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On BoarD TRANSPORTS—THE SAXON—QUINCY—CHARLES Oscoop — SHETUCKET — QUINNEBAUG. ss: EADQUARTERS” transport Saxon, so called because the colonel with a majority of his staff were on board, was commanded by Captain Lavender, and remained in the harbor until the morning of Friday, December 5th, the men subsisting on crackers and cold water. At eight o’clock she proceeded to sea, the boys giving a round of cheers to a lady upon the ramparts of Fort Columbus, who waved a United States flag as they passed. All arrangements were promptly made for the voyage: cooks detailed to cook rations, and men assigned to bunks below deck. Rough weather experienced the first night out soon became a gale, which lasted for two days, playing the deuse with company cooks, and prevented any use of the. galley situated between decks. Those who could eat at all had to subsist on hard bread and raw, salt pork. Nearly all of the men and all of the officers were very sea-sick. The galley fire was started several times, but rolling of the steamer would cause fat in the pans to run over upon the galley stove, and blazing up quick would set fire to the deck. Quick work with buckets of water would put the fire out and prevent any serious damage. The gale moderated during the night of December 7th, On Monday, December 8th, after passing Cape Hatteras during Sunday night, the sea became smooth, when men MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS, 39 began to show themselves on deck. Somewhat hungry, and not liking the regular allotted fare, on Monday night a few men broke open the ice-chest and stole some fresh beef, cooking it at the galley. Next morning the culprits were picked out. Corporal Sanford Wood, Company I, was broke, had his chevrons stripped from his uniform, and was put in irons by order of the colonel, as he was ringleader in the affair. Privates J. Colson, Company I, Frank McConlow and Fitzallen Gourley, both of Com- pany D, detailed cooks at the time, were also put in irons for not revealing the thieves names. The Saxon proved to be the safest and fastest boat of the four vessels. She made a fine run to Key West, where anchor was cast at six o’clock December 11th, without anything of an exciting nature to enliven the trip except striking a school of finback whales about ten o’clock on the morning of the tenth. The orders to transport-cap- tains were, to sail forty-eight hours out to sea and then open their sealed orders, which were to rendezvous at Ship Island, Gulf of Mexico, with permission, in case of dis- tress, want of coal, water or provisions, to stop at Port Royal, Tortugas or Key West. Taking in a supply of fresh water and coal the steamer left Key West at six o’clock on the morning of December 12th, bound for Ship Island direct ; but early on the morning of December 15th, which was very dark, the mate in charge of the deck lost his course, and at full speed almost ran by the blockading fleet off Mobile Bay. The gunboat &. &. Cuyler hailed them at two a.M., and was answered, when a blank shot followed by a cannon-ball from the gunboat Montgomery caused the mate to slow up and heave to. Not provided with a steam whistle there was nothing to do but to wait for something to develop, and soon the Saxon was boarded by naval officers, who gave the unwelcome 40 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, intelligence that the transport was off her course, heading direct for Mobile, and was then past the inner line of picket boats, about one and a half miles from Mobile Bar. The Saxon then proceeded on the correct course for Ship Island, arriving there at nine o’clock a.m. About twenty- five tons of coal was taken aboard from coal vessel General Berry, that had lain at Ship Island for four months without a bushel of coal being removed until the Saxon took her small supply. After receiving orders and coaling, at five o’clock in the afternoon a start was made for New Orleans, encountering a severe northerly gale during the night, which caused the vessel to roll worse than at any time previous on the voyage. At seven o’clock, December 16th, the bar at South-West Pass of the Mississippi River was in sight, and at nine o’clock she was on her way up river, passing Forts Jackson and St. Philip at noon, tieing up at the left bank at nine o’clock for the night ; two sentinels were placed upon the river bank as a protection from any possible guerilla attack. Early on the morning of December 17th, say about three o’clock, the vessel proceeded to New Orleans, arriv- ing at seven o’clock, after a trip of twelve days from Sandy Hook, New York harbor. At four o’clock in the afternoon the Saxon steamed up river to Carrollton, arriving at seven o’clock, and anchored for the night, the men landing to go into camp late in the afternoon of next day, eighteenth. The Quincy was the first transport to get away, passing Sandy Hook at night December qth, in face of a threaten- ing gale that lasted about three days. While passing Cape Hatteras the gale became so severe that the vessel was in great danger of not being able to weather it, as Captain George W. Clapp, an old and experienced navigator, after- ward acknowledged. Had she foundered, few, if any, MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 41 could have survived to tell the tale. Except the crew and Captain Cogswell, all hands were in that state of sea-sick- ness they did not care whether they lived or died. The Quincy was an old freight propeller with two light masts, and one small upright boiler to work her machinery, previously in the merchant marine on one of the western lakes. She was lost December 12th, 1863, while making the voyage from New York to New Orleans, having sprung a leak during a violent gale, going down in sight of Hatteras Light. Out of twenty-five persons aboard nine were saved. Captain Clapp was lost. On the evening of December 8th a leak in the boiler was discovered. The fire was put out to admit of repairs being made; the steamer drifting through the night. Fortunately the weather was all that could be desired, and no bad results from the accident were to be feared. Steam was got up on the morning of the ninth, but the same evening another and worse leak in the boiler was discovered. At a council of officers convened it was decided to instruct the captain to put into Port Royal for repairs. The weather continued magnificent, with a smooth sea. Port Royal was reached at noon on the eleventh under circumstances which did not admit of a doubt that had the steamer been delayed twelve hours longer her engine could not have been used atall. A Board of Survey, granted by Brigadier-General Brannan, U. S. A. commanding the District, and Commodore Dupont, pronounced the vessel sea-worthy, while the boiler and engine were altogether too small for ocean service, besides being very much out of order. The troops were landed and quartered at Hilton Head while repairs were made. Lieutenant Powers was sea-sick from the start, refusing nourishment part of the time, and not able to retain any on his stomach when he 42 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, attempted to take it; wrapped in his blanket he lay a picture of helplessness, losing strength day by day until it became a question whether he would survive to reach Ship Island. The landings at Hilton Head and Tortugas enabled him to recuperate sufficient strength to stand the strain while upon the water, for when going to sea after each landing he was flat on his back again the moment the long ocean swell was reached. While the gale lasted for the first days out from New York, sick as they were between decks, in an atmosphere almost stifling from com- bined effects of stench from the cooking-range and stench of another character, the men did not miss the funny scenes that constantly occurred, causing laughter from men too sick to raise their heads. One of these scenes was when the vessel gave a lurch, that came near putting her upon her beam ends and threw the men below promis- cuously out of their berths, when one of them scrambled to the other side, clung to a bunk and shouted, “for God’s sake, boys, all on this side and right her!” Buckets of water were kept in readiness for use in case of fire, because in a heavy sea fat in stew-pans on the galley would be thrown out and flash up in a blaze, causing danger to constantly exist of a fire breaking out among inflammable material. This was so in all transports conveying the Forty-Second, notwithstanding every pre- caution was taken to guard against such a danger when cooking ranges were placed on board. Surgeon Hitchcock had a few severe cases of fever under his care, attending to them faithfully, with a loss of one man by death. To his care and attention many men owe a debt of gratitude, and for assistance he rendered in placing them on their sea-legs; dealing out nourishment suited to the debilitated condition they were in until sufficient strength and appetite was gained to go on with MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS, 43 the army ration. * When fairly over their sea-sick attack appetites of men became voracious. On shore at Hilton Head the men were allowed to roam at will, an opportunity they exercised to the utmost,— visiting other troops in camp; taking daily baths at the sand beach, where they also washed their under-clothing ; feasted on fresh bread from the post-bakery, equal to any furnished by the best of hotels in Boston; stole apples at night from under the noses of a guard posted upon the wharf where the barrels lay; sight-seeing upon the island like school-boys on a vacation. The quarters were in some empty barracks near a sluggish bayou, upon whose bank was a small graveyard, covered with ashes, with a neglected appearance in general, where were interred the remains of a few sailors who lost their lives at the capture of Forts Beauregard and Walker by the Federal Navy in November, 1861. Everything wore a quaint look, not only here but at every stopping place ex route to New Orleans, exercising a peculiar charm over men from the North who had never visited the South, experienced by all travellers to parts of this world remote from their own residences, regardless of any facts bearing on the climatic influences on unac- climated beings. Until the stern reality of war was forced upon them, it seemed to each and every man as though he was travelling for pleasure at the Government expense. The first agreeable impressions of localities visited on the voyage from New York to New Orleans cannot be eradicated from minds of men belonging to the Forty-Second Regiment. After repairs were finished the men reémbarked Decem- ber 16th, proceeding at once to sea, and made a fine run to Tortugas, arriving at Fort Jefferson on the twentieth, at nine o’clock a.M., to take in coal. While coasting in 44 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, sight of Florida Keys the steamer A@emenon Sanford, that formerly ran between Boston and Bangor, was seen upon the reefs with wreckers around her. The Sanford had the One Hundred and Fifty-Sixth New York Infantry Regi- ment on board; every man was saved and taken to Key West, December 11th, with nothing but what they carried in their hands. The baggage and stores were afterwards obtained, but the steamer could not be saved. In Fort Jefferson was a garrison of four companies, Ninetieth New York Infantry, weak in numbers from heavy losses by yellow fever during the summer months. There was a large number of military and civilian prisoners kept at work upon the fort, not then in a finished state. Occu- pying a part of the parade within the walls were several three-story brick dwelling houses with gardens attached, and trees of large growth under whose sheltering branches several head of cattle, belonging to the Commissary Department, would collect to escape the hot sun at mid-day. As another instance of danger that existed during the transportation of Banks’ expeditionary corps to New Orleans, while the Quzmcy was at Tortugas an old rat-trap steamer came into port in a leaky condition with New York troops on board. The pumps were kept constantly at work since leaving New York, so the men stated. How the unsea- worthy transports managed to carry their human freights without loss of life from dangers of the sea is one of those curious mysteries of God’s providence. After coaling and starting again seaward a collision occurred in the channel with a Government schooner, carrying away the after part of the steamer’s deck cabin, which caused a detention of several days to repair damages. At dusk, on the twenty-second, the Quincy put to sea, arriving at Ship Island on the twenty-fifth, at nine o’clock P.M. Early on the morning of the twenty-fifth Private MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS, 45 W. H. Young, Company C, Twenty-Eighth Connecticut Volunteers, died of fever, and was committed to the deep at eleven A.M. with appropriate services. Before the death of Young was announced, scattered on deck and below, were knots of men engaged in the pastime of cards. Lounging around, fishing and card playing were what the men did to kill time since leaving Hilton Head; a book of any sort in their hands was not to be noticed. On the announcement — presto —a sudden change; cards were put away; nearly every man had his Bible, and was intently engaged in its contents for the balance of the day. A death at sea with solemn funeral rites was not without effect. Receiving his orders, Lieutenant-Colonel Stedman had the Quincy sail for New Orleans on the twenty-sixth, arriving late at night on the twenty-ninth, after a passage of twenty-five days from Sandy Hook. The South-West Pass was reached at nightfall; a thick curtain of mist preventing an entrance then. In company with several other transports the Quincy lay outside the bar until morning; a continual noise from fog-whistles causing one to think he was in New York harbor. In the morning, as the heavy fog lifted, a beautiful mirage was seen in the sky, showing a brig ashore on a mud bank of the Delta. A perfect representation of what was soon seen to be actually the case. The Quincy disembarked her troops at Carrollton, who went into camp at Camp Mansfield. The Charles Osgood was an unfortunate vessel. An old propeller used on Long Island Sound, she was in every respect consort of the Shetucket; each fitted up in the same manner to convey troops, 7.¢, with a false deck to cover bunks and cooking apparatus. In a serious blow, with heavy sea running, this deck was liable to be swept 46 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, away at any moment. The steamer anchored in the river after all hands were on board, proceeding to Sandy Hook on the fifth; there remained until she put to sea at half past five o’clock a.m. December 6th. Captain Geer never was beyond Fortress Munroe, and knew little about ocean navigation. He put to sea with one small compass, no charts, no chronometer, no life preservers on board, and with two small boats. With clear, cold weather, a high wind and rough sea, the Osgood ran down the coast and into Cape May harbor during the night of the seventh, for refuge. While in Delaware Bay a severe blow split sails and caused a slight displacement of the boiler, causing the captain to run into Delaware River and anchor off Dela- ware City at six o’clock, eighth, then to Philadelphia next day for repairs. She remained at Philadelphia for five days, to obtain new sails, new boat oars, life preservers, charts, and repairs on the boiler. The captain secured the services of an old and experienced navigator, Captain Sears. As the men were afraid to continue the voyage on the steamer they were not allowed to go ashore, for fear none would return when all was ready to start. They grumbled considerably, and when the vessel ran aground on League Island, about half past seven a.m. on the fourteenth, some men improved the opportunity to run ashore upon the ice. They went to Philadelphia, got drunk, but all came back before she got afloat at the next full tide except Private Chauncey Converse, Company K. Private Converse did not rejoin his regiment until April r1th, 1863. He surrendered himself to United States officers, taking the benefit of general orders No. 58, War Department, series of 1863, granting pardon to all deserters who did so. Regarding this case of apparent desertion Adjutant-Gen- eral Schouler wrote Lieutenant-Colonel Stedman, under MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 47 date of February 21st, that Converse reported he was left sick at Philadelphia, and said he had tried and wished to rejoin his regiment. At half past eight o’clock a.m. on the sixteenth this transport got a fair start, after remaining over night inside the breakwater at Cape Henlopen, proceeding down the coast in sight of land during the day and running out to sea at night until Key West was reached at two o’clock on the afternoon of the twenty-third. The vessel struck on Fernandina Shoals, on the twentieth, about four o’clock in the morning; fortunately no damage was done, although boats were got ready to cast off in case of necessity. Leaving Key West at nine o’clock a.m. on the twenty-sixth, bound direct for Ship Island for orders, the transport arrived there at seven o’clock p.m., December zgth, pro- ceeding to New Orleans early next morning (four o’clock), two hours later running aground and remaining for a few minutes, off Chandeleur Light ; made Pass L’Outre, mouth of the Mississippi, at four o’clock in the afternoon, arriv- ing at New Orleans at two o’clock a.m., January rst. Ordered forthwith to Galveston, the transport left New Orleans at four o’clock in the morning, January 2d, and anchored at South-West Pass for the night, about five o’clock in the afternoon. On the third, at six o’clock a.m., the voyage was continued, but after a five hours run gun- boat Clifton hailed the Charles Osgood and ordered her back to New Orleans, because Galveston was lost. She again reached that city at three o’clock p.m. on the fourth. Companies E and K were disembarked at Carrollton on the afternoon of January 5th, and reported to Lieutenant- Colonel Stedman, in command of Companies A, B and F, in camp at Camp Mansfield. Five companies of the regiment were now united after a month’s separation by the sea. Greetings were cordial and heartfelt. The 48 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, Charles Osgood was twenty-six days making the voyage from Sandy Hook to New Orleans, although the men had to live on board for thirty-three days. The Shetucket was another unfortunate transport, with a tedious passage. She went to sea on the morning of December 6th. The men had embarked during the day of December 3d, proceeding down the bay to Sandy Hook on the morning of the fifth, when Captain Philo B. Huntley, in command of the steamer, was obliged to seek shelter until a snow-storm, then raging, had somewhat abated. The officers on board were: Major Stiles in command; Captain Leonard, Lieutenants White and Sanderson, of Company C; Lieutenants Phillips and Gould, of Company H; and Lieutenant Duncan, Company F, detailed to act as commissary. Captain Bailey, Company H, had been granted a two hours furlough on shore for the express purpose of obtaining oil to counteract the effect of salt water upon the muskets, and taken with him acting Com- missary-Sergeant Wentworth, Company G. They failed to report on board at the limitation of time, but took passage for New Orleans on the Worth Star, conveying the Forty-First Massachusetts Infantry, General Banks and staff. The Worth Star left New York December 4th, before the Shefucket left her anchorage in the river. Captain Bailey did not assume command of his company until January 12th. He and Wentworth arrived in New Orleans December 15th. Wentworth was ordered to join his company on the Saxon. No hospital accommoda- tions was upon the transport, and no medicines, except what meagre supplies were obtained by Major Stiles at Fortress Munroe and Hilton Head. Private Thomas M. Lewis, Company D, enlisted from Roxbury, a man forty- five years old, and a friend of Surgeon Cummings, was MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 49 detailed to act as surgeon. He was familiarly known as “old salts,” a nickname given by the men, suggested by a rule he invariably followed of prescribing a dose of salts to about every man who complained of sickness. The Sketucket was an old two-masted propeller freight boat, plying between New York and New London. A false deck-house of unsound lumber had been built upon her main deck, covering the whole vessel from bow to stern; in this deck-house bunks were built to accom- modate near two hundred men, and cooking apparatus placed. Ina rough sea every wave that struck her sides would send salt water into the bunks, so much so that when the water was rough very few men would occupy them ; those that did arranged rubber blankets for what protection they would afford. All of the accommodations were extremely poor. Sailing orders were the same as on other transports; no one on board knew their destination until after leaving Key West, except Major Stiles, Captain Huntley, and Captain Leonard. This commendable secrecy was observed upon all:four of the transports that conveyed the Forty-Second. Slow progress was made by this vessel when at sea. On the third night, Decerhber 8th, Major Stiles retired early, worn out with loss of sleep, leaving the command with Captain Leonard, and Lieutenant White on duty as officer of the guard. About eight o’clock Lieutenant Gould, conversing with Lieutenant White, remarked that if the captain kept on in the direction he was going the vessel would be ashore, as he knew the course steered was wrong from his experience and knowledge, obtained while serving upon a Baltimore steamer. White paid no special atten- tion to what Gould said, and it does not appear that the attention of Major Stiles was called to the matter. Lieu- tenants White and Phillips were engaged in a game of 5 5° HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, cards in the cabin about nine o’clock when a sudden shock was felt, bringing them to their feet in an instant. Another shock followed immediately, and on the deck they went, when another was felt, each one shaking the vessel from bow to stern. The sky was clear, the sea tolerably smooth, and the shore could be seen distinctly about one-half a mile away. There were two boats (one large and one small) upon the Shetucket; the large boat was not sea-worthy, while the small boat was capable of carry- ing three men. The old sailors (there were many in Companies C and H) were sharp at work trying to launch them. Captain Leonard sought the major, who sprang from his berth on the grating sound awakening him, and was dressing, and said: ‘‘The men have mutinied, and are all on deck. The officers of the boat up in the rigging assailed by the men and dare not come down, and the boat is aground; for God’s sake, come on deck.” There was the usual commotion and confusion incident to such occasions, and the major, half-dressed, was met by Lieutenant Phillips at the head of the companion-way, who handed him a rope saying: “Make yourself fast major, or you will be washed overboard.” Lieutenant White drove men away from the boats, not until Sergeant Henry Mann kicked a hole in one of them, and remarked as he did so: “Only the officers can use it.” They then went for the hatchway, broke it open, and commenced work on what little cargo there was aboard; for what reason it is difficult to understand, unless to obtain material to float upon in case it was necessary to take to the water as the only means of escape, or to lighten the vessel. ‘This was soon stopped. Major Stiles ordered the men to their quarters below, answered by a chorus of voices shouting: “We will be d—d if we will.” A MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. Sr persuader in shape of a couple of cocked revolvers, with a determination to shoot the first man who refused to obey his order, settled the business in a very short time, and they went below. Captain Huntley came down from aloft and informed the officers his vessel was on Hog Island Shoals. For half an hour all attempts to back off ended in failure, until a long, ocean swell lifted her bow, when she floated into deep water. An examination of the hold proved that the ship was making water slowly — not enough to be dangerous, as the pumps, when set to work, were found able to con- trol it. Her rudder was sprung, two flukes were gone from the propeller, and two of her keel planks had been smashed. The Shetucket proceeded on, and reached Fortress Munroe next day. One of the funny incidents of this adventure was Lieutenant Sanderson appearing on deck with a patent rubber pillow, for use in case of shipwreck, at that period sold extensively in New York City, so fixed about his body near the hips that if he should have been washed over- board it would be difficult, if not impossible, to keep either head or feet above water. The lieutenant was obliged to hear many sharp jokes on this account the remainder of the trip. At Fortress Munroe the vessel was ordered to Norfolk for necessary repairs, arriving in the evening at six o’clock. In passing Craney Island on the way to Norfolk they came to a blockade of piles with bare room enough for a vessel to pass through, and a gunboat on guard. In answer to a hail from this gunboat a dare-devil in Com- pany H shouted in reply: “Go to h—Ill!” an answer that aroused the anger of Mr. gunboat commander, who threatened to blow them to pieces. Apologies were of no avail; a demand was made for the man who made the 52 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, insulting reply, but no one would point him out. The affair calmed down and the Shetuckef went on her way. The men disembarked, quartered in the Seamen’s Bethel on West Wide Water Street, and gave their officers consid- erable trouble by pranks they carried on while in the city. General Vialle at one time threatened to send a battery and fire into them; they made so much disturbance ringing the church bell. During their stay Privates Luke Armstrong and Alexander B, Ralsea, Company H, were taken sick and placed in the general hospital; neither men rejoined the regiment during its term of service. Private Ralsea was mustered out of service at Fortress Munroe, for disability, May 27th. Repairs finished, on the afternoon of December 21st the Shetucket proceeded to sea, making very slow time, and ran short of coal and water, causing Captain Huntley to bear up for Hilton Head. In the attempt to make that port he ran into the blockading squadron off Charleston, S.C., at three a.m. on the twenty-fifth, sailing a direct course for Fort Sumter, when hailed by war-vessel Fow- hattan, whose crew were beat to quarters, with a command: “Stop, or I will sink you!” The naval officers were out of temper, and used strong laiguage to Captain Huntley for his stupidity, intimating that he deserved sinking, and would have got it but for the troops on board. Anchor was dropped at Hilton Head in the afternoon at half-past five o’clock. The next day, twenty-sixth, an affair happened that threatened serious consequences to one of the participators. Coal schooner /. G. Babcock was alongside coaling the steamer. For some time the men had been chaffing the schooner’s crew in a good-natured manner, and when a drummer-boy of Company H began to climb the rigging he was ordered down by the sailing-master, who was in an MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 53 angry mood. This drummer paid no attention to the order until the master sprang into the rigging to force the boy back. He was coming down as the officer passed up, and was kicked by the latter a few times in the head. That was enough to make the men furious. Seizing lumps of coal they began to hurl the missiles into the rigging, uttering threats to kick him overboard if he came down, and frightened the officer to such an extent that he dare not do so, but kept on going up to the crosstrees with an inten- tion of coming down on the other side of the mast. Privates John Davis, Company H, Con. Dougherty, William Cook and Joseph Cole, Company C, and others, all rough fighters, jumped on board the schooner and were in the rigging on that side to get at him, when Lieutenant White, whose personal courage no one ever had occasion to doubt, sprang to the schooner’s deck ordering them down, All of the company officers then gos these men aboard the Shetucket, and the Badcock’s crew cut the ropes, letting her drift away to a safe distance. On the twenty-seventh another schooner finished coaling. As water was scarce at Hilton Head, the Shetucket was ordered to Beaufort to replenish water casks, doing so on Sunday, the twenty-eighth. With a few hours to spare while at Beaufort, Major Stiles decided to give the men leave of absence on shore until five o’clock p.m., for at that hour the tide would serve to proceed to sea. Thor- oughly disgusted with the Shetucket, the men held a mass meeting in a square of the town during the day and voted not to go on board the old boat again. A committee was appointed to notify Major Stiles of their decision; this committee attending to that duty between two and three o’clock in the afternoon. No time was to be lost if the men were to be got aboard that day in season to sail. The quality and temper of the men was such, that any e 54 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, attempt to persuade them was useless and merely involved loss of valuable time. Major Stiles called upon the provost-marshal, informed him of the situation and asked his assistance, which he was willing to give if the major would assume all responsibility if trouble ensued. Of course this was done. With about one hundred cavalry-men and seventy-five infantry the provost-marshal, almost at the point of the bayonet and sabre, it might be said, drove the men slowly toward the wharf, and every man but one (a member of Company H) was got aboard at the appointed time. The missing man was ‘asleep in a house and overlooked, but found next morning, brought down to Hilton Head and put aboard. On casting off and reaching the channel, the provost-guard was saluted with many forcible compliments, such as can only be given by men in a like situation. It is not surprising Such an incipient mutiny should have occurred when all the circumstances of the case are considered: an old, unseaworthy boat; indifferently officered, manned and equipped ; consuming days of valu- able time to make a comparatively short voyage; liable to founder, if caught in a heavy gale; not able to make over four knots an hour at her best speed. The regimental officers consider it creditable that the men bore their hardships patiently so long as they did. Sailing from Hilton Head on the twenty-ninth, the steamer arrived at Key West January 2d, 1863, for provi- sions. There was much amusement on board when the U.S. gunboat Sagamore hailed them in the afternoon of the day they went into Key West, and the officer in charge of her deck, when informed what day the vessel left New York, replied: “Where in h—ll have you been all this time ?” Lieutenant Duncan, who was sea-sick whenever at sea, MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 55 had a penchant for collecting leaves and flowers wherever a landing was made, placing them between leaves of books to press, and thus preserve them. While at Key West some wags among the officers, who were ashore strolling around, conceived the idea of carrying on board an appropriate sample of the product of the soil. A huge cactus plant was obtained, taken aboard, and presented to Lieutenant Duncan to press and preserve. He had to stand many a joke about that cactus for a long time. After obtaining a supply of repacked beef, that tasted well enough when cooked and cold, but during the process of cooking made such a stench the men could not remain below, the Shetucket, on the fourth day of January, sailed for Ship Island, encountering a rough gale on the sixth, that made things lively on board, and blew them fifty miles from their course. Late in the afternoon on the seventh two steam vessels were seen; or rather, the smoke they made was sighted on the horizon. There was some commotion on board, and speculation was rife as to their identity. The Confederate war vessel Alabama was a nightmare that haunted the minds of all upon transports conveying troops to the Gulf Department. The following morning a vessel was in sight giving chase. Rapidly gaining upon the Shetucket, a blank shot, then two solid shots were fired, the last striking water about two hundred yards away from the transport, when she was hove to. The vessel in pursuit was the gunboat R. R. Cuyler, who had sighted the afternoon before, the transport and another steamer, giving chase first to the Shetucket, until finding her to be a slow sailer had gone in pursuit of the other vessel, overhauling her during the night, capturing a good prize in an English iron-built blockade runner, and then started for the transport again, confident she could be found at any time. 56 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, This was on the morning of the eighth, and in the evening, at nine o’clock, they arrived at Ship Island, Receiving orders to proceed to New Orleans, a start was made at noon the next day, entering the Mississippi River by Pass L’Outre early on the morning of the tenth, arriv- ing at New Orleans in the afternoon of Sunday, January 11th, with only three men sick after such a trip. The regiment was in camp at Carrollton, and Com- panies C and H proceeded next day to that place, disembarked, and joined Companies A, B, FE, F and K, having been thirty-six days on the trip from Sandy Hook to New Orleans. The transport Quinnebaug was in charge of Lieutenant Proctor, Company G. Corporal Hodsdon, Company D, was detailed to report to Colonel Beckwith, chief commis- sary, and by him assigned to the vessel. It was intended at one time to send some horses upon her, but the accommodations were such that none would have lived, and it was abandoned. This transport was like the. Charles Osgood and, Shetucket, fitted up with bunks to accommodate troops. After some changes of mind in regard to this vessel, she was loaded with stores, sufficient for twenty-four thousand army rations. Lieutenant Proctor, while on the way to go aboard his steamer in the river, ready to proceed, was hailed on Broadway by Sergeants Nichols, Vialle and Atwell, who said they had been left, together with Private Greene, all of them members of Company G. Proctor told them to find Greene and go on board the Quénnebaug, which they did. One of the ridiculous things done in loading this vessel was to put in a large refrigerator built next to the engine boilers, against remonstrances of men who knew this would not do, packing it with ice and fresh beef. -As was MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 57 to be expected, heat from the boilers melted the ice fast, and by the time they went into Tortugas the beef was spoilt. The Quincy was there at the same time, but her' troops could not, or would not, eat the meat which Lieu- tenant Proctor sent on board to the extent of several tons. The balance he threw overboad after leaving Tortugas. This vessel sailed December 6th, proceeding to Fortress Munroe for orders, as directed, remaining there two days; also touched at Hilton Head for one day, Tortugas for one day and a half and Ship Island for one day, arriving at New Orleans December 2gth, having been twenty-three days on the trip from Sandy Hook. When Captain Beckley, commanding vessel, heard the sailing orders read at sea, which directed them to Ship Island, he was mad, and said his boat was unseaworthy and in no condition to go over the Bahama Banks; he was also without charts for a voyage beyond Charleston, S. C., and was obliged to send to Baltimore for them, from Fortress Munroe, where they were obtained with difficulty. The Quinnebaug, in July, 1864, while conveying from Morehead City to Baltimore about two hundred and eighty discharged soldiers, was driven ashore when off Cape Lookout, the machinery refusing to work, and became a total wreck. Between eighty and ninety soldiers were lost. Other detailed men from the regiment for detached duty were: Corporal Alfred Thayer, Company I, Wagoners John Willy, Company B, Joseph B, Ford, Company A, Chauncey K. Bullock, Company D, Nelson Wright, Com- pany E, Porter Carter, Company K, in charge of horses upon the transport-ship Wizard King. This ship sailed from New York December 8th, and arrived at New Orleans December 31st. Besides a large amount of stores, about one hundred and sixty horses were on board, belonging to field officers of various regiments in the 58 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, expedition. Each regiment detailed men to care for its own horses. Twenty-five horses were lost on the trip, among them Surgeon Hitchcock’s horse. The experience of other Massachusetts troops on the voyage to New Orleans was varied, as the following condensed statement will show: Fourth Regiment Infantry—Seven companies and a portion of another sailed from New York January 3d in the transport-ship Geo. Peabody; arrived February 7th, not landing until the thirteenth; forty-seven days on board; balance of regiment arrived about the same time. Forty-Seventh Regiment Infantry — Entire regiment sailed from New York December 22d on steamer J/issis- sippt; had a pleasant voyage of eight days to Ship Island; arrived at New Orleans December 31st. Forty-Eighth Regiment Infantry —Embarked December 29th on steamer Constellation, sailing from New York for Fortress Munroe January 4th; after detention of seven days sailed for New Orleans, and arrived February rst. Forty-Ninth Regiment Infantry — Left New York Janu- ary 24th on the steamer ///imots ; arrived at New Orleans February 7th. Fiftieth Regiment Infantry —Three companies were on steamer /ersey Blue, one company on steamer Mew Brunswick, five companies on steamer iagara, one com- pany on ship Jenny Lind. The Jersey Blue sailed from New York about December 11th, became unmanageable at sea and was obliged to put into Hilton Head in distress; troops were landed and remained on shore about three weeks, then embarked on bark Gwerril/a, and arrived at New Orleans January 2oth. The Mew Brunswick sailed December 1st; arrived at New Orleans December 16th. The Magara sailed December 13th, sprang a leak first MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 59 night out, machinery became disabled, and it was necessary to put in at Delaware Breakwater; arrived at Philadelphia sixteenth, where the steamer was con- demned by a Board of Survey as unfit for transport service. Ship /exny Lind arrived at Philadelphia January 1st, took the five companies on board, and on the ninth sailed for Fortress Munroe, arriving on the thirteenth. As the Jenny Lind was not capable of accommodating all the troops, three companies were transferred to ship Jontebello—she sailed sixteenth ; arrived at New Orleans January 27th. The jenny Lind arrived at New Orleans February gth. Fifty-Third Regiment Infantry — Embarked on steamer Continental January 17th, and after a stormy passage of twelve days reached New Orleans January 3oth. Thirty-Eighth Regiment Infantry — Left Baltimore November roth on steamer #alfic; arrived at Fortress Munroe November 12th; left Fortress Munroe December 4th; after a smooth and pleasant passage arrived at Ship Island December 13th; went into camp on the island until the twenty-ninth; embarked on steamer JVorthern Light, and arrived at New Orleans December 31st. Forty-First Regiment Infantry—Sailed from New York December 4th in steamer JVorth Star, and after a remarkable pleasant passage arrived at New Orleans, va Ship Island, December rsth. Twelfth Light Battery —Sailed from Boston January 3d in ship &. W. Farley; arrived at New Orleans February 3d, after a very rough passage. Thirteenth Light Battery —Sailed from Boston January 2oth in ship DeWitt Clinton; arrived at Fortress Munroe February 11th, after a very stormy passage and loss of _ fifty-seven horses; after a long, tedious voyage from Fortress Munroe arrived at New Orleans May roth: 60 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, becalmed off the Florida coast, steamer Geo. Peabody: towed the ship to Key West; from Key West the steamer S¢ Mary's towed the ship to within one day’s sail of the Mississippi River. Fifteenth Light Battery —Sailed from Boston March gth in ship Zouave; touched at Fortress Munroe, and arrived at New Orleans April gth. MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 61 CHAPTER IV. GALVESTON. OFF FOR GALVESTON — LANDING — OCCUPATION OF THE City — AcTION oF January First — Loss oF THE “HARRIET LANE’’— DESERTED BY THE Navy — Sur- RENDER. OMPANIES D, G and I went into camp at Carrollton on the afternoon of December 18th, 1862. A tele- graphic order was received from New Orleans on the nineteenth, ‘sent by General Banks, which read as follows: “Colonel Burrell, with his three companies of the Forty-Second Massachusetts Volunteers, will proceed to Galveston forthwith.” Supposing execution of this order was urgent, preparations to move were at once made. At three o’clock in the afternoon camp was struck and the companies ready to move; but, as the transport Saxon, at New Orleans for repairs, did not arrive, tents were again pitched and occupied until the twenty-first. Next day, twentieth, written special orders from General Banks were handed to Colonel Burrell by General Sherman, commanding the post, and read: “Colonel Burrell, with the three companies of the Forty- Second Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, will proceed to Galveston, land and take post.” Colonel Burrell decided to execute his orders promptly. On the twenty-first the Saxon was ready to embark his men. Camp was struck early in the morning. At eight 62 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, o’clock men, baggage and equipage were all on board, and the steamer proceeded down river until eight o’clock in the evening, having anchored opposite New Orleans for about two hours, while the colonel, accompanied by Chaplain Sanger, went ashore for an interview with General Banks at his headquarters, to obtain definite instructions. The only officer to be found at headquarters was Colonel S. B. Holabird, chief-quartermaster of the Department, who said full instructions in writing had been prepared, but he could not find them; during the conversation carefully looking over documents in the office. Colonel Holabird suggested to Colonel Burrell not to be in a hurry in proceeding to Galveston, and having heard the subject talked over in consultations that had taken place among other staff-officers and General Banks, advised him, on arrival at Galveston, to consult with Commodore Renshaw, commander of ‘the fleet, in reference to his course of action; that instructions would be forwarded very soon, as the balance of the regiment on arrival from New York would be promptly sent to him. The intention of General Banks, Holabird stated, was to send there an additional regiment of infantry, a regiment of cavalry, and a light artillery battery, as soon as it could possibly be done; that General Banks’ idea was, for the three companies to remain under protection of the navy guns until reénforcements arrived. Colonel Holabird cautioned Colonel Burrell, not to be drawn into any scrapes by Confederate General Magruder, who had lately assumed command of all forces in Texas. After lying alongside the river bank until half-past one o’clock next morning, the transport proceeded on her way. Passing out of the Mississippi River by the South West Pass into the Gulf of Mexico at eleven o’clock in the morning, the course was taken for Galveston, MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 63 The troops on board the Saxon consisted of : Colonel — Isaac S. Burrell. Adjutant — Charles A. Davis. Quartermaster — Charles B. Burrell. Surgeon — Ariel I. Cummings. Chaplain — George J. Sanger. Quartermaster-Sergeant — Henry C. Foster. A young volunteer in the engineer corps named W. S. Long, who reported on board at New Orleans. Lieutenant Brown P. Stowell, Company E, who was sick when the regiment left New York, and embarked on the Saxon, instead of remaining with his company. Private Samuel R. Hersey, Company C, acting as clerk to the colonel. Frank Veazie, cook to officers’ mess, not an enlisted man. Two colored boys, Charles L. Amos of Dedham, Mass., servant of Quartermaster Burrell, and Charles F. Revaleon of Boylston, Mass., servant of Surgeon Cummings. The following officers and men of Company D: 1. Captain George Sherive. 2. First Lieutenant Wm. H. Cowdin. Second Lieutenant Darius F. Eddy. . First Sergeant Samuel A. Waterman. . Second Sergeant Charles D. Frye. . Third Sergeant Charles R. Todd, . Fourth Sergeant Wm. E. Humphrey (color bearer). . Fifth Sergeant John W. Davis. . First Corporal Chas. C. Richards. 10. Second Corporal Benjamin Noyes. 11. Third Corporal Wm. H. Tileston. 12. Fourth Corporal Chas. J. Oldham. 13. Fifth Corporal Benjamin F, Bean, 14. Sixth Corporal Lewis M. Calhoun. 15. Corporal Henry W. McIntosh. 16. Drummer Lewis Eddy. Oo oy AN sw 64 17. Private Albert S. Allen. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31: 32. 33- 34- 35: 36. 37: 38. 39- 40. 41. 42. 43- 44. 45: 46. 47- William H. Brown. William H. Bullard. William H. Batson. Charles Brown. Charles W. Bailey. John Barnes, Edward Boardman. William Burke. Major Bacon. Michael Buckmaster, John Burns. Charles H. Cushman, George T. Clinton, Dennis Dailey. John Drury. Peter Durnam. Tobias Enslee, George M. Fisk. Henry Fisk. John Fay. Fitzallen Gourley. Charles J. Grinnell. Amos B Howard. Thomas C, Houghton. David Howe. Wallace A. Josselyn. ° Edwin F. Josselyn. Jacob Kopf. William B. Larrabee. Fred, Lamote. HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, 48. Private Thomas Londergan. 49. 50. er. $2. 53. 54 55: 56. 57+ 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63, 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. The following officers and men of Frank McConlow. Randolph P. Mosely. John V. McIlroy. James Moore. Francis L. Morrill. Angus G. Nicholson. James O’Shaughnessy. Benjamin Pratt, George Powers, Louis Preami. Gustavus Raymond. Cornelius Ryan. Jerry S. Russell. William Rigby. Jeremiah Quinn. Henry C. Sellea. Joseph H. Stowell. Sargent L. Stoddard. Daniel J. Sullivan. Laban Thaxter. Josiah Thompson, James Thomaston, Daniel H. Vining. Charles G. Weymouth, Daniel L. Weymouth, George S, Walls. George H. Wight. Jonathan G, Wight. Albert P, Wright, Nathaniel White. Company G: 1. Captain Alfred N. Proctor, 2, 2d Lieutenant Thaddeus H, Newcomb. 3. Sergeant Levi W. Goodrich, 4. Philip P. Hackett, 5. Corporal John W. Buttrick. 6. “ a “ Seth E. Clapp. John C, Bishop, 16, 17. 18. 19. 20. S15 23. 23. 24. 25s 26, 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. a2. 33- 34. 35- 37+ 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43- 44. 45. 47- 48. MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 8. Corporal George W. Griggs. Moses Lincoln, Jr. a Robert G. Thompson, 9. 10. 1, 12. 13. 14. 15. “ George G. Morrison. David L. Wentworth, acting as ordnance-sergeant. Drummer Horace W. Chandler. David A. Ireson, Private Obed F. Allen. Joseph Brownlow. Charles A. Bailey. John Brown. William H. Bickers. Charles L. Barrett. Charles Barrett. Charles Boardman. John M. Barnard, Jr. William M. Bird. Gilbert F, Blaisdell. John H. Cary. Thomas O, Bryant. John Carvey. John T, Cook. Lemuel S. Copeland. Frank Covell. Frederick Corson. Gilbert Crocker. Fred T, Clark. William Carter, George H. Davis. John E. Davis. James L. Davis. George R. Dary. Edmund B, Doubel. Daniel Dinnegan. James G. Emerson. John Eaton, John Eastman. Richard Ellis. Thomas Field. Benjamin Gould. Wagoner Roland C, Judkins, 49. 50. Se 52. 53- 54. 555 56. 57+ 58. 59. 60, 61, 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. aT. 72. 73+ 74. 75 76. 77° 78. 79 80. 81. 65 Private John W. Gordon, “ce George S, Hyde. Albert A. Hayden. John Harmon, Henry T. Horn. Albert A, Holt. Lucius Higgins, Charles Hilger. Alonzo D. Ireson. Eli P. Johnson. Francis Knight. George W. Kibbey. Arthur Kelley. Charles B. Lynde. » Amos W,. Lynde. William Logan. Samuel Marshall, Joseph Mullen. James H. McAllister. Francis L, Nott. Joseph W. D. Parker, Charles Paine. Daniel D. Penney. John F, Parrott. Benjamin R. Pierce. Diomede Roseline. Martin W. Roberts. Chas. W. H. Sanborn. Albert I. Smart. Thomas T, Sweetser. Henry O. Studley. William Stiles. Charles H, Upham. 66 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, 82, Private Edwin A. Vinton. 86. Private Abiel F, White. 83. «Levi Vincent. 87. “Henry J. Wethern. 84. “ James W. Vinal, 88, “ William B. York, 85. “ James Vance. 89. “ Josiah R. York. And the following officers and men of Company I: . Captain Cyrus Savage. . First Lieutenant Samuel F, White. . Second Lieutenant Benjamin F. Bartlett. . First Sergeant Wm, H, Hunt. Second Sergeant John F. Hewins. . Third Sergeant Chauncy B. Sawyer. . Fourth Sergeant Edward Merrill, Jr. . Fifth Sergeant Cornelius G. Kenney. . First Corporal Frank M. Adams. . Second Corporal Nathaniel H. Bird. . Third Corporal Sanford H. Brigham, . Fourth Corporal David F. Sloan. 13. Fifth Corporal Daniel H. Walker. 14. Drummer Albert Schneider. a CO ON AN PW NH — noe ts. Private Moses Averill. 35. Private Henry E, Farrington, 16. “ Edward F. Bryant. 36. “ James F. Floyd. 17. “ Jonathan Baker. 37. “ George T. Fernald. 18. “ Edward J. Baker, 38. “Edward S. Gray. 19. “ Edward K. Baker. 39. “Thomas V. Gleason. 20. «John K. Clements. 40, “Charles Gleason. 21. «Samuel Crowell. 4I. «William F, Gardner. 22, “Jefferson W. Cheney. 42. «“ George Glover, Jr. 23. “Peter Cuddy. 43. “Charles E. Hewins. 24. “Thomas P, Contillon. 44. “John A. Hodgkins, 25. “ James G. Colson, 45. “Frederick Huggins, 26. «David Chapin, 46. “Elijah Hunt. 27. “Timothy Dolan, 47. «Lewis A. Hunt, 28, “ Thomas Dellanty. 48. “ Alexander Hobbs. 29. “Charles H. Dodge. 49. “Thomas F, Igo. 30. «Wm. C, Elder. 50. “Ambrose A. Knight, 31. “ Horace W. Eaton, SI. “Charles Littlefield. 32. “ John Elliott. 52, “ William B. Lambert. 33. “George K, Farnum. 53. “Frank B. Laury, 34. “Willard S. Farrington. 54. “David W. Lannergan. MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 67 55. Private James Mulry. 72. Private Evelyn Ransom. 56. “ Thomas Morris. 73. “Asa Robbins. 57. “William Morgan, 74. “Geo, W. Richardson. 58. ‘ Dennis Mahoney. 75. “ Edwin Smith. 59. “Nathaniel McCreary. 76. «Joseph Scaff. 60. ‘“ Lawrence Mannix. 77. “Charles J. Sumner, Jr. 61. “ James McGee. 78. “ George W. Sloan. 62, “ Jos, W. McLaughlin. 79. “ James E. Stanley. 63. “Thomas A, Noyes. 80. “William Spargo. 64. “Solomon Nordlinger. 81. «John Taylor. 65. “Albert H, Plummer, 82. “Jacob H. Taylor. 66. “ Porter Plummer, 83. “ Joseph A. Teeling. 67. “ George L. Pitman. 84. “ Wm, H.H. Weeman. 68. “ George B. Proctor, Jr.85. “ George W. Wescott. 69. “ John B. Pratt. 86. “ Ozias Willis, 7o. “ Charles H. Poole. 87. “ Joel F, Williams 71. “Joseph T. Paget. 88. «Sanford Woods. The total force amounting to 15 officers, 249 enlisted men, 1 white citizen, and 2 colored boys. The instructions Colonel Holabird could not find were handed to Lieutenant-Colonel Stedman as the steamer Che-Kiang was about to leave New Orleans for Galveston. They never reached Colonel Burrell. They were as fol- lows :— “ HEADQUARTERS DEPT. OF THE GULF, “NEw ORLEANS, La., January 3d, 1863. “ Lrgut.-CoL, STEDMAN, 42d Reg’t Mass. Vols. : “ Colonel, —I am directed by the Commanding General to enclose you instructions, which he requests you to hand Colonel Isaac S. Burrell. “Very respectfully, your obedient servant, “Ww. L. G. GREEN, “ Aid-de-Camp.” 68 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, “ HEADQUARTERS DEPT. OF THE GULF, “New Orveans, La., January 3d, 1863. “ COLONEL : “Your regiment having been ordered to Galveston, you are hereby placed in command of that post. You will execute such orders as you may receive from these head- quarters. My instructions from the Department of War forbid me at present to make any extended military move- ments in Texas. The situation of the people of Galveston makes it expedient to send a small force there for the purpose of their protection, and also to afford such facil- ities as may be possible for recruiting soldiers for the military service of the United States. Every assistance in your power will be afforded for the complete attainment of these objects. “General Hamilton is appointed Military Governor of the State of Texas, and will be recognized by you in that capacity, but your orders you will receive from these head- quarters, “Until the port of Galveston is regularly opened by the Government of the United States, no trade can be carried on, and no attempt for that purpose will be recognized, or countenanced by you. “T rely fully upon your energy, vigilance and capacity, for the performance of the important duties intrusted to you. Do not fail to make frequent reports of all that transpires within your command, and of whatever impor- tant facts you may learn from the enemy in Texas, or from its people. “Tt is not probable that any successful movement can be made upon the main-land until our force shall be con- siderably strengthened; and you will take care not to involve yourself in such difficulty as to endanger the safety of your command. MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 69 “Other instructions will be sent to you from time to time, as occasion may require and opportunity offer. “N. P. BANKS, “ Major-General commanding. ‘“CoLONEL Isaac S. BURRELL, “42d Regiment Mass. Vols.” “ HEADQUARTERS DEPT. OF THE GULF, “New ORLEANS, La., January 3d, 1863. “ COLONEL : “You will immediately cause to be constructed a ¢eée- du-pont, to command the bridge which connects Galveston Island with the main-land. “T directed an engineer officer to go there some time since, and I suppose he is there. If so, he will give suit- able directions for the work. “Very respectfully yours, “N. P. BANKS, “ Major-General commanding. “CoLoNneEL Isaac S, BURRELL, “commanding U. S. Forces at Galveston.” The trip to Galveston was devoid of interest. The weather was fine and the sea moderately smooth. Few were sea-sick. At half past eleven on the morning of the twenty-fourth land was sighted; at noon, the gunboat Tennessee fired a shot across the bow of the Saxon, and she hove too, off Galveston Bar, for about two hours, when a pilot was taken. The navy had been expecting troops to arrive for some days. Commander Law, of the C/%/tox, when he ascertained what troops were on board the Saxon and their purpose, sent a boat to bring the colonel over 7° HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, the bar, and on board his vessel, which then proceeded up the channel a short distance. As the Saxon would not be able to get over the bar at once, an offer from Law, to take Burrell in his gig to see Commander Renshaw, was accepted. Upon reaching the flag-ship Westield, Renshaw, who was entertaining Confederate officers in the cabin under a flag of truce, met the colonel at the gangway, extending a hearty welcome. He suggested the postpone- ment of a conference at that time, not wishing the Con- federate officers to see Colonel Burrell, and would meet him on board the C#fton with all commanding officers of gunboats then in the harbor, viz. :— Westfield — A ferry-boat; eight guns; Commander W. B. Renshaw. Clifton —A Staten Island ferry-boat; seven guns; Lieu- tenant-Commander R. L. Law. Harriet Lane—F¥ormerly a United States revenue cutter; eight guns; Commander J. M. Wainwright. Owasco— Screw propeller; regular war vessel; six guns; Lieutenant-Commander H. Wilson. Commander Renshaw, as agreed, met Colonel Burrell on board the C#/ton. The situation was explained and discussed. Renshaw strongly urged landing the troops in the city, and was supported in this advice by all of his officers. Burrell suggested landing on Pelican Spit, an island near the harbor entrance, with plenty of space, and buildings that could be occupied until more troops arrived. Great stress was placed on the difficulty of obtaining water upon the spit, while abundance was to be had in the city. Renshaw scouted the idea of danger to so small a force in the city. A decision was finally made to land on Kuhn’s Wharf, occupy for barracks the wooden storehouse upon it, and fully understood by all officers present, that the troops would be under protection of the navy guns. They were to be MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 71 protected or removed. In case an attack was threatened, the Owasco was to take position on the right, the CZ/ton on the left of Kuhn’s Wharf, and these vessels were accus- tomed to occupy those positions every night. Assurance was also given that the troops could be taken from the wharf in five minutés time if it became necessary to do so. Galveston City in 1861 was a port of entry and capital of Galveston County. It is situated near the east end of Galveston Island, with the best and least difficult harbor on the whole Texas coast. It was the commercial empo- rium of Texas, with the bulk of its commerce coastwise with New Orleans and New York. The former port con- nected with it by regular steamship lines. The city con- tained the court-house, a jail, and other county buildings, several churches, numerous warehouses, wholesale and retail stores, and hotels; and published several news- papers. The island in which the city stands, is about thirty-six miles long, with an average width of two miles. The soil is good, being a black mould, about a foot deep, resting on sand and shells, and it has several ponds of good water. Separated from the main-land by West Bay, it was connected by a wooden railroad bridge, two miles in length, used by the Galveston and Houston Railroad. No portion of the surface is more than twenty feet above the level of the Gulf of Mexico, and with the exception of several groves of live oak, the whole is open prairie. Before the war the land was said to have been in a state of excellent cultivation, and the city the residence of many wealthy farmers. Very few slaves were held on the island, and the population was about seven thousand. Federal naval forces had virtually been in possession of Galveston since October 8th, 1862, in full control of the harbor, but lacking adequate force to land and occupy permanently the city. Besides the four gunboats in the 72 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, harbor when the detachment first arrived, the gunboat Sachem, an altered merchant screw propeller steamer, five guns, Acting Master Amos Johnson, came in December 29th with her boilers out of repair, and, securing the ser- vices of two boiler makers from the city, anchored in the channel on the city front to have them patched up. The small Government schooner Corypheus, Acting Master A. T. Spear, with one gun, and manned by fifteen men, also came into port with the Sachem. The sailing barks Arthur, Cavallo, and Elias Pike, loaded with coal for the fleet ; the transport steamer Mary Boarda- man, loaded with hay and horses; and the transport steamer Saxon, was all the shipping that was in Galveston Harbor, January rst, 1863. At two o’clock the Saxon passed over the bar, her keel striking bottom a few times, and at half-past four came to anchor in the harbor channel, The troops made a landing December 25th, at ten o’clock in the morning. The two-story storehouse was occupied on the upper floor for sleeping, the lower floor to store quartermaster and commissary stores, ammunition, and intrenching tools, which were removed from the Saxon that day and next. A partitioned room on the lower floor was fitted up by Surgeon Cummings for a hospital. The commissary supplies consisted of coffee, hard bread, beans, salt pork, and molasses, sufficient to last about thirty days for three hundred men. The intrenching tools were spades, picks and axes, for five hundred men. Three months med- ical supplies and about twenty-five thousand rounds fixed ammunition for infantry was also landed. Kuhn’s Wharf was the largest on the harbor front, the storehouse end large and roomy, connected with the land by a bridge-like wharf some four hundred feet long, about twenty feet wide, built on piling. The water was quite MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS, 73 shallow at any tide almost to the end. Tides in Galveston harbor and bay ebb and flow very little; the depth of water is greatly influenced by heavy northerly winds, which blow the water over the bar out to sea. Heavy draft vessels at such times must keep to the narrow channel. A flag-pole was found which belonged on the storehouse, and being placed in position upon the cupola, the old gar- rison flag, used by the regiment at Readville, was run up about eleven o’clock and greeted with cheers. Sentries were at once posted in the city as far as Market Square, one of the principal places with all of the main streets leading into it. They were also posted on the streets to the right and left, communicating directly with the wharf. At night these posts were reénforced in such a manner as to constitute picket-posts. Immediately upon landing and taking post, Colonel Burrell adopted such measures to secure all the protection possible that in his judgment the situation demanded. From this time until the morning of January rst it was work, work, work. Fatigue and working parties were constantly employed. Guards and pickets were on duty day and night. Reconnoitring detachments were on duty by day and squads scouting at night. The Forty-Second Infantry, posted upon Kuhn’s Wharf, were very active during their short stay, occupying the city so far as the small force and prudence would allow, and exercising proper surveillance. The men were barely allowed suffi- cient time to obtain needed sleep. Among the first things done was to barricade the inte- rior of the storehouse facing the city, by placing against that side, on each floor, barrels of whiting, plaster and hair, found on the premises. For a temporary shelter to men on picket at night, if forced to seek it, it was decided 74 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, to build a breastwork upon the wharf by tearing up and utilizing the planks. Volunteer Engineer Long saw no use or necessity for this, not exercising any supervision over the work until operations had commenced and he saw that the colonel was determined about it. Com- mencing at a point some fifty feet from the shore end, the hard pine planks were removed to make a gap in the wharf for the space of about another fifty feet, and the first breastwork was erected on the edge of this gap the day of landing. Fortunately Quartermaster Burrell, in looking around the city in the morning, had found a keg of large-sized spikes and ordered them taken to the wharf where they might be found useful. They were very useful in building this work. An examination of the ammunition, ordered in a few days after landing when it was evident the enemy meant mischief, was not a welcome surprise. Company G was armed with Springfield rifles, and Companies D and I had Springfield smooth-bore muskets. The bulk of ammunition landed was found to be for rifles, with only a small supply of ball and buckshot cartridges for smooth-bores. There was also found to be a scarcity of caps. This is accounted for by the confused manner in which the regiment was embarked at Brooklyn on the different transports —a proper apportionment of the ammunition was not possible under the circumstances. Sending Adjutant Davis to the fleet for any surplus caps they had to spare added very little to the supply, as they were short also. It was found that cartridges and caps sufficient to give each man eigh- teen rounds in his cartridge box was all the ammunition that could be made serviceable when a distribution was made to the men on the thirty-first. This was kept a secret from the command. The men were cautioned to husband their ammunition until it could be used to effect MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 75 at close quarters, in case of an action. No man was to fire his musket unless so ordered by an officer. Commander Wainwright, with a few sailors armed with cutlasses and pistols, visited the wharf on the twenty-sixth. After a conference with Colonel Burrell, a reconnotssance through Galveston and its suburbs was determined upon. Captain Sherive, with about one hundred men, including the sailors, accompanied by the colonel, adjutant, quarter- master and chaplain, with Wainwright, started about nine o’clock in the morning to reconnoitre, proceeding as far as the brick kilns, some two miles outside of the city. It was not deemed advisable to go further in the direction of Eagle Grove, about three miles, but a circuit of the outskirts was made and the city looked over. The inhab- itants had fled. It was almost entirely deserted. Unlike many other cities and towns occupied by Federal troops, very few colored people were to be seen. A lookout was established in a four-story brick building on the Strand near Market Square and within the guard lines, where all that was going on at Eagle Grove on the island, and Vir- ginia Point on the main-land, was distinctly visible in the daytime by the aid of a field-glass. This lookout was con- stantly maintained. ; In the afternoon Colonel Burrell, accompanied by Vol- unteer Engineer Long, proceeded in the Harriet Lane towards West Bay as far as the channel would allow. A good view of Eagle Grove and Virginia Point was obtained. The earthwork, mounting three guns, thrown up at Eagle Grove by Confederates, to protect the railroad bridge, was abandoned. The end of the bridge at Virginia Point was protected by extensive works with heavy guns in posi- tion, and here the enemy appeared to be in force. Their camps could be plainly seen. It was while on this trip in the Harriet Lane that 76 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, Colonel Burrell made up his mind to destroy the railroad bridge. None of the naval vessels could get near enough to do any permanent damage, on account of the narrow, tortuous and shallow channel. The distance from the fleet anchorage by way of the channel was about four and one-half miles. Heavy naval guns, fired from a point of anchorage where it would have been safe to try it, would not have reached the bridge with any accuracy, the gun- carriages not admitting a sufficient elevation of the guns to carry shot or shell that distance, while such heavy charges of powder would be required for the distance that the concussion upon the gun-decks of such vessels as were then at Galveston would have caused serious damage to the vessels, had everything been favorable in other par- ticulars for attempting the destruction of the bridge in this manner. The bridge could not be effectually severed by the navy except by sending up armed launches prepared for such duty. These the gunboats did not have; all of their row-boats were small, not capable of carrying light guns, even if they had them. This would have been hazardous service, as the enemy were vigilant and brave, That the navy could have sent up boat crews and destroyed it when the vessels first entered the harbor in October, was admitted by a number of naval officers, because the enemy had precipitately, taken flight, abandon- ing everything. The Confederate military commander at that time was a weak-kneed sort of man. In a very short time the Confederate troops rallied, removed all of their guns on the island, and built the works at Eagle Grove rendering the attempt hazardous. Destroying the bridge would not have prevented all communication between the island and the main-land, only rendered it difficult, as the enemy had plenty of boats hid in the creeks and bayous adjacent that could be used for ferry purposes. MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 17 But no attempt of any sort had been made by the navy since first entering Galveston Bay to damage or sever this bridge. Collecting barrels of tar pitch, with other combustible material, and confiscating a dray (all horses had been run out of town), the colonel ordered them stored ready for use, intending to move up immediately on the landing of the balance of his regiment, occupy the works at Eagle Grove, destroy the bridge as far as possible, mount some heavy guns, and shell the enemy from his works on the main-land. Those naval officers who talked the matter over with officers of the Forty-Second agreed that it ought to be done. Commander Wainwright was especially in favor of severing this means of communication. Had the seven companies of the regiment arrived on or before the twenty-eighth of December, it was thought not much difficulty would have been experienced. The enemy soon ascertained the small strength of the detachment landed, and on the twenty-ninth reoccupied the earthworks at Eagle Grove, and mounted heavy cannon to protect the bridge and approaches. Colonel Burrell then requested Commander Renshaw to go up the bay as far as possible with two of his lightest draft vessels, and shell the enemy from the island, which he refused to do. After the twenty-eighth December, the destruction of this bridge could not have been accomplished without an action with the enemy in force at Eagle Grove, but an attempt would have been made had not the event of January 1st occurred. During the afternoon of the twenty-sixth, while Captain Sherive with a small force of men was out on a foraging expedition, to see what could be found for cooking-stoves, eight Confederate cavalry-men appeared under a flag of truce, with a request to see the British consul. No flag- of-truce trick could be played on Captain Sherive. He 78 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, promptly halted the party, and notified his commanding officer. One man, under guard, was allowed to see the consul, and the Confederate captain in charge was ordered to leave by six o’clock, as after that hour they would be fired upon. For weeks had the enemy enjoyed the hospitality of Commander Renshaw under these convenient flags of truce, used freely for the most trivial reasons; but the military commander stopped all such nonsense at once. - This truce flag was the only one recognized until the day of surrender. Supplies of food were not plenty in the city. The Confederates would not allow any to be brought from the main-land, consequently, what few inhabitants remained in Galveston, mostly women, found it hard work to subsist. In a small way, rations were given to them by Colonel Burrell. Not much could be done in this direction, owing to the small supply on hand for the troops, who must be fed and kept in fighting condition. There were quite a number of German women with gold and silver coin, who wished to purchase provisions from the quartermaster. Their husbands were serving in the Confederate army, and much valuable information was obtained from them. Confederate cavalry commenced to infest the city and suburbs at night, about three days after a landing was made; but did not attempt to molest the pickets. These cavalry-men came along the beach, concealed by a range of sand hills on the Gulf shore; on reaching the outskirts they would separate to go through the city in squads of two and three. Before daylight these squads would rendezvous at a place called Schmidt’s Garden, and return to Eagle Grove by the same route they came. They easily obtained, during these nocturnal trips, all informa- tion they required, for the men talked freely with such of the inhabitants as wished to converse. While there were MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS, 79 a handful of Union men, or refugees as they were termed by the enemy, who sought protection under the Federal flag, the bulk of the small population, men, women and children, were secessionists to the core. Lieutenant Eddy and Private Hersey must have had this fact very forcibly impressed upon their minds when they were entertained by some Galveston ladies at a house on the Strand, some two miles from quarters, on the after- noon of Sunday, December 28th. The ladies sang all of the latest Confederate songs, Eddy and Hersey in return singing the latest from the North. The conversation was bitter disunion on the female side, and well calculated to draw out information on military affairs. On bidding them good afternoon as they left, several young men were seen loitering in the vicinity, who had undoubtedly been listeners to the conversation. While the enemy easily obtained information of the Federal strength, position and purposes, the men of the Forty-Second as easily secured definite information of the Confederate strength and intentions. At this game of cards honors were easy. On the night of the twenty-seventh-a report was brought in that a force of Confederate cavalry was in the city. Captain Sherive with fifty men and Captain Savage with fifty men received separate orders to drive them out. Taking different directions, a thorough scout failed to discover any traces of this cavalry until Captain Sherive arrived at the beach road leading to Fort Point, when fresh horse-shoe prints in the sand were discovered, show- ing that a force of mounted men had gone in the direction of Fort Point, where there was an abandoned earthwork thrown up to command the harbor entrance. Captain Savage came up soon after, joined forces with Sherive, and was directed to place his men on the sand 80 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, ridge of the beach, lying down, while Sherive with his men covered the beach, and all awaited developments. About midnight Captain Savage became impatient, if not a little timid, as signal rockets were seen sent up in the city, and he declined to remain longer, proceeding back to the wharf. This forced Captain Sherive to retire also, as he doubted his ability to meet the supposed force of the enemy with the men left. It was afterwards ascertained that the party was General Magruder, reconnoitring the entrance to the bay with some eighty of his officers and men, who would certainly have been captured, killed, or wounded, if the detachments had remained where Captain Sherive had them posted. There was no escape, except by breaking through the detachments, and the enemy could not successfully do that while Captain Sherive was around. Captain Savage destroyed the telegraph lines connecting Galveston with the main-land, that had re- mained intact up to this time, as part of the night’s operations. There was a lull in the preparations and rounds of duty on Sunday, the twenty-eighth, giving the men that rest they sorely needed. Only two civilians were molested by the troops during their short stay in Galveston. A German was arrested on this day for uttering seditious language. He was confined at guard quarters in the wharf store- house, remaining there during the action of January 1st, almost forgotten, but miraculously escaped without a wound, The other was a citizen caught hanging around the head of the wharf in a suspicious manner, and was arrested for a spy, retained in confinement some six hours, and then released. This arrest occurred on the th. Sunday afternoon Colonel Burrell, in a row-boat, pro- ceeded to Fort Point to inspect a roo Pr. gun, dis- mounted in the fort, with the intention of removing MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS, 81 it to the earthwork at Eagle Grove when his force was increased. The gun was found to be sound, not spiked, and ready for immediate service, when mounted on a gun-carriage. The story of the dismounting of this heavy gun, as told by naval officers and sailors, is said to be true. It seems that when the fleet was sailing towards Gal- veston Bar the orders were not to fire, even if fired upon, until the signal was displayed from the flag-ship. A gun- ner on the Cviffon, standing by his gun, with lanyard in hand, accidentally slipped when the vessel lurched, causing him to pull the lanyard with a sudden jerk and fire the gun. Without being trained on the fort, the solid shot took effect on the gun-carriage of this too Pr., near the stanchions, shattering the carriage, heaving the gun up in the air, tumbling it over backward in the sand. The garrison became panic struck at the effect of this chance shot and fled. The fleet then entered the harbor without another gun being fired. The situation looked serious, and with a doubt in his mind about the loyalty of the naval commander, and no news from his expected reénforcements, Colonel Burrell decided on the twenty-ninth to send Quartermaster Burrell to New Orleans on the Saxon, with despatches for General Banks. The commissary supplies had dwindled down to fifteen days rations for three hundred men, and the ammu- nition was not available. Engineer Long decided to go also, not being under the orders of Colonel Burrell, and took passage on the Saxon. Much to the transport cap- tain’s relief, for he had been in a highly nervous state while lying at the wharf, the Saxon left, proceeding as far as Pelican Spit, where she had to remain until January rst. A strong northerly wind, that continued on the thirtieth and thirty-first, had blown the water from Galveston Bar 7 82 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, so that only three feet of water covered it, rendering pro- ceeding to sea impossible. LETTER CARRIED TO GENERAL BANKS, BY QUARTER- MASTER BURRELL. “ HEADQUARTERS, “ GALVESTON, TExas, December 29th, 1862. “Sir: In obedience to orders, upon arriving at this place on the evening of the twenty-fourth instant, after consulting with the commander of the blockading fleet, I landed the three companies of my command, which were with me upon the transport Saxon, on the end of Kuhn’s Wharf, and quartered them in the warehouse there. I have taken possession of the city as boldly as I could with the small force at my command, and have thoroughly reconnoitred the built-upon portions of the city up to within range of their battery at Eagle Grove, which is apparently well built, mounting three guns. They have also one gun at the draw, which is about midway of the bridge. Upon Virginia Point they have a strong battery, mounted with heavy guns. From the best information obtainable, I judge their force in this immediate vicinity to be about two thousand strong. “During the day we control the city, but at night, owing to our small force (as the balance of my regiment has not yet arrived), I am obliged to draw in the pickets to the wharf on which we are quartered. I think there are still living upon the island about three thousand persons, a large pro- portion of whom are women and children. A great many of these people are almost entirely destitute of the means of subsistence, as the enemy will not allow anything to be brought over from the main-land, thinking, doubtless, to make them disloyal by starvation. The naval officer in command has contributed all he could spare from his MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 83 stores, and my men have shared their bread rations with them. I believe the larger part of the residents now here to be loyal and really desire to remain in the city, and that common humanity calls upon us to render them assistance. This, in my judgment, can best be done by placing the city under martial law as soon as my force is large enough, and forcing the rich, who are mainly the secessionists, to feed the poor. I would most respectfully urge upon your consideration the necessity of sending provisions for imme- diate relief. These can be sold to them at Government prices, thus conferring a real charity, without subjecting them to the mortification of being beggars. Under the existing circumstances I have thought it best to send one of my staff, Quartermaster Burrell, and Mr. Long, the engineer, who accompanied us here, to report to you in person. ‘These gentlemen will explain in detail the state of affairs, and the importance of the knowledge which they can convey to you has, in my judgment, authorized me in ordering the Saxon back to New Orleans, which I humbly trust will meet your approbation. “T have the honor to be, your obedient servant, “TSAAC S. BURRELL, “ Colonel commanding g2d regiment Mass. Vols.” The small schooner Corypheus had lying useless upon her deck two captured 12 Pr. Howitzer field-guns, with over three hundred rounds of ammunition for them. Adjutant Davis was sent on the night of the twenty-ninth to Commander Renshaw, with a request for the guns to be landed upon the wharf. Colonel Burrell intended to place them in position in the storehouse, opening port-holes on the land side. Company D (the old Roxbury Artillery) had many Roxbury men who knew how to handle such guns, besides having in the ranks a dozen man-of-wars 84 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, men, who had enlisted in Boston shortly after their dis- charge from a war-vessel, that had arrived from a long cruise. The idea was ridiculed by Renshaw, who flatly refused the request. General Magruder, when he assumed command in De- cember of the Confederate forces in Texas, immediately set about perfecting plans to recover possession of Gal- veston, and to capture or cripple the fleet. These plans were so far matured that he intended to attack on the twenty-seventh, but was obliged to postpone it until the morning of January 1st from delay in fitting out his river steamers. The naval commander heard of these steamers being got in readiness to attack him, but did not think he would have much difficulty in blowing them’ to pieces with his guns; in fact, affected to look upon such preparations of the enemy as futile. As for the information of Magruder’s plan of action on land, obtained by the military force, none of the naval officers, with the exception of Wainwright, placed much reliance upon it until the thirty-first, as they had heard every day since they had been there reports of an attack to be made. Definite news was obtained on the thirtieth that the enemy would make an attack that day or next. Com- mander Renshaw had not at any time since the troops landed been very communicative, or evince any desire to consult over the situation, although an occasional visitor to the military headquarters. Determined to protect the men as far as possible, a second breastwork, close to the storehouse, was commenced in the afternoon and finished by midnight, tearing up the wharf in front and opening another gap for fifty feet. The two breastworks were strong enough to resist infantry-fire, but not artillery. Composed of two and two MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 85 and one-half inch planking laid one upon the other, two planks deep, so that the faces were composed of the edges only, they were some thirty inches in thickness, built shoulder high. On this last work the entrance port was protected by a cotton bale. Not satisfied with this, a raft lying at the wharf, such as is used by caulkers in working on vessels’ seams near the water line, was raised from the water by hard labor, and securely placed in position on the right of the second breastwork, to protect as far as it would a fire from the next wharf on that flank, one-eighth of a mile distant. ‘The storehouse protected the left flank from infantry-fire from the wharf on that side, also about one-eighth of a mile distant. That night a false alarm, about ten o’clock, brought the entire force to arms behind the breastworks, and gunboats took positions near the wharf as agreed — one on the left and one on the right. While the city was apparently deserted for some days after landing, on the thirtieth and thirty-first of December it was noticed that many men in citizen’s attire had returned and were strolling around. It was believed then, by the officers of the Forty-Second, that these men were in the Confederate service. No attempt was made to interfere with them so long as they remained civil, committing no overt wrong. With the small force on hand, no decisive measures concerning the inhabitants could be adopted, or any attempt made to govern the city. During the day of the thirty-first, in company with Com- mander Wainwright, Colonel Burrell with a guard patrolled some of the streets, and noticed many of these strange faces, who seemed to shun them. From the lookout station the enemy were seen assembling on the plain near Eagle Grove, horse, foot and artillery. Wainwright remarked : “Active operations going on, colonel ; things look squally, 86 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, and we had better not remain here. I will go up to-morrow and feel of them.” He intended to go up in his vessel as far as the channel would permit, and endeavor to shell them from the island. Between these two officers a friendship for each other existed from their first meeting. They were frequently together, strollers around the city and suburbs, consulting the status of affairs. Many of the other naval officers were frequent visitors, very courteous and obliging, but none appeared to take the same interest in matters that Wainwright did. The Forty-Second officers thought he was the only live man in the fleet. In none of their perambulations and confidential talks did Wainwright breathe a word against his superior officer, although the colonel, after a few days on shore, could not remain quiet with the conviction forced upon his mind that Renshaw was not acting in such a manner as to warrant confidence, and bluntly told Wainwright only a day or two before the final events took place he thought Renshaw was a traitor. To this plain and straightforward expression of opinion the naval captain made no reply. Not so with the sailors; they, coming in contact with the enlisted men, frequently expressed their suspicion of the “ com- modore.” On the morning of the thirty-first of December the Owasco went down to the coal bark Arthur, lying in the channel near the harbor entrance, about a mile and one- half from the wharf, for a supply of coal. Contrary to her usual custom she did not return to her position near the wharf when night came. The Westfield lay near Pelican Spit, on guard at the harbor entrance, and covering the Bolivar channel of the bay. She had lately received a new heavy gun, brought by the Zenwessee to replace one disabled while on the coast some time previous. Up to MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. | 87 midnight the balance of the fleet were distributed along the water front of Galveston, in the channel, which aver- aged at any point only a little less than two hundred and twenty yards in width. The C?ifton was at the right of Kuhn’s Wharf, about one hundred yards distant; then came the Sachem, still at work on repairs to her boilers; then the small schooner Corypheus; and up the channel, a mile away, nearly opposite the depot wharf, was stationed the Harriet Lane. At night a conference was held by officers of the Forty-Second. Positions were assigned for the companies in case of attack. Companies D and IJ remained upon the wharf, in the building, to snatch what sleep they could, while Company G, Captain Proctor in command, was on picket during the night. The three companies had been held in readiness every night since landing. Those not on duty slept on their arms. On the thirtieth and thirty-first only one company at a time was allowed to sleep. The men were informed of what was expected, their courage and manhood appealed to, with every point emphasized, that would naturally tend to inspire them with confidence. Not a word was uttered that could possibly convey any idea foreign to the fact, that fight was a duty they were to perform. Burrell did not like the outlook, nor his position upon the wharf. Commodore Renshaw had failed to inspire him with any confidence in his integrity. Seated in his quarters that evening to muse over his situation, without allowing his officers or men to know his thoughts for fear of disheartening them, the colonel fully determined to order the Saxon up to the wharf next morning, embark his men, and remain on board in the harbor until reénforce- ments arrived. About midnight Colonel Burrell, Captain Sherive, and 88 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, Chaplain Sanger, visited the picket sentinel posts in the city, finding the men were drawn in from their original positions, and did not occupy the usual ground. The original posts were reéstablished. Rumbling noise of artil- lery wheels was heard distinctly through the night, together with the sound of moving railroad cars accompanied by the locomotive whistles. Captain Proctor had reported in person to inform Colonel Burrell, “there was trouble ahead”; so when the Harriet Lane, in the moonlight, dis- covered black smoke from smoke-stacks of Confederate vessels across the bay, some two miles away, and signaled with rockets, Lieutenant Stowell, placed in charge of the fireworks signals, burned some lights for the purpose of giving information to the navy that the military force was wide awake and ready. Every man on the wharf was ordered to man the breastworks. It was at this time the colonel noticed that the C/ifton had left her position. She was signaled by Renshaw from the Westjield that he was aground, and gone to her assist- ance between twelve and one o’clock. The Westfield dis- covered these Confederate steamers about the same time as the Harriet Lane and got under way, but very soon was hard and fast ashore at high water. The absence of both the Owasco and Ciifton left the military upon the wharf unprotected on the flanks for some hours. The Bayou City had left Choppers Bar, at Morgan’s Point, between nine and ten o’clock Wednesday night, December 31st, with the Royal Yacht and 7. F. Carr in tow. The Royal Yacht got aground at Redfish Bar and had to be left behind. The Confederate boats being light draft steamers could navigate the shoal waters of the bay, and were not obliged, on arriving opposite the city, to keep to the ship channel. Upon being discovered these steamers withdrew out of sight to Half Moon Shoals, six MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 89 miles distant. The military force went into their barracks again to sleep on their arms. Captain Sherive, with the chaplain, made a second visit to the city, by a mistake getting outside of the lines; they had been drawn in once more without any notification to the rest of the command. They found the city full of people; and had the enemy been ready then for operations, both officers would have been killed, or wounded and taken prisoners. Not ready to act, the Confederates kept in hiding as much as possible. About half-past three o’clock in the morning, masses of moving men in the streets were discovered by the picket sentries, who fired at them and slowly fell back toward the wharf, without eliciting a fire in return. The troops asleep in the barracks, equipments and overcoats on, for the night was cold, and guns by their side, were immediately ordered up, and to line the work built on the thirtieth. The order was promptly obeyed: Company I upon the right ; Com- pany G upon the left; while Company D was to be sta- tioned in line, with its left resting at the breastwork, the right prolonged towards the harbor, ready to wheel either to the right or left up to the work. As the picket detail came in over the single plank left upon the openings in the wharf for that purpose, they took position with Com- pany G. Lieutenant Newcomb was the last man in. Up to between one and two o’clock a bright moonlight ena- bled objects to be distinguished for some distance, but after two o’clock darkness had shut in to such a degree that objects ten feet off could not be seen. A few cheering words were rapidly addressed to his men by the colonel, who cautioned them not to forget the State they repre- sented, and to reserve their fire until orders were given to commence. The enemy lost no time in getting into posi- tion. Magruder must have expected to be able to’ cut off go HISTORY OF THE, FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, the whole or part of the picket from reaching the wharf by placing his first gun at the large open door of the Star Foundry, a building at the head of the next wharf to the right of Kuhn’s Wharf, for the position gave him a chance to rake the wharf. It was this gun that was first fired, having been rapidly placed in the foundry after the pickets gave warning he was at hand. A city clock had a few minutes previous struck four o’clock when this gun was fired by General Magruder in person, the ball glancing over the edge of the breastwork, crashing through the storehouse, and the action opened. All of the enemy’s artillery opened fire shortly after with solid shot, shell and canister. Before he fired the first gun, Magruder remarked: “Boys, now we will give them hell,” and after firing left for his head- quarters, established on Broadway, saying, “Now boys, I have done my part as private, I will go and attend to that of general.” A number of men not exactly sick, but worn out and tired from continued hard work, together with a few lazy’ fellows, remained in the building when the rest filed out. They did not stay long. Private Mosely, Company D, who was lying down when told by Sergeant Waterman to get up and come along, said it was “d d nonsense,” and proposed to have some sleep. The cannon ball crash- ing and smashing things over his head sent Mose rolling down the run that lead to the second story. | Private Dave Howe, Company D, who claimed to be sick, climbed out of a window to a pitch roof, that covered the water tank, straddling along until the end was reached, when he found himself looking down into the water; a shell over his head just then sent him wriggling back and through the window again, and down he tumbled over the run to the wharf. One of the incidents the men can never forget was the MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. gt chaplain finding Privates Thompson and Vining had got into a large iron tank, used to catch rain-water from the storehouse roofs, that was set upon its side close to the building, drove them out and got in himself. Not a very safe place to take shelter if a solid shot happened to strike it. The Confederate land force under General Magruder, consisted of infantry commands of Colonels Green, Bagby and Reily, Lieutenant-Colonel L. A. Abercrombie and Major Griffin; Colonel Pyron’s regiment dismounted dra- goons ; Colonel X. B. Debray’s cavalry regiment; and cavalry companies of Captain Bowles, Atkins, Andrews, and Durant; Colonel J. J. Cook’s regiment artillery; and Wilson’s six-gun light battery. The country for miles around was thoroughly scoured for volunteers, who flocked to Magruder’s force, in this way swelled to about five or six thousand men of all arms. The brigade commanders were Brigadier-General W. R. Scurry and Colonel Reily. General Scurry had command in the immediate vicinity of the wharf. Besides Wilson’s light battery the enemy had six siege guns, fourteen field pieces—some of them rifled—and a railroad ram, armed with an eight-inch Dahlgren mounted on a railroad flat car. Most of this artillery arrived from the Mississippi River a week before. In regard to the numbers of his men General Magruder, in conversation with the officers some time after they were prisoners of war, admitted he had no means of officially knowing the strength of his force, and then placed it as Daniel Harvey Vining, of Weymouth, an odd character, was sixty-five years old. He tried to get mustered with Company A, but the mustering officer rejected him as too old. When Company D was mustered into service Vining dyed his hair, fixed up to look young, and tried it again with that company. The officer knew him however, and asked: “ How old are you to-day?”’ Vining answered promptly, “Forty-four years old.” No further questions were put and he was mustered in, to his delight. g2 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, about five or six thousand men because such large numbers of volunteers joined him, Details of the attack were made at Pyron’scamp, Three heavy guns were ordered to Fort Point in charge of Cap- tain S. T. Fontaine, of Cook’s artillery regiment, supported by six companies dismounted dragoons, under Colonel Pyron. Major Wilson was to open fire on the wharf with. his battery. The railroad ram was to take position on railroad wharf to fire at the Harriet Lane. The remainder of the artillery, manned by Cook’s regiment, was to be . posted in eligible positions on the Strand and water front, and warehouses along the edge. Artillery was hauled by mules and by hand half way to the city from the railroad bridge, at one o’clock that night. A large quantity of cotton was also carried by rail to railroad wharf for use in building a breastwork, besides a large quantity of intrench- ing tools, for the purpose of Magruder was to throw up intrenchments at the ends of streets leading to the water if his plan of action did not succeed before daylight. Sig- nals agreed upon were: white light— enemy in sight; blue light—order to prepare; red light—make ready for action; at twenty minutes intervals. General Magruder is credited with sending this dis- patch to Major Leon Smith from Summit Station, thirty-five miles from Galveston, on the Galveston and Houston Railroad, as his soldiers commenced the march to take positions assigned them: “I am off, and will make the attack as agreed, whether you come up or not. The rangers of the prairie send greeting to the rangers of the sea.” Upon reaching the city, shortly before four o’clock, the Confederates placed a 32 Pr. gun at the cotton press near McKinney’s Wharf, to engage the Harriet Lane. This point was the left of the Confederate battle MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 93 line. A 42 Pr. gun was placed at the head of Kuhn’s Wharf, near Social Hall, and a section of Wilson’s battery was near Hendleir’s Wharf. Why they did not attempt to place guns upon ends of the wharves on each side of Kuhn’s Wharf, where an enfilading fire upon the soldiers of the Forty-Second could have been obtained, is a mystery, unless they feared the positions too much exposed. Of the navy, the Sachem was first to open fire, followed by the Corypheus and the Harriet Lane. For an hour did shot and shell fly all around the troops upon the wharf, accompanied with musket balls, causing them to think they were to get “h—ll” sure, as Magruder said, and to hug the planks and huddle close to the breastwork in such a manner that the original position planned for them to take at that work was lost. After a few rounds had been fired at them with no wholesale slaughter occurring, many of the men began to gain that confidence old soldiers possess, and to note progress of the action. The navy fired high and made hot work in the city, but did not for some time do any execution among the enemy’s guns. Seeing this, Captain Sherive shouted to them: “Fire lower, and not so high.” In spite of the distance, sailors of the Sachem, who were afterwards taken prisoners at Sabine Pass, said they distinctly heard the warning, and then depressed their guns as much as possible. The Con- federates admitted that the firing from heavy guns on the naval vessels was hard to stand. The crashing of walls and falling timbers, and a constant rain of bricks, mortar and roofing, as the shot and shell plunged through build- ings, added to the crash of many hundreds of window panes, assisted to make the night hideous. At the first shot from the enemy Colonel Burrell ordered 94 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, s every man to lie down. During the first hour the colonel walked the wharf, taking careful notice of all that occurred. Many shells would drop upon the wharf and explode, or burst overhead, pieces flying forward and overboard, yet he did not receive a scratch. A shell exploded in the storehouse and, seeing flame and smoke, he ran in, but a wooden partition prevented his reaching the fire. He shouted: “Is any one in there?” Private Hersey, with a few others, was lying down close to one of the rain-water hogsheads in the building when the fire started among the tents stored there, and at once endeavored to put it out. Hersey answered that HE was and that the tents were on fire, when Colonel Burrell ordered them thrown into the water by a back door, that could be easily reached. Part of the burning tents were soon floating in the harbor; but finding an empty pail, and drawing water from the hogs- head, Hersey soon extinguished the fire. The ammunition that lay in dangerous proximity to the tents was at once attended to. A call for men to “come in here and rout out this ammunition” was promptly obeyed by a squad of men, who soon placed the boxes near the end of the wharf where they could easily be pitched overboard in case of necessity. It was still dark at five o’clock when the enemy suddenly ceased their artillery fire. This was ominous; everybody felt an assault was premeditated. Not a shot had been fired from the wharf, which must have deceived the enemy as to the condition the Forty-Second detachment was in to repel an assault. They supposed many were killed or wounded. A sharp lookout from the breastwork was ordered. Somebody sung out that they were coming in boats to the left of the wharf. Colonel Burrell called for men, and ran to where the storehouse abuts the wharf edge, but could not see or hear anything. Leaving the MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 95 men to watch, he rapidly passed back to the breastwork to see that the men there took position ready to open fire, and again ran back to the left. He was there when the first fire was opened to repel the assault. The assaulting column (about five hundred men) under Colonel Cook, said to have been composed of two small regiments, could be heard splashing in the water as they waded out. The understanding among the officers was, in case of an assault they were to wait until the enemy came within easy range before firing. . Adjutant Davis, Captains Proctor and Sherive, and Lieu- tenant Newcomb, were anxiously looking over the breast- work into the darkness to catch a glimpse of where the enemy were. Captain Proctor sang out that he could see moving objects in the water, when Adjutant Davis gave the order to fire. A volley was given, followed up by some rapid firing at will, as fast as the men could load. Those in the front ranks had to look out, for in the excite- ment men from the rear would crowd up and blaze away regardless of friend or foe. As the line of fire was mostly straight away from the shoulder, very few firing downwards into the water, the casualities to the attacking force was not heavy. Some of them attempted to come out upon the wharf, by placing planks over the openings where they had been torn up. They did get to the first breastwork, and showed their heads above it, as the musketry flashes lit up the scene, but no further. The Sachem and Corypheus, attracted by this fight, sent shot and shells toward the head of the wharf among the enemy in such a manner that they were glad to fall back, with such scaling ladders as they carried, taking most of the dead and wounded ashore. A few bodies were floating in the water during the morning hours. After this repulse the enemy retired behind the pro- 96 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, tection of buildings and side streets, out of musket range. The combined fire of the three gunboats, who continued to send their compliments among the enemy’s artillery placed to cover Kuhn’s Wharf, prevented the Confederates from anything more than random artillery firing after this assault. Some of their batteries they had previously found great difficulty in keeping manned; the gunners were forced to return to their pieces many times by cavalry patrols stationed in the rear. As daylight dawned, a scattered musketry-fire was opened on both sides. The Confederate riflemen took positions in windows, and upon the flat roofs of such warehouses as overlooked the wharf within range. The small field-gun, stationed at the Star Foundry, was sending some shells which exploded underneath the wharf, making it a question whether the piling would not eventually be severed and destroy the wharf. The gunners had also got the range where the men lay, and by a little elevation they could sweep them. Hastily calling for some good rifle shots, Colonel Burrell posted them near the flanking raft, with orders to prevent that gun from being served. This detail did the duty well, effectually putting a stop to the Con- federates dodging from around the street corner to load and fire. Major Dickinson, General Magruder’s assistant adjutant-general, lost an eye while gallantry trying to attach a drag-rope to the gun in order to draw it away, when they found it dangerous to keep at work; a nephew of the gen- eral, Lieutenant George A. Magruder, aide-de-camp, also made the attempt after Dickinson was wounded —all of no avail, the gun had to be abandoned by them. An attempt was made about seven o’clock to launch a boat that was upon the wharf for repairs, and then sup- posed to be in condition for use, in order to send Captain Sherive, who volunteered to go, on board one of the ves- MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 97 sels with a request that they come up and take the troops off. Colonel Burrell, Captain Sherive, Adjutant Davis, Lieutenant Cowdin and Private Morrill, Company D, had got the boat launched from the end of the wharf, but it filled with water and sank at once, because some bullet holes had not been noticed, when the riflemen from a brick building at the head of the next wharf commenced to fire at them. As the bullets began to whistle over their heads the men shouted: ‘ Look out, colonel, they are firing at you!” Private Morrill was severely wounded in a hand, Captain Sherive and Adjutant Davis dodged behind hawser posts, Lieutenant Cowdin jumped for shelter, and the colonel disappeared in a hurry down a sloping freight gangway that was handy. The men thought he was shot until he called to them: “TI am all right.” In a few moments the Owasco was seen in the slight foggy mist of the morning coming along from the coal bark, and when off the wharf sent a few shells into the building, driving the annoying riflemen out. The C/i/ton, ordered by Renshaw to return to the city when the action opened, with difficulty kept the channel, and returned from Pelican Spit soon after daylight, opening fire upon the enemy’s guns placed in position on the sand beach near Fort Point by Captain Fontaine, driving the gunners away, and continued on past the wharf a short distance, taking position near the Sachem. In passing, a solid shot was fired over the wharf obliquely, into the brick building used for a lookout station, one quarter of a mile distant, tearing a corner out and making a bad wreck of the building. With the exception of a few shot and shell fired into the city by the gunboats nearly all firing had ceased when it was about broad daylight. The enemy had removed most of their artillery; only a few pieces remained that 8 98 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, they could not and dare not persist in attempting to take away: the rifles of Company G could reach them and prevented it. Captain Sherive asked permission to take his company out and secure them, but the colonel would not allow it, fearing an ambuscade. Volunteers were called for, to go out and ascertain the position of the enemy: Several volunteered, but the selection fell upon Private Colson, Company I, a rather tough customer, who had been put in irons for misbehavior and confined in the guard-house for some time, but been released. He went out, soon returned, and reported the enemy hid behind buildings and massed in the yards not far away. The naval force, excepting the Westfe/d, all assembled on the harbor front, daylight to assist them in discovering the enemy’s position; the front of Kuhn’s Wharf cleared of their presence, it did seem for a short time that a vic- tory would eventually be won. In less than fifteen minutes the whole aspect of affairs was changed. The State authorities had taken the Bayou City, a Houston and Galveston packet steamer, made bulwarks of cotton bales upon her sides and armed her with a 68 Pr. rifled gun, placed in the bow. The river steamer JVeptune was also fitted out in the same man- ner and carried two Howitzer guns. Steamers Lucy Govirn and Royal Yacht were used as tenders to collect wood for the gunboats, and steamer John F. Carr was fitted up for a hospital boat. The Bayou City was commanded by Captain Henry Lubbock, with Captain M. McCormick for pilot. Colonel Green had command of troops on board, about one hun- dred and fifty men. Captain A. R. Wier, Cook’s regiment artillery, was in charge of her artillery. Captain Martin, of the cavalry, was a volunteer on board. The Meptune was commanded by Captain Sangster, with Captains Swift MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 99 and McGovern for pilots. Colonel Bagby had command of troops on board, about one hundred men. Lieutenant Harby, in command of a company infantry acting as artil- lery, was in charge of her artillery. The john F. Carr was commanded by Major A. W. McKee. General Magruder called for three hundred volunteers -from Sibley’s brigade, armed with Enfield rifles and double- barrel shot-guns, to man this flotilla. The entire flotilla was under command of Captain Leon Smith, a man of great experience in steamboat manage- ment, who was employed by Magruder in the Quarter- master Department, made a volunteer aide on his staff ‘with rank of major, and afterwards called commodore by the general. Major Smith had charge of all work in pre- paring these steamers for action. He had orders to be ready to attack the Federal vessels at midnight. At half-past four o’clock the Confederate flotilla, at Half Moon Shoals, fired up with rosin and proceeded towards Galveston, arriving within a mile of the Federal gunboats at daylight. When a lookout on the Harriet Lane soon after mid- night first discovered the Confederate flotilla, Wainwright, asleep in his stateroom, was notified and assumed charge of the deck. After this flotilla disappeared the Harriet Lane retained her position, with steam on, while her offi- cers, on the watch for further developments, leaned over her rails listening to sounds from on shore, that indicated some movement there by the enemy, until the first gun was fired at the wharf. Her anchor was then raisedl to the cathead, but not secured, and attempts made io turn around for the purpose of proceeding towards Kuhn’s Wharf to occupy the place made vacant by the Cvfvon, ‘gone to Renshaw’s assistance. To do this without getting ‘aground necessitated a use of great skill and consumed N Too HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, much time, for the vessel had to forward and back to gradually swing her bow around. Why she should have been stationed at this point—head of the ship channel where it was impossible to manceuvre her—when the Westfield or Clifton (old ferry-boats) were better adapted for the position, had often been discussed by naval officers at Galveston. While working his vessel around Wainwright opened fire on the city. Her bow was headed towards the wharf when signs of an approach by the flotilla were again seen, which caused him to abandon proceeding down the channel and to work his vessel around again in order to present her bow to the enemy. Fairly around she steamed up to meet the Bayou City and Weptune, who showed a disposition to attack, other cotton boats keeping out of harm’s way. A fire was opened upon them with shells from her eight- inch forward gun, sending three shells and a cannon shot into the Bayou City; the shells passed through her engi- neer’s room, one exploding near the engineer, doing some damage; the cannon shot passed through her messroom and pantry. Within one-half a mile the Bayou City opened fire. Her second shot struck the Zame plumb behind a wheel, close to the magazine, making a hole large enough for a man to crawl through; when fired a fourth time the gun exploded, killing Captain Wier, with others, and wounding Captain Schneider, with other men. As it was plain that the enemy’s intention was to close with him, Wainwright backed his vessel some distance in order to get a good headway, for it was understood on board, the Zane was to try and ram her bow into the Bayou -City, cut her down even if it crippled the Zame, then reach the Vepfune and capture her by boarding. This was not’ to be, because just before reaching the Bayou City her MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. IOI bow ran aground, barely allowing the Confederate pilot time to put his helm hard around in season to prevent his boat going on to the Zane’s bow in a strong ebb tide, which also prevented his running against the Zave so as to strike forward of the port or left wheel-house, which was his pur- pose to enable the Confederates to board. He did carry away the Lane's port cathead, whereby an anchor was let go, and ran out fifteen fathom of chain attached. The Harriet Lane was now at an anchor and also aground. Wainwright, from his position upon the bridge with Third Assistant Engineer Mullen by his side, ordered the crew forward upon the forecastle ready to repel boarders. As the Bayou City struck a glancing blow in passing, about twenty of her men jumped for the forecastle deck. Many fell into the water, and those that reached the deck were met by sailors armed with pistols, cutlasses and boarding pikes, to be hurled overboard. One colored sailor, Nick Wheeler, caught a man upon a pike, which entered his body near the stomach and came out between his shoulders, and had to shake him off into the water. All this occupied very few minutes. As the Bayou City passed to shoal water off in the harbor beyond the channel, with her outside planking of port wheel-house and sides torn off from contact with the Lane's strong upper works, her men from behind cotton bales opened a scattering musketry-fire upon the blue- jackets. The blue-jackets trained a gun upon her, and at a favorable moment Acting Master Hamilton pulled the lanyard, which broke; he reached for a hatchet that had lain beside the gun-carriage a few moments before, intend- ing to strike the percussion-cap to fire the gun, but it was gone; some one had seized that hatchet for a weapon when Wainwright called for boarders to be repelled. It was then thought she would be taken in hand by 102 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, other naval vessels, and attention was given to the /Vé- tune, that came up immediately afterwards and struck the Harriet Lane upon the starboard (or right) side, intending to board, but did not succeed, and passed by, her men firing from their rifles. At this time Commander Wain- wright was killed upon the bridge where he had remained a mark for the enemy, paying no attention to suggestions from his officers not to expose himself. He received one ball in the forehead, that went out back of his head, and four balls in the body. Lieutenant Lea was also mortally wounded in the abdomen and carried below, and Acting Master Hamilton was wounded in the arm. Fire was returned by the Zame’s crew as fast as they could load their small-arms. ‘ The MWeptune passed astern, turned, and came back making for the port side, with a brisk musketry-fire main- tained by her men, when a shot or shell from one of the Lane’s nine-inch port guns, fired by Engineer Mullen (who broke the Janyard on the first pull, quickly tied it together and tried a second time with success), smashed the JVep- tune’s bow, causing her to take water fast. She got on to the channel’s edge, and soon sank in about eight feet of water. Many of her men jumped overboard to reach land, and for a time the Confederate riflemen on shore opened a fire upon their own men escaping from one of their own vessels. When it was seen that the estune was out of the fight a round, of cheers went up on board the Harriet Lane, and her men threw their caps in the air with joy, supposing all was ended. But the vessels below had not attended to the Bayou City, and she had rounded and again approached the Lane, swung diagonally across the channel, aground, with her anchor out, for sufficient time had not elapsed to remedy either mishap. As she came along evidently in- MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS, 103 tending to board, the pivot gun forward was trained upon her and fired; the shot struck her wheel-house without inflicting any perceptible damage, and before another gun could be brought to bear she struck the Zane abaft the port wheel-house, running her bow so far under the gun- wale and wheel that both vessels were stuck fast. After a short exchange of shots with small-arms the enemy, headed by Major Leon Smith, Colonel Tom Green and Captain Martin, commenced to jump into the boarding nettings that were up in place, cutting them apart with their long knives. They got aboard in three places, on the. wheel-house and aft; met with a gallant resistance by the Lane's crew, who fought upon deck until driven under the gangway, forecastle and hurricane decks by superior num- bers, where they still kept it up, and hurled at the enemy their pistols, boarding pikes, and whatever they could find suitable for such a purpose after their small-arm ammu- nition had been expended. No formal surrender of the Harriet Lane was made, and no man can tell just when her capture could be considered complete. It is said that her pennant was hauled down by James Dowland, Jr., clerk to Captain Wharton, assistant quartermaster, and it is a settled fact, the claim made by Major Leon Smith that he killed with his own hands Com- mander Wainwright is not true, and could not be, as Wainwright was dead some time before. Why the casualties upon the Harriet Lane and Bayou City were so light as they proved to be, is one of those rare circumstances impossible to explain. While it lasted the fighting had been of a desperate character on both sides ; shot and dangerous missives of destruction flew in all directions. Upon a comparison of notes afterwards, officers of both sides considered it a miracle so few were ' seriously injured. Many men suffered from bruises and } 104 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, light wounds, easily healed, who are not mentioned in the official report of killed and wounded. Like their companions on shore the Confederates upon . the Bayou City were without discipline, and for a time after they had obtained control of the Harriet Lane her officers and crew were in danger of being shot down in cold blood. Sailing Master Munroe, as he came down from the hurricane-deck to surrender, had a shot-gun levelled at him, and was shot in the face by a drunken Confederate loafer. He could not be called a soldier, for ‘soldiers do not act in such a cowardly manner. This loafer met his deserved punishment then and there, by being instantly shot through the head by Engineer Mullen. Among the Zave’s crew were several colored sailors who fought nobly; and little Robert Cummings, a second-class white boy, with two revolvers in his hands danced about the deck, continually yelling at the top of his voice and sending a shot at the enemy every opportunity he got, full of fight as any man aboard. Beside the crew, made prisoners, were the following offi- cers: Commander Wainwright, killed; Lieutenant-Com- mander Edward Lea, mortally wounded in bowels; Acting Master Charles H. Hamilton, wounded in arm; Acting Master Josiah A. Hannum; Acting Master W. F. Munroe, seriously wounded; Second Assistant Engineers M. H. Plunkett (in charge) and Charles H. Stone; Third Assistant Engineers A. T. E. Mullen, Robert N. Ellis and John E. Cooper; Assistant Surgeon Thomas N. Penroes ; Paymaster R. Julius Richardson. When it was seen that the Harriet Lane had been cap- tured, the Clifton and Owasco tried to get near enough to so disable her as to be unfitted for use to the enemy. One of the eleven-inch shells, fired while on the way, struck close MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 105 to her stern-post, and opened a hole in her hull large enough for a man to walk in. When this shell from the Owasco went into the stern, Paymaster Richardson was about to open his stateroom door to obtain his watch. The entire shell passed crashing through his room, while he was turning the door handle ; a moment sooner and he would have been killed or wounded. The Confederates then placed the captured officers upon the hurricane-deck, with a threat to shoot them down if another gun was fired by the Owasco, an act of barbarism they would have carried out in their state of excitement. The Owasco got too close and within easy range of the Confederate riflemen, who fired a volley that killed and wounded several of the crew, including every man serving the rifled gun. In consequence of this loss, all of her guns could not afterwards be manned. The gunboats were short of a full complement of men; none of them could suffer much loss without being seriously crippled. None of the Confederate steamers were a match for any United States vessel present. They were considered mere playthings by naval officers, upon which an officer of sound judgment and discretion would not have risked his life or reputation in attacking the Federal navy. An ordinary man-of-war steam launch, armed with a light bow gun, could have coped successfully with them. ‘They took the chances, and by nothing but good luck were saved from an ignominious defeat. Look and see how this luck favored them: first, the Harriet Lane should not have been placed where she was, while two other vessels were present who could have been more easily handled at this point of the channel; second, she ran aground when on the verge of ramming the Bayou City, and that steamer barely had time to save herself; third, the gun missing fire that Hamilton had trained upon the Bayou City, which 106 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, undoubtedly would have sent that steamer where the /Veg- tune went. Everything favored the Confederates at critical moments during the engagement, and they had nothing to brag about, except good fortune, for their dare-devil bravery. After the volley had been fired the Owasco fell back, opening fire upon the city. In passing Kuhn’s Wharf, within thirty feet, she was hailed by Colonel Burrell, to take his men off. ‘This request was heard on board, but no response given. The Owasco kept on. The Bayou City and Harriet Lane, entangled and aground, disabled for any service they could render in this fight, with the JVep/une sunk, were at the mercy of the Federal vessels if they acted promptly. The Zucy Govirn and John F. Carr remained out of danger. In this emer- gency Major Leon Smith ordered a white flag run up at 8 a.M., and adopted bluff tactics. Captain Lubbock was sent on board the C/ifton and Owasco to demand an imme- diate surrender of the fleet. This demand was made of Lieutenant-Commander Law, who asked what terms of surrender were offered, and received for a reply “that he would be allowed a ship to remove his people, the balance of the public property to be surrendered.” Law was also informed by Captain Lubbock, that Wainwright and Lea were killed, with two-thirds of the crew killed and wounded, a statement Acting Master Hannum, who was with Lub- bock, confirmed. The truth was, only ten out of a crew of one hundred and twenty men were seriously injured. Hannum had lost his head and did not know what he was about. Commander Law asked for three hours’ time to consult with Commander Renshaw, still aground near Pelican Spit, and a three hours’ truce was then agreed upon at about eight o’clock. Law proposed to go with his vessel, MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 107 but Lubbock insisted he should go in his gig, anchoring the CZi/ton exactly where she was until the truce was over. Law thought it was rather rough, but agreed. The senior officer of the Harriet Lane fit for duty, Acting Master Hannum, was allowed to go with Law, on his parole of honor to return. All of the gunboats then displayed white flags. Renshaw refused to accede to the Confederate prop- osition, and ordered Law to get every vessel out of port with despatch while he blew up the Wes¢/ield, as all attempts to float her had failed. Not receiving any communication from the navy, and at a loss to understand what was going on, while the C/ifton and Owasco had dropped down the channel far enough to be out of direct range of the enemy’s desultory musketry- fire which was kept up on the troops upon the wharf, Colonel Burrell ordered Corporal Henry W. McIntosh, Company PD, to stand up upon the breastwork, with a piece of sail-cloth attached to an oar-blade. Several handkerchiefs were also attached to bayonets and raised in the air. Corporal McIntosh was fired at several times, the bullets whizzing very close, before the truce flag was acknowl- edged. General Magruder afterwards apologized for this breach of the usages of war, explaining the difficulty of managing the unruly men that formed his command, and the personal exertions made by himself and staff-officers to stop the firing. Magruder was called to account, for this action of his men, by the Confederate War Depart- ment at Richmond. He had a personal interview with Colonel Burrell, while a prisoner at Houston, and produced an order calling upon him to report forthwith to the War Department, and requested a signed document from the colonel stating the facts. 108 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, A cessation of hostilities for half an hour was asked, for the express purpose of communicating with the fleet. This was granted with the understanding that only one man was to leave the wharf. The intention of Colonel Burrell was to prevail upon the naval commander to send a gunboat to the wharf, embark his men at the expiration of the half-hour, and assist the navy with his men if the fight was to continue. No idea of a surrender entered his head at this time. Selecting Adjutant Davis to see the naval commander, a difficulty presented itself in obtaining a boat, as the one held at the wharf was sunk. The Confederates had man- aged quietly to remove from the neighborhood all of the row-boats without attracting any attention. Fortunately two refugees just then passed towards the gunboats, were hailed, ordered to the wharf, and took the adjutant into their boat, proceeding towards the CZ/ton. While on the way a row-boat, containing some Confederate officers and flying a flag of truce, tried to overtake them. One of the officers ordered them to stop, when the adjutant shouted: “T will see you d d first,” and with his revolver in hand ordered the refugees to row for all they were worth to the Owasco, the nearest vessel, fearing some treachery. On reaching the Owasco he found that Commander Law, the ranking officer, had gone to see Renshaw. Commander Wilson refused to do anything until Law’s return, as the truce flags were up. No amount of entreaty was of avail. Wilson’s attention was called to the fact that the Confederates on shore had again manned their guns and moved others into position, even while truce flags were up on shore—a violation of the truce on their part. It was of no use, Adjutant Davis had to remain until Commander Law should return. The time agreed upon for cessation of hostilities expired. MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 10g The Confederates had replaced their artillery in favorable positions to fully command the wharf. No reply had been received to the request sent the naval commander, and the naval vessels had left the troops without protection. Thus abandoned by his only support, not a sign of succor from any source, his position completely at the mercy of the enemy’s artillery, with riflemen posted in commanding and covered places, when the Confederate truce flag came to the wharf, at the expiration of the time agreed upon, Colonel Burrell proceeded to meet it. After a discussion of terms of surrender, it was agreed that upon an uncon- ditional surrender the officers and men were to retain all of their personal effects and all private baggage. Only property of the United States, except knapsacks, haver- sacks and canteens, was to be delivered up. The very best terms the enemy would concede. Colonel Burrell then offered General Scurry his sword, which that officer refused, saying: “Keep your sword colonel, a man’s done what you have deserves to wear it.” The Confederate troops came down yelling like mad people when the surrender was completed, and soon swarmed upon the wharf. When Major-General Magruder, in a gorgeous uniform, met Colonel Burrell, he remarked : “Don’t be cast down colonel, it is the fortune of war; you will soon be paroled.” On his appearance upon the wharf, Surgeon Cummings courteously offered him a glass of whiskey, but Magruder declined with thanks. The numerous “colonels” and “majors,” who seemed to be thick as bees, were not so backward, for they sampled a case of fine liquors, the private property of the officers, in such a manner that it was never seen afterwards. To their anxious inquiries about the killed and wounded, when informed none were killed with but few wounded they expressed great surprise, expecting to find a heavy 110 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, loss had been sustained. Magruder remarked that they would probably never again be subjected to such a heavy fire and suffer so small a loss. An inspection of the breastwork disclosed that it was marked in hundreds of places by bullets, while the store- house looked like a sieve. The officers occupied quarters in the storehouse on and after the twenty-ninth. Previous to this time they had lived aboard the Saxon, while she lay at the wharf. The enlisted men were in the building. Some cooking was done on the Saxon at the cooking-range ; but stoves having been procured on the twenty-seventh they were set up, but not fully protected so as to prevent setting fire to the building until the thirty-first, when they were ready for use. A pot of beans was being baked in one of the stoves for the officers, who expected next day to have a royal meal; a shot cut the stove funnel in two; the stove sustained no damage; the next day Confederates enjoyed that royal meal -with the savory dish of New England. The regimental flags were placed in the barracks between two heavy beams. Lieutenant Cowdin received instructions, when landing, to keep a sharp eye on the colors, and in no event allow them to be lost. Why Lieutenant Cowdin at this period did not think of some way in which to avoid their capture is excusable only on the ground that he was severely wounded in the back and under the surgeon’s care. Why other officers, or men, did not arrange to save them is a puzzle. To be sure it was a time of intense anxiety and excitement; but the colors should not have been forgotten. It was an easy matter to take them from the staffs and either placed in some- body’s knapsack or have been wound around the body of some man, under his clothing, and the staffs destroyed, or, what would have been better, the flags could have been MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. Itt torn into pieces and distributed amongst the men for keepsakes. The enemy did not know so small a force had colors with them. until they were found after the action. Confederate Major Shannon, who had been a prisoner of war in the Federal hands and received kind treatment, as a mark of his gratitude for that treatment, asked for and received permission to take care of private baggage of the command, and prevent unruly men of Magruder’s force from despoiling it. This was not an easy matter to do, but the major succeeded in his purpose; the baggage was properly delivered in a few days to the prisoners at Houston. The officers’ swords were passed over to the provost-marshal at Houston, properly marked, to be re- turned when the owners were paroled or exchanged. They never were seen again. About nine o’clock arms had been stacked, knapsacks slung, and the Forty-Second detachment marched from the wharf, passing between lines of General Magruder’s force drawn up in the streets of Galveston, and proceeded to some empty houses in the suburbs, where the men remained until one o’clock in the afternoon. The cap- tured crew of the Aarrie¢ Lane joined them during the forenoon. As the troops marched from the wharf Commander Law returned. When Adjutant Davis asked him what was going to be done, he replied: “ The Harriet Lane is captured, Wainwright dead, and the fleet will proceed to sea immediately.” Orders were sent ‘to the little schooner Corypheus for the captain to scuttle her and take his men on board some of the remaining vessels; but he asked permission to set sail, and did so, saving her. With truce flags flying, the gunboats proceeded to sea. The Cé//lon lead, followed by the Owasco, then the Corypheus, and last Il2 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, was the Sachem, whose commander, by diligent work during the action, had patched up her boilers and got steam started. Renshaw sent the West/ield’s crew on board transports Saxon and Mary Boardman, and a slow-match was applied to a train of powder leading to her magazine. As no explosion took place at the expected time, he went back in a row-boat with Lieutenant Zimmerman, Engineer Green, two quartermasters, four, firemen and five sailors. As Renshaw was about coming over her side into the row- boat again, a premature explosion took place. The Westfield fell to pieces, and not a vestige’ of the boat’s occupants was ever seen again. This was about ten o’clock a.m. Her guns were afterwards recovered by the enemy, and placed in battery to protect the harbor from another visit by Federal vessels. News of Renshaw’s death reached Law when the CZi/ton was half-way towards the bar, placing him in command of the navy, and that officer concluded to proceed at once to New Orleans, abandoning the blockade from fear of an attack by the Harriet Lane, although an officer on board the dary Boardman informed him another transport-vessel would be down in forty-eight hours, and ought to be warned. In the race for New Orleans the Mary Boardman reached the city first, followed next day by the C/z/ton, and after- wards the Saxon and Honduras. The following account of how the Westfield was destroyed is taken from a letter written by William L. Burt, aide-de-camp to General Hamilton, to Major-General Banks. Major Burt was on board transport Mary A. Boardman, \ying at anchor near the flag-ship Westfield: “Captain Law had an interview with Commander Renshaw. Our vessel, the 4ary Boardman, was then alongside the Westfield, having endeavored to haul her off. As soon as MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 113 Captain Law left for his own vessel Commander Renshaw sent an officer to us saying, that he was going to blow up the Westfield, and requesting us to assist in taking off her men and whatever could be saved. I remonstrated with this officer, that it was unnecessary, and that the whole force could lie by and protect the Westfield until the tide turned (which was then running out), when she would float, and we could save her, and as she was heavily armed and of light draught she was invaluable. I also requested the commander to come on board. This remonstrance was repeated to every officer that came to my vessel with men. We received on board the men and their baggage, with property of the ship, until our decks would hold no more, and the rest was placed on the transport Saxon. “At about ten a.M., while the commander’s boat and crew and second cutter and crew were at the Westfield to receive the last men, the commander, having poured turpentine over the forward magazine and just over where she was aground, set her on fire with his own hand. He stepped down into his boat, in which were Lieutenant Zimmerman, Chief-Engineer Green, and two oarsmen. The magazine immediately exploded, tearing the bow of the vessel open and blowing her to pieces to the water’s edge and back to the smoke-stack. After the explosion no living thing could be seen. She did not sink, being aground ; her guns aft, which were double-shotted and run out, as the flames should reach them, threatened us, at the short distance we were from her, with destruction, which might have been foreseen when she was fired. “Acting Sailing-Master Smalley took charge of us as pilot, and we started for the bar. It was evident that we could not get over with what we had on board, and we threw overboard everything on deck except what belonged to the men of the Westfield. We went over 9 114 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, the bar, striking very heavily, followed by the Saxon, two small schooners, the Ciif/fon, Owasco and Sachem, gunboats, leaving the Harriet Lane in the hands of the rebels, with two barks loaded with coal, and one small schooner.” The behavior of Colonel Burrell is spoken of in the highest terms by officers and men who were under him, He walked the wharf during the entire time the action continued, with shot and shell flying around in unpleasant proximity. While risking his own life in this manner, in order to be able to observe all that was taking place, he kept his men under shelter as much as possible. They rose to their feet from behind the breastwork only when ready to fire on the enemy- All of the officers are entitled to credit for their gallant. conduct under the trying circumstances of this their first fight. Gallant Captain Sherive especially showed marked courage and bravery. The men, as a whole, behaved like veterans; not that there was no quivering —there was; but no display of childish fear took place. Every order given was obeyed with marked promptitude, and in such a manner to show that they stood to their duty like men. Many comical incidents happened during the engage- ment, and if all could be remembered they would make a respectable-sized chapter. A few, that the men often talked and laughed about, are here given: Frank Veazie, officers’ cook, during the hot firing, kept up a promenade inside the storehouse with his coat collar up and bent over as if rain was falling upon him. Private Billy Burt, Company D, when all hands were crowded for shelter near the breastwork, during the first hour, shouted: “ For God’s sake, get where the sergeants are and we will be safe!” The quartermaster’s colored boy, Charlie Amos, MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. Ils fell asleep early in the evening, sleeping through all the uproar, and did not awake until it was over. The loss by the United States naval squadron was: Clifton — One wounded. Owasco—One killed; fifteen wounded, including Com- mander Wilson. Harriet Lane — Five killed; five wounded ; exclusive of officers, one hundred and ten sailors were made prisoners. Westfield — Fourteen killed. The Confederate loss is hard to ascertain. From the character of their raw volunteers many men slightly wounded must have never been reported, besides, their administration department was too loose for an exact official report of casualties. While not so heavy as would be supposed from the naval cannonade of the city, it is officially reported by General Magruder to have been about twenty-six killed and one hundred and seventeen wounded, but Surgeon Cummings, who had excellent opportunities for knowing, places it at about three hundred killed and wounded.* A part of the Confederate loss was known at the time to be as follows: Colonel Pyron’s regiment— Two killed; six wounded. Captain Wilson’s battery — killed; four wounded. On steamer Bayou City — Five killed ; two wounded. On steamer Véeptune — Seven killed; twenty-eight wounded. Among the Confederate officers placed hors-de-combat were: Surgeon Fisher, Colonel Cook’s regiment, killed. Captain Weir, Company B, Texas artillery, killed on Bayou City. * Andrew Parish, a lad of fourteen or fifteen years, Magruder’s colored servant, who was with the general in Virginia and Texas, says he saw at Galveston from fifty to seventy-five Confederate dead after the action was over. With the usual propor- tion of wounded to killed, Mr. Parish almost corroborates Surgeon Cummings. 116 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, Lieutenant Sidney W. Sherman, Texas artillery, killed. Lieutenant Harvey Clark, Colonel Cook’s regiment, mortally wounded. Major Dickinson, wounded in eye badly. Major A. M. Lea, C. S. engineers, wounded. Captain Schneider, slightly wounded. Lieutenant Madden, slightly wounded. Captain McMahan, slightly wounded. Property captured by the enemy was as follows: the Harriet Lane with her fine battery, the guns on the Westfield, three sailing vessels loaded with coal, viz, Arthur, Cavallo and Elias Pike — these vessels were said to have been burned by the navy, or set on fire —one set regimental colors, one garrison flag, arms and ammunition, tents, intrenching tools, commissary supplies, and quarter- master stores of clothing, etc., etc., that the detachment carried to Galveston. The garrison flag was afterwards found upon a Confed- erate Texan soldier, made prisoner at Thibodeaux by Lieutenant Alf. Halstead, Company K, One Hundred and Seventy-Sixth New York Infantry, on the twenty-third June, 1863, a few days after the action at La-Fourche Crossing, in which a detachment of the Forty-Second Regiment took part. This soldier had got possession of the flag, and carefully preserved it. By request of Lieu- tenant Halstead the flag was forwarded to Governor John A. Andrew, to be placed among other State mementos of the war. On the day of surrender the following vessels, with reénforcements and military stores, were on the way to Galveston. Had the action been delayed one week quite a respectable military force would have been assembled upon the island. MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. II7 * Transport steamer Caméria, with Governor Hamilton and troops. Transport steamer Honduras, with detachment First Vermont Battery, Captain Hibbard. Transport steamer Charles Osgood, with two companies Forty-Second Regiment. Transport steamer Che-Kiang, with three companies Forty-Second Regiment, one company Texas cavalry, and a number of Texas refugees. The Honduras and Charles Osgood were spoken in the Gulf by gunboat C/ifton, and returned to New Orleans. The Che-Kiang lay at the United States Barracks below New Orleans January 3d, ready to proceed the next day, when the news was telegraphed from the Passes, and her orders were countermanded. The Caméria arrived off Galveston January 2d, and was fortunate to escape capture from well-laid plans of General Magruder. The following accounts were given by Sergeant Nichols, Company G, Forty-Second Regiment, and by Purser Bach, steamer Camédria, before it was known what steps were taken by the Confederates to catch the transport steamer: STATEMENT OF SERGEANT NICHOLS. “The Cambria, Captain Sumner, arrived off Galveston Bar at three o’clock p.m. January 2d. On board were three hundred men First Texas Cavalry, Colonel Davis, recruited in New Orleans from Texas refugees, and equip- ments for a full cavalry regiment; a detachment First Vermont Battery with guns; Sergeants Nichols, Vialle, Attwell, and Private Greene, all of Company G, Forty- Secorid Regiment, em route to join their company. A small brass cannon on deck was fired several times to signal a pilot and notify the navy, without attracting atten- 118 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, tion. Several refugees, ‘Nicaragua’ Smith, Foley, Big ‘Jack’ and others, volunteered and went in a row-boat to notify the fleet. As his volunteers did not return, Captain Sumner remained off the bar until morning without suspi- cion of any danger. About ten o’clock a.M. next day a sloop, pilot flag up, with three or four men aboard, approached and made an attempt to entice the steamer on the bar, reporting she could follow, and they would take soundings. There was ten and one-half feet of water on the bar, and the Cambria drew eleven feet. Not one of the men would come on board. After some talk Captain Sumner became suspicious, and, in a loud voice, ordered: ‘Men, stand by the ports!’ although the steamer was not armed. Just then a few refugees on board recognized Confederate Captain Payne on the sloop, told Sumner of the fact, who ordered him to come on board the Cambria or the sloop would be blown to pieces. Captain Payne came aboard, and, in answer to questions, said, Captain Wainwright was in command of the fleet, with several other false stories, playing his part well until he, in turn, recognized several faces on board. He then knew he was trapped, and said: ‘The game is up, I am lying; the Confederates are in possession of the city and harbor.’ The whole story of what had occurred was then told, including a tale of the capture of Smith and his comrades. Payne reported that the Harriet Lane was about ready to come out after the Cambria, so Captain Sumner allowed the other men on the sloop to get away, while he made haste to reach New Orleans, This Captain Payne was placed in confinement on a war-vessel at New Orleans. He was afterwards seen on the streets of that city apparently a free man.” : “Nicaragua” Smith was tried by a court-martial, declared a traitor, and shot January 8th, game to the last. Six MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 119g balls entered his body. A characteristic speech made by him when face to face with the firing party would not bear repetition here. Two of his comrades escaped, but Foley and big “ Jack”’ managed to be paroled when the enlisted men were sent to the Federal lines. STATEMENT OF PURSER BACH. “On BoaRD STEAMER CAMBRIA, “January 7th, 1863. “ Major-GENERAL BANKS, “Commanding Department of the Gulf: “The steamer Caméria, with two companies First Texas Cavalry, horses of the Second Vermont Battery, and a great number of men, women and children (refugees), left New Orleans for Galveston December 31st, 1862, at 9 P.M. Arrived outside the island January 2d, at 7 P.M. Strong wind and high sea running. No sign of pilot, con- sequently came to anchor. “Next morning, third instant, weather very hazy and high sea. We commenced beating about, in the hope of a pilot coming to us, up to 12M. No such success, during which time several of the refugees, being well acquainted with the bar, were desirous of piloting us in. The captain would not listen to any such suggestions. They then offered to take one of the life-boats and go for a pilot, to which he also dissented; but, upon the earnest solicita- tions of officers and refugees, amounting almost to a demand, he reluctantly consented, and the boat left, manned by six men, two of whom were soldiers and four refugees. This was about 12.30 P.M. The colonel sent a pressing letter to the officer in command, stating that we were in distress, the horses on board suffering from the rough weather, and demanding assistance. 120 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, “About 7 p.m. the weather cleared to bright moonlight; sea more calm. The boat did not return, and hopes for her safety were given up, as it was supposed she might have swamped in crossing the bar. At this time three shells were plainly visible as having been fired from near the city, which was the first cause of uneasiness on the part of our captain. On the supposed warning the colonel had his men called together and put in readiness in case of emergency. Nothing further transpired, how- ever, during the night. “The next morning the day broke clear, the sun shining bright, with the city and its surroundings in full view. We hoisted pilot-jack and blew the whistle about eight o’clock, which signal was answered by pilot-boat inside the bar, near a schooner, and a bark with American colors flying, which proved to be the bark Cava//o. After the boat came toward us she tacked, apparently running and sounding the, bar. She then went toward the bark and lowered her jack, signifying that she had put the pilot on board. In the meantime the pilot-boat shot up alongside. and asked: ‘How much water do you draw, captain?’ To which he replied: ‘Nine and a half to ten feet.’ - The answer then was: ‘You can go in; there is plenty of water on the bar.’ ‘Are you a pilot?’ was then demanded. keply.—‘ No, but you can follow us in.’ Question.—‘ Where is the pilot?’ Answer. On the bark.’ Question,—‘ Why does he not come out for us?’ Answer.—‘ Because he had special orders to take the bark out first.’ In the mean- time we separated some distance. Again the pilot-boat shot up alongside, when the captain ordered the pilot on board, when he replied: ‘There are too many men there for me.’ He then immediately hauled jib-sheet to wind- ward, slacked off the main-sheet, and put his helm hard to port, with the intention of getting clear. Seeing this, the MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. I2I captain ordered the steamer backed, which placed the steamer between the pilot-boat and the bar. The captain then called out: ‘Stand by your guns, fore and aft, and be ready to fire. Do not open your pert-holes before the colonel gives the word.’ The pilot-boat then came to, and the pilot said he would come on board. The colonel asked him who was in command. His immediate reply was: ‘Captain Wainwright.’ After several unimportant questions and answers he was recognized and called by name by one of the refugees, by which he was apparently confused and lost his presence of mind. Seeing that the captain looked upon him with marked suspicion, he said: ‘Gentlemen, I cannot lie any longer; Galveston is in the hands of the Confederacy.’ The captain, hearing that the Harriet Lane was in their hands and as she was reported uninjured, immediately put the steamer to sea. The counterfeit pilot, T. W. Paine, was, of course, detained on board as prisoner. The pilot-boat and crew were permitted to depart, as the colonel thought by their returning it would give us more time to escape. “ About nine o’clock on the evening of the fifth instant we met the United States sloop-of-war Brooklyn, and was boarded by an officer from her, to whom we gave the fore- going information. We afterward learned that the boat sent ashore with the six men was detained and the men taken prisoners. “ Respectfully submitted, “LEWIS BACH, “ Acting-Purser Steamer Cambria.” What steps were taken to entrap the Cambria, or any transports unlucky enough to arrive while the United States gunboats fled to New Orleans, is described by General Magruder in his official report of the action. He 122 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, says: “Having buried the dead, taken care of the wounded, and secured the captured property, my exertions were directed to getting the Harriet Lane to sea. The enemy’s ships fled to New Orleans, to which place one of their steam transports was dispatched during the action, I knew that a large naval force might be expected to return in a few days. I therefore ordered the employment at high wages of all the available mechanics to repair the Harriet Lane, her main shaft having been dislocated and her iron wheel greatly disabled, so that the engine could not work. The United States flags were ordered to. remain flying on the custom-house and at the mast-heads. of the ships, so as to attract into the harbor any of the enemy’s vessels which might be bound for the port of Galveston. A line of iron buoys, which we had established for the guidance of his ships in the harbor, were displaced. and so arranged as to insure their getting aground. “On the third of January, I being then on board of the Harriet Lane, a yawl-boat, containing several men, in command of a person named Thomas Smith, recently a citizen of Galveston, and who had deserted from our army, was reported alongside. He informed me he was. sent from the United States transport-steamship Camodria, then off the bar, for a pilot, and that they had no idea of the occupation of the city by us. I forthwith ordered a pilot-boat, under command of Captain Johnson, to bring in this ship, but, through a most extraordinary combina- tion of circumstances, the vessel which contained E. J. Davis and many other apostate Texans, besides several hundred troops and 2,500 saddles for the use of native sympathizers, succeeded in making her escape. The man Smith, who had, it is said, several times set fire to the city of Galveston before he deserted, had been known as Nicaragua Smith, and was dreaded by every one. He MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 123 returned to Galveston in order to act as Federal provost- marshal. His arrival produced much excitement, during which some one without orders sent a sail-boat to Pelican Spit, now occupied by our troops, to direct the command- ing officer there not fire on our pilot-boat, although she was under Yankee colors. The sail-boat thus sent was at once supposed to be destined for the Yankee transport. The pilot-boat gave chase to her, and the guns from the shore opened on her within hearing of the ship. *“Night coming on, I thought it surer, as the alarm might be taken, to capture her at sea before morning; but the Harriet Lane could not move,‘and our cotton gunboats could not live on the-rough sea on the bar. Therefore one of the barks, the Royal Yacht, a schooner of ours, the pilot-boat and the Leader, a schooner loaded with cotton, which I had ordered to be sent to a foreign port, with a proclamation of the raising of the blockade at Galveston, were directed to be prepared and armed with light artillery. This was done by two o’clock the same night, our little fleet being manned by volunteers, under the command of Captain Mason, of Cook’s regi- ment of artillery. ‘ “Unfortunately the wind lulled, and none but the pilot-boat could reach the enemy’s ship. The pilot-boat went out under the command of a gallant sailor, Captain Payne, of Galveston. The enemy’s ship proved to bea splendid iron steamer, built in the Clyde. I had ascertained from her men taken ashore that she had only two guns, and they were packed on deck under a large quantity of hay, and I anticipated an easy conquest and one of great political importance, as this ship contained almost all the Texans out of the State who had proved recreant to their duty to the Confederacy and to Texas. The pilot-boat was allowed to get close to the ship, when the boat was 124 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, hailed and the pilot ordered to come on board. Captain Payne answered that he thought there were rather too many men to trust himself to; whereupon he was directed to come on board, or he would be fired into. He went on board as ordered, and soon after the steamer sailed in all haste seaward, leaving the pilot-boat and hands to return to us. “T am thus particular in this narration as the friends of Captain Payne fear that he may meet with foul play from the enemy. I shall ascertain, through Commodore Bell, his fate, and act accordingly. Smith, the deserter, was tried regularly the next day before a general court-martial, and, being convicted of deserting to the enemy, was publicly shot in Galveston, in accordance with his sentence. ‘The proceedings, which were formal in all respects, legal and regular, are forwarded.” The following papers, connected with this action, are here given. The first, a dispatch from William L. Burt, was the first news sent North of the action, and naturally caused many a heart to ache for relatives and friends supposed to be at Galveston: “SOUTHWEST Pass, La., “January 3d, 1863, 1.45 P.M. ““Major-GENERAL BANKS: “T have received the following dispatch, which I hasten to communicate : “*Qn Boarp Mary Boarpman, “<«Vanuary 3d, 1863, 12 noon, “CN. P. BANKs, ““* Commanding Department of the Gulf: ““¢Galveston was attacked by land and water on the: morning of January ist. Colonel Burrell and his men MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 125 were all killed or taken prisoners. Four rebel rams made an attack on the Harriet Lane, and carried her by boarding. Captain Wainwright and Lieutenant Lee killed, and all the men killed or prisoners. The captain of the Owasco (Wilson) was killed. Commander Renshaw blew up the flag-ship Westfield to prevent her from falling into the hands of the enemy. He was killed, and also First- Lieutenant Zimmerman. Two barks loaded with coal fell into the hands of the rebels. We have some seventy men from the Westfield on board. They must have some arrangements for taking charge of them immediately on our arrival, as we have only our own crew. “*Wn. L. Burt, “ ‘Mayor and Aide-de-Camp, Staff of General Hamilton! “C. HUGGINS.” General Banks, in a letter to Major-General Halleck, gives as his reason for sending Colonel Burrell to Galveston, the following : “ HEADQUARTERS DEPT. OF THE GULF, “New Or LEAans, La., January 7th, 1863. (Extract.) “Sir; The detachment of troops was sent to Galveston upon the suggestion of Admiral Farragut, and upon the statement of General Butler, that he had contemplated ordering a small force there to assist in recruiting Texas refugees. It was supposed that the fleet made the occupa- tion of the part of the island adjacent to the gunboats perfectly secure. It would not, however, have been sent forward so soon after my arrival had it not been for the impatience of General Hamilton. When it became known that our destination was New Orleans and not Texas, which was not until our arrival here, those connected with 126 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, him became very violent, and denounced unsparingly the Government and all connected with the expedition for what was called bad faith in its management. “General Hamilton is not a bad man, but he does not manifest great force of character, and is surrounded by men who came here on the Government transports, unbe- known to me, for base, speculative purposes, and nothing else. I notified him of the conduct of these men, and he promised to correct it, but has not yet done so. He explains their presence by saying, that in the North he became indebted to them for pecuniary assistance. I sent him notice that they would be required to leave the Department if their course was approved by him. “Tt was mainly the impatience of these people that prompted me to forward the detachment to Galveston ; but only upon the concurrence of Admiral Farragut and General Butler as to its expediency and safety. Such isa full statement of my participation in this affair. “T have the honor to be, with much respect, ‘your obedient servant, N. P. BANKS, “Major-General commanding. “(MajoR-GENERAL HALLECK, “ Commander-in-Chief U. S. Army.” The flag-of-truce scheme, so fortunately put into use by Major Smith, led to some correspondence on the subject between General Magruder and Commodore Bell, com- manding United States forces off Galveston. None of this correspondence is of material interest to the Forty- Second Regiment, except the following extract from a letter by Colonel Debray to Commodore Bell, January 22d, viz.: “As to your complaint of a breach of truce in MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS, 127 connection with the Forty-Second Massachusetts, I would respectfully state that the land troops were not embraced in the terms of truce on the rst instant, either directly or indirectly. As soon as daylight came they could have been destroyed by our guns and musketry in five minutes. To avert a misunderstanding on this subject with you, which Major-General Magruder would much regret, he will send a full statement by to-morrow morning.” The full statement of Magruder to Bell is embraced in the following papers sent to the Confederate War Depart- ment in Richmond, Va., by Major-General Magruder, in justification of himself. It is proper to state that the statement signed by Colonel Burrell, was drafted after a long consultation between his officers, and, while not correct in every respect, the officers felt under obligations to Generals Magruder and Scurry, for favors granted and expected, and were disposed to help Magruder out of his muddle with the Confederate War Department. The documents were: “The following document is not to be considered or used as official in any way, but as strictly personal. “ISAAC S. BURRELL, “Colonel 42d Regt. Mass. Vols. “(Statement in relation to the surrender of a portion of the Forty-Second Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, at Galveston, Texas, on the morning of January rst, A.D. 1863, to the Confederate forces under the command of Major-General J. B. Magruder, with the circumstances attending the surrender : “After the steamer Harriet Lane had raised the white flag in token of surrender, the white flag was also raised by the Forty-Second Regiment by order of the colonel 128 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, commanding; but the fire continuing for ten or fifteen minutes from the wharf and the brick building above Kuhn’s Wharf, where the said Forty-Second Regiment was stationed, when Brigadier-General Scurry came down to Kuhn’s Wharf and demanded the unconditional surrender of the troops on the wharf the firing ceased and was not resumed so far as the wharf is concerned. “The surrender was made immediately, and the battle terminated, so far as said Forty-Second Regiment was concerned. Between the time the white flag was raised on the wharf and the cessation of the firing only one man was wounded and none killed. “This statement is made in justice to Brigadier-General Scurry, who, by his gentlemanly conduct and uniform kindness to officers and privates, is entitled to the grateful remembrance of the whole command. We believe that the firing after the white flag was raised was unknown to him and against his will or orders. “The flag of truce was not raised on the wharf by the Forty-Second Regiment until every vessel in the harbor had raised one. ‘When the demand for surrender was made by Brigadier- General Scurry, the colonel of the Forty-Second Regiment asked to be allowed the same time given to the fleet for consideration (three hours), but his request was refused. “Having carefully examined the above statement, I believe it to be true in every point, and accordingly I have affixed my signature thereto. “ISAAC S. BURRELL, “ Colonel 42d Regt. Mass. Vols.” this was enclosed in a letter sent to Richmond, Va., by General Magruder, of which the following is an extract : MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS, 129 “Houston, Texas, January 23d, 1863. “This statement made by Colonel Burrell, commanding the detachment of the Forty-Second Massachusetts Regi- ment Volunteers, captured at Galveston on the 1st instant, it will be seen agrees in every important particular with the statement furnished by me in my communication to Commodore Bell. Our naval officers distinctly state that the white flag hoisted on board the ship did not apply to the land force. Captain Lubbock, the commander of one of our gunboats, who arranged with the senior officer in command of the Federal fleet the terms of the truce, stated, on his return from the Federal flag-ship, to Brigadier- General Scurry, in the presence of Colonel Burrell, that the land troops were not embraced in these terms, directly or indirectly, he having been sent by Captain Leon Smith, commanding our fleet of gunboats, to demand the sur- render of the rest of the Federal fleet, and to give the Federal commander three hours’ time to accept or decline his demand, during which time the fire was to cease between the ships. I knew nothing of the arrangements, nor did any officer ashore, and when Captain Lubbock, on his return, touched at Kuhn’s Wharf, where the Forty- Second Massachusetts Regiment was stationed, he gave the above information to Brigadier-General Scurry in the presence of Colonel Burrell, and the latter surrendered un- conditionally, after his request to be allowed the same time given the ships was refused. Had the Federal commander of the land forces been in superior force to myself and engaged in battle ashore he would certainly have pros- ecuted his advantage to the utmost, regardless of a truce between two fleets, which he had not authorized. If necessary, I think it can be fully established also that the Federal troops ashore were ready to surrender the moment daylight gave them an opportunity of doing 10 130 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, so, and would have done it even before daylight had it been possible. “T have also to state that I am informed by Brigadier- General Scurry, who was in that portion of the battle, that the white flag displayed from Kuhn’s Wharf was respected the moment it was seen.” With the exception of Private Hersey, left to help take care of baggage, wounded men taken to hospital, Sur- geon Cummings, left to attend them, and naval officers to attend the funeral of Wainwright and Lea, all of the prisoners marched to Virginia Point in the afternoon, where they were obliged to wait until half-past one o’clock A.M. next day, January 2d, for cars to transport them to Houston. On arrival at that city, about noon, the depot was reported to be crowded with people, and the train was stopped half a mile out. The men then marched, under guard, through Houston to their quarters in a cotton warehouse near Buffalo Bayou. The officers were con- fined in Kennedy’s building, corner of Travis and Congress Streets. On the march through crowded streets, many banter- ing remarks were made, mostly by women, who were exceedingly bitter and sarcastic. The men had been cautioned by their colonel not to pay any attention to insults, which they must expect to receive, but carry them- selves as if on parade. They did march through the City of Houston as if on parade, giving the people a sight of good marching, military bearing and good manners such as they had not seen before, In passing the Houston Telegraph newspaper office, where from the windows was displayed the captured regimental colors underneath the Texas Lone Star Flag, the men got mad, some of them threatening to “go MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 131 for them.” Cool counsel prevailed, and no trouble occurred. The Houston Telegraph, in giving an account of the arrival of the prisoners, said they were acknowledged Americans, with an occasional foreigner to be seen among them, either Irish or Dutch. Gave them credit for being well dressed and good looking. Spoke of Colonel Burrell as a tall, slim specimen of a man, who was much stared at by the people, but he never lifted his eyes from the ground during the march. As the prisoners of war marched up Main Street they were well treated, and received from the Houstonites the compliment of being a fine-looking body of men, who ought to be ashamed of themselves for volunteering their services in the villainy of trying to subjugate a chivalrous people. At the hospitals in Galveston Surgeon Cummings remained until the eighteenth of January, attending Federal wounded, also assisting the Confederate surgeons. Sisters of Mercy, attached to the Convent of St. Leon, rendered service to the wounded of both sides impartially. On the tenth, while a gunboat was shelling the city from the Gulf side, some shells exploded in*the convent yard, necessitating removal of patients to a small, wooden school-house, when a hospital flag was raised, which stopped further mischief. Commander Wainwright and Lieutenant Lea, of the Harriet Lane, were buried with Masonic and military honors on the second. Major Lea, C. S. A., father of the lieutenant, officiated at the grave, reading the Episcopal Church burial service in a firm, unfaltering voice to the end, when he gave way to his feelings and wept like a child. The rest of the killed were buried on the third. Surgeon Cummings, on the twentieth of January, found 132 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, time to make the following official report of the killed and wounded: “ Houston, TEXAS, January 2oth, 1863. “ CoLoNnEL I. S. BURRELL, “aod Regt. Mass. Vols.: “ Sir,— The following is a correct list of the wounded of said Forty-Second Regiment at the battle of Galveston, January ist, 1863 : Name. Co.| Rank. How Wounpep. Rgsu_t. Francis L. Nott. G. | Private. | Shell in left side of | Died in 17 bowels. hours. Jos. W. D. Parker. | G. a Ball in arm. Recovering. Edmund B. Doubel.) G. se Ball in left hand, se severe. : George R. Dary. G. " Ball in left arm, es above elbow. Thos. T. Sweetser. | G. nm Buckshot in chin, se slight. James L. Davis. G. Splinter in face, “ slight. John M. Barnard, Jr.| G. “ Spent ball in left leg, # slight. John T. Cook. G. o Splinter in leg,slight. ee David L.Wentworth|. | Act-Ord.| Shell in leg. a Sergt. of regt. Wm. H. Cowdin. D. |1st Lieut.) Ball in back. e Francis L. Morrill. | D. | Private. | Minnie ballin hand, | I fear loss severe. of arm. Tobias Enslee. Dz ee Splinter in head, | Recovering. slight. Edwin F. Josselyn. | D. . Shell in head, severe. Daniel J. Sullivan. | D. e Minnie ball in hand, severe. Jas. O’Shaughnessy.} D. Shell in both legs, eS right leg amputated. “These are all the casualties in our regiment in the late severe battle, in which the only wonder is that one of us lived to tell the story. It seems indeed providential MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 133 that so few are wounded and none killed on the spot. We have to mourn the loss of one noble fellow, Nott of Company G, a brave soldier and an excellent man, and to regret the loss of a leg of Company D, O’Shaughnessy, who is recovering rapidly. I amputated his leg just below the knee, in order to give him the benefit of the joint, which was not injured. “T have the honor to be, dear sir, “Yours faithfully, “A. I. CUMMINGS, “ Surgeon 42d Mass. Regt. Vols.” Besides the above, there were wounded, who did not report to the surgeon: Private John Barnes, Company D, slightly in leg; and Private James W. Vinal, Company G, slightly in hip. Quartermaster-Sergeant Foster was standing by the breastwork in conversation with Private Hersey when the first shot was fired,.glanced on the breastwork and passed into the building. In a moment of excitement Foster fell wounded, so Hersey thought, but on an examination of a wound he received, a bad cut of a thumb, it proved to have been made by oyster shells upon which he had fallen. It was jocularly reported Foster had received a shell wound in the action. Private Nott was wounded during the first hour. He had got behind a hawser-post, where Colonel Burrell found him moaning faintly, with a terrible wound in the side and bowels. He was not apparently suffering any intense pain. To the question, if he was badly hurt, he replied, “Yes, in the side,” and begged for water. Private Hersey went into the building and got it, which appeared to revive him somewhat from a state of apathy. When 134 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, the surgeon got an opportunity to examine his case, Nott was told he could not live many hours, as he was bleeding internally, and any message for home had better be given then. Private O’Shaughnessy was wounded during the first half hour. He yelled like an Indian on the war-path, and was carried into the hospital-room, where the surgeon remained at his post the entire time that the enemy’s fire was concentrated upon it.” Privates Enslee and Josselyn were wounded at the commencement, while standing ready to fire before the order was heard to lie down. A solid shot, or a shell, struck and crashed through the breastwork, splinters wounding Enslee in the head. A fragment of shell ruined Josselyn’s musket, knocked it overboard, then glanced to his head. The wound bled profusely, but Josselyn did not know he was hit until blood was running down his face. Upon reporting at the hospital he was so covered with blood Surgeon Cummings was unable to recognize him. Binding his head up with a handkerchief, Josselyn returned to his post. Private Morrill, when wounded, tied a handkerchief around his hand and kept his place in the ranks until the action was over before reporting to the surgeon. Lieutenant Cowdin was wounded while lying down, during the first hour. A canister shot struck the store- house brick chimney, knocking it to pieces, the debris flying in all directions. Supposing he had been wounded by a falling brick, on standing up he was surprised to find several small shot ran down his clothing into a boot ; they had struck him in the back, low down, going through coat, shirt, pants and under-drawers. Company I, from its sheltered position, had no casual- ties. Private Eaton had his bayonet cut in halves, another MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 135 man received a ball in his hat, and Private Paget had a ball cut his haversack straps. An official report of the action was not made to General Banks, until July, 1864, when Colonel Burrell arrived in New Orleans, paroled and exchanged. “NEw ORLEANS, July 27th, 1864. “To Major Grorce B. Drake, “ Assistant Adjutant-General : “‘ Major, — Pursuant to orders, I proceeded with my command to Galveston, Texas, and took post. I arrived there December 24th, 1862, landed next day on Kuhn’s Wharf, and fortified by building barricades, and tearing up the bridge, making my position as strong as possible. “T took possession of the city as far as my small force would allow; my scouts destroyed the telegraph running to Houston; and I took such precautions as I thought necessary for holding the place. Commander Renshaw, who had command of the fleet, laid four months within musket shot of this telegraph and had allowed it to remain in working order. We found the railroad in good condition. Signals were thrown up every night, giving the enemy all the information they wanted. “T requested Commander Renshaw to go up the bay with two of his lightest draft steamers and dislodge the enemy. I also requested the use of two howitzers, which were on board of a schooner, and of no use to the schooner. Both requests he refused to grant. “I landed my command on the wharf with the distinct understanding that I was to be supported by the steamer Harriet Lane on my right and the steamer C/f/ton on my left. On the morning of the first January, 1863, about four o’clock, I was attacked by a force of infantry and cavalry, 136 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, amounting to over six thousand men, with thirty-two pieces of artillery. The only support I received was from the steamer Sachem, and the schooner Corypheus manned with fifteen men and one gun. The steamer Sachem was out of order, with her fires out to repair boilers. The Harriet Lane laid so far up the stream she was unable to retreat, and became easy prey. The steamer Owasco was two miles below the city, with little or no steam up. The steamer Westfield, with Commander Renshaw aboard, managed to get aground three miles below the city, and signaled for the C//ton to come and get her off. At this time the enemy opened their heavy guns upon me from the head of the wharf, and continued to throw shot and shell for one hour, when they made an assault with two of their regiments to drive me from my position. We repulsed them, and they retreated with severe loss. My officers and men fought with great gallantry. Being with- out artillery I had to rely upon the Sachem and a little schooner for support. “At this time two cotton boats attacked the Harriet Lane, driving the men from their guns, killing Captain Wainwright. The steamer Owasco came up and fired a few shots, also the C%fton, who had fired but seven or eight shots when a flag of truce was entertained, and they agreed to cease hostilities for three hours, and imme- diately dropped down stream without consulting me at all in the matter. At this time the enemy were in full retreat from the wharf ; the artillery had limbered up and withdrawn. “Tn a short time they returned, and immediately put their guns in position and opened fire. I had no alterna- tive but to surrender after the fleet had left. Entirely deserted by the navy in a cowardly manner. They had agreed to take my command off the wharf if we were MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 137 hard pressed. The steamers C/ifton and Owasco passed by, but refused to render any assistance. After receiving the fire of the enemy for a half-hour, and receiving no assistance, I was compelled to surrender myself and my command. ‘The fleet, at the expiration of the three hours agreed upon by flag of truce (except the Westfield, which was blown up), ran out of the harbor without firing a shot. “Tt is my opinion and belief that Commander Renshaw was a traitor, he being in constant communication with the enemy. Commander Law proved himself unworthy of his command. In not holding Galveston we lost the key to Texas. “Enclosed please find the report of my excellent and lamented surgeon, Dr. A. I. Cummings. “The following is a list of the amount of property lost and surrendered: two hundred and seventy small-arms, (one hundred and eighty Springfield smooth-bores and ninety Springfield rifles); equipments for two hundred and sixty men; medical stores to the amount of $1,000; one set of surgical instruments; twenty A tents and three wall tents; five boxes of ammunition ; twenty days’ rations for two hundred and sixty men. “T remain, major, “Very respectfully, “I. S. BURRELL, “Colonel g2d Regt. Mass. Vols.” Admiral Farragut severely censured the naval officers for their conduct in this action, and would not listen to any explanations. He was chagrined at the capture of the Harriet Lane, When her crew, under parole, reported to him, on their return to the Federal lines, he gave them 138 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, a severe lecture, and accused each and every man of cowardice, threatening to punish those who tried to offer an excuse. The sailors said they had never seen the “old man” somad. A bitter feeling existed among the Harriet Lane’s crew against the CZif/ton’s crew, which led to several fistic encounters in New Orleans, when they met each other. A full inquiry into the cause of the disaster had been made by Admiral Farragut. A court-martial, held on board the flag-ship Hartford, had resulted in condemning Commanders Law and Wilson. The blame for this defeat had been placed where it belonged, and when the exchanged officers of the regiment left New Orleans for New York, General Banks placed in the colonel’s hands the following letter: “ FIEADQUARTERS DEPT. OF THE GULF, “New ORLEANS, August sth, 1864. “To His ExceELLency Governor ANDREW, ““Of Massachusetts : ‘Ser,— Colonel Isaac S. Burrell, of the Forty-Second Massachusetts Volunteers, left New York with the troops under my command at the time I entered service in this Department. Two days after I assumed command here he was sent with his regiment to protect the island of Gal- veston, which had been for three months in the possession of the naval authorities of the United States. Twocom- panies of his regiment, under his own command, arrived there on the twenty-fourth of December, 1862. The plans of the rebels for the recapture of the island had been so far matured that before the balance of his regiment could reach the island (a large part of which was within sight at the time the recapture occurred), it was impossible for MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS, 139 him, with his small force, to defend the post or effect a retreat with his men. By an arrangement with the com- manding officer of the naval squadron the rebels had maintained a railway communication from the main-land to the island, and upon the night of the attack they ran their forces of five or six thousand, with heavy artillery, to within a quarter of a mile of the position occupied by Colonel Burrell. It is unnecessary for me to recount the facts connected with this disaster to our arms, but it is just to Colonel Burrell, to say, that it is in no wise attributable to him, but that his conduct and that of his men, from the testimony of all parties, was highly creditable to the service. “He has been held prisoner of war by the enemy from the first of January, 1863, until recently exchanged. He has suffered greatly in health, and is entitled to considera- tion from the officers of the general government, as from the officers of the State of Massachusetts. I commend him to the favor of your Excellency, as in all respects worthy of favorable consideration. “T have the honor to be “Very respectfully, your obedient servant, “N. P. BANKS, “Major-General commanding.” 140 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, CHAPTER V. At CARROLLTON — BounD FOR GALVESTON — ARRIVAL oF COMPANIES — CAMP MANSFIELD — DETAILS. RIGADIER-GENERAL T. W. SHERMAN was in command of all United States forces assembled at several camps in and about Carrollton, a suburb of New Orleans, distant a few miles north of that city. The town did not contain many houses or white inhabitants, and was situated on low, wet, swampy ground. The vacant squares of building lots was ground on which the troops pitched their tents. Camp Mansfield contained the One Hundred and Tenth New York Infantry, One Hundred and Fifty-Sixth New York Infantry, One Hundred and Sixty-First New York Infantry, Third New Hampshire Infantry, Twenty- Fifth Connecticut Infantry, detachment Forty-Second Massachusetts Infantry, Twenty-Fifth New York Light Battery, Reed’s Massachusetts Rifle Rangers — in all about four thousand men; Colonel Littlejohn, th New York, commanding the post. The release from close confinement on board transports was, for a time, enjoyed by everybody, regardless of weather changes. The days were warm and pleasant, but the nights freezing cold, causing much suffering, as no boards could be obtained for tent floors, or firewood to build bonfires. Why diarrhcea and dysentery did not attack more men while at this camp, than was the case, is surprising. Camp regulations in regard to men being out of quarters after taps had to be set aside, for, finding it MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. I41I impossible to sleep without getting chilled, many of them would cluster around the cooking-stoves, that were kept heated, and endeavor to keep warm until day, with its bright, southern sunshine and warmth, should dawn, when they could be comfortable. The rattling of drums beating reveille in the various camps caused many a man of that four thousand to feel thankful. According to orders received the evening of January 2d, 1863, the detachment (Companies A, B and F) struck canip on the morning of January 3d, went to the river levee and embarked on board steamer Che-Kiang, at nine o’clock, ew route for Galveston, Texas, to join Companies D,G and I. While lying at the United States Barracks at night on the third, where most of the day was passed in taking aboard stores, ammunition, horses, and a detach- ment First Texas Cavalry, recruited from Texas refugees, a furious thunder-storm occurred. Rain fell in torrents; the lightning seemed to be everywhere and constant, with deafening peals of thunder. It was a scene not to be forgotten, and although showers of the same magnitude were afterwards experienced, none made so vivid an impression on the memory as this first thunder-storm witnessed in the sunny South. During Sunday, the fourth, there seemed to be a strange foreboding in the minds,of a great many that some unfortunate occurrence had taken place. The transport was not in a hurry to proceed on the voyage, and there was an ominous silence among officers who were supposed to know the cause of delay. At noon the truth became known. Galveston had been captured by Confederates, with Companies D, G and J, and the regimental colors. All the mad projects, which found vent in words, that started in the brains of men on board the Che-Kiang would not be believed if they were given here. A dare- 142 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, devil spirit to do something that would recapture their comrades, restore their colors, and wipe out the stigma which they felt would be against the regiment, animated every breast. When Lieutenant M. Burrell, Jr. with First-Sergeant Henry White, of Company A, came on board and recited their story of the affair, although not very elaborate or satisfactory, it was listened to with marked attention. They had started a few days before in the transport Honduras for Galveston, with the First Vermont Battery on board, arriving off the harbor on the morning of the capture, and been ordered back to New Orleans by a naval officer commanding a gunboat that was in the action, The companies disembarked a second time at Carrollton in the afternoon of January 4th, and went into camp at Camp Mansfield on worse ground than before. Next day Companies E and K, from the Charles Osgood, reported for duty and pitched their tents. Quartermaster Burrell and Adjutant Davis also came into camp, having just arrived from Galveston after escaping capture. They were received with cheers and congratulations. This camp was situated on very swampy ground with two ravines running lengthwise through it, made to drain the water during rainy seasqns. The arrangement of tents was made as symmetrical as possible, but formation of the ground completely spoiled its beauty. To reach the color-line a deep water gully had to be passed, marring the good appearance of a dress parade. The hospital was located in a vacated school-house, distant half a mile from camp, because it was impossible to accommodate patients in the hospital tent. Assistant-Surgeon Hitchcock was quite sick with typhoid fever soon after reaching Carrollton, and Assistant-Surgeon George C. Smith, One Hundred MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 143 and Fifty-Sixth New York Infantry, was detailed to occupy his position temporarily, serving the regiment from January 17th to 27th.* On the twelfth, Major Stiles, with Companies C and H, reported for duty at camp, receiving a warm reception. The men were as much pleased to tread dry land once more as their comrades were to see them. The day and night was occupied by the men in reciting each other’s adventures since they parted in New York. An aggravating case of desertion occurred January 2d, when Private Lewis Buffum, Company B, deserted the service and his regiment under circumstances proving him to be an arrant coward. Placed in a position as acting- engineer on board the transport Quizcy, while on her trip from New York with the three companies, he received the best of treatment, lived in the same manner as the officers, at no cost to himself, and on arrival at New Orleans received extra pay from Captain Clapp of the Quincy, for his services on the voyage; this Buffum, regardless of all feelings of honor and duty, improved the opportunity thus given him, detached and away from his company for a few days after landing, to procure a change of clothing and bribe the first-engineer on the Quincy to conceal him on board upon her return trip to New York. Several orders sent him to report for duty with his company and not obeyed caused a search. to be made, when his desertion was discovered. An overhauling of the Quincy failed to find him. It was ascertained some months afterward (April 24th), when he came into the hands of provost-marshal Captain John Pickering of New *While at Carrollton the average daily sick in the regiment was: taken sick, five ; returned to duty, five; sick in hospital, twelve; sick in quarters, eighteen; an average of thirty men each day under a surgeon’s care. 144 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, Orleans, having surrendered himself at Fort Columbus, New York harbor, March 31st, under the promise of pardon made by President Lincoln in General Orders No. 58, War Department, issued March rith, 1863, to all deserters who returned to duty, that Buffum was on board the Quincy during the search, stowed away on the top of her boiler. As the searching party passed one side of it he would slide down the opposite side until they had passed, and then return to the top. There are no extenuating circumstances connected with Buffum’s desertion. He was a married man, with wife and children living. As aman he should have had some respect for their feelings, even though he was without honor himself. He never was ill-treated by his officers, His profession placed him in a position to be of great service to the Government, by performing detached duty as engineer on some of the railroads and steamers con- trolled by United States officers in Louisiana. Private Buffum was so detailed by orders from Department headquarters, to which detail answer had to be returned: ‘Deserted in New Orleans, January 2d, 1863, and has not since been apprehended.” In connection with this case of desertion may properly be stated the three cases of enlisted men who were disciplined at this camp. Corporal Denny, Company E, was, January 22d, ordered to be placed in arrest by Lieutenant-Colonel Stedman. A captain objected to some statements that had appeared in a communication sent home by the corporal for publication, and preferred charges against him. Denny remained in arrest until after his trial by a division court-martial held January 27th, in New Orleans, and the proceedings of the court could be passed upon by General Sherman. The charge and specification was as follows: MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS, 145 CHARGE, “ Conduct to the prejudice of Good Order and Military Discipline.” Specification —In this: that he, Corporal Denny, was author of, did write and cause to be published in the Worcester Daily Spy, on the morning of December 2oth, 1862, an article containing sentiments false and calculated to mislead the public with reference to the acts of Captain George P. Davis, then commanding troops on board the Charles Osgood, and reflecting censure on his (Corporal Denny’s) superior officer, which article was, in form and substance, as follows: “Considerable feeling was created by the refusal of the privilege, but a quantity of whzskey provided by the officers allayed the feeling with some, while it only added intensity with others. It was looked at by many as a kind of 47zbe, while others were conscientiously opposed to the indiscriminate distribution of whiskey by even superior officers. It is to the credit of a large number that they threw the stuff overboard as soon as received. There is a general feeling that whiskey drinking is already too prevalent to have it so openly countenanced, and all well-wishers of the Union army hope the practice may soon be abandoned.” Said article, of which the above is only an extract, was written after the departure of the steamer Charles Osgood from New York and before her arrival at New Orleans, To which charge and specification the accused pleaded as follows : To the specification — Not guilty. To the charge — Not guilty. Ir 146 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, FINDING OF THE COURT. The Court, after mature deliberation on the evidence adduced, finds the accused, Corporal Everett A. Denny of Company E, Forty-Second Regiment Massachusetts Volun- teers, as follows : Of the specification — Guilty. Of the charge — Guilty. SENTENCE, And the Court does therefore sentence him, Corporal Everett A. Denny, Company E, Forty-Second Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, to be reduced to the ranks, to forfeit ten dollars of his pay, and to be publicly repri- manded by the commanding officer of his regiment. The senterice was approved in General Orders No. 16, Defences New Orleans, March 7th, 1863, and Corporal Denny released from arrest and returned to duty with his company March 17th. Whether the offence was worth the trouble and expense of a trial is a debatable question. Corporal Denny was young and inexperienced at the time; with more years upon his shoulders he would probably have been more discreet, There were many young correspondents with the army who did not always confine their letters to matters of public interest, but dabbled with surmises of probable movements by the troops, their strength, posi- tions occupied, and morale of officers and men. This is against army rules, and not to be tolerated. It is indirectly furnishing information of value to the enemy. Private James White, of Company A, while at Carrollton, disobeyed orders, using disrespectful language towards his superior officer. A regimental court-martial convicted and MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 147 sentenced him to forfeit one month’s pay and to walk six hours a day for fourteen days—three in the morning and three in the afternoon—with a log of wood tied across his back, weighing not more than fifty pounds and not less than twenty-five pounds, and to do fatigue duty every morn- ing, As provided in orders for regimental courts-martial, the sentence was approved by the brigade commander. Private Jotham E. Bigelow, of Company K, was placed in“arrest for sleeping on his sentry post. By regimental General Orders No. 11, issued January 3oth, he was released from arrest and ordered to duty, because, “from his previous good conduct as a soldier in all matters, and being the first case of the kind in the regiment.” A warning was issued in the orders that future cases would not be dealt with so leniently. All proceedings in cases proper for a regimental court- martial had to be before a field-officer of the regiment, by General Orders No. g1, issued July 29th, 1862, from the War Department. Major Stiles was in every case detailed to hear the evidence. At Carrollton several heavy details were made of work- ing parties to unload vessels at the levee, besides attending to a regular routine of camp duty. Short marches were taken out on the shell road to accustom the troops to that exercise. When Brigadier-General Emory assumed the command he watched sharply these marching drills, also the company and battalion drills of each organization. As some field-officers were inclined to consume time in executing fancy tactical movements when they had their regiments on drill, a general order was issued indicating a more rapid mode of instruction for the field. The follow- ing points were enjoined as of the first importance : ist. The firings —to be executed with facility, prompt- ness, and good order. 