Henry Bowman. 28. Clinton.
Captain, 15th Mass. Vols., Aug. 1, 1861; captured at Ball's Bluff, Oct. 21, 1861; prisoner of war at Richmond, and hostage for Confederates held in New York for trial as pirates; paroled Feb. 22, 1862; exchanged August, 1862; Major, 34th Mass. Vols., Aug. 6, 1862; Colonel, 36th Mass. Vols., Aug. 22, 1862; commanding First Brigade, First Division, 9th Army Corps, June 1, 1863; resigned July 27, 1863; recommissioned October, 1863; on special duty, Chief of Staff of Gen. Willcox, commanding at Cumberland Gap and in East Tennessee, Nov. 21 to Dec. 25, 1863; rejoined regiment at Blaine's Cross Roads, Tenn., Dec. 26, 1863, but was unable to muster as Colonel, the regiment being below the minimum; appointed Asst. Q.M. U.S. Vols., Feb. 29, 1864; was on duty with Third Division, 9th Army Corps, during the Virginia campaign of 1864, and was afterwards stationed at Baltimore and Philadelphia; served at the latter place until the close of the war.
Thaddeus L. Barker. 36. Fitchburg.
Captain, Co. A, Aug. 19, 1862; Major, May 6, 1864; commanding regiment from May 6, 1864, to June 3, 1864, July 18 to Aug. 10, 1864, and from Oct. 12, 1864, to close of the war; Lieutenant-Colonel, Oct. 12, 1864; Colonel, Nov. 13, 1864, but unable to muster, the regiment being below the minimum; wounded at Campbell's Station, Tenn., Nov. 16, 1863, and Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864; mustered out with the regiment, June 8, 1865, as Lieutenant-Colonel.
John B. Norton. 39. Charlestown.
First Lieutenant, 5th Mass. Vols. (3 months); Captain, July 8, 1861; Captain, 34th Mass. Vols., Aug. 12, 1862; transferred to 36th Mass. Vols., Aug. 22, 1862; Lieutenant-Colonel, Aug. 28, 1862; commanding regiment, June 1 to July 30, 1863; resigned, July 30, 1863.
Arthur A. Goodell. 23. Worcester.
Sergeant-Major, Third Battalion Rifles, M.V.M. (3 months), April 19, 1861; Adjutant, July 1, 1861; Captain, Co. C, 36th Mass. Vols., Aug. 16, 1862; Major, Jan. 29, 1863; Lieutenant-Colonel, July 31, 1863; commanding regiment from that date until Oct. 10, 1863, when he was severely wounded at Blue Springs, Tenn.; returned to regiment, April 1, 1864; resigned, May 5, 1864, in consequence of disability resulting from wounds; Brevet Brigadier-General U.S. Vols., "for gallant and meritorious conduct in the field during the war"; died at Worcester, Mass., June 30, 1882, on his 43d birthday.
William F. Draper. 21. Milford.
Private, 25th Mass. Vols., Sept. 9, 1861; Second Lieutenant, Oct. 12, 1861; First Lieutenant, April 25, 1862; on detached duty with U.S. Signal Corps in North Carolina; Captain, Co. F, 36th Mass. Vols., Aug. 12, 1862; Major, July 31, 1863; Lieutenant-Colonel, May 6, 1864; commanding regiment from Oct. 10, 1863, with the exception of a few days in April, 1864, to May 6, 1864, when he was severely wounded at the battle of the Wilderness; returned to the command of the regiment, Aug. 10, 1864, and continued until his muster-out, Oct. 12, 1864, upon the expiration of three years' service; Brevet Colonel and Brevet Brigadier-General, U.S. Vols., "for gallant and meritorious services in the field during the war."
James B. Smith. 23. Cambridge.
First Lieutenant, 25th Mass. Vols., Oct. 12, 1861; Captain, Co. K, 36th Mass. Vols., Aug. 22, 1862; commanding regiment from June 3, 1864, to July 18, 1864; Major, Oct. 12, 1864; Lieutenant-Colonel, Nov. 13, 1864, but was unable to be mustered in that grade, the regiment being below the minimum; Provost-Marshal, Second Division, 9th Army Corps, July 20, 1864, to close of the war; wounded in action at battle of Pegram Farm, Sept. 30, 1864; mustered out with the regiment, June 8, 1865, as Major; Brevet Colonel, U.S. Vols., "for gallant and meritorious services in the field during the war."
