ers in the Fifty-fourth credited to their quota.
The members of the committee contributed liberally to the funds required, and the following is a partial list of those who aided the organization in various ways:—
George Putnam,
Charles G. Loring,
J. Huntington Wolcott,
Samuel G. Ward,
James M. Barnard,
William F. Weld,
J. Wiley Edmands,
William Endicott, Jr.,
Francis L. Lee,
Oakes Ames,
James L. Little,
Marshall S. Scudder,
George Higginson,
Thomas Russell,
Edward S. Philbrick,
Oliver Ellsworth,
Robert W. Hooper,
John H. Stevenson,
John H. Silsbee,
Manuel Fenollosa,
G. Mitchell,
John W. Brooks,
Samuel Cabot, Jr.,
John Lowell,
James T. Fields,
Henry Lee, Jr.,
George S. Hale,
William Dwight,
Richard P. Waters,
Avery Plummer, Jr.,
Alexander H. Rice,
John J. May,
John Gardner,
Mrs. Chas. W. Sumner,
Albert G. Browne,
Ralph Waldo Emerson,
William B. Rogers,
Charles Buffum,
John S. Emery,
Gerritt Smith,
Albert G. Br
Robert W. Hooper,
John H. Stevenson,
John H. Silsbee,
Manuel Fenollosa,
G. Mitchell,
John W. Brooks,
Samuel Cabot, Jr.,
John Lowell,
James T. Fields,
Henry Lee, Jr.,
George S. Hale,
William Dwight,
Richard P. Waters,
Avery Plummer, Jr.,
Alexander H. Rice,
John J. May,
John Gardner,
Mrs. Chas. W. Sumner,
Albert G. Browne,
Ralph Waldo Emerson,
William B. Rogers,
Charles Buffum,
John S. Emery,
Gerritt Smith,
Albert G. Browne, Jr.,
Mrs. S. R. Urbino,
Frederick Tudor,
Samuel Johnson,
Mary E. Stearns,
Mrs. William J. Loring,
Mrs. Governor Andrew,
Mrs. Robert C. Waterston,
Wright & Potter,
James B. Dow,
William Cumston,
John A. Higginson,
Peter Smith,
Theodore Otis,
Avery Plummer,
James Savage,
Samuel May,
Mrs. Samuel May,
Josiah Quincy,
William Claflin,
Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis,
George Bemis,
Edward Atkinson,
Professor Agassiz,
John G. Palfrey, besides several societies and fraternities.
Mos
ginson,
Thomas Russell,
Edward S. Philbrick,
Oliver Ellsworth,
Robert W. Hooper,
John H. Stevenson,
John H. Silsbee,
Manuel Fenollosa,
G. Mitchell,
John W. Brooks,
Samuel Cabot, Jr.,
John Lowell,
James T. Fields,
Henry Lee, Jr.,
George S. Hale,
William Dwight,
Richard P. Waters,
Avery Plummer, Jr.,
Alexander H. Rice,
John J. May,
John Gardner,
Mrs. Chas. W. Sumner,
Albert G. Browne,
Ralph Waldo Emerson,
William B. Rogers,
Charles Buffum,
John S. Emery,
Gerritt Smith,
Albert G. Browne, Jr.,
Mrs. S. R. Urbino,
Edward W. Kinsley,
Uriah and John Ritchie,
Pond & Duncklee,
John H. and Mary E. Cabot,
Mary P. Payson,
Manuel Emilio,
Henry W. Holland,
Miss Halliburton,
Frederick Tudor,
Samuel Johnson,
Mary E. Stearns,
Mrs. William J. Loring,
Mrs. Governor Andrew,
Mrs. Robert C. Waterston,
Wright & Potter,
James B. Dow,
William Cumston,
John A. Higginson,
Peter Smith,
Theodore Otis,
Avery Plummer
the captain of the Negro Company!
He thinks the negroes will fight!
They will turn and run at the first sight of the enemy!
His little son was scoffed at in school because his father was raising a negro company to fight the white men. Previous to departure, the New Bedford recruits and their friends gathered for a farewell meeting.
William Berry presided; prayer was offered by Rev. Mr. Grimes; and remarks were made by Lieutenant-Colonel Hallowell, Lieutenant Grace, C. B. H. Fessenden, Ezra Wilson, Rev. Mr. Kelly, Wesley Furlong, and Dr. Bayne.
A collation at A. Taylor and Company's followed.
Temporarily the recruits took the name of Morgan Guards, in recognition of kindnesses from S. Griffiths Morgan.
At camp the New Bedford men,—some seventy-five in number,—with others from that place and elsewhere, became Company C, the representative Massachusetts company.
Only one other commissioned officer is known to the writer as having performed effective recruiting service.
This is
Richard P. Waters,
Avery Plummer, Jr.,
Alexander H. Rice,
John J. May,
John Gardner,
Mrs. Chas. W. Sumner,
Albert G. Browne,
Ralph Waldo Emerson,
William B. Rogers,
Charles Buffum,
John S. Emery,
Gerritt Smith,
Albert G. Browne, Jr.,
Mrs. S. R. Urbino,
Edward W. Kinsley,
Uriah and John Ritchie,
Pond & Duncklee,
John H. and Mary E. Cabot,
Mary P. Payson,
Manuel Emilio,
Henry W. Holland,
Miss Halliburton,
Frederick Tudor,
Samuel Johnson,
Mary E. Stearns,
Mrs. William J. Loring,
Mrs. Governor Andrew,
Mrs. Robert C. Waterston,
Wright & Potter,
James B. Dow,
William Cumston,
John A. Higginson,
Peter Smith,
Theodore Otis,
Avery Plummer,
James Savage,
Samuel May,
Mrs. Samuel May,
Josiah Quincy,
William Claflin,
Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis,
George Bemis,
Edward Atkinson,
Professor Agassiz,
John G. Palfrey, besides several societies and fraternities.
Most of the papers connected with the labors of the
elds,
Henry Lee, Jr.,
George S. Hale,
William Dwight,
Richard P. Waters,
Avery Plummer, Jr.,
Alexander H. Rice,
John J. May,
John Gardner,
Mrs. Chas. W. Sumner,
Albert G. Browne,
Ralph Waldo Emerson,
William B. Rogers,
Charles Buffum,
John S. Emery,
Gerritt Smith,
Albert G. Browne, Jr.,
Mrs. S. R. Urbino,
Edward W. Kinsley,
Uriah and John Ritchie,
Pond & Duncklee,
John H. and Mary E. Cabot,
Mary P. Payson,
Manuel Emilio,
Henry W. Holland,
Miss Halliburton,
Frederick Tudor,
Samuel Johnson,
Mary E. Stearns,
Mrs. William J. Loring,
Mrs. Governor Andrew,
Mrs. Robert C. Waterston,
Wright & Potter,
James B. Dow,
William Cumston,
John A. Higginson,
Peter Smith,
Theodore Otis,
Avery Plummer,
James Savage,
Samuel May,
Mrs. Samuel May,
Josiah Quincy,
William Claflin,
Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis,
George Bemis,
Edward Atkinson,
Professor Agassiz,
John G. Palfrey, besides several societies and fraterniti