148 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, 2d. Rapid ployments and deployments while marching as well as from a halt. 3d. Sudden and rapid formations of squares against cavalry. With these instructions carefully and faithfully carried out, any troops could soon be made fairly efficient for field service, with discipline also enforced. Lieutenant-Colonel Stedman, on several occasions, as field-officer of the day, had to make the grand rounds. The start was usually made between eleven and twelve o’clock at night. Considerable ground had to be covered to reach various bodies of troops occupying scattered camps, while the outpost stations would consume much time. Acting under verbal orders to thoroughly do this duty, numerous attempts were made to catch sentries off their guard; in some cases quite successfully, but it resulted in creating bad feeling between the organization so caught, and the regiment from which the field-officer of the day belonged. One of the most notable cases was a surprise of the Fifteenth New Hampshire camp. Upon approaching a sentry he failed to challenge, and seemed glad to take part in a casual conversation, which was com- menced, when it was seen the man was not reliable in his duty. Finally, he was seized without resistance and his musket taken away, frightening the poor fellow to such an extent it was with difficulty the grand rounds’ party could remain by him while proceeding towards the guard quar- ters, where everything was found to be all right, with the men alert. The One Hundred and Tenth New York camp was entered one night without a challenge, or being seen by any sentinels; on stealthily approaching the guard quar- ters, where a log fire was burning, no sign of life was seen excepting a solitary sentinel pacing to and fro before a line MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 149 of stacked muskets. Watching a favorable opportunity he was made a quasi-prisoner, much to his chagrin, and on inspecting the guard tents a few men were found sound asleep, with no officer of the guard present. Routing out the regimental officer of the day to investigate the matter, it appeared that the reliefs, together with officers of the guard, had gone to their quarters for sleep. After a few incidents like these were reported to post headquarters, it was not long before sentries were wide. awake for surprises. It became dangerous business to attempt any fooling with sentries, and such attempts were abandoned. Whenever a field-officer of the Fifteenth New Hampshire or One Hundred and Tenth New York had the grand rounds, in retaliation, they tried various ways to catch the Forty-Second guard napping, but never succeeded. On one of these grand rounds’ tour of duty, while pro- ceeding along the levee road towards outpost stations, the road was found to be in an impassable condition, owing to a small break in the levee, not known to exist, as during the early afternoon one of the officers hdd found the road in good condition. An occupant of a house near at hand was awakened to obtain directions how to proceed: the man either intentionally or by mistake directed the party to take the levee embankment, his reasons for the bad condition of the road not creating any suspicion that a crevasse existed in the levee. Proceeding along the embankment with Sergeant-Major Bosson leading the mounted party, his horse suddenly stopped, and no amount of urging could induce the animal to move for- ward. In the pitchy darkness it was impossible to see what was the matter, so the party with difficulty (the embankment top was very narrow) turned about, going back, finally reaching another road leading to the out- posts, The next morning, upon examining the road at 150 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, this point, there was found a small break in the levee. Had the horse kept on for a few feet, both horse and rider would have been in the Mississippi River. A sharp report from several muskets, fired by sentinels, followed with a cry of fire, roused the camp at two o’clock on the morning of January 26th. Not far from the camp lines was a small frame house, used by officers of the Forty-Second for messing. This had caught fire, burning to the ground. The primitive fire department of Carroll- ton rallied, consisting of several white men, a gang of negroes with an old worn out double-deck hand fire- engine, requiring not over ten men to man the brakes, without suction hose, water being furnished the engine by hand buckets, and a small hose carriage. A detail of men from the regiment soon took possession of this fire appar- atus, relieving the local firemen of any responsibility, and earnestly endeavored to stop the flames. What was in rain water cisterns attached to the nearest houses was all the water that could be used. There was great sport in fighting this fire, as well as some sharp and brave work in saving what was in the house. For the purpose of obtain- ing indemnity from the Government, the owner implicated officers of the regiment with this fire. A council of inves- tigation was ordered by Brigadier-General Emory into the circumstances ; the detail consisted of Captains Cogswell and Cook and Lieutenant Gorham, who found that the fire was accidental. Lieutenant Proctor was without a command, as his com- pany were prisoners of war. Upon landing, with men of Company G who were with him, he met Colonel N. A. M. Dudley, an old friend, in the city, who requested him to join his brigade, then at Baton Rouge, as he wanted a brigade quartermaster, and wished to appoint the lieutenant to that position. Although attached to another brigade MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. I5a and division, Colonel Dudley thought he could arrange the matter with his division general, Grover, and the Department headquarters. Lieutenant Proctor proceeded to Baton Rouge, but Dudley could not carry out his plan, as Adjutant-General Irwin stated it was against the rules of the service. This was true. Lieutenant Proctor and his men reported back to the regiment February 3d. First Sergeant Nichols, Company G, was detailed acting lieutenant of Company E, vice Stowell, a prisoner of war. Sergeant Attwell, Company G, remained unattached. Private H. C. Green, Company G, was attached to Com- pany K for duty. Private John Luzardo, Company G, was attached to Company K for duty. Sergeant Vialle, Company G, remained unattached. War Department General Orders No. 5, issued January 5th, 1863, had made the troops in the Gulf Department to constitute the Nineteenth Army Corps, to date from December 14th, 1862. Orders were issued from - Depart- ment headquarters on the thirteenth of January attaching the Forty-Second to the Second Brigade, Second Division, Nineteenth Army Corps. In the brigade were the Twenty- Sixth Massachusetts Infantry, three years men; Forty- Second Massachusetts Infantry, nine months men ; Forty- Seventh Massachusetts Infantry, nine months men; Ninth Connecticut Infantry, three years men; Twenty-Eighth Maine Infantry, nine months men. The brigade was then under command of Colonel Farr, Twenty-Sixth Massa- chusetts Volunteers, and constituted part of the garrison in the Defences of New Orleans. The regiment remained in camp at Carrollton until Jan- uary 28th, receiving marching orders for five companies to take post at Bayou Gentilly, on the Ponchartrain Railroad crossing, on the twenty-seventh. 152 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, Up to this date the following changes by detail and sickness had occurred : January 17th—Companies C and H left for duty in engineer service. January 25th— Quartermaster Burrell was detailed by brigade orders as acting brigade quartermaster. Lieu- tenant Albert E. Proctor, Company G, by regimental orders, was detailed as acting regimental quartermaster, on the twenty-sixth. Assistant Surgeon Isaac Smith, Jr., Twenty-Sixth Mas- sachusetts Volunteers, was detailed to act as surgeon during Surgeon Hitchcock’s sickness, relieving Surgeon Smith, One Hundred and Fifty-Sixth New York Vol- unteers, and joined the regiment for duty on the twenty- ninth, at Bayou Gentilly. Captain George P. Davis, Company K, and Lieutenant T. M. Duncan, Company F, by department orders, were detailed for duty in the provost-marshal general’s office, on the twenty-first. Captain Charles A. Pratt, Company E, had been absent from camp on sick leave, and not on duty since his com- pany landed from the Charles Osgood. Captain Pratt did not see any service with his company. He resigned, and was discharged for ill health by Special Orders No. —, Gulf Department, March 28th, 1863. January 3d— Corporal Alonzo I. Hodsdon, Company D, was appointed acting quartermaster-sergeant, in place of Foster, taken prisoner at Galveston. Hodsdon, with the pay of his rank as corporal to July 12th, performed the arduous duty of the position in a most admirable manner during the term of the regiment. Special mention is made in his case over that of other non-commissioned staff- officers, because of his devoted attention to the duties with no prospect before him of any promotion to the MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 153 position. While Foster lived, Corporal Hodsdon remained a corporal. Foster’s parole, when released by the Con- federates, did not allow him to take his position until exchanged, which did not occur during the term of service. January 1st— Private Eldridge G. Harwood, Company B, was appointed regimental carpenter. January 15th—Private Clark K. Denny, Company F, was detailed as orderly and clerk at regimental head- quarters. January 15th — Private Leavitt Bates, Company A, was detailed as clerk to headquarters of General Emory, at Carrollton. Relieved February 3d. ‘ January 15th— Private John A. Loud, Company A, was made regimental armorer. January 30th — Private Winfield B. Tirrell, Company A, was detailed as orderly at brigade headquarters, by brigade orders. The Quartermaster Department was advanced a stage in its appointments, by organizing the wagon train, as follows: Private John Willy, Company B, chief wagoner ; Private Porter Carter, Company K, Corporal Alfred Thayer, Company I, Privates Chauncey K. Bullock, Com- pany D, G. G. Belcher, Company F, Joseph B. Ford, Com- pany A, as wagoners. On moving to Bayou Gentilly the following sick men were left in general hospital at Carrollton: Privates Adin P, Blake, Company B, George E. Pond, Company B, Lucius M. Turner, Company B, and Surgeon Hitchcock. 154 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, CHAPTER VI. FEBRUARY — AT BAYOU GENTILLY— MORE DETAILS. HAT part of Bayou Gentilly where a portion of the Forty-Second was to remain in camp for nearly five months was, at the time of arrival, a most desolate looking place. The Gentilly road passed the camp ground, leading to Fort Macomb, on Lake Ponchartrain, and at this point, at this time, was in a wretched condition. Each side of the road was lined by small plantations and pasture lands, extending back for a short distance to swamps. Most of the plantations were uninhabited, the land covered with rank vegetation, and showed every sign of abandonment. Occasionally some hut or rude cabin would give signs of life — occupied by charcoal burners, who carried on their vocation in the swamps. The Ponchartrain Railroad, from New Orleans to Lakeport, on Lake Ponchartrain, five miles long, in a direct line through the swamp to the lake, ran only two trains a day. Save the regiment, scarcely a per- son would be seen for days. A sugar-cane plantation near the camp, belonging to a Mr. Lee, was used to pasture private and Government cattle, and recruit the strength of horses and mules run down by hard service in the army. The private residence, negro cabins, stables and work houses remained in very good order. The sugar-house was a mass of ruins. An extensive grove of plum trees was in good condition. Pent up in this flat spot of land, with nothing to relieve the eye but a mass of trees situated in the swamp, their MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS.. 155 limbs covered with light-colored moss, had a depressing effect on the spirits of some men, who began early to show signs of home-sickness. The ground selected for the camp was upon the old Louisiana race-course, the best to be found in the neigh- borhood. This race-course had been surrounded by a high board fence, such as enclose similar grounds, but had disappeared, leaving the ground as open as the land about it. Adjoining the Gentilly road and Ponchartrain Railroad, the side towards New Orleans was on the border of a swamp. This ground was formerly occupied for a camp by Confederate troops. The famous Washington Artillery, of New Orleans, first went into camp at this place at the commencement of hostilities. A portion of the Confederate garrison of New Orleans, when General Butler landed, were also encamped here. What few inhab- itants were to be seen said that a large number of men had at various times been in camp at this point, and was a general rendezvous for many of the Louisiana troops when organizing for the war. Many an hour has been pleasantly passed inspecting the writings and pictures upon the walls of a building used by them as a hospital, placed there by men from the Thirtieth and Thirty-First Louisiana regi- ments. By railroad the distance from New Orleans to Gentilly Station was three miles, and from Gentilly Station to the Lake End, or Lakeport, was two miles. A short distance up the track towards Lakeport and back from the Gentilly road, which the railroad crosses at grade, was an earthwork mounting four heavy guns, called Battery Gentilly, flanked by extensive breastworks for infantry, with wide and deep ditches in front filled with water. Trees in the swamp in front had been cut down for a considerable distance to give good range to the guns. Another earthwork, mount- 156 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, ing nine guns, was situated on the Gentilly road, towards Fort Macomb, some two and one-half miles from the rail- road track, and was in all its surroundings similar to Bat- tery Gentilly. On the twenty-eighth of January, when the regiment changed camps, the roads were in very good condition in spite of cold weather, and rain falling for two days previous, Great coats were worn; the men were in excellent spirits, and the distance, about three miles, was accomplished early in the afternoon. Very few men straggled; most of those that did were suffering from diarrhcea. The line of march embraced a circuit of New Orleans on its immediate outskirts, affording few opportunities to see subjects of interest to strangers in a new land. A greater part of the houses were either deserted or occupied by the poorer class of people; only a few were evidently the property of wealthy individuals. Some handsome residences were seen, but their occupants were decidedly unfriendly. They could be seen looking slyly through blinds and from door corners, but none threw their windows open in a bold manner to look out of them, as the regiment marched past. The houses were generally in good repair, many of one or two stories in height, with large windows and doors; nearly one-half had a veranda in front of each story. The gardens were in a deplorable condition. Few people were seen on the roads, and they, except the negroes, evinced no interest in the regiment. There was one knot of women collected together who would frequently hiss: “ d Yankees,” “ain’t you ashamed,” “ hope you will all die,” and similar words of welcome. None of the men paid any attention to them. Coffee houses and apol- ogies for restaurants, located on the route, were generally closed for want of business; their signs were retained, MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 157 put up when the secession excitement was in full blaze. Beauregard was the favorite name for use on these signs. Having arrived at Bayou Gentilly, by night-time camp was pitched and everything made as comfortable as pos- sible. The hospital was located in a wide and long one- story wooden building, formerly used for a liquor and refreshment saloon, attached to the race-course. Head- quarters was also established in the building. The quar- termaster and commissary stores, and the horses, occupied a similar building, which had been built or refitted for the purpose, a short distance away towards the railroad crossing General Banks, having issued a general order calling for volunteers to fill the Second Vermont Battery, Captain Holcomb, the next day, twenty-ninth, Corporal Thomas Hanson White, Company K, Private John B. Williams, Company K, Private Addison J. Williams, Company K, Private William F. Howard, Company K, Private Horace M. Cowles, Company K, Private Oscar J. Stockwell, Company E, and Private Oliver King, Company E, who had volunteered, received their descriptive lists, final orders, and left camp to join the battery then stationed at Donaldsonville, to remain until their term of service expired. This battery was in the army before Port Hudson, and the men saw some hard service. None of them died from disease, or were wounded or killed. They rejoined the regiment at Algiers, July 23d. The month of January closed with five companies on duty at Bayou Gentilly, showing a strength of sixteen officers and four hundred and forty-nine men present, with sixteen of the men sick in hospital. In February the regiment was still further scattered by several details. Cold and rainy weather, combined with these continual details, rather dispirited for awhile both 158 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, officers and men, who gradually became convinced that as a body the regiment was not destined during its service to perform any gallant deeds, or be placed in a position to try and do so. A detachment of one sergeant, three corporals and twenty-five privates from Company A, under command of Lieutenant Martin Burrell, Jr., was ordered February 3d to take charge and guard the battery situated on the Gentilly road, towards Fort Macomb. At the time of taking charge of this battery it mounted nine guns. Battery Gentilly did not have an armament. During the month, as nothing was to be feared from the enemy in this direc- tion, and the Confederates could attempt a demonstration against New Orleans from the direction of the lake in the neighborhood of Lakeport, Bayou St. John and Hickok’s Landing, General Sherman, commanding Defences New Orleans, had his ordnance officer, Captain Pease, Forty- Seventh Massachusetts Volunteers, remove the guns from this battery and use them to equip Battery Gentilly on the railroad track and Battery St. John on St. John Bayou. Removal of these guns and putting them into their new positions occupied about one month. On the eighteenth the transfer had so far advanced that the detachment under Lieutenant Burrell was ordered to the battery on the Ponchartrain Road. It was not until March roth that Battery St. John was occupied and taken in charge by the remaining men of Company A, under command of Captain Coburn. Pay day were talismanic words to the soldier. Visions of a pocket full of “ Uncle Sam’s ” greenbacks float before the eyes of those men who had not allotted their money. Depending altogether on his frugality, for days or weeks after being paid off a soldier can visit the sutler, and at enormous prices buy little delicacies and necessaries to MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 159 go with his Government rations, to make them more palatable. Tobacco and pipes were the most popular articles of purchase. Liquor had peculiar charms for a great many. The first muster for pay of the regiment took place at Carrollton on the twenty-seventh of January, when the troops at that place were mustered to December 31st, 1862. Government always has its troops in arrears two months at least, to cover any overdrafts on clothing account, or fines charged them by sentence of courts- martial for misdemeanors. ‘The troops are mustered for pay on the last day of the month every two months during the year, when all men present are reported on the muster and pay rolls, who draw their pay when the paymaster makes his appearance. Absent men, except on detached service by orders, do not get mustered, but have to wait until the next muster and payment before obtaining any money; this, to most men, is sufficient punishment for their absence without leave. Companies A, B, E, F and K were paid off at Bayou Gentilly on February 2d, by a major in the Paymasters’ Department attached to the Department of the Gulf. Companies C and H were paid a few days later at Camp Parapet. Payments to all companies of the regiment (except Company. K) were made with regularity and promptness during the term of service, because, stationed in close proximity to New Orleans most of the time afforded paymasters easy access to them. Company K, while on duty with the army in the field, was not so fortunate. The paroled men of Companies D, G and I were first mustered for pay on the regular muster day, February 28th, and first paid April 27th, when they were paid from the date of their enlistment to March 1st. Those who did not allot any of their pay, received what 160 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, seemed to be at that time large sums of money. The nine months troops were allowed regular pay from time of signing the enlistment rolls, and a large number had done so early in August and September, 1862; they had, there- fore, some six and seven months pay due them. The allotment system never found much favor with men of the Forty-Second, so that nearly every soldier received the full amount due him without any deductions. Many men, with families at home, availed themselves of an express arrange- ment at low rates with the Adams & Co. Express, to forward most of their pay, every pay day, to those in need of it. The unmarried men, with those of a spendthrift character, retained their money, spending the larger part of it ina bar-room, otherwise called a sutler’s shop, situated in the same building used for headquarters and for a hospital, kept by a man called Charley Ellis. This man Ellis, in all outward appearances a well-meaning man, was at heart a perfect rogue. Formerly lessee of the New Orleans race-course (the grounds occupied by the regiment for a camp), at the time Louisiana seceded he was a professed Union man, suffering a short imprisonment in the Parish jail, and was treated to a coat of tar and feathers for his sentiments. Nothing definite is known of his former history except that he was a professional horse jockey, an admirer of sports of the turf, and a regular sporting man. As lessee of the race-course he ran in debt, and was unable to pay. Upon the occupation of New Orleans by troops under General Butler, he enlisted the sym- pathies of that general. He kept a regular drinking saloon in the city, and whenever troops occupied the race-course for a camp opened a branch establishment on the ground, if he was lucky enough to hoodwink the commanding officer, nominally to furnish sutlers’ stores, but practically as a drinking saloon. MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS, 161 Ellis, by his plausible stories and seductive manners, completely blindfolded the eyes of officers in the Forty- Second at first, and was allowed to open his saloon. By rendering little favors and trifling services to the officers he managed to keep in their good graces, and became intimate enough to borrow considerable sums of money from them, much of which was never repaid. He once got a loan from the hospital fund that created some trouble in the hospital by his not paying back the money at the stipulated time, thereby preventing the surgeons from obtaining those little extras they were in the habit of furnishing to their patients, until, by threats, Ellis was made to pay this borrowed amount. The building occupied for headquarters and hospital Ellis endeavored to make the officers believe belonged to him, as lessee of the grounds, although it was known his lease was void from non-fulfilment of its conditions on his part. On the departure of the regiment from Bayou Gentilly he presented a bill for rent of the building, at the rate of five hundred dollars a month, for the length of time it was occupied by the regiment, to Lieutenant-Colonel Stedman, for his approval. It was never approved. Why Ellis was allowed to remain inside of the regimental lines with his stock of bad liquors for sale was a mystery to those who had learned his character and saw what mis- chief he was doing. The surgeons were opposed to his being allowed there, and remonstrated against it, and Chaplain Sanger, who could not help seeing that not alone disease of the body but disease of the mind was one of the results sure to accrue from this sutler’s shop, joined in the remonstrance. Two other liquor saloons on the road, in close proximity to the camp, were also doing mischief. Verbal orders were at one time given their proprietors not to sell liquor 12 162 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, to a soldier, on pain of having their stock demolished; but as no extra vigilance was exercised in detecting offences against the orders, they were not considered as of any account. February 4th, Privates Thomas Burns, John Nolan and Thomas Mathews, stragglers in New York from Company D, returned and were assigned to duty with Company E. On the eighteenth, Privates Greene and Luzardo, of Com- pany G, on duty with Company K, were detached and assigned to duty with Company E, and Private Joseph V. Colson, Company G, was assigned to Company E. Private Colson was a straggler in New York from the regiment, He had a varied experience on his trip to New Orleans. Reporting to the proper officer in New York, he was put aboard the ship P/anter, with some two hundred other men belonging to various regiments of the Nineteenth Corps. The ship went upon the reefs at Grand Abeco Island, in the Bahama Channel, during good weather, about four o’clock in the morning. All hands were saved by the ship’s boats, landing them upon the island, where they remained seventeen days, subsisting on pork and water saved from the wreck and shell fish obtained on the island. Finally a few wrecking schooners carried the troops to Key West, and from there they were sent to New Orleans to rejoin their several commands. Of the two hundred and fifty horses aboard, all were lost. The vast amount of medical stores and other property was mostly saved by wreckers ; some fifty wrecker sail were counted by Colson hovering about the ship in three days after going upon the reef, What was saved by these wreckers was taken to Nassau. Aboard the ship it was believed that the captain, a Southerner, purposely wrecked the vessel. Colson reported having a good time on the trip, but it seemed like home to him when he reached the regiment. MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 163 The only case in February before Major Stiles, for discipline, was that of Private James Minz, Company K, for disobedience of orders and using disrespectful lan- guage to his superior officer. Conviction and sentence followed, the sentence meeting the approval of the brigade commander, which was, to forfeit eight dollars a month of his pay to the United States for two months and to remain a prisoner at the guard tent for seven days, doing fatigue duty each day. A system of rocket signals was arranged between the brigade headquarters in New Orleans, the Gentilly Station and Lakeport. In case the enemy appeared at night upon the lake, three rockets at Lakeport, or in the city, was the signal for the regiment to get under arms and await orders from the general commanding Defences of New Orleans. Several times the sentries mistook shooting stars for rockets, and raised alarms in the camp; even the officers have been led at times to think these stars were signal rockets. They certainly did have that appearance when seen for a moment in the remarkable clear atmosphere prevailing during the early part of the night, just above tall trees of the swamp, and would be apt to mislead any person who was on the lookout for such signals. Among the several new sensations experienced at Bayou Gentilly were a few night alarms. Only those who have for-the first time in a hostile country heard the drums beat to arms near the midnight hour can form any idea of the sensation it gives to a raw soldier. The heart beats quick; he can feel his blood warming up; every nerve is strung to the highest tension in anticipation of stirring events about to happen. The regiment, for several nights in succession, during February, was under arms for what, at the time, were thought to be good causes, but at a later period partook 164 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, of the ludicrous and provoked a smile. The first alarm was started one night by Lieutenant-Colonel Stedman, for the purpose of testing the guard in a knowledge of its duty. Ata distance of about one-quarter of a mile from camp he fired his pistol some three or four times towards the camp and then quickly returned to his headquarters, The officer of the guard aroused the camp at once by causing the long roll to be beaten, and reported the cir- cumstances to the officer of the day, who proceeded to report to Lieutenant-Colonel Stedman, and entered head- quarters a moment after his return. The regiment was always in line from five to ten minutes after a call to arms, ready to obey orders. On the occasion narrated a detachment of thirty men was sent down the road leading toward Fort Macomb, with orders to scour the plantations upon each side and ascertain the cause of firing. Sergeant-Major Bosson was fond of giving his experience on this, his first night on ascout. In detail he gave the peculiar feelings that came over him when prowling around and looking into every nook and corner of a ruined sugar-house, accom- panied by two men, expecting to find a body of armed men secreted there; how he afterwards joined the detach- ment on the road, and then with another detail of two men searched plantations upon the left of the road as far down as the battery, where Lieutenant Burrell with his detachment was stationed, saving the life of a cow one of his companions mistook for a man dodging around among the swamp trees and made ready to fire at. A number of officers had with them patent-armored vests, that were sold extensively when the nine months troops were enlisting. Those iron-clad arrangements were put on with such alacrity at every night alarm that the officers who unfortunately owned them must have laughed MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS, 165 when, at home safe and sound after their term of service expired, they thought over the dangers they passed through in Louisiana, especially at Bayou Gentilly. Some of the officers have slept at night with these iron cases on, and it came to be a fixed custom until the hot weather set in for owners of iron vests to don them when the regiment was under arms for any supposable emerg ncy, more for the purpose of making some use of them, or, as they jocosely remarked, “get their money’s worth out of them at any rate.” Officers who were in the Galveston action also had these iron vests. They were forgotten when trouble was expected and no use made of them. A private in Company F, a troublesome fellow and great shirk, endeavored to pass a sentinel without giving the countersign on the night of February 14th. He was properly challenged but paid no attention to the call, “Who goes there!” repeated a number of times, when the sentry, also a private of Company F, aimed his musket and fired at him for his temerity. The ball whistled by his head and passed through the hospital without damage. The fellow did not receive any sympathy, nor did he deserve any, and the fright given him was deemed suffi- cient punishment and warning not to repeat the blunder.* Quite a number of men in Company F were sick. Two of the cases baffled the surgeon’s skill until it was decided, after an inspection of company quarters, that in these two cases signs and symptoms of scurvy was manifested, and * Adjutant Davis had a similar adventure at this camp. A sentry challenged him without receiving a reply, made ready and levelled his gun at him. The click of the trigger woke Davis from a reverie to instantly comprehend his situation and answer the challenge. This sentry acknowledged he recognized the adjutant, and yet main- tained he should have fired at him ina moment after taking aim. As Davis was inside the camp on official business, such action on the sentinel’s part would not have been humane or proper, while it might have been justified. As he recognized his officer and thought, as he admits, that his challenge was not heard, to have stopped the adjutant at the point of his bayonet was sufficient. 166 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, fresh meat in place of “salt horse” ought to be provided. The brigade quartermaster was unable to fill a requisition for fresh meat, while the camp was serenaded night and day by constant tinkling of a hundred cow-bells, attached to as many cows. The idea of going without fresh meat when it wa@ needed, with a herd of cattle within reach, was more than the officers could stand, and a council was held at regimental headquarters. The result was, Captain Cogswell received authority to take some of his men, who understood how to slaughter and dress cattle, and go to work that night. The party consisted of Major Stiles, Captain Cogswell, Sergeant-Major Bosson, Sergeant B. A. Bottomley, Cor- poral Sylvander Bothwell, Privates Harvey Allen (company cook), George Mann and Charles Sanderson, of Company F. They selected a fine animal, placed a rope around her horns with difficulty, and dragged the cow towards a grove of trees, selected as a proper place to dress her. Every- thing was done in a workmanlike manner, as the butchers knew their business, and after the fresh beef was carried upon aconfiscated ladder to the regimental quartermaster’s depot all hands returned to Company F’s quarters, to partake of broiled steak and liver, cooked by Harvey Allen about one o’clock in the morning. Not satisfied with this supply of beef, Lieutenant Harding and men from his company (Company K) again made a raid on the herd of cattle shortly after and slaughtered cow number two, without authority. In this case the hide and entrails were buried in the swamp, while Captain Cogswell’s butchers threw the head, hide and entrails into a well of water used by the cattle, near the paroled camp. No one supposed these cows would be missed, until the owner appeared and made inquiries about them. He was not satisfied with his reception in the MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 167 camp, proceeding to prowl around to ascertain where they were. His attention was attracted to the well of water, where all that remained of cow number one had been placed, by the moaning of several head of cattle that stood near smelling of the water and tearing up the turf with their feet, when a hundred men of the regiment, who had been watching him with curiosity from the camp line, saw the owner fish out the head and hide with a long pole. He then made complaint to the provost-marshal in New Orleans, who invited the regimental officers to explain. In order to prevent an unpleasant inquiry the affair was settled by the officers making up a purse of about three hundred dollars to pay the owner’s claim ; this fresh meat costing them dear in the end. No cattle were molested afterwards. Before Assistant-Surgeon Smith, Twenty-Sixth Massa- chusetts, was relieved from charge of the hospital a curious case came under his care, ending in a manner discreditable to him. Private Francis N. Prouty, Company F, was sick in hospital with malarial fever. No one thought the case serious until, one morning, Surgeon Smith came into the headquarters office excited and breathless, reporting Prouty as dying. Word was sent to Captain Cogswell and his company officers, who at once repaired to the sick-room, accompanied by Chaplain Sanger and several others, to witness the dying scene. There Prouty lay upon his cot, with head and shoulders bolstered up by pillows, breathing short and quick, no sign of death in his face, that had an intelligent look, and his eyes their natural appearance. The other patients in the room were resting upon elbows on their cots watching Prouty with wondering eyes, as the solemn procession filed in and took positions near the supposed dying man. While the surgeon kept one hand 168 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, upon the patient’s pulse, Chaplain Sanger offered a fervent prayer in his behalf that only served to produce a look of wonder in Prouty’s eyes, that appeared to say, what in the devil is this all about? He did not die, and afterwards said, had no intention of doing so, to please any one. The whole scene ended, after waiting about half an hour, in the solemn procession retiring from his side, pleased to find that the end was not to come, and somewhat mad with the surgeon for his opinion on the case. Smith had not been considered a surgeon of any skill before this event, and this case served to deepen the distrust of his ability. During February New Orleans was alive with army officers and men, on furlough and without leave, indulging in all sorts of wild dissipation. The evil became so great that special orders were issued by General Banks to General Sherman to stop it. Stringent orders relative to passes, rigidly enforced, soon put an end to this demoraliz- ing conduct. Another source of trouble was the’ presence of large negro contraband camps in the vicinity of the city, requiring other stringent orders to be issued for their government, and regulating the behavior of soldiers towards them. In January the ladies in New Orleans had shown a disposition to indulge in petty insults to soldiers whom they met on the streets, and caused a circular, dated January 13th, to be issued, which put a stop to much of this silly nonsense, but did not do away with it entirely. The circular read as follows : “ HEADQUARTERS DEPT. OF THE GULF, “New ORLEANS, January 13th, 1863. ‘Notice is hereby given by the commanding general of this Department that offensive personal demonstrations, by language or conduct of any character, by persons of any MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 169 class whatever, with the intention of giving personal offence, or tending to disturb the public ‘peace, are for- bidden, and will be punished with relentless severity. Parents will be held responsible for the respectful conduct of their children, and prompt measures will be taken to fasten upon the proper parties any act of this character. All persons who may be witnesses to such conduct, are directed, as a measure of public peace, to give informa- tion thereof to the provost-marshal, or at these head- quarters. “ By command of “MAJOR-GENERAL BANKS, “RicHARD B. IRwIN, “Lieut-Col., Assistant Adjutant-General.” F Brigade drills under Colonel Farr, and a brigade review and inspection, by Brigadier-General Sherman, commanding division, were had while at Gentilly Bayou. The brigade drills were interesting, and considering the short time most of the regiments had been in service were quite satisfactory. ‘Three drills were all this brigade ever had, on account of its being posted over a large extent of ground, and at posts that could not be left exposed by gathering the men together for such a purpose. It was the custom to leave camp at eight a.m. on brigade drill days, in light marching order, as a march had to be made of about three miles to the drill ground. The weather would be hot and sun very scorching; on one drill only did the weather prove treacherous, and then the regiment was caught in a thunder shower. After several hours devoted to drill, and then a march back to camp with but short intervals for rest during the time, no rations in haversacks to make a dinner from, when the regiment 170 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, arrived in camp, usually about half-past three to four o’clock in the afternoon, the men would be thirsty, hungry, hot and dusty. While such service may not be equal toa day’s march in an active campaign, yet for the regiment to perform it with so few men falling out of the ranks from fatigue, as was the case, shows what good material for service composed the regiment. These drills were not without their attendant scenes and excitements. Crowds of negroes, of both sexes, would hover around the ground to hear the bands of music and witness the evolutions. Colonel Farr would fre- quently lose his temper and damn both officers and men; Colonel Marsh, Forty-Seventh Massachusetts Volunteers, particularly meriting the displeasure of the brigade com- mander, and received many of that officer’s choice remarks. Colonel Marsh was not a military man. The way in which he managed to twist his regiment around, mix the companies up and the brigade also, caused more laughter among the men than any other incident. It was amusing to see the expression of wonder on the face of Colonel Marsh when his regiment would be out of place, with the brigade standing at ease, waiting for him to place the regiment where it belonged, and Colonel Farr, accom- panied by his entire staff, coming up at a full gallop to know “What in h—ll is the matter now?” Captain “Ned” Bird, Company I, Forty-Seventh Massachusetts, acting as major, would always have to give the correct orders that brought his regiment into proper position. At a brigade drill which took place on the twenty-sixth of February, the new colors, which had been sent to the regiment by Governor Andrew, to replace those lost at Galveston, were unfurled and carried in the ranks for the first time. This second set of regimental colors never trembled from the whistle of bullets or fluttered amid MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. I7I smoke from powder during the term of service. They were seldom used, consequently on the return home of the regiment they looked new, bright colored and clean, as though fresh from the designer’s hand. Brigadier-General Sherman impressed an observer very favorably. He was a regular army officer, familiar with all details of the service, courteous in manner towards all officers — a thorough soldier and gentleman. When inspect- ing the brigade assembled for a drill, February roth, on reaching the Forty-Second, in position for inspection, he noticed the regimental colors were missing. He sharply called the attention of Lieutenant-Colonel Stedman to the fact, and when informed they had been lost at Galveston his tone of voice quickly changed; lifting his hat he replied: “I beg your pardon, colonel.” There is no importance attached to this incident, except that it showed the thoroughbred officer, and made quite an impression on those near enough to hear the conversation, engendering a feeling that here was an officer to be trusted, and his orders could be obeyed with confidence. Not many volunteer officers display such tact and discrimination. During February the following additional changes by detail occurred: Private Martin Proctor, Company F, was made steward for the field and staff officers’ mess at regimental headquarters; on that duty until relieved in July in consequence of sickness. February 2nd — Private Henry E. Putnam, Company E, was detailed as clerk at brigade headquarters by brigade orders, where he remained until July, and then returned to his company. February 18th—Private Edward J. Worcester, Com- pany E, was made regimental armorer, a position he held until his term of service expired, vice Private Loud, detailed to assist Lieutenant Pease. 172 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, February 18th Company K left the regiment to act as pontoniers to the Nineteenth Army Corps. February 25th— Captain Cogswell, Company F, ap- pointed as corporals George L. Stone and Sylvander Bothwell, in place of C. H. Woodcock and E. A. Spooner, who preferred to join the regimental band. At the close of February there were present for duty in the four companies at Gentilly Bayou, and Company K, in New Orleans, twenty officers and four hundred and twenty-five men. Present sick in hospital, seventeen men. The average sick per day of the regiment during February was: taken sick, five; returned to duty, five; in hospital, fourteen; in quarters, eleven. Two men were sent to general hospitals in New Orleans. Surgeon Hitchcock returned to duty on the twenty-fourth, relieving Surgeon Smith, and Surgeon Heintzelman reported for duty March ist. MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS, 173 CHAPTER VII. ENLISTED MEN PRISONERS aT Houston —MarCH FOR THE FEDERAL LINES— ARRIVAL AT NEW ORLEANS. HE rank and file of the Forty-Second, with captured sailors of the Harriet Lane, were confined in a cotton press, situated in close proximity to Buffalo Bayou. The officers were quartered in the third story of Kennedy’s brick building, upon one of the streets not far from the cotton press. While in Houston the men received good treatment and were allowed a furlough in the city every day, four men at atime, under guard. Their officers were allowed to visit them frequently, and cheering words, coupled with good advice, was not wanting. The food furnished was the same as issued to Confederate soldiers, consisting of corn meal, rice, sugar, dried and fresh beef, corn coffee, and occasionally a small supply of salt. The coarse ground corn meal was baked and made into what was called corn- dodger, to take the place of the Federal ration of hard bread. Until General Magruder left Houston, when the ration was taken away, the officers were favored with extra rations of flour. A German baker, formerly of Roxbury, Mass., was found, who took this flour in ex- change for bread. Diarrhcea and dysentery were quite prevalent under this diet and a change of water, with. sudden, sharp changes of weather that occurred, from warm to cold, and vice versa. Surgeon Cummings, whose ability was acknowledged at 174 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, all times by the Confederate officers, was, for a time, given his parole of honor, and assisted in taking care of the wounded and sick, Federals and Confederates. It was asserted that many of the Confederate wounded would not allow their own surgeons to attend them, preferring the care of Surgeon Cummings, in whose honor be it said, friend or foe, who needed his services, shared alike. A jolly, social set of men, who made everything pleasant as possible, composed the guard —a dismounted company of cavalry, known as Captain Clipper’s company. Their discipline and drill was very, very crude, and often a subject of comment and amusement to the prisoners, who heartily enjoyed the ceremony of guard-mounting as done by this company; soldiers continually chewing tobacco, spitting the juice freely, talking with each other, and laughing all through the parade. The unsoldier-like conduct and poor quality of Sibley’s men, and the entire Confederate force under General Magruder, was a noted fact throughout the State: poorly armed and equipped, indifferently officered, without honor, discipline, or esprit de corps. After the fight at Galveston, Magruder issued an order to his command calling attention to these facts, entreating them to reform and be true soldiers, reciting, as an example of what well-disciplined, efficient troops could accomplish, the stubborn defence of Kuhn’s Wharf by the Forty-Second Massachusetts Volunteers. The prisoners busied themselves with card playing, singing, making little trinkets from bones left from their meat, and in various other ways ; selling their bone trinkets in large numbers to the ladies and others of Houston at good prices in Confederate money, which was used to buy what extras for food they could purchase. Many of the inhabitants would gather in the vicinity of the cotton press to obtain a glimpse at the northern barbarians, as the MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 175 prisoners were termed; people from the country for miles around came to Houston for this purpose. It is related for a fact, by a sergeant who overheard the conversation, that a little girl who had been brought by her mother to see them, said to her: “ Why, mother, they haven’t got any horns; you said they had!” This was about the idea Texan people had of northern troops at the time. Previous to leaving Houston positive information was obtained relative to the fate of Amos and Revaleon. They had been sold as slaves to Texan planters, bringing some- where near five hundred dollars each. They were bright, intelligent colored lads, cousins, fascinated with camp life, and notwithstanding the bitter opposition of their parents were determined to see service in the army in some capacity, finally prevailing upon the surgeon and quartermaster to take them as servants. Revaleon was owned by several masters, receiving good treatment, until at last he was taken for a servant by Major Leon Smith, who intended to send him into the Federal lines if he ever got near enough to do so. A few colored men that were in the Harriet Lane crew did not fare so well, suffering harsh treatment by being treated as convicts, with incarceration in the State Prison at Huntsville. All were released at the close of the war and came home in the summer of 1865. Orders were issued at five o’clock on the morning of January 22d for the men to be ready to move at ten o'clock. Permission was given the captains to visit their companies and bid them good-by. Captains Savage and Sherive did so. Captain Savage said-a few words of regret at the necessary separation, and was expressing his fervent wishes for their future safety and prosperity when obliged to stop short, his feelings having completely unmanned him. Captain Sherive was full of fight, and 176 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, exhorted them to pitch in and “give them h—Ill” when- ever exchanged and again armed. Colonel Burrell (who was refused the privilege of seeing his men) and the other officers, after an interview with the orderly-sergeants at officers’ quarters, sent by them a farewell to the companies. Delays occurred in the preparations, and it was two o’clock in the afternoon before the men fell into line for roll-call, proceeding at once, after repeated cheers for the officers were given, to the depot, where platform cars with seats built upon them were in readiness. With a good- by to the guard a start was made about six o’clock for Beaumont. The following sick and wounded men were left behind, not able to stand the fatigue and exposure of the journey: Private Edwin F. Josselyn, Company D, wounded; Private Francis L. Morrill, Company D, wounded; Private James O’Shaughnessy, Company D, wounded; Corporal Henry W. McIntosh, Company D, sick; Private Dennis Dailey, Company D, sick; Sergeant David L. Wentworth, Com- pany G, wounded; Private Joseph W. D. Parker, Company G, wounded; Private Joseph W. McLaughlin, Company I, sick, returned to Houston from Beaumont ; Private Samuel R. Hersey, Company C, remained with the colonel; Citizen Frank Veazie, cook to officers’ mess, remained with the colonel. Corporal McIntosh, suffering with diarrhoea, was so weak he had to be supported by two soldiers when led out to say good-by to his comrades he never expected to see again, and never did. At first General Magruder intimated his intention to march the men across Texas to the Red or Mississippi Rivers. Such a march was condemned by prominent officers in his Department as certain death to a large MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 177 number, and transportation was furnished for part of the way. It was stated in a boastful manner by the guards and citizens, that few would live to reach the Federal lines. This may have been mere boasting and only an expression of what they wished would occur, for the condition of the country passed over, and hardships endured by the men, were in no measure to be compared to what they had been led to expect by the representations of these parties, and it may safely be said their enemies were ignorant of what would have to be encountered. With enlisted men and Chaplain Sanger, of the Forty- Second Regiment, were the sailors of the Harriet Lane, Assistant-Surgeon Thomas N. Penrose, Paymaster R. Julius Richardson, and the third assistant-engineers of that vessel, who had been allowed to go upon a claim made by all the captured officers, that these officers were non-combatants and could not be classed as com- missioned officers. -Considerable argument had to be used before the Confederate officials were made to acknowl- edge the point and let them go. There was one smart affair managed successfully by a few warrant officers of the Forty-Second that saved the life of Andrew Romain, a Texan refugee, who was smuggled through as a member of the regiment with great difficulty, and when detection was almost certain. Romain, who formerly had lived in one of the New England States, was at the head of a little band of refugees who quartered on Kuhn's Wharf under protection of the naval guns, and was of great benefit to the fleet before land forces arrived as a spy, from his intimate acquaintance with the inhabitants and country in the immediate vicinity of Galveston. His person, character, and the service he rendered United States officers was well known to the Confederate leaders, hence he was a 13 178 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, marked man. Of medium size, he wore an immense black beard of great length, almost covering his face to the eyes, and up to the time of surrender wore citizen’s clothes. After the surrender, and when names of prisoners were taken by the Confederate officers, Romain was not to be seen, and it was surmised by the boys he had escaped to the fleet. By some lucky chance he had safely hid away, until, at a favorable moment, he joined the ranks on the march through Galveston towards Virginia Point, clad in a blue army blouse, buttoned close to the neck, covering the long, flowing part of his beard, wearing a fatigue cap, and with knapsack upon his shoulders. On arrival at Houston he was partly shaved by Sergeant Frye, Company D, who left him with whiskers of the mutton-chop style. Each successive shave was improved to alter the style of cut to the hair upon his face. A sailor from the Harriet Lane assisted at times in these tonsorial duties. Shortly after arriving in Houston the Confederate officers began to inquire after Romain, their actions indicating they suspected he was among the prisoners. A great difficulty to overcome was passing him through the roll-calls, as Confederate officers attended these calls of names, which were made one company at a time. Romain would dodge from one company in line, ready for roll-call, to the ranks of a company whose roll-call was over, assisted in this by various devices of those most active in getting him through, and managed with success for some time in this way. Feeling confident he was among the prisoners, a last effort was made to detect him when the men were ready to march for the depot. The companies were separately ordered into line, out- side of quarters; as each name was called the man stepped to the front and had his name checked. Romain, MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 179 who saw that his chances to get off with the rest were very slim, prudently remained in the building, and the rolls were found correct. Company G had’ passed out of the gate, leaving the other companies inside, when Ser- geant Phil. Hackett obtained permission to go into the quarters for some few things he stated were left there, and in a short time came out followed by Romain, whom he rated soundly with abuse and curses for having left the ranks to go back to quarters without leave. On his approach towards Confederate Lieutenant Todd, who stood at the gate, Romain was the picture of a devil-may- care sort of man, puffing away at a large pipe, witha broom thrown over his shoulder. Lieutenant Todd sharply asked why he was there, and Romain replied that Sergeant Goodrich had sent him back to get a broom to sweep the cars, because they were covered with charcoal dust. Todd asked his name, and Romain gave one suggested to him by Hackett. Calling for Sergeant Goodrich, Todd in- quired who he had sent back, the Sergeant answering with the same name that Romain used, for Hackett and Goodrich were acting in concert. Examining the roll of Company G the name was found, and Romain was ordered to “get out of here.” The whole thing was so neatly planned and carried out by the two sergeants that the Confederates were completely hoodwinked, and Romain got off with the prisoners. After leaving Houston it was easy work to pass him along. He left a wife and child at Galveston, who probably thought him dead. He was able to give valuable informa- tion to General Banks regarding Texas, and Andrew Romain was afterwards in the secret service corps of the Gulf Department. He was a brave man. It required uncommon fortitude to bear up under the constant dread of capture which must have haunted him, as death was 180 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, certain were he discovered. From the fact that Romain was armed with a revolver, furnished by some friendly hand, it is surmised, if discovered, he would have sold his life dearly, if not contemplating suicide rather than fall into Confederate hands. A man of quiet reserve, seldom making any conversation with others, it was thought by the paroled men he had no gratitude for the assistance rendered by them, because he never expressed any. When Phil. Hackett was buried at Gentilly Camp, Romain was present, and his presence at those last sad rites is good proof he was grateful for what had been done to save him. The train left Houston with a speed of about four miles an hour, crossing San Jacinto Bayou at midnight, not reaching Beaumont until four o’clock in the afternoon next day — distance eighty-three miles by rail. This was a tiresome ride for it rained all night, rendering sleep impossible, besides the charcoal dust upon the cars became wet, and in the shifting and turning about hands would get covered with it; these same hands were often applied to faces, and in the morning the men were a sight to behold. As the locomotive could not draw the entire train at once, sections were taken and run until a siding was reached, when the engine would go back for the remaining cars. There appeared to be plenty of cattle in sight grazing on the prairie lands through which the railroad ran, and this was also noticed to be the case on the trip from Galveston to Houston. At Beaumont the men remained until the twenty-ninth, awaiting the return of a steamboat that had preceded them with baggage, horses, beef cattle, commissary stores, and wagons brought from Houston, to be used on the march to Alexandria. Occupying several abandoned shan- ties near Drake’s Bayou, the time was made to pass quickly by various expedients. Pigs were plenty in the neighbor- MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS, 181 hood, so that pork was not a luxury, four or five being killed each day, the owners not missing them. They were caught by the lassoing process from a trap-door in an old blacksmith shop, underneath which they congregated. Wild mules were also plenty, whose backs the soldiers and sailors did not miss any opportunity to ride, affording great amusement to spectators by their antics. Finally the steamer Roe Buck arrived, and a start was made at half-past one o’clock in the afternoon down the narrow Neches River to Sabine Bay; proceeding up the Sabine River, at daylight on the thirtieth, the steamer tied up at Novell’s Bluff, Louisiana, for a short time, and then proceeded to Morgan’s Bluff to remain over night, arriving there at half-past six o’clock in the afternoon. After wooding-up the trip was resumed early next morning on the crooked and narrow river, lined with forests upon either bank, causing the boys to keep a sharp lookout, as the boat would often snap limbs off the trees to fall upon the deck. At six o’clock in the afternoon a stop was made at Possum Bluff for the night. Here the men had to use fence rails, near at hand, for fuel to cook ‘rations, as all of the cut wood was required for the boat. The boat steamed along, with occasional stops to take in wood and tie up each night, until half-past four o’clock in the afternoon, February 4th, when the journey by boat was over, on arriving at Burr’s Ferry Landing. The weather had been cloudy, rainy and cold almost the entire trip, creating great inconvenience to the men, who were obliged to use rubber and woollen blankets to stop rain-water leaks in their sleeping-places. Several were quite sick. Private David Chapin, Company I, nineteen years old, died at night, February 2d, at quarter-past eleven, when the boat was stopped at Starks’ Ferry Landing, Newton County, Texas. Chapin was not well 182 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, whén he left Houston, and was down with intermittent fever inafew days. After breakfast, on the third, a beau- tiful spot in the woods, under cypress and pine trees, was selected for a grave, The funeral took place at half-past nine o’clock in the morning, with three volleys fired over the remains by the guard, as poor Chapin, in a rough- made coffin, the best his comrades could make, was lowered into the grave. At Burr’s Landing the prisoners went into bivouac in a pine grove about one-half a mile from the river. To make a shelter from the cold, northerly winds, some men made tents with rubber blankets; others built shanties made of bushes, pine boughs and such other material as they could gather, in a manner peculiar only to the “ Yankee ” soldier. All hands had washed their flannels during the fifth, leaving them out over night to dry, to find them frozen stiff the next morning, and a white frost covering the ground. Private Henry C. Sellea, Company D, had been sick on board the boat for four days with intermittent fever, and, as his case seemed hopeless, arrangements were made by his comrades to remove him to a farm house owned and occupied by Mrs. Burr, who came from Springfield, Mass., where he would be sure to receive the best of care. This was accomplished at two o'clock on the afternoon of the sixth; but poor Sellea, only nineteen years old, died at five o’clock p.m. the next day. As in the case of Private Chapin, a rough coffin was made by his comrades, the burial services taking place at eleven o’clock a.m. on the eighth, with Privates Charles G. Weymouth, Daniel L. Weymouth, R. P. Mosely and Henry Fisk acting as pallbearers. The grave was in Mrs. Burt’s private burying ground, where the boys sang “There will be no more sorrow there,” and the guard fired the cus- MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. I 83 tomary volleys. A neat head-board, with name, age, company and regiment inscribed thereon, was placed on both graves. Chapin and Sellea were delirious the last days of their life, not recognizing anybody. Every attention possible was paid to them by the members of their companies, and if the sympathy of their fellow soldiers could have saved them they would not have died. These two deaths were the only losses suffered on the trip, but several laid the foundation for diseases, which subsequently carried them to their graves. Orders were issued on the eighth to be ready to com- mence the march for Alexandria at four o’clock a.m. on the ninth. Extra rations were given out to the cooks, who were at work all night attending to cooking. Mess kettles were few in number, and the practice on the entire trip, either on board boat or on the march, was to detail each night four men to cook until midnight, relieved by four men from that hour until daylight. The rations consisted of corn meal, pork, and fresh beef killed about every day, with such vegetables as the boys could forage, or buy from the few inhabitants living near the route of march. The Confederate guard consisted of thirty men from the Fourth Texas Cavalry, commanded by Lieutenant W. J. Howerton, a pompous, overbearing individual, without military knowledge or manners. On the march the enlisted men were mounted upon Texas mustang ponies, tolerably well armed and equipped, but without drill or discipline. At any time they could have been overpowered by the prisoners. The guard were well disposed and well be- haved towards their prisoners with a few exceptions; one private, a large, fat, red-headed man, whose looks was enough to condemn him to be a coward, was very bitter 184 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, in speech and treatment of the men. In turn, the pris- oners neglected no opportunity to work him up by badinage, partaking more of a sacrilegious tone than the chaplain thought was proper. With the exception of a few fights among themselves to settle old scores, and retaliating in kind for any taunts made by members of the guard, the conduct of the prisoners was good. Lieutenant Howerton had his good and ill-natured days. At one place where a halt was made for the night some of the prisoners obtained permission to get food and lodging in a so-called tavern, neglecting in the morning to pay for the accommodation. This neglect put the lieutenant in a rage, when the landlord complained about it. Previous to this occurrence the men had been allowed to march in disorder, but on forming column that morning the lieutenant ordered column of fours, and made a speech from his saddle, the substance being, that a citizen of the Confederate States, whom one of his own men would not dare to wrong, had been grossly insulted by some “scabs” of Northern soldiers. He had given orders that the march that day would be in column of fours, and any man who straggled from that formation of column would be shot down or cut down, “by G—d.” One of the sailors slyly shouted s-H-o-w, when the enraged lieutenant rose in his stirrups and yelled: “Vl show yer!” swinging his sabre over his head to suit action to his words. Several men did get struck for not obeying the orders, although none were seriously hurt. This did not help Howerton, in the estimation of the boys. No tents were carried, and the men were obliged to sleep in the open air, through fair or foul weather. No rivers were in their path, but several swamps had to be passed, one of them while a heavy rain-storm was in progress. ‘The train, in charge of a wagoner, consisted of MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 185 four wagons, each drawn by six mule teams. The feed for horses and mules was chiefly wild sugar-cane. Doctor Penroes acted as surgeon for everybody when he could obtain medicines, for the escort carried none. He attended Chapin and Sellea, doing the best in his power, travelling some miles to obtain a supply of medi- cine to treat their cases. The sick had to suffer and get along as best they could; those very sick were taken in the wagons, while the men who did not fee] strong enough to be encumbered by the weight of a knapsack, but able to march when not encumbered, could purchase from the guard the privilege of stowing away what they wished in the wagons. Frequently a ride upon the ponies belonging to good-natured men of the guard was to be had by parting with some article of value to them, as the Texans were always ready to trade or steal when they could. A Sergeant Bradford is said by the boys to have been a “tip-top fellow.” The story of the march cannot be described in a more interesting manner than is given by Sergeant Waterman, Company D, in his diary, and the same is presented here: “February gth — Breakfast at five aM. At six o’clock formed line, and one half an hour later commenced the march for the day from Burr’s Ferry. The first eight miles were done without a halt, over a good road, through a heavily-timbered country. Hard pine, very large and tall, some one hundred feet high to the limbs. After we started again from a rest, we went through a swamp about three miles in length, timbered with beach, magnolia and other trees, and at noon halted, after making eleven miles. On this halt killed and dressed two beeves. Marched again about two miles through swamps and then came to higher ground with pine trees again, large and straight, as before. At six o’clock P.M. arrived at a place called 186 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, Huddleston and went into bivouac for the night, with the boys about played out after marching eighteen miles, and after lying still about two months. “February roth — Started at seven o’clock a.m. footsore and weary, with the sky looking like rain. At noon had marched seven miles. Dined on corn-dodger and beef; some of the boys felt as if they had eaten so much beef they were ashamed to look a cow in the face. Weather became warm and pleasant. At half-past five o’clock P.M. halted for the night in a pine grove with a brook near by, at a little place with two houses and one cotton press, called Fifteen Mile Mill. “February 11th— Started at half-past six a.m. and at eight o’clock met the mail—a man on horseback with a mail bag. It is trying to rain, but cannot make out very well. At noon it cleared off and a halt was made for dinner in a pine forest. Has been nearly all pine woods so far. Passed over a sandstone ledge this morning so soft that it could easily be broken in the hand. At three o’clock P.M. we were halted once more to rest and remain over night, as the march has badly blistered the feet of the boys. “February 12th— Rain commenced to fall at four o’clock a.M., raining hard until seven o’clock, when, slacking up some, we started again through a swamp seven miles long, with the water knee deep all the way. Had to stop in the rain for a bridge to be repaired, so that the wagons could pass. Passed Hineston, a village of ‘three shanties and a pig-stye, at quarter-past ten, and at noon halted to cook a pot of mush for dinner, the rain spoiling all of the corn bread and meat. The mush tasted good, as we had very little breakfast. Are on high pine land with wild flowers in bloom. Put up for the night in a very pretty place with enough old shanties to MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 187 hold all the men. Had to sit up until eleven o’clock try- ing to dry our clothes. “February 13th — Started at eight in the morning over avery good road for about three miles, and then came down on to what they call Red River bottom, composed of a red sand, clay and glue. Such walking was never seen. Passed by some very fine plantations, where the negroes were as happy as clams at high water, lining the fences and grinning like so many Cheshire cats. Halted near a bayou for dinner, where, upon the opposite side, the mocking birds were singing. Sun came out and it is warm. The grass is green and looks like the last of May at home. Plenty of sheep and lambs all around. Passed through a hedge of rose bushes at least twenty feet high. We are in sight of Alexandria, and at seven P.M. went aboard the roomy steamer JVew Fa//s City, in time to escape the rain. “February 14th—A pleasant day. Boys feel somewhat sore. Heard yesterday that we might have to march two hundred miles more, but I told Lieutenant Howerton to-day that we could not do it any way, and he says we may not have to march more than twenty-five or thirty miles — perhaps none at all. At three p.m. it looks like a heavy shower; the clouds are black and threatening, with heavy thunder. The river is high and roily; as we use it to cook with, the corn-dodgetleeks like a red sweet cake.” Marching was over when the Réd™River was reached. The men had done well, bearing ickness, suffering and fatigue without a murmur; obeying the orders of Sergeants Waterman, Goodrich and Hunt (who were in command of Companies D, G and I, respectively), with commendable zeal, excepting in one instance when Private Fitzallen Gourley, Company D, defied the authority of Sergeant 588 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, Waterman, who had placed him upon a working detail of men while at Beaumont, and obliged the sergeant to report the case to the Confederate lieutenant, who threatened to return Gourley to Houston, and place him in jail, before he would yield. That part of the country covered by the line of march was generally admired by the men, so different from any- thing to be seen at home, and their first sight at pine woods. Small villages on the route, considerable distance apart, with very few houses intervening, made it seem as though they were passing through a wilderness. The dense woods furnished an abundance of wood for cooking purposes, and torches for light at night. The few inhab- itants to be met were well-disposed, simple-minded, honest people. It was on Sunday, February 15th, that the Federal war steamer Queen of the West, an inferior looking craft, having safely passed the Vicksburg batteries to play a flying-devil upon the Red River, gave the Confederates a great scare at Alexandria. The prisoners were ashore, when word came at four o’clock a.m. to be ready to start at any moment as the Federals were coming up river. After breakfast, at half-past six o’clock, all hands were hurried on board the steamer Gezeral Quitman, and a race was run for about five miles, with the river behind them full of boats skedaddling in a perfect panic. In the afternoon the panic subsided, ald at four o’clock, after news had been received that two Federal gunboats had been taken — the Queen of the West captured, and the De Soto aban- doned and burnt—all speed was made for Alexandria again, where mules and wagons were taken aboard. After starting down the river at daylight next day, the Queen was met during the morning in tow of a river steamer on her way to Alexandria for repairs. The crew of the MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS, 189 Queen had escaped to the gunboat De Soto by floating upon cotton bales, except five men who were noticed on shore, where a fire was started to obtain warmth, and were made prisoners. Everything went on quiet and smooth until passing three small one-gun batteries upon the right bank; at half-past two o’clock p. M., because a signal to stop was not noticed, two rounds of grape-shot were fired at and almost into them. Shot flew thick all around the boat, fortunately hitting no one. Turning back, despatches for the Confederate officer in command were sent on board, causing a delay of half an hour before the trip was resumed, and continued until dark. About midnight, orders came from the lieutenant of the guard for all hands to turn out and help wood-up ship; but his unbearable manner in giving his order roused the devil in them and they refused to do so. He threatened and swore, to no purpose, for the men remained obdurate. He had his revenge, how- ever, in not allowing the prisoners to draw rations next day until late in the afternoon, thus allowing them only one meal in twenty-four hours. On the seventeenth, early in the morning, while pro- ceeding up river again in wake of three other steamers, all making fast time, the subject of seizing the transport- boat was again broached by sailors anxious and ready to try it. While on their way down the Neches River to Sabine Lake, a seizure of the boat then was talked over by the warrant officers in command of companies, but was abandoned from a want of knowledge where to go after obtaining possession. Upon the Red River there did not exist so favorable circumstances for success as there was at Sabine Lake. At the latter place they would have had to pass down the lake to Sabine Pass, and by a fort com- manding the channel, before reaching the blockading vessels. Stratagem could have effected this purpose, but Igo HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, upon the Red River Confederate gunboats held the river to the Mississippi after the Queen of the West and De Soto were lost by the Federals. To have passed the enemy’s boats by deceit, or otherwise, would have been impossible. Frequent consultations of the men concerned in the plot failed to develop any plan of action all would give co- dperation, and the attempt was wisely abandoned. After remaining over night above the three batteries before mentioned waiting the return of a courier, sent to Alexandria early in the evening for orders, at noon a trans- port-boat came alongside with a detachment of two hundred and seventy-eight men, Eighth Infantry, United States Regulars, who had been basely surrendered in Texas, by General Twiggs, May gth, 1861, on the commencement of hostilities between the North and South, and been retained in close confinement up to this time. Five or six of the men had their wives with them; one with a family of two children. — A day or two after these prisoners arrived on board, one of the women got into a wordy warfare with a private of the guard, who was abusive in speech and manner. The Confederate soldier had said to the woman that if she was only a man he would shoot her, when a private of the Eighth Regulars, who could stand it no longer, made the quarrel a personal one with himself, calling the Confederate ad n coward, and offered to go ashore for a fight with any weapon he would name. To this bold challenge the Confederate interposed an objection, that he could not fight with a prisoner of war. Our “bold soger boy” said: “That need not interfere; I will fight you with pistols, ten paces apart, right here.” Nothing but sneers were given in reply by the soldier and his comrades of the guard, who had clustered around. In return the United States soldier taunted them all with being cowards, offering to fight the MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. Ig crowd in any fashion they chose, without effect; they finally slunk away. The women were not molested after- wards. All of the prisoners were conditionally paroled on the eighteenth and nineteenth, and a flag of truce raised upon the boat, with the intention of proceeding to Vicksburg. Horses, mules and wagons were sent ashore, but a start was not made until the twenty-third, on account of trouble experienced in obtaining wood. There was a dispute on the twenty-first, between the officer of the prisoners’ guard and officers upon the steamer Grand Era, in regard to wood that had been supplied the flag of truce boat by the steamer Za-/ourche in the morning, resulting finally in a compromise, allowing the Grand Era to have one-half of what was on board. Pistols were drawn amid a general cursing match in the altercation, and at one time a fight was imminent between the two factions. Just as the wood was gone the Grand Duke came alongside searching for the same article, but left without obtaining any. At last, during the evening of the twenty-second, a boat load of sixty cords was received, about half enough for one day’s consumption, for the General Quitman used from ninety to one hundred and ten cords each twenty-four hours, when the boat steamed down river at daylight next day. After stopping at a wood pile to take on about one hundred cords more, a final start was made for Port Hud- son, instead of Vicksburg as first intended, passing Fort De Russy during the day, when Romain was able to rough sketch the work. The Mississippi River was reached at half-past two p.M., and at the sunset hour a high bluff, lined with cannon and men, was dimly discernible, on account of the thick misty rain storm prevailing, which the guard called Port Hudson. Early on the morning of the twenty-fourth the prisoners 192 HISTORY -OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, were turned over to Federal naval officers, who sent them and the General Quitman to Baton Rouge, where they landed and were made comfortable, glad to be once more within the Federal lines. Lieutenant Howerton received a torrent of abuse as the paroled men left his boat, after revenge prompted them to throw overboard all movable property they could find upon the steamer, without any attention to Howerton’s request: ‘“‘ Now, gentlemen, please stop.” The red-headed soldier of his command did not dare to show his ugly face, for the prisoners wanted to thrash him. Several negroes were on the river shores, above Alexandria, when the sight of blue-coated soldiers upon the Quztman conveyed an idea to them that the Federals occupied the river. They shouted and sang for “Massa Linkum’s sogers” — “take us wid yer” —in a manner that upset the temper of Lieutenant Howerton, who ordered his men ashore to capture them. They were brought aboard and made to attend boiler fires until reach- ing Port Hudson, when they stole a boat belonging to the Quitman and made their escape. Cloudy, or rainy and cold weather had been experienced about every day since their arrival at Alexandria. Cooped on board river steamers most of the time, using Red River water for cooking and drinking, with the depressing effect of bad weather, caused a great deal of sickness among the men, chiefly diarrhcea. On the march, or on board river steamers, through sickness, suffering and fatigue, the men kept up their spirits wonderfully. Very little recre- ation in the way of foraging for food could be done upon the march, although every opportunity that presented itself was improved to the utmost, many a “porker” falling victim to their snares, Pigs appeared to be the only animal available when a foraging party went to work. Embarking upon the /dervil/e, at nine o’clock on the MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 193 evening of the twenty-fourth, the prisoners arrived at New Orleans about daylight on the twenty-fifth. Through some negligence they were not reported at general headquarters until the twenty-sixth, when special orders were issued, stating that “two hundred and forty men of the Forty- Second Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, paroled pris- oners, not having been reported to the headquarters, and on the Zéervii/e unattended to and in a starving condition, will be taken charge of by Lieutenant Farnsworth, Fourth Wisconsin Volunteers, and conducted to the camp at Gen- tilly Crossing, and turned over and kept as paroled men under proper officers.” They disembarked on the twenty-sixth, and marched to camp under escort of Companies A, B, E and F, after attending a brigade drill. Many were the heartfelt greet- ings exchanged all around, and for days afterwards the boys were occupied in reciting their adventures and trials. Acommunication from General Sherman, commanding Defences of New Orleans, gives the status of the prisoners as follows : “The Forty-Second Regiment on the /éerville, with the exception of the chaplain, are paroled but not exchanged; the chaplain is unconditionally released. The conditions of the parole are thus stated in the fourth article of the cartel between the United States and the enemy, promul- gated in General Orders No. 146 of 1862 from the War Department, adjutant-general’s office: ‘The surplus pris- oners not exchanged shall not be permitted to take up arms again, nor to serve as military police or constabulary force in any fort, garrison or field work held, by either of the respective parties, nor as guards of prisons, depots, or stores, nor to discharge any duty usually performed by 14 194 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, _ soldiers, until exchanged under the provisions of this cartel.’” A reply was made March 6th, which elicited from General Sherman a response that everything was satis- factory. “ HEADQUARTERS, 42ND Mass. VOLS., “Camp Farr, Bayou GeEnTILLy, La., March 6th, 1863. “ Sir,—I have the honor to state that your communica- tion of the third inst., enclosing a copy of letter of instructions from headquarters, Department of the Gulf, and inquiring whether special orders from these head- quarters, No. 73, current series, February 26th, have been ‘fully carried out, is just received. “In reply, I would respectively state, that the two hundred and forty men of this regiment, paroled pris- -oners, were reported to me by Lieutenant Farnsworth, as ordered; and that .I have placed them in a separate camp, at a distance of three hundred and eighty paces, or seventy-six rods, from the camp of the men under my command. That I have placed Captain J. D. Cogswell, a competent and efficient officer, at the camp to take charge of them, with instructions to treat them as paroled but unexchanged prisoners of war, and to make such rules and regulations, subject to my approval, as shall conduce to their comfort and welfare. “T have also given instructions to Lieutenant A. E. Proctor, acting regimental quartermaster, to furnish for them proper rations and such articles of clothing as they are in need of, some of them being quite destitute of clothing. I would also respectfully add, that I have required nothing whatever that shall in the least manner MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 195 effect their parole, or cause a violation of the ‘cartel’ alluded to. “JT have the honor to remain, “‘ Very respectfully, your obedient servant, “J. STEDMAN, “ Lieut-Colonel commanding. “To Captain WICKHAM HOFFMAN, “A. A. General Defences New Orleans.” Had the men at Galveston been captured prior to Jan- udry 1st, 1863, they would have been declared duly ex- changed and ordered to report for duty immediately, February gth, 1863 ; a general order issued that day from Department headquarters required all officers, enlisted men and camp followers captured in the States of Texas and Louisiana up to January 1st, 1863, to return to duty at once, as they are declared duly exchanged prisoners of war by General Orders No. 10, dated January roth, 1863, from the War Department, adjutant-general’s office. The men of the Eighth Regiment, United States Regulars, were _ exchanged and organized into a battalion for duty: with the army. A portion of them under command of Lieutenant Copley Amory, Fourth Cavalry, arrived at Opelousas April 23d to join in the campaign then under way by the Nine- teenth Corps. On the twenty-fifth, they were relieved from this service and ordered to return North, as an act of jus- tice to those gallant men. A national salute was fired when leaving Opelousas, and a similar honor was paid them on their departure from New Orleans; General Orders No. 34, Nineteenth Army Corps, made honorable mention of their record, accompanied by a full roster of the men. The trouble between Federal and Confederate War Departments over the exchange of prisoners commenced in 1863, so all attempts to effect an exchange for the men 196 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, of the Forty-Second failed. At Gentilly Crossing they remained, until about the time the regiment embarked for home, in a camp laid out very neat, kept in good order, with ovens and fire-places for cooking purposes, built of brick obtained from the ruins of an old sugar house across the Gentilly road, opposite their camp. Familiarly nicknamed the “pet lambs,” their military life was one of inglorious ease, much to their disgust. MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS, 197 CHAPTER VIII. At Bayou GENTILLY — Marcu — APRIL. HE month of March was dull enough to suit an epicure or sluggard. Additional details from the regiment for service elsewhere was the order of the day. In response to a call by special orders from headquarters, Defences of New Orleans, the following men were detailed from Company E, March rst, for service in the Fourth Massachusetts Battery, in need of men: Privates Alender E. Dorman, Henry C. Tyler, George H. Hathorn, Lyman MHathorn, Leonard. Mahon and Michael Nedow. On the tenth, Captain Coburn and Lieutenant John P. Burrell, Company A, with three sergeants, five corporals and forty-eight privates, left camp to take post at Battery St. John, situated on the Bayou St. John. The monotony of camp life was relieved by a brigade drill held on the third. On this occasion Sergeant Charles A. Attwell, Company G, who had been detailed March 2d to act as band-major, made his first effort in that line of business. Attwell was a stout, pompous appearing man, well calculated to deceive anybody on a slight acquaint- ance, and he made out of his position all that any man could possibly squeeze. On the march to and from the drill ground he made love to all the women, who followed the regiment with pies and cakes for sale. Dropping to the rear of the column, when a route step was taken, Attwell would be found, escorted by these women, liberally help- 198 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, ing himself to their goods. There was a reason for all this on his part; a perfect specimen of a “dead beat,” he never paid for anything, except in compliments. A ripple of excitement was created on the eighth, when a letter from Colonel Farr was received, with orders to hold the men in readiness for marching orders at a moment’s notice. On the thirteenth, when the paroled men were ordered to get ready for transfer to the United States Barracks and there quartered, it looked like a general breaking up of camp at Gentilly Bayou, and the men were in fine spirits again. The latter orders were immediately countermanded, and the camp soon settled down to the old state of things. There existed, among regiments that arrived in January and February, a heavy sick list, accompanied with a loss of many men by death. An inquiry into the cause, ordered by General Sherman, produced the following interesting circular, issued to all commanding officers under his orders. One reason for incorporating this cir- cular as a part of the regimental record, is to show certain officers and men of the regiment, who were accustomed to disregard nearly all of the recommendations contained therein, what results will follow from not performing one of the highest duties that belong to an officer on active service, viz., personal attention to the health of his men. “CIRCULAR. “ HEADQUARTERS DEFENCES NEW ORLEANS, “NEW ORLEANS, March 7th, 1863. “Upon the following report of the medical director of this command of February 2ist, ult., the brigadier-general commanding has made this indorsement: “Tt is believed that a publication of Surgeon Sanger’s report, to the troops of this command, fully approved as it is by me, will be sufficient to awaken a greater spirit of pride and vigor in attention to duty. MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 199 “«There is no doubt but that a want of attention to personal cleanliness, of proper police, and of vigorous, hearty, and interested attention to duty, is the cause of most sickness now prevalent. “*T call upon all commanding officers to look carefully into this matter, and endeavor to prevent not only all unnecessary mortality, but that continued reduction of the duty list, which so much enfeebles the efficiency of the command. “*Commanding officers must not take upon themselves to excuse men and officers from duty on the plea of sickness. The medical officers alone are to decide who are fit or unfit for duty.’ “WICKHAM HOFFMAN, “ Assistant Adjutant-General. “NEW ORLEANS, March sth, 1863. “Captain W. HoFFMAN, “ Assistant Adjutant-General: “Tn obedience to your instructions, I have examined with care and interest the various hospitals and regiments in this command, to ascertain the cause of so much sickness. My investigations have been thorough, having visited nearly every cook-house, street, and tent, observing drainage, etc., in this command. “The results of my investigations are not altogether satisfactory, and in some instances contradictory. The special cause of disease in individual regiments is hard to arrive at, because what seems to pre- dispose to disease in one case is harmless in another, and results are so dependent upon the mental and moral influences exerted over the men, their special predisposition and resistance to disease, and their idiosyncracies, and previous habits. I have, however, arrived at certain general conclusions of importance. “ First. There is but little, if any, malarious poison generated at present. I did not see a characteristic case of intermittent fever, and but one case of remittent. In many cases where malarial fever was reported, it was either initiative fever, or one of the species of the continued form, or the regiments had been previously exposed to malaria, and the damp weather, or other untoward circumstances had developed or reproduced it. In confirmation of this may be instanced the Twenty-Sixth Massachusetts, now suffering from intermittent. This regiment had fever and ague severely at Forts Philip and Jackson last June and July, but after being ordered to the Custom House, beyond malarious influences, recovered. Since the rainy sea- 200 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, son set in, their quarters have been dark and damp, and this fever has been reproduced. “ Second. The camping ground outside the city is very similar in character; there is but little choice of grounds, most of the camps are susceptible of pretty good drainage, and the difference of altitude does not vary more than twelve to seventeen inches. Some camps are more accessible to certain conveniences, such as drinking water, sinks and places for the disposal of slops, and those on the imme- diate banks of the river are more exempt from whatever malaria exists at the present time, yet these differences do not account for the disparities in the sick reports. “ Third. Neatness in cooking and person, and cleanliness of camps, are powerful agents in preserving health, and in proportion to the observance of Heaven’s first law, did I see exemption from disease. It is not sufficient, however, that soldiers should be passive agents in the accomplishment of this, but their pride and ambition should be aroused, they should be made to feel that it was not only necessary for the preservation of health, but laudable. “Wherever I found officers who had inspired spirit in their men, and had taken a personal interest in keeping their soldiers and camps clean, and where soldiers had been made to feel that excellence in these points was meritorious, and that a deviation would not only not be permitted but surely punished ; and where I found men were con- vinced that to complain was unmanly and nursing not tee privilege of the soldier, there I found a healthy regiment. “The One Hundred-and Tenth New York had the largest sick list, two hundred and ninety-two; this regiment was on shipboard fifty- three days; after landing had some ship fever and about one hundred cases of measles; lost fifteen men. The voyage, measles and deaths depressed the men somewhat, besides men from agricultural districts do not seem to be so hardy and stand campaigning as well as city soldiers. The camp was neat, tents floored and cooking good; men looked pretty vigorous; think the surgeon too lenient, but he said if he did not excuse the men the colonel would. Should say the sick report might be reduced one-third with impunity. “The Sixteenth New Hampshire was encamped near the One Hundred and Tenth New York, had one hundred and seventy-three sick; only fifteen days on shipboard; lost ten men; principal disease, diarrhcea; camp was not so well drained as the One Hundred and Tenth New York, Tents and streets were very dirty and the men MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 201 unwashed, some had not washed for four weeks and the most not for two weeks. “The One Hundred and Sixty-Second New York, camping on the same ground, had very few sick. This regiment was enlisted in New York City; were forty-one days on shipboard, and, I believe, had not lost a man in camp. Thesurgeon attended personally to the cooking, drainage and cleanliness of camp, and the commanding officer had his suggestions rigorously enforced. : “The Thirty-Eighth Massachusetts had one hundred and fifty-five sick; tents provided with floors; streets pretty neat, and the facilities for drainage good; cook tents too much crowded, and cooking not attended to as it ought to be; principal disease, diarrhoea; think the surgeon a little too lenient; says there were forty chronic cases, which never ought to have been enlisted; attributes diarrhea to sour bread. “The Fifty-Third Massachusetts had one hundred and thirty-six sick; sick list swelled by a number of cases of scarlet and lung fever ; lung fever caused by sleeping on the damp ground for the first fort- night after their arrival. The hospital was not neat; sick were not provided with comforts, and the surgeon complains that he could not make his hospital fund available. Both assistant-surgeons sick. Cooking done in the open air, without shelter from the heavy rains. “The One Hundred and Twenty-Eighth New York had one hun- ‘dred and twenty-three sick; were on shipboard forty-two days; did not pay the same attention to cleanliness and fumigation that the One Hundred and Sixty-Second New York did; have had a large number of cases of ship fever, nearly one hundred; lost thirty-nine men. Principal cause of disease at present, diarrhoea. Neither the camp nor hospital are in good condition. The soldiers don’t take pride in grading their streets and keeping their tents clean. Counted beef bones by the dozen about their tents. Many of their patients are treated in hospital tents and on the floor. Suggested to the ‘colonel to take a confiscated house within his regimental lines, now occupied by the One Hundred and Sixty-Second New York. A vacant house can be found near the camp of the One Hundred and Sixty-Second New York, quite as convenient for the latter. “The Twenty-Sixth Connecticut has one hundred and fifty sick. Diseases, typhoid fever and diarrhoea. Number of deaths, nine. I think the cause of so much disease, and 4iémd, can be traced to want of cleanliness. The tents were all disorderly and dirty. Attention was not paid to keeping the drains and streets free from mouldy bread, 202 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, meat bones and orange peel. The men had a listless and indifferent look, as if waiting the expiration of their term of service. “The Fourth Massachusetts had one hundred and fourteen sick; on shipboard forty-eight days; no deaths; diarrhcea prevailing. Through the energy and attention of their commander, this regiment has escaped serious disease. Did not see any very sick in hospital or quarters. The men were enjoying a little respite after long confine- ment on shipboard. “The Sixth Michigan is improving; still show the effects of the malaria of last summer. “The Fifteenth New Hampshire are rapidly improving; officers and men becoming very much interested in improving their camp. “The Twenty-Sixth Massachusetts has a large number in general hospital. The inclement weather and dark, gloomy and damp quar- ters give them a sickly look. I think they would rapidly improve if the regiment was removed to drier and more airy quarters. “The One Hundred and Sixty-Fifth New York and Thirty-First Massachusetts are very free from disease. Much is due in both these regiments to the spirit, energy and attention of their commanders and surgeons. The camp of the One Hundred and Sixty-Fifth New York is scrupulously neat, clean and well drained — best camp in this command; and personal attention seems to be paid by the officers to everything conducive to health and comfort. The other regiments of your command are in very good condition, and present very small sick reports. “T found very few of the regimental cooks furnished with the little cook books issued by the Commissaries. Either the Commissaries have failed to furnish them, or the company to distribute them, Most of the cooks seemed anxious to be supplied with them. “The use of mixed vegetables is almost universally neglected. It is important to accustom the regiments to the use of them, at least once a week, in soups, as fresh potatoes will soon fail, and the habitual use of some succulent vegetable is essential to health, as well as to prevent the cravings of a ravenous appetite, produced by a want of that variety to which soldiers have been accustomed in private life. A morbid appetite is created by this neglect, and when soldiers get access to such food they invariably overload their stomachs. “ Respectfully, your obedient servant, “EUGENE F. SANGER, “ Medical Director, General Sherman’s Command.” MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 203 The first vacancy among commissioned officers of the regiment was caused by the resignation of First-Lieu- tenant David A. Partridge, of Company B, who remained in Massachusetts to look after deserters when the regiment left the State, and was granted a discharge by War Depart- ment Special Orders No. 105, dated March sth, to enable him to accept a commission and recruit for the Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Colored Volunteers. The vacancy was filled March 24th by the edection of Second-Sergeant Benjamin C. Tinkham, Company B, jumping Second-Lieutenant J. C. Clifford and the first-sergeant, who were in the line of promotion. The second vacancy was caused by the resignation of Captain Charles A. Pratt, Company E. This vacancy was also filled by an election by the company, April 2d. First- Lieutenant John W. Emerson was made captain, and Second-Sergeant Augustus Ford, Company E, was elected a first-lieutenant, vce Emerson, promoted (if this can be called promotion), jumping Second-Lieutenant Brown P. Stowell, a prisoner of war in Texas, and the first-sergeant, who were in the line of promotion. This elective system of filling vacancies, one of the inducements held out to attract men to enlist in the nine months’ troops from Massachusetts, was a ridiculous sys- tem; one of caucus politics in the army. It was the cause of considerable ill feeling and much trouble in nine months’ organizations from the State. To allow the rank and file to choose by an election their company officers was entirely wrong. Under it any man in the company, no matter what his qualifications may be, stands a chance, by electioneering, to win an officer’s position that is vacant. Merit in that officer who has a right to expect the promotion is overlooked, if that officer has been so unlucky as to incur the displeasure of a few prominent 204 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, men in his company, and they proceed to spread the dissatisfaction to others, and take their revenge by elect- ing another over him not entitled to the vacancy. What is the consequence? ‘The officer so jumped forthwith loses the interest he formerly had in the command, and does not exert himself to work for the good of the men under him. It is just to say that in the above cases the selections were good. Perhaps could not be better. With the exception of a slight clashing of authority between Captain Coburn, in command at Battery St. John, and Lieutenant-Colonel Stedman, concerning some cap- tures of prisoners and seizures of contraband goods on the night of the fourteenth, which required two peremptory letters to be sent Captain Coburn before it was straight- ened out, everything worked smooth with the command. This was a case where four citizens were arrested near Bayou St. John in the act of smuggling contraband goods across Lake Ponchartrain; three of them were sent to New Orleans March 17th by orders, and one was dis- -charged March 16th by Lieutenant-Colonel Stedman. The City of New Orleans so near to many camps, full of enticements of a varied character, was the place to tempt many a soldier who was disposed to evade duty and absent himself without leave. Stragglers from these camps with- out passes gave provost-guards so much trouble and the evil grew to such proportions every day, Department Special Orders No, 61 were issued March 2d to put a stop to it. There were five hundred men in the city without passes and in confinement reported to the provost-marshal- general March 2d. In one day the provost-guard found nineteen men from one company without a pass; but one man from the Forty-Second is known to have visited the city in this way during March, and he, Private Owen Fox, \ MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 205 ° Company A, was promptly arrested by the guard and sent back to the regiment. Besides the details already mentioned, the following details were made and changes occurred during the month: March 4th— Corporal John C. Yeaton, Company E, was reduced to the ranks by regimental special orders as unfit for the position. March 4th— Private G. G. Belcher, Company F, was relieved as a wagoner and ordered to duty in the ranks, and the captain ordered to appoint a trustworthy person to fill the position of wagoner. March 5th — Privates Thomas H. Sawyer, Company B, and Joseph V. Colson, Company G, were detailed as markers. March s5th— Private John A. Loud, Company A, was ordered to report to Lieutenant Pease, division ordnance- officer, to do duty as a mechanic in unspiking guns at Chalmette. He returned to duty in the regiment June 13th. March 7th— Private J. Augustus Fitts, Company B, was detailed as orderly at regimental headquarters. March 7th — Private William H. Haven was transferred from Company E to Company F, to date from March rst. March 8th — Private Clark K. Denny was relieved from duty as orderly and made a clerk at regimental head- quarters. March gth— Special Orders, Defences New Orleans, appointed Corporal Uriel Josephs and Sergeant Eben Tirrell, Jr., of Company A, as ordnance-sergeants at Bat- teries Gentilly and St. John, reporting to the division ordnance-officer. March 9th— Private Elbridge G. Harwood, Company B, was made regimental carpenter, serving in that capacity until relieved in July. March gth — Private George H. Greenwood, Company 206 Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment II. Major-General Augur will embark his division, excepting the two regiments detailed to accompany the occupying force, on the transports at Point Pleasant Landing at five o’clock to-morrow morning with two days’ rations in haversacks, and three days’ additional, and a full supply of ammunition. The two regiments detailed to accompany the occupying force will go fully prepared to embark on transports as soon as the ceremony of rendition is over. Brigadier-General Grover will send a brigade to Plains’ store to-night to relieve Colonel Dudley’s brigade. Colonel Dudley will take up the line of march at four a.m. By CommMaNnp oF Masor-GENERAL BANKS. Ricwarp B. Irwin, Assistant Adjutant General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, NINETEENTH ARMY Corps, Port Hupson, July 10, 1863. General: The commanding general directs that all the enlisted men and citizens, employees of the enemy’s forces captured at this post, be released upon giving their parole in triplicate upon the enclosed forms. One copy of the individual parole, signed by the man himself, his regimental commander, and the paroling officer of our army, will be delivered to the regimental commanders at the time of parolment for distribution to the men. One copy of the consoli- dated parole rolls, signed by each man, by Major-General Gardner, and by the paroling officer, will be retained, and transmitted by you to these headquarters. One copy of the consolidated rolls, similarly signed, to be handed to General Gardner. The con- solidated list to be verified by roll call. The Louisiana troops will be paroled first in order, furnished with five days’ rations, and permitted to march out of our lines under escort, and go to their homes. The other troops will be paroled as rapidly as possible, and disposed of as may be hereafter directed. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, RICHARD B. IRWIN, Assistant Adjutant General. Brig.-Gen. Grorce L. ANDREWS, Commanding Post of Port Hudson. Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment 207 Heapquarters DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, NINETEENTH ARMy CORPS, Port Hupson, July 12, 1863. General: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 11th instant. The paroled troops will be conducted past the lines of this army, with such supplies as may be deemed necessary for their use. Their destination must be determined by themselves. It is not deemed expedient to enter upon any stipulation as to the course to be pursued by the government in case any of the paroled prisoners should hereafter choose to remain within the lines of the army of the United States. Very respectfully, your most obedient servant, N. P. BANKS, Major-General Commanding. Maj.-Gen. FranK GARDNER, CS. Army. C.S.A. Lieut. James Freret: “Some of the splendid Parrott guns of an Indiana regiment were taken across the river and put in bat- tery there. They dismounted three of our guns, split- ting a rifled 32-pounder on the 5th of July, knocking the trunnion of an 8-inch howitzer on the morning of the 6th, and permanently disabling a rifled 24-pounder on the evening of the same day. This artillery practice was probably equal if not superior to anything which has ever been accomplished of the kind, the distance being from 1,000 to 1,400 yards (about three-quarters of a mile). Many of our broken guns were, for an emer- gency, braced up on blocks and loaded with bags of all sorts of scrap iron which were to be fired in the face of a storming party, it being of little consequence whether the disabled guns were good for another discharge or not. “July 7. During the forenoon the Federals called out to our men that Vicksburg had surrendered on the 4th. That night a council of war was held at General Gard- ner’s headquarters, which was protracted until two a.m. 208 Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment On the 8th the situation of Port Hudson was well worthy serious consideration. It was forty-eight days since the virtual beginning of the siege, and a fortified position constructed for a garrison of twenty thousand men had been held by one-third of that force for a much longer period than could have been expected by our forces outside. At the hour above named General Gardner sent to General Banks, by a flag of truce, for confirmation of the fall of Vicksburg, which was accorded him.” Confederate account continued: ‘‘At nine a.M. on the 8th, General Gardner dispatched commissioners to treat for surrender of the post. They returned in the afternoon with the following terms of unconditional surrender, which were agreed to and signed. ARTICLE 1. Maj.-Gen. Frank Gardner to surrender to the United States forces under Major-General Banks the place of Port Hudson and its dependencies, with its garrison, armament, mu- nitions, public funds, and material of war, in the condition as nearly as may be in which they were at the hour of cessation of hostilities, viz., six a.M., July 8, 1863. Arr. 2. The surrender stipulated in Art. 1 is qualified by no conditions save that the officers and enlisted men composing the garrison shall receive the treatment due to prisoners of war according to the usages of civilized warfare. Art. 3. All private property of officers and enlisted men shall be respected and left to their respective owners. Art. 4, The position of Port Hudson shall be occupied to- morrow at seven a.M. by the forces of the United States, and its garrison received as prisoners of war by such general officers of the United States service as may be designated by Major-General Banks, with the ordinary formalities of rendition. The Confederate troops will be drawn up in line, officers in their positions, the right of the line resting on the edge of the prairie south of the railroad depot, the left extending in the direction of the village of Port Hudson. The arms and colors will be conveniently piled, and will be received by the officers of the United States. Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment 209 Arr. 5. The sick and wounded of the garrison will be cared for by the authorities of the United States, assisted, if desired by either party, by the medical officers of the garrison. Approved: W. R. MILES, Commanding Right Wing, C.S.A. T. G. W. STEEDMAN, Commanding Left Wing, C.S.A. M. J. SMITH, Lieut.-Col. Heavy Artillery, C.S.A. CHARLES P. STONE, Brigadier-General, U.S.A. W. DWIGHT, Brigadier-General, U.S.A. HENRY W. BIRGE, Col. Commanding 3d Brigade, U.S.A. Grover’s Division, U.S.A. Approved: FRANK GARDNER, Major-General. N. P. BANKS, Major-General. Herapquarters, Porr Hupson, La., July 8, 1863. GENERAL ORDERS, No. 61. I. Nobly have the troops performed their duty in the defence of this position, continued from the 21st day of May up to this time. The place is surrendered at the last moment it was proper to hold it, and after a most gallant defence in several severe attacks. Let all continue, during the duties that still remain to be performed, to show that cheerful obedience which has distinguished them as soldiers up to this time. II. The troops will be paraded at six a.m. to-morrow for sur- render in line of battle in the same order as they are now at the breastworks, with the heavy artillery on the right in the edge of the prairie, the left extending towards the town of Port Hudson. All officers and men will be in their places under arms. By Commanp or Mas.-Gen. FRANK GARDNER. C. N. Jackson, Acting Assistant Adjutant General. 210 Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment Pusiic Resotution No. 7. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the thanks of Congress are hereby tendered to Maj.-Gen. N. P. Banks, and the officers and soldiers under his command, for the skill, courage and endurance which compelled the surrender of Port Hudson, and thus removed the last obstruction to the free navigation of the Mississippi River. Approved Jan. 28, 1864. Banks to Halleck: Port Hupson, July 10, 1863. Sir: I have the honor to inform you that with the post there fell into our hands over 5,550 prisoners, including one major general, one brigadier general, twenty pieces of heavy artillery, five complete batteries numbering thirty-one pieces of field artillery, a good supply of projectiles for light and heavy guns, 44,000 pounds of cannon powder, 5,000 stand of small arms, 150,000 rounds of small arms ammunition, besides a small amount of stores of various kinds. We also captured two steamers, one of which is very valu- able. Upon the surrender I found it necessary to send all available forces to open and preserve communication with New Orleans. I was also compelled to garrison this post by the nine-months regiments whose time they think is out, and the colored regiments. After the post surrendered unconditionally, I released the non- commissioned officers and privates on their parole. The officers will be kept in confinement until further orders. Trusting that my course will be approved, I have the honor to be your most obedient servant, N. P. BANKS, Major-General Commanding. July 9 was a memorable day in the history of the regiment. Port Hudson had surrendered on the 8th, and on the morning of this day the regiment formed in column to march in and participate in the formalities of sur- render. While we were halted by the roadside, General Gardner, attended by hisstaff and a troop of horse, rode past. After some delay General Dudley reined up before the regiment, and, after it had been formed in close ranks, made to us the following farewell address: ‘‘Men of the 50th, the object of your expedition has been accom- Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment 211 plished, your time of service has expired; soon you will return to the old Bay State. With the remaining regi- ments of my brigade I shall immediately go on board steamers, having been ordered below, and this is the last time I shall see you on this soil. With the deepest sin- cerity I thank you for your uniform good conduct while in my command, and I congratulate you on the record you have made. That you may safely return to your homes and enjoy the meeting of family and friends, and in the days to come pleasantly and fully remember this campaign, is the heartfelt wish of your old commander.” “Replacing his cap and waving his hand, he rode the length of the line, and as cheer after cheer went up, again waving his hand, he was lost to sight.” The march was resumed; in a few minutes the sally port was entered, the line of fortifications passed, and what remained of Port Hudson was soon exposed to view. The defences were examined with the greatest interest. ‘‘Upon the tops of the earthworks bags of sand were laid crosswise, leaving between each bag an aperture large enough to sight the gun, and on top of the bags a huge log rested lengthwise. Here, in compara- tive safety, the men could load and fire on the assaulting column. In every few rods a battery was placed to rake the approaches in all directions with grape and canister. At least fifty rods from the works the ground had been cleared of shelter.”” Here the river broke upon our view, and as we approached the church the entire rebel army was drawn up in line. A correspondent of the New York Times wrote a very good account of the formality of the surrender: “At the earliest dawn of the — now ever memorable — 9th of July the whole camp was necessarily in the highest state of glee and commotion, and the ‘Star Spangled Banner,’ ‘Yankee Doodle’ and ‘Dixie’ came borne upon the morning air — never sounding sweeter. ‘“At seven o’clock General Andrews, chief of the staff 212 Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment of General Banks, made his grand entrance into the rebel fortifications, with Colonel Birge leading his brave storming column, whose noble services have thus been, happily for their friends, dispensed with, but to whom the country is no less indebted, taking the will for the deed. These were followed by two picked regiments from each division, with Holcomb’s and Rawles’s batteries of light artillery, and the gunners of the naval battery. “The rebels were drawn up in line, and an immense line they made, their officers in front of them on one side of the road, their backs to the river. General Gardner then advanced towards General Andrews, and in a few accompanying words offered to surrender his sword with Port Hudson; but General Andrews told him in appre- ciation of his bravery, however misdirected, he was at liberty to retain his sword. Our men were then drawn up in two lines on the other side of the road, opposite to the rebels, and our officers placed themselves in front of their men. General Gardner then said to General Andrews, ‘General, I will now formally surrender my command to you, and for that purpose you will give the orders to ground arms.’ The order was given and the arms were grounded. ‘After that General Andrews sent for the enemy’s general officers, staff and field officers. The line officers were left with their companies and a guard, composed of the 22d Louisiana and 75th New York, placed over them. These formalities over, the glorious old flag of the Union was unfolded to the breeze from one of the highest bluffs facing the river, by the men of the Rich- mond, a battery thundered forth its salute, which rolled majestically up and down the broad surface of the Mississippi — and Port Hudson was ours.” From the Port Hudson Freemen, July 14, 1863: “Port Hudson, July 8. This place was unconditionally surrendered this morning, and Major-General Gardner, General Bealls, Colonel Miles and about three hundred Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment 213 other officers, besides six thousand prisoners, fell into the hands of the Union forces. General Banks marched in and took possession on the 9th. “The number of rebel soldiers drawn up in line when the surrender took place was about four thousand. In addition to this number, there were about fifteen hun- dred sick and wounded; the wounded numbered about five hundred. The wounds are generally very severe in the head, and by the bullets of sharpshooters. “The United States flag was run up at nine o’clock on Thurdsay morning, the 9th instant, and was saluted by the Hartjord as she passed. There had been terrible sickness in the garrison, and almost total destitution of medicine. They suffered terribly from this cause. The Arizona was dispatched to Vicksburg with dispatches from Major-Gen- eral Banks soon after the surrender was completed, and by this time the glorious news has circulated all over the North, and gladdened the hearts of all true patriots. “The residences in Port Hudson village are in a de- plorable condition. Every building that we have noticed has either been hit with shot or shell and completely riddled. Even the church edifice did not escape. It is full of holes made by the balls, and the shells have shat- tered it considerably. Carpenters will be in demand before they will assume their wonted shape. All of them have been used for hospitals or a place for commissary stores, and general repair and reinvigorating will have to do their share before they will be healthy and comfort- able places to abide in. Such is war. ‘For some time previous to the surrender of Port Hud- son the rebel garrison subsisted on fresh mule and horse meat. In order to make this hold out it was issued by a commissary; also, to make the meal last, a cob was ground with it, and half a pound allowed to each man daily. Even this was about exhausted before the sur- render was made. The above is vouched for by officers and men with whom we have conversed.” 214 Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment CHAPTER XVII GARRISONING PORT HUDSON — THE REGIMENT EMBARK ON THE STEAMER OMAHA — VOYAGE UP THE RIVER TO CAIRO — JOURNEY HOME FTER the formal surrender had taken place and A the men were allowed to break ranks, the soldiers of both armies mingled together in the most cor- dial and friendly manner, exhibiting no rancor or ill- feeling on the one side or the other. The Confederates seemed to be as pleased that the contest was over as the Federals, and it was difficult to realize that a few days before they had been arrayed against each other in deadly conflict. The destructive effect of our artillery fire ap- peared on every side. Buildings were demolished, others riddled, trees shattered, great holes torn up in the earth, and the carcasses of cattle and mules were strewn about. Tents were soon issued, a camp formed, and during the interval until July 28 the men were required to drill, go on guard and have dress parade. Several of the regi- ments, including the 50th, were organized into a tempo- rary brigade under Colonel Atwood. Diary of Corpl. Henry H. Johnson, Company F: ‘July 11. This morning I was pained to hear of the sudden death of Wyman D. Jacobs and his brother, Lieutenant Jacobs, of the 26th Connecticut. Wyman died Wednesday morning, Sth instant, and was buried the same day. Lieutenant Jacobs died Sunday, July 5. They were both very fine men, and in Wyman I have lost my best friend in the army. Always together since we enlisted, everything we had we used together, and since he left us to go to Baton Rouge I have missed him much. He was a good soldier, always ready to do his duty, and IRA HURD ANDREW F. STOWE 2d Lieut. Co. F, 50th Mass. 2d Lieut. Co. G, 50th Mass. WILLIAM P. DANIELS 2d Lieut. Co. H, 50th Mass. JAMES H. RUNDLETT GEORGE H. BLINN oe SOO ake by Corpl. Co. A, 50th Mass. Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment 215 loved by all his comrades. He was in the battle of the 27th of May and the 14th of June, when his brother was wounded. I remember well what a shock it was to Wyman when he heard of it. He never recovered his usual spirits, always anxious for his brother’s welfare. Little did I think, when I left him at the doctor’s quarters, that it was the last time I should ever see him, but how uncertain life and health are in this part of our country! God grant that my life may be spared and that I may very soon have the pleasure of once more meeting the friends at home. “Tuesday, July 14. This is the end of the time for which we volunteered. Port Hudson has surrendered, but we are not on our way home. The regiment is detailed to guard the prisoners who have been put on steamers and sent to their homes. The privates are paroled and go up the river, but the officers are to go to New Orleans. Companies F and K are detailed to take the officers on board the steamer Sujfofk (formerly our old rotten steamer the Niagura) to New Orleans. We started at five o’clock p.m. and arrived at Baton Rouge in one and one-half hours, where we remained till the next morning. We had eighty-nine rebel officers on board, and our guard consisted of thirty-eight. ‘“Wednesday, July 15. Started from Baton Rouge at daylight, passed Donaldsonville at ten o’clock, the ironclad gunboat Essex and the river steamers Emperor and North American. Spoke the Essex, and heard that Lee had been completely annihilated in Pennsylvania. Arrived at New Orleans at four p.m., and just before dark conducted the prisoners to the custom house and deliv- ered them up to the U.S. authorities.” Diary of Sergeant Nelson: “July 14. Captain Barnes made a request that I might be permitted to leave camp and go to Baton Rouge to close up all business, to see that headboards were placed by the graves of those of Company K who had 216 Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment died since we left, obtain from the hospitals their effects, and then return on the boat that is to bring up our tents and camp equipage. The immense amount of red tape necessary to get started was wonderful. That I, an insignificant private, who enlisted for thirteen dollars a month to stand up and be shot at, should find it neces- sary, when wanting to travel about twenty-five miles, to consult so many eminent men and gain their un- qualified consent, raised myself in my own estimation, so that I thought perhaps I would buy a steamboat and take a select party of friends along with me. First, Colonel Messer received the document, and knowing me well, gave the consent unhesitatingly, and respectfully forwarded it to Colonel Atwood, commanding brigade. After due deliberation, he seized a pen and signed his name, approving, and with his best respects forwarded it to General Andrews, commander of Port Hudson, who unhesitatingly gave his autograph, and sent it up to be signed by R. B. Irwin, adjutant general of this depart- ment. After gaining his signature I artlessly inquired if it was to be sent to Washington for President Lincoln’s indorsement before our boat could be launched upon the waves, which being answered in the negative, I started to get transportation. “The medical boat was to leave at two o’clock, and it was my aim to go on it if I could get a pass. This must come from Dr. Alexander, surgeon-in-chief, and the next move to make was to find him and the pass. Enlisting the sympathies of Surgeon Cogswell, a coach was called, and for two long hours Dr. Alexander was searched for as for hidden treasures, and with about the average result. He was out, but after long delays his best man came down to the landing and escorted us over the gang- plank, and coming on board in such ‘goodlie companie,’ the guard passed me for all I was worth. It is sometimes well to make a favorable impression at sight, and in the present case it was extremely so. Captain Littlefield of Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment 217 Company E was on the landing very anxious to go below, but could see no way of getting a pass. I proposed to try the effect of cheek, but the captain thought it would be useless. However, I walked down the gangway, re- questing the guard to observe the general contour of my eyes and nose, as I wished to return again in a few min- utes. Stepping up to where the captain was standing, I requested him to follow like a dutiful man. He did so. We passed the guard, ‘He smiled a smoile, He winked a wunk,’ and my friend, the captain, had a ‘sure thing’ for a ride on the medical boat. “About dark the boat swung from her moorings, and without any mishap arrived at Baton Rouge about the noon of night, and found the few in camp buried in pro- found slumber. The officers’ tents of each company are all that are standing. The others are in condition to be moved at the word. Woke up Byron, called for two stews, and then to rest. “July 15. No more stores being furnished, flour and other necessaries of life were purchased, and Aunt Jose- phine, — called Phenie for short, —a noted cook, for- merly owned by a gentleman of high standing in this city, acted in that capacity for me. As the fig and other fruits of this clime furnished the desserts, we fared sumptuously every day. Overhauling my valise, a ‘biled shirt’ was found, and other light and airy articles for summer wear were put to use. I am quite reconciled to my lot. If a quartermaster or paymaster is wanted, apply within. In a mixed company this morning an acquaintance called me by name, when a man with the strap of a lieutenant colonel spoke up: ‘I used to know that name in Massachusetts; where is the owner?’ Turn- ing around, I faced a stranger who introduced himself, 218 Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment and I immediately grasped by the hand one who, in days long gone, was a playmate of mine. Pleasantly we talked of old times, and ten thousand boyish reminiscences of Georgetown as it was, and of those who were with us then. The hurry and bustle of the times make meetings short, so we parted. I think state rights or state pride is felt immensely strong out here. To illustrate: some little time ago the band boys, wishing a favor granted them, which favor was to come through the commander of 30th Massachusetts, Colonel Bullock, I was solicited to act in their behalf; so ‘TI hied me away’ to the colonel’s quarters, and stated their request in as mild and unas- suming a manner as possible, and hoping that if it was in his power he would grant their petition. For a long time he objected, stating many good reasons, and begin- ning to think he was about right, I was on the point of leaving, when he abruptly asked, ‘Who are you, and where from?’ I told him Massachusetts was my native State, and I was a member of the 50th Massachusetts Volunteer Militia. ‘Massachusetts? Stop! What is it you want? Ido not care what you want; have it. Yes; have anything — anything there is around here ; take it and keep it, and I only wish I could do something more for you and the band.’ I struck up ‘Yankee Doodle homeward bound,’ and marched back to camp, one abreast, thanking heaven that I was born in the old Bay State, and that my glorious old ancestor came over in the Mayflower, and was the first to plant his foot on Plymouth Rock. “16th. A few letters came up from New Orleans on the last night steamer. I took them over to the hospital for delivery. Among them was one for Amos Dole. This I took to the general hospital, and there making inquiries was directed to the ward, but was told that he was very near his end. He had consciousness of my being present, and called me by name, but was too far gone to talk, or take notice of letters from home. A Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment 219 sudden change came over him, and reclining his head on my arm, ‘Without a sigh, a change of feature or a shaded smile, He gave his hand to the stern messenger, And as a glad child seeks his father’s arms, went home.’ “No man ever enlisted in this war from better motives, no man enjoyed the excitement of march or bivouac, or was more ready to respond to duty’s call, or anticipated more pleasure in fighting his battles over again, when this cursed war is ended. In accordance with my orders, I have been out to the cemetery, which is about two miles out of the city, and placed headboards at the graves of my comrades of Company K. A large tract of land has been laid out very systematically and numbered by brigades, regiments and companies. A plan of the ground is kept by the general superintendent, and we can find the sought-for dead without much trouble. Here is the last of earth. ‘After the battle, peaceful graves.’ “Returning to the city found that orders had arrived, that everything must be put in condition for transporta- tion. Early to-morrow morning a steamer leaves for Port Hudson, and with it everything and everybody belonging to the 50th goes on it. All remaining tents are struck and rolled ; clothing, equipments of dead com- rades from the various hospitals gathered, boxed and labeled. The old camp stove, having run the race set before it, was sold at a very low figure and closed up the concern. The last night in Baton Rouge; bed as hard as a board; stars shining and twinkling, just as they have been ever since they sung together. “17th. At early call the teams began to load our effects, and in a few hours, turning our faces toward the Mississippi, the old camp ground saw the ‘last of the bare uns.’ Stopping a team at the hospital to gather the 220 Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment effects of Amos Dole, I was met by the hospital steward, who coolly informed me that it was usual to retain the clothing of men who died at the hospital under his charge. Feeling my extreme smallness in his presence, I humbly stated that in all other cases everything had been gathered and would be returned to the relatives of the deceased, and hoped he would grant this, my last request; but his mind was madeupand heshouldnot. AsI turned to go, I said, ‘That depends entirely upon how high authority I can enlist in my favor in the short time I have before the boat leaves.’ Starting for somebody’s headquarters, by a special providence almost the first man I met was Surgeon Cogswell, who I supposed was up at Port Hudson. I stated the case; he wrote a few lines, using the pommel of his saddle for a writing desk, giving it to me, expressed himself that he thought the great mogul might notice it; if not, he would go himself. Making my second visit, I passed this letter to my friend, the steward, who passed over what I called for without deigning a remark. ‘Looking over the articles I found a ring was missing that I knew was with him yesterday. He denied all knowledge of it, and as the boat was just ready to start it was impossible to get any satisfaction. I told him that it had been stolen since Amos died, and I had no doubt he knew where it was. He called me names and I called him worse ones; my last words were about robbing dead soldiers, and his were about my leaving as soon as convenient, and thus with mutual hate we parted. ““The steam was up and the boat immediately turned her bow up river, and Baton Rouge became dim in the distance. The crevasse through which we were so un- ceremoniously drawn last March was noted. The river is now down to low-water mark, and that vast extent of submerged cane field is as dry as dust. Then we seemed to be sailing along on the tops of houses; now we have to mount the hurricane deck to see what is doing on the plantations. The shades of evening were settling around Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment 221 the solitary residence of Mr. Winter; as the boat passed by not a living mortal appeared around that domicile; everything was quiet and gloomy, and steaming up, our boat soon found anchorage at the landing. “July 22. The days pass slowly, and when a human being is obliged to resort to thunder showers for amuse- ments to beguile the tedious hours, convivialty and mirth must be rare articles. The captain’s room had been used as the sitting room of a hotel more than any other tent or room in this vicinity. Captain Barnes’s good nature and pleasant anecdotes have always assured him an audience under all circumstances. Thus the field officers of this regiment are often found here, entirely divested of all military dignity, passing the joke, relating anecdotes or some personal experience, and driving dull care away. Within the precincts of this tent to-night, as usual, a number of them had dropped in, and the old canvas fairly grinned with delight. Before the hour for closing had arrived a howling thunder shower, totally regardless of weak nerves or timid temperaments, poured out its vials. Many tents lay prostrate and Wildes and myself did our level best, and the old concern weathered the gale. The night will long be remembered by that company.” The Confederate organizations, the privates and non- commissioned officers of which were paroled were as follows: ist Alabama Infantry, 49th Alabama Infantry, 1st (Sth) Arkansas Infantry, 10th Arkansas Infantry, 11th Arkansas Infantry, 12th Arkgnsas Infantry, 14th Ar- kansas Infantry, 15th Arkansas Infantry, 16th Arkansas Infantry, 17th Arkansas Infantry, 18th Arkansas In- fantry, 23d Arkansas Infantry, 4th Louisiana Infantry, 9th Louisiana Infantry, 30th Louisiana Infantry, Miles’s Louisiana Legion, 1st Mississippi Infantry, 39th Mississippi Infantry, Claibourne’s Mississippi Infantry, Battalion Tennessee Infantry, 12th Louisiana Artillery (Heavy), Ist Tennessee Artillery (Heavy), Boone’s Louisiana 222 Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment Artillery (Light), Watson’s Louisiana Artillery (Light), 1st Mississippi Artillery (Light), English’s Mississippi Artillery (Light), Seven Stars Mississippi Artillery (Light), 1st Tennessee Artillery (Light). The month of July wore away and still the regiment remained. The prisoners had been paroled, our term of enlistment had long since expired; other nine-months reg- iments had embarked for home, but the 50th was detained. At one o’clock on the morning of July 27 thirteen steamers passed down the river loaded with troops from Vicksburg. Lighted from stem to stern, they presented a beautiful sight as they steamed by Port Hudson. The month was drawing to a close; with longing and impatience we were looking forward to our home return. On the 28th the welcome order was received to turn over all ordnance stores, arms and equipments to the chief ordnance officer immediately. No order was ever obeyed with greater readiness. At half past ten, on the morning of July 29, the regiment was all on board; and the Omaha with her stem up stream drew in her lines from the landing and steamed up the river. The campaign was closed, our service of nine months ended, and with pleasing anticipations of home and friends at the next bend of the river we caught our last glimpse of Port Hudson. It was an historic spot, but the irony of fate, after the lapse of forty years, has left it almost a deserted waste. The railroad is a thing of the past; the port no longer exists; the river sweeps away in a new channel to Port Hickey, a mile below. The memory of those event- ful days is fading away; most of the actors in the great struggle sleep in their graves; a few years more and the last survivor will have passed from earth, but the result of their labors will reach on for centuries to come, perhaps for all time. The Omaha was an old river steamer, decrepit with age, overloaded with human freight. The shores of the river lined with cottonwood were uninteresting. At Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment 223 half past five in the afternoon the mouth of Red River was reached. A little farther on the fine old plantation of Zachary Taylor was passed, and the next morning found the steamer fast at Natchez, under the hill. At almost every landing some poor fellow, wasted away with disease, was laid at rest. Here was buried Elias A. Trofatter of Company A. Our passage up the river was slow, the wheezing old hulk making only six miles an hour. This day we steamed by Rodney and Grand Gulf. A little after daylight on the morning of July 31 the lines were cast ashore at Vicksburg and a supply of coal taken aboard on the opposite shore. Another death and another burial, Horace Carter of Company H. Here are shown the first signs of activity; steamers line the shore, but everything pertains to war. The fortifications and the effects of the siege stand out in clear view. It was six o’clock in the afternoon before the Omaha got under way. Saturday, August 1. Soon after breakfast passed the village of Lake Providence, a little town with two churches. ‘‘A burning sun, a withering, scorching breeze and a huge fire below sending up heat, smoke and cinders, smother, stifle, choke.” Sunday, August 2. Passed Napoleon this morning and the mouth of Arkansas River, and a little farther up came to White River. Diary of Sergeant Nelson: “This has been the saddest day of the trip; between midnight and sunrise this morning young Crosby of Company K and two other members of the regiment died. Owing to the bad feeling of the people along the shore, we did not land till about the middle of the forenoon. On the banks of the Mississippi, just above the mouth of the White River, the steamer was brought up to the bank, and three graves were dug, and all that our circumstances would admit of was done to give Christian burial. Almost the entire regiment stood with uncovered heads. 224 Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment Captain Duncan performed the sad services, tenderly replacing the soil over their remains; we withdrew, and immediately the bell sounded for the boat to move. I can scarcely conceive of anything more distressing than the inexorable decree of fate which obliges us to leave our dead comrades by the way, buried in strange lands, without a single object to mark their final resting place. The winds moan and the river, rippling along to the sea, moistens their lonely graves, yet they heed it not. In the stillest of stillness we leave them, and thank God for immortality. No burial of any member of the regi- ment caused more real sorrow than these this morning. We made no reckoning of leaving any by the way, but expected that all who started would see home. In the death of young Crosby there were many reasons why the sympathies of the men of the regiment were excited to a greater degree than would have been for almost any private that I know of. He was the only boy belonging to the regiment detailed on our first going into camp for extra duty, then changed to the adjutant’s department. He was brought in contact with officers and men con- tinually. Having had considerable experience the year before in the Army of the Potomac in the 19th Massa~- chusetts, his knowledge of the detail of army life was wonderful for one of his age. Major Hodges, who was a lieutenant in that regiment, took Thede under his special protection, and he became a general favorite. For a few weeks he had been poorly, but nothing serious was appre- hended until within a few days. Yesterday he showed unmistakable signs that he would not live to see home; in the evening he was brought into the after part of the boat and everything possible done for his comfort; long before morning dawned, resting quietly in the colonel’s arms, he passed away.” The river at this point is strongly guarded by iron- clads and land forces, as is also the mouth of the Arkan- sas River, which we passed to-day. Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment 225 Monday, August 3. The Omaha ran on to a sand bar during the night, the rotten old craft sprung aleak, the water running in through the cracks, threatening to sink her. All hands went to work, and she was kept afloat by bailing. The captain took a small boat and a crew of men and started up the river a few miles for Helena to obtain assistance. He returned about daylight with two steamers. The sick were transferred to the Modera- tor, and the rest of the regiment to the Luther M. Kennett, a large and powerful high-pressure side-wheel steamer. After a tedious delay the voyage was resumed, and soon the white tents of an encampment came into view, and a little farther up, the city of Helena, Ark., where we delayed a few hours in coaling. The Kennett had ample accommodations for the men, and the change was agreeable from the contracted quarters of the Omaha. Helena at this time was an important post, garrisoned by 10,000 troops under General Prentiss. While the vessel was being coaled the men had an opportunity to go ashore, and after hard-tack and river water for five days a brisk trade was carried on in sutlers’ supplies. T. P. Perley, a member of Company K, died while we were waiting here, after a long sickness, and was buried in the soldiers’ lot. August 4. Memphis was reached about noon, and we were delayed till evening taking in coal. The bustle and activity of a busy city characterized the place. Steamers lined the levee; boats were discharging and taking on freight. Drays laden with merchandise filled the street along the shore. Teams of the Adams Express Company reminded us of home. The avenues and sidewalks were crowded with elegant turnouts and well-dressed people, and the stores and shops were filled with fashionable goods. Thrift and prosperity take the place of ruin and decay, which were observed farther down the river. It was inspiring to once again see a flourishing and beautiful city. After the scanty and unsatisfying army rations of 226 Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment seven months it seemed almost impossible for the boys to placate their long-abused stomachs and appease their appetites, and so hucksters and venders of fruit were in great demand. Even the river water had not so vitiated the palate that a mint julep had lost its savor. Having dropped down stream to fill the bunkers with coal, it was after dark when we steamed by the city, and as we passed the lights flashed from the numerous steamers and the city lights of streets and buildings presented a beautiful and dazzling sight. Perhaps the most interesting quarter of our boat is the cabin, which is used as the dining room, and the most interesting time of day to those who have some scrip left is when the table is set. The captain takes his place at the head, and a magnificent colored gentleman presides over a corps of waiters, performing the functions of a steward with a very distinguished air. The commissioned officers are first. served, and then the private has a chance if he is fortunate enough to possess the cash with which to pay for a meal. It is feared some of these privates had pockets even more hungry and capacious than their stomachs, judging from the quantity of cakes and pies that disappeared and were later distributed among the boys. Certain circumstantial evidence would seem to indicate that groups of men formed a sort of communistic society, clubbed together, andforthe price of a single meal, through their representative, managed to distribute a supply of food among the entire mess. The knowledge possessed by the pilots of the tortuous channel and how and where to steer the boats was mar- velous. First on one side of the river, then on the other, then in the middle of the stream; at one time hugging the shore so that one could almost step on to the land, the next moment steering out perhaps with a sharp curve; and then the current is ever changing. Where the channel runs to-day perhaps next week a sand bar will be piled up to almost the surface of the water; and then Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment 227 the pilot must always be on the watch for snags. It was said of an old Mississippi pilot ‘‘that he would look in his hand and see every snag and sand bar from St. Louis to New Orleans.’’ Before the war and prior to the time when railroads had honeycombed the country, the Mis- sissippi steamers catered to the best class of travel, and were fitted up with considerable elegance. A voyage of several days from New Orleans to St. Louis, stopping at the various ports along the river, presented many social attractions; friendships were formed; the time whiled away with games of chance, and in those days in many ways such a voyage was as enjoyable as a voyage across the Atlantic now. All along the valley of the Mississippi the air is charged with the traditional stories of those good old times when the wealthy planter, with his retinue of slaves, traveled in the state of a foreign lord. Wednesday, August 5. The trip to-day was a pleas- ant one, Tennessee on our right and Arkansas on our left. In the morning passed Fort Pillow, and towards evening hauled up at a wood yard in Missouri to take on a supply of wood. The conversation that took place between the captain and the proprietor of the wood yard was narrated by a member of the regiment as fol- lows: ‘‘Between the expectorations of tobacco juice the captain is informed in answer to his inquiry, ‘What kind of wood is it?’ ‘It is cord wood.’ Pursuing his investi- gation, the next inquiry will be, ‘How long has it been cut?’ ‘Four feet.’ Still persistent after knowledge under difficulties, Captain Reed asked how he sold it. ‘For money,’ came back the hoarse reply. ‘Do you take Con- federate bonds?’ ‘Y-a-a-s.’ As we are getting north, there is considerable discount on the circulating medium, and, anticipating this, the captain cautiously inquired on what terms he took dilapidated currency. The old hoosier straightened himself up to his extreme height, and answered back, ‘Cord for cord!’” After this preliminary chaffing, a trade was made, the 228 Fijftieth Massachusetts Regiment boys went to work with the colonel at their head, and in an hour twenty-six cords were put on board. Thursday, August 6. The last day of our voyage. Early in the day steamed by New Madrid and the famous Island No. 10, where the garrison turned out, and cheered us as we passed, the band striking up national airs. We were now opposite the Kentucky shore, and the fine farms, high state of cultivation, bountiful orchards and grazing cattle indicated a prosperous and fertile state. The city of Hickman was soon reached, and a little later Columbus came in sight. Columbus at that time was the center for government quartermasters’ stores for the South and West. After leaving here, a steamer was ob- served coming up the river, which proved to be our old friend the Omaha on her way to Cairo for repairs. Greet- ings were exchanged, and a challenge given for trial of speed. The challenge was accepted, and the last ten miles was an exciting race. The two ancient craft seemed to renew their youth. Wood, pine knots and anything that would make speed was piled on to the fire. The two boats were almost neck and neck, but the Kennett touched the levee at Cairo just ahead of the Omaha. The voyage had consumed eight days and a little more. It was almost nine months since the regiment had left Boxford. Many had gone never to return; others were wasted with a fatal sickness, but as the men stepped upon the soil of a northern state it was a moment of supreme happiness. Cairo, situated at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi, a city built upon mud, had been a place of strategic importance, low and forbidding, but on that night it was the entrance to Paradise. This was our last night on the steamer. On the morrow those of the sick unable to proceed were left in the hospital at Mound City four miles above Cairo, and at eleven A.M. the regiment had been packed into cattle cars, the whistle sounded, and the train started on the homeward trip. Fiftieth Massachusetts Regument 229 Southern Illinois, through which we rode, is a fertile farming country, the crops mostly of corn in unbroken fields of hundreds of acres. What a change was observed north of the Ohio! No more sullen faces and averted looks. All along the route, through village and farm, the people swung their hats and waved their handker- chiefs. Just before sundown the train drew up at Cen- tralia for a short stop. Saturday, August 8. Arrived at Mattoon before light, changed to a train of passenger cars, and were off at six a.M. Last night in many ways was the most uncom- fortable one experienced during the service in our abor- tive attempts to get a little sleep. Closely packed, rolled up, curled up, doubled up, rest was almost impos- sible, and the privilege of stretching our legs at Mattoon, and afterwards enjoying the comfort of passenger cars, was a great relief. The ride to-day has been over the prairie, through suc- cessive fields of wheat. Horses, cattle and swine roam over the pastures. Passed through Terre Haute, where a brief stay was made, and then kept on to Indianapolis, reaching there a little before evening, where supper was furnished and an opportunity given for a stroll over the city. Another change of cars at this place, the train being made up partly of box and partly of pas- senger cars. Sunday, August 9. This Sabbath morning was one never to be forgotten by the men of the 50th Regiment, and the memory of Bellefontaine will be cherished by them for a lifetime. It was six thirty a.m. when the train hauled into the town. The station was filled with ladies and gentlemen loaded down with every delicacy that the market afforded. The boys were taken in charge by the citizens and invited to their homes, where such breakfasts were set before them as could be furnished only by large-hearted western hospitality. The moral effect upon these returning New England soldiers was 230 Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment greater than that of any sermon ever preached. The generosity and patriotism of these good people illustrated the treatment accorded to us through the entire West. The enthusiasm cooled as the regiment passed through New York and Massachusetts. At Marion the same re- ception awaited us. ‘‘Our ride to-day has been through the garden of Ohio. Tields of stacked wheat, hillsides covered with trellised grapevines, and cattle feeding upon sweet-scented clover’’ presented an interesting picture. About five o’clock in the afternoon the train rolled into the depot at Cleveland, where a great concourse of people received us and a bountiful collation was served. Another change of cars and off for Buffalo. Monday, August 10. Arrived at Buffalo at daylight, and after breakfast took another train for Albany. “The day has been one of hilarity, pleasant and beauti- ful. The road, a large part of the way, leads along the Erie Canal.”” Over the New York Central the train runs through the charming Mohawk Valley, the blue Alle- ghanies visible in the distance, through the city of Rochester with its falls and flour mills, Utica, and Svra- cuse with its salt works. ‘“‘Near the close of the day we rolled into Little Falls and made a long stop. Here the river, the canal and the railroad run along and wind through the gorge of the mountains. The wildness of the scenery is hardly surpassed.” At two o’clock in the morning we arrived at Albany, where rations were issued, crossed the Hudson, and at sunrise were in Massachusetts. It was between four and five o’clock on the afternoon of Tuesday, Aug. 11, 1863, when the train rumbled into the old Boston and Worcester Railroad station, from which we had gone nine months before. Relatives and friends were there to bid us farewell when we left; they were there to greet us when we returned. After a collation at Beach Street Barracks the regi- Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment 231 ment marched to the Common and was dismissed, the several companies returning to their respective towns under their own commanders. On the 24th of August the regiment was mustered out at Wenham by Capt. J. K. Lawrence of the 11th U.S. Infantry. Lijtieth Massachusetts Regiment 233 the Sioux expedition under General Harney, and made the campaign against the Sioux Indians in 1855. This expedition was a perfect success, as all of Harney’s cam- paigns were. He succeeded in trapping the Sioux on the north bank of the North Platte near the mouth of Ash Hollow, most thoroughly punishing the Brules under their old leader, Little Thunder, killing over a hundred of their number and corraling some 2,000 prisoners. Lieutenant Dudley’s company was specially mentioned in orders for the part it took in this fight, which occurred Sept. 5, 1855. The spring of 1856 found him with his company sta- tioned in the sand hills of Nebraska on the north fork of the Platte near the only bridge then west of the Mis- souri River. All the Indians on the plains at this time were more or less troublesome. The Cheyennes, one of the largest tribes of the Five Nations, were conspicu- ously so. On the 19th of April, 1856, Lieutenant Dudley attacked a force of ten times his own number, of this band, and succeeded in capturing many prominent chiefs and Indians who had been guilty of bad conduct toward the immigrants crossing the mountains the previous year. The breaking out of the Civil War found Company E, 10th Infantry (Dudley’s), with his regiment as part of the Utah expedition, where it had been for three years under Gen. Albert Sidney Johnson, supporting the civil authorities in their attempt to reconstruct Brigham Young and his lawless followers. The Rebellion caused the abandonment of Salt Lake, and the change of station from Utah to Washington, where the old 10th was as- signed to do duty as part of the provost guard of the capitol under Dudley. All the senior officers had ac- cepted appointments of a higher grade than their regular commissions in volunteer regiments, or had resigned and gone into the Confederate Army, so that Dudley, with the rank of captain, had command of all the regular infantry stationed in Washington at that time. 234 Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment On the 5th of February, 1861, he was offered the coloneley of the 30th Massachusetts Volunteers by Gen- eral Butler, with assurance if he would accept that a leave of absence from the Regular Army would be granted him for this purpose. He had refused the command of the 22d (Wilson’s regiment) and of the 2d Illinois Cav- alry (Farnsworth’s regiment). These were both members of Congress, but leave of absence could not be secured for him, as McClellan had declined to further deplete the efficiency of the regulars by granting leaves of absence to take higher commands in the volunteer regiments. Butler, however, succeeded over the heads of both Stanton and McClellan with Lin- coln in getting Dudley’s leave, and he accompanied Gen- eral Butler to New Orleans via Ship Island on the ill- fated Mississippi, being assigned to the command of the forces on board, consisting of the 31st Massachusetts Vol- unteers, Neal Dow’s Maine regiment, and Nims’s Battery. After being partially shipwrecked on Frying Pan Shoals he finally reached Ship Island and assumed command for the first time of his own regiment, the 30th Massachu- setts Volunteers. As soon as the force could be organ- ized it was embarked and joined Farragut’s fleet on the Mississippi to capture Forts Jackson, St. Philip and the city of New Orleans. On the fall of these places, on the 2d of May, he was assigned to command of the troops in New Orleans and Carrollton. He was the officer whom Mrs. Philips spat upon, and with a group of young rebel women insulted on the occasion that the civil police of the city threw up their batons and refused to serve the government. Dudley was president most of the time of the military commission which tried and convicted Mumford, who was hung by General Butler for tearing down the flag on City Hall. In July, at his own request, he was relieved from this position, and ordered to join General Williams at Baton Fijlieth Massachusetts Regiment 235 Rouge, who was being threatened by General Brecken- ridge. On reporting to General Williams he was assigned to a brigade of six regiments of infantry and two bat- teries of artillery. About the middle of July Colonel Dudley was ordered to proceed to a point on the Mississippi opposite Vicks- burg with three regiments of volunteers, Nims’s Battery and two thousand contrabands for the purpose of turn- ing the river into this new channel and thus cutting off the city, but the project proved a failure, as the waters of the Mississippi soon fell. On the 2d of August orders were received to aban- don the work and for the forces to return to Baton Rouge and rejoin General Williams. The physical condition of the troops at this time was deplorable. Malaria had so reduced the efficiency of the command as to make it almost worthless. The 30th started on this expedition 1,000 strong, and on the day of its return 700 were on the sick list with malarial fever. This regiment, on the morn- ing of the 5th of August, went into the fight with 800, the men getting up out of their bunks and falling into the ranks absolutely tottering from weakness. As soon as the troops were landed they prepared to receive the rebels under Breckenridge, who had assembled his forces on the Comite, ten miles away. Dudley was assigned to the right wing and Nickerson of the 13th Maine to the left wing, General Williams being in command. Dudley’s forces consisted of the 2d Illinois, 4th Wisconsin, 6th Michigan, 7th Vermont, 30th Massachusetts Volunteers, Nims’s and Phillips's Batteries with one company of Massa- chusetts Unattached Cavalry. General Williams was killed in the third assault, after which two additional assaults were made by the enemy. Upon the death of Williams, Dudley assumed command and finished the fight successfully, driving the Confederates back to their camp on the Comite. For his services in this affair he was brevetted major in the Regular Army. 236 Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment In the fall of 1862 he was relieved of his command at Baton Rouge and appointed inspector general of the department on the staff of General Banks. On the organization of the expedition to Texas for the purpose of capturing Galveston and Brownsville, he was relieved of his duty as inspector, and temporarily ap- pointed chief of staff with Banks and accompanied him on that expedition. On returning to New Orleans he was ordered to Baton Rouge, where he was assigned to the command of a bri- gade under Major-General Augur, and was employed in organizing, equipping and drilling troops, and preparing for the advance on Port Hudson in conjunction with Grant’s forces acting against Vicksburg. Drills, grand reviews, parades and exercises kept all the troops active until the siege of Port Hudson was begun. Dudley’s brigade was the first to advance and assumed a position at Merritt’s Plantation. General Augur arrived at Merritt’s Plantation the evening of May 26, but did not assume command until the forces reached Plains’ store on the 27th. During the siege of Port Hudson, Dudley’s forces were assigned to a section of the line to the right of the road leading from Port Hudson to Clinton, and his troops were under fire nearly every day during the entire siege. As soon as the sur- render of Gardner’s forces was announced, Dudley’s brigade was at once embarked and proceeded to Donald- sonville, where it was landed and moved out on the Bayou Lafourche towards Cox’s Plantation, where the forces of Pollonack were struck, and a severe battle en- sued which lasted all the afternoon. A similar force had been sent to the south bank of the bayou with orders to keep abreast of Dudley’s column on the north side. This force on the south side, failing to support him, so ex- posed his left flank as to seriously affect his advance and cause a heavy loss, notwithstanding he held his position until re-enforced the next day by General Weitzel, who Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment 237 ordered a withdrawal of Dudley’s command, and Pol- lonack was allowed to retreat to his original position. After a brief season General Dudley was again ap- pointed inspector general of the Department of the Gulf, and ordered to New Orleans, where he was actively em- ployed in the inspection of the forces concentrated at Carrollton from Vicksburg and Baton Rouge, preparatory to the Texas expedition under Banks. The day before the embarkation of the troops for Texas, Dudley was temporarily assigned as chief of staff and accompanied General Banks on this expedition. On returning to New Orleans he was assigned to the command of the 4th Brigade of Cavalry and set about organizing, equipping and drilling this command for the unfortunate Red River campaign. The brigade consisted of the 2d Illinois Cavalry, 3d Massachusetts Cavalry, 31st Massachusetts Infantry equipped as cavalry, and the 8th New Hampshire Infantry also mounted and equipped as cavalry, with two regular batteries and Nims’s Volun- teer Massachusetts Battery. This command was assigned to the advance in the Red River expedition and occupied the front line at the battle of Sabine Crossroads on the 8th of April. Had the troops forming the advance line on that day been supported by the troops under Franklin, the melancholy disaster to Banks’s forces would not have occurred. The result would have been a victory instead of the unfortunate defeat and misfortune which attended that campaign. Dudley was relieved of this command and ordered again to Baton Rouge, where he commenced the organi- zation of a cavalry force, for the expedition to Mobile, which did not leave the department. At his own request he was relieved from duty in the Department of the Gulf and was ordered to the Department of the Shenandoah, under Sheridan, and en route through Washington he was detained by General Emory and placed in command of 2,000 convalescent cavalry and sent to Monocacy. There 238 Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment the troops were distributed among their respective regiments and Dudley was assigned to duty as chief of staff of General Emory. In less than a month he was transferred to the command of the 3d Brigade in the 2d Division of the 19th Army Corps, and with this brigade and one other, forming one command, he was employed in guarding and escorting supply trains from the base of supplies to Sheridan’s front, against the attacks of Mosby’s forces which annoyed the trains passing up the valley. The winter of 1864 wearing away and no activity going on in the valley, and feeling that he had little chance of promotion while Stanton was Secretary of War, he asked to be retired from the volunteer service and ordered to join his regular regiment under General Sykes. Instead of the request being granted he was ordered to report to Major-General Thomas at Nashville, Tenn. On _ his arrival at General Thomas’s headquarters in that city he was assigned to the command of the forces stationed at Tullahoma, Tenn., consisting of western regiments num- bering over 6,000 men, which he commanded until the end of the war, when they were mustered out. At the close of the war, instead of being ordered to join his regular regiment, as he personally requested, General Thomas assigned him to duty as commissioner in the Freedmen’s Bureau, and ordered him to Memphis, Tenn., relieving Curtis in that district. For six months and more, notwithstanding he protested against this assign- ment, and frequently asked to be relieved from a duty that was distasteful to him, and notwithstanding the fact that Gen. O. O. Howard had him relieved twice, he was as often reinstated by President Johnson at the request of General Thomas, commanding the department. This district of the Freedmen’s Bureau comprised fully one-third of all the ex-slaves in the United States. On the date of his assuming charge of the bureau at Memphis over 100,000 slaves were living in idleness and filth in Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment 239 and about the city, massed together in sheds, outbuildings and in the open fields, regardless of sex, as promiscuous as cattle. In less than thirty days these colored people, without the families being separated, were located on plantations working on written contracts made by Dudley for a stipulated compensation. This duty ended he was ordered to join his own regi- ment in the Regular Army, the 15th Infantry, where he was employed in organizing the 24th Infantry. In 1867 he was transferred to the cavalry arm of the regular service, in which he remained, serving in the Department of the Platte and in the Department of Arizona and Texas, constantly occupied in scouting and looking after the Indians of our great West. In 1878 he was selected to take command of the district of Fort Stanton, New Mexico. Great disturbances had been going on there fora long time. Over one hundred murders had taken place. Dudley was sent to regulate these affairs. It resulted in his taking the greater part of his force and proceeding to the county seat, Lincoln, where he found two opposing parties facing each other and engaged in actual fighting. He assembled the leaders and told them that under the act of Congress he could not render aid to the civil authorities in making arrests, but he could protect the Federal buildings, the highways and insure the transmission of the mails; that he had come to the county seat for this purpose; that if either party fired a shot into his command to wound or kill one of his men, he would open his artillery on the building from which the shot was fired. He remained in camp in the plaza one night, during the darkness of which a large party under the United States marshal and county sheriff succeeded in driving the outlaws from their stronghold, killing some eleven of their number and burning the buildings they occupied. Not a shot was fired by one of Dudley’s soldiers; nevertheless he was indicted by a Mexican jury for the eleven murders and for burning the 240 Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment building. The indictments for murder were nol-prossed. He was tried by a Mexican jury for the burning, not one of whom could speak a word of English. The government at Washington furnished counsel to defend him. He was fully sustained in his action by the authorities. General Devens was Attorney-General of the United States at the time and gave Dudley loyal support, as did General Sherman, commanding the army. The course followed by Dudley ended the Lincoln County riots. That section of the country is as quiet and orderly a region to-day as can be found in any section of our isolated territory. The later years of Dudley’s military life were passed in regulating the early settlers of Oklahoma, and keeping the Crows, Sioux, Cheyennes, Apaches and Buttes on their reservation up to 1888, when he was retired from active service at the age of sixty-four. Since his retirement from the army he has resided at his old home on Dudley Street, Roxbury, commanding the universal love and respect earned by a long and honorable military career in the service of his country. APPENDIX OMRADE MESSER of Company C and the writer visited Baton Rouge and Port Hudson in 1891, and found in the National Cemetery at Baton Rouge head- the following comrades who were stones at the graves of buried there: Otis F. Preston, Co. George Knowlton, Co. William Tucker, Jr., Co. James F. Tucker, Co. Elam W. Burnham, Co. Nathaniel W. Pettingill, Co. Loring Patch, Co. John A. Poole, Co. Jesse Mills, Co. Melton G. Holt, Co. Tobias Pinkham, Co. Jobn A. Trull, Co. John L. Moore, Co. Jonathan L. Pillings, Co. Henry B. Wellman, Co. Jonas C. Brown, Co. John F. Moses, Co. Charles H. Stickney, Co. George S. Davis, Co. Harry T. Hunkins, Co. TASS RARE EDO DOnP Wee > William W. Webster, Co. G. Joseph Williams, Co. G. William C. Wallace, Co. G. Andrew J. Mackay, Co. G. George F. Lord, Co. H. George F. Bickford, Co. H. Nicholas Skerett, Co. I. Milton F. Jewett, Co. K. William O. Sides, Co. K. Amos Spofford, Co. K. Lyman Floyd, Co. K. Charles C. Dresser, Co. K. William Hunkins, Co. K. John Parsons, Co. K. Thomas O. Blackburn, Co. K. Richmond D. Merrill, Co. K. Augustine W.E. Gurley, Co. K. Nathaniel W. French, Assistant Surgeon. J. Warner, Signal Corps. There are buried in the National Cemetery at Port Hudson 3,827, of whom 588 are known and 3,239 unknown. At Christmas, 1863, the following card was issued to the members of the regiment then in Philadelphia: Tue 50TH Reciment MassacHuSETTs VOLUNTEERS, WELCOME TO THE ‘‘CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE.” The Union Volunteer Refreshment Committee wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. 242 Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment Roster OF THE FIELD, STAFF AND LINE OFFICERS OF THE DETACHMENT OF THE 50TH REGIMENT MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS IN 1862 AT PHILADELPHIA C. P. Messer, Colonel. John W. Locke, Lieut.-Col. John Hodges, Jr., Afaj. Henry A. Wentworth, Adjt. William Cogswell, Surgeon. Henry W. Degen, Quartermaster. Robert Hassell, Chaplain. Company G. George W. Edwards, Capt. George W. Wallace, First Lieut. Andrew F. Stowe, Second Lieut. Company F. Samuel W. Duncan, Capt. David Boynton, First Lieut. Ira Hurd, Second Lieut. Company C. Darius N. Stevens, Capt. Samuel C, Trull, First Lieut. Frederick Cochrane, Second Lieut. Company B. J.S. Ward, Capt. Edward W. Philipps, First Lieut. William H. Hurd, Second Lieut. Company D. George W. Coburn, Capt. Josiah 8. Coney, First Lieut. Oramel T. Abbott, Second Lieut. Provost guard will pass the members of the 50th Massachusetts Regiment. By OrpER oF GENERAL MoNnTGOMERY. Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment 243 Soupiers’ GUIDE TO PHILADELPHIA ARRANGED FOR THE 5OTH MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS The following are some of the places of interest to strangers in the city: Independence Hall, Chestnut Street above 5th, where a fine view of the city may be had from the steeple. United States Mint, Chestnut Street near Broad. United States Custom House (formerly United States Bank), Philadelphia Bank, Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Bank, New Post Office Buildings, Chestnut Street above Fourth. Merchants’ Exchange, Newspaper and Telegraph Offices, and Post Office, Third Street below Chestnut. Girard College and Laurel Hill. Take Ridge Avenue cars. United States Naval Asylum. Take Pine Street cars. Penn’s Treaty Tree. Take Third Street cars. The Eastern Penitentiary. Take Green Street cars. Philadelphia Almshouse and Woodlawn Cemetery, West Phil- adelphia. Take Market Street cars. Academy of Natural Sciences, Broad Street below Chestnut, adjoining the La Piere House. Academy of Music, Broad Street below Walnut. Academy of Fine Arts, Chestnut Street above Tenth. Institution for Deaf and Dumb, Broad and Pine. Institution for Blind, Race Street near Twentieth. Grave of Benjamin Franklin and wife, corner Fifth and Arch. Christ Church (organized 1695), Second Street above Market. Swedes Church (organized 1677), Swanson below Christian. St. Peter’s Church (organized 1758), Third and Pine. ‘ Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul, 18th Street below Vine. The principal Public Squares are Independence, Washington, Franklin, Jefferson, Penn, Rittenhouse and Logan. Arch Street Theater, Arch above Sixth. Walnut Street Theater, Ninth and Walnut. Masonic Hall, Chestnut below Eighth Street. Continental Hotel and Girard House, Ninth and Chestnut. Carpenter’s Hall, where the first Congress of the United Colonies of North America assembled, Chestnut below Fourth (back). Stationery and accommodations for writing can be had free of charge by applying to any one of the Committee. Union VOLUNTEER REFRESHMENT SALOON, Philadelphia, Dec. 25, 1862. 244 Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment ORGANIZATION OF TROOPS IN THE 3D Miitary District, DE- PARTMENT MISSISSIPPI AND East LovIsIANa, COMMANDED BY Majs.-GEN. Maxey’s Brigade. FRANK GARDNER, APRIL 30, 1863 Brig.-Gen. S. B. Maxey commanding. 10th Arkansas 4th Louisiana 30th Louisiana 42d Tennessee 46th Tennessee 48th Tennessee 49th Tennessee 53d Tennessee 55th Tennessee Texas Battalion Sharpshooters Fenner’s (Louisiana) Battery Roberts’s (Mississippi) Battery Watson’s (Louisiana) Battery Beall’s Brigade. Col. A. R. Witt. Lieut.-Col. W. F. Pennington. Maj. Charles J. Bell. Lieut.-Col. Isaac N. Hulme. Col. A. J. Brown. Col. A. 8. Godwin. Maj. D. A. Lynn. Captain H. Haymett. Col. A. J. Brown. Maj. James Burnet. Capt. C. E. Fenner. Lieut. F. W. Coleman. Lieut. E. A. Toledano. Brig.-Gen. W. N. R. Beall, commanding. 49th Alabama... 1st Arkansas Battaliat 11th Arkansas 17th Arkansas 12th Arkansas 14th Arkansas 18th Arkansas 23d Arkansas 15th Arkansas 16th Arkansas 1st Mississippi 39th Mississippi Co. B, 1st Miss. Light ‘Aveilerys Co. F, 1st Miss. Light Artillery Co. K, 1st Miss. Light Artillery Col. Jeptha Edwards. Lieut.-Col. Bart. Jones. Col. John L. Logan. John Griffith. Col. T. J. Reid. Col. F. P. Powers. Col. R. H. Crockett. Col. O. P. Lyles. Col. B. W. Johnson. Col. David Provence. Col. J. M. Simonton. Col. W. B. Shelby. Capt. A. J. Herod. Capt. J. L. Bradford. Capt. George F. Abbay. Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment 245 Gregg’s Brigade. Brig.-Gen. John Gregg commanding. 9th Louisiana Battalion. 50th Tennessee. 3d Tennessee. 1st Tennessee Battalion. 10th Tennessee. 7th Texas. 30th Tennessee. 1st Missouri Light Battery. 41st Tennessee. Brookhaven Light Battery. Ponchatoula. Col. J. M. Simonton commanding. McLaurin’s Battalion. Herren’s Company. Cochran’s Command. Lester’s Company. Cavalry Command. Lieut.-Col. George Gantt commanding. 9th Tennessee Battalion Maj. James H. Akin. Garland’s Battalion . Maj. W. H. Garland. Hughes’s Battalion Lieutenant-Colonel Wilbourn. Bryan’s Company . Captain Bryan. Gage’s Company Captain Gage. Gonzales’ (Daigre’s) Company Captain Gonzales. Norman’s Company ... . Captain Norman. Stockdale’s Company Captain Stockdale. Terrell’s Company . Captain Terrell. Unattached. 9th La. Battalion Partisan Rangers . Maj. J. DeBaun. Rhodes’s Company . ‘ Capt. T. C. Rhodes. Heavy Artillery. Lieut.-Col. M. J. Smith commanding. 1st Alabama : Lieut-Col. M. B. Locke. 12th Louisiana Battalion . Lieut.-Col. P. F. DeGournay. 1st Tennessee Battalion Lieut.-Col. P. F. DeGournay. Provost Guard (Unattached Companies). Lewis’s Company Light Infantry . Lieut. C. L. Barrot. English’s (Mississippi) Artillery . Lieut. W. W. Wilkins. 246 Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment The following extract is from the Portland Press of July 5, 1893. It relates to Marcus A. Hanna of Company B: “Two days after the repulse and assault of June 14, 1863, at Port Hudson, Sergeant Hanna was detailed to bear the flag of truce over the plain, thickly strewn with the dead of the assault- ing column. Major Hodges posted him within some fifty yards of the rebel works with the order, if not relieved before, to retire with his flag when a corresponding flag on the rebel parapet was lowered. Darkness overtook the burial party, and with treach- ery so often displayed by the foe here it began firing before the sad work of burial was finished. The Union forces replied and the sergeant found himself caught between the hostile shots. He made good his escape, however, inside the Union lines, where he promptly reported to Major Hodges, who apologized for having forgotten the sergeant. “July 4, 1863. Sergeant Hanna’s company was in the rifle pits supporting an Indiana battery. The distance between the battery and the rebel works was not more than 150 yards. The sun bore down on the men’s unsheltered heads with intense heat and by noon every canteen was dry. Lieutenant Hurd asked for volunteers to go to the rear for water. Sergeant Hanna offered to try it alone. A dummy put up to test the rebel aim and temper was soon pierced by bullets. Taking a dozen or so of canteens he left the trench on his perilous errand. A quarter- mile of level open plain swept by rebel sharpshooters must be passed before cover was gained. When half the distance had been covered the sergeant fell prostrate. He was hit, but he afterwards said that his fall was only a ruse to deceive the foe and stop the shooting. It succeeded. In a few minutes he quickly rose and ran like a deer for the nearest shelter. Return- ing he used greater caution and his mission was accomplished at the expense only of a buckshot wound in the calf of his leg.”’ A Rese_ NARRATIVE Extracts from statements of a rebel officer who escaped from Port Hudson while the surrender was taking place: “General Augur advanced from Baton Rouge, May 20. General Gardner sent out Colonel Miles with 400 cavalry and a Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment 247 battery towards Plains’ store where he encountered the enemy with a loss of thirty killed and forty wounded on our side. At night our force fell back within the fortification. At the same time Colonel Power’s cavalry, 300 strong, were engaged on the Baton Rouge and Bayou Sara road, about two miles from Colonel Miles. From the 22d to the 26th the enemy were investing our works. On the 27th assaults were made on our works against our left under Colonel Steedman, and on the extreme left of General Beall and Colonel Miles. On the left the attack was made by a brigade of negroes, about three regi- ments, together with the same force of white Yankees, across a bridge over Sandy Creek. The force was thrown against the 39th Mississippi, Colonel Shelby, who opened upon them with musketry and artillery. The negroes fled every way in perfect confusion without firing a gun. The Ist Alabama, Lieutenant- Colonel Locke, and the 10th Arkansas, Colonel Witt, engaged the enemy outside the works until driven in. Colonel Johnson with the 15th Arkansas occupied a hill across Sandy Creek. General Beall’s left. consisted of 1st Mississippi and 49th Alabama. At sunset the firing ceased after an engagement of twelve hours, the enemy repulsed at every point. “From this time to June 13 heavy skirmishing was kept up. On June 14, just before day, the fleet and all the land batteries which the enemy had succeeded in erecting at 100 to 300 yards from our breastworks opened fire at the same time. Under cover of the smoke the enemy advanced along the whole line, and in many places within ten feet of our works. Our brave fellows were wide awake, and drove them back with ‘buck and ball,’ a great number of them being left dead in the ditches. Those that succeeded in getting in the works were immediately killed. After a sharp contest of two hours the enemy were everywhere repulsed. After this repulse General Banks sent no flag of truce to bury his dead, who remained exposed three days between the lines. General Gardner directed General Beall to send a flag to General Augur to bury the dead of his division which lay in front of the 1st Mississippi and 49th Alabama. Two hundred and sixty dead bodies were handed over to the Yankees from this portion of the works, and one wounded man, who had been lying there three days without water, was flyblown from head to foot. 248 Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment “As the siege continued most of our artillery was disabled and about fifteen pieces uninjured at the time of surrender. The enemy must have fired from about 50,000 to 75,000 shot and shell; yet not more than twenty-five men were killed by these projectiles. About the 30th of June the supply of meat gave out, when General (iardner ordered the mules to be butchered, learning that the men were willing to eat them. Many caught rats and ate them, declaring that they were better than squirrels. “Some time between the 20th and 30th of June a singular circumstance occurred one night about eleven o’clock, after a heavy fire. The water commenced to run up stream and in half an hour rose six feet. One of the river batteries was carried away. The roarof the water could be heard like distant thunder. It may have been an earthquake. No notice of it has appeared in any Yankee paper. The number of the garrison that surrendered was between 5,000 and 6,000, of whom there were not more than 2,000 effective men for duty. During the siege about 200 had been killed and 300 wounded.” Tue Story or aA Masonic Pin Comrade 8S. T. Sweetser of Company D, Reading, has given a personal incident of his campaign. After the surrender of Port Hudson he exchanged pins with a brother Mason, a rebel in an Arkansas regiment. “When the prisoners were paroled they parted as Masons do with a division of pocket money.”’ In 1891, while working in Boston, a gentleman called and asked him if he had ever lost a pin. He replied that he had not lost one, but had exchanged with a rebel prisoner at Port Hudson. The gentleman said that at a neighbor’s home one evening some one was showing a Masonic charm. A lady present said that among her husband’s relics there was a pin; she went and got it for inspection. It was round and on the back was the inscription, “S.T.8., Co. D, 50th Mass. Vols.’’ The lady was the widow of a surgeon that had charge of a camp of rebel prisoners in St. Louis, and had taken it off a dead prisoner’s blouse. Comrade Sweetser has now both pins in his possession. Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment 249 From the New Orleans Era, July 12, 1863: CapTurE oF Port Hupson ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS — MANNER OF THE SURRENDER — THE NEWS FROM VICKSBURG, AND ITS EFFECT UPON THE REBELS From a number of naval officers who were at Port Hudson at the time of its surrender to Major-General Banks, and who have since returned to New Orleans, we have obtained the following particulars in regard to the immediate causes that led to its capitulation, and the manner in which they were brought about. The number and standing of the gentlemen with whom we have conversed on the subject are convincing that the statement is correct. On the morning of the 7th instant, as stated in the dispatch of our correspondent at Port Hudson, a salute was fired from both the upper and lower fleets immediately on the receipt of the news from Vicksburg, and the bands of the different regiments struck up national and patriotic airs. The wildest enthusiasm prevailed among our soldiers all day; and the proximity of the contending forces enabled the rebels in Port Hudson to hear the cheering without enlightening them as to the cause. At several points on the lines the rebels and our troops were so near together that conversations could be held and were carried on without danger to either party. Towards evening on the 7th the curiosity of the rebels to learn what was going on became so great that one of their officers called out to a Union officer, asking, ‘‘What are you making all the noise about?” The answer was, “We have taken Vicksburg.” The rebel officer said he did not believe it, and on being asked what would convince him of its truth, replied, ‘‘ Nothing but a copy of the dispatch, on some reliable authority.” The Union officer then told him he would procure a copy of General Grant’s official dispatch and pass it over the parapet to him. The rebel said if he would do so and vouch for its genuine- ness on his honor as a gentleman and a soldier, he would be convinced. The Union officer at once procured a copy of the dispatch, and taking it to the enemy’s breastworks, gave it to the officer with whom he had been conversing, and at the same time assured him, on the honor of a soldier, that the dispatch was genuine, 250 Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment and that he had copied it with his own hand. The rebel, having read it, said he was satisfied of its truthfulness, and that he thought it useless for Port Hudson longer to attempt to hold out. Things remained in the same position as previous to the inter- view until two o’clock the next morning, when a parley was sounded from the rebel works, which was answered; and an officer came out with a dispatch from General Gardner asking on what terms a surrender would be accepted. As soon as the message could be conveyed to General Banks, an answer was returned in effect, that only an unconditional surrender would be accepted. General Gardner accepted the terms and asked a few hours to make the necessary arrangements. He was given twenty-four hours, but did not take that length of time. At twelve M., on the 9th of July, our forces entered Port Hudson and became the masters of that stronghold. The rebels were all drawn up in line of battle with arms stacked in front of them, and the hungry soldiers of General Gardner were promptly fed from the com- missariat of our army. TERRIBLE SICKNESS IN THE GARRISON DESTRUCTIVE FIRE OF OUR BATTERIES — LARGE NUMBER OF PRISONERS, ETC. We have some additional details in regard to the surrender of Port Hudson: The surrender was tendered on the 8th and General Banks marched in and took possession on the 9th. The number of rebel soldiers drawn up in line, when the surrender took place, was about 4,000. In addition to this number there were about 1,500 sick and wounded; the wounded numbered about 500. The wounds are generally very severe, in the head, and by the bullets of the sharpsbooters. Our batteries have done a great deal of damage, having de- stroyed an immense amount of stores. The United States flag was run up at nine o’clock on Thurs- fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment 251 day morning, the 9th inst., and was saluted by the Hartford as she passed. There had been terrible sickness in the garrison, and almost total destitution of medicine. They suffered terribly from this cause. There was a good supply of ammunition, all of which fell into our hands. At the time the Hartford left Port Hudson, Gen- eral Banks had not paroled any of the rebel prisoners. ACCOUNT OF THE REGIMENTAL REUNIONS TAKEN FROM THE REcoRDS OF THE SECRETARY, Corry. GEorcE H. Buinn “At a meeting of Company A, 50th Regiment, held at the Lafayette House, Salem, Mass., May 27, 1880, the following committee was appointed to use its efforts to form a regi- mental association and to invite the comrades to an annual reunion: George W. Langdell, George H. Blinn, Gilman A. Andrews, Jacob R. Loud, Horace A. Brooks and William H. Hall. The committee organized with the choice of George H. Blinn chairman and Jacob R. Loud as secretary and treasurer. All of the officers of the regiment were notified and requested to give their opinion as to the feasibility of such a project. Answers were received from a large number and they were of such a character as to warrant the committee in holding the first reunion of the regiment. Everything was done by the committee to make the reunion a success, and to what degree the participants were best able to judge. The comrades as- sembled at the Ocean House, Revere Beach, Aug. 24, 1880, arriving early, enjoying themselves in greetings, and living over the times they had spent together seventeen years before. The interval was filled by music by the Salem Brass Band, assisted by our old band leader, Henry H. Johnston. At one forty-five p.m. 157 comrades sat down to dinner, and at the close the chairman called upon Col. C. P. Messer, who spoke to the comrades. He was followed by Captain Coburn of Company D, Captain Littlefield of Company E, Captain Stevens of Company C, Lieutenants Bradstreet and Rundlett, Com- pany K; also by Comrades W. L. Coon, Chase and others. 