Harrington conducted himself, both on the battle-field and in the retreat, with great coolness and discretion.
On seeing that he must either be killed or taken prisoner, he threw his sword into the river, divested himself of his wearing apparel, and swam to the island.
Company C.--Lieut. Chas P. McPherson commanding. Wounded--Corporal Duncan McPhail--1. Missing--Lieut. Chas. McPherson, Sergeant Robert Crawford.
Corporals: Geo. W. Odell, Chas. Wiggard, Thomas Soumerville.
Privates: Daniel Barrett, Christian Backer, Carl Bower, Patrick Cahill, Augustus Cronier, John C. Calhoun, John Craig, William Church, Francis Campbell, William Deckleman, Arthur Donnelly, James H. Dogherty, Michael Donevan, Thomas Dunegan, Michael Eagan, James Fitzgerald, Felix F. Fagan, John Gorrill, Hugh Gilchrist, Edward Hicks, Jacob Hecker, Wm. Jamieson, Michael Hawkins, Edward Lindsay, William May, James Moore, John Moriarty, John McKenna, John McLoughlin, Robert McMonagh, John Nichol, John Grittle, Lewis
................. 146, 194
Balls Bluff,...................................20, 30, 31, 33, 35, 43, 126, 216
Banet's Ferry, ........................................................ 116
Barksdale's Brigade, ................... ................... 165, 168, 205, 229
Barnes, Leonard A.,............................................... 331, 340
Barnes, Willliam, ..................................................... 291
Barnesville, Md., ............. ............................... 217
Barrett, Daniel, ........ ................................ 189
Barrett, James N., .................................................... 292
Barrett, John,..................................................... 104, 102
Barrows, William E.,......................4, 227, 258, 261, 299, 334, 356, 365
Barry, Dennis, ........................................................ 106
Barry, Dennis (E), .................................................... 143
Barry, George, ............... .....................
ar. Of officers, Capt. Thomas Adams, Capt. William Angier, Lieut. Leonard Jones, and Ensigns Joseph Chadwick and John Dickson.
Of staff and noncommissioned officers, Samuel Dean, Chaplain; Francis Moore, Surgeon; John Wright, Surgeon's Mate; Daniel Barrett, Downing Champney, John Demont, Benjamin Manning, Abraham Osborn, and James Lanman, Sergeants; William Baldwin, Jason Batherick and William Butterfield, Corporals.
Somewhat more than one hundred names of private soldiers are preserved; and ist below appear to have been a portion of the Cambridge quota:—
John Abbott.
John Acres.
Daniel Adams.
John Adams.
Thomas Adams.
George Allen.
Nathaniel Austin.
Benjamin Badger.
William Barber.
Caleb Barrett.
Daniel Barrett.
John Barrett.
Jonathan Barrett.
George Barrington.
Thomas Beals.
Thomas Bemford.
Luke Bemis.
Francis Bennett.
Joseph Biglow.
Nathan Blodgett.
Henry Bond.
Amos Bordman.
Moses Bordman.
Richard Bordman.
the Craigie estate; but, within two or three years, he sold to John Bridge, and his name disappears from the record.
Barrett, William, m. Sarah, prob.
dau. of John Poole of Reading, and wid. of Joseph Champney of Billerica, 19 Aug. 1656.
She d1728; Jonathan, b. 6 Feb. 1729-30; Hannah, b. 14 Oct. 1731; Daniel, b. 12 Nov. 1733, m. his cousin Elizabeth, dau. of Daniel Barrett, 5 Nov. 1761, and d. 2 Nov. 1809; Samuel, bap. 3 Aug. 1735; Mary, bap. 15 May 1737; Mary, bap. 11 Feb. 1739; Joshua, reet until 1738, when he sold the southerly half to Samuel Danforth, having previously sold the other half to his brother Daniel Barrett.
7. John, s. of William (3), m. Ruth, dau. of Samuel Champney, 5 May 1737, and had Hannah, bap. 9 Ap. 1738, d.aret, dau. of Isaac Manning, 10 Nov. 1737, and had children, baptized as follows: Elizabeth, 29 Oct. 1739, m. her cousin Daniel Barrett, 5 Nov. 1761; Lydia, 24 Aug. 1740; Sarah, 22 Aug. 1742; Margaret, 17 Mar. 1745; Margaret, 7 Sept. 1746; James, 18