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"The undersigned certify that we went as volunteers to repel the British in the invasion of Plattsburgh in September 1814, under the command of Capt. Matthias S. Jones, of Waitsfield. We also certify that a roll of our company was made at Burling- ton, that said roll is not to be found, and that after having carefully considered the subject we have made out the following roll, as being a list of the names of persons belonging to our company, according to our best recollection:
Matthias S. Jones, Capt. John Averill
Nath'l Richardson, Lieut. Elijah Smith
Jesse Averill, Corp. James Latham
Amasa Russ
Roll of Volunteers.
Matthias S. Jones
Joseph Marble
William Wheeler
Rodney Smith
Silas Wheeler (Fayston)
George Richardson
Amasa Russ
Perrin Hascall
Jonathan Siever
Christopher Bartlett
Stebbins Hitchcock
Eben Córss
Chester Marshall
Phineas Rider
Philetus Robinson
Horatio Rider
Levi Shipman
Salah Smith James Latham (Northfield 1850) Jude M. Brown
John Averill (Northfield 1850)
Elijah Smith, of Waitsfield
Joseph Mills
Joseph Williams (deceased)
John Richardson (deceased)
Nathaniel Richardson (Northfield 1850)
Jesse Averill (Northfield 1850)
James Joslin Isaac Smalley, Ens.
Aaron Hill
John Starkweather (deceased)
Elijah Smith (Northfield 1850) Jushua Luce
Waitsfield, March 12, 1850. Sworn to before me,
Hiram Jones,
Justice of the Peace."
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In addition to the names given above, that of Rufus Bar- nard appears upon the records of the War Department as having been a volunteer who presented himself at Burlington, but as the other names of this company are not found there it is probable that he enlisted in a different force.
Orson Skinner and Francis Wilder were at that time mem- bers of the cavalry company of which mention has been already made, and the story of their service may be gleaned from the certificate of their captain, Chester Marshall,-for although the name of Francis Wilder only appears in this certificate it is certain that Orson Skinner was also a member of the company.
"I, Chester Marshall, of Waterbury, in the County of Wash- ington and State of Vermont, aged 79 years, declare that in the year 1814 & for some years before & after I commanded a Company of Cavalry belonging to the 4th Regt. 2d Brigade & 3d division of the Militia of this State-That when Col. John Pike, who commanded 2d Regt. called that out I was not ordered out, but that on the Saturday before the battle at Plattsburgh a part of my company who resided at Waitsfield rallied as volunteers, among whom was Francis Wilder, then a Private in said Company, and who resided at said Waitsfield-On Sabbath Morn, the 11th Sept. 1814. I put myself at the head of those so rallied & marched immediately to Burlington, when I was ordered to try & get to Plattsburgh by the way of Cumberland Head-which order I obeyed-but was not able to reach the American forces at Plattsburgh till Tuesday morning Sept. 13. I and my men went fully equipped- lacking nothing but ammu- nition for any service. We remained at Plattsburgh a day or two and returned the last of the same week.
Chester Marshall.
Subscribed and Sworn to Sept. 27, 1850. .
Before me,
Paul Dillingham, Justice of the Peace."
John English, sr., who had been for some years a resident of Waitsfield, enlisted in the regular troops as private in Col. John W. Weeks' Company, Eleventh Regiment. His name appears upon returns under date of May 31, 1813, but he soon after died in service, as may be gathered from the records of the settlement of his estate, and it appears certain that Ira Richardson, Wells Hitchcock, Roswell Richardson and Ebenezer Cutler saw service, although it cannot now be given in detail, and the last two were not residents of Waitsfield at the date of their service.
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The War of 1812 raised considerable feeling within the limits of the town, although, as a whole, its citizens sympathized with the position taken throughout the war by the New England States. There was, however, a party thoroughly in sympathy with the war which made up in activity what it lacked in num- bers, and meetings were frequently called to consider various fiery resolutions. Such an one was held in April, 1812, to consider the resolutions and preambles which had been intro- duced at a meeting of the citizens of Jefferson County held at Montpelier, on March 19 of that year, in pursuance of the follow- ing notice:
"The friends of our hard-earned independence and the friends of our highly favored and dearly beloved country are once more respectively informed that their meeting is to be holden at the State House in Montpelier on Thursday, the 19th inst., at 12 o'clock precisely. The welfare of our country de- mands that its friends should be known, and that its enemies should be so distinctly marked !! that every school boy as he passes by shall point with his finger and exclaim, There goes a a Tory!"
