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Sept. 10, 1863. "Voted, To raise money to pay the soldiers that are already drafted and obliged to enter the service of the United States or their substitutes under the present call.
Voted, To raise $300.00 to pay to each of the soldiers or their sub- stitutes ten days after they are mustered into the service of the United States."
Dec. 7, 1863, "Voted, To raise four hundred dollars to pay to each person that may enlist to fill the quota required of this town, in the call of October 17, 1863, by the President of the United States.
" Voted, That the same amount ($400.00) be paid to each person that may be required, if any, and does enlist to fill any previous calls.
" Voted, To choose an agent to procure volunteers to fill the quota of this town. Chose Jonathan G. Huntley as agent for the above pur- pose, who is to counsel with the selectmen and act agreeably to their requirements.
"Voted, To choose one person as enlisting officer. Chose Josiah Parsons as an enlisting officer for the town of Swanzey."
Dec. 30, 1863. "Voted, To instruct the selectmen to furnish sub-
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stitutes or volunteers in such numbers as may be required to fill the quota of said town under the call of the President of Oct. 17, 1863, and do the same at the lowest rate possible.
" Voted, That the selectmen be and are hereby authorized to bor- row money in addition to the four hundred dollars already raised to pay bounties to volunteers, sufficient to carry out the object expressed in the above vote.
"Voted, To assume the State and Government bounties, and pay the same to each volunteer as soon as it becomes his due or he is mustered into the service."
May 30, 1864. "Voted, To pay drafted men or their substitutes $300.00 each, to fill all back quotas of said town under the last calls of the President of the United States.
"Voted, To instruct the selectinen to furnish volunteers to take the place of persons that would otherwise be drafted to fill the present call."
June 16, 1864. "Voted, That the selectmen shall pay $300.00 each to such persons as may enlist, or their substitutes, and be accounted to the town of Swanzey on any future calls for three years' men.
"Voted, To pay such of the citizens as have re-enlisted as veterans in the field and been assigned upon the muster rolls to the credit of said town, $300.00 each.
"Voted, That the selectmen be and are hereby authorized to enlist volunteers for the service of the United States at such sums as in their judgment may be deemed proper and borrow money for that purpose."
Aug. 13, 1864. "Voted, That the selectmen be instructed to pay volunteers, drafted men or their substitutes $100.00 for one year, $200.00 for two years, $300.00 for three years.
"Voted, To assume the State bounty and pay the same to volunteers, substitutes or drafted men upon their being duly mustered into the service of the United States."
Aug. 29, 1864. "Voted, That the selectmen be and are hereby au- thorized to pay bounties to citizen volunteers who have resided in the town three months, as follows : $500.00 for one year, $750.00 for two years and $900.00 for three years, immediately on being mustered into the service of the United States."
Dec. 22, 1864. " Voted, To pay bounties to citizen volunteers who have resided in town three months or more as $500.00 for one year, $750.00 for two years and $900.00 for three years."
"Voted, To pay to those persons who have or may furnish an ac- ceptable substitute to fill the quota of the town or any future call the sum of $100.00 for one year, $200.00 for two years, $300.00 for three years."
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The following persons enlisted and were credited to Swanzey pre- vious to July 26, 1862. The pecuniary consideration for inducing them to enlist for three years was thirteen dollars a month each, and ten dollars bounty when mustered, from the General Government ; and those dependent upon an enlisted soldier received from the town one dollar a week for their support, while he remained in the service.
Charles R. Applin,
George Mattoon,
Henry S. Applin,
Charles H. McIntoshi,
Philo Applin,
William B. Marble,
Warren F. Allen,
Oliver L. Nashı,
Horace Barney,
Stillman D. Nash,
Albert A. Ballou,
Jeremialı Plummer,
Willard Bragg,
Benjamin Pomeroy,
Jolın A. Breed,
Elbridge G. Prentice,
Amasa Bourn,
Charles A. Quinn,
Thomas Burns,
Carlos Quinn,
Thomas Christie,
Samuel S. Quinn,
Henry Coburn,
Henry P. Read,
Prescott D. Coburn,
George W. Robinson,
Amos D. Combs,
Samuel Rockwood,
Joseph Cross,
George B. Richardson,
Amos E. Cummings,
Charles N. Sebastian,
James L. Davis,
Edwin P. Sebastian,
Lowell W. Darling,
Cyrus W. Stanley,
Aaron Dickinson,
Isaac Starkey,
T. J. Eaton,
N. R. Smith,
Anson R. Gilson,
John P. Stone,
Allen B. Haywood,
Sidney Stone,
Bradley Hill,
Aaron Sumner,
Cyrus F. Holbrook,
George F. Trowbridge,
Daniel H. Holbrook,
Oratus J. Verry,
Jonathan M. Holden,
Charles Wheeler,
Samuel Hurd,
Gardner Wheeler,
G. W. Johnson,
George Wilson,
George O. Knapp,
Elliot Wright.
