CONCLUSION.
This narrative of the prominent events in the campaigns of the
regiment, its enrolment, journeys, marches, battles, camps, and final
discharge, conveys but little idea of its interior history, the
associations of its members with each other, the routine of army life,
and the daily experience of the individual soldier. All this is a
portion of that unwritten history impressed indelibly upon the memory
of the surviving members.
A spirit of fraternity and good-will pervaded the regiment throughout
its term of service. It was a compact, homogeneous body of men,
remarkably free from envy, strife, and jealousy. It came into the
service under the second call for three hundred thousand men for three
years. The early enthusiasm, caused by the breaking out of the war, had
in a measure subsided. The military service was known to be arduous,
dangerous, and severe. Hardship, hunger, disease, battle, and death
must be confronted, and this very fact was the inspiration of the
hour. Men knew that the war was likely to continue for the full term
of their enlistment. The regiment was composed of good material. While
there were many men above the age of thirty-five, and many even above
the age of forty-five, yet the number of young men was so largely in
excess of these that the average age of the entire regiment was hardly
twenty-four years.
It was composed, in the main, of men of good moral character. But few
were addicted to the vice of intemperance. The hard-earned pay was
carefully husbanded, and sent to those who needed it at home. Not an
officer or man was dismissed the service, or dishonorably discharged;
not an officer or man was court-martialled. The high standard of moral
character was due doubtless, in a great degree, to the influence of
home; but the example of many men of strong religious character,
prominent among whom were Orderly Sergeant White and the lamented
Sergeant Merrick, had much to do in maintaining the tone of morality.
All the vacancies existing among the commissioned officers were filled
by promotion from the rank and file. After the muster-in, in 1862,
not a commission, excepting to a chaplain, was issued to a person
outside the regiment, nor was there an appointment made from civil
life. Officers and enlisted men of the Thirty-sixth were commissioned
in other regiments, and many others, of all grades, were detailed to
various positions of trust and responsibility in the several divisions
and corps of the army. As we recall the names of those who received
appointments to honorable positions in other organizations we cannot
fail to remember and claim the following-named as our own: Captain
Prescott and Lieutenants Gird and Tucker were commissioned in the
Fifty-seventh Massachusetts. Prescott as Major, and Gird as Captain
sealed their devotion with their lives,--the first in the Crater, the
second in the Wilderness. Tucker rose to the command of his regiment,
after receiving fearful wounds, which hastened his death. Private
Swords of Company B, was commissioned Captain, was wounded at North
Anna, captured at Fort Stedman, and brevetted Major. Lieutenant Levi N.
Smith, of Company D, was called to a position of great responsibility
in the Commissary Department at army head-quarters, and was brevetted
Colonel for efficient services. Sergeant Brown, of Company B,--one of
the first of the Color Sergeants,--was commissioned Captain in the
Twelfth Kentucky, and won a medal of honor for gallantry at Franklin,
Tennessee. Private Snell, of Company E, and Corporals Benjamin Edmands
and Chapman, of Company B, were commissioned Lieutenants in different
regiments of colored troops, and rendered gallant service. The first
served upon the staff of General Crawford; the second won a good name
in South Carolina; and the third was killed in the great explosion
at Mobile, on the very day of our muster-out of service, leaving the
record of a gallant and faithful soldier. These are treasured as a part
of the contribution of the regiment to the cause of Freedom in other
organizations.
Nor do we forget the many brave and faithful men, as worthy as any
of these, who served their entire term without any of the honors
and privileges conferred by rank: Sergeants, capable of commanding
companies, who were wounded in battle, and unable to rejoin their
comrades in the field; or were, in some cases, commissioned, but not
able to avail themselves of the rank on account of the reduced number
of men in their companies and consequent inability to muster; or, as in
the case of others, mustered-out of service as supernumerary Sergeants
by reason of consolidation and transfers, and others equally brave
and trusted, who toiled, and labored, and fought in the ranks with no
incentive but a desire to render their full measure of loyal service,
and who made a record of which they and their comrades may well be
proud.
The associations born of common suffering and danger, and cemented by
battle-blood, have continued and strengthened with the lapse of time.
Soon after the war a Regimental Association was formed, which bears
the name of "The Burnside Association of the Thirty-sixth Regiment,
Massachusetts Volunteers." General Burnside, then Governor of Rhode
Island, acknowledged the receipt of an invitation to attend one of its
reunions in the following characteristic letter:--
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
PROVIDENCE, Dec. 4, 1866.
MY DEAR SIRS:--I am more than sorry not to be able to attend the
meeting of your Association to-morrow. The occasion would be
interesting to me, not only as the anniversary of the raising of
the siege of Knoxville, but as a reunion with my old comrades of
the Thirty-sixth. You know what good reasons I have for honoring
your gallant regiment. It served in the Ninth Corps from its first
arrival in the field until the close of the war, and made for
itself a record second to none in the service. The affection in
which I hold all its surviving members, and the reverence with
which I cherish the memory of the departed, have been begotten by a
long and pleasant acquaintance in the field as comrades in arms. My
best wishes and prayers will follow you through life.
For the honor conferred upon me by calling your Association after
my name, please accept my warmest thanks.