James H. Barker. 44. Milford.
Major, Aug. 28, 1862; resigned, Jan. 29, 1863.
Edward T. Raymond. 20. Worcester.
Sergeant, Co. K, 25th Mass. Vols., Sept. 10, 1861; First Lieutenant, Co. G, 36th Mass. Vols., Aug. 22, 1862; Captain, Jan. 30, 1863; Acting Assist. Inspector-General, First Brigade, First Division, 9th Army Corps, from June 3, 1863, until the reorganization of the Corps at Annapolis, April 20, 1864, when he was assigned to the same position in First Brigade, Second Division; Acting Assistant Inspector-General, Second Division, 9th Army Corps, Oct. 13, 1864, to the close of the war, serving temporarily for two months, in 1864, as Inspector-General of the 9th Corps; Major, Nov. 13, 1864, but unable to muster, the regiment being below the minimum; mustered out with the regiment, June 8, 1865, as Captain; Brevet Major, U.S. Vols., "for gallant and meritorious services during the operations around Richmond and Petersburg, Va."
James P. Prince. 24. Lynn.
Assistant Surgeon, 22d Mass. Vols., Oct. 1, 1861; Surgeon, 36th Mass. Vols., Aug. 13, 1862; Division Surgeon, First Division, 9th Army Corps, Feb. 11, 1864, and upon the reorganization of the Corps, April 20, 1864, was assigned to duty as Division Surgeon, Fourth Division, 9th Army Corps; appointed Surgeon, U.S. Vols., May 3, 1865; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, U.S. Vols.
Albert H. Bryant. 25. Natick.
Private, Co. H, 13th Mass. Vols., July 16, 1861; discharged, May 20, 1862, to receive appointment as Surgeon, 9th New York Vols.; declined commission; Assistant Surgeon, 36th Mass. Vols., Aug. 29, 1862; Surgeon, 58th Mass. Vols., Aug. 12, 1864; declined commission; Surgeon, May 4, 1865; mustered out with the regiment, June 8, 1865. From Feb. 11, 1864, until the close of the war he was the only medical officer on duty with the regiment.
Warren Tyler. 42. North Brookfield.
Assistant Surgeon, Aug. 21, 1862; resigned, Oct. 20, 1863; appointed Asst. Surgeon, 57th Mass. Vols., March 29, 1864; declined commission.
Thomas C. Lawton. 28. Sheffield.
Assistant Surgeon, Aug. 15, 1862; declined commission; commissioned Assistant Surgeon, 37th Mass. Vols.
Charles T. Canfield. 38. Worcester.
Chaplain, Aug. 28, 1862; resigned, Oct. 20, 1863.
Nathaniel Richardson. 57. Somerset.
Chaplain, April 14, 1864; mustered out with the regiment.
Seth Alonzo Ranlett. 22. Charlestown.
Private, Co. B, July 24, 1862; First Sergeant, Aug. 27, 1862; First Lieutenant, Dec. 1, 1862; appointed Adjutant, Dec. 17, 1862; mustered out on account of physical disability from disease incurred in the service February 20, 1864. Previous to the appointment of Adjutant Ranlett, from Sept. 2 to Dec. 17, 1862, the field duties of Adjutant were performed by First Lieutenant George L. Chipman, Co. A.
William H. Hodgkins. 22. Charlestown.
Private, Co. B, July 23, 1862; Second Lieutenant, Oct. 17, 1862; Acting Adjutant, Jan. 19, 1863, to May 31, 1863; Acting Assistant Adjutant-General, First Brigade, First Division, 9th Army Corps, June 1 to July 30, 1863; First Lieutenant, Oct. 17, 1863; on special duty, Aide-de-Camp to General Willcox, in East Tennessee, Nov. 22 to Dec. 26, 1863; Adjutant, from Jan. 1, 1864, to July 14, 1864, and Acting Adjutant to Aug. 21, 1864; Captain, May 6, 1864; Aide-de-Camp to General Ferrero, commanding Fourth Division, and Assistant Commissary of Musters, Fourth Division, Aