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HISTORY 
 
 WORCESTER Guards 
 
 WORCESTER CITY GUARDS 
 
 From 1840 to 1896. 
 By LIEUTENANT S.'hATHAWAY, 
 
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 OLD GUARDS OF J840. 
 
 WORCESTKR, MASS.: 
 
 F. S. Bl.ANCHARD & Co., PRINTERS, 1S4 FrONT StHKRT. 
 1896. 
 
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 DEDICATIOR 
 
 IN WRITING HISTORY OF WHICH ONE'S SELF IS A 
 PART, IT IS DIFFICULT TO KEEP THE "I AM" FROM 
 COMING TO THE FORE, BUT I HAVE ENDEAVORED 
 TO KEEP THE MUNCHAUSENS OF THE POET IN SUB- 
 JECTION TO THE JUDGMENT OF THE HISTORIAN, AND 
 HAVE PRESENTED ONLY THE COLD FACTS OF HIS- 
 TORY, WHICH IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO ALL 
 THE GUARDS, AND THE PUBLIC AS WELL. 
 
 THE AUTHOR. 
 
LIEUT. HATHAWAY — 1840. 
 
A HISTORY 
 
 OK TIIK 
 
 WORCESTER GUARDS 
 
 From 1840 to J 895. 
 
 URING the political excitement of 1 840, the Wor- 
 cester Light Infantry, then composed of Whigs 
 and Democrats, became divided, all the Whig 
 members retiring excepting Capt. D. Waldo Lincoln. 
 I quote from a paper read before the old Worcester 
 Fire Society by Capt. D. Waldo Lincoln in 1877: 
 
 "Each of the political parties, Whigs and Locofocos, 
 were desirous of having a grand demonstration in Wor- 
 cester, July 4th, 1 840, and each was anxious to secure 
 the services of the Light Infantry (the only militar}'- com- 
 pany in town) to act as escort to the procession. Some 
 of the most active among the Whigs authorized Col. 
 John W. Lincoln to extend an invitation to the Infantry 
 to act as their escort in anticipation of more formal 
 action to be taken by the committee of arrangement. 
 Their opponents, the Locofocos, however, held a meeting 
 and appointed a committee, who sent a formal invitation, 
 
which was received by the company soon after the verbal 
 one of the Whigs, the members of the Infantry being 
 nearly divided between the two political parties. A very 
 excited and animated discussion took place as to which 
 invitation should be accepted. The Democrats, having a 
 slight majority, voted to accept the invitation of that 
 party, on the ground that although the invitation of the 
 Whigs was first received, the other was more formal and 
 was sanctioned by properly authorized representatives 
 of the party. The result was that the Whigs were so 
 incensed that they would not parade, either on July 
 4th or thereafter, but would get a discharge as soon as 
 possible. 
 
 " Capt. Lincoln decided it was for the best interests of 
 the command and as likely to prevent a total disband- 
 ment that the dissatisfied members be allowed to retire, 
 and through his influence the Whig members (all save 
 Capt. Lincoln himself) received a discharge from the 
 authorized military officials." 
 
 The Democrats at once set to work to fill up the com- 
 pany, and with such success that in a week's time the 
 quota was full — all good Jackson Democrats and true, 
 save the captain. This action stirred up the Whigs, and 
 they determined to raise a company composed of mem- 
 bers of their party, and such was the enthusiasm in 
 which it was carried into eftect that Aug. 6th, 1840, the 
 organization of the Worcester Guards was completed. 
 The question of calling them the Worcester Harrison 
 Independent Guards, so that the name would read Whig 
 on their knapsack, was discussed, but abandoned from its 
 great length, and the name of the Worcester Guards was 
 

 
adopted, which was changed by vote of the company, in 
 1850, to the Worcester City Guards, "Hersey's History 
 of Worcester " to the contrary notwithstanding, who says 
 they bore the name of Harrison Guards. 
 
 A supper was given them at the Worcester House by 
 an invitation of the Whig citizens, on the eve of Sep- 
 tember 19th, 1840, the day of their first parade, — when 
 speeches were spoke and silver tops broke, and a right 
 good time was held. 
 
 Gov. Lincoln presided. Hon. B. F. Thomas, Hon. 
 Henry Chapin and others made eloquent speeches. 
 
 A young Guard said : " We are your children, and may 
 you never know how sharper than a serpent's tooth 'tis 
 to have a thankless child." 
 
 The first officers were: Captain, George Bowen; ist 
 Lieut., George Hobbs; 2d Lieut, Leonard Pool; 3d Lieut., 
 George W. Richardson; ist Sergt, and Clerk, Hiram 
 Gould; 2d, Joshua R. Bigelow ; 3d, Samuel T. Lamb*; 
 4th, Elbridge G. Pratt; 5th and Color Bearer, Charles 
 Blanchard. An organization was effected Sept. 19, 1840, 
 and the company paraded for the first time on that day, 
 and sixty-four "good men and true" stood in line before 
 the Town Hall while the Boston Brigade Band beat 
 off, and old Bartlett's trumpet sounded the notes of their 
 first reveille (may it echo down the ages). This cere- 
 mony began the history that for more than half a century 
 has been written in honor without one stain to mar its 
 beauty, or one blot on its escutcheon of glory. From 
 the time of its organization to the present, the company 
 has been commanded by the following officers in the 
 order named : 
 
Captains — ^ George Bowen, George Hobbs, Leonard 
 Poole, George B. Conklin, L. Lincoln Newton, Edwin 
 Eaton, Charles W. Longley, John M. Goodhue, George 
 H. Ward, A. B. R. Sprague, R. H. Chamberlain, Joseph 
 A. Titus, Wm. H. King, E. R. Shumway, George H. 
 Cleveland, Wm. D. Preston, Wm. A. Condy and E. G. 
 Barrett. 
 
 Capt. E. A. Wood was commissioned as captain of Co. 
 
 A, Third Battalion, Aug. 7th, 1862, and went into the 
 service of the United States under that commission. 
 
 First Lieutenants — Geo. Hobbs, Leonard Poole, Geo. 
 
 B. Conklin, Levi L. Newton, Edwin Eaton, Elbridge G. 
 Pratt, Daniel W. Lincoln, Samuel H. Leonard, Geo. H. 
 Ward, A. B. R. Sprague, Edwin A. Wood, Josiah Pickett, 
 Edward W. Adams, John W. Sanderson, Joseph A. Long, 
 Frank L. R. Coes, Wm. H. King, Frank A. Harrington, 
 Chas. H. Parker, Edwin R. Shumway, Chas. Tarbox, 
 James E. Childs, Forbes B. Fay, Wm. J. Stamp, George 
 H. Cleveland, James Early, Frank S. Hoyt. 
 
 Second Lieutenants — Leonard Poole, Geo. W. Rich- 
 ardson, Geo. B, Conklin, John Metcalf, Edwin Eaton, 
 Elbridge G. Pratt, John B. Wyman, Ebenezer Harring- 
 ton, George H. Ward, A. B. R. Sprague, Samuel V. 
 Stone, Edwin A. Wood, Josiah Pickett, Geo. C. Joslin, 
 Calvin N. Harrington, Joseph A. Titus, Frank L. R. 
 Coes, Wm. H. King, Frank E. Hall, Justin B. Willard, 
 Everett A. Morse, Edwin R. Shumway, James F. Meech, 
 Forbes B. Fay, Wm. J. Stamp. Geo. H. Cleveland, Frank 
 W. Barrett, Wm. D. Preston, Frank S. Hoyt, Wm. A. 
 Condy, Moses H. Tisdale. 
 
 Third Lieutenants (office abolished in 1861). — Geo. 
 W. Richardson, Geo. B. Conklin, John Metcalf, Levi 
 L. Newton, Edwin Eaton, J. Baker Wyman, Chas. C. 
 Chamberlin, E. Harrington, Geo. H. Ward, A. B. R. 
 
Sprague, Samuel V. Stone, Samuel Hathaway, Orson 
 Moulton. 
 
 Fourth Lieutenants (office abolished in 1861). — 
 Sewell Thompson, Samuel H. Leonard, Geo. H. Ward, 
 Wm. A. Smith, Geo. G. Burbank, Samuel Hathaway, 
 Edw. W. Adams, Francis Wayland, Jr., Edwin P. Wood- 
 ward, Geo. C. Joslin, Everett A. Harkness. 
 
 Capt. Wm. D. Preston enlisted in Guards Aug. 10, 
 1880; passed the grades of corporal, sergeant and lieu- 
 tenant to captain. Resigned the captaincy in 1888 ; re- 
 enlisted in 1 890 as a private. 
 
 Capt. Wm. A. Condy enlisted May 23, 1882 ; was cor- 
 poral, sergeant, second lieutenant, promoted to first lieu- 
 tenant, and was elected captain July 19, 1888. 
 
 Capt. Edwin G. Barrett was successively corporal, 
 sergeant; received his commission as captain May 18, 
 1893. Capt. Barrett was bom in Springfield, 1866. 
 Has lived in Worcester more than twenty years. Enlisted 
 in Guards May 25 th, 1885. 
 
 Lieut. Samuel Hathaway joined the Guards 1840 (one 
 of the originals), passed through the grades of corporal, 
 sergeant, was elected fourth lieutenant Dec. 4th, 1852, pro- 
 moted to third lieutenant May 20, 1853 ; declined further 
 promotion. His province was the social life of the Guards ; 
 acted as toastmaster at all banquets for years. Removed 
 to New York in 1859. Was compelled to decline the elec- 
 tion of captain of Co. B, 3d Batl. Rifles. Was on the 
 committee of Col. Frank Howe of New York for the 
 reception of regiments passing to and from the front. 
 A speech made to the 25 th Mass. at the Astor House, 
 on their way to the front, preserved by Mrs. George PL 
 
Ward, then prophecy, now reads as history, but is too 
 long for insertion here. 
 
 Capt. G. Wyman Rockwood performed duty in the 
 Guards in 1840 in place of Erasmus Rice, who presented 
 him with a uniform that had been made for himself, but 
 having experienced religion after joining and before first 
 parade procured a substitute. He joined in his own name 
 in 1843, and in 1861, as he had no compunctions of con- 
 science in joining the great army of his country's salvation 
 to preach the doctrine of saltpetre rather than Saint Peter 
 in fiery musketry. He was one of the persons at Herico 
 county jail selected by ballot to be hung in case the 
 United States hung, as they threatened, several rebels 
 condemned as traitors, and he was reminded every morn- 
 ing that this might be his last day on earth ; and so he 
 lived for weeks wnth the rope around his neck (figura- 
 tively), ready to be swung off into glorious immortality. 
 But as the United States let up on the prisoners, he was 
 relieved, and still lives at a ripe old age, with the infirmi- 
 ties of life like a rope about his neck, waiting for the 
 drop to fall, and when the time shall come, we are sure 
 he will meet it as bravely as he has met the various 
 vicissitudes of life, and may the last sound that greets 
 his ear be, " Farewell, comrade, brave and true. Enter 
 the camp prepared for you." Col. I. M. Studh^ of Provi- 
 dence, then commander of 15th Mass., whose name was 
 also in the hat, saj^s he was not worried, as he never 
 drew a prize in his life. 
 
 The only survivors of the first company of 1840 are 
 Hon. Julius L. Clarke and Sam'l Jennison of Boston, 
 Frederick A, Page of Providence, David J. Baker and 
 
Geo. A. Brown of Worcester, and Lieut. Sam'l Hatha- 
 way of Enfield, Conn. 
 
 The company attended the celebration of the dedica- 
 tion of Bunker Hill monument, and was detached to do 
 guard duty at the monument while Daniel Webster de- 
 livered his great oration, where a little episode occurred 
 worth mentioning. A rough fellow tried to pass the 
 lines, but was stopped by Edwin Eaton, a prompt and 
 efficient soldier, but he persevered, and in the struggle 
 a bayonet pierced his arm and the blood flowed freely. 
 The crowd, not knowing the cause, cried Shame ! shame ! 
 when an army officer in full uniform stepped to the 
 front, hushed the crowd and said the soldier did his 
 duty and did it well and only the man himself was to 
 blame, and it was received with loud hand-clapping. 
 
 In 1 860 several members subscribed for a gold medal, 
 which is inscribed as follows: "Presented by the Wor- 
 cester Guards of 1840 to the Worcester City Guards, 
 Sept. 19, i860, to be shot for annually." 
 
 The following names are engraved thereon : S. Whitte- 
 more, H. A. Abercrombie, A. L. Pike, A. Provenchor, 
 F. E. Hull, Henry Brannon, Lyman E. H. Tinkham, 
 Edward Parker, 1872; E. R. Shumway, Wm. H. King, 
 E. R. Shumway, C. Tarbox, F. W. Barrett, 1878; F. W. 
 Barrett, 1879; E. R. Shumway, 1880; Adrian Brown, 
 1881; F. W. Barrett, 1882; M. R. Morgan, 1883; Frank 
 E. Hoyt, 1884; A. D. Jefferson, 1885; Moses H. Tisdale, 
 1886; A. D. Jefferson, 1887; Moses H. Tisdale, 1888; 
 A. D. Jefferson, 1889; John B. Grace, 1890; Moses H. 
 Tisdale, 1891 ; Moses H. Tisdale, 1892; Edwin G. Barrett, 
 1893; Arthur Magee, 1894; Edwin G. Barrett, 1895. 
 
First and last the Guards have included some of the 
 best citizens of Worcester. Of those men who made up 
 the first roster, Capt. Bowen was the father of the lady 
 who became the wife of Mayor Jas. B. Blake. First 
 Lieut. Hobbs rose to be major general in the militia and 
 gave two sons to the service during the Rebellion. Capt. 
 L. L. Newton was a son of Rejoice Newton, and thereby 
 a brother of Mrs. John W. Wetherell. Years ago, S. R. 
 Leland dedicated to him a piece of music, called "Newton 
 Quickstep," and on the title page is a very good picture 
 of the captain, with the company wearing their second 
 uniform, one of blue. General Sprague has a picture 
 taken from Gleason's Pictorial, representing the company 
 in Captain Goodhue's day, wearing a white uniform with 
 bearskin hats. These pictures would make fine contrasts 
 with one of the company as it is dressed to-day. 
 
