APPENDIX.

The feelings of fraternity which grew out of participation in common dangers and hardships naturally gave rise to a desire on the part of the surviving members of the regiment to occasionally meet each other in a purely social way, exchange greetings, and renew the old and strongly-cemented friendships of army life.

The first of these reunions took place in Boston in June, 1870. A small number of comrades assembled at Evans’s Hall, Boston, May 30, 1870; the meeting was called to order by Sergeant John B. Smithers of Company B, and it was voted to form a temporary organization. Captain Charles Brady was elected President, and Hospital Steward John Hardy, Treasurer,pro tempore, whereupon the meeting adjourned till June 17, following, at the same place.

On the 17th of June, 1870, the meeting again assembled, Captain Brady in the chair, and a permanent organization was effected as follows:—

President.—General Joseph H. Barnes.Vice-Presidents.—William H. Osborne, Company C; Sergeants B. B. Brown, Company B; Samuel C. Wright, Company E; William H. Burns, Company I.Secretary.—Lieutenant John Lucas, Company B.Corresponding Secretary.—John J. Ryan, Company B.Treasurer.—Hospital Steward John Hardy.Executive Committee.—Colonel Thomas W. Clarke; Captain William D. Chamberlain; John J. Ryan, Company B; Sergeant John B. Smithers, Company B; Corporal Martin L. Kern, Jr., Company D.

President.—General Joseph H. Barnes.

Vice-Presidents.—William H. Osborne, Company C; Sergeants B. B. Brown, Company B; Samuel C. Wright, Company E; William H. Burns, Company I.

Secretary.—Lieutenant John Lucas, Company B.

Corresponding Secretary.—John J. Ryan, Company B.

Treasurer.—Hospital Steward John Hardy.

Executive Committee.—Colonel Thomas W. Clarke; Captain William D. Chamberlain; John J. Ryan, Company B; Sergeant John B. Smithers, Company B; Corporal Martin L. Kern, Jr., Company D.

Some discussion was had concerning the rolls of the regiment, and Colonel Clarke and Lieutenant-Colonel Willard D. Tripp were appointed a committee to revise the regimental roll prepared by the Adjutant-General. At this meeting it was announced that comrade William H. Osborne was engaged in collecting material for the history of the regiment, and Sergeant Hodgkins, Company B; Lieutenant Henry A. Hunting,Company K; and Daniel B. Perkins, Jr., of Company H, were chosen a committee to assist in the matter.249

This meeting was not largely attended, but nearly every company was represented by one or more members.

In pursuance of a call published in several of the Boston papers, the Association met at the Sherman House, Boston, May 13, 1871. Officers were chosen for the ensuing year, as follows:—

President.—General Joseph H. Barnes.Vice-Presidents.—Lieutenant-Colonel Willard D. Tripp; Major Samuel H. Doten; William H. Osborne, Company C; Sergeant B. B. Brown, Company B; Colonel Henry R. Sibley.Recording Secretary.—Lieutenant John Lucas.Corresponding Secretary.—John J. Ryan, Company B.Treasurer.—Captain George H. Long.Executive Committee.—Colonel Thomas W. Clarke; Lieutenant J. O’Neil; Samuel W. Hunt, Company D; Sergeant-Major George H. Morse; Sergeant Samuel C. Wright, Company E.

President.—General Joseph H. Barnes.

Vice-Presidents.—Lieutenant-Colonel Willard D. Tripp; Major Samuel H. Doten; William H. Osborne, Company C; Sergeant B. B. Brown, Company B; Colonel Henry R. Sibley.

Recording Secretary.—Lieutenant John Lucas.

Corresponding Secretary.—John J. Ryan, Company B.

Treasurer.—Captain George H. Long.

Executive Committee.—Colonel Thomas W. Clarke; Lieutenant J. O’Neil; Samuel W. Hunt, Company D; Sergeant-Major George H. Morse; Sergeant Samuel C. Wright, Company E.

At this meeting, which was largely attended and of unusual interest, a very valuable paper was read by the President, reviewing an account, written by one Henry Coppee, LL. D., of the battle of the Mine, July 30, 1864, and embracing a particular statement of the facts concerning the transfer of the non-re-enlisting members of the regiment to the Thirty-sixth Massachusetts Regiment.

A vote of thanks was passed to comrades Ryan, Smithers, Captain George H. Taylor, and Lieutenant Lucas, for the interest they had taken in bringing about the reunion of the regiment.

It having come to the knowledge of the meeting that Major-General Ambrose E. Burnside was then in the city, a committee composed of Colonel Clarke, Lieutenant-Colonel Tripp, Captain Long, Adjutant Braden, and comrade Ryan, was chosen to wait on the General, and extend to him the kind greetings and regards of the members of the regiment Action was taken concerning a regimental badge, and Colonel Clarke was appointed a committee to prepare a design for it. This was the first time that the Association dined together, a fine dinner being served at the Sherman House.

This was Company H’s day; the Association assembled at Monument Hall, Charlestown, May 14, 1872. Colonel Clarke reported a design fora regimental badge, which was adopted. It was a rough bronze medal, stamped with the figures of an upraised right forearm, grasping in the hand an uplifted sword; beneath this a row of cannon-balls, and under all the figures “29.”

President.—General J. H. Barnes.Vice-Presidents.—Major S. H. Doten, Colonel H. R. Sibley, Major Charles T. Richardson, Captain W. D. Chamberlain, Lieutenant J. Lucas.Recording Secretary.—J. J. Ryan.Corresponding Secretary.—Lieutenant-Colonel W. D. Tripp.Treasurer.—Captain George H. Long.Executive Committee.—Major S. H. Doten; Sergeant S. C. Wright, Company E; Colonel T. W. Clarke; Captain Charles A. Carpenter; Emery Jaquith, Company C.

President.—General J. H. Barnes.

Vice-Presidents.—Major S. H. Doten, Colonel H. R. Sibley, Major Charles T. Richardson, Captain W. D. Chamberlain, Lieutenant J. Lucas.

Recording Secretary.—J. J. Ryan.

Corresponding Secretary.—Lieutenant-Colonel W. D. Tripp.

Treasurer.—Captain George H. Long.

Executive Committee.—Major S. H. Doten; Sergeant S. C. Wright, Company E; Colonel T. W. Clarke; Captain Charles A. Carpenter; Emery Jaquith, Company C.

Lieutenant-Colonel Tripp presented the Association with the two large printed volumes entitled, “The Record of Massachusetts Volunteers,” for which a vote of thanks was tendered him.

It was voted to hold the next reunion at Plymouth. A committee of ten, consisting of one member of each company, was chosen to prepare a perfect roster of the regiment.250

Plymouth, May 14, 1873.The meeting assembled in Grand Army Hall, and after listening to the reports of its Secretary and several committees, proceeded to choose officers for the year 1873-74.The officers elected were as follows:—President.—General J. H. Barnes.Vice-Presidents.—Major Samuel H. Doten; Surgeon George B. Cogswell; Adjutant H. A. Braden; Sergeant John H. Hancock, Company H; Sergeant G. Townsend, Company I.Recording Secretary.—J. J. Ryan, Company B.Corresponding Secretary.—J. S. Manning, Company K.Treasurer.—Colonel T. W. Clarke.Executive Committee.—Captain W. D. Chamberlain; Corporal H. E. Hay, Company I; Captain A. A. Oliver; Sergeant George Townsend, Company I; Sergeant J. F. Smith, Company H.

Plymouth, May 14, 1873.

The meeting assembled in Grand Army Hall, and after listening to the reports of its Secretary and several committees, proceeded to choose officers for the year 1873-74.

The officers elected were as follows:—

President.—General J. H. Barnes.

Vice-Presidents.—Major Samuel H. Doten; Surgeon George B. Cogswell; Adjutant H. A. Braden; Sergeant John H. Hancock, Company H; Sergeant G. Townsend, Company I.

Recording Secretary.—J. J. Ryan, Company B.

Corresponding Secretary.—J. S. Manning, Company K.

Treasurer.—Colonel T. W. Clarke.