252 Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment Comrade George H. Patch of the 19th Regiment made a stir- ring speech in favor of annual reunions, and was of very valu- able assistance in forming the association. The committee then made a report, showing a financial balance, and reported recommending the formation of a regimental association. The recommendation and report being accepted, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: for president, Col. Carlos P. Messer; for first vice-president, Corpl. Gilman A. Andrews of Company A; for second vice-president, William L. Coon of Company E; secretary and treasurer, George H. Blinn of Company A; executive committee, William W. Tuttle, Company A; Lieut. William H. Hurd, Company B; Corpl. William H. Hurd, Company C; Sergt. Harley Prentiss, Com- pany D; Corpl. William N. Tyler, Company E; Ira O. Sawyer, Company F; Walter Goodrich, Company C; Lieut. Henry T. Holmes, Company H; Sergt. Patrick Kelley, Company I; Sergt. Edward P. Wilder, Company K; Bandmaster Henry Johnston. The thanks of the regiment were extended to Company A. “ July 9, 1881. The executive committee was called together by Col. C. P. Messer to take into consideration having a brigade reunion and reception to Gen. N. A. M. Dudley, and a com- mittee of five was appointed to confer with a like committee from the 30th Massachusetts and Nims’s Battery. The com- mittee chosen were William L. Coon of Company E, William W. Tuttle of Company H, Ira O. Sawyer of Company F, Sergt. Solomon Nelson of Company K. A number of meetings were held in the Sherman House with committees from the 30th Massachusetts, Nims’s Battery, 3d Cavalry, and with repre- sentatives of the 4th Battery. A committee of eight was ap- pointed to make all arrangements. It consisted of two each from the 30th, the 50th Massachusetts, the 3d Massachusetts Cavalry, and Nims’s Battery. The brigade reception was held in Faneuil Hall, Sept. 5, 1881, and all who participated will remember the grand reception given General Dudley, our brigade commander, as he entered the hall. After the recep- tion the line was formed, and with the Boston Cadet Band we took up the line of march to the boat, thence to Downer’s Landing, where, after having satisfied the inner man, the chairman, Col. Jonas French, called the comrades to order, Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment 253 and after a few remarks presented to Gen. A. N. M. Dudley, on behalf of his old brigade, an elaborate corps badge. The general responded in a very thankful and appreciative manner, after which stirring and enthusiastic remarks were made by Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, Governor Long and others. The 50th Regiment then held its annual meeting and chose officers for the ensuing year: for president, Col. Carlos P. Messer; for first vice-president, Corp]. Gilman A. Andrews of Company A; for second vice-president, Corpl. William L. Coon of Company E; secretary and treasurer, Corpl. George H. Blinn of Company A; executive committee, William W. Tuttle of Company A, Sergt. Benjamin F. Blatchford of Company B, Corpl. William H. Hurd of Company C, Sergt. Harley Prentiss of Company D, Corpl. William N. Tyler of Company E, Ira A. Sawyer of Company F, Walter Goodrich of Company G, Lieut. Henry T. Holmes of Company H, James Connor of Company I, Sergt. Edward T. Wilder of Company K, Bandmaster Henry Johnston. “ August 24, 1882. The reunion of the regiment was held at Salem, Mass., and there were 129 comrades present. The offi- cers elected for the ensuing year were, president, William L. Coon of Company E; first vice-president, Sergt. Benjamin F. Blatchford of Company B; second vice-president, Corpl. Wil- liam H. Hurd of Company C; secretary and treasurer, George H. Blinn of Company A; executive committee, with the officers, George H. Perkins of Company A, James Breen of Company B, Myron W. Messer of Company C, Corpl. Samuel T. Sweetser of Company D, Corpl. Rufus F. Draper of Company E, Ira O. Sawyer of Company F, Walter Goodrich of Company G, Lieut. William Daniels of Company H, James Connor of Company I, Charles W. Tenney of Company K. At this meeting it was voted to extend to the comrades of the 4th Battery an invita- tion to join our association. “ August 24, 1883. The reunion was held in Haverhill. The line was formed at the depot, and the march taken to the boat, The City of Haverhill, which took the regiment down the river to Black Rock, and returning, arrived in Haverhill at three thirty p.m. The regiment marched to Hotel Webster, where the comrades satisfied the inner man. After dinner speeches were made by Col. C. P. Messer, Dr. William Cogswell, Capt. S. W. Duncan, Lieut. William B. Upton, Lieut. J. P. Bradstreet, 254 Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment and Ira O. Sawyer and Comrade Davis of the 5th New Hampshire Regiment. Thanks were given to the secretary and also to Company F and G and the committee for making the reunion such a grand success. At this reunion the name of the asso- ciation was changed to the 50th Regiment and 4th Battery, and the battery to be allowed one man on the executive com- mittee. The following officers and executive committee were elected for the ensuing year: president, Lieut. John P. Brad- street, Company K;; first vice-president, Capt. George W. Taylor, of the 4th Battery; second vice-president, Sergt. John M. Poor, Company F; secretary and treasurer, George H. Blinn, Com- pany A; executive committee, George H. Perkins of Com- pany A, Sergt. Benjamin F. Blatchford of Company B, Lieut. Samuel C. Trull of Company C, Henry W. Eames of Company D, Corpl. Rufus F. Draper of Company E, Corpl. Henry H. John- son of Company F, Walter Goodrich of Company G, Lieut. Henry T. Holmes of Company H, James Connor of Company I, Charles W. Tenney of Company K, William M. Peabody of the 4th Battery. Number present 108 of the 50th Regiment and 9 of the 4th Battery. ‘‘ August 29, 1884. Reunion held at Oak Island. We formed a line, and our Brigadier-General Dudley was escorted to the front. He received a hearty reception and 150 comrades and invited guests sat down to dinner, after which speeches were made by General Dudley, Colonel Walker of the 4th Massa- chusetts Regiment and others, after which the following officers were elected: president, Lieut.-Col. John W. Locke; vice-presi- dent, Capt. Cyrus Hobbs of Company H; second vice- president, Capt. Darius N. Stevens of Company C; third vice- president, Lieut. Joseph B. Briggs, 4th Battery; secretary and treasurer, George H. Blinn of Company A; executive committee, George H. Perkins of Company A, Sergt. Benjamin F. Blatch- ford of Company B, Myron W. Messer of Company C, Sergt. Harley Prentiss of Company D, Corpl. Rufus F. Draper of Company E, Ira O. Sawyer of Company F, John H. Taylor of Company G, Corpl. William 8. Henry of Company H, Lieut. J. J. O'Gorman of Company I, Charles W. Tenney of Company K, William M. Peabody of the 4th Battery. “August 24, 1885. The reunion of the regiment was held at the Ocean House, Nantasket Beach. After the dinner the Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment 255 business meeting was held and the following officers were elected: president, George H. Perkins of Company A; first vice- president, Capt. Darius N. Stevens of Company C; second vice-president, Capt. J. Langdon Ward, Company B; third vice-president, Lieut. Joseph B. Briggs, 4th Battery; secretary and treasurer, Corpl. George H. Blinn, Company A; executive committee, George W. Langdell of Company A, Sergt. Benja- min F. Blatchford of Company B, Alvin W. Hersey of Company C, Sergt. Levi Swain of Company D, W. D. Deadman of Com- pany HE, A. LeBosquet of Company F, John H. Taylor of Com- pany G, Corpl. William S. Henry of Company H, James Con- nor of Company I, Charles W. Tenney of Company K, William M. Peabody of the 4th Battery. Comrades and invited guests present 140. “ August 24, 1886. The reunion took the form of an excur- sion to Deer Island, Boston Harbor. The regiment had the services of the Salem Cadet Band. Colonel Whiting, the su- perintendent of Deer Island, extended many courtesies, and the children of the institution gave a fine exhibition in the hall. After having seen and heard all there was to see and hear, we held a drumhead election on the lawn, and the following were elected as officers for the year: president, Ira O. Sawyer of Company A; first vice-president, Sergt. Harvey Prentiss of Company D; secretary and treasurer, George H. Blinn of Com- pany A; committee, William H. Campbell of Company A, Sergt. Benjamin F. Blatchford of Company B, George Jones of Company C, Sergt. Levi Swain of Company D, Corpl. William Tyler of Company E, Albert LeBosquet of Company F, Wiliam Whittier of Company G, John B. Guelpa of Company H, Lieut. J. J. O’Gorman of Company I, Sergt. Edward P. Webster of Company K, William M. Peabody of the 4th Battery. After the election the regiment went on board the steamer for Boston. When they arrived the line of march was taken to the Quincy House, where a fine banquet was held, speeches were made and the band rendered some fine selections. “ August 24, 1887. Assembled at the Boston & Maine Depot, Haymarket Square, and, with the ist Regiment Drum Corps, marched to Elks Hall, where the meeting was held, and the following officers were elected for a year: president, Sergt. Benjamin F. Blatchford of Company B; first vice-president, 256 Fiftieth Massachusetis Regiment Sergt. Harley Prentiss of Company D; second vice-president, William M. Peabody, 4th Battery; secretary and treasurer, George H. Blinn of Company A; committee, William H. H. Palmer of Company A, Sergt. James Story of Company B, Alvin E. Hersey of Company C, Nathan B. Fletcher of Com- pany D, William D. Deadman of Company E, John Downs of Company F, William Whittier of Company G, Corp]. William S. Henry of Company H, Lieut. J. J. O’Gorman of Company I, Charles W. Tenney of Company K, Sergt. B. Frank Smith, 4th Battery. A concert was given by the drum corps, after which the line of march was taken to the Quincy House, where a banquet was served, closing with speeches from Gen. N. P. Banks, Gen. N. A. M. Dudley, Captain Rohan and Mr. Spencer of the Boston Herald staff. At eight p.m. the meeting ad- journed. Total present, 107. “Aug. 24, 1888. The annual reunion was held at Rocky Point, Narragansett River, R.I., partaking of a clam-bake and excursion to the point. After the dinner a business meeting was held, and the following officers elected: president, Capt. Samuel F. Littlefield, Company E; first vice-president, Myron W. Messer of Company C; second vice-president, William M. Peabody, 4th Battery; secretary and treasurer, Corpl. George H. Blinn of Company A; committee, Amos Stillman of Company A, John L. Woodbury of Company B, Sergt. Francis M. Sweetser of Company C, Corpl. Samuel T. Sweetser of Company D, Corp}. William D. Deadman of Company E, Frank McLaughlin of Company F, Corpl. David R. B. Coffin of Company G, Corpl. Edwin F. A. Brackett of Company H, Jeremiah Murphy of Company I, Charles W. Tenney of Company K, Sergt. B. Frank Smith, 4th Battery. Letters were read from Gen. N. P. Banks, Col. Henry Walker of the 4th Massachusetts Regi- ment, and Mayor Robinson of Providence. Remarks were made by Captains Stevens and Littlefield and a stirring address by Captain FitzBabson of the 23d Massachusetts Regiment. Comrades, friends and invited guests present numbered 168. “Aug. 26, 1889. Annual reunion held at Nantasket Beach and Boston. The line was formed at the Boston & Maine Depot, Haymarket Square, and headed by the Salem Cadet Band marched to Rowe’s Wharf, taking the steamer to Nan- tasket Beach. On arrival went to the Ocean View House to Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment 257 have a lunch, after which the business meeting was held, and the following officers were elected: president, Myron W. Messer of Company C; first vice-president, Sergt. B. Frank Smith, 4th Battery; second vice-president, Corp]. Henry H. Johnson of Company F; secretary and treasurer, Corpl. George H. Blinn of Company A; committee, Amos Stillman of Company A, Sergt. Benjamin F. Blatchford of Company B, Sergt. Francis M. Sweetser of Company C, George W. Cook of Company D, William L. Coon of Company E, Frank McLaughlin of Company F, Corp]. David R. B. Coffin of Company G, Edward P. Briggs of Company H, Jeremiah Murphy of Company I, William P. Bailey of Company K, Charles B. Newcomb of the 4th Bat- tery. At this meeting a committee was appointed to procure a badge for the association. The trip was then taken back to Boston, and the regiment marched from Rowe’s Wharf to the United States Hotel, where a banquet was served, at which speeches were made by our old commander, Gen. N. A. M. Dudley, and Captain Cunningham and Lieutenant Dickey of the 3d Cavalry. Comrades and invited guests present, 131. “Aug. 25, 1890. Reunion at Haverhill. Excursion down the Merrimac River on the steamer City of Haverhill to Black Rock, where the business meeting was held, and the following officers elected for the year: president, Sergt. John M. Poor, Company F; first vice-president, Amos Stillman, Company A; second vice-president, Sergt. John F. Hurley, 4th Battery; secretary and treasurer, Corpl. George H. Blinn of Company A; committee, William 8. Harris of Company A, Sergt. James Story of Company B, Robert K. Brown of Company C, Sergt. Levi Swain of Company D, Oliver Walton of Company H, Frank McLaughlin of Company F, Corpl. David R. B. Coffin of Company G, Edward P. Briggs of Company H, Jeremiah Murphy of Company I, William P. Bailey of Company K, Charles B. Newcomb of the 4th Battery. A return was made to Haverhill, and, headed by the Haverhill Band, the regiment marched to Unity Hall, where an elegant supper was served, after which President M. W. Messer called the comrades to- gether, and stirring speeches were made by Capt. 8S. W. Duncan of Company F, Lieutenant O’Gorman of Company I, and Com- rade W. B. Stevens of Company C, and others. Total number present of comrades and invited guests, 207. 258 Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment “April 19, 1891. The comrades assembled at Odd Fellows Hall, Boston, for a spring reunion. Fifty-four of the comrades assembled and, after enjoying a fine banquet and discussing the location of the annual reunion, were entertained with very interesting remarks from Comrades William B. Stevens and Myron W. Messer, who had visited the places where the regi- ment had done service in Louisiana. ‘Aug. 24,1891. Reunion at the Ocean View House, Nantasket Beach, 142 comrades and invited guests being present. The Salem Cadet Band furnished the music for the occasion. Din- ner was served, and at the close the business meeting was held, and the following officers were chosen for the year: president, Henry H. Johnson of Company F; first vice-president, Amos Stillman of Company A; second vice-president, Charles Shat- tuck, 4th Battery; secretary and treasurer, Corpl. George H. Blinn of Company A; committee, Wiliam G. Hammond of Company A, William H. Grimes of Company B, Myron W. Messer of Company C, Corpl. Samuel T. Sweetser of Company D, Oliver Walton of Company E, Albert LeBosquet of Company F, Corpl. David R. B. Coffin of Company G, Edward P. Briggs of Company H, Jeremiah Murphy of Company I, Charles W. Tenney of Company K, Sergt. John F. Hurley of 4th Battery. After the meeting rousing and patriotic speeches were made by Gen. N, A. M. Dudley, Colonel Parsons of the 10th Regi- ment, Capt. S. W. Duncan, Ex-President Myron W. Messer and others, closing a very pleasant reunion. “ August 24, 1892. The reunion was held at Lakeview Park, Lowell. On arrival at Lowell, street cars were taken to the park and a sail on the lake brought the regiment to Mountain Grove, where the business meeting was held, when the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: president, Amos Stillman of Company A; first vice-president, Capt. George W. Taylor, 4th Battery; secretary and treasurer, George H. Blinn of Company A; committee, Gilman A. Andrews of Company A, William H. Grimes of Company B, Myron W. Messer of Company C, Clarkson Parker of Company D, Oliver Walton of Company E, Ira O. Sawyer of Company F, Walter Goodrich of Company G, Edward P. Briggs of Company H, Jeremiah Murphy of Company I, Charles W. Tenney of Company K, Lieut. Joseph P. Briggs, 4th Battery. At this meeting Capt. D. N. Stevens’s Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment 259 death was reported, and Comrade William C. Eustis was made historian of the regiment. Dinner having been served, the comrades enjoyed the remarks made by the president, H. H. Johnson, and became very enthusiastic over the speeches of Gen. N. A. M. Dudley, Col. C. P. Messer, Capt. George W. Taylor of the 4th Battery, Comrade Perkins of the Grand Army Record, Comrades LeBosquet, M. W. Messer, W. C. Eustis, B. H. Sawyer of the medical staff, and the newly elected president, Amos Stillman. Number present, 144. “August 24, 1893. Reunion at Gloucester and Rockport. On arrival at Gloucester the regiment was met by the Gloucester City Band and escorted to the armory of Company G, 8th Regi- ment. Here the comrades were called to order by the president, Amos Stillman, and the following officers were elected for the year: president, Jeremiah Murphy of Company I; first vice- president, Oliver Walton of Company E; second vice-president, Lieut. Joseph B. Briggs, 4th Battery; secretary and treasurer, George H. Blinn, Company A; committee, Gilman A. Andrews of Company A, James Breen of Company B, Charles A. Wentworth of Company C, Sergeant Levi Swain of Company D, Reuben L. Cooper of Company E, John Downs of Company F, W. F. Pink- ham of Company G, Edward P. Briggs of Company H, James D. Dunn of Company I, Charles W. Tenney of Company K, William M. Peabody of the 4th Battery. At 12.05 p.m. the train was taken to Rockport and on the arrival there the line was formed and the regiment marched to the Square, taking barges to Turk’s Head Inn, where a feast was had, after which the comrades were called to order and listened to the speeches of Colonel Messer, Mayor Andrews of Gloucester, Rev. W. H. Ryder, Ex-Mayor Robinson of Gloucester, Ex-President H. H. Johnson and President Jeremiah Murphy. The historian made a report of progress. Sixty-five comrades were present, the weather being very stormy. “At the reunion Aug. 24, 1893, the following letters were received : Youna’s Horet, Boston, Aug. 23, 1893. GeorcEe H. Bury, Esa., Secretary 50th Regiment and 4th Battery Association. Your invitation to be with you I did not get until an hour since and I hasten to acknowledge the receipt of it. I have 260 Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment an engagement, but may be able to get off and come down. I always enjoy my visits to the old comrades most hugely. I realize that it will not be my lot to be with you on many more of these delightful occasions. I turned my sixty- eighth only two days since. Present my best wishes for the health and prosperity of one and all of both associations. God bless you. In haste, DUDLEY, your old commander. Letter of Capt. George W. Taylor, 4th Battery: LaNncasteR Houss, Lancaster, N.H., August 21, 1893. BroTHER BLINN. Friend and Comrade: I am sorry that I cannot be with you on Thursday next. I had made an engagement which I cannot break, and it is not possible for me to be in two places at once. I write you to give you this information. I wanted to be at the reunion this year more than ever before, but have been euchred out of it. Please make all the excuse for me you see fit, and I will remember you for it. I enclose a few lines to the boys. Give it to them if you think suitable for the occasion. Yours fraternally, GEORGE W. TAYLOR. Lancaster, N.H., Aug. 21, 1893. Mr. President and Comrades of the 50th Regiment and the 4th Light Battery: I am sorry to have to announce that I cannot be with you at our annual reunion at Rockport this year, owing to a previous engagement which it would be neither wise nor polite for me to break. I cannot give up the very agreeable pleasure of meeting with my old-time friends on that occasion. Comrades, one more year has passed since we met and pressed each other by the hand. It has brought its many changes, its joys as well as its sorrows. While we still find ourselves in the land of the living, some of those who met with us last year have passed on to their final home within the vale; others have wandered to other Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment 261 scenes and other lands. We wish them a pleasant journey, wherever they may be. It is ours to-day to meet and talk over the old war days, and to take note of the flight of time, and the many gaps made in the once full ranks of men who stood with us before our country’s commonenemy. Alas, more than half of the men who left old Massachusetts with us are now within their graves; more than half the men who marched with us have been called home. ‘Tread lightly where they sleep, and let the silent tear fall upon the green sod that covers our heroes’ graves. They peacefully sleep after the long, weary days of toil, and the noise and din of battle has passed. Tireless marches, sleepless nights, with no covering except God’s own canopy; sickness, wounds and death are all overcome, and the reward is earned, the great debt is paid. Let us renew here to-day the promise to stand one by the other, to help and aid each other, ever keeping in view the great principles for which we fought, and for which so many of our comrades laid down their lives. Let us see to it that the fruits of the victory which we won after four long years are not taken from us or our children, and as we shall meet from year to year may harmony and good feeling be the prevailing sentiment of all our deliberations. Soldiers of the 50th Regiment and 4th Light Battery, you were all weighed in the balance and not found wanting. In all the armies of the United States no braver or better men could be found. You did all that was required of you and you did it well. You did your share in opening the Mississippi River from its mouth to Vicksburg and thereby sundered the seceded states, and this gave the death blow to all the bright hopes of the rebel Confederacy, and assured the final triumph of the Union. Well may you be proud of your record and the honorable share you took in the battles fought for freedom. Yours as ever, GEORGE W. TAYLOR. “ Aug. 24, 1894. Reunion at the United States Hotel, Boston. The business meeting was held and the following officers elected for the year: president, Col. Carlos P. Messer; first vice-presi- 262 Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment dent, Henry D. Degen of the 50th; second vice-president, Wil- liam M. Peabody, 4th Battery; secretary and treasurer, George H. Blinn, Company A; committee, William G. Hammond, Company A; Solomon Choate, Company B; Myron W. Messer, Company C; George W. Cook, Company D; Sergt. George K. Gilman, Company E; Jackson Hayes, Company F; Walter Goodrich, Company G; Augustus Durgin, Company H; John Dee, Company I; Charles W. Tenney, Company K ; Charles B. Newcomb, 4th Battery. “The historian, W. C. Eustis, having died during the year, the Historical Committee, with the approval of the association, selected William B. Stevens of Company C as historian. Num- ber present, 79 members. Banquet served at the close of the meeting. Music by the Verdi Quartette. “Aug. 24, 1895. Reunion at the Ocean View House, Nan- tasket Beach. At this reunion many of the comrades took their wives or some member of their families. After the sail down Boston Harbor the regiment went to the Ocean View House and had its dinner, after which a business meeting was held, and the following officers were elected: president, Henry D. Degen, Quartermaster; first vice-president, George W. Cook, Company D; second vice-president, Charles W. Newcomb, 4th Battery; secretary and treasurer, George H. Blinn, Company A; committee, William G. Hammond, Company A; Robert Butterworth, Company B; Corp]. William H. Hurd, Company C; Sergt. Levi Swain, Company D; Oliver Walton, Company E; Ira O. Sawyer, Company F; Walter Goodrich, Company G; Corpl. William 8. Henry, Company H; Jeremiah Murphy, Com- pany I; Corpl. Nathaniel D. Pierce, Company K; Alonzo O. Ramsdell, 4th Battery. Comrade Myron W. Messer made a report of progress on the history. There were present 61 comrades and 43 members of comrades’ families. “Sept. 3, 1896. Reunion was held at the Pentucket Club, Haverhill, where a lunch was served and the business meeting held, and the following officers were elected for the year: pres- ident, Ira O. Sawyer of Company F; first vice-president, John F. Watson, Company H; second vice-president, A. O. Rams- dell, 4th Battery; secretary and treasurer, George H. Blinn, Company A; committee, William G. Hammond, Company A; William G. Grimes, Company B; Myron W. Messer, Company Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment 263 C; George W. Cook, Company D; Capt. 8. F. Littlefield, Com- pany E; Philip C. Swett, Company F; Walter Goodrich, Com- pany G; Corpl. William S. Henry, Company H; Jeremiah Murphy, Company I; Corpl. Nathaniel D. Pierce, Co. K; Henry M. Clark, 4th Battery. Electric cars were taken to the Pines, where dinner was served. Number present at the dinner, 116. “Sept. 2, 1897. The reunion was held at Salem, the busi- ness meeting being held in the hall of Post 34, G.A.R., and the following officers were elected for the year: president, A. O. Ramsdell of the 4th Battery; first vice-president, Walter Good- rich, Company G; second vice-president, Oliver Walton, Com- pany E; secretary and treasurer, George H. Blinn, Company A; committee, Horace A. Brooks, Company A; John L. Wood- bury, Company B; George Jones, Company C; Sergt. Levi Swain, Company D; William L. Coon, Company E; Frank McLaughlin, Company F; Hiram H. Farnham, Company G; Corpl. William 8. Henry, Company H; Jeremiah Murphy, Company I; Charles W. Tenney, Company K; Sergt. B. Frank Smith, 4th Battery. “‘Hlectric cars were taken to the Willows and thence to the Ocean View House, where dinner was served, at the close of which speeches were made by Gen. N. A. M. Dudley, Senator J. D. H. Gauss, E. O. Foster of the Boston Globe, and Joseph F. Pitman, Commander of Post 34, G.A.R. Then the historian, William B. Stevens, gave a short synopsis of the history and account of his travels. Number present, including invited guests, 58. “Sept. 1, 1898. Reunion held at Lakeview Park, Lowell. The business meeting was held, and the following officers elected for the year: president, Oliver Walton, Company E; first vice- president, Frank McLaughlin, Company F; second vice-president, Sergt. John F. Hurley, 4th Battery; secretary and treasurer, George H. Blinn, Company A; committee, George H. Perkins, Company A; J. Warren Chadwick, Company B; James W. Hurd, Company C; Otis Harnden, Company D; William L. Coon, Company E; James Ryan, Company F; Sergt. Royal D. Gould, Company G; Corpl. William 8. Henry, Company H; Jeremiah Murphy, Company I; Charles 8. Parker, Company K; Henry M. Clark, 4th Battery. At this reunion the date of the reunions was changed to the last Thursday in August. Number present, 45. “Aug. 31, 1899. The reunion was held at Haverhill, the 264 Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment business meeting being held in the rooms of Major Howe Post 47, G.A.R., and the following officers were elected for the year: president, Ira O. Sawyer of Company F; first vice-president, Corpl. D. R. B. Coffin of Company G; second vice-president, Lieut. Edward T. Jameson, 4th Battery; secretary and treas- urer, George H. Blinn, Company A; committee, Corpl. Gilman A. Andrews, Company A; Lieut. William H. Hurd, Company B; Corpl. William H. Hurd, Company C; Sergt. Levi Swain, Company D; Benjamin T. Brown, Company E; John Fitz- patrick, Company F; Ezra Hoyt, Company G; George K. Proctor, Company H; Jeremiah Murphy, Company I; Charles S. Parker, Company K; Sergt. John F. Hurley, 4th Battery. After the business meeting the association adjourned to the Pines, taking the electrics and, after the dinner, took the steamer for a sail down the Merrimac River. Total number present, 84. “ Aug. 30, 1900. Reunion held in Salem, assembling at the hall of Post 34, G.A.R., where the business meeting was held, and the following elected as officers for the year: president, Frank McLaughlin of Company F; first vice-president, John P. Allen, 4th Battery; second vice-president, Sergt. Henry T. Holmes, Company H; secretary and treasurer, George H. Blinn, Company A; committee, Corp]. Gilman A. Andrews, Company A; Lieut. William H. Hurd, Company B; James W. Hurd, Company C; Henry L. Bancroft, Company D; Oliver Walton, Company E; Sergt. John M. Poor, Company F; Walter Good- rich, Company G; George K. Proctor, Company H; Jeremiah Murphy, Company I; Corpl. John G. Scates, Company K; Henry Davidson, 4th Battery. After the meeting adjourned the comrades went by electrics to Salem Willows, part taking a trip on the steamer for a sail in the harbor and part taking in the show at the theater. Number present, 38. “ Aug. 29, 1901. Reunion at the United States Hotel, Bos- ton. A banquet and business meeting was held, and the fol- lowing officers elected: president, Walter Goodrich, Company G; first vice-president, Oliver Walton, Company E; second vice- president, Sergt. Charles B. Newcomb, 4th Battery; secretary and treasurer, George H. Blinn, Company A; committee, James E. Trask, Company A; John L. Woodbury, Company B; Rob- ert Bower, Company C; Corpl. William Buck, Company D; William D. Deadman, Company [; Ira O. Sawyer, Company Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment 265 F; John H. Taylor, Company G; Corpl. William S. Henry, Company H; Jeremiah Murphy, Company I; Charles S. Parker, Company K; John E. Huntress, 4th Battery. The dinner par- taken of at the hotel, the elevated cars were taken to the Na- hant boat for an excursion to Bass Point. This was intended to have been a banquet and reunion complimentary to Gen. N. A. M. Dudley, but he being confined to his bed by sickness, the association sent its regrets and sympathies, hoping for a speedy recovery. Present, 75. “Aug. 28, 1902. Reunion held in Haverhill at the Major Howe Post 47, G.A.R. Hall and at the Pines. The business meeting was held in the G.A.R. Hall, and the following officers elected for the year: president, Sergt. John F. Hurley, 4th Bat- tery; first vice-president, Sergt. Benjamin T. Blatchford, Com- pany B; second vice-president, B. Addison Sawyer, hospital steward of the 50th; secretary and treasurer, George H. Blinn, Company A; committee, George O. Stevens, Company A; John L. Woodbury, Company B; Robert Bower, Company C; Sergt. Levi Swain, Company D; Reuben §. Cooper, Company E; James Ryan, Company F; John H. Taylor, Company G; Corpl. William S. Henry, Company H; Jeremiah Murphy, Company I; Daniel W. Hall, Company K; James P. Hennessey, 4th Battery. At the close of the meeting electrics were taken for the Pines, where dinner was served, 57 being present. “ Aug. 27, 1903. The annual reunion and dinner was held at Canobie Lake Park, Salem, N.H. The business meeting was held in the grove and resulted in the election of the following officers for the year: president, Benjamin H. Sawyer, non-com- missioned staff, 50th; first vice-president, Sergt. Benjamin F. Blatchford, Company B; second vice-president, Sergt. Levi Swain, Company D; secretary and treasurer, George H. Blinn, Company A; committee, Corpl. Gilman A. Andrews, Company A; James W. Chadwick, Company B; Robert Bower, Company C; Clarkson Parker, Company D; Oliver Walton, Company E; Albert LeBosquet, Company F; William R. Clough, Company G; Edward P. Briggs, Company H; Jeremiah Murphy, Company I; William P. Bailey, Company K; Charles B. Newcomb, 4th Battery. At the dinner 70 comrades and 19 ladies sat down. “ Aug. 18, 1904. Reunion and dinner at the Nantasket Point Hotel. This reunion was called earlier on account of its being 266 Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment the annual convention of the G.A.R. The meeting was called to order by the vice-president, Levi Swain of Company D, and the following were elected as officers for the year: president, Henry D. Degen, Quartermaster of the 50th; first vice-president, Oliver Walton, Company E; second vice-president, Sergt. Charles B. Newcomb, 4th Battery; secretary and treasurer, George H. Blinn, Company A; committee, James N. Skinner, Company A; James M. Breen, Company B; Alvin E. Hersey, Company C; Clarkson Parker, Company D; Sergt. Charles F. Hartshorn, Company E; John Downes, Company F; Walter Goodrich, Company G; Corpl. William S. Henry, Company H; Jeremiah Murphy, Company I; Charles S. Parker, Company K; James P. Hennessey, 4th Battery. There were 53 present, among them being Lieut. William B. Upton from Denver, Colo., and Edward Parker of Company D, from Longmont, Colo. “Aug. 31, 1905. Reunion and dinner held at Nantasket Point Hotel. The business meeting was called to order by the president, Quartermaster Henry D. Degen, and the following officers elected for the year: president, Gilman A. Andrews of Company A; first vice-president, James M. Breen of Company B; second vice-president, Sergt. Charles B. Newcomb, 4th Bat- tery; secretary and treasurer, George H. Blinn, Company A; committee, Amos Stillman, Company A; Thaddeus Giles, Com- pany B; Alvin E. Hersey, Company C; Sergt. Levi Swain, Company D; Oliver Walton, Company E; James Howe, Com- pany F; Oliver 8. Hubbard, Company G; Corp]. William 8S. Henry, Company H; Jeremiah Murphy, Company I; Charles S. Parker, Company K; John E. Huntress, 4th Battery. Dinner was served, there being 42 present. “ Aug. 31, 1906. The reunion was held at Salem in the hall of Phil H. Sheridan Post 34, G.A.R. The 50th Regiment held a meeting in regard to the history. The secretary read a letter from the historian that the history was about completed, lack- ing the cuts and sketches of the service of the officers. The recommendations of the historian, Judge William B. Stevens, in his letter were accepted, and it was voted to give him full powers, the secretary being chosen to assist him. The meeting adjourned for dinner, which was furnished by the W.R.C. of Post 34, G.A.R., Comrade Rev. Mr. Blackburn offering praver. At the close the business meeting was held, and the following Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment 267 officers chosen by unanimous vote. They were as follows: president, Gilman A. Andrews, Company A; first vice-president, James M. Breen, Company B; second vice-president, Sergt. Charles B. Newcomb, 4th Battery; secretary and treasurer, George H. Blinn, Company A; committee, Amos Stillman, Company A; Alvin E. Hersey, Company C; Sergt. Levi Swain, Company D; Oliver Walton, Company E; James Howe, Com- pany F; Oliver S. Hubbard, Company G; Corpl. William 8. Henry, Company H; Jeremiah Murphy, Company I; Charles S. Parker, Company K; John E. Huntress, 4th Battery. The meeting then resolved itself into a camp-fire. Letters were read from Gen. N. A. M. Dudley, Judge and Comrade William B. Stevens, historian, Assistant Surgeon Dr. W. 8. Hancock of Barre, Mass., Lieut. T. H. Manning of Orleans, Neb., D. A. Stevens of York, Me., W. W. Tucker of Little Rock, Ark., and a cablegram from W. R. Clough, Lucerne, Switzerland. After the letters had been read, remarks were made by the president, Gilman A. Andrews, on the service of the regiment. Speeches were made by Comrades Blackburn, Perkins, Commander of Post 74, G.A.R., Lieutenant Jameson, Sergt. John F. Hurley and others, interspersed with recitations from Comrade C. H. Faye and one of the old-time songs by Comrade Cole of Com- pany H. Number present, including invited guests, 70.” Company A Company A, one of the oldest militia organizations in the state, was organized and chartered May 1, 1805. June 8, 1804, the following notice appeared in the Salem Gazette: “ Attention — The subscribers to the proposed Salem Light Infantry are requested to meet at Mr. Crombie’s tavern on Monday evening next at eight o’clock. A general and punctual attendance is requested, as business of importance is to be transacted.” March 5, 1805, this notice appeared: “Notice — The members of the Salem Light Infantry Com- pany are requested to meet at ‘The Sign of the Ship’ this evening at half past six o’clock. A punctual and general at- tendance is expected. By OrpER oF THE COMMITTEE.” 268 Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment The first printed notification: “Attention — You are hereby notified that a meeting of the members of the Salem Light Infantry will be held at Crombie’s Hall this evening at half past seven o’clock for the choice of a captain to said company. Your punctual attendance is hereby requested. By order of the committee, JAMES KING, Jr., Secretary.” Salem, April 8, 1805. At that time their rules provided for the following officers: one captain, one lieutenant, one ensign, four corporals, four sergeants, and not more than sixty-four privates exclusive of two drummers and two fifers. The uni- form prescribed was a short blue coat, white kerseymere waist- coat and pantaloons, the coat faced with superfine scarlet broadcloth, with small flat double gilt buttons, and button- holes ornamented with gold vellum; blue straps on the shoul- ders edged with red, the skirts faced with scarlet kerseymere to the pockets, to slant with the fold of the coat, the skirt and welts edged with red, four buttons on each welt; the cuffs scarlet, with four large gilt buttons; the vest single-breasted, edged with scarlet, and small gilt buttons; the pantaloons edged and seamed with scarlet; the gaiters of black broadcloth, with buttons covered with the same, and edged with scarlet. Square-toed shoes, white cotton cambric handkerchiefs, over which a black silk made stock, tied behind so as to cover three- fourths of the handkerchief, leaving the upper part bare, plain shirt with plaited bosom made full. Grecian cap with brass crest, and red hair falling down on the right side, cap bound with scarlet and a scarlet bandeau to go around the cap, orna- mented with gold cord, a black cockade, yellow eagle, yellow button, and gold cord loop. In the front of the cap the letters in cipher, 8. L. I. The belts for the cartridge box and bayonet of white leather. The cartridge boxes highly polished and brass star in the center. The canteens blue, edged with red, the initials of the company on one side and the initials of the soldier’s name on the other. The knapsacks of sealskin with red straps and bound with red leather. Sergeants wear gold laced knots on shoulder and a hanger. Commissioned officers wear gold epaulets, boots, side arms and sash. Each member Fijtieth Massachusetis Regiment 269 owned his musket. The standard of white silk with the name of the State on one side and the name of the United States on the other. In the early part of their history their record was of the best. Many and honored citizens have been members of the corps. April 9, 1861, the Salem Light Infantry (Zouaves) held an exhibition drill in Mechanics Hall. Governor Andrew and his staff were present. He alluded to the excited condition of the country, and expressed the belief that the company would be ready to respond to any call. War was already in the air, and the proclamation of President Lincoln, issued April 15, 1861, made a profound impression, and found the corps ready. On the morning of the 18th, mustering 71 men, they took the train for Boston and joined the 8th Regiment, serving with credit for three months. Major John Hodges, Captains Ward and Putnam and Lieutenants Reeves and Upton of the 50th were among the number. Oct. 22, 1861, the Salem Light Infantry, as an organization, formed a company under Capt. Charles U. Devereux and joined the 19th Massachusetts Regiment. The May inspection was held, after which Colonel Dike resigned and Col. Carlos P. Messer was elected colonel of the 7th Regiment, M.V.M. An elementary drill was held at South Reading, now Wakefield, the company marching there. Here the services of the regi ment were tendered to the government for nine months’ service, and Governor Andrew accepted the offer and directed that the regimental number be changed to the 50th, the Salem Light Infantry retaining their old company letter A. Company C Company C, of the 50th Regiment, formerly known as the Stoneham Light Infantry, was organized in Stoneham in 1851. The first commissioned officers of the company were Lyman Dike, captain; David K. Wardwell, first lieutenant; Alfred J. Rhoades, second lieutenant; Osborn Richardson, third lieu- tenant; and Allen Rowe, Jr., fourth lieutenant. Captain Dike was afterwards colonel of the 7th Regiment. The uniform adopted by the company was a green coat, black pants with white stripes and a Hungarian cap. During the following ten 270 Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment years the company reached a high state of efficiency and was ready to respond to the first proclamation issued by President Lincoln calling for 75,000 volunteers. On Tuesday, April 16, Capt. John H. Dike went to Boston, presented himself at the State House, and begged the privilege of calling out his company in obedience to the President’s call. On his return home the men were notified to meet in the armory in the East School- house, where they assembled at eight p.m., and unanimously voted they were ready to start at a moment’s notice. The night was dark and stormy, and Wednesday morning broke with a cold and hazy atmosphere, but the town was alive with ex- citement. Men were hurrying to and fro and preparations being made for immediate departure. A messenger had been dispatched from the Governor, who reached Captain Dike at half past two in the morning, notifying him to muster his men and to report in Boston forthwith. These men were again summoned to meet in the armory at six a.m. New names were added to the roll and the members dismissed to make the last arrangement and bid their final adieus. Those who witnessed the company’s departure on that morning of the 17th of April can never forget it. The company met at the Town Hall, where prayers were offered, and a little before ten, in military array, they reached Central Square. The people had assembled in a great multitude wild with patriotic enthusiasm. It was an occasion such as Stoneham had never witnessed. The company departed from the square amid the ringing of bells, waving of handkerchiefs and great cheering. After reaching Boston they marched to the State House, where they received overcoats and other articles. A. V. Lynde, Esq., presented to each one of the commissioned officers a revolver. The company was assigned to the 6th Regiment, commanded by Col. Edward F. Jones, and the same after- noon was en route for Washington. The commissioned officers of the company were: captain, John H. Dike; first lieutenant, Leander F. Lynde; second lieutenant, Darius N. Stevens; third lieutenant, James F. Rowe; and fourth lieutenant, W. B. Blais- dell. In addition to the officers there was one musician and a full complement of sixty men. The regiment in passing through the streets of Baltimore was attacked by a rebel mob and was the first armed force to reach Washington. Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment 271 Company E Company E, of the 50th Regiment, was originally the Richard- son Light Guard of South Reading, attached to the 7th Regi- ment, and organized in 1851. The original officers were: captain, John Wiley, 2d; first lieutenant, Nathaniel S. Dearborn; second lieutenant, John 8. Eaton; third lieutenant, Benjamin F. Barnard; fourth lieutenant, Samuel Kingman. Jan. 18, 1861, there was a special meeting of the company called for the purpose of responding to orders from the commander-in-chief to ascertain how many men were ready to respond to the call for action. Twenty-three men were present, and all announced themselves ready to march to the field of battle. On January 19 thirty-five men signified their willingness to respond to the call. In April, 1861, the Richardson Light Guard became Com- pany B of the 5th Regiment (Col. Samuel C. Lawrence). The officers were: captain, John W. Locke; first lieutenant, Charles H. Shepard; second lieutenant, James D. Draper. “At half past twelve o’clock p.m. on April 19, 1861, Captain Locke received orders from Colonel Lawrence to report at Boston for service at the front. Bells were rung and guns fired, and in prompt response the numbers began to assemble. At 2.30 o’clock, only two hours later, the company, numbering eighty-seven men, rank and file, marched from the armory to the common under command of Capt. John W. Locke. Here an appetizing collation was served, having been quickly prepared by citizens of the town. The company, escorted by a great gathering of townspeople, marched to the depot, where patriotic speeches were made and good byes said. The speakers were Edward Mansfield, Hon. Liley Eaton, P. C. Wheeler, Rev. E. A. Eaton and others. At about four o’clock the soldier boys boarded the train en route for Boston. On arrival in the city the company marched to Faneuil Hall, escorted by the Malden band and a delegation of townspeople who had made the journey to Boston. On the next day the regiment left Boston for the front, and subsequently participated in the first battle of Bull Run.” 272 Fijftieth Massachusetts Regiment JouRNAL OF Company A, 50TH Sept. 15, 1862. Camp Stanton, Col. E. F. Jones, commanding, Boxford, Mass. Company in camp. September 17. Company A drew their clothing. September 18 to October 14. Doing regular camp duty. October 14. The 10th Massachusetts Light Battery, Captain Sleeper, broke camp for the seat of war. October 14 to November 19. Doing regular camp duty. November 19. Left Boxford for the South, via Worcester & Norwich route to New York. November 20. Arrived in New York. Marched to Park Bar- racks; from there to a building in Franklin Street, where we quartered. November 21. At the Franklin Street Barracks. November 22. Left Franklin Street Barracks and marched to Union Race Course, Centreville, L.I., where we went into camp in tents. November 22 to 29. In camp at the Union Race Course. November 29. Left the Union Race Course for New York, marching through Jamaica, East New York, Brooklyn, Fulton Ferry to Park Barracks, where we were quartered until December 10. December 10. Left Park Barracks, marched to the pier, and embarked on the steamer Jersey Blue. There are three companies of the 50th on board: Companies A, Capt. George D. Putnam; E, Capt. 8. F. Littlefield; and K, Capt. J. G. Barnes. All aboard, left the pier and anchored off the Battery. December 11. Put into the pier to get another stove; while there Commodore Vanderbilt visited us. Two thirty p.., started from New York. Three p.m., passed Fort Lafayette. Five p.m., passed Sandy Hook and an ocean steamer bound in. It was a fine afternoon. December 12. Under sealed orders, eight fifteen a.M., passed light-ship; all are well. December 13. Eleven thirty a.m., passed a large American steamer ashore. It was the Oriental, wrecked in a fog. She was carrying government supplies to Port Royal. Four thirty p.m., passed Hatteras Light, the sun setting clear. One of the men from Company K bad a remarkable Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment 273 growth of whiskers in one night. They were of a tarry substance. December 14. Passed three blockaders. December 15. Overhauled by the gunboat Marblehead. Ten thirty p.M., anchored off Port Royal, about fifteen miles, to await daylight to run in. December 16. Daylight, weighed anchor, and started for the harbor of Port Royal. Seven a.m., South Carolina coast in sight. Nine a.M., entrance to Port Royal Harbor. Eleven thirty a.m., anchored in the harbor. This is a low sandy place, with a great many government storehouses and buildings; there is a large fort on the left as you enter. The frigate Vermont and the Commodore Vanderbilt are at anchor in the harbor. December 17. Our transport has been condemned, and we have landed at Hilton Head and pitched our camp. December 18. Visited Fort Wells, formerly Fort Beauregard. It is a strong earthwork, mounting twenty-seven guns. December 19. Inspection. December 20. Orders of the day: 6.30 a.m., roll call; 7 a.m., surgeon’s call; 7.30 a.M., breakfast call; 9 a.m., drill; 12 m., dinner; 2.30 p.m., drill; 4.30 p.m., dress parade; 8.30 P.m., tattoo; 8.45 P.m., taps. December 21. Camp duty. December 22. 2d Duryea’s Zouaves and ten New York regi- ments, a part of General Banks’s expedition, landed here. December 23. Heavy firing heard north of us. December 24. Camp duty. Four companies of our regiment are in Philadelphia, two at New York, one in the Gulf of Mexico and three at Hilton Head. December 25. Christmas, we are having a holiday. December 26. Camp duty. December 27. Camp duty. December 28. Camp duty. Great baptism, eighty contra- bands baptized. December 29. Camp duty. December 30. Camp duty. December 31. Ten A.M., mustered for pay. Four thirty p.m., on board of the barque Guerilla, bound for the Mississippi River. 274 Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment Jan. 1, 1863. Nine twenty a.m., started for the gulf. Eleven A.M., steam tug Locust Puint has just left us. January 2 to January 8. Nothing of importance. January 8. The gunboat Octarora chased a steamer, and after firing two shots brought her to. January 9. Came to anchor on Bahama Banks in fifteen feet of water. January 10. Sergeant Green of Company E died at two a.M., and at ten a.M. was buried in the Gulf of Mexico. January 11. Six p.m., passing Dry Tortugas. January 12. Examined one of the detachment who complained of being sick. He had on two shirts, two pairs of drawers, one pair of pants, one pair of overalls, one vest, one dress coat, one blouse and one overcoat. This was the twelfth day from Port Royal. January 13. Nothing important. January 14. Cast anchor in Ship Island at ten p.m. January 15. Nine A.M., at anchor.- Ship Island is a low, sandy island with a lighthouse and a few government storehouses upon it. A number of war vessels lay off the island. January 16. Weighed anchor, and set sail for the mouth of the Mississippi River, one thirty p.m. January 17. Ten thirty a.m., pilot has come on board and taken charge and we are going through Pass L’Outre, and at six P.M. came to anchor to wait for a tugboat. January 18. Eleven a.m., tug Anglo-American took us in tow for New Orleans. 3.30 P.M., passing Forts Jackson and St. Philip. The one mounts 75 and the latter 40 guns. 5 P.M., passed Quarantine. 5.30 p.m., passed the Union gun- boat Verona sunk by the Confederates. 6 P.M., passed a sunken rebel gunboat. January 19. Passed Senator Morgan’s (Union) and Senator Benjamin’s (Confederate) plantations. Two pP.m., arrived at Pier U 49, New Orleans. January 20. Left New Orleans at 12 m. for Carrollton. 1.30 P.M., arrived at Carrollton. 3 p.m., left the transport and arrived at Camp Parapet at 5 p.m., and pitched our camp. This camp is under Gen. Neal Dow, and is several feet below the level of the river, protected by levees. January 21. Arranging camp and getting ready for work. Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment 275 January 22. Camp duty. Forty rounds of cartridges issued. Six hundred contrabands came down the river. January 23. 162d New York arrived. January 24 to January 28. Regular routine of camp duty. January 28. 15th New Hampshire arrived. January 29. Camp duty. January 30. Arrival of steamer Jberville with six hundred more contrabands. Talk about your minstrel shows, they are not in it with this crowd. They brought their baggage and I guess they are going to stop with us. January 31. Orders of the camp: reveille at sunrise; dress parade, 9.30 a.m.; drill, 10.30 a.m.; dinner at 12 m.; drill, 3.30 P.M.; retreat at sunset; tattoo, 8 p.M.; taps, 8.30 P.M. February 1. Camp duty. Capt. J. L. Ward of Company B is here, and three companies of the 50th Regiment are at quarantine. February 2. Review by Gen. Neal Dow. February 3. Paymaster arrived. Pays us off. 6th Michigan arrived. 48th passed up the river. February 4. Left camp and went aboard steamer Continental to go up the river to Baton Rouge. February 5. On steamer Continental going up the river. Three P.M., passing Donaldsonville. This place has been lost and retaken a number of times. It is protected by a good- sized fort, and two gunboats lay off in the river. Ten thirty P.M., arrive at Baton Rouge, La. February 6. At Baton Rouge. The sloop-of-war Richmond lays at our stern, and the ironclad gunboat Essex on the other shore. We disembarked, formed line, and were es- corted to our camping place by our regimental band, who had arrived some time before. February 7. Cleaning up and getting ready for business. February 8. Brigade review and inspection under Gen. N. A. M. Dudley, who is in command of this brigade, to which we are assigned. He is, or rather ranks, as a colonel of the Regular Army. February 9 to February 14. Camp duties, police, drills, camp and picket duties. February 14. Three companies arrived under Maj. John W. Hodges, and with them Col. C. P. Messer. 276 Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment February 15. Camp duty. February 16. Fifteen of our cavalry pickets taken. February 17. Orders of the day: 5.50 a.m. Reveille, 1st call. 6 a.m. Reveille, 2d call, roll-call immediately. 7 a.m. Surgeon’s call. 7.30 to 8.30 a.m. Squad drill. 9 a.m. Guard mounting. 10 to 11.30 a.m. Company drill. 11.30 a.m. Recall. 12M. Dinner call. 2.30 to 4.30 p.m. Battalion or brigade drill. 4.35 e.M. Recall. 4.45 p.m. Dress parade. 8 p.m. Tattoo. 8.15 p.m. Taps. 6.30 a.m. Breakfast call. 9 a.m. Sunday inspection. February 18 to February 22. Camp duties. February 22. Inspection and review. February 23. Celebrating Washington’s Birthday: sports, music, etc. Edward Findlay died. February 24. Burial of Edward Findlay. February 25 to February 28. Camp duties. February 28. Inspection. March 1. Brigade review. March 2. Orders to pack knapsacks, and to be packed away and be ready to start at once. March 3. Grand review of the division in heavy marching order. The review was under General Augur. March 4. Wager made that Company A, 50th, could beat any company of the 30th in the manual of arms. March 5 to 8. Camp duties. March 8. Inspection. March 9 and 10. Under marching orders. March 11. Grand review of all the troops of the 19th Army Corps in and around Baton Rouge by Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, our corps commander. March 12 and 13. Still under marching orders. The 2d Loui- siana, the 41st and 48th Massachusetts started at nine P.M. Troops are moving by our camp at a rapid rate. Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment 277 March 14. Ordered to fall in. 3 a.m., started on the road to Port Hudson. 8 a.m., came toahalt. 12., foraged; got some fowl and fresh meat. We are the rear guard, which is no enviable position. March 15. The baggage train is on the return to Baton Rouge. After they passed we fell in the rear. The mortars were shelling the batteries at Port Hudson all night. The sloop- of-war Mississippi, in attempting to run past the batteries, grounded under their guns; the crew set her on fire and she then floated and exploded. The movement on the part of the army was a feint to allow Farragut to pass the batter- ies at Port Hudson, which was successful. We started at 1 p.m. and at 5 p.m. halted. Raining very hard. March 16. Not on the march yet; rained all night; plenty of mud; a good place to sleep, if you can do it standing. March 17. A party of rebs drove in our pickets; our brigade was sent out to meet them, but we could not make con- nections. March 18. 12M., started for Baton Rouge and arrived at 4 P.M. After resting thirty minutes, ordered to fall in; marched to and went on board the steamer Morning Light. 4.45 P.M., started up the river. 10 P.m., run through a break in the levee on a plantation, and stuck fast in the mud, and the steamer Empire Parish, with General Dudley on board, was caught in the same trap. March 19. 11 a.m., the Empire Parish is off. 3.30 P.m., we are off. Arrived at Winter’s Plantation at 5 p.m. We are quartered in huts. March 20. Long roll sounded, false alarm. Gunboats shelling rebel supply boats. March 21. Gunboats still active. March 22. On picket duty. March 23. All quiet. March 24. McGee’s cavalry have just come in from a raid opposite Port Hudson, and with fifty men destroyed over a million dollars’ worth of property. March 25. All quiet. March 26. Returned to Baton Rouge. March 27 to 29. All quiet, with rainy weather. March 29. Inspection and rain. 278 Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment March 30. Regular camp duties. March 31. Brigade inspection. April 1 to 4. Camp duties. April 4. April 5. April 6. April 7. April 9. Moving camp. Inspection. Holiday. Death of George Knowlton. Burial of George Knowlton. Three a.m., ordered to fall in. Four thirty a.m., in a regiment made up of Companies A, E, I and K of the 50th Regiment, two of the 162d New York, two of the 30th Massachusetts and two of the 2d Louisiana, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Everett of the 2d Louisiana and Major Hodges of the 50th. In the column was a squad- ron of cavalry and a section of artillery. We marched to Bayou Monticeno, destroyed a bridge and drew a small force; arriving back at 11.30 a.m. April 10 to 17. Regular camp duty. April 17. April 18. April 19. April 20. April 21. April 23. April 24. April 25. April 26. April 27. April 28. April 29. April 30. May 1. May 2. Guard duty at seven A.M. Corpl. John F. Simon died. Jere Nelson made a corporal. Cutting down trees. Assistant Surgeon Dr. French buried to-day. On picket on the Clinton road. Nine a.m. returned from picket duty. Felling trees. Inspection. Digging rifle pits. Camp duty. Picket duty. Mustered for pay Camp duty. Arrival of Grierson’s cavalry from Tennessee, consist- ing of two Illinois regiments of cavalry, having been sixteen days in the saddle, capturing and patroling 2,000 rebel prisoners. About 800 spare horses. They dressed in the rebel uniforms captured from the enemy. May 3. Brigade drill and inspection. May 4. Camp duty. May 5. Picket on the Comite road. Camp duty. May 6, 7, 8. Camp duty. Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment 279 May 9 and 10. Picket duty. May 11. Camp duty. May 12. Four a.M., started in light marching order, twenty extra rounds of cartridges were issued. We are on the Clinton road. 12 M., halted. 1 p.m., ordered forward and halted at a bridge over a bayou called by some Bayou Bouche, others White’s Bayou. We are to hold this bridge. The brigade started off towards Port Hudson, leaving with us a section of company, regular light battery and a squadron of the Illinois cavalry. May 13. The rebs are in sight and the cavalry dispersed them. May 14. All is quiet. May 15. The same. May 16. Made a raid on a plantation and captured sixty-four bales of cotton. May 17. On picket duty. May 18. Went on a scout and captured some cotton and a team to bring it in and brought in twenty contrabands. May 19. Alarm last night did not amount to much. May 20. Foraging. May 21. Quiet. May 22. Can hear them at work on Port Hudson; quiet here. May 23. Quiet. May 24. Inspection. May 25. Quiet. May 26. Four p.m. A courier arrived from Port Hudson and we were ordered to fall in and started. We arrived in front of the fortifications at Port Hudson at twelve midnight. It was a forced march. May 27. 1 a.m., turned in by using our roll for a pillow. 3 .a.m., turned out. 4 A.M., ordered to the support of the 21st Indiana Heavy Artillery, with no rations since yes- terday noon, and then only a little hard-tack. A sutler deserted his post near us on account of a shell bursting over his store. When he returned everything had disappeared. Cause, the shell; but the boys gathered up the fragments, which came very handy. What was his loss was our gain. Ordered to storm the rebel works, 3 P.M. Began the move- ment on the works. Talk about your leaden hail and rain! It was a deluge of shot and shell; it was perfect 280 Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment hell. We kept moving forward until about 150 yards from the lines, and lay there until 7 p.m., when by orders we were withdrawn. Had a little coffee and then turned in. Only the right wing of the regiment of the 50th was en- gaged, and was under the command of Major Hodges. Not having our colors with us was a great protection. May 28. The assault yesterday was a failure, but our boys stood the fire in first-class shape. I guess they can be depended upon in any emergency. 6 P.M., we are off again. 7 P.M., arrived at General Dudley’s headquarters. May 29. Building a road. The siege still continues. May 30. Siege still continues. May 31. We are still in the pits. We started out to build a bridge. I never worked harder. June 1. Port Hudson still under siege, and we still in the pits. June 2. We are now supporting Nims’s Massachusetts Bat- tery. Our division lost in the 27th of May fight 400 killed and wounded. June 3. Still supporting Nims’s Battery. The shot and shell are dropping around us pretty lively. June 4. Supporting Nims’s Battery. The rebs have got good range on us, but we are in a ravine, and are pretty well protected. June 5. Still doing business at the same old stand. William Evans was wounded by canister shot. June 6. Still with Nims’s. The rebel sharpshooters are un- comfortably close. They have got the range, and we can’t show our heads. June 7. The regiment has left us, leaving Companies A and I with Nims’s. June 8. Dug rifle pits on the flanks of the battery. June 9. Eleven a.m., the ball has opened in good earnest, artillery firing along the whole line. Lieut. P. D. Allen of General Weitzel’s staff died; he belonged in Salem, Mass. June 10. Still hammering away. Two big fires inside of the fortification caused by our shells. June 11. The rebels attempted a sortie, but were driven back. June 12. Still bombarding, and we are in the pits. June 13. 12.35 p.m., a general and very heavy bombard- ment commenced, and after one hour’s duration a demand Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment 281 was made for the surrender of the place, which was not acceded to. June 14. Supporting the Marine Battery of one hundred- pound guns. The second assault upon the works. We were ordered out of the pits as the reserve, having to lie flat upon the ground ready for action. Six a.m., Lieutenant Reeves was wounded. Under cover of the dark the troops are coming out of the fight, being unsuccessful. June 15. Supporting the Marine Battery. Our loss yesterday was heavy. June 16. Still at the same old job. June 17. Supporting Mack’s 18th New York. Hostilities ceased long enough to bury our dead. June 18. In the pits with Mack’s Black Horse Battery. June 19. Still with Mack’s battery. June 20. Relieved from duty at Mack’s battery. June 21. Still on duty at Port Hudson. We have on duty to-day one commissioned officer, one sergeant, two cor- porals and twenty privates. June 22. Still on the same old spot. June 23. Still laying siege, working gradually towards their works. June 24. Supporting Mack’s battery again. June 25. Still supporting Mack’s. June 26. Still with Mack’s battery. June 27. In the deserted rifle pits. June 28. In with Mack’s battery again. June 29. Still at the same old stand, waiting for customers. June 30. Still in the rifle pits. July 1. A great many of the troops of this department, their time having expired and discontent arising among them, the 50th Regiment were drawn up in line and addressed by General Dudley, after which the regiment voted unani- mously to tender their services for fourteen days from the 30th of June, or until Port Hudson capitulated, in conse- quence of which vote Gen. N. P. Banks issued a very complimentary order to the regiment, which was read along the whole line. July 2. Still in the pits. The lines are being drawn pretty close around the rebel works. 282 Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment July 3. Still pounding away at the rebels. The complimentary order to the 50th Regiment was read to-night. July 4. Still at the job. The light batteries are at the rear, firing salutes in honor of the anniversary of American Independence. July 5. Still in the swim. July 6. Continual firing is kept up. July 7. Still at the front. Vicksburg is taken, which means a great stroke for us, as this place cannot hold out much longer. The regiments are cheering, the bands playing, and the light batteries firing salutes. July 8. Still in the pits. A flag of truce has been out all day. Last night a parley was sounded, and all firing ceased. General Gardner is about to surrender. General Banks gives him until three p.m. Four p.m., General Gardner has surrendered with 100 guns and 7,000 prisoners. July 9. Nine a.m., marching into Port Hudson under a blaz- ing sun, men dropping along the whole line. We passed the prisoners before we came to a halt. July 10. On guard at General Gardner’s headquarters. The prisoners are to be paroled. The sooner the better; they want to go and so do we. July 11. Still on guard over the rebel officers. They dis- credit the capture of Vicksburg. July 12. Still on the same duty. July 13. Our band and the men from the convalescent camp at Baton Rouge arrived. About 1,500 of the rebels were paroled to-day. July 14. On guard the same duty. All the rest of the prison- ers were paroled to-day. Part of our regiment went up the river with them. July 15. Still here. A salute was fired in honor of the great victory at Gettysburg. July 16. Still at Port Hudson. July 17. Still at Port Hudson. July 18. The Illinois cavalry passed up the river on the steamer Imperial. We will soon follow. July 19. Still at the same old spot. July 20. Still doing business at the same old stand. July 21. Ourduties same as yesterday, but not much profit in it. Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment 283 July 22. We are still holding the fort. July 23. The 52d Massachusetts have just gone up the river on the H. Chauteau. July 24. The 22d and 24th Maine Regiments passed up the river on the steamers Empire Parish and Sallie Robinson. July 25. The 21st Maine passed up on the Laurel Hill. July 26. The 26th Connecticut, 15th New Hampshire and 21st Maine passed up on the steamers St. Afaurice and J. W. Cheesman. Joseph Dodge died to-day. July 27. Still at Port Hudson. Buried Joseph Dodge. July 28. Turned in our guns and equipments. It looks like going home. July 29. On board of the steamer Omaha. 10.30 a.m., home- ward bound. 11 a.m., passed Waterloo; later passed Tunica Island and the Red River. July 30. Arrived at Natchez. Elias Trofatter died and was buried here. 9.30 a.m., left Natchez. July 31, Arrived at Vicksburg at 4.30 a.m.; left Vicksburg at 6.30 P.M. August 1. James V. Waters died and was buried at the mouth of White River. August 2. 7 a.M., passed Providence and Napoleon. The lat- ter place looks as though it had been ill used. 9 a.M., arrived at Island No. 72 to bury the dead. Here we ran aground, and after much difficulty got off. August 3. 1 a.m., Got aground again, this time so that it started the seams in her, so that the water ran in faster than we could bail it out. The steamer L. M. Kennett took us off, and we arrived at Helena, Ark., at 11 a.m. Coaled up and at 6 p.m. started again. Buried two more. This makes eight since we left Port Hudson. August 4. Buried another at 7.30 p.m. We arrived at Mem- phis at 11 a.m. August 5. Struck a mud bar, got off and made a landing. August 6. Passed Island No. 10, where Commodore Foote distinguished himself. 12 noon, passed Hickman. 2.30 Pp.M., passed Columbia, and at 6 p.m. arrived at Cairo, Ill., where we take the train. August 7. 6 a.M., left the boat; 8 a.m., aboard of baggage cars; 11 a.M., left Cairo. 284 Fijtieth Massachusetts Regvment August 8. 4 a.m., arrived at Mattoon and changed into pas- senger coaches. Left Mattoon at 5 a.m., and arrived at Indianapolis at 4 p.m.; they gave us a fine collation. 7 P.M., left Indianapolis. August 9. On arrival at Bellefontaine and Marion we received a great reception. On arrival at Cleveland we were given a great reception and furnished with a fine supper. Eleven thirty P.M., as we arrived at Erie, a fine collation was brought into the cars. August 10. Arrived at Buffalo at 4 a.m., and found the tables set in the depot with a fine breakfast, which we enjoyed hugely. 7 a.m., left Buffalo; arrived at Albany at 6 p.m. A collation was served to us here. Changed cars and left Albany at 11 P.M. August 11. Arrived in Boston at 4 p.m. Collation at the Beach Street Barracks. Marched to the Common and were dismissed until further orders, and each company started for their respective home under their officers. 7 p.m., arrived home Salem, and were escorted to the Armory by the S.L.I.V.A. It was a great reception. We could hardly make our way through the streets on account of the crowds. On arrival at the Armory after reception, speeches were made, and being replied to the company was dismissed, and reassembled August 24 at Wenham, where we were mustered out of the United States service, having served nearly a year for nine months’ enlistment. From the Boston Journal of Aug. 12, 1863: Miuitary Matters ARRIVAL OF THE 5OTH MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT The 50th Massachusetts Regiment of Volunteers for nine months, from Port Hudson, arrived in this city yesterday after- noon about half past four o’clock. The regiment left Albany, Monday night, on a special train, and was only detained along the route by the hearty receptions and greetings of friends. The career of the 50th has been an eventful one. It left Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment 285 Massachusetts about the middle of November and proceeded to camp at Union Race Course, Long Island, where it remained a fortnight. Its voyage afterward to Dixie was a fair illustra- tion of the outward passage of the Banks expedition. The much wandering Ulysses would have reveled in just such an experience. The band departed with General Banks on the steamship North Star, which made the trip to New Orleans in ten days. Four companies of the 50th were soon after ordered to New York City for transportation. Company I em- barked on the steamer New Brunswick, and Companies A, K and E on the propeller Jersey Blue. The remaining six com- panies were ordered to embark on the Niagara, but this vessel proving too small, one company was left in New York. The New Brunswick with Company I made a fair passage. When this last company reached New Orleans it was at once ordered to proceed to Baton Rouge, together with the 41st Massachusetts Regiment, and these were among the first troops to occupy that city after its evacuation by the rebels. The Jersey Blue when six days out put into Port Royal in distress and the three companies were transported to the bark Guerilla, which was twenty days in making the trip to New Orleans. These companies remained at Camp Parapet in Carrollton for a short time after their arrival and then joined Company I at Baton Rouge. The Niagara, with five companies of the regiment on board, sailed on the 12th of December from New York. When off Delaware Breakwater this vessel proved unseaworthy, by reason of the rottenness of her timbers, and put into Philadelphia in distress. There these companies were provided for with generous hospitality by the Union and Cooper Shop Association. After a delay of four weeks the ship Jenny Lind arrived from New York with the com- pany remaining there and with orders to take those five companies from Philadelphia to Fortress Monroe. Arriving at that point, three companies were taken from the Jenny Lind and placed on the sailing ship Montebello, together with 250 convalescents from the Chesapeake, some of whom had not yet wholly recovered from contagious disease. The Montebello made the passage from pilot to pilot in nine days. During the passage, however, the smallpox and ship fever, communicated from the convalescents, broke out among the 286 Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment members of the 50th, and by the time the ship reached the Balize the contagion had spread so rapidly that three com- panies were detained at quarantine for seventy days. During this time the Jenny Lind passed up the river with the other three companies, having been thirty-five days on the passage to New Orleans. Thus the regiment was kept wandering in detachments over sea and until the 3d of April, when the ten companies came together for the first time. The regiment was attached to Colonel Dudley’s brigade, stationed at Baton Rouge. When the first advance was made upon Port Hudson, seven companies of the 50th participated in it. In the last advance, while General Banks was coming down the Red River to invest Port Hudson on the northern side with the troops from the Teche country, this regiment accompanied General Augur’s advance from the lower side. During the battle of the Plains it was stationed at White’s Bayou and the Clinton road, to- gether with a section of artillery and a detachment of Grierson’s cavalry to prevent any incursion of the enemy on the right flank. The 50th marched to Port Hudson on the night of May 26, and four companies were in the assault on General Augur’s front on the 27th. The rest of the regiment supported batteries during the engagement. In the second assault on the rebel stronghold on June 14, the regiment was with General Dwight on the left wing. It met few casualties on these occasions. It shared the common experience of the troops before Port Hudson throughout the siege, in digging and defending rifle pits and saps, and supporting batteries until the 29th of June, when its regular term of service expired. But Port Hudson had not been taken and Colonel Messer, with a spirit worthy of old Massachusetts, at once proffered the services of his regiment for fourteen days longer; no one doubting that the place would fall before the two weeks should pass away. General Banks complimented Colonel Messer and his com- mand for this patriotic act in a general order issued before Port Hudson. After the surrender of the place, the 50th remained there on duty up to the day of departure for home, which was on the 29th. In the passage up the Mississippi the regiment was destined to Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment 287 renew its old experience. While going up the river on the gunboat Omaha, upon arriving two miles below Helena, Ark., the rickety old craft ran upon a sand bar and stuck hard and fast. At first it was feared she would sink, but the men all gave a helping hand, and by dint of bailing and pumping for nearly a whole night the boat was kept in safety until another one was procured from Helena. It took nine days for the trip from Port Hudson to Cairo, and nine men died on the way. The regiment left Cairo at noon on the 7th instant, and its after experience has been of quite a different nature. From Illinois to Massachusetts the passage was a perfect ovation. At Cen- tralia, Mattoon, Terre Haute, Bellefontaine, Marion, Indian- apolis, Cleveland, Erie, Buffalo and Albany the most enthu- siastic demonstrations of interest were made in honor of the gallant boys from Port Hudson. At all these places refresh- ments were provided for the men. The reception all along the route through Ohio a thousand times more than redeemed the Buckeye State from the reproach copperheads have lately cast upon it. As the train rolled slowly up to the various stations, men, women and children were seen loaded with delicious viands to bestow upon the returning soldiers. All memory of hard-tack and salt junk faded away before the generous stores of fresh milk, peaches, game, pies and all the other luxuries of well-stocked larders. The 50th Regiment returns with about 800 men. Ten have died on the way. In all there have been 75 deaths in the regi- ment. Twenty-seven sick were left at Cairo and three at Cleveland — all under the best of care. There was a large number of friends of the regiment assembled at the Worcester Depot to meet and greet it upon its return, and when the train arrived the cheers were hearty and numer- ous. After the soldiers had been provided with a sufficient repast at the Beach Street Barracks, the regiment formed in line, headed by the Chelsea band, and marched to the Common, accompanied by a large crowd cheering lustily, where all the men were furloughed for six days, to meet at the expiration of that time and be mustered out of service. 288 Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment LETTER FROM A SOLDIER WHO HAD RECOVERED HIS HEALTH AND RETURNED HoME FROM THE HOosPITAL May 26, 1863. Dear Miss: I sit down to tell you that we are home and I wish I was somewhere else. I’se Got 3 Bully Boys and they are helping me about geting the Garden Sass into the ground, but they haint got no mother and I’se got a house and a Kow and I thot you ’d be kind of handy to take care of them if you ’dstoop so much. I’ve thought of you ever sense I came from the Hospittle and how kinder Jimmy you used to walk up and down them wards. You had the best gate I ever seen and my first wife stepped off just so and she paid her way in work I tell you. I like to work and the Boys like to work and I know you dosoI’d like to Jine if you see no objection & now I’ve made so bold to write sich but I was kinder pushed on by my feelinks and so I hope you will excuse it and write soon. i shant be mad if you say no; but it’s no harm to ask and as I say I cant help writing and the Boys names is Zebulon, Shadrack & Peter. They want to see you as does your respectful friend which owes his present health to you. ROSTER OF THE FIFTIETH MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS FIELD AND STAFF Cartos P. Messer. Colonel. 28. Mustered in Nov. 11, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. He was born in New London, N.H., but when quite young came to Haverhill, Mass., where he remained most of his life. He was very active in the state militia, and first went to the front as captain of Company D, in the 5th Regiment, for three months, under Col. Samuel C. Lawrence. From his previous ser- vice and experience in military affairs he was selected as the proper officer to command the regiment, with whom he remained during the entire campaign. He received his commission July 7, 1863. He was conscientious, pa- triotic, kind-hearted and considerate of his men, and at the end of his service returned to civil life, and for many years conducted a grocery business in Haverhill. About ten years ago he removed to New York, and from there went to Los Angeles, Cal., where he died Feb. 13, 1907. Joun W. Locxe. Lieutenant-Colonel. South Reading. 34. Commissioned July 7, 1862. Mustered in Nov. 11, 1862, and mustered out Aug. 14, 1863. He was born April 10, 1828; was captain of Company B, 5th Regiment (three months), and was present at the first battle of Bull Run. He was in command of the camp at the quarantine station below New Orleans two months in 1863, and president of a court martial at Baton Rouge. He was in charge of the guard at Port Hudson to pass Confederate prisoners of war through the lines, and detailed by General Banks to conduct prisoners to New Orleans. After his return home he resided in Wakefield, and died Aug. 24, 1892. 290 Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment Joun Hopces, Jr. Major. Salem. 20. Was mustered in Nov. 11, 1862, and mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. This brave and gallant officer was born at Salem, Dec. 8, 1841, attended the public schools of his native city, and entered Harvard College in 1858, where he remained until the out- break of the Rebellion. Prior to the war he joined the Salem Light Infantry, better known as the Salem Zouaves, who answered the first call to arms in April, 1861, and went out in the 8th Regiment. His first term of service was from April to August. Returning home Aug. 22, 1861, he was mustered in as first lieutenant in the 19th Regiment, serving with distinction till June 19 of the fol- lowing year, when he was compelled to resign on account of severe illness. Recovering his health, he was com- missioned major of the 50th, with which he remained until its final discharge, loved and admired by the entire regi- ment. Feb. 2, 1864, he was mustered in as lieutenant colonel of the 59th Regiment (Col. J. P. Gould), leaving the state the following April. He was killed at Peters- burg, Aug. 3, 1864, in his twenty-third year. While lean- ing against an embankment in the crater, he was wounded in the thigh, and afterwards struck in the back of the head by a bursting shell and instantly killed. He was an ideal soldier, courageous, generous and ardent, who gave up his life after having served his country in four different regi- ments. He represented the finest type of the young men who went to the war, and had he lived an honorable and even an illustrious career might well have been predicted for him. From the ranks to a lieutenant colonelcy he filled every position in which he was placed with distinc- tion and honor. Henry A. WentwortH. Adjutant. 27. Malden. Mustered in Nov. 11, 1862, and mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Henry D. Dercen. Quartermaster. South Reading. 29. Mustered in Nov. 11, 1862, and mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides at Newton Centre. Wituiam CocsweLui. Surgeon. Bradford. 41. Mustered in Nov. 11, 1862, and mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dr. Cogswell was born at Atkinson, N.H., and after his dis- Fijftieth Massachusetts Regiment 291 charge returned to Bradford and engaged in the practice of his profession till the time of his death, which occurred in Bradford, Aug. 15, 1891. NaTHANIEL W. Frencu. Assistant Surgeon. He came from Concord, N.H., was born in 1833, mustered in Nov. 11, 1862, and died at Baton Rouge, La., April 21, 1863. Dr. French was the only commissioned officer of the regiment who died during the service, and his body now rests in the National Cemetery at Baton Rouge. JoHn Hancock. Assistant Surgeon. He was credited from Pawtucket, R.I.; mustered in May 21, 1863, and mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. His present residence is Barre, Mass. Ropert Hassaut. Chaplain. Born at Hanley, England, April 12, 1820. Mustered in Nov. 11, 1862, and resigned March 2, 1863. On July 9, 1844, he was appointed and ordained to the office of a Methodist missionary to labor in Canada. In 1846 he went to Meadville, Penn., and took a three years’ course in the theological school. In 1850 he went to St. Louis, having accepted a call to preach in the First Congregational Church there. In 1852 he became the pastor of the Unitarian Church in Pittsburg, and from there he removed to Mendon, Mass., where he remained about four years. His next pastorate was in Haverhill, Mass., where he resided at the time the 50th Regiment was raised. After leaving the army he preached in Keokuk, Iowa, and died there Sept. 27, 1900, in his eighty-first year. Ouiver A. Roperts. Sergeant Major. Haverhill. 24. Mus- tered in Nov. 11, 1862, and mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. He is a lawyer and his present residence is Melrose, Mass. Davin M. Ketter. Quartermaster Sergeant. Haverhill. 21. Mustered in Nov. 11, 1862, and mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Born in Hamilton in May, 1841, he was the son of Rev. George W. Kelley, who was a Congregational minis- ter. When about ten he removed to Haverhill. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1865. During the siege of Port Hudson, on account of the illness of 292 Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment Quartermaster Degen, he was acting quartermaster. ‘In 1857 he removed to Appleton, Wis. Here he became a director of the Green Bay and Mississippi Canal Com- pany, and took charge of a line of steamboats running in the interests of the company on the Upper and Lower Fox Rivers and on Lake Winnebago. In 1868 Mr. Kelley became vice-president and superintendent of the Lake and River Transportation Company, a corporation running steamboats on the Upper and Lower Fox Rivers, and pro- pellers on the Great Lakes, and of which company Ex- Governor Horatio Seymour of New York was president; and in the spring of that year he moved from Appleton to Green Bay. In 1869 he purchased the interest of the Dousmans in the property and business of Dousman & Elmore of Fort Howard on the west side of Fox River, opposite Green Bay, then owner of the Green Bay eleva- tor, and doing an elevator, grain and wholesale commis- sion business. In 1870 he became a director and vice- president of the Green Bay and Lake Pepin Railway Company, a corporation organized for the purpose of con- structing a railroad from Green Bay to the Mississippi River. After careful investigation of the project he be- came convinced that there was great merit in the enter- prise, and that with proper effort the projected road could be built, and he therefore resigned his office with the com- pany and entered into a contract to construct the entire line, binding himself to complete the road to the Mississippi on or before Jan. 1, 1876. The first rail was laid in 1871, and in twenty-five consecutive months from that time the work of 214 miles was completed. This road is now known as the Green Bay & Minnesota Railroad, of which Mr. Kelley was vice-president and general manager until December, 1877, when he resigned to attend to his private business.”’” Mr. Kelley was for a time politically very prominent in Wisconsin. In 1877 he was a member of the Assembly, and in the same year presided over the Repub- lican State Convention. During the session of 1879 he was the speaker of the Assembly, and later was favorably spoken of as a candidate for the United States Senate, and for the governorship of Wisconsin. Some years ago, Hijtieth Massachusetts Regiment 293 on account of impaired health, he returned to Massachu- setts, and now resides in Sharon. Leonarp Ranp. Commissary Sergeant. Haverhill. 43. Mustered in Nov. 11, 1862, and discharged Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. P. A. Sawyer. Hospital Steward. Haverhill. 20. Mustered in Nov. 11, 1862; mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subse- quent service, assistant surgeon, United States Navy. Present residence, Haverhill. Henry Jounston. Principal Musician. Topsfield. 33. Mus- tered in Nov. 11, 1862, and mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Sotomon Netson. First Sergeant of Company K. While Sergeant Nelson was not on the regimental staff, for many reasons he deserves more than a passing notice in this history. The foregoing pages are largely transcripts of his diary, with very slight changes. Indeed his entire diary is of sufficient interest to merit publication. He had a keen sense of humor, possessed wit of no mean order, and could always tell a good story. “‘He was a great reader, and admired the humor of Dickens, Thackeray and Tom Hood. He was authority on the former, and could locate a character or quotation upon an instant’s reflection. He used to say a book ‘that was worth reading once was worth reading repeatedly.’ He never wasted time with books of no merit, was thoroughly acquainted with stand- ard literature, ancient and modern.” He was a fine rep- resentative of the best New England stock, his ancestors having lived in Rowley and the vicinity for generations. He was born Oct. 25, 1826, and Dec. 6, 1848, married Elizabeth Hobson of Rowley. They resided in Georgetown. He kept a livery stable and was deputy sheriff for many years. At various times he occupied the positions of selectman, constable and auditor. At the end of his en- listment he was tendered a captain’s commission by Gov- ernor Andrew. He lived a pure and upright life, highly respected by the community and county in which he lived, a friend to good citizens and a terror to evil doers. He died at Georgetown, March 17, 1882, in the 56th year of his age. 294 Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment COMPANY A GEORGE D. PUTNAM. Capt. Clerk. Age 27. Single. Salem. Com. Sept. 17, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Previous service Lt. Co. I 8th Regt. Died April 17, 1893. ROBERT W. REEVES. Ist Lt. Clerk. Age 21. Single. Salem Com. May 7, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Previous service Co. I 8th Regt. Subse- quent service Capt. of 13th Unattached Infantry. Died in Salem, Oct. 16, 1869. WILLIAM B. UPTON. 2d Lt. Clerk. Age 24. Single. Salem. Com. May 7, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Previous service Co. I 8th Regt. Subse- quent service Capt. of the 1st U.S. Vol. Infantry. NATHAN A.FRYE. Ist Sergt. Clerk. Age 22. Single. Salem. Enl. Aug. 15, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Residence, Cambridge, Mass. GEORGE O.STEVENS. Sergt. Currier. Age 25. Single. Salem. Enl. Aug. 15, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Previous service Co. I 8th Regt. Subse- quent service Lt. 13th Unattached Infantry. Residence, Salem, Mass. AUGUSTUS BROWN. Sergt. Clerk. Age 19. Single. Salem. Enl. Aug. 15, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Salem from railroad accident. JOHN W. EVANS. Sergt. Enl. Aug. 15, 1862. Currier. Age 20. Single. Salem. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Lt. 13th Unattached Infantry. Died in Salem, April, 1894. DAVID E.SAUNDERS. Sergt. Clerk. Age 20. Single. Salem. Enl. Aug. 15, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Brookline, Mass. GILMAN A. ANDREWS. Corpl. Age 21. Single. Salem. Enl. Sept. 1, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Past Commander Post 34 G.A.R. Resides in Salem, Mass. Painter. Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment 295 GEORGE H. BLINN. Corpl. Clerk. Age 21. Single. Salem, Enl. Aug. 15, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service 13th Unattached Infantry and 1st Battalion Frontier Cavalry. At present resides in Salem and is Captain of Police. WILLIAM D. BALCH. Corpl. Watchmaker. Age 26. Single. Salem. Enl. Aug. 25, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Malden, Mass. WILLIAM H.DALRYMPLE. Student. Age 20. Single. Salem. Enl. Sept. 1, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Chicago, Ill. LEBBEUS LEACH, Jr. Corpl. Clerk. Age 22. Single. Boston. Enl. Aug. 15, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service 13th Unattached Infantry. Resides in Newton, Mass. JEREMIAH NELSON. Corpl. Dentist. Age 26. Single. New- buryport. Enl. Aug. 15, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. On the Color Guard. Resides in Newburyport, Mass. NATHANIEL F. ROBINSON. Corpl. Age 18. Single. Salem. Enl. Aug. 15, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Salem, June, 1865. GREENLEAF 8. TUKEY. Corpl. Machinist. Age 19. Single. Salem. Enl. Aug. 15, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Reading, Mass. JOHN F.SIMON. Corpl. Machinist. Age 19. Single. Salem. Enl. Aug. 15, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Died in Baton Rouge, La., April 18, 1863. EDWARD STILLMAN. Musician. Student. Age15. Single. Salem. Enl. Oct. 28, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 28, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Previous service Salem Cadets. Subsequent service 13th Unattached Co. Infantry and Co. E 1st Battalion Frontier Cavalry. Resides in Salem. WILLIAM DILLINGHAM. Musician. Carpenter. Age 26. Married. Dracut. Enl. Oct. 15, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service 4th Battery. 296 Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment ELIAS A. TROFATTER. Wagoner. Carpenter. Age 24. Single. Salem. Enl. Aug. 30, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Died on the Mississippi River, July 30, 1863. Buried at Natchez. ALLEN, CHARLES F. Private. Student. Age 19. Single. Salem. Enl. Sept. 1, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in St. Louis, Mo. BABBIDGE, WILLIAM A. Private. Printer. Age 20. Single. Salem. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Salem. BAKER, HENRY C. Private. Seaman. Age 25. Single. Salem. Enl. Sept. 3, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Deserted Dec. 10, 1862. Subsequent service Co. H 20th Mass. Died in Wenham. BARKER, CHARLES F. Private. Clerk. Age 21. Single. Salem. Enl. Nov. 1, 1862. Mustered in Nov. 1, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Previous service Salem Cadets. Died in Salem. BARENSON, ABRAM F. Private. Baker. Age 20. Single. Salem. Enl. Oct. 31, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 31, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Previous service Salem Cadets. Subsequent service Co. M 2d Cavalry. Died in Salem, June 28, 1887. BENNETT, GEORGE A. Private. Cooper. Age 18. Single. Salem. Enl. Aug. 21, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service 13th Un- attached Co. and Co. E 1st Battalion Frontier Cavalry. Died in Lynn, Mass. BODEN, THOMAS C. Private. Seaman. Age 44. Married. Lynn. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Salem. BOUSLEY, NATHANIEL C. Private. Clerk. Age 19. Single. Salem. Enl. Aug. 15, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Salem, March, 1905. BOVEY, THOMAS L. Private. Seaman. Age 19. Single. Salem. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service U.S. Signal Corps. Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment 297 BROOKS, HORACE A. Private. Bookbinder. Age 18. Single. Salem. Enl. Aug. 15, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. E 1st Battalion Frontier Cavalry. Died in Salem, Aug. 23, 1904. BROWN, WILLIAM P. Private. Currier. Age 19. Single. Salem. Enl. Sept. 1, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Salem. BRYANT, RICHARD. Private. Seaman. Age 22. Married. Gloucester. Enl. Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Deserted Oct. 26, 1862. BRYANT, TIMOTHY W. Private. Baker. Age 21. Single. Salem. Enl. Aug. 19, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Salem. CHESSMAN, CHARLES. Private. Seaman. Age 41. Married. Salem. Enl. Aug. 21, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Salem. CLARK, WILLIAM B. Private. Seaman. Age 24. Single. Salem. Enl. Sept. 3, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Deserted Dec. 10, 1862, in New York. COOK, GEORGE B. Private. Seaman. Age18. Single. Salem. En]. Aug. 25, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in San Francisco, Cal. COPELAND, GEORGE A. Private. Architect. Age 18. Single. Salem. Enl. Oct. 31, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 31, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Previous service Salem Cadets. Subsequent service 23d Regt. Resides in Revere. DALRYMPLE, GEORGE. Private. Machinist. Age 18. Single. Salem. Enl. Sept. 4, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service 13th Un- attached Infantry. Died in Salem. DODGE, JOSEPH R. Private. Tanner. Age18. Single. Salem. Enl. Aug. 29, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Died at Port Hudson, La., July 26, 1863. EATON, HORACE D. Private. Cooper. Age18. Single. Salem. Enl. Aug. 15, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Salem. 298 Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment EVANS, WILLIAM. Private. Seaman. Age 26. Single. Salem. Enl. Oct. 31, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 31, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Wounded at Port Hudson, La. Subse- quent service 3d Heavy Artillery. FINDLAY, EDWARD. Private. Tanner. Age 18. Single. Salem. Enl. Sept 4, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Died in Baton Rouge, La., Feb. 23, 1863. FRIEND, JOEL M. Private. Clerk. Age 19. Single. Salem. Enl. Sept. 4, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Salem, May, 1907. GARDNER, CHARLES W. Private. Cooper. Age 23. Married. Salem. Enl. Aug. 19, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Salem. GARDNER, WILLIAM H. Private. Florist. Age 26. Single. Salem. Enl. Sept. 4, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Salem. GLOVER, JOSEPH N. Private. Painter. Age 22. Single. Salem. Enl. Aug. 30, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Salem. GLOVER, WILLIAM H. Private. Printer. Age 23. Single. Salem. Enl. Aug. 30, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Milled by an electric car. GOULD, WILLIAM C. Private. Painter. Age 23. Single. Charlestown. Enl. Aug. 24, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Charlestown. HALE, JOSEPH S. Private. Clerk. Age 19. Single. Salem. Enl. Aug. 22, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Residence, Redlands, Cal. HALL, WILLIAM H. Private. Clerk. Age19. Single. Salem. Enl. Aug. 22, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Previous service 5th Mass. Died in Peabody. HAMMOND, WILLIAM G. Private. Carpenter. Age 20. Single. Enl. Aug. 15, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Previous service Corpl. of the 13th Un- attached Infantry. Died in Salem, Aug. 3, 1898. Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment 299 HARRINGTON, LEONARD. Private. Currier. Age 21. Single. Enl. Sept. 21, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 21, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Salem. HARRIS, ALPHONSO S. Private. Clerk. Age 20. Single. Salem. Enl. Aug. 15, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Residence, Chelsea, Mass. HARRIS, WILLIAM §. Private. Clerk. Age 21. Single. Salem. Enl. Aug. 25, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Residence, Salem, Mass. JANES, JOHN. Private. Carpenter. Age 21. Single. Salem. Enl. Aug. 19, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Somerville in 1905. KENDALL, WILLIAM H. Private. Clerk. Age 20. Single. Salem. Enl. Sept. 1, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Salem. KNOWLTON, GEORGE. Private. Milkman. Age 21. Single. Salem. Enl. Aug. 25, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Died at Baton Rouge, La., April 7, 1863. LAMSON, GEORGE A. Private. Watchmaker. Age18. Single. Salem. Enl. Aug. 15, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24. 1863. Subsequent service 13th Un- attached Infantry. Died in Salem. LANGDELL, GEORGE W. Private. Painter. Age19. Single. Salem. Enl. Sept. 1, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Residence, Salem, Mass. LEE, JOSEPH. Private. Age 28. Salem. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Discharged Aug. 24, 1863. Residence, Salem, Mass. LOWD, JACOB R. Private. Printer. Age 21. Single. Salem. Enl. Sept. 4, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Corpl. 1st Battalion Frontier Cavalry. Residence, Lynn. LUSCOMB, GEORGE W. Private. Police officer. Age 28. Married. Enl. Sept. 2, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Previous service Co. I 8th Regt. Subsequent service Co. G 59th and Co. E 57th. Residence, Salem. 300 Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment MACKIE, JOHN A. Private. Clerk. Age 18. Single. Salem. Enl. Aug. 15, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Boston. MORSE, GEORGE F. Private. Tanner. Age 20. Single. Salem. Enl. Sept. 5, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Salem. NEWTON, ALBERT E. Private. Baker. Age 24. Single. Salem. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Corpl. of the 13th Unattached Infantry. Died in Beverly. NICHOLS, GEORGE A. Private. Cooper. Age 18. Single. Salem. Enl. Aug. 15, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Sergt. in the 13th Unattached Infantry. Residence, Salem. NOBLE, JAMES A. Private. Clerk. Age 18. Single. Salem. Enl. Sept. 1, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Residence, Salem. OBER, OLIVER. Private. Clerk. Age 20. Married. Salem. Enl. Sept. 4, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Died at Mound City, Ill., Hospital, Aug. 14, 1863. PALMER, WILLIAM H. H. Private. Clerk. Age 22. Single. Salem. Enl. Sept. 1, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Residence, Salem. PERCHARD, CLEMENT H. Private. Seaman. Age 20. Single. Enl. Sept. 4, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in New Bedford. PERKINS, CHARLES. Private. Mason. Age19. Single. Salem Enl. Aug. 15, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Corpl. in 13th Un- attached Infantry and Private in 1st Battalion Frontier Cavalry. Died in Salem. PERKINS, FRANCIS M. Private. Seaman. Age 18. Single. Salem. Enl. Aug. 25, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Died in Salem, Aug. 17, 1863. PERKINS, GEORGE H. Private. Currier. Age 20. Single. Salem. Enl. Aug. 25, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Residence, Salem. Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment 301 PERKINS, JAMES W. Private. Civil Engineer. Age 19. Single. Salem. Enl. Sept. 2, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Residence, Salem. PERLEY, THOMAS A. Private. Farmer. Age 18. Single. Salem. Enl. Aug. 24, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Residence, Trinidad, Colo. PETERSON, ANDREW G. Private. Clerk. Age 19. Single. Salem. Enl. Aug. 24, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Corpl. 13th Unattached Infantry, Private Co. E 1st Battalion Frontier Cavalry. Died in Salem, 1881. PICKMAN, HERSEY D. Private. Student. Age 19. Single. Salem. Enl. Aug. 15, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Corpl. 13th Unattached Infantry. Died at Dillon, Mont. POND, FREDERICK A. Private. Clerk. Age 21. Single. Salem. Enl. Sept. 1, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Residence, Lebanon, N.H. POPE, THOMAS 8. Private. Seaman. Age 34. Married. Salem. Enl. Sept. 4, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Ist Battalion Cavalry and the U.S. Navy. Died in Salem. PRESTON, OTIS P. Private. Trader. Age19. Single. Salem. Enl. Oct. 31, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 31, 1862. Died in Baton Rouge, La., May 26, 1863. PRESTON, WILLIAM A. Private. Photographer. Age 19. Single. Salem. Enl. Aug. 15, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Woburn. ROBINSON, JOHN. Private. Clerk. Age19. Single. Salem. Enl. Aug. 30, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Chicago, Ill. SAFFORD, GEORGE W. Private. Printer. Age 18. Single. Salem. Enl. Aug. 15, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Salem. SANBORN, JOSEPH W. Private. Clerk. Age 19. Single. Salem. Enl. Oct. 6, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 16, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Elizabeth, N.J., July 12, 1906. Buried in Salem. 302 Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment SCRIGGENS, WILLIAM J. Private. Seaman. Age 28. Single. Enl. Sept. 3, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died at Soldiers’ Home, Togus, Me. SHORT, CHARLES H. Private. Clerk. Age19. Single. Salem. Enl. Aug. 15, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Danvers. SKINNER, JAMES N. Private. Printer. Age 23, Married. Enl. Aug. 30, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Salem. SLEUMAN, CHARLES A. Private. Clerk. Age 19. Single. Salem. Enl. Aug. 25, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Chelsea, Mass. SOUTHARD, GEORGE A. Private. Expressman. Age 21. Single. Salem. Enl. Sept. 21, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 21, 1862. Discharged for disability March 3, 1863. Died in Salem. STILLMAN, AMOS kK. Private. Clerk. Age19. Single. Salem. Enl. Oct. 13, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 13, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Previous service in Salem Cadets. Subse- quent service Co. A 23d Mass. Resides in Salem, Mass. STODDARD, GEORGE A. Private. Blacksmith. Age 18. Single. Salem. Enl. Sept. 4, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Salem. STRATTON, BENJAMIN F. Private. Trader. Age 27. Married. Salem. Enl. Aug. 30, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Died at Baton Rouge, La., May 1, 1863. SYMONDS, EDWARD A. Private. Seaman. Age 20. Single. Salem. Enl. Aug. 25, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. H 3d Heavy Artillery. Died in Salem. THORNDIKE, THEODORE A. Private. Clerk. Age 18. Single. Salem. Enl. Aug. 27, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Salem. TRASK, JAMES E. Private. Painter. Age 20. Single. Salem. Enl. Aug. 15, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service 13th Unattached Infantry. Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment 303 TUTTLE, WILLIAM W. Private. Clerk. Age 19. Single. Salem. Enl. Aug. 30, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Peabody. UPTON, WARREN A. Private. Tin plate worker. Age 31. Single. Salem. Enl. Aug. 30, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Salem. WARNER, FRANK B. Private. Clerk. Age 18. Single. Salem. Enl. Sept. 4, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Peabody, Mass. WATERS, JAMES V. Private. Brass founder. Age 23. Single. Salem. Enl. Sept. 4, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Died on the Mississippi River, Aug. 1, 1863. WATSON, JOHN F. Private. Printer. Age 22. Single. Salem. Enl. Aug. 15, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Sergeant in 13th Un- attached Infantry. Resides in Cambridge. WOODBURY, GEORGE H. Private. Mason. Age 20. Single. Salem. Enl. Aug. 23, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Hamilton, Mass. OCCUPATIONS Clerks 30 = Civil engineer Pap Sailors 13 Architect . 1 Printers 6 Dentist . anal Painters 5 Bookbinder 1 Curriers 5 Florist 1 Students 4 Farmer 1 Carpenters 4 Photographer 1 Coopers 4 Blacksmith 1 Tanners 3 Brass founder 1 Bakers . 3 Tin plate worker 1 Watchmakers 2 Expressman . 1 Machinists . 3 Milkman 1 Traders 2 Policeman 1 Masons 2 No occupation 3 Married, 10; single, 91. Average age, 21 years 3 months. 304 Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment COMPANY B JOHN LANGDON WARD. Captain. Student. Age 20. Single. Salem. Com. Sept. 3, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Resigned July 24, 1863. Previous service Co. I 8th Regt. Subsequent service Major in U.S. Colored Infantry. EDWARD W. PHILLIPS. 1st Lieut. Age 20. Single. Salem. Com. Sept. 3, 1862. Resigned on account of ill health July 13, 1863, and died at Salem, Oct. 13, 1867. Previous service in 4th Battalion, which garrisoned Fort Independence for several weeks in 1861. He was assigned to special service as Com- missary of Subsistence on the voyage to New Orleans on the transport J. S. Green, which sailed from New York, Dec. 3, 1862. On arriving at New Orleans he became superintendent of the U.S. bakery there, but subsequently rejoined his regi- ment. He was the son of Stephen C. Phillips of Salem. WILLIAM H.HURD. 2d Lieut. Mason. Age 31. Single. Salem. Com. Sept. 3, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Previous service Co. A 5th Regt. Died in Salem, April 20, 1905. BENJAMIN F. BLATCHFORD. Ist Sergt. Seaman. Age 27. Married. Rockport. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15,1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Glouces- ter in 1906. JAMES STOREY. Sergt. Carpenter. Age 44. Married. Rock- port. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides at Pigeon Cove, Mass. CHARLES 8S. COTTING. Sergt. Machinist. Age 24. Married. North Andover. Enl. Sept. 10, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Elmer, N.J. MARCUS A. HANNA. Sergt. Seaman. Age 26. Single. Rock- port. Enl. Aug. 15, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Received a Medal of Honor. Sub- sequent service in Co. K 2d Heavy Artillery. Residence, Knightville, Me. ELAM W. BURNHAM. Sergt. Farmer. Age 21. Single. Hamil- ton. Enl. Sept. 1, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Died at Baton Rouge, La., May 25, 1863. Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment 3805 ANDREW J. FISH. Corpl. Farmer. Age 30. Married. North Andover. Enl. Sept. 11, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Died at Quarantine, La., April 18, 1863. DAVID L. TUTTLE. Corpl. Stonecutter. Age 34. Married. North Andover. Enl. Aug. 26, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Residence, Uxbridge, Mass. JAMES F. TUCKER. Corpl. Seaman. Age 30. Married. Rock- port. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Died at Baton Rouge, La., May 19, 1863. GEORGE W. DADE. Corpl. Carpenter. Age 29. Married. Rockport. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Absent sick when regiment was mustered out. Residence, Hastings, Neb. EDWARD C. LANE. Corpl. Fisherman. Age 21. Married. Rockport. Enl. Oct. 7, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 9, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Rockport, Mass. HARRY HAYWOOD. Corpl. Machinist. Age 19. Single. North Andover. Enl. Sept. 1, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service in Co. H 11th Regt. Resides in Boston, Mass. HENRY P. BREWER. Wagoner. Shoemaker. Age 25. Single. Hamilton. Enl. Sept. 5, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service 2d Un- attached Co. Infantry. Resides in Hamilton, Mass. ANDREWS, AUGUSTUS H. Private. Farmer. Age 18. Single. Hamilton. Enl. Sept. 1, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Salem, Mass. BAMFORD, JESSE. Private. Finisher. Age 18. Single. North Andover. Enl. Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in North Andover. Mass. BARKER, ANDREW J. Private. Farmer. Age 32. Single. North Andover. Enl. Sept. 11, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Absent sick when the regiment was mustered out. Resides in North Andover, Mass. 306 Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment BARNES, ISRAEL D. Private. Farmer. Age 18. Single. Wenham. Enrolled Aug. 11, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service in 2d Unattached Co. Infantry. Dead. BEALS, JOHN. Private. Hostler. Age 18. Single. Rockport. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service in Co. G 8th Regt. BEALS, JOSEPH. Private. Stonecutter. Age 44. Married. Rockport. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Discharged for disability, April 27, 1863. Died in Salem, Mass. BEALS, WILLIAM A. Private. Clerk. Age 21. Single. Rock- port. Enl. Oct. 27,1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Absent sick when regiment was mustered out. BOWEN, GEORGE W. Private. Carpenter. Age 44. Married. Hamilton. Enl. Sept. 1, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Absent without leave. Died in Ipswich, May 24, 1895. BOYNTON, DAVID P., Jr. Private. Merchant. Age 30. Married. Rockport. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Absent sick when the regiment was mustered out. Died in Rockport. BREEN, JAMES, Jr. Private. Seaman. Age19. Single. Rock- port. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service in Co. K 2d Heavy Artillery. Resides in Rockport, Mass. BREEN, PETER, Jr. Private. Seaman. Age 23. Married. Rockport. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Rockport. BROWN, EPHRAIM. Private. Stonecutter. Age 25. Single. Rockport. Enl. Sept. 6, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Woonsocket, R.I. BUTLER, DAVID. Private. Carpenter. Age 26. Married. North Andover. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Absent sick when regiment was mustered out. Dead. BUTLER, THOMAS. Private. Machinist. Age 21. Single. North Andover. Enl. Sept. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. Foftieth Massachusetts Regiment 307 BUTTERWORTH, JOHN, Jr. Private. Machinist. Age 22. Married. North Andover. Enl. Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. B Ist Battalion Cavalry. Died in North Andover. BUTTERWORTH, ROBERT. Private. Machinist. Age 18. Single. North Andover. Enl. Sept. 11, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Cambridge. CHADWICK, JAMES W. Private. Farmer. Age 23. Single. North Andover. Enl. Sept. 11, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Residence, West Boxford, Mass. CHASE, EDMUND L. Private. Machinist. Age 19. Single. North Andover. Enl. Sept. 11, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Worcester. CHASE, PARKER J. Private. Blacksmith. Age 26. Married. North Andover. Enl. Sept. 8, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Residence, North An- dover, Mass. CHOATE, SOLOMON. Private. Painter. Age 22. Single. Rockport. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Absent sick when regiment was mustered out. Died in Rockport in 1904. CLARK, HOSEA B. Private. Seaman. Age 22. Single. Rock- port. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Died at Quarantine, La., April 16, 1863. CLEGG, JAMES. Private. Finisher. Age 23. Married. North Andover. Enl. Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Absent sick when the regiment was mustered out. Dead. COGSWELL, THOMAS. Private. Dentist. Age 27. Single. East Cambridge. Enl. Sept. 1, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Served in Hospital Dept. as attendant. Residence, San Diego, Cal. DAY, DAVID M. Private. Stonecutter. Age 42. Married. Rockport. Enl. Aug. 25, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Absent sick when the regiment was mustered out. Died in Rockport, Mass. 308 Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment DEVON, JOSEPH G. Private. Farmer. Age19. Single. Rock- port. Enl. Aug. 22, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Left at Cairo, Ill., sick. Honorably discharged Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Gold Hill, Nev. DODGE, ALLEN W. Private. Farmer. Age 25. Married. Hamilton. Enl. Sept. 1, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Hamilton, Mass. DODGE, ALPHONSO M. Private. Farmer. Age 21. Single. Hamilton. Enl. Sept. 1, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Discharged for disability, Dec. 13, 1862. Dead. ELWELL, ALVIN F. Private. Quarryman. Age 38. Married. Rockport. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Absent sick when the regiment was mustered out. Died in Ipswich, Mass. FOSS, JOHN G. Private. Farmer. Age 22. Single. Salem. Enl. Aug. 28, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Previous service Co. D 1st Heavy Artillery. Subsequent service Co. H 3d Heavy Artillery. Resides in Beverly, Mass. GAFFNEY, CORNELIUS. Private. Spinner. Age 32. Married. North Andover. Enl. Sept. 11, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. GALLAGHER, JOHN. Private. Laborer. Age 26. Married. North Andover. Enl. Sept. 11, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. GILES, THADDEUS. Private. Mason. Age 33. Single. Rock- port. Enl. Aug. 19, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Ab- sent sick when the regiment was mustered out. Died in Rockport in 1906. GODAY, WILLIAM. Private. Seaman. Age 39. Married. Rock- port. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Died Aug. 21, 1863, in Rockport. GORRAN, NICHOLAS. Private. Weaver. Age 21. Single. North Andover. Enl. Sept. 11, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in North An- dover, Mass. Fiftveth Massachusetts Regiment 309 GRIFFEN, JOSEPH A. Private. Peddler. Age 18. Single. Rockport. Enl. Aug. 12, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. M 4th Heavy Artillery. GRIMES, WILLIAM H. Private. Stonecutter. Age 25. Mar- ried. Rockport. Enl. Aug. 12, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Gloucester, Mass. HASKINS, THOMAS. Private. Seaman. Age 36. Single. Rock- port. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Died at Quarantine, La., March 25, 1863. HILL, RICHARD W. Private. Seaman. Age 21. Single. Rock- port. Enl. Sept. 11, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Ab- sent sick when the regiment was mustered out. Subsequent service Co. M 4th Heavy Artillery. Residence, Winchester, Mass. HOLBROOK, ADEN. Private. Stonecutter. Age 25. Single. Rockport. Enl. Sept. 12, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Died at Baton Rouge, La., March 19, 1863. Accidentally shot. HOOD, HIRAM D. Private. Farmer. Age 39. Married. Hamil- ton. Enl. Sept. 1, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service in 17th Un- attached Infantry. Dead. HUGHES, MICHAEL. Private. Spinner. Age 21. Single. North Andover. Enl. Sept. 12, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Died at Baton Rouge, La., May 26, 1863. KINSMAN, AUSTIN G. Private. Clerk. Age 20. Single. Hamil- ton. Enl. Sept. 11, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Died en route home, Aug. 20, 1863. KNIGHTS, JOHN S. Private. Farmer. Age 19. Single. Rock- port. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Rockport, Mass. LEIGHTON, BENJAMIN. Private. Moulder. Age 43. Single. Rockport. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 21, 1863. Died in Gloucester in 1896. 310 Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment LOWE, WILLIAM H. Private. Seaman. Age 22. Married. Rockport. Enl. Aug. 22, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Absent sick when regiment was mustered out. Resides in Gloucester. McJANNETT, JOHN. Private. Seaman. Age 38. Married. Rockport. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Rockport in 1897. McJANNETT, SAMUEL, Jr. Private. Seaman. Age 28. Mar- ried. Rockport. Enl. Aug. 25, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service 11th Battery. Died in Rockport, Mass., 1897. MILLER, JAMES. Private. Seaman. Age19. Single. Salem. Enl. Sept. 11, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Feb. 23, 1866, 2d Lieut, U.S.A. July 28, 1866, Ist Lieut., U.S.A. June 7, 1899, Capt., U.S.A. Retired as Brig.-Gen., U.S.A. Grandson of Gen. James Miller. MORDOUGH, JOHN C. Private. Student. Age 18. Single. Hamilton. Enl. Sept. 1, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. MORSE, CHARLES B. Private. Seaman. Age 19. Single. Rockport. Enl. Aug. 26, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Charlestown. MORSE, GEORGE E. Private. Seaman. Age 23. Single. Rockport. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Rockport, Mass. MORRIS, REUBEN. Private. Cordwainer. Age 25. Single. Hamilton. Enl. Sept. 1, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Essex, Mass. MULLIN, JOHN. Private. Spinner. Age 21. Single. North Andover. Enl. Sept. 11, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. PARKHURST, GEORGE H. Private. Clerk. Age18. Single. Hamilton. Enl. Oct. 8, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 9, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides at Gloucester, Mass. PATCH, JAMES W. Private. Shoemaker. Age 29. Married. Hamilton. Enl. Sept. 1, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Essex, May, 1907. Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment 311 PATCH, LORING G. Private. Stonecutter. Age 29. Married. Rockport. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Died at Baton Rouge, La., June 3, 1863. PEABODY, ANSEL. Private. Laborer. Age 43. Single. North Andover. Enl. Sept. 11, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Died at North Andover, Aug. 19, 1863. PEACH, JOHN H. Private. Stonecutter. Age 44. Married. Rockport. Enl. Sept. 3, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Rockport, May 21, 1892. PETTINGILL, CHARLES. Private. Seaman. Age 23. Married. Rockport. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. PETTINGILL, NATHANIEL W. Private. Seaman. Age 20. Single. Rockport. Enl. Aug. 30, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Died at Baton Rouge, La., May 11, 1863. PIERCE, GEORGE H. Private. Seaman. Age 22. Single. Rockport. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Rockport. POOLE, CALEB N. Private. Seaman. Age 33. Married. Rockport. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Rockport. POOLE, JOHN A. Private. Farmer. Age 18. Single. Rock- port. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Died at Baton Rouge, La., May 2, 1863. POOLE, RUFUS. Private. Farmer. Age18. Single. Rockport. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service in Co. K 2d Heavy Artillery. Died in Rockport. SLEEPER, BENJAMIN F. Private. Seaman. Age 29. Mar- ried. Rockport. Enl. Sept. 6, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Rockland, Me. SULLIVAN, JOHN. Private. Age 21. North Andover. Enl. Sept. 11, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Deserted Sept. 16, 1862. 312 Fiftieth Massachusetts Regument SWAN, BENJAMIN F. Private. Blacksmith. Age 31. Married. North Andover. Enl. Sept. 11, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Deserted, Nov. 7, 1862. TARR, SOLOMON. Private. Mariner. Age 23. Married. Rock- port. Enl. Sept. 1, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Boston, Mass. TRUSSELL, ARTHUR B. Private. Farmer. Age 18. Single. Hamilton. Enl. Sept. 11, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1862. Subsequent service Co. F 23d Mass. Resides in Framingham, Mass. TUCKER, WILLIAM. Private. Seaman. Age 42. Married. Rockport. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Absent sick when the regiment was mustered out. Died in Rockport, Jan. 4, 1882. TUCKER, WILLIAM, Jr. Private. Seaman. Age18. Single. Rockport. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Died at Quarantine, La., Feb. 25, 1863. TUTTLE, GEORGE H. Private. Blacksmith. Age 18. Single. North Andover. Enl. Sept. 11, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24,1863. Resides in North Andover, Mass. TUTTLE, JOHN M. Private. Teamster. Age 32. Single. Rock- port. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Pigeon Cove, Mass. TUTTLE, NICHOLAS Private. Mason. Age 45. Married. North Andover. Enl. Sept. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Died at Quarantine, La., April 25, 1863. WEEKS, JOHN. Private. Farmer. Age 43. Single. Hamilton. Enl. Sept. 1, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. K 2d Heavy Artillery. Died in Hamilton. WETHERBEE, ANDREW P._ Private. Laborer. Age 18. Single. Rockport. Enl. Aug. 19, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Absent sick when regiment was mustered out. Died in Rockport. Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment 313 WHEELER, GEORGE. Private. Seaman. Age 22. Single. Rockport. Enl. Aug. 28, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. G 3d Heavy Artillery. Resides in San Francisco, Cal. WITHAM, JOHN. Private. Butcher. Age 36. Married. Rock- port. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Gloucester, Mass. WOODBURY, JOHN L. Private. Farmer. Age 19. Single. Hamilton. Enl. Sept. 1, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Hamilton, Mass. OCCUPATIONS Seamen ay sf 23 Fisherman 1 Farmers é a3 17. Hostler . 1 Stonecutters 8 Merchant 1 Machinists 6 Printer ec Clerks 4 Dentist 1 Carpenters 4 Quarryman rl Masons 3 Weaver 1 Blacksmiths 3 Peddler 1 Spinners 3 Moulder 1 Laborers 3 Cordwainer «...... 1, Students . 2 Mariner 1 Shoemakers 2 Teamster 1 Finishers . 2 Butcher 1 No business sf Married, 38; single, 53. Average age, 26 years 3 months. COMPANY C DARIUS N. STEVENS. Capt. Trader. Age 33. Married. Stoneham. Com. July 26, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Previous service Lieut. Co. L 6th Regiment. Died at Stoneham, May 26, 1892. Captain Stevens was the son of Darius Stevens of Stoneham, one of the leading citizens of the town in his time, and grandson of Rev. John H. Stevens, who for over thirty years was pastor of the Congregational Church in Stoneham. Captain Stevens was highly esteemed in the regiment as a brave and patriotic officer. 314 Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment SAMUEL C. TRULL. 1st Lieut. Operator. Age 25. Married. Stoneham. Com. Sept. 4, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Previous service Lt. Co. L 6th Regt. At present resides in Stoneham. FREDERICK COCHRANE. 2d Lieut. Lawyer. Methuen. Single. Com. Sept. 12, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service in Co. E 59th Regt. Died in Boston. JEFFERSON HAYES. Ist Sergt. Shoemaker. Age 29. Single. Stoneham. Enl. Aug. 25, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Previous service Co. L 6th Regt. Subsequent service in Co. K 5th Regt. Died in Stoneham. WALLACE HYDE. Sergt. Clerk. Age 23. Married. Lawrence. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. At Soldiers’ Home in Chelsea. FRANCIS M.SWEETSER. Sergt. Operator. Age 23. Single. Stoneham. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Previous service in Co. L 6th Regt. Subsequent service in Co. K 5th Regt. Resides in Stoneham. JOHN TAYLOR. Sergt. Spinner. Age 26. Married. Lawrence. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. MARSHALL P. SWEETSER. Sergt. Shoe cutter. Age 26. Married. Stoneham. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. K 5th Regt. Resides in Boston. JOHN L.COTTON. Corpl. Laborer. Age 28. Single. Stoneham. Enl. Aug. 28, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. J 4th Heavy Artillery. LEWIS MAXWELL. Corpl. Shoemaker. Age 35. Married. Stoneham. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Previous service Co. F 5th Regt. Died in Stoneham. STEPHEN O’HARA. Corporal. Shoemaker. Age 20. Single. Stoneham. Enl. Aug. 28, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Absent sick when the regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment 315 WILLIAM T. TURNER. Corpl. Shoemaker. Age 23. Single. Stoneham. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. WILLIAM H.HURD. Corpl. Clerk. Age 32. Married. Stone- ham. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service in Co. K 5th Regt. Died in Minneapolis, Minn. WILLIAM B. STEVENS. Corpl. Student. Age 19. Single. Stoneham. Enl. Sept. 1, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Absent sick when the regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Stoneham, and is a justice of the Superior Court. MOSES DOWNES, Jr. Corpl. Shoemaker. Age 24. Married. Stoneham. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service in Co. K 5th Regt. Died in Stoneham. JOSEPH W. FIELDS. Corpl. Shoemaker. Age 25. Married. Stoneham. Enl. Sept. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Previous service in Co. I 8th Regt. Subsequent service in Co. K 5th Regt. Resides in Woburn. ALBERT N. HOLDEN. Musician. Last maker. Age 18. Single. Stoneham. Enlisted Sept. 12, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Absent sick when the regiment was mustered out, Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service in Co. K 5th Regt. Re- sides in New York City. MARK M. BAILEY. Musician. Laborer. Age 20. Single. Lawrence. Enl. Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Deserted Nov. 1, 1862. LUTHER HARRIMAN. Wagoner. Teamster. Age 22. Married. Saugus. Enl. Oct. 15, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Saugus, Mass. ABERCROMBIE, JOHN. Private. Dresser. Age 40. Married. Lawrence. Enl. Aug. 24, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Lawrence, Mass. BAILEY, WILLIAM P. Private. Farmer. Age 20. Married. Lawrence. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Transferred Nov. 1, 1862, to Co. K 50th. Resides in Newbury, Mass. 316 Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment BARLOW, ALFRED. Private. Weaver. Age 27. Married. Lawrence. Enl. Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Waltham, Mass. BICKNELL, WILLIAM W. Private. Shoemaker. Age 24. Single. Stoneham. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. BLODGETT, LEVI S. Private. Farmer. Age 19. Single. Methuen. Enl. Sept. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. BOARDMAN, JAMES. Private. Spinner. Age 42. Married. Lawrence. Enl. Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. BODWELL, STEPHEN B. Private. Clerk. Age 18. Single. Lawrence. Enl. Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Lawrence. BOWER, ROBERT. Private. Clerk. Age 34. Single. Lawrence. Enl. Aug. 23, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Lawrence. BOYLE, JAMES. Private. Shoemaker. Age 29. Married. Stoneham. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Stoneham. BRIERLY, DAVID. Private. Laborer. Age 42. Married. Saugus. Enl. Aug. 28, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. BROWN, ROBERT K. Private. Shoemaker. Age 18. Single. Stoneham. Enl. Aug. 29, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service in Co. K 5th Regt., and Co. L 3d Cavalry. Resides in Stoneham, Mass. BUTTERWORTH, WILLIAM. Private. Spinner. Age 39. Married. Lawrence. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died at Soldiers’ Home, Togus, Me. CARLTON, HENRY C. Private. Operator. Age 18. Single. Methuen. Enl. Aug. 23, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. L 2d Heavy Artillery. Resides in Detroit, Mich. Foftveth Massachusetts Regiment 317 CHARLESWORTH, EMANUEL B. Private. Weaver. Age 32. Married. Lawrence. Enl. Sept. 9, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Discharged Feb. 7, 1863, for disability. Died in Portsmouth, N.H. CLARK, JOSEPH. Private. Weaver. Age 32. Married. Lowell. Enl. Oct. 30, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. CLARK, PATRICK. Private. Age 24. Methuen. Enl. Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Only on the muster roll. CLEMENT, JULIUS. Private. Shoemaker. Age 29. Married. Stoneham. Enl. Aug. 27, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. CLOUGH, JOHN B. Private. Shoemaker. Age 26. Married. Stoneham. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service in Co. K 5th Regt. Resides in Stoneham. COLE, THOMAS. Private. Shoemaker. Age 24. Single. New- field, Me. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. DECATUR, ANDREW J. Private. Carpenter. Age 35. Married. Methuen. Enl. Sept. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in West Haverhill, Mass. DIKE, MARCUS M. Private. Laborer. Age 19. Single. Stone- ham. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Ab- sent sick when the regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Stoneham. DUGAN, JAMES H. Private. Shoemaker. Age 27. Married. Stoneham. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service in Co. I 4th Heavy Artillery. Resides in Stoneham. ELDRED, ALMOND. Private. Currier. Age 19. Single. Stone- ham. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. FOWLER, BENJAMIN A. Private. Student. Age 18. Single. Stoneham. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Arizona. Was de- tailed on the Signal Corps. 318 Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment GOODWIN, JOHN. Private. Laborer. Age 24. Single. North Andover. Enl. Sept. 12, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Lawrence. GOODWIN, JOHN G. Private. Shoemaker. Age 45. Married. Stoneham. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Stoneham. GOODWIN, THOMAS. Private. Laborer. Age 20. Single. Lawrence. Enl. Aug. 12, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Absent sick when the regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Lawrence. GREEN, ARTHUR M. Private. Farmer. Age 23. Single. North Andover. Enl. Aug. 25, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Philadelphia, Pa. HALL, JOHN N. Private. Farmer. Age 42. Married. Methuen. Enl. Aug. 25, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Died in hospital at Mound City, Ill., Aug. 8, 1863. HARDACRE, AARON. Private. Dresser. Age 40. Married. Lawrence. Enl, Aug. 28, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Waltham, Mass. HERSEY, ALVIN E. Private. Shoemaker. Age 18. Single. Stoneham. Enl. Aug. 30, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service in Co. K 5th Regt., and Co. L 3d Cavalry. Resides in Stoneham. HOWARD, BERNARD. Private. Operator. Age 35. Married. Lawrence. Enl. Aug. 28, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Lawrence. HOWARD, FRANK A. Private. Shoemaker. Age 18. Single. Stoneham. Enl. Oct. 15, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 15, 1862. Absent sick when the regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. HURD, JAMES W. Private. Shoemaker. Age 26. Married. Stoneham. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. B 2d Heavy Artillery, and Co. B 17th Regt. Died in Lynn, Mass. JACKSON, WILLIAM. Private. Laborer. Age 26. Married. Lawrence. Enl. Aug. 25, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Lawrence, Mass. Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment 319 JONES, GEORGE. Private. Shoemaker. Age 22. Single. Stone- ham. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service in Co. K 5th Regt. Resides in Stoneham. KELLEY, OWEN. Private. Shoemaker. Age 20. Single. Stoneham. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Previous service Co. K 5th Regt. Resides in Stoneham. KENYON, THOMAS. Private. Dyer. Age 25. Married. North Andover. Enl. Sept. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in North Andover. LAHEY, MICHAEL. Private. Shoemaker. Age 22. Single. Stoneham. Enlisted Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service in Co. K 5th Regt. Dead. LARKIN, JOHN. Private. Musician. Age 39. Married. Charles- town. Enl. Oct. 29, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 30, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Previous service in Band of 2d R.I. Infantry. Subsequent service in Brigade Band of No. 1 Corps d’Afrique. Dead. LEIGHTON, LEWIS. Private. Shoemaker. Age 24. Single. Stoneham. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. LOVEJOY, JAMES L. Private. Teamster. Age 21. Single. Methuen. Enl. Aug. 25, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. C 4th Heavy Artillery. Died in Methuen. MAILEY, NICHOLAS J. Private. Laborer. Age 33. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Oct. 31, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 31, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. L 4th Heavy Artillery. McCARTHY, DENNIS G. Private. Age 27. Married. North Andover. Enl. Sept. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Deserted at Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 3, 1863. McDADE, JOHN. Private. Laborer. Age 24. Married. Law- rence. Enl. Aug. 22, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. 320 Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment McKAY, GEORGE. Private. Laborer. Age 33. Married. Law- rence. Enl. Aug. 22, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. MEAD, JOHN. Private. Laborer. Age 27. Single. North Andover. Enl. Aug. 28, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. MESSER, ALONZO. Private. Laborer. Age 26. Single. Methuen. Enl. Aug. 22, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. MESSER, MYRON W. Private. Clerk. Age 21. Single. Stone- ham. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. At present resides in Windsor, Vt. MILLS, JESSE. Private. Farmer. Age 41. Married. Methuen. Enl. Aug. 21, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Died at Baton Rouge, La., April 17, 1863. MITCHELL, MICHAEL. Private. Dyer. Age 21. Single. Lawrence. Enl. Aug. 22, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. MOODY, JAMES S. Private. Laborer. Age 30. Married. Stone- ham. Enl. Sept. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Previous service Co. L 6th Regt. Subsequent service Co. E 3d Heavy Artillery. Died at Togus, Me., September, 1892. Buried in Bradford, Mass. NEVERS, JOHN W. Private. Laborer. Age 33. Married. Stone- ham. Enl. Sept. 1, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Stoneham. O’SHEA, MICHAEL. Private. Laborer. Age 35. Married. Lawrence. Enl. Aug. 28, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Lawrence. POMEROY, WILLIAM. Private. Student. Age 18. Single. Boston. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. E 6th Regt. Resides in St. Louis, Mo. QUIMBY, LESTER F. Private. Shoemaker. Age 18. Single. Stoneham. Enl. Aug. 30, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service in Co. K 5th Regt. Dead. Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment 321 RANDALL, CHARLES. Private. Shoemaker. Age 19. Married. Methuen. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. A 4th Heavy Artillery. RANDALL, JOHN. Private. Shoemaker. Age 26. Single. Methuen. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. SEELEY, JOSEPH. Private. Hostler. Age18. Single. Methuen. Enl. Aug. 22, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Discharged at Boston, May 30, 1863, for disability. Died at Amesbury, Aug. 2, 1892. SHIELDS, ROBERT. Private. Hatter. Age18. Single. Methuen. Enl. Aug. 28, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Methuen. SMITH, THOMAS. Private. Laborer. Age 27. Married. Law- rence. Enl. Sept. 1, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. E 59th Regt. Died in Methuen, Mass. STACKPOLE, JOHN. Private. Laborer. Age 25. Married. Lowell. Enl. Nov. 15, 1862. Mustered in Nov. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service in Co. D 1st Battery Heavy Artillery. TAY, BENJAMIN F., Jr. Private. Shoemaker. Age 25. Married. Stoneham. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Previous service Co. L 6th Regt. Dead. TAY, FRANKLIN BAXTER. Private. Shoemaker. Age 25. Single. Stoneham. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. TURNER, JOHN A. Private. Operator. Age 21. Single. Medford. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides at East Auburn, Me. WARREN, CHARLES H. Private. Chemist. Age 21. Single. Dover, N.H. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Re-enlisted, and transferred June 28, 1863, to General Banks’s corps of Clerks. 322 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, unable to travel with the regiment on account of sickness, and these will need separate transportation. Of the above number I have only about two hundred men fit for duty. Many have become debilitated from exposure and from the effects of the climate (fever and ague being quite prevalent), which incapacitated them for duty at the present time. “Of all the commissioned officers I have only the adjutant, one captain and nine lieutenants for duty, the balance being either sick, on detached service, or pris- oners of war at Huntsville, Texas. “T have five captains sick, who will probably never get well in this climate. In view of the present con- dition of the regiment I would urgently request that this matter receive an early consideration from the com- manding general, on the ground of humanity, if for wo other reason. “The paroled men have done no duty since their cap- ture at Galveston January rst, and they have become much debilitated from this constant inactivity, and they have lost a large percentage of their number by death, and many more will be lost, not only to their friends but to their country, if a change of climate is not granted them soon. “Nothing has yet been asked of the Forty-Second Regiment that they have not fully carried out, and if Port Hudson still remained in the hands of the enemy there is not a man but would volunteer to stay to assist in any manner in accomplishing so desirable a result, as its capture. “But. having been informed that the exigencies do not now exist for our services that prevailed previous to the fourteenth of July, and our time having expired, as above stated, every member of the regiment is more or less MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS, 323 anxious that the Government should allow them their right of returning to their homes and friends. “T have the honor to remain, “Very respectfully, your obedient servant, “J. STEDMAN, Lieutenant. Colonel, “ commanding g2a@ Mass. Vols. “To Lieut.-Co.. R. B. Irwin, 4. A. General, “roth Army Corps.” A letter from Brigadier-General McMillan, dated July 28th, stated that the major-general commanding the Depart- ment would send all nine months men home in such order as he would select, and as fast as transportation could be obtained; that he would send all at once if he could, and that all petitions and ae would fail to expedite the sending. July 17th — Paroled men of Companies D, G, I, A, B, E and H arrived at Algiers from Gentilly Camp and were assigned quarters in the warehouse. July 21st — Company K rejoined the regiment. On one occasion while at Algiers an act of insubordina- tion had to be summarily dealt with. Details for picket duty had been ordered, and first-sergeants had notified their men for that duty. When the hour arrived to “fall in” and report to the adjutant, the men from Companies. C, H and E refused to do so. Their company officers. proved powerless to enforce the orders, and the case was. reported at regimental headquarters, when the lieutenant- colonel, major, adjutant and sergeant-major went to quar- ters to straighten matters out. Most of the trouble was in Companies C and H. Lieutenant-Colonel Stedman ordered the first-sergeant of Company C to order his detail to “fall in,” fully equipped. The first man called 324 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, absolutely refused to do so. He was given five minutes to obey by the lieutenant-colonel, who held his watch in one hand and a pistol in the other. This man reluctantly did as ordered before the time expired, and the rest fol- lowed suit. No difficulty was experienced with other company details, and the picket on duty was regularly relieved. This ended all serious trouble of this kind, although Private Lawrence Mannocks, Company I, was placed in arrest July 19th’ for inciting to mutiny and indulging in blasphemous remarks; it was also necessary, on the twenty-eighth, to reduce to the ranks Corporal Thomas P. Hobart, Company A; a regimental special order was issued to that effect. At Battery St. John Cap- tain Coburn reduced to the ranks Corporal E. C. Crocker, Company A, June sth. The guard-house was filled each day by men tempo- rarily placed there for being drunk. They were old, hard, chronic cases, poor soldiers, unfit to be in service. Captain Leonard, Company C, found it necessary, in June and July, to arrest and confine quite a number of his men for disobedience of orders. Of his men, Private Charles F. Towle was in arrest from June roth to July 13th, for desertion ; Private John Myers, for same cause, from July ist tothe roth. No further action was taken in either case. Confinements in the guard-house while at Gentilly were few. Privates Owen Fox, Michael Bresneau, Company A, and Thomas Matthews, Company D, frequently got placed there for drunkenness, disobedience of orders, and inso- lence. Private Fox was once sentenced to carry cannon balls for two days (February 25th and 26th), without a proper hearing into his case in the regular manner. Pri- vate Bresneau was once confined a week for insolence. At other times they would be released in a few days, when sober. e MASSACHUSETTS VOIUNTEERS., 325 At Algiers the men suffered more from sickness than at any other period of service. The regimental hospital was at Bayou Gentilly until July 18th, Surgeon Heintzelman in charge, leaving that part of the regiment at Algiers without a medical-officer, as Surgeon Hitchcock was at Port Hudson on a visit, without orders. Hitchcock always claimed permission was granted him to go there, but the only order received at regimental headquarters which authorized his absence was Special Orders No. 207, De- fences New Orleans, issued April 19th, 1863, ordering him to report for duty at Berwick Bay, where he remained for a short time. Department Special Orders No. 185, issued July 30th, read: “Relieved from duty at Berwick Bay.” This want of a surgeon caused a letter to be sent the medical director, Defences New Orleans, which read: “I would respectfully bring to your attention the following facts: many men of this command are sick at this camp, and without any medical attendance. Unless a surgeon can be sent us some of our men will die in forty-eight hours. The reason of our being destitute of a surgeon will be explained by Chaplain Sanger, the bearer of this note. Please send us a good surgeon for temporary ser- vice.” Surgeon Hitchcock allowed a personal matter with the lieutenant-colonel to interfere with his duty. The medical director had the regimental hospital re- moved to Algiers on the nineteenth, in order to secure the services of Surgeon Heintzelman. The hospital record tells the following story of sickness in July. At Bayou Gentilly, July 2d, forty-four men were taken sick, most of the cases among the paroled men recently arrived from Brashear City. On the third, of sick in quarters: fourteen were in Company A, twelve in B, six in C, two in D, fourteen in E, and eight in H. July 4th, ninety-five men were sick: twenty-seven in hospital 326 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, and sixty-eight in quarters. The average sick per day at Gentilly up to July 11th was: taken sick, twelve ; returned to duty, ten; in hospital, twenty-seven; in quarters, fifty- five. At Algiers, July 2oth, one hundred and seven new cases were reported on the sick list; nearly all were sick in quarters. The largest number sick on any one day was reported by the surgeon in his morning report of July 22d, when one hundred and forty-five men were sick and unfit for duty, in and out of hospital, viz.: Company A, twenty- one; B, twenty-two; C, seventeen; D, two; E, twenty- seven; F, fifteen; G, two; H, eighteen; I, five; K, sixteen. Not until the twenty-third did the paroled men from Galveston begin to show signs of breaking down, when eleven men of Company D, six of G, and eight of I were taken sick. After this date sick in quarters gradually diminished, but the sick in hospital kept that building full. The average sick per day at Algiers was: taken sick, twenty-three; returned to duty, seventeen; in hospital, thirty; in quarters, sixty-two. Had the regiment remained in the Department another month the deaths would have doubled those in July, owing to the debilitated condition of many men. The deaths were: July 4th—Sergeant Philip P. Hackett, Company G, congestion of the brain. At Gentilly. July 7th— Corporal Uriel Josephs, Company A, jaun- dice. At Marine Hospital, New Orleans. July 8th— Private Rufus G. Hildreth, Company C, dysentery. At Gentilly. July 12th — Quartermaster-Sergeant Henry C. Foster, suicide. In New Orleans. July 17th — Private Thomas J. Clements, Company H, chronic diarrhoea. At Gentilly. July 17th — Private Welcome Temple, Company H, dis- ease not known. At United States Barracks. MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 327 July — Private Patrick Fitzpatrick, Company E, chronic diarrhcea. In New Orleans. July 26th — Private Ezekiel W. Hanaford, Company H, chills and fever. At St. James Hospital, New Orleans. July 25th— Private John M. Gates, Company K, chronic diarrhea. At Algiers. July 26th— Private William H. Bickers, Company G, swelling of glands. At Algiers. Sergeant Hackett (at one time an active member of old Barnicoat Engine No. 4, of Boston) was a clever man, full of life and good spirits. His disease was the result of hard drinking. Corporal Josephs was a thorough believer in the cold- water cure. When his disease first showed its symptoms, about one month before he died, while on duty as ord- nance-sergeant, he refused to report to the surgeon, but got permission to hire a room in a house not far distant on the Gentilly road. Every day he would bathe in a tub of water and then go to bed wrapped up in a wet sheet, until the landlady complained at headquarters about the corporal acting like a crazy man in her house, and asked for his removal. As Josephs was found to be very sick, he was removed to the Marine Hospital in the city. Poor Hildreth lost all courage and hope a month before his death. He was then able to move about, and was cheered up by those who met him, without any effect. Had he shown some strength of will, as others did, he might have reached home and recovered. The case of Private Gates was sad. Although blind in one eye and quite old when mustered into service, being a good marksman, very enthusiastic to serve, the officers and men of his company assisted him to deceive the mustering officer that he was only forty-two years old. He did duty manfully until his disease took such a hold 328 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, upon him that he gradually wasted away. At his death he could not have weighed more than fifty pounds. Private Bickers was unconscious when he died. He was placed on an operating chair in an upright position, a nurse standing near with a fan to stir the air for him to breathe, and drive away swarms of flies infesting the place. Around the room were beds arranged upon the floor, occu* pied by sick patients, all watching with intense interest poor Bickers draw his last breath. The sight was not calculated to give them courage, for Bickers was sick in the hospital only a short time. Privates Temple, Fitzpatrick and Hanaford were sent to the general hospitals for better treatment than could be given them in the regimental hospital. During the latter part of July medical supplies became scarce. With difficulty were sufficient quantities of proper medicines obtained to treat a majority of cases; the supply of quinine gave out completely. Such a large quantity of medical stores lost at Brashear City could not be replaced until supplies from New York were received. Private Hanaford lay upon the warehouse floor for some days, suffering with chills and fever, and nothing could be done for him. When taken with chills, it seemed as though he would shake the breath out of him. His removal to St. James Hospital was not made until nearly dead. This case caused much comment among the men, who freely charged he had been neglected. About noon, July 12th, word was brought in to the headquarters room by a corporal in charge of the guard stationed at a house on Canal Street, corner of Magazine Street, occupied by the regimental quartermaster, quarter- master-sergeant and commissary-sergeant, that Quarter- master-Sergeant Foster had committed suicide a few minutes before. The news was hardly credited, but an MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 329 immediate visit to his room, in which the sad event happened, proved it to be a fact. Foster lay upon the floor near the centre of the room, not far from a bureau, feet towards the door, dressed in his flannel shirt, pants and socks, just as he fell; a small pool of blood upon the floor near his head, a sina bullet wound in the centre of his forehead, encircled by a small black-and-blue ring, and a pistol upon the floor by his side. Sergeant Foster had not been in good health for some time, and latterly shown great despondency. The reason was not known. His sick- ness was nothing more than came from extreme debility, and was not dangerous. For a few days previous he had given some evidence of not being exactly in his right mind, but there was nothing exhibited to lead any one to think him not capable of taking care of himself. He occu- pied a room with acting Quartermaster-Sergeant Hodsdon, both men sleeping in the same bed. That morning Hodsdon thought Foster spoke and acted queer, without exciting any suspicion however, and when obliged to go out on business Hodsdon, contrary to his usual custom, laid his belt, containing a holster and pistol, upon the bureau, intending to be back in a moment and then wear it. He left the room, leaving Foster upon the bed, and had barely closed the door when he heard the report of a pistol and immediately opened the door again, to see Foster lying upon the floor as described. He never spoke, dying in a few moments. His effects were taken in charge by the chaplain and sent to his parents, then residing in Dorchester, Massa- chusetts, from which place Foster enlisted. From a partial examination of his knapsack, where a few letters were found, it was thought the sad act was oneed by unwelcome news from home. ‘The weather being hot, by orders of the commanding 330 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, general all bodies had to be buried the same day that death occurred. Quartermaster-Sergeant Foster was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, at dusk, on the twelfth, escorted to the cemetery by a proper detail becoming to his rank, under command of Sergeant-Major Bosson, and the cus- tomary volleys fired over his grave. The burial party started at half-past three in the afternoon, and reported back to quarters at nine o’clock same evening. Corporal Alonzo I. Hodsdon was made quartermaster- sergeant, July 13th, vce Foster, deceased. Special-duty details in July were few: July 18th — Private William A. Clark, Company B, was placed on duty as a wagoner. July 23d— Private Leavitt Bates, Company A, was made clerk at regimental headquarters in place of Clark K. Denny, returned to duty with Company F. July 25th — Private Lewis Buffum, Company B, to be a locomotive engineer on the Opelousas and Great Western Railroad. ” MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS, 331 CHAPTER XIV. COMPANIES C AND H oN DETACHED SERVICE AT CAMP PARAPET. PECIAL ORDERS No. 16, issued from headquar- ters Defences of New Orleans, January 15th, 1863, detailed Companies C and H for duty in the Department engineer service. The two companies made a skeleton battalion, under command of Senior-Captain Leonard, who, after reporting to Major D. C. Houston, chief-engi- neer Nineteenth Army Corps, for instructions, on the seventeenth marched them to Camp Parapet, three miles up river, with their camp equipage, and pitched tents upon a level piece of low, muddy land, formerly used as a burial place for soldiers. This Camp Parapet was so called because a large number of troops were in camp near earthworks thrown up a few miles above Carrollton. These works then consisted of a parapet and other fortifications on the east bank, between the river, the swamps and Lake Ponchartrain, with an aban- doned Confederate redoubt upon the west bank, re-named Fort Banks. The camp was moved to a fig grove January 21st, tents provided with floors, and here the battalion remained until relieved from detached duty, without suffering any incon- venience except, when a portion of camp was drowned out, February 15th, by a terrible thunder shower that forced men to seek shelter in barns not far away. Regular Sunday and monthly inspections were maintained, with an 332 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, occasional drill. The inspections were thorough, as they should always be, and more drills would have been ordered had the details been less heavy. The companies suffered from a lack of commissioned officers. In Company C, Captain Leonard, as battalion commander, occupied the best quarters obtainable in the vicinity, and exercised command as such. Lieutenant White, absent on detached duty a greater part of the time, left but one company officer on duty, Lieutenant Sanderson. In Company H, Captain Bailey took things easy until placed in arrest April 16th, leaving Lieutenant Phillips the only company officer on duty ; Lieutenant Gould was on detached service as an acting quartermaster. There was little sickness among the men in this detach- ment during their stay at the Parapet. The position of their camp was more favorable for health than others at the post, with the additional good feature of being kept scrupulously neat; the prettiest camp at the post. On the extreme right of the earthworks, near the Jackson Rail- road track, ground was so unhealthy it was nicknamed “Camp Death.” Here the One Hundred and Fifty-Sixth New York suffered severely from sickness. This ground, near the railroad, was also a risky place for the troops there stationed on account of shells exploding in the neighborhood, fired from the gunboats when practising to obtain a range of this road. All shells had time fuses and would explode high in air, but fragments occasionally fell where not wanted. On one occasion, March 31st, a shell from the Portsmouth went over the One Hundred and Fifty-Sixth New York camp to explode nearly half a mile away, as every one thought, yet a large fragment was flung into camp and took off the head of a Zouave, who did ‘not dream his death was so near. At another time a shell in passing over Companies C and H camp pre- MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 333 maturely exploded overhead ; pieces were flung into camp, fortunately without injury to anybody. Among the few inhabitants who lived near Camp Para- pet must have been some treacherous, be-deviled seces- sionists. Ammunition was occasionally stolen, the empty boxes afterwards found in places where they had been thrown. An attempt was once made by them to cause a break in the levee above the fortifications, by removing pickets placed to keep the levee embankment from giving way. This attempt was discovered before any damage resulted, and guards were afterward placed upon the river banks to prevent other attempts of a like nature. Private Charles E. Warren, who had been an apothecary clerk in Boston, was detailed by Captain Leonard to act as medical-officer for the two companies. Warren did not take the position from any love for the medical profes- sion, but did so to advance his personal interest and com- fort. He was a social, jolly, good fellow, with a certain amount of acquired knowledge how to use medicines, but had no diploma as a graduate from any medical institute authorizing him to assume the practice of medicine. Other details from the enlisted men were made to serve in various capacities, viz.: Sergeant Frederick C. Blanchard, Company C, acting adjutant. Sergeant Edward P. Fiske, Company C, acting sergeant- major. Sergeant Edward L. Jones, Company H, acting commis- sary-sergeant. Sergeant Dennis A. O’Brien, Company H, wagon-master. Private David N. Phipps, Company H, carpenter. Corporal William A. Hinds and Private Reuben Smith, Company H, clerks in Commissary Department. Privates John Davis, Company H, Larry O’Laughlin, 334 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, Company H, James Haley, Company H, Daniel E. Demeritt, Company C, Solomon Kennison, Company C, and Henry C. Dimond, Company C, overseers of contra- bands. Private Henry C. Dimond was also clerk in the superintendent’s office. Corporals Charles E. Loring, Company H, Charles M. Marden, Company H, and George H. Smith, Company H, clerks in office superintendent of contrabands, Engineer Department. Private Henry A. Fenner, Company H, orderly to Major Houston, United States Engineers. Companies C and H contained a queer mixture of men, that made it hard to handle them in good shape. No other companies in the regiment were like them in their personne, There were good men, with excellent reputa- tions at home and from families of high standing; many men whose reputations were known to be bad, taken from the rough element of cities and towns, whose faces and behavior were enough to stamp them what they were; also many excellent fellows who did their duty manfully, though they did come from the ordinary ranks of society. This much must be said about the tough characters: fight as often and hard as they could among themselves, a fre- quent occurrence, whenever an outsider molested any comrade belonging to their companies, they came to his rescue, and would stand by each other to the last. The duty performed by these companies was not ardu- ous. It mainly consisted of guard duty and acting as overseers to gangs of contrabands at work on the forti- fications. There was plenty of this kind of work to keep in good order earthworks already finished, change the lines of some portions, raze and rebuild other portions, cut and haul wood, and, under direction of Mr. Long, volunteer United States engineer (the same young officer MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 335 who was at Galveston), a bastioned redoubt, to form a part of the earthwork defences, was commenced January 30th, and completed before the companies rejoined their regiment. There were several large contraband camps maintained at the Parapet, known as colonies number 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, the Greenville colony and Brickyard colony. Women and children were kept in camps separate from the men. These camps received additional negroes ‘brought from abandoned plantations by details of men sent up river to collect them. A number of men from C and H were detailed in various capacities to assist such officers as were in command of these negro camps, for they had to be governed and fed by the military authorities. No guard was kept over these contraband colonies, the negroes in them allowed to go and come as they pleased ; but over those able-bodied negroes in the engineer camp a line of sentinels was placed, whose orders, at first, allowed them considerable liberty after their day’s work was done. A great many had what they called wives, who were domiciled in the colonies, and at dusk would go to see them, frequently remaining out of camp all night. Sometimes they got on a carouse, and made things lively. A considerable number would attend the numerous relig- ious meetings held every night in the swamps. This exodus, at times, was so great that detachments of nen from Companies C and H, mounted upon mules, would be started to hunt them up and bring them into camp, a fact Sergeant Meserve well remembers, because on one of these night hunts his mule became stubborn, and refused to obey the reins or the sergeant, finally landing him upon a tree-limb, where he hung until assisted to get down. It was thought necessary to have more stringent orders than those in force, and by directions from General 336 Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment BENT, JOHN 8. Private. Age 18. Single. Boston. Enl. Oct. 31, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 31, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. BROWN, BENJAMIN T. Private. Painter. Age 25. Single. Lynnfield. Enl. Aug. 21, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. At Soldiers’ Home, Chelsea. BROWN, CHARLES H. Private. Farmer. Age 21. Single. Hingham. Enl. Aug. 30, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. BROWN, JOHN C. Private. Farmer. Age 27. Married. Saugus. Enl. Aug. 27, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Lovell, Me. BROWN, JONAS C. Private. Teamster. Age 38. Married. Melrose. Enl. Aug. 28, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Died at Baton Rouge, La., June 18, 1863. BRUCE, JASPER F. Private. Clerk. Age 18. Single. South Reading. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Billerica. BUTTERFIELD, FRANCIS M. Private. Milkman. Age 35. Married. Saugus. Enl. Aug. 21,1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Lynn. CARTWRIGHT, JOSEPH. Private. Tin plate worker. Age 44. Married. South Reading. Enl. Aug. 26, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Wake- field. CHURCHILL, GERMAN §. Private. Druggist. Age 29. Mar- ried. South Reading. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. COON, WILLIAM L. Private. Factory hand. Age 19. Single. South Reading. Enl. Aug. 19, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. E 8th Regt. Resides in Wakefield. COOPER, REUBEN L. Private. Iceman. Age 32. Married. South Reading. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Wakefield, 1905. Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment 337 COX, GEORGE. Private. Cordwainer. Age 34. Married. Lynn- field. Enl. Aug. 25, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Wakefield. COX, JAMES B. Private. Painter. Age 18. Single. Melrose. Enl. Aug. 19, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service 9th Battery. DANFORTH, ALFRED W. Private. Druggist. Age20. Single. South Reading. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Reading, Mass. DAVIS, CHARLES A. Private. Joiner. Age 34. Married. South Reading. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service in Co. K 4th Heavy Artillery. Died in Wakefield, April 3, 1892. DEADMAN, WILLIAM D. Private. Butcher. Age 19. Single. South Reading. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. E 8th Regt. Resides in Wakefield. DEGEN, CHARLES F. Private. Age 25. Married. Watertown. Enl. Oct. 24, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 24, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. DIX, JOSEPH O. Private. Carpenter. Age 44. Single. Melrose. En]. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Previous service Co. B 5th Regt. Died in Wakefield. DODGE, IGNATIUS §. Private. Cordwainer. Age 26. Single. Topsfield. Enl. Oct. 18, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 18, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Rowley. DONOGHUE, JOHN J. Private. Nailer. Age 26. Single. Melrose. Enl. Aug. 25, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Deserted in New York, Nov. 22, 1862. EATON, CHESTER W. Private. Lawyer. Age 23. Single. South Reading. Enl. Aug. 27, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Wakefield. Editor and publisher of the Wakefield Citizen and Banner. 338 Frjtieth Massachusetts Regiment EATON, JOHN S. Private. Cordwainer. Age 34. Married. South Reading. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Oxford, Neb. EMERSON, JUSTUS W. Private. Farmer. Age 21. Single. Lynnfield. Enl. Aug. 29, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service in Co. G Ist Cavalry. Resides in Lynnfield. ESTES, O'NEAL J. Private. Farmer. Age 26. Married. South Reading. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Died in Baton Rouge, La., May 12, 1863. EUSTIS, WILLIAM C. _ Private. Clerk. Age 25. Single. Cambridge. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Hyde Park. FARRELL, MICHAEL. Private. Farmer. Age 35. Married. Melrose. Enl. Aug. 21, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Malden. FISK, JOSEPH A. Private. Painter. Age 31. Married. South Reading. Enl. Aug. 21, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Discharged March 9, 1863, for disability. Resides in Lynn. FISK, WILLIAM L. Private. Cordwainer. Age 18. Single. Saugus. Enl. Aug. 27, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. E 8th Regt. Resides in Cliftondale, Mass. FULLER, GEORGE P. Private. Merchant. Age 33. Married. Melrose. Enl. Aug. 17, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Melrose. HAMILTON, ROBERT. Private. Farmer. Age 22. Single. South Reading. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Wakefield. HARRINGTON, CHARLES T. Private. Moulder. Age 25. Married. South Reading. Enl. Aug. 21, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent ser- vice Co. B 5th Regt. Resides in Wakefield. HAWKES, JOHN. Private. Cordwainer. Age 38. Married. South Reading. Enl. Aug. 21, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. K 4th Heavy Artillery. Resides in Wakefield. Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment 339 KINGMAN, WILLIAM W. Private. Cordwainer. Age 30. Mar- ried. South Reading. Enl. Aug. 17,1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. E 8th Regt. Died in Wakefield. KNIGHTS, Henry C. Private. Cordwainer. Age 32. Married. South Reading. Enl. Aug. 19, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. LYMAN, HENRY H. Private. Operator. Age 23. Married. Melrose. Enl. Aug. 30, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. McALLISTER, GEORGE H. Private. Carpenter. Age 26. Mar- ried. Melrose. Enl. Aug. 26, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Boston. MILLER, CHARLES C. Private. Laborer. Age 21. Single. South Reading. Enl. Aug. 25, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. MOORE, JOHN L. Private. Factory hand. Age 19. Single. South Reading. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Died at Baton Rouge, La., April 16, 1863. MORTON, JOSEPH. Private. Cordwainer. Age 27. Single. Wilmington. Enl. Aug. 28, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. K 4th Heavy Artillery. Died in Wakefield. MOSES, GEORGE. Private. Cordwainer. Age 21. Single. South Reading. Enl. Aug. 17, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service U.S. Signal Corps. Dead. MOSES, JOHN F. Private. Cordwainer. Age 27. Single. South Reading. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Died at Baton Rouge, La., July 4, 1863. MURKLAND, ROBERT L. Private. Cordwainer. Age 30. Married. South Reading. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. NEWHALL, DAVID. Private. Factory hand. Age 19. Single. South Reading. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. E 8th Regt. Dead. 340 Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment NEWMAN, J. FRANK. Private. Dentist. Age 25. Single. South Reading. Enl. Aug. 25, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Absent sick when regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. PLACE, FRANKLIN C. Private. Carpenter. Age 34. Married. Charlestown. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Charlestown. PILLINGS, JONATHAN. Private. Factory hand. Age 24. Single. South Reading. Enl. Aug. 29, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Died at Baton Rouge, La., April 1, 1863. POPE, JACOB H. Private. Cordwainer. Age 25. Married. South Reading. Enl. Aug. 22, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Wakefield. PRENTICE, CHARLES. Private. Cordwainer. Age 29. Mar- ried. Melrose. Enl. Oct. 15, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Melrose. RANDALL, HOWARD. Private. Cordwainer. Age 26. Married. Raynham. Enl. Aug. 29, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. RESTARICK, WALTER. Private. Age 18. South Reading. Enl. Nov. 15, 1862. Mustered in Nov. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service in Co. E 8th Regt. and Co. C 1st Battalion of Cavalry. RICHARDSON, IRVING. Private. Cordwainer. Age 21. Single. Lynnfield. Enl. Aug. 21, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in North Reading, Mass. RICHARDSON, OSBORNE, Jr. Private. Cordwainer. Age 19. Single. Lynnfield. Enl. Aug. 27, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service 29th Unattached Heavy Artillery. Resides in Lynnfield, Mass. SHELTON, THOMAS. Private. Pump maker. Age 32. Single. Melrose. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Absent sick when regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. E 8th Regt. Dead. Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment 341 SIMONDS, CHARLES H. Private. Farmer. Age 33. Single. Malden. Enl. Aug. 27, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. K 59th Regt. Dead. SKINNER, WILLIAMG. Private. Teamster. Age 18. Single. South Reading. Enl. Aug. 28, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Wakefield, Mass. SNELL, FRANKLIN L. Private. Farmer. Age 18. Single. South Reading. Enl. Aug. 25, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. E 8th Regt. SNELL, LOUIS A. Private. Farmer. Age 22. Single. South Reading. Enl. Aug. 21, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Discharged for disability Feb. 26, 1863. STAFFORD, WILLIAM C. Private. Tailor. Age 27. Single. Saugus. Enl. Aug. 17, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. STIMPSON, WILLIAM W. Private. Cordwainer. Age 23. Single. Enl. Aug. 29, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Died in Baton Rouge, La., May 19, 1863. SWEETSER, ELBRIDGE L. Private. Clerk. Age 20. Single. South Reading. Enl. Aug. 27, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Everett, Mass. THOMPSON, GEORGE A. Private. Factory hand. Age 18. Single. South Reading. Enl. Aug. 28, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. E 8th Regt. Resides in Melrose. TIBBETTS, GEORGE E. Private. Cordwainer. Age 22. Single. South Reading. Enl. Aug. 21, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. E 8th Regt. TREFETHEN, BENJAMIN A. Private. Clerk. Age 18. Single. Saugus. Enl. Aug. 28, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. E 8th Regt. Resides in Lynn. 342 Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment TYLER, GEORGE L. Private. Barber. Age 24. Married. South Reading. Enl, Aug. 17, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. K 4th Heavy Artillery. Resides in Wakefield. UNRAH, GEORGE R. Private. Druggist. Age 18. Single. Malden. Enl. Oct. 15, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. UPTON, AUGUSTINE. Private. Farmer. Age 21. Single. Danvers. Enl. Aug. 24, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service in U.S. Engineers. Died in Danvers, Mass. WALTON, OLIVER, 2p. Private. Fish dealer. Age 24. Married. South Reading. Enlisted Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Wakefield. WELLMAN, HENRY B. Private. Farmer. Age 22. Single. Lynnfield. Enl. Aug. 25, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Died at Baton Rouge, La., May 31, 1863. WINSHIP, SAMUEL. Private. Wheelwright. Age 37. Married. South Reading. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Wakefield. OCCUPATIONS Cordwainers 25 Engineer 1 Farmers 12. Gas maker 1 Clerks 7 Milkman 1 Factory hands 5 Iceman 1 Carpenters 4 Joiner. 1 Druggists 3 Nailer. 1 Painters 3 Lawyer 1 No occupation 3 Merchant 1 Tin plate workers . 2. Operator 1 Razor-strap makers 2. Laborer 1 Moulders 2 Dentist . 1 Butchers 2 Pump maker 1 Barbers 2 = Tailor 1 Teamsters e 2 Fish dealer 1 Railroad man... ... . 1 Wheelwright 1 Shoemaker 1 Married, 40; single, 49; unknown, 2. Average age 26 years and 3 months, Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment 343 COMPANY F SAMUEL W. DUNCAN. Capt. Student. Age 23. Single. Haver- hill. Com. Aug. 28, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Captain Duncan “was the son of Hon. James H. Duncan, an eminent lawyer of Haverhill, and a representative to Congress, and was born in that city Dec. 19, 1838. In 1856 he entered Brown University, having as class- mates, among other men, Rev. A. J. Gordon, D.D., for many years pastor of the Clarendon Street Baptist Church, Boston; Rev. Wayland Hoyt, D.D., pastor of the Epiphany Baptist Church, Philadelphia, and Henry K. Porter, Esq., of Pittsburg, Penn. Graduating from Brown with honor in 1860, he spent one year in travel, and in 1861 he entered Newton Theological Institution, leaving, however, in a short time to respond to the call of his country. In two weeks he raised Company F in Haverhill, and was commissioned Captain. After being mustered out of service he entered Rochester Theological Seminary, from which institution he graduated in the class of 1866. He was ordained pastor of the Erie Street, now Euclid Avenue Baptist Church of Cleveland, Ohio, in April, 1867. In 1875 he became pastor of the Ninth Street Church in Cincinnati, Ohio, and in 1883 he removed to Rochester, N.Y., where he became pastor of the Second Baptist Church. In the year 1885 he was called to the presidency of Vassar College, but decided to continue in the pastorate. Retiring in 1888 from his work in Rochester, he spent several years in Haverhill. In 1892 he was chosen Foreign Secretary of the American Baptist Missionary Union, and devoted himself with unre- mitting fidelity to that important work to the time of his death. The honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity was con- ferred upon him by the University of Chicago in 1878, and at the time of his death he was a member of the Board of Fellows of Brown University, and of the Board of Trustees of Newton Theological Institution, Rochester Theological Seminary and Colby Academy. . . . Dr. Duncan left New York accompa- nied by his wife and daughter on Aug. 27, 1898, for « tour of inspection of the Baptist mission stations of the world. He was in ill health when he started, but hoped that the ocean voyage would give him strength for the rest of the journey, and the labor involved in the settlement of the many questions pending in the Eastern mission field. But his condition so changed for the worse that at Port Said he was compelled to turn back. Returning to London and Liverpool, he took a steamer for Boston, where he arrived on the morning of October 344 Fiftveth Massachusetts Regiment 29, much prostrated by a cold which he took while at sea. He was immediately removed to his home in Brookline, where he died on the night of Sunday, Oct. 30, 1898.” WILLIAM H. ROBERTS. Ist Lieut. Student. Age 21. Single. Haverhill. Com. Aug. 28, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Dismissed Noy. 15, 1862. Subsequent service Co. G 11th Regt. and Co. I 4th Heavy Artillery. DAVID BOYNTON. Ist Lieut. Clerk. Age 36. Married. Haver- hill. Com. Nov. 12, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. I 60th Regt. Died at Lexington, Mass., May 12, 1903. IRA HURD. 2d Lieut. Shoemaker. Age 25. Single. Haver- hill. Com. Nov. 12, 1862. Enl. Aug. 21, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. I 60th Regt. Resides in Haverhill, Mass. JOHN M. POOR. Ist Sergt. Shoemaker. Age 35. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Haverhill, Mass. JOSHUA M. STOVER. Sergt. Shoemaker. Age 28. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. I 60th Regt. Resides in Haverhill, Mass. WALTER 8. GOODELL. Sergt. Shoemaker. Age 25. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Haverhill, Mass., October, 1905. THOMAS PEARSON, Jr. Sergt. Farmer. Age 43. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 25, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in North Adams in 1901. GEORGE W. MORRILL. Sergt. Shoemaker. Age 21. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 21, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. WILLIAM W.S.OBERTON. Corpl. Carpenter. Age 34. Mar- ried. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Absent sick when the regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Lynn, Mass. Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment 345 EDWIN L. JOHNSON. Corpl. Shoe stitcher. Age 21. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 23, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Died in Quarantine, La., Feb. 27, 1863. CHARLES A. KIMBALL. Corpl. Shoe stitcher. Age 25. Mar- ried. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 21, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Deserted in New York, Dec. 5, 1862. ALBERT O.GIBSON. Corpl. Clerk. Age 21. Single. Haver- hill. Enl. Aug. 21, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. PHILIP C.SWEET. Corpl. Shoe cutter. Age 19. Single. Haver- hill. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Haverhill, Mass. DAVID HECKMAN. Corpl. Carpenter. Age 43. Married. Bradford. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Absent sick when the regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Bradford, Mass. HENRY H. JOHNSON. Corpl. Shoe cutter. Age 22. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 23, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Haverhill. JAMES RYAN. Corpl. Shoemaker. Age 23. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Sept. 1, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service 17th Unattached Infantry. Resides in Haverhill. DANIEL P. DEROCHMONT. Corpl. Carpenter. Age 33. Mar- ried. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 19, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. C 26th Regt. Died in Newburyport, Mass. JOHN DOWNES. Corpl. Baker. Age 26. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 25, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Haverhill, Mass. RUFUS M.GRAHAM. Musician. Shoe dresser. Age 18. Single. Bradford. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Philadelphia. JOHN A. TUCK. Musician. Clerk. Age 22. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 23, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service U.S. Navy. Resides in Pittsfield, N.H. 346 Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment RYLAND F. BAILEY. Wagoner. Carpenter. Age 29. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 21, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Absent sick when regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Haverhill, Mass. ALDRICH, AMBROSE D. Private. Shoemaker. Age 27. Mar- ried. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 19, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Atkinson, N.H. ATWOOD, BRADLEY. Private. Shoe dresser. Age 38. Mar- ried. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 21, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Boston, Mass. BARRY, JOSEPH. Private. Shoemaker. Age 20. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Sept. 1, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Deserted at Boxford, Oct. 15, 1862. BUCKLIN, JOHN C. Private. Teamster. Age 27. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 4, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Newton, N.H. BURNHAM, WALTER J. Private. Shoemaker. Age 22. Mar- ried. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 21, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Lowell, Mass. CANNEY, CHARLES G. Private. Shoemaker. Age 21. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 4, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. CARR, MARK. Private. Shoemaker. Age 21. Single. Haver- hill. Enl. Aug. 21, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Augusta, Me. CHASE, BENJAMIN W. Private. Shoemaker. Age 25. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 19, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Deserted from Camp Banks, N.Y., Nov. 27, 1862. Returned to company, March28,1863. Died in Philadelphia, 1900. CLARK, CYRUS H. Private. Shoe cutter. Age 35. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Pomeroy, Iowa. DAVIS, CHARLES A. Private. Shoemaker. Age 25. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 19, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Deserted in New York Nov. 27, 1862. Served his time in Co. H 30th Regt. Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment 347 DAVIS, ELIPHALET. Private. Carpenter. Age 35. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 21, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Haverhill, Mass. DAVIS, GEORGE M. Private. Farmer. Age18. Single. Derry, N.H. Eni. Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 4, 1862. Absent sick when the regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Sub- sequent service Co. E 4th Cavalry. Resides in Somerville, Mass. DAVIS, GEORGE 8. Private. Butcher. Age18. Single. Haver- hill. Enl. Sept. 1, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Died in Baton Rouge, La., May 29, 1863. EATON, ALBERT C. Private. Shoe cutter. Age 18. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Chattanooga, Tenn. EATON, EUGENE G. Private. Shoe cutter. Age 19. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Alabama. EMERSON, ALBERT. Private. Farmer. Age 35. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 23, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Haverhill, Mass. Subsequent service 4th Heavy Artillery. EMERY, SAMUEL C. Private. Shoemaker. Age 27. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. FITZPATRICK, JOHN. Private. Shoemaker. Age 21. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Sept. 1, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. At Togus, Me. FLANDERS, BURTON. Private. Shoe cutter. Age 28. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 21, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Haverhill, Mass., June 15, 1873. FLANDERS, EDWARD O. Private. Shoe stitcher. Age 26. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 21, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Chicago, Hl. 348 Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment FOSS, WILLIAM. Private. Shoe cutter. Age 45. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Haverhill, Mass. FOSS, WILLIAM A. Private. Shoe cutter. Age 24. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 21, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Cincinnati, Ohio. FOWLER, GILBERT 8. Private. Painter. Age 23. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Absent sick when regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Haverhill, Mass. GALLAGHER, JOHN. Private. Laborer. Age 21. Single. Melrose. Enl. Oct. 1, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 12, 1862. Deserted at Boxford, Mass., Oct. 20, 1862. GEORGE, ARTHUR L. Private. Clerk. Age 21. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 25, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Haverhill, Mass. GEORGE, TOWNSEND P. Private. Age 20. Haverhill. Enl. Nov. 1, 1862. Mustered in Nov. 4, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. C 17th Regt. Resides in Haverhill, Mass. GILMAN, LUCAS B. Private. Shoemaker. Age 40. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Died Aug. 2, 1863, on the passage home. GORDON, EDWARD B. Private. Carpenter. Age 39. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Haverhill, Mass. HADDOCK, H. CHARLES. Private. Shoemaker. Age 40. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 19, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died at Haverhill, Mass., Aug. 13, 1904. HALL, BENJAMIN F. Private. Age 30. Haverhill. Enl. Nov. 1, 1862. Mustered in Nov. 4, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Haverhill. HANRAHAN, JAMES. Private. Shoemaker. Age 23. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Sept. 1, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Deserted at Boxford, Mass., Dec. 5, 1862. Fijftieth Massachusetts Regiment 349 HANSON, ACEL. Private. Shoemaker. Age 22. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 25, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Haverhill, Mass. HARMON, GEORGE K. Private. Shoe cutter. Age 22. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 19, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Malden, Mass. HAYNES, JACKSON. Private. Student. Age 22. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Haverhill, Mass. HILL, ANDREW J. Private. Shoemaker. Age 22. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 21, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Absent sick when regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Haverhill, Mass. HOWARD, WILLIAM §S. Private. Shoemaker. Age 25. Mar- ried. Haverhill. Enl. Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 4, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Peabody, Mass. HOWE, JAMES. Private. Druggist. Age 28. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 22, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Haverhill, Mass. HUNKINS, HARRY T. Private. Farmer. Age 18. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 4, 1862. Died in Baton Rouge, La., July 4, 1863. HUNKINS, JOHN N. Private. Age 24. Haverhill. Enl. Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 4, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Haverhill, Mass. HUNKINS, WARREN C. Private. Clerk. Age 19. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 19, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. I 60th Regt. Resides in Haverhill, Mass. HUNT, GEORGE W. Private. Shoemaker. Age 39. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Lynn, Mass. JACOBS, WYMAN D. Private. Clerk. Age 21. Single. Haver- hill. Enl. Aug. 25, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Died in Baton Rouge, La., July 7, 1863. 350 Fiftteth Massachusetts Regument JENKINS, SAMUEL H. Private. Shoe cutter. Age 18. Single. Bradford. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. JOHNSON, CHARLES H. Private. Shoe cutter. Age 44. Mar- ried. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 21, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Discharged at Philadelphia, Penn., Jan. 5, 1863, for disability. Died at Togus, Me. JOHNSON, CHARLES L. Private. Clerk. Age 18. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. KELLEY, DAVID M. Private. Student. Age 22. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 21, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Promoted to Q.M.S., Nov. 11, 1862. Resides in Sharon, Mass. KING, PATRICK. Private. Laborer. Age 25. Married. Haver- hill. Enl. Sept. 1, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. D 2d Heavy Artillery. Died in Haverhill, July, 1905. LADD, THOMAS E. Private. Butcher. Age 20. Single. Haver- hill. Enl. Aug. 23, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Laconia, N.H. LeBOSQUET, ALBERT. Private. Clerk. Age 19. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. I 60th Regt. Resides in Haverhill, Mass. LEONARD, JOHN. Private. Shoe cutter. Age 21. Single. Boston. Enl. Sept. 1, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 4, 1862. De- serted from Boxford, Mass., Oct. 18, 1862. LITTLEFIELD, HAZEN 8. _ Private. Shoe cutter. Age 23. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 21, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Haverhill, Mass. LUCY, ARTHUR W. Private. Student. Age 18. Single. Brad- ford. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. riytenn Massachusetts Regiment 351 McDERMOTT, HUGH. Private. Laborer. Age 42. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Boston. McLAUGHLIN, FRANK. Private. Laborer. Age 19. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Sept. 1, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Absent sick when regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. C 17th Regt. At present City Marshal of Haverhill. McQUESTEN, SIMEON. Private. Peddler. Age 27. Haver- hill. Enl. Aug. 31, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. McWILLIAMS, SAMUEL. Private. Laborer. Age 23. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 19, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. A Ist Battery Heavy Artillery. Dead. MORSE, JAMES W. Private. Laborer. Age 20. Single. Haver- hill. Enl. Aug. 22, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Dis- charged at Philadelphia, Penn., Jan. 5, 1863, for disability. Dead. MURPHY, TIMOTHY. Private. Shoemaker. Age 30. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Oct. 1, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 20, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. NICHOLS, ADDISON D. Private. Shoemaker. Age 21. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 19, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Boston, Mass. NOYES, HIRAM N. Private. Shoemaker. Age 23. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. ORDWAY, HAZEN E. Private. Shoemaker. Age 32. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 21, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Haverhill. OSGOOD, JACOB. Private. Shoemaker. Age 32. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 21, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Absent sick when regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. 352 Fijtieth Massacnusews megimernw PATTEN, JOSEPH L. Private. Shoemaker. Age 19. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 23, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Haverhill. PEARL, JOSHUA R. Private. Shoemaker. Age 22. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 21, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Boston, Mass. PETTINGILL, ALPHEUS I. Private. Shoemaker. Age 23. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 21, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Merrimac, March, 1905. REED, ELBRIDGE G. Private. Shoemaker. Age 30. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 25, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Salem, N.H., 1877. ROSS, FRANKLIN. Private. Clerk. Age 21. Single. Haver- hill. Enl. Aug. 21, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Ab- sent sick when regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Richmond, Va. SARGENT, BENJAMIN G. Private. Teamster. Age 30. Mar- ried. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 21, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Lewiston, Me. SAWYER, B. ADDISON. Private. Druggist. Age 20. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 21, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Asst. Surgeon in U.S. Navy. Resides in Haverhill, Mass. SAWYER, HORACE. Private. Shoe cutter. Age 19. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides at Rye Beach, N.H. SAWYER, IRA O. Private. Shoe cutter. Age 25. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 21, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Haverhill, Mass. SHELDON, OTIS E. Private. Machinist. Age 22. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 21, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides at Melrose Highlands, Mass. Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment 353 SPENCER, JOHN C. Private. Shoemaker. Age 20. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Died in Quarantine, La., April 9, 1863. STICKNEY, CHARLES H. Private. Shoemaker. Age 21. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 21,1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Died of wounds at Baton Rouge, La., June 20, 1863. STUART WALTER. Private. Student. Age18. Single. Haver- hill. Enl. Aug. 23, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Haverhill, Mass. THOMPSON, HORACE. Private. Laborer. Age 42. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 25, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Lynn, Mass. TOZIER, EDWARD H. Private. Laborer. Age 26. Married. Bradford. Enl. Sept. 12, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Haverhill, Mass. TUCKER, WILLIAM W. Private. Laborer. Age 18. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 21, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service in 4th Heavy Artillery. VEAL, GUSTAVUS D. Private. Shoemaker. Age 21. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 4, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Newton, N.H. WALTON, THOMAS. Private. Blacksmith. Age 24. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. H 2d Heavy Artillery. Dead. WEST, ARTHUR W. Private. Butcher. Age18. Single. Haver- hill. Enl. Aug. 23, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. WILSON, JOHN. Private. Laborer. Age 21. Single. Melrose. Enl. Oct. 1, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 12, 1862. Deserted from Boxford, Mass., Oct. 20, 1862. WHITMAN, GEORGE H. Private. Laborer. Age 27. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 19, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Haverhill, Mass. 354 Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment WHITMAN, JOSIAH A. Private. Farmer. Age 33. Married. Mansfield. Enl. Sept. 11, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 23, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. C 47th Regt. Resides at Raynham. OCCUPATIONS Shoemakers 34 No business 3 Shoe cutters 15 Shoe dressers ~ 2 Laborers 11 Teamsters a JZ Clerks . . 9 Druggists wae Students 6 Baker 21 Carpenters 6 Painter 1 Farmers . 5 Peddler 1 Shoe stitchers 3 Machinist 1 Butchers . 3 Blacksmith sl Married, 47; single, 55; unknown, 4. Average age, 26 years an 4 months. COMPANY G GEORGE W. EDWARDS. Capt. Carpenter. .Age 41. Married. Haverhill. Com. July 19, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Previous service as Sergeant in Co. D 5th Regt. Died at Biddeford, Me., in 1905. GEORGE W. WALLACE. Ist Lt. Shoemaker. Age 22. Single. Haverhill. Com. Sept. 3, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Previous service Co. D 5th Regt. Dead. ANDREW F.STOWE. 2d Lt. Upholsterer. Age 24. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Promoted from Sergeant and com. 2d Lt. Oct. 6, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Re signed June 11, 1863. Previous service Co. D 5th Regt. Died at Soldiers’ Home, Washington, D.C. JOSHUA HATCH, Jr. Sergt. Carpenter. Age 28. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Previous service Co. D 5th Regt. Dead. ROYAL D.GOULD. Sergt. Teamster. Age 24. Married. Haver- hill. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Previous service Co. D 5th Regt. Subsequent service Co. B 1st Battalion Cavalry. Resides in Cambridge, Mass. Lijtieth Massachusetts Regiment 355 OHARLES K. HEATH. Sergt. Shoemaker. Age 28. Married. Bradford. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Portland, Me. Burial at Bradford, Mass. SAMUEL B. BENSON. Corpl. Roofer. Age 19. Single. Haver- hill. Enl. Aug. 19, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. B 59th Regt. Resides in Pasadena, Cal. DAVID R.B. COFFIN. Corpl. Teamster. Age 29. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 15, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Absent sick when the regiment was mustered out on Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Haverhill, Mass. GEORGE O. LEE. Corpl. Clerk. Age 19. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Soldiers’ Home in Illinois. CHARLES H.HILL. Sergt. Yeoman. Age 29. Married. Haver- hill. Enl. Aug. 15, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Haverhill, Mass. JOSEPH F.HOLT. Sergt. Machinist. Age 40. Single. Haver- hill. Enl. Aug. 19, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Killed in an accident at North Andover. DANIEL G. PAYSON. Corpl. Shoemaker. Age 23. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Haverhill, Mass. JOHN L. WEBSTER. Corpl. Teamster. Age 25. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Haverhill, Mass. ALVIN W. WHITTIER. Corpl. Shoe cutter. Age 37. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Biddeford, Me., April 28, 1872. GEORGE W. WALLACE. Corpl. Shoe cutter. Age 21. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Absent sick when the regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. 356 Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment EDWARD S. TUBBS. Corpl. Shoemaker. Age 21. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Transferred to the 6th Il. Cavalry, July 17, 1863. HENRY G. HAMMOND. Musician. Shoe stitcher. Age 34. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. WILLIAM F. JOHNSON. Musician. Shoe stitcher. Age 22. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 26, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Boston, Mass. ABBOTT, PARKER P. Private. Shoemaker. Age 26. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. ALDRICH, JOHN W. Private. Farmer. Age18. Single. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. ANDERSON, ALFREDW. Private. Artist. Age 23. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Haverhill, Mass. BAILEY, STEPHEN W. Private. Mariner. Age 22. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Oct. 13, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 13, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Bradford, Mass. BARLOW, NOAH E. Private. Yeoman. Age 25. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Left in hospital sick Aug. 14, 1863. Dead. BOYNTON, ISAAC A. Private. Upholsterer. Age 38. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service 11th US. Infantry. Dead. BURLEIGH, MOSES C. Private. Yeoman. Age 19. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. CAMPBELL, JOHN. Private. Shoemaker. Age 33. Married. Chelsea. Enl. Aug. 27, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment 357 CARR, GEORGE W. Private. Yeoman. Age 21. Single. Haver- bill. Enl. Sept. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. CHASE, EUSTIS. Private. Grocer. Age 38. Married. Haver- hill. Enl. Oct. 13, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 13, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. OOFFIN, CYRUS V. Private. Teamster. Age 28. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Alton, N.H. CLOUGH, WARD. Private. Shoemaker. Age 37. Married. Dracut. Enl. Sept. 14, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Absent sick when the regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Lowell, Mass. CLOUGH, WILLIAM R. Private. Yeoman. Age 18. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Alton, N.H. COLBY, JOHN E. Private. Shoe cutter. Age 16. Single. Haver- hill. Enl. Aug. 19, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Haverhill, Mass., in 1904. COOK, JUSTIN T. Private. Bookkeeper. Age 38. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. COYNE, JOHN. Private. Woolcarder. Age 18. Single. Haver- hill. Enl. Aug. 30, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Haverhill, Mass. DALEY, BARTLETT F. Private. Shoemaker. Age 26. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. F 2d Heavy Artillery. Soldiers’ Home, Togus, Me.. DAVIS, ALFRED H. Private. Shoe manufacturer. Age 38. Mar- ried. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 17, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Haverhill, Mass. EATON, DANIEL W. Private. Shoemaker. Age 21. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Lynn, Mass. 358 Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment EATON, JAMES J. Private. Shoe cutter. Age 43. Married. Bradford. Enl. Aug. 26, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Absent sick when the regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Bradford, Mass. ELLIS, SEBASTIAN. Private. Yeoman. Age 23. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Sept. 2, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Discharged Dec. 14, 1862. Minority (gave wrong age). EMERSON, GEORGE R. Private. Shoemaker. Age 27. Mar- ried. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 17, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. FARNHAM, HIRAM H. Private. Shoemaker. Age 28. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps. Died in Haverhill, Mass., February, 1907. FARRINGTON, MOSES C. Private. Shoemaker. Age 37. Widower. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Haverhill, Mass., in 1905. FLANDERS, JESSE. Private. Shoemaker. Age 44. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. F 6th N.H. Regt. Dead. FRENCH, MOSES E. Private. Shoemaker. Age 27. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 26, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides at Townsend Harbor, Mass. FULLER, WILLIAM B. Private. Salesman. Age 24. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 15, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Promoted Oct. 16, 1862. Re sides in New York City. GALE, HENRY. Private. Shoe cutter. Age 22. Married. Haver- hill. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Haverhill, Mass. GOODRICH, WALTER. Private. Shoe cutter. Age 19. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Haverhill, Mass. Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment 359 GRAHAM, JAMES W. Private. Shoemaker. Age 27. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Transferred to the U.S. Army Dec. 27, 1862. Dead. GRAHAM, SYLVANUS. Private. Shoe stitcher. Age 24. Mar- ried. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 19, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Haverhill, Mass. HARWOOD, ANDREW J. Private. Shoemaker. Age 24. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 26, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Absent sick when the regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Haverhill, Mass. HAVENS, SILAS F. Private. Salesman. Age 25. Single. Haver- hill. Enl. Aug. 25, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in New York City. HAZELTINE, WILLIAM L. Private. Yeoman. Age 30. Mar- ried. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. HOWE, EDWIN M. Private. Shoemaker. Age 21. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 26, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Lynn. HOYT, BENJAMIN E., Jr. Private. Grocer. Age 21. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Absent sick when regiment mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Sub- sequent service 17th Unattached Infantry. Resides in Haver- hill, Mass. HOYT, EZRA. Private. Shoemaker. Age 29. Married. Haver- hill. Enl. Sept. 2, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Haverhill. HOYT, SAMUEL P. Private. Shoemaker. Age 32. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. E 59th Regt. Died at City Point. HUBBARD, OLIVER S. Private. Carpenter. Age 24. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Oct. 15, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Haverhill, Mass. 360 Fiftveth Massachusetts Regument JAQUES, HENRY. Private. Shoe cutter. Age 19. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 26, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Wisconsin, Dec. 6, 1868. Buried in Haverhill. JENNESS, SUMNER G. Private. Shoemaker. Age 26. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Sept. 17, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Deserted at Boxford, Mass., Nov. 18, 1862. JOHNSON, FRANK 4H. Private. Shoemaker. Age 23. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Discharged Dec. 6, 1862, for disability. Subsequent service Co. D Ist Cavalry. LIVINGSTON, EDWARD H. Private. Clerk. Age 25. Mar- ried. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Haverhill. MACE, DANIEL W. Private. Shoemaker. Age 18. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 27, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Absent sick when regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. G 59th Regt. Resides in Fremont, N.H. MACKAY, ANDREW J. Private. Shoemaker. Age 21. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 17, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Died in Baton Rouge, La., April 9, 1863. MARSH, JOSEPH W. Private. Shoemaker. Age 18. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. McKENNA, EDWARD. Private. Shoemaker. Age 24. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Haverhill. MERRILL, HOWARD M. Private. Clerk. Age 18. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 15, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Chicago, Ill., Oct. 8, 1868. MORRISSON, AUGUSTUS G. Private. Shoemaker. Age 18. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. M 4th Heavy Artillery. Resides in Haverhill. Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment 361 MOULTON, GEORGE L. Private. Butcher. Age 24. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 23, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Haverhill. MULHERN, HUGH. Private. Shoemaker. Age 18. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 15, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Haverhill, Feb. 25, 1875. MURRAY, HUGH. Private. Shoemaker. Age 26. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 17, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. A 4th Cavalry. Died in Soldiers’ Home, Chelsea, July 6, 1866. NASON, EDWARD A. Private. Shoe cutter. Age 22. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Oct. 13, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 13, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. I 59th Regt. Died June 12, 1875. NORWOOD, GEORGE. Private. Shoemaker. Age 41. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Deserted at Boxford, Oct. 10, 1862. O’MEILLEY, MICHAEL. Private. Laborer. Age 24. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Deserted at New York, Nov. 20, 1862. O’SHAUGHNESSEY, JOHN. Private. Laborer. Age41. Mar- ried. Dracut. Enl. Sept. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Absent sick when regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. K 2d Heavy Artillery. Died in Lowell. PARKER, ISRAEL. Private. Carpenter. Age 44. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 15, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Died at sea, Feb. 4, 1863. PETTINGILL, JAMES W. Private. Yeoman. Age 32. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. PINKHAM, WARREN F. Private. Shoemaker. Age 21. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. I 60th Regt. Resides in Dover, N.H. 362 Foftieth Massachusetts Hegiment POOR, MOSES. Private. Yeoman. Age 43. Married. Haver- hill. Enl. Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Bradford, Mass. PRATT, ABEL H. Private. Shoemaker. Age 22. Single. Haver- hill. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. RAND, LEONARD. Private. Shoemaker. Age 43. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 23, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Promoted to Com. Sergt., Sept. 20, 1862. Died in Haverhill. RICHARDSON, RUSSELL O. Private. Shoemaker. Age 21. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 17, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Lynn. RICKER, FREDERICK L. Private. Clerk. Age 21. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. I 60th Regt. Resides in Haverhill. ROBERTS, OLIVER A. Private. Shoe stitcher. Age 24. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Promoted to Sergt.-Major, Sept. 20, 1862. Resides in Boston. SARGENT, NUMA. Private. Shoe manufacturer. Age 33. Mar- ried. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 24, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Haverhill, Dec. 14, 1879. SCATES, ISAAC §. Private. Shoemaker. Age 43. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Oct. 17, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service 17th Un- attached Infantry. Died in Richmond, Va. SPENCER, DENNIS. Private. Shoemaker. Age 28. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. STEVENS, JAMES I. Private. Shoemaker. Age 24. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. TAPPEN, EDMUND S8. Private. Shoemaker. Age 24. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 19, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Haverhill. Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment 363 TAYLOR, JOHN H. Private. Carpenter. Age 24. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 21, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Haverhill. THOMPSON, HAZEN V. Private. Shoemaker. Age 33. Mar- ried. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Haverhill. THOMPSON, STEPHEN M. Private. Shoemaker. Age 25. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Discharged for disability, Dec. 6, 1862. Died in US. Navy. TUCKER, FRANK W. Private. Clerk. Age 21. Single. Haver- hill. Enl. Aug. 15, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Promoted to Corpl. Jan. 5, 1863. Resides at Little Rock, Ark. WALKER, JOHN H. Private. Wheelwright. Age 23. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862, Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in York, Me., July, 1905. WALKER, WILSON M. Private. Clerk. Age18. Single. Haver- hill. Enl. Aug. 30, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in York, Me., April 3, 1904. WALLACE, WILLIAM C. Private. Shoemaker. Age 39. Wid- ower. Haverhill. Enl. Sept. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Died at Baton Rouge, La., June 16, 1863. WEBB, DANIEL. Private. Shoemaker. Age18. Single. Haver- hill. Enl. Aug. 25, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. I 60th Regt. Died in Haverhill. WEBSTER, JOHN P. Private. Shoemaker. Age 26. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 30, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. “Resides in Haverhill. WEBSTER, WILLIAM W. Private. Shoe dresser. Age 28. Mar- ried. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 15, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Died at Baton Rouge, La., March 8, 1863. WHITTIER, WILLIAM T. Private. Hostler. Age 18. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Sept. 2, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. H 59th Regt. Resides in Haverhill. 364 Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment WILLIAMS, JOSEPH. Private. Yeoman. Age 24. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Died at Baton Rouge, La., April 15, 1863. WOODCOCK, FARNHAM P. Private. Harness maker. Age 28. Married. Haverhill. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Haverhill. OCCUPATIONS Shoemakers 42 Harness maker 1 Yeomen 10 Hostler . 1 Shoe cutters 8 Shoe dresser a Clerks 6 Wheelwright 1 Carpenters 5 Butcher 1 Shoe stitchers 4 Wool carder 1 Teamsters 4 Bookkeeper 1 Shoe manufacturers 2 Mariner 1 Laborers 2 Artist 1 Grocers 2 Farmer ok Upholsterers 2 Machinist 1 Salesmen . 2 Roofer 1 Married, 47; single, 52; widowers, 2. Average age, 27 years. COMPANY H CYRUS HOBBS. Capt. Expressman. Age 43. Married. Chelsea. Com. Sept. 22, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Absent sick when the regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died at Everett, Mass., March 8, 1896. HENRY T. HOLMES. 1st Lieut. Merchant. Age 33. Married. Chelsea. Com. Sept. 22, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Chelsea. WILLIAM P. DANIELS. 2d Lieut. Painter. Age 35. Married Chelsea. Com. Sept. 22, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died at Chelsea, July 10, 1889. ROBERT A. SAUNDERS. Ist Sergt. Carpenter. Age 30. Mar- ried. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 10, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Previous service Co. H Ist Regt. Subsequent service Field and Staff 3d Cavalry. Died in Chelsea. Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment 365 WILLARD F.CARLTON. Sergt. Machinist. Age 25. Single. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 6, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Woburn, Jan. 14, 1899. JOHN W. HURLEY. Sergt. Locksmith. Age 27. Single. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 8, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Absent sick when the regiment was mustered out Aug. 24,1863. Dead. JAMES H. PROCTOR. Sergt. Ship joiner. Age 31. Married. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 10, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Absent sick when regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. JAMES S.GRANT. Sergt. Mason. Age 24. Married. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 8, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Discharged for disability, Feb. 25, 1863. Subsequent service Co. F 26th Regt. Resides in Waterville, Me. JOSEPH H.GRANT. Sergt. Painter. Age 31. Married. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 8, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Watertown, Mass. GEORGE F.LORD. Sergt. Clerk. Age 36. Married. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 10, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Died in Baton Rouge, La., June 17, 1863. ALMON SANBORN. Corpl. Teamster. Age 23. Married. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 10, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Boston. JAMES L.FORSAITH. Corpl. Mason. Age 25. Married. Chel- sea. Enl. Sept. 8, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. EDWIN F.A.BRACKETT. Corpl. Baker. Age 24. Married. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 6, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Providence, R.I. JOHN A.DUNNING. Corpl. Clerk. Age 26. Married. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 6, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Revere, May 16, 1894. CHARLES H.LUCAS. Corpl. Painter. Age 43. Married. Chel- sea. Enl. Sept. 10, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Absent sick when the regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Re- sides in Trenton, N.J. 366 Fijtveth Massacnusets megument SAMUEL R.HALL. Corpl. Clerk. Age 22. Single. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 8, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. WILLIAM S. HENRY. Corpl. Druggist. Age 24. Married. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 8, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Chelsea. WILLIAM E. PEARSON. Corpl. Provision dealer. Age 19. Single. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 10, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. AVERILL, CHARLES S. Private. Varnisher. Age 43. Single. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 6, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. AYLWARD, JOHN. Private. Wharfinger. Age 35. Married. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 6, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. BAILEY, JOHN D. Private. Baker. Age 35. Married. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 6, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. BICKERS, JOSEPH P. Private. Joiner. Age 25. Married. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 6, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. BICKFORD, GEORGE F. Private. Tailor. Age 22. Single. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 10, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Died at Baton Rouge, La., April 25, 1863. BICKFORD, HENRY P. Private. Joiner. Age 26. Married. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 6, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. BOHAN, DANIEL. Private. Laborer. Age 19. Single. Chelsea. Enl. Oct. 31, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 31, 1862. Deserted at New York; N.Y., Nov. 30, 1862. BRIGGS, EDWARD P. Private. Joiner. Age 22. Single. Chel- sea. Enl. Sept. 6, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Chelsea. Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment 367 BROWN, GEORGE T. Private. Blacksmith. Age 21. Single. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 6, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Discharged May 11, 1863, to re-enlist in the 7th Illinois Cavalry. BURKETT, HENRY H,. Private. Auctioneer. Age 38. Married. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 6, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Absent sick when the regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. BURNHAM, EDWARD W. Private. Oil manufacturer. Age 23. Married. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 6, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Chelsea. BUTLER, CHARLES H. Private. Provision dealer. Age 18. Single. Malden. Enl. Sept. 6, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. BUTLER, ORVILLE W. Private. Provision dealer. Age 25. Single. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 6, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. BUTTERS, SILAS. Private. Tanner. Age 37. Married. Haver- hill. Enl. Sept. 2, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. CALEF, HORATIO 8. Private. Planer. Age 19. Single. Chel- sea. Enl. Oct. 15,1862. Mustered in Oct. 15,1862. Deserted at Boxford, Mass., Oct. 25, 1862. CALEF, ISAAC W. Private. Planer. Age 39. Married. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 6, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Absent sick when the regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. CARTER, HORACE. Private. Painter. Age 40. Married. Chel- sea. Enl. Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Died at Vicksburg, Miss., July 31, 1863. CLARK, LEWIS. Private. Teamster. Age 37. Married. Chel- sea. Enl. Sept. 6, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Chelsea. COBB, GEORGE H. Private. Mariner. Age 21. Single. Haver- hill. Enl. Sept. 2, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 13, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. 368 Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment COLE, SOLOMON A. Private. Fish dealer. Age 27. Married. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 6, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Chelsea. COLLIER, GEORGE G. Private. Carpenter. Age 30. Married. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 10, 1862. Mustered out Sept. 29, 1862. Discharged for disability March 13, 1863. CROSS, HENRY. Private. Oil manufacturer. Age 27. Married. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 6, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Jersey City. DEAN, CHARLES. Private. Morocco dresser. Age 45. Married. Malden. Enl. Sept. 6, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. DEMPSEY, PATRICK. Private. Laborer. Age 18. Single. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 6, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. DICKSON, JOHN P. Private. Carpenter. Age 18. Single. Malden. Enl. Sept. 8, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Discharged for disability March 17, 1863. DICKSON, THOMAS. Private. Carpenter. Age 19. Single. Malden. Enl. Sept. 6, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Died at Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 2, 1863. DIXON, HORATIO. Private. Mason. Age 19. Single. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 6, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Everett. DURGIN, AUGUSTUS. Private. Painter. Age 32. Married. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 6, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Discharged for disability March 9, 1863. EDDY, GEORGE B. Private. Clerk. Age 23. Single. Haver- hill. Enl. Sept. 2, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 13, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in New York City. EDGECOMB, JOSEPH W. Private. Mariner. Age19. Single. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 8, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Discharged for disability Feb. 4, 1863. Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment 369 ELWELL, SAMUEL B. Private. Teamster. Age 42. Married. Boston. Enl. Sept. 8, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. GIFFORD, ALBERT D. Private. Farmer. Age 28. Single. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 8, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Absent sick when regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Previous service Co. C 5th Regt. GILES, JOHN H. Private. Ship carpenter. Age 38. Married. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 8, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Chelsea. GILLEN, JOHN. Private. Mariner. Age 22. Single. Lawrence. Enl. Sept. 8, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Deserted at Boxford, Mass., Oct. 10, 1862. GREEN, HENRY. Private. Shoemaker. Age 25. Married. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 8, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Absent sick when the regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Chelsea. GRIFFEN, JACOB E. Private. Teamster. Age 33. Married. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 8, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. GROVER, THOMAS. Private. Butcher. Age 33. Married. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 8, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service 4th Un- attached Infantry. Died in Chelsea. GUELPA, JOHN B. Private. Gas fitter. Age 18. Single. Chel- sea. Enl. Sept. 8, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides at Sea View, Mass. HAMMOND, JAMES R. Private. Painter. Age 39. Married. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 8, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. HATCH, CHARLES H. Private. Wheelwright. Age 23. Single. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 8, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Died at Mound City, IIl., Sept. 2, 1863. HAWES, AUGUSTUS W. Private. Mariner. Age 29. Married. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 8, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. 370 Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment HAWKES, HARRISON. Private. Needle maker. Age 29. Mar- ried. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 8, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Chelsea. HINCKLEY, CHARLES E. Private. Moulder. Age 37. Mar- ried. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. HIGHT, HENRY W. Private. Carpenter. Age 26. Single. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 8, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Discharged for disability, March 13, 1863. HODGKINS, FRANCIS P. Private. Baker. Age 37. Married. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 8, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Deserted at New York, Dec. 10, 1862. HOLBROOK, JOHN W. Private. Carriage trimmer. Age 21. Single. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 8, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides at Natick, Mass. HOLDEN, HORACE G. Private. Painter. Age 27. Married. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 10, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. I Ist Cavalry. Dead. HOLLAND, ADELBERT. Private. Laborer. Age 21. Single. Chelsea. Enl. Oct. 13, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 13, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. HOLMES, JOHN W. Private. Clerk. Age 31. Single. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 8, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. D lst Battalion Heavy Artillery. Dead. HOOPER, JAMES L. Private. Carpenter. Age 45. Married. Roxbury. Enl. Sept. 8, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Absent sick when the regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. K 11th Regt. Dead. HUNNEWELL, RICHARD. Private. Carpenter. Age 45. Married. Roxbury. Enl. Sept. 8, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Died at Mound City, Il., Aug. 19, 1863. JENNINGS, PHILIP M. Private. Brass moulder. Age 21. Single. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 8, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment 371 JONES, HENRY. Private. Ship joiner. Age 38. Married. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 8, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service 10th Battery. Resides in Dorchester. JONES, THOMAS. Private. Mariner. Age 36. Married. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 8, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. KENNEFIK, JOHN. Private. Hostler. Age 24. Single. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 10, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Deserted at Boxford, Mass., Nov. 18, 1862. McLAUGHLIN, JAMES R. Private. Carpenter. Age 20. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Sept. 2, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 13, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. MURPHY, JOHN. Private. Brickmaker. Age 21. Single. Malden. Enl. Sept. 10, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. NICHOLS, JOSEPH A. Private. Miller. Age 31. Married. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 10, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Absent sick when the regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Newburyport, Feb. 25, 1889. NILAND, PATRICK J. Private. Tobacconist. Age 19. Single. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 10, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. NYMAN, EDGAR A. Private. Painter. Age 24. Married. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 10, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Discharged for disability, Jan. 13, 1863. PATTEN, THADDEUS. Private. Clerk. Age 26. Haverhill. Enl. Sept. 2, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 13, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. PEARSON, REUBEN. Private. Carpenter. Age 39. Married. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 10, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. PIKE, JOSEPH A. Private. Laborer. Age 18. Single. Somer- ville. Enl. Sept. 10, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. L Ist Cavalry. Resides in Cambridge. 372 Fijtveth Massachusetts Regiment PROCTOR, FREDERICK. Private. Tailor. Age 25. Single. Haverhill. Enl. Sept. 2, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 13, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. PROCTOR, GEORGE. Private. Farmer. Age 20. Single. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 10, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. QUIGLEY, EDWARD. Private. Laborer. Age 28. Married. Lawrence. Enl. Sept. 10, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Deserted at Boxford, Mass., Oct. 10, 1862. QUINN, CHARLES. Private. Moulder. Age 39. Married. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 10, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Chelsea. RAYMOND, ALFRED. Private. Hairdresser. Age 34. Married. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 10, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. REED, LUTHER A. Private. Painter. Age 43. Married. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 10, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29. 1862. Discharged for disability March 20, 1863. RIPLEY, ROBERT. Private. Coppersmith. Age 31. Single. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 10, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. ROBERTS, MYRON C. Private. Teamster. Age 34. Married. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 10, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. ROOKE, WILLIAM. Private. Machinist. Age 22. Single. Malden. Enl. Sept. 10, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. SALE, JOHN. Private. Clerk. Age4l. Married. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 10, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. SAMPSON, EDEN. Private. Calker. Age 43. Married. Cheb sea. Enl. Sept. 10, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Ab- sent sick when the regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment 373 SAWTELLE, ZACHARIAH. Private. Joiner. Age 32. Widower. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 10, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. SHIPMAN, WILLIAM A. Private. Clerk. Age 27. Married. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 10, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. SMITH, ELIJAH R. Private. Joiner. Age 33. Single. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 10, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. SNOW, WILLIAM F. Private. Student. Age18. Single. Ran- dolph. Enl. Sept. 10, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Boston. STONE, SAMUEL P. Private. Painter. Age 20. Single. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 10, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in North Abington. TUTTLE, JOHN 8. Private. Mason. Age 38. Married. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 10, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died at Soldiers’ Home, Chelsea, April 29, 1897. VOSE, ORRIN B. Private. Driver. Age 22. Single. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 10, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. WHEELER, JAMES E. Private. Peddler. Age 43. Married. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 10, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. WHITMARSH, JONATHAN. Private. Moulder. Age 37. Mar- ried. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 10, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. WOODWARD, FREDERICK H. Private. Bolter. Age 34. Married. Chelsea. Enl. Sept. 10, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Haverhill, Mass. YOUNG, ROBERT M. Private. Laborer. Age 26. Married. Chelsea. Enl. Oct. 13, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 13, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. 374 Fijtteth Massachusetts Regiment OCCUPATIONS Carpenters . ‘ . . 10 Wharfinger 1 Painters 10. Blacksmith 1 Clerks 8 Auctioneer 1 Laborers 6 Tanner 1 Joiners 5 Fish dealer 1 Mariners 5 Morocco dresser 1 Teamsters 5 Shoemaker 1 Masons 4 Butcher 1 Bakers . ‘ 3 Gas fitter 1 Provision dealers 3 Wheelwright 1 Moulders . 3 Needle maker 1 Machinists 2 Carriage trimmer 1 Ship joiners 2 Brass moulder 1 Tailors . ‘ 2 Hostler . 1 Oil manufacturers 2 Brickmaker dl Farmers 2 Miller 1 Planers 2 Tobacconist 1 Expressman 1 Hairdresser 1 Merchant 1 Coppersmith 1 Student 1 Calker al Locksmith 1 Driver 1 Druggist 1 Peddler 1 Varnisher 1 Bolter ; 1 Married, 60; single, 41; widower, 1. Average age, 29 years and 4 months. COMPANY I NICHOLAS POWER. Capt. Blacksmith. Age 26. Single. Worcester. Com. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Previous service Co. C 3d Bat- talion Rifles. Resides in Worcester. JOHN J. O’GORMAN. Ist Lt. Tailor. Age 23. Married. Worces- ter. Com. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Cashiered June 9, 1863. Previous service Co. C 3d Battalion Rifles. Subsequent service Co. D 4th Heavy Artillery. Died in Lawrence, 1890. MARTIN HAYES. 2d Lt. Wire-drawer. Age 26. Single. Worcester. Com. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Previous service Co. C 3d Bat- talion Rifles. Died in Springfield. Buried in Worcester. Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment 375 PATRICK KELLEY. Sergt. Currier. Age 21. Single. Worces- ter. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Previous service Co. C 3d Bat- talion Rifles. Dead. MICHAEL P. KIELLY. Sergt. Moulder. Age 24. Married. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Worcester, Feb. 4, 1881. JOHN KERR. Sergt. Mason. Age 32. Married. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out, Aug. 24, 1863. Previous service Co. C 3d Battalion Rifles. Died in Worcester, 1875. JOHN MAGINNIS. Sergt. Blacksmith. Age 32. Single. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Previous service Co. C 3d Bat- talion Rifles. JOHN HINES. Sergt. Wire-drawer. Age 24. Single. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Died at sea, Aug. 6, 1863. PETER J. McCONVILLE. Corpl. Machinist. Age 22. Single. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Previous service Co. C 3d Bat- talion Rifles. Died in Worcester, 1865. NICHOLAS McMAHON. Corpl. Laborer. Age 22. Single. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Worcester, Mass. JAMES O’NEILL. Corpl. Machinist. Age 20. Single. Worces- ter. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Worcester, Mass. JAMES J. POWER. Corpl. Machinist. Age 19. Single. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Philadelphia, 1872. PHILIP O’CONNELL. Corpl. Coachman. Age 27. Single. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Worcester. 376 Fiftieth Massachusetts Regument BERNARD TANNON. Corpl. Shoemaker. Age 29. Married. Westboro. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. E 4th Heavy Artillery. Resides in Westboro, Mass. JOHN RUSSELL. Corpl. Wire-drawer. Age 18. Single. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Chicago. MICHAEL McDONALD. Corpl. Wire-drawer. Age 20. Single. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Died in Worcester, Aug. 19, 1863. Previous service Co. C 3d Battalion Rifles. BOYLE, JAMES. Private. Moulder. Age 22. Single. Worcester. Enl. Oct. 6, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 14, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. BRADLEY, JOHN. Private. Tailor. Age38. Single. Worcester. Enl. Oct. 6, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 14, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Worcester, 1870. BRAZIL, JOHN. Private. Laborer. Age 23. Single. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Worcester. BURNS, JAMES. Private. Shoemaker. Age 28. Married. West- boro. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Previous service Co. C 3d Battalion Rifles. Resides in Westboro. CAHILL, JAMES. Private. Carpenter. Age 38. Married. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Absent sick when the regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Worcester, November, 1895. CAREY, THOMAS. Private. Bootmaker. Age 27. Married. Westboro. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Westboro, Mass. CARROLL, JOHN. Private. Farmer. Age 26. Single. Mill- bury. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Worcester. CASEY, PATRICK. Private. Bootmaker. Age 34. Married. Westboro. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Westboro in 1870. Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment 377 CLARKE, JAMES. Private. Parasol maker. Age 30. Married. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Worcester. CLUNE, HENRY. Private. Wire-drawer. Age 19. Single. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Chester, Mass. CLUNE, JAMES. Private. Laborer. Age 39. Married. Worces- ter. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Ab- sent sick when regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. CONNOR, JAMES. Private. Age 21. Single. West Boylston. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Previous service Co. C 3d Battalion of Rifles. Resides in Worcester. CONNOR, THOMAS. Private. Laborer. Age 27. Married. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Worcester, 1876. COUCH, HENRY. Private. Blacksmith. Age 40. Single. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Absent sick when the regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. CURBOY, JOHN. Private. Laborer. Age 20. Single. Worces- ter. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. K 3d Heavy Artillery. Resides in Sturbridge, Mass. DANAHY, THOMAS. Private. Laborer. Age 27. Married. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. DARNEY, WILLIAM H. Private. Iron worker. Age 20. Single. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Worcester, 1864. DEE, JOHN. Private. Bootmaker. Age 24. Single. Westboro. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Westboro. DELANEY, JAMES. Private. Bootmaker. Age 22. Married. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Worcester. 378 Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment DEVLIN, HENRY. Private. Bootmaker. Age 21. Single. Milford. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. G 2d Heavy Artillery. Resides in Worcester. DOLAN, MICHAEL. Private. Farmer. Age 21. Single. West- boro. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. E 4th Heavy Artillery. Died in Worcester, 1879. DOLAN, PATRICK. Private. Farmer. Age 32. Married. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Absent sick when the regiment was mustered out Aug. 24,1863. Died in Worcester, 1879. DUNN, JAMES. Private. Coachman. Age 26. Single. Worces- ter. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. FARRELL, WILLIAM. Private. Fireman. Age 24. Single. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Left at Cleveland, Ohio, sick. Died in Worcester, 1873. FAY, WILLIAM J. Private. Machinist. Age 18. Single. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Worcester. FITZGERALD, MARTIN. Private. Wire-drawer. Age 21. Single. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Died at Baton Rouge, La., May 2, 1863. FOLEY, MICHAEL. Private. Machinist. Age 18. Single. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. F 4th Heavy Artillery. Resides in Worcester. FORREST, DANIEL. Private. Bootmaker. Age 21. Single. Spencer. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Spencer, Mass. FORREST, WILLIAM. Private. Bootmaker. Age 1S. Single. Spencer. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. C 4th Cavalry. Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment 379 FOY, JAMES. Private. Wire-drawer. Age 25. Single. Worces- ter. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Worcester. GALLAGHER, PATRICK. Private. Bootmaker. Age 18. Single. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. GLANCY, THOMAS. Private. Umbrella maker. Age 35. Wid- ower. Lowell. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. A 59th Regt. Died in Libby Prison. GRADY, DENNIS. Private. Shoemaker. Age 21. Single. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co.E 4th Cavalry. HANNON, MICHAEL. Private. Farmer. Age 21. Single. Westboro. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Westboro, 1868. HERR, DANIEL. Private. Shoemaker. Age 20. Single. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Worcester. HIGGINS, MAURICE. Private. Laborer. Age 18. Single. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Drowned in Mississippi River, 1864. HUGHES, LUKE. Private. Age 19. Single. Boston. Enl. Nov. 2, 1862. Mustered in Dec. 9, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. H 56th Regt. Killed at Petersburg, Va., in 59th Regt. KEEVAN, THOMAS. Private. Bootmaker. Age 35. Married. Westboro. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. KELLEY, HENRY T. Private. Machinist. Age17. Single. Worcester. Enl. Nov. 2, 1862. Mustered in Dec. 9, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Worcester. 380 Fiftieth Massachusetts Regvment KELLEY, JOHN. Private. Machinist. Age 18. Single. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Providence. LEE, WILLIAM. Private. Bootmaker. Age 35. Married. Worcester. Enlisted Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Absent when regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. A 57th Regt. Died in Worcester, 1870. MARION, JAMES. Private. Bootmaker. Age 27. Married. Millbury. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. MARTIN, THOMAS. Private. Laborer. Age 40. Married. West- boro. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Marlboro, Mass. McBRIDE, JAMES. Private. Laborer. Age 32. Married. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Absent sick when the regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. McCARTHY, PATRICK. Private. Shoemaker. Age 18. Single. Westboro. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Absent sick when the regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Westboro, 1870. McCOY, MICHAEL. Private. Bootmaker. Age 22. Married. Westboro. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. McCOY, THOMAS. Private. Laborer. Age 28. Married. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Deserted in New York, Dec. 1, 1862. McLAUGHLIN, DANIEL. Private. Marble worker. Age 34. Single. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Previous service Co. C 3d Battalion of Rifles. McMANUS, PATRICK. Private. Laborer. Age 30. Married. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Absent sick when the regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Fijtieth Massachusetis Regiment 381 MEAGHER, THOMAS F. Private. Tailor. Age 26. Married. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Boston, 1870. MORAN, PETER. Private. Laborer. Age 22. Married. Worces- ter. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Worcester. MORIARTY, JOHN. Private. Laborer. Age 22. Married. Mill- bury. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Millbury, 1865. MURPHY, JEREMIAH. Private. Carpenter. Age 28. Married. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Absent sick when the regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Worcester. MURPHY, JOHN. Private. Laborer. Age 22. Married. Worces- ter. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. MURPHY, PATRICK. Private. Bootmaker. Age 25. Married. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Died in Mound City, Ill., Aug. 8, 1863. MURPHY, THOMAS. Private. Bootmaker. Age 25. Married. Westboro. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service 6th Unat- tached Co. and Co. K 4th Cavalry. Resides in Westboro, Mass. O’CONNOR, PATRICK. Private. Laborer. Age 25. Worcester. Enl. Oct. 29, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 29, 1862. Deserted at Worcester, Oct. 30, 1862. O’ROURKE, CHARLES P. Private. Carpenter. Age 25. Wid- ower. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Died in Baton Rouge, La., June 30, 1863. PHELAN, FRANCIS. Private. Bootmaker. Age 18. Single. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service in Co. D 4th Heavy Artillery. 382 Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment PHELAN, MICHAEL. Private. MHostler. Age 40. Married. Worcester. Enl. Oct. 6, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 14, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. PORTER, PETER. Private. Bootmaker. Age 22. Single. Spencer. Enl. Sept. 16, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 14, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. G 4th Cavalry. Died in Spencer, 1865. POWER, JAMES A. Private. Farmer. Age 18. Single. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Died on steamer Omaha en route home, Aug. 3, 1863. QUINN, MARTIN. Private. Bootmaker. Age18. Single. West- boro. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. E 4th Heavy Artillery. QUINN, PATRICK. Private. Bootmaker. Age 28. Married. Milford. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. H 2d Heavy Artillery. Resides in Bangor, Me. REIL, JOHN. Private. Wire-drawer. Age 20. Single. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service 29th Unattached Co. RICE, JOHN. Private. Mason. Age 35. Married. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Worcester. ROACH, MICHAEL. Private. Fireman. Age 21. Married. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Previous service Co. E 3d Bat- talion of Rifles. Subsequent service Co. E 25th Regt. Died in Worcester, 1864. SCRYMGOUR, THOMAS. Private. Blacksmith. Age 26. Single. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Absent without leave when the regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Montreal. SHEEHAN, REDMOND. Farmer. Age19. Single. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment 383 SKERRITT, NICHOLAS. Private. Machinist. Age 19. Single. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Died at Baton Rouge, La., June 19, 1863. SMITH, GORDON. Private. Shoemaker. Age 33. Married. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Worcester. TONER, MICHAEL. Private. Wire-drawer. Age 18. Single. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. TREANOR, OWEN. Private. Laborer. Age 22. Single. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Died in Baton Rouge, La., March 9, 1863. WELSH, MICHAEL. Private. Grocer. Age 20. Single. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Worcester. WOLFE, RICHARD. Private. Laborer. Age 22. Married. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24,1863. Residesin Millbury, Mass. WOOD, HENRY C. _ Private. Laborer. Age 18. Single. Worcester. Enl. Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 30, 1862. Died at Worcester, Oct. 31, 1862. OCCUPATIONS Bootmakers. 18 Coachmen 2 Laborers 18 Moulders : Wire-drawers 9 Grocer 6k Machinists . 8 Hostler 1 Farmers . . 6 Marble worker 1 Shoemakers 6 Umbrella maker 1 Blacksmiths 4 Parasol maker 1 Carpenters . 3 Iron worker 1 Tailors . 3. Currier 1 Firemen 2 No occupation 2 Masons S08 2 Married, 35; single, 54; widowers, 2. Average age, 24 years and 7 months. 384 Fiftieth mrassacnuseus rmegument COMPANY K JOHN G.BARNES. Capt. Painter. Age 36. Married. George- town. Com. Aug. 28, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service 17th Un- attached Infantry 100 days and 1 year. Died in George- town, Nov. 25, 1868. JOHN P. BRADSTREET. 1st Lieut. Shoe dresser. Age 26. Single. Georgetown. Com. Aug. 28, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Law- rence, Dec. 12, 1893. JAMES H.RUNDLETT. 2d Lieut. Shoe manufacturer. Age 40. Married. Bradford. Com. Aug. 30, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died at Haverhill, Oct. 24, 1896. SOLOMON NELSON. Ist Sergt. Farmer. Age 35. Married. Georgetown. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died March 17, 1882. EDWARD P. WILDER. Sergt. Shoemaker. Age 30. Married. Georgetown. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service 17th Un- attached Infantry 100 days and 1 year. Died in Georgetown. CHARLES §. PEARSON. Sergt. Butcher. Age 28. Single. Bradford. Enl. Aug. 19, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Absent sick when the regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Bradford, Oct. 20, 1863. JOHN A. BACON. Sergt. Bootmaker. Age 41. Single. South Groveland. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in California. SAMUEL H. BATCHELDER. Sergt. Engineer. Age 43. Mar- ried. Boxford. Enl. Sept. 17, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. WILLIAM A. ORDWAY. Sergt. Age 23. Single. Bradford. Enl. Sept. 11, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Discharged Oct. 2, 1862. to accept an appointment in the U.S. Army. Died in Bradford, Aug. 17, 1894. Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment 385 CHANCY O. NOYES. Corpl. Carpenter. Age 21. Single. George- town. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Georgetown, June, 1906. JOHN G.SCATES. Corpl. Bootmaker. Age 30. Married. George- town. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service 17th Un- attached Infantry 100 days and 1 year. Died in Haverhill. BARTHOLOMEW HALEY. Corpl. Bootmaker. Age 23. Single. Georgetown. Enl. Aug. 25, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Georgetown. BENJAMIN P.CARLTON. Corpl. Shoemaker. Age 37. Mar- ried. Bradford. Enl. Aug. 27, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Groveland. NATHANIEL D. PIERCE. Corpl. Bootmaker. Age 35. Mar- ried. Georgetown. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service 17th Unattached Infantry 100 days and 1 year. Died in Salem. WILLIAM E. TAYLOR. Corpl. Bootmaker. Age 35. Married. Georgetown. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Georgetown. CHARLES W. RUNDLETT. Corpl. Machinist. Age 28. Mar- ried. Newbury. Enl. Aug. 28, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Byfield. GEORGE LUCY. Corpl. Shoemaker. Age 19. Single. Brad- ford. Enl. Aug. 19, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. CHANDLER L. PARKER. Musician. Cordwainer. Age 25. Single. Georgetown. Enl. Oct. 11, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Lynn. HAMILTON L. PERKINS. Musician. Farmer. Age 18. Single. Georgetown. Enl. Aug. 25, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service 17th Un- attached Infantry 100 days and 1 year. Resides in Haverhill. 386 Fiftieth Massachusetts Kegument— JOHN D. DINSMORE. Wagoner. Shoemaker. Age 32. Married. Georgetown. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. D 3d Cavalry. BAILEY, WILLIAM P. Private. Farmer. Age 20. Married. Newbury. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Absent sick when the regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service 17th Unattached Infantry 1 year. Re sides in Newbury, Mass. BALCH, JEREMIAH. Private. Shoemaker. Age 39. Married. Topsfield. Enl. Oct. 11, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 11, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. BLACKBURN, THOMAS 0. Private. Blacksmith. Age 30. Married. Georgetown. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Died at Baton Rouge , La., April 1, 1863. BOYNTON, GEORGE N. Private. Hostler. Age 18. Single. Georgetown. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Died at Baton Rouge, La., July 3, 1863. BROWN, GAYTON. Private. Shoe cutter. Age 20. Married. Georgetown. nl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service U.S. Signal Corps. CARTER, ELBRIDGE A. Private. Bootmaker. Age 21. Mar- ried. Georgetown. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. G 59th Regt. Resides in Natick. CARTER, GEORGE W. Private. Bootmaker. Age 23. Single. Georgetown. Enl. Sept. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. C Ist Battalion Cavalry. Resides in Carlisle, Mass. CARLTON, ORLANDO 8. Private. Shoemaker. Age 21. Single. Bradford. Enl. Aug. 19, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Bradford, Mass. CHADWICK, JOHN R. Private. Cordwainer. Age 38. Single. Boxford. Enl. Sept. 4, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 4, 1862. Ab- sent sick when regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Bradford. Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment 387 CHAFFIL, THOMAS J. Private. Farmer. Age 42. Married. Georgetown. Enl. Aug. 17, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Georgetown. CHANDLER, ISAAC H. Private. Age 18. Single. Salem. En]. Oct. 30, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 30, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. E 59th Regt. Killed at Petersburg in the 59th Mass. Regt. CLOUGH, GEORGE W. Private. Grocer. Age 21. Single. Bradford. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Died in New York, Nov. 22, 1862. COLBURN, JAMES S. Private. Stone mason. Age 37. Married. Georgetown. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Danvers. CROSBY, EDWARD T. Private. Clerk. Age18. Single. Brad- ford. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Died at sea en route home Aug. 2, 1863. CURRIER, GEORGE W. Private. Shoemaker. Age 21. Single. Georgetown. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862, Died at Mound City, I. DOLE, AMOS G. Private. Farmer. Age 21. Single. George- town. Enl. Aug. 16,1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Died at Baton Rouge, La., July 16, 1863. DRESSER, CHARLES C. Private. Shoemaker. Age 24. Single. Georgetown. Enl. Aug. 16,1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Died at Baton Rouge, La., June 9, 1863. FLOYD, LYMAN. Private. Bootmaker. Age 25. Married. Newbury. Enl. Aug. 15, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Died at Baton Rouge, La., May 29, 1863. GOODALE, SAMUEL D. Private. Age 18. Single. Boxford. Enl. Aug. 25, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service 14th Battery. Resides in Georgetown. GOODELL, CHARLES A. Private. Age 18. Single. Boxford. Enl. Oct. 16, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 16, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Washington, D.C. 388 Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment GOVE, HENRY G. Private. Farmer. Age18. Single. Box- ford. Enl. Aug. 17, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. GURLEY, WILLIAM A. E. Private. Stone mason. Age 44. Married. Boxford. Enl. Aug. 17, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 4, 1862. Died at Baton Rouge, La., May 22, 1863. HALE, MATTHEW. Private. Carpenter. Age 34. Married. Boxford. Enl. Oct. 8, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 17,1862. Died at Mound City, Ill., Aug. 20, 1863. HALL, DANIEL W. Private. Cordwainer. Age 24. Single. Georgetown. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Absent sick when the regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service U.S. Signal Corps. Resides in Georgetown. HANSON, JOHN A. Private. Tin worker. Age 28. Single. Bradford. Enl. Sept. 10, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. B 59th Regt. Died in Haverhill, December, 1904. HILLS, BENJAMIN. Private. Musician. Age23. Married. Georgetown. Enl. Oct. 8, 1862. Mustered in October 8, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service band of the 17th Regt. Dead. HILLS, HENRY C. Private. Blacksmith. Age 26. Married. Bradford. Enl. September, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Bradford. HODGE, NOAH C. Private. Farmer. Age 36. Married. Brad- ford. Enl. Aug. 28, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Died in Bradford, Mass., Sept. 3, 1863. HOWE, WILLARD P. Private. Farmer. Age 38. Single. Box- ford. Enl. Aug. 17, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. H 59th Regt. Died in Boxford. HOYT, TIMOTHY. Private. Shoe cutter. Age 38. Married. Georgetown. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Absent sick when the regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 183. Resides in Georgetown. Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment 389 HUNKINS, WILLIAM. Private. Shoemaker. Age 27. Married. Topsfield. Enl. Oct. 8, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 11, 1862. Died at Baton Rouge, La., June 7, 1863. JEWETT, MILTON F. Private. Bootmaker. Age 21. Single. Georgetown. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Died at Baton Rouge, La., April 9, 1863. JEWETT,SAMUEL §. Private. Bootmaker. Age 35. Married. Georgetown. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. JOHNSTON, HENRY. Private. Musician. Age 33. Married. Topsfield. Enl. Oct. 11, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 11, 1862. Appointed Principal Musician March 1, 1863. Subsequent ser- vice Co. E, 59th Regt. Dead. KIMBALL, GRANVILLE R. Private. Farmer. Age18. Single. Bradford. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Died at Mound City, Ill., August, 1863. KIMBALL, WARREN M. Private. Machinist. Age 20. Single. Bradford. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. G 61st Regt. Resides in Lynn. LIBBY, IRA. Private. Gardener. Age 29. Married. Bradford. Enl. Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1852. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Greenough, Nev. MERRILL, BENJAMIN A. Private. Shoemaker. Age 20. Single. Georgetown. Enl. Aug. 17, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. G 59th Regt. Died at Spottsylvania, Va., May 14, 1864. MERRILL, BYRON J. Private. Shoemaker. Age 33. Married. Georgetown. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. M 4th Heavy Artillery. Resides in Georgetown. MERRILL, COLMAN P. Private. Shoemaker. Age 23. Single. Georgetown. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Absent sick when the regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Rowley, June 19, 1878. 390 Fijtteth Massachusetts Regiment MERRILL, GEORGE W. Private. Shoemaker. Age 23. Mar- ried. Georgetown. Enl. Aug. 18,1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Georgetown. MERRILL, LEWIS A. Private. Physician. Age 45. Married. Georgetown. Enl. Aug. 29, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Absent sick when the regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Georgetown, Mass., Sept. 7, 1863. MERRILL, RICHMOND D. Private. Shoemaker. Age 26. Mar- ried. Georgetown. Enl. Aug. 16,1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Died at Baton Rouge, La., June 28, 1862. MORSE, EDWIN C. Private. Shoemaker. Age 37. Married. Bradford. Enl. Aug. 19, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. MORSE, GEORGE F. Private. Box manufacturer. Age 39. Married. Bradford. Enl. Aug. 23, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Bradford, 1904. MYERS, JOSEPH. Private. Shoemaker. Age 29. Married. Bradford. Enl. Aug. 19, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Discharged March 18, 1863, at New Orleans, for disability. Died in Bradford, Sept. 15, 1863. NEWHALL, WILLIAM H. Private. Shoemaker. Age 40. Mar- ried. Boxford. Enl. Oct. 4, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 4, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service 5th Battery. Died in Boxford. NILES, GEORGE. Private. Shoemaker. Age 27. Married. Georgetown. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died at Georgetown, May 26, 1870. PARKER, CHARLES 8. Private. Shoemaker. Age 21. Single. Groveland. Enl. Aug. 21, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in South Groveland. PARKER, GEORGE W. Private. Shoe cutter. Age 21. Single. Georgetown. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Bangor, Me. Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment 391 PARKER, RUFUS E. Private. Shoemaker. Age 22. Married. Groveland. Enl. Aug. 25, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in South Groveland. PARSONS, JOHN. Private. Peddler. Age 42. Married. Newbury. Enl. Sept. 10, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Died in Baton Rouge, La., May 12, 1863. PARSONS, JOHN H. Private. Farmer. Age 18. Married. New- bury. Enl. Sept. 10, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Absent sick when the regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Newbury, Oct. 22, 1864. PEABODY, CALVIN. Private. Farmer. Age 39. Married. Bradford. Enl. Sept. 11, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Absent sick when the regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Dead. PEABODY, CHARLES H. Private. Blacksmith. Age 39. Mar- ried. Bradford. Enl. Sept. 11, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Bradford, June, 1905. PEABODY, DANIEL A. Private. Farmer. Age 25. Single. Bradford. Enl. Sept. 11, 1862. Mustered in Sept 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Bradford. PERKINS, BYRON L. R. Private. Age 25. Single. George- town. Enl. Aug. 19,1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service in the 17th Unattached Infantry, 100 days and 1 year. PERKINS, CALVIN G. Private. Shoemaker. Age 29. Married. Bradford. Enl. Aug. 19, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Absent sick when the regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Bradford, Mass. PERLEY, ASA K. Private. Shoemaker. Age 25. Single. Box- ford. Enl. Sept. 17, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Died at Boxford, Mass., Aug. 16, 1863. PERLEY, THOMAS P. Private. Shoemaker. Age 23. Single. Boxford. Enl. Sept. 17, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Died at sea, en route home, Aug. 4, 1863. 392 Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment PERRY, JOHN. Private. Farmer. Age 38. Married. George- town. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Died at Lynn, Mass., Aug. 24, 1863. PICKETT, FRANK R. Private. Age 20. Single. Georgetown. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Died in Georgetown, Mass., Aug. 23, 1863. POOR, FREDERICK W. Private. Shoemaker. Age 30. Mar- ried. Bradford. Enl. Aug. 19, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Died in hospital at Mound City, Ml. POOR, HIRAM K. Private. Merchant. Age 25. Married. New- bury. Enl. Sept. 10, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service 17th Un- attached Infantry 1 year. POOR, JOHN 8. Private. Gardener. Age 21. Single. Bradford. Enl. Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Cedar Rapids, Neb. RAYMOND, SAMUEL H. Private. Shoemaker. Age 26. Mar- ried. Bradford. Enl. Sept. 10, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. SHERBURNE, WILLIAM H. Private. Shoe cutter. Age 41. Married. Georgetown. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 18, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died at George- town, Sept. 6, 1863. SHERMAN, CHARLES F. Private. Clerk. Age 27. Married. Chelsea. Enl. Oct. 22, 1862. Mustered in Oct. 22, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. B 59th Regt. SIDES, THOMAS A. Private. Shoemaker. Age 28. Married. Groveland. Enl. Aug. 21, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Absent sick when the regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in South Groveland. SIDES, WILLIAM O. Private. Laborer. Age 45. Married. Groveland. Enl. Aug. 25, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Died at Baton Rouge, La., April 5, 1863. Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment 393 SPOFFORD, AMOS. Private. Caterer. Age 40. Married. George- town. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Died at Baton Rouge, La., June 4, 1863. SPOFFORD, CHARLES A. Private. Shoemaker. Age 23. Single. Georgetown. Enl. Aug. 25, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Died in Georgetown, Mass., Aug. 21, 1863. SPOFFORD, GEORGE H. Private. Shoe cutter. Age 28. Mar- ried. Georgetown. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service 17th Unattached Infantry 100 days and 1 year. Resides at Campello, Mass. TENNEY, CHARLES E. Private. Cordwainer. Age 23. Single. Newbury. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Chicago. TENNEY, CHARLES W. Private. Age 18. Single. George- town. Enl. Aug. 28, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Absent sick when the regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Georgetown. TENNEY, JOHN G. Private. Age 18. Single. Newbury. Enl. Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. TENNEY, MOSES E. Private. Shoemaker. Age 23. Single. Georgetown. Enl. Aug. 16, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service Co. G 4th Cavalry. Died at Williamsburg, Va., Oct. 20, 1864. TYLER, CHARLES E. Private. Shoe cutter. Age 23. Single. Georgetown. Enl. Oct. 11, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Georgetown. WIGGINS, CYRUS R. Private. Shoemaker. Age 30. Married. South Groveland. Enl. Aug. 21, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Absent sick when the regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Groveland. WATSON, GEORGE E. Private. Shoemaker. Age 26. Married. Bradford. Enl. Aug. 29, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Died in Bradford, 1904. 394 Fijtieth Massachusetts Regiment WILDES, JAMES B. Private. Clerk. Age 22. Single. George- town. Enl. Oct. 11, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Mus- tered out Aug. 24, 1863. Subsequent service in the band of the 20th Regt. Resides in Boston, Mass. WILEY, FRANK A. Private. Shoemaker. Age 24. Married. Newbury. Enl. Aug. 28, 1862. Mustered in Sept. 19, 1862. Absent sick when the regiment was mustered out Aug. 24, 1863. Resides in Auburn, Me. OCCUPATIONS Shoemakers . 31 Merchant ak Farmers 13 Peddler 1 Bootmakers. ‘ . 10 Box manufacturer oak Shoe cutters 6 Physician 1 Cordwainers 4 Tin plate worker 1 Blacksmiths 3 Grocer : 1 Clerks 3 Hostler . ed Machinists 2 Engineer 1 Musicians. 2 Butcher : 1 Carpenters 2 Shoe manufacturer td Stone masons . 2 Shoe dresser ey Gardeners 2 Painter 1 Caterer 1 No occupation 8 Laborer ey iis 1 Married, 57; single, 45. Average age, 28 years and 3 months. OCCUPATIONS OF THE REGIMENT WHEN ENLISTED Shoemakers . 187 Cabinetmakers . 5 13 Clerks nae 76 Masons 12 Farmers : 71 Wire-drawers 9 Laborers a‘ 59 Moulders 8 Carpenters. . . . 45 Stonecutters 8 Seamen . 39 Shoe dressers aod 7 Shoe cutters. : é 31 Shoe stitchers . god Cordwainers . 80 Curriers. . . pk Bootmakers . 28 Hostlers Pa A Machinists oes 24 Bakers . 7 Painters : 21. Printers ke es iT Yeomen : : 18 Mariners ...... 7 Students .... 16 Tailors . 6 Teamsters 16 Operators 16) Butchers . ... . . 14° Druggists a) Blacksmiths. ... . 14 Spinners . 6 Fiftieth Massachusetts Regiment Joiners a Factory hands Coopers . Grocers Tanners Peddlers Merchants Tin plate workers Weavers Dentists Musicians . . Provision dealers . Artists as Wheelwrights Shoe manufacturers. . Barbers Planers . . Salesmen . . Upholsterers Ship joiners . Oil manufacturers Expressmen . Fish dealers . Brass moulders. Firemen Coachmen. .. . Stone masons Gardeners. . Engineers... . Watchmakers . Milkmen Finishers Razor-strap makers Dyers Chemist Hatter ope Last maker . . . Organ pipe maker Pump maker. . . . Quarryman . KKH KEP KEEP NYO NNNNNNNNNNNNYNYNNNNHNNWWWWWWWWPRKE EPR HPPOD Brickmaker Nailer Fisherman eth Ae Photographer . . . Civil engineer Policeman Hospital nurse Railroad man Iceman Physician Bookbinder Architect Florist ....... Box manufacturer Caterer Iron worker . . Umbrella maker Parasol maker Gas maker. Marble worker Bolter Driver Calker Coppersmith Hairdresser Tobacconist Miller Carriage trimmer Needle maker Gas fitter Morocco dresser . . . . Auctioneer Wharfinger Varnisher . Locksmith Roofer Bookkeeper Wool carder Harness maker Gas man No occupation Married, 436; single, 530; widowers, 2. Total, 968. age in the regiment, 26 years and 4 months. 395 a _ _ Average INDEX Assault on Port Hudson on June 14, 1863: Account of, by Comrade Howe of Company F 174 Account of, by Sergeant Nelson . . 175-177 Battle between White and Negro Troops batoxe Port Hudson . 148 Camp Life at Baton Rouges eo 8 57-65 Capture of Port Hudson: Communication of General Banks to General Grant on the Surrender ‘ 201 Correspondent of the New York Times on 211, 212 From the New Orleans Era on . : : 249 From the Port Hudson Freemen 212, 213 Rebel Narrative of 246 Terms of Surrender . 203 Unconditional Surrender. 200 Cards issued to Members of the Regiment in Philadelphia 241 Colonel Steedman’s Report of Operations at Port Hudson 147-149 Companies A, K and E embarked from New York for Baton Rouge on Jersey Blue, Dec. 10, 1862 12 Companies B, C, D, F and G embark on Niagara from New York . 15 Companies B, C, D, F, G and ‘H sail from Philadelshia on Jenny tied for New Orleans. . j 23 Companies B, D and F transferred to M. ontebello 35 Company I transported from New York on Steamer New Brunswick for Baton Rouge in Advance of other Companies 12 Comrade Eustis’s Account at Caernem Ss Cavalry Haid “ 99 Comrade Eustis’s Account of Voyage of Companies A, K and E from New York to Baton Rouge 43 Corporal Henry’s Account of Company H till it fenshell Philadelphia . : ; 15-18 Correspondence between Cena Banks and General Gardner relating to Surrender of Port Hudson 181, 201, 202 Correspondence of General Banks relating to Advance on Port Hudson, March14. .. . 72-75 Correspondence relating to Expedition to Winter’ s Plan- tation 90-93 Correspondence concerning Fall of Vicksburg . 201-207 398 Fiftieth Massachusetts Kegument C.S.A. Lieut. James Freret’s Account of Fall of Vicksburg 207 Death of Dr. French ‘ 98 Departure of Troops for the Teche Country 95 Diary of Corp]. Henry H. Johnson of Company F, 168, 169, 214, 215 Diary of Corpl. William H. Nash 35-53 Diary of Sergeant Nelson, 10-13, 43-53, 62-65, 87-89, 96, 97, 105-109, 137-141, 156-168, 189-200, 215-221, 223, 224 Diary of Gen. Halbert E. Paine . . . 144-146, 178 Extract from Boston Journal of Aug. 12, 1863, relating to 50th Regiment, upon its arrival Home 284-287 Extract from Journal of James Howe. . : 136, 137 Extracts of Correspondence between eneials Banks, Grant and Halleck 123-125 Extracts from Journal of Comrade Andrews of Company A 103-105 Extracts from Journal of Otis E. Sheldon of Company F 105-109 Expedition to Winter’s Plantation . 85 Experience of Company E at Port Huron as described by Comrade Eustis : 135, 136 Fall of Vicksburg announced. 199 Gen. Nathan A. M. Dudley, Military History ot 232-240 General Dudley’s Farewell Address to the Regiment 210 Grierson’s Cavalry, Arrival at Port Hudson from Ten- nessee of . 98 Headstones at Graves of Gonwadesa in the National Cem- etery at Baton Rouge. 241 Heavy Ordnance at Port Hudson, La., March 27, 1863 94 Journal of Company A 2 272-284 Letter of a Soldier upon Return Home front Hospital, offering Marriage . 288 Letters of Maj..Gen. N. P. Banks to Maj.-Gen. “EL W. Halleck. eS 182-185 Letters of Col. N. A. M. Dudley a1, 112-115, 126-128 Life at Camp Stanton, Boxford 4 Marcus A. Hanna of Company B, Extract from Pottlind Press relating to. S : 246 Masonic Pin, Story of . . 248 Notice concerning Company A in Salem Gazette 267 Organization of Confederate Troops commanded by Maj.-Gen. Frank Gardner 244 Organization of 19th Army Corps under General Banks 54 Organization of the Regiment . . . 1 Organization of Troops at Port Hudson, May 31, 1863 . 152-156 Plains’ Store, General Dudley’s ae of Battle at 126-128 President’s Call for Troops 5 2 Latietn Massacnuseits Regiment Private James Miller of Company B, Private Charles H. Warren of Company C, Corpl. Edward 8. Tubbs of Company G, and others of the regiment volun- teer to form Part of Storming Party for Assault on Port Hudson Regiment in New York City . Regiment mustered into Service of the Unieed Bieta Regiment mustered out at Wenham, Aug. 24, 1863, by Capt. J. K. Lawrence of the 11th U.S. Infantry . . Regiment started for Home, July 28, 1863, on board Steamer Omaha, were transferred to Moderator and Luther M. Kennett few Miles from Helena, Ark., thence by Boat and Rail, arriving at Boston, Aug. 11, 1863, and dismissed . ‘ Regiment volunteers to remain beyond their Term of Enlistment, and is thanked in Special Orders No. 158 by General Banks for so doing Regimental Reunions. Reports of Maj.-Gen. N. P. Daal commanding De- partment of the Gulf, of Operations, March 7-27, 1863... Roster of the Field, Staff and Tine Oligers in 1862 at Philadelphia . ‘ Roster of the Fiftieth Masadhuastes: Volanteans Field, Staff and Company Sergeant Nelson’s Account of Voyage of Gonipanies A, K and E on Jersey Blue from New York to Baton Rouge Soldiers’ Guide to Philadelphia . ‘ ’ Surrender of Port Hudson demanded Terrible Sickness in Rebel Garrison at Port Hudson 399 222-230 187 251-267 77-83 242 289-395 43-53 243 170 250 400 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, “During the latter part of January I obtained of Colo- nel Harrison permission for two other prison comrades to _ live with us at the hut. They were Williams, whom we called ‘Transport,’ and the carpenter of the United States ship Morning Light, who went by the name of ‘Chips.’ Their arrival rendered it necessary for us to enlarge our dwelling. Through the soft persuasiveness of Wentworth, the quartermaster was prevailed upon to grant us a small supply of timber and nails, and in a short time we built a small addition to the hut, in which we erected sleeping bunks for the accomodation of us all. “My acquaintance with the quartermaster’s clerk, young Finney, enabled me to obtain a much larger supply of rations than I was lawfully entitled to, and, as I was usu- ally allowed to attend to the weighing of them, I did not hesitate to take advantage of this privilege for the benefit of us all. By going a short distance into the woods we were sure to find a stray hog or pig wandering around, and our stock of pork was always well kept up. It being against orders to kill any of them, the undertaking was always attended with considerable difficulty, and we were obliged to hunt our game at night. As we never could get near enough to kill them by any other means than shooting, the report of our gun at midnight was frequently heard at camp, the officers invariably causing inquiries to be made concerning the reason of the untimely firing. To prevent discovery we concealed our game in a small cellar, dug under the floor of our hut annex, with the boards so arranged that they appeared nailed down to the uninitiated. Our cooking of this food was done when no prying eyes were upon us and the savory odor would not be likely to betray us. Besides this sort of fare, costing nothing, we had frequent opportunities of purchasing sweet potatoes, eggs and butter, with money obtained by the sale of our MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 401 tricks and watches when leaving Camp Groce. Our table was unrivalled by any of the ‘messes,’ either of the prisoners or the guard. The we plus ultra of cookery were the ‘corn-dodgers’ Wentworth made to perfection, and which were certainly worthy the skill of the finest French cook. Old ‘Pap’ Ramsey refused to indulge his appetite with this rich food, claiming that such delicacies would inevitably bring on gout or dyspepsia, and that his palate, accustomed to the coarse, homely fare of the back- woods, was unfitted for the luxurious compound which Wentworth made. Through the colonel’s orderly, George Cole, I was usually the recipient of some dainties from his table, after an entertainment had been given by that officer to visiting friends. “One day during February Wentworth obtained permis- sion of Colonel Harrison to visit Shreveport on one of the army wagons, which made daily trips to that place. His stay there, for a few hours only, was quite long enough for him to get disgusted with the appearance of the city, and especially with the fabulous price they charged him for his dinner ; a small piece of pork, with bread and butter, and a tiny cup of coffee cost him six dollars. “ A few days after Wentworth’s return ‘Transport’ made the same trip without obtaining the requisite permission. The day previous, while strolling in the woods, he met in a quiet nook a few Confederate teamsters with a supply of Louisiana rum, which they invited him to drink. The temptation was too strong for his feeble powers of resist- ance, and the potations were so deep and frequent that he was soon exalted to a state of complete recklessness. In this condition he remained with his jovial friends over night, accompanying them the next morning to Shreveport. On reaching the city he was so muddled for awhile he was unable to clearly comprehend the state of affairs, and 27 402 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, even in doubt as to his own identity, whether he was a Federal prisoner or a Confederate soldier. The following morning he was found at the entrance to a hospital, stand- ing guard for a soldier whom he had succeeded in making even drunker than himself. An hour or so later he found himself on board the ram Wedd (then lying in the river abreast of the city), in the presence of a recruiting officer, who endeavored to persuade him to join the vessel, by offering him tempting inducements in the shape of pay and bounty. ‘Transport,’ though very drunk, was not to be enticed by any proffers which they could make him to desert his flag. “Late that evening he returned in company with his convivial friends, reckless of consequences and unable to give a satisfactory account of his trip. That same night he was sent for, to explain his absence without leave, failing in which he was deprived of his liberty and placed under guard again. The next morning I met him in camp, and a more pitiful-looking object I could hardly have imagined; no wonder the poor fellow was disconsolate after his recent experience of partial freedom with us. He begged me to intercede with Colonel Harrison and obtain his release, swearing eternal gratitude if I would, and promising not to be overcome by such a temptation again. I found the colonel in good humor and had no difficulty in persuading him to grant ‘Transport’ a new lease of freedom ; only he proposed, he said, to hold me personally responsible for my comrade’s good behavior in the future. His demon- strations of joy, when I carried him the good news, were unbounded, but his promises of good behavior were short- lived, for the same day he again fell in with his festive friends, and during his spree so far forgot himself as to make a visit to the colonel, at his headquarters, to request the loan of a horse. The utter ridiculousness of such a MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS, 403 request, coupled with the jovial good nature with which he made it, so amused the colonel that he allowed him to return to the hut with a slight reprimand. A few days after this ‘Chips’ was remanded to the lines for drunken- ness and insulting an officer of the guard while in that ‘condition. “For several days during the latter part of March the prison camp was kept in a continuous state of excitement by a variety of conflicting rumors concerning the disposi- tion to be made of us, on account of the approach of our army up the Red River, under General Banks. An occa- sional report would reach us that we were to be sent at ‘once to our lines and transportation down the river was being prepared; but the gist of these rumors indicated a removal of all prisoners in this vicinity to Camp Ford, in Texas. We were on the alert for any news of a definite description ; our only fear was that we would be suddenly ordered into camp with the other prisoners. “While standing by the fire-place in the hut, early on the chilly morning of March 26th, I saw a squad of cavalry pass along the road in front, and a few of their number dismounted and entered, to warm themselves by the fire. I saw at once they were not Colonel Harrison’s men, and inquired where they were going so early in the morning. Not knowing I was a ‘ Yankee’ prisoner, they replied that they had come from Shreveport for the purpose of taking the ‘Yanks’ to Camp Ford, and said the ‘Yankee’ army was dooming along up the Red River and had already reached Natchitoches, and would soon reach Shreveport unless defeated. The prisoners were to start at nine o’clock, under orders to make forced marches until their destination was reached. I pretended to be much pleased at the idea of being relieved from guard duty, and gave utterance to a few other justifiable prevarications to con- 404 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, ceal my identity, fearing all the while a guard or summons. should come for us from the camp. “When they had gone I went to the bunk where Wentworth, who heard the conversation, was lying, and urged him to start immediately for the swamp in rear of Elliot’s Plantation. As he was undecided what to do, I started for the woods, meeting ‘Transport,’ who joined me, until a deep ravine near the swamps was reached. I left ‘Transport’ and started for the hut for my money L forgot to bring away. Meeting Mrs. Gupton, an acquaint- ance, she volunteered to procure my money while I awaited her return. She soon came back with it and the informa- tion that Wentworth was alone at the hut, still undecided what to do. I made my way to Elliot’s Plantation, and waking Elliot up, for it was yet early, I explained the situation of affairs and asked his advice. He told me to return to the ravine, secrete myself until I should hear from him, and that he would visit camp to obtain all the information he could. “Finding ‘Transport’ where I left him, we lay for hours expecting every moment to be. discovered or trailed by hounds, which we could hear yelping in the distance. Late in the afternoon Mr. Elliot sought us, bringing a substantial supply of food, the more welcome because we had eaten nothing since the day previous. He reported that on his way to camp he found the prisoners already drawn up in the road, near the hut, answering to roll- call. He was unable to state whether our names had been called, but thought they had been omitted or some one had responded for us. He found Wentworth inside the hut, seated upon a log, smoking, and apparently in deep thought. He advised him to strike for liberty at once, and Wentworth jumped out of the window in the rear, hurrying to a thicket that bordered a small stream MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS, 405 back of the hut. Shortly afterwards line was formed and the command given to start. We passed the night in a woody hollow between the trunks of two fallen trees, every now and then alarmed by a pack of hounds barking near by, who we feared were on our track, but we afterwards learned belonged to a neighboring planter, a Union man. “Early next morning Mr. Elliot sent a servant to us with breakfast, and shortly after appeared himself. We held a consultation as to the best mode of procedure, and concluded that the safest plan would be to remain con- cealed near or in the swamp-lands, until Banks’ army approached, which we then had no doubt would soon be in this vicinity. Mr. Elliot offered to supply us with food and to give us such information as he could obtain. The weather being now mild and pleasant, our open-air quar- ters were rather pleasant than otherwise.” The statement of Private Hersey ends here. The following account of wanderings and adventures in the attempt of Wentworth, Hersey and Williams to reach the Federal lines is compiled from Private Hersey’s diary, and verified by him: Hersey and Wilfams remained concealed in the swamp, at “Fort Hersey” (so named), until April 17th, their wants provided for by Mr. Elliot, when they found Wentworth, who had been kindly befriended by a Confederate soldier named Leeds, afterwards by a Mr. McGee, owner of a plantation. They knew of reénforcements for the Con- federates arriving from Texas and Arkansas, and saw a portion of General Price’s Arkansas men marching along a road crossing the margin of the swamp, on their way towards Mansfield. They heard heavy firing in that direction April 8th, and the next day were informed by Mr. Elliot of the total defeat of the Federal troops at Sabine Cross-Roads and their retreat to Alexandria. 