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successful, and when, on May 15th, General Sigel deployed his columns, and posted his artillery at New Market, the combined forces of the enemy, embracing over eleven thous- and veteran infantry, promptly accepted the gage of battle, and the engagement began with the usual cannonade and contest of the skirmish lines. The Union troops battled bravely, but were overpowered. - All the intantry were placed in line, and the batteries were supported by the cav- alry. Company K, of the First Veteran Cavalry, was divided. Half, under Captain Brett, were placed on the extreme left, in advance, and the rest on the extreme right of the line of battle. These positions were held during the day without loss. The rebel batteries, with accurate aim, made many a gap in the ranks of the infantry, but finally ceased their fire. The end was reached when the rebel in- fantry advanced in three magnificent lines of battle upon our position. Our infantry broke and fled disorderly, while the cavalry brought off the artillery, and covered the retreat.
Nearly a month elapsed before the regiment again encountered the enemy, but the campaign of 1864 was in active progress. The First Veteran Cavalry were in the immediate presence of the rebel forces which were engaged in guarding one of the most important lines of approach bearing upon Richmond. It was not possible for them to be idle during this great battle summer.
May 29th, while Captain Brett, with a party of eighty- five men, was escorting a train of sixteen wagons laden with medical stores for General Hunter's headquarters, he was assailed at Newtown by a body of one hundred and fifty of Gilmore's cavalry, who were carrying the day, when a force of infantry came up and turned the scale in our favor. In this action Captain Brett was killed while leading his men, and his body was sent home to Waterloo for interment. Retreating down the valley, Sigel was relieved by Hunter, who faced the men about and began a march up the Shen- andoah. By the 3d of June the cavalry had advanced to Harrisonburg, where, after a two-hours' skirmish, the com- mand of Imboden was driven out of the town to a fortified
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position. The next morning Colonel Platner moved the regi- ment seven miles to the right, and attacked the enemy on his left flank, and drew his attention while our trains and troops, moving past his right, gained the road to Port Hud- son and caused the evacuation of the position. Advancing on the morrow, the ground was disputed by Imboden, who gradually fell back to Mount Hope, where he was joined by General Jones, with infantry and artillery, from the army at Richmond. The Union line moved forward, and the artil- lery opened the battle of Mount Hope. After a severe artillery fire of a couple of hours, the Union infantry were advanced in three splendid lines upon the enemy who were posted in a long strip of woods upon a gentle rise. The contest was severe, and the probable result doubtful, when, with a cheer heard loud above the roar of cannon, our lines swept forward and gained the position. A lull prevailing, the enemy were seen massing for a grand charge upon our right to recover their lost ground. The cavalry were dis- mounted and thrown into the woods to strengthen the line of infantry, and soon, with that shrill, yelping cry, once heard, never forgotten, the gray ranks moved to the attack, but were turned back in confusion. A Union charge fol_ lowed, the infantry moving down the centre, while the cav- alry, with cheers and drawn sabres, galloped upon the flanks. The enemy gave way and began to retreat. The cavalry followed hard upon their rear guard, who threw a rain of leaden sleet in the faces of our men, and, then giving way, blended their numbers with those of the main body and hastened the retreat. The loss to the Veterans was twenty- three killed, forty-four wounded, and twenty-seven missing ; total loss, ninety-four. Staunton was occupied, then the railroad was destroyed, and Crook's and Averill's com- mands joined Hunter. June Ist the First Veterans and the Twenty-eighth Ohio Infantry were sent across the moun- tains in charge of twelve hundred " gray-backs." A motley crowd of our men accompanied the force. The distance, one hundred and ten miles to Beverly, was made in four days; thence the journey lay some forty or fifty miles along the railroad. The prisoners were left in charge of the infan-
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try at Webster Station, and the cavalry were taken by rail to Martinsburg. June 25th an immense wagon train loaded with supplies set out for Hunter's army under strong guard. In the advance of this train was the First Cavalry under Platner. Tidings came of trouble in front; Hunter was reported to have been unable to hold his position. The train halted. Soon the report was confirmed that the enemy was retreating, and the train returned. The Veterans were ordered to Smithfield, while Mosby raided upon the Balti- more & Ohio Railroad and escaped pursuit. The whole Union line had fallen back by the 29th of June to within seven miles of Martinsburg, while the cavalry lay some dis- tance in their front.