 The Kendall referred to as bugler was one of the most 
 noted artists of his day, and it was claimed that his 
 famous horn was given to him by Queen Victoria. " Old 
 Put" and "wSi" Smith were also distinguished military'- 
 musicians. — Smith, the fifer, a small man, and " Put," 
 with a foot that made an impression whenever it came 
 down. The General Wyman who was killed in battle 
 before Vicksburg married a daughter of the first Osgood 
 Bradley. Owing to the burning of the enlistment books 
 of the company, it is difficult to tell, to-day, just who the 
 survivors of the first company are. 
 
 The company has occupied armories as follows : First, 
 in the second story of the Town Hall; second, in the 
 third story of a wooden building on Thomas street, 
 near Slater's court ; third, in the attic of Dr. Green's 
 
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 building, nearly opposite Central street ; fourth, Waldo 
 block. 
 
 When the Worcester Bank block was built, an armoiy 
 was furnished for the Guards, which, at the time, w-as 
 one of the best in the state, and became a popular resort 
 for the company and its friends. Afterwards Brinley 
 hall was leased by the company for an armory, and used 
 by them until the opening of the war. When Brinley 
 hall was abandoned, the upper story of Taylor's block 
 was fitted for an armor\', which was destroyed by fire 
 in 1875, where all their records and many valuable 
 relics were destroyed, including a beautiful silk banner 
 presented by the ladies in 1 840, and a painting presented 
 by Henr}^ Woodward, Esq., of the South Worcester en- 
 campment; a valuable scrap-book containing collections 
 of years, piano, etc., etc. 
 
 The armory on Waldo street, built by the city, was 
 at that time nearly completed, and w^as soon afterward 
 occupied by the company in common with the other mili- 
 tary organizations of the city. The armory on Waldo 
 street, although built in accordance with approved plans, 
 was never satisfactory, it being three times condemned 
 by the adjutant general, but it was not until July, 1885, 
 that it was abandoned, when the company moved to 
 Clark's block on Front street, where they remained until 
 the beginning of the 3'ear 1887, when they moved into 
 the quarters on Mechanic street. Thence they moved 
 on to the second floor of the new armory. 
 
 The first encampment of the company, in 1 840, was in 
 Worcester. The second was in West Boylston, when 
 the band was accompanied by Ned Kendall with his 
 
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 silver bugle, and he and his brother Jim became great 
 favorites with the company, and gave a famous concert 
 in Worcester for the Guards. Old Put and Si Smith fur- 
 nished the field music, with fife and drum, for many 
 years. Dan Simpson, the veteran drummer of the An- 
 cient and Honorable Artillery, following after Old Put, 
 had beat his last "taps." At the West Boylston encamp- 
 ment the company was detached to exhibit the drill in 
 Scott's "Tactics," then just adopted by the M. V. M., to 
 the field officers, Brigadier General Jones of Greenfield 
 in command. 
 
 In 1843 L. Lincoln Newton was unanimously elected 
 captain, and the roll of its members, fortunately preserved 
 by his sister, Mrs. Col. John W. Wetherell, is given 
 below. He was a very popular and efficient officer, and 
 made himself beloved by every member ; but he went 
 down in his youth and usefulness before that fell de- 
 stroyer who knows no pulse of sympathy or pangs of 
 remorse. (See roll, also extracts from Capt. Newton's 
 diary.) 
 
 Roll of the Worcester Guards of 1843. 
 
 George Hobbs, 
 Gardiner Paine, 
 L. Lincoln Newton, 
 James Eaton, 
 Samuel Jennison, Jr., 
 Dennis F. Witherbee, 
 Samuel Hathaway, 
 Nathaniel Tead, 
 Francis H. Kinnicutt, 
 
 enlisted July, 1840. 
 
 Promoted. 
 Discharged. 
 
 Left town. 
 
CAPT. L. LINCOLN NEWTON. 
 
Charles Blanchard, 
 Charles P. Chapin, 
 Frederick A. Paige, 
 William F. Emerson, 
 George A. Barber, 
 George A. Chamberlain, 
 Ithamar S. Coes, 
 Edwin W. Nye, 
 Milton Homer, 
 Edwin L. Heywood, 
 Samuel T. Lamb, 
 Henry Adams, 
 Elbridge G. Pratt, 
 Henry H. Edgarton, 
 Leonard Poole, 
 Nathaniel D. Coe, 
 George Geer, 
 Luther Slater, 
 John G. Coes, 
 George B. Conklin, 
 George S. Putnam, 
 George Bower, 
 Loammi Harrington, 
 Stephen T. Coe, 
 Charles P. Nichols, Jr., 
 Windsor Hatch, 
 George E. Wyman, 
 Francis E. Bigelow, 
 Joshua R. Bigelow, 
 George W. Richardson, 
 Hiram Gould, 
 George C. Trumbull, 
 Francis W. Eaton, 
 Lewis H. Nye, 
 George W. Adams, 
 Harrison Bliss, 
 
 enlisted July, 1840. 
 
 Promoted. 
 Left town. 
 
 Deceased. 
 
 ^ Excused by 
 ( Surgeon. 
 
 Discharged. 
 
 Discharged. 
 
 C Excused by 
 I Surgeon. 
 
 Discharged. 
 
 Hon. Mem. 
 
 Discharged. 
 
 Deceased. 
 
 Left town. 
 
 Discharged. 
 Left town. 
 Promoted. 
 Left town. 
 
 Deceased. 
 Left town. 
 
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 Joel Nourse, 
 
 enlisted July, 
 
 1840. Discharged 
 
 Edward F. Dixie, 
 
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 Julius L. Clark, 
 
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 Charles Paine, 
 
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 Joseph Boyden, 
 
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 Samuel V. Stone, 
 
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 Artemus Ward, 2d, 
 
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 (leorge W. Capron, 
 
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 Lewis Boyden, 
 
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 John Metcalf, 
 
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 Russell R. Shepard, 
 
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 Joseph Pratt, 
 
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 George Dryden. 
 
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 David J. Baker, 
 
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 Jonathan H. Knights, 
 
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 Horatio N, Tower, 
 
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 Theophilus Brown, 
 
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 Discharged. 
 
 Edwin^I. Howe, 
 
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 George F. Ramsdell, 
 
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 " Discharged 
 
 David E. Merriman, 
 
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 Left town. 
 
 Samuel Lees, 
 
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 Leonard White, 
 
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 Barzillian wSpencer, 
 
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 Left town. 
 
 Leonard Gates, 
 
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 George A. Brown, 
 
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 George]jH. Merriman, 
 
 ii 
 
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 " Discharged 
 
 Charles S. Ellis, 
 
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 Charles N. OHver, 
 
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 " Discharged 
 
 Danforth H. Bundv, 
 
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 Edwin Eaton, 
 
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 Erastus B. Rice, 
 
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 William W. Ward, 
 
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 May 8, 
 
 1 84 1. Discharged. 
 
 Samuel R. Leland, 
 
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 Hiram W, Shepard, 
 
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 Discharged. 
 
 Allen Billings, 
 
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 Deceased, bur- 
 ied under arms 
 
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 Luther H. Goulding, enlisted Nov. 8, 1841 
 
 James G. Henderson, 
 
 G. Wyman Rockwood, ** Dec. 17,1842. 
 
 Charles C. Chamberlin, 
 
 Thomas Kellogfor 
 
 Harlow M. Guild, 
 
 Lewis Thompson, 
 
 John B. Wyman, " Apr. 27, 1843, 
 
 William C. Head, " Jan. 15, " 
 
 J. Crawford Wyman, " Sept. 13, " 
 
 Amos C. Rathborn, " " 22, " 
 
 Extracts from Diary of Gen. Sprague. 
 
 April 10, 1856. Forty-three men ; City Guards buried 
 Private Chas. H, Sampson with military honors from the 
 Universalist Church. 
 
 ^lay 2 2d. The Providence Light Infantry arrived at 
 9.30 A. M., and were received by Worcester City Guards. 
 Gave them a collation at Warren hall. 
 
 July 4th. City Guards performed escort duty for the 
 city government. Procession formed at noon. Oration 
 by Homer B. Sprague, a member of the City Guards. 
 Dined in the Yale tent on the Common. 
 
 September roth. Camp Cooledge. Leominster's 5th 
 Brigade. Gen. S. H. Leonard. Forenoon, reviewed by 
 Gen. Leonard. Afternoon, reviewed by Gov. Gardner. 
 
 October loth. Election of officers Worcester City 
 Guards. A. B. R. Sprague elected captain, but he de- 
 clined to accept the office. John M. Goodhue was then 
 elected and he declined. 
 
 November 24th. ist Lieut. A. B. R. Sprague's resig- 
 nation as first lieutenant Worcester City Guards accepted. 
 
Joined the company in March, 1844. (See Diary, Nov. 
 24th.) 
 
 September 9, 1857, 9^^ ^^^ loth. Regiments, includ- 
 ing City Guards, went into camp (5th Brigade, Gen. 
 Leonard) at South Worcester — Camp Hobbs. 
 
 September loth. Battalion and brigade drills. 
 
 September 1 1 th. Gen. Morse and staff and Gov. 
 Gardner and staff. 
 
 September 15 th. City Guards, in citizen's dress, at- 
 tended the funeral of Edwin Eaton, family declining 
 public parade. 
 
 February 6, 1858. At a meeting of the Worcester City 
 Guards held this evening to consider who they would 
 support for the vacant offices of captain and first lieu- 
 tenant, it was unanimously voted to present the name 
 of George H. Ward for captain and A. B. R. Sprague 
 for first lieutenant, and they were waited upon by a com- 
 mittee of the company and urged to become candidates. 
 
 February 2 2d. At an election of officers Geo. H. 
 Ward was elected captain and A. B. R. Sprague first 
 lieutenant. 
 
 March 15 th. A petition of the officers of the loth 
 Regiment, M. V. M., to have the companies of the 3d 
 Battalion Rifles (Worcester City and Holden Rifles) re- 
 annexed to the loth Regiment was heard by a committee 
 of the Executive Council. Lieut. Sprague represented 
 the Worcester City Guards in opposition, and the peti- 
 tioners had leave to withdraw. 
 
 July 8 th. Lieut. Sprague drilled the company in the 
 new rifle manual. 
 
 September i st. In response to an invitation of the city 
 
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 government to join in the celebration (general through- 
 out the United States and Great Britain) of the suc- 
 cessful laying of the Atlantic cable, the Worcester City- 
 Guards paraded at 4 p. m. in white coats and black pants. 
 Evening parade, grand illumination. Marched through 
 Main, Salisbur}^ Harvard, Chestnut, Elm, West, Pleasant, 
 Front, Summer and Main to City Hall. 
 
 September 21st, 2 2d and 23d. Camp Wool, Hampden 
 park, Springfield, division encampment. Gen. Augustus 
 Morse in command, the Worcester City Guards being 
 in the 5 th, Brigade, Gen. Samuel H. Leonard (an old 
 Guard) commanding. On the evening of the 2 2d the 
 division was marched to the City Hall, where Gov. 
 Banks gave an interesting address to the troops, lasting 
 an hour. On the 23d, review by the commander-in-chief, 
 Gov. N. P. Banks. On the arrival at Worcester the 
 Worcester City Guards were entertained at lunch at the 
 Bay State by G. C. Bigelow and James H. Freeland, old 
 Guards. 
 
 November 6th. At i P. M. Worcester City Guards 
 turned out for target practice, thirty-five active, thirty 
 old Guards, proceeded to Fairmount, accompanied by 
 Fiske Band. Active : Best shot, Wm. H. Snow ; second 
 best, L. C. Stone; third, F. C. Goodwin. Old Guard: 
 Best, Wm. H. Harrington ; second best, D. H. Fames. 
 
 November 7th. Supper at the Bay State House, where 
 speeches were made by Bullock, Davis, Hobbs, Stoddard, 
 Bynner and others. Presentations of prizes, etc., fol- 
 lowed till eleven o'clock. 
 
 December 30th. Worcester City Guards escorted Gen. 
 Leonard and staff to Mechanics hall, gave an exhibition 
 
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 drill in company movements, bayonet exercise, review 
 and dress parade for the benefit of the Lyceum and 
 Library Association. 
 
 February 14, i860. City Guards' grand ball at Me- 
 chanics hall. 
 
 February 22d. An election of officers was held; Geo. 
 H. Ward elected captain, A. B. R. Sprague first lieu- 
 tenant. 
 
 September 19th. Worcester City Guards celebrated 
 their 20th anniversary. Active company with the old 
 Guards went to Lancaster for target practice and dinner. 
 
 September 26th, 27th and 28th. Camp "day," 5th 
 Brigade. 27th, reviewed by Adjt.-Gen. Schouler. 28th, 
 reviewed by Gen. Augustus Morse. 
 
 Extracts from the Diary of Capt. Lincoln Newton. 
 
 May 20, 1840. Some trouble arising in the Worcester 
 Light Infantry, eleven young Whigs having applied for 
 admission and were rejected. This was the foundation 
 of the Worcester Guards. 
 
 May 23 d. An attempt is being made to raise a new 
 vounteer company. 
 
 May 26th. ]Mr. Wm. Lincoln went to Boston to-day 
 to secure a charter for a new Whig military company. 
 
 July 2 1 St. A meeting of the military was held in the 
 evening, and the uniform was adopted as prescribed 
 by law — dark blue coat faced with white, pants the 
 same. 
 
 August 5 th. Military company held a meeting and 
 chose George Bowen, captain ; George Hobbs, first lieu- 
 
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 tenant; Leonard Poole, second lieutenant; George W. 
 Richardson, third lieutenant. 
 
 August 7th. Company drilled. 
 
 August 8th. Met and decided upon the name as 
 " Worcester Guards." 
 
 August 20th. First drill in the fields in the evening. 
 
