Concord directory, 1859
Who lived and worked in Concord in 1859, as the directory printed it. Machine-read from the public-domain scan at the Internet Archive; 87% of its words measure as correctly read.
The listing
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The above cut represents the centre of the town, with the roads
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Light Artillery
A. - Headquarters of Commander-in-Chief. . _ B. and C. - Fields for spectators ; (C. should be carried down parallel to the road to the Railroad.
D. - " Rogue's Island."
E. - First Division of Troops.
F. - Second Division of Troops.
G. - Third Division of Troops.
Wells have been sunk on the borders of the pond within the line assigned to spectators, and in the rear of the troops.
The brook running through the camp has teen bridged ata convenient place, for the passage of the soldiers.
Commander-in- Chief.
Adjutant-General - Rank, Brigadier- General. EBEnezER W. Strong, _ Roxbury. Aids to. the Commander-in-Chief - Rank, Lieutenant-
Epwarp G. Parker, Brookline. Joun H. Reep, Boston.
H. Saira, Templeton. Joseru H. D. Braxz, Braintree.
Major-General, Samuel Andrews, Roxbury. Division Inspector, P. Stearns Davis, Cambridge. Quartermaster, William Baker, Jr., Boston. Engineer, John R. Hall, Roxbury. Aid-de-Camp, Henry C. Brooks, Boston. Aid-de Camp, Wm. W. Clapp, Jr., Boston. Judge Advocate, Thornton K. Lothrop, Boston.
Brigadier-General, William W. Bullock, Cambridge. Brig. Maj. & Inspector, Axel Dearborn, Dorchester.
Quartermaster, John Moran, Roster Engineer, Alvin Adams, Jr., Boston. Aid-de-Camp, Solon Fisher, Boston. Company or Ligutr ARTILLERY ANNEXED TO First Boston. Captain, Ormand F. Nims. Adjutant, Dexter H. Follett.
Surgeon, J. P. Ordway.
First Barration Licut Dragoons.
Major, William F. White, Somerville. Adjutant, _ Charles W. Wilder, Brookline. Quartermaster, William M. Watts, Chelsea. Surgeon, Moses C. Greene, Boston. Company A - Boston. Captain, Michael C. Kenny. B - Boston. Captain, Thomas J. Pierce.
Seconp Reoiment or INFANTRY. Hall's Band.
Colonel, Robert Cowdin, Boston. 'Lieutenant-Colonel, Isaac 8. Burrell, Roxbury. Major, Isaac F'. Shepherd, Boston.
_ Adjutant, Chas. Ff. Adams, Jr., Boston. Quartermaster, Sidney A. Stetson, Boston. Surgeon, Samuel A. Green, Boston. Company A - Boston. Captain, Clark B. Baldwin. B - Boston. Captain, Edward Pearl. C - Boston. Captain, Walter 8. Sampson. D - Roxbury. Captain, Thomas L. D. Perkins. F - Boston. Captain, Arthur Dexter. G - Boston. Captain, Joshua Jenkins. H - Boston. Captain Henry A. Snow.
Srconp Barrarion or Inrantry. Gilmore's Band.
Major, Charles O. Rogers. Adjutant, T. Bigelow Lawrence. Quartermaster, William B. Fowle. Sergeant-Major 3 Albert Dodd.
Company A. Captain, Ralph Newton. Company B. ; Captain, Harrison Ritchie. Company EH. Lieutenant, George W. West.
Brigadier-General, ~ Ebenezer W. Peirce, Freetown. Brig. Maj. & Inspector, George Clark, Jr., Dorchester. Quartermaster, Edwin L. Barney, New Bedford. Engineer, William C. Lovering, Taunton. Aid-de-Camp, Silas P. Richmond, Freetown.
Company oF Licnt Dragoons ANNEXED TO hates te
North Bridgewater. _ Captain, Jonas R, Perkins.
Tutrp Rearment INFANTRY. New Bedford Band.
Colonel, David W. Wadrope, New Bedford. Licutenant-Colonel, Charles Raymond, Plymouth.
Major, Rogers L. Barstow, Rochester. Adjutant, Richard A. Peirce, New Bedford. Quartermaster, Marcus M. Wilcox, New Bedford. Surgeon, Alexander 8. Holmes, New Bedford. Company A - Halifax. Captain, Otis Pratt. B - Plymouth. Captain, Joseph W. Collingwood. Hi - F all River. Captain, William C. Greene. G - Freetown. Captain, James R. Matthewson. H - Plympton. Captain, Ira S. Holmes. K - Carver. Captain, William S. McFarlin. L - New Bedford. Captain, Timothy Ingraham.