The amount of bounties paid by Swanzey after July 26, 1862, for soldiers to fill its quotas amounted to forty-seven thousand dollars. The state and general government paid large bounties to encourage enlistments. These bounties were increased from time to time until, in 1864, the state paid $200 and the general government $100 for three years' men, and the state $100 to those who enlisted for one
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year. The men that enlisted for Swanzey received not less than $20,000 from these sources, and their families received as much as $13,000 from the state. All these amounts were not included in their monthly pay.
In the fall of 1862, $200 in bounties were paid to each of the fol- lowing men who enlisted for three years :-
Charles H. Barber,
B. P. Lamson,
Charles H. Barber, jr.,
Charles W. Mattoon,
John Barber,
Samuel Mattoon,
Luther Beal,
Charles W. Philbrick,
Franklin Burbank,
Willis Reason,
George I. Capron,
Eli W. Reynolds,
George W. B. Coffee,
Wm. Sebastian, jr.,
Amos D. Combs,
Luther Smith,
D. L. M. Comings,
Horace B. Starkey,
Amos Davis,
Charles E. Stephenson,
Edward Doolittle,
Seamon A. Stone,
Charles G. Gilmore,
William Stone,
Charles H. Gove,
Willard E. Thatcher,
Calvin Greenleaf,
John S. Thayer,
D. Brainard Healey,
Dexter H. Thomas,
Daniel K. Healey,
A. W. Tupper, Geo. P. Ward,
Charles H. Holbrook,
Cyrus F. Holbrook,
Harrison R. Ward,
Henry D. Holbrook,
Lincoln Wheelock,
George B. Holbrook,
Franklin C. Whitcomb,
Lyman Holden,
Carroll D. Wright.
Enlisted for nine months same bounty :
Roswell Aldrich,
Charles W. Scott,
Sanford Bolles,
Samuel Stephenson,
David Buffum, 2nd,
Demerit W. Stone,
David W. Hill,
Oratus J. Verry,
Sylvander Hovey,
Noyes G. Wheeler,
Theodore Hovey,
Sanford S. Wilber,
Leonard Lyman,
Daniel E. Woodward,
Richard R. Ramsdell,
Thomas N. Woodward.
Harvey Sargent,
The first draft for soldiers was in Sept., 1863. The men drafted and held for services obtained exemption by paying $300. There
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is no obtainable record by which it can certainly be known who Swan- zey's men were. The following list is supposed to be correct :
Francis A. Belding,
George H. Moore,
Francis B. Cass,
George W. Sweetser,
Andrew Hannah,
Geo. H. Taylor,
William S. Leonard, Henry Ward.
Town bounties to drafted men who obtained substitutes in 1863, $300 :
Albert R. Ballou,
George Jackson,
Silas W. Ballou,
Aaron Lebourveau,
Moses D. Ballou,
Benj. F. Mead,
Lyman C. Deetlı,
George H. Moore,
Ansel B. Dickinson,
William Oakman,
Asahel W. Dunton,
Timothy Sherman,
George A. Haywood,
William W. Starkey,
Asa C. Hemingway,
Menzies E. Stratton,
Henry Hill,
John W. Taggard,
Obed Holton,
Charles Temple.
