Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 13

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XIII. list of persons sending representative recruits from Massachusetts.

The recruits thus designated were furnished in accordance with the following General Order:—

General order, no. 23.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Headquarters, Boston, July 1, 1864.

I. The following circular, received from the Provost-Marshal General of the United States, is promulgated by order of the Governor for public information,—

Circular no. 25.

war Department, Provost-Marshal General's Office, Washington, D. C., June 26, 1864.

Persons not fit for military duty, and not liable to draft, from age or other causes, have expressed a desire to be personally represented in the Army. In addition to the contributions they have made in the way of bounties, they propose to procure at their own expense, and present for enlistment, recruits to represent them in the service. Such practical patriotism is worthy of special commendation and encouragement. Provost-Marshals, and all other officers acting under this Bureau, are ordered to furnish all the facilities in their power to enlist and muster promptly the acceptable representative recruits presented, in accordance with the design herein set forth.

The name of the person whom the recruit represents will be noted on the Enlistment and Descriptive Roll of the recruit, and will be carried forward from those papers to the other official records which form his Military history.

Suitably-prepared certificates of this personal representation in the service will be forwarded from this office, to be filled out and issued by Provost-Marshals to the persons who put in representative recruits.

James B. Fry, Provost-Marshal General.

The men enlisted under the provisions of the above circular, will be entitled to the bounty from the State; and their families to the State Aid. These men are Representative Recruits,— that is to say, men induced to enlist, by the exertions of patriotic men who are not themselves liable to do military service, and not substitutes who are enlisted in the place of men either liable to military duty, or who have been drafted. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

By order of His Excellency,

John A. Andrew, Governor and Commander-in-Chief.
Willtam Schouler, Adjutant-General.

This list is transcribed, with a few obvious corrections, from that preserved in the Adjutant-General's office. There will be found on the list the names of persons who, having sent several sons to the war, furnished one or more representative recruits also. Other recruits were furnished in a similar manner, but more privately. I find, for instance, from the papers of the late Waldo Higginson of Boston, that he furnished and fitted out three such recruits, at different times, he himself being then past the age of military service. [580]

Abercrombie, Mrs. Wyman, Quincy.

Aborn, Joseph W., Boston.

Adams, Mrs. Eben, Quincy.

Adams, Paul, Boston.

Adams, Mrs. Geo. S., Belmont.

Agassiz, Alex., Cambridge.

Alden, Dr. E., Randolph.

Alden, E. G., Cambridge.

Aldrich, John H., Northbridge.

Allen, Henry C., West Roxbury.

Allen, W. C., Pittsfield.

Allen, Daniel, South Reading.

Allen, Wm. E., Waltham.

Allis, Justin W. C., Whately.

Ames, N. S., Springfield.

Ames, James T., Chicopee.

Ames, Ezra, Rockport.

Amory, Col. Chas., Boston.

Amory, Francis, Boston.

Four recruits.

Appleton, Wm., Brookline.

Appleton, Henry D., Brookline.

Apthorp, Robert E., Boston.

Apthrop, H. O., Cambridge.

Arms, William S., Springfield.

Atkins, Elisha, Belmont.

Atkins, Mrs. Elisha, Belmont.

Atwell, Samuel, Duxbury.

Babcock, Chas. A., Boston.

Bailey, Geo. H., Lawrence.

Baker, Henry H., Barnstable.

Bancroft, Henry, Lynnfield.

Bancroft, Thomas J., Boston.

Barker, Hiram, Brighton.

Barker, Otis B., Pittsfield.

Barker, Chas. T., Pittsfield.

Barker, John V., Pittsfield.

Barker, G. T., Pittsfield.

Barnes, Mrs. Hiram, Goshen.

Barrows, Horatio, Middleboro.

Barrus, Mrs. Hiram, Goshen.

Boston, Wright & Potter, 1895-96.

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XIII. list of persons sending representative recruits from Massachusetts.

General order, no. 23.

Circular no. 25.