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Bounty.
Bounty.
Daniel S. Brooks
$25.75 John G. Felch.
$27.00
Calvin A. Blodgett .. .
25.75 Silas L. Heywood.
25.75
Charles S. Blodgett. .
25.75 Danvers Miles. 25.75
John H. Burrell.
25.75 George W. Miles 27.00
Daniel E. Burbank. . .
27.00 Michael MeManns 27.00
Thaddeus Cummings.
27.00 Willard A. Newton.
25.75
George Coolidge
25.75 Thomas JJ. Richardson. 26.50
William Dunton
27.00 Albert G. Stone. 25.75
Jonas Forristall
25.75 Luther D. Wheeler
None.
These eighteen men were the first to enlist from Fitzwilliam for the defence of the country, and, as before stated, the town furnished each of them with a revolver at the cost of $19.38 each. Messrs. Newton, Stone, and Wheeler were mustered into the service May 3d, 1861, and mustered out of it soon after the expiration of three months, viz., August 9th, 1861.
Fourteen of the above were afterward mustered into the Second Regiment and two into the Sixteenth. One, Mr. Wheeler, was mustered into a Vermont regiment, while the remaining one, Mr. Felch, does not appear to have been mins- tered in at all.
SECOND REGIMENT N. H. VOLUNTEERS.
SOLDIERS FOR THREE YEARS OR THE WAR, WITHOUT BOUNTIES.
Co.
Mustered in.
Daniel S. Brooks.
Calvin A. Blodgett .... A. A.
Charles S. Blodgett .. .
A. May 31. 1861. Captured at Bull Run, July 21, 1861 ; died, Oct. 19, 1861, a prisoner at Richmond, Va. Mustered out, June 21, 1864. Discharged for disability, Sept. 13. 1862.
John H. Burrell A. Mustered out, June 21, 1864.
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HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM.
SECOND REGIMENT N. H. VOLUNTEERS-(Continued).
Co.
Mustered in.
Alfred K. Bowen . . .
May 31, 1861.
Promoted corporal, Dec. 1, 1863 ; mustered out, June 21, 1864.
Daniel E. Burbank. .. Thaddeus Cummings .
A. A.
George Coolidge.
A.
66
William Dunton.
A.
Promoted corporal; wounded, Aug. 29, 1862 ; discharged because of wounds, Nov. 6, 1862.
Jonas Forristall
A.
Died, Oct. 25, 1862, of disease, at Bladensburg, Md.
Henry M. Gilson.
Silas L. Heywood
K. June 8, 1861, Date of discharge not learned. A. May 31, 1861. Promoted sergeant, Nov. 1, 1861; 2d Lient., Sept. 1, 1862 ; 1st Lieut., July 3, 1863 ; mustered out, Jan. 21, 1864.
Danvers Miles.
A.
George W. Miles.
A. 66
Michael McManus.
Albert G. Stone
A. Sept. 17, 1861
Charles A. Stone.
John M. Stearns.
Josiah O. Taft.
A. May 31, 1861. Died, June 30, 1862, of disease, on the retreat near Rich- mond, Va.
In the Second Regiment were the following who received bounty, $150 each :
Co.
Mustered in.
John B. Fiske
A.
James Walsh.
A.
Sept. 18, 1862. Slightly wounded and missing, July 2, 1863, but returned ; discharged, Dec. 30, 1863. Wounded slightly, Aug. 18, 1864 ; mustered out, June 14, 1865.
Discharged, May 22, 1862. Discharged for disability, Sept. 12, 1862. Discharged for Aug. 19, 1861.
disability,
Wounded, May 5, 1862 ; dis- charged. July 30, 1862, on account of wounds. Killed at Fair Oaks, Va., June 25, 1862.
A. 66 Wounded, July 2, 1863 ; pro- moted corporal, Dec. 1, 1863; mustered out, June 21, 1864. Wounded, Aug. 29, 1862 ; died, Nov. 2, 1862, from wounds. Mustered out, Sept. 14, 1864. 66 Discharged for disability, Dec., 1862.
