THE Record of Athol, MASSACHUSETTS, Jn ^uj3pr£ssin0 Ih ^xtut '§,Mlmx, PREPARED FOR PUBLICATION BY A COMMITTEE OF T HE TOWN. TcUv\ T^O-f-e [\|<^y-^^ M BOSTON : PRINTED BY GEO. C. RAND & AVERY, 1866. To THE WHO HASTENED TO THE RESCUE WHEN TREASON RAISED ITS HAND TO DRAW THE LIFE-BLOOD OF OUR BELOVED COUNTRY ; To THE FcLTnzlzes arid XzTidi^ed OF THESE HEROIC MEN, WHO CHEERED THEM ON IN THIS MIGHTY STRUGGLE TILL THE NATION WAS SAVED ; AND ESPECIALLY TO THE liXMOKY or THE '^BEAB WHO FELL IN THIS CONFLICT, AND SEALED THEIR ATTACHMENT TO LIBERTY AND RIGHT WITH THEIR BLOOD, THIS VOLUME IS I^espeatfully (2)ediaated. INTRODUCTION In presenting this Volume to the people of .- . lol and to her sons and daughters who resid- i ^ Isewhere still cherish a deep interest in all I i' appertains to her honor the undersigned >.ild make the following Statements respecting i Origin of the work, the object they have opt steadily in view while preparing it, the )urces of information to which they have had access and the assistance they have received in their difficult and responsible undertaking. In the Warrant for the Town Meeting of Athol for April 7. 1862, Article 4th was as fol- lows. " To see if the Town will choose a Committee to collect and preserve facts and incidents which may have a historic interest to the people of the Town as showing the part they have taken in aiding to suppress the Great Rebellion." At the Town Meeting held under this War- 4 INTRODUCTION. rant it was " Voted to choose a Committee of three to collect and preserve such facts as they may think best ; and said Committee will work free of charge to the Town. Chose Rev. John F. Norton John M. Twichell and Dr. A. G. Wil- liams ; and then voted to add one and chose Dr. James P. Lynde." This Committee was organized by the appoint- ment of Rev. John F. Norton, Chairman, and Dr. J. P. Lynde Secretary. Dr. A. G. Williams having accepted a com- mission as a Surgeon in the Army, at a Town Meeting^ March 2. 1863 Mr. Charles W. Bannon was added to the Committee at the request of the other members. He had previously ren- dered much assistance in collecting and arran- ging many of the facts that relate to the early history of recruiting in Athol. At the Town Meeting Nov. 7. 1865, on mo- tion of Nathaniel Richardson Esqr it was "Voted that the Town authorize its Committee in charo-e to publish by subscription the Record entitled 'Athol in Suppressing the Great Rebellion' with such changes as said Committee may deem de- sirable." " Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to subscribe in the name of the Town for Fifty Copies of the Record, provided it can be fur- INTRODUCTION. 5 nished at a price not exceeding two dollars per copy." Immediately after its appointment the Com- mittee entered npon its work by collecting the names of all the soldiers who had enlisted from Athol and recordinoj the same with the Retri- ments and Companies with which they were connected. A record was also made of all that the Town had done during the year 1861 to encourage enlistments and also of the various, movements on the part of our citizens during the same period to give to our imperilled Union an efficient army. Since March 1862 the Record has been kept as events have transpired ; and in transcribing all this for the press, such addi- tional explanations have been made as a fulF and easy understanding of the whole matter seemed to require. It has been our object in preparing this Volume to collect and place upon record in an intelligible form such facts, and such only as may be of per- manent value. The history of such events as we have here undertaken to preserve soon be- comes confused amid the stirring life of our American people ; and it has been our aim to rescue this, so far as the Town of Athol is con- cerned, from being either corrupted by rumors of doubtful authority or lost in the ordinary course of human forge tfulness. Hardly a City 6 INTRODUCTION. or Town in our land has in its possession a par- ticular and reliable history of what it did to maintain the cause of the American Revolution, of the sacrifices it made, of the heroes that it furnished, of the martyrs to liberty that went out from it never to return. What a value should we now attach to such a Record ! With what an interest should we turn over its almost sacred leaves ! Precisely such a history of the part Athol has taken in suppressing the Great Rebellion we have endeavored to furnish for those who shall come after us. It has been our aim to select the most important facts relative to our experience in tliis eventful struggle and to transmit them, in a legible form, to our chil- dren and children's children, that if they shall not know precisely what American Liberty cost at the fiirst, they may have at least some correct impressions respecting the sacrifices required for its preservation. That our judgment has never been in fault in selecting materials for this Vol- ume, we have not the presumption to suppose. Others would have omitted perhaps some things that we have inserted, and recorded upon these pages matters that we have not regarded as particularly important; all that we can say is that we have endeavored to preserve to the fullest extent possible, such facts and incidents INTRODUCTION. 7 as we have deemed to be of the greatest perma- nent value. The general plan of the work, we have reason to suppose is all that can be desired. The Index of Soldiers' Names and the General Index will make the reference to any particular event or to the personal history of any Athol man who served in the Army or Navy, easy. The Historical Narrative will contain a faith- ful record of what the Town in its corporate capacity has done in furnishing men and means to maintain the struggle with treason, and with this not a little valuable information respecting the sacrifices of particular families and individu- als upon the altar of our Common Country, The Tables in which the men that we have furnished appear in their Regiments, Companies &c. present to the eye, at once, a multitude of interesting facts with which but few now can be supposed to be familiar and which those who shall come after us will deem invaluable. The pages upon which we have recorded the personal experience of Athol men in the war, and which have cost the Committee a vast amount of labor, will be interesting to the great mass of this community at any time ; but plainly they will be deemed more and more important as the actors in these scenes shall give place to other generations and our posterity shall ask 8 INTRODUCTION. how their fathers demeaned themselves in the Great Conflict. This part of our Record we are confident presents but httle of which to be ashamed. With regard to the sources of information to which we have had access in preparing this Vo- lume we would say that in general they have been of the highest authority. In all possible cases official records have been consulted and carefully followed. The votes of the Town have been copied from the Town Records, and the proceedings of the Selectmen in all the matters appertaining to the aid rendered Soldiers' fami- lies and to the business of enlistments and pay- ing bounties, we have copied from their official papers. We have been also greatly aided by the Muster Rolls and Memorials of Companies, while in nearly every case the history of our men in the war has been obtained through per- sonal interviews or correspondence. In bringing together and arranging such a mass of materials mistakes have doubtless occurred, but we have constantly aimed to have every part of the Vo- lume worthy of confidence. For important aid rendered us in keeping this Record and now giving it to the public, our thanks are due to the Gentlemen who have con- stituted the Board of Selectmen of Athol since the commencement of the Great Rebellion. INTRODUCTION. 9 Particularly have we received the most valuable assistance from Calvin Kelton Esqr who has been Chairman of this Board during the whole period covered by this history, with the exception of a single year. Mr Kelton's excellent business ha- bits which have rendered successful the adminis- tration of our Town affairs during these years of unexampled expenditure, have made a part of our labors in preparing this work comparative- ly easy, while in many cases of doubt we have freely availed ourselves of his valuable assistance. The work of brino-ino; tog-ether and arrano-ing^ in proper form the several amounts of money con- tributed to pay Citizen's Bounties under the dif- ferent calls for troops during the year 1864 has been willingly and successfully done at the sug- gestion of the Committee by Mr. Henry Martyn Humphrey and Mr. Lucian Lord. The value of the aid rendered us by these Young Gentlemen will appear by consulting the record commencing upon page 109. of this Volume. In procuring Subscribers for this Book we have been greatly assisted by Sergeant Enoch T. Lewis, Corporal Levi B. Fay, Jonathan Drury Esqr and by Messrs Isaac King, J. B. Wheeler, Ira Y. Kendall, Benjamin M. Twichell Jr., Cyrus Stockwell and Isaiah S. Merrill of Athol and Mr Dexter Aldrich of Boston. The other Members of the Committee deem it 10 INTRODUCTION. due to their Chairman Rev. John F. Norton, to state that the labor of collecting most of the materials for this Volume, of making all the en- tries in the Book of Records and of preparing the whole for the press has been performed by him. JOHN F. NORTON JOHN M. TWICHELL ALFRED G. WILLIAMS I Committee. JAMES P. LYNDE CHARLES W. BANNON . Athol, Mass., Jan. 1866. Note. The Chairman of the Committee is alone responsible for any peculiarities in the typography of this Volume. SOLDIERS' INDEX. Regiment, &c., Personal History Page Page Adams, Patrick T 139 Ames, Jeduthan W 124 141 Ames, Andrew J 126 141 Atwood, Lewis P. 125 142 Ayers, Branch F 125 143 Bangs, Adolphus 131 143 Barber, Harding R 181 144 Barton, Charles H 130 144 Barney, Charles H 134 Barry, T. G 126 145 Batchelder, John L 138 Beaman, Warren A 123 145 Beard, William 129 146 Bent, Edgar 135 44 Billings, J. B 122 148 Billings, David E 122 147 Blackmer, H. R 126 148 Bliss, John 139 Bodet, Eli 130 149 Boutwell, Otis B 131 149 Boyd, Cheney • .' . . 125 150 Bracewell, Joseph 126 150 Briggs, John S 126 151 Brock, Francis B 126 151 Brock, Henry D 126 152 Broderick, Michael 138 Brown, Walter R 130 153 Brown, John S 134 152 Bruce, Daniel D 124 154 Bruce, Daniel 124 Brunt, John 124 12 INDEX. Buckley, John 122 Burns, Thomas 131 154 Caldwell, Dennis 140 Carter, George 125 154 Casavant, Daniel 132 155 Casavant, John M 130 156 Caswell, Adin W 126 156 Chamberlain, L. A 126 157 Chamberlain, W. E 131 157 Chartier, John 129 Chase, Ephraim F. 132 158 Chittenden C. W 125 Chubb, Frederic A 130 158 Clark, John S 135 159 Clark, John 126 160 Clark, George H 130 161 Clark, George G 139 Clutterbuck, W. L 122 162 Clapp, Edward P 132 162 Cleaveland, W. J 132 163 Collins, Joseph H. . . 125 165 Collins, Marshall 132 166 Cobb, William 126 Conant, C. W 132 163 Conant, A. W 132 164 Conley, John 122 Conners, James 122 Connell, James 130 164 Cook, Vernon S 123 166 Crawford, Linus 126 167 Cummings, J. B 125 167 Cummings, Frederic 122 168 Cotton, James 134 Currier, G. W 137 Darling, H. W 127 168 INDEX. 13 Davis, A. S 126 169 Davis, Otis E 130 169 Derapsey, Patrick 123 170 Dimock, Anthony V 132 171 Donelly, Terrence 138 Donelly, AVilliam 131 Dora, John 140 Doyle, John 131 173 Dresser, George S 127 ' 171 DriscoU, Jeremiah 137 DroUett, Peter A 139 Drury, George W 132 172 Drury, Simeon S 132 172 Dyer, Theodore J 126 174 Eagan, James 139 Emerson, John D 122 174 Falvey, Joseph F 135 Fay, Farwell F 131 176 Fay, William G 132 178 Fay, Freeborn R . 132 178 Fay, Levi B 132 179 Fay, Joseph F 128 179 Fedley, liadley 140 Fisher, Charles D 131 179 Flagg, George A 127 Follett, Leyton W 132 • 180 Folly, Patrick 140 Folsom, A. B 132 180 Foster, Daniel W 131 180 Foster, Elmer G 130 181 Fouquet, Charles 138 Fox, Columbus 122 181 Fox, Patrick W 125 182 Freeman, William 140 2 14 INDEX. French, Aurin B 122 183 French, Van Buren 127 184 Fry, William A 130 184 Fry, Silas 135 44 Fry, Charles H 135 44 Gates, Irving C 139 Gerard, Julius 137 Giles, Sumner S 129 185 Goddard, Alfred 133 186 Goddard, Charles V. . - 132 Gould, J. Orlando 132 186 Grawad, John 122 Green, Charles S 122 187 Gray, Charles 127 187 Guilfoyle, Michael 138 Hager, Charles E 125 188 Hale, Seth F 125 189 Hand, James A 129 190 Hanson, George R 128 190 Haskins, Albert 126 Haskins, James, Jr 129 190 Hastings, Edwin C 137 192 Hicks, John 122 Hill, William 127 192 Hill, Charles H 122 192 Hill, Samuel A 125 193 Hill, Andrew J 125 193 Hill, Joseph •. 139 Hodge, James S 127 194 Hodge, Ahram 137 Hohenfels, William 139 Holmes, Edwin 139 Holt, Aaron H 132 194 Horton, Lovell H 126 194 Horton, Albert 135 195 INDEX. 15 Howard, Joseph W 130 Howard, Williird 139 Howe, Gardner 130 195 Howe, John W 127 196 Hoyt, George H 187 197 Hudson, Michael J 138 HulFman, WilHam 124 Hughes, William 138 Humphrey, John 135 198 Hunt, Horace 122 198 Jackson, Nelson 139 Jennings, Joseph E 135 199 Jillson, Milton N 127 199 Johnson, William H 125 200 Johnson, Alfred 124 200 Johnson, Thomas 122 200 Johnson, Charles 122 Johnson, Lewis 122 Johnston, Henry 139 Jones, John 129 Judd, William A. * 132 201 Judd, Arthur N 132 «& 140 201 Keen, A 139 Kelley, Daniel l22 Kelley, James 122 201 Kelton, C. Dwight 130 203 Kendall, George L 127 202 Kendall, Charles L 136 202 Kendall, C. W 132 203 Kennedy, William 140 Kent, Charles, Jr 138 Kennedy, George 140 Kenney, Thomas 128 204 Kenney, Owen 125 204 Kilburn, Joseph W 136 204 16 INDEX. King, Lauriston 1 132 205 King, John 122 Kneeland, Asa L. . 130 205 Kneeland, Ebenezer 130 206 Knowlton, C. Walter 130 207 Lacy, Jolin 138 Ladd, A. S 139 Lamb, Guilford W 121 207 Lamb, Zenas W 136 44 Larned, Daniel W 127 208 Leavett, William F 139 Leonard, L'ving L L38 Leonard, Patrick 125 209 Lewis, Enoch T 133 209 Lincoln, Elijah W 135 209 Lincoln, George W 123 & 133 210 Locke, Amos H 136 211 Lord, Fernaldo L 127 210 Lucas, Isaac 140 Lynch, John 138 Madden, John ft9 Mars, J. N 137 212 Maynard, Martin L 131 211 Mayo, 31. C T 136 44 McCartey, Thomas 122 McClellen, H. W 127 212 McCarron, Robert 137 McCue, Michael McLaughlin, Edward 122 Mcllae, George 133 220 McKee, William 136 44 Meachara, George W 127 213 Meacham, Norris B 127 213 Merrill, Isaiah S 137 214 Merrill, John F 123 215 INDEX. 17 Merrill, James L 123 216 Merrill, Joseph A 131 216 Merrill, Henry S ,. 131 217 Michael, George 139 Mier, John 139 Miller, Joseph 136 44 Miller, Albert 136 44 Mills, Jonathan B 131 218 Moore, Edmond 127 219 Moore, James A 133 219 Moore, George F 133 219 Mowry, John C 127 220 Morse, George . . 127 221 Morse, Henry T 128 221 Morse, Leander B 128 222 Morse, Frederic P 134 222 Morse, John R 127 223 Nelson, George W 130 223 Nickerson, John F 135 224 Nickerson, Joseph 135 224 Nickerson, Ruel R 135 225 Nute, William 122 225 Oakes, Adin 133 225 O'Brian, Robert 137 Oliver, James, Jr 125 226 Oliver, James, 2d 127 227 Oliver, Aaron 127 228 Oliver, Sylvanus E 127 228 OUver, Otis 127 229 Oliver, Franklin, Jr 127 229 Oliver, Ozi 133 230 Orcott, Ansell 125 230 Packard, J. Henry 127 230 Parker, James C 125 231 2* 18 INDEX. Parkman, Chauncey, Jr 134 231 Peckham, Emory A 127 231 Pelkey, Peter 137 Perry, Freeman G 133 232 Phelps, Leander W 123 & 134 232 Phelps, Foster W 128 233 Phelps, Charles C 125 234 Phelps, George R 136 44 Phillips, Asa 129 234 Pierce, John R 133 235 Pond, Albert D 128 235 Powers, Francis 138 Plunkett, John 129 236 Putnam, Rufiis 133 236 Rand, John E 125 236 Reardon, Patrick 129 Rich, Joshua 131 237 Rich, Samuel . . . ; 128 237 Riely, John 140 Richardson, William 128 238 Richardson, James H 128 239 Richardson, Delevan 123 239 Ripley, Neri F 125 240 Robbins, Harvey 128 241 Rogers, William J 131 241 Sadler, Jacob 139 Sawin, Emory 131 242 Sawin, Lewis H 135 242 Sears, Charles 128 243 Seaver, Cutler 140 243 Severance, George R 125 244 Shattuck, J. E 139 Shepardson, W. A 125 244 Sheriden, Charles Simouds, Albert 128 244 INDEX. 19 Simonds, Charles A 135 244 Simonds, William 135 245 Smith Henry N 134 246 Smith, Warren E 133 246 Smith Henry 128 247 Smith, Joseph C 128 * 247 Smith, Hubbard V 123 247 Smith, William 137 Smith, Thomas 123 Smith, Charles 138 Smith, William 138 Southland, Henry H 133 248 Sprague, John W 124 248 Stanton, Peter 133 & 135 249 Stevens, George W ' ] 37 250 Stockwell, Harrison 133 250 Stockwell, Spencer 133 250 Stratton, Henry H 133 251 Stratton, Frederic A 133 251 Streeter, Charles 136 44 Sullivan, Florence 134 252 . Taft, Charles E 125 252 Teel, Clinton 135 252 Tenney, George L 123 258 Thayer, Horace 134 258 Thompson, Thomas 139 Thorpe, Lauriston A 128 253 Thrower, William L 133 254 Thrower, Robert W 128 254 Tilden, Charles 129 254 Townsend, Edward L 123 255 Townsend, George D 128 255 Townsend, Henry D 130 255 Townsend, Harlan P 133 255 Turner, William 1 123 256 20 INDEX. Twicbell, Nathaniel B 128 256 Twicbell, WillarJ 135 256 Twicbell, William, Jr 136 44 Twicbell, Benjamin M. Jr 136 44 Tyler, Cbarj^s H 133 257 Walker, Freeman H 133 257 Walker, David 133 258 Walters, Peter 138 Ward, Ransom 137 258 Ward, Jonathan D 125 258 Wasbburn, William 131 259 Wasbburn, Theodore 128 259 Washburn, Oscar 128 259 Weaver, Horace K 130 260 Wetberby, Maxon B 124 260 West, Edmund B 126 260 Whitney, E. Whipple 128 261 Whitney, Chandler 129 261 Williams, Alfred G 123 262 Williams, Henry 140 Wilkinson, Moses 140 Wilber, Walter 136 44 Wilson, Charles 139 Wood, Nelson G 128 262 Wood, George B 138 263 Woodward, Thomas A 129 263 Wyman, Asa 131 263 Young, Morgan 125 264 Young, Daniel T 139 Youngblood, Jacob 140 GENERAL INDEX. Athol, War History of 23 War Expenses of 119 " Number of men furnished by 75 Athol Men, In their Regiments, &c 122 " Personal History of, in the War 141 " Deaths of 79 " Wounded . 80 " " Prisoners ■ 80 " " Surplus of at the close of the War 74 Bounties, Citizens' Subscription for, 1862 50 " " " " 1864 109 Bounties Town in 1862 43 & 47 " " 1864 72 Company B 27. Reg. Organizzation of 27 " " " " Departure of 29 " " " Roll of 82 " " " Band of 31 " " " " Campaigns of 88 " " " Deaths in 93 " " " " Prisoners of 87 Company E 53. Reg. Recruited 50 " " " " Bounties for the men of 51 " " " " Organized 53 " •' " Roll of 94 " " " " in Camp at Groton Junction. 54 " " " " " " New York 54 " " " Embarkation of, for N. Orleans 55 " " " " Campaign of 98 " " " Deaths in 103 " " " Return of 64 & 101 Conscription ordered in 1863 59 " Names drawn in 61 " Cost of Substitutes under 63 22 GENERAL INDEX. Enlistments, in 1861 25, 28, 29, 32 " 1862 44, 49 " 1863 and 1864 64 Families, furnlsbing three or more soldiers ' 107 Historical Narrative for 1861 23 " 1862 38 " 1863 59 " 1864 68 " 1865 78 Morse, Laban, Agent at Newbern 40 Officers, from Atbol, Commissioned 105 " " " Non-commissioned 107 Quota, for July 4, 1862, filled 42 " Aug. 4, " " 49 " " Feb. 1864 " 69 " July, " " 72 " Dec. " " 73 Re-enlistments 69 Representative Recruits 74 Soldiers' Aid Society, Atbol 118 Atbol Depot 119 State and Town Aid, paid in 1861 36 " " " " " " 1862 56 " " " " " " 1863.... 65 " " " " " " 1864 75 " " " " " " 1865 80 Town Meeting to encourage enlistments, Apri 30, 1861 24 " '« " " July 10, " 27 Nov. 5, " 32 " " " " " Dec. 6, " 34 " " " " Aug. 2, 1862 42 " " " " " 28, " 47 " " " " Sept. 18, " 56 April 16,1864 70 " " " " " June 4, " 70 " " " " " Aug. 6, " 72 Dec. 31, " 73 " » .< << May 9, 1863 59 HISTORICAL NARRATIVE. THE people of Atliol, Mass., in common with all their loyal countrymen, were filled with amazement and the most gloomy apprehensions, by the bombardment of Fort Sumter, a fortress of the United States, in the harbor of Charleston, S.C. The attack upon this fort, which was the opening scene of the Great Rebellion, was made April 12, 1861 ; and the little garrison, under the heroic Col. (afterwards Gen.) Robert Anderson, surrendered to the rebel hosts that assailed it, after a bold resistance for the space of about thirty-six hours. Washington was at once menaced by an army of rebels that poured into Virginia. But a few days elapsed before Massachusetts men were shot in the streets of Baltimore, while on their way to rescue the National Capital. The whole South was in commotion ; and every hour the rebel cause gained strength, till it assumed the most frightful proportions. 24 THE RECORD OF ATHOL [1861. The news of these events aroused all the pa- triotism of the North ; and the people of Athol determined to do their part for the support of our government against the mighty combination that threatened to destroy it. From all parts of the town men, women and children came to- gether to raise and honor the glorious flag of our Union, and to determine upon the course of action which the crisis demanded. Proces- sions w^ere formed, and the gatherings in different parts of the town were large and enthusiastic. At a public meeting in the Town Hall, on the evening of April 19, 1861, a number of young men came forward, and offered themselves for the formation of a military company. Forty or more were ready to leave at once to defend the Nation's Capital. The process of drilling was commenced ; but, after more mature deliberation, the formation of a military company was post- poned for a season. It should be remarked, however, that most of the individuals who of- fered themselves as soldiers from Athol at that early period, subsequently enlisted and were mustered into the service of the United States, in different companies and regiments of the Massachusetts Volunteers. April 30, 1861. — At a town-meeting legally called, Calvin Kelton Esq., being moderator, upon the recommendation of a committee, con- 1861.] IN SUPPRESSING THE GREAT REBELLION. 25 sisting of C. C. Bassett Esq., Hon. Charles Field, Nathaniel Richardson Esq., L. W. Ilapgood Esq. and Mr. John Kendall, it was voted, " that five thousand dollars be appropriated " for the pur- pose of encouraging men to volunteer for military service; and "that ten dollars per month be given to each unmarried volunteer, and twenty dollars to each married volunteer, in addition to the pay insured them by the laws of the United States. And, "if more be necessary to support the fami- lies of the married volunteers, the committee is to make up the deficiency. The volunteers above referred to are those from Athol, called the Athol Compaii}^ of Volunteers." The meeting at which the votes above men- tioned were taken was large ; and the voters of Athol were nearly unanimous in making the appropriation. If any discover a lack of definiteness and le- gal precision in this early action of the town to encourage enlistments in the army, it should be remembered that all was new and strang-e. and that the excitement of the people under which this meeting was held was intense. Whatever else was wanting at that early day^ the people of Athol did not lack the spirit of self-denial and genuine patriotism. Enlistments soon commenced. The first to leave their homes for the camp and the years of 26 THE RECORD OF ATHOL [1861. hard service before them were sixteen young men, who joined the Second Regiment of Massa- chusetts Volunteers, under Col. George H. Gor- don. This regiment was in camp at West Rox- bury, from May to July 8, 1861, when it received marching orders, and left for the Upper Poto- mac. The first man from Athol who signed the en- listment-roll, and was mustered into the United States service, was Leander W. Phelps, one of the sixteen above named. The names of these young men are here given as follows : Leander W. Phelps, David E. Billiugs, J. B. Billings, Del- evan Richardson, Hubbard V. Smith, Edward L. Townsend, Charles H. Hill, Charles S. Green, Columbus Fox, William L. Clutteibuck, Horace Hunt, William Nute, Frederic Cummings, John D. Emerson, Thomas Johnson and Aurin B. French. The services of these young men, who have the honor of having their names at the head of the long list of Athol soldiers, will be detailed at considerable length in other parts of this record. The Tenth Regiment went to the seat of war a few days later than the Second, and in this were two young men from Athol ; viz., John F. Merrill and James L. Merrill. These soldiers, who did good service, belonged to Company H, recruited in Shelburne. Before any money was actually used under 1861.] IN SUPPEESSING THE GREAT REBELLION. 27 the vote of the town at the meeting, April 30, 1861, another meeting of the legally qualified voters of Athol was called " To see if the town will raise and appropriate money for the support of the flxmilies of those residents who have en- listed, or may enlist, and go into the service of the United States Government, according to the provisions of a recent statute of the Common- wealth." This meeting was holden July 10, 1861, and was not largely attended by the voters of Athol. Its action was, however, very important, as will be seen by the votes that were passed as follows : — " Voted, That two dollars per week shall be paid out of the treasury of the town to the wife or parent of any inhabitant of the town, who has enlisted or may enlist in the service of the United States Government during the pres- ent war, provided such wife or parent was or is dependent upon such inhabitant for support. " Voted, That one dollar per week shall be paid out of the treasury of the town to each child, under sixteen years of age, of any inhabitant of the town, who has enlisted or may enlist in the service of the United States Government durimi; the present war, who is dependent upon said pa- rent for support. " Voted, In case of sickness of any inhabitant entitled to benefit according to the previous sec- 28 THE RECORD OF ATHOL . [18C1. tions, the expenses of medical attendance shall be paid out of the treasury of the town. ^' Voted, That the amount due the above inha- bitants shall be paid monthly, or oftener, if needed." Under the above-mentioned action of the town, enlistments soon began to be numerous, the men connecting themselves with the various regiments that were assembling in different parts of the Commonwealth. Twenty-three at this time joined the Twenty-first Regiment, which was recruited at Camp Lincoln, Worcester. This regiment, which did good service for three years, left for the seat of war, Aug. 22, 1861, and took charge of the railroad leading from Annapolis, Md., to Baltimore and Washington. Most of the twenty-three men who went with it from Athol were connected with Company A, which was recruited in Templeton, and commanded by Capt, and afterwards Major and Lieut.-Col. George P. Ilawkes. This company was called " The Adams Guards." The names of these men, and a brief account of their services and suffer- ings, will be found in their proper place in this record. Soon after the Twenty-first Regiment left for AnnapoHs, viz. in September, 1861, another and successful eflbrt was made to recruit a company in Athol and vicinity, to be commanded by Adin 1861.] IN SUPPRESSING THE GREAT REBELLION. 29 W. Caswell. This gentleman, who had already had some experience in military matters, under- took this work ; and, in the short space of ten days, the requisite number of men was obtained. The examination of these recruits was made by Dr. A. G. Williams of Athol, who was commis- sioned for this purpose. On the 4th of October, 1861, which was the day of the Annual Cattle- show and Fair, a dinner was given to this com- pany on the Common at Athol ; and the men were addressed from the balcony of the Summit House. Dr. James P. Lyiide presided and ad- dressed the soldiers and the immense audience which assembled. A sword, sash, &c., were presented to Capt. Caswell, Hon. Charles Field making the address of presentation. Capt. Cas- well responded, and addresses were afterwards made by Hiram Woodward Esq. of Orange ; James Brooks Esq. of Petersham; J. H. God- dard Esq., Editor of " The Barre Gazette ; " Piev. I. S. Lincoln, of Warwick ; Rev. A. Harding, of New Salem ; and Calvin Kelton Esq., Chairman of the Board of Selectmen ; Rev. Ira Bailey and Rev. John F. Norton, of Athol. A patriotic poem, which he had prepared for the occasion, was re- cited by Rev. D. J. Mandell, also of Athol. Bou- quets of flowers were presented to all the sol- diers composing the company, by young ladies who volunteered for this service ; while patriotic 30 THE RECORD OF ATHOL [18G1. songs, in wblcli a multitude of voices joined, en- livened the occasion. The exercises at the Sum- mit House were closed with prayer by Rev. J. F. Norton ; and almost the entire assembly went with the company to the depot, where the sol- diers took the cars for the encampment at Spring- field. The Athol Cornet Band was present during the day, and added to its interest ; while the Athol High School Guard, under the command of the master of said school, Mr. Andrew J. Lath- rop, Avith fifty mounted men of Athol, and nearly the same number from Royalston, did escort duty. The company left with the cheers and benedic- tions of the assembled multitude. At Springfield, these soldiers were mustered into the service of the United States, and con- stituted Company B of the Twenty-seventh Regi- ment, Massachusetts Volunteers. The chief oflicers of this regiment, which left Camp Reed, Springfield, for Annapolis, Md., Nov. 2, 1861, were as follows: — Horace C. Lee, Springfield, Colonel ; Luke Ly- man, Northampton, Lieutenant-Colonel; William M. Brown, Major; George W. Bartlett, Green- field, Adjutant ; George A. Otis, Springfield, Sur- geon; Samuel Camp, Great Barrington, Assistant- Surgeon ; Rev. Miles Sanford, Adams, Chaplain. The regiment was known as the Second ^ye.st- ern Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers. The 18G1.] IN SUPPRESSING THE GREAT REBELLION. 31 commissioned officers of Company B were as fol- lows : — Aclin W. Caswell, Athol, Captain ; Parker W. McManiis, Davenport, la., First Lieutenant ; Lov- ell II. Horton, Atliol, Second Lieutenant. At a later period, while the regiment was at Annapolis, a dinner was given to Company B by its friends in Athol and vicinity, the part from Athol being despatched by express in thirteen large packages. In the band of music attached to the Twenty- seventh Regiment were six young gentlemen fi-om Athol ; viz., Thomas Kenney, Joseph F. Fay, William Richardson, Henry T. Morse, Leander B. Morse, and George R. Hanson. The four last mentioned were, at a later period, attached to other regiments in the same department of ser- vice. The names of all the men belongiuij: to Company B will be given in the history of the services of that resriment. o Later in the year 1861, arrangements were made to recruit another company in Athol and vicinity for the Butler Expedition ; but, through a misunderstanding between the State Executive and Major-Gen. Butler, the proposed regiment was not raised, and the matter was dropped while the prospects for the recruiting of the company were good. A number of men from Athol, however, enlisted for the Thirtieth and 32 THE RECORD OF ATHOL [1861. Thirty-first Regiments, that went to Ship Island in the Gulf of Mexico, and afterwards to New Orleans under Gen. Butler. During the autumn of 1861, a number of young men from Athol enlisted for the First Battalion of Infintry, which was stationed at Fort Warren, Boston Harbor. This battalion, which was raised with special reference to garri- son duty at Fort Warren, and for guarding the political and war prisoners confined there, in 1862 became the Thirty-second Reo;iment of Massachusetts Volunteers, and did good service till the close of the war. In the warrant for the town-meeting in Athol Nov. 5, 1861, the fourth article was as follows : — " To see if the town will rescind any or all votes passed at a town-meeting held on the tenth day of July, 1861, whereby they voted to pay a certain amount to the families of volunteers ; and also for medical expenses of the same in case of sickness." At the meeting held under this warrant it was " Voted, 1. That as to all inhabitants who may hereafter, as members of the volunteer militia of this State, be mustered into or enlisted in the service of the United States, there shall be raised, and, under the direction of the selectmen, paid for the aid of the wife, parent, or children under sixteen years of age, who are dependent upon 1861.] IN SUPPRESSING THE TxREAT REBELLION, 33 such soldier for support, a sum not exceeding one dollar per week ; provided the whole sura paid for all those persons so dependent upon such inhabitant shall not exceed twelve dollars per month. " Voted, 2. So for as it relates to those already enlisted and now in the service of the United States, the medical attendance of the flxmilies shall be under the direction, and paid for at the discretion, of the selectmen. " Voted, 3. That nothing be paid to the families of any volunteers, who were not inhabitants of the town for one month at least before enlisting into the service of the United States; and this shall apply to all past as well as future enlist- ments. " Vuted, 4. That all votes passed on the tenth day of July, 1861, so flir as the same are incon- sistent with the above votes, are repealed." To understand the action of the town in pass- ing the votes above recorded at the meeting, Nov. 5, 1861, it should be remembered that the State had assumed the payment of the aid to soldiers' flimilies, but not to exceed twelve dol- lars per month to any family, however large it might be. Of course, the town of Athol was bound to pay all that had been promised to the soldiers who had been mustered into the United States service before the above-mentioned meet- 34 THE EECORD OF ATBOL ~ [1861. ing of Nov. 5 ; but the object aimed at was to reduce the amount of aid offered, in case of fu- ture enlistments, to the sum promised by the State ; viz., to twelve dollars per month. To understand the third vote passed at the meeting of Nov. 5, it should be mentioned, that as the town of Athol was paying, under the votes of July 10, to soldiers with large families, more 'than was offered by the adjoining towns, an inducement was offered to soldiers already in the service, from other places, who had large fa- milies, to remove to Athol for the purpose of securing a larger sum of weekly or monthly aid. The Vote No. 3, above recorded, was designed to prevent any movement of this kind. But as there was still some doubt in regard to the bearing of the votes passed at the town- meeting, Nov. 5, 18G1, upon individual cases, another town-meeting was called for Dec. 6, 1861; and, at this meeting, it was " Voted, 1. That there shall be paid out of the treasury of the town, under the direction of the selectmen, such sums of money as the selectmen shall deem necessary, not exceeding two dollars per week, for the aid of the wife or parent, and one dollar per week for the aid of each child under sixteen years of age, of any one of the inhabitants of said town, who, as members of the volunteer militia of this State, may have been 1861.] IN SUPPRESSING THE GREAT REBELLION. 