Town bounties to volunteers under the call of Oct. 17, 1863, for three years :
Charles R. Applin, $300
George C. Perkins, $610
Frank Cannavan, 610
William Read, 300
John A. Colby, 300
Samuel Rockwood, 400
George Davis, 610
John Stewart, 610
William Eastman, 300
Thomas Smith, 610
Michael Ferrel, 570
Alonzo D. Sumner, 300
Thomas Harvey, 615
Harvey Thompson, 600
John L. Meserve, 300
Sexton W. Williams, 300
John Parker, 610
Bounties to reënlisted soldiers Jan., 1864, $300 :
Henry S. Applin,
Amos E. Cummings,
John A. Breed,
Aaron Dickinson, Elbridge G. Prentice.
Bounties for three years' enlistments in the fall of 1864. Town, $900; state, $200; general government, $100 = $1200.
Jotham M. Ballou, Martin Jewell,
Lewis Carpenter,
Charles Marslı,
John P. Hill,
Warren A. Pickering,
Ira A. Hooper,
William W. Ripley,
John F. Hunt,
George W. Sweetzer.
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Town and state bounties in the fall of 1864, for one year's men : town $500, state $100. The town advanced the state bounty.
Charles B. Blodgett,
Sylvander Hovey,
Nathaniel Bourn, jr.,
Lemuel O. Hunt,
Benjamin F. Clark,
Fred E. Sebastian,
Edward Dickinson,
James C. Waters,
Orrick L. Haskell,
J. Q. A. Wilson,
Clark H. Honghton,
Oratus J. Very.
The town paid for the state and town in the winters of 1864 and 1865 :
George Burns,
$575 Lewis Hunt, $500
George W. Ellis,
500
Charles S. Parks, 600
Henry T. Davis,
David Pelkey, 500
Alvin M. Houghton,
66 Edward P. Sebastian,
Bounties to men that voluntarily obtained substitutes to fill the town's quota $300 :
Charles Bowles,
Josiah Parsons,
Daniel W. Clark,
Orlow E. Parsons,
Henry C. Clark,
Benjamin H. Richardson,
James C. Eames,
Thayer Thompson,
George W. Eastman,
George E. Whitcomb,
J. N. Forristall,
George Willis,
Charles H. Howard,
Lyman C, Willis.
James H. Olcott,
The following is the individual military record of such soldiers as were credited to Swanzey and a few who enlisted from other places. but who were closely identified with the town, having been born in it or having lived here most of their lives previous to the time they en- listed.
Charles R. Applin mustered Nov. 26, 1861, into 2nd regiment U. S. Sharpshooters ; reenlisted Dec. 21, 1863 ; transferred to the 5th N. H. Infantry Jan. 30, 1865 ; mustered out June 28, 1865.
Henry S. Applin mustered into 6th N. H. Infantry Nov. 28, 1861; reenlisted Jan. 4, 1864 ; died near Petersburg, Va., July 31, 1864 ; interred at Meade's Station, Va.
Philo Applin mustered into 6th N. H. Infantry Nov. 28, 1861; discharged for disability at Richmond, Ky., Apr. 3, 1863.
Warren F. Allen mustered Nov. 28, 1861 ; transferred to Veteran Reserved Corps May 31, 1864.
Roswell C. Aldrich mustered into 16th N. H. Infantry Oct. 23, 1862 ; mustered out Aug. 20, 1863.
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Frederick Abel mustered June 25, 1864, into 11th N. H. In- fantry ; wounded and captured at Pegram House, Va., Sept. 30, 1864 ; released ; transferred to 6th N. H. Infantry June 1, 1865 ; substitute.
David S. Aldrich, 18 months in U. S. Heavy Artillery.
Luther Beal mustered Aug. 14, 1862, into 9th N. H. Infantry ; discharged for disability May 16, 1863, at Fortress Monroe, Va.
Albert A. Ballou enlisted into the regular army in 1861 for three years ; in the battle below Richmond was shot in thigh and subse- quently discharged.
Fernando Byron Bennett enlisted into a Massachusetts regiment and was killed at Port Hudson.
Henry R. Bowen mustered Oct. 23, 1862, into 16th N. H. Reg- iment ; mustered out Aug. 20, 1863.
Willard Bragg in army ; died at Washington, D. C., Aug. 19, 1864. Sanford Bowles mustered into 16th N. II. Infantry Oct. 23, 1862 ; died at Brashear City, June 7, 1863.