A. C. June 1, 1861.
SOLDIERS IN THE THIRD REGIMENT. 289
James O. Amadon was reported as enlisted from Fitzwilliam in the Second Regiment, but his name is not found in the Adjutant-General's Reports. Ile went in 1861 and served through the war without receiving any injury, but was not legally mustered into service or innstered out.
THIRD REGIMENT N. H. VOLUNTEERS.
FOR THREE YEARS OR THE WAR, WITHOUT BOUNTY.
Co.
Mustered in.
George W. Felch .
I. Ang. 24, 1861. Discharged for
disability,
Dec. 16, 1861.
Marshall P. Hawkins.
I.
66
Joseph E. Harkness ...
I.
John M. Parker.
I.
Promoted corporal; 1st Sergt., April 11, 1862 ; 2d Lieut., Aug. 28, 1862 ; resigned, Nov. 28, 1863. Wounded slightly, July 13, 1863 ; re-enlisted, Feb. 22, 1864. Promoted 1st Sergt., Oct. 15, 1862 : 2d Lieut., June 14. 1863 ; 1st Lieut., Jan. 6, 1864; mustered out, Oct. 31, 1864.
Soldiers in Third Regiment with bounties :
Co.
Mustered in.
Joseph E. Harkness ; re-enlisted. Bounty, $300.
I. Feb. 22, 1864. Wounded severely, May 13, 1864 ; mustered out. July 20, 1865 ; whole term of service, 46 mos. 26 days. I. Jan. 1, 1864. Mustered out, July 20, 1865.
Christopher Healy. Bounty, $700. Robert Nixon. Boun- ty, $702.
I. Jan. 5, 1864.
Slightly wounded. May 13, 1864 ; accidentally wounded, June 16, 1864 ; died. July, 1865. at sea, on homeward passage.
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290
HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM.
FIFTH N. H. REGIMENT.
Enrolled soldiers of Fitzwilliam who were drafted. The following were exempted for disability :
Phillip S. Batcheller,
George J. Fullam,
Amos O. Blanchard,
Levi A. Fuller,
Daniel F. Bowker,
Isaac A. Handy,
James B. Bowker,
Peter Iloose,
Zephaniah A. Boyee,
Charles F. Ingalls,
John H. Brooks, Daniel Matheson,
John F. Cummings,
Frederic E. Pierce,
Lyman Davis,
Joshua E. Pierce,
George O. Dunton,
Lorenzo Pierce,
Charles E. Emerson,
Osborn II. Platts,
Loammi B. Underwood.
Edwin Sykes was exempted as an alien ; Robert Brooks, Jr., did not report to the provost-marshal.
The following rendered personal service and received $300 bounty cach :
Co.
Date of Muster.
Henry H. Boyce.
F.
Oct. 3, 1863.
Promoted corporal, Oct. 23, 1864 ; captured, Mar. 25, 1865 ; paroled, Mar. 30. 1865 ; mustered out, June 24, 1865.
Alpheus Handy
E.
Philander Martin. . . .
C.
Abraham H. Richards,
E.
66
Missing at Cold Harbor, Va .. June 3, 1864, but returned ; discharged by order, June 16, 1865 ; lost an arm. Wounded, June 5, 1864 ; dis- charged by order, June 3, 1865. Captured, Aug. 16, 1864, at Flussell's Mills, Va. ; paroled, Sept. 1, 1864 ; discharged, June 8, 1865.
SUBSTITUTES FOR DRAFTED AND ENROLLED MEN. 291
The following drafted men furnished substitutes, for which each received bounty, $300 :
Co. Date of Muster.
Martin S. Deeth. . .
Dexter Richardson ..
Supposed substitute. Pat. Morris. B. Supposed substitute, John Mud- F. Ang. 11, 1864 gett.
Oct. 2, 1863. Killed, June 29. 1864, near Peters- burg, Va. Deserted near Pe- tersburg, Va., Oct. 28, 1864 ; recov- ered from deser- tion : wounded. Mar. 6, 1865 ; ab- sent sick, since Mar. 6, 1865 ; no discharge.
