1863. First Lieutenant, Oct. 31, 1864; mustered, Nov. 9, 1864.
Captain, Nov. 1, 1865; mustered, Nov. 16, 1865.
Mustered out, Apr. 10, 1866.
Perkins, Rollin.
Born in Vermont.
Corporal, 6th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Aug. 31, 1862, to June 3, 1863.
Private and Corporal, July 7 to Oct. 27, 1864. First Lieutenant, 24th U. S. Colored Infantry, Apr. 11, 1865.
Mustered out, Sept. 30, 1865. Second Lieutenant, 8th U. S. Infantry, Feb. 23, 1866. First Lieutenant, July 28, 18ied of disease at Indianola, Tex., July 19, 1865.
Poor, Charles E.
Sergeant, 6th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Apr. 22, 1861.
Mustered out, Aug. 2, 1861. First Lieutenant, 6th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Aug. 31, 1862.
Mustered out, June 3, 1863. First Lieutenant, 38th U. S. Colored Infantry.
Resigned, Oct. 5, 1865.
Pratt, Benjamin Franklin.
See General Officers.
Pray, William.
Sergeant, 29th Mass. Infantry, May 22, 1861. First Lieutenant,
rd, first of the Revolution, Apr. 19, 1775
Bunker Hill (Breed's Hill), Charlestown, June 17, 1775
Saratoga, Gen. Burgoyne's defeat, Oct. 17, 1777
Yorktown, Cornwallis' defeat; great sensation, Oct. 19, 1781
Big Bethel, great sensation in Boston, June 11, 1861
Bull Run, first reverse, sensation in Boston, July 21, 1861
Ball's Bluff reverse, sensation in Boston, Oct. 23, 1861
Hampton Roads, Monitor engagement, Mar. 8, 1862
Bull Run, second reverse, great excitement, Aug. 31, 1862
Lee's surrender to Grant, great excitement, Apr. 10, 1865
Beacon
first set up on Century Hill, Jan., 1635
Colors set up, a warning of danger, Apr. 18, 1689
Tar barrels placed on a skillet, ready to set fire, Sep. 10, 1768
Taken down by British officers, April, 1775
A pole raised in its place, Sep., 1776
Pole blown down during a storm, Nov. 26, 1789
A stone and brick monument completed, June 18, 1791
Monument removed and hill dug down, Aug., 1811
Stone tab
18, 1864.
Edmund G. Welsh, New Bedford, 21, m; farmer.
Jan. 25, 1864.
Killed in action Oct. 19, 1864, Cedar Creek, Va.
John B. Welford, Salem, 40, m; mariner.
Oct. 27, 1863.
Trans. 2nd Co. 2nd Batt, V. R.C. and disch.
July 31, 1865.
Prior serv.
Horatio C. Wheaton, New Bedford, 27, s; mason.
Aug. 22, 1862.
Disch. June 1, 1863.
Charles D. Whittemore, New Bedford, 19, s; clerk.
Jan. 12, 1864.
M. O. Sept. 28, 1865.
George Wilcox, New Bedford, 19, s; clerk.
Aug. 19, 1862.
Disch. July 13, 1863, to accept commission.
Frederick T. Wilcox, New Bedford, 22; carpenter.
Aug. 21, 1862.
Disch. disa. Oct. 14, 1863.
James Williams, Jr., E. Boston, 21, m; teamster.
March 14, 1864.
M. O. Sept. 28, 1865.
William H. Wilson, New Bedford, 20, s; confectioner.
Oct. 8, 1864.
M. O. Sept. 28, 1865.
Zeno K. wood, New Bedford, 21, s; clerk.
Aug. 21, 1862.
Disch. April 27, 1864.
Francis A. Young, New Bedford, 28, m, teamster.
Aug. 31, 1862.
Disch. May 20, 1865.
, 144; Fourteenth, 65.
Jenkins' brigade— First (Hagood's), 124; Second Rifles, 58; Fifth, 39; Sixth, 115; Sharpshooters, 68.
Drayton's brigade, Fifteenth, 21.
Wofford's brigade, Hampton's legion, 74.
Evans' brigade, Holcombe legion, 155; Seventeenth, 179; Eighteenth, 113; Twenty-second,—; Twenty-third, 149; Boyce's battery, 6.
The grand total is 1,714, and of these, 281 are given as killed on the field.
Many of those reported wounded had received mortal hurt.
The morning of Sunday, August 31, 1862, dawned upon the plains and hills and valleys of Manassas to find them covered with the dead, the dying and the wounded of both armies.
