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refitting, until April 10th, when General Sherman moved towards Raleigh, which he occupied on the 13th. At this time, and by these great armies, was the original plan of General Burnside fully accom- plished, and the men of the Fifth Rhode Island and the old Coast Division, saw others secure the prize for which they had so long and so manfully battled amid the forests and swamps of North Carolina.
From the time of the occupation of Goldsboro up to the departure of General Sherman's army for Washington, D. C., many of our officers aud men availed themselves of the opportunity to go to Raleigh on the supply trains and see something of the interior of North Carolina. At first the most noticeable thing was the number of rebel soldiers that were everywhere seen plodding wearily toward their homes. They could be seen following by-paths and making short cuts across the fields until long after Johnston's rebel army had surrendered.
During the winter of 1864-65 the following changes occurred in the roster of the regiment :
On the 6th of January Lieutenant-Colonel Tew appointed Lieut. C. W. Howland adjutant, and Lieut. C. F. Gladding quartermaster of the regiment.
January 11th. Assistant-Surgeon Jerome B. Greene was pro- moted to the rank of surgeon, his commission to date from Dec. 22, 1864, and was mustered into service Jannary 18th. First Lieuts. Edward F. Angell, George II. Pierce and Walter H. Luther were appointed captains, to date from Jan. 1, 1865, and Second Lieuts. Henry B. Bateman, John B. Landers, and Benjamin F. Underwood. to be first lieutenants, to date from Jan. 1, 1865.
On the 13th of February, Lieutenant Howland was relieved from duty as adjutant and assigned to Company A, and First Lieut. B. F. Underwood was detailed as adjutant.
February 27th, Capt. Isaac M. Potter was promoted major, vice Jameson dismissed, and First Lieut. Lewis H. Bowen was appointed captain.
April 7th, First Lieut. C. T. Pierce was appointed captain.
May 9th, Lieutenant Underwood was formally promoted to be first lieutenant and adjutant of the regiment, and on the same day Lieu- tenant Gladding was commissioned quartermaster.
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T HE war had ended. A feeling that they had done all that could now be required of them ; that in doing further duty as soldiers they were performing useless labor ; a feeling that they were out of place while lazily lounging around their quarters, or marching up and down for two hours at a time in front of some offi- cer's tent, seemed to seize upon the men. And the same feeling appeared to exist to a great degree among the officers of the regi- ment. Discipline relaxed. Company and battalion drills ceased. .. What did you do " was asked of a member of the regiment, " be- tween the first of May and your muster-out at New Berne?" ". Do? Why, I fished for crabs off the dock, or read anything I could get. in my tent," was his candid reply.
During this time the companies were assembled in the forts south of the Trent, and regimental headquarters were established in Fort Spinola. Most of the regular garrison of New Berne were sent to other points, or discharged from the service, and by the first of June the streets of the city began to wear a deserted look. The men now performed their duties in a listless manner. and all of their thoughts and talks were upon the one question, " When will we be discharged and sent home?" And so the long, sweltering days were passed, until at length the good news came that some time during the last of June they would get transportation home. At length it was defi- nitely known that on the 26th of June they would receive their formal discharge from the service ; and on that day that formal proceedling took place. Then arose the question of transportation. It could not be furnished at once, and so the wearying, trying ordeal of wait- ing was again resumed. At this time the roster of the regiment was as follows :
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Field and Staff, Col. George W. Tew, Maj. Isaac MI. Potter, Surgeon Jerome B. Greene, Adjt. B. F. Underwood, Quartermaster C. F. Gladding.
Company B, First Lieut. M. O. Darling, Second Lieut. S. W. Burbank.
Company A. Capt. John Aigan, First Lieut. C. W. Howland. At this time this company numbered ten men, the survivors of the fifty-one who were captured at Croatan Station.
Company K. Capt. E. DeMeulen.
Company E, Capt, George H. Pierce.
Company G, Capt. John E. Robinson, First. Lieut. Charles C. Greene.