Orrin Black, jr., mustered into 2nd N. H. Infantry, Sept. 17, 1861 ; deserted at Concord, N. H., March 13, 1863.
Francis Brady mustered into 3rd N. H. Infantry Dec. 14, 1864 ; mustered out July 20, 1865 ; substitute.
George Burns mustered July 8, 1864, into 1st N. H. Cavalry ; de- serted at Camp Stoneman, D. C., Aug. 26, 1864.
Horace Barney mustered into 6th N. H. Infantry Nov. 28, 1861 ; discharged for disability at Annapolis, Md., March 1, 1862.
Charles H. Barber mustered into 14th N. H. Infantry Sept. 22, 1862 ; discharged for disability at Washington, D. C., Apr. 1, 1863.
George B. Belding died in California while in the service.
John A. Breed mustered into 6th N. H. Infantry Nov. 28, 1861 ; promoted to corporal; reenlisted Jan. 4, 1864 ; wagoner ; mustered out July 17, 1865.
Thomas Burns mustered into 6th N. H. Infantry Nov. 28, 1861 ; killed at Bull Run, Va., Aug. 29, 1862.
Capt. David Buffum, 2nd, mustered Nov. 4, 1862; died of disease :at New Orleans, La., June 19, 1863.
John Baker mustered Jan. 1, 1864, into 6th N. H. Infantry ; wounded July 10, 1864 ; mustered out July 17, 1865.
Charles E. Ballou mustered into 9th N. H. Infantry June 6, :1864 ; transferred to 6th N. H. Infantry June 1, 1865 ; mustered out July 17, 1865 ; substitute.
Charles H. Barber, jr., mustered into 14th N. H. Infantry Sept. 22, 1862 .; mustered out July 8, 1865.
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John Barber mustered into 14th N. H. Infantry Sept 22, 1862; promoted to corporal Dec. 1, 1864 ; mustered out July 8, 1865.
Franklin Burbank mustered into 14th N. H. Infantry Sept. 22, 1862.
John R. Brown enlisted in 6th N. H. Infantry for Keene and died Aug. 9, 1863, at Memphis, Tenn.
Jotham M. Ballou mustered into 18th N. H. Infantry Sept. 13, 1864 ; mustered out July 29, 1865.
Nathaniel Bourn, jr., mustered into 18th N. H. Infantry Sept. 13, 1864 ; mustered out June 10, 1865.
Charles B. Blodgett mustered into 18th N. H. Infantry Sept. 13, 1864 ; absent ; sick since May 8, 1865 ; no discharge furnished.
Charles W. Castle served in 16th Vermont Infantry.
Amos E. Cummings mustered into 6th N. H. Infantry Nov. 28, 1861 ; reënlisted Jan. 4, 1864 ; wounded July 22, 1864 ; promoted to first sergeant ; mustered out July 17, 1865.
Joseph Cross mustered into 6th N. H. Infantry Nov. 28, 1861; reenlisted Jan. 4, 1864 ; not accounted for.
Prescott D. Coburn mustered into 6th N. H. Infantry Nov. 28, 1861 ; musician ; discharged for disability.
Amos D. Combs mustered as first lieutenant in 6th N. H. Infan- try Nov. 30, 1861 ; promoted to captain Apr. 29, 1862 ; resigned Aug. 2, 1862 ; commissioned captain in 14th N. H. Infantry Oct. 9, 1862 ; discharged Nov. 14, 1863.
Thomas Christie mustered into 6th N. H. Infantry Nov. 28, 1861 ; wounded July 30, 1864 ; mustered out Nov. 27, 1864,
John A. Colby mustered into Veteran Reserve Corps Dec. 29, 1863.
Frank Canavan mustered Jan. 1, 1864, into 6th N. H. Infantry ; deserted at Camp Nelson, Ky., Jan. 24, 1864 ; substitute.
George W. B. Coffee mustered Sept. 22, 1862, into 14th N. H. In- fantry ; promoted to corporal Oct. 1, 1864 ; mustered out July 8, 1865.
David L. M. Comings commissioned assistant surgeon 4th N. H. In- fantry Out. 8, 1862 ; died of disease in Swanzey Aug. 1, 1863.