Executive Committee.—Captain W. D. Chamberlain; Corporal H. E. Hay, Company I; Captain A. A. Oliver; Sergeant George Townsend, Company I; Sergeant J. F. Smith, Company H.

An act of soldierly love for a dead comrade distinguished this meeting from all that had preceded it; indeed, from all that have since been held.

During the latter part of the war, a certain well-known foreigner, withthe aid of the friends and relatives of our dead soldiers of this and other States, established in the city of Boston a portrait gallery, which was known as the “Gallery of Departed Heroes.” The friends of Major Charles Chipman had contributed liberally towards an elegant oil-portrait of this worthy soldier of the regiment, which, with a costly frame, had been placed in the aforenamed gallery. Through improper management, leading to the pecuniary embarrassment of the originator, all the portraits in the gallery had become heavily mortgaged, and shortly prior to this meeting, the several mortgages had been foreclosed, and the property not being of a generally saleable character, much of it had fallen into the hands of the mortgagees, including the portrait of Major Chipman.

Previous to this reunion, Sergeant Samuel C. Wright, whose love for his comrades, living and dead, is as pure as refined gold, redeemed at his own expense Major Chipman’s portrait, and brought it to Plymouth with the purpose of eventually presenting it to the widow and family of the deceased. The comrades would not suffer him to bear the whole of this burden, but, at this meeting, generously contributed each one his share of the expense incurred, and then, by an unanimous vote, granted the fine portrait, as a token of their love and esteem, to Mrs. Chipman and her children.

The portrait was soon afterwards sent to the donees, accompanied by a touching letter from the President of the Association.

This reunion was the first that was attended by the wives and lady friends of the comrades, and was one of great enjoyment, the citizens of Plymouth doing all in their power to contribute to its success, and by their many acts of kindness, reviving the memory of the unselfishness and flowing bounty of 1861.

Dinner was served at the Samoset House, at which the Plymouth Band, and many of the first citizens of the town, were in attendance.

President.—General J. H. Barnes.Vice-Presidents.—Major S. H. Doten; Colonel Henry R. Sibley; Surgeon George B. Cogswell; Wm. H. Osborne, Company C; Sergeant G. Townsend, Company I.Secretary.—J. J. Ryan, Company B.Corresponding Secretary.—Sergeant Samuel C. Wright, Company E.Treasurer.—Colonel T. W. Clarke.

President.—General J. H. Barnes.

Vice-Presidents.—Major S. H. Doten; Colonel Henry R. Sibley; Surgeon George B. Cogswell; Wm. H. Osborne, Company C; Sergeant G. Townsend, Company I.

Secretary.—J. J. Ryan, Company B.

Corresponding Secretary.—Sergeant Samuel C. Wright, Company E.

Treasurer.—Colonel T. W. Clarke.

The business meeting was held in the hall of General Lander Post, G. A. R., at the close of which the comrades and their ladies took carriages and drove to the Relay House, Nahant Beach, where a fine dinner was served. Captain D. W. Lee acted as toast-master for the occasion, and sentiments were responded to as follows: “The President of the United States,” by letter from General Banks; “The Day we Celebrate,” by Surgeon Cogswell; “The Army of the Union,” by General Barnes, whoclosed by offering this touching sentiment: “Our Heroic Dead: God keep their memory green.” This was responded to by all the comrades, who rose in token of respect to their memory. The other sentiments were, “The State of Massachusetts,” responded to by the band; “The Twenty-ninth Massachusetts Regiment,” by Colonel Clarke and W. H. Osborne. Corporal A. B. Fiske of Company K closed the literary exercises by an eloquent speech.

“The company then spent some time strolling on the shore, enjoying the fine water views and pleasant weather. The day had been warm, and closed like a superb mid-summer day, calm and still, giving the water the appearance of a sheet of silver.” At half-past six o’clock the members took the carriages and drove to the Lynn depot, taking the evening train to Boston.

The sixth reunion was held at Downer’s Landing, Hingham Harbor, September 17, 1875. The comrades and their families, to the number of about one hundred, assembled at the Boston wharf of the Hingham Steamboat Company quite early in the morning, took the boat for the Landing, where, upon arrival, a business meeting was held, and officers for the year 1875-76 chosen, as follows:—

President.—General J. H. Barnes.Vice-Presidents.—Wm. H. Osborne, Company C; Corporal Alonzo B. Fiske, Company K; Sergeant W. B. Standish, Company E; Sergeant Geo. Townsend, Company I; Sergeant J. B. Smithers, Company B.Recording Secretary.—Sergeant Sam’l C. Wright, Company E.Corresponding Secretary.—H. E. Stewart, Company K.Treasurer.—Colonel Thos. W. Clarke.Executive Committee.—Colonel H. R. Sibley; Lieutenant John Shannon; Captain D. W. Lee; Lieutenant J. O’Neil; Lieutenant J. Lucas.

President.—General J. H. Barnes.

Vice-Presidents.—Wm. H. Osborne, Company C; Corporal Alonzo B. Fiske, Company K; Sergeant W. B. Standish, Company E; Sergeant Geo. Townsend, Company I; Sergeant J. B. Smithers, Company B.

Recording Secretary.—Sergeant Sam’l C. Wright, Company E.

Corresponding Secretary.—H. E. Stewart, Company K.

Treasurer.—Colonel Thos. W. Clarke.

Executive Committee.—Colonel H. R. Sibley; Lieutenant John Shannon; Captain D. W. Lee; Lieutenant J. O’Neil; Lieutenant J. Lucas.

Comrade W. H. Osborne was called upon to report what progress he had made in writing the history of the regiment, and when he had reported, Colonel Sibley offered a resolution, which was passed, pledging the assistance of the comrades in publishing the work.

The cold and windy character of the day tended to render this meeting of the regiment less successful and interesting than those of former years.

The Association met at one o’clock, P. M., and chose officers and transacted business.

President.—General J. H. Barnes.Vice-Presidents.—Major Chas. T. Richardson; W. H. Osborne, CompanyC; Sergeant Geo. Townsend, Company I: Colonel H. R. Sibley; Captain Lebbeus Leach.Recording Secretary.—Sergeant Sam’l C. Wright, Company E.Corresponding Secretary.—H. E. Stewart, Company K.Treasurer.—Colonel T. W. Clarke.Executive Committee.—Colonel H. R. Sibley; Lieutenant J. O’Neil; General J. H. Barnes; Captain D. W. Lee; Colonel Thos. W. Clarke; Sergeant Sam’l C. Wright; Wm. H. Osborne; Corporal Geo. W. Allen, Company C.

President.—General J. H. Barnes.

Vice-Presidents.—Major Chas. T. Richardson; W. H. Osborne, CompanyC; Sergeant Geo. Townsend, Company I: Colonel H. R. Sibley; Captain Lebbeus Leach.

Recording Secretary.—Sergeant Sam’l C. Wright, Company E.

Corresponding Secretary.—H. E. Stewart, Company K.

Treasurer.—Colonel T. W. Clarke.

Executive Committee.—Colonel H. R. Sibley; Lieutenant J. O’Neil; General J. H. Barnes; Captain D. W. Lee; Colonel Thos. W. Clarke; Sergeant Sam’l C. Wright; Wm. H. Osborne; Corporal Geo. W. Allen, Company C.

A vote of thanks was extended to comrade Wm. H. Osborne for his services in writing the regimental history, and also for his invitation to the Association to hold its next meeting at East Bridgewater.

At 3 o’clock,P. M., the Association, with its invited guests,—among whom was Governor Rice,—sat down to dinner. Colonel Clarke acted as toast-master, and the first toast, “The President of the United States,” was proposed, and a letter read from Collector Simmons in response to the sentiment. “The Commonwealth of Massachusetts” called out Governor Rice, who was received with cheers, and who said, in the course of his remarks, that he considered it a greater honor to have been a faithful soldier of the Union than Governor of Massachusetts; and also, that if the Association found any pecuniary difficulty in publishing the history of the regiment, to call upon him, in which case he would gladly aid the worthy undertaking. Letters were read from Governor Hartranft of Pennsylvania, Mayor Cobb, and others. Speeches were made by the President, Colonel Clarke, Major Doten and Corporal Fiske.