Company I. Capt. Charles Taft, First Lieut. John B. Landers.
Company D. Capt. W. H. Luther.
Company H, Capt. E. F. Angell.
Company C. First Lient. H. B. Bateman.
Company F. Capt. William R. Landers.
On the 26th of June His Excellency the Governor made the fol- lowing promotions in the regiment :
Sergeant-Major Patrick Hayes to be second lieutenant.
Hospital Steward John K. Burlingame to be second lieutenant.
Quartermaster Sergeant Lewis T. Hall to be second lieutenant. First Sergeant Samuel B. Burbank to be second lieutenant.
First Sergeant John Radakin to be second lieutenant.
First Sergeant John Reddington to be second lieutenant.
First Sergeant Peleg Clarke to be second lieutenant.
Sergeant John B. Garteman to be second lieutenant.
Sergeant James McEwan to be second lieutenant. Private William Goss to be second lieutenant.
These promotions did not reach the regiment until it was on the route home, and therefore the officers were never mustered into the United States service.
The 30th of June was at last set as the day of embarkation. With the first light of the morning the eager men were out and watching to see the expected steamer run up to the wharf, and all the morning the negroes swarmed through the camp, gathering what was for them a rich harvest of abandoned property. It was afternoon
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before the long-looked for boat, the Ellen S. Terry, came to her moorings. and the Fifth Rhode Island assembled for the last time within the line of works that for nearly three years had been their only home. Soon all were on board. the lines were cast off, and the steamer sped swiftly down the Neuse. As the boat entered Pamlico Sound. and the men turned to take their last look at the low, forest
Corporal Francis Eaton.
covered shores. now fading from view in the gloom of the coming night, more than one heart was filled with a feeling of mingled ten- derness and sorrow for the comrades they were leaving behind whom no earthly reveille would ever waken.
No accident marred the voyage from New Berne to New York. Hope. joy, hilarity even. marked the demeanor of all. The sudden death of a convalesrent comrade, who thought he was Astrong
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enough to go home with the regiment " did not long depress them. New York was reached on the morning of July 3d. Here they learned that they were expected in Providence in time to participate in the celebration of the Fourth, and that elaborate preparations had been made to give them a rousing welcome home. In the afternoon they again embarked on the steamer Nonsit for Providence. This time the boat happened to be a very slow one. To these impatient men she seemed to crawl along. It was late the next morning when the steamer rounded from the sound into the bay. The day was all that could be desired. Never before to an equal number of men did the shores of Narragansett Bay appear so delightful to the eye as they did that morning. Three years of a life passed in tramp- ing along the low, sandy shores and through the swamps and pine . forests of North Carolina, enable these men to feel in the depths of their souls how very beautiful were the rivers and bays. the hills and valleys. the woods and fields of their own loved Rhode Island. and how pure and tender were the recollections that bound them to the home and firesides of their fathers.
The hour of the departure of the steamer had been wired from New York to Providence, and it was confidently expected that the regiment would arrive quite early on the morning of the Fourth, and preparations for the reception were made accordingly. The press of the city had given notice that the veterans were expected at an early hour on the Fourth. and were to be formally received by the state and city officials. Crowds came in from the surrounding country, for nearly all of the towns in the state had representatives in the well known Fifth.
An imposing procession composed of all the fire and military com- panies of the city, with bands of music, together with the civic authorities in carriages. were early in line at the dock where the steamer was to land. Hour after hour passed and the boar did not appear. She had been signaled, and it was known that she would arrive some time. At last the procession moved over a portion of the prescribed route, and halted at the foot of Benefit Street and waited till the snail-like boat crept up to her berth, and the impatient veterans debarkel. Then in full fighting array, and carrying the tattered banners that bore record of their many battles, they took their place-
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in the line. From this time, during the rest of the march, the recep- tion of the Fifth was one continued ovation from the people who crowded the streets to see them pass and welcome them home again.