 August 25th. Stephen T. Coe, son of Deacon John 
 Coe; died. He was buried by Worcester Guards in citi- 
 zen's dress ; uniform not arrived. 
 
 September 12th. In the afternoon the imiforms were 
 received and paid for. 
 
 September 19th. The Worcester Guards paraded 
 through the streets with the Brigade Band, dined at 
 Lieut. Hobbs' Eagle Hotel. After dinner paraded about 
 the streets. At 7 p. m. marched to the Worcester House 
 to partake of a supper given by the Whigs of Worcester. 
 Gov. Lincoln, George T. Rice, F. W. Paine and B. F. 
 Thomas and others lent their aid towards the enjoyment. 
 The Guards have been exceedingly fortunate in the choice 
 of their commander. He is sttch a captain as any com- 
 pany may well be proud of. As long as the Worcester 
 Guards shall continue, the name of Capt. George Bowen 
 will be associated with them, and in after days the 
 memories of both will be one and the same. 
 
 October 6th. Worcester Guards paraded and were 
 shown proper civilities by Worcester Light Infantry, who 
 escorted them through the streets and were in turn 
 escorted to the Worcester House to take a friendly glass 
 of wine. Thus a feeling of amity was created between 
 these two military companies, rivals as they were and 
 differing in politics. 
 
October 9th. Friday: Worcester Guards on duty at 6 
 o'clock A. M. ready for muster. Received great praise 
 for excellence in marching and other exercises. At sun- 
 down returned to headquarters. 
 
 January 14, 1841. Worcester Guards appeared in full 
 ranks to bury their fellow soldier, Ithamar S. Goes, from 
 the Methodist Church, of which he was a member. 
 
 February 26th. Worcester Guards received five dol- 
 lars each for services performed during the past year. 
 
 March 4th. It having been previously decided to 
 celebrate the inauguration of William Henry Harrison 
 by a military ball, the Whig ladies of Worcester, being 
 desirous of presenting the Guards with a fine banner, 
 one was procured from Boston, of white silk sur- 
 rounded with gilt fringe, and surmounted by a gilt eagle. 
 On one side was painted the coat-of-arms of Massachu- 
 setts, on the other the device of the Spartan mother pre- 
 senting to her son a shield with the motto, Ant hoc 
 vel super hoc. 
 
 March 4, 1841. Carried this banner to the Guards 
 with a note from the ladies, who considered it more 
 becoming than the usual formality attending a presenta- 
 tion. When the hall was well filled with ladies and all 
 things prepared, the company marched into the hall and 
 opened the ceremonies with a military dance. Capt. 
 George Bowen has sent in his resignation. 
 
 April 15th. Thursday: The Worcester Guards and 
 Light Infantry each met and voted to attend the funeral 
 ceremonies for President Harrison. 
 
 April 20th. At 5 o'clock Guard and Light Infantry 
 on duty at the station to leave for Boston, where we 
 
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 arrived at 8.30 o'clock. For five hours we marched 
 through the streets before being dismissed. Arrived in 
 Worcester at 6.30 o'clock. Our march this day was 
 under Captain George Hobbs. 
 
 May 20th. Old election day. The Guards were in- 
 spected and paraded through the day under the new 
 captain, George Hobbs. 
 
 June 25th. Friday: Guards had a meeting and chose 
 John Metcalf of South Worcester as third lieutenant. 
 Paraded the remainder of the day. 
 
 September 19th. Coming on Sunday the Guards cele- 
 brated their anniversary on Saturday, i8th. The new 
 drill went off finely. Out all day. 
 
 October 6th. Worcester Guards paraded, preceded by 
 eight pieces of Boston Brass Band. In the afternoon 
 took coaches for West Bojdston, pitched our tents on the 
 Common near the church, for the muster of the next day. 
 
 October 12th. Volunteer parade. Paid our compli- 
 ments to Gov. John Davis, where we were hospitably 
 entertained. 
 
 October 27th. Boston Brass Band gave a fine con- 
 cert, the proceeds to assist in meeting expenses at to- 
 morrow's parade. Kendall's bugle the great attraction. 
 We marched everywhere to give every one a chance to 
 hear the bugle. In the evening gave a supper to a few 
 Whig citizens at the Eagle Hotel, corner of Main and 
 Thomas streets. 
 
 February 22, 1842. The Worcester Guards having 
 decided to have a ball, it passed off finely. Gen. Under- 
 wood of Milford and Col. Foster of Worcester were 
 present. 
 
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 May 25th. Wednesday: Old election day; according 
 to law, the Guards paraded. 
 
 May 25 th. Worcester Light Infantry met for choice 
 of officers. By choice of field officers Capt. George Hobbs 
 was promoted to lieutenant colonel. 
 
 August 6th. Worcester Guards had an election, which 
 resulted in: Captain, Leonard Poole; First Lieutenant, 
 George B. Conklin ; Second Lieutenant, John Metcalf ; 
 Third Lieutenant, L. Lincoln Newton. 
 
 September 19th. After weekly drills we celebrated 
 our anniversary. 
 
 October 3d. Preceded by Boston Brass Band, at 9.30 
 o'clock, roll called for parade. After dinner Worcester 
 Light Infantr^^ and Worcester Guards took coaches for 
 Upton; there pitched our tents for the night. At 6 
 o'clock A. M. the Guards were on duty. After the live- 
 liest cold water spree I ever saw, no company on the 
 field compared with us in promptness, drill and manoeu- 
 vres. At 5 o'clock reached Worcester, where we paraded 
 to give the people a chance to hear Kendall's bugle — 
 heavenly music. 
 
 December 17th. Saturday: The Worcester Guards 
 came out this severe cold day for choice of officers: 
 Captain, George B. Conklin; First Lieutenant, L. Lincoln 
 Newton; Third Lieutenant, Edwin Eaton. Many new 
 members. 
 
 The City Guards, under Capt. J. M. Goodhue, left 
 Worcester Saturday afternoon, July 2, 1854, for Norwich, 
 Conn., and encamped on Little Plain. Attended church 
 in fatigue dress on Sunday, and on Monday, the 4th, 
 astonished the citizens by appearing in white uniforms 
 
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 and bearskin caps, they supposing the Sunday dress was 
 their regular uniform. 
 
 They did escort for the procession and were guests at the 
 dinner, where they received many flattering compliments. 
 
 Lieut. George H. Ward made a speech in response to 
 the toast, " Our escort and our guests." Sergt. Hathaway 
 went off in a blaze of enthusiasm over the ladies of 
 Norwich. 
 
 In the evening the company took the boat of Norwich 
 & New York Co. for New York, by invitation of William 
 Converse, Esq., of Norwich, superintendent. Visited 
 Hoboken, dined at the Erving House, and returned next 
 evening to Norwich and for home. 
 
 August I, 1853. The N. Y. Light Guard, Maj. Vincent 
 in command, arrived from Boston in the afternoon, ac- 
 companied by Gen. Edmands, commander of ist Division, 
 M. V. M., and staff; Col. Holbrook and staff, ist Regi- 
 ment, M. V. M. The Guards entertained them with 
 collation at the Armory. The Light Guards left for New 
 York at 8 p. m., after which the Guards gave a supper 
 at Worcester House, and at midnight their guests de- 
 parted. 
 
 January 15, 1853. Ward, Sprague and Hathaway 
 were commissioned at Gen. Hobbs' office. 
 
 May 29, 1854. The Guards paraded at 2.30 r. M. (no 
 guns) in full dress. Made fine appearance; were enter- 
 tained at a collation by Gen. Hobbs at his residence on 
 State street, now occupied by the Worcester Natural 
 History Society. 
 
 August 29th. Encamped at Leominster (Camp Wash- 
 ington). Brigade was formed on Leominster Common 
 
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 and marched to camp. In afternoon inspection and re- 
 view by Gen. Stone, adjutant general of Massachusetts, 
 30th Battalion. Brigade drill 31st, reviewed by Gov. 
 Gardner at 1 1 o'clock, and by major general at 2.30. 
 
 October 1 1 th. Went to Clinton for target practice. 
 Prizes awarded to T. G. Bancroft and Homer B. Sprague. 
 Appropriate remarks were made. 
 
 April 24th, 1855. Voted to admit twenty members, 
 uniform and equip them free of expense. 
 
 May I St. Admitted a dozen or more members. 
 
 October, 1857. The Amoskeag Veterans of Manches- 
 ter, N. H., visited Worcester en route to Washington to 
 visit Pres. Franklin Pierce, an old member. They took 
 possession of the White House and held high carnival. 
 
 They were received by the City Guards at the Armory 
 on Foster street, where a collation was served. Ex-Gov. 
 Lincoln made a speech of welcome and Godspeed. They 
 were then escorted by the officers of the City Guards to 
 the Worcester House, where they dined. 
 
 After dinner and a short march through Main street, 
 they were escorted to the railroad station, and left for 
 Washington and fun ahead. 
 
 June 16, 1858. The Boston Light Infantry, , under 
 Capt. Chas. O. Rogers (a Worcester boy), visited Worces- 
 ter en route from New York. They were received by the 
 City Guards, escorted through Main street, thence to 
 Brinley hall, where dinner was served, at which Maj. 
 Edwin Bynner made a very humorous speech, as he was 
 very apt to do. 
 
 There was a large painting hung over the street, show- 
 a tiger and a Guard shaking paws, drawn by Sergt. 
 
GEO. H. WARD— 1852. 
 
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 George A. Johnson, who had a genius in that line. 
 They departed in the evening for Boston. 
 
 While here, they were reviewed at City Hall by Hon. 
 Isaac Davis, mayor, at whose house they lunched. 
 Fiske's Band furnished the music. 
 
 July 6th, 1859. Worcester City Guards received rifles 
 with sabre bayonets. 
 
 September 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th. "Camp Massachusetts," 
 Commander-in-Chief Gov. N. P. Banks in command. On 
 the afternoon of the 6th the troops marched to the Con- 
 cord monument and thence to the camp, where the troops 
 were daily drilled by their several brigadiers. On the 
 9th, grand review with Gen. John E. Wool, U. S. A., 
 reviewing officer, after which the troops were closed en 
 iliasse and were addressed by Gov. Banks, Gen. Wool 
 and Gen. Sutton. 
 
 July 4th the Guards celebrated the day at Lake Quin- 
 sigamond, Capt. Ward in command. 
 
 At the thirty-fifth anniversar}- (1875) the Guards were 
 invited by their chaplain. Rev. T. E. St. John, to attend 
 his church, the First Universalist, who first gave a historic 
 sketch of the company and then preached an eloquent 
 sermon from the text, " I beseech you, brethren, in the 
 service of God, that you present your bodies a living 
 sacrifice, holy and acceptable, unto God which is your 
 reasonable service." Romans xiv : 11. 
 
 Gen. George Hull Ward 
 
 Was born in Worcester, April 26, 1826. At the age of 
 twenty-one he enlisted in the Worcester City Guards, 
 
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 and through various grades rose to the command in 
 1852. 
 
 He had risen to the rank of brigadier general of the 
 5th Brigade just before the war began, and in the 
 school of the soldier, the company, the battalion and 
 evolutions of the line, he had no superior in the volunteer 
 militia, as testified to by his ever loving comrade and 
 friend, Gen. Sprague, in his eloquent address at the 
 dedication of his monument at Gettysburg, which has 
 already been published. 
 
 "His army record was short, and may be told in few 
 words: Lost a leg at Ball's Bluff, killed at Gettysburg. 
 At a glance he seems to have been most unfortunate, but 
 he enlisted to serve his country; and to have gone to the 
 "front with the 1 5 th Mass. Regiment, recruited, disciplined, 
 schooled in the art of war by himself alone ; to have re- 
 turned to that regiment with a wound that never healed, 
 because he thought they needed him ; to have fallen on 
 the field of Gettysburg while in command of that regi- 
 ment of which he was so proud, as he stood waiting the 
 call for fiercer conflict, summoned by a higher Power; — to 
 have left such a record, who would not gladly lay down 
 this mortal life to join the heroes on the other side?" 
 
 Tributes of love and gratitude have been paid to his 
 memory by his loving comrades, by his native city, and 
 by all who knew and therefore loved him truly. But his 
 modesty would shrink from any undue praise for what to 
 him was simple duty. 
 
 Upon the formation of the association of the Grand 
 Army of the Republic, his comrades, as a tribute of affec- 
 tionate remembrance and of gratitude for his services, 
 
COL. J. M. GOODHUE— 1850. 
 
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 named Post lo of this city "the George H. Ward Post." 
 Gen. Ward, when he died, left a wife and two sons, to 
 whom his memory is an inheritance priceless above all 
 things else, and whose fame is their most sacred, loving 
 trust. 
 
 Col. J. M. Goodhue 
 
 Joined the Guards in 1848; was soon appointed orderly 
 sergeant, and was elected captain in 1850. When he 
 assumed command, the company was at a rather low ebb, 
 there being but twenty-four men on the roll, and their 
 property consisting of three old tents bought of the 
 Sterling company and a cap and jacket for each man. 
 When he left them three years later, they had sixty odd 
 men, and property to the amount of several hundred 
 dollars, and stood at the head of the M. V. ]\I. in drill 
 and discipline. In 1851 a new uniform was procured of 
 white cloth and red turnouts, with bearskin caps and side 
 hangers with black belts. A contribution of $400 was 
 received from the citizens for the hangers and belts, each 
 member paying for his own uniform. 
 
 A picture of the company drawn up in line before the 
 Central Exchange on their first parade in new uniform is 
 still extant and will be reproduced in this volume. Capt. 
 Goodhue was a born soldier, and had the faculty of im- 
 parting instruction and inspiring manliness and esprit 
 de corps in his pupils. He was teacher of tactics at 
 Highland Military Academy under C. B. Metcalf, Esq., 
 proprietor, and made its pupils celebrated, not only for 
 drill and discipline, but for manliness and gentlemanly 
 bearins-. 
 
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 Was appointed captain in the U. S. service in 1862, 
 and promoted to major after the war. 
 
