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Joseph Cram, being deficient of cartridge box, 25c.
Eli Curtis, Jr., for being deficient of Cartridge box and bayonet on said day, 50c.
Eli Holt, for neglecting to appear on said day, $2.
Joseph Putnam, for being deficient of Knapsack, on said day, 20c.
Jesse Reed, for being deficient of a priming wire and brush, and two spare flints on said day, 20c.
John Southwick, for being deficient of a cartridge box on said day 25C.
David Smith, for being deficient of a cartridge box and canteen 35c.
John Town, for being deficient of a cartridge box on said day 25c.
Ephraim P. Woodward, for being deficient of a bayonet, knapsack and canteen on said day, 55c.
John Clark, for neglecting to appear on said day, $2.
Allen Brown, for neglecting to appear on said day, $2.
James Whittemore, for neglecting to appear on said day, $2.
Jonathan Cochran, for being deficient of a cartridge box, Knapsack, and priming-wire and Brush, on said day, 55C.
Andrew Smith, for being deficient of a cartridge box, on said day, 25c.
John Cram, 2nd, for being deficient of a ramrod and Knapsack, on said day, 40c.
William Holt, for being deficient of a cartridge box, on said day, 25c. Silas Chamberlain, for being deficient of a cartridge box on said day, 25c. William Summers, for being deficient of a cartridge box on said day, 25c. Abijah Spaulding, for being deficient of a cartridge box on said day, 25c. Charles P. Fowle, for being deficient of a cartridge box on said day, 25c.
I, therefore, agreeable to my oath of office and in compliance with the
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requisitions of the law in this behalf, request that you would issue a summons to each of the Persons named in the above information to ap- pear before you and shew cause if any he has, why it should not be ad- judged that he pay the forfeiture set against his name for the offence or offenses which he is therein alleged to have committed.
Dated at Lyndeborough, this fifth day of June,
in the year of Our Lord, 1820.
Oliver Whiting, Clerk of the Co. Commanded by, David Putnam, Jr.
MUSIC RECEIPTS
Received of
David Putnam Captain of the 2nd. Lt. Infantry Company in the 22nd. Regt. the sums set to our names, for which we agree to furnish ourselves with Instruments of Music for training, for two years from the first Day of May 1820.
John Besom, Jr. $2.25
Israel Putnam 2.25
Ebenezer Pearson, Jr.
2.00
William Richardson 1.00
Edward Herrick .50
CHAPTER IX.
THE WAR OF 1812 AND THE MEXICAN WAR.
For several years previous to the above date the governments of both Great Britain and France had been infringing upon the rights of the American Republic by irritating and lawless acts, which they imagined they could practise at their pleasure with assured impunity. The indignation of the people grew hot against their unprincipled assailants. There were then, as now, two great parties in American politics which were as ready as the parties of today to traduce and incriminate each other. The parties were called Federalists and Republicans. The latter were accused of partiality for France, the ally of our colonies in their war for independence; the former were charged with undue fondness for Great Britain, the old oppressor and enemy of the colonies. While the people were thus divided, it was no trivial matter to guide national affairs. The British navy kept repeating its offences against American seamen. British cruisers claimed the right to search American ships; and they seized and impressed able-bodied American sailors, under pre- text that they were British subjects.
" These outrages American vessels were often too weak to re- sist. The frigate Chesapeake, when starting on a distant voy- age, was unexpectedly attacked by the British ship Leopard, which had been enjoying the hospitality of an American port. Several of her crew were killed, and four men were impressed and carried on board of the Leopard, on the plea that they were deserters. Jefferson, in a proclamation, immediately ordered all British war vessels to quit the waters of the United States."*
To distress England, he forbade American vessels to leave port, which, while England was involved in the Napoleonic wars, had done most of the carrying trade of Europe. . This em- bargo was found very injurious to American commerce. After fourteen months it was repealed, and a non-intercourse act with Great Britain was passed in its stead. Although "the English government disavowed the flagrant attack of the Leopard and promised reparation, nothing satisfactory was done. But Eng- land continued her provoking assaults upon the American
*Quakenbos Old Ed., p. 335.