Lewis Carpenter mustered into 18th N. H. Infantry Sept. 13, 1864 ; mustered out July 29, 1865.
Benjamin F. Clark mustered into 18th N. H. Infantry Sept. 13, 1864 ; mustered out June 10, 1865.
Robert H. Crofford mustered Nov. 28, 1861, into 6th N. H. In- fantry ; discharged for disability at Alexandria, Va., Feb. 6, 1863.
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Frank A. Cargill mustered June 8, 1864, into 6th N. H. Infantry ; wounded and missing ; mustered out July 17, 1865 ; substitute.
Charles W. Cowing mustered May 30, 1864, into 6th N. HI. In- fantry ; mustered out July 17, 1865 ; substitute.
Ebenezer F. Cross enlisted from Brattleborough, Vt., and probably died in Andersonville prison.
Wallace G. Dickinson enlisted into the navy and died at Cairo, Ill
Elmer F. Dickinson enlisted into 23rd Mass. Infantry ; was taken a prisoner and had an arm shot off after he had surrendered ; died in hospital in New York.
James W. Dickinson enlisted when sixteen into 23rd Mass. Infan- try ; wounded at the battle of White Hall and discharged.
Lowell W. Darling mustered into 6th N. H. Infantry Nov. 28, 1861 ; promoted to sergeant; wounded at second battle of Bull Run; died of the wounds at Washington, D. C., Sept. 19, 1862.
Aaron Dickinson mustered into 6th N. H. Infantry Jan. 4, 1864, as a reënlisted veteran ; killed in action June 9, 1864.
James L. Davis mustered Dec. 7, 1861, into 6th N. H. Infantry ; discharged at Concord, N. H., Sept. 10, 1862.
George Davis mustered into 6th N. H. Infantry Dec. 30, 1863 ; deserted on furlough Dec. 10, 1864.
Edward Doolittle mustered into 14th N. H. Infantry Sept. 22, 1862 ; died at Poolsville, Md., Marchi 10, 1863.
Edward Dickinson mustered into 18th N. H. Infantry Sept. 13, 1864 ; mustered out June 9, 1865.
Amasa Davis mustered into 14tlı N. H. Infantry Sept. 22, 1862; discharged for disability at Washington, D. C., May 27, 1864.
Henry T. Davis mustered into 1st N. H. Cavalry Feb. 28, 1865 ; mustered out July 15, 1865.
William Deutney mustered Dec. 19, 1864, into 4tlı N. H. Infantry ; mustered out Aug. 23, 1865 ; substitute.
Webster D. Derby enlisted May 22, 1861, into 2nd Vt. Infantry from Townshend ; wounded in the battle of Chancellorville ; mustered out June 20, 1864.
William Eastman mustered into Veteran Reserve Corps, Jan. 6, 1864.
George W. Ellis mustered into 1st N. H. Cavalry Feb. 28, 1865; mustered out July 15, 1865.
Orleans S. Eaton mustered into 2nd N. H. Infantry May 31, 1861 ; discharged for disability Apr. 27, 1864.
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Erdis S. Eastman was in the army before he came to Swanzey.
Michael Farrel mustered Jan. 1, 1864, into 6th N. H. Infantry ; wounded June 2, 1864 ; discharged for disability Oct. 17, 1865.
Royal M. Flint, member of one of the nine months' regiments of Vermont ; permanently disabled from a wound received in the battle of Gettysburg.
Charles H. Gove mustered into 14th N. H. Infantry Sept. 22, 1862 ; promoted to corporal ; mustered out July 8, 1865.
Charles G. Gilmore mustered Sept. 22, 1862, into 14th N. H. In- fantry ; promoted to corporal ; mustered out July 8, 1865.
Atwell J. Hamblet went into the army from Wisconsin and died while in the service, April 17, 1863.
William Riley Harris enlisted into the regular army.
Jonathan M. Holden mustered May 31, 1861, into 2d N. H. Infan- try ; discharged for disability Oct. 19, 1861.
Allen B. Hayward mustered May 31, 1861, into 2d N. H. Infantry ; promoted to 1st sergeant ; slightly wounded July 2, 1863, at the bat- tle of Gettysburg ; severely, June 3, 1864, at Cold Harbor, where he lost his right arm ; mustered out June 21, 1864.