 An effort was made by Senator Hoar to have him re- 
 instated in the U. S. service and put upon the retired 
 list, but when disabled from duty he would have 
 his adjutant make daily reports to him so, that the 
 records of the army showed that while claiming to h,e 
 disabled he was performing- his daily duties. The bill 
 passed the Senate, but could not be carried through the 
 House. 
 
 Col. Goodhue was a great sufferer in his later life, and 
 died lamented by all who had known his character of 
 manliness and his love of the real and hatred of all 
 shams. 
 
 Gen. a. B. R. Sprague 
 
 Joined the Guards March, 1844. Appointed sergeant 
 of Company C, 8th Regiment of Infantry (Worcester 
 Guards), July 4th, 1853 ; lieutenant and adjutant 8th 
 Regiment Infantry, 5th Brigade and 3d Division, July 
 17, 1 851; third lieutenant Company C (City Guards), 
 Dec. 14, 1852; second lieutenant Company C, May 20th, 
 1853; first lieutenant Company C, Jan. 12, 1857; 
 captain aid-de-camp staff of Gen. S. H. Leonard Feb. 
 22, 1858; first lieutenant Company A, Third Battalion 
 of Rifles, Aug. ist, 1859; major brigade inspector to 
 April 17th, 1 86 1. 
 
 In service of the United States: Apr. 17th, 1861, 
 captain of Company A, 3d Battalion Rifles ; Sept. 9th, 
 1 86 1, lieutenant colonel 25th Massachusetts Volunteer 
 
GEN. A. B. R. SPRAGUE— 1861. 
 
Infantry; Oct. 29, 1862, colonel 5 1 st Massachusetts Vol- 
 unteer Militia; Feb. ist, 1864, lieutenant colonel 2d 
 Massachusetts Heavy Artiller)-, Volunteer; Sept. i8th, 
 1865, colonel 2d Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, Volun- 
 teer. He was breveted brigadier general United States 
 Volunteers for gallant and meritorious ser\dces during 
 the war, and after nearly four yea.TS of service was mus- 
 tered out Sept. 20th, 1865. 
 
 For more than a quarter of a century he held impor- 
 tant civil office (reported elsewhere). He has been depart- 
 ment commander of Massachusetts G. A. R., junior vice 
 commander of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of 
 United States, vice-president of the Burnside Expedition 
 and 9th Corps Association, president of the Roanoke As- 
 sociation, I st president of the W. C. G. Veterans' Associa- 
 tion and president of the 5 1 st Massachusetts Regiment 
 Association. 
 
 The honors he gallantly won in war he wears as a 
 garland in peace, placed upon his brow by his appreciating 
 fellow citizens, as mayor of this great and beautiful city 
 of his lone-time residence and affections. 
 
 Gen. Josiah Pickett 
 
 Joined the state militia July, 1840, as a member of 
 Company F, 6th Regiment, M. V. M. Passing through 
 all the non-commissioned grades, was promoted to lieu- 
 tenant in 1843. 
 
 Coming to Worcester in 1855, he became a member of 
 the City Guards in September of that year. Was corporal in 
 1857, sergeant in 1858, promoted to second lieutenant 
 
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 June, 1859, and first lieutenant in April, 1861 ; captain Com- 
 pany A, 2 5tli Massachusetts, Sept., 1861; promoted to major 
 Mar. 20, 1862, and breveted brigadier general U. S. V. 
 to date from June 3, 1864, for gallant and meritorious 
 service during the war ; especially for gallantry at Cold 
 Harbor, Va., where he was severely wounded. 
 
 After nearly four years of service he was mustered out 
 Jan. 10, 1865, and retired to civil life, a record of which 
 will be found under head of City Guards who have held 
 offices of honor and trust in civil life. He is a member 
 of the G. A. R., the Loyal Legion and several other 
 army societies; president of the 25th Veteran Regiment 
 Association, the Roanoke Association and the City 
 Guards Veterans' Association. 
 
 His gallantry and patriotic devotion as a soldier are only 
 surpassed by his modesty as a citizen and his virtues as 
 a man. 
 
 Gen. Samuel H. Leonard 
 
 Joined the Worcester Guards in the spring of 1846. 
 Was appointed corporal in the fall of same year. Elected 
 fourth lieutenant Apr. loth, 1847; promoted to first lieuten- 
 ant June 1 8th, 1849; promoted to major of 8th Regiment 
 July 2ist, 1852; promoted to brigadier general 5 th Regi- 
 ment, 3d Division, M. V. M., Mar. 25th, 1856; captain 
 of Company A, 2d Regiment (Boston City Guards), Dec. 
 26th, i860; elected major 4th Battalion Rifles Apr. 15th, 
 1861 ; appointed colonel 13th Massachusetts July i6th, 
 1861, in command of which he remained through the 
 war, and made a record of which an}^ soldier may well be 
 proud. 
 
GEN. JOSIAH PICKETT— 1861. 
 
But the misfortune he escaped in the war came later in 
 his life, when, like his father, he became wholly blind. 
 But though shut out from the light of life, he maintains a 
 cheerful fortitude and lives in the comradeships of the past, 
 and still retains an interest in the M. V. M., which caused 
 him to have compiled from the records of the adjutant 
 general's office a full roll of every officer who has held a 
 commission in the Guards from 1840 to 1895, which he 
 had framed and presented to the Society of Antiquity to 
 hang in their library ; no less a present to the Guards 
 that it is placed in safety from fire and for the public 
 view. 
 
 Orr Riot. 
 
 In 1854, John S. Orr by name, but calling himself by 
 the high sounding title the "Angel Gabriel," appeared in 
 the streets with a brass trumpet, giving furious blasts 
 from time to time and then predicting dire calamity to the 
 countr}', writing the word "Gabriel" on the sidewalk. 
 
 The next day he marched about the city blowing his 
 trumpet, and drawing about him a crowd of men and 
 boys and obstructing the street. At last the police felt 
 obliged to interfere and took both him and his trumpet to 
 the station house. Here he was kept for a while, and 
 allowed to depart on condition he would leave the city 
 and not return. 
 
 About a week after this, Orr came back to the city. 
 He began his walks and talks about the city, and again 
 the police deemed it their duty to arrest him. He was 
 taken to the police office about 7 P. m. on the i8th of 
 
May. A great crowd gathered about demanding his 
 release and crying, "Take him out, take him out! " 
 
 His Honor Mayor J. S. C. Knowlton was called to 
 the police office by Chief Marshal Lovell Baker, and he 
 quietly but earnestly requested the crowd to disperse, 
 saying it was his duty to see that the man was safely 
 kept to answer the charges ; but without effect. Stones 
 were thrown at the building and windows were broken. 
 
 The crowd increased and became more clamorous and 
 excited. The mayor, in order to prepare for any emer- 
 gency that might arise, sent word to George H. Ward, 
 captain of the City Guards, then considered one of the 
 best disciplined military organizations in the state, re- 
 questing him to assemble his command at once and await 
 orders from him. 
 
 Mayor Knowlton then read the riot act, and com- 
 manded all persons present who were disposed to sustain 
 the supremacy of the law immediately to retire to their 
 homes. The sheriff of the county, George W. Richard- 
 son, was also present and tried to persuade the crowd to 
 disperse. While upon the sidewalk near the police 
 office, the sheriff was struck by a paving stone from the 
 hands of one of the rioters, but he succeeded in arresting 
 his assailant and taking him to the lock-up. 
 
 The mayor then ordered Capt. Ward to report himself 
 and command forthwith at the City Hall, provided with 
 ball cartridges. As we should expect from what we now 
 know of the prompt response of this command to more 
 serious fighting seven years after, they at once marched 
 to the police office, and, having drawn up in line, pro- 
 ceeded to load their muskets, but fortunately they were 
 
commanded by one who was calm and collected, and who 
 could not be excited by the taunts of the mob into any 
 hasty or inconsiderate action. Their presence and the 
 police soon had their effect upon the more reasonable men 
 and the crowd. Several of the most excited were arrested, 
 and by 1 1 o'clock the streets were cleared and good order 
 prevailed. The military quartered for the night in the 
 City Hall. 
 
 The officers of the City Guards present at this time 
 were George H. Ward, captain; A. B. R. Sprague, first 
 lieutenant; S. V. Stone, second lieutenant; Samuel 
 Hathaway, third lieutenant. 
 
 In thirty minutes after Capt. Ward had received his 
 orders from the mayor, a goodly number of the command 
 were in the Armory prepared for duty. At about mid- 
 night the Guards marched to their Armory, deposited 
 their arms and then partook of a collation by invitation 
 of the mayor at the American Temperance House. 
 
 The company assembled the next morning, but were 
 called upon for no further service. They were visited 
 during the forenoon by several prominent citizens, includ- 
 ing the sheriff and ex-United States Marshal Charles 
 Devens. The mayor made a short speech to the com- 
 pany, thanking them for their services and prompt 
 response to his call. 
 
 The muskets being loaded, it was necessar}^ to with- 
 draw the charges, and to do this it was decided to have 
 a little target shoot. The company, then, in the after- 
 noon marched to the " Jo Bill " road, fired at a target 
 set up there three rounds. 
 
 For facts of this episode we are indebted to a paper 
 
read before the Societyof Antiquity by Nathaniel Paine, 
 Esq., April ist, 1884. 
 
 The Worcester City Guards Veteran Association 
 
 Was formed February 19, 1886, for the purpose (as stated 
 in a paper read at meeting) of cultivating and perpetu- 
 ating the friendly relations between past and present 
 members and to celebrate the anniversaries of the forma- 
 tion of the company, and to assist in sustaining the past 
 honorable name and record of the Worcester City Guards. 
 Col. J. ^I. Goodhue was imanimously elected president, 
 but for reason of his ill health declined the honor, and 
 Gen. A. B. R. Sprague was elected president, Gen. Josiah 
 Pickett, Gen. R. H. Chamberlain and E. R. Shumway 
 were elected vice-presidents ; Capt. E. A. Wood, secre- 
 tary; C. B. Whiting, treasurer. 
 
 In 1S90 (the half century anniversary) the veterans 
 gave a banquet to the young Guards and other guests, 
 at the banquet hall in the Annory building, which was 
 finely decorated for the occasion. About two hundred 
 and seventy members and guests were present. Gen. 
 Pickett, president, presided, made a few introductory 
 remarks of welcome, and paid a feeling tribute to Col. 
 Goodhue. He then announced Gen. Sprague as presid- 
 ing officer, who performed the duties in his usual grace- 
 ful manner, and showed whether it be the tongue of 
 eloquence or the sword of valor he was called to wield, 
 he was equally at home with either. 
 
 The first toast, "The United States," was responded 
 to by (jcn. Chas. Devens, who gave a short history of 
 the 3d Battalion in the service of the United vStates, 
 
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 and which speech proved to be, alas, his farewell speech 
 to the Guards. Col. F. W. Wellington responded for 
 Massachusetts in a speech of praise for M. V. M. Col. 
 Ivers Phillips of Colorado, captain of the Worcester Light 
 Infantry in 1841, made a speech of reminiscences of 
 old times ; spoke of collation of peace tendered to the 
 Guards in 1841, when both companies were on parade 
 on the same day, and which was accepted, and at the 
 Worcester House speeches of conciliation were uttered 
 which had a good effect in reuniting the two companies 
 in good fellowship, which has continued to the present 
 time. The mayor, F. A. Harrington, spoke for the "City 
 of Worcester," Capt. T. G. Davis for the Worcester Light 
 Infantry, Capt. Geo. L. Allen for Battery B, Capt. W. 
 Regan for Emmet Guards, Capt. John Lepire for Post 
 10, Capt. Condy for Worcester City Guards; "Our coun- 
 try and our flag," b}^ Col. W. S. B, Hopkins, an eloquent 
 tribute to "Old Glory;" Gen. R. H. Chamberlain spoke 
 for Chamberlain Battery, now Battery B; Hon. Julius 
 L. Clarke and Lieut. Hathaway for Old Guards, 1840. 
 Col. J. M. Goodhue, Hon. Stephen Salisbury, Gen. S. H. 
 Leonard, F. P. Goulding, Esq., and others spoke briefly. 
 
 Lieut. Jas. Early presented prizes won at target 
 shoot in the morning, as follows : Sergt. John D. Green, 
 company gold medal; Capt. C. J. Boyden, gold watch 
 chain; Capt. C. W. L., set of opera glasses; vSergt. 
 John D. Jefferson, gold watch chain ; Lieut. E. G. Bar- 
 rett, revolver; Priv. W. H. Farnsworth, gold pen and 
 holder ; Priv. Frank W. King, toy musket (unequaled) ; 
 marksman of actives, Priv. C. W. Willard, gold scarf-pin. 
 Honorary members: Maj. E. R. Shumway, gold-headed 
 
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 •umbrella ; Lieut. F. B. Fay, order for silk handkerchief ; 
 Lieut. Jas. Early, order for silk handkerchief. 
 
 Many letters of regret were read for non-appearance. 
 There were present as guests: Judge Utley, Col. J. M. 
 Drennan, D. N. Pratt, C. B. Metcalf, Esq., Highland 
 Academy, W. F, Pond, commander-in-chief of the strag- 
 glers, and others. 
 
 The City Guards in the Rebellion. 
 
 Early in the spring of 1861 the Worcester City 
 Guards were without a captain, Lieut. Edwin A. Wood 
 commanding. About forty names were borne upon the 
 roll. 
 
 When the militia was called to active service, A. B. R. 
 Sprague, an old Guard, then brigade major of the 5th 
 Brigade, was unanimously elected captain, and assumed 
 command on the 17th day of April. The ranks were 
 promptly filled, and many applicants for membership 
 failed to secure admission. 
 
 Second Lieut. Josiah Pickett was elected first lieuten- 
 ant ; George C. Joslin, second lieutenant ; Orson Moulton, 
 third lieutenant; Elisha A. Harkness, fourth lieutenant. 
 
 On the 1 8th day of April, Capt. Sprague was ordered 
 to muster forthwith the company for active service, and 
 on the 20th left the state as a part of the 3d Batt. Rifles, 
 Major Charles Devens, Jr., commanding. 
 