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people until their resentment was wrought up to such intensity as to justify hostilities and form a basis for maintaining them. Consequently, war was declared against Great Britain in June, 1812."
A statement from the New Hampshire Patriot of Feb. 25, 1812, as illustrating the cause of this war, follows : -
" 6,257,
By the reports from the Department of State, is the number of Impressed American seamen, now held in worse than Barbarian slavery by Great Britain : this is not probably half the actual number, as comparatively few that have been impressed have ever had an opportunity to make known their deplorable condi- tion to the American Government."
"The impressment of our seamen stands first on the catalogue of British injuries; for what is our property, what our honor worth, if our citizens are permitted to be seized by a British press gang, their protections torn and thrown in their faces, and they doomed to a perpetual exile from their country and friends - to wear out their lives in slavery ? "
Congress prepared for war, to carry on which, "a loan of $11,000,000 was authorized." Twenty-five thousand regulars and fifty thousand volunteers were to be enlisted, "and the re- spective States were directed to arm and equip their proportion of 100,000 militia for the defense of the coast and frontier."*
It was in response to this call of their country that the town of Lyndeborough, in a legal meeting held June 16, 1812, voted " To raise or make up the wages of those of the militia who may enlist themselves as this town's proportion of the one hun- dred thousand, to twelve dollars per month while they are in actual service ; and to make up their pay to one dollar per day, in case they shall be called upon by authority for inspection and military duty at home, for each and every day that they may be called upon more than the remainder of the militia."t
A COPY OF SOLDIERS' ENLISTMENT.
We the subscribers, soldiers in the Town of Lyndeborough, under the command of Nathan Wheeler, hereby voluntarily in consideration of our duty to our country and the generous offers made this day by the said Town of Lyndeborough, enlist our- selves to serve agreeably to a law of the United States to raise One Hundred Thousand of the militia, and hereby promise to
*Quackenbos O. Ed., pp. 343, 344. TT. Rs., III, p. 187.
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equip ourselves according to law, and to hold ourselves in readi- ness to march at a moment's warning.
Dated at Lyndeboro, this 16th. day of June 1812.
Timothy Putnam, as Lieut. John Medes (Mead)
Israel Putnam, Drummer
Ebenezer Russell
John Sargent
Asa Chamberlain
Robert Parker
James Fuller
David Putnam, Jr.
Carleton Parker
William Russell
Samuel Howard
Samuel Dutton
Nathaniel Chamberlain
Joseph Chamberlain
Daniel Chamberlain
Henry Spaulding
[ 'True Copy, Attest.
Ephraim Putnam, 3rd.
Nathan Wheeler, Town Clerk .*
Thus was the town's quota of the one hundred thousand men required by the national government completed. At a subse- quent meeting, held Aug. 31, 1812, a vote passed, " to purchase for the Town's use 100 1bs. of powder, 2 cwt. of lead and 400 flints." The selectmen were authorized to procure these, and also "to call for the powder and ball in the hands of sundry per- sons " as by report of selectmen for 1796. Voted also, " to pur- chase six stand of arms for the use of the Town."
Jan. 16, 1815 the town voted to make up the wages of each soldier, with what he received from the State and United States, to thirteen dollars a month ; and further voted to give two dol- lars a month to each additional.
The men were sent to Portsmouth for the defense of the fort and the coast. They were under the command of Timothy Put- nam, who was soon made captain of the company raised from this military district, and was subsequently promoted to be colonel.
Others enlisted at a later day, some for ninety and some for sixty days. Their names follow, in lists procured and forwarded by W. H. Grant, Esq., of St. Paul, Minn.
Lyndeborough men who went to Portsmouth in 1814 for three months, with date of muster. t
CAPTAIN TIMOTHY PUTNAM'S COMPANY, FIRST REGIMENT.
Timothy Putnam
Captain
Sept. 10, 1814
David Putnam
Sergeant
William Boutwell
Private
John Cram Benjamin Putnam John Russell William Russell
66
60 66
*T. Rs., III, p. 187. + Lists by Hon. W. H. Grant ; source not given.
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Tyler Town Ephraim Woodward Jacob Butler Leonard Putnam
Private
Sept. 10, 1814
Waiter
CAPT. WILLIAM GREGG'S COMPAMY, SECOND REGIMENT.