About eighty comrades were present.

The eighth reunion was held at East Bridgewater, June 18, 1877, two hundred, including members and their families, being present.

The day was one of the most lovely in June, and was keenly enjoyed by the visiting comrades, their wives and children, who strolled about the quiet, shady streets of the town, visited the soldiers’ monument upon the common, which bears the names of a number of the dead of the regiment, and walked through the adjacent groves. The citizens of the town met them everywhere with smiles and words of welcome, and at one o’clock provided them with a bountiful dinner in the lower hall of the Town-house, where a large committee of the ladies of East Bridgewater were in attendance to wait on the tables and testify by their presence and numerous attentions their respect for these veterans of the war.

At the close of the enjoyments at the table the company assembled in the main hall to listen to some fine singing by members of the East Bridgewater Musical Society. After this came speaking, in which several of the townspeople and comrades took part.

The whole meeting was conducted in a pleasantly informal manner, and was, for that reason, all the more productive of enjoyment and profit.Nineteen new members were added to the roll of the Association, and in view of the deep interest taken by the wives of the members in the meeting, they were, by vote, made honorary members of the Association.

While the business meeting was in session in the morning, Captain Leach, whose absence all had been regretting, suddenly came into the hall. The members all rose in their seats and gave him three hearty cheers, to which warm welcome the brave old Captain, now slightly bowed by the weight of seventy-seven years, responded by choking words of gratitude and thanks.

One of the saddest and bravest chapters in the history of the old regiment was brought freshly to remembrance by a fine photograph, suspended in front of the speaker’s desk, of Major Charles Chipman, Lieutenant Burgess, and the three standard-bearers, Grosvenor, Tighe, and Willis, who lost their young lives on the 17th of June, 1864.

The officers elected for the year 1877-78 were:—

President.—General J. H. Barnes.Vice-Presidents.—Major C. T. Richardson; W. H. Osborne, Company C; Sergeant George Townsend, Company I; Colonel H. R. Sibley; Captain Lebbeus Leach.Treasurer.—Colonel T. W. Clarke.Recording Secretary.—Sergeant S. C. Wright, Company E.Corresponding Secretary.—H. E. Stewart, Company K.Executive Committee.—Colonel H. R. Sibley; Lieutenant J. O’Neil; General J. H. Barnes; Captain D. W. Lee; Sergeant S. C. Wright, Company E; Colonel T. W. Clarke; William H. Osborne; Corporal George W. Allen, Company C.

President.—General J. H. Barnes.

Vice-Presidents.—Major C. T. Richardson; W. H. Osborne, Company C; Sergeant George Townsend, Company I; Colonel H. R. Sibley; Captain Lebbeus Leach.

Treasurer.—Colonel T. W. Clarke.

Recording Secretary.—Sergeant S. C. Wright, Company E.

Corresponding Secretary.—H. E. Stewart, Company K.

Executive Committee.—Colonel H. R. Sibley; Lieutenant J. O’Neil; General J. H. Barnes; Captain D. W. Lee; Sergeant S. C. Wright, Company E; Colonel T. W. Clarke; William H. Osborne; Corporal George W. Allen, Company C.

The author sincerely hopes that the Secretary of the Association will have the pleasure to record the proceedings of many future meetings of his comrades, and that none will prove to be seasons of less joy and gladness than this, the eighth annual reunion.

The beautiful and costly monument erected by the city of Boston in memory of its heroic dead of the late war was dedicated with imposing ceremonies on the 17th of September, 1877, which was the fifteenth anniversary of the battle of Antietam. The monument, one of the finest in the country, is erected on a little hill on the Boston Common, at the foot of which stood the famous Old Elm, destroyed by wind, February 15, 1876. There was once a powder magazine on the hill occupied by the monument, which, during the siege of Boston, was the site of a British fortification bombarded by Washington. In the war of 1812, a body of troops designed to protect the town was encamped about this very spot.

On the side of the monument, facing the south, cut in bold, square letters, is the following inscription:—

TO THE MEN OF BOSTONWHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRYON LAND AND SEA IN THE WARWHICH KEPT THE UNION WHOLEDESTROYED SLAVERYAND MAINTAINED THE CONSTITUTIONTHE GRATEFUL CITYHAS BUILT THIS MONUMENTTHAT THEIR EXAMPLEMAY SPEAKTO COMING GENERATIONS.

Honorable Charles Devens, Attorney-General of the United States, delivered the oration; and General Augustus P. Martin of Boston acted as Chief Marshal. Colonel Henry R. Sibley of the Twenty-ninth Regiment was honored with the command of the Suffolk County Division of the Grand Army of the Republic.

At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Twenty-ninth Regiment Association, held September 1, 1877, it was voted to parade as a regiment on the occasion of the dedication of the monument, and General Joseph H. Barnes was chosen to act as Colonel and Commander, Colonel Thomas William Clarke as Lieutenant-Colonel, Major Charles T. Richardson as Major, Lieutenant Henry S. Braden as Adjutant, and Captain D. W. Lee as Quartermaster. On the 7th of September, General Barnes issued a circular letter addressed to the comrades of the regiment, inviting them to parade on the 17th, and requesting them to assemble at 29 Pemberton Square, Boston, at 9 o’clock in the morning of that day.

One hundred and fifty comrades responded promptly to the invitationof their old commander, dressed in dark clothes and wearing their corps and regimental badges. Sergeant Samuel C. Wright, who was wounded in four different battles, was assigned to the proud position of National color-bearer. General Barnes, Colonel Clarke, Major Richardson, Lieutenant Braden, and Captain Lee, were handsomely mounted; elegant wreaths of choice cut-flowers adorning the necks of their fine horses.

The procession moved at a little past 12 o’clock, and the regiment took the position assigned it, in the Second Division, commanded by Colonel Edward O. Shepard; in which also marched the First, Second, Sixth, Ninth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Twenty-first, Twenty-fourth, Twenty-eighth, Fortieth, Forty-third, Forty-fourth, Forty-fifth Massachusetts Veteran Infantry regiments; also, the Massachusetts Veteran Batteries under Colonel O. F. Nims, the hero of many a battle-field; several Army and Navy Associations; the Third Massachusetts Cavalry; Massachusetts members of General Hooker’s “Old Brigade,” under General Gilman Marston; also the Second New Hampshire Infantry; “Maine Veterans in Massachusetts”; Ninety-ninth New York Infantry, under Colonel David W. Wardrop, and the “Survivors of Rebel Prisons.”

The route of the procession was very extended, and the parade was not concluded till nearly dusk. The day was warm and fine, and it seemed as if every town and city in Massachusetts had emptied their entire population into the streets of Boston. Business in the city was wholly suspended, and the buildings along the route of the procession were tastefully decorated with flowers and bunting. The gay plumes and gaudy uniforms of the militia attracted their usual share of attention; but when the veterans went by, with war-like tramp, carrying the shreds of old war flags, many eyes were wet with tears, and many of the adult spectators gazed with half-quivering lips upon these remnants of the Nation’s Grand Army of Freedom. The presence in the column of Generals McClellan, Hooker, Burnside, and many other old heroes of the war, tended greatly to increase the enthusiasm of the vast throngs of people along the sidewalks, and when a pause was made, hundreds gathered about the carriages in which these soldiers were riding, and greeted them with cheers and gifts of bouquets of fragrant flowers.

The Twenty-ninth made a fine appearance; its mounted officers riding at the head of its column, and the orderly arrangement of its ranks, reminded one forcibly of the bygone days, when it marched in review before its commanding generals; while the earnest, bright faces of the boys showed plainly enough that they had caught again the old spirit that so often, from 1861 to 1865, led them to triumph over the dangers and toils of the war. Captains Leach and Chamberlain, and Surgeon Cogswell, all of whom are somewhat infirm, and were unable to march, and several of the disabled members of the regiment, rode in a carriage in the immediate rear of the regimental column.