The passion of the time is so well exemplified by the preamble of the resolutions that were then brought up to be considered that we may be pardoned for here presenting it:
"National forbearance is no less a virtue than national heroism and fortitude. To wage war for trivial, or perhaps, imaginary injuries, is the prerogative of kings and despots, who consider their subjects as property, and over whose lives they claim an uncontrolled dominion; that in a land of freedom, where the people are the sovereign, where all are equally protected in their rights, war is never engaged in but to redress deep and agravated injuries, and prevent daring encroachments upon its liberty and independence, and then, as the last, the only resort-
"Friends to peace, we highly approved the precautionary measures of our government against the novel and unprecedented orders and decrees of Great Britian and France. We had hoped that reflection would convince them of the absurdity, impolicy and injustice of their proceedings. But our hopes were vain. For although France has repealed her decrees, yet the conduct of G. Britian in perservering in her orders, in. her numerous violations of our flag, in impresing our seamen, upwards of 6000 of whom bereft of country, friends and relations groan beneath the scourge of the worst tyranny, fills up the catalogue of her iniquities.
"To these wanton aggressions the American government have hitherto opposed reason and dispasionate argument. The
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voice of reason is not heard. Other weapons, weapons of a more energetic nature, must now be resorted to.
"When the laws and usages of nations become a dead letter; when our seamen, natural born subjects, are impressed into the service of a foreign monarch; when our merchant vessels, in the pursuit of lawful commerce, are plundered on the high seas; when we are threatened with a civil war and a dissolution of the union; when smugling on the very eve of a foreign war has become a trade, and smuglers are openly assisted at noonday ; when one portion of our citizens unreservedly espouses the cause of a foreign government, in direct opposition to our own:
"In short, when national difficulties and disasters of any kind threaten our beloved country, we are naturally led to ask, is the spirit of our revolutionary heroes and martyrs extinct? Was the blood of Warren and Montgomery spilt in vain? Have we forgotten that we are fathers?
Are we so debased, so degenerated, as to leave our children in slavery; the subjects of a king, a despot, hated by every freeman worthy to be the son of his father? What would have been the condition of this Canaan land had not the dawn of the revolution found real Washingtons, Hancocks and Adamses? Have we not among us men who possess the same spirit? Must it be that a republic such as the world never before witnessed returns to its former colonial state of servitude? Are we doomed soon to reflect on what we might have been? Shall we ere long say, we were once a republic? We were once a happy people? Forbid it, heaven! No. There are Washingtons and Hancocks of the present day who possess the same bravery, the same fortitude, the same patriotism, the same patience in distress, which characterise those immortal worthies! We love our country; we love our liberty; we love our children; we will protect the one, and we swear to defend the other or die in the glorious cause."
These fiery sentiments were not pleasing to the Waitsfield voters, however, and the voice of the town was unqualifiedly against the war by a vote of 56 to 24. Political tension was great for several years thereafter. The number of voters who came out at the election of 1812 was greater by 50 per cent than had ever voted at any election in the town previous to that time, Indeed, at the congressional elections of that year the record says that the "Peace Ticket received 92 votes and the War Ticket 25."