For Sixty Days.
William Gregg (not of Lyndeboro) Captain
Sept. 27, 1814
John Beasom
Musician
Joseph Chamberlain
Private
66
Asa Chamberlain
Francis Dunckley
Moses Pearson
Ebenezer Russell
William Richardson
John Sargent
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So far as present knowledge extends, but one native of our town took part in the Mexican War. He is mentioned in a letter written by his sister, Mrs. Hannah Vose (Cram) Draper of Boston, to Mr. David C. Grant. The soldier's name was Hiram Cram, a son of Benjamin and Polly (Vose) Cram, born in Lyndeborough, Nov. 3, 1818. He was a brother of the late Daniel Cram, one of the contractors on the building of the railroad through our town. Unable to give his full record as a soldier, I think Mrs. Draper's narrative credible and worthy of a place in our military traditions, and hence copy it.
" An incident in Hiram Cram's Mexican life was related to us by one of his comrades in arms. Hiram was a very quiet man, always minding his own business, and was a great suf- ferer from phthisic. The bully of the regiment, not knowing the Cram spirit that would not bear imposition, and not reckon- ing on the nervous strength the invalid possessed when excited, thought him a good subject for his brutal sport, and got soundly whipped in consequence of attacking him. The subdued bully ceased to annoy the peaceable men of the regiment, and Hiram became a general favorite in return for the service rendered them."
CHAPTER X.
LYNDEBOROUGH IN THE CIVIL WAR.
The foregoing military record makes it plain that New Hampshire has been an active partner in national emer- gencies. Her sons have been conspicuous in all the great con- flicts through which the country has passed. She had her representatives at Lexington and Concord, and rendered mem- orable service under Stark and Reed at Bunker Hill. In the latter fight, seventeen hundred of her sons and more took part. Through all the war for independence, none were braver than they. For the honor of the nation, they have always been bold, alert and active. The Civil War affords special proof of this.
In the latter, as well as in all the rest, Lyndeborough partici- pated. At a legal meeting of the town, Oct. 26, 1861, the town voted, " To raise money to aid the families of volunteers ; " and instructed the selectmen " to borrow a sum of money not to exceed $1,000, to be so expended, agreeable to a law passed in June, 1861, and approved July 4, 1861. "*
On Aug. 12, 1862, the town voted, "to authorize the Select- men to borrow a sum of money not to exceed $4,000, and to appropriate the same to encourage voluntary enlistments in the United States Service, either military or naval ; and that they be directed to pay to every volunteer resident of this Town who enlists previous to the first day of Sept., 1862, for the term of three years or during the war, the sum of One Hundred Dollars, when mustered into the U. S. Service ; and to every one who may enlist for the term of nine months ageeably to the call of the President, (of Aug. 4) they are directed to pay the sum of $100, whenever such person shall have been accepted and mustered into the U. S. Service."t
Again, on the second Tuesday in March, 1863, the town voted to appropriate $1,500 for the aid of the families and de- pendents of volunteers, agreeably to an act of the Legislature, and that the Selectmen appropriate the same."}
Tuesday, Aug. 11, 1863, the town voted to appropriate a sum of money "not exceeding One Thousand Dollars for the
* Town Records, Vol. VI, pp. 89 and 90. Names of many enlisted men are found in the same volume, p. 104.
+T. Records, Vol. VI., p. 149. # T. Records, Vol. VI, p. 175.
SOLDIERS MONUMENT.
