Barnstable County, Massachusetts - Chapter 7, 1890

Chapter 7

The Civil War. - The Election of Lincoln and the Fall of Sumter. - The first Call for Three-Months' Men. - Response from the Cape Towns.- War Meetings. - Subsequent Calls. - Bounties. - Enlistments. - Return of the Volunteers. - G. A. R. Posts.- Monuments.

THE news of the bombardment of Fort Sumter, in April, 1861, greatly affected and changed the feelings of the political parties of the Cape; and when the surrender of the fort by Major Anderson, on the 13th, was announced, the feeling was almost unanimous in favor of crushing the rebellion, the method remaining the only party question. Of the citizens of the Cape large numbers were engaged in various pursuits on the sea; but those at home recognized the issue as inevitable and were at once determined in their action.

On the morning of Monday, April 15th, appeared the proclamation of Abraham Lincoln, calling for seventy-five thousand men for three months, to suppress the rebellion. Its effect was like an electric spark in quickening the resolution and action of the men of this county. The president's estimate was short of the necessities of the movement, as the history of the war abundantly proved; but to his calm and judicious patriotism a grateful nation has erected enduring monuments of granite, and engraved his deeds upon lasting pages of history.

The first official act of this Commonwealth relating to the war was the recommendation by Governor Andrew, in January, 1861, that the adjutant general ascertain with accuracy the number of officers and men of the volunteer militia of the state who would instantly respond to any call of the president of the United States for troops. January 23, 1861, the legislature passed a resolution tendering to the president the aid of the Commonwealth in enforcing the laws; and February 15th an act was approved providing for the retention in service of all militia organizations then existing, and for the formation, " as the public exigency may require," of other companies by the municipal officers ' of cities and the selectmen of towns. On April 3, 1861, the first appropriation made by the legislature for war purposes was a sum of twenty-five thousand dollars to equip two thousand soldiers for active service. In May of that year the legislature, before its adjournment.

gave full power to the gfovemor and his council to issue scrip, or certificates of debt, in various sums not to exceed seven million dollars, to be expended for the government; and gave authority to towns to raise money by taxation for war purposes, for which the state would reimburse them to a limited extent. Let such patriotism, manifested thus early in -the Old Bay State, be forever on record for the benefit of the present and unborn generations ! Her militia were first in the field. On the 15th of April, 1861, a telegram was received from Senator Wilson at Washington, requesting twenty companies to be sent to the national capital to act in defense of that city. The request was immediately complied with by sending state militia, whose military history is foreign to this chapter.

The first seven companies enlisted in the state under the call of the president, which were subsequently the first mustered into the service of the United States for the term of three years, were the nucleus of what was actually the first, but misleadingly numbered the Twenty-ninth Regular M. V. These seven companies were those of Captain Chamberlain, raised in Lynn, April 18th; Captains Tyler and Clarke, raised in Boston, April 19th; Captain Chipman, Sandwich, April 20th; Captains Leach, Barnes and Doten, raised respectively in East Bridgewater, East Boston and Plymouth, about April 20th. Thus the Cape raised the fourth of the first seven companies enlisted in Massachusetts within four days after the call.

With only a few hours' notice, a very large meeting was held Saturday evening, April 20, at Sandwich, " to devise means and ways to raise a company of troops for the defence of the* country." Theodore Kern called the meeting to order, Dr. Jonathan Leonard was chosen to preside, and E. S. Whittemore was chosen to act as secretary. During the fevening $626 was pledged toward a bounty for the men who should enlist. A committee of nine was chosen to thoroughly canvass the town and raise more bounty money - sufficient to pay twenty dollars to each man. Three men were appointed to wait upon the governor and oflFer the services of the company. On the sixth of May the company were ready for commands from Governor Andrew, and on the eighth proceeded to Boston. The election of officers of this company was presided over by the selectmen of the town of Sandwich, and the following list of commissioned officers may be pointed to as the first from Barnstable county: Charles Chipman, captain; Charles Brady, first lieutenant; Henry A. Kern, second lieutenant; Alfred E. Smith, third lieutenant; James H. Atherton, fourth lieutenant; and the company adopted the name "Sandwich Guards." This company was at once sent to Fortress Monroe, and formed Company D in the Third regiment of the militia. In July, 1861, it was made part of the Massachusetts Battalion, and in December of the same year was em- braced in the Twenty-ninth Massachusetts Infantry. This valiant company participated in the battles of Fair Oaks, Gaines' Mills, Peach Orchard, Savage Station, Malvern Hill, Centerville, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and others.