For a good many years after the close of the War of 1812 there was considerable interest throughout the town in things military and the company organized in 1805, or earlier, main- tained an unbroken existence down to about 1840. It was
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uniformed in scarlet, and bore the common and somewhat significant name of "Floodwoods." This company drew some recruits from Warren and Fayston, and for many years formed the Third Company in the Fourth Regiment, Second Brigade, Third Division Vermont Militia, of which regiment Orson Skinner of Waitsfield was colonel for some years around 1830. The records are by no means complete, but it would appear that the number of Waitsfield men enrolled in this company varied from 37 in 1812 to 94 in 1819, and that it had a membership of about 65 in the late "thirties." The roll of commanding officers was, so far as can be ascertained, as follows:
Capt. Matthias Stone Jones, 1808-10
Capt. Aaron Phelps, 1811-13
Capt. John Campbell, 1814-16
Capt. Andrew B. Minor, 1817-18
Capt. Elias Taylor, jr., 1819-20
Capt. Ira Richardson, 1821-4
Capt. Rufus Barnard, 1825-6
Capt. Robert Orton Stoddard, 1827-8
Capt. Roswell Horr, 1830
Capt. Jennison Joslin, 1833 Capt. Harry Jones, 1835-6
Reference has been already made to cavalry enlistments. Until 1815 the Waitsfield recruits formed a part of the Water- bury Company, but in that year a local company was organized by Capt. Levi Wilder, and until 1830, and perhaps for a few years longer, it took the field with full equipment on "June Training Day."
The number enrolled in this organization was never large, varying from 1 1 to 27. The list of captains was in part as follows: Capt. Levi Wilder, 1815-20 Capt. Jesse Carpenter, 1825-6
Capt. John Campbell, 1821-4 Capt. Francis Wilder, 1827 Capt. Richard Wait, 1830
Contemporary with the later years of the "Floodwoods," and continuing its existence for some years after the former had ceased to train, was a rifle company, which was uniformed in blue, and during the "forties" formed the Eighth Company of the Eighth Regiment Vermont Militia. The first regular return which can be found is dated 1839, when 59 men were enrolled. The following year there were 92 (some from Fayston), but after that the number dwindled and the last return in 1850 contains but 15 names. The following were commanders:
Capt. Philo Harrington, 1839
Capt. Elisha Foster, 1841
Capt. Silas Royce, 1840 Capt. Ziba W. Boyce, 1844
Capt. Curtis H. Marshall, 1848-50
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CHAPTER VIII.
MILITARY HISTORY --- CIVIL WAR; AINSWORTH POST,
NO. 36, G. A. R.
At the outbreak of the Civil War, Waitsfield had no military organization. The old militia companies had disbanded soon after 1850, and "June Training" was no more. But the lack of outward show had not lessened the spirit of loyalty and devotion to country, and there was no dearth of men to answer the call in '61. This little town of about one thousand souls sent to southern battlefields fully one-tenth of her total population if we may count all her sons that enlisted in the service.
The town is credited upon the rolls of the national govern- ment with ninety-five enlistments which were made by eighty- seven different individuals. The names of her citizens are found upon the rosters of the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Thirteenth and Seven- teenth Vermont Regiments of Infantry, the First Vermont Cavalry, the Second and Third Vermont Batteries, the Second United States Sharp Shooters and the Signal Corps.
Companies G and H of the Sixth Regiment, Company I of the Ninth and Company B of the Thirteenth were recruited in the vicinity, and naturally our men enlisted in them in larger numbers than in any other organizations. Fifteen Waitsfield men served in Company H and seven in Company G of the Sixth Regiment. The names of ten are found upon the roster of Company I of the Ninth and twenty-four marched in Com- pany B of the Thirteenth, while not less than eight young men from Waitsfield enlisted in the Second Regiment United States Sharp Shooters, two-sevenths of the entire number furnished by Washington County and nearly four times the normal quota of the town, in a state that furnished more men to this branch of service than any other in the Union in proportion to its population.
The history of our soldiers is the history of Stannard's gallant troops, of Sheridan's dashing cavalry command and of the old Vermont Brigade that fought in the vanguard for four
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weary years and at the end, led the Union army over the rebel breastworks on the day when Lee's gray battalions were driven back on Richmond in their last retreat.
Lee's Mills, Chancellorsville, The Wilderness, Winchester, Charlestown, Va., and Petersburg Mine took as their toll ten of our young men. Ten more laid down their lives upon a soldier's sick-bed and many others bore home honorable scars received in battle.