36 mustered into the service of the United States between the fifteenth day of May, 1861, and the fifth day of November, 1861 ; provided such wife, parent, or child was dependent on such inha- bitant for support. ^^ Voted, 2. That all votes passed on the tenth day of July last, inconsistent with the above vote, are hereby rescinded. The first vote above recorded, Avhile it affirmed the action of the town in the first vote of the meeting of July 10, so far as this related to the families of soldiers enlisting before Nov. 5, 1861, was chiefly important, because, conforming to the statute, it left the business of paying the money voted b}^ the town to soldiers' families in the hands of the selectmen. Care and discre- tion were requisite in conducting this matter properly, and it was wisely required that this duty should devolve upon the selectmen. For the year 1861, the Athol board of select- men consisted of Calvin Kelton, Esq., chairman, A. L. Cheney, and John Kendall. During the year 1861, or the first year of the war, twenty-eight individuals or families received money from the town under the several votes which had been passed for the aid of such as might be dependent upon Athol soldiers for support. The names of the soldiers, with the amounts received by their respective families, 36 THE RECORD OF ATHOL [1861. and the part of the same refunded to the town by the State, are here given as follows : — Whole Refunded To aid, Amounts. by the State. Lewis P. Atwood, Wife, $18.00 9.00 J. B. Billings, Mother, 64.00 32.00 John S. Briggs, Wife & Children, 76.28 34.80 Eli Bodet, Wife & Children, 14.80 14.80 Francis B. Brock, Father, 12.14 12.14 W. L. Clutterbuck, Wife & Child, 54.00 36.00 J. B. Cummings, Wife & Child, 59.14 39.57 John M. Casavant, Wife & Children, 13.60 13.60 Joseph H. Collins, Wife, 39.14 19.57 Patrick Dempsey, Wife & Children, 85.00 79.60 Aurin B. French, Wife & Child, 96.00 64.43 Patrick W. Fox, ]\Iother, 39.14 19.57 Gardner Howe, Wife & Children, 14.40 14.40 George W. Meacham, Wife & Children, 102.84 35.20 George Morse, Wife, 25.71 12.85 John 0. IMorey, Wife & Children, 96.00 32.80 Norris B. Meacham, Wife, 24.28 12.14 Edmund Moore, Mother, 25.14 12.57 George W. Nelson, AVife & Child, 9.72 9.72 James C. Parker, Wife & Children, 105.00 57.20 Asa Phillips, Wife, 10.00 00.00 William Richardson, Wife & Child, 35.53 25.81 N. F. Ripley, Child, 19.57 9.71 James H. Richardson, Wife & Children, 50.86 26.06 Horace K. Weaver, Wife & Child, 10.56 10.56 Morgan Young, Wife, 38.57 19.28 Samuel A. Hill, AVife, 37.43 18.71 William H. Johnson, Mother, 37.43 18.71 The amount paid to the families of volunteers by the town of Athol, during the year 18G1, was therefore $1,214.28, of which there was reim- bursed by the State $690.70. 1861.] IN SUPPRESSING THE GREAT REBELLION. 37 During the year 1861. the President of the United States issued three calls for troops to suppress the Kebellion. The first, April 16, 1861, was for seventy-five thousand men, for three months' service: the second. May 2, 1861, was for six regiments from Massachusetts, to serve for three years or for the war. The third call, bearing date June 17, 1861, was for ten regiments, to serve for three years, or the war. The quotas for the several cities and towns in Massachusetts were not assigned under these calls ; but it is believed that the number of men due from Athol was furnished. At the close of the year 1861, Athol had in the service ninety-eight men enlisted for three years, or for the war, viz. two commissioned offi- cers, Capt A. W. Caswell and second Lieut. L. H. Horton of Company B Twenty-seventh Regi- ment and ninety-six privates. Two of these, John Humphrey and Elijah W. Lincoln, were in the navy, while seven men had joined the regu- lar army and were assigned to the eleventh United States Infantry. The year 1861 closed with the rebels unsub- dued and the Rebellion strong and defiant. Meanwhile, Major-Gen. McClellan had brought to- gether a large army in the vicinity of Washing- ton, which was constantly gaining in discipline and efficiency and Major-Gen. Burnside was col- 38 THE RECORD OF ATHOL [18G2. lectiilg troops at Annapolis to Ml in due time upon the coast of North Carolina. 1862. At the opening of the year 18G2, Atliol having furnished between sixty and seventy men for the Burnside Expedition, which was about leaving Annapolis for some point upon the Southern coast, all eyes were turned toward that quarter with the deepest interest. The Twenty-first Re- giment, in which Athol had twenty-three men, went on board the steamer " Northerner," Jan. 6. The Twenty-fifth Regiment, in which Athol had four men- embarked at Annapolis, Jan. 7 ; while the Twenty-seventh Regiment, in which we had forty-one enlisted men, embarked Jan. 6. Jan. 11, 1862, all had arrived at Hampton Roads; and all sailed for the South under sealed orders, Jan. 12. A terrible storm was encountered on the passage, in which the transports were separated from one another and in imminent danger of shipwreck ; while the men on board suffered greatly. Hat- teras Inlet on the coast of North Carolina havino; been at length gained and the bar there having been finally crossed, the battle of Roanoke Island was fought and won on the 8th of February, 1862. In this, the men from Athol who were able to 1862.] IN SUPPRESSING THE GREAT REBELLION. 39 leave the transports were engaged, and exposed to a severe fire from the enemy. A cold drench- ing rain fell after they had reached the shore, while their course in marching to the attack lay through almost impenetrable thickets and miry swamps. Standing in the water, sometimes up to their knees and even higher, while fighting the enemy, some of our soldiers contracted colds from which they never recovered, as will be seen by turning to their personal history as contained in this record. William Hill Company B Twenty- seventh Regiment, was the first man killed in ac- tion from Athol, and he fell at the capture of Roanoke Island. Patrick Leonard of ComjDany A Twenty-first Regiment, was also mortally wounded in the same conflict. Capt. Caswell being sick and on board a transport. Company B of the Twenty-seventh Regiment was led in this its first engagement w^ith the rebels by first Lieu- tenant, Parker McMannus. March 11. 1862, the regiments composing the Burnside Expedition embarked from Roanoke Island and on the 13th landed in the vicinitj^ of Newbern. On the 14th they engaged the ene- my and captured that city after a bloody battle. Of Company A Twenty-first Regiment, two men, viz. James C. Parker and William H. Johnson, both of Athol, were killed in that engagement, while a number of others were severely wounded. 40 THE RECORD OP ATHOL [18G2. Company B of the Twenty-seventh Regiment was bravely led at Newbern by Capt. Caswell. All of the soldiers from Athol were in the thick- est of the fight on that occasion, and did their duty manfully. On Thursday, March 20, the reports of the sufferings and loss, as well as vic- tory of our men in North Carolina having reached Athol, a meeting of the citizens was held on the evening of that day. Rev. John F. Norton presided, and Mr. C. W. Bannon was chosen sec- retary. After various proposals, Laban Morse Esq. was appointed the agent of the people of Athol, to repair at once to Newbern and to aid, in every possible way. our sick and wounded sol- diers. Mr. Morse left the next morning, March 21; two hundred and twenty-seven dollars hav- ing been contributed in a few hours to meet his expenses and to enable him most effectually to carry out the object of his mission. He arrived at Newbern, March 25, and was most joj'fully greeted by our soldiers. Of money, there was scarcely any in the regiments, and the aid that Mr. Morse carried to them was timely. Every delicacy that he could procure for the sick and wounded was obtained, and the suffering soldiers from other towns were cared for equally with our own. Sleeping, rolled in his blanket, upon the floor in the hosj^tital, that he might be ready for any service, Mr. Morse devoted all his ener- 1862.] IN SUPPEESSING THE GREAT REBELLION. 41 gies to the welfare of the soldiers ; and the many whom he was permitted to relieve and comfort will ever hold his name in grateful remembrance. After an absence of a little more than five weeks, he returned with a number of sick and wounded soldiers, and at a public meeting called to hear his Teport, May 5, 1862, a vote of thanks to him for his faithful and laborious service was unani- mously passed. Money for the relief of the suffering under his command was left by Mr. Morse with Capt. Caswell, and from the funds which remained unexpended by him at the time of his return, assistance was, at a later period, rendered to our sick and exposed soldiers in va- rious companies. During the absence of Mr. Morse and at his suggestion, boxes of valuable hospital-stores were sent by the friends of the soldiers in Athol to our men in North Carolina, consigned to Dr. Otis, Surgeon of the Twenty-seventh Reg- iment. It should be mentioned in this connection, that Mr. Morse declined any renumeration for his time and service as our aa-ent in North Caro- o lina. Early in the year 1862, the work of suppress- ing the Eebellion was most vigorously prose- cuted at the West ; and, in April of that year. New Orleans was captured from the rebels, and 42 THE RECORD OF ATHOL [1862. the mouth of the Mississippi opened. Athol had a number of men in the army of Major- Gen. Butler, that was engaged in this important work. May 28, 1802, another call was made by the President of the United States upon the Govern- or of this Commonwealth for additional troops, — three regiments of infantry to serve for three years, or till the end of the war, and one com- pany of light artillery to serve for six months were asked for. Measures were at once adopted to furnish these, though recruiting at this time in Athol was not rapid. July 4, 1862, the President issued an order for three hundred thousand volunteers to serve for three years, or until the end of the war, and with these, new regiments were to be formed and the ranks of such as were already in service were to be filled. The proportion as- signed to Massachusetts was fifteen thousand men. The assessors' returns of the men liable to do military duty in the Commonwealth were used as the best basis that could then be obtained for deci^ding upon the number of men which each city and town ought to furnish. Under this call, the number assigned to Athol was forty-eight ; and Aug. 2, 18G2, a town-meeting was held to 'encourage enlistments. At this meeting, the following preamble was 18f)2.] IN SUPPRESSING THE CxEEAT REBELLION. 43 adopted, and the vote under it unanimously passed. " Whej-eas, On the 4th day of July last, the President of the United States issued his Procla- mation calling for three hundred thousand vol- unteers to be enlisted for three years ; and " IV/iereas the proportion or quota of such vol- unteers to be furnished by the town of Athol, in case of a draft, has been officially stated to be forty-eight : therefore " Voted, That the selectmen of Athol be author- ized, in behalf of the town, to pay a bounty of one hundred dollars to every inhabitant of the town who shall have enlisted since July 7, 1862, or shall hereafter, on or before the 16th day of August, 1862, enlist into said service, until the number equal to said quota shall be fully made up. Such payment shall be made as each of said volunteers shall be mustered into the ser- vice by the proper United States authority, and in the order that their names shall be returned, as so mustered, to the selectmen by any recruiting officer ; provided however, that no bounty shall be paid by this town to any one who has re- ceived, or who is entitled to receive, a bounty from any other town or city." Provision was made at the same meeting for raising the money that might be needed to pay bounties under the above vote of the town ; and, 44 THE RECORD OF ATHOL [1862. in the course of a few days, forty-one men en- listed from Athol, received the promised bounty of one hundred dollars each, and were assigned to the different regiments of Massachusetts vol- unteers already in service, or helped to fill new regiments. Twelve of these joined Company B of the Twenty-seventh Regiment; and the same number became connected with the various com- panies of the Thirty-sixth Regiment, which was recruited in Worcester County, and left Worces- ter for Washington, Sept. 2, 1862. This regi- ment became a part of Gen. Burnside's army, which was then in camp near Sharpsburg, Md. As this seems the proper place for inserting it, we here give the history of thirteen men, who at this time enlisted, and received each a bounty of a hundred dollars from Athol, but were never assigned to particular regiments, or in actual ser- vice, though for obvious reasons they were cre- dited to this town, and helped to fill our quota. The names of these men are as follows : — Charles Streeter. Benjamin M. Twichell, jun. Silas Fry. George R. Phelps. Charles H. Fry. Zenas W. Lamb. Edgar Bent. Walter Wilber. Joseph Miller. William McKeo. Albert Mller. William Twichell, Jun. M. C. Mayo. These men went to Worcester with others wJio were about to enter the service, and were 1862.] IN SUPPEESSING THE GEEAT REBELLION. 45 there examined by, as they supposed, the proper authorities, and accepted as able-bodied soldiers. After being sworn in, but before signing any pa- pers, they received their respective bounties of a hundred dollars each. As it was desired that these men should join regiments already in the field, they were then sent to Camp Day at Cam- bridge, with the exception of William Twichell, who remained at Worcester, but was not permit- ted to join any company that was leaving for the seat of war, and was finally sent home as one upon whom the Government had no claim. At Camp Day, the men were re-examined, and all (with the exception of Joseph Miller) were declared unfit for service, and at length were permitted to return home. Silas Fry was rejected because he was too old ; two or more, because they were too young ; and the others, for various disabilities ; while all were furnished with the proper certificates. Joseph Miller had permis- sion to come home for the purpose of entering a company of nine-months' men about to be formed in Athol but was prevented from so doing at that time by sickness. Some time after, a Lieuten- ant Shaw, said to be from Shrewsbury, came to Athol and notified ten of these men that they were wanted in Boston ; telling some of them that there was a misunderstanding about their coming home, and others that the matter of 46 THE RECORD OF ATHOL [18G2. back pay was to be settled. Mr. Lamb was not notified; Mr. McKee was not found, and Mr. Mayo was not in town. The ten men went to Boston, and were taken by the Lieutenant in charge to the Hancock House. Mr. Wilber at once made known his case to the proper authorities, and was not again molested. Messrs. Fry, Bent, Streeter and William Twichell, were lodged in jail, and, after being handcuffed with a company of desert- ers, W'Cre put to work at Fort Independence. There they remained twenty-three days, poorly fed, and shamefully treated in every respect, till finally a friendly surgeon made known their case to the proper authorities, and an order came for their release, when they came home, paying their own expenses. Messrs. B. M. Twichell, jun., Joseph Miller, Al- bert Miller, and George R. Phelps were taken on to Washington and from thence to Alexandria, Va., to the camp for recruits. Two or three times they w^ent through the process of being mustered in to receive pay, but never received any, as their names did not appear upon the rolls. At length, upon a proper representation of their case, the Adjutani^General of Massachu- setts and Provost-Marshal obtained their release as men "not in the service;" and they came home, paying their own expenses. Whether Lieut. Shaw acted in good faith in 1862.] IN SUPPRESSING THE GREAT REBELLION. 