The first special town meeting of Sandwich for war purposes was held May 11, 1861, at which four thousand dollars was voted for the support of the families of those who had enlisted, and five hundred dollars to uniform the first company accepted from the town.

The town furnished, according to the report of its selectmen, 292 men for the army - exceeding the several quotas by two men. Twelve of its men were commissioned officers. The money expended was $33,081.99, besides $19,938.55 for state aid. The other towns of the county also called special town meetings, or later ratified the action of their selectmen.

Concerning Yarmouth's action, Hon. Charles F. Swift says: " The part taken by the town in the war of the rebellion is briefly summarized. Informal meetings were held during the summer and fall of 1861, in which material aid for the troops in the field was provided for, volunteering encouraged and hospital supplies sent forward. May 2, 1862, the first legal town meeting was held. James B. Crocker was chosen moderator, and a series of resolutions, presented by Charles F. Swift, adopted. These pledged the aid of the town to the government, and recommended especially volunteering for the navy, as the ^special department of the service adapted to our people. July 2d, a town meeting was held to procure enlistments, D. G. Eldridge, moderator. Three years' men were offered one hundred dollars on being mustered in and one hundred dollars when honorably discharged. The town's quota was filled in a few days. August 14th a bounty of $125 each was offered by the town to nine months' men. December 1, 1863, a meeting was called to aid in the enlistment of ' 300,000 more ' troops, Charles F. Swift, moderator. Oliver Gorham, N. C. Fowler, David Matthews and (subsequently) Freeman Howes were appointed a committe to co-operate with the selectmen in filling the quota. April 24, 1864, a meeting was held to aid in filling the town quota ' under the two last calls of the President,' C. F. Swift, moderator. At this meeting $125 was voted to each recruit, and June 1st it was announced that the quota was filled, through the expenditure of two thousand four hundred dollars by the citizens' committee. Under the last call for troops citizens' meetings were held in July; $325 being offered for recruits, and three hundred dollars paid to those who had furnished substitutes. The collapse of the rebellion rendered further effort useless. Yarmouth furnished 250 men for the army and navy, five over all demands. There were fifteen volunteer officers in the navy and three pilots from this town. The expenditures of the town for war purposes was $17,017, besides $3,692.10 voluntarily contributed by individuals, in all, $20,609.10. The sum of $4,514.71 was expended in aid of soldiers' families."

Provincetown had the first special town meeting May 2, 1861, at which strong resolutions were passed and ample provisions made for the enlistment of troops. Several meetings were held during the war; the contributions of the citizens for filling quotas were reimbursed, and the town sent to the service fifty-seven men more than were called. Three were commissioned officers in the service. The number reported by the selectmen was 247; but the number much exceeded that. The whole amount of money raised was $37,462, and for state aid, which was reimbursed, $7,368.24. It is also a fact that Provincetown paid to the families of volunteers double the amount reimbursed. The ladies of the town organized, in 1862, a Soldiers' Aid Society, which contributed $2,291.65 in money and clothing. The exposure of this extreme portion of the Cape induced the government to erect earthworks, which were garrisoned by a company of volunteers.

Barnstable commenced raising troops early, and held its first special town meeting May 10, 1861. At this meeting liberal bounties were offered, promises were made for the support of soldiers' families, and money was placed at the disposal of the governor for the assistance of the troops of the state. On the 21st of July, 1862, still stronger resolutions of patriotism and aid were passed, and the bounties were increased. The work of the selectmen and clerk was most arduous, but was cheerfully accomplished. The number of men reported as sent was 272 - thirty-five over and above all demands. The acting adjutant general of the state reported that Barnstable had underrated the number sent. Three of these men were commissioned officers. The sum appropriated was $38,674.15, besides $19,662.93 for state aid, which was refunded. The work of the Barnstable ladies was important. Three aid societies were organized - one each in its three largest villages - which contributed the sum of $1,283, and many thousand articles of clothing, bandages and luxuries.

Harwich showed the same earnest determination by calling a town meeting May 10, 1861, at which resolutions were passed to place a coast guard of one hundred men, and raise money to pay bounties for the enlisting of troops. Several meetings were held during 1862 and the bounties were increased; committees were appointed to recruit men and assist the selectmen; and a very liberal appropriation of money was made. In the meeting of November 7, 1866, the town voted " that the selectmen treat all widows in town whose husbands have fallen in the war, with especial benevolence, and, if they have no house, see that they have a home outside of the almshouse." This was very commendable. The town furnished 341 men - a surplus of twenty-nine over all demands - of whom four were commissioned officers. The sum raised during the war was $42,660.02, and $1] ,462.99 for state aid, which was refunded. The ladies of the several religious societies sent many needed articles to the army hospitals.