Theophilus W. May. J. Trimble. G. Aug. 19, 1864 Deserted. Sept. 15,
1864, near Peters- burg, Va.
Enrolled soldiers, not drafted, who furnished substitutes to fill the quota of Fitzwilliam, for which each received a bounty of $300 :
Substitutes. Co.
Date of Mus- ter, 1864.
Timothy Blodgett ... F'k. McKee
F.
Sept. 2.
Mustered out, June 28. 1865.
Lyman W. Bowker . J. P. Haden
B.
Ang. 31.
Charles Byam
John Cole ..
Aug. 25.
Mustered out, June 28. 1865. Deserted en route to regiment.
Moses Chaplin.
J. Baggott.
Aug. 11.
Jonas Damon
H. J. Smith G.
Aug. 31.
Marshall P. Damon. J. Barrigan.
Ira W. Ellis.
Wm. Waters C.
Aug. 30.
Gilbert A. Petts.
John Brown
Aug. 22.
Mustered out, June 12, 1865.
Nelson E. Pratt. .
Levi Morris F.
Deserted en route to regiment. Mustered out, June 28. 1865. Deserted en route to regiment. Deserted, Oct. 11, 1864, near Peters- burg, Va. Deserted en route to regiment.
George W. Parker .. Aug. Adams B.
Sept. 2.
Deserted, Dec. 30, 1864, while on fur- lough from hos- pital.
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HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM.
Substitutes.
Co.
Date of Mus- ter 1864.
John N. Richardson E. Fazack-
erly. . . .
A. K.
Aug. 23. Aug. 22.
Edmund Spaulding. A. Gorham.
C.
Aug. 24.
Joseph H. Streeter .. James Buss.
A. J. Streeter.
Lawr. Tully
G.
Phinehas Whitcomb G. Blinville
B.
Sept. 2.
Josiah Wilder, Jr .... Chas. Myers
F.
Sept. 1.
Transferred to Co. H. ; deserted to enemy, Dec. 1, 1864. Missing, April 7, 1865, but returned; mustered out, June 28. 1865. Deserted en route to regiment. Captured, April ?, re-captured, April 9, 1865; mustered out, June 28, 1865. Deserted, Oct. 11, 1864, near Peters- burg, Va. Absent sick, June 28, 1865 ; no dis- charge.
The following rendered personal service :
Co.
Date of Muster, 1864.
Paul Martin.
Volunteer'd bounty, $800.
D.
Jan. 1.
Wounded, June 3, 1864; discharged, Nov. 19, 1864, at De Camp Hospi- tal, New York.
The following men in this regiment received no bounty :
Co.
Date of Muster.
Almond G. Lowell ...
E. Oct. 19, 1861. Mustered out, Oct. 29, 1864.
Mustered out, June 15, 1865.
William H. Shirley. Th. Brown.
Aug. 9.
.
SOLDIERS IN THE SIXTH REGIMENT. .
In the Adjutant-General's Reports the following are credited to Fitzwilliam, but nothing further is known of them :
Co. Date of Muster.
Nelson C. Haskell. F. Oct. 23, 1861. Discharged, Dec. 27, 1862, for disability.
William Haley. I. Ang. 31, 1864. Discharged, July 10, 1865.
Transferred from Second Regiment U. S. Sharpshooters, January 30th, 1865 :
Co.
Nathan Morse.
Wyman S. White
I.
I. Mustered out, June 28, 1865. Discharged, Mar. 6, 1865.
SIXTH REGIMENT N. H. VOLUNTEERS.
MEN FOR THREE YEARS OR THE WAR, WHO RECEIVED NO BOUNTY.
Co. Date of Muster.
Henry J. Amadon.
F. Nov. 28, 1861.
John L. Church
Asa B. Fiske
Wounded, May 13, 1864; mus- tered out, Nov. 27, 1864. Died, Sept. 30, 1863, at Nich- olasville, Ky. Discharged, Nov. 6, 1862, at 66 Alexandria, Va., on account of wounds. Killed, Sept. 16, 1862, at An- 66 tietam, Md. Dec. 3, 1861. Wounded, May 12, 1864; dis- charged, Dec. 3, 1864.