Fourtn Regiment INFANTRY. Weymouth Band.
Colonel, Abner B. Packard, Quincy.
_ Lieutenant-Colonel, Oliver Ames, 3d, Easton. Major, Frank M. Ames, Easton. Adjutant, Franklin Curtis, Quincy. Quartermaster, William EK. Camp, Taunton. Surgeon, Henry M. Saville, Quincy. Company A - Canton. Captain,
B - Haston. Captain, C - Braintree. Captain, Cephas C. Bumpus. D - Randolph. Captain, Hiram C. Alden.
. E - Abington. Captain, aa F - Foxborough. Captain, David L. Shepard. G - Taunton. Captain, Timothy Gordon. H - Quincy. Captain, Thaddeus H. Newcomb, I - Hingham. Captain, Hawkes Fearing, Jr.
Capers-or First Drviston. Brigade Band. Boston. - Lieut. Colonel Christopher C. Holmes.
Major-General, William Sutton, Salem. Division Inspector, Daniel Perkins, Salem. Quartermaster, William Saunders, Salem. Aid-de-Camp, Sam'l Brown, Jr., Salem. Aid-de-Camp, Jarius W. Perry, Salem. Engineer, David Moore, Salem. Judge Advocate, Alf'd A. Abbott, Danvers.
Brigadier-General, Benjamin F. Butler, Lowell.
Brig. Maj. & Inspector, William H. Clemence, Lowell.
Quartermaster, Thomas J. Porter, Woburn.
Engineer, ~ Peter Haggerty, Lowell.
Aid-de-Camp, Samuel K. Convers, Lowell. Company or Licnt Dragoons ANNEXED To Turkp
Waltham. Captain, William Gibbs.
Firtun Reotment Inrantry. Cornet Band.
Colonel, Charles B. Rogers, Charlestown. Lieutenant-C olonel, George P. Kettell, Charlestown. Major, Samuel C. Lawrence.
Adjutant, Thomas O. Barri, Cambridge. Quartermaster, K. Frothingham, Jr., Charlestown. Surgeon, Wil.iam N. Lane, Charlestown. Company A - Concord. Captain, Richard Barrett, ~B - Somerville. Captain, George O. Barstow. D - Charlestown. | Captain, Charles W. Strout. E - Medford. Captain, John Hutchins. -G - W oburn. 2d Lieutenant, A. Franklin Thompson. -H - Charlestown. - - Captain, John T. Boyd.
Srxta Regiment INFANTRY. Lowell Brigade Band. Colonel, Edward I'. Jones, Lowell. Lieutenant-Colonel, Walter Shattuck, Groton. Major, Benjamin F. Watson, Lawrence.
Adjatant, Alpha B. Farr, Lowell. Quartermaster, James Munroe, Cambridgeport. Surgeon, Norman Smith, Groton. - Company B - Groton. Captain, Eusebius 8. Clark. C - Lowell. Captain, A. S. Follansbee. D - Lowell. Captain, James W. Hart. H - Acton. Captain, Daniel Tuttle. I' - Lawrence. Captain, Benoni T. Durgin. G - Lowell. 3 Captain, Josiah A. Sawtell. H - Lowell. Captain, Jonathan Ladd. I - Lawrence._ Captain, Leverett Bradlee. Sxcoxp Barrarron Ries. Major, Ephraim Moore, Sudbury. Quartermaster, George Houghton, Marlboro.' Company A - Marlboro.' Captain, Henry Whitcomb. B - Sudbury. Captain, Samuel Adams Willis. Brigadier-General, - Joseph Andrews, Salem. Brig. Maj. & Inspector, Henry Merritt, Salem. Quartermaster, John IF. Fellows, Chelsea.
Section oF Barrery or Licur ARTILLERY, ANNEXED to Fourtn Brigape. 3
Salem. Captain, Charles H. Manning. Seventh Regiment INFANTRY. Salem Band.
Colonel, Lyman Dike, Stoneham. Lieuienant-C olonel, Simeon Flint, Salem. Major, John Wiley, 2d, So. Reading. Adjutant, Barnabas N. Mann, Chelsea. Quartermaster, Hadley T. Burrell, Chelsea. Surgeon, William H. Heath, Stoneham. _ 'Company A - Salem. 3d Lieutenant, Silsbee. B - Salem. Captain, George H. Pierson. C - Stoneham. Ist Lieutenant, John H. Dike.
Reading. Captain, J. W. Locke. i} - Chelsea. Captain, George W. Churchill. G - Haverhill. Captain, William Taggart.
H - Salem. or Captain, J. C, Remond. .
