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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 12: Norfolk County. (search)
s A. Lawrence, and a prayer was offered by Rev. John L. Stone, D. D. The meeting was then permanently organized by the choice of the following gentlemen for officers: President, John Howe; vice-presidents, Augustus Aspinwall, James S. Amory, George B. Blake, Thomas Gray; secretaries, Thomas B. Hall, William V. Churchill. Mr. Howe made a patriotic speech on taking the chair. He had been a soldier in the war of 1812, and had received a Government land-warrant for his service, which he said he sh Mr. Dwight soon after this was commissioned major of the Second Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, and subsequently promoted to be Lieutenant-Colonel. He was mortally wounded at the battle of Antietam, and died Sept. 19, 1862. On motion of George B. Blake, a subscription list was opened to raise a military fund, which he headed with the sum of one thousand dollars. Another list was opened to raise money for the purchase of materials for the ladies, who had expressed a desire to prepare clothi