enlisted private, 12th Maine Reg't, Oct., 1861. Discharged for disability April, 1862. Re-enlisted Corporal, Co. I, 15th Reg't. Mustered Oct. 14, 1862. Wounded at Port Hudson in left arm, June 13, 1863. Promoted Sergeant. Mustered out Aug. 13, 1863. Re-enlisted pri- vate, Co. I, Veteran Reserve Corps. Mustered Sept. 14, 1864. Discharged Aug. 22, 1865.
JOHN P. TRICKEY. Private, Co. G, Sth Reg't. Mustered Dec. 23, 1861. Promoted Sergeant Dec. 1, 1862. Transferred to Cavalry in Fall of 1863. Re-enlisted Sergeant in same Co. Jan. 4, 1864. Wounded in arm and foot. Discharged Jan. 1, 1865.
JOSEPH TRICKEY. Son of Jacob and Mary, was born in Rochester Aug. 1, 1820. Private, Co. D, 5th Reg't. Mustered Oct. 23, 1861. Promoted Corporal. Was in 16 or 17 battles. Wounded at Gettysburg, and bled to death on the field, July 3, 1863. Buried in grave No. 2513 National Cemetery, Alexandria, Va. Left a wife and one child.
ALONZO H. TWOMBLY. Private, Co. D, 6th Reg't. Mustered Dec. 31, 1863. Wounded July 8, 1864. Mustered out July 17, 1865.
JOSEPH B. TWOMBLY. Sergeant, Co. H, 9th Reg't. Mustered Aug. 13, 1862. Slightly wounded at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862. Discharged for disability March 18, 1863. Re-enlisted in Navy Sept. 3, 1864. Discharged July, 1865.
JAMES FRANKLIN TUCKER. Private, Co. B, 1st Reg't. Mustered May 2, 1861. Mustered out Aug. 9, 1861. Re-enlisted Corporal, Co. H, 6th Reg't. Mustered Nov. 28, 1861. Re-enlisted private, Co. D, Dec. 25, 1863. Wounded near Spottsylvania May 18, and died of wounds May 22, 1864, aged about 28. Left a wife.
GEORGE W. VARNEY. In Navy.
JAMES R. VARNEY. Private, Co. B, Ist Reg't. Mustered May 2, 1861. Mus- tered out Aug. 9, 1861. Re-enlisted Corporal, Co. H, 6th Reg't. Mustered Nov.
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28, 1861. Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, July 1, 1863. Discharged for disability April 15, 1864.
JOHN B. VARNEY. Private, 1st Light Battery. Transferred to Co. M, 1st Heavy Artillery. Mustered Jan. 4, 1864. Mustered out June 9, 1865.
SAMUEL F. VARNEY. 2d Lieutenant, Co. D, 5th Reg't. Commissioned Aug. 12, 1861. Had sword presented by citizens. Resigned April 13, 1862.
JOHN H. WARDWELL. Private, Co. 1, 15th Reg't. Mustered Oct. 14, 1862. Transferred to Signal Corps, where he served till the Reg't was mustered out, Aug. 13, 1863. After war graduated at Dartmouth College with high rank.
CHARLES H. WARREN. Corporal, Co. K, 2d Reg't. Mustered May 21, 1861. Wounded at Williamsburg, May 5, 1862. Discharged Jan. 26, 1863.
JAMES E. WARREN. Private, Co. B, 7th Reg't. Mustered Nov. 19, 1861. Detailed from company as a carpenter most of the time. Mustered out Dec. 22, 1864.
JOHN S. WARREN. Appointed Ass't Surgeon, 120th U. S. Colored Reg't, Aug. 27, 1864. Post Surgeon at Paducah, Ky., while Gen. Thomas was organiz- ing colored Reg'ts. Post Surgeon at City Point, Va., for 6 or 8 weeks after Lee's surrender.
OSMAN B. WARREN. Private, Co. H, 9th Reg't. Mustered Aug. 13, 1862. Promoted 1st Sergeant March 1, 1864. Captured at Spottsylvania, May 12, 1864. Suffered the indescribable horrors of Andersonville. Was taken to Charleston and afterwards to Florence, where he was exchanged.