 The partial destruction of railroad bridges between 
 Baltimore and Havre de Grace closed that route to the 
 capital, and the command embarked at New York on the 
 steamer Ariel, and landed at Annapolis, Md., April 24th. 
 On the 3d of May following they reached Fort McHenry 
 
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 to reinforce the garrison, which consisted of only two 
 companies of regular artillery, Major W. W. Morris 
 commanding the post. 
 
 The time was fully occupied in infantry and artillery 
 drill, mounting heavy guns, and expeditions down the 
 Chesapeake. The command suffered much by overwork. 
 During the term they served under Generals Patterson, 
 Banks, Cadwallader, Dix and Butler, and were mustered 
 out of service August 3d, 
 
 As a company it never again was called into the mili- 
 tar}^ service of the United States, but fifty-six of those 
 who again returned followed the fortunes of the old flag 
 and were represented in fifteen regiments, seven as field 
 officers, five commanding regiments, namely, the 15 th, 
 25th and 36th Infantry, and the 2d Heavy Artillery, and 
 furnished line officers for the 21st, 22d and 34th Massa- 
 chusetts, /th Connecticut, 7th Maine, i02d New York, 
 United States Infantry, Ira Harris Cavalr}^, ist North 
 Carolina Volunteers and United States Colored Troops. 
 
 Among the killed in battle were Captains Shaw, 7th 
 Maine ; Burdick, 7th Conn., who fell on the same assault 
 at Port Wagner; Lieuts. Mathews and Pelton of the 25th 
 Mass., at Cold Harbor; Lieut. Daniels of the 36th Mass., 
 at Spottsylvania ; Lieut. Bacon of i02d New York, at 
 Chancellorsville. 
 
 The company officers entered the volunteer services 
 as follows: — 
 
 Major E. A. Harkness, Lieut. Co. A, 3d Batt, Rifles, 
 Adjt. 25th Mass., Major 51st Mass. 
 
 Captain F. E. Goodwin, Lieut, and Capt. 25 th Mass. 
 Wounded at Petersbure. 
 
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 Capt. J. M. Coe, 3d Batt. and nth U. S. Infantry. 
 
 Capt. G. W. Rockwood, 15 th Mass. Prisoner at Ball's 
 Bluff. 
 
 Capt. L. Wageley, 2 5tli Mass. 
 
 Capt. J, C. Wyman, 33d Mass. 
 
 Capt. Wm. Emery, Lieut, and Capt. 2 5tli Mass. 
 
 Capt. James J. McLane, 3d Batt. Rifles and 25th Mass., 
 Lieut, and Capt. ist N. C. Union Vols. Wounded. 
 
 Capt. C. B. Shaw, 3d Batt. Rifles and 9th Maine. 
 Killed at Fort Wagner. 
 
 Capt. E. A. Morse, 25th Mass., Lieut, and Capt. 36th 
 Mass. Wounded in the Wilderness. 
 
 Capt. John Gibbs, 3d Batt. Rifles, ist U. S. Arty. 
 Wounded. 
 
 Capt. E. P. Woodward, Lieut, and Capt. 15 th Mass. 
 
 Capt. James M. Hervey, 25th Mass., Lieut, and Capt. 
 ist N. C. Vols. Died at Newbern. 
 
 Capt. Melville Walker, 3d Batt. Rifles, Lieut, and Capt. 
 34th Mass. 
 
 Capt. O. F. Stebbins, 7th N. H. Vols. 
 
 Capt. E. A. Wood, 5 ist, Mass. 
 
 Capt. Horace Hobbs, 51st Mass. 
 
 Capt. T. R. Burdick, 3d Batt. Rifles, 7th Conn. Killed 
 at Fort Wagner. 
 
 Capt. E. E. Howe, 3d Batt. Rifles, Lieut, and Capt. 
 2 ist Mass. 
 
 Capt. Jalaam Gates, 3d Batt. Rifles, Capt. 2d N. C. 
 Colored Troops. Wounded at Olustee. 
 
 Capt. M. B. Bess.ey, 3d Batt. Rifles, Lieut, and Capt. 
 25th Mass. Wounded at Petersburg, Va. 
 
 Capt. John W. Davis, Lieut, and Capt. 25 th Mass. 
 Wounded at Petersburg. 
 
 Capt. R. H. Chamberlain. 5 1 st Mass. and Capt. 60th 
 Mass. 
 
 Capt. Wm. R. Steele, 3d Batt. Rifles, Lieut, and Capt. 
 15 th Mass. 
 
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 Capt. J. W. Pomeroy, 12th Maine. 
 
 Capt. Joseph M. Richards, loth Ohio Vols. 
 
 Capt. Lebbeus Brown, N. Y. Vols. 
 
 Capt. Eugene T. Miles, 53d Mass. 
 
 Capt. J. B. Goodell, 5 1 st Mass. 
 
 Capt. Frank Bacon, 3d Batt. Rifles. i02d N. Y. 
 Killed at Chancellorsville. 
 
 Lieut. Chas. B. Cutler, 34th Mass. 
 
 Lieut. Ceorge vS. Campbell, 25 th Mass. 
 
 Lieut. Geo. H. Spaulding, 25th Mass. 
 
 Lieut. George Burr, 3d Batt. Rifles and 25th Mass. 
 Wounded at Cold Harbor. 
 
 Lieut. Henry M. Mathews, 3d Batt. Rifles, 25th Mass. 
 Killed at Cold Harbor. 
 
 Lieut. H. M. Daniels, 3d Batt. Rifles, 34th Mass. Killed 
 in the Wilderness. 
 
 Lieut. Dwight Newbury, Adjt. 15th Mass. Killed at 
 Mine Run., Va. 
 
 Lieut. Charles K. vStoddard, 3d Batt. Rifles, 21st Mass. 
 Killed in service. 
 
 Lieut. Charles H. Pelton, 3d Batt. Rifles, 25th Mass. 
 Killed at Cold Harbor. 
 
 Lieut. George A. Johnson, 3d Batt. Rifles, 25th Mass. 
 and 6 1 St Mass. Wounded at Cold Harbor, 
 
 Lieut. L. Caswell, 3d Batt. Rifles and i ith Maine. 
 
 Lieut. C. N. Harrington, 3d Batt. Rifles and 51st Mass. 
 
 Lieut. W. Cheney, U. S. Colored Troops. 
 
 Lieut. A. A. Livermore, 3d Batt. Rifles, 21st Mass. 
 
 Lieut. Harry T. Bradish, 3d Batt. Rifles, 51st Mass. 
 
 Lieut. C. B. Kendall, 3d Batt. Rifles, Adjt. 25th Mass. 
 
 Lieut. L. H. Bigelow, 3d Batt. and 51st Mass. 
 
 E. W. Adams, ist Sergt. Co. A, 3d Batt. Rifles; E. G. 
 Watkins, Commissary Sergt. 25th Regt.; A. Patterson, 
 Sergt. 2ist Regt., wounded at Newbern; Walter S. Bug- 
 bee, Sergt. 25th Regt., prisoner at Andersonville ; E. A. 
 Rice, Sergt. 15th Regt.; Charles Ward, 3d Batt. Rifles; 
 
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 Henry S. Baker, 15th Regt., wounded; George E. Patch, 
 57th Regt., wounded at Spottsylvania ; W. R. Chapman, 
 25th Regt, died at Millen, Ga., prisoner; F. L. R. Goes, 
 Sergt. 25th Regt.; Herbert J. Kendall, Sergt. 51st N.Y. 
 Regt, killed at Newbern; G. N. Ayer, ist Regt., H. A., 
 wounded at Petersburg; Horace Poole, 3d Batt. Rifles; 
 W. B. White, 3d Batt. Rifles; John Gaffne}^ 15th Regt.; 
 W. W. Sprague, Corpl. 25th Regt; James Taylor, 15th 
 Regt; 15th Regt.; Joel W. Green, vSergt. ist Mass. 
 Cavalry, died in service ; Charles H. Munroe, Corpl. 
 25th Regt.; W. H. Aldrich, 3d Batt.; D. H. Mclver, 
 Sergt. 34th Regt; George P. Bigelow, 3d Batt; J. H. 
 Fuller, Corpl. 25th Regt.; W. H. Wood, 56th Regt; 
 James Stewart, 3d Batt. 25th Regt.; Lewis C. Champney, 
 25th Regt.; Geo. E. Warren, Sergt. 34th Regt.; William 
 H. Heywood, 3d Batt. N. H. Regt.; John A. Thomp- 
 son, 25th Regt; W. L. Newton, 3d Batt.; Edwin 
 L. Dodge, Sergt. 51st Regt.; N. S. Liscomb, Sergt, 
 Maj. 3d Batt.; C. S. Bartlett, 3d Batt.; Corpl. 25th 
 Regt, wounded at Roanoke; C. H. Bond, 25th Regt; 
 John Savage, 25th Regt., died prisoner, Richmond; A. 
 M. Parker, 3d Batt.; H. E. Cunningham, 3d Batt.; E. Cut 
 ting, 3d Batt.; James vS. vSlocum, 3d Batt.; Henry Mellen, 
 3d Batt.; C. A. Wesson, 3d Batt., Sergt. 25th Regt; James 
 M. Cummings, 3d Batt.; Thomas Gleason, 3d Batt., Sergt. 
 25th Regt.; B. A. Bottomly, 3d Batt.; G. W. Hatch, 3d 
 Batt.; Charles Davis, 1 5th Regt., died in service ; S. A. Slo- 
 cumb. 3d Batt.; G. Wakefield, 3d Batt; John Wheeler, 3d 
 Batt., Sergt. 5 ist Regt; Preston A. Champney,- 2 5th Regt., 
 died aprisoner; Chas. F. Fairbanks, 3d Batt; John M. Che- 
 ney, 3d Batt., Sergt. 51st Regt; Wm. E. Starr, 3d Batt; 
 Chas. Henry, 3d Batt 25th Regt.; Edwin A. Moody, 25th 
 Regt., wounded at Cold Harbor; Henry Waters, 25th 
 Regt; Francis J, Plummer, 3d Batt.; J. Frank Alden, 3d 
 Batt; A. H. Gilbert, 3d Batt, died at Fort McHenry; 
 Charles Rugg, 34th Regt.; W. C. Smith, 34th Regt.; Wm. 
 
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 H. Wardwell, 25th Regt.; George L. Bliss, Corp. 51st 
 Regt.; Geo. P. Harlow, hospital steward, 51st Regt; H, 
 A. Moen, 3d Batt.; D. E. Denny, 426. Mass.; Frank Eaton, 
 died in Andersonville. 
 
 Roll of Honor op^ the City Guards in the War. 
 
 Many of the following commissioned officers served as 
 privates and non-commissioned officers in the organiza- 
 tions specified, their highest rank being given in the last 
 organization in which they ser^^^ed : 
 
 Gen. S. H. Leonard, Col. 13th Mass. Wounded at 
 Gettysburg. 
 
 Gen. Geo. H. Ward, Lieut. Col. and Col. 15th Mass. 
 Lost leg at Ball's Bluff; killed at Gettysburg. 
 
 Gen. John B. Wyman, Col. 13th Illinois. Killed before 
 Vicksburg. 
 
 Gen. A. B. R. Sprague, Captain Co. A, 3d Batt. Rifles, 
 Lieut. Col. 25th Mass., Col. 51st Infantry and 2d Mass., 
 H. A. 
 
 Gen. Josiah Pickett, ist Lieut. 3d Batt, Rifles, Capt, 
 Major and Col. 25th Mass. Wounded at Cold Harbor. 
 
 Gen, A, A, Goodell, Adjt. 3d Batt. Rifles, Capt. and 
 Lieut. Col. 36th Mass. Wounded at Knoxville. 
 
 Col. J. M, Goodhue, Adjt, 3d Batt. Rifles, Capt, and 
 Major nth U. S. Infantry. Wounded at Gettysburg. 
 
 Col. Geo. C. Joslin, Lieut. 3d Batt. Rifles, Capt., 
 Major and Lieut. Col. 15th Mass. Wounded at Antietam 
 and taken prisoner at Mine Run, Va, 
 
 Lieut. Col, Walter N, Batchelder, 1 3th Mass, 
 
 Lieut. Col. Homer B. Sprague, 13th Conn. Wounded, 
 Dept. of the Gulf. 
 
 Lieut. Col. Orson Moulton, 2d Lieut. 3d Batt. Rifles, 
 Captain and Lieut. Col. 25 th IMass. Taken prisoner at 
 Cold Harbor. 
 
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 Lieut. Col. D. M. Woodward, Lieut. 25th Mass., Lieut. 
 Col. 6otli Mass. 
 
 Lieut. Col. J. M. Tucker, Co. A, 25th Mass., Lieut., 
 Capt., Major and Lieut. Col. S/th Mass. Wounded at 
 Petersburg. 
 
 Lieut. Col. James H. Corbin, Conn. Vols. 
 
 Major George M. Curtis, 3d Batt. Rifles, N. Y. Vols., 
 Adjt. 25tli Mass., Major 51st Mass. 
 
 Captain F. E. Goodwin, Lieut, and Capt. 2 5tli 
 Mass. Wounded at Petersburg. 
 
 Capt. J. M. Coe, 3d Batt. and i ith U. S. Infantry. 
 
 Capt. G. W. Rockwood, i5tli Mass. Prisoner at Ball's 
 Bluff. 
 
 Capt. L. AVageley, 2 5tli Mass. 
 
 Capt. J. C. Wyman, 33d Mass. 
 
 Capt. Wm. Emery, Lieut, and Capt. 25th Mass. 
 
 Capt. James J. McLane, 3d Batt. Rifles and 25th Mass., 
 Lieut, and Capt. ist N. C. Union Vols. Wounded. 
 
 Capt. C. B. Shaw, 3d Batt. Rifles and 9th Maine, 
 Killed at Fort Wagner. 
 
 Capt. E. A. Morse, 2 5tli Mass., Lieut, and Capt. 
 36th Mass. Wounded in the Wilderness. 
 