With the hope that I may have opportunities of meeting you at some
of your future anniversaries, and with the wish that you may have a
most joyful reunion, I remain, sincerely your friend,
A. E. BURNSIDE.
The Annual Reunions of the regiment, held at Worcester on the 2d of
September, the anniversary of the departure of the Thirty-sixth for
the seat of war, have always been largely attended, and the sons of
the dead and the living comrades have been admitted to membership,
and participate in these seasons of festivity and cheer. At all these
gatherings we recall the memories of those who went forth with us never
to return.
"How they went forth to die!
Pale, earnest, from the dizzy mills,
And sunburnt, from the harvest hills,
Quick, eager, from the city's streets,
And storm-tried, from the fisher's fleets,--
How they went forth to die!"
ROSTER AND RECORD
OF THE
THIRTY-SIXTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY,
MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS,
1862-65.
The roster of commissioned officers contains the names and, as far
as can be ascertained, the full military record of all who were
commissioned in the Thirty-sixth Regiment, and the officers transferred
to it from the Twenty-first Regiment. The record of the enlisted men is
based upon the original muster-in rolls of the regiment by companies,
as appeared on the 27th of August, 1862, the day the regiment was
mustered into the service of the United States. The names of recruits
have been added to the companies into which they were mustered. The
record accounts for those only who were enlisted for the Thirty-sixth
Regiment. The names of the men of the Twenty-first and Twenty-ninth
regiments appear in the histories of their respective regiments. The
roster and record have been carefully compared with the rolls in the
office of the Adjutant General, who has furnished every facility in
obtaining as complete a record as it is now possible to make.
ROSTER OF THE OFFICERS.
FIELD AND STAFF.
COLONELS.
HENRY BOWMAN. 28. Clinton.
Captain, 15th Mass. Vols., Aug. 1, 1861; captured at Ball's Bluff, Oct.
21, 1861; prisoner of war at Richmond, and hostage for Confederates
held in New York for trial as pirates; paroled Feb. 22, 1862; exchanged
August, 1862; Major, 34th Mass. Vols., Aug. 6, 1862; Colonel, 36th
Mass. Vols., Aug. 22, 1862; commanding First Brigade, First Division,
9th Army Corps, June 1, 1863; resigned July 27, 1863; recommissioned
October, 1863; on special duty, Chief of Staff of Gen. Willcox,
commanding at Cumberland Gap and in East Tennessee, Nov. 21 to Dec.
25, 1863; rejoined regiment at Blaine's Cross Roads, Tenn., Dec. 26,
1863, but was unable to muster as Colonel, the regiment being below
the minimum; appointed Asst. Q.M. U.S. Vols., Feb. 29, 1864; was on
duty with Third Division, 9th Army Corps, during the Virginia campaign
of 1864, and was afterwards stationed at Baltimore and Philadelphia;
served at the latter place until the close of the war.
THADDEUS L. BARKER. 36. Fitchburg.
Captain, Co. A, Aug. 19, 1862; Major, May 6, 1864; commanding regiment
from May 6, 1864, to June 3, 1864, July 18 to Aug. 10, 1864, and from
Oct. 12, 1864, to close of the war; Lieutenant-Colonel, Oct. 12, 1864;
Colonel, Nov. 13, 1864, but unable to muster, the regiment being below
the minimum; wounded at Campbell's Station, Tenn., Nov. 16, 1863, and
Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864; mustered out with the regiment, June 8,
1865, as Lieutenant-Colonel.
LIEUTENANT-COLONELS.
JOHN B. NORTON. 39. Charlestown.
First Lieutenant, 5th Mass. Vols. (3 months); Captain, July 8, 1861;
Captain, 34th Mass. Vols., Aug. 12, 1862; transferred to 36th Mass.
Vols., Aug. 22, 1862; Lieutenant-Colonel, Aug. 28, 1862; commanding
regiment, June 1 to July 30, 1863; resigned, July 30, 1863.
ARTHUR A. GOODELL. 23. Worcester.
Sergeant-Major, Third Battalion Rifles, M.V.M. (3 months), April 19,
1861; Adjutant, July 1, 1861; Captain, Co. C, 36th Mass. Vols., Aug.
16, 1862; Major, Jan. 29, 1863; Lieutenant-Colonel, July 31, 1863;
commanding regiment from that date until Oct. 10, 1863, when he was
severely wounded at Blue Springs, Tenn.; returned to regiment, April
1, 1864; resigned, May 5, 1864, in consequence of disability resulting
from wounds; Brevet Brigadier-General U.S. Vols., "for gallant and
meritorious conduct in the field during the war"; died at Worcester,
Mass., June 30, 1882, on his 43d birthday.
WILLIAM F. DRAPER. 21. Milford.
Private, 25th Mass. Vols., Sept. 9, 1861; Second Lieutenant, Oct. 12,
1861; First Lieutenant, April 25, 1862; on detached duty with U.S.
Signal Corps in North Carolina; Captain, Co. F, 36th Mass. Vols.,
Aug. 12, 1862; Major, July 31, 1863; Lieutenant-Colonel, May 6, 1864;
commanding regiment from Oct. 10, 1863, with the exception of a few
days in April, 1864, to May 6, 1864, when he was severely wounded at
the battle of the Wilderness; returned to the command of the regiment,
Aug. 10, 1864, and continued until his muster-out, Oct. 12, 1864, upon
the expiration of three years' service; Brevet Colonel and Brevet
Brigadier-General, U.S. Vols., "for gallant and meritorious services in
the field during the war."
JAMES B. SMITH. 23. Cambridge.