WILBUR F. WARREN. Private, Troop C, 1st Cavalry. Mustered March 30, 1864. Promoted Corporal June 1, 1865. Mustered out July 15, 1865.
JOHN WATSON. In Navy.
ROBERT WATSON. Substitute for Hiram S. Osborne.
MORRIS WELCH. Private, Co. H, 14th Reg't. Substitute for B. L. E. Gowen. Mustered Aug. 14, 1863. Deserted Nov. 3, 1863.
CHARLES F. WENTWORTH. Private, Troop L, 1st Cavalry. Mustered Dec. 27, 1861. Mustered out Dec. 27, 1864.
CHARLES H. WENTWORTH. Private, Co. H, 9th Reg't. Mustered Aug. 13, 1862. Wounded in shoulder at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862. Promoted Corpo- ral Aug. 1, 1864. Mustered out June 10, 1865.
GEORGE S. WENTWORTH. Enlisted 1861, private, 5th Reg't U. S. Light Ar- tillery in regular army. Wounded in left shoulder at Gettysburg. Discharged Oct., 1864.
LOREN H. G. WENTWORTH. Enlisted Aug. 5, 1862. Private, 5th N. Y. Heavy Artillery. Taken prisoner when Gen. Miles surrendered at Harper's Ferry, and paroled on the spot to prevent re-capture. He says of this surrender, " It was the meanest thing I ever saw." Served three years.
ROLAND C. WHICHER. Substitute for John M. Avery. Private, Co. B, 5th Reg't. Mustered Aug. 15, 1863. Wounded June 3, 1864. Deserted from hos- pital Dec. 4, 1864. Returned and was mustered out May 25, 1865.
JOHN WHITE. Private, Co. K, 13th Illinois Reg't. Enlisted April 1, 1861. Re-enlisted in same Reg't. Discharged for disability June 4, 1864.
PATRICK WHITE. Substitute for George W. Wentworth.
GEORGE WHITEFIELD. Substitute for Dyer P. Hall, 1863.
NATHANIEL H. WILLARD. Private, Co. A, 4th Reg't. Mustered Sept 18, 1861. Deserted while on furlough, July 24, 1864. Returned and mustered out Sept. 18, 1864.
CHARLES E. WILKINSON. Son of William. Private, Co. B, 1st Reg't. Mus- tered May 2, 1861. Mustered out Aug. 9, 1861. Died Jan. 26, 1863, æt. 31.
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WENTWORTH WILLEY. Son of Enoch T. and Sarah, was born in Dover, June 1, 1837. House carpenter in Rochester since 1849. Private, Co. I, 15th Reg't. Mustered Oct. 14, 1862. Died of disease in hospital at Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 3, 1863, and was buried there.
CHARLES H. WILLIAMS. Private, Co. K, 4th Reg't. Mustered Sept. 18, 1861. Re-enlisted Feb. 15, 1864.
JOHN WILLIAMS. Private, Co. B, 6th Reg't. Mustered Dec. 31, 1863. De- serted at Camp Nelson, Ky., Jan. 16, 1864.
HARRY WILSON. Private, Troop K, N. H. Battalion 1st New England Cav- alry. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862.
HENRY WILSON. Private, Co. B, 1st Reg't. Mustered May 2, 1861. Cap- tured July 4, 1861. Released on parole June 3, 1862. Captured again June 16, 1863. After two months at Belle Isle and Libbey prison was exchanged.
JOHN WILSON. Substitute for John F. Twombly. Private, Co. F, 9th Reg't. Mustered Aug, 17, 1864. Deserted en route to Reg't, Dec., 1864.
JOSEPH WINGATE. Private, Co. A, 4th Reg't. Mustered Sept. 18, 1861. Pro- moted Corporal. Severely wounded at Pocotaligo Bridge, Oct. 22, 1862. Re- enlisted Sergeant in same Co. Feb. 15, 1864. Wounded in right arm at Drury's Bluff, May 16, 1864. Promoted 1st Lieutenant, Co. K, Feb. 17, 1865. Com- manded the Co. at Fort Fisher, also at Raleigh, Aug. 10, 1865. Mustered out Aug. 23, 1865.