The first town meeting of Brewster to consider war matters was held May 21, 1861, which made liberal provision for the aid fund, enlisting soldiers, and for the support of their families. Meetings were called often during the continuance of the war and the selectmen were always empowered to expend money in every manner for the interest of the town in its relation to the common cause, and the care of the families of absent soldiers. Brewster furnished 141 men for the war, a surplus of seventeen; and expended $19,453.73, besides a large contribution from liberal-minded citizens. The sum for state aid was $4,356.23, which was refunded. An aid society by the ladies did much good.

Wellfleet sent several men to Fortress Monroe in April, 1861, and was rapidly enlisting a company when the first special town meeting was called in May following. Bounties for those who had enlisted and who might, were liberally provided; and a request was sent to the governor for equipments for a full company. The meetings of each succeeding year of the war increased the bounties, not forgetting the needs of the soldiers' families. No officers were commissioned from this town; but 221 men were furnished on the different calls, which was twenty-five more than required. About $2,000 was contributed by individuals and $18,324.67 was raised by the town for war purposes, besides $1,138.73 for state aid, which was reimbursed. The ladies organized an aid society to work for the sick and wounded in hospitals. At the expiration of the war the unexpended funds of the society were given in aid of a monument for deceased soldiers.

In Chatham several citizens' meetings were held during the first year of the rebellion, and every necessary action was taken for supplying the town's quota of volunteers and the necessary funds for bounties and soldiers' families. July 22, 1862, a town meeting was held to reimburse the liberal contributions of the citizens and approve of what the selectmen had already accomplished. The meeting voted a monthly sum of eighteen dollars to each family of the men absent on duty, which was six dollars a month more than was reimbursed by the state. In February, 1863, the selectmen had borrowed on their individual notes $8,000, which had been expended in bounties and other necessary expenditures. At a meeting then held this town promptly assumed the entire liability, arranged for meetings on every Tuesday evening in furtherance of the cause, and appointed a committee to assist the selectmen. In 1866, after the close of the war, the town voted to refund every citizen the money he had contributed and pay every person who had furnished a substitute the money he had necessarily expended. Chatham furnished 264 men, which was a surplus of thirty-two; five were commissioned oflScers. The money expended was $27,611.69, and for state aid $6,487.42.

In Dennis, every action required for furnishing means and men for the war was taken, during 1861, by the citizens and selectmen, and not until July 26, 1862, did the town act in a corporate capacity; then, under the president's call for three hundred thousand men, the town appointed six gentlemen to act with the selectmen in recruiting volunteers, and arranged a bounty of $260 each for former and future enlistments. The reports of the action of the town during the war are not as full as some of the others, but the result shows that Dennis was not only very earnest in the good work, but could show a better record at its conclusion. The reprorts of the town show that 220 men were furnished for the war; but in the army and navy Dennis had over 360. Every call of the president was promptly filled, and in the final aggregate a surplus of forty -three men had been furnished. The money raised and expended was $22,652.66, with $3,813.61 for state aid, which the Commonwealth refunded as it did to other towns.

During the year 1861 the town of Eastham held no special meetings in a corporate capacity, but its citizens and officers filled every call for men, and furnished ample means for necessary expenses and bounties. In 1862, July 28th, when the largest call of the war was made for men, the citizens in a special town meeting voted full authority for the action of the selectmen as well as provided for what had been previously done. Meetings were held as often as necessary, money was raised as needed, and the bounty for soldiers placed at $160. No commissioned officers went from the town, but eleven men were sent in excess of the quota. The number of men furnished was seventyseven; the money expended was $3,476.54; and the state aid fund was $833.23.

In Falmouth, as in other towns, many of the best young men were on the seas at the breaking out of the rebellion; but every requirement of men and money was fulfilled, with a surplus of ten men over the quota. August 2, 1862, a special town meeting was held at which a bounty of $125 was promised to every volunteer who was accepted by the government and one hundred dollars when regularly discharged from the service; to this private citizens added ten dollars for each volunteer. Enlistments were rapid, and every subsequent demand was as promptly met. Falmouth was compelled to enlist many from outside, and furnished in all 258 men - 138 for the army and twenty for the navy from its own citizens. The amount raised and expended was $20,154.35 exclusive of the aid fund, which was $4,674.20. The ladies of Falmouth furnished their share of aid to the soldiers in the field. This town, like others, had sacrifices that called for the continued aid and sympathy of its citizens; one case was where three sons of a very poor citizen enlisted, and all were killed; one left a wife and five small children, and upon the other two the aged parents of the three valiant sons depended for support.