The trophies of victory cheered the awful prospect, but the sight of the great battlefield filled every manly heart with feelings of reverence for the dead and sympathy for the wounded, both friend and foe. Ten thousand wounded Union soldiers, 30 pieces of artillery, many stand of colors, and 7,000 prisoners bore witness to the steady courage and t
arch 31, 186216,49515,257272117,978
April 30, 186215,00015,7951,19416,989Major-Gen. D. Hunter, from March 31 to Sept. 5, 1862.
May 20, 186319,21915,8787,41223,290
June 30, 186218,74516,5315,09921,630
July 31, 186213,24911,1705,02916,199
August 31, 186210,48710,4242,31712,741
September 30, 18629,9259,0933,47812,571Bg.-Gen. J. M. Brannan, from Sept. 5 to Sept. 15, 1862.
October 31, 186210,19010,5302,30712,837Bg.-Gen. O. M. Mitchell, from Sept. 15 to Oct. 27, 1862.
November 30, 186210,8111cluded.
May 31, 1862, in South Carolina18,13530,49022,325
May 31, 1862,in Georgia8,165
June 30. 186223,43329,84129,841
Troops serving in Florida not included.
July 31, 186218,93224,54924,549
Troops serving in Florida not included.
August 31, 186216,28121,61621,616
Troops serving in Florida not included.
September 30, 186215,48520,96420,964
Troops serving in Florida not included.
December 31, 186220,55323,2671,89225,159Gen. G. T. Beauregard, from Sept. 24, 1862, to April 20, 1
1861.
Commanded (first) in 1861 Second Military District in South Carolina; (second) in 1862, brigade, D. H. Hill's Division, Army of Northern Virginia; (third) in 1863-‘64 commanding First Military District, Department of Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida; (fourth) in 1865 commanded division in Cheatham's Corps, Army of Tennessee.
Samuel G. French.*
1180. Born New Jersey.
Appointed New Jersey. 14.
Major of artillery, 1861; Brigadier-General, Oct. 23, 186; Major-General, August 31, 1862.
Commanding Department of Southern Virginia and North Carolina in 1862; in 1863-‘64 commanding division in Polk's Corps, Army of Tennessee; in 1864 and 1865 commanding Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana.
Franklin Gardner.
1183. Born New York.
Appointed Iowa.
17.
Major-General, December 13, 1862.
Commanded brigade, Withers' Division, Army of Mississippi, in 1862; in 1863 commanded Port Hudson; later commanded division under General Dick Taylor, in Department of Al
rvice.
40John P. GayH23Sept. 16, 1862, to July 2, 1863.
Sixth Regiment Infantry. (nine Months.)
Name.Co.Age.Term of service.
41Henry M. FarnsworthB21Aug. 31, 1862, to June 3, 1863.
42George F. PatchB20Aug. 31, 1862, to June 3, 1863.
43William F. PatchB21Aug. 31, 1862, to June 3, 1863.
Sixth Regiment Infantry. (Aug. 31, 1862, to June 3, 1863.
43William F. PatchB21Aug. 31, 1862, to June 3, 1863.
Sixth Regiment Infantry. (one hundred Days.)
Name.Co.Age.Term of service.
44Oliver WilsonA34July 16, 1864, to Oct. 27, 1864.
46Eugene WilworthA20July 16, 1864, to Oct. 27, 1864.
Ninth Regiment Infantry. (three Years.)
Name.Co.Age.Term of service.
46Joseph Mullen unas'drecruit18Dec. 24, 1863; rejected Dec. 28, 1863.
Eleventh Regiment InfAug. 31, 1862, to June 3, 1863.
Sixth Regiment Infantry. (one hundred Days.)
Name.Co.Age.Term of service.
44Oliver WilsonA34July 16, 1864, to Oct. 27, 1864.
46Eugene WilworthA20July 16, 1864, to Oct. 27, 1864.
Ninth Regiment Infantry. (three Years.)
Name.Co.Age.Term of service.
46Joseph Mullen unas'drecruit18Dec. 24, 1863; rejected Dec. 28, 1863.
Eleventh Regiment Infantry. (three Years.)
Name.Co.Age.Term of service.
47Edward LennonE21Aug. 12, 1861, to Aug. 29, 1864.
Twelfth Regiment Infantry. (three Years.)
Name.Co.Age.Term of service.
48James ShawA25June 26, 1861; deserted Aug. 24, 1862.
Thirteenth Regiment Infantry. (three Years.)
Name.Co.Age.Term of service.
49Samuel D