ICHABOD WORCESTER. Private, Co. F, 5th Reg't. Mustered Aug. 14, 1863. Wounded June 3, 1864. Discharged for disability May 18, 1865.
PHILBRICK M. WORCESTER. Private, Troop C, 1st Cavalry. Mustered April 12, 1864. Mustered out June 8, 1865.
JOHN YELDEN. Son of James, was born in Barnstead, C. E., about 1837. Had lived in Rochester seven years with his mother, whom he supported. Pri- vate, Co. I, 3d Reg't. Mustered Aug. 24, 1861. Killed at James Island, June 16, 1862, while he with Abram Pearl was trying to remove their fallen Captain from the field.
CHARLES YORK. Son of Stephen and Kezia, was born in Newfield, Me., Dec., 1843. Had lived in Rochester about two years. Private, Troop B, 1st Cavalry. Mustered March 30, 1864. Captured, and died under the tortures and starvation of Andersonville prison, Sept. 14, 1864. Buried there in grave No. 8736.
GEORGE FRANK YOUNG. Son of Alfred A. and Abbie E., was born at Great Falls, Feb. 14, 1842. Private, Co. I, 15th Reg't. Mustered Oct. 14, 1862. Died of disease en route from Port Hudson to Vicksburg, July 29, 1863. Buried on bank of Mississippi.
JOSEPH YOUNG. Private, Co. D, 1st Heavy Artillery. Mustered Sept. 4, 1864. Mustered out June 15, 1865.
In due time after the close of the war every town of thorough loyalty and genuine patriotism erected a monument of some kind, in honor and commemoration of their fallen heroes. At the annual meeting in March, 1871, this town appointed Franklin McDuffee, M. H. Wentworth, and Silas Hussey a committee to investigate and report in reference to plans and the cost of a Soldiers' Monument. At an adjourned meeting in August they made an elaborate report which was ordered to be printed and distributed among the voters.
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At the next annual meeting $3,000 was appropriated " for enclosing the Common and erecting a Soldiers' Monument according to the plan recommended," and the same committee together with the selectmen were directed to carry out the vote. The completed monument was dedicated Sept. 6, 1872. The oration on the occa- sion was by Gen. Griffin. C. K. Sanborn was President of the day, and made a very appropriate introductory speech. Franklin McDuffee, chairman of the committee, then formally delivered the monument to the town with fitting remarks, including the follow- ing statement : -
" There are inscribed on this monument the names of 54 men - all either natives of this town or residents therein. They did not all count on our quota, but all were in one sense or another the sons of Rochester. These men all died in the service, or were discharged on account of disease or wounds received in the ser- vice, and which resulted in death. This is the rule by which the committee have been governed in determining whose names should be inscribed on the monument. We have not placed on the monument the names of any substitutes or non- residents, but have left spaces on each tablet, so that if it shall appear that names have been omitted accidentally or wrongfully, they can be inscribed at any time with little expense."
Edwin Wallace responded with a patriotic and appreciative speech, in behalf of the town.
At the annual town meeting in 1884 it was
" Voted that the Soldiers' Monument be re-modeled and the statue of a soldier be erected thereon . . . and $3,000 be appropriated for the same.
" Voted to pay the Freight on four Cannon donated by the Government to Sampson Post G. A. R. to ornament the Soldiers' Monument."
The following March $500 more was raised to complete the Sol- diers' Monument, which was re-dedicated May 30, 1885, under direction of the G. A. R. The account is condensed from the " Rochester Courier."