When the march through the city had been completed, the city officials took charge of the regiment, and in the evening marched men and officers to the Howard and Phoenix halls, where an ele- gant and bountiful collation had been prepared for the military and other organizations that had taken part in the ceremonies of the day. Here Governor Smith and Ex-Governor Hoppin made short addresses of welcome to the returned veterans. " General Burnside was pre- sent and received a most enthusiastic greeting from his old soldiers of the Fifth, whose manifestations of loving regard. for their old com- mander touched his heart and almost choked his utterance. There was something touchingly beautiful in the feeling manifested at this meeting between the General and the men who had shared the perils and glories of his North Carolina expedition."
The men were now furloughed to their homes until the rolls could be prepared and the formalities attending their final muster-out com- pleted. In about two weeks they assembled again, the last settle- ment of accounts was made, rolls were signed for the last time, and the Fifth Regiment Rhode Island Volunteers legally ceased to exist. But so long as the American Union shall remain one country, and her children shall be endowed with courage and patriotism to defend their liberties and her integrity, so long will the Fifth Rhode Island exist in the pages of her history, and the story of the dauntless band who carried succor to their beleagured comrades be cherished in the hearts of brave men.
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FIELD AND STAFF.
Colonels.
HENRY T. Sissox. First lieutenant and paymaster, First Rhode Island Detached Militia, May 2, 1861; captain, First Rhode Island Light Artillery, Dec. 28. 1861; major, Third Rhode Island Heavy Artillery. Feb. 5, 1862; resigned. Aug. 6, 1862; colonel Fifth Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, Nov. 5. 1862; honorably discharged the service on account of disability, Oct. 5, 1864.
GEORGE W. TEW. Captain, Co. F, First Rhode Island Detached Militia, May 2, 1861 ; captain. Co. G, Fourth Rhode Island In- fantry : major, Oct. 11, 1861; lieutenant-colonel. Nov. 20, 1861 ; resigned, Aug. 11, 1862; major. Fifth Rhode Island Heavy Artillery ; lieutenant-colonel, March 2, 1863 : appointed colonel, Oct. 14, 1864 ; not mustered ; mustered out, June 26, 1865.
Lieutenant-Colonels.
JOB ARNOLD. Private, Co. C, First Rhode Island Detached Militia, May 2. 1861 ; captain Co. E. Fifth Rhode Island Infantry, Dee. 16, 1861 : lieutenant-colonel. Jan. 7. 1863 ; transferred to Seventh Rhode Island Infantry as lieutenant-colonel, March 2, 1863 ; discharged on account of physical disability, May 28, 1864.
GEORGE W. TEW. As above.
Majors.
JOHN WRIGHT. Captain, Co. B, Second Rhode Island Infantry, June 6, 1861 ; major, Fifth Rhode Island Infantry. Nov. 7, 1861 ; resigned, Ang. 25, 1862. GEORGE W. TEW. As above.
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THORNDIKE C. JAMESON. Chaplain Second Rhode Island Infantry, June 5, 1861 ; major. Dec. 13, 1862; resigned, Jau. 8, 1863; major, Fifth Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, March 2, 1863 ; dismissed the service, Feb. 2. 1865.
Adjutants.
CHARLES H. CHAPMAN. First lieutenant and adjutant, Fifth Rhode Island Volunteers, Nov. 30, 1861 ; discharged on account of disa- bility, May 11. 1862 ; appointed sergeant-major, Thirty-ninth Massachusetts Infantry, Sept. 1. 1862; mustered in Sept. 4. 1862 : discharged Nov. 10, 1862 ; mustered in as second lieu- tenant in same regiment, Nov. 11, 1862 ; commission dates Aug. 30, 1862 ; July 17, 1865, detailed acting assistant inspector-gen- eral fourth brigade, second division, first army corps, until brig- ade was disbanded ; commissioned first lieutenant same regiment. Sept. 6, 1864 ; not mustered in. being prisoner of war ; mustered out. April 29, 1865 ; mustered in as captain Forty-first United States Colored Infantry, April 30, 1865; commission dates Sept. 16, 1864 ; detailed acting assistant adjutant-general, sec- ond brigade, second division. twenty-fifth army corps and post adjutant. Ediubarg, Texas, Sept. 26. 1865, until brigade was disbanded ; mustered out, Dec. 10, 1865.