Daniel M. Fiske.
Theodore Haskell.
Fred. C. Lawrence.
66 Nov. 28, 1861. Died, Jan. 20, 1863, at Troy, N. H.
Paul Martin.
G. Dec. 9, 1861. Discharged, Oct. 18, 1862, at Alexandria, Va.
Elihu L. Morse
F. Nov. 28, 1861. Died, Sept. 9, 1863, of disease, at Nicholasville, Ky.
John A. Platts.
K. 66 Re-enlisted (Jan., 1864?). See after.
Elijah T. Platts
66 Re-enlisted, Jan. 4, 1864. See
-- after.
293
294
HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM.
SIXTH REGIMENT N. H. VOLUNTEERS-(Continued).
Co.
Date of Muster.
Daniel H. Reed
F.
Dec. 3, 1861. Transferred to Co. E, 4th Reg. U. S. Regular Artillery ; mus- tered out, Nov. 27, 1864.
Levi W. Rice
66
Nov. 28. 1861. Discharged, Aug. 23, 1862, at Newport News, Va., for dis- ability.
John H. Streeter.
66
Sylvanus C. Waters ...
66
Jan. 14, 1862. Promoted corporal; wounded. May 6, 1864 ; mustered out. Jan. 13, 1865. Killed, Sept. 17. 1862, at An- tietam, Md.
Lucius Whitcomb. . .
HI. Nov. 28, 1861. Transferred to Co. F, Dec. 1, 1861; killed, Aug. 29, 1862, at Bull Run.
George H. Wilson
Transferred to Co. F, Dec. 1, 1861 ; discharged at New- berne, N. C .; re-enlisted, Dec. 25, 1863. Sce after.
Charles W. Wilson
Dec. 10, 1861. Deserted Jan. 26, 1863, at Fifth Street Hospital, Philadel- phia, Pa.
In the Adjutant-General's Reports the following are credited to Fitzwilliam, but nothing further is known of them :
Co.
Date of Muster.
James L. Demary, Jr.
Morris Howard
H. Nov. 28, 1861. Transferred to Co. F. Dec. 1, 1861 ; discharged for disa- bility at Baltimore, Md. June 2, 1864. Supposed to have deserted en route to regiment.
FOR THREE YEARS OR TIIE WAR, WHO RECEIVED BOUNTIES.
Co. Date of Muster. Bounty.
Charles Brown
Dec. 31, 1863.
Abram Corey.
F.
Dec. 30, 1863. 700
$580 Deserted en route to regi- ment. Absent sick, since April 28, 1864: no discharge furnished.
SOLDIERS IN THE SIXTH AND NINTH REGIMENTS. 295
Co.
Date of Muster. Bounty.
John Conner
G. Dec. 31, 1863.
$580
Louis Hanson
Dec. 30, 1863.
580
Deserted, Feb. 3, 1864, at Camp Nelson, Ky. Deserted en route to regi- ment.
John Johnson
G. Dec. 31, 1863.
580
Promoted corporal, July 1, 1865; mustered out, July 17, 1865.
Charles B. Perkins ..
F.
Dec. 30, 1863.
700
Elisha Rugg.
F.
66
700
Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, Jan. 20, 1865 ; discharged, June 7, 1865. Wounded, June 17, 1864 ; mustered out, July 17, 1865.
Re-enlisted men :
Co.
Date of Muster. Bounty.
Elijah T. Platts
K.
Jan. 4, 1864.
$300
Promoted serg't ; quar- termaster-serg't, July 1, 1864; mustered out, July 17, 1865.
John A. Platts.
. ..
K.
300
George H. Wilson ... F.
Dec. 25, 1863.
300
Promoted sergeant, July 1, 1864; 1st lieut., June 1, 1865 ; mustered ont, July 17, 1865. Killed in battle, May 4, 1864.
NINTH N. H. REGIMENT.
FOR THREE YEARS OR THE WAR ; RECEIVED NO BOUNTY.
Co.
Date of Muster.