No corporate action of the town of Truro was taken during the year 1861, but all quotas were filled by the officers and citizens until July 25, 1862, when at a special town meeting their action was ratified and expenditures refunded by the vote of the town. A bounty of two hundred dollars was offered for nine-months' men, and the most liberal provisions were made at each future meeting for the volunteers and their families. At a meeting, February 4, 1863, the town voted to bring home the remains of Edward Winslow, the first of its soldiers who had fallen; and that the widow and orphan children of the deceased receive a gratuity of one hundred dollars. Through the selectmen, assisted by proper committees, Truro furnished 144 men for the war - an excess of fourteen over all demands. The fund expended was $4,786.10, and the amount sent to the state aid was $2,328.21, which was refunded.

The preceding summary of the action of the several towns of Barnstable county is brief but reliable, and gives facts of which its citizens may well be proud. The several selectmen of the towns in 1866 reported 2,305 men as having been sent into the service; but the number must have been greater, as the percentage of men furnished throughout the commonwealth was 9^ to every one hundred inhabitants, and this county not only filled every quota but furnished an excess of 309 men. The total expenses of the towns aggregate the enormous sum of $399,919.92, of which $90,934.84 was paid as state aid, and mostly refunded.

The general court in 1863 made provision for reimbursing the towns the bounties they had paid to volunteers enlisting under the calls of the president of July and August, 1862, not exceeding one hundred dollars for each volunteer. The assessors' report from Barnstable county show that bounties were paid to 532 men, a total of $84- 395.35 under those calls.

The legislature of 1864 passed an act, approved May 14th, which provided for the enrollment of all able bodied male citizens of the Commonwealth between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years. The lists were made by the assessors and filed with town clerks July 1, 1864. Copies of these lists returned to the adjutant general show 133,767 effective men, in the state, liable to military duty. The state was then divided into 249 districts, and the militia residents of each district were organized as a company, and in December were ordered to elect their captain. Sandwich was made District 45; Barnstable and Falmouth, 46; Yarmouth, 47; Harwich, 48; Brewster, Dennis and Chatham, 49; Eastham and Orleans, 50; Truro and Wellfleet, 51; Provincetown, 52.

A few weeks before the call of October 17, 1863, for three hundred thousand new troops, provision was made that the district provost marshal, or their agents should receive fifteen dollars for each new recruit, and twenty-five dollars for each re-enlistment; but from this rule Massachusetts was, by request of Governor Andrew, excepted, and these fees made payable to the selectmen of the several towns who secured the enlistments. The amount paid to the several towns under this arrangement was used exclusively to promote enlistments, and the local recruiting officers received only a per diem allowance while actually employed.

After the original call for a draft in Massachusetts, the selectmen of the several towns filed sworn statements, showing the number of men each town had furnished to the army prior to February 1, 1863. The following list of names comprehends the men furnished by Barnstable county during the years of 1861-1866, as reported by the adjutant general of the state. We have classified with care the mustering in of companies and regiments, and have especially arranged the names by towns to better enable the reader to find those of any particular locality when the number of the regiment is known. To the names of those who died in the service from disease, prison life, or were killed, the time and place are given.

Three Years' Men, Light Artillery

Second Ba.ttery. - Barnstad/e: John Hughes, mus., died at Vicksburg, July, '65; John Carroll, jr., George Craig. Truro: James Brown, Ezra F. Folsom, died at Baton Rouge, May, '64; Cornel, us Gannon, Charles Hamilton. Sandwich: George Lamberton. Orleans: Joseph Moody, died in Louisiana, Jan., '65; Stephen F. Smith, died at New Orleans, Nov., '64.

Heavy Artillery, 1864

First Regiment. - C/ia//iaw.- Co. A, David Keith. Orleans: Co. A, Edward Laselle. Provincetown: Co. B, William T. Tolman; Co. F, Thomas Marsdon. Wellfleet: Co. G, Daniel Gilmore. Eastham: Co. I, William J. W. Yates. Unassigned and no record: Charles L. Hartshome of Harwich, John Hart of Falmouth, Daniel Lovett and Thomas Pepper of Wellfleet.