 Capt. John Gibbs, 3d Batt. Rifles, ist U. S. Arty. 
 Wounded. 
 
 Capt. E. P. Woodward, Lieut, and Capt. 15 th Mass. 
 
 Capt. James M. Hervey, 25th Mass., Lieut, and Capt. 
 istN. C. Vols. Died at Newbern. 
 
 Capt. ]\Ielville Walker, 3d Batt. Rifles, Lieut, and Capt. 
 34th Mass. 
 
 Capt. O. F. Stebbins, 7th N. H. Vols. 
 
 Capt. E. A. Wood, 51st Mass. 
 
 Capt. Horace Hobbs, 5 i st Mass. 
 
 Capt. T. R. Burdick, 3d Batt. Rifles, 7th Conn., killed 
 at Fort Wagner. 
 
 Capt, E. E. Howe, 3d Batt. Rifles, Lieut, and Capt. 
 2 ist Mass, 
 
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 Capt. Jalaam Gates, 3d Batt. Rifles, Capt. 2d N. C. 
 Colored Troops. Wounded at Olustee. 
 
 Capt. M. B. Bessey, 3d Batt. Rifles, Lieut, and Capt. 
 25th Mass. Wounded at Petersburg-, Va. 
 
 Capt. John W. Davis, Lieut, and Capt. 25 th Mass. 
 Wounded at Petersburg-. 
 
 Capt. R. H. Chamberlain, 51st Mass., and Capt. 60th 
 Mass. 
 
 Capt. Wm. R. Steele, 3d Batt. Rifles, Lieut, and Capt. 
 15 th Mass. 
 
 Capt. J. W. Pomeroy, 12th Maine. 
 
 Capt. Joseph M. Richards, loth Ohio Vols. 
 
 Capt. Lebbeus Brown, N. Y. Vols. 
 
 Capt. Eugene T. Miles, 53d Mass. 
 
 Capt. J. B. Goodell, 5 1 st Mass. 
 
 Captain Frank Bacon, 3d Batt. Rifles, io2d N. Y. 
 Killed at Chancellorsville. 
 
 Lieut. Chas. B. Cutler, 34th Mass. 
 
 Lieut, George. S. Campbell, 25th Mass. 
 
 Lieut. George H. Spaulding, 25 th Mass. 
 
 Lieut. George Burr, 3d Batt. Rifles and 25th Mass. 
 Wounded at Cold Harbor. 
 
 Lieut. Henry M. Mathews, 3d Batt. Rifles, 25th Mass. 
 JCilled at Cold Harbor. 
 
 Lieut. H. M. Daniels, 3d Batt. Rifles, 34th Mass. 
 Killed in service. 
 
 Lieut. Chas. H. Parker. Killed at Cold Harbor. 
 
 Lieut. Geo. A. Joslin, 6ist Mass. Wounded at Cold 
 Harbor. 
 
 Lieut. L. Caswell, 3d Batt. Rifles and iith Maine. 
 
 Lieut. C. N. Harrington, 3d Batt. Rifles and 51st Mass, 
 
 Lieut. W. Cheney, U. S. Colored Troops. 
 
 Lieut. A, A. Livermore, 3d Batt. Rifles, 21st Mass. 
 
 Lieut, Harry T. Bradish, 3d Batt, Rifles, 51st Mass. 
 
 Lieut, C. B, Kendall, 3d Batt, Rifles, Adjt. 25th Mass. 
 
 Lieut. L. H. Bigelow, 3d Batt. and 51st Mass. . 
 
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 Officers Commissioned in the Militia since the War, 
 AND Who Served in the War. 
 
 Gen. R. H. Chamberlain, Capt. in the Guards, Major 
 and Col. loth Infantry and Brig. Gen. 3d Brigade, M, 
 V. M. 
 
 Major E. R. Shumway, 7th Vt., Capt. in the Guards, 
 Major 2d Infantry, M. V. M. 
 
 Col. J. A. Titus, 42d and 60th Mass., Capt. in the 
 Guards, Lieut. Col. and A. A. G. 3d Brigade, M. V. M. 
 
 Capt. W. H. King, 36th Mass., Capt. in the Guards, 
 Major loth Infantry, M. V. M. 
 
 Lieut. F. C. Thayer, 51st Mass., Lieut, in the Guards. 
 
 Lieut. Jas. Long, 60th Mass., Lieut, in the Guards. 
 
 Lieut. Jas. F. Meech, 14th Conn., Lieut, in the Guards. 
 
 Lieut. J. B. Willard, 42d Mass., Lieut in the Guards. 
 
 The company officers entered the volunteer service and 
 were promoted as follows : 
 
 Capt. A. B. R. Sprague to be lieutenant 25th Mass. 
 Vols., colonel 51st Mass., colonel 2d Mass. Heavy Artil- 
 lery, brigadier general United States Volunteers by 
 brevet. 
 
 ist Lieut. Josiah Pickett, captain, major and colonel 
 25th Mass., brigadier general by brevet. 
 
 2d Lieut. George C. Joslin, captain, major and lieu- 
 tenant colonel 15 th Mass. 
 
 3d Lieut. Orson Moulton, captain and lieutenant colo- 
 nel 25 th Mass. 
 
 4th Lieut. Elisha A. Harkness, first lieutenant and adju- 
 tant 25th Mass., major 51st Mass. 
 
 Nearly one hundred and fifty men who had sometime 
 carried a musket in the ranks of the City Guards were 
 in the Union Army in the war of the Rebellion, conspic- 
 uous among whom were Brig. General John B. Wyman, 
 who fell in command of his brigade at Vicksburg, and 
 
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 Col. George H. Ward, the only colonel of a Massachu- 
 setts reg-iment who fell at Gettysburg. 
 
 Of those holding commissions in the great army of 
 volunteers were one brigadier general, three brigadier 
 generals by brevet, five colonels, eight lieutenant colonels, 
 four majors, about twenty-five captains and twenty lieu- 
 tenants. 
 
 Twenty-three were killed or died in the service, and 
 twenty-five others were wounded — seven died in rebel 
 prisons. 
 
 They fought in the Department of North Carolina and 
 the Gulf, in the Army of the Potomac, the James, the 
 Shenandoah, the Cumberland and the Ohio. 
 
 They were faithful unto death, and left a record with- 
 out a stain, of which their successors may be justly 
 proud. 
 
 Third Battalion of Rifles 
 
 Was an outcome of the Guards, and included the Holden 
 Rifles, Company B, and City Guards, Company A, under 
 Major E. B. Stoddard, 1858. 
 
 Battalion held a drill in Holden in 1858. It was a 
 very stormy day and drill was held in Town Hall, Fiske's 
 Band, M. Arbuckle leader, accompanied them and gave 
 much pleasure by their high order of music, and became 
 one of the best bands in the country; were attached to 
 loth Regiment, M. V. M., Sept. i8th. 
 
 Battalion had a drill at New Worcester, with a dinner 
 given by the ladies in the new school-house. April 18, 
 1 86 1, the following order was issued: 
 
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 Headquarters 3D Battalion Rifles, 
 
 Battalion Order No. — . To CaptaiiivS Sprague, 
 Knowlton and McConville: — In pursuance to special 
 order No. 3 1 , you are hereby ordered to muster forthwith 
 the companies under your command and report for serv- 
 ice. 
 
 By order of Maj. Charles Devens, Jr. 
 
 J. M. Goodhue, Adjt. 
 
 April 20th orders were issued to report to Mayor 
 Davis at 5 o'clock p. m. Battalion reported before the 
 City Hall and were escorted by Highland Cadets and Old 
 Guards to Mechanics hall, where Mayor Davis made an 
 address to them. Rev. Dr. Hill offered prayer. Maj. 
 Devens addressed them in an eloquent speech, saying 
 among other things that the battalion was the unit 
 around which every soldier should rally, forgetful of self, 
 but loyal to the spirit of comradeship that should protect 
 and defend each the other, even unto death. Exercises 
 concluded by singing "Red, White and Blue" and "Mar- 
 seillaise Hymn." 
 
 The Battalion returned to quarters, and at 9,30 p. m. 
 line formed, and escorted by Old Guards and citizens, 
 marched to the railway station, and left Worcester at 10.30 
 amid rousing cheers. Arrived in New York next morn- 
 ing, when, after breakfast at Fifth Avenue Hotel, they 
 marched to the beautiful Armory of the 7th Regiment, 
 when the first blood of the Battalion was shed in the U. 
 S. service. A soldier knocked down a stack of rifles, and a 
 sharp sword bayonet pierced his leg and the blood flowed 
 profusely. Later in the day Hon. Charles Sumner and 
 
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 friends called and made a speech of Godspeed to the 
 Battalion. 
 
 In the afternoon a collation was taken at the Howard 
 House by invitation of J. E. Kingsley, Esq., proprietor, 
 and Lieut. Hathaway, then a boarder at the hotel, where 
 they were met by a number of Worcester boys, residents 
 in New York, who made up a purse of fifty dollars, placed 
 in the hands of Maj. Devens, for the benefit of the boys 
 as they might need it. In the evening they marched to 
 the wharf, escorted by the Worcester boys and a large 
 crowd of citizens, who gave them a rousing send-off for 
 Annapolis by steamer Aerial, and for the unknown which 
 was before them. 
 
 Arrived at Annapolis April 24th, where they were soon 
 visited by Hon. Dwight Foster, bringing letters from 
 home. 
 
 May ist Col. Ivers Phillips came bringing letters from 
 home. While reading them orders came to pack up, and 
 at 8 o'clock P. M. embarked for Fort McHenry. On the 
 30th Adjt. Goodhue left, having been appointed major in 
 the regular service. 
 
 Officers of the Battalion were : 
 Maj. Charles Devens, Jr., Worcester, Commander. 
 
 J. M. Goodhue, " Adjutant. 
 
 James E. Estabrook, " Qr. Mas. 
 
 A. A. Goodell, " Adjutant. 
 
 In place of Goodhue, promoted. 
 Oramel Martin, Worcester, Surgeon. 
 
 N. S. Liscomb, " Sergt. Maj. 
 
 George F. ^hite, " Qr. Mas. Sergt. 
 
 A. B. R. Sprague, " Capt. Co. A (C.G.) 
 
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 Josiah Pickett, Worcester, ist Lieutenant. 
 
 George C. Joslin, " 2d " 
 
 Orson Moulton, " 3d " 
 
 Elijah A. Harkness, " 4th 
 
 E. W. Adams, " Sergeant. 
 
 W. S. Bugbee, 
 
 George A. Johnson, " " 
 
 Charles A. Ward, 
 
 James M. Harvey, " Corporal. 
 
 George Burr, " " 
 
 Henry Matthews, " " 
 
 Calvin N. Harrington, New York, " 
 
 W. H. Hey wood, Worcester, Musician. 
 
 James Clement, " " 
 
 Company B, Holden Rifles. 
 
 Joseph H. Gleason, Holden, Captain. 
 
 The Jackson Guards, organized in 1852, with Capt. 
 O'DriscoU commander, were disbanded by Gov. Gardiner 
 in "Know Nothing times," 1855, but were reorganized in 
 
 1858 as an independent company, as the Emmet Guards, 
 with following officers : 
 
 M. S. McConville, 
 M. S. Driscoll, 
 Mathew McCarty, 
 Thomas O'Neil, 
 
 Worcester, Captain. 
 
 " I St Lieutenant. 
 2d 
 3d 
 
 (who died so bravely on field of battle). 
 M . Maladin, Worcester, 4th Lieutenant. 
 
 They were one of the first to tender their services to 
 the government. The governor, on invitation of Maj. 
 Devens, joined them to 3d Battalion as Company C. 
 And though they may have borne in their hearts the love 
 
GEN. R. H. CHAMBERLAIN — 1860. 
 
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 of the shamrock, there was no sham in their duty. But 
 their devotion was as firm as the rock of ages, and their 
 loyalty as true as that of the native-bom sons of the 
 Puritans. None who ever sat around their camp-fire will 
 ever forget the tuneful McConville and his musical 
 comrades, who made the welkin ring with their songs of 
 lofty cheer. 
 
 Gen. Robert H. Chamberlain 
 
 Joined the Guards early in i860. First parade at the 
 Prince of Wales reception in Boston. Was a sergeant 
 in company recruited by Capt. Ward and captain 
 of Company F, 60th Regiment, both called City Guards, 
 though perhaps without authority. Both of these com- 
 panies were raised in Guards' Armory. Company F 
 returned there and maintained its organization after its 
 term of service in the field had expired. He recruited a 
 company under his captain's commission held in the serv- 
 ice and did not receive another. 
 
 In June, 1866, the ist Battalion of Infantry, M. V. M., 
 was formed, consisting of City Guards, Worcester 
 Light Infantry and the Fitchburg Fusiliers, Capt. John 
 W. Kimball. He was commissioned major June 8, 1866. 
 Went to camp in 1866 in the ist Brigade at Sharon, 
 Mass., and with unattached companies assigned paraded 
 as a regiment. In June, 1867, the 3d Brigade was 
 formed and he was commissioned brigadier general Dec. 
 31, 1868, and continued in command until the reorganiza- 
 tion of the military in 1876. He was instrumental in 
 getting up a light battery called the Chamberlain Light 
 Battery, since changed to Battery B. 
 
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 1890. 
 
 The state of Massachusetts, having learned by the past 
 the value of our M. V. M., built a beautiful Armory for 
 their comfort and accommodation at the corner of Salis- 
 bury and Grove streets, at a cost of $125,000, under 
 three commissioners : Gen. Josiah Pickett of Worcester, 
 John Leighton of Boston, Joseph N. Peterson of Salem. 
 Gov. Oliver Ames, commander-in-chief; Samuel Dalton, 
 adjutant general, M. V. M. ; Fuller & Delano, architects; 
 Cutting & Bishop, builders. 
 
 Col. F. W. Wellington, then on the governor's staff, 
 was a power in producing this result from his interest in 
 the M. V. M., and is now, and has been through all 
 changes of administration, the custodian of the building. 
 
