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ht Guard, South Reading.
John W. Locke, of South Reading, captain; Henry D. Degen, Charles H. Shepard, James D. Draper, and George Abbott, all of South Reading, lieutenants.
Company C, Charlestown Artillery, Charlestown.
William R. Swan, of Chelsea, captain: Phineas H. Tibbetts, of Charlestown; John W. Rose, of South Boston; Hannibal D. Norton, of Chelsea; and George H. Marden, Jr., of Charlestown, lieutenants.
Company D, Light Infantry, Haverhill. Officers: Carlos P. Messer, of HaverhiChelsea; and George H. Marden, Jr., of Charlestown, lieutenants.
Company D, Light Infantry, Haverhill. Officers: Carlos P. Messer, of Haverhill, captain; George J. Dean, Daniel F. Smith, Charles H. P. Palmer, and Thomas T. Salter, all of Haverhill, lieutenants.
Company E, Lawrence Light Guard, Medford.
Officers: John Hutchins, of Medford, captain; John G. Chambers and Perry Colman, of Medford, and William H. Pattee, of West Cambridge (Arlington), lieutenants.
Company F, Wardwell Tigers, Boston.
Officers: David K. Wardwell, Boston, captain: Jacob H. Sleeper, of Boston; George G. Stoddard, of Brookline; Horace P. Williams, of
Company A, Mechanic Light Infantry, Salem.
George H. Pierson, of Salem, captain; Edward H. Staten and Lewis E. Wentworth, of Salem, lieutenants.
Company B, Richardson Light Guard, South Reading.
John W. Locke, of South Reading, captain; Henry D. Degen, Charles H. Shepard, James D. Draper, and George Abbott, all of South Reading, lieutenants.
Company C, Charlestown Artillery, Charlestown.
William R. Swan, of Chelsea, captain: Phineas H. Tibbetts, of Charlestown; John W. Rose, of South Boston; Hannibal D. Norton, of Chelsea; and George H. Marden, Jr., of Charlestown, lieutenants.
Company D, Light Infantry, Haverhill. Officers: Carlos P. Messer, of Haverhill, captain; George J. Dean, Daniel F. Smith, Charles H. P. Palmer, and Thomas T. Salter, all of Haverhill, lieutenants.
Company E, Lawrence Light Guard, Medford.
Officers: John Hutchins, of Medford, captain; John G. Chambers and Perry Colman, of Medford, and William H. Pattee, of West Cambridge (Arlington), lieutenants
et hold of at the time.
They were raw and undisciplined men, and not fit to cope with those brought against them, —about one hundred and fifty men, fully armed, and commanded by the redoubtable rebel, J. R. Trimble.
Such was the condition of affairs along the line of that road when the Sixth Regiment reached Philadelphia, on the 18th of April.
I now proceed with the narrative.
The Third and Fourth Regiments were composed of companies belonging to towns in Norfolk, Plymouth, and Bristol Counties.
The Sixth and Eighth were almost exclusively from Middlesex and Essex Counties.
The field-officers of the Third were David W. Wardrop, of New Bedford, colonel; Charles Raymond, of Plymouth, lieutenant-colonel; John H. Jennings, of New Bedford, major; Austin S. Cushman, of New Bedford, adjutant; Edward D. Allen, Fairhaven, quartermaster; Alexander R. Holmes, of New Bedford, surgeon; Johnson Clark, of New Bedford, assistant-surgeon; Alberti C. Maggi, of New Bedford, sergeant-major; and
ven, quartermaster; Alexander R. Holmes, of New Bedford, surgeon; Johnson Clark, of New Bedford, assistant-surgeon; Alberti C. Maggi, of New Bedford, sergeant-major; and Frederick S. Gifford, of New Bedford, quartermaster-sergeant.
Company A, Halifax Light Infantry.
Joseph S. Harlow, of Middleborough, captain.
The lieutenants were Cephas Washburn, of Kingston, and Charles P. Lyon, of Halifax.
Company B, Standish Guards, of Plymouth.
Charles C. Doten, of Plymouth, captain; Otis Rogers,Halifax.
Company B, Standish Guards, of Plymouth.
Charles C. Doten, of Plymouth, captain; Otis Rogers, of Plymouth, and William B. Alexander, of Boston, lieutenants.
Company B, Cambridge City Guards, of Cambridge.
This company was the first company raised for the war in Massachusetts, and was organized in January, 1861, and attached temporarily to the Fifth Regiment.
It was recruited out of the Cambridge Wide Awake Club.
Its officers were James P. Richardson, captain; Samuel E. Chamberlain and Edwin F. Richardson, lieutenants,—all of whom belonged to that part of the city of Cambridge kno
d, in skirmish drill, was probably the most efficient in the State.
Company K, Allen Guard, Pittsfield.
Officers: Henry S. Briggs, of Pittsfield, captain; Henry H. Richardson and Robert Bache, botPittsfield, captain; Henry H. Richardson and Robert Bache, both of Pittsfield, lieutenants.
This company was detached to complete the organization of the Eighth.
It was ordered to join the regiment at Springfield, when on the way to Washington.
The captain waPittsfield, lieutenants.
This company was detached to complete the organization of the Eighth.
It was ordered to join the regiment at Springfield, when on the way to Washington.
The captain was a son of Ex-Governor Briggs.
Before the company left Pittsfield, each soldier was presented by the citizens with ten dollars.
On the 18th of April, the regiment marched to the State House, and wPittsfield, each soldier was presented by the citizens with ten dollars.
On the 18th of April, the regiment marched to the State House, and was presented with a set of regimental colors by Governor Andrew, who also addressed it as follows:—
Mr. Commander and soldiers,—Yesterday you were citizens: to-day you are heroes.
Summoned by , which arrived in the harbor in the morning with the Seventh New-York Regiment. Company K, of Pittsfield, was sent by steamer to Fort McHenry, Baltimore Harbor, and did not join the regiment again fo