Infantry

Twelfth Regiment, 1863. - ZJf www.- Co. A, Thomas Anderson, trans, to navy. Barnstable: Co. A, Samuel C. Bowen, died Oct., '64; Co. G, Michael Lynch; unclassified, Thomas F. Crocker. Chatham: Co. A, William Braddock; Co. H, Josiah C. Freeman, trans, to navy; William Smith. Orleans: Co. A, John Cabe. Wellfleet: Co. A, Washington Reed, trans, to Thirty-ninth; Co. K, William N. Atwood. Provincetown: Co. D, Michael Ragan, trans, to Thirty-ninth; Co. E, Henry A. F. Smith, killed June, '64; Co. H, Thomas O. Sullivan, to Thirty-ninth; Charles Uhlich, to Thirty-ninth; Co. L James Munroe, to Thirty-second. Breii'ster: Co. E, John Cotter, trans, to Thirty-ninth. Truro: Co. H, Francis Trainor; Co. K, Patrick Conway.

Thirteenth Regiment, 1863. - Truro: Co. A, John Francis, trans, navy; Co. B, James Cushman; Co. I, Frank Oakley, to Thirty-ninth, unassigned, John Williams. 2d. Yarmouth: Co. A, George Happleton, trans, to navy; Co. E, Charles Forrest; 'Co. H, Manuel Silver; Co. I, Isaac B. Crowell. killed at Bull Run, '62. Provincetown: Co. B, John

Military History

Allcock; Co. K, John Rogers. Barnstable: Co. B, John J. Gibson, trans, to navy; Co. I, Albert F. Holmes, Davis P. Howard. Chatham: Co. C, William H. Jones, trans, to Thirty-second; Co. H, Lewis Uhlrich, stayed twenty days; unassigned, James Tomlin. Eastham: Co. C, George Brown, to Thirty-ninth; unassigned, Edward Young. Falmouth: Co. D, John Brown, James Clemmens, trans, to Thirty-ninth; Co. I, John Riley, 2d, trans, to Thirty-ninth. Dennis: Co. C, William Case (or Chase), trans, to Thirty-second; Co. G, Charles Makill, trans, to Thirty-ninth; Co. H, Henry Johnson, trans, to navy. Harwich: Co. D, John Hughes. Orleans: Unassigned, Jacob Reactor.

Fifteenth Regiment, \m^. - Harwich: Co. A, Charles Ackerman, trans, to Twentieth; Co. F. Albert H. Lawrence; Co. G,Herman Maier, trans, to Twentieth. Yarmouth: Co. A, George Brown; Co. D, William Finch, died March, '64; Co. F, Richard Layton, trans, to navy; Co. I, Charles W. Bean, William M. Triscott, trans, to Twentieth; Co. K, Oscar S. Perry, trans, to Twentieth. Provincetown: Co. A, William Bruce; Co. C, Peter Donnelly. Sandivich: Co. A, William R. Bryne; Co. C, John Donaldson; Co. H, Charles Raphael, trans, to Twentieth; Co. K, John Warner, trans, to navy; unassigned, John McCully, trans, to Twentieth. Eastham: Co. B, Henry Contz. Dennis;: Co.C, Charles Campbell; Co. G, Patrick Murphy. Orleans: Co. C, John H. Cowan, died from wounds May, '64. Chatham: Co. C, Peter Dawson, trans, to Twentieth; Co. K, William Tell, to Twentieth. Barnstable: Co. C, George S. Demier. Falmouth: Co. C, John H. Diamond, trans, to Twentieth; Co. E, Charles Hubbard. Wellfleet: Co. F, Henry Mack; unassigned, James McCauley.

Nineteenth Regiment, 1861-1864. - Co. A, J. Frederick Aytoun, sergeant. Provincctoivn: Co. A, John T. Small, 1st lieut.; Co. D, William McDougal; Co. H. Edward Gallagher, Augfust Mengin. Wellfleet: Co. C, Joseph Fry, to Twentieth; Co. E, James M. Harrison, trans, to Twentieth; Co. F. Charles Leverence; Co. H, John Newer, trans, to Twentieth. Truro: Co. A, Charles A. Brown, trans, to Twen' tieth; Co. F, John Mack, trans, to Twentieth. Barnstable: Co. A, Daniel Burns, trans, to Twentieth; Co. E, Frederick Jackson, Robert P. Pike, killed Feb., '65; Co. F, Thomas Maher, corp.; Frank Lopez, trans, to Twentieth; Edward Mulally, V. R. C; Co. H, John Boing. unassigned, Patrick O'Neill, trans, to Twentieth; Charles Wilson. Brewster: Co. A, Michael S. Burke, trans, to Twentieth; Robert A. Johnston, died at Andersonville, Aug., '64; Co. E, Howard Lee; Co. G, James Henry; Co. \, Charles H. Porter, William Smith, Edward

Twenty-second Regiment, 1861-1864.- - Dennis: Co. B, John Francisco, trans, navy; Peter Martin, to navy; Joseph Ruse, to navy; John Colfer. Chathatn: Co. C, Timothy Bulkley, trans, to Thirty-second. Falmouth: Co. C, James H. Lashure. Barnstable: Co. C, Henry McKeon, trans, to Thirty-second; John Williams, to Thirty-second. Brewster: Co. C, Richard Ryon, trans, to Thirty-second. Harwich: Co. D, John Sullivan, to Thirty-second; Co. G, William E. Bliss, to Thirty-second; Thomas Green, Thomas H. Frampton, died of wounds, June, '64. Sandwich: Co. K, Franklin R. J. Clark, William F. Clark; Co. E, Edward W. Holway, to Thirty-second. Truro: Co. E, James Fitzpatrick, trans, to Thirty-second.