 Each company has beautifully appointed quarters, quite 
 in contrast with Dr. Green's attic. By an arrangement 
 of each company having a special evening of each week, 
 they all have the benefit of a splendid drill hall. It is 
 considered one of the finest armories in the country, and 
 its effect is to keep the troops in a high state of drill and 
 discipline by an honest rivalry and their facilities for 
 company and battalion drills ; and the Guards of to-day 
 fully sustain the reputation of the Guards of 1852, when 
 they were at their best, and Capt. Barrett follows close 
 in Capt. Goodhue's steps. 
 
 Members of the City Guards who have held positions 
 of honor and trust in civil life : Gen. Hobbs, alderman ; 
 Lincoln Newton, cashier Worcester Bank; George C. 
 Bigelow, cashier Central Bank ; S. V. Stone, superintend- 
 ent of public schools ; John A. Dana, clerk of court ; 
 William A. Smith, assistant clerk of courts and secretary 
 
CAPT. EDWIN G. BARRETT. 
 
 Capt. Edwin G. Barrett was promoted from lieutenant 
 May 1 8, 1892, and is now^ in command. The company 
 is in a hio-h state of drill and discipline, and leads in 
 athletics, which have become a part of a soldier's develop- 
 ment. He holds his command more by affection than 
 by commission. 
 
of Mechanics' Association ; Harvey B. Wilder, register of 
 deeds; A. M. Parker, assessor of taxes; F. E. Goodwin, 
 custom house official ; Col. J. M. Tucker, custom house 
 official; Capt. W. B. Steele, member of Congress ; W. 
 W. Sprague, Massachusetts Legislature ; Stephen P. 
 Twiss, Massachusetts Legislature and judge in some 
 western state ; Lieut. Samuel Hathaway, Com.mon 
 Council, Board of Education, and historian of the Guards ; 
 Gen. Josiah Pickett, custom house official, postmaster, 
 commissioner on armories and license commissioner; 
 Lieut. Francis Wayland, professor at Yale; George Sum- 
 ner, successful merchant ; J. C. B. Davis, assistant secre- 
 tary of state of the United States ; A. B. R. Sprague, 
 collector internal revenue 8th Massachusetts district five 
 years, sheriff Worcester county eighteen and one-half 
 3^ears, vice-president Mechanics Savings Bank, alderman, 
 Common Council, city marshal and present mayor of 
 Worcester; Orson Moulton, department U. S. surveyor, 
 custom house, Boston; George C. Joslin, department U. 
 S. appraiser, custom house, Boston; G. W. Richardson, 
 sheriff Worcester county, mayor of Worcester ; Gen. R. 
 H. Chamberlain, superintendent of sewers city of Worces- 
 ter, county sheriff Worcester county; Julius L. Clarke, 
 auditor of the Commonwealth and insurance commis- 
 sioner ; Francis A. Harrington, alderman and mayor of 
 Worcester ; Eugene T. Miles, mayor of Fitchburg ; Frank 
 P. Goulding, city solicitor city of Worcester. 
 
 Roll of every officer who has held a commission in the 
 Guards from 1840 to 1895, from records of adjutant 
 general's office. Compiled by order of Gen. S. H. 
 Leonard. 
 
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 Ex. S. O. No. 1089, Headquarters, Boston, Oct. 25, '62. 
 
 The two companies now in " Camp Wool," Worcester, 
 commanded by Capt. Bascom and Capt. Prouty, are 
 hereby attached to the 51st Regiment, M. V. M., of 
 which they will hereafter form a part. Col. Ward will 
 promulgate this order. 
 
 By order, etc., 
 
 Capt. Bascom, Com. Co. B, 3d Battalion Rifles, 
 
 Capt. E. A.Wood, " A, " " " Worcester. 
 
 Capt. Prouty, " D, " 
 
 And by S. O. No. 12 10, Nov. 18, 1862, were assigned 
 in 5 1 st Regiment (Col. Sprague) as follows : 
 
 I St Co. A, Capt. Wood 6th Co. B, Capt. Bascom 
 
 2d " C, " Higginson 7th " H, " Hobbs 
 
 3d " D, " Prouty 8th - G, " F. D. Kimball 
 
 4th " E, " Wheeler 9th " I, " Hunt 
 
 5th " F, " Baldwin loth " K, " D.W.Kimball 
 
 Ex. S. O. No. 130, Headquarters, Boston, Dec. 26, '66. 
 
 The following named companies, at present constitut- 
 ing the I St Battalion of Infantry, M. V. M., will be here- 
 after designated and known as the loth Regiment of 
 Infantry, and will be attached to the ist Brigade and 
 Division of the Volunteer Militia : 
 
 Company A, Worcester, Capt. Joseph A. Titus. 
 
 Company B, etc. 
 
 By order, etc., 
 I Signed I James A. Cunningham, Adjt. Gen. 
 
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 Captains in Company C, 8th Regiment, 5th Brigade, 
 3D Division. 
 
 Geo. Bo wen, 
 
 Geo. Hobbs, 
 Leonard Poole, 
 Geo. B. Conklin, 
 L. Lincoln Newton, 
 Edwin Eaton, 
 Chas. W. Longley, 
 John M. Goodhue, 
 Geo. H. Ward, 
 A. B. R. Sprague, 
 A. B. R. Sprague, 
 Arthur A. Goodale, 
 Edwin A. Wood, 
 
 DATE OF COMMISSION. 
 
 DISCHARGED OR PROMOTED. 
 
 Aug. 6, 1840, Dis. Mar. 16, 1841. 
 
 Apr. 7, 1 84 1, Pro. July, 1842. 
 
 Aug. 6, 1842, Dis. Oct. 21, 1842. 
 
 Dec. 17, 1842, Dis. Jan. 5, 1844. 
 
 Jan. 27, 1844, Dis. Mar. 4, 1847. 
 
 April 10, 1847, Dis. May 8, 1848. 
 
 June 18, 1849, Pro. Col. June 8, 1850. 
 
 June 28, 1850, Dis. Apr. 29, 1853. 
 May 20, 1853,* Pro. Maj. Dec. 27, i860. 
 
 Feb. 25, 1 86 1, refused to quahfy. 
 Apr. 15, 1 86 1, Pro. L. Col. 25th Mass. Vols. 
 
 May 26, 1862, refused to qualify. 
 Aug. 7, i862.t 
 
 Reorganized as Company A, ist Battalion, ist Bri- 
 gade, 1ST Division, July, 1864, and New ioth 
 Regiment in 3D Brigade, 1896. 
 
 Robt. H. Chamberlain, July 31, 1864, Pro. Major June 8, 1866. 
 Joseph A. Titus, July 6, 1866, Pro. Aug. 20, 1870 (Maj. and 
 
 Asst. P. Genl.). 
 Wm. H. King, Oct. 10, 1S70, Pro. Aug i, 1876 (Major). 
 
 Edwin R. Shumway, Aug. 28, 1876, Pro. Mar. 11, 1884 (Major.) 
 
 Company Transferred to 2d Regiment, M. V. M., and 
 Known as Company A, G. O. No. 7, Dec. 3, 1878. 
 
 Geo. H. Cleveland, Mar. 27, 1884, 
 
 Wm. D. Preston, April 19, 1885. 
 
 Wm. A. Condy, June 28, 1886. 
 
 E. G. Barrett, July 18, 1888, 
 
 Resgd. Feb. i, 1886. 
 
 now in command. 
 
 ♦Company reorganized as Company A, 3d Battalion Rifles, with Geo. H. 
 Ward as captain, Feb. 22, 1858. 
 
 t Company transferred to 51st Mass. Vols. Sept 27, 1862. 
 
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 First Lieutenants in Company C (Worcester Guards), 
 8th Regiment, 5th Brigade, 3D Division. 
 
 Geo. Hobbs, 
 Leonard Poole, 
 Geo. B. Conklin, 
 Levi L. Newton, 
 Edwin Eaton, 
 Elbridge G. Pratt, 
 Daniel W. Lincoln, 
 Samuel H. Leonard, 
 Geo. H. Ward, 
 A. B. R. Sprague, 
 
 DATE OF COMMISSION. 
 
 Aug. 6, 1840, 
 April 7, 1841, 
 Aug. 6, 1842, 
 Dec. 17, 1842, 
 Jan. 27, 1844, 
 Apr. 10, 1847, 
 Mar. 27, 1849, 
 June 18, 1849,* 
 Dec. 14, 1852, 
 May 20, 1853, 
 
 DISCHARGED OR PROMOTED. 
 
 Pro. Apr. 7, 1 84 1. 
 
 Pro. Aug. 6, 1842. 
 
 Pro. Dec. 17, 1842. 
 
 Pro. Jan. 27, 1844. 
 
 Pro. Apr. 10, 1847. 
 
 refused to qualify. 
 
 refused to qualify. 
 
 Pro. Major July 21, 1852. 
 
 Pro. Capt. May 20, 1853. 
 
 Resgd. Nov. i, 1856. 
 
 Now Company A, 30 Battalion Rifles, 5th Brigade, 
 3D Division. 
 
 A. B. R. Sprague, 
 Edwin A. Wood, 
 Josiah Pickett, 
 
 Edward W. Adan^s, 
 John W. Sanderson, 
 
 Feb. 22, 1858, 
 June 7, i860, 
 Apr. 17, 1861, 
 
 May 26, 1862, 
 Sept.. 30, 1862, 
 
 Resgd. May 14, 1859. 
 
 Resgd. Apr. 15, 1861. 
 
 Capt. Oct. 12, 1861 (25th 
 
 Mass. Vols.). 
 
 Resgd. Sept. 3, 1862. 
 
 Co. trans, to 51st Regt. 
 
 Oct. 25, 1862. 
 
 Company A, Now in ist Battalion Infantry, ist 
 Brigade, ist Division. 
 
 Joseph A. Long, 
 Frank L. R. Goes, 
 
 Wm. H. King, 
 Frank A. Harrington, 
 Chas. H. Parker, 
 Edwin R. Shumway, 
 Chas. Tarbox, 
 James E. Childs, 
 
 Mar. 15, 1865, 
 June 15, 1868, 
 
 Dec. 14th, 1868, 
 Aug. 9, 187 I, 
 July 28, 1873, 
 Jan. 18, 1875, 
 Aug. 28, 1876, 
 Aug. 19, 1878, 
 
 Dis. May 22, 1865. 
 Dis. Nov. 10, i868, 
 now in loth Regt. 
 Pro. Oct. 10, 1870 
 Dis. Apr. 25, 1873 
 Dis. Dec. 16, 1874 
 Pro. Aug. 28, 1876 
 Dis. Aug. 6, 1878 
 Dis. Mar. 20, 1879 
 
 * Issued Jan. 22d. 
 
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 Company was Transferred to Second Regiment, M. 
 
 V. M., AND Known as Company A, by 
 
 G. O. No. 7, Dec. 3, 1878. 
 
 Forbes B. Fay, 
 Wm. P. Stamp, 
 Geo. H, Cleveland, 
 James Early, 
 Frank S. Hoyt, 
 
 DATE OF COMMISSION. 
 
 Mar. 29, 1879, 
 Nov. 3, 1879, 
 Aug. 20, 1880, 
 Nov. 24, 1882, 
 June 9, 1886, 
 
 DISCHARGED OR PROMOTED 
 
 Aug. 16, 1879 
 
 Dis. Aug. 7, 1880 
 
 Dis. Oct. 4, 1882 
 
 Dis. Mar. 24, 1886 
 
 present officer of Co 
 
 Second Lieutenants in Company C (Worcester 
 Guards), 8th Regiment, 5th Brigade, 3D Division. 
 
 Leonard Poole, 
 Geo. W. Richardson, 
 Geo. B. Conklin, 
 John Metcalf, 
 Edwin Eaton, 
 Elbridge G. Pratt, 
 John B. Wyman, 
 
 Ebenezer Harrington, 
 Geo. H. Ward, 
 A. B. R. Sprague, 
 Samuel V. Stone, 
 
 Aug. 6, 1840, 
 Apr. 7, 1841, 
 June 24, 1841, 
 Aug. 6, 1842, 
 Apr. 26, 1843, 
 Jan. 27, 1844, 
 Apr. 10, 1847, 
 
 June 28, 1850, 
 July 17, 1 85 1, 
 Dec. 14, 1852, 
 May 20, 1853, 
 
 Pro. Apr. 7, 1 84 1. 
 
 Pro. Aid to Com. -in-Chief. 
 
 Pro. Aug. 6, 1842. 
 
 Dis. Jan. 25, 1843. 
 
 Pro. Jan. 27, 1844. 
 
 Pro. Apr. 10, 1847. 
 
 Trans, to Co. E, loth Regt. 
 
 (ist Lieut.). 
 
 Dis. Mar. 17, 185 1. 
 
 Pro. Dec. 14, 1852. 
 
 Pro. May 20, 1853. 
 
 Resgd. Feb. 17, 1858. 
 
 Now Company A, 30 Battalion Rifles, 5th Brigade, 
 3D Division. 
 
 Edwin A. Wood, 
 Josiah Pickett, 
 Geo. C. Joslin, 
 
 Feb. 22, 1858, 
 June 7, i860, 
 Apr. 17, 1 86 1, 
 
 Calvin N. Harrington, May 26, 1862, 
 
 Pro. June 7, i860. 
 
 Pro. Apr. 17, 1 86 1. 
 
 Pro. Capt. Aug. 5, 1861. 
 
 (15th Regt. Vols.). 
 
 Co. Trans, to 51st Regt. 
 
 (S. O. Oct., 1862). 
 
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 Now Company A, ist Battalion, ist Brigade, ist 
 
 Division, 1864, and Company A, ioth 
 
 Regiment, M. V. M., Dec. 26, 1866. 
 
 DATE OF COMMISSION. DISCHARGED OR PROMOTED. 
 
 Joseph A. Titus, June 4, 1866, Pro. July 6, 1866, (Capt.). 
 
 Frank L. R. Goes, July 6, 1866, Pro. June 15, 1868. 
 