JAMES M. WHEATON. Second lieutenant, Co. E, Dec. 16, 1861 : first lieutenant and adjutant. June 9, 1862; transferred to Co. F. Feb. 28, 1864 ; mustered out, Dec. 22, 1864.
CHARLES F. GLADDING. Hospital steward, Dec. 16, 1861 ; first lieutenant, Co. F, Feb. 14. 1863 ; adjutant, Feb. 28, 1861 ; first lieutenant and quartermaster. Jan. 1. 1865 ; appointed captain. not mustered, June 26. 1865 ; mustered out. June 26. 1865.
CHRISTOPHER W. HOWLAND. Private, Co. A, Twelfth Rhode Island Infantry. Oet. 13. 1862 ; promoted to second lieutenant. Co. D. Fifth Rhode Island Heavy Artilery, Dec. 27, 1862 ; first lieu- tenant, Dec. 5. 1864 : adjutant, Jan. 2. 1865 ; transferred to Co. A. Feb. 10, 1865 ; mustered out June 26, 1865.
BENJAMIN F. UNDERWOOD. Private, Co. H, Dec. 27, 1862, traus- ferred to Co. K. and appointed corporal ; transferred to Co. A. and appointed sergeant ; second lieutenant. Co. II., Dec. 5.
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1864 ; first lieutenant, Co. H. Jan. 27, 1865 ; appointed adju- tant. Feb. 11. 1865 : mustered out June 26, 1865.
Quartermasters.
MUNRO H. GLADDING. Private, Co. D, First Rhode Island De- tached Militia, May 2. 1861 ; quartermaster. Fifth Rhode Island Infantry, Dec. 16, 1861 : died at Beaufort Hospital, . North Carolina. Nov. 26, 1862.
WILLIAM W. PROUTY. Private, Co. D, First Rhode Island De- tached Militia, May 2, 1861 : quartermaster sergeant. Fifth Rhode Island Infantry, Dec. 16, 1861 ; quartermaster, Feb. 14. 1863 ; died at New Berne, N. C., Jan. 1, 1864.
CHARLES E. LAWTON. Quartermaster. Jan. 1, 1864 ; died of apo- plexy, Dec. 20. 1864.
CHARLES F. GLADDING. As above.
Surgeons.
EPHRAIM L. WARREN. Surgeon, Dec. 10, 1862 ; honorably dis- charged on account of physical disabilty. Nov. 7, 1863. ALBERT POTTER. Mustered as assistant surgeon, Oct. 10, 1861 ; surgeon. Dec. 4. 1863 ; mustered out, Dec. 22. 1864.
JEROME B. GREENE. Acting assistant surgeon. U. S. A., May 27. 1862 ; assigned to Mountain Department : assigned to artillery Eleventh Corps Army of the Potomac ; resigned, January. 1863 : assistant surgeon, Fifth Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, May 25, 1863 : surgeon. Dec. 22, 1864 ; mustered out, June 26. 1865.
Assistant Surgeons,
ALBERT POTTER. As above.
JEROME B. GREENE. As above.
Chaplains.
MOWALTER B. NOYES. Chaplain, Dec. 16, 1861 ; resigned. Aug. 15, 1862.
HENRY S. WHITE. Chaplain, Jan. 7, 1863 ; taken prisoner at Croa- tan, N. C., May 5, 1864 ; exchanged, Oct. 6. 1861, mastered out. Dec. 22. 1SC1.
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NON-COMMISSIONED STAFF.
Sergeant-Majors.
JOSEPH G. HATLINGER. Sergeant major, Oct. 30, 1861 : discharged to accept commission as first lieutenant in Second North Caro- lina Volunteers (colored), July 17. 1863.