First Lieutenant, 25th Mass. Vols., Oct. 12, 1861; Captain, Co. K, 36th
Mass. Vols., Aug. 22, 1862; commanding regiment from June 3, 1864, to
July 18, 1864; Major, Oct. 12, 1864; Lieutenant-Colonel, Nov. 13, 1864,
but was unable to be mustered in that grade, the regiment being below
the minimum; Provost-Marshal, Second Division, 9th Army Corps, July 20,
1864, to close of the war; wounded in action at battle of Pegram Farm,
Sept. 30, 1864; mustered out with the regiment, June 8, 1865, as Major;
Brevet Colonel, U.S. Vols., "for gallant and meritorious services in
the field during the war."
MAJORS.
JAMES H. BARKER. 44. Milford.
Major, Aug. 28, 1862; resigned, Jan. 29, 1863.
EDWARD T. RAYMOND. 20. Worcester.
Sergeant, Co. K, 25th Mass. Vols., Sept. 10, 1861; First Lieutenant,
Co. G, 36th Mass. Vols., Aug. 22, 1862; Captain, Jan. 30, 1863; Acting
Assist. Inspector-General, First Brigade, First Division, 9th Army
Corps, from June 3, 1863, until the reorganization of the Corps at
Annapolis, April 20, 1864, when he was assigned to the same position
in First Brigade, Second Division; Acting Assistant Inspector-General,
Second Division, 9th Army Corps, Oct. 13, 1864, to the close of the
war, serving temporarily for two months, in 1864, as Inspector-General
of the 9th Corps; Major, Nov. 13, 1864, but unable to muster, the
regiment being below the minimum; mustered out with the regiment,
June 8, 1865, as Captain; Brevet Major, U.S. Vols., "for gallant
and meritorious services during the operations around Richmond and
Petersburg, Va."
SURGEONS.
JAMES P. PRINCE. 24. Lynn.
Assistant Surgeon, 22d Mass. Vols., Oct. 1, 1861; Surgeon, 36th Mass.
Vols., Aug. 13, 1862; Division Surgeon, First Division, 9th Army
Corps, Feb. 11, 1864, and upon the reorganization of the Corps, April
20, 1864, was assigned to duty as Division Surgeon, Fourth Division,
9th Army Corps; appointed Surgeon, U.S. Vols., May 3, 1865; Brevet
Lieutenant-Colonel, U.S. Vols.
ALBERT H. BRYANT. 25. Natick.
Private, Co. H, 13th Mass. Vols., July 16, 1861; discharged, May 20,
1862, to receive appointment as Surgeon, 9th New York Vols.; declined
commission; Assistant Surgeon, 36th Mass. Vols., Aug. 29, 1862;
Surgeon, 58th Mass. Vols., Aug. 12, 1864; declined commission; Surgeon,
May 4, 1865; mustered out with the regiment, June 8, 1865. From Feb.
11, 1864, until the close of the war he was the only medical officer on
duty with the regiment.
ASSISTANT SURGEONS.
WARREN TYLER. 42. North Brookfield.
Assistant Surgeon, Aug. 21, 1862; resigned, Oct. 20, 1863; appointed
Asst. Surgeon, 57th Mass. Vols., March 29, 1864; declined commission.
THOMAS C. LAWTON. 28. Sheffield.
Assistant Surgeon, Aug. 15, 1862; declined commission; commissioned
Assistant Surgeon, 37th Mass. Vols.
CHAPLAINS.
CHARLES T. CANFIELD. 38. Worcester.
Chaplain, Aug. 28, 1862; resigned, Oct. 20, 1863.
NATHANIEL RICHARDSON. 57. Somerset.
Chaplain, April 14, 1864; mustered out with the regiment.
ADJUTANTS.
SETH ALONZO RANLETT. 22. Charlestown.
Private, Co. B, July 24, 1862; First Sergeant, Aug. 27, 1862; First
Lieutenant, Dec. 1, 1862; appointed Adjutant, Dec. 17, 1862; mustered
out on account of physical disability from disease incurred in the
service February 20, 1864. Previous to the appointment of Adjutant
Ranlett, from Sept. 2 to Dec. 17, 1862, the field duties of Adjutant
were performed by First Lieutenant George L. Chipman, Co. A.
WILLIAM H. HODGKINS. 22. Charlestown.
Private, Co. B, July 23, 1862; Second Lieutenant, Oct. 17, 1862;
Acting Adjutant, Jan. 19, 1863, to May 31, 1863; Acting Assistant
Adjutant-General, First Brigade, First Division, 9th Army Corps, June
1 to July 30, 1863; First Lieutenant, Oct. 17, 1863; on special duty,
Aide-de-Camp to General Willcox, in East Tennessee, Nov. 22 to Dec.
26, 1863; Adjutant, from Jan. 1, 1864, to July 14, 1864, and Acting
Adjutant to Aug. 21, 1864; Captain, May 6, 1864; Aide-de-Camp to
General Ferrero, commanding Fourth Division, and Assistant Commissary
of Musters, Fourth Division, Aug. 21, 1864, and was transferred with
that Division to the Army of the James; Asst. Commissary of Musters,
Third Division, 9th Army Corps, General Hartranft, commanding, from
Jan. 11, 1865, to close of the war; mustered out with the regiment,
June 8, 1865. Brevet Major, U.S. Vols., "for valuable and distinguished
services at Fort Stedman, Va., March 25, 1865."
THOMAS H. HASKELL. 21. Charlestown.