George A. Smilie.
I. Aug. 19, 1862. Reported deserted, Sept. 17, 1862, at Antietam, Md., but was recovered; discharged, June 10, 1865.
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HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM.
Drafted man ; received bounty, $300.
Co. Date of Muster.
Lewis K. Ward
B. June 6, 1864. Transferred to Co. B, 6th N. H. Reg. June 1, 1865; mustered out, July 17, 1865.
Enrolled soldiers, not drafted, who furnished substitutes to fili the quota of Fitzwilliam, for which each received a bounty of $300.
Co.
Date of Muster.
L. R. Angier. . . . N. Heath ...
A.
Aug. 25, 1864. Transferred to Co. A. Sixth N. H. Reg., June 1, 1865 ; mus- tered out, July 17, 1865. Deserted en route to regiment.
E. Cummings ... John Garvin Dustin A. Gec ... Jas. Woolsey
L. Richardson ... J. Furgurson John W. Shirley G. Mendon ..
C. A. Aug. 24, 1864. Missing, Sept. 30, 1864, at Poplar Grove Church, Va., but was recovered ; trans - ferred to Co. A, Sixth N. H., June 1, 1865; mustered out, July A. K. 17, 1865. Aug. 25, 1864. Same as Woolsey. Aug. 24, 1864. Transferred to Co. K, Sixth N. H., June 1, 1865; promoted cor- poral, June 10, 1865 ; mustered out, July 17, 1865. June 14, 1864. Deserted en route to regiment.
II. B. Streeter ... E. Rochette. Caleb Sweetser .. Geo. Tenry.
Anson Streeter .. J. Thomas, colored.
Aug. 25, 1864. Deserted en route to regiment. Transferred to Nine- teenth U. S. Colored Regiment.
SOLDIERS IN THE FOURTEENTH REGIMENT.
FOURTEENTHI REGIMENT N. H. VOLUNTEERS. MEN FOR THREE YEARS OR THE WAR, WITH BOUNTIES AS STATED. L. K. Wheeler was in Co. A, all the others in Co. C.
Date of Muster. Bounty.
Benjamin W. Byam .. Sept. 22, 1862.
Amos W. Brooks. .. . 66
$125
George W. Felch. . . 66
Thomas D. Hayden. . 66 125
Thomas F. Holman. . Sept. 23, 1862.
Daniel Harris.
Levi N. Lillie.
Dec. 15, 1863. 700
Daniel P. Osborn .... Sept. 22, 1862. Joseph H. Ramsdell ..
125
125
Samuel S. Stone .... . Sept. 23, 1862. 125
Dec. 15, 1863. 702 Wright Whitcomb .... Sept. 22, 1862. 125
Darius HI. Whitcomb. 66
125 Wounded, Sept. 19, 1864 ; discharged for disability, May 27, 1865.
Joseph Whipple . Dec. 22, 1864.
200
Robert Walton. ... Sept. 22, 1862. 125
Lyman K. Wheeler ...
125
Mustered out, July 8, 1865. Died of disease, at Savannah, Ga., July 3, 1865. Wounded slightly, Sept. 19, 1864; mustered out, July 8, 1865.
Lorenzo A. Putnam received $300 for furnishing a substi- tute, viz. :
Edward F. Fuller, mustered in, Sept. 12, 1864; mustered out, July 8, 1865.
Discharged for disability at Washington, Feb. 28, 1863. Died at Annapolis Junction, Md., Jan. 14, 1865.
125 Promoted corporal, Jan. 27, 1864; 1st serg't, June 12, 1864: killed at Winchester, Va., Sept. 19, 1864. Mustered out, July 8, 1865. 125 Promoted corporal, Oct. 1, 1864; discharged, July 8, 1865; died, July 29, 1865. Wounded, Oct. 19, 1864 ; mustered out, July 8, 1865. Died of disease at David's Island, N. Y., Sept. 15, 1864.