JOSHUA C. DROWN, JR. Private, Co. C. Dec. 16, 1861 ; corporal, June 7, 1862 ; transferred to Co. A, as sergeant, Feb. 4, 1863 ; promoted to sergeant-major, July 18, 1863 ; promoted to sec- ond lieutenant, Dec. 5. 1864 ; declined commission : mustered out, Dec. 23, 1864.
PATRICK HAYES. Corporal, Co. F, August 12, 1862 ; sergeant-ma- jor, Jan. 1, 1865 ; second lieutenant, June 26, 1865 : not mus- tered ; mustered ont, June 26, 1865.
Quartermaster Sergeants.
WILLIAM W. PROUTY. As above.
LEWIS T. HALL. Private, Co. A. Aug. 15. 1862 : quartermaster sergeant ; second lieutenant, June 26. 1865; not mustered ; mustered ont, June 26, 1865.
Commissary Sergeants.
CHARLES E. BEERS. Private, Co. A. First Rhode Island Detached Militia. May 2. 1861 ; commissary sergeant, Fifth Rhode Island Infantry, Oct. 7. 1861 ; second lieutenant Co. G, Feb. 14, 1563 ; honorably discharged on surgeon's certificate. Dec. 21, 1863. JOSEPH P. SIssoN. Commissary sergeant. Dec. 1, 1862 : discharged for disability, June 1. 1863.
RICHARD A. BROWN. Corporal, Co. G. Aug. 11. 1862 ; commis- sary sergeant, May 28, 1863 ; mustered ont. June 26, 1865.
Hospital Stewards.
CHARLES F. GLADDING. As above.
JOHN K. BURLINGAME. Private Co. F. Aug. 14, 1862 : hospital steward, Feb. 14. 1863 : second lieutenant. June 26. 1865 ; not mustered : mustered ont, June 26. 1865.
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COMPANY A.
[NOTE .- The first date mentioned after the names denotes either the enlistment or muster into service.]
Captains. JONATHAN M. WHEELER. Dec. 27, 1861 ; resigned, Aug. 4. 1862. JAMES GREGG. First sergeant. Co. B, Dec. 16, 1861 : second lieu- tenant, Co. C, June 9, 1862 ; captain Co. A. Feb. 14, 1863 ; honorably discharged the service on account of physical disabil- ity, Dec. 21, 1863.
JOHN AIGAN. Private, Co. E, First Rhode Island Detached Mili- tia. May 2, 1861 ; second lieutenant, Co. F. Third Rhode Island Heavy Artillery ; appointed by Governor Smith captain in Fifth Rhode Island Heavy AArtillery, Jan. 25, 1864; assigned to Co. A. Feb. 15, 1864 ; taken prisoner at Croatan. N. C., May 5, 1864 : escaped from prison Feb. 19. 1865; mustered ont June 26, 1865 ; appointed major, July 5, 1865.
First Lieutenants.
DANIEL S. REMINGTON. Private Co. C. First Rhode Island Detached Militia, May 2. 1861 ; first lieutenant. Co. A. Fifth Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, Dec. 27, 1861 ; resigned, Aug. 6, 1862 ; first lientenant, Co. C. Seventh Rhode Island Infantry, April 30, 1863; transferred to Co. G; captain Co. B. June 19. 1865 ; mustered out, July 13. 1865.
DUTEE JOHNSON, JR. Sergeant, Co. E. Dec. 16. 1861 : first lieutenant, Co. A. Feb. 14, 1863 : mustered out. Dec. 22. 1864.
CHRISTOPHER W. HOWLAND. Assigned to this company from adju- tant. Feb. 10. 1865 ; mustered out. June 26. 1865.
Second Lieutenants. LEVI P. GOODWIN. Dec. 27, 1861 ; resigned. Aug. 4, 1862. WILLIAM H. DURFEE. JR. Private, Co. F. First Rhode Island De- tached Militia, May 2, 1861; sergeant. Co. C. Fifth Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, Dec. 16, 1861 : second lieutenant. Co. A, Feb. 19. 1863 ; taken prisoner at Croatan. N. C .. May 5. 1864 : paroled ; exchanged ; mustered out. March 15. 1805.