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purpose of aiding dependents and families of drafted men or their substitutes who may be mustered into the U. S. Service, and that the Selectmen be authorized to borrow and pay out the same."*
On the 31st of March, 1864, the town voted "to raise a sum of money not exceeding $6,000, to be appropriated in procuring volunteers to fill the quota of the town, under the present call of the President of the U. S. for two hundred thousand men, and also to fill any subsequent call that may be made during the year ; and that the Selectmen are also hereby authorized to borrow the same." t
At a legal meeting held Aug. 12, 1864, it was voted "that the Selectmen be instructed to fill the quota of the town of Lyndeborough, under the call of the President, issued on the 18th of July, 1864, for five hundred thousand men. Ist. By procuring a substitute for three years, for any enrolled man, whenever said enrolled man shall pay the town the sum of two hundred dollars; or 2nd, by procuring volunteers for said town, if they can so act legally." It was further voted, "that the sum of twenty thousand dollars be and hereby is appro- priated for the purpose of filling all present and future quotas for the year; and that the Selectmen be hereby authorized to borrow a sufficient sum of money to carry the above votes into effect."# At an adjourned session of this meeting held Aug. 27, 1864, the town instructed the Selectmen "to fill the quota of this town by paying volunteer citizens of the town for one year, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars to each person."||
Again, at the adjournment of the annual town meeting March 15, 1865, the selectmen were authorized "to pay to each enrolled or drafted man who had put in a substitute, a sum equal to the sum actually paid by said principal to his substi- tute ; provided said sum of money thus paid does not exceed three hundred dollars ; and provided further, that the Select- men shall carry this vote into effect, if upon taking counsel they shall find that said payment by the town be legal ; other- wise, this vote shall be of no effect." §
" Voted that the sum of Six thousand dollars be appropriated for the purpose of paying principals who have put in substitutes agreeable to the above vote, and that the Selectmen be author- ized to borrow the same."
* T. Records, Vol. VI, p. 200. t T. Records, Vol. VI, p. 232.
#T. Records, Vol. VI, p. 245.
§ T. Records, Vol. VI, p. 268.
|| T. Records, Vol. VI, p. 247.
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"Voted, that the Selectmen be authorized to pay all citizens of this town who have served or may serve in the United States Army and counted on the quota of this town, the sum of eight dollars per month for the time of actual service, or in the case of the death of the soldier, to his wife and orphan children, father or mother, provided that all persons who have received a town bounty of that amount shall not be included ; provided also, that the same may be paid legally."*
The foregoing votes seem to include the direct action taken by the town in relation to the war. The town has no cause to be ashamed of its war record. The list of those who were mustered into the service of the United States, as credited to Lyndeborough, follows :
LYNDEBOROUGH CIVIL WAR ROLL.
First Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry. Mason W. Tappen, Colonel.
The service of this regiment was with the Army of the Potomac in Maryland.
Asher Curtis, private; enlisted Apr. 22, 1861 ; discharged Aug. 9, 1861.
Hiram F. Curtis, private; enlisted Apr. 26, 1861; discharged Aug. 9, 1861.
William R. Dunklee, private; enlisted Apr. 22, 1861; discharged Aug. 9, 1861.
Martin Hale, private; enlisted Apr. 22, 1861 ; discharged Aug. 9, 1861.
William Langdell, private; enlisted Apr. 22, 1861; discharged Aug. 9, 1861 ; re-enlisted in regular army.
Harvey M. Newton, private ; enlisted Apr. 21, 1861 ; discharged Aug. 9, 1861.
William H. Ordway, private; enlisted Apr. 20, 1861 ; discharged Aug. 9, 1861; re-enlisted several times.
Hiram M. Tarbell, private; enlisted Apr. 22, 1861 ; discharged Aug. 9, 1861; re-enlisted in Eighth Regiment.
Second Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry. Gilman Marston, Colonel.
The service of this regiment was with the Army of the Potomac in Vir- ginia.
Harvey Holt, private ; enlisted May 9, 1861 ; was detailed as a sapper and miner at the first battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861; was killed at that battle by a bursting shell, being the first man from New Hamp- shire killed in the war.
John A. Hartshorn, corporal; enlisted May 20, 1861 ; killed May 5, 1862, at Williamsburg, Va.
James M. Wellman, private ; enlisted May 25, 1861 ; discharged Jan. 30, 1863.
* T. Records, Vol. VI, p. 269.
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Arthur P. Smith, private ; enlisted May 21, 1861 ; discharged Aug. 9, IS61.
William Davis (substitute for John Bradford), private ; enlisted Oct. 3, 1864 ; discharged Dec. 19, 1865.
Fourth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry. Thomas Whipple, Colonel.
The service of this regiment was in Gen. Q. A. Gilmore's command.
Edward K. Marsh, private ; enlisted Aug. 14, 1861 ; discharged for disa- bility Jan. 31, 1862.