Discharged, May 23, 1865. Discharged for disability at Washington, Oct. 8, 1863. Wounded severely, Oct. 19, 1864; discharged at Man- chester, N. H., on account of wounds, July 4, 1865. Mustered out, July 8, 1865. Promoted corporal, Jan. 8, 1864; wounded severely, Oct. 19, 1864; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, Jan. 28, 1865; mustered out, Sept. 21, 1865.
Julius O. Stone ... . .
297
298
HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM.
SIXTEENTII REGIMENT N. II. VOLUNTEERS.
MEN FOR NINE MONTHS, WITH BOUNTIES OF $100 EACH.
All served in Co. F, and were mustered into service, Oct. 23, 1862.
John S. Adams. Left sick at Cairo, III., Aug. 9, 1863, en route for home; died at Mound City Hospital, Aug. 16, 1863; mustered out, Aug. 20, 1863.
Charles S. Blodgett*
Wagoner; mustered out, Aug. 20, 1863.
Elliot F. Ellis.
Died of disease at New Orleans, La., June 9, 1863.
Levi A. Forristall Died of disease at New Orleans, La., June 17, 1863.
Charles T. Heywood Died at Port Hudson, La., July 31, 1863.
Frederic HI. Haskell. Mustered out, Aug. 20, 1863.
Ransom Handy Died at Port Hudson, La., Aug. 1, 1863.
Elisha Harkness. Died at Brashear City, La., May 31, 1863.
James M. Ingalls.
Mustered out, Aug. 20, 1863.
Charles R. Monroe.
Mustered out, Aug. 20, 1863.
Charles Newton.
Mustered out, Aug. 20, 1863.
Willard A. Newton
Mustered out, Aug. 20, 1863.
Edward P. Phillips Promoted sergeant ; mustered out, Aug. 20, 1863. Charles H. Parker. Promoted corporal; died at Butte La Rose, La., May 16, 1863.
Thomas J. Richardson .. Promoted sergeant; discharged at New Orleans,
Leander Richardson La., June 6, 1863; died at sea, coming home.
Discharged at New York before the regiment embarked for the South.
D. Henry Reed Promoted corporal ; mustered out, Aug. 20, 1863. Joseph E. Stone .. Died of disease at Brashear City, La., June 5, 1863.
Amos T. Towns. Mustered out, Aug. 20, 1863.
Loammi B. Underwood. Sick at Boston ; did not join the regiment ; mustered out, Ang. 20, 1863.
Charles II. Woods. Captain of Co. F; discharged, Aug. 20, 1863.
FIRST N. II. HEAVY ARTILLERY VOLUNTEERS.
FOR THREE YEARS OR THE WAR ; BOUNTY, $400.
Orrin Brewer, Co. HI, mustered in, Sept. 3, 1864; mustered out, June 15, 1865.
FIRST REGIMENT N. H. CAVALRY VOLUNTEERS.
FOR THREE YEARS ; BOUNTY, $600.
IIenry J. Richardson, Troop L, mustered in, Jan. 4, 1864; mustered out, July 15, 1865.
* Substitute for Sylvender B. Forristall.
299
SUMMARY OF SOLDIERS IN THE SERVICE.
For one year ; bounty, $500 :
Nathan C. Carter. . Orvis Fisher.
Ora Holman
William H. Holman ..
Robert McDonald.
George Putney
All mustered in, Mar. 2 (22 ?), 1865, and served in Troop F. Adjutant-General's Report says of Fisher : " Supposed to have deserted en route to regiment," but he died of disease at Fortress Monroe. All the others mustered ont. July 15, 1865.
SECOND REGIMENT U. S. SHARPSHOOTERS VOLUNTEERS.
FOR THREE YEARS OR THIE WAR, WITHOUT BOUNTY.
All mustered in, Nov. 26, 1861, and served in Co. F.
Henry H. Boyce. Discharged for disability, May 18, 1862. Sce under Fifth N. H. Regiment.
Warren I. Boyce.
Discharged for disability, May 19, 1862.
Daniel Chase.
Discharged for disability, Mar. 15, 1862.
Charles H. Forristall
Discharged, Nov. 26, 1864.
Nathan Morse.