July 2nd the rebel advance opened suddenly on the pick- ets of the First Brigade. The men were soon in the saddle, and within two hours had driven the enemy three miles. About 10 A. M. a force of two thousand men had advanced upon the Veterans, who numbered about seven hundred. The latter fell back slowly, showing front when pressed, to Martinsburg, where they found that our forces had retreated. The cavalry then retired to a position on the east side of Maryland Heights. The enemy came on, and, capturing Bolivar Heights, occupied Harper's Ferry. Skirmishing with the rebels, the cavalry were kept active till July 9th, when all became quiet in Pleasant Valley. In October the regiment was in quarters at Camp Piatt, West Virginia, guarding the salt-works of Kanawha, and the remainder of their term is connected with the monotonous and more peaceful duties of the camp. On the 8th of Janu- ary the regiment was in camp at Gravely Bridge, at the head waters of the Kanawha river. Co. "K" had lost in 1864 by death, four ; missing, one; discharged, two; and deserted, four; total, eleven ; and had received eighteen recruits. April 8th, 1865, the First Veteran Cavalry were at Loup Creek, West Virginia, at Kanawha.
July 20, 1865, the regiment was mustered out of service. The men had shared in the perils of the war from its com- mencement early in 1861 to its close in 1865, excepting a brief interval before their re-enlistment as veterans. Three
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of the flags belonging to the First Veteran Cavalry are deposited in the Bureau of Military Statistics at Albany.
ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTIETH INFANTRY.
The following Official Roster of the One Hundred and Sixtieth Infantry was omitted on page 595 :
OFFICIAL ROSTER.
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT, 1868.
ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTIETH INFANTRY.
NAME.
Date of Commission.
Date of Rank.
Remarks.
Colonels : Charles C. Dwight.
Henry P. Underhill.
Sept. 8,'62 Sept. 6,'62 May 31,'65 May 30,'65
Resigned May 25, '65. Not mustered as Col.
Lieutenant-Colonels : John B. Van Petten
Oct. 27,'62 Oct. 27,'62
Henry P. Underhill.
Mar. 22,'65 Jan. 27,'65
John B. Burrud.
May 31,'65 May 30,'65
Promoted to Col. of 193d Inf. Apr. 10, '65. Mustered out with regt. Nov. I, '65. Not mustered as Lieut. - Col.
Majors : William H. Sentell.
Daniel L. Vaughan
Oct. 27.'62 Oct. 27,'62 May 31,'65 May 30,'65
Discharged Sept. 14, '64. Not mustered as Major.
Adjutants . Gorton W. Allen.
Stephen G. Hopkins ...
Nov. 19,'62 Sept. 17,'62 July 13,'64 July 11,'64
Resigned June II, '64. Mustered out with regt. Nov. I, '65. (Brev .- Capt. N. Y. V.) Discharged Nov. 18, '62.
I. A. Knapp.
Quartermasters : Dighton H. Winans H. C. Price.
Nov. 19,'62 Sept. 6,'62 Discharged July 3, '64. July 21,'64 July 6,'64
Mustered out with regt. Nov. I, '65.
Surgeons : Cyrus Power.
David H. Armstrong.
William W. Root ..
Nov. 19,'62 Sept. 12,'62 Discharged Aug. 21, '64. Sept. 30,'64 Aug. 1,'64 Not mustered as Surgeon. Sept. 22,'65 Mar. 23,'65 Not mustered.
Assistant Surgeons : David H. Armstrong.
Nov 19,'62 Sept. 27,'62 Promoted to Surgeon of 193d Inf. Apr. 14, '65.
George W. Reynolds.
Nov. 19,'62 Sept. 24,'62 Discharged May 18, '63. July 8,'63 July 8,'63 Resigned Jan. 16, '65.
Benjamin A. Fordyce.
Philip Fitzsimmons.
Mar. 6.'65 Mar. 6,'65 Mustered out with regt. Nov. I, '65.
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ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTIETH INFANTRY-(Continued.)
NAME.
Date of Commission.
Date of Rank.
Remarks.
Chaplain :
William Putnam.
Oct. 7,'63 Nov. 21,'63 Resigned Mar. 10, '6.4.
Captains :
William Potter.
Nov. 19.'62 Aug. 29,'62 Resigned Apr. I, '63.
Horace Silsby.
May 18,'63 Mar. 30,'63 Not mustered as Capt.
William J. Van Dusen
Sept. 14,'63 Mar. 30,'63
Killed in action at Pleasant Hill, La., Apr. 9, '64.