Private, Co. B, July 24, 1862; Corporal, March 21, 1862; First
Sergeant, Nov. 8, 1863. Severely wounded at battle of Spottsylvania
Court-House, May 12, 1864. First Lieutenant, May 6, 1864; commanding
Co. B, July 10, to Aug. 21, 1864; Adjutant, Aug. 21, 1864, to close of
the war; mustered out with the regiment, June 8, 1865.
QUARTERMASTERS.
FRANCIS B. RICE. 28. Worcester.
First Lieutenant and Regimental Quartermaster, Aug. 8, 1862; resigned,
June 25, 1863.
JOHN C. CUTTER. 34. Winchendon.
Second Lieutenant, Co. D, Aug. 22, 1862; First Lieutenant, July 17,
1863; Regimental Quartermaster, from July 1, 1863; resigned, January 2,
1864.
AUGUSTUS S. TUTTLE. 38. Milford.
Second Lieutenant, Co. F, July 28, 1862; recruited the Company and
commanded it until the arrival of Captain Draper, Sept., 1862; Brigade
Ambulance Officer, from March 1 to June 17, 1863; First Lieutenant,
May 16, 1863; Division Ambulance Officer, June 17, 1863, to Dec.,
1863; Regimental Quartermaster, Jan. 2, 1864, declining Commission as
Captain, to July 1, 1864, when he was appointed Acting A.Q.M., First
Brigade, Second Division, 9th Army Corps, and served in that capacity
to the close of the war; mustered out with the regiment, June 8, 1865.
LUCIUS FIELD. 22. Clinton.
Private, Co. G, Aug. 18, 1862; Commissary Sergeant, Oct. 15, 1862;
Quartermaster Sergeant, May 25, 1863; Acting Quartermaster, Nov.
16, 1863, to Jan. 2, 1864; Second Lieutenant, Nov. 1, 1864; First
Lieutenant, Nov. 13, 1864; not mustered; Acting Quartermaster from July
1, 1864, to close of the war; mustered out with the regiment, June 8,
1865, as Second Lieutenant.
LINE OFFICERS.
CAPTAINS.
CHRISTOPHER SAWYER. 28. Templeton.
Captain, Co. H, Aug. 22, 1862; discharged for disability, Feb. 19, 1864.
STEPHEN C. WARRINER. 23. Monson.
Sergeant, 10th Mass. Vols., June 12, 1861; Captain, Co. E, 36th Mass.
Vols., Aug. 22, 1862; resigned, April 22, 1864.
CHRISTOPHER S. HASTINGS. 48. Berlin.
Captain, Co. I, August 22, 1862; died at Mound City, Illinois, General
Hospital, Sept. 8, 1863. He was the senior officer, in years, in the
regiment, and was universally respected. His age exempted him from
military service, but he obeyed the instincts of patriotism, and
yielded his life at his country's call. His fellow-citizens bestowed
upon him important trusts, which he fulfilled with rare fidelity. He
was a brave, cheerful, patriotic man, winning the affection of his men,
who regarded him as a father.
AMOS BUFFUM. 38. Templeton.
Second Lieutenant, 25th Mass. Vols., Oct. 12, 1861; resigned, March 31,
1862; Captain, Co. D, 36th Mass. Vols., Aug. 22, 1862; killed in action
near Petersburg, Va., June 18, 1864.
S. HENRY BAILEY. 27. Northborough.
Captain, Co. G, Aug. 22, 1862; Acting Assistant Inspector-General, on
staff of General Ferrero, commanding First Division, 9th Army Corps,
Nov., 1863, to April 1, 1864; killed in action at Spottsylvania, Va.,
May 12, 1864.
ALBERT PRESCOTT. 33. Charlestown.
First Sergeant, Co. K, 5th Mass. V.M. (3 months), April 19, 1861, to
July 31, 1861; First Sergeant, Co. B, 36th Mass. Vols., July 30, 1862;
Captain Co. B, Aug. 28, 1862; resigned, April 29, 1863; Captain, 57th
Mass. Vols., March 2, 1864; Major, June 15, 1864; killed in the Battle
of the Mine, near Petersburg, Va., July 30, 1864.
OTIS W. HOLMES. 27. Milford.
Sergeant, 25th Mass. Vols., Sept. 9, 1861; First Sergeant, April 15,
1862; First Lieutenant, Co. F, 36th Mass. Vols., Aug. 12, 1862; Captain
Co. B, May 2, 1863; died in Harewood General Hospital, Washington,
D.C., June 23, 1864, of wounds received in action in the assault upon
the enemy's works, near Petersburg, Va., on the morning of June 17,
1864.
T. EDWARD AMES. 24. Charlestown.
First Lieutenant, 34th Mass. Vols., Aug. 12, 1862; transferred to
Co. B, 36th Mass. Vols., Aug. 22, 1862; Acting Aide-de-Camp to
Brigadier-General Welsh, commanding 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th
Army Corps, in November, 1862; Captain Co. F, Aug. 2, 1863; Acting
A.A.G. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Oct. 8, 1864, and
Acting Aide-de-Camp to Brevet Brigadier-General Curtin, commanding
brigade, to the close of the war; mustered out with the regiment, June
8, 1865; Brevet Major, U.S. Vols., "for gallant and meritorious conduct
before Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865."
EDWIN A. MORSE. 21. Worcester.