Re-enlisted, Dec. 21, 1863; transferred to Co. I, Fifth N. H., Jan. 30, 1865. See under Fifth Regiment.
Wyman S. White
Promoted corporal, Nov. 2, 1863; re-enlisted, Dec. 21, 1863; promoted sergeant, Oct. 14, 1864; 1st sergeant, Jan. 25, 1865; transferred to Fifth N. H., Jan. 30, 1865. See under Fifth Regiment.
Charles B. Wilson Re-enlisted, Dec. 21, 1863; promoted 2d lieut., Nineteenth U. S. Colored Regiment, Aug. 11, 1864. Win. Albert Withington. Died of disease, at Washington, D. C., Jan. 4, 1862.
At re-enlistment Wilson received bounty $400, White re- ceived $400, and Morse received $300.
The quota of soldiers required of Fitzwilliam from and after Aug. 28, 1862, was 66 men for three years or the war, and 22 men for nine months, making total number required, 88.
The town furnished 68 men for three years or the war, and 21 for nine months, making the total number furnished 89, being a surplus of one.
The foregoing list gives a larger number of three-years' men, since it includes all those assigned to Fitzwilliam in the re- ports of the Adjutant-General and a few Fitzwilliam men that he assigns to other towns.
300
HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM.
FITZWILLIAM MEN IN THE UNITED STATES REGULAR SERVICE.
George A. Whittemore .. Commissioned assistant quartermaster, May 18, 1864, with rank of captain; mustered out, Dec. 8, 1865.
Charles B. Wilson .. Commissioned 2d lieutenant of Nineteenth Regi- ment of Colored Soldiers, Ang. 11, 1864.
Daniel H. Reed
Wagoner. Co. F, Sixth Regiment N. H. ; trans- ferred to Horse Artillery, Co. E, Fourth Regi- ment U. S. Regular Artillery ; mustered out, Oct. 11, 1864.
John Thomas Colored substitute for Anson Streeter; trans- ferred to a colored regiment in the U. S. ser- vice.
FITZWILLIAM MEN WHO ENLISTED IN OTHER STATES.
Ethan Blodgett, Twenty-first Mass., Co. A.
John McManus, Mass.
Ilenry C. Perkins, Twenty-first Mass.
Walter A. Brooks, Mass.
Daniel W. Chase, Thirty-fifth Mass.
George A. Platts, N. Y.
Edward B. Ellis, Mass.
Wm. W. Stone, First Mass.
George H. Ellis, Mass.
Luther D. Wheeler, Vt.
Warren I. Ellis, Fifteenth Mass.
Andrew Fisher, Fifteenth Mass.
Luther W. Gowen, Mass.
Francis L. Whitney, Thirty-sixth Mass., Co. D.
Nelson G. Woods, Mass.
SUMMARY.
Excluding the three-months' men, the number named in the foregoing tables is 172, apportioned as follows :
Second New Hampshire Regiment, Infantry.
22
Third
66
7
Fifth
66
66
31
Sixth
66 29
Ninth
10
Fourteenth 66 66
17
Sixteenth
66
21
First
66
Cavalry
8
First
Artillery
1
Second Regiment U. S. Sharpshooters.
8
In Massachusetts regiments.
15
In Vermont 66
1
In New York
1
Assistant Quartermaster U. S. Service.
1
172
Deduct those who are counted twice from serving in two regiments 11
Making the whole number of different persons to be .. 161
Benjamin Whitcomb, Fifteenth Mass.
Charles W. Hayden, Thirty-fifth Mass.
301
RECORD OF FITZWILLIAM SOLDIERS.
GENERAL RECORD OF THE FITZWILLIAM SOLDIERS :
Second Regiment : In Co. A 19 men won a good record ; 1 deserted from Co. K; 2 only received bounties from the town.
Third Regiment : The record of the 7 men from Fitzwilliam was not tarnished. To 3 of these the town paid bounties.
Fifth Regiment : Four drafted men served ; 2 drafted sent substitutes, and 17 enrolled men furnished substitutes. Of the 19 substitutes 10 deserted, and 7 served more or less .*
Sixth Regiment : Ten received bounties ; 3 deserted, but 5 served to good purpose.