47 his treatment of these men, it is not for those in charge of this record to decide ; but that a most grievous wrong was inflicted upon them, there can be no question. The President of the United States having is- sued, Aug. 4, 1862, an additional call for three hundred thousand men to serve for the space of nine months, and to be raised by draft, at a town- meeting on the 28th day of August, 1862, action was taken as follows : — " W/iereas, By a recent call by the President of the United States, bearing date Aug. 4, 1862, it was ordered that three hundred thousand men be drafted from the enrolled militia of the sev- eral States to serve for the term of nine months, of which number the quota of this Common- wealth has been officially declared to be 19,080 men ; and W/iereas, The quotas of the several towns in this Commonwealth have not been assigned and publicly declared ; and Whereas, The Governor of this Commonwealth has granted permission to the several towns to furnish volunteers for their proportion of men or any part thereof under said call : therefore Voted, That the selectmen of Athol be author- ized., in belialf of the town, to pay a bounty of one hundred dollars to every inhabitant thereof who shall have enlisted since Aug. 22, 1862, or 48 THE RECORD OF ATHOL [1862. shall hereafter enlist on or before the 2d day of September next, into the service of the United States for said term of nine months, until the num- ber equal to the quota of said town shall be fully made up." It was also provided that the payment of this bounty should be made when volunteers offering themselves under it should have been mustered into the service by the proper United States au- thority, and also that no bounty should be paid by this town to any one who had received or was entitled to receive a bounty from any other town or cit}^ At the same meeting it was " Voted, That the selectmen be authorized to pay to such widows and children who are enti- tled to such aid the amount of aid paid b}^ the State." Also '^^ Voted, To extend the time of paying said bounty of a hundred dollars until the time the draft shall be made to fill said quota." Aug. 14, 1862, an additional regulation was issued b}' the War Department, directing that in the several States the quotas for the counties, and subdivisions of counties, should be appor- tioned by the governors, so that allowances should be made for all volunteers previously fur- nished and mustered into service, whose stipu- lated term of service should not have expired. 1862.] IN SUPPRESSING THE GREAT REBELLION. 49 Athol had at this time one hundred and seventy- one men who had enlisted and been mustered into service for three years. The quota of this town under the call for three hundred thousand nine-months' men was sixty-one. The seven , men who were lacking to fill the number of three-years' men previously called for, the select- men were authorized to supply by enlistments for nine months. The enthusiasm manifested by the |)eople of Athol while the men were enlisting for nine months' service was very great. Many offered themselves as soldiers who could not be accept- ed because of some physical disability, and the number actually mustered into service under this call was but fifty-two. Each of these re- ceived from the town the promised bounty of a hundred dollars, and an additional private bounty, as will appear from the statements that follows. The following is a copy of a paper furnished to the committee who had this record in charsre. " At meetings of the citizens of Athol held in the Town Hall, Saturday evening, Aug. 30, and Tuesday evening, Sept. 2, for the purpose of se- curing volunteers to fill the quota of the town under the call of the President for nine-months' men, the following gentlemen subscribed the 50 THE RECORD OF ATHOL [1862, sums set against their names, as additional boun- ty to encourage enlistments. F. F. Amsden $100 AV. H. Amsden 100 A. Harding, jim 100 Laban Morse 10 Ozi Kendall 10 C. M. Spooner 10 Dexter Aldrich J. SmHh Cook . John Suiith . . . . H. D. Adams . . John Wood . . . . John Lewis . . . . 10 10 10 5 5 5 L. K. Sprague 10 John Wyman $10 George B. EUinwood. ... 10 Josej)h F. Dunbar 1 D Edwin Ellis 10 John II. Williams 10 John Kendall 10 Goodell Goddard 10 J. W. Bmbeek 10 A. D. Horr 20 James Stratton 5 J. F. Bates 5 Ira Bailey 5 Total amount. . . . $500 The circumstances of the subscription were as follows : — At the first-named meeting when forty-two names had been secured, F. F. Amsden offered one hundred dollars as a bounty to the next ten men, and Washington H. Amsden offered one hundred dollars for the next ten men, which would make the number sixty-two. A. Harding, jun. offered one hundred dollars in addition for the first ten men, and Laban Morse, Ozi Kendall, Warren H. Amsden, C. M. Spooner, Dexter Aldrich, J. Smith Cook, John Smith, John Wyman, George B. EUinwood and Joseph F. Dunbar, offered ten dollars each for the last ten men. At the Tuesday-evening meeting. I 18G2.] IN SUPPRESSING THE GREAT REBELLION. 51 the subscription was continued, and on motion of Laban Morse, it was voted that the different subscriptions be paid in, and the sum which re- mained after paying the twenty dollars addi- tional bounty, should be divided among those who enlisted first. The names of the subscribers were called and they signified their willingness to agree to the proposition of Mr. Morse, with the exception of the following gentlemen who were absent ; viz., Mr. Harding, Mr. Kendall, Mr. Dunbar, and Mr. W. H. Amsden. Mr. Addison D. Horr was chosen as a committee to collect and pay over the money. The money was not to be paid until the volunteers were duly mustered into the service of the United States. The above I certify to be a true record of the facts attending the subscription. JAMES p. LYNDE, Chairman of the Meetings." To show how the money raised in this manner was expended, the following certificate of the committee, Mr. Addison D. Horr, is inserted in this place : — "This is to certify that I have attended to the duties assigned me in collecting and paying out the money subscribed by the foregoing names, and. have made the following distribution of the five hundred dollars. Paid 52 THE RECORD OF ATHOL [1862. Warren E. Smith, Marshall Collins, Henry D. Southland, James A. Moore, George AV. Drurey, jun., William A. Judd, Ozi Oliver, Alfred Goddard, Thomas Burns, B. A. French, William L. Thrower, Welcome J. Cleaveland, Adin Oakes, George B. Wood, J. O. Gould, Freeman G. Perry, George McRae, Peter Stanton, Each twenty dollars ; David Walker, Aai-on H. Holt, Frederic A. Stratton, A. V. Dimock, E. F. Chase, Henry H. Stratton, A. AV. Conant, Harrison Stockwell, Freeborn R. Fay, Arthm- N. Judd, Harding R. Barber, L. AV. Follett, Daniel Casavant, Adolphus Bangs, AViUiam G. Fay, Charles AA". Kendall, A. B. Folsom, Levi B. Fay, George W. Lincoln, CjTus AV. Conant, Edward P. Clapp, Simeon S. Drm'cy, Rufus Putnam, Harlan P. Townsend, Otis B. Boutwell, Enoch T. Lewis, George F. Moore, Charles Y. Goddard, John R. Pierce, Each four dollars and eighty-two cents. In addition to this money, there Avas raised at the first meeting forty doUars, and paid over to the following persons, when they put their names on the roll, viz. Lauriston I. King, Freeman H. Walker, Spencer Stockwell, and Charles H. Tyler, each ten dollars; making $499.78 paid out by the committee, and forty dollars by the donors. Total, $539.78. addison d. horr, Commiltee to collect and pa// the money." 1862.] IN SUPPRESSING THE GREAT REBELLION. 53 All of tlie soldiers whose names appear in the certificate of Mr. Horr, given above, received each a town bounty of one hundred dollars, when they were mustered into the service of the Unit- ed States ; and Farwell F. Fay Esq., also of Athol, who was chosen Captain of the company to which these men belonged, received at a later period the same bounty. Company E, of the Fifty-third Regiment of the Massachusetts volunteer militia, was made up of the lifty-one men named in the above cer- tificate from Athol, F. F. Fay Esq., also from Athol, one man from Phillipston, twenty-five men from Royalston, and eighteen men from New Salem. The names of all these will be given in connection with the account of the ser- vice of this company. Authority having been given by the Governor of the Commonwealth to one of the selectmen of Athol to call these men together, and to lead them to the choice of officers to be commissioned the men met in the town-hall of Athol, Sept. 13, 1862. Mr. Addison D. Horr, one of the Athol board of selectmen, presided, when the fol- lowing officers of the company were chosen : — Farwell F. Fay, Esq. of Athol, Captain, Benja- min H. Brown of Royalston, first Lieutenant, Varnum V. Vaughan of New Salem, second Lieu- tenant. This company was recruited by Capt. 54 THE RECORD OF ATHOL [1862. Fay ; and, on the morning of the day in which his company went into camp, a sword and sash were presented to him in the town-hall in the pre- sence of his company and of a large audience. The money to purchase these was collected by Mr. Charles M. Spooner; and the Hon. Charles Field made the address of presentation. The sword and sash cost forty-five dollars. This company went into camp at Camp Ste- vens, Groton Junction, Oct. 1, 1862, as Company E of the Fifty-third Regiment. Some sickness prevailed in the regiment while in Camp Stevens; and Spencer Stockwell of Athol died there. After remaining at Groton Junction two months, the regiment was ordered to New York, and left for that city Nov. 30, 1862. The men suf- fered much from cold and storms before they reached their temporary home at Franklin-street barracks, New-York City. While there, George B. Wood, from Athol, was discharged on account of sickness and died the day after his discharge. Bernard H. Doane of Company E, from Royals- ton, being sick, was also discharged before the regiment left for the seat of war ; while Charles P. Bliss of New Salem joined the companj^ and was mustered into the service in New York. The number of men in Company E, when the regiment left for the seat of war, was ninety-four ; but of these, two, viz. Lauriston I. King of Athol 1862.] IN SUPPRESSING THE GREAT REBELLION. 55 and George H. Wood of Eoyalston, were left in New York sick. Dec. 24, 1862, a Christmas dinner was for- warded to Company E from the store of Messrs. Hunt and Packard, Athol. This reached New York in season, and the company dined together on the evening of Dec. 25. As the friends of the company in Royalston had sent a sum of money to the men from that town for a dinner, and as all dined together upon the supplies sent from Athol on Christmas, b}^ invitation of the men from Royalston, all dined together again at the National Hotel, New York, Jan. 1, 1863. Each was an occasion of interest. The Fifty-third Regiment embarked on board the " Mississippi " for the Gulf of Mexico ; but such was the amount of sickness prevailing, that it was not deemed prudent to proceed on the voy- age, and all disembarked. But the health of the men being at length in a good degree restored, Jan. 16, 1863, the regiment embarked again on board the steamer " Continental " for New Or- leans. After a very stormy passage of twelve days, in which winds, rains, fire and sickness conspired to render the situation of the men un- comfortable and perilous, the regiment reached that city Jan, 31, and went into camp at Carroll- ton, La., six miles from New Orleans. Just before Company E went into camp at 56 THE EECORD OF ATHOL [1862. Camp Stevens, Groton Junction, viz. on the 18th day of Sept., 1862, at a town-meeting duly called it was " Voted, The selectmen be authorized to pay a bounty of one hundred dollars each to such of the inhabitants of the town who have enlisted into the company of which Farwell F. Fay is elect- ed Captain, as shall be accepted and mustered into the service of the United States." During the year 1862, eighty-seven famihes of soldiers received aid under the several acts of the town of Athol recorded on the foregoing pages. The amount paid by the selectmen to these eighty-seven families was $5,314.49. Of this sum, the amount refunded by the State was $4,102.34, leaving as paid by the town the sum of $1,212.15. The highest amount paid to any family was four hundred and sixteen dollars, which was paid to the family of John 0. Mowry of Company B Twenty-seventh Regiment. The names of the soldiers whose families were thus aided, ayd the amount received by each fa- mily, during the year 1862, were as follows: — Whole IJofunded To aid, Amount paid. by State. Lewis P. Atwood, 3Iotlier, S104.00 52.00 Jediithan W. Ames, Mother, 38.86 38.86 J. B. Billings, Mother, 13.14 6.57 Jolin S. Brings, Wife & Childr en, 180.00 83.60 Eli Bodet, Wife & Childi- en, 144.00 144.00 1862.] IN SUPPRESSING THE GREAT REBELLION. 57 Whole Refunded To aid, Amount paid. by State, Francis B. Brock, Father, 104.00 52.00 Harding R. Barber, Wife & Child, 21.42 21.42 Joseph Bracewell, Wife & Children, 54,57 54.57 Adolplius Bangs, Wife & Child, 21.42 21.42 Thomas Burns, Wife & Children, 29.60 29.60 Otis B. Boutwell, Wife, 10.71 10.71 J. B. Cumniings, Wife & Child, 136.28 90.86 John M. Casavant, Wife & Children,' 60.00 60.00 Marshall Collins, Wife & Child, 21.42 21.42 Joseph H. Collins, Wife, 104.00 52.00 George H. Clark, Parents, 84.28 84.28 Wan-en E. Chamberlain, Wife & Children, 40.57 40.57 Simeon S. Drurey, Wife & Mother, 21.42 21.42 Patrick Dempsey, Wife & Children, 162.00 144.00 H. N. DarUng, Wife & Child, 43.42 43.42 Otis E. Davis, Wife & Children, 62.40 62.40 John Doyle, Wife & ChOdren, 56.00 56.00 Azer S. Da\'is, Wife & Child, 40.57 40.57 George W. Drurey, jun.. Wife & Father, 21.42 21.42 A. V. Dimock, Wife, 10.73 10.73 L. W. Follett, Wife, 10.73 10.73 WilUam G. Fay, Wife, 10.73 10.73 Elmer G. Foster, Mother, 7.42 7.42 A. B. Folsom, Wife & Children, 29.60 29.60 Patrick W. Fox, Mother, 104.00 52.00 WilUam A. Fry, Wife, 52.00 52.00 Charles D. Fisher, Wife & Child, 40.57 40.57 Daniel W. Foster, Wife & Child, 43.43 43.43 Silas Fry, Wife & Children, 60.00 60.00 Byron A. French, Wife & Child, 21.42 21.42 Freeborn R. Fay, Wife & Children, 29.60 29.60 Samuel A. HiU, Wife, 87.40 43.70 Gardner Howe, Wife & Children, 144.00 144.00 James A. Hand, Wife & Child, 98.00 98.00 James S. Hodge, Wife, 144.00 52.00 Aaron H..Holt, Wife & Children, 29.60 29.60 William H. Johnson, Mother, 22.28 11.14 58 THE RECORD OF ATHOL [18C: INIilton N. Jillson, "William A. Jiitkl, Lauriston I. King, Chark'S W. Kendall, Fernaldo L. Lord, Enoch T. Lewis, George W. Meaehani, Jonathan B. ISlills, George Morse, John O. ]\Iowry, George F. JNIoore, Norris B. JNIeacham, Edmond Moore, George W. Nelson, Adin Oakes, Ozl Oliver, Rufus Putnam, James C. Parker, Asa Phillips, Foster W. Phelps, John R. Pierce, James Oliver, 2d William Richardson, Joshua Rich, Nerl F. Ripley, Harvey Robbins, James H. Richardson, George McRae, Charles Sears, Harrison Stockwell, Emory Sawin, Peter Stanton, Albert Simonds, Warren E. Smith, Nathaniel B. Twichell, W^illiam L. Thrower, Benjamin M. Twichell, jun., Horace K. Weaver, Whole IJefunded To aid, Amount paid, by State. Wife & Cliildren, 78.74 78.74 Wife & Children, 29.60 29.60 Wife & Child, 21.43 21.43 Wife & Children, 29.60 29.60 Wite & Children, 60.00 60.00 Wife & Child, 21.42 21.42 Wife & Children, 328.42 114.00 Wife, 21.14 21.14 Wife, 26.56 13.28 Wife & Children, 416.00 144.00 Mother, 10.70 10.70 Wife, 9.50 4.75 Mother, 104.00 52.00 Wife & Child, 100.00 100.00 AVife & Children, 29.60 29.60 Wife, 10.71 10.71 Wife & Child, 21.42 21.42 Wife & Children, 94.50 74.00 Wife & Children, 65.20 53.60 Parents, 104.00 104.00 Wife & Child, 18.00 18.00 Wife & Child, 40.57 40.57 Wife & Child, 102.80 68.56 Wife, 20.29 20.29 Child, 49.00 49.00 Wife & Children, 60.00 60.00 Wife & Child, 177.00 128.07 Wife & Children, 29.60 29.60 Wife, 21.70 21.70 Wife & Child, 21.42 21.42 Wife & Children, 56.00 56.00 W^fe & Children, 29.60 29.60 Wife & Chikb-en, 50.00 50.0(» Wife & Children, 29.60 29.60 Wife & Children, 41.57 41.57 Child, 10.70 10.70 Wife, 20.28 20.28 Wife & Child, 104.00 104.00 1863.] IN SUPPRESSING THE GREAT REBELLION. 59 Whole Refunded To aid, Ainouut paid, by Slate. Walter Wilbcr, Wife & Children, 56.00 56.00 Nelson G. Wood, Mother, 21.70 21.70 E. W. Whitney, Wife & Children, 60.00 60.00 Freeman H. Walker, Wife, 10.70 10.70 William Washburn, Wife & Children, 58.40 58.40 Asa Wyman, Wife & Children, ' 58.00 58.00 Morgan Young, Wife, 104.00 52.00 Amos L. Cheney, John Kendall and A. D. Horr were the Selectmen of the Town of Athol for the year commencing March 1862. The year closed with the Rebellion unsubdued, while nearly all the loyal Regiments in the field of conflict greatly needed recruits. 