The Boston “Home Journal” of September 22 published a very extended and complimentary article concerning the Twenty-ninth Regiment, entitled “Who Are They Now, and Where Are the Rest of Them?” The first part of this question was answered in a manner that must cause its living members and their many friends the keenest satisfaction,while the inquiry, “Where Are the Rest of Them?” which we only have space to quote, touches most tenderly the sweetest and the saddest chords of a soldier’s memory:—

“Where are the rest of them? Half of the living men of 1861 were in the line. The other half are scattered. All parts of the State sent up their contribution. Every New England State sent up its quota. From Maine to Oregon, from the great lakes to the Gulf of Mexico, the residue of the living three hundred are scattered. About seven hundred are dead. The killed in action; the men who died of wounds; the men who died of disease while in the service; the men who died, after their discharge, of disease contracted in the service; the men starved to death in rebel prisons; the men incurably weakened by famine and malaria at Knoxville and Vicksburg and Jackson,—they have all gone. It was the strongest of them that we saw on Monday, the best constitutions, the hardest muscles, the toughest fibres, and all of them were prematurely aged, and the boys’ faces which most of them wore at the time of enlistment, have now no trace of youth in them. To an old comrade, this age, this worn look, was inexpressibly sad, but sadder yet it was to think of the long roll of dead comrades, and how they died.“And yet, on every man’s face, at some time in the day, in the presence of some old and loved friend, there momentarily returned the transfiguration of youth, and the faces of 1861,—a flash and play of the “battle light” of an earnest, honest, human heart, full of enthusiasm, love, and duty. This was recognizable, and invariably was recognized, no matter how worn and gray the older face and hair might be.“To have returned to the Commonwealth at least two hundred good citizens, with characters educated by hardships and trials, and by the friendships of the valley of the shadow of death, into a willing and intelligent acquiescence in the rule of law, and the importance of preferring the common weal to mere individual pleasure and profit, is not the least credit of that old regiment; and if the military service has merely succeeded in teaching the necessity of orderly and systematic organization, and the ability to govern one’s self, as it has in most instances everywhere, the work of the war can never be undone, and never should be.”

“And yet, on every man’s face, at some time in the day, in the presence of some old and loved friend, there momentarily returned the transfiguration of youth, and the faces of 1861,—a flash and play of the “battle light” of an earnest, honest, human heart, full of enthusiasm, love, and duty. This was recognizable, and invariably was recognized, no matter how worn and gray the older face and hair might be.

“To have returned to the Commonwealth at least two hundred good citizens, with characters educated by hardships and trials, and by the friendships of the valley of the shadow of death, into a willing and intelligent acquiescence in the rule of law, and the importance of preferring the common weal to mere individual pleasure and profit, is not the least credit of that old regiment; and if the military service has merely succeeded in teaching the necessity of orderly and systematic organization, and the ability to govern one’s self, as it has in most instances everywhere, the work of the war can never be undone, and never should be.”