Eieuta Regiment INFANTRY.
Colonel, Frederick J. Coffin, Newburyport. Lieutenant-Colonel, Timothy Munroe, Lynn.
Major, | Israel W. Wallis, Beverly. Adjutant, Edward W. Hincks. Quartermaster, - Samuel T. Payson, Newburyport. Surgeon, John Renton, Lynn.
Company A - Newburyport. Captain, Nehemiah Flanders. B - Marblehead. Captain, C - Marblehead. Captain, Knott V. Martin. D - Lynn. Captain,
E - Beverly. Captain, Francis H. Porter. F - Lynn. Captain, James Hudson, Jr. G - Gloucester. Captain, Jeremiah Cook. H - Marblehead. Captain, Francis Boardman.
First Barrarion Rir.zes. Natick Brass Band.
Major, Ben: Perley Poore, West Newbury. Quartermaster, | Samuel W. Haines, Newburyport. Surgeon, David L. Ambrose, West Newbury. Company A - West Newbury. Captain, M. P. Stanwood. B - Newbury. Captain, Gideon Rogers, Jr. C - Rowley. Captain, David Saunders.
Company or Caperts, Seconp Division.
Salem. Captain, Samuel B. Foster.
Major-General, Augustus Morse, Leominster. Division Inspector, Chas. H. Merriam Leominster. Quartermaster, Theron E. Hall, Holden. Aid-de-Camp, William B. Woed, Fitchburg
Brigadier-Genera], Samuel H. Leonard, Worcester. Quartermaster, Henry Phelps, Worcester,
Nintao ReqGiment or INFANTRY.
Colonel, Edwin Upton, Fitchburg. Lieutenant-Colonel, Gilman M. Palmer, Clinton. Major, William Kimball, Fitchburg. Quartermaster, Geo. H. Sherwin, Fitchburg. Company A - Leominster. - Ist Lieut. C. A. Whitcomb. B - Hitchburg. Captain, James A. Cunningham. C - Clinton. Captain, Christopher C. Stone. E - Fitchburg. Captain, Jonas Corey. G - Ashburnham. Captain, Joseph P. Rice. Brigadier-General, Andrew A. Richmond, Adams. Brig. Maj. & Inspector, John J. LeRoy, Adams. Adjutant, J. M. Stanley. Quartermaster, David W. McHlwain, Adams. | Tap Barrarton. | Major, Edward Lamb, Worcester. Company A - Milford. 1st Lieutenant, Thomas G. Kent. B - W oreester. Captain, H. W. Pratt. G - West Boylston. Captain, Edwin HE. Day. Tatrp Barrarton or Riruss. j Major, Klijah B. Stoddard, Worcester. Company A - Worcester. Captain, George H. Ward. B - Holden. Captain, Augustus F. Damon. Company or CAVALRY ANNEXED TO Sixtu Brians. Springfield. Captain, Charles A. Baxter. Tentn Reqiment oF INFANTRY. Colonel, Jefford M. Decker, Greenfield. Lieutenant-Colonel, James H. Barker, Milford. Major, Henry M. Bowers, Shelburne. Quartermaster, Henry Keith, Worcester. Company A - Shelburne. Captain, Halbert 8. Greenleaf. B - Leverett. Captain, Adin W. Caswell. D - Shutesbury. Captain, Horace Jennison.
E - Coleraine. Captain, Thomas Purinton, 2d.
- Sprinefield. Captain, John Taylor.
- Northampton. Captain, William R. Marsh.
- Belchertown. Captain, - - - Bridgman.
G - Greenfield. Captain, Edwin E. Day. First Barration or Ivrantry. |
Major, , qu S. Briggs, Pittsfield.
Quartermaster, | Daniel J. Dodge, Pittsfield.
Company A - Pittsfield. Captain, Charles M. Whelden. | B - Adams. Captain, William M. Brown.
N. HUDSON, Selectmen.
Engineers of Fire Department.
GHORGE L. PRESCOTT, Chief Engineer.
JOHN B. MOORE, f Assan
General Superintendent of Police.
whnel of Police at. Town - JOHN B. MOORH. "« at Field - LUTHER A. HAM.
Jailor - SAMUEL STAPLES.
- Inscription on Concord Monument:
" Here, on the 19th of April; 1775, was made he FIRST t FORCIBLE RESISTANCE TO Britisn acaresston. On the - opposite bank stood the American Militia. Here stood the Invading Army, and on this spot the first of the enemy fell in the war of that Revolution which gave INDEPEND- fuDE To GoD, AND IN THE LOVE OF FREEDOM, this Mon- ument was erected A. D. (1836. if
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