406 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, At McGee’s Plantation a conference was held by Hersey, Wentworth, Williams and several Unionists, Mr. Elliot, Mr. Dickinson, Mr. Bell, and Mr. McGee, when it was decided the safest course was for them to make their way down the country by following the river until Alexandria was reached, and watch for an opportunity to cross into. the Federal lines. This meeting was held April 17th, and the ‘ramp was commenced April 2oth (declining to allow a deserter from the Confederate army to join them), by Wentworth, Hersey ,and Williams, who crossed the Red River to the north bank at Bell’s Plantation, to follow the plan decided upon, viz., to cross the river, follow its course down, keeping in the swamps and woods as much as possi- ble, claim to belong to Harrison’s regiment if questioned or suspected, and that they were on their way to rejoin from the hospital at Shreveport. Harrison’s regiment was then on the north bank operating against the Federal navy, under Admiral Porter. They felt confident their clothing would not betray them, as it was entirely of homespun material. The first day, while being entertained by Union people, Monsieur Lattier and his two granddaughters, Mrs. Scopenie and Miss Sophia Hall, they eScaped capture by three cavalry-men, who rode up to the house, by hiding in. one of the rooms until they had departed. The ladies. thought it was a very romantic episode, but the prisoners. did not. Travelling sometimes all night, or all day, or partly by day and night, in the swamps, with their course: lying in a south-easterly direction, they were guided by the North Star when the nights were clear, occasionally losing the way when the sky was clouded. Food was. obtained by going to houses and asking for it; water, by filling their canteens at rain-water cisterns; and sleep, in deserted cabins, corn cribs, or under trees. They were always enabled to trace the windings of the MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 407 Red River by tall trees that grew along its banks and marked its course. Most of the planters’ residences were situated near the river road, facing the river; the planta- tions extending back to the swamp-lands or forests. The land in this region was as level as a prairie, and the soil of the farms a rich, black earth, with scarcely the smallest pebble to be found upon it. They crossed Loggy Bayou on the twenty-second, went through Springville Village at night on the twenty-fourth, reaching the pine woods on the twenty-fifth, where it was almost impossible to conceal themselves from the eyes of anybody they chanced to meet, on account of the absence of undergrowth or shrubbery. In passing through the town of Compti, on the twenty- sixth, recently burned by the Federals, Hersey says: “‘We stopped in a ravine on the edge of the town until after midnight, and then quietly and cautiously went forward. The few houses remaining look deserted, and the whole scene, aS we viewed it in the darkness of the night, was the picture of desolation. The silence of death reigned over the place, except now and then when an owl would hoot in the woods that fringed the suburbs. We had just reached a bridge crossing a little stream in the centre of the town when we were terribly alarmed by the sudden sound of horses hoofs on the road behind us. On looking back we saw through the darkness a number of horses galloping towards the bridge at a terrific rate, so rapidly as to give us no chance to escape them. ‘The scare was of short duration, for when they rushed by we saw that they were riderless, and probably had taken us for their masters. The shock produced a sense of timidity upon us we could not shake off with all the assumption of gayety and laughter that we outwardly manifested, and we felt greatly relieved when we reached the woods and left the desolate town far behind us.” 408 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, They frequently saw officers and men, but managed to evade them, until on the night of April 27th they reached a bayou and were dismayed to find a soldier on guard at the only fording place they could discover. Hersey says: “This was the worst obstacle we had yet encountered, and we were at loss to find a way to overcome it. The banks of the stream were high and steep. We crept onward to get a better view of the situation, and could plainly see the sentry by the light of his bivouac fire. He was sitting or reclining upon an old log with the light shining upon his face, his gun across his shoulder. We soon saw he was fast asleep, and decided to cross while he was wrapt in slumber. The distance from bank to bank was short, but the fording place was narrow and almost barred by the form of the guard. The undertaking was venturesome, but there was no other way out of the diffi- culty, so we determined to run the gauntlet. Arranging to go one at a time, Wentworth started first, passed the sentry safely, climbing the opposite bank. As I drew near I felt a. strange fascination which almost deprived me of action, and when I reached him was compelled to stop and gaze into his face before the spell was dissolved. Williams, who came last, was also successful, but we could not resist our suppressed laughter at the comical figure he cut in his endeavors to deaden the sound of his footsteps. With a sense of relief we made haste to gain the woods, and travelled on until morning.” On the twenty-ninth of April, when within thirty miles of Alexandria, they accidently stopped at the house of a Jayhawker (a name given to those secret bands of Southern Unionists who resisted by force the conscription acts and were the deadliest foes of the guerrillas), who provided them with food and excused himself from giving breakfast to a Confederate lieutenant of cavalry and three privates, MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 409 who rode up while the three escaped prisoners were talk- ing with their host upon the door-porch. By advice of this Jayhawker they endeavored to find a Madam Nowlan, who lived near the river, and who, he said, would find a way to assist them across the river into the Federal lines. The next day, April 30th, while proceeding in the direc- tion given them how to find Madam Nowlan’s Plantation, they encountered an army wagon and learned from a soldier that Harrison’s cavalry was not far away, stationed on that side of the river. This fact decided them to represent Texans, knowing they were on the south side, and they were well acquainted with the history of many ‘Texas regiments. About noon they called at a house to procure a dinner, introducing themselves as Texas soldiers attached to Captain Clipper’s company, of Elmore’s regi- ment, on their way from Shreveport hospitals to rejoin their company. While awaiting dinner, conversation was carried on with the host, under some shady trees, about army matters, until Williams asked the nearest way to reach Madam Nowlan, when a red-headed man came from the house and demanded in a rough tone: “What do you ‘know about Madam Nowlan?” The question was so abruptly asked, Wentworth and Hersey were disconcerted fora moment. They were subjected to a series of ques- tions and cross questions, which were answered as best they could; Hersey’s information, gathered while visiting Colonel Harrison’s headquarters, about the Confederate troops in Louisiana and reénforcements expected from ‘Texas and Arkansas coming in very opportune. The red-headed man was a “courier,” named Harris, attached to the “courier line” carrying despatches between army headquarters and Shreveport, on the north bank of Red River. He suspected the three prisoners were spies, and was not to be duped. Disappearing for a short time, 410 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, he returned followed by three soldiers, who apparently dropped in one at a time, as if by chance. Courier Harris laid his plans well. Offering no opposition to- their departure, they started for the river road, when he followed them and began conversation, intimating a desire on his part to desert. They were not to be caught by this. trick and resented such proposals, when he rode away,. after directing them how to reach the river crossing. Feel- ing that the end was near, they kept on until a deserted: log house built upon piles, beneath which was a little: grass plot, tempted them to rest under its cool shelter. While resting a pack of hounds surrounded them, soon followed by a cavalry squad, headed by Harris, who. levelled their guns and ordered a surrender. The prisoners were taken to the house of Mr. Swafford, said: to be the headquarters of the courier line, and there kept until their case was reported to Brigadier-General Liddel,. commanding Confederate forces. On Monday, May 2d, Captain Micot, chief of the courier: line, arrived to take them to General Liddel, whose camp was about twenty-five milés distant, opposite Alexandria. Captain Micot was sociable and friendly, expressing his sympathy and promising to do what he could for them. He did so, returning from an interview with his general exclaiming: ‘‘ Well, boys, I’ve got good tidings for you,” handing them a piece of paper, torn from the blank leaf of a printed book, upon which the following lines were: written in pencil: “Guards and pickets will pass Samuel R. Hersey, David! L. Wentworth and Charles Williams outside the Con- federate lines. “BRIGADIER-GENERAL LIDDEL, “ Per » A. A. A. GL” MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 4IL A verbal provision was attached to the pass, that they must not attempt to reach the Federal lines on Red River, but return by way of Harrisonburg, thence to the Federal forces on the Mississippi River. This pass, Cap- tain Micot informed them, would be respected by all regular Confederate soldiers, but probably not by the guerrillas, as they were not subject to the discipline of the army. Thus was Williams’ oft-repeated prediction, “Our journey is only a round-about road to Texas again, it would be better for us if we had gone with the crowd,’ not likely to be realized. The three prisoners returned to Swafford’s house, accompanied by Captain Micot and a private named Meecum. Meecum, who found an opportunity to unbosom himself, advised them to call upon his father, a Baptist clergyman and member of a league of Jayhawkers, resid- ing about seventeen miles from Swafford’s, directly on their way, who would mark out a course to pursue that would be of assistance. He had a brother serving in the Federal army, and his sympathies were with the Union cause ; his service was compulsory with the Confederates. Wednesday, May 4th, Wentworth, Hersey and Williams. again commenced a tramp of one hundred and seventy- five miles, after an adieu to their Confederate friends who. had treated them very kindly; since their recapture it appeared to them as though they were friends upon a visit, so considerate had been the treatment they received from everybody with whom they came in contact. Mr. Swafford presented Wentworth with a blood-hound “ pup” of fine breed, as a remembrancer of him, and also as a reward for those songs Wentworth sang at his house and the marvel- lous yarns he told, the like of which they never heard before and will probably never listen to again. They were hospitably entertained that night by Rev. 412 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, Mr. Meecum, the next night by Mr. Paul, twenty miles beyond, and then travelled onward carefully in order to avoid guerrillas, especially a band known as “ dog” Smith’s {a name given them on account of their use of blood- hounds in hunting victims), until May 8th, stopping each night with some friendly Unionist, to whom they were ‘directed by the preceding host. It was on Sunday, May 8th, after remaining over night with a Mr. “Jack”? Wharton, as he was called, they walked into a guerrilla camp, situated in the dense woods near ‘Tensas River. The “pass” did not satisfy the motley crowd of ill-clad, villainous-looking men, who heaped the vilest epithets upon them, and several men threatened to shoot them down but were held back by their comrades. The guerrilla chief, Captain Smith, was absent, and the prisoners were taken before a Lieutenant Eddington, a young man about twenty-five years old, tall and well shaped, with features indicative of refinement and intelli- gence, whose parents lived in Missouri. The prisoners told their story and plead for their lives. After talking the matter over, Eddington was satisfied the “ pass” was ‘genuine, and told them-the only thing he could do was to pass them out of his tent by the rear, while his men were ordered away, and advised them to “run for it” to the river bank, where they would find a regular company of ‘Confederate cavalry, commanded by a Captain Gillespie. His men, so he said, were much exasperated over the loss. of some of their comrades, captured in a recent skirmish with colored troops, and who had been shot. A Colonel Jones, an officer in the Confederate service, -wounded at Shiloh, owner of some four thousand acres of cleared land along the Tensas River and vicinity, invited them to his house and provided supper and sleeping apart- ‘ments. Colonel Jones knew they were paroled Federal MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS, 413 prisoners on the way to Natchez, and the reason of his hospitality was unfolded when he called Hersey aside and requested him to inform General Tuttle at Natchez, with the utmost secresy, ¢hat three hundred bales of cotton were on the way down Black River, coming from Colonel Jones. The three men started shortly after sunrise, on Monday, May gth, for Natchez, expecting to walk the distance that day. The danger of again encountering guerrilla bands was all they had to fear. By nightfall they were within hearing of the evening guns from the forts around Vidalia. While walking rapidly along the road three United States colored cavalry-men, in a menacing manner, ordered them to halt, and demanded to know who they were. No explanation would be believed by these wide-awake sol- diers, who marched the prisoners into town to the provost- marshal’s office, where the mistake was rectified, and they received good treatment at the only hotel in the place. At Natchez, the following morning, their appearance in such ridiculous clothes as they wore created considerable commotion in the streets. Whenever they stopped a crowd of curious people gathered around, enabling Wentworth, with his fertile genius for story telling, to relate in a most thrilling manner the story of their escape, embellished with a few deeds of bloodshed and heroic action. A Mr. Marsh, in charge of the New England Aid Society store, offered to clothe them, but the offer was declined, as the Quartermaster Department provided for them. From Natchez the three escaped men were sent to Vicksburg, and from there got transportation to Wash- ington, by way of Cairo. Williams parted company with Wentworth and Hersey at Cairo, not desirous to go on to Washington, and remained to seek employment upon the transport-steamers on the river; Wentworth and Hersey proceeded to Washington, obtained their pay without 414 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, ‘trouble, and reached Boston, home again, June rst, 1864, thaving passed over sixteen months of their lives as pris- oners of war. Charles Williams, “Transport,” was last heard from May 24th, 1864, when he was furnished transportation from Chicago to Utica, New York, by a United States quartermaster, as Williams claimed to be a private of Company D, Forty-Second Regiment, Massachusetts Vol- unteers, on sick leave, granted by Brigadier- General ‘Tuttle. MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS, 415 CHAPTER XVIII. ‘OFFICERS IN CONFEDERATE Prisons — Houston — STATE Prison — Camp Groc—E—Camp Forp — En- Route Home— Art Home. OON after the enlisted men (Galveston prisoners of war) were paroled and left for the Federal lines, the officers retained at Houston were joined (January 2sth) ‘by one hundred and nine prisoners taken at Sabine Pass, officers and crews of the U. S. sailing vessels Morning Light and Velocity. Among them were Acting Masters Dillingham, Fowler and Washburn, Masters-Mates Chambers and Rice, Acting Assistant-Surgeon J. W. Shrify, and Captain Hammond of the Velocity. These two successful ventures (Galveston and Sabine Pass) elated the Texans, giving them a confidence in their prowess that expressed itself in constant jubilations. “We Texans are whales,” remarked by one of them to a pris- ‘oner, was but an index of opinions they all entertained. The officers were allowed liberty of the city, on their parole-of-honor, for about a week or ten days after reaching Houston, when this privilege was withdrawn, and they were kept in close confinement. This freedom was not improved further than to purchase supplies. Union men had secretly cautioned them not to go out in the then excited state of feeling among the people, who thought hanging was good enough for Federal officers. A watch was upon every one who evinced a desire to show the Federals any attention. One man, who gave them a stove, ' 416 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, was thrown into confinement. Another man, a storekeeper, had Colonel Burrell dine with him at home, but did not dare to visit the officers in their quarters. In conversa- tion with the provost-marshal on this state of feeling, that official said they were safe from any trouble while under guard, for the army did not wish any harm to come to them, because there was no telling when they would find themselves in the same predicament; still the prisoners were chary of trust in either army or people, and at night barricaded their prison-apartment door with what chairs they had; each man armed himself with a stick of wood for defence, if an occasion arose. There were men in Houston who secretly passed into the officers’ hands a sufficient amount of Confederate bills to supply their needful wants. Prominent in this good work was a Mr. H. W. Benchley, who was lieutenant-governor of Massachusetts in 1855. The money thus obtained was of the greatest benefit at the time, enabling many neces- saries to be procured. The names of all these men are not known. Many were former citizens of Massachusetts, whose hearts were not alienated from the old Bay State. There was a slumbering affection for the United States Government, kept in abeyance from fear of the Confeder- ate authorities, who, it has been proved beyond a question, were wont to treat with severity every man suspected of sympathy with the Federal Government. The prisoners’ quarters would have been tolerable com- fortable had any decent arrangements been made to take care of excrements, made by Confederate soldiers and Fed- eral prisoners. The lower stories were occupied by troops, the upper story by prisoners, who had to stand all bad odor that ascended from below. Rations issued, while not what the prisoners would like, nor, in fact, such as Northern people would consider fit to eat, were quite as good as the MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 417 authorities issued to their own troops, accustomed to that kind of food. To become accustomed to “corn-meal coffee ” and coarse “corn-dodger”’ was hard work. Food was issued to last ten days at a time, and had to do so. Each man was expected to fare no better than his fellows. No trouble occurred until Stone and Dillingham helped themselves one day, out of meal hours, to ginger-bread laid aside. Some personal feeling was engendered when they were remonstrated with, and the Confederate provost- marshal issued an order that made Colonel Burrell com- mander of the Federal prisoners. An effort was made to draw up a code of regulations all would agree to be governed by, but no committee could be found to do this duty. Colonel Burrell was obliged to exercise a supervi- sion over all matters material to their welfare until he left Houston. L£innui of confinement, in January, February and March, was somewhat abated by singing, card playing, drills in sword exercise, with sticks of wood for weapons, and gym- nastic exercises. On and after February 12th they were allowed two hours a day, under guard, to stroll around the city and outskirts, generally to cross Buffalo Bayou and play ball upon the prairie land, free of annoyance from citizens. This privilege was granted on a medical certifi- cate from Surgeon Cummings, stating such liberty was. absolutely necessary, and consent obtained of General Magruder, through Surgeon Peples, medical director of the Department, with whom Cummings was on intimate terms. The Houston Telegraph was eagerly read every morning, and each item relating to exchange of prisoners or their parole was sought for and noted. They could get little satisfactory information from its columns concerning the situation of military affairs; according to its ‘* pony express 28 418 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, news,” victories were always with the Southern arms, and such victories! Bombastes Furioso could not have done better than did the publisher of this newspaper. Among the frequent visitors was Major Shannon, C. S. A., who did his best to make everything pleasant, also a Captain Chubb, formerly from Charlestown, Mass., then a resident of Texas. Chubb was captured early in the war by Federals, and confined in Fort Lafayette for over a year. He was much given to boasting, and could utter more oaths in one sentence than any man the prisoners ever heard. Notwithstanding his boasts, bluster, and intense fire-eating proclivities, he was always found to be pleasant, agreeable company, kind and generous at heart, ever ready to do the prisoners a favor. He did contribute money to the officers’ fund in a quiet way. Other visitors were a Mr. Whitcomb, formerly of Roxbury, Mass., and a Mr. Stearns, of Waltham, Mass., then an engineer on the Galveston and Houston Railroad. Acting-Master Munroe, wounded upon the Harréet Lane, died January 30th, and was buried next day, the funeral being attended by all of the naval officers present. Cor- poral McIntosh, Company D, died February roth, in hospital, at six P.M., and was buried next day in the after- noon. The officers made a neat head-board to mark his grave. March 26th Private O’Shaughnessy, Company D, made his first appearance, on crutches, since losing his leg at Galveston. April 6th Private Josselyn, Company D, wounded at Galveston, was discharged’ from hospital. On the twenty-ninth of April an order came from Gen- eral Magruder to send all commissioned officers to the State Penitentiary at Huntsville, there to be kept in close confinement until further orders. This order, so it was ' stated, came from Richmond, and was to place in confine- ment all captured officers that were in General Butler’s MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 419 army, and was said to be in retaliation for a similar act of the Federal authorities. None of the officers came from Butler’s army; General Banks had superseded him, and the 42d Mass. was acting under Banks’ orders. Without any regular order from General Banks in his possession, Colonel Burrell was unable to make the authorities under- stand this fact, or more likely they chose not to understand it. All colored men in the captured crews of the Harriet Lane and Morning Light had previously been sent to this prison, to do convict duty. An intimation of some pro- ceeding like this was given on the nineteenth. Under escort of a cavalry detachment the officers pro- ceeded to the Texas Central Railroad depot to take a special freight car, at nine o’clock a.m. Dinner was eaten at Cypress City, twenty-five miles from Houston, and at half-past four p.m. they reached Navasota, where quarters were provided for nineteen officers in one room eighteen feet square, at the Morning Star Hotel. Supper and breakfast cost them two dollars each. After breakfast next morning, and a friendly shake of the hand by Gen- eral Sam. Houston, who promised to call at their new quarters and see them, at quarter-past six o’clock they took four wagons, with mule teams, provided to make the journey to their destination, forty-five miles distant, and arrived at the prison about noon May rst, where the information was imparted that they were to be confined in separate cells. A protest was drawn up, signed by all, and Surgeon Cummings, with Frank Veazie, non-com- batants, returned with the same to Houston. This was not a May-day festival for the prisoners. In this old-fashioned prison, with none of the conven- iences now in use, convicts were employed at the shop in manufacturing cotton cloth for the Confederate Govern- ment, a Mr. Chandler, from Massachusetts, acting as super- 420 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, intendent of the factory. Life was enjoyed somewhat after this routine: after the convicts had gone to work, the officers were released from their cells and allowed to do as they pleased in the yard until. dinner hour, when they returned to their cells, to be released again after the con- victs had eaten their dinner and returned to work. This rule was in force for nine days only, when Colonel Carruthers obtained a supply of lumber, had cots made in a room in the upper story of the prison building facing the street, and this room, on and after May gth, was occupied by all of the officers for a sleeping apartment. Regular prison fare was provided on the first day, when Colonel Carruthers, in charge of the prison, a humane man, informed his military prisoners he would shoulder the responsibility and give them meals at his own table, although without authority to do so. After this no complaint could be made on that score. Confined a few nights in small, hot cells, afterwards in the large room, was the extent of their inconvenience until released from prison June 27th, nearly two months from the day they entered prison walls. Gen- eral Houston, Mrs. Houston, their two daughters and son, Andrew Jackson Houston, frequently visited the officers and entertained them so far as lay in their power. Old Sam, seventy years old, straight as an arrow, was a very interesting entertainer, with enlivening conversation of his experience in the United States Senate. The officers subjected to the indignity of a prison confinement by the Confederate officials were: Colonel Burrell, Captains Sherive, Proctor and Savage, Lieutenants Cowdin, White, Eddy, Newcomb, Bartlett and Stowell, 42d Mass. Vols.; Masters Hamilton and Hannum, Engi- neers Plunkett and Stone, of the Harriet Lane; Mas- ters Dillingham, Fowler and Washburn, Masters-Mates Chambers and Rice, Purser’s Clerk Van Wycke, of the MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 421 Morning Light; Captain Hammond, of the Velocity. The three last-named were not brought to prison until May rath. Engineers Plunkett and Stone were taken to court, held in Houston June roth, to testify in the case of a man who was on trial for repairing the boilers of the Harriet Lane while she lay in front of Galveston. Plunkett refused to testify and was placed in jail for contempt of court, but soon after released. After Magruder sent these officers to Huntsville prison, with orders to have them treated as prisoners of war in confinement and not as felons, a controversy arose between the State and military authorities over the right of the latter to send prisoners of war to the penitentiary. The result was their transfer to a new camp established for war prisoners at Hempstead, called Camp Groce. Leaving behind Colonel Burrell, sick with rheumatism, under care of Captain Sherive, the other officers left Huntsville June 27th for Camp Groce, under escort of a cavalry guard commanded by Captain Cundiff. Trans- portation back ‘to Navasota was in wagons, with three extra wagons, hired at ten dollars a day from each man, to carry their baggage. Twelve miles were made on the first day, and sleeping accommodations found at night in an old school-house, having dinner and supper from rations provided by kind Mrs. Carruthers. Twenty-one miles were travelled the second day, at night bivouacking under trees in a splendid moonlight, and Navasota was reached on the twenty-ninth, about noon. There they remained until the thirtieth, when cars were taken for Camp Groce, which place was reached at eleven o’clock in the forenoon. Until removed to Camp Groce the few enlisted men 42d Mass., left behind at Houston, were quartered in a large warehouse used for storage of general merchandise, in company with sailors composing the Morning Light 422 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, crew. These sailors were a motley crowd, comprising men from nearly every nation: Irish, English, Dutch, Spanish, Greek, Italian, and two South Sea Islanders. They did not mind captivity, apparently thought of noth- ing beyond amusement. Occasionally they got put in irons for some misdemeanor or violation of rules, but no sooner were the irons riveted upon their ankles than off they were filed by comrades, to be again put on when an officer of the day came around to call the roll. One night three of these rollicking sailors broke away from the build- ing and went on a spree, with some of Captain Clipper’s men. While on a raid through the city, mounted on horses, they all rode into a bar-room and were captured by the provost-guard, brought back to quarters, and placed in irons that had no terrors for them. Several prisoners recently captured in Louisiana were brought in June rst, and three more June gth, taken at Franklin, La. One of these new prisoners, Hugh Dolan, became a great favorite with the sailors immediately on arrival on account of his wonderful vocal abilities, so they thought, and light-hearted manner. . One of his favorite songs was “ Bowld Jack Donahoe,” and whenever he sang this song his nautical audience would listen with the most profound attention. What the “boys” considered an affliction was the re- moval of their kind-hearted and friendly “old guard,” Captain Clipper’s company, ordered to Galveston June gth. Another company, commanded by Captain Buster, had for some time assisted Captain Clipper in guarding the prisoners, and remained to do that duty. The men of this company were not liked very much by any of their charge; none of that cordial feeling existed as had been the case with the “old guard.” They were a despicable set of fellows. Captain Buster, a mild, pleasant man, MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS, . 423 lacked energy and was too indolent to pay much atten- tion to the discipline of his men. His first-lieutenant, Morgan, was a bombastic and disagreeable man, who paid little attention to his prisoners. This guard remained on duty until September 18th, when militia relieved them. Floating rumors in regard to removal up country were verified on the thirteenth of June, when all prisoners in Houston were taken by railroad to Camp Groce, enjoying an all-day ride upon platform freight cars, without shelter from a hot sun. Their new home was a long, narrow frame barrack, leaky in rainy weather, divided into three compartments, situated about three hundred yards from the railroad, in the centre of a dry, sandy clearing, with a few trees left for shade. This clearing was surrounded by a belt of woods on all sides but one, and near by was a sluggish body of swamp water bordered by cypress trees. The place was supplied with bad water from two deep wells. Another row of barracks, occupied by the guard, ran almost parallel to those occupied by prisoners, at about two hundred yards distance. A few frame build- ings between these barracks and the railroad served as quarters for Confederate officers. The location of Camp Groce was decidedly unhealthy, and had been abandoned by Confederate troops as a camp of instruction for this reason. Arrangement of sinks was bad, not at all conducive to health. Sickness prevailed to such an extent there were not enough men able to watch and properly attend their sick companions. When a person stops to think of what has to be done in cases where patients are too weak to move themselves, with primitive utensils at hand to perform necessary acts, it is a wonder how prisoners in this hospital camp managed to exist. Each sick man remained with his mess for care and attention. Hospital accommodations were not pro- 424 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, vided, except what was in the town reserved for exclusive use of Confederates. All through August, September, October and part of November, the dull monotony of prison life wore on unattended by any hopeful news or enlivening sensations. Communications were forwarded to General Banks, the Secretary of War, and General Meredith, Federal Com- missioner for the exchange of prisoners, on the subject of being paroled or exchanged. None of the prisoners then understood why the Federal Government did not do some- thing in their behalf. They were informed by Colonel Sayles, who formerly commanded at Camp Groce, that repeated efforts had been made by the Confederate authori- ties to induce the Federal Government to exchange them,. but the Federal authorities repeatedly refused to listen to any propositions towards that end, also stating that the Confederates were as anxious to get rid of their prisoners as they were to go, and placed the responsibility for their continued captivity on the Federal Government. This misstatement of facts naturally caused some animosity of feeling among the prisoners towards their own Govern- ment, losing strength each day, with sickness and death constantly staring them in the face. They were not aware of the obstruction existing to interrupt an exchange of prisoners; that the Government was fighting with the enemy for a principle, the placing of negro soldiers on a par with white troops, entitled to the common usages of war when taken prisoners. On the eighteenth of October a strict search was made through the barracks, for what purpose the prisoners were not informed, but surmised it was to ascertain if any parties in the State, Houston in particular, had compro- mised themselves by writing them. News of the arrest of Union men, especially in Houston, was often heard. , In ~N MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS, 425 this search all money was taken away under a promise of return, and a receipt given. Writings, diaries and letters were seized, never to be seen again. A stockade was built in October completely encircling the camp, made so high escape by climbing would be impossible, and the prisoners became down-hearted at this indication of a possible lengthy stay, when, on the six- teenth of November, after most of the men had retired for the night, Colonel Burrell entered the barracks with news that all were to be paroled as soon as the papers could be made out. Wild excitement prevailed on the announce- ment of these joyous tidings, and the night was passed without sleep, amid cheers, yells, and frantic demonstra- tions of delight. All hands commenced to get ready, by disposing of “traps” they could spare to purchasers easily found among the guard and citizens. Parole papers were signed by the enlisted men November 2oth, and the march for three hundred miles to Shreveport, La., commenced Decem- ber gth. On December 11th the officers were removed to Camp Ford, Tyler, Smith County, Texas, well understand- ing they must keep up courage until the new year came in, and manage in some way to get through approaching winter, ill-prepared as they were to stand cold weather, from having disposed of many necessary articles of cloth- ing to obtain money to purchase food while on their way to the Federal lines, when they expected to go with the enlisted men. The following record of sundry events at Camp Groce was culled from several diaries: “July 4th—Celebrated in the best manner possible under the circumstances, and was dull enough. The day was not recognized by the Confederates. July r1th—A battalion of conscripts arrived in camp; most of them 426 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, Germans and Mexicans. July 30th — Barracks look like a hospital. Six officers sick abed, and out of one hundred men sixty are in the same condition. Not a man is in good health; all are ailing, though those not in bed have to keep up and about to attend the others. Impossible to procure suitable medicines even with money collected among the prisoners to obtain medical supplies; none furnished by the authorities. August 1st— Colonel Nott, Lieutenant-Colonel Duganne and Lieutenant Sherman, 176th N. Y.; Captain Van Tyne, 131st N. Y.; Lieutenants. Bassett and Wilson, 48th Mass.; Lieutenant Humble, 4th Mass.; and seven civilians, captured at Brashear City and on the La-Fourche, arrived in camp. After these arrivals Sunday services were held, Colonels Nott or Duganne officiating. August 6th—Colonel Burrell and Captain Sherive arrived from Huntsville State Prison. September 14th — Two hundred and twenty prisoners arrived in camp, taken at Sabine Pass on the tenth instant. The wounded arrived September 3oth. Particulars of this engagement, furnished by the captives, caused everybody to feel sorrowful and chagrined. September 26th —A sailor was fired on while playing ball, because he went too near the picket line; he was not hit. October 5th — Twenty officers attached to the U.S. gunboats Cifton and Sachem arrived in camp from Sabine Pass-and were confined in separate quarters, not allowed to hold any conversation or communication with other prisoners for some time. October 27th— Four prisoners arrived, cap- tured in Louisiana. A total of four officers and eighteen men died at Camp Groce; ten or twelve were sailors. Ship Carpenter Morris, of the Harriet Lane, sixty years old, died July 19th. Lieu- tenant Ramsey, 175th N. Y., died October 11th; he was sick with consumption, but dysentery was the immediate MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS, 427 cause of death. Lieutenant Hayes, 175th N. Y., was found dead in his bunk October 16th. The following officers and men of the 42d died at Camp Groce, viz.: August 1st— Private Dennis Dailey, Company D. He was a great favorite with sailors of the Morning Light, with whom he generally associated. August 22d — Lieutenant Bartlett, Company I, at one o’clock a.m., of dysentery, after a short illness. September 3d — Private E. F. Josselyn, Company D, in the afternoon, of dysentery, after a long illness. September gth — Surgeon Cummings, in the afternoon. He was in failing health for a month, and was unconscious for some days previous to his death. The burial took place next day with Masonic rites, attended by Federal and Confederate Freemasons: Lieutenant-Colonel Duganne conducted the ceremonies. Private Parker, Company G, was left sick in Hempstead Hospital. He died December r4th, 1863. The guard over the officers who marched from Camp Groce to Camp Ford was commanded by Captain Davis, who marched them sixteen to seventeen miles a day over the sandy and hilly roads. The march usually commenced at seven a.M. and ended for the day between two and three o’clock p.m. The weather was pleasant and cool nearly every day, but cold at night. They got caught in two rain-storms, and wet through. The officers arrived at Camp Ford about two o’clock P.m., December 22d, after a twelve days’ tramp. At Camp Ford the prisoners already there, mostly Western men, had built log cabins and were quite com- fortable under the circumstances. The so-called 42d mansion was built in a few days, with help and aid from two officers of the 19th Iowa who understood the way to 428 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, construct log cabins. Within this cabin, before a roaring log fire, while rain, snow and hail reigned without, were passed the closing days of 1863. Snow blew into the cabin, wetting blankets through, and fell an inch deep upon the ground outside. The first three months of 1864 were wearisome, with constant and conflicting rumors of parole or exchange, and occasional news of officers who had been exchanged, a sub- ject of all-absorbing interest to everybody. No descrip- tion of the life they led can afford an adequate idea of the torments to mind and body, their hopes and fears for the future, and constant struggle to make the best of their situation until a change came. Northern papers frequently found their way inside the stockade to be greedily devoured for news, as they were passed around from one to another. A newspaper from home was like a visiting angel. South- ern papers were in camp every week. A tolerable correct idea of what was going on in the outside world, political and military, was sifted from these papers, aided by informa- tion obtained from Confederate officers. To kill time the prisoners occupied themselves in repairs and improvements on quarters for business, and visits to brother officers, singing and dancing, for recreation. A violin, purchased by subscription for one hundred and ten dollars Confederate money, Captain May, 23d Conn., as violinist, and a banjo made in camp and played by Engi- neer R. W. Mars, of the gunboat Diana, accompanied by a flute manipulated by Captain Thomason, 176th N. Y., and a fife by E. J. Collins, made a select orchestra to furnish appropriate music for the dances. Gardens were started early in February, when corn, mustard, lettuce, watermelons, squashes, onions and cotton was planted. Corn and onions showed above ground early in March. A system of barter and exchange in various articles was MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 429 carried on among the prisoners, affording a means to keep their wits at work if no money was made out of the trans- actions. A newspaper was published, Zhe Old Flag, edited and printed by Captain May, the printing done with a pen. Editions were issued February 17th, March rst and 13th, that afforded great interest to the camp. Only one copy was issued of each number, to be passed around, read and returned to the captain. It has yet to be recorded at what post, where Confederate prisoners were confined, did they show so much versatility in amusing themselves as was shown by Federal prisoners in all parts of the South. The birthday of Washington, February 22d, was duly celebrated. All expenses were met by a subscription among the officers in confinement. Lieutenant-Colonel J. B. Leake, zoth Iowa, delivered an oration, followed by an original poem, written in camp by Lieutenant-Colonel Duganne. In the afternoon an election was held for Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, and Inspector of Insane Asylums of Camp Ford, to carry on a species of fun con- cocted at the expense of half-witted Sam Morton, a Kansas soldier. Sam was elected Governor, and then taken in a chair through the camp with great eat. Fine singing by a glee club and a grand ball in the evening closed the celebration. Pending the result of efforts constantly made to obtain a parole or exchange, attempts to escape were made at various times. Two officers of the 26th Indiana, Lieu- tenants Greene and Switzer, were missed at roll-call Janu- ary 12th, and a pursuit made. The escape of these two officers, some two weeks before this, was known to a few comrades, who concealed their absence from roll-calls by answering for them. At last it was decided to let their escape become known. At roll-call their names were not 430 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, answered, when a Confederate officer innocently asked: “Does any one know where Greene and Switzer are?” An answer was given, with a laugh, ‘‘ Guess they have gone for a pair of shoes.” The two officers were afterwards heard from as having arrived in New Orleans after a walk of some three hundred miles, done in a month and two days. They gave newspaper men, for publication, a detailed account of their tramp, with names of parties who had helped them along. This published account came into Confederate hands, and was used as an excuse for perse- cuting those Union friends. On a rainy night, March 24th, Colonel Rose and four- teen other officers escaped early in the evening, by sliding aside a stockade post. From a neglect to replace the post discovery of the escape soon followed, and an alarm at once sounded. Mounted men, with bloodhounds, were immediately on their track. Four men were brought back next day, recaptured after they had walked twenty miles, and nine more were retaken on the twenty-seventh. One man succeeded in making good his bold dash for liberty. This attempt to escape was contemplated for some time; those in the plot secretly prepared parched meal and dry beef to carry for food. Another attempt was in progress, suggested by reading in a paper of an escape by officers from Libby Prison, Richmond, Va., by the tunnel process. From the 42d cabin, it was calculated a tunnel fifty feet long would carry them outside of the stockade. It was a double cabin, one-half occupied by Captain May’s mess, also the editor’s sanctum of the Old Flag. A commence- ment was made March 21st, the earth taken out secreted underneath bunks and carried outside when an ‘opportu- nity offered; the opening was covered by a bunk when work was suspended. Men in this plot had worked a hole twenty-one feet under ground March 24th, when the origi- MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 431 nal stockade line was removed to enlarge the camp, and an order was received by Colonel Allen, the commandant, to shoot at sight any prisoner caught in attempting escape. These two facts caused the attempt to be abandoned. Colonel Allen was an old engineer officer in the United States Army, and like all regular army officers disposed to treat his prisoners as men. This disposition to do all in his power to ameliorate their sufferings probably caused his removal May 27th, a Colonel Anderson assuming com- mand of the post. The policy pursued by Anderson, or rather a drunken lieutenant-colonel under him who took charge of all matters appertaining to the prisoners, was in an opposite direction. Camp Ford was blessed with good water and situated upon high ground, an improvement over Camp Groce. Yet the stockade interior was filthy, without any system of sinks or police of grounds. This was the fault of the prisoners, a lazy, careless, motley crowd, not disposed to take hold of such work. Colonel Allen left such matters to those inside the stockade. Officers who saw the neces- sity of a system in hygienic matters soon gave up in disgust the attempt to force an organization for this purpose. As is usual in such a collection of men, refusing to recognize any superior authority except their guards, it was each man for himself and the devil take the hindmost. Among the imprisoned officers were several lieutenant- colonels and majors. Colonel Burrell was one of the three officers of his rank. As a matter of pride, to uphold the dignity of his commission, what many officers signally failed to do, Colonel Burrell was always scrupulously polite to Colonel Allen, never visited him except in full uniform, transacting all business with that officer in a business manner, and so gained his esteem and regard. Burrell maintained that the rules in force should be respected and 432 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, obeyed — he would insist on their obeyance were he in ‘command of such a camp—and by maintaining dignified relations with the commandant was enabled several times to secure a rescission of harsh orders issued by Colonel Allen, in consequence of foolish speeches and acts done by brainless fools in the stockade. No medicines, no special accommodations nor post sur- geon were provided at Camp Ford. Surgeons Sherfy, 1st Indiana, and Hershy, U. S. Colored Volunteers, did all in their power for the sick, and that could not be much. An old surgeon in the Confederate service, formerly of the U. S. regulars, would dccasionally visit the stockade and render some service. To him Colonel Burrell owes his life, when threatened with an attack of typhoid fever. The commandant’s wife, Mrs. Allen, was a visitor to the officers’ quarters at various times, frequently accompanied by other ladies. The good impression this lady made by her visits resulted in a poem, written by Lieutenant-Colo- nel Duganne, published in Zhe Old Flag, issue No. 3, March 18th, 1864. The arrival of captured prisoners to increase the inhabi- tants of this stockade town, taken from various soldiers’ diaries, were: January 22d— Captains Coulter and Torrey, zoth Iowa, captured at Arkansas Bay, Texas, December tgth, 1863. March s5th— Six enlisted men captured at Powder Horn, January 22d. March 30th— Between six and seven hundred prisoners arrived from Shreveport, where they were awaiting exchange. They were a hard- looking lot of human beings, many without shirts or shoes, with trousers torn, ragged, or hanging in shreds. Among them were Privates Morrill, O’Shaughnessy and McLaughlin, of the 42d. They left Shreveport March 26th, Frank Veazie was sick in a Shreveport hospital. He died the following May. MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 433 About sixteen hundred prisoners, captured at Pleasant Hill, La., arrived April 16th, 17th, 18th and 2oth. To accommodate these hungry men all hands had to keep their cooking apparatus at work on corn meal until they were fed. The appearance these prisoners made could not have been equalled in Falstaff’s time. Confederate soldiers robbed them of clothing, sometimes with threats of violence if property wanted by these greedy men was not handed over for the asking. The prisoners did not seem to mind it, and laughingly said they would square accounts whenever the Confederates fell into their hands as prisoners of war. They thought it rather rough to be placed in a pen like a flock’ of sheep, without food or shelter. Still, nothing better could be expected, because the Confederates had no other safe place to guard their prisoners. When arrangements could be completed, they were made as comfortable as the limited means at hand would allow. During May about eighteen hundred prisoners came in, thirteen hundred captured in Arkansas; June 6th, one hundred ; and July 6th, another batch of one hundred and eighty prisoners from Banks’ army were brought in. The old prisoners commenced to think, from the continued arrivals of officers and men of the 19th Army Corps, per- haps the entire corps would eventually be captured. Through May, June, and up to July gth, it cannot be said the death rate was large, received as the men were in all conditions of health and sickness. Six privates died in May, and one was killed by a sentry; five died in June; five died July rst. With the prisoners were Chaplains Robb, 46th Indiana Vols., Hare, —th Iowa Vols., and McCulloch, rgth Ken- tucky Vols., who labored hard among the men to excite a religious sentiment, holding frequent prayer meetings, and 29 434 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, administered the rites of baptism to several, among them Lieutenant Brown P. Stowell, 42d Mass., on May 22d. These religious services met with the approval of Colonel Allen, who was a devout Free Will Baptist. Some talk was made about overpowering the guard, nearly one thousand men, composed of poor material. An insurmountable difficulty was to provide a store of food, for use when free, and a sufficient supply of arms and ammunition, for they were nearly three hundred miles from any safe place. Nothing was done, as it was useless to try it. Next to parole or exchange the idea of escape occupied the most attention. Naturally officers in com- mand of guards were always on the lookout for anything tending towards preparations in that direction. In Feb- ruary about one hundred officers were drilled in the sabre exercise by Major Anthony, 2d R. I. Cavalry, for instruc- tion and pleasure, using sticks in lieu of swords, but the post-commander summarily put a stop to it within a few days after these drills commenced. Attempts to escape commenced again with fresh arrivals ; five men got away at night June gth, to be recaptured and returned next day. Several officers succeeded in making a break for freedom at night, July 2d, but were discovered and fired on by the guard. Nearly all of them were recap- tured next day. Captain Reed, Missouri Vols., was made to stand bare-headed upon a stump near the guard-house for several hours in the hot sun, as punishment for his attempted escape. Early in June rumors of parole and exchange again began to be circulated within the stockade. Confederate officers from Shreveport visited the prison camp more fre- quently than they had heretofore done, to make out lists and rolls of prisoners and time of capture. News brought by Colonel Allen and the tenor of letters received from MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 435 surgeons, gone forward for exchange, raised a hope within the breasts of those long confined that there would not be a disappointment this time. When the chaplains, sur- geons, and citizens not connected with the army, were paroled and started for Shreveport June 19th, hope grew into certainty. On the fifth of July, after what was termed a glorious Fourth-of-July celebration, the joyful news was brought in the stockade, by Colonel Burrell, that a parol- ing officer had arrived, and their day of deliverance was at hand. Through this captivity letters from home came at long intervals, with news they were anxious to receive. Dates when letters were received by the 42d officers are as follows: March 12th, July 29th and August 26th, 1863 ; March 18th, June roth, 13th and 23d, 1864. Letters received June 1oth were for Captain Savage and Lieu- tenant Newcomb, dated February 28th and March 4th. Captain Proctor had letters from his father and wife dated May 12th and 23d, 1863, over a year old, as they were not delivered to him until June 13th, 1864. After men arrived from Banks’ army, men who belonged in Boston and vicinity made themselves known to Colonel Burrell and brother officers, some of whom had within a few months arrived from home and could give them tolerably late news from that section. Clothing was furnished once by Confederate officers, at Hempstead, October 17th, 1863; from that time onward what the prisoners wore had to stand the wear and tear of time and use. Previous to July, in anticipation another winter would not be passed as prisoners, whoever had overcoats and extra clothing sold the garments for high prices in Confederate money, and thus obtained means to purchase extra supplies for their messes. One thing should not be forgotten in connection with 436 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, this long, tedious imprisonment: the love of country exist- ing in every manly heart, despite his feeling at times the Government did neglect him. This patriotism was not the kind flaunted before audiences by spread-eagle polit- ical orators, all froth and no substance, but an honest, earnest, deep-seated love, ready to suffer for her cause at all times, resenting any flings or insults to its flag, giving voice to sentiments within them by singing national songs and celebrations of important days in her history. July 7th and 8th were devoted to baking hard bread, for use on the march, and at last the prisoners, who were up at three o’clock in the morning preparing breakfast and getting their few “traps” ready, left the stockade to march for Shreveport, homeward bound. There were nine hun- dred and thirty officers and men, divided into one column of officers and two columns of enlisted men, with a kind and considerate Confederate cavalry guard, commanded by Major Smith and Captain Tucker. Guard and pris- oners fared alike in food and slept in the open air at night: tents were not carried with them. Extreme hot weather prevailed, yet the prisoners managed to cover a respectable number of miles each day, crossing the Sabine River on the first day and sleeping upon its banks at night, with a record of twenty-one miles. The marching column reached Shreveport about noon on the thirteenth, without the loss of a man by death, having made nineteen miles July roth, twenty-three miles on the eleventh, twenty-four miles on the twelfth, and sixteen miles on the thirteenth. Sick and worn-out men were sent by the Marshall and Shreveport Railroad on the twelfth, and this railroad also transported a portion of the prisoners on the thirteenth. About twenty officers hired a six-mule team for five hun- dred Confederate dollars, to carry them on the last day’s journey, and rode into camp in great style. Each morn- MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 437 ing the men were up between three and four o’clock, commenced the march within an hour after, plodding steadily along until eleven, when a rest was taken until two o’clock, then the march again resumed until evening. At Mugginsville, one mile from Shreveport, the pris- oners remained until July 16th, when they were sent on board steamers Osceola, General Hodges and B. L. Hodve, bound for Alexandria, where they arrived at dusk July 18th, above the dam built by Federals to save their naval vessels in April and May, 1864, and were disembarked to camp in woods by the river side until the twenty-first, when steamers were ready below the dam to carry them on to the journey’s end. Three men died July 18th, and were buried near a spot upon the banks where lay the remains of several Federal sailors. All hands were up at daylight July 21st. At seven o’clock they marched two miles to Alexandria, crossed Red River on a pontoon bridge and embarked upon steamers Champion No. 3 and Re/f, bound for the mouth of Red River. An extract from a diary, kept by an officer of the 42d Mass., is here given: “July 22d, 1864— We started about noon yesterday, and ran all night; arrived at the mouth of Red River as the sun was about one and one-half hours high, and were brought to a stop by a shot from one of our gunboats on blockading service. None of our transports were there, and we began to have some misgivings. All eyes were turned down the Mississippi, with anxiety depicted on many faces. About one o’clock smoke was seen coming up river, indicating a river steamer was on her way, and the prisoners began to cheer. Soon, sure enough, there was our flag flying within hailing distance, but we are still prisoners; perhaps no exchange after all, but be turned back to the tender care of “Johnny Reb” again. But no, 438 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, it proves to be the Webraska with rebel prisoners on board. We landed and went aboard the /Vebraska as soon as we could, and gave six rousing cheers for the ‘Old Flag.’ Stop and look at the comparison of the two squads of prisoners. Those coming from our lines for the Con- federacy are loaded down with clothing, boots and trunks. Our men are bare-footed, shirtless and hatless; but I thank God I am once more a free man. None but those that have been placed in like circumstances can appreciate the change. We were given a feast on the Mebraska. We had plenty of coffee, real ‘Lincoln’ coffee, no parched rye; and butter! real butter, and bakers’ bread! Well! I have had some good dinners before and since then, but that feast took the cake. Good-by to corn-dodger and bull-beef. It all seemed like a dream. The boys were up until about three o’clock next morning, singing and enjoy- ing themselves.” The exchanged officers of the 42d Regiment arrived in New Orleans at midnight July 23d, where they remained until the thirty-first, receiving two months’ pay from a paymaster to meet their immediate wants. None of the officers got back their swords they were entitled to retain by the terms of surrender. The swords were taken from them by a provost-marshal at Houston, properly marked with each man’s name, with an understanding they would be given up when each officer was paroled or exchanged. It is needless to say they were soon appropriated by any Confederate officer who was in need of one. Taking passage upon the steamer AZatanzas, July 31st, bound for New York, after a pleasant run of seven days they were once more within easy communication with families and friends, who met them on arrival in Boston, August 9th, va the Fall River route from New York. All were in tolerable fair health except Lieutenant Stowell, MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS, 439 who was in bad condition, and Lieutenant Cowdin, sick with chronic diarrhcea. An escort in waiting, with music, consisting of past and present officers and men of the 42d Regiment and the Boston Independent Fusileers, escorted their guests to the American House, where breakfast was served and a cordial welcome tendered by His Honor Mayor Lincoln and the military committee of the City Government. Governor Andrew could not be present, and sent the following letter: *“ COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, “ EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, “Boston, August gth, 1864. “ CoLoONEL W. W. Crapp, Jr. &c., &c.: “ My dear Colonel,—J have this moment received your note of invitation to attend the breakfast at ten o’clock this morning, given in welcome of Colonel Burrell and his associates. The long captivity of those brave and patriotic men has earned for them every consideration, even if their qualities as soldiers had been less conspicuous than they are. In all respects, however, deserving gratitude and honor, and deserving all the sympathy of true and manly hearts for what they have suffered in our common cause, I shall, though absent in person, unite in heart with your expressions of grateful applause and welcome for these honored guests. My return to headquarters yesterday, after a valuable work of service elsewhere, leaves me, for the present, not an hour which during the daytime I can withdraw from the accumulated work which brooks no delay. “‘T am faithfully your friend and servant, “JOHN A. ANDREW.” 440 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, With repeated disasters attending expeditions to West- ern Louisiana and Texas, that are a part of history, and failures attending every attempt to permanently occupy such territory, the following remarks at this breakfast, made by Colonel Burrell, are not without reason. He said: “I hardly know what to say. I thank your Honor for your kind expression of welcome. We have suffered long, but I do not know as we have done more than our duty. I can hardly be expected to make a speech, for I have been living a half-civilized life among half-civilized people for nearly the last two years. I know our friends at home were doing all in their power to obtain our release, but fate has seemed to be always against us. For my soldiers and officers I can say that they have behaved with courage and cheerfulness ; their fortitude has been worthy of men of Massachusetts. They have behaved with credit to their state and to their country. I come home prouder than ever of my native city. As soon as we are somewhat recovered from our fatigues and sufferings, we will be ready to put on the harness and return to the field again. “T have enjoyed much opportunity of communication with men from all parts of the Southern Confederacy, and I believe that you entertain an erroneous opinion of them. You believe that there exists among the masses an extended Union sentiment. It is not so. They go into this war with all their heart and soul. The little Union feeling among the class of poor whites amounts to nothing. They are opposed to us, man, woman and child. They are fighting with the spirit of ’76, for their rights, homes, liberties. They put up with every privation to sustain their army — and every man is in the army. ‘The quicker we understand this the better for us. I do not think we shall accomplish much until we take hold of the work in earnest. MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS, 441 “Tn the section where I have been the enemy is three times stronger than they were two years ago. Now an army of 40,000 men cannot penetrate the country one hundred miles. They have an army of 40,o0omen. They carry no equipage — they sling their blankets with a bit of cotton rope, and are all ready for an expedition. We must take our blankets on our shoulders — we cannot fight with army trains. I repeat, in order to carry on this war to a successful termination, we must fight them on their own ground and fight them in earnest.” After this breakfast Colonel Burrell and his officers were escorted to Roxbury by the Roxbury Artillery Association, where another reception was given them by their towns- people. August roth the officers met at the Parker House, pro- ceeded to the State House and reported to Adjutant- General Schouler, then to Major Clarke, U. S. Army, to receive their final pay, then to Major McCafferty, U. S. mustering-officer, and were mustered out of service, after being in “Uncle Sam’s” employ about twenty-one months —eighteen months and twenty-one days of the time as prisoners of war. 442 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, CHAPTER XIX. In SERVICE FOR ONE HUNDRED Days — ORGANIZATION — READVILLE — OFF FOR WASHINGTON — AT ALEXANDRIA —AtT GREAT FALLS— RETURN HoME. SCARE existed in Washington, caused by Con- federate operations under General Jubal Early, who threatened an invasion of Pennsylvania in order to mask a contemplated dash on Baltimore and Wash- . ington.* Adjutant-General Schouler casually informed Adjutant Davis, whom he met on the street, a call had been received from Washington to send troops immediately for one hundred days’ service. The adjutant had kept up a correspondence with all of the old line officers, for an ultimate purpose of again calling the regiment together when Colonel Burrell was exchanged. Davis mentioned this fact to General Schouler, who at once advanced the idea of again going into service and advised an attempt * Governor Andrew was in Washington at the time, and telegraphed his adjutant- general (received July sth) as follows: ‘‘I have arranged with the Secretary of War that men who volunteer for one hundred days’ service, as requested by him to-day, shall be exempted from any draft that may be ordered during such hundred days’ ser- vice, not from any future draft, but only from such as may be ordered during the term of hundred days for which they are asked. I direct you, at request of Secretary, to issue an order calling for four thousand one-hundred-days’ infantry, on the terms above mentioned. The details in connection with the project will not differ materially, otherwise, from those heretofore prescribed in like cases. I shall have another con- sultation to-morrow. Have sent home Peirce to-night.”” General Orders No. 24, calling for five thousand hundred-day men, was issued July 6th, 1864, by Adjutant- General Schouler. MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS, 443 to do so. The old line officers were consulted, and, as the idea was favored by a majority of them, official orders were issued to go into camp at Readville, Mass., July 18th, 1864. ’ The following companies were designated to compose the regiment: Company A, Captain Isaac Scott, of Roxbury; Com- pany B, Captain Benjamin C. Tinkham, of Medway ; Company C, Captain Isaac B. White, of Boston ; Company D, Captain Samuel A. Waterman, of Roxbury ; Company E, Captain Augustus Ford, of Worcester; Company F, Captain Samuel S. Eddy, of Worcester; Company G, Cap- tain Alanson H. Ward, of Worcester; Company H, Cap- tain F. M. Prouty, of Worcester; Company I, Captain James T. Stevens, of Dorchester; Company K, Captain Benjamin R. Wales, of Dorchester. Active measures were at once instituted to clothe, arm with Enfield rifles, and equip these companies, to be in readiness for a quick departure. Complete uniforms, with equipments, were issued at Readville. Many companies went into camp several days previous to July 18th, gaining recruits every day until ready for muster in for service. Captain Scott failed to recruit more than thirty men. Captain Prouty failed to recruit his company, although at one time it promised well; from some cause his men scattered to other companies or went home. Companies commanded by Captains French and Stewart, already mustered into service, were assigned to the regiment as Companies A and H. The first regimental morning report was made up July zoth, and showed a strength of thirty-five officers, seven hundred and thirty-eight enlisted men, present and absent. 444 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, The regiment was ready for marching orders July 234, with the following strength: Officers. Enlisted men. Mustered in, Field and Staff, 5 3 July 22d. Company A, 3 95 “ y4th. a B, 3 81 ©. pad, os C, 3 93 “14th. i D, 3 97 “ 2oth. “ E, 3 go “ged. ‘ F, 3 98 “ 15th. G, 3 87 “ 2tst. H, 3 88 “ 16th. = I, 3 84 “ rgth. = K, 3 go “18th. Total, 35 906 The roster of the regiment was as follows : Colonel — Isaac S. Burrell. Lieutenant-Colonel — Joseph Stedman. Major — Frederick G. Stiles. Adjutant — Charles A. Davis. Quartermaster — Alonzo I. Hodsdon. Surgeon — Albert B. Robinson. Sergeant-Major — Jediah P. Jordan. Quartermaster-Sergeant — Charles E. Noyes. Commissary-Sergeant — Augustus C. Jordan. Hospital-Steward — Robert White, Jr. Principal-Musician — Thomas Bowe. Company A—Captain, Warren French; Lieutenants, Charles W. Baxter and Joseph M. Thomas. Company B— Captain, Benjamin C. Tinkham; Lieu- tenants, George W. Ballou and George E. Fuller. MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 445 Company C—Captain, Isaac B. White; Lieutenants, Joseph Sanderson, Jr., and David C. Smith. Company D—Captain, Samuel A. Waterman; Lieu- tenants, George H. Bates and Almon D. Hodges, Jr. Company E—Captain, Augustus Ford; Lieutenants, James Conner and Frank H. Cook. Company F — Captain, Samuel S. Eddy; Lieutenants, Henry J. Jennings and Edward I. Galvin. Company G — Captain, Alanson H. Ward; Lieutenants, Moses A. Aldrich and E. Lincoln Shattuck. Company H — Captain, George M. Stewart; Lieutenants, Julius M. Lyon and Joseph T. Spear. Company I — Captain, James T. Stevens ; Lieutenants, Edward Merrill, Jr., and Charles A. Arnold. Company K — Captain, Benjamin R. Wales; Lieuten- ants, Alfred G. Gray and Charles P. Hawley. Officers who resigned and did not accompany the regi- ment on this second term were: Quartermaster Burrell, Surgeons Hitchcock and Heintzelman, Chaplain Sanger, Sergeant-Major Bosson, Commissary-Sergeant Courtney, Hospital-Steward Wood, Principal-Musician Neuert.* Of the thirty line officers who served during this second term, Captains Tinkham, White, Waterman and Ford, Lieuten- ants Sanderson, Ballou, Smith, Cook and Merrill were with the regiment in 1862 and 1863. Colonel Burrell arrived home, from Texas, August gth, was mustered in for this second term August roth, and reported at Alex- andria September rst. The Dorchester Cornet Band volunteered to enlist and become the regimental band. The members were: Leader, Thomas Bowe; Privates Conrad H. Gurlack, Company * Neuert was known as “ Dick.’’ By mistake he was enlisted and borne on the rolls as Richard A. Neuert. Young in years, he never thought of correcting the error, and retained the name when he re&nlisted in the 1rth Battery asa bugler. His right name was Charles A. Neuert. 446 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, A; Perham Orcutt, Company B; Horace A. Allyn, George Burleigh, William A. Cowles, John W. Capen, Nathaniel Clark, Lewis Eddy, Edward Lovejoy, Fred. H. Macintosh, Henry B. Sargent, Phillip Sawyer, Andrew J. Wheeler, of Company D; Wells F. Johnson, Company H; Jesse K. Webster, Company I; William A. Cobb and Edward H. Marshall, of Company K. Two men deserted at Readville, viz.: Private Frederick D. Goodwin, Company C, July 15th; Private Robert Bryden, Company D, July 22d. The rank and file were a true representative body of Massachusetts citizen soldiery. Three-fourths of the men were born in the State; seventy men were foreign born. Men from a great variety of professions and trades enlisted. About one-half of the regiment were as follows: one hun- dred and seventy-six salesmen, book-keepers and clerks ; twenty-seven students ; one hundred and twenty farmers; one hundred and twenty-four journeymen boot and shoe workmen ; twenty-seven mill operatives, The old regimental colors were received in camp July 23d, and under orders to take transports for Washington, promptly at five o’clock a.m., July 24th, the regiment left Readville by special train for Boston, and marched down State Street, about half-past six o’clock, to Battery Wharf, where Companies C, D and E, two hundred and seventy- one men, under command of Major Stiles, embarked on steamer AZontauk. The other companies and the band, under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Stedman, embarked on steamer MécC/eHlan. At nine o’clock both steamers sailed for Washington, and arrived there at noon July 28th, after a good passage, without an important event occurring. This landing the regiment in Washington in ten days after being ordered into camp to recruit and organize can be called quick work. MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 447 Reporting to General Augur, commanding Department of Washington, the regiment was sent to Brigadier-General Slough, Military Governor of Alexandria, who ordered it into camp on Shuter’s Hill, near Fort Ellsworth, about one mile from the city. On the morning of July 2gth, after breakfast was eaten at the Soldiers’ Rest, in Alex- andria, the regiment marched to the ground assigned and occupied log huts, built by other troops when stationed on this hill. In Slough’s command were Battery H, Indiana Light Artillery, one battalion First District Columbia Vol- unteers, the Second District Columbia Volunteers, the Fifth Wisconsin Volunteers, the Twelfth Regiment Vet- eran Reserve Corps and the Forty-Second Massachusetts Volunteers. These troops were soon organized into a provisional-brigade and attached to the Twenty-Second Army Corps. Details for guards and for provost duty were immedi- ately ordered by General Slough, as follows: July 29th — Two officers and one hundred and fifteen men for provost duty. July 31st — Eighteen men every day for patrol duty in Alexandria; thirty-one men to relieve a detachment Veteran Reserve Corps at Sickel’s Barracks Hospital. July 30th — Lieutenants Sanderson, Company C, and Spear, Company H, were detached for duty at head- quarters provost-marshal-general, Defences South of Potomac. At the close of July there was present for duty thirty- two officers and eight hundred and seventy-three men ; twenty-eight men sick; three officers and six men absent. During August the officers and men were kept busy at drill, on guard, provost and patrol duty, which inured them to endure fatigue and become acquainted with the tedious side of a soldier’s life. Train-guards were fur- nished for trains on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, 448 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, to protect working and construction parties in constant danger of attacks from guerrillas and obstructions placed upon the track to delay trains; at Fairfax Station, August 15th, the enemy greased-the rails, and a train could not proceed — the enemy decamped, not waiting for the train- guard to get a blow at them. Details were sent to Burke’s Station and other places for logs, used to build additional huts forthe men. What duty was done in August is shown by the following details, ordered by General Slough: August 2d— One hundred and thirteen men detailed each day for grand-guard line. August 6th — Two officers and one hundred and fifty- seven men relieved the Twelfth Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps, in Alexandria ; next day this detachment was relieved by the Second Regiment District Columbia Volunteers. August 7th — A regimental camp guard of fifty men was established. August 7th — Seventy-five men for train-guards to Fair- fax Station, detailed each day until the twenty-third. August 4th — Seventeen men were detached for perma- nent duty on the military police in Alexandria. August 28th — Seventy-five men were detached for duty as hospital attendants in the general hospitals in Alexan- dria. The hospitals were full of patients. » Details for August were : 4th— Sergeant Alfred Davenport, Company K, clerk at headquarters Department Washington, Twenty-Second Army Corps. Relieved October 2oth. For duty at general court-martial rooms in Alexandria: rst — Private George S. Partridge, Company B, orderly. 3d —Corporal Thomas J. Rooney, Company B, clerk. 4th — Corporal Edwin H. Holbrook, Company B, clerk. — Private Alfred Noon, Company H, orderly. — Private Richard M. Sabin, Company G, orderly. gth— Private MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 449 Ellery C. Bartlett, Company K, clerk. 13th— Private J. H. 8. Pearson, Company C, clerk. On detached service at headquarters provost-marshal- general: rst — Private H. W. Tolman, Company A, orderly. 2d — Private William S. French, Company F, orderly. — Private Alvin S. Pratt, Company F, orderly. roth — Pri- vate Jno. R. Graham, Company A, orderly. 24th — Pri- vate William G. Kidder, Company C, clerk. — Corporal George Dunbar, Company D, clerk. On detached service at headquarters military governor: 4th — Private Herbert W. Hitchcock, Company H, orderly. 5th— Private Fred. S. Dickinson, Company G, orderly. zith — Private Hiram E. Smith, Company H, clerk. 13th — Private J. Clark Reed, Company C, clerk. — Private Thomas J. McKay, Company F, clerk. The officers on detached service were: 2d — Lieutenant Shattuck, Company G, on permanent duty with city patrol in Alexandria. gth— Lieutenant Hodges, Company D, on permanent duty at headquarters provost-marshal-general. 1oth — Lieutenant Thomas, Company A, on permanent duty in command of guard at Hunting Creek Bridge block- house, under the orders of provost-marshal-general. 12th — Lieutenant Ballou, Company B, was detailed for per- manent duty with the military police of Alexandria, to relieve Lieutenant Shattuck, who was not active and experienced enough to suit General Slough. The officers detailed for general court-martial duty were : Captains Tinkham, Waterman, Ford and Ward, from July 31st; Major Stiles, Lieutenants Baxter and Jennings, from August 6th. The enlisted men on detailed daily duty were: Private W. A. G. Hooton, Company A, nurse at regimental hospital ; Private Mathias F. Chaffin, Company E, nurse at regimental hospital; Private Albert H. Newhall, Company E, nurse 3° 450 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, at regimental hospital; Private Henry C. Chenery, Com- pany F, nurse at regimental hospital; Private Seth Albee, Company E, nurse at regimental hospital; Private Simon C. Spear, Company C, nurse at regimental hospital; Private Ezra Abbott, Company A, chief wagoner; Private George A. Harwood, Company B, wagoner; Private Thomas Belton, Company C, wagoner; Private Elma H. French, Company F, wagoner ; Private Samuel W. Whittemore, Company I, wagoner; Private George W. Abbott, Company I, wagoner ; Privates Oliver C. Andrews, Alonzo D. Crockett, Mark Heathcote, of Company G, as a permanent guard at the reservoir in rear of camp near Fort Ellsworth, from August 6th; Privates William G. Kidder, Company C, James Allen, Company E, Hermion J. Gilbert and Charles E. Chase, of Company F, orderlies at regimental headquarters ; Private Henry R. Gilmore, Company F, acting drum-major. It was necessary to discipline one man in August — Pri- vate Samuel Young, Company E, for firing his musket without permission or orders. He had to carry a forty- pound log of wood tied to his back for a stated number of hours each day for two days. At the close of August there was present for duty: twenty-nine officers, seven hundred and forty-eight men; one officer, forty-two men sick. Absent: five officers, one hundred and seven men on detached service, four men sick, two men in arrest. Duty in September was about the same as in August, the regiment constantly furnishing details of men for grand- guard and other guards. Drills were maintained with what few men were in camp and some progress made in this direction, but all efforts to advance the regiment in drill could not be satisfactory to officers in command, because of this absence of men each day. September 14th— Company G, Captain Ward, went MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 451 on duty as a permanent guard at the Soldiers’ Rest in Alexandria. September 16th— All troops in the command were paraded to witness an execution of a private Fourth Mary- land Volunteers, shot for desertion, at eleven a.m., in the open field northwest of Sickel Barracks Hospital. The negroes in and around Alexandria made a gala occasion of the affair, with tents pitched near the spot for sales of cake, pies, lemonade, etc. So far as appearances went the man to be shot, a thick-set fellow, with heavy, black whiskers, was more indifferent to his fate than the soldiers formed to occupy three sides of a square, obliged to be unwilling witnesses. On the open side were gathered a curious crowd of colored people. The condemned man was marched upon the ground, a band playing a dirge. He was followed by a faithful Newfoundland dog, who had to be taken away when his master took position in front of his coffin, face to the firing party. In a speech he con- fessed to being a professional bounty-jumper, worth at that moment near twenty thousand dollars, the proceeds of his work in jumping sixteen bounties. When the detail of soldiers fired upon him he fell lengthwise upon his coffin. The troops were then filed past him, and had just commenced the movement when signs of life were shown, necessitating a second file of men to be ordered up and put another volley into him. At nine o’clock p.m., September 22d, orders were received to march four companies at once to Great Falls, on the Potomac, above Washington, and relieve the Eighty- Fourth N. Y. S. V. Militia, on picket duty for protection of the water works. ‘This order came from headquarters Department Washington, and urged promptness in its execution. A guide was also sent to pilot the detachment. Companies B, C, D and E, with enough detailed men to 452 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, fill up the ranks, with three days’ rations, and forty rounds of ammunition in the boxes, were at once started on a march of about twenty-five miles, under command of Lieutenant- Colonel Stedman. This march was not made in a manner creditable to the regiment. At first it was believed a fight was in progress or imminent, and while such belief lasted the men should have been kept well in hand to be of any use. The facts are: a halt was made about one o’clock A.M., and the men slept on the ground until after daylight, and then straggled into Great Falls during the afternoon and evening in a manner not suggestive of a well-conducted march. Fortunately no fight took place, and no harm resulted. Officers and men of this Eighty-Fourth New York (an Irish regiment) were found loitering around a tavern, more or less under the effects of liquor. This tavern was kept by a Mr. Jackson, brother to the Jackson who killed Colonel Ellsworth in Alexandria at the com- mencement of hostilities. Lieutenant-Colonel Stedman reported on the twenty- fourth that so far as he could ascertain the duty at Great Falls would be to take care of themselves as well as they could, to keep a few pickets out on the roads leading to his camp, with a few men on the canal to prevent smug- gling. The colonel Eighty-Fourth New York said he never had any orders, and acted as his judgment dictated in all matters at the post; he never made any reports to any one, and had been visited by a staff-officer but once. Stedman also reported the place extremely unhealthy, with chills and fever a prevailing complaint. Stedman’s strength was then three hundred and fifty-six men. The Eighty-Fourth numbered six hundred and fifty men, and did have, at one time, two hundred and fifty men sick. Stedman wrote Colonel Burrell, on the twenty-fifth, as follows: “Captain Stewart has arrived, and I learn that MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 453 "arrangements have been made for four companies to remain here permanently, and that the balance of the men belonging to these four companies are soon to be sent here. Allow me to inquire if the balance of the officers have been thought of — viz., Lieutenant Sanderson, Company C, Lieutenant Ballou, Company B, and Lieu- tenant Hodges, Company D? I cannot get along without the full complement of officers for these companies, and I trust they will be relieved at once and ordered to report to me at this post. I shall be obliged to have one for adjutant and one for quartermaster, thus leaving me only ten others for duty; hence the necessity of these officers above named being sent. “We shall have to secure some transportation here, but as yet I do not know what arrangements we can make for this necessity. We have a post-commissary here, but have to go eleven miles for soft bread. The nearest post- quartermaster is six miles away, at Muddy Branch. After a few days we can make the men quite comfortable, but the place is not a very agreeable one to be in.” Company C, Captain White, was sent to Orcutt’s Cross Roads, three miles away, September 3oth, where was stored a quantity of quartermaster’s property. Guerrillas were operating in the vicinity. A stockade was set on fire and destroyed by them, and an attempt made to blow up the aqueduct, frustrated by tavern-keeper Jackson, who was well known to the Confederates and on good terms with them. General Sheridan, by his operations in the Shenandoah Valley, caused a lull in the fun carried on by these guerrillas, so that the Forty-Second Massachusetts detachment did not have much to do beyond picket and guard duty. Lieutenant-Colonel Stedman remained at Great Falls until October 15th, when he was ordered back to his regi- 454 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, ment with three companies. Captain Tinkham, with Com- pany B, was left at the post. A suggestion from Colonel Burrell, October 18th, to build a stockade, as the position invited an attack, brought the following reply : “ HEADQUARTERS Company B, 42D Mass. VoLs., “GreEaT Fatis, Mp., October rgth, 1864. “‘ Colonel,—I received your dispatch of the eighteenth, for which I am very grateful. My company is small, and what men I have are getting sick very fast, so that I have not men enough to carry out your advice. However, I will do the best I can, and shall not leave here until I know what I leave for. There are several of my com- pany still in Alexandria, whom I wish could be sent to me. Would like to have General Slough informed of my situation. “Very respectfully yours, “B. C. TINKHAM, “ Captain commanding post.” The enemy began to make trouble immediately after the three companies left. Guerrillas would stop canal boats, untie the horses and make off with them, until this nuisance was partly abated by the use of old, worn-out mules that did not present such temptation. The canal traffic was seriously interrupted, and caused Captain Tinkham to picket the canal for two miles, until ordered back to his regiment October 28th. Pennsylvania troops relieved Company B, and a short time after were attacked by the enemy. Cases for discipline in September were as follows: rst — Private Martin Monighan, Company E, for firing his musket without permission, was sentenced to carry a forty- pound log of wood tied to his back for a stated number MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 455 of hours each day for three days. 17th— Corporal Pond, Company B, and‘three privates on duty with him in Alex- andria, were sent to that city, by orders from General Slough, to serve sentences for neglect of duty. 27th— Private Elisha Atwood, Company A, was sent to Alexan- dria for confinement in the slave pen, for neglect of duty. 30th — Corporal William Bacon, Company A, was reduced to the ranks for intoxication, by regimental Special Orders No. 78. This is not a bad record for a raw regiment of short- term men. A practice had been in vogue for captains to assume the power to order punishment of men in their companies guilty of trifling indiscretions. Captain French was noted for this stretch of power. This was stopped by the colonel on assuming command. He maintained that no man should be punished without a hearing. Details in September were as follows: On detached service at headquarters military governor: 6th — Private Sidney W. Knowles, Company C, clerk. z2oth — Corporal John Stetson, Jr., Company K, clerk. = Pre vate Herbert W. Fay, Company F, clerk. —Private Edward S. Averill, Company B, clerk. 22d— Private Frederick A. Clark, Company K, clerk. — Private Christopher F. Snelling, Company K, clerk. On detached service at general court-martial rooms in Alexandria: rst— Private Ansel F. Temple, Company I, clerk. 13th—Private Davis W. Howard, Company I, clerk. — Private Edward L. Harvey, Company B, clerk. — Private Benjamin W. Kenyon, Company E, clerk. — Private James L. Martin, Company C, clerk. — Private Arthur E. Hotchkiss, Company B, clerk. — Private William L. Gage, Company I, clerk. —Private George E. Sparr, Company H, orderly. 14th— Private Charles Curtis, Company D, clerk. 456 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, On detailed duty with the regiment: 7th— Corporal James L. Prouty, Company D, clerk at headquarters. 14th — Privates W. F. Adams, W. H. S. Ritchie, George E. Buttrick, of Company A, were placed on permanent guard at the reservoir, relieving Privates Edgerton, Heathcote and Andrews, of Company G. 16th— Private George L. Simpson, Company F, hospital attendant. 21st — Private George W. Brooks, Company K, ‘hospital attendant. 24th — Private Albert S. Barpee, Company E, hospital attend- ant. 29th— Private Ezra K. Garvin, Company F, with quartermaster. Officers on detached service in September were: Lieuten- ants Sanderson and Spear on permanent duty with grand- guard, a line of sentinels stationed between’ the Forty- Second camp and Alexandria. Lieutenants Hodges and Ballou on permanent duty with provost-marshal-general. Lieutenant Thomas with a permanent guard at Hunting Creek Bridge, where an artillery block-house was built. Lieutenant Hawley was detached on mounted patrol ser- vice, in answer to a request from General Slough for an experienced cavalry-officer. Captain Ward, Lieutenants Aldrich and Shattuck, Company G, on guard at Soldier’s Rest since September 14th. On detached service at Great Falls were Lieutenant-Colonel Stedman, Captains Tinkham, White, Waterman and Ford, Lieutenants Fuller, Smith, Bates, Conner and Cook. Lieutenant Galvin was absent in Philadelphia on sick leave. At the close of September there was present for duty: seventeen officers, three hundred and seventy-eight men; twenty-six men sick. Absent: eighteen officers, four hundred and sixty men on detached service; one officer, twenty-two men sick ; three men in arrest. There was no chance for any camp fun in October, for officers and men were constantly on duty, day and night, MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 457 in obedience to orders for guards, patrols and pickets, that came thick and fast. Details of men were called for by mounted orderlies, with verbal orders, at all hours of the day and night, in addition to details mentioned later on. Adjutant Davis, not in good health, manfully stood to his duty in exceptionally trying circumstances. To fill these constant requisitions from among grumbling men in a raw regiment, already overworked, was not an easy matter. To do so, men who just reported in camp from some long tour of guard or patrol service were obliged to again depart from camp, swearing like troopers, on a like service. After four companies left for Great Falls, members of the band were made to resume duty in the ranks and go on the regular camp guard; at one time not relieved for sixteen days, men were so scarce and the difficulty so great to comply with these orders. Duty done by the regiment, required by written orders, was: September 29th and 30th— One officer and forty men sent to guard stores to Fairfax Station. October 2d — One officer and fifty men as train-guard on Orange and Alexandria Railroad. October 2d— Captain Ward, with fifty men, to guard a telegraph construction party running a line of wire from Manassas or Warrenton Junction, on the Manassas Gap Railroad. Captain Ward and his men had a skirmish with the enemy’s cavalry, on the fourth, near Gainesville, and drove them back without loss. Octo- ber 3d — One officer and fifty men, with detachments First and Second D. C. Volunteers, as guard for a construction train on Orange and Alexandria Railroad. October 4th —One officer and forty men on same service. October 5th—One officer and fifty men on same service. Octo- ber sth —Seven men as permanent guard at coal wharf. October 6th — One officer and twenty-five men to guard a special train. October 12th— One officer and thirty 458 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, picked men on duty for three days with mounted patrols and pickets, to be relieved every three days. This order was in force until October 27th. October 13th— One officer and twenty-five men for train-guard. October 17th — Four officers and one hundred men, with two days’ rations, were sent every day, until October 27th, for train- guards. Of this detail two officers and fifty men went on duty at 3.45 A.m., and two officers and fifty men at ten a.m. These details were in addition to the regular camp- guard, men for grand-guard duty and men for the pickets stationed outside the grand-guard line. Nearly all the trains were freighted with supplies for General Sheridan, after communication with him was opened. Every two or three miles along the railroad were guard-stations, in block- houses, on account of the guerrillas who infested the line of road. None of the Forty-Second detachments had a chance to test their mettle with the enemy, except the slight skirmish by Captain Ward’s men. At Rectortown one train came along just in time to allow the Forty- Second guard to help get a cavalry-post out of an unpleas- ant position ; the enemy retreated without a fight. Details in October for daily duty with the regiment were: 1st— Private Peter Broso, Company F, on duty with quartermaster. 1st— Private A. W. Mitchell, Com- pany A, orderly at headquarters. x1st— Private Edwin H. Alger, Company D, as wagoner. ' One case for discipline occurred: Corporal Albert F. Burnham, Company A, was reduced to the ranks October 24th, for leaving camp without leave. On an appeal for a hearing, made by Burnham, an inquiry was held in his case by officers detailed for the purpose. They justified the degradation. The officers detailed on court-martial duty in September were: Lieutenant-Colonel Stedman, Captains French, MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 459 ‘Eddy, Stewart, Stevens and Wales, and Lieutenant Gray. Every captain in the regiment, except White, did service on general court-martial duty. Major Stiles was con- stantly on general court-martial duty by details of August 6th and September zoth, and not relieved until October 15th, when the following order was issued: ‘* HEADQUARTERS MILITARY GOVERNOR, “ ALEXANDRIA, Va., October 15th, 1864. “GENERAL ORDERS No. 84. ‘“y— The general court-martial convened by paragraph ‘2, General Orders No. 57, headquarters Military Governor, Aleuancha, Va., dated September zoth, 1864, of which Major Frederick G. Stiles, Forty-Second Regiment Massa- chusetts Volunteers, is president, is hereby dissolved. “2 — This court has since its first organization (August 8th, 1864), disposed of over six hundred cases, and the general commanding desires to compliment the members composing it for the energetic, faithful and satisfactory manner in which they have transacted the business referred to them. “ By command of “BRIGADIER-GENERAL SLOUGH, “W. M. Gwynne, “ Captain, and A. A. A. General,” At the close of October there was present for duty (all officers.and men were relieved from detached or detailed service) thirty-five officers, seven hundred and ninety-nine men; one officer, seventy-five men sick. Absent: nine men sick in hospitals. The term of service expired October 29th. A request was made for transportation va Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and Boston to place of muster out, instead of 460 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, returning home by a sea voyage. The regiment vacated camp and quartered in the Soldier’s Rest, Alexandria, October 28th, until relieved from duty in the command. This was on Sunday, October 3oth, after a review by General Slough. Monday morning, thirty-first, the regi- ment marched to Washington, and was received by Presi- dent Lincoln in front of the White House at nine o’clock. Cheers from the men, a few remarks by the President, and then the march was resumed to the depot to take cars en-route home, arriving in Boston late on Thursday even- ing, November 3d, and quartered in Faneuil Hall. After breakfast next morning the regiment marched to Boston Common and was there dismissed, to assemble on Friday, November 11th, for muster out of service.* This journey home was full of discomfort for those officers who did their duty. It was a time of great polit- ical excitement in New York City. On this account the regiment retained its arms, and twenty rounds of ammuni-, tion was in each cartridge-box. In New York the regiment remained at the Battery all day, and marched up Broadway about five P.M. Crowds of people lined the street and cheered alternately for Lincoln and McClellan, the men answering these cheers impartially to avoid trouble. While in Forty-Second Street, where the men remained until late next morning, when a train was made up to proceed on to Boston, there was bad behaviour by various men of the regiment, who became drunk and disorderly. Some of these men fired their muskets, which, coupled with a fire that broke out in the vicinity, was sufficient to cause con- *Before dismissal on Boston Common, Governor Andrew requested Colonel Burrell to take the telegraphic address of every officer, and instruct his officers and men (the men retained their arms until mustered out of service) to hold themselves in readiness for further service. The Governor telegraphed to New York he had a reliable regiment, just arrived” home, at the service of the military authorities, if wanted to preserve order. No further service was required. MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 461 siderable alarm among people who resided near. Much blame is attachable to officers for their lukewarm endeavors to stop this unsoldierlike conduct. About one hundred sick men were brought home, some of whom ought not to have left Alexandria, but they were anxious to go home with their comrades. To properly look out for these men was no easy matter. A delay of several hours occurred in Baltimore before transportation across the city could be found for the sick, Colonel Burrell positively refusing to move his regiment and leave them to follow after, as he was advised to do by some of his officers. Orders were given that in case any sick man was obliged to be left at any place ev-route, one man was to be detailed to remain with him. At Alexandria the aqueduct was out of order, and well- water was used for drinking purposes; but so bad was this water, a limited quantity of beer was allowed to be sold in camp. Train-guards, hurriedly called for and immediately sent away, had no time to fill haversacks with ample rations, often obliged to start with hard bread as their chief eatable. Of course, this had an effect on the men, a large proportion being under twenty-five years of age, many of them under twenty years, who did not have the advantage of a few months in a camp of instruction and get well seasoned to a soldier’s life before they were called upon to endure the arduous and exacting service they saw in Virginia.* During the last weeks in Sep- tember and through October there was an average of fifty men sick in camp, and forty men absent sick in Alex- andria hospitals. * The colonel called the attention of General Slough to the fact that his regiment was overworked, and flesh and blood could not stand the strain without some rest, which the general admitted, but claimed he could rely on the Massachusetts men, while some raw Pennsylvania men in his command (there were several full regiments just arrived), were not reliable. 462 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, The regimental hospital tent, of limited accommoda- tions, was always full, and all surplus sick men who required hospital care were sent to Alexandria. The weather was favorable in August and September ; October was stormy, and nights cold. The regiment lost sixteen men by death during this term of service. The bodies of those men who died in Alexandria were sent home. The deaths were: August 14th — Private George H. Rich, Company B, in third division hospital, from accidental wounds while on guard, August 24th — Private Richard M. Sabin, Company G, in third division hospital, from acute dysentery. September 11th— Private Edwin A. Grant, Company B, in third division hospital, from typhoid fever. ) September 11th — Private Lyman Tucker, Company F, in regimental hospital, from typhoid fever. ‘September 18th — Private Samuel Stone, Company F, in third division hospital, from typhoid fever. September 20th — Private George G. Harrington, Com- pany F, in third division hospital, from typhoid fever. September 23d — Private Herman J. Gilbert, Company F, in third division hospital, from typhoid fever. September 25th— Private Edward H. Aldrich, Company G, in Soldier’s Rest Hospital, from typho-malarial fever. (Aldrich was a student, borne on the rolls, but never mustered in.) * October 4th— Private Patrick Riley, Company G, in third division hospital, from pyzmia. Riley was shot in the leg by a secessionist of Alexandria, on August 27th. Amputation was necessary, from which he did not recover. October 5th— Private Henry H. Lowell, Company F, in second division hospital, from typhoid fever. October 8th— Private Walter Foster, 2d., Company D, MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 463 in second division hospital, from suicide by drowning ; insanity. October 24th — Private William T. Cutler, Company F, in third division hospital, from typhoid fever. October 26th — Private Calvin 5. Haynes, Company C, Slough Barracks Hospital, from typhoid fever. October 30th— Private John J. Bisbee, Company H, Slough Barracks Hospital, from chronic diarrhoea. November 7th— Private Thomas E. Flemming, Com- pany A, at Roxbury, Mass., from sore leg. November 17th — Private William H. Perry, Company A, at Boston, Mass., from consumption. There were eight men discharged from service, by Major- General Augur, Twenty-Second Army Corps, for disability, viz.: Sergeant William H. Alexander, Company C, Sep- tember 1oth; Private Willard L. Studley, Company D, September roth; Private Wendell Davis, Company H, September 13th; Corporal Jerome P. Thurber, Company G, September 13th ; Private Nathan Washburne, Company C, September 16th; Private Jason Whitaker, Company E, September roth; Private Henry W. Dean, Company I, September 20th; Private Albert E. Frost, Company K, September z2oth. One man reénlisted for one year in the Thirty-Eighth Massachusetts Volunteers: Private Andrew C. Hale, Com- pany H, September 8th. _ By regimental General Ordérs No. 111, issued Novem- ber 6th, at Roxbury, Mass., the following men were relieved from detailed daily duty at headquarters, with a compli- mentary notice for their faithful service: Private Ezra Abbott, Company A, chief wagoner ; Private James Allen, Company E, orderly; Private Ellery C. Bartlett, Company K, clerk. As Chaplain Sanger could not get permission from his 464 HISTORY OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGIMENT, i church people in Webster, Mass., to serve one hundred days with his regiment, an attempt was made to obtain a commission for Second-Lieutenant Galvin, Company F, a regularly ordained clergyman from Brookfield, Mass., who was unanimously elected by his brother officers, August roth, to fill that position. Through unavoidable delays and informality in the proper papers, no prog- ress was made towards securing his appointment until late in September. Lieutenant Galvin was then absent in Philadelphia on sick leave, and it was doubtful if he would be able to rejoin his regiment before the term of service expired. Difficulties also existed in obtaining a muster dated back, so his appointment was abandoned. He officiated as chaplain for a few weeks only. One payment was made to the regiment, the last week in September, when the men were paid for July and August. The following ladies, wives of officers, boarded at a hotel in Alexandria, and saw what constitutes camp life in time of war: Mrs. Burrell, Mrs. Stedman, Mrs. Stiles, Mrs. Robinson, Mrs. Ford. This brief sketch is sufficient to prove that the one- hundred-day men did not have a picnic during their service. To be sure, the regiment did not get into an action: a stroke of good luck. The various train-guard detachments were liable toshave a fight at any moment, and, until back in camp, were kept ready for such a contingency. In conclusion the writer would add: Let no man who enlisted in a three years regiment sneer at the nine months troops, or those who served a shorter term. A large number reénlisted later on in other organizations, and served to the end of the war. Their previous service was of great benefit wherever they went; in fact, they MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS. 465 were not raw recruits. The three years man who served continuously with his colors is a rarity. It does not follow that every man who enlisted in the army is entitled to credit for so doing. “ Bummers” and shirks were plenty. When a thousand men are got together there must be a percentage of this element among them. The most worthy and deserving men do not have much to say about their army experience, and never drag it into prominence for selfish reasons. No undue importance is intended in naming men who were on detached daily duty as clerks, orderlies, etc.; such places were considered “soft berths,” although much hard work was done by many of the detailed men. The soldier who remained with his colors, and did duty like a man, is the one to whom most praise is due. SY See Le — — << 4 \ \« \ \ WS \\ \ \Y | ~ << . . « \ \\ SS \\