Private, Co. A, 3d Battalion Rifles, May 19, 1861; discharged for
disability, July 24, 1861; Corporal, 25th Mass. Vols., Sept. 14, 1861;
First Lieutenant, Co. C, 36th Mass. Vols., Aug. 22, 1862; Captain, Co.
C, Sept. 9, 1863; severely wounded at Spottsylvania, Va., May 12, 1864;
mustered out at expiration of three years' service, Oct. 12, 1864.
JOSEPH A. MARSHALL. 21. Fitchburg.
Private, Co. B, 15th Mass. Vols., July 12, 1861; Second Lieutenant, Co.
A, 36th Mass. Vols., Nov. 22, 1862; First Lieutenant, Sept. 1, 1863;
Captain, April 23, 1864; wounded at the Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864;
mustered out with the regiment, June 8, 1865.
JOHN B. FAIRBANK. 23. Oakham.
First Sergeant, Co. K, Aug. 11, 1862; Second Lieutenant, May 2, 1863;
First Lieutenant, Oct. 23, 1863; Captain, May 13, 1864; wounded at
Campbell's Station, Tenn., Nov. 16, 1863; mustered out with the
regiment, June 8, 1865; Brevet Major, U.S. Vols., "for gallant and
meritorious services during the war."
HENRY S. BURRAGE. 25. Roxbury.
Sergeant, Co. A, Aug. 1, 1862; Sergeant-Major, Aug. 28, 1862; Second
Lieutenant, Co. D, May 16, 1863; First Lieutenant, Nov. 17, 1863;
wounded in action at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864; Captain, June
19, 1864; prisoner of war at Richmond and Danville, Va., from Nov. 1,
1864, to Feb. 22, 1865; Acting A.A.G., 1st Brigade, 2d Division, 9th
Army Corps, April 16, 1865, to June 8, 1865; Brevet Major, U.S. Vols.,
"for gallant and meritorious services in the campaign from the Rapidan
to the James, March 13, 1865"; mustered out with the regiment, June 8,
1865.
ALONZO S. DAVIDSON. 22. Clinton.
Sergeant, Co. G, Aug. 11, 1862; Second Lieutenant, Aug. 2, 1863; not
mustered; Sergeant-Major, Oct. 15, 1863; First Lieutenant, April 24,
1864; Captain, June 23, 1864; mustered out with the regiment, June 8,
1865.
PHILIP G. WOODWARD. 25. Orange.
Sergeant, Co. H, Aug. 6, 1862; Second Lieutenant, Oct. 26, 1863; not
mustered; First Lieutenant, May 15, 1864; wounded in action at Cold
Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864; Captain, Oct. 11, 1864; mustered out with
the regiment, June 8, 1865.
JOSEPH HANCOCK. 43. Milford.
Sergeant, Co. F, Aug. 5, 1862; First Sergeant; Second Lieutenant, July
8, 1863; First Lieutenant, Feb. 25, 1864; Captain, Oct. 12, 1864;
mustered out with the regiment, June 8, 1865.
AUSTIN DAVIS. 35. Oxford.
First Lieutenant, Co. K, Aug. 22, 1862; Captain, Nov. 13, 1864; not
mustered; on detached service from Sept. 1, 1864; mustered out with the
regiment, June 8, 1865, as First Lieutenant.
FIRST LIEUTENANTS.
JOSEPH W. GIRD. 22. Fitchburg.
Private, Co. F, 25th Mass. Vols., Oct. 4, 1861; First Lieutenant, 36th
Mass. Vols., Aug. 11, 1862; resigned, May 19, 1863; Second Lieutenant,
57th Mass. Vols., Nov. 3, 1863; Captain, Dec. 31, 1863; killed in
action at battle of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864.
ROBERT M. CROSS. 21. Palmer.
First Lieutenant, Co. E, Aug. 22, 1862; on special duty, Acting
Aide-de-Camp to Colonel Leasure, commanding brigade, General Welsh
commanding division, and General Willcox commanding forces at
Cumberland Gap, 1863-1864; honorably discharged, July 24, 1864.
LEVI N. SMITH. 39. Templeton.
Sergeant, Co. A, 21st Mass. Vols., July 19, 1861; First Lieutenant,
Co. D, Aug. 22, 1862; on detached duty as Acting Commissary; appointed
Assistant Commissary of Subsistence, U.S. Vols., with rank of Captain,
June 30, 1863; on duty at Head-quarters, Army of the Potomac, and
served until the close of the war; Brevet Colonel, U.S. Vols., "for
faithful and meritorious services during the war."
GEORGE L. CHIPMAN. 28. Fitchburg.
Second Lieutenant, Co. A, Aug. 6, 1862; First Lieutenant, Aug. 22,
1862; Acting Adjutant, Sept. 7, 1862, to Dec. 20, 1862; resigned, Oct.
23, 1863.
WILLIAM F. BRIGHAM. 23. Marlborough.
First Lieutenant, Co. I, Aug. 22, 1862; discharged for disability, Jan.
20, 1865.
HENRY S. ROBINSON. 31. Clinton.
Second Lieutenant, Co. G, Aug. 22, 1862; First Lieutenant, Jan. 30,
1863; severely wounded in action at Blue Springs, Tenn., Oct. 10, 1863,
and was discharged for disability in consequence thereof, July 7, 1864.