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Sergeants.
ROBERT S. BROWNELL. Private, Co. H, First Rhode Island De- tached Militia, May 2, 1861 ; first sergeant, Co. A, Fifth Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, Oct, 17, 1861 ; wounded at Bat - tle of New Berne, March 14, 1862; discharged on surgeon's certificate of disability, Dec. 11, 1862.
SILAS T. BERBANK. Dec. 11, 1861; discharged for disability. Sept. 12, 1862.
EDWARD F. ANGELL. Private Co. C, First Rhode Island Detached Militia ; sergeant Co. A, Fifth Rhode Island Infantry, Dec. 16. 1861 ; first lieutenant Co. G, Feb. 14, 1863 : transferred to Co. H, June 15, 1865 ; mustered out, June 26, 1865.
ALLEN F. CAMERON. Oct. 28, 1861 ; first sergeant, discharged, June 25. 1864. to accept commission as first lieutenant in Co. I. Fourteenth Rhode Island Heavy Artillery. (colored) ; mustered out. Oct. 2, 1865.
CHARLES PERRIGO. Nov. 1, 1861; died April 26, 1862, from wounds received at Battle of New Berne, March 14, 1862.
JOSHUA C. DROWN, JR. Dec. 16. 1801 ; transferred from corporal. Co. C. Feb. 14, 1863 ; promoted to sergeant-major. July 18. 1863.
SAMUEL R. EDDY. Corporal, Sept. 10. 1862; sergeant; taken prisoner at Croatan, N. C., May 5, 1864 ; died Nov. . 19, 1864. of chronic diarrhea. at Mellen, Ga.
BENJAMIN F. UNDERWOOD. Private, Co. H. Dec. 15, 1562 ; corpo- ral, Co. K, Dec. 27, 1862 ; sergeant, Co. A ; second lieuten- ant. Co. H. Dec. 5. 1864; not mustered ; promoted to first lieutenant, Co. H, Jan. 1. 1865 ; adjutant, Feb. 11, 1865.
JAMES MCEWAN. Corporal, Dec. 14. 1861 ; sergeant, May 1, 1862 : transferred to Co. K.
C. HENRY BARNEY. Private, Dec. 14. 1861 ; corporal : sergeant : discharged Jan. 14, 1864, to accept commission as first lieuten- ant, Co. F, Fourteenth Rhode Island Heavy Artillery (colored) ; adjutant of second battalion of same during its entire period of service ; mustered out, Oct. 2. 1865.
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THOMAS HANLEY. Private, Dec. 9. 1861 ; corporal : first sergeant when taken prisoner at Croatan. N. C., May 5, 1864 ; died in prison at Andersonville, Ga., Nov. 15, 1864.
WILLIAM REYNOLDS. Private. Dec. 21, 1861 ; corporal ; discharged for disability, May 28. 1863.
MICHAEL KENNEDY. Private, August 9, 1863; sergeant : taken prisoner at Croatan, N. C .. May 5. 1864; died in prison at Charleston, S. C., Oct. 14, 1864.
DAVID II. WILLARD, Sept. 18, 1863 : taken prisoner at Croatan, N. C., May 5, 1864 ; exchanged Nov. 27. 1864 ; rejoined Co. Jan. 20. 1865 ; promoted to first sergeant ; mustered out June 26.1865.
Corporals.
CALEB W. COLVIN. Corporal. Dec. 6. 1861 ; discharged for disability, Jan. 10, 1863.
RICHARD ARNOLD. Corporal. Dec. 16. 1861 : discharged for dis- ability, Ang. 12. 1862.
EDWARD O. COLVIN. Private, Dec. 14, 1861 : corporal ; remastered as a veteran. Jan. 4, 1864 : taken prisoner at Croatan, May 5, 1864 : died at Andersonville, Ga., Sept. 5. 1864.