George Randell (substitute), private; enlisted Oct. 15, 1863 ; wounded Jan. 15, 1865 at Fort Fisher, N. C .; discharged June 22, 1865.
John Sheppard (substitute), private ; enlisted Sept. 1, 1863; deserted Nov. 14, 1864.
Fifth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry. Edward E. Cross, Colonel.
The service of this regiment was with the Army of the Potomac in Virginia.
Frederick S. Manning, private ; enlisted Sept. 25, 1861 ; wounded Dec. 13, 1862 at Fredericksburg, Va .; killed at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863.
John H. Stephenson, private ; enlisted Aug. 24, 1861 ; wounded at Fred ericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862 ; discharged Oct. 11, 1864.
Jesse Munroe (substitute ), sergeant ; enlisted Sept. 1, 1863 ; wounded at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864; discharged June 28, 1865.
Daniel Finning (substitute for Otis Perham), private ; enlisted Sept. 9, 1864; deserted Oct. 12, 1864.
Henry Campbell (substitute), private ; enlisted Oct. 15, 1863 ; discharged June 9, 1865.
Seventh Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry. Haldimand S. Putnam, Colonel.
John Gallden (substitute for Fred A. Richardson), private; enlisted Sept. 26, 1864 ; discharged July 20, 1865.
Eighth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry. Hawkes Fearing, Colonel.
The service of this regiment was in the department of the Gulf.
Joseph Blanchard, corporal ; enlisted Oct. 19, 1861 ; discharged Jan. 18, 1865.
Charles Campbell, private; enlisted Oct. I, 1864 ; no date of discharge.
David J. Carkin, private; enlisted Oct. 25, 1861 ; discharged Dec. 19. 1864.
Azro D. Cram, sergeant ; enlisted Oct. 19, 1861 ; wounded at Port Hudson June 14, 1863; taken prisoner at Brashier City, La., in Oct., 1863 ; exchanged at Brashier City ; discharged for wounds Nov. 28, 1863.
John B. Dolliver, private; enlisted Oct. 12, 1861; wounded severely at Moreauville, La., May 14, 1864; discharged Jan. 18, 1865. Jotham P. Draper, private ; enlisted Oct. 21, 1861 ; died in hospital at Baton Rouge, La., June 14, 1863.
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George R. Follansbee, private; enlisted Oct. 12, 1861 ; died of disease Apr. 30, 1862.
George E. Green, private ; enlisted Oct. 10, 1861 ; re-enlisted Jan. 4, 1864 ; deserted Mar. 18, 1864.
Benjamin Harris, private ; enlisted Dec. 9, 1863 ; 110 record of discharge · L. Nathan Hodgman, private; enlisted Oct. 21, 1861 ; wounded at Port
Hudson, La., May 27, 1863; died on the way home, Jan. 9, 1865.
Andrew J. Marshall, private; enlisted Oct. 23, 1861 ; discharged Dec. 19, 1864.
Hugh Maguire (recruit) ; enlisted Oct. 1, 1864 ; discharged Oct. 28, 1865, John Morgan (recruit) ; enlisted Oct. 1, 1864 ; no date of discharge.
Edward O'Connor (recruit) ; enlisted Oct. 3, 1864; no date of discharge. William H. Ordway, private ; enlisted Oct. 26, 1861 ; discharged Apr. 10, 1862, for disability.
George Pratt, private ; enlisted Nov. 27, 1861 ; discharged Jan. 18, 1865. Edward P. Ross, corporal ; enlisted Oct. 12, 1861 ; killed at Port Hudson, La., June 14, 1863.
Lewis W. Smith, private; enlisted Oct. 26, 1861 ; discharged for disa- bility June 5, 1863.
Hiram M. Tarbell, sergeant; enlisted Oct. 13, 1861 ; discharged Jan. 2, 1865.
George E. Winn, corporal ; enlisted Nov. 19, 1861 ; appointed sergeant Dec. 14, 1863 ; re-enlisted; appointed first sergeant Mar. 14, 1864; discharged Jan. 2, 1865.
Seth Preston, private; enlisted Oct. 2, 1861 ; promoted to corporal Aug. I, 1863, and to sergeant Dec. 16, 1863; re-enlisted ; wounded at Port Hudson, La., June 14, 1863 ; discharged Oct. 28, 1865.