The mention of each man must of necessity be brief. A name, a date or two, and the cold type has fixed his record. But let us as we read remember what these stand for: dreary camp life; hunger and thirst; exposure to the heat of torrid summer and the chill storms of winter; the painful march; the sleepless, weary round of picket duty ; the burning heat of fever ; the fierce, consuming rage of battle; the shrieks or deep muttered curses of the wounded, and all too frequently the nameless grave in an unfriendly soil. They mean the bowed form, the halting step, the grizzled locks, the early thinning ranks of those whose swords were beaten into plowshares at the close of that great struggle. All this and more the following list should stand for:
Luther Ainsworth. Enlisted August 14, 1861, in Company H, Sixth Regiment, and was mustered in as Second Lieutenant October 15, 1861; promoted First Lieutenant February 18, 1862; promoted Captain September 20, 1862. Killed at Banks Ford near Fredericksburg, Va., May 4, 1863, while leading his men in a charge against the enemy.
Edward L. Allen. Enlisted February 9, 1865, in Company K, Fifth Regiment, and was mustered in the same day. Mus- tered out June 29, 1865.
Alexander Baird. Enlisted June 20, 1862, in Company I, Ninth Regiment. Mustered in July 9, 1862; promoted Corporal March 16, 1865; mustered out June 13, 1865.
Albert D. Barnard. Enlisted in Company B, Thirteenth Regiment, August 25, 1862. Mustered in October 10, 1862; discharged at Brattleboro, July 21, 1863, in a state of exhaustion from which he did not rally. He died August 12, following.
Mitchell Basconner. Enlisted August 14, 1861, in Company H, Sixth Regiment. Mustered in October 15, 1861. Killed at Lee's Mills, Va., April 16, 1862.
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Charles M. Benedict. Enlisted May 7, 1861, in Company F, Second Regiment. Mustered in June 20, 1861. Deserted August 30, 1862.
Leonard C. Berry. Enlisted December 14, 1863, in Com- pany H, Second United States Sharp Shooters. Mustered in December 18, 1863. Wounded June 16, 1864. Transferred to Company H, Fourth Regiment, February 25, 1865. Mustered out July 13, 1865.
Thomas Burke. Enlisted August 6, 1864, in Company B, Eleventh Regiment, and was mustered in the same day. Mus- tered out August 25, 1865.
Edward A. Burns. Enlisted February 9, 1865, in Company K, Seventh Regiment, and was mustered in the day following. Mustered out February 9, 1866.
Fordis Orasmus Bushnell. Enlisted August 25, 1862, in Company B, Thirteenth Regiment. Mustered in October 10, 1862, as Corporal. Mustered out July 21, 1863.
Henry Newton Bushnell. Enlisted August 14, 1861, in Company H, Sixth Regiment. Mustered in as Sergeant, October 15, 1861; promoted Second Lieutenant, May 4, 1863; promoted First Lieutenant Company C, Sixth Regiment, May 15, 1864; promoted Captain Company H, Sixth Regiment, October 29, 1864. Served for a time with Division Sharp Shooters. Mus- tered out June 26, 1865. Specially mentioned in report of Col. Sumner H. Lincoln for gallant conduct throughout the day in the battle before Petersburg, April 2, 1865.
Bertrand Delos Campbell. Enlisted June 3, 1861, in Company H, Third Regiment, but was not mustered. Re- enlisted in Company H, Sixth Regiment, but was refused by the Surgeon. Re-enlisted in Company G, Sixth Regiment, and mustered in as Corporal October 15, 1861. Honorably dis- charged by reason of sickness, October 22, 1862. On August 9, 1864, he again enlisted for the town of Barton, Vt., in Com- pany C, First Vermont Cavalry, and was mustered in August II, 1864. Killed at the battle of Winchester, Va., September 19, 1864.
Oliver Carlisle Campbell. Enlisted June 9, 1862, in Com- pany I, Ninth Regiment. Mustered in as Second Lieutenant, July 9, 1862. Taken prisoner at Harper's Ferry, September 14, 1862, and sent on parole to Chicago. Resigned his com- mission December 1, 1862. Re-enlisted July 9, 1863, in Veteran
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Reserve Corps. Promoted First Sergeant. Honorably dis- charged November 15, 1865.
Henry F. Dana. Enlisted June 1, 1861, in Company H, Third Regiment. Mustered in July 16, 1861. Mustered out July 27, IS64.