P. MARION HOLMES. 22. Charlestown.
Private, Co. K, 5th Mass. Vols. (3 months), April 19 to July 31, 1861;
Second Lieutenant, 34th Mass. Vols., Aug. 8, 1862; transferred to 36th
Mass. Vols.; Second Lieutenant, Co. B, Aug. 22, 1862; First Lieutenant,
May 2, 1863; killed in action at Campbell's Station, Tenn., Nov. 16,
1863.
HENRY W. DANIELS. 23. Worcester.
Private, Co. A, 3d Battalion of Rifles (3 months), April 19, 1861;
discharged for disability, July 24, 1861; Second Lieutenant, Co. C,
Aug. 22, 1862; First Lieutenant, July 31, 1863; killed in action at
Spottsylvania, Va., May 12, 1864.
FREDERICK H. SIBLEY. 24. Fitchburg.
Sergeant, Co. B, 15th Mass. Vols., July 12, 1861; Second Lieutenant,
Co. I, 36th Mass. Vols., Aug. 22, 1862; First Lieutenant, Aug. 2, 1863;
died in U.S. General Hospital, Louisville, Ky., of disease contracted
in the Mississippi Campaign, Aug. 17, 1863.
SAMUEL A. GOODSPEED. 38. Worcester.
Sergeant, Co. C, Aug. 13, 1862; Color Sergeant to June 27, 1863; First
Sergeant, June 27, 1863; Second Lieutenant, July 17, 1863; First
Lieutenant, Jan. 3, 1864; resigned, April 22, 1864.
JOHN A. RICE. 26. Worcester.
First Sergeant, Co. C, Aug. 8, 1862; Sergeant Major, June 28, 1863;
Second Lieutenant, Co. C, July 30, 1863; Acting Adjutant, Oct. 17,
1863, to Jan. 1, 1864; First Lieutenant, Feb. 20, 1864; resigned, at
Annapolis, Md., April 22, 1864.
EDWARD F. EMORY. 21. Fitchburg.
Private, July 17, 1862; Commissary Sergeant, Aug. 27, 1862; Second
Lieutenant, Aug. 1, 1863, on detached service in Commissary Department;
First Lieutenant, Feb. 21, 1864; Acting A.C.S., Fourth Division, 9th
Army Corps, Hospital Department, April 21, 1864, to close of war;
mustered out with the regiment June 8, 1865.
ALONZO A. WHITE. 29. Upton.
First Sergeant, Co. I, Aug. 8, 1862; commissioned Second Lieutenant,
Co. I, July 31, 1863, but before the commission was received another
Second Lieutenant had been mustered and assigned to that company; was
in command of Co. I, as First Sergeant, during the East Tennessee
campaign, and until May 12, 1864, when he was very severely wounded at
the battle of Spottsylvania. While absent from the regiment, on account
of wounds, he was commissioned First Lieutenant, dating from April 23,
1864, and could not muster in that grade on account of absence from
the command. When he returned, in November, 1864, though not recovered
from his wounds, the regiment had been consolidated into seven
companies, and the 21st Battalion, of Mass. Vols., with its officers,
transferred to it. Companies G and I had been consolidated; and the
company having a Captain and First Lieutenant (all the officers allowed
by the existing regulations), and also a First Sergeant, Lieutenant
White, much against his wishes, was mustered out as a Supernumerary
First Sergeant, Nov. 11, 1864. It was a case of extreme hardship, and
after the close of the war a statement of the facts was made to the
War Department, and General Sherman, Acting Secretary of War, issued a
special order in the case of Lieutenant White, amending his record, and
giving him rank and pay as a First Lieutenant from April 23, 1864, the
date of his commission in that grade.
DANIEL WRIGHT. 30. Clinton.
Corporal, Co. F, Aug. 6, 1862; Sergeant, Oct. 1, 1862; Second
Lieutenant, Sept. 1, 1863; not mustered; First Lieutenant, April 23,
1864; wounded and captured while in command of the detachment of the
46th New York Vols. assigned to the 36th Mass. Vols., at the battle of
the Wilderness, May 6, 1864; prisoner of war in rebel field-hospital
from May 6 to June 1, 1864; Lynchburg hospital to June 30; Salisbury,
N.C., July 1; thence to Andersonville, July 4 to Sept. 1; Florence,
S.C., Sept. 4 to Dec. 17, 1864, when he was paroled; exchanged March
29, 1865; rejoined regiment April 1, 1865; was mustered in as First
Lieutenant, and assigned to Co. F, which he commanded from April 1,
1865, to the close of the war; mustered out with the regiment, June 8,
1865.
JOHN A. STEARNS. 20. Templeton.
Sergeant, Co. D, Aug. 6, 1862; First Sergeant, Oct. 11, 1862; First
Lieutenant, May 13, 1864, but was unable to muster, being absent by
reason of severe wounds received June 18, 1864, near Petersburg, Va.,
and was discharged for disability caused by his wounds, Oct. 29, 1864,
as First Sergeant.
HIRAM N. OLCOTT. 21. Clinton.
Corporal, Co. G, Aug. 3, 1862; promoted Sergeant; Acting
Sergeant-Major, June 3, 1864, to June 18, 1864, when he was severely
wounded in action near Petersburg, Va.; First Lieutenant, June 19,
1864; not able to muster, absent wounded; discharged for disability
from wounds, Dec. 23, 1864, as Sergeant.
GEORGE W. HARWOOD. 20. North Brookfield.
Private, Co. E, Aug. 12, 1862; promoted Corporal; Sergeant, July, 1863;
First Lieutenant, June 23, 1864; mustered out with the regiment, June
8, 1865.