18 6 3. The Commonwealth having provided that any City or Town might raise money to continue to pay the State Aid to the families of deceased or disabled soldiers for the space of one year un- less pensions should be previously granted to them, at a Town meeting legally called, and held May 9, 1863, it was " Voted^ To continue to pay the State Aid to the families of deceased and disabled soldiers, according to the provisions of a recent act of the Legislature." A Conscription Act having been passed by 60 THE RECORD OF ATHOL [18G3. Congress for the purpose of recruiting the forces of the United States, a new enrolhnent of the men liable to military service, was ordered under the authority of the General Government. The enrolling; Officer for Atliol was Mr. Addison D. Horr, of the Board of Selectmen. The enrollment was ordered for July 1, 1863 ; and the enrolled men were to be divided into two Classes. The first class comprised all between the ages of twenty and thirty-five years and the unmar- ried men and widowers between thirty-five and forty-five. The second class comprised the married men, who were more than thirty-five, but under forty- five years of age. Athol was found to have three hundred and six men of the first class, without including any who were at that date in the service of the United States. The first Draft was ordered to be made from the first class and was made to equal one sev- enth of the whole, with the addition of fifty per cent, of the same for exemptions. The Quo- ta for Athol was therefore sixty-six; and these were drawn at Greenfield, the Head Quarters of the 9th District, July 14th, 1863. The names drawn and the results of the exam- ination of the conscripts are here given as fol- lows. The men were drawn in the order ob- served in making this record of them. 1863.] IN SUPPRESSING THE GREAT REBELLION. 61 Jolin E. Woods, Samuel Searls, Nathan C. Knowlton, Albert Sandei'son, William N. Gleason, Emory Gage, WiUiam H. Foster, C. C. Horr, Dwight Smith, Elijali L. Bryant, George W. Rickey, Leander W. Phelps, Ted 1) than W. Ames, J. B. BilUngs, Hart L. Keyes, George B. Ellinwood, J. Alonzo Whitney, F. D. Billiard, Adoniram J. Fay, Guilford W. Lamb, jun James F. Whitcomb, Daniel D. Bruce, Albert H. Lawrence, W. H. Frost, John F. Merrill, Sereno E. Fay, James S. Jobbins, G. Sumner Goddard, James Coolidge, William M. Leonard, Frederic N. Brockett, Branch F. Ayers, Maxon R. Wetherby, On-in F. Hunt, John H. BuUard, Simeon B. Newton, Francis L. Pond, Ensign A. Marsh, Luclan Lord, 6 Exempted. do. do. Accepted. Furnished Substitute. Exemjited. do. do. Accepted. Furnished Substitute. Exempted. Accejrted. Furnished Substitute. ExemjJted. do. do. do. do. Accepted. Furnished Substitute. do. do. do. Exempted. Accepted. Furnished Substitute. ., Accepted. Reported for Service. Accepted. Furnished Substitute. Accepted. Reported for Service. Accepted. Furnished Substitute. Exempted. do. do. do. Accepted. Furnished Substitute. Exempted. do. do. do. Accepted. Reported for Service. Exempted. do. Accepted. Paid Commutation. Exempted. do. do. 62 THE RECORD OF ATHOL [1863. Sullivan Moore, Lyman A. Chamberlain, Warren A. Beaman, Horatio Mann, Hlrani L. Reynolds, Hubbard V. Smith, David D. Gay, George Stockwell, Gardner Howe, George H. Bai-ry, George W. Andrews, Henry W. Stratton, Amos A. Warrick, Thomas H. Goodspeed, John E. INIoore, Lucius R. Spraguc, Edwin F. Williams, Frederic T. George, Henry A. Stearns, Henry Lee, Henry Kendall, Alonzo E. Pratt, George P. Sloan, Benj. M. Twichell, jun. George H. Richardson, Ephralm Rice, George E. Pheljis, Exempted. do. Accepted. Reported for Service. Accepted. Furnished Substitute. Exempted. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. Accepted. Furnished Substitute. Exempted. Accei^ted. Furnished Substitute. Exempted. do. Accepted. Furnished Substitute. Exempted. do. Accepted. Paid Commutation. Exempted. Accepted. Furnished Substitute. , Exempted. do. do. do. From the al)Ove it appears that of the sixty- six men drafted from Athol, only twenty, or a little less than one third, were held to serve. This proportion may seem very small, but it will be fomid to be considerably larger than the aver- age throughout the Commonwealth. Tlie whole number of men drafted at this time in Massachu- setts was 32,079 ; of these there were held to 1863.] IN SUPPRESSING THE GREAT REBELLION. 63 serve 6,690 or considerably less than one fourth. Of those held to serve only 743 joined the service, while 2,325 procured substitutes and 3,623 paid commutation which amounted to $1,085,800. The number of men who failed to report was 3,044 and the number of men exempted was 22,343. Of the twenty men accepted from Athol, as will be seen above, fourteen procured substitutes, two paid the commutation of three hundred dol- lars each, and four reported for service. Of the four last mentioned, one, Warren A. Beaman was a prisoner at Andersonville Georgia, and died at Annapolis on his way home. It should be stated here, that the lot that fell upon them was a very expensive thing to the youDg gentlemen from Athol who procured sub- stitutes or paid commutation. The commutation was three hundred dollars each, while substitutes could not be procured at that time, carried to Greenfield and their expenses paid till they were actually received into the service of the Govern- ment without an additional outlay of forty dol- lars, on an average. The fourteen Substitutes cost therefore nearly or quite $4,760. The commutation paid was $600, making the amount paid by the sixteen young gentlemen, who in this manner did their part to serve the country, $5,360. 64 THE RECORD OF ATHOL [18G3. In some cases, it took all, and more than all these men possessed to meet the expenses of this drafl ; a fact which their fellow- townsmen should hold in perpetual remembrance. More men being wanted for the service of the Government, another call for troops was issued by the President, Oct. 17, 1863. This call was for three hundred thousand men, and the quota for Athol under it was thirty-three. Premiums of fifteen dollars each for raw re- cruits and of twenty-five dollars each for vet- erans, were offered by the Government, to pro- mote enlistments; but these were in no case to go to the recruits, but to the Agents w^ho might secure them for the service. In Athol, this mat- ter was properly arranged and conducted by the Selectmen who appointed Byron A. French and Patrick W. Fox their assistants. Under this ar- rangement twenty men were secured for the service of the Government from Athol, one half of wdiom w^ere veterans, or men who re-entered the service. Late in the summer of 1863, the surviving members of Company E, Fifty-third Regiment, under Capt. F. F. Fay returned from the South- West to Athol and its vicinity, their term of en- listment having expired. A particular account of their reception &c. will be found under the History of the services of that Regiment, in this Record. 1863.] IN SUPPRESSING THE GREAT REBELLION. 65 During the year 1863, Seventy-Five families of soldiers from Athol received aid under the sev- eral acts of the Town and Commonwealth for the encouragement of enlistments. The amount paid by the Selectmen to these seventy-five families during the year was $7,032.03. Of this sum there was refunded by the State the sum of $6,664.23, leaving as a charge ujDon the Treasury of the Town $367.80. The highest sum paid to any family was $197.- 70: which was paid to the family of John 0. Mowry. The names of the soldiers whose families re- ceived State and Town Aid and the amounts paid to each during the year 1863, were as fol- lows : — To aid Lewis P. Atwood, Wife, $104.00 Harding E,. Barber, Wife & Child, 70.00 J. B. Billings, iMother, 42.00 Warren A. Beaman, Wife, 19.00 Eli Bodet, Wife & Children, 124.80 Francis B. Brock, Father, 56.00 Joseph Bracewell, Wife & Children, 144.00 Adolphus Bangs, Wife & Cliild, 70.00 Thomas Burns, Wife & Children, 96.80 Otis B. Boutwell, Wife, 35.00 Marshall Collins, Wife & Child, 89.00 Joseph H. Collins, Wife, 42 43 George H. Clark, Father & Mother, 104.00 Warren E. Chamberlain, Wife & Child, 104.00 Simeon S. Drurey, Wife & Mother, 70.00 6Q THE RECORD OF ATHOL [1863. Welcome J. Cleavelaud, Patrick Dempsey, Henry N. Darling, Otis E. Davis, John Doyle, Azor S. Davis, George W. Drurey, Anthony V. Dimock, William Ct. Fay, Ley ton W. Follett, A. B. FoLsom, Patrick W. Fox, William A. Fry, Charles D. Fisher, Daniel W. Foster, Byron A. French, Gardner Howe, Freeborn R. Fay, James A. Hand, James S. Hodge, Aaron H. Holt, William H. Johnson, ]MiUon N. Jillsou, William A. Judd, Lauriston I. King, Charles W. Kendall, Fernaldo L. Lord, Enoch T. Lewis, John 0. Mowry, George F. Moore, Edmond Moore, Adin Oakes, Ozi Oliver, Rufus Putnam, To aid Mother, 52.00 Wife & Children, 144.00 Wife & Children, 142.00 Wife & Children, 144.00 "Wife & Children, 144.00 Wife & Child, 104.00 Wife & Father, 70.00 Wife & Child, 66.43 Wife, 35.00 Wife, 35.00 Wife & Children, 96.80 Mother, 54.85 Wife, 52.00 Wife & Child, 104.00 Wife & Child, 96.57 Wife & Children, 81.82 Wife & Children, 142.40 Wife & Children, 90.80 Wife & Children, 144.00 Wife, 87.85 Wife & Children, 96.80 Mother, 42.00 Wife & Children, 144.00 Wife & Children, 96.80 Wife & Child, 70.00 Wife & Children, 96.80 Wife & Children, 141.00 Wife & Child, 70.00 Wife & Children, 197.70 Mother, 35.00 Mother, 104.00 Wife & Children, 144.00 Wife, 35.00 Wife & Child, 70.00 1863.] IN SUPPRESSING THE GREAT REBELLION. 67 To aid Albert D. Pond, Father & Mother, 104.00 Asa PhiUips, Wife & Children, 116.00 Foster W. Phelps, • Father & Mother, 104.00 John R. Pierce, Wife & Child, 70.00 James Oliver, 2d, Wife & Child, 104.00 Joshua Rich, Wife, 52.00 Neri F. Ripley, • Child, 42.00 Harvey Robbins, " Wife & Children, 144.00 James H. Richardson, Wife & Child, 156.00 George McRae, Wife & Children, 96.80 Charles Sears, Wife, 52.00 Harrison Stockwell, Wife & Child, 70.00 Emory Sawiii, Wife & Children, 144.00 Peter Stanton, Wife & Children, 96.80 Warren E. Smith, Wife & Children, 96.80 N. B. Twichell, . Wife & Children, 144.00 WUHam L. Thrower, Child, 35.00 Albert Simonds, Wife & Children, 144.00 Horace K. Weaver, Wife & Child, 104.00 Nelson G. Wood, Mother, 52.00 E. W. Whitney, Wife & Children, 144.00 Freeman H. Walker, Wife & Parents, 105.00 William Washburn, Wife & Children, 1-M.OO Asa Wyman, Wife & Children, 114.28 Maxon R. Wetherby, Wife & Children, 66.80 Morgan Young, Wife, 71.14 Total amount as above $6,983.27 Supplementary account allowed, $56.96 Subtract for error, 8.20 Amount corrected, $7,032.03 Of this the State refunded, 6,664.23 Paid hj the Town, $367.80 68 THE EECORD OF ATIIOL [1864. Of the last amount the family of Lewis P. Atwood received $52.00 Patrick W. Fox, ^ G.42 James S. Hodge, 35.71 John 0. Mowry, 130.10 Edmund 3Ioore, 52.00 James II. Kiehardson, 52.00 Morgan Young, 35.57 Calvin Kelton Esqr., Mr. A. D. Horr and Mr. Amos L. Cheney were the Selectmen of Athol for the year commencing March 1863. 1864. Feb. 1, 1864, the President of the United States issued a call for 500,000 troops ; it being understood that this number miiyht include 1. All the Drafted men that reported for ser- vice, paid the commutation or furnished Substi- tutes, during the summer of 1863; 2. All who had volunteered and been mus- tered into the service of the United States after July 1, 1863; and 3. All who having been in the service of the United States with less than one year to serve had re-enlisted or would re-enlist for an addi- tional term of three years or for the war. Of the first class mentioned above the Town 1864.] IN SUPPRESSING THE GREAT REBELLION. 69 of Athol had already furnished twenty men, and of the second class the same number. Nineteen men from Athol re-enlisted and were credited to this town, viz. Asa L. Kneelaiid. John Clark. Ebenezer Kneeland. Theodore Washburn. Charles Gray. Charles C. Phelps. D. W. Larned. Thomas Johnson. A. D. Pond. William Beard. N. B. Twichell. T. A. Woodward. George D. Townsend, Willard Twichell. Delev^an Richardson. Foster W. Phelps. D. E. BiUings. Fernaldo L. Lord. Lewis P. Atwood. James Connell of Athol re-enlisted but Avas held contrary to his written protest by the Town of Wareham. Prescott M. Metcalf and Levi Bosworth re-enlisted for Athol but were held by Royalston. Charles H. Barton re-enlisted and was credited to Philadelphia, while John Clark and Theodore Washburn who went originally from Phillipston were credited to Athol. The nineteen re-enlistments above mentioned with the forty men previously obtained filled the quota from Athol, under the call of Feb. 1, 1864, and left a small surplus, but precisely how large this was, it is difficult to determine, since the names of the men who re-enlisted were not .all returned to' the Office of the Provost Mar- shal at Boston till after the 15th of Feb. 70 THE RECORD OF ATHOL [18C4. March 15, 1864, the President issued another call for 200,000 troops, and the quota of Athol under this call was thirty-two. The surplus of re-enlisted men and twenty-seven other men ob- tained through Brokers made up this number. The Legislatiu'e of Massachusetts having pro- vided by the Act of March 16, 1864, that cities and Towns might raise money by taxation or otherwise for the purpose of procuring volun- teers and pay to each one enlisted into the ser- vice as a part of the quota of said Cities or Towns a sum not exceeding one hundred and twenty five dollars, a Town Meeting was called for April 16, 1864, at which it was voted, " That the Town raise by taxation the sum of Three Thousand Dollars for the purpose of pay- ing under the direction of the Selectmen one hundred and twenty-five Dollars in aid of and for the purpose of procuring each recruit who may be mustered into the United States service from Athol, under the last call of the President of the United States for 200,000 men." As the sum raised April 16, 1864, was only sufficient to pay the proposed bounties to twenty- four men, and as twenty-seven were required to fill the quota, another Town Meeting was called for June 4, 1864, at which by a vote similar to the above, the additional sum of three hundred and seventy-five Dollars was raised, for the pur- 1864.] IN SUPPRESSING THE GREAT REBELLION. 71 pose of procuring three additional recruits for Athol. At the same meeting it was voted " To raise a sum of money sufficient to piay each man who may volunteer or each enrolled who may furnish a Substitute for said enrolled man, and said volunteer or substitute to be duly mustered into the service of the United States and credited to the Town of Athol, the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars each ; said sum of money to be paid to any one who may volunteer or furnish a Substitute at any time within three months from the date hereof, pro- vided they are duly mustered and credited to the Town of Athol." Under this last mentioned vote of the Town, no bounties were paid. The Twenty-seven men above referred to who completed the quota of Athol under the call of March 15, 1864, received each as a bounty from the Town the sum of one hundred and twenty- five dollars, and from the Citizens of the Town an average additional bount}^ each, of Fifty-one dollars and Fifty cents. In July, 1864, the Secretary of War issued an order for the organization of Eegiments to serve for 100 days. The men serving in these were to receive no bounty, but were not liable to draft during their term of service. Athol furnished four men under this call. 72 THE RECORD OF ATHOL [18G4 Another call for 500,000 additional troops was made by the President of the United States July 19, 1864 ; and at a Town Meeting Aug. 6, 1864, it was Voted to "raise a sum of monej^ to be paid out under the direction of the Selectmen, in aid of and for the purpose of procuring recruits ne- cessary to fill the whole quota of the Town, un- der the call of the President of the United States dated July 18, 1864, after deducting the surplus to which the Town was entitled, not exceeding 125 dollars for each recruit." It was also " Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to deposit such sum of money authorized to be raised by the above vote, with the State Treas- urer, as they may deem best and necessary, for the purpose of obtaining recruits from States in rebellion, in accordance with an order from the Governor of the Commonwealth." Under the last vote above the Selectmen deposited in the State Treasury the sum of 1000 Dollars a part of which at a later period was used for the pur- pose indicated and obtained three recruits who were credited to Athol ; and the sum remaining was withdrawn. Under the call of July 19, 1864, six men en- listed from Athol for the term of one year, and twenty-five other men were obtained through Brokers. Of the last mentioned, four enlisted 18G4.] IN SUPPRESSING THE GREAT REBELLION, 73 for one year, one for two years, and the other twenty for three years. Each of these thirtj^-one men received a Town Bounty of 125 Dollars, while the additional amount paid for each by the citizens of Athol averaged $236.13. Upon a careful review^ of the accounts kept in the Office of the Provost Marshal at Boston Sept. 19, 1861, it appeared that Athol had, under all the previous calls a surplus of seven men. At a later period one was added to this number making the surplus at the time the next call was issued, eight men. Dec. 19, 1864, the President called for 300,000 additional troops, and under this call the quota for Athol was thirty-six. At a Town Meeting Dec. 31, 1864, it was vot- ed, as under previous calls, to raise and ajDpro- priate a sum sufficient to pay each recruit requi- site to fill this quota, 125 Dollars. The quota was filled as follows. Credited to the Town as stated above, eight. Obtained by enlistments here and through Brokers, twenty- four. Representative recruits, four; making a total of thirty-six men. Of the 24 men named above, five enlisted for one year each, and the remaining nineteen for three years each. The Town paid for each of these a bounty of 125 dollars, while the additional bount}' paid by the 74 THE RECORD OF ATHOL [1864. citizens of Athol was for each, on an average, as follows. For the three years men $139.47. For the one year men $52.00. The Representative recruits, for each of whom the requisite sum had been deposited in the State Treasury were as follows — Private John Micr For C. C. Bassett Esqr. " Dennis Caldwell " Asa Hill. " Daniel Bruce " Calvin Kelton Esqr. " Moses Wilkinson " Lewis Thorpe. And to these at a later period were added Private William Freeman for Walter Thorpe, and Henry Williams for David F. Wood. It is stated in the Adjutant General's Report, that the surplus of Athol under all the calls previous to Dec. 1, 1864, was ten men. We have the same authority for stating that after the quota of Athol under the last call viz. that of Dec. 19, 1864, was filled, the Town had a surj^lus of twenty-eight men. It should be noted in this place that in the distribution among the towns and cities of the Commonwealth of the men in the Naval Service of the United States, who had been credited to the State of Massachusetts, and not to any par- ticular town or city therein, Athol was credited with fifteen men, in addition to the four we al- ready had in the Navy. Of course, the names 1864.] IN SUPPEESSING THE GREAT REBELLION. 