The procession formed an imposing array, with sixty Grand Army boys, Sturtevant Guards, Montolinia and Kennedy Lodges of Odd Fellows, and St. Jean Baptiste Société, with the American and Murphy Bands. At the common was a throng of people num- bering nearly 5,000. Prayer was offered by Rev. Dr. Bass, followed by singing by the Rochester Choral Union of seventy voices, under direction of Col. Whitehouse. The presiding officer was Ezra Pray, who made the opening address in commemoration of the
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dead, after which the monument was unveiled by A. S. Parshley. Silas Hussey then delivered the monument in brief words to the town, and John L. Copp replied in an eloquent and patriotic speech. The Grand Army ceremony of dedication was then per- formed by Department Commander Collis of Portsmouth, Senior Vice-Commander Wyatt of Northfield, and Adjutant George Hodg- don of Portsmouth. The placing of the emblems of the army and the navy, the musket and anchor, surrounded by a guard of honor, was a beautiful portion of the exercises. The oration by Major George S. Merrill was a masterpiece of eloquence. Only a full report could do it justice. The music was excellent, and every- thing was conducted in an appropriate and satisfactory manner.
As after the Revolution the Order of Cincinnati was established to stimulate and perpetuate patriotism and to relieve the necessities of families of fallen or destitute defenders of liberty, so after the Rebellion sprang up the Grand Army of the Republic to stimulate and perpetuate loyalty to the National government, and to assist worthy defenders of the Nation's honor or their needy families.
The ritual of the order was written by Col. B. F. Stephenson of Springfield, Ill., who had served as Surgeon of the 14th Illinois In- fantry, and enjoys the distinction of having organized the first post April 6, 1866, at Decatur, Ill. From this small nucleus developed the now widely extended and magnificent order of the Grand Army of the Republic.
Sampson Post No. 22* was instituted in Rochester Feb. 3, 1870, being named from Lieut. John C. Sampson whose war record has already been given. Noah Tebbetts was its first commander. In 1874 the interest in the organization had decreased here as else- where, and it was thought best to reorganize. A new charter was obtained Dec. 30, since which time the organization has been kept alive, though at times through the efforts of a very few. There are now 84 members, and a good degree of interest in the order.
Decoration day has always been observed. For several years in its early history the post was enabled to conduct suitable services by the aid of generous subscriptions obtained mainly through the
* The following record of Sampson Post was prepared by T. H. Edgerly.
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efforts of Hon. James H. Edgerly who, in common with many prominent citizens, took much interest in its welfare. Of late years the sum of one hundred dollars has been annually appropriated by the town for this purpose.
A large amount of money has been expended by this post in aid- ing needy comrades, and its charity has not been confined to its own membership, but other needy comrades or families of those who once wore the blue have been dealt with generously. Indeed the books show that more money has been expended for their aid than for that of members. Funds for this purpose have been ob- tained by means of Fairs and other entertainments, and the citizens of the town have never failed to respond liberally to appeals in its behalf.
The post has naturally taken much interest in such town affairs as the erection of a Soldiers' Monument. The original monument was dedicated under its auspices Sept. 5, 1872, and largely through efforts of its members the present monument was erected, and dedi- cated May 30, 1885. The cannon near the monument were applied for on suggestion of Cyrus K. Sanborn, Esq., and were given by act of Congress to the Post and by it to the town.
Sampson Post attended the National Encampment of the G. A. R. at Portland, Me., in 1885, accompanied by the American Band, whose services were paid for by the citizens. The post was also at the Soldiers' Reunion at Manchester, and in 1884 and 1886 at the Re- union at the Wiers. It has also been present on other patriotic and military occasions, notably the dedication of the Soldiers' Monu- ment at Dover.
The annual Camp Fire of the post is an occasion of great interest not only to its members but to its numerous friends as well. Then, as on other suitable occasions, its members have sought to teach the great lessons of its motto, " Fraternity, Charity, and Loyalty."
The post has had the following Commanders : -
Noah Tebbetts, 1870. Osman B. Warren, 1871, '72.
John F. Billings, 1876, '77, '78.
Charles W. Dame, 1881, '82.
Wilbur F. Warren, 1873.
Thomas H. Edgerly, 1883, '84.
Sherwood W. Goodwin, 1874.
Charles E. Pike, 1885.
Edward L. Kimball, 1875, '79, '80.
Ira B. Dennett, 1886, '87.
The following list includes all who have been members from the beginning.
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The * denotes present members (1887).
Edward F. Ricker, Corp., 29th Me.
* Osman B. Warren, Ist Serg't, 9th N. H.
* Wilbur F. Warren, Serg't, Ist N. H. Cavalry.