FOOTNOTES:1There is but one other military body that can claim a share of this honor, to this extent; viz., Capt. P. A. Davis’s company of Lowell, an independent company of infantry called the “Richardson Light Guards,” afterwards organized as the Seventh Massachusetts Light Battery. This company was mustered originally May 21, 1861.2Chap. 222, Acts of 1861.3Adjutant-General’s Report, 1861, page 7.4Letter of Captain Tyler.5This vote was faithfully carried out, each original member of the company receiving three months’ extra pay, amounting to $30.—Author.6The commission of Captain Bates described him as a “Captain of Company C, Third Regiment of Infantry, Second Brigade, First Division of the Militia of this Commonwealth,” and was dated May 4, 1861.7This sermon was afterward printed in pamphlet form, with the motto, “Stand by the Flag!” and circulated among the volunteers at Fortress Monroe, Va.8“Sandwich Advocate,” April 22, 1861.9Letter in “Barnstable Patriot,” May 21, 1861. This flag was for a time carried by the company, and is now in the possession of Mr. Samuel Wells Hunt of Sandwich, an honored member of that company, who has taken great pains in preserving from forgetfulness the record of the deeds of his comrades.—Author.10So called (as the author has learned, from an ancient tradition among the inhabitants of that region) from the fact, that, about the year 1609, the starving colonists of that place were succored by the timely arrival of a fleet of vessels, laden with provisions, under the command of Admiral Newport of the English navy. The worthy admiral brought the pinched colonistsgood news, and in honor of the event, and as an expression of their gratitude, they called the placeNewport’s News.11“First Year of the War,” by Pollard, page 77.12General Butler’s report to Lieutenant-General Scott, published in New York “Tribune” of June 14, 1861.13Letter to the New York “Tribune,” June 14, 1861.14General Butler’s report to Lieutenant-General Scott, printed in New York “Tribune” of June 14, 1861.15Statement of Adjutant Walker, “Mass. Military Record,” page 158.16Statement of same officer, ibid., page 169.17Some fellow, in a spirit of fun-making, had filled the cartridge-box of an unsuspecting comrade with white beans; an incident that greatly amused the inspecting officer, and led him to inquire of the soldier if he had mistaken his cartridge-box for his haversack.18Also called Union Coast Guard.19These facts were related by the father and mother to members of the Battalion, and were afterwards substantially admitted by the officer referred to, to whose credit be it said, that he “very deeply regretted it.”—Author.20As an example of the discipline at this time enforced in the department, we will state in brief the sentence of one of these unfortunate soldiers. By the sentence, he was to forfeit all pay and allowances during the remainder of his term; to be confined, at hard labor, during that time on one of the Tortugas islands; to wear a twelve-pound ball attached to his right ankle by a chain three feet long; and for a certain number of days in each year be kept in solitary confinement on bread and water.—Author.21Colonel Pierce was commissioned December 13, 1861.22“Charlestown Advertiser,” December 28, 1861.23At the proper time the bond was awarded to Sergeant John H. Hancock, who gave one of his arms to the country, and who was a brave and deserving soldier.24Brigadier-General of the militia.25This court-martial was composed of the following officers: Colonel Brown, Twentieth Indiana; Colonel Schley, Fifth Maryland; Colonel Dyckman, First New York; Colonel Von Schack, Seventh New York; Lieutenant-Colonel Holland, Fifth Maryland; Lieutenant-Colonel ——, Twentieth Indiana; Lieutenant-Colonel Keller, Seventh New York; Lieutenant Dale, Judge-Advocate.26Report of Captain Van Brunt27General McClellan’s “Report and Campaigns,” page 150.28Formerly, this engine was the property of the Old Colony Railroad Company of Massachusetts, but had been purchased by the Government.29Now Major Twenty-fourth United States Infantry.30The Count makes a mistake as to the composition of this brigade, though the Twenty-ninth Regiment, which was a part of the brigade, can still claim a share of this high compliment.—Author.31General Sumner’s testimony before the Joint Committee of Congress on the conduct of the war. See Report on the “Conduct of the War,” Part I., page 364.32“Peninsular Campaign in Virginia,” page 293.33The net losses of the Army of the Potomac, from June 20 to this time, amounted to 15,249 men, of whom 1,582 were killed, 7,700 wounded, and 5,958 missing. The loss of the Confederates during the seven days amounted to 20,000 men, to which should be added 5,000 rendered unfit for service from various causes.—History Civil War in America, by the Compte de Paris, Vol. II., pages 147, 148.34General McClellan’s Report.35General McClellan’s Report, page 382.36General McClellan’s Report, page 382.37Charles C. Whitman, a very brave soldier.—Author.38Corporal Tribou lost his left foot by a cannon-ball while carrying the State colors; he was a good soldier. Corporal Allen, who was likewise a well-drilled and gallant soldier, received a very dangerous wound in the head, from which he has never fully recovered. Lieutenant Atherton, a brave man and true, who was afterward commissioned a First Lieutenant, received a severe wound in one of his arms. Corporal Samuel C. Wright was one of the brave volunteers to pull down the fence on the morning of September 17.—Author.39The Author does not know what finally became of the four missing ones, though he believes they all afterwards joined their company, and were all wounded while entering the fight. The full name of one of the latter soldiers is not known to me. The names of these men, as they appear in the above list, were taken from the “New York Herald” of September 19, 1862.40Soldier’s diary.41“Rebellion Record,” Vol. VII., pp. 407, 408.42Pollard’s “Third Year of the War,” pages 161, 162.43Adjutant-General’s Report, Massachusetts, 1863.44Irving’s “Life of Washington,” Vol. III., p. 354.45Soldier’s letter.46Diary of Preston Hooper, Company C.47Lieutenant Long was severely wounded, losing a portion of the ulna bone of his right arm. He was promoted to Captain, June 8, 1864, and discharged for this wound, October 8, 1864. He was subsequently commissioned in the Veteran Reserve Corps, and served to the end of the war.48“Burnside and Ninth Army Corps,” pages 409, 410.49The author has been unable to learn that any others actually engaged in this brave exploit, and, though several slightly different versions have been given him, he has chosen this as being in his opinion the correct one. This statement is based upon that of three very reliable soldiers of the regiment, who were present and witnessed the affair.—Author.50James Liffin was mortally wounded, and died July 29, following.51Letter of General Burnside to General Meade, dated July 26, 1864.52Report of Committee on “Conduct of the War,” Vol. I., pp. 11, 12, 1865.53Report of Committee on “Conduct of the War,” Vol. I., pp. 11, 12, 1865.54The following recommendation was sent forward for Colonel Barnes’s promotion:—“Headquarters Third Division, Ninth Army Corps,}September 13, 1864.}“CaptainJohn C. Youngman, A. A. Gen., Ninth Army Corps.“Captain: I have the honor to forward Brigade Commanders’ lists of recommendations for brevet.“I beg permission to add my own recommendation in favor of ... Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph H. Barnes, Twenty-ninth Massachusetts, lately commanding brigade, First Division, Ninth Army Corps, for distinguished gallantry and success in action, at Blick’s House, Weldon Railroad, resisting enemy’s attack on Ninth Corps’ right.“Very respectfully, your ob’d’t serv’t,“(Signed)O. B. Willcox, Brig. Gen. Com’d’g Div.“Official:W. V. Richards, Capt. and A. A. A. G.”55Report of Fifty-ninth Regiment in Report of Adjutant-General, 1865, page 595.56Horace Ripley, an excellent soldier.57The “Lost Cause,” page 692.58The author does not vouch for the statement, that the regiment held the last muskets of the armies of the Potomac and Sherman, as he believes there were regiments of both of these armies, that were mustered out even later than the Twenty-ninth.—Author.59On page 337, the number of officers transferred from the Thirty-fifth Massachusetts to the Twenty-ninth Regiment, is erroneously stated as eleven.—Author.60Resigned.61Promoted Surgeon, August 7, 1862. Discharged for disability, March 15, 1864.62Appointed January 4, 1862.63Mustered March 18, 1864. Discharged May 15, 1865.64Mustered May 27, 1863. Discharged as Assistant Surgeon, July 29, 1864.65Mustered July 31, 1862. Promoted to Surgeon First Mass. Regt. Cavalry, July 6, 1863.66Mustered August 20, 1862. Resigned February 27, 1863.67Mustered July 20, 1863. Transferred to Nineteenth Mass. Regt., Dec. 7, 1863.68Mustered September 26, 1864. Expiration of term, July 29, 1865.69Promoted to Colonel.70Appointed Assistant Quartermaster Volunteers.71Resigned July 31, 1861. Captain Ninety-ninth New York Volunteers.72Promoted to First Lieutenant.73Promoted to Second Lieutenant.74Promoted to Sergeant.75Promoted to First Sergeant.76Promoted to Corporal.77Promoted to Hospital Steward.78Promoted to Captain.79Promoted to First Sergeant.80Promoted to Sergeant.81Promoted to Corporal.82Promoted to Principal Musician.83Promoted to First Lieutenant and Adjutant.84Promoted to Commissary Sergeant.85Resigned July 18, 1861.86Mustered as Ensign. Promoted to First Lieutenant.87Unjustly reported as a deserter.88Promoted to Second Lieutenant.89Promoted to Sergeant.90Promoted to First Lieutenant.91Promoted to Corporal.92Promoted to First Sergeant.93Promoted to Corporal.94Promoted to Sergeant.95Appointed Musician.96Transferred to U. S. Battery.97Mustered as Ensign.98Promoted to Second Lieutenant.99Promoted to Sergeant-Major.100Promoted to Sergeant and Color-Sergeant.101Promoted to Sergeant.102Promoted to Corporal.103Transferred to U. S. Battery.104Promoted to First Sergeant.105Appointed Musician.106Promoted to Corporal.107Promoted to Sergeant.108Promoted to First Sergeant and Brevet Second Lieutenant.109Appointed Bugler.110Promoted to Major.111Promoted to Captain.112Mustered as Ensign. Promoted to First Lieutenant.113Promoted to First Lieutenant.114Promoted to Hospital Steward U. S. A.115Promoted to Sergeant.116Promoted to Principal Musician.117Commissioned Lieutenant-Colonel U. S. Colored Troops.118Promoted to Corporal.119Promoted to Second Lieutenant.120Wrongly reported as a deserter. Entered United States navy, and received an honorable discharge.121Promoted to First Lieutenant.122Promoted to Brevet Major.123Appointed Adjutant.124Mustered as Ensign.125Promoted to Second Lieutenant.126Promoted to Sergeant.127Promoted to Corporal.128Promoted to First Lieutenant.129Promoted to Sergeant.130Promoted to Corporal.131Promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel.132Promoted to First Lieutenant.133Promoted to Captain.134Transferred to U. S. Battery.135Promoted to Second Lieutenant.136Appointed Musician.137Promoted to Corporal.138Promoted to First Sergeant.139Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corp.140Wounded June 17, 1864. Lost an arm.141Promoted to Sergeant.142Promoted to Captain.143Wounded at White Oak Swamp, June 30, 1862.144Promoted to Corporal.145Promoted to Sergeant.146Promoted to Corporal, and made Color-Corporal.147Promoted to First Lieutenant.148Promoted to Major.149Promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel.150Promoted to First Lieutenant.151Promoted to Captain.152Promoted to Second Lieutenant.153Promoted to Sergeant.154Reported “Absent without leave,” but he afterwards returned to duty.155Wrongly reported as a deserter; received an honorable discharge.156Wrongly reported as a deserter.157Did not desert as reported.158Received an honorable discharge; wrongly reported as a deserter.159Promoted to Second Lieutenant.160Improperly reported as a deserter.161Promoted to First Lieutenant.162Promoted to Sergeant.163Promoted to Corporal.164These two soldiers enlisted in the autumn of 1861; but were rejected, as being too young, by Captain Ames, U. S. A. Mustering Officer. They were taken as orderlies by Colonel Pierce to Newport News, and afterwards, by his order, placed on the rolls of Company G.165Killed March 25, 1865; Fort Stedman.166Promoted to Colonel U. S. Volunteers.167Promoted to Captain.168Promoted to Second Lieutenant.169Promoted to First Sergeant.170Promoted to Sergeant.171Commissioned in U. S. Colored Troops.172Transferred to U. S. Cavalry.173Erroneously reported as a deserter; was wounded at White Oak Swamp, and received an honorable discharge.174Promoted to Corporal.175Promoted to First Lieutenant.176Promoted to Corporal.177Promoted to Quartermaster Sergeant.178Erroneously reported as a deserter.179Promoted to Sergeant.180Promoted to Captain.181Mustered as Ensign.182Promoted to Second Lieutenant.183Promoted to Corporal.184Promoted to Sergeant.185Killed at Malvern Hill, Va., July 1, 1862.186Promoted to Sergeant.187Promoted to Brevet Brigadier-General.188Promoted to Captain.189Mustered as Ensign. Promoted to First Lieutenant.190Promoted to First Lieutenant and Adjutant.191Promoted to Second Lieutenant.192Promoted to Sergeant.193Promoted to First Sergeant.194Promoted to First Lieutenant.195Promoted to Corporal.196Sergeant in Howard’s U. S. Battery.197Promoted to Sergeant and Color-Sergt.198Promoted to Corporal.199Promoted to Second Lieutenant.200Promoted to Sergeant.201Corporal.202Discharged by order of War Department.203Sergeant; discharged by order of War Department.204Killed March 25, 1865.205Died of wounds, January 2, 1865.206Died February 13, 1865, of disease.207Report of J. J. Dana, Major and Quartermaster U. S. A., Brevet Brig. Genl. Roll of Honor No. XIV., page 134.208Wounded September 17, 1862.209Buried in National Cemetery at Hampton, Va. Row 12. Section C. Number of grave, 25.210Buried under name of “Sergeant William H. Hamer,” in Fredericksburg National Cemetery, Va. Terrace Section No. 8. Number of grave, 167. Body removed from Beverly’s Farm, Spottsylvania County.211Buried in National Cemetery at Point Lookout, Md. Number of grave, 63.212Buried in Richmond National Cemetery, Va., under the name of “T. Hall.” Number of grave, 1,272.213Buried in Poplar Grove National Cemetery, Va. Division D. Section D. Number of grave, 218.214Buried under name of “William Murphy,” in National Cemetery at Fredericksburg, Va. Terrace Section No. 4. Number of grave, 290. Originally buried on farm of Harris, Spottsylvania County, Va.215Buried in National Cemetery at Andersonville, Ga. Section C. Number of grave, 1,290.216Buried in Poplar Grove National Cemetery, Va. Division D. Section D. Number of grave, 215.217Buried in National Cemetery at Camp Dennison, Ohio, under name of “C. D. Hudson.” Number of grave, 240.218Buried in Poplar Grove National Cemetery, Va. Division A. Section C. Number of grave, 103.219Buried in National Cemetery at Hampton, Va. Row 9. Section B. Number of grave, 39.220Buried in National Cemetery at Hampton, Va. Row 3. Section D. Number of grave, 4.221While in command of the Fourteenth New York Heavy Artillery Volunteers.222Buried in National Cemetery at Hampton, Va. Row 9. Section B. Number of grave, 23.223Buried in National Cemetery at Hampton, Va. Row 20. Section B. Number of grave, 17.224Buried in Poplar Grove National Cemetery, Va. Division A. Section C. Number of grave, 102.225Buried in National Cemetery at Hampton, Va. Row 1. Section E. Number of grave, 27.226Buried in National Cemetery at Chattanooga, Tenn., under the name of “G. T. Peckham.” Section H. Number of grave, 159. Originally buried at Loudon, Tenn.227Buried in National Cemetery at Hampton, Va. Row 1. Section E. Number of grave, 1.228Buried in National Cemetery at Andersonville, Ga. Section T. Number of grave, 3,898.229Wounds received at White Oak Swamp, Va.230Buried in National Cemetery at Andersonville, Ga. Section B. Number of grave, 2,908.231Wounded June 17, 1864.232Buried under name of “G. Record,” in National Cemetery at Hampton, Va. Row 14. Section D. Number of grave, 48.233Battle of the Mine.234Buried in National Cemetery, Mount Olivet, Frederick City, Md., under the name of “Joseph Tresgate.” Number of grave, 250. Wounded in battle of Antietam.235Battle of Fort Stedman.236Buried in Camp Nelson National Cemetery, Ky., under the name of “Edward Wilber.” Section D. Number of grave, 50.237Buried in Linden Grove National Cemetery, Covington, Ky. Section C. Number of grave, 104.238Buried in National Cemetery at Andersonville, Ga. Section O. Number of grave, 11,080.239Buried in Knoxville National Cemetery, Tenn. Section 6. Number of grave, 98.240While carrying the flag. Buried in Poplar Grove National Cemetery, Va. Division D. Section D. Number of grave, 220.241Buried in Knoxville National Cemetery, Tenn. Section 7. Number of grave, 54.242Buried in Mount Olivet National Cemetery, Frederick City, Md. Number of grave, 834.243Buried in Knoxville National Cemetery, Tenn. Section 4. Number of grave, 161.244Buried in National Cemetery at Andersonville, Ga. Section G. Number of grave, 2,414.245Buried in Lexington National Cemetery, Ky. Circle 12. Number of grave, 531. Originally buried at Lexington, Ky.246Buried in National Cemetery at Knoxville, Tenn. Section 4. Number of grave, 143.247Buried in Camp Nelson National Cemetery, Ky. Section D. Number of grave, 51.248While carrying the colors. Buried in Poplar Grove National Cemetery, Va. Division A. Section C. Number of grave, 216.249This committee never discharged its duties.—Author.250This committee never did its duty.—Author.