Twenty-sixth Regiment, 1864. - Barnstable: Co. A, John Burke; Co. G, Humphrey Sullivan, corp. Provincetown: Co. K, Joseph Prestello, re-enlisted and killed at Winchester; Joseph Fowler, William Frazer. Brewster: Co. G, William Borden, died at New Orleans.

Twenty-eighth Regiment, 1864. - Sandwich: In band, Michael Ball; Co. B, George Waltern; Co. C, John McCabe, Thomas Wheeler, killed at Bull Run; Co. D, Louis P. Paganuzzi, Bernard Woods; Co. H, John Score, died of wounds; Charles Bolton, to navy; unassigned, Marcena Ernest, Cheserg Jean, Thomas McMar-as. Falmouth: Co. A, Adolph Arm, died in prison Nov., '64; Co. D, James Green, John Higgins.

Brewster: Co. A, Abraham Berry, Benjamin Henshaw. to navy; John Schules, to navy. Eastham: Co. A, Otto Brown; Co. G, Charles O'Toole, killed at Spottsylvania, '64; John Lester. Dennis: Co. A, Henry Clark, Edward Lunt, wounded; Co. C, William H. Branch; Co. D, Daniel McDonald, William B. Riber; Co. E, Robert Lynch; Co. L Martin Schwytz; unassigned, Thomas Burnie, John Swanson, to navy. Harwich: Co. B, Thomas Campbell, killed at Locust Grove, '64. Barnstable: Co. C, Ezra C. Baker; Co. F, Charles Miller. Truro: Co. D, Andrew Jemmson, trans. V. R.C. Yarmouth: Co. E, Michael Collins. Orleans: Michael O'Mara. Wellfleet: Unassigned, Charles S. Hurd, L. G. Peterson, sent to navy; Pierre St. Souver.

Thirty-second Regiment, 1861-1864. - 7>«r^.- Co. A, Elkanah Paine, Corp.; Co. H, Anderson Rivers. Provincetown: Co. A, Henry Foster, died in Virginia, Dec, '63. Wellfleet: Co. B, Geovanni M. Podesta; Co.

uel Sampson, Charles E. Swift, Clark Swift, Dean W. Swift, died of wounds; Francis H. Swift, Williata H. Swift, Willard Weeks, died at Fortress Monroe, Jan., "64; Samuel J. Wood, died at Petersburg, Aug., '64.

Fifty-fourth Regiment, 1863, \BQA. - Falmouth. - Co. B, Robert H. Hurdle, died at Morris Island, May, '64; Co. H, Alfred F. Scott, died at Beaufort, Feb., '64; Co. G, Peter Smith, trans, to Fifty-fifth. Barnstable: Co. D, Charles L. Ellis. Harwich: Co. E, William Broadwater. Sandwich: Co. H, George H. Clark. Provincetown: Joseph Crooks, trans, to Fifty-fifth. Eastham: Co. I, John A. Green, trans, to Fiftyfifth.