James B. Vaughn.
June 14,'64 Apr. 9.'64
Henry P. Underhill.
Nov. Iy,'62 Sept. I,'62
Not mustered as Capt. Promoted to Lieut .- Col. Mar. 22, '65. Not mustered as Capt.
John W. Pritchard.
June 30,'65 Jan. 27,'65
Bartlett R. Rogers
Robert B. Ennis.
Lorenzo L. Wheelock .
Nov. 19,'62 Sept. 6,'62 Discharged June 20, '63. July 4,'63 June 13,'63 Discharged Oct. 24, '64. May 31,'65 Sept. 24,'65 Mustered out with regt. Nov. I, '65.
John B. Burrud.
Nov. 19,'62 Sept I,'62 Mustered out with regt. Nov. I, '65. Not mustered.
Benjamin W. Royce
June 30,'65 May 30,'65
Henry Moore ..
Nov. 19,'62 Sept. 14,'62 Resigned June 20, '64.
James Kelly
Sept. 16,'64 June 21,'64 Mustered out with regt. Nov. I, '65. Nov. 19,'62 Sept. 28,'62 Died May 10, '63, of wounds received in action.
Edwin Kirby
July 31,'63 July
I,'63 Mustered out with regt. Nov. I, '65.
Malcolm Wright
Nov. 19.'62 Oct. 9,'62 Resigned Feb. 4, '63.
Charles R. Cotter.
Feb. 25,'63 Feb. 4,'63 Killed in action at] Pleasant Hill, La., Apr. 9, '64.
Robert B. Seeley.
June 14,'64 Apr. 9,'64 Mustered out with regt. : Nov. I, '65.
Daniel L. Vaughan
Nov. 19,'62 Oct. 9,'62 Mustered out with regt. Nov. I, '65.
Michael Hewitt
May 31,'65 May 30,'65 Not mustered as Capt. Nov. 19,'62 Nov. 15,'62 Discharged May 3, '63.
Allen S. Barr.
S. N. Dexter
June 12,'63 May 4,'63
Killed in action near Winches- ter, Va., Sept. 19, '64. Not mustered as Capt.
Elon P. Spink.
June 29,'65 June 21,'65 Nov. 19,'62 Nov. 15,'62 Resigned April 6, '63.
Lewis P. Hunt.
John H. Shaver. July 4,'63 June 13,'63 Discharged Nov. 26, '63. Irving McDowell. Jan. 23,'64 Nov. 25,'63
First Lieutenants : William J. Van Dusen James B. Vaughan
J. Horton Miller
Lorenzo L. Wheelock ..
Spencer Stevens
June 29,'65 May 31,'65
Robert B. Ennis.
Nov. 19,'62 Sept. 6,'62 Promoted to Capt. July 4, '63. Discharged Oct. 26, '64.
Lyman Manchester
July 4,'63 June 13,'63 June 29,'65 Jan. 21,'65 Nov. 19,'62 Sept. 1,'62 Resigned Aug. 23. '65. Not mustered.
Myron H. Shirts.
James Groy. Nov. 19,'62 Sept. 19,'62 Discharged Oct. 31, '63.
Dec. 10,'63 Oct. 31,'63 Died May 18, '64, of wounds received at Pleasant Hill, La.
Nicholas McDonough.
Nov. 19,'62 Aug. 29,'62 Promoted to Capt. Sept. 14,'63. Sept. 13,'64 Mar. 30,'63 Mustered out with regt. Nov. I,' 65
June 14,'64 Apr. 9,'64 Not mustered.
Nov. 19,'62 Sept. I,'62 Promoted to Capt May 31, '65. Not mustered.
James V. D. Westfall ..
Mustered out with regt. Nov. I, '65.
Josiah P. Jewett ..
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ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTIETH INFANTRY-(Continued. )
NAME
Date of Commission.
Date of Rank.
Remarks.
John Jordan.
July 8,'64 June 18,'64
Not mustered.
Gideon F. Morey
Nov. 19,'62 Sept. 28,'62
Resigned Mar. 26, '63.
Edwin F. Kirby
June 12,'63 Mar. 26,'63
Promoted to Capt. July 31, '63.
Clark C. Edwards
Nov. 30,'63 July
I,'63 Mustered out with regt. Nov. I, '65. Discharged June 16, '63. Resigned Nov. 19, '64.
Horace Silsby.