Foster Stillman Dana. Enlisted July 2, 1861, in Company H, Third Regiment. Mustered in July 16, 1861. Wounded at Lee's Mills and Spottsylvania. Mustered out July 27, 1864.
Wesley E. Dana. Enlisted January 2, 1864, in Company F, Seventeenth Regiment. Mustered in April 12, 1864. Wounded at Spottsylvania, May 12, 1864. Honorably discharged July 17, 1865.
Joseph P. Davis. Enlisted December 15, 1863, in Second Vermont Battery. Mustered in January 8, 1864. Honorably discharged for disability, June 21, 1864.
Albee Henry Dewey. Enlisted August 25, 1862, in Com- pany B, Thirteenth Regiment. Mustered in as Sergeant, October 10, 1862. Mustered out July 21, 1863. Re-enlisted October 28, 1863, in the Signal Corps, and was placed in com- mand of the Signal Station at Fort Gaston, N. C. Died of yellow fever, September 28, 1864, and was buried in the Soldiers' Cemetery at Newberne, N. C.
Hiram F. Dike. Enlisted August 14, 1861, in Company H, Sixth Regiment. Mustered in October 15, 1861; promoted Corporal, March 12, 1862. He was wounded at the action at Banks' Ford, near Fredericksburg, Va., on May 4, 1863, and died the same day.
Julian Dumas, jr. Enlisted August 25, 1862, in Company B, Thirteenth Regiment. Mustered in October 10, 1862. Mus- tered out July 21, 1863.
Alba B. Durkee. Enlisted December 21, 1863, in Company I, Ninth Regiment. Mustered in January 6, 1864. "Died September 25, 1864.
Isaac H. Elliot. Enlisted June 26, 1862, in Company I, Ninth Regiment. Mustered in July 9, 1862. Taken prisoner at Winchester, Va., September 3, 1862, and held for twenty days. Honorably discharged by reason of ill health, September 25, 1862.
Edward Anson Fisk. Enlisted August 21, 1862, in Company B, Thirteenth Regiment. Mustered in October 10, 1862. Mustered out July 21, 1863.
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Daniel Foster. Enlisted July 14, 1862, in Company B, Tenth Regiment. Mustered in as Sergeant, September 1, 1862; promoted Second Lieutenant, June 6, 1864; promoted First Lieutenant, December 19, 1864; promoted Captain, March 25, 1865. Mustered out June 29, 1865.
Heman R. French. Enlisted June 23, 1862, in Company I, Ninth Regiment. Mustered in July 9, 1862. Taken prisoner at Harper's Ferry, September 14, 1862. Promoted Hospital Steward, February 4, 1865. Mustered out June 13, 1865.
Ephraim H. Fuller. Enlisted August 14, 1861, in Company H, Sixth Regiment. Mustered in as Corporal, October 15, 1861. Severely wounded at Lee's Mills, Va., April 16, 1862. Honorably discharged October 28, 1864.
David Gleason. Enlisted August 25, 1862, in Company B, Thirteenth Regiment. Mustered in October 10, 1862. -Mustered out July 21, 1863.
Daniel Grandy. Enlisted August 25, 1862, in Company B, Thirteenth Regiment. Mustered in October 10, 1862. Mustered out July 21, 1863.
William H. H. Greenslit. Enlisted June 20, 1862, in Company I, Ninth Regiment. Mustered in July 9, 1862. Com- mitted suicide at Winchester, Va., August 21, 1862.
George B. Hall. Enlisted June 25, 1862, in Company I, Ninth Regiment. Mustered in July 9, 1862. Discharged for ill health, June 15, 1863. Re-enlisted September 26, 1863, in Third Vermont Battery. Mustered in January 1, 1864. Pro- moted Corporal, January 21, 1864. Mustered out June 15, 1865.
James Harriman. Enlisted September 2, 1861, in Company G, Sixth Regiment. Mustered in October 15, 1861. Promoted Sergeant. Wounded May 5, 1864. Mustered out October 28, 1864.
Edgar A. Hastings. Enlisted August 25, 1862, in Company B, Thirteenth Regiment. Mustered in October 10, 1862. Mustered out July 21, 1863.