Noah Tebbetts, 15th N. H. Charles R. Brackett, 4th N. H.
James McCrellis, 3d N. H.
* Lewis McD. Hussey, Ist N. H .; Capt., 4th N. H.
James Howell. John Beecher.
* John F. Billings, Serg't, 14th Mass. John Burke, 6th N. H. Cyrus Brackett, 18th N. H.
* G. E. Butler, 15th Mass. Bat. Owen Carroll, Navy. B. F. . Chesley. H. M Coffin.
* Charles W. Folsom, Navy. Edward Horney, Mus. 9th N. H. Harland P. Horne, 18th N. H.
Charles G. Horney, 15th N. H. Albert Horney, Ist N. H. Art.
* James Nealand, 6th N. H.
* G. W. Rollins, Ist U. S. Art .; Corp., 200th Penn.
* J. L. Rollins, 19th Mass.
Horace Randell, 9th N. H.
B. W. Sargent. George W. Trickey. Matthew Teague.
* John P. Trickey, 1st Serg't, 8th N. H. * John White. Charles E. Hammett, 15th N. H.
* George W. Hurd, 4th N. H. Luther B. Sampson, Capt., 84th Penn.
* J. B. Stevens, 15th N. H.
C. W. Johnson. Enos Rewitzer, 3d N. H .; 15th N. H. Charles Wentworth, Corp., 9th N. H.
* Sherwood W. Goodwin, 8th N. H. E. E. Small, 18th N. H.
G. W. Tanner.
Charles Teague, 18th N. H.
W. C. Tufts, 27th Me.
Charles Dore, Corp., 2d N. H.
William S. Hixon, Navy.
F. A. Orne, 15th N. H.
Stephen Colby.
* Albion N. Goodwin, 8th N. H. Joseph Spinney, 17th Ill .; 1st N. H. Heavy Art.
* Charles E. Blackmar, Serg't, 9th N. H. F. S. Giles, Corp., 17th U. S. Inf. Fred A. Kimball, 31st Me.
Charles W. Thompson, Navy. Hiram W. Ellis, 15th Me.
George Blackmar, 35th Mass. Fernando Gale, 2d Conn .; 2d Ill. Light Battery.
* J. C. Logan, 2d N. H.
* W. C. Mallette, 31st Me. Frank Mathes, 7th U. S. Inf.
* Thomas H. Edgerly, Yeom., Navy. John Collins, Navy.
* Charles E. Pike, 1st N. H. Cav.
* William H. Watson, 13th N. H.
* Thomas S. Pease, 13th N. H. William H. Randall, Ist N. H. Heavy Artillery.
Sylvester Ham, Serg't, 9th N. H.
* Edward L. Kimball, Serg't, Ist N. H. Cavalry.
* Marion H. Osgood, 14th Me.
* James Collins. John D. Murrey, Surgeon's Steward, Navy.
* J. L. Davidson, F. C. Fireman, Navy. Justin M. Leavett, Ist Me. Heavy Art.
* Ira B. Dennett, Corp., 30th Mass.
* Thomas C. Henham, 5th Mich. Cav.
* Henry Wilson, Corp., 1st N. H. Cav. Fred Otis, 3d N. H.
William H. Drew, Drummer, 18th N. H.
A. J. Harriman, 18th N. H.
Joseph Burckstead, Ist N. H. Heavy Artillery.
*I. E. Watson, 24th Me. William B, Kennard, Serg't, 16th Me.
William Watson, 13th Me.
Bart Welch, Serg't, 3d Vt.
George F. Hurd, Ist N. H. Heavy Art. Amos Gale, 8th N. H.
James McDonald, 51st N. Y. John Fletcher, 21st Me.
* King S. Hill, 31st Me.
* Charles W. Dame, Corp., 26th Mass.
* Lewis F. Horne, 15th N. H .; 18th N. H.
* John D. Parshley, Serg't, 13th N. H. James Finnegan, 7th N. H.
* Jeremiah Hall, Corp., 3d N. H. Patrick O'Gorman, Music., 13th N. J. Frank L. Avery, 1st N. H .; Corp., 5th N. H.
* James F. McIntire, Ist N. H. Heavy Artillery.