1There is but one other military body that can claim a share of this honor, to this extent; viz., Capt. P. A. Davis’s company of Lowell, an independent company of infantry called the “Richardson Light Guards,” afterwards organized as the Seventh Massachusetts Light Battery. This company was mustered originally May 21, 1861.

2Chap. 222, Acts of 1861.

3Adjutant-General’s Report, 1861, page 7.

4Letter of Captain Tyler.

5This vote was faithfully carried out, each original member of the company receiving three months’ extra pay, amounting to $30.—Author.

6The commission of Captain Bates described him as a “Captain of Company C, Third Regiment of Infantry, Second Brigade, First Division of the Militia of this Commonwealth,” and was dated May 4, 1861.

7This sermon was afterward printed in pamphlet form, with the motto, “Stand by the Flag!” and circulated among the volunteers at Fortress Monroe, Va.

8“Sandwich Advocate,” April 22, 1861.

9Letter in “Barnstable Patriot,” May 21, 1861. This flag was for a time carried by the company, and is now in the possession of Mr. Samuel Wells Hunt of Sandwich, an honored member of that company, who has taken great pains in preserving from forgetfulness the record of the deeds of his comrades.—Author.

10So called (as the author has learned, from an ancient tradition among the inhabitants of that region) from the fact, that, about the year 1609, the starving colonists of that place were succored by the timely arrival of a fleet of vessels, laden with provisions, under the command of Admiral Newport of the English navy. The worthy admiral brought the pinched colonistsgood news, and in honor of the event, and as an expression of their gratitude, they called the placeNewport’s News.

11“First Year of the War,” by Pollard, page 77.

12General Butler’s report to Lieutenant-General Scott, published in New York “Tribune” of June 14, 1861.

13Letter to the New York “Tribune,” June 14, 1861.

14General Butler’s report to Lieutenant-General Scott, printed in New York “Tribune” of June 14, 1861.

15Statement of Adjutant Walker, “Mass. Military Record,” page 158.

16Statement of same officer, ibid., page 169.

17Some fellow, in a spirit of fun-making, had filled the cartridge-box of an unsuspecting comrade with white beans; an incident that greatly amused the inspecting officer, and led him to inquire of the soldier if he had mistaken his cartridge-box for his haversack.

18Also called Union Coast Guard.

19These facts were related by the father and mother to members of the Battalion, and were afterwards substantially admitted by the officer referred to, to whose credit be it said, that he “very deeply regretted it.”—Author.

20As an example of the discipline at this time enforced in the department, we will state in brief the sentence of one of these unfortunate soldiers. By the sentence, he was to forfeit all pay and allowances during the remainder of his term; to be confined, at hard labor, during that time on one of the Tortugas islands; to wear a twelve-pound ball attached to his right ankle by a chain three feet long; and for a certain number of days in each year be kept in solitary confinement on bread and water.—Author.

21Colonel Pierce was commissioned December 13, 1861.

22“Charlestown Advertiser,” December 28, 1861.

23At the proper time the bond was awarded to Sergeant John H. Hancock, who gave one of his arms to the country, and who was a brave and deserving soldier.

24Brigadier-General of the militia.

25This court-martial was composed of the following officers: Colonel Brown, Twentieth Indiana; Colonel Schley, Fifth Maryland; Colonel Dyckman, First New York; Colonel Von Schack, Seventh New York; Lieutenant-Colonel Holland, Fifth Maryland; Lieutenant-Colonel ——, Twentieth Indiana; Lieutenant-Colonel Keller, Seventh New York; Lieutenant Dale, Judge-Advocate.

26Report of Captain Van Brunt

27General McClellan’s “Report and Campaigns,” page 150.

28Formerly, this engine was the property of the Old Colony Railroad Company of Massachusetts, but had been purchased by the Government.

29Now Major Twenty-fourth United States Infantry.