Samuel Hurd mustered May 3, 1861, into 1st N. H. Infantry ; mus- tered out Aug. 9, 1861 ; mustered Dec. 17, 1861, into 6th N. H. In- fantry ; discharged at New York Harbor Nov. 24, 1862.
David W. Hill mustered Oct. 23, 1862, into 16th N. H. Infantry ; mustered out Aug. 20, 1863.
Theodore Hovey mustered Oct. 23, 1862, into 16th N. H. Infantry ; mustered out Aug. 20, 1863.
Sylvander S. Hovey mustered Oct. 23, 1862, into 16th N. H. In- fantry ; mustered out Aug. 20, 1863 ; mustered into 18th N. H. In- fantry Sept. 13, 1864 ; promoted to corporal ; discharged June 10, 1865.
Fernando S. Hovey mustered from Dublin March 29, 1864, into 1st N. H. Cavalry ; discharged for disability March 15, 1865.
Henry D. Holbrook mustered into 7th N. Y. Battery ; mustered Sept. 22, 1862, into 14th N. H. Infantry ; mustered out July 8, 1865. Cyrus F. Holbrook enlisted into 9th N. H. Infantry, Aug. 15, 1862. Josephi J. Houghton enlisted into 43d Mass. Infantry.
Bradley W. Hill mustered into 5th N. H. Infantry Oct. 23, 1861 ; discharged for disability Sept. 30, 1862.
Leonard S. Holden mustered Sept. 22, 1862, into 14th N. H. In- fantry ; promoted to corporal Oct. 1, 1864, and to sergeant Apr. 1, 1865 ; mustered out July 8, 1865.
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John F. Hunt mustered Sept. 13, 1864, into 18th N. H. Infantry ; promoted to Ist sergeant; mustered ont June 10, 1865.
Lemuel O. Hunt mustered from Walpole Nov. 13, 1862, into 16th N. H. Infantry ; mustered out Aug. 20, 1863; mustered into 18thi N. H. Infantry Sept. 13, 1864 ; promoted to sergeant; mustered out June 10, 1865.
Orrick L. Haskell mustered into 18th N. H. Infantry Sept. 13, 1864 ; mustered ont July 29, 1865.
Charles H. Holbrook mustered Sept. 23, 1862, into 14th N. H. In- fantry ; mustered out May 25, 1865.
George B. Holbrook mustered Oct. 2, 1862, into 14th N. H. Infan- try ; was detailed for clerical duty at brigade headquarters ; mus- tered out July 8, 1865.
D. Brainard Healey mustered Sept. 22, 1862, into 14th N. H. In- fantry ; died of disease at Fortress Monroe, Va., Aug. 25, 1864.
·Daniel K. Healey mustered Sept. 22, 1862, into 14th N. H. Infan- try ; discharged Aug. 31, 1863, to accept promotion to a captaincy in a colored regiment; received a permanent wound in North Carolina after Fort Fisher was taken, while ascending the river to destroy forts.
Ira H. Hooper mustered Sept. 13, 1864, into 18th N. H. Infantry ; mustered out July 29, 1865.
John P. Hill mustered Sept. 21, 1864, into 18th N. H. Infantry ; mustered out July 29, 1865.
Clark H. Houghton mustered Sept. 13, 1864, into 18th N. H. In- fantry ; discharged in June, 1865.
Alvin W. Houghton mustered March 28, 1865, into 18th N. H. In- fantry ; mustered out July 29, 1865.
Louis Henry mustered Aug. 2, 1864, into 14th N. H. Infantry ; mustered out July 8, 1865 ; substitute.
John W. Henderson mustered Aug. 5, 1864, into 14th N. H. Infan- try ; not officially accounted for.
William Holden mustered Oct. 14, 1863, into 3d N. H. Infantry ; wounded Aug. 16, 1864 ; mustered out May 12, 1865; substitute.
Thomas Harvey mustered Jan. 1, 1864, into 6th N. H. Infantry ; died in Field Hospital at City Point, Va.
Martin Hanrahan mustered for Hinsdale Sept. 22, 1862; wounded slightly Sept. 19, 1864 ; mustered out July 8, 1865.