John F. Thompson, 16th Me.
* Walter Meserve, Navy.
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James W. Rollins, 12th N. H.
* Zebadiah Sargent, 6th N. HI. Charles S. Burnham, 8th N. H.
Warren S. Whitehouse, 1st N. H. " George A. Bennett, 50th Mass. Heavy Art. * Charles C. Rowe, 8th N. H.
Joseph M. Cleare, 2d Mass. Cav.
Calvin Rogers, Serg't, Ist N. H. Cav. Nehemiah Colbath, 2d N. H.
* John W. Chesman, Ist Mass. George B. Jenness, 5th N. H.
* James F. Marshall, Corp., 12th N. II.
* Owen Henwood, 10th N. H.
* Stephen Brock, 15th Mass. Bat.
* Walter S. Hussey, 3d N. H.
* Lewis D. Yeaton, 8th Me. George D. Clark, 15th N. H.
* Enos L. Glidden, Ist N. HI. Heavy Art.
* A. S. Parshley.
* Frank Sleeper, Corp., 8th N. H.
* E. S. Moore, Ist Me. Cav.
*Elbridge W. Howard, 3d N. H.
* John H. Nutter, Ist N. H. Heavy Art.
* Charles A. Glidden, 11th N. H.
* Edward F. Goodwin, 2d Mass. Heavy Artillery.
* Sylvester O. Boody, 27th Me.
* Horace L. Worcester, Navy.
* Daniel M. Philbrick, 18th N. H.
* N. C. Phillips, Quartermaster, Navy.
* John Pugsley, Ist N. H. Heavy Art.
* Oliver Hussey, 8th N. H.
* George W. Pickering, 5th N. H.
* Nicholas Brock, Ist N. H. Heavy Art.
* A. L. Abbott, 2d N. H.
* Charles W. Edgerly, Capt., 9th N. H.
* James T. Nichols, 8th N. H.
* S. E. Root, 9th Mich.
* J. H. Duntley, 5th N. H. George L. Hersom, 2d Lieut., 5th N. H.
* Charles F. McKusick, 6th Me.
* A. F. Berry, 8th N. H.
* Lewis A. Chesley, Serg't, 5th N. H.
* Wesley R. Horne, Corp., 5th N. H.
* George F. Richardson, Capt., 8th N. H.
* Albert F. Seavey, 13th N. H.
* John A. Dillingham, 27th Me.
* Charles G. Jenness, Corp., Ist N. H. Cavalry.
* B. Frank Grover, 4th Mass. Heavy Art. * L. D. Hamlin, 20th Mass .; 7th Penn. * Andrew R. Hayes, Ist R. I. Cav .; 1st N. H. Heavy Art.
* Riley H. Parker, 9th N. H.
* Charles B. Gafney, Capt., 13th N. H.
* Daniel Hussey, 15th N. H.
* John H. Pingree.
* Patrick Foy.
* Maynard Russell, Ist Mass.
CHAPTER XII.
CHURCH HISTORY SINCE 1819.
" Over the roofs of the pioneers Gathers the moss of a hundred years ; On man and his works has passed the change Which needs must be in a century's range. But fresh and green from the rotting roots Of the primal forest the young growth shoots ; From the death of the old the new proceeds, And the life of truth from the rot of creeds ; On the ladder of God which upward leads The steps of progress are human needs."
As already noticed, the year 1819 marks the transition from a somewhat compulsory support of religious institutions to a system entirely voluntary. Many Christian people were discouraged and disheartened. They feared not so much for their own particular church, as for the cause of religion itself. They were certainly grieved that other sects were coming in to divide the field, but the best people were far more anxious lest many should drift away entirely from the house and the worship of God. Results have long since demonstrated that though their fears were by no means groundless, yet on the whole the free system secures a higher degree of purity in the church, and consequently more reverence for real religion among the people at large. Notwithstanding the prevalent neglect and the various evils that infest modern society, we have no reason to look back with regret to the days of the fathers. For the best church work, and the highest types of Christian life and character, we have no need to turn lamenting to the past, but rather rejoicing and hopeful to the present and the future.
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