SAMUEL OSBORN. 29. Leominster.
Sergeant, Co. A, Aug. 2, 1862; First Sergeant; First Lieutenant, July
7, 1864; mustered out with the regiment.
GEORGE A. PERLEY. 31. Gardner.
Sergeant, Co. H, Aug. 28, 1862; First Sergeant, July 2, 1864; First
Lieutenant, Oct. 11, 1864; mustered out with the regiment.
ALLEN W. CROSS. 29. Westborough.
Sergeant, Co. K, Aug. 7, 1862; First Sergeant, May 2, 1863; First
Lieutenant, Co. B, Oct. 12, 1864. Mustered out with the regiment.
SECOND LIEUTENANTS.
JULIUS M. TUCKER. 21. Worcester.
Private, Co. B, 25th Mass. Vols., Sept. 16, 1863; Second Lieutenant,
Co. E, 36th Mass. Vols., Aug. 8, 1862; resigned, July 29, 1863; First
Lieutenant, 57th Mass. Vols., Jan. 1, 1864; Captain, Jan. 6, 1864;
Major, June 14, 1864; Lieutenant-Colonel, June 15, 1864; very severely
wounded in action; mustered out at the close of the war.
WILDER S. HOLBROOK. 21. Sutton.
Corporal, Co., 15th Mass. Vols., July 12, 1861; wounded in action
at Ball's Bluff, Va., Oct. 21, 1861; discharged for disability from
wounds, July 6, 1862; Second Lieutenant, Co. K, Aug. 22, 1862; resigned
on account of disability resulting from former wounds, July 31, 1863.
WILLIAM L. HOWE. 23. Orange.
Private, Co. H, Aug. 4, 1862; Second Lieutenant, Jan. 30, 1863; died of
disease at Milldale, Miss., July 7, 1863.
RUFUS HOWE. 24. Marlborough.
Sergeant, Co. I, Aug. 1, 1862; Second Lieutenant, Nov. 1, 1864; was in
command of Co. I, with rank of Sergeant, from May 12, 1864, to Nov. 1,
1864; mustered out with the regiment, June 8, 1865.
EDMUND W. NOYES. 18. Charlestown.
Private, Co. B, Aug. 11, 1862; Sergeant-Major, March 1, 1865; Second
Lieutenant, to date from Nov. 13, 1864; not mustered; mustered out with
the regiment, June 8, 1865, as Sergeant-Major.
CHARLES W. WHITNEY. 21. Ashburnham.
Private, Co. A, July 22, 1862; promoted Corporal and Sergeant; First
Sergeant, July 7, 1864; Second Lieutenant, Nov. 13, 1864; not mustered;
mustered out with the regiment, June 8, 1865, as First Sergeant.
EDWARD CHAMBERLAIN. 20. Oakham.
Private, Co. K, Aug. 4, 1862; promoted Corporal and Sergeant; First
Sergeant, Oct. 12, 1864; Second Lieutenant, Nov. 13, 1864; not
mustered; mustered out with the regiment, June 8, 1865, as First
Sergeant.
LIBERTY W. FOSKETT. 22. Winchendon.
Private, Co. D, Aug. 2, 1862; promoted Corporal and Sergeant; Acting
First Sergeant from May 13, 1864; wounded in action, June 17, 1864;
Second Lieutenant, Nov. 13, 1864; not mustered; mustered out with the
regiment, June 8, 1864, as First Sergeant.
FREDERICK W. BOSWELL. 26. Worcester.
Corporal, Co. C, Aug. 12; Sergeant, Aug. 1, 1863; First Sergeant, Dec.
4, 1864; Second Lieutenant, to date from Nov. 13, 1864; not mustered;
mustered out with the regiment, June 8, 1865, as First Sergeant.
GILBERT N. RAWSON. 26. Worcester.
Private, Co. C, Aug. 4, 1862; Corporal, June 11, 1863; Color-Sergeant
from May 6, 1864; Second Lieutenant, Nov. 29, 1864, declined
commission; mustered out with the regiment, June 8, 1865, as Sergeant.
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF THE TWENTY-FIRST REGIMENT MASSACHUSETTS
VOLUNTEERS TRANSFERRED TO THIRTY-SIXTH REGIMENT.
CHARLES W. DAVIS. 35. Templeton.
First Lieutenant, 21st Mass. Vols., Aug. 21, 1861; Captain, March 3,
1862; mustered out at expiration of three years' service as Captain,
March 3, 1865; Brevet Major, Lieutenant-Colonel, and Colonel, U.S.
Vols., "for gallant and meritorious service in the field during the
war."
WILLIAM H. SAWYER. 26. New Salem.
Sergeant, Co. K, 21st Mass. Vols., Aug. 23, 1861; First Sergeant, Oct.
26, 1862; First Lieutenant, April 26, 1863; Captain, Oct. 12, 1864;
mustered out with 36th Mass. Vols., June 8, 1865.
FELIX MCDERMOTT. 26. Auburn.
Sergeant, Co. F, 21st Mass. Vols., Aug. 23, 1861; First Lieutenant,
April 26, 1863; discharged from 36th Mass. Vols, for disability from
wounds, Nov. 21, 1864.
JONAS R. DAVIS. 20. Templeton.