75 of these fifteen men do not appear upon this Record. As the history of recruiting for the United States service in Athol properly closes with the end of the year 1864, the following summary of the results may here be presented. In this record there will be found the names of Three Hundred and Thirty-Five men, whom Athol furnished to aid in suppressing the Great Rebellion. Of these, nineteen re-enlisted, and these of course were counted twice in filling; our quotas. Seventeen others of the 335 re-entered the service after recovering from the wounds or sickness on account of which they had been dis- charged. This number includes four Musicians Avho were discharged by an Order discontinuing Regimental Bands of Music. To these we add the fifteen credited to Athol through the enlistments of Massachusetts men in the Navy. The wdiole number furnished by the Town to fill quotas was therefore 386. And to this amount we are to add one man for whom the Provost Marshal gives us credit but of whom we can give no account and we have the sum total 387. During the year 1864 Seventy-Four fimilies of soldiers received aid under the several acts of the Town and State to encourao-e enlistments. In the case of the ftxmily of William Wash- 76 THE RECORD OF ATHOL [18G4. burn, aid was received after his death under the name of his son Oscar Washburn. The names of the soldiers whose families were thus aided, and the amounts received by each, were as follows — Names. To aid Amount. Lewis P. Atwood, Wife, $52.00 J. W. Ames, Mother, 39.71 D. E. Billings, Mother, 52.00 W. A. Beaniau, Wife & Child, 95.00 Eli Bodet, Widow & Children, 24.00 Francis B. Brock, Father, 52.00 Joseph Bracewell, Wife & Children, 132.00 John S. Brown, Wife & Children, 140.00 Daniel D. Bruce, Father, 52.00 Joseph H. Collins, Wife, 8.00 Horatio W. McClellan, jMother, 52.00 Marshall Collins, Child, 8.00 George H. Clark, Father & Mother, 104.00 W. E. Chamberlain, Wife & Child, 16.00 John Clark, Wife, 39.14 L. A. Chamberlain, Mother, 31.00 James Cotton, Wife & Child, 35.98 Patrick Denipsey, Wife & Children, 68.40 Henry N. Darling, Wife & Children, 106.80 Otis E. Davis, Wife & Children, 144.00 John Doyle, Wife & Children, 144.00 Azor S. Davis, Wife & Child, 84.00 Terrence Donelly, Mother, 34.57 William Donelly, Wife, 22.57 Patrick W. Fox, IMother, 52.00 WiUiam A. Fry, Wife, 47.14 Charles D. Fisher, Wife & Child, 92.50 1864.] IN SUPPEESSING THE GREAT REBELLION. 77 Daniel W. Foster, Wife & Child, 16.00 Gardner Howe, Wife & Children, 28.80 James A. Hand, Wife & Children, 122.00 James S. Hodge, Widow, 35.85 Edwin C. Hastings, Wife & Child, 104.00 John W. Howe, Wife, 52.00 Joseph W. Howard, Mother, 39.42 Michael J. Hudson, Wife & Child, 35.14 William H. Johnson, Mother, 10.00 Milton N. Jillson, Wife & Children, 144.00 Ebenezer Kueeland, Wife, 48.00 Lauriston I. King, Widow & Child, 87.71 Fernaldo L. Lord, Wife & Children, 144.00 Irving N. Leonard, Father, 17.57 George W. Meaeham, Wife & ChUdren, 144.00 Edmund Moore, Mother, 77.43 James Oliver, 2d, Wife & Child, 77.43 Adin Oakes, Widow & Children, 36.00 Albert D. Pond, Father, 52.00 Foster W. Phelps, Parents, 104.00 Charles C. Phelps, Wife, 26.00 Peter Pelkey, Wife & Children, 144.00 Asa Phillips, Widow & Children, 28.00 John Pluukett, Wife & Child, 71.71 Chauneey Parkman, jun., Child, 52.00 Charles Kent, jun., Mother, 34.42 Joshua Rich, Widow, 52.00 N. F. Ripley, Child, 10.00 Harvey Robbins, Widow & Children, 48.00 James H. Richardson, Wife & Child, 114.00 W. J. Rogers, Wife, 21.85 Charles Sears, Wife, 38.43 Emory Sawin, Wife & Children, 144.00 Albert Simonds, Wife & Children, 106.80 George W. Stevens, Mother, 24.00 78 THE RECORD OF ATHOL [1865. Peter Stanton, Wife & Children, 18.00 N. B. Twiehell, Wife & Children, 144.00 Hoi-ace 0. Thayer, Mother, 52.00 George D. Townsend, Wife, 13.00 Horace K. Weaver, Wife & Child, 94.57 Nelson G. Wood, Mother, 52.00 E. W. Whitney, Wife & Children, 90.00 William Washburn, Wife & Children, 98.00 Oscar Washburn, Mother, 16.71 Asa Wyman, Children, 104.00 Maxon R. Wetherby, Wife & Children, 130.92 Theodore Washburn, 3Iother, 39.14 Heury N. Smith, Wife & Children, 144.00 Total Amount paid $5011.58 Leaving paid by the Town after the State had refunded 4941.86 the sum of $69.72 Viz, on account of Edmund Moore $38.72 And of James H. Richardson 31.00 The Selectmen of Athol for the year com- mencing March 1864 were Calvin Kelton Esqr, Josiali Haven and Gardner Lord Jr. 18 6 5. Seven of the soldiers obtained by Athol to fill the call for troops made Dec. 19, 1864, were not mustered into the service till early in the Year 1865. 18G5.] IN SUPPRESSING THE GREAT REBELLION, 79 The year opened with encouraging prospects of the speedy and total suppression of the Re- bellion. No new troops were called for, while Maj. Gen. Sherman, with an invincible army, was laying waste Georgia and the Carolinas, and Maj. Gen. Grant's movements were filling Rich- mond, the rebel Capital, with consternation. April 2, the rebel Government fled from Rich- mond, and the next morning the city was occu- pied by Gen. Grant's Army. The remnant of Gen. Lee's army was surrendered to Gen. Grant after a few days of desperate fighting, and in an incredibly short space of time the Rebellion was suppressed and the Confederacy had vanished. Early in the year, our soldiers began to return to their homes, and long before its close but few remained in the field. The sacrifices of the Town of Athol to maintain this mighty conflict with treason have been great. The men who have died in the service or from diseases con- tracted in it, from the Town of Athol number at least fifty and perhaps fifty-one. Of this number there were killed or died of wounds received in action fourteen. There died of various diseases thirty-four. Killed by cars, one. Thrown from a horse one. Total Fifty. Four died while prisoners at Andersonville Ga. viz. S. E. Oliver, Samuel Rich, John W. Howe, Geo. S. Dresser, and probably E. R. West. 80 THE RECORD OF ATHOL [18G5. One died just after leaving Andersonville, viz. Warren A. Beaman. Twenty-Eight men from Athol were in rebel prisons for a longer or shorter period. Of those who were severely wounded and have wholly or in part recovered there Avere thirty-one, and some of these were wounded on two or more oc- casions or in two or more places, — while the number of those slightly wounded was about the same. Martin L. Maynard of the 36th Regiment lost a leg in the service, and he is the only soldier from Athol known to have been permanently disabled by the loss of a limb. A particular account of these sufferings and losses will be found under the head, " Personal History of the Athol Soldiers and seamen in the War," contained in the latter part of this Eecord. During the year 1865 fifty-seven families of soldiers furnished by Athol received aid under the several acts of the Town and State to encour- age enlistments. The names of these soldiers and the amounts received by their respective families w^ere as follows. To aid Lewis P. At wood, Wife, $10.28 Joiluthan W. Ames, Mother, 20.00 David E. Billings, Mother, 27.8(3 Warren A. Beaman, Wife & Child, 72.0(1 1865.] IN SUPPEESSING THE GREAT REBELLION. 81 Francis B. Brock, Father, 22.00 Daniel D. Bruce, Father, 21.28 Charles H. Barney, Wife & Children, 50.00 H. W. McClellen, Mother, 24.57 Greorge H. Clark, Parents, 99.43 John Clark, Wife, 24.43 James Cotton, Wife & Child, 48.00 Otis E. Davis, Wife & Children, 66.40 John Doyle, Wife & Children, 68.80 Terrence Donelly, Mother, 34.00 William Donelly, Wife, 24.57 James Eagan, - Mother, 45.43 Patrick W. Fox, IMother, 33.71 Joseph Falvey, Mother, 47.14 M. E. Guilfoyle, Wife & Children, 70.40 Irving C. Grates, Mother, 45.14 Edwin C. Hastings, Wife & Child, 104.00 John W. Howe, Wife, 26.57 Joseph W. Howard, Mother, 52.00 Michael J. Hudson, Wife & Child, 48.00 Milton N. Jillson, Wife & Children, 48.00 Edwin Holmes, Mother, 26.00 Ebenezer Kneeland, Wife & Child, 40.51 Lauriston I. King, Wife & Child, 16.29 F. L. Lord, Wife & Children, 66.00 Irving L. Leonard, Father, 24.00 George W. Meacham, Wife & Children, 144.00 Frederic P. Morse, Wife & Child, 11.14 Albert D. Pond, Father, 25.43 Foster W. Phelps, Parents, 52.00 Peter Pelkey, Wife & Children, 86.80 John Pluukett, Wife & Child, 104.00 Chancey Parkman, Jr., Child, 22.00 Charles Kent, Jr., Mother, 34.00 Charles C. Phelps, Wife, 25.57 82 HISTORICAL NARRATIVE. Francis Powers, Joshua Ricb, Patrick Reardon, James H. Eiehardson, William J. Rogers, Emory Sawin, Henry N. Smith, William Smith, John E. Sbattuck, Nathaniel B. Twichell, Horace 0. Thayer, George D. Townsend, Thomas Thompson, Nelson Ct. Wood, Oscar Washburn, Asa Wyman, Maxon R. Wetherby, Theodore Washburn, Father, 33.00 Wife, 18.00 Wife & Child, 61.71 Child, 2.57 Wife & Child, 38.48 Wife & Children, 88.40 Wife & Children, 90.40 Mother, 25.86 Mother, 45.14 Wife & Children, 36.00 Mother, 4.71 Wife, 23.71 Wife & Children, 125.60 Mother, 18.42 Mother, 8.00 Children, 35.14 Wife & Child, 48.00 Mother, 23.72 Whole Amount $2538.62 All of which it is supposed will l)e refund- ed by the State. HISTORICAL NARRATIVE. Company B 27th Regiment IMass. Volunteers. x\dditional par- ticulars. Names of the original members and of the recruits of 18G2. Captain, Adin W. Caswell. 1st Lieut. P. W. McMannus. Tran.';ht followino;, the wdiole Reo-i- ment was on picket duty, and the next day it moved forward with the whole force. May 24th the Regiment skirmished in the woods as guard for the Engineer Corps, and led the column. On the evening of the next day, the Regiment re- lieved the 91st New York Reg. as advance pick- et, and about 9 o'clock p.m. received a volley from the enemy with some loss. The firing was returned, and at daylight, an attack on the left was repulsed. May 27th the Regiment moved forward in line of battle for the first general at- tack upon Port Hudson. At 7j o'clock, it was ordered to the front to support the 1st Maine 100 HISTORICAL NARRATIVE. Battery, when for two hours it was under a con- tinuous fire of shot and shell. At 10| o'clock, it was agnin ordered forward to the front line of skirmishers, where it engaged the sharp shooters of the enemy and held the point till the after- noon of the next day. Up to this time the loss in the Regiment had been thirty killed and wounded. From the last mentioned date, the Reo;iment was under fire, buildino; breast-works and doing picket duty, for the space of eight days. June 5, it marched with the Brigade in pursuit of the enemy to Clinton La. but returned without an enffag^ement after four davs. The heat was now intense, and this expedition was unusually severe. Haviuii: returned to Port Hudson, the Reg-i- ment early in the morning of June 14th advanced as third line of skirmishers in the second general attack upon Port Hudson. The battle continued all that day, with a loss in the Regiment of Eighty six killed and wounded. The sufferings of that day were terrible, for the a.ssault proved a failure. After this the Regiment supported Battery A, U. S. Artillery till the surrender of Port Hudson. Since leaving Opelousas, the Re- i»;iment had marched 280 miles. The losses be- fore Port Hudson in Company E were two killed and eight wounded. Port Hudson was surrendered to Maj. Gen. HISTORICAL NARRATIVE. 101 Banks July 8, 1863 and the next clay the 53d Regiment left for Plain Stores. July lltli our men started for Baton Rouge, and on the 15tli went to Donaldsonville La, where they remained till orders were received to prepare to leave for home. The detailed and sick men were broni2;ht together, and Aug. 12th the Regiment left Baton Rouge for the North by the way of the Missis- sippi River and Cairo 111. From Cairo the journey was made by Rail Road to Fitchburg and the Re- giment arrived at the latter place on the morning of Aug. 24:th 1863. At Fitchburg a public re- ception was given to the Regiment by the people from the towns in which the several Companies had been recruited. Isaac Stevens Esqr was the member of the General Committee for Athol, and Calvin Kelton Esqr was appointed by the citizens of Athol their Marshal. With Messrs Stevens and Kelton were associated Mr. Dex- ter Aldrich, Mr A. L. Cheney, Dr A. G. Williams and Rev. John F. Norton as a Committee to assist in caring for the sick soldiers. Of these six were found who were at once brought home by their friends and by the Committee, viz. Daniel Casa- vant, Lauriston I. King, Charles H. Tyler, Charles V. Goddard, Warren E. Smith and Azro B. Fol- som. All the members of the Company were per- mitted to return home on the evening of the 9* 102 HISTORICAL NARRATIVE. same day ; and they were welcomed at the Athol Depot by a large concourse of their friends and fellow citizens. Sept. 2d the men were discharged from the service of the United States, their term of en- listment having expired ; and Sept. 10th those belonging to Company E, were paid off at the Office of Capt. F. F. Fay. Though they enlisted for nine months only, nearly or quite an entire year was consumed by these men in military service. Of the 96 officers and soldiers constituting Company E, 53d Regiment, who w^ere mustered into the United States service at Camp Stevens, Groton Junction, Oct. 17, 1862, one, viz Spen- cer Stockwell of Athol died in said Camp. While the Company was in Franklin Street Barracks, New York City, Geo. B. Wood was discharged, and died the next day. B. H. Doane of Royalston being sick was also discharged in New York before the Regiment left for the seat of War, while Charles P. Bliss of New Salem joined Company E, and was mus- tered into the service in New York. The num- ber of men in the Company when it embarked for New Orleans was therefore ninetj^ four. Of these Lauriston I. King of Athol and George H. Wood of Royalston were left in the Hospital at New York sick. Mr. King at a later period joined HISTORICAL NARRATIVE. 103 his Company at the seat of War, but Mr. Wood was unable to do so. Seventeen men of Company E, including Spencer Stockwell were either killed in battle or died of wounds or disease while these men were in service, viz. Spencer Stockwell, Nov. 20, 1862, at Groton Junction, Diph- theria. Greorge L. Hancock, March 29, 1863, Carrolton La. C. Diar- rhoea. George W. Knights, April 10, 1863, New Orleans, of C. Diar- rhoea. Uri C. Day, April 18, 1863, Baton Bouge, of C. Diarrhoea. W. J. Cleaveland, April 24, 1863, Berwick Bay, Measles. Charles E. Tenney, April 26, 1863, New Orleans, C. Diar- rhoea. Henry C. Moore, April 29, 1863, New Orleans, C. Diarrhoea. Henry S. Smith, May 9, 1863, Berwick Bay, Brain Fever. John M. Wood, May 15, 1863, Baton Rogue, C. Diarrhoea. Walter T. Putnam, June 14, 1863, Port Hudson, Killed in Battle. Adin Oakes, June 29, 1863, Baton Rouge, Wounds. C. H. Bliss, July 1, 1863, New Orleans, C. Diarrhoea. Abner E. Towne, July 3, 1863, Baton Rogue, C. Diarrhoea. Cyrus W. Conant, July 10, 1863, New Orleans, C. Diarrhoea. Marshall Collins, July 14, 1863, Baton Rogue, C. Diarrhoea. J. 0. Gould, July 27, 1863, Baton Rogue, C. Diarrhoea. E. L. Smith, .July 29, 1863, New Orleans, C. Diarrhoea. After the return of the Company, viz Nov. 2d, 1863, Lauriston I. King died of disease con- tracted in the service. 