Ninth Regiment : Had 9 substitutes, of whom 3 deserted ; 4 had a fair record, and 1, a colored man, was transferred to a U. S. colored regiment.
Fourteenth Regiment : Most of the 17 credited to Fitzwill- iam belonged here. None deserted ; 12 lived to reach their homes, and 5 died, including T. F. Hobnan, who was dis- charged a few days before his death.
Sixteenth Regiment : The 21 enlisting from Fitzwilliam be- longed here ; 2 of these failed of embarking with the regi- ment for Louisiana ; 10 barely lived to reach their homes, while 9 died.
FULL SUMMARY OF BOUNTIES :
First Regiment, bounties and extra expenses.
$765.25
Second
6.
300.00
Third 66
66
66 66
1,702.00
Fifth
66
66 66
8,800.00
Sixth
66
66
66
5,320.00
Ninth
66
66
66
2,700.00
Fourteenth "
4 .
66
66
3.277.00
Sixteenth
66
66
2,100.00
N. H. Artillery,
400.00
First N. H. Cavalry, "
66
4,100.00
Total
$29,464.25
This amount does not include other expenses occasioned by the war, as follows : Extra services by the selectmen, and
* After the close of the war, John P. Ilayden, substitute for Lyman W. Bowker, came to Fitzwilliam for the sole purpose of seeing the man for whom he had served in the conflict.
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HISTORY OF FITZWILLIAM.
travelling expenses while making enlistments, etc., as appears by the seleetmen's report to the town at the close of the war, $469.12.
This will make the total expense of the town . $29,933.37 Of this sum, bounties reimbursed by
State. ยป$1,500.00
Bounties reimbursed by U. S. 886.00 2,386.00
Total expenditure by the town $27,547.37
The $1500 noted above as refunded by the State is under- stood to have been for bounties advanced by the town.
About ten years later, under a scheme of equalization, New Hampshire paid the town of Fitzwilliam $7900 in State bonds, which were used in paying off an equal amount of town bonds.
In general, the amount paid out to aid soldiers' families was refunded by the State year by year, though this could hardly have been the case at first, since the town appears to have pledged the aid in question before the State moved in the matter.
During the Rebellion, large supplies were sent by the Ladies' Association, by families, and by individuals, for the comfort and general welfare of the soldiers, regarding which no record was made. These supplies consisted of clothing, food, medi- cines, delicacies for the sick, etc., while in many cases large expenses were incurred because of the siekness and mortality among the soldiers.
It should be added, also, that the sums paid by individuals for substitutes in the army often, if not always, largely exceeded the bounties received from the town.
The following are the names of those who died in service while suppressing the Rebellion :
John S. Adams, Co. F, Sixteenth Regiment.
Daniel S. Brooks, Co. A, Second Regiment.
Amos W. Brooks, Co. C, Fourteenth Regiment.
Walter A. Brooks, Massachusetts Volunteers.
John L. Church, Co. F, Sixth Regi- ment.
George W. Feleh, Co. C, Four- teenth Regiment. Orvis Fisher, Troop F, First Cav- alry.
Thomas F. Holman, Co. C, Four- teenth Regiment.
Elisha Harkness, Co. F, Sixteenth Regiment.
Charles T. Heywood, Co. F, Six- teenth Regiment.
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THE SOLDIERS' MONUMENT.
Ransom Handy, Co. F, Sixteenth Regiment.
Levi N. Lillie, Co. C, Fourteenth Regiment.
Fred. (. Lawrence, Co. F, Sixth Regiment.
Elihu L. Morse, Co. F, Sixth Regi- ment.
George W. Miles, Co. A, Second Regiment.
John McManus, Massachusetts Vol- unteers.
Patrick Morris, Co. B, Fifth Regi- ment.
Robert Nixon, Co. I, Third Regi- ment.
Charles 11. Parker, Co. F, Sixteenth Regiment.
George H. Ellis, Massachusetts Volunteers.
Elliot F. Ellis, Co. F, Sixteenth Regiment.
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