Albert S. Conant, private ; enlisted. Oct. 12, 1861 ; promoted to corporal Dec. 16, 1863, and to sergeant Jan. 1, 1864; taken prisoner June 20, 1863 ; exchanged Oct. 20, 1863; wounded May 14, 1864, at Moreau- ville, La .; discharged Jan. 18, 1865.
Ninth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry. Enoch Q. Fellows, Colonel.
The service of this regiment was in the Department of the Ohio. William P. Joslin, private ; enlisted July 21, 1862 ; deserted Sept. 7, 1862. Edward K. Marsh, corporal ; enlisted July 10, 1862 ; deserted Sept. 9, 1862.
Tenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry. Michael T. Donahue, Colonel.
The service of this regiment was with the Army of the Potomac.
Joseph Reon (substitute for Jason Holt), private ; enlisted Aug. 19, 1863 ; wounded at Petersburg, Va., June 16, 1864 ; discharged Nov. 19, 1864.
Eleventh Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry. Walter Harriman, Colonel.
Service with the Army of the Potomac.
Howard B. Ames, private ; enlisted Aug. 13, 1862 ; discharged June 4, I865.
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Louis Bruno (substitute ), private ; enlisted Sept. 2, 1863 ; discharged for disability May 1, 1865; wounded severely May 12, 1864, at Spottsyl- vania, Va.
Thirteenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry. Aaron F. Stevens, Colonel.
Service with the Army of the Potomac.
Benjamin J. Boutwell, corporal; enlisted Aug. 16, 1862; discharged May 20, 1863.
Nathan B. Boutwell, private ; enlisted Aug. 29, 1862: appointed second lieutenant Sept. 27, 1862; appointed adjutant Mar. 24, 1863 ; wounded severely June 15, 1864, at Battery'5, Petersburg, Va .; discharged for disability May 5, 1865.
William T. Boutwell, private ; enlisted Aug. 16, 1862; discharged June 28, 1865.
David E. Proctor, private ; enlisted Aug. 14, 1862 ; appointed corporal Mar. 12, 1863 ; appointed sergeant Jan. 1, 1864 ; was commissioned captain in the 30th Regiment, U. S. Colored Troops, Colonel Delevan Bates ; he was discharged Mar. 1, 1864, to accept this promotion. (See U. S. Colored Troops.)
George T. Woodward, private ; enlisted Aug. 13, 1862 ; promoted to cor- poral Mar. 12, 1863, and to sergeant June 10, 1863 ; was discharged Mar. 1, 1864, to accept promotion in the 30th Regiment, U. S. Col- ored Troops; was commissioned captain in that regiment Mar. 3, 1864. (See U. S. Colored Troops.)
Henry E. Spalding, private ; enlisted Aug. 15, 1862 ; discharged for dis- ability May 20, 1863. (See Genealogy.)
William Morris (substitute), private ; enlisted Sept. 1, 1863 ; killed at Cold Harbor, Va., June 1, 1864.
Sixteenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry. James Pike, Colonel.
Service in the Department of the Gulf.
Charles R. Bacon, private; enlisted Sept. 13, 1862 ; discharged Aug. 20, 1863.
Richard J. Batten, private ; enlisted Sept. 15, 1862 ; discharged Aug. 20, 1863.
William M. Blanchard, private ; enlisted Sept. 13, 1862; discharged Aug. 20, 1863.
George W. Bosworth, private ; enlisted Oct. 10, 1862; commissioned cap- tain Nov. 4, 1862 ; discharged Aug. 20, 1863. (See 18th Regiment, N. H. V. I.
Abram Boutwell, private; enlisted Sept. 6, 1862; discharged Aug. 20, 1863.
James Boutwell, private; enlisted Sept. 6, 1862; died Aug. 15, 1863, while still in the service.
John R. Butler, private ; enlisted Sept. 6, 1862 ; died in hospital at New Orleans, La., June 28, 1863.
John C. Carkin, private ; enlisted Sept. 4, 1862; discharged Aug. 20) 1863 ; re-enlisted in Ist N. H. Cavalry.
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