John Hines. Enlisted August 25, 1862, in Company B, Thirteenth Regiment. Mustered in October 10, 1862. Mustered out July 21, 1863.
Philip Hoffman. Enlisted June 20, 1862, in Company I, Ninth Regiment. Mustered in July 9, 1862. Promoted Cor- poral, January 15, 1863; promoted Sergeant, July 1, 1864. Mustered out June 13, 1865.
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Manley N. Hoyt. Enlisted October 7, 1861, in Company G, Sixth Regiment. Mustered in October 15, 1861. Died at Philadelphia, July 18, 1862.
George Myron Jones. Enlisted November 28, 1863, in Company H, Second United States Sharp Shooters. Mustered in December 18, 1863. Killed at the battle of The Wilderness, May 6, 1864.
Holland Jones. Enlisted November 28, 1863, in Company H, Second United States Sharp Shooters. Mustered in December 18, 1863. Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, August 21, 1864. Honorably discharged on account of sickness, September 14, 1864.
John F. Jones. Enlisted September 10, 1861, in Company G, Sixth Regiment. Mustered in as Sergeant, October 15, 1861. Discharged on account of sickness, April 17, 1863. He after- wards re-enlisted in a Massachusetts regiment, but after a few months, sickened and died, November 28, 1864.
Eugene Edwin Joslin. Enlisted November 28, 1863, in Company H, Second United States Sharp Shooters. Mustered in December 18, 1863. Wounded at the battle of The Wilder- ness, May 6, 1864. Promoted Corporal, November 1, 1864. Promoted Sergeant, June 24, 1865. Transferred to Company H, Fourth Regiment, February 25, 1865. Mustered out July 13, 1865.
George Stearns Kneeland. Enlisted August 14, 1861, in Company H, Sixth Regiment. Mustered in October 15, 1861. Promoted Corporal. Mustered out June 26, 1865.
Seymour L. Kneeland. Enlisted November 28, 1863, in Company C, First Vermont Cavalry. Mustered in December 25, 1863. Taken prisoner December 19, 1864, while on picket duty, near Woodstock, Va., and confined in Libby Prison. Paroled March 9, 1865, and exchanged about a month later. Transferred to Company A, First Vermont Cavalry, June 21, 1865. Mustered out August 9, 1865.
Hiram A. Luce. Enlisted July 23, 1862, in Company B, Tenth Regiment. Mustered in September 1, 1862. Discharged April 22, 1863, for disability.
James L. Maynard. Enlisted November 28, 1863, in Company H, Second United States Sharp Shooters. Mustered in December 18, 1863. Killed at the battle of The Wilderness May 6, 1864.
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Ziba Hamilton McAllister. Enlisted August 25, 1862, in Company B, Thirteenth Regiment. Mustered in October 10, 1862. Mustered out July 21, 1863. Re-enlisted November 30, 1863, in Company C, First Vermont Cavalry. Mustered in December 25, 1863. Wounded October 7, 1864, while on duty in the Shenandoah Valley. Transferred to Company A, June 21, 1865. Mustered out August 9, 1865.
Eugene McCarthy. Enlisted February 6, 1865, unassigned. Mustered in February 9, 1865. Honorably discharged May 12, 1865.
Victor B. Mix. Enlisted December 22, 1863, in Company A, Eighth Regiment. Mustered in December 15, 1863. Mustered out June 28, 1865.
Ireneas P. Newcomb. Enlisted August 14, 1861, in Com- pany H, Sixth Regiment. Mustered in October 15, 1861. Died April 9, 1862, at Hampton, Va.
Alson D. Page. Enlisted August 25, 1862, in Company B, Thirteenth Regiment. Mustered in October 10, 1862. Mustered out July 21, 1863.
Edwin F. Palmer. Enlisted August 25, 1862, in Company B, Thirteenth Regiment. Mustered in as Sergeant, October 10, 1862. Promoted Second Lieutenant, November 4, 1862. Mustered out July 21, 1863. Lieutenant Palmer kept a record of his army life and later published it in book form under the title "Camp Life."
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