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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 10: Middlesex County. (search)
were forwarded to the army, filled with bandages, lint, under-clothing, and other necessaries and comforts for the sick and wounded in the hospitals. Groton Incorporated May 29, 1655. Population in 1860, 3,193; in 1865, 3,176. Valuation in 1860, $1,465,408; in 1865, $1,553,920. The selectmen in 1861 were Phinehas G. Prescott, William H. Harlow, Willard Torrey; in 1862 and 1863, Eliel Shumway, William H. Harlow, Willard Torrey; in 1864 and 1865, Eliel Shumway, Willard Torrey, George W. Stuart. The town-clerk during all these years was George D. Brigham. The town-treasurer during the same period was Alden Warren. 1861. A town-meeting was held April 29th, at which a series of patriotic resolutions were read and adopted, and the citizens pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honors in defence of the Government and the preservation of the Constitution. It was voted to aid the families of the volunteers who were already at the front, and of those who would
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 12: Norfolk County. (search)
is 7,967. This does not include bandages, rolls of cotton, linen, and flannel, some of which accompanied nearly every contribution; nor wine, jellies, and other delicacies so necessary in a hospital, of which every box contained more or less. A similar society existed in South Dedham, of whose labors we regret we have been unable to obtain a statement. A soldiers' Memorial Hall has been erected by the town of Dedham, which was appropriately dedicated Sept. 29, 1868. A splendid copy of Stuart's painting of Washington, in Faneuil Hall, by Alvan Fisher, Esq., of Dedham, was given by his widow, Mrs Lydia E. Fisher, to hang in its appropriate place in the Memorial Hall. Dorchester Incorporated Sept. 7, 1630. Annexed to the city of Boston, June 4, 1869. Population in 1860, 9,769; in 1865, 10,729. Valuation in 1860, $10,880,383; in 1865, $12,521,038. The selectmen in 1861, 1862, and 1863 were Ebenezer Eaton, Edward H. R. Ruggles, Lewis F. Pierce; in 1864 and 1865, James H.
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 23. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Historical sketch of the Rockbridge artillery, C. S. Army, by a member of the famous battery. (search)
order of our General, as a substitute for Sunday, and we rested. On the 13th we commenced our march back toward Staunton, and on that march we were all formally called up, and nolens volens were mustered into the Confederate service for the war. When we reached the foot of that range of the Shenandoah Mountains known there as North Mountain, we turned northward, taking the road which leads toward Harrisonburg, and on the 17th camped near Stribling Springs, where Henry B. Gibson and George W. Stuart joined the company, Crossing the north fork of the Shenandoah river at Bridgewater, the battery passed through Harrisonburg on the 19th, and thence through Luray into Page county, and down the Shenandoah through Page and Warren counties, and reached Front Royal on May 23d, where the enemy was routed, though the battery was not engaged. On the 24th the two parrot guns were ordered forward under Captain Poague, with General Ashby, and fought and pursued the enemy from Middletown to Ne