 Wm. H. King, June 15, 1868, Pro. Dec. 14, 1868. 
 
 Frank E. Hall, Dec. 14, 1868, Pro. Oct. 10, 1870. 
 
 Justin B. Willard, Oct. 10, 1870, Dis. Apr. 25, 1871. 
 
 Everett A. Morse, Aug. 9, 187 1, Dis. Oct. 30, 1872. 
 
 Edwin R. Shumway, Nov. 25, 1872, Pro. Jan. 18, 1875. 
 
 James F. Meech, Jan. 18, 1875, Dis. Sept. i, 1876. 
 
 Forbes B. Fay, Sept. 15, 1876, Pro. Mar. 29, 1879. 
 
 Company A, Transferred to Second Regiment, M. V. 
 M., G. O., No. 7, Dec. 3, 1878. 
 
 Wm. J. Stamp, Mar. 31, 1879, Pro. Nov. 3 1879. 
 
 Geo. H. Cleveland, Nov. 3, 1879, Pro. Aug. 20, 1880. 
 
 Frank W. Barrett, Aug. 25, 1880, Dis. Jan. 14, 1884. Resgd. 
 
 Wm. D. Preston, Jan. 25, 1884, Pro. Apr. 19, 1886 (Capt.). 
 
 Frank S. Hoyt, Apr. 19, 1886, Pro. June 9, 1886. 
 
 Wm. A. Condy, June 28, 1886, present officer of Co. 
 
 Third Lieutenants Company C, 8th Command. 
 
 Geo. W. Richardson, Aug. 6, 1840, Pro. Apr. 7, 1841. 
 
 Geo. B. Conklin, Apr. 7, 1841, Pro. June 24, 1841. 
 
 John Metcalf, June 25, 1841, Pro. Aug. 6, 1842. 
 
 Levi L. Newton, Aug. 6, 1842, Pro. Dec. 17, '42 (ist Lieut.). 
 
 Edwin Eaton, Dec. 17, 1842, Pro. Jan. 27, 1844. 
 
 J. Baker Wyman, Jan. 27, 1844, Pro. Apr. 10, 1847. 
 
 Chas. C. Chamberlain, April 10, 1847, Dis. Sept. 15, 1848. 
 
 E. Harrington, Mar. 27, 1849, Pro. June 28, 1850. 
 
 Geo. H. Ward, June 28, 1850, Dis. Apr. 9, 1851. 
 
 A. B. R. Sprague, July 17, 185 1, Pro. Dec. 14, 1852. 
 
 Samuel V. Stone, Dec. 14, 1852, Pro. May 20, 1853. 
 
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 DATE OF COMMISSION. 
 
 DISCHARGED OR PROMOTED. 
 
 Sam'l Hathaway, 
 Orson Moulton, 
 
 May 20, 1853, (Co. Trans, to 3d Rifles) 
 
 Letter A. 
 3d Rifles Apr. 17, 1861, Lieut, in 15 th Regt. 
 Vol. Aug. I, 1 86 1, refused commission. 
 
 Fourth Lieutenants 8th Light Infantry Command. 
 
 Sewell Thompson, 
 Sam'l H. Leonard, 
 Geo. H. Ward, 
 Wm. A. Smith, 
 Geo. G. Burbank, 
 Sam'l Hathaway, 
 Edw. W. Adams, 
 Francis Wayland, Jr., 
 
 Edwin P. Woodward,* 
 Geo. C. Joslin,* 
 Elijah A. Harkness,* 
 
 * 3d Rifles, Company A. 
 
 July 28, 1846, 
 Apr. 10, 1847, 
 June 18, 1849, 
 June 28, 1850, 
 July 17, 1851, 
 Dec. 14, 1852, 
 May 20, 1853, 
 Apr. 30, 1855, 
 Co. 
 Feb. 22, 1858, 
 July 19, i860, 
 Apr. 17, 1 86 1, 
 
 Deceased. 
 
 Pro. June 18, 1849. 
 
 Pro. June 28, 1850. 
 
 Dis. May 7, 1851. 
 
 Dis. Mar. 31, 1852. 
 
 Pro. May 20, 1853. 
 
 refused to qualify. 
 
 (Co. Trans, to 3d Rifles, 
 
 A.) Resgd. Feb. 17, 1858. 
 
 Resgd. June 18, i860. 
 
 Pro. Apr. 17, 1 86 1. 
 
 ist Lieut, and Adjt. 25th 
 
 Vol., Sept. 21, 1 86 1. 
 
ROLL OF OFFICERS OF WORCESTER CITY 
 GUARDS, FEB. 24, 1896. 
 
 THE PRESENT OFFICERS OF COMPANY. 
 
 Captain, . Edwin G. Barrett, April 5, 1894 
 
 ist Lieutenant, MoSES H. TiSDELL, July 18, 1888 
 
 2d Lieutenant, FREDERICK H. LuCKE, April 5, 1894 
 
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RECEPTION OF 25th MASS. AT NEW YORK, 1862. 
 
 A speech made before the 25th Mass., at the Astor 
 House, New York, on their way to the front, and a poem 
 read then — to which reference has been made in a pre- 
 vious chapter — is herewith added by special request, 
 even at the risk (as Col. Goodhue used to say) of getting 
 my lip in too much. 
 
 Remarks of vS. Hathaway. 
 Colonel Upton and Officers : — 
 
 I have joined in the reception of many regiments from 
 old Massachusetts, because as a son of hers I could not 
 but feel a pulse of pride and pleasure at the glorious 
 histor\' she has made and is making — a history that 
 makes her every son wherever on the face of God's 
 green earth he has fixed his habitation, proud in his 
 inner heart of his old Mother ; even though his outward 
 surroundings should cause him to smother in secret his 
 admiration, or swallow in the bitter depths of his soul 
 the promptings of his filial love and loyal devotion. I 
 have joined in them, too, because they have contained 
 many who were known and loved by me. It was my 
 good fortune to accompan}- the gallant Fifteenth from 
 your city to this, and to bid them a Godspeed to those 
 
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 fields of glory and of death ; — and oh, how it brings 
 home to our own hearts the murderous wickedness of 
 this cursed Rebellion, when our own loved comrades fall 
 in the conflict ! Yet how it takes the sting of bitterness 
 away when we know how heroically, how gloriously, they 
 fell I Heroes to the last — heroes all ! The}^ passed 
 from love and life through glory's gory gates to an 
 immortality be3''ond. And those who escaped from the 
 conflict : Col. Devens, the loved commander of so many 
 of you of the Third Rifles — we all knew him worthy 
 of our friendship and our love, for his generous heart 
 and his manly nature ; but he has shown himself, by his 
 cool courage and his brave generalship, worthy all confi- 
 dence as a leader and a chief ! and our own intimate 
 personal friend and associate officer of the old City 
 Guard, Lieut. Col. Ward — shattered for life in limb, yet 
 whole in soul as ever. His misfortune will bind him 
 still more closely to our hearts, as they will enshrine him 
 in the affections of a grateful and a generous people. 
 And those less fortunate ones who were taken captive 
 in the conflict, — God grant that they may soon be re- 
 deemed untrammeled by any pledge of honor, to fight 
 again as gloriously as before, and to avenge their brothers 
 fallen. 
 
 But I join in the welcome to-day with all my heart: 
 not only because you come from the fresh green hills 
 and pleasant valleys of my own native country, and bring 
 in your presence fragrant memories of the past, as you 
 come surrounded, too, with the loves and the blessings 
 of those whom I love, and whom you have left behind 
 you there — but because of those ties of brotherhood, 
 
formed by so many years of peaceful campaigning, that 
 have bound us so closely and so dearly together, and you 
 at least will believe me when I say that I would be in 
 your ranks to-day but for duties I cannot shirk, and 
 responsibilities I cannot lay aside with honor to myself 
 and justice to others. 
 
 In behalf of the sons of old Massachusetts, and in my 
 own behalf as well, I welcome you to this their busy 
 home, to the hospitalities of their festive board, and to 
 the cordial greetings of their manly hearts. We welcome 
 you as brothers ; for we feel that every heart-throb that 
 stirred our hearts when we bade farewell to our old 
 mother Commonwealth is alive to-day in all your hearts, 
 in view of the sad, long, perhaps eternal, farewells that 
 have just been spoken by you. We welcome you as 
 brothers, claiming our love and admiration for your 
 noble devotion to the cause of our common countr}^; 
 and we bid you a Godspeed to join those other thou- 
 sands gone and to come, till you can build, if need be, 
 a living wall of loval hearts, picketed with glistening 
 bayonets, all around our beloved land, binding it in an 
 eternal and indissoluble union of patriotic love, of loyal 
 devotion, — aye, and ma}^ be, of universal freedom, too ! 
 (A long continued applause.) 
 
 We know from whence you come, and the spirit that 
 hath nursed you. We know you have learned b}^ heart 
 that history written by the sword in the unfading ink 
 of patriot blood on the fields of Lexington, of Concord, 
 and of Bunker Hill. And we know that if you cannot 
 all write as gloriously, you can at least — the humblest 
 of you — make your -f- mark on the head of rebellion 
 
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 that shall stand as an emblem of your catholic faith in 
 the liberties your fathers have won and bequeathed unto 
 you. 
 
 We need not ask you, sons of Massachusets, for what 
 are you going? We read it in the beaming eye, the firm 
 tread, the lofty bearing of every manly form. To fight 
 for our countr^^I O, that is a sentiment old as human 
 nature, and taught you by all your sires. It was taught 
 vou in the prophetic words of Warren, when cautioned 
 not to expose himself in battle so. "O, 'tis sweet to die 
 for one's country!" he said, and stood in the trenches 
 still. 'Twas taught b}- the poor dying soldier when he 
 wrote on a piece of paper, with a bit of stick dipped in 
 his own flowing life-blood, " Rejoice, rejoice, my mother, 
 for thy son dieth to-day for the liberties of his countr^^! " 
 
 True, the rough cannon-plowed fields of '76 are grass 
 grown green, and the red tide of Concord's bloody brook 
 runs pure and crystal clear again ; but deep planted in 
 the breasts of patriot sons, the seeds of that early spring- 
 time are waving ripe for golden harvest, and the purple 
 current of that flaming tide warms and fires millions 
 of hearts with its pure, undying blaze of patriotism. 
 
 To fight for our country ! And what is our country? 
 Not the poor soil of its earthly body, — its mountains, 
 its valleys, its laughing brooks and flowing rivers, its 
 villages, towns and cities, — but the sublimer essence of 
 its spiritual life — its Constitution and its Laws! A Con- 
 stitution that, interpreted by the enlightened spirit of 
 a Christian age, is possessed of an inborn immortality, 
 without one single element of suicidal destruction ; a 
 Constitution that means equal rights and equal justice 
 
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 to all. the North as ^vell as the South ! a Constitution 
 that means a Government, — and meaning a Government, 
 means the right of that Government to maintain itself 
 in Right, even though the heavens — aye, though the 
 southern heavens of man's selfish interests — should fall 
 before it ! (applause) a Constitution that means a recogni- 
 tion of the legally expressed will of the majority through 
 the ballot-box — or else by appeal to the cartridge-box! 
 a constitution that meaning union once, means union 
 forever! that having once planted a star in its blue 
 heaven, wraps the protecting arms of its stripes about 
 it, and folds it in the embrace of love forever and forever. 
 
 You go as soldiers to fight for your country, and to 
 obey the orders of your superiors ; and not as critics or 
 interpreters. But if, through the providence of God, in 
 this clashing of swords and this crossing of bayonets, 
 there should come a mightier crash — a crash of the fall- 
 ing of millions of shackles from fettered limbs, and if, 
 mingling in the triumphant shouts of victory, there 
 should go up the exultant song of freedovi from millions 
 of emancipated souls, while all the world is singing its 
 "glory hallelujahs" of joy, — the poor soldier may at 
 least, from behind his leathern neck-stock, drop a devout 
 and a heartfelt amen! (Applause.) 
 
 War plants its bloody footprints on the clean pages of 
 history, writing destruction to national prosperity, and 
 ruin to individual fortunes; yet it ofttimes leaves a record 
 there of manly virtues and of national patriotism, that 
 carries the balance over to the credit side of the great 
 national balance-sheet. So in this great struggle, old 
 Massachusetts is piling up for herself a credit of glory 
 
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 that shall be meted out to her sons in bounteous divi- 
 dends, from generation to generation, in the years of 
 peace and prosperity that are yet to come to her. For. 
 as we believe God heard the boom of freedom's prayer as 
 breathed by fiery lips of Bunker's mid- June cannon, and 
 answered it in the thunder of Yorktown's crowning vic- 
 tory, so we believe He will now interpose His shield to 
 guard the right, and hang the starry banner of victory 
 over the sacred cause of justice and of liberty. 
 
 God speed you, brothers all ; 
 
 God keep who stand or fall, 
 In His love forever I 
 
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 To THE Massachusetts Twenty-Fifth. 
 
 BY GRACE APPLETON. 
 
 Hail, brothers from our Mother home, 
 
 Fresh from her green old " Heart ! " 
 We ope to-day no classic tome 
 
 To quote a hero's part ; 
 For, face to face, a gallant band, 
 
 Of living heroes round us stand : 
 We ask no better toast to-day. 
 
 Than soldiers from the brave "Old Bay." 
 
 Sworn Knights of P'reedom's cause ye come, 
 
 Crusaders for the Right — 
 To pluck from Error's mouldering tomb 
 
 Truth's form divinely bright ; 
 Pledged heart to heart, and hand to hand, 
 
 A host invincible ye stand ; 
 God's arm shall aid, His guidance lead. 
 
 His grace a shield in every need. 
 
 Beside Potomac's rolling tide, 
 
 'Neath a fair southern sky, 
 Remember how your comrades died — 
 
 Their blood your battle cry ! 
 Remember homes of sunlight shorn — 
 
 Remember tender hearts that mourn 1 
 New England bows her matron head, 
 
 In sorrow for her valiant dead ; 
 Make ye their martyr graves to be 
 
 Cradles of new-born Liberty !