104 HISTORICAL NARRATIVE. Of the ninety seven men including C. P. Bliss, composing Company E, three were discharged and seventeen died before the return of the Regiment, leaving seventy seven to be accounted for, which was the number mustered out of ser- vice at Camp Stevens, Groton Junction, Sept. 2d, 1863. During the month of April 1863, the average number of men belonging to this Company who were fit for military duty was not far from 55. In May, it was reduced to 41 or 42. In June, it was not more than 32, while it was sometimes as low as 24. In July, it was about the same, and at the surrender of Port Hudson, the Company mustered but 25 non-commissioned Officers and Privates. It is remarkable, not that so many of the men were sick but rather that any were well, when we consider that the men had not become accli- mated, that their encampments were often in un- healthy locations, that the heat was very oppress- ive, that their marches were long and tedious and their service in the trenches before Port Hudson exceedingly exhausting. The pledge that follow^s throws light upon the moral condition of this Company. " We the undersigned, members of Capt. F. F. Fay's Company, realizing the necessity of guard- ing against the evil temptations that are liable HISTORICAL NARRATIVE. 105 to come in contact with young men just com- mencing the duties of a soldier's hfe, and being desirous of returning to our homes at the expi- ration of nine months, with characters as pure and unsullied as when we bid our friends adieu ; Now therefore, do hereby pledge ourselves to ab- stain from the use of all intoxicating drinks as a beverage during the said period of nine months ; and moreover by our influence, both in word and in deed we pledge ourselves to dis- countenance every thing that tends to profanity, vulgarity or obscenity and at all times to con- duct ourselves as pure, high minded men. Camp Stevens, Groton Junction Oct. 2, 1862." To this are attached the names of F. F. Fay Captain, B. H. Brown 1st Lieut, V. V. Vaughan 2d Lieut, and of other members of the Company to the number of Sixty Six. Commissioned Officers. Of these Atliol furnished Fifteen. George H. Hoyt was 2d Lieutenant and Cap- tain in the 1st Kansas Cavalry, and at a later pe- riod Lieut. Colonel in the 15th Kansas Cavalry. James Oliver Jr. was Assistant Surgeon and Surgeon of the 21st Kegiment Mass. Volunteers, and Assistant Surgeon and Surgeon of the 61st 106 HISTORICAL NARRATIVE. Regiment. In June 1865 he was made Brigade Surgeon. Alfred G. Williams was Assistant Surgeon in the 11th Regiment and at a later period Contract Surgeon on board the Ilosjoital Boat " Nashville," on the Mississippi River and in the Hospital of the Rebel Prisoners at Elmira N. York. Rev. John N. Mars was Chaplain of the 1st North Carolina Colored Regiment. Farwell F. Fay was Captain of Company E, of the 53d Regiment and afterward Assistant Adjutant General of Mass. for recruiting pur- poses in the Department of Mississippi, assigned to the staff of Lieut. Colonel E. C. Kinsley. Adin W. Caswell was for three years service Captain of Company B, 27th Regiment. Ransom Ward was Captain of Company H, 1st Kxinsas Colored Infantry, now designated as 79th U. S. Infantry. Daniel W. Larned of the 27th Regiment was made Captain in said Regiment under the Gov- ernor's order May 15, 1865. George R. Hanson who had been in the Band of the 27th Reg. Inf and in the 2d Heavy Ar- tillery w\as commissioned 1st Lieutenant and af- terwards Captain in the 14th U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery. Albert D. Pond of the 27th Regiment was made 1st Lieutenant May 9, 1865. HISTORICAL NARRATIVE. 107 John 0. Mowry of the same Regiment, in 18G3 was made 2d Lieutenant of Company I of the 55th (Colored) Regiment, and afterward 1st Lieutenant of Company B, and then Quartermas- ter of the same Regiment. Lovell H. Horton was 2d Lieutenant of Com- pany B, 27th Regiment. Asa L. Kneeland was 2d Lieutenant of Com- pany K and 1st Lieutenant of Company F of the 32d Regiment. John D. Emerson of the 2d Regiment and af- terwards a Sergeant in the Signal Corps was made 2d Lieutenant in the 2d New York Heavy Artillery, June 1865. Seth F. Hale of the 21st Regiment was com- missioned 2d Lieutenant in the Mass. Militia, May 1865. The promotion of Non-Commissioned Officers, so far as this can be ascertained, will be noticed under the head of " Personal History " in this Record. Of the families in Athol that made great sac- rifices to suppress the rebellion many deserve an honorable notice in this Record. James L, Merrill furnished five sons for the army, all of whom were courageous and faithful soldiers. Of these, three were very severely 108 HISTORICAL NARRATIVE. wounded while the fourth nearly sacrificed his life to save that of a wounded brother. The family of Leander Phelps furnished four to fill the quotas from Athol, two of whom re- enlisted, and another entered the service a sec- ond time and was severely wounded. Franklin Oliver had four sons in the service, one of whom was severely wounded and another died in the rebel prison at Andersonville Ga. Isaac King had also four sons in the service, two of whom are dead. Albert Simonds followed two of his sons into the ranks and one of the latter was a prisoner at Andersonville and in other rebel prisons. Laban Morse Esqr. was our agent for the re- lief of our sick and wounded at Newbern N. C. and sent two sons to the war, George Morse went himself as a soldier and two of his sons did the same. Edward Nickerson had three sons in the ar- my, one of whom was a prisoner at Anderson- ville and in other places. Widow Dorinda Foster had three sons in the army, one of whom died in the service and another not long after his discharge. William Hill went into the service with two sons and was killed at Roanoke Island and one son died at the same place. HISTOEICAL NAERATIVE. 109 Subscriptions to the Fund for paying Citizens' Bounties under the several calls for Troops, ex- clusive of the amounts paid in 1862. For the latter see page 50 of this Record. One of the Subscription Books circulated in District No. 1, under the call July 18, 1864, it has been impossible to find, but the lack of it has been supplied as far as possible. About Twenty Five Dollars however were paid upon that subscription that will not appear upon the pages that follow. The different subscriptions of each subscriber are embraced in a single sum. Entire correct- ness has been aimed at, in bringing together these amounts, but it is more than possible that some mistakes have been made. Amsden, Washington H. $95 Bruce, F 35 Amsden, 10 Bangs, N 41 Aldrich, D 70 Bangs, A 51 Allen F 66 Bacon, J. B 5 Adams, H. B 79 Beard, R 65 Adams, C. H 28 Burbeck, J. W 55 Adams, B 5 Babbitt, M. F llf Ames, Miss Alpha 2 Babbitt, T 5 Black, G. W 75 Babbitt, L. D 53 Baker, M 50 Babbitt, G. W 25 Batchelder, L 6 Bullard, D 36 Bailey, 1 46 Bullard, J. H 15 Boutelle, J 16 Bullard, B. F 90 Blake, T. H 8 Bullard, F 15 Bruce, A. C 26 Benjamin, F. J 46 10 110 HISTOEICAL NARRATIVE. Bassett, C. C 75 Clark, J. E 42 Bassett, C. C. Mrs 10 Casavant, D 15 Bassett, E 3 Casavant, J 17 Brown, 0. B 5 Croney, F. A 25 Brown, W. C 5 Cardany, J. B 71 Brown, E. F 45 Collier, J 25 Bemis, S. A 10 Coolidge, J 57 BaU, J. A 30 Coolidge, H. R 5 Bates, F lOf Conant, A. B 35 Bottomly, F 5 Conant, A. W 5 Bannam, Q f Cheney, A 15 Brooks, 0. T 51 Cheney, D 30 Bancroft, CO 26 Clapp, S 21f Brock, N. H 23 Clapp, E. P 5 • Ballard, F. D 13 Carpenter, C. F 25 Bigelow, D 12 Cunningham, B. 5 Bigelow, O.J 30 Collar, L. S 40 Briggs, M 20 Collar, G 5 Briggs, J. S 5 Collar, C. W 16 Briggs, T. M 25 Crossman, M 5 Briggs, W 26 Cummings, S f Briggs, S. B lOf Davenport, C. W 81 Bryant, 20 Davenport, J 10 Boler, J 4 Davenport, 0. P 32 Bliss, S. W 3 Davenport, D. B 11 Bannon, C. W 71 Davenport, Sirs. L 10 Barber, H. R 66 Davis, K 3 Barnes, C.J 25 Davis, J. H 26 Belden, J. H . 30 Drake, B. B 3 Barry, G 10 Doyle, T 1 Chubb, A. S 35 Dunbar, J. F 25 Carter, A. W 63 Dexter, J. L 12 Chase, A. P 8 Drury, D 56 Chase, S. D 5 Drury, H 15 Chase, E. F 41 Drury, E 30 HISTORICAL NARRATIVE. Ill Drury, E. A 80 Folsom, A. B 30 Drury, W 23 Goddard, G 50 Drury, J. R ' 95 Goddard, F 56 Drury, G. W., Jr 10 Goddard, D 15 Drury, Jona, 2d 40 Goddard, David 25 Drury, J 13 Goddard, A 28 Drury, S. S 15 Gage, D 5 Drury, G. W., 2d 15 Gage, E 25 Ellis, E 95 Gage, M 15 Elmore, S 3 Gage, E. J 18 Eaton, 0. . . . 21 Gage, H. H 23 Fuller, J. E 50 Gage, S 6 Fuller, F 35 Goodspeed, T. H 85 Fay, F. F 75 J aarfield, R 20 Fay, F. R 15 Garfield, G. R 18 Fay, J. H 40 Glennon, J 7 Fay, W. G 15 Gardner, J 14^ Fay, S. E 71 Gray, H 10 Fay, L. B 51 Gray, W. N : . . 30 Fish, S 110 George, F. T 10 Fish, W. W 90Gerry, G. M 15 Fish, W 15 Gibbs, W. L 3 Fisher, C. D 30 Hanson, J. N '. . . 60 Friends 22 Holton, J. A 50 Fletcher, A. F 60 Holton, S 5 Fletcher, A. V 46 Hapgood, L. W 44 Farr, H 8 Hathaway, S. B 5 Farr, G 74 Horton, L. H 45 Frost, W. H 5 Horton, E. B 22 Flint, J 3 Hill, A 24 Flint, C. F 10 Hill, M 133 Fry, J 35 Hill, J. C 30 Foskett, W 33 Harding, A. Jr 30 Field, C 34 Haven, J 55 Foster, N 5 Haven, J. F 23 112 mSTOEICAL NAERATIVE. Haven, E 13f Jones, E 51 Hagar, G. L 40 Jobbins, J. S 28 Hagar, W 10 Knapp, H .' 45 Houghton, M. H 11 Knapp, G. L 25 Howard, J. R 5 Kendall, I. Y 89 Howard, F. S 60 Kendall, G. N 26 Howard, R 5 Kendall, 20 Hunt, J. W 105 Kendall, C 10 Hunt, H. B 61 King, A. F 71 Hunt, 0. F 71 King, A. E 68 Hunt, L. B 20 Kelton, C 45 Holden, G. W 6 Kelton, J. M 16 Holden, Wm 3 Kelton, C. W 28 Humphrey, H. M 55 Knight, S. L 40 Humphrey, J. F 5 Knox, 0. C 69 Hayden, J 18 King, J. M 65 Hayden, G. H 10 King, M 5 Holt, H. W 15 Lee, J. M 75 Horr, C 15 Lee, S 25 Horr, G. H 35 Lee, H 13 Horr, W 15 Lee, M. L 51 Houghton, D. W 60 Lee, D 5 Harris, J. S 56 Leach, V. W 71 Harris, E. N 54 Lincoln, G. W 10 Hemraenway, J 40 Lynde, J. P 165 Harwood, J 2 Lamb, Z. W 38 Harwood, B. B 5 Lamb, J 30 Jennison, H 33 Leonard, W. M 59 Johnson, R 20 Leonard, R. D 8 Johnson, M. W 15 Lawrence, F 12 Johnson, G. T 105 Lamson, J. W 50 Jennings, L 5 Lord, F. G 95 Jones, J. A 31 Lord, C. L 94 Jones, D 30 Lord, G. Jr 97 Jones, T. T 10 Lord, L. B 66 HISTOEICAL NAERATIVE. 113 Lord, E 70 Perry, J. W 65 Lord, A 12 Peck, W 25 Lord, F. Cr. & Co 15 Peck, P. L 10 Lord, N. Y 90 Pond, G. S 50 Lewis, J. S 6 Pond, F. L 18 Lewis, J 16 Pratt, A 4 Lewis E.T 10 Pitts, S. W 20 Lewis, J. L lOPitts, S. B 66 Lewis, H. A 15 Prouty, A 6f Lord, Emerson 5 Prouty, S. D 5 Lord, J 7 Prouty, Gr 5 Morse, C. B 41 Putnam, R 56 Morse, C. W.....^ 56 Puffer, E. A 5 Morse, S. R 15 Packard, J. F 8 Moore, S. 23 Rickey, Q. W 60 Moore, A 10 Rich, F 36 Moore, C. W 15 Richardson, N 75 Merriam, 65 Richardson, C. F 45 McLane, N 10 Richardson, G. H 51 Miller, 1 51 Reynolds, C.W 5 Mann, W 60 Rice, J. M 80 Meachum, J. C 28 Rice, C. E 10 McRay, a 5Rice, S. R... ^^^ Norton, J. F 16 Raymond, F. H 10 Nourse, H. C 48 Reynolds, H. L 23 Nelson, Q. W 10 Shaw, F. W 25 Newton, W 20 Smith, Erastus 39 Newton, S 4 Smith, Royal 10 Newell, A 20 Smith, D 66 Olds, W 2f Smith, David 55 Oliver, Ozi 45 Smith, H. C 44 Oliver, 5 Smith, E 20 Parmenter, F. C 60 Smith, W 10 Parmenter, J. S 115 Smith, A 10 Perry, F. G 40 Smith, R 15 10* 114 HISTORICAL NARRATIVE. Smith, J. W 26 Sprague, G 10 Smith, W 5 Sprague, L. K 56 Shepherd, Joseph 10 Sprague, F. M 38 Shepherd, J 4 Sanborn, W. B 15 Southard, G 65 Sloan, J. W llf Sawyer, A. M 65 Sibley, S 3 Sawyer, J. W 55 Thorpe, W. . '. 115 Sawtelle, J. F 30 Thorpe, F 38 StockweU, J 5 Thorpe, 10 Stockwell, C 25 Thorpe, A 10 StockweU, S. J 46 Thorpe, L 15 Stockwell, S 20 Tohnan, A 15 Stockwell, 0. J 15 Tolman, C. F 10 Snow, J. W 18 Tolman, J. C 3 Southland, H. H 10 Thrower, W. L 5 Spear, C. T 6 Tenney, G. L 20 Scott, 0. A 40 Thomas, E. A 46 Stratton, A. G 79 Thomas, A. M 5 Stratton, A. T 33 Thomas, G 5 Stratton, J. H Ill Taylor, E. M 10 Stratton, J 18 Tyler, P. C 35 Stratton, Joseph 26 Tyler, C. H 15 Stratton, A. 5 Totman, J. F 14 Stratton, R 40 Townseud, E. F 35 Stratton, G. L 85 Townsend, A 8 Sanderson, C 5 Townsend, J 25 Simonds,L. B 15 Townsend, H. P 10 Simonds, N 5 Townsend, C. A 75 Stevens, 1 29 Townsend, H. D 15 Spooner, CM 105 TwicheU, S. E 40 Stone, D. H 20 Twichell, B. M 15 Stone, J. W 3 Twichell, E. L 20 Swan, 5 Twichell, E. C 43 Swan, J 74Utley, G. D 65 Savage, T. W 15 Utley, Mrs 10 HISTORICAL NARRATIVE. 115 Unclei-woocl, G. P 25 Ward, L 5 Underwood, C 20 Ward, N 10 Williams, J. H 80 Wiggins, W. S 28 Williams, E 5 Wiley, I. L 10 Wood, J. C 58 Wiley, N 15 Wood, J. E 26| Walker, F. H 20 Wood, C. C 22 Willard, E. A 50 Wood, B. E 25 Waite, A. J 50 Wood, Joseph E 5 Wheeler, J 5 Wood, D. F 65 Wheeler, J. A 5 Wood, G 21| Willey, G.W 26 Wood, J. K 5 Willey, A 3 Worcester, G. H 15 Woodard, G. W 38 Woodis, J. C 5 Woodard, C. W 16 Whitney, J. W 3 Young, E. S 25 Whitney, J. P 28 Amount $12,588 Whitney, G. H 54 Not included in the White, J 10 above 25 Warren, G.H 10 Wilder, G 60 $12,613 Ward, D. A 25 Of this sum there was refunded to the subscrib- ers to raise funds under the last call for troops, unexpended money to the amount of $997, leaving as actually expended by the citizens of Athol to fill the different quotas in 1864 $11,616. The Towns and cities of the Commonwealth having been authorized to raise by taxation or otherwise funds " to reimburse money paid for recruiting purposes," by the individual citizens of any Town or City in the year 1864, 116 HISTORICAL NARRATIVE. At a Town meeting legally called for June 10, 1865, it was " Voted that the Town of Athol pay the seve- ral amounts contributed by individuals towards filling the several quotas of the Town or furnish- ing men for the service of the United States, under the several calls of the President of the United States or of the War Department, during the year 1864 ; and that the same shall be ascer- tained by the Selectmen and paid under their direction, the payment to be made on and after the 15th day of October next; and the sum of Thirteen Thousand Dollars or so much thereof as shall be necessary be raised and appropriated for that purpose. And no payment shall be made unless the claim is presented and proved, before Sept. 1, 1865." " Voted that so much money as shall be neces- sary to make the payments named in the fore- going vote, not exceeding Thirteen Thousand Dollars, be raised and assessed as a special tax, the bills to be committed on or before the 15th day of Sept. next, and the tax collected and paid into the treasury on or before the 15th day of October next." " Voted that no discount shall be allowed on this tax, and certificates of the Selectmen of the amount of money contributed by individuals for said purposes shall be accepted by- the Collector in payment of the Tax." HISTOEICAL NARRATIVE. 117 At a Town Meeting, Aug. 16, 1865 the votes above recorded that were passed on the 10th day of June 1865, were rescinded, and by a vote of 141 in the affirmative and 98 in the negative, it was " Voted that it is not expedient for the Town to raise funds to refund the money contributed by individuals for recruiting purposes in the year 1864." And at another Town Meeting Aug. 28, 1865, a vote in precisely the same language was passed by 257 in the affirmative and 100 in the neg- ative. The record of what the people of Athol have done to aid in suppressing the Great Rebellion will be incomplete unless some statements are made respectitig the hospital stores and supplies of various kinds that were furnished for the re- lief and comfort of our brave and patriotic sol- diers. During the whole period covered by this record, individuals, families and neighborhoods were sending money and boxes of food and clothing to their kindred and friends in the army. No attempt will be made to estimate the value of these supplies, but we may safely say that they were deemed by the recipients of them in- valuable. 118 HISTORICAL NARRATIVE. To the Christian Commission and one or two other agencies engaged in reheving our sick and wounded soldiers money was forwarded to the amount of $350.00. Soon after the war commenced the Ladies organized a Soldiers Aid Society in each of the two large villages, and these were in active operation till peace was restored. Of the Society in the Centre of the Town Mrs. Dr. George Hoyt was President and Mrs. Thomas H. Goodspeed Secretary and Trea- surer, and this furnished supplies as follows. May 4, 1861, a Box of Hospital supplies valued at $33.85 May 27, 1861, a Box of Hospital supjilies 260.00 Oct. 4, 1861, Soldiers' Comforts 75.00 Oct. 16, 1861, Box of Quilts, Sheets &c 249.50 Sept. 6, 1862. 2 barrels Clothing &c 127.00 Dec. 22, 1862, 1 barrel dried Apples 9.87 Jan. 8, 1863, Box of Clothing 55.00 May 8, 1863, Barrel dried Apples 10.00 July 11, 1863, Barrel dried Apples 12.25 Jan. 3, 1864, 3 barrels Clothing &c 100.00 June 1, 1864, 1 Box of Cotton and Linen 25.00 Sept. 27, 1864, 5 Barrels of Vegetables, 1 Barrel Clothing 75.00 March 14, 1865, 2 barrels of Clothing 90.00 June 30, 1865, 1 barrel of Clothing 45.00 June 30, 1865, Cash sent to Sanitary Commission.. 