Orlan Hewes enlisted into an Ill. Cavalry Regiment ; in making a charge was shot from his horse and killed.
George W. Johnson enlisted in a Mass. Regiment.
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Truman A. Jackson drafted in a New York Regiment ; wounded in the battle of the Wilderness ; sent to Andersonville prison, and died there.
Martin Jewell mustered Sept. 13, 1864, into 18th N. H. Infantry ; mustered out July 29, 1865.
Anson R. Jilson mustered into 2nd N. H. Infantry May 31, 1861 ; discharged for disability July 28, 1861 ; mustered into U. S. Sharp- shooters Nov. 26, 1861 ; reenlisted Jan. 5, 1864 ; killed at the battle of Laurel Hill May 8, 1864.
George O. Knapp mustered Nov. 28, 1861, into 6th N. H. Infan- try ; discharged for disability at Baltimore, Md., Jan. 22, 1863.
Thomas Kamey mustered Jan. 4, 1864, into 6th N. H. Infantry ; deserted at Annapolis, Md., April 22, 1864.
D. W. Kendall was in the army three years from Illinois.
Rodney Lawrence mustered Oct. 26, 1861, into 5th N. H. Infantry ; killed on picket June 10, 1863.
Bradford P. Lampson mustered Sept. 23, 1862, into 14th N. H. In- fantry ; died of disease at Savannah, Ga., Feb. 9, 1865.
Leonard Lyman mustered Oct. 23, 1862, into 16th N. H. Infantry ; mustered out Aug. 20, 1863.
Nathaniel F. Lane mustered May 31, 1861, into 2d N. H. Infantry ; killed at Williamsburg, Va., May 5, 1862.
George Sumner Lombard enlisted in 1863 into a Mass. Regiment and died in North Carolina.
William Lyman enlisted in a Mass. Regiment and killed while in the service.
Herman L. Lincoln mustered Nov. 28, 1861, into 6tlı N. H. Infan- try for Richmond ; reenlisted Jan. 3, 1864 ; discharged July 17, 1865.
Samuel Mattoon mustered Sept. 22, 1862, into 14th N. H. Infan- try ; mustered out May 18, 1865.
Charles W. Mattoon mustered Sept. 22, 1862, into 14th N. H. In- fantry ; mustered out July 8, 1865.
George B. Mattoon enlisted in 1861, at the age of fifteen, in 1st Vermont Cavalry ; participated in seventy-six engagements ; had three horses killed under him ; served three years, most of the time under Sheridan and Custer ; came home in good condition " without hav- ing received a scratch."
William B. Marble enlisted Dec. 26, 1861, into 17th U. S. Infan- try ; wounded at Fredericksburg Dec. 26, 1862; discharged at the expiration of three years' service.
James H. Matthews mustered Aug. 15, 1862, into 9th N. H. Infan-
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try ; wounded Sept. 30, 1864 ; promoted to corporal May 1, 1865 ; mustered out June 10, 1865.
John L. Meserve mustered Jan. 5, 1864, into Veteran Reserve Corps.
Ansil A. Morse mustered into 14th N. H. Infantry for Gilsum Sept. 22, 1862; mustered out July 8, 1865.
Oliver L. Nash mustered Nov. 28, 1861, into 6th N. H. Infantry ; wounded Aug. 29, 1862; discharged for disability Dec. 22, 1862.
Stillman D. Nash mustered Nov. 28, 1861, into 6th N. HI. Infan- try ; discharged for disability at New York Harbor Aug. 26, 1863.
Frederick Nitchker mustered June 14, 1864, into 9th N. H. Infan- try ; died of wounds July 30, 1864 ; substitute.
Warren F. Newell enlisted into the 10th Ill. Cavalry ; discharged for an injury received while on duty ; enlisted into 150th Ill. Infan- try in January, 1865.
Elbridge G. Prentice mustered into 2d N. H. Infantry Sept. 17, 1861 ; reënlisted Feb. 25, 1864; promoted to corporal Nov. 1, 1864 ; mustered out Dec. 19, 1865.
Jerry L. Plummer mustered Aug. 24, 1861, into 3d N. H. Infantry ; wounded severely June 16, 1862 ; died of disease at General Hospi- tal, New York, March 18, 1864.
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