Fifty-eighth Regiment, 1864. - C/zaMaw.- Charles M. Upham, 2d lieut., pro. capt., killed Cold Harbor, June, '64; William H. Harley,2d lieut., pro. capt., killed Spottsylvania, May, '64; Co. H, Horatio F. Lewis, 2d lieut.; Franklin D. Hammond, 2d lieut., killed at Petersburg, June, '64; Co. A, Nathaniel B.Smith, serg., killed at Cold Harbor, June, '64; Francis Armstrong, serg., died of wounds June, '64; Pliny F. Freeman, serg.; George W. Hamilton, serg.; Samuel Hawes, jr., serg.; Aaron W. Snow, serg.; Charles B. Bearse, John Bolton, killed at Cold Harbor, June, '64; J-oshua H. Chase, Zabina Dill, died at Anderson- ville, Aug., '64; Nathan Eldridge, killed at Spottsylvania, May, '64; Washington A. Eldridge, Stephen Ellis, Harrison F. Gould, Josiah F. Hardy, Samuel Harding, Seth T. Howes, killed at Wilderness, May, '64; Charles Johnson, Henry W. Mallows, Charles Mullett, Edwin S. Nickerson, Benjamin F. Pease, Bridgeman T. Small, Albert E. Snow, V. R. C; Zenas M. Snow, David G. Young, died in Virginia, May, '64. Provincetown: Albion M. Dudley, pro. capt.; Co. A, Jeremiah Bennett, killed at Cold Harbor, June, '64; Co. I, Albion N. Dudley. Harwich: Co. A, Heman Chase, jr., 1st lieut.; S. B. N. Baker, made 1st lieut. July, '65; Nathan Downey, 2d lieut.; David Kendrick, pro. lieut. July, '65; Co. A, Charles W. Hamilton, Isaac L. Kendrick, David P. Ryder, corp.; Albert F. Allen, Benjamin Bassett, Benjamin F. Bassett, died of wounds June, '64; W. H. H. Bassett, died at Danville, Jan., '66; George G. Burgess, Simeon Cahoon,died of wounds July, '64; Thomas G. Cahoon, Elijah Chase, Francis L. Doane, was pri.soner; Solomon N. Doane, died at Andersonville, Aug., '64; Alpheus Eldridge, died of wounds June, '64; Cyrus Ellis, 2d; Moses A. Handy, pris.; Jahiel Jordon, died at David's Island, June, '64; Daniel Lenihan, Charles W. Nickerson, George W. Nickerson, Warren Phillips, jr., Charles A. Robbins, Ezra B. Ryder, Antonio Silver, Asa Simmons, Ebenezer Smalley, died of wounds at home July, '64; Stephen Smith, wounded; George S. Studley, Charles Tuttle, John B, Tuttle; Co. C, Everett W. Doane, killed at Petersburg, April, '65; Moses Doane; Co. E, Jerry Slattery, killed at Petersburg, April, '65; Co.G,HoraceB.Chase,corp.; Co. H, Winslow Baker, died at Salisbury, Dec, '64; Joseph Barstow, Henry Brown, Joshua R. Burgess, died at Salisbury, Jan., '65; Francis S. Cahoon, Edward C. Chase, Isaiah Chase, 2d, died at Alexandria, June, '65; Thomas B. Chase, Alvah B. Crabbe, died at Washington, June, '64; James B. Doane, V. R. C; Alvan L. Drown, died at home Sept., '64; Jonathan Small, Seth B. Wixon; Co. I, Joseph Loveland; Co. K, Edward Pender, Alexander Purington; unassigned, Andrew Dolan. Barnstable: Co. K, Henry C. Blossom, 1st lieut.; Co. A, James R. Blagdon, died of wounds in Virginia, June, '64; George W. Cathcart, Charles G. Cook, died at Andersonville, Feb., '65; Eliphalet Doane, killed Petersburg, June, '64; Ebenezer Eldridge, killed at Spottsylvania, May, '64; Allen Marchant; Co. C,W. N. Baxter, James Woodman; Co. D,William A. McDonald; Co. E, Thomas Coleman, jr.; Co. H, James Pendergrass, died at Salisbury, Dec, '64; Timothy Robbins, died at Salisbury, Dec, '64. Orleans: Co. A, Samuel H. Everett, corp.; Co. F, Charles Clark; Co. H, Benjamin Taylor; unassigned, William D. Miles. Bre-wster: Co. A, Samuel F. Rogers, corp.; J. N. Allen, Barnabas G. Baker, died at Baltimore, March, '65; George S. Eldridge, Samuel Maker, died at Fredericksburg, May, '64; Reuben W. Ellis, Alonzo Rogers, jr.; Co. E, Lewis McClellan; Co. G, Benjamin F. Wixon, died at Spottsylvania, May, '64. Yarmouth:

Co. A, James P. Atkins, killed at Cold Harbor, June, '64; Co. D, Walter Hannaford, V. R.C.; Co. F, Samuel V. Bruen, George King, John V. Seyton, Patrick Sullivan, George Thomas. Dennis: Co. A.John S. Chase, Stephen R. Howes, died at Washington, June, '64; Salas N. Kelley, Ansel L. Studley, died at home, Oct., '64; Co. F, Henry V. Lord; Co. H, Freeman Hall, Amos C. Ryder, died of wounds June, '64; Co. H, Amos F. Wixon, killed at Cold Harbor, June, '64; Truro: Co. A, Enoch S. Hamilton, John L. D. Hopkins, died in Salisbury, Feb., '65; Benjamin K. Lombard, died at Andersonville, July, '64; John C. Ryder, John Wilson. Eastham: Samuel Nickerson, jr., killed at Petersburg, Jan., '65; William Willis; unassigned, John Brown, Edward Foss. Sandivick: Co. A, Timothy Taylor, John W. Tinkman; Co. C, Roland G. Holway, died at Washington, Aug., '64; Co. F, John Peterson; Co. H, Samuel W. Marvel, serg., died at Salisbury, Dec, '64; Co. K, John Leary. Wellfleet: Co. E, William Brown, 2d. James Gill.