Corporal, Co. A, 21st Mass. Vols., Aug. 23, 1861; promoted Sergeant and
First Sergeant; First Lieutenant, June 6, 1863; mustered out with 36th
Mass. Vols., June 8, 1865, expiration of service.
ABNER R. MOTT. 23. Ware.
Private, Co. I, 21st Mass. Vols., Aug. 23, 1861; promoted Corporal,
Sergeant, and First Sergeant; Second Lieutenant, Sept. 7, 1864; First
Lieutenant, Oct. 12, 1864; mustered out with 36th Mass. Vols., June 8,
1865, expiration of service.
WILLIAM H. MORROW. 22. Barre.
Private, Co. K, 21st Mass. Vols., Aug. 21, 1861; promoted Corporal,
Sergeant, and First Sergeant; Second Lieutenant, Sept. 7, 1864; First
Lieutenant, 36th Mass. Vols., Nov. 29, 1864; mustered out with the 36th
Mass. Vols., June 8, 1865, expiration of service.
MARCUS M. COLLIS. 20. Palmer.
Corporal, Co. H, 21st Mass. Vols., Aug. 23, 1861; promoted Sergeant and
First Sergeant; Second Lieutenant, 36th Mass. Vols., Nov. 13, 1864,
but being a prisoner of war, was not mustered; transferred to 56th
Mass. Vols., June 8, 1865; First Lieutenant, 56th Mass. Vols., June 26,
1865; mustered out with 56th Mass. Vols., July 12, 1865, expiration of
service, as First Sergeant.
BENTON PHELPS. 24. Barre.
Private, Co. K, 21st Mass. Vols., Aug. 23, 1861; promoted Corporal,
Sergeant, and First Sergeant; Second Lieutenant, 36th Mass. Vols.,
Nov. 1, 1864; mustered out with the 36th Mass. Vols., June 8, 1865,
expiration of service.
CHARLES L. GOODALE. 33. Amherst.
Private, Co. H, 21st Mass. Vols., Aug. 23, 1861; promoted Corporal and
Sergeant; Second Lieutenant, 36th Mass. Vols., Nov. 1, 1864; mustered
out with the 36th Mass. Vols., June 8, 1865, expiration of service.
CHARLES S. BABCOCK. 25. Leyden.
Private, Co. I, 21st Mass. Vols., March 12, 1862; promoted Corporal and
Sergeant; Second Lieutenant, 36th Mass. Vols., Nov. 29, 1864; mustered
out with 36th Mass. Vols., June 8, 1865, expiration of service.
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Commissions as Second Lieutenants were issued to Peter Dooley,
Cheshire, and Mason W. Tyler, Amherst, who were transferred to
Thirty-Seventh Regiment before joining for service; and to T. Sibley
Heald, Hubbardston; Edward A. Brown, Fitchburg; and William E. Shaw,
Shrewsbury, which were declined.
NON-COMMISSIONED STAFF,
NOT ENUMERATED IN ROSTER OF COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
OSTENELLO WASHBURN. 19. Holyoke.
Private, Co. K, Aug. 5, 1862; Sergeant, May 3, 1863; Sergeant-Major,
July 24, 1864; discharged Feb. 15, 1865, for disability resulting from
very severe wounds received in action at Pegram Farm, Sept. 30, 1864.
JOSEPH H. SAWYER. 32. Bolton.
Quartermaster Sergeant, Aug. 22, 1862; discharged for disability, Jan.
19, 1864, in consequence of amputation of the right leg, resulting from
the accidental discharge of a musket in camp, May 28, 1863.
GEORGE T. PHELPS. 20. Harvard.
Private, Co. G, Aug. 13, 1862; Quartermaster Sergeant, Oct. 4, 1864;
mustered out with the regiment, June 8, 1865.
T. LYMAN ELLSWORTH. 29. Milford.
Corporal, Co. F, Aug. 6, 1862; wounded at Jackson, Miss., July 11,
1863; Commissary Sergeant, Jan. 19, 1864; wounded at Fort Rice, April
2, 1865; discharged on account of disability from wounds, May 29, 1865.
WILLIAM H. BLAKE. 29. Lynn.
Hospital Steward, Aug. 14, 1862; discharged for disability, July 1,
1863.
GEORGE F. PARISH. 42. Gardner.
Private, Co. G, July 25, 1862; Hospital Steward, July 5, 1863; mustered
out with the regiment, June 8, 1865.
ALFRED CHAFFIN. 43. Holden.
Principal Musician, Aug. 22, 1862; discharged Nov. 30, 1862, by
general orders War Department, relative to the muster-out of Principal
Musicians, and leaders of bands.
LORENZO C. STRICKLAND. 18. Palmer.
Musician, Co. E, Aug. 15, 1862; Principal Musician, Nov. 30, 1862;
on detached service in the general hospital, at City Point, during
the summer and autumn of 1864, and his position was vacated on that
account; returned to the regiment in January, 1865; Principal Musician
from Jan. 8, 1865, to close of the war; mustered out with the regiment.
JOHN GARDNER. 18. Worcester.
Musician, Co. G, Aug. 15, 1862; appointed Principal Musician in the
absence of Strickland, in compliance with Regimental Order No. 27,
1864, for conspicuous bravery, to date from Sept. 1, 1864. Upon the
return of Strickland to the regiment, in January, 1865, he voluntarily
resigned in order that Strickland might resume his original position;
served to the close of the war as Musician of Co. B, and was mustered
out with the regiment.
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ROSTER OF ENLISTED MEN.