Alvan S. Stillman
July 4,'63 Mar. 30,'63 Dec. 16,'62 Oct. 9,'62
Orange S. Brown.
John Jones
June 14,'64 Mar. 17,'64 Not mustered.
Ira Almy
June 29,'65 June 21,'65 Not mustered.
S. N. Dexter.
Nov. 19,'62 Nov. 15,'62 Promoted to Capt. July 31, '63. June 12,'63 May 4,'63 Not mustered. Died May 18,'63
Edward H. Sentell.
July 4,'63 June 13,'63
George L. Eastabrook.
June 29,'65 Apr. 5,'65
Not mustered.
George W, Merrill
Nov. 19,'62 Nov. 15,'62
Discharged June 16, '63.
Jacob McDowell
July 4,'63 June 13,'63
Robert B. Seeley
Jan. 23,'64 Nov. 26,'63 June 14,'64 Apr. 9,'64 Mustered out with regt. Nov.
I, '65.
James T. Burdick
June 30,'65 June 21,'65 Not mustered.
Second Lieutenants : James B. Vaughan
Nov. 19,'62 Aug. 29,'62 | Promoted to First Lieut. Sept. 3, '63.
J. Norton Miller.
Sept. 14,'63 Mar. 30,'63
Not mustered.
James G. Groat
June 30,'65 Feb. 1,'65 |Not mustered.
James Kelly.
Nov. 19,'62 Sept. 1,'62 Promoted to Capt. Sept. 16,'64.
Orrin C. Lapham.
June 30,'65 Feb. I,'65 Not mustered.
James V. D. Westfall.
Nov. 19, '62 Sept. 6,'62 Promoted to First Lieut. July 4, '63.
William McMath
July 4,'63 June 13,'63
Discharged Aug. 29, '64.
Edward H. Sentell.
Nov. 19,'62 Sept. 1,'62 Promoted to First Lieut. July 4, '63.
Henry Price.
July 4,'63 June 13,'63 Promoted to Quartermaster July 21, '64.
John W. Pritchard
May 31,'65 July 7,'65 Mustered out with regt. Nov. I, '65.
Washington Hathaway
Nicholas McDonough
Tune 30,'65 Jan. 27,'65 Not mustered. Nov. 19,'62 Sept. 14,'62 Promoted to First Lieut. Dec. IO, '63.
John Jordan .
James H. Simpson ..
Dec. 10,'63 Oct. 31,'63 Not mustered. July 8.'64 June 18,'64 Not mustered. Died Dec. 13, '64.
Michael Davey.
June 30.'65 June 31,'65 Not mustered.
Edwin Kirby
Nov. 19,'62 Sept. 28,'62 Promoted to First Lieut. June
Clark C. Edwards
June 12,'63 Mar. 26,'63 Promoted to First Lieut. Nov. 30, '63. Not mustered.
Ebenezer G. Howell
James A. Guest.
Alvan S. Stillman
B. Frank Maxson.
July 4,'63 Mar. 30,'63
Thomas Dawson.
June 29,'65 |June 21,'65 Not mustered. Nov. 19,'62 Oct. 9,'62 Resigned Dec. 31, '63.
Miles T. Jones.
Nov. 30,'63 July I,'63 June 30,'65 June 21,'65 Not mustered. Nov. 19,'62 Oct. 9,'62 Promoted to First Lieut. July 4, '63. Killed in action at Cedar Creek, Va., Sept. 19, '64.
12. '63.
Promoted to Capt. Jan. 23, '64. Promoted to Capt. June 14, '64.
Elon P. Spink
Charles W. Maynard.
MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY.
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ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTIETH INFANTRY-(Continued. )
NAME.
Date of Commission.
Date of Rank.
Remarks.
Charles Batner
June 14,'64 Dec. 5.'63
Not mustered.
Robert R. Seeley.
Nov. 19,'62 Nov. 15,'62
Promoted to First Lieut. Jan. 23, '64.
Benjamin W. Royce
Sept. 16.'64 July I,'64 Not mustered.
Martin V Bills.
June 30,'65 May 30,'65 Not mustered.
John H. Shaver.
Nov 19,'62 Nov. 15.'62
Not mustered.
Michael Hewitt
July 4,'63 June 13,'63
Mustered out with regt. Nov. I, '65.
Arthur B. Aikin.
May 31,'65 May 30,'65 Not mustered.
CHAPTER X.