28.50 Knitting 80 pairs of socks . 28.00 Total amount of supplies forwarded chiefly by Mrs. Goodspeed $1223.47 HISTORICAL NARRATIVE. 119 The Soldiers Aid Society in Athol Depot of which Mrs. Walter Thorpe was the President till May 12, 1864 when Mrs. Otis Bancroft was ap- pointed upon Mrs. Thorpe's resignation, was in operation from the beginning till the end of the war. Miss Ellen M. Bigelow, Mrs. S. E. Fay, Miss Nettie Hill, Mrs. Harding R. Barber and Mrs. Lucius Sprague filled successively the office of Secretary and Treasurer of this Society; while its first President Mrs. Walter Thorpe was ap- pointed Assistant Manager of the Sanitary Com- mission in 1865. This Society sent through the Sanitary Commission for the relief of our sol- diers eleven Boxes and three Barrels chiefly of Hospital stores and supplies, the total value of which was estimated to be $808.43. Through what may be called the public chan- nels of aid to the soldiers, Athol therefore fur- nished, in money and supplies to the amount of $2381.90. Add to this. Hospital stores sent in 1862 directly to Dr. Otis, Surgeon of the 27th Regiment at Newbern of the value of ninety five dollars and we have the sum of $2470.90 all of which was cheerfully given to comfort and suc- cor the brave defenders of our country. The total amount of indebtedness incurred by the Town of Athol on account of the war is as- certained by the Selectmen to be $18,880.94. 120 HISTORICAL NARRATIVE. Of which there has been paid $8,987.36. Leaving unpaid March 1865 $9,893.58. Individual citizens have contributed to pay bounties $12,777.78. The cost of Substitutes and the amount paid for Commutation under the draft in 1863 was about $5430, making the total amount of ex- penses $39,565.62. No reference is here made to the large sums contributed for the comfort of the soldiers in a less public manner. HISTORICAL NARRATIVE. 121 EXPLANATION OF THE TABLES THAT FOLLOW. 1. No distinction is made in these Tables between Non-Commis- sioned Officers and Privates, as it seems desirable to give the names of the soldiers Alphabetically. 2. The Age of each is that given at the time of enlistment. 3. Blanks in the columns of Bounties indicate that no bounties were paid by the Town or by the citizens of Athol. No attempt is made to indicate the bounties paid by the State or by the United States. 4. Blanks elsewhere indicate simply a failure to obtain the de- sired information. 5. As a general rule, the soldiers whose age, birthplace, occupa- tion &c., are not given, were obtained through Brokers. 6. In the case of the 53d Regiment the exact sum named was paid to each soldier as a Private or Citizens' bounty. In all other cases, this Column indicates only the average sum paid by the citi- zens in procuring the several recruits under a particular call for troops. To fill the same quota some received more than others, but the average amount is the only matter of any considerable consequence. 11 122 EEGIMENTS, COMPANIES, ETC. o H m CM o of o PC? 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Oran - ^ . ^^^s^s ^a> Spq to . „ fc>0 03 &0 -S 0) ^^'^ ^S^ '^ - i: f^.^' •5 S'S t- oj c 2 -c — 2 — Q ;q ^ h^ K ^^ H^ ^ W r >. a ^ EH r= Ph r o t- 22 o 132 REGIMENTS; COMPANIES, ETC. .2 33 « a a^ .- t "iC 'ut^- i fct s: ^ j5 C -* a c3 c ce SS ^^ J«§ co^ -•"2 i: Sb-Sr --^' ^- ^ hS' (M»(N(N(MTteOi-iC^eo(N S 5 ts ^'- K® "^ sh a P^ii a ^ 3 , Ph O o 'I' " ? ^'''^ ^ qj I^ 2S ^ ^T^ -^ -* W Si O O 5^ O— -i2 C ^ C^ O 3 )^ oj 3 oj 'C N a « a . S-5 rJ 5 =1^ =^ o 5 CO « CZ2 o Ol S - S *-■ tn o a -r> : W "eS -2 S >PQ ^^3 — T- b, oj -r =- 3^ i; cs a = i = ^ 5 i:^ p: K (:l^ W c^K ;i5 ^ W 5 f^ P O s H^ O '-' H^^-:^^ 4 &J0 : j^ e« O rt rt == ^ o REGIMENTS, COMPANIES, ETC. 135 CD CO CO CO CO CO (N (N (M "So t: "3) C d a c ctf a fM B- :: ^ a ^ ^ a CT! c ert a s rfi T) {« (15 3 3 Pncccc «2 •3 .-^ a u ts tn a) fl ■y S S 1^; :^"^ P5 g ■^ fl 'IS a eS S TO ^ ^ J - Ptl^ ^ __; ^H C 43 .S -^ =S^^^ ;^o -£3 . .2 a !3 i! O O JH wsw OpQQQQQ bC n ■3 . a c . ^ fl » as * c OK — a 02 a o ii Qi 11 CD cc^^:i -li-ilMCO-. o. S o U BQ ?-t 03 nr3 I— t o H CZ2 nd g •-CS 03 <1 OQ r- JZ3 rv! OS fl IT) P N ^^ &. u ^ 2 ^ ^ « g g cs • ^^^ ^ ^ ^#.^ C3 ■Si 03 o ^^ CD >H H CJ3 8^ <6 &J0 o a eg REGIMENTS, COMPANIES, ETC. 137 NAME. Where Born. Age. Occupation. Mar'ied or Sin. 61st Mass. Infa'y. Isaiah S. Merrill.. . James Oliver, Jr. . . Greenfield. Athol. 26 29 Stone Mas'n. Surgeon. Single. 3d Heavy Artill'y. George W. Stevens. Fort Henry. 18 Mechanic. Single. 7th Mass. Batte'y. Edwin C. Hastings. Grantham. 24 Mechanic. Married. 1st Col. KT. Oaro'a. John N. Mars Norfolk, Ct. 58 Chaplain. Married. 1st Kansas Cav'y. George H. Hoyt.. . Athol. Lawyer. Single. 79th U. S. Inf. Col. Ransom Ward Belchertown. 34 Merchant. Married. Sixth Battery. Peter Pelkey Burrillsville. 44 Laborer. Married. 4th Conn. Eeg't. G. W. Currier 15th Eeg't Infa'y. Town Bounty. Cit'n's Bounty. Robert O'Brian. . . . $125.00 125.00 $51.50 Abram Hodge Prisoner. 51.50 19th Eeg't Infa'y. .leremiah Driscoll. . 125.00 125.00 125.00 125.00 .Julius Gerard Robert McCarron. . William Smith Boston. 138 EEGIMENTS, COMPANIES, ETC. 4 NAME. 23d Eeg't Infantry. Charles Smith 26tli Eeg't Infantry. Terrenoe Donelly Charles Kent, Jr 33d Eeg't Infantry. John L. Batchelder. . , John Lynch 54th Eeg't Infantry. Francis Powers , 58tli Eeg't Infantry. John Lacy 3d Heavy Artillery. William Smith , William Hughes , 16tli Heavy Artillery Michael J. Hudson . . , Irving L. Leonard. . . . Peter Walters 1st Mass. Cavalry, Michael Broderick. . . , Michael Guilfoyle. ... 3d Mass, Cavalry. Charles Fouquet Town Bounty. Citiz'n's Bounty. S125.00 125.00 125.00 125.00 125.00 125.00 125.00 125.00 125.00 125.00 125.00 125.00 125.00 125.00 125.00 S236.13 51.50 51.50 236.13 236.13 Remarks. Comp. I, Sin. " A, " 51.50 51.50 Lives in Somers, Ct. Deserted March, '65. 236.13 'Married. 236.13 Sin.jfle. 236.13' 236.13 Taunton, dis- ch'd, June,'65. 236.13' REGIMENTS, COMPANIES, ETC. 139 NAME, 4tli Mass. Cavalry. James Eagan Irving C. Gates A. S. Ladd W. F. Leavett J. E. Shattuck Thomas Thompson . . . 5tli Mass. Cavalry. John Bliss Nelson Jackson. . George Michael. Jacob Sadler. . . . . Daniel T. Youngr. Battalion Cavalry. George G. Clark. Peter A. Drollet. Edwin Holmes. . . Willard Howard . A. Keen 1st Mass. Battery. Patrick T. Adams. . . . Eleventli Battery. Joseph Hill 3d U. S. Infantry. William Hohenfels . . . . Henry Johnston Charles Wilson 5tli Illinois Cavalry. John Mier Town Bounty S125.00 125.00 125.00 125.00 125.00 125.00 125.00 125.00 125.00 125.00 125.00 125.00 125.00 125.00 125.00 125.00 125.00 125.00 125.00 125.00 12^00 ilepresentati Citl'n's Bounty. Milton. Dis. Hubbard'n, " Somerville, Prov'nce, R. I. Remarks. Nov. 14, 1865. a u u Dis. Nov. '65. a a u 236.13 One Year. 236.13 236.13 236.13 Discharged 51.50 236.13 236.13 236.13 236.13 Three Years. Two Frontier Ser. One Year. One Year. June 30, 1865. ve Reci uit for C. C. Bassett. 140 REGIMENTS, COMPANIES, ETC. 'TH U. S. Infantry. Tow N Bounty. John Dorn, SI 25.00. Patrick Folly, 125.00. William Kennedy, 125.00. George Kennedy, 125.00, John Riely, 125.00. 103d U. S. colored TROOPS, THE STATE. Radley Fedley. Credited to Athol. Isaac Lucas. i( i( Jacob Youno;blood. (( it Citizen's Bounty. $51.50. 51.50. 51.50. 51.50. • 51.50. OBTAINED BY 6th colored heavy ARTILLERY. Dennis Caldwell, Representative Recruit for Asa Hill. 1st U. S. COLORED CAVALRY. William Freeman, Representative Recruit for Walter Thorpe. 3d U. S. COLORED CAVALRY. Daniel Bruce, Representative Recruit for Calvin Kelton. Moses Wilkinson, Representative Recruit for Lewis Thorpe. Henry Williams, Representative Recruit for D. F. Wood. 29TII MASS. UNATTACHED COMPANY. Arthur N. Judd, $125.00 from Town, $236.13 from Citizens. 6th MASS. CAVALRY. James Harkins, see 31st Regiment. FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, (100 Days.) Cutler Seaver, Company C ; born in Milford, 1 7 years old, and a Mechanic. SECOND HEAVY ARTILLERY. George R. Hanson, see 27th Regiment. PERSONAL HISTORY. 141 Personal History of Athol Men while in the ser- vice of the United States for Suppressing the Great Rebellion. Jeduthan W. Ames, 32d Reg. (See page 129) joined the First Battalion at Fort Warren in Feb. 1862. This Battalion as the 32d Reg. was ordered May 25, 1862 to take the field at the earliest possible moment, and Mr. Ames went with it to Washington and afterwards to Harri- son's Landing on the James River Va. His health soon failed and after being sick three months he was discharged Nov. 22, 1862 and returned to Athol. Recovering his health he re- entered the service in the 21st Reg. early in the year 1864, joining the Reg. at Annapolis Md, Maj. Gen. Burnside being the Corps Command- er ; went with the Reg. into the great battles in Virginia and was wounded June 2, 1864 in the side, in the engagement at Bethesda Church. He was at once taken prisoner and removed to Richmond where he was kept three months, when he was exchanged, had a furlough, was in the Hospital two months and then discharged. Andrew J. Ames, 27th Reg. (See page 126), went with the Reg. to Annapolis and under Gen. Burnside to the Coast of North Carolina early in 142 PERSONAL HISTORY. ^ the year 1862. During the long delay occa- sioned by storms and the difficulties encountered in crossing Hatteras Inlet, Mr. Ames suffered much, and his disease at length assumed the form of Congestion of the lungs which termi- nated fatally at Newbern N. C. April 2, 1862. He was buried at Newbern. His sickness pre- vented him from being in the ranks at the captures of Roanoke Island and Newbern. Lewis P. Atwood, 21st Reg. (See page 125), went with the Reg. to Annapolis where he was sick with the Measles, but recovered sufficiently to join in the Expedition under Gen. Burnside to N. Carolina ; was in the battle at the capture of Roanoke Island ; was sick at the capture of New- bern ; was in the battles at Camden N. C. the 2d Bull Run fight, Chantilly, Knoxville and Camp- bell's Station, Tennessee. Mr. Atwood was a nurse in the Hospitals at Boonsboro' and Fred- erick City Maryland 6 months ; and reenlisting Jan. 1, 1864, he came home on a furlough of forty days ; rejoined his Reg. at Annapolis in March 1864 and went with it to the front when Gen. Grant moved towards Richmond ; was in the battle of the Wilderness and also at Spott- sylvania, where he was severely wounded in the leg ; was removed to Alexandria and June 1, was brought to the Hospital at Portsmouth PERSONAL HISTORY. 143 Grove E. I., where he remained m a very criti- cal situation for a number of months when he began to improve. Mr. A. was discharged as un- fit for service March 10, 1865, and returned home, lame, but recovering. Branch F. Ayers, 21st Reg. (See page 125), went with his Reg. to North Carolina and was in the engagements at the Captures of Roan- oke Island and Newbern ; was sick of the Ty- phoid Fever and in the Hospital at Beaufort N. C. and discharged as unfit for service June 30, 186S In Sept. 1863, he reentered the service returning to the same Reg. and was with the Reg. in the battles at the Wilderness, Spottsyl- vania and on the North Anna, but his health again failing he was discharged Oct. 8, 1864. Adolphus Bangs, 53, Reg. (See page 131) went with the Reg. to Louisiana, was in the battle at the capture of Fort Bisland, and was sent from that place to New Orleans, April 14, 1863, in charge of the dead and wounded. Being sick, Mr. Bangs entered the Marine Hospital at N. Or- leans, May 7, 1863, where he remained till Aug. 11, 1863, when he rejoined his Reg. and returned with it, Aug. 24, 1863. In the summer of 1864, Mr. Bangs accompanied Capt. F. F. Fay to Vicksburg and assisted him in recruiting from 144 PERSONAL HISTORY. the States in Rebellion for the State of Massa- chusetts. Harding R. Barber, 53. Reg. (See page 131) went with the Reg. to Louisiana and was detailed in the Quartermaster's Department April 8, 1863. He rejoined his Company Aug. 9, 1863 and re- turned with it to his home Aug. 24, 1863 in good health. Charles H. Barton, 32. Reg. (See page 130) was in the Battalion formed at Fort Warren in the Autumn of 1861, was very sick at the For^ but gaining a little was brought home sick ; recover- ing in part he returned to the Fort and went with the Battalion which had become the 32 Reg. to Washington and Harrison's Landing Va. Being sick, he was removed to the U. S. Hospi- tal West Philadelphia, where after recovering he remained 14 months doing guard duty and being detailed for detective service, going often to Washington in charge of recruits and desert- ers. Reenlisting, he joined his Reg. and was with it when Gen. Grant moved towards Rich- mond ; was sick with Fever and Ague three weeks in June 1864, was in the engagements when an advance was made upon the Weldon Rail Road, and at Hatcher's Run, went on the Weldon Rail Road raid during the following PERSONAL HISTORY. 145 winter, was in the battles commencing March 28th 1865 which resulted in the capture of Richmond and the surrender of Gen. Lee's ar- my, the 32d Reg. forming a pnrt of the troops whose duty it was to receive the rebel arras; went to Farmville and Burkesville and then into camp when he was detailed for duty at Head Quarters being part of the time a mounted Or- derly; was in the grand Review in Washington and finally was discharged with his Reg. June 2d, 1865 and returned home in good health. Thomas G. Barry, 27. Reg. (See page 126), went with the Reg. to N. Carolina and was in the engagement at the capture of Roanoke Island ; while at that Island took a severe cold and was not able to participate in the capture of New- bern ; remaining sick he was discharged Sept, 12, 1862 and returned to Athol where he died of the disease contracted in N. Carolina Oct. 18, 1862. Warren A. Beaman, 9. Reg. (See page 123), was drafted July 1863 and reported for service, was mustered in Aug. 21, 1863 and joined the Reg. in Virginia. In May 1864 he was in the en- gagements when Gen. Grant moved towards Richmond and is supposed to have been taken prisoner in the battle of the Wilderness, or 146 PERSONAL HISTORY. about that time; was carried to Andersonville Ga. and was in other rebel prisons ; was sick of Chronic Diarrhoea at the time when he was pa- rolled for exchange at Charleston S. C. which was in Dec. 1864 ; was brought to Annapolis very low, and died there Jan. 2, 18G5. His wife went on to minister to him, but was delayed on the way and he had been dead a few hours when she reached the Hospital at Annapolis. His remains were broug-ht to Athol and buried from the Church of the Evangelical Societ}^, Jan. 11, 1865. Mr. Beaman left in Athol a wife and one child. At his request he had been transferred to the 32d Eeg. before his capture. WiUiam Beard, 30. Reg. (See page 129), went with his Reg. under Maj. Gen. Butler to Lou- isiana and participated in the movements that re- sulted in the capture of New Orleans. At a later period he was with the Reg. in various engage- ments in Louisiana, and was in service at the capture of Port Hudson. Early in 1864 Mr. Beard reenlisted and came home on a furlough. In July 1864 the Reg. was transferred to Virginia and became a part of the Army of Gen. Sheridan in the valley of the Shenandoah where the light- ing was very severe — and at a later period par- ticipated in the great movements that resulted in the defeat of Gen. Lee's army and the cap- PERSONAL HISTORY. 147 ture of Richmond, Mr. Beard is in service at this time, Jan. 1866. Daniel E. Billings, 2d Reg. (See page 122), was among the first men that went from Athol into the service of the United States at the opening of the war, joining the Reg. at Camp Andrew, West Roxbury; went with the Reg. July 8, 1861 to the Upper Potomac, was in the engagements at Jackson Va. and afterwards in 1862 at Front Royal and Winchester during the advance of Gen. Banks up the Valley of the Shenandoah and his disastrous retreat. At a later period was in the engagements at Cedar Mountain, Antie- tam and Fredericksburg as well as in many other less known but desperate contests in Virginia, and in 1863 was in the battles at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. In Aug. and Sept. 1863 Mr. Billings was with his Reg. in New York City for the suppression of riots and went with it to Tennessee to reinforce the army of Maj. Gen. Rosecrans. Reenlisting Jan. 1864, he came home on a furlough and rejoined his Reg. at Tullahoma Tenn. April 1864. Mr. Billings was taken sick and went into a Hospital at Mur- freesboro' Tenn. where he remained after recov- ery, first, as cook, and then as Commissary. Meanwhile his Reg. under Gen. Sherman had penetrated Georgia and crossed the Carolinas, and he rejoined it in Alexandria Va. After the 148 PERSONAL HISTORY. Great Review at Washington, viz July 14, 1865 Mr. Billinsi;s was mustered out of tlie service and came home in good health, having served four years and two months. J. B. Billings, 2d Reg. (See page 12), brother of the above, enlistinu; at the same time and