record of her soldiers, for preservation in her town archives. The compiling, entrusted to Gustavus A. Hinckley, is to be finished in 1890. Other towns have revised their soldier lists since the publication of the adjutant general's report on which this chapter is based.

Besides those soldiers above mentioned the Fourth Regiment had Neil Mcintosh, of Dennis, and James Colvin, of Harwich; the Seventeenth had William Fay and Frank Varnum; the Nineteenth had Charles Davis, William Miles and Conrad Wilson; and in the Twentieth, John H. Dimon was in Co. E; William Marshall was in Co. F; John McCawley was in Co. G; and John McDonald in Co. H.

We have purposely omitted the records of desertions which the official reports contain. They were largely from among the substitutes enlisted from non-residents of the county.

In 1865, after the close of the war, the survivors of this body of patriots returned to their homes and were received with every demonstration of honor and thankfulness. The ex-soldiers have continued the memories and friendships of the war by the establishment of Posts of the Grand Army of the Republic at Sandwich, South Chatham, and Provincetown, to which the veterans of the surrounding towns belong. These organizations are more fully mentioned in the histories of the villages where located.

In grateful remembrance of fallen heroes, five towns have erected monuments to their memory, Barnstable having the most elaborate. It was erected at Centreville, dedicated July 4, 1866, being the first in the state in point of time. Its cost was $1,050, the site being donated by F. G. Kelley, and the beautifully proportioned pile of Concord granite bids fair to stand forever. Upon the four faces of the shaft the name, age and date of death of each of Barnstable's soldiers are deeply carved - on the north, Thomas Coleman, jr., Enoch Crocker, Eliphalet Doane, Ebenezer Eldridge, Josiah C. Fish, Cyrus B. Fish, Alfred C. Phinney, and Shubael Linnell; on the west the names of Timothy Robbins, Joseph C. Scudder, Martin S. Tinkum, Aaron H. Young and Nathan F. Winslow. On this west face are also the names of James C. Crocker and Anthony Chase of the navy. The south contains the names of William L. Lumbert, Allen Marchant, Solomon Otis. Samuel B. Otis, James Pendergrass, Albro W. Phinney, Nathan A. Pitcher, Andrew P. Cobb and James A. Hathaway; and on the east face are those of Clarence W. Bassett, George H. Bearse, James R. Blagden, Charles G. Cook, Simeon C. Childs, Job F. Childs, Obed A. Cahoon and Horace L. Crocker. The grounds around this monument are beautifully laid out and well kept.

The people of Chatham have indicated their gratitude by the erection of a shaft on the corner of Main and Sea View streets. The deeply engraved inscription, "Erected by the town to those who fell 1861-1865," surmounts the column, and on the east side are the names of Captain Charles M. Upham, Lieutenant Franklin D. Hammond, David G. Young, Benjamin F. Bassett, Zebina H. Dill, and Edwin S. Nickerson. The west face bears the names of Captain William H. Harley, Sergeant Nathaniel B. Smith, Sergeant Francis M. Armstrong, Seth T. Howes, Nathan Eldridge, John Bolton, and James Blauvelt.

Orleans, a few years after the war, erected on the square opposite the town house a fine shaft surmounted by the life-size figure of a soldier at parade rest. On the north face of the monument are the names of James E. Studley, John M. Cowan, Joseph Moody, and Lewis Eldridge; and on the south, Isaac Y. Smith, Joshua Gould, Freeman A. Sherman and John W. Walker.

In 1866 the Ladies' Soldiers' Aid Society, assisted by the subscribers to the war fund, erected a monument at Wellfleet in the burial ground at the head of Duck creek. Upon the south square of the main shaft are the names of William A. Holbrook, Daniel M. Hall, and Charles R. Morrill; and on the north the names of those who died in the naval service - Levi Y. Wiley, John Y. Cole, John D. Langley, and John N. Langley. The monument, surrounded by an iron fence, stands adjacent to the highway.

Erected by the Town of Provincetown in 1867 m oratitcde to the memory OF the fallen who sacrificed their lives to save their codntry during the QREAT Rebellion of 1861-1885.