30The Count makes a mistake as to the composition of this brigade, though the Twenty-ninth Regiment, which was a part of the brigade, can still claim a share of this high compliment.—Author.

31General Sumner’s testimony before the Joint Committee of Congress on the conduct of the war. See Report on the “Conduct of the War,” Part I., page 364.

32“Peninsular Campaign in Virginia,” page 293.

33The net losses of the Army of the Potomac, from June 20 to this time, amounted to 15,249 men, of whom 1,582 were killed, 7,700 wounded, and 5,958 missing. The loss of the Confederates during the seven days amounted to 20,000 men, to which should be added 5,000 rendered unfit for service from various causes.—History Civil War in America, by the Compte de Paris, Vol. II., pages 147, 148.

34General McClellan’s Report.

35General McClellan’s Report, page 382.

36General McClellan’s Report, page 382.

37Charles C. Whitman, a very brave soldier.—Author.

38Corporal Tribou lost his left foot by a cannon-ball while carrying the State colors; he was a good soldier. Corporal Allen, who was likewise a well-drilled and gallant soldier, received a very dangerous wound in the head, from which he has never fully recovered. Lieutenant Atherton, a brave man and true, who was afterward commissioned a First Lieutenant, received a severe wound in one of his arms. Corporal Samuel C. Wright was one of the brave volunteers to pull down the fence on the morning of September 17.—Author.

39The Author does not know what finally became of the four missing ones, though he believes they all afterwards joined their company, and were all wounded while entering the fight. The full name of one of the latter soldiers is not known to me. The names of these men, as they appear in the above list, were taken from the “New York Herald” of September 19, 1862.

40Soldier’s diary.

41“Rebellion Record,” Vol. VII., pp. 407, 408.

42Pollard’s “Third Year of the War,” pages 161, 162.

43Adjutant-General’s Report, Massachusetts, 1863.

44Irving’s “Life of Washington,” Vol. III., p. 354.

45Soldier’s letter.

46Diary of Preston Hooper, Company C.

47Lieutenant Long was severely wounded, losing a portion of the ulna bone of his right arm. He was promoted to Captain, June 8, 1864, and discharged for this wound, October 8, 1864. He was subsequently commissioned in the Veteran Reserve Corps, and served to the end of the war.

48“Burnside and Ninth Army Corps,” pages 409, 410.

49The author has been unable to learn that any others actually engaged in this brave exploit, and, though several slightly different versions have been given him, he has chosen this as being in his opinion the correct one. This statement is based upon that of three very reliable soldiers of the regiment, who were present and witnessed the affair.—Author.

50James Liffin was mortally wounded, and died July 29, following.

51Letter of General Burnside to General Meade, dated July 26, 1864.

52Report of Committee on “Conduct of the War,” Vol. I., pp. 11, 12, 1865.

53Report of Committee on “Conduct of the War,” Vol. I., pp. 11, 12, 1865.

54The following recommendation was sent forward for Colonel Barnes’s promotion:—“Headquarters Third Division, Ninth Army Corps,}September 13, 1864.}“CaptainJohn C. Youngman, A. A. Gen., Ninth Army Corps.“Captain: I have the honor to forward Brigade Commanders’ lists of recommendations for brevet.“I beg permission to add my own recommendation in favor of ... Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph H. Barnes, Twenty-ninth Massachusetts, lately commanding brigade, First Division, Ninth Army Corps, for distinguished gallantry and success in action, at Blick’s House, Weldon Railroad, resisting enemy’s attack on Ninth Corps’ right.“Very respectfully, your ob’d’t serv’t,“(Signed)O. B. Willcox, Brig. Gen. Com’d’g Div.“Official:W. V. Richards, Capt. and A. A. A. G.”

54The following recommendation was sent forward for Colonel Barnes’s promotion:—

“Headquarters Third Division, Ninth Army Corps,}September 13, 1864.}“CaptainJohn C. Youngman, A. A. Gen., Ninth Army Corps.“Captain: I have the honor to forward Brigade Commanders’ lists of recommendations for brevet.“I beg permission to add my own recommendation in favor of ... Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph H. Barnes, Twenty-ninth Massachusetts, lately commanding brigade, First Division, Ninth Army Corps, for distinguished gallantry and success in action, at Blick’s House, Weldon Railroad, resisting enemy’s attack on Ninth Corps’ right.“Very respectfully, your ob’d’t serv’t,“(Signed)O. B. Willcox, Brig. Gen. Com’d’g Div.“Official:W. V. Richards, Capt. and A. A. A. G.”

“Headquarters Third Division, Ninth Army Corps,}September 13, 1864.}

“CaptainJohn C. Youngman, A. A. Gen., Ninth Army Corps.

“Captain: I have the honor to forward Brigade Commanders’ lists of recommendations for brevet.

“I beg permission to add my own recommendation in favor of ... Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph H. Barnes, Twenty-ninth Massachusetts, lately commanding brigade, First Division, Ninth Army Corps, for distinguished gallantry and success in action, at Blick’s House, Weldon Railroad, resisting enemy’s attack on Ninth Corps’ right.

“Very respectfully, your ob’d’t serv’t,“(Signed)O. B. Willcox, Brig. Gen. Com’d’g Div.

“Official:W. V. Richards, Capt. and A. A. A. G.”

55Report of Fifty-ninth Regiment in Report of Adjutant-General, 1865, page 595.

56Horace Ripley, an excellent soldier.

57The “Lost Cause,” page 692.

58The author does not vouch for the statement, that the regiment held the last muskets of the armies of the Potomac and Sherman, as he believes there were regiments of both of these armies, that were mustered out even later than the Twenty-ninth.—Author.

59On page 337, the number of officers transferred from the Thirty-fifth Massachusetts to the Twenty-ninth Regiment, is erroneously stated as eleven.—Author.

60Resigned.

61Promoted Surgeon, August 7, 1862. Discharged for disability, March 15, 1864.

62Appointed January 4, 1862.

63Mustered March 18, 1864. Discharged May 15, 1865.

64Mustered May 27, 1863. Discharged as Assistant Surgeon, July 29, 1864.

65Mustered July 31, 1862. Promoted to Surgeon First Mass. Regt. Cavalry, July 6, 1863.

66Mustered August 20, 1862. Resigned February 27, 1863.

67Mustered July 20, 1863. Transferred to Nineteenth Mass. Regt., Dec. 7, 1863.

68Mustered September 26, 1864. Expiration of term, July 29, 1865.

69Promoted to Colonel.

70Appointed Assistant Quartermaster Volunteers.

71Resigned July 31, 1861. Captain Ninety-ninth New York Volunteers.

72Promoted to First Lieutenant.

73Promoted to Second Lieutenant.

74Promoted to Sergeant.

75Promoted to First Sergeant.

76Promoted to Corporal.

77Promoted to Hospital Steward.

78Promoted to Captain.

79Promoted to First Sergeant.

80Promoted to Sergeant.

81Promoted to Corporal.

82Promoted to Principal Musician.

83Promoted to First Lieutenant and Adjutant.

84Promoted to Commissary Sergeant.

85Resigned July 18, 1861.

86Mustered as Ensign. Promoted to First Lieutenant.

87Unjustly reported as a deserter.

88Promoted to Second Lieutenant.

89Promoted to Sergeant.

90Promoted to First Lieutenant.

91Promoted to Corporal.

92Promoted to First Sergeant.

93Promoted to Corporal.

94Promoted to Sergeant.

95Appointed Musician.

96Transferred to U. S. Battery.

97Mustered as Ensign.

98Promoted to Second Lieutenant.

99Promoted to Sergeant-Major.

100Promoted to Sergeant and Color-Sergeant.

101Promoted to Sergeant.

102Promoted to Corporal.

103Transferred to U. S. Battery.

104Promoted to First Sergeant.

105Appointed Musician.

106Promoted to Corporal.

107Promoted to Sergeant.

108Promoted to First Sergeant and Brevet Second Lieutenant.

109Appointed Bugler.

110Promoted to Major.

111Promoted to Captain.

112Mustered as Ensign. Promoted to First Lieutenant.

113Promoted to First Lieutenant.