HERBERT FENTON. Private. Dec. 19. 1861 : corporal : discharged for disability, May 11. 1864.
JOHN GEORGE. Private, July 10, 1863 ; corporal ; taken prisoner at Croatan. N. C .. May 5, 1864.
WILLIAM H. LILLIBRIDGE. Private. Jan. 17, 1862: corporal ; taken prisoner at Croatan. N. C., May 5, 1864 ; died at An- dersonville. Ga., Ang. 16, 1804.
JOHN NICKERSON. Private, Dec. 16, 1861; corporal ; mustered out, Dec. 23, 1864.
MICHAEL RILEY. Private. Dec, 14, 1861 : corporal ; taken prisoner at Croatan, N. C., May 5. 1864; died in prison at Charleston, S. C., September, 1864.
CHARLES A. Stocco. Private, Dec. 14. 1861 : corporal ; remus- tered as a veteran. Jan. 14, 1864 : taken prisoner at Croatan, N. C .. May 5. 1561 : died in prison at Andersonville, Ga .. Aug. 31, 1864.
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JACOB SNOBLE. Private, Jan. 1, 1862 ; remustered as a veteran, Jan. 4, 1864 ; appointed corporal ; mustered out June 26. 1865. FRANKLIN WICKS. Private, Dec. 21, 1861 ; remustered as a vete . ran, Jan. 4, 1864 ; appointed corporal ; taken prisoner at Croa - tan. N. C., May 5, 1864 ; died in prison at Andersonville, Ga.
Privates.
ADAMS, Sabin. Dec. 9. 1861 ; discharged for disability, Aug. 28, 1862.
BALLOU, Dennis G. Dec. 14, 1861 ; taken prisoner at Plymouth, N., C. ; died Oct. 10, 1864, in prison at Charleston, S. C. BANE, Frederic. Aug. 9, 1863 ; taken prisoner at Croatan. N. C., May 5, 1864 : died at Andersonville, Ga., Aug. 2, 1864. BASS. Edward F. Dec. 23. 1861 ; died March 18, 1862, of wounds received at Battle of New Berne, March 14, 1862.
BENTLEY, Benjamin. July 9, 1863 ; taken prisoner at Croatan. N.
C., May 5, 1864 ; exchanged ; rejoined regiment, Jan. 20, 1865 ; mustered out. June 26, 1865.
BISHOP, Benjamin. Dec. 10, 1861 ; mustered out Dec. 16, 1864. BOURN. George O. Dec. 11. 1861 ; remustered as a veteran Jan. 4. 1864; taken prisoner at Croaton, N. C., May 5, 1864; ex- changed March 1, 1865 : mustered out June 26, 1865.
BRADY, JAMES. Dee. 27, 1861 ; taken prisoner at Croatan, N. C .. May 5, 1864 ; died Dec. 1. 1864, on steamer Baltic. while on passage from Savannah, Ga., to Annapolis, MId.
BREWER WILLIAM. July 13, 1863 ; discharged by transfer to the navy, Sept. 27. 1864.
BRIGGS, George E. Dec. 9, 1861 ; discharged for disability. Jan. 13, 1864.
BRIGGS, Jonathan, July 29, 1863 : mustered out, June 25. 1865. BURGESS. Benjamin N. Aug. 30, 1862 ; transferred to Co. G, Feb. 19, 1863.
CAMPBELL, David. Dec. 23, 1861 ; sent to hospital. at Beaufort. N. C., Aug. 6. 1862 : died there Sept. 16. 1862 ; buried in Na- tional Cemetery at New Berne, N. C.
CASWELL, William F. Dec. 23, 1861 ; died Dec. 12, 1862.
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CHAMPLIN. John B. July 9. 1863 : mustered out June 26. 1865. CHASE, Charles F. Sept. 1, 1862 ; taken prisoner at Croatan, N. C., May 5, 1864; escaped Dec., 1864: died at his home in Warren. R. I., Jan. 19, 1865.
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