AID SOCIETIES- BENEVOLENT WORK - RELIEF COMMITTEES- AMOUNTS CON- TRIBUTED - WOMENS' WORK OF 1861-'65.
U NDER these suggestive topics there gathers a wealth of reminiscences which can in no wise be brought together in any orderly manner, nor with any approach to accuracy or completeness. That the War should stir the sympathies of the whole people: that its accumulating sor- rows should awaken active efforts in the way of relief might have been expected. Human nature must have been created otherwise than it was, not to have been profoundly moved, and not to have aroused in vigorous and unceasing exertions. No sooner had the enlisted soldiers began to leave this county, than their wives, mothers and sisters commenced to move for the raising of supplies for their comfort. And when the earliest tidings from camp and battle, bore north- ward the trembling messages of sickness, wounds and deaths, their hearts, though bleeding with sorrow, were calmed by holy and sacred work that gave ceaseless activity to their hands. They were not left alone in this noble work. The soldiers were at once the children of all. They were every- body's "boys."
Patriotism never had a nobler exemplification than in these weary months of the war. The soldiers were the tender objects of a people's care. Women gave their loved ones to the field, and then gave themselves to a persistent work of relief. The first movements were spontaneous, unorganized ; no one thought of making records for the future historian to gather up. Meetings took place to scrape lint, to sew, to knit; there was no president, no secretary. Letters of acknowledgment were received; but names, letters and records are alike scattered or lost.
The following accounts will, therefore, appear very une. qual as to the material given for the respective towns. Those that were freely reported in the newspapers of these
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times will of course be much more accurate and complete than others not so reported. Attempts have been made to secure accounts of this work in each town. The author entered into extensive correspondence with those supposed to know about these matters. In several cases this proved successful ; in others it was a failure ; in some instances no letters at all being received in reply. We can only give such facts and data as have been secured :
ARCADIA.
The reason already given for lack of completeness in certain records about military matters, in the town of Arcadia, must once more be repeated. The failure to find files of the Newark Courier, for the period 1861-'65, prevents us from giving figures or names concerning the work of the women of Arcadia during the war. That their labors were abundant and valuable is well known. This was true of Fairville, Lockville, and all parts of the town. That they promptly seconded every movement made for the welfare of the soldiers is certain ; that they met, raised money, made clothing, sewed, knit, put up fruit and packed boxes of sup- plies is a matter of public notoriety. In no respect were they behind their sister towns. From the hour when they gathered to see the " boys" of Company I off for the field in May, 1861, down to the welcome extended to the last returning heroes in the summer of 1865, they neither hesi- tated nor faltered in their work of love and patriotism. Their records may be lost, but the noble work they wrought is remembered with grateful hearts by the soldiers who received their benefactions, and the ladies still living who shared in the labors of that hour, may well recall them with honorable pride.
BUTLER.
Several letters enquiring after the women's work of 1861-'62, in this town were written, but no report has been obtained. The geographical situation of the town probably ' caused its donations to be counted in part with those of Wolcott or South Butler, with those of the town of Savan-
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nah. No records of an organized Aid Society have been secured, but it may be truthfully said that the women were no less patriotic than the men. The intimation in another place that patterns of mittens for soldiers were sent to Mrs. Dr. Sweeting, shows that active work was taking place in Butler. As the naturalist builds up by analogy the entire form of an unknown specimen from a single discovered bone, so from one written incident we must picture in our minds the patriotic labors of the women of Butler in all their completeness. The meetings, the canvassing from house to house for supplies, the knitting, the sewing, the mittens, the socks, the fruit, the vegetables, the comforts sent to the army were all a reality, but their cash value cannot thus be " figured " out.
GALEN.
The early work in Clyde may be seen from the scattered paragraphs found in the Times. We have also the following letter of acknowledgment from Albany, the original of which is in possession of Mr. S. S. Morley :
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS, STATE OF NEW YORK, QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT. ALBANY, NOV. 1, 1861.
LADIES :- I have the honor to acknowledge your communi- cation of the 30th ult., containing receipt of New York Central railroad for three boxes* containing articles to be forwarded to Washington for our sick and wounded soldiers in hos- pital. I take great pleasure in informing you that I have made arrangements to have them forwarded by express immediately on their arrival here, and hope for the sake of the afflicted that they will meet with no mishap on the way. I am directed by His Excellency, Governor Morgan, to acknowledge your kind act for and in behalf of the stricken ones and join with him in his high appreciation of the promptings of your hearts. CUYLER VAN VECHTEN, Quartermaster-General. To Mrs. S. S. Morley, Mrs. H. H. Stevens and others, Clyde, Wayne Co., N. Y.
Of the general work of the women of Clyde we have the following letter from Mrs. H. H. Stevens, now of Wilming- ton, Delaware :
* The value of these boxes was estimated at $300.
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"I do not think we were an 'organized body,' though we held regular meetings weekly and special ones fre- quently. I think Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Smith and mother were recognized leaders though each was a law unto herself ; the fundamental law of all being love and loyalty. You recall, doubtless, the meetings in the Presbyterian and Methodist churches; and the pleasant rivalry as each set forth the superlative merits of that particular make of sewing machine which her feet drove. I remember too that the lint pre- pared by our fingers received honorable mention for its excellence by some one to whom it was consigned. We had no treasurer ; no account was kept of the value of our benefactions but they must have run up into the hundreds. Long after we ceased to work as a society mother* used to knit (her stent being a sock an evening) and make carpet slippers for wounded feet. Did you know that she applied to be sent as nurse and was not accepted on account of age ? The memorable Old Folks' concert was in aid of the same cause. Ice cream left over after an enter- tainment was sold by the ladies in a circus tent, the clown frequently advertising our wares and paying compliments to ' the fair ones.' The first company leaving Clyde were drawn up in line and each soldier received from one of two little maidens a flat ball, its edge glittering with pins. The same little. fingers used to pull weeds and destroy bugs in the garden to put money in the treasury. I wish some rec- ord had been kept of our doings and offerings, but perhaps it is just as well-the sealed book will open some day."+
The Soldiers' Aid Society of Clyde was formed July, 1862 ; President-Mrs. Kingsbury ; Vice-presidents-Mrs. Hiram P. Jones, Mrs. Dr. Hendricks ; Secretary-Mrs. H. P. Whit- beck; Treasurer-Miss M. Wilson ; Directresses-Mrs. D. Stoddard, Mrs. D. Hathaway, Mrs. Nathan Hovey, Miss Hannah Aurand, Mrs. P. Powers, Miss B. Ryerson, Mrs. S. Bostwick, Mrs. Dr. Weed ; Disbursing Committee-Mrs. Hillman, Mrs. Frisbie, Mrs. Wilkinson.
The cash donations for the first year amounted to $465.48. Of this they expended $405.43, leaving cash on hand $60.05. They had shipped goods to the amount of $550.25, and they had on hand goods to the amount of $75.36.
* Mrs. D. Hillman.
+ The "two little maidens" of 1861 were Mrs. Stevens' daughters, Fannie and Jennie.
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The officers for the second year were: President-Mrs. P. S. Hillman ; Vice-presidents-Mrs. H. P. Jones, Mrs. A. T. Hendrick ; Secretary-Mrs. H. H. Stevens; Treasurer- Miss J. Ely; Disbursing Committee-Mrs. Frisbie, Mrs. Stoddard, Mrs. M. Munn.
Prior to the organization of the Society and during the first year of the war there had been raised by the women of Galen about $400. The Society gave a Festival at the Town Hall, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 1862. The receipts footed up $94.
Such notices as the following were common :
THE SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY
Will be held at the residence of Mrs. Hale, Clyde Hotel. A cordial invitation is extended to all. The Ladies' Aid Society will forward another box of comforts the coming week. Mrs. H. P. Jones will receive donations for the same until Saturday next. Contributions of fruits, canned and dried, and domestic wines, are especially solicited.
Mrs. H. H. STEVENS, Secretary.
Each winter, too, the ladies were in the habit of providing a Christmas dinner for such families of volunteers as needed aid. A notice was issued as follows :
" Citizens of Clyde and vicinity : Let us at least once a year remember the soldiers' widows and families, and pro- vide for them a Christmas Dinner as a token of remembrance of their husbands and fathers, who manfully fought for us in the times of our country's peril."
A memorandum book in possession of Mrs. Snedaker shows that enough was usually raised to buy a turkey for each family, and leave $3.00 cash besides.
The annexed report from Lock Berlin we give in full as a good example of the variety of things contributed all over the county.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE VOLUNTEERS.
The ladies of Lock Berlin are deserving of the highest praise for their industry, zeal and liberality in furnishing necessary articles to the Volunteers. Below we append a list of articles sent by them to the Twenty-seventh Regi- ment, October 25th, 1861 :
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