114Promoted to Hospital Steward U. S. A.

115Promoted to Sergeant.

116Promoted to Principal Musician.

117Commissioned Lieutenant-Colonel U. S. Colored Troops.

118Promoted to Corporal.

119Promoted to Second Lieutenant.

120Wrongly reported as a deserter. Entered United States navy, and received an honorable discharge.

121Promoted to First Lieutenant.

122Promoted to Brevet Major.

123Appointed Adjutant.

124Mustered as Ensign.

125Promoted to Second Lieutenant.

126Promoted to Sergeant.

127Promoted to Corporal.

128Promoted to First Lieutenant.

129Promoted to Sergeant.

130Promoted to Corporal.

131Promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel.

132Promoted to First Lieutenant.

133Promoted to Captain.

134Transferred to U. S. Battery.

135Promoted to Second Lieutenant.

136Appointed Musician.

137Promoted to Corporal.

138Promoted to First Sergeant.

139Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corp.

140Wounded June 17, 1864. Lost an arm.

141Promoted to Sergeant.

142Promoted to Captain.

143Wounded at White Oak Swamp, June 30, 1862.

144Promoted to Corporal.

145Promoted to Sergeant.

146Promoted to Corporal, and made Color-Corporal.

147Promoted to First Lieutenant.

148Promoted to Major.

149Promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel.

150Promoted to First Lieutenant.

151Promoted to Captain.

152Promoted to Second Lieutenant.

153Promoted to Sergeant.

154Reported “Absent without leave,” but he afterwards returned to duty.

155Wrongly reported as a deserter; received an honorable discharge.

156Wrongly reported as a deserter.

157Did not desert as reported.

158Received an honorable discharge; wrongly reported as a deserter.

159Promoted to Second Lieutenant.

160Improperly reported as a deserter.

161Promoted to First Lieutenant.

162Promoted to Sergeant.

163Promoted to Corporal.

164These two soldiers enlisted in the autumn of 1861; but were rejected, as being too young, by Captain Ames, U. S. A. Mustering Officer. They were taken as orderlies by Colonel Pierce to Newport News, and afterwards, by his order, placed on the rolls of Company G.

165Killed March 25, 1865; Fort Stedman.

166Promoted to Colonel U. S. Volunteers.

167Promoted to Captain.

168Promoted to Second Lieutenant.

169Promoted to First Sergeant.

170Promoted to Sergeant.

171Commissioned in U. S. Colored Troops.

172Transferred to U. S. Cavalry.

173Erroneously reported as a deserter; was wounded at White Oak Swamp, and received an honorable discharge.

174Promoted to Corporal.

175Promoted to First Lieutenant.

176Promoted to Corporal.

177Promoted to Quartermaster Sergeant.

178Erroneously reported as a deserter.

179Promoted to Sergeant.

180Promoted to Captain.

181Mustered as Ensign.

182Promoted to Second Lieutenant.

183Promoted to Corporal.

184Promoted to Sergeant.

185Killed at Malvern Hill, Va., July 1, 1862.

186Promoted to Sergeant.

187Promoted to Brevet Brigadier-General.

188Promoted to Captain.

189Mustered as Ensign. Promoted to First Lieutenant.

190Promoted to First Lieutenant and Adjutant.

191Promoted to Second Lieutenant.

192Promoted to Sergeant.

193Promoted to First Sergeant.

194Promoted to First Lieutenant.

195Promoted to Corporal.

196Sergeant in Howard’s U. S. Battery.

197Promoted to Sergeant and Color-Sergt.

198Promoted to Corporal.

199Promoted to Second Lieutenant.

200Promoted to Sergeant.

201Corporal.

202Discharged by order of War Department.

203Sergeant; discharged by order of War Department.

204Killed March 25, 1865.

205Died of wounds, January 2, 1865.

206Died February 13, 1865, of disease.

207Report of J. J. Dana, Major and Quartermaster U. S. A., Brevet Brig. Genl. Roll of Honor No. XIV., page 134.

208Wounded September 17, 1862.

209Buried in National Cemetery at Hampton, Va. Row 12. Section C. Number of grave, 25.

210Buried under name of “Sergeant William H. Hamer,” in Fredericksburg National Cemetery, Va. Terrace Section No. 8. Number of grave, 167. Body removed from Beverly’s Farm, Spottsylvania County.

211Buried in National Cemetery at Point Lookout, Md. Number of grave, 63.

212Buried in Richmond National Cemetery, Va., under the name of “T. Hall.” Number of grave, 1,272.

213Buried in Poplar Grove National Cemetery, Va. Division D. Section D. Number of grave, 218.

214Buried under name of “William Murphy,” in National Cemetery at Fredericksburg, Va. Terrace Section No. 4. Number of grave, 290. Originally buried on farm of Harris, Spottsylvania County, Va.

215Buried in National Cemetery at Andersonville, Ga. Section C. Number of grave, 1,290.

216Buried in Poplar Grove National Cemetery, Va. Division D. Section D. Number of grave, 215.

217Buried in National Cemetery at Camp Dennison, Ohio, under name of “C. D. Hudson.” Number of grave, 240.

218Buried in Poplar Grove National Cemetery, Va. Division A. Section C. Number of grave, 103.

219Buried in National Cemetery at Hampton, Va. Row 9. Section B. Number of grave, 39.

220Buried in National Cemetery at Hampton, Va. Row 3. Section D. Number of grave, 4.

221While in command of the Fourteenth New York Heavy Artillery Volunteers.

222Buried in National Cemetery at Hampton, Va. Row 9. Section B. Number of grave, 23.

223Buried in National Cemetery at Hampton, Va. Row 20. Section B. Number of grave, 17.

224Buried in Poplar Grove National Cemetery, Va. Division A. Section C. Number of grave, 102.

225Buried in National Cemetery at Hampton, Va. Row 1. Section E. Number of grave, 27.

226Buried in National Cemetery at Chattanooga, Tenn., under the name of “G. T. Peckham.” Section H. Number of grave, 159. Originally buried at Loudon, Tenn.

227Buried in National Cemetery at Hampton, Va. Row 1. Section E. Number of grave, 1.

228Buried in National Cemetery at Andersonville, Ga. Section T. Number of grave, 3,898.

229Wounds received at White Oak Swamp, Va.

230Buried in National Cemetery at Andersonville, Ga. Section B. Number of grave, 2,908.

231Wounded June 17, 1864.

232Buried under name of “G. Record,” in National Cemetery at Hampton, Va. Row 14. Section D. Number of grave, 48.

233Battle of the Mine.

234Buried in National Cemetery, Mount Olivet, Frederick City, Md., under the name of “Joseph Tresgate.” Number of grave, 250. Wounded in battle of Antietam.

235Battle of Fort Stedman.

236Buried in Camp Nelson National Cemetery, Ky., under the name of “Edward Wilber.” Section D. Number of grave, 50.

237Buried in Linden Grove National Cemetery, Covington, Ky. Section C. Number of grave, 104.

238Buried in National Cemetery at Andersonville, Ga. Section O. Number of grave, 11,080.

239Buried in Knoxville National Cemetery, Tenn. Section 6. Number of grave, 98.

240While carrying the flag. Buried in Poplar Grove National Cemetery, Va. Division D. Section D. Number of grave, 220.

241Buried in Knoxville National Cemetery, Tenn. Section 7. Number of grave, 54.

242Buried in Mount Olivet National Cemetery, Frederick City, Md. Number of grave, 834.

243Buried in Knoxville National Cemetery, Tenn. Section 4. Number of grave, 161.

244Buried in National Cemetery at Andersonville, Ga. Section G. Number of grave, 2,414.

245Buried in Lexington National Cemetery, Ky. Circle 12. Number of grave, 531. Originally buried at Lexington, Ky.

246Buried in National Cemetery at Knoxville, Tenn. Section 4. Number of grave, 143.

247Buried in Camp Nelson National Cemetery, Ky. Section D. Number of grave, 51.

248While carrying the colors. Buried in Poplar Grove National Cemetery, Va. Division A. Section C. Number of grave, 216.

249This committee never discharged its duties.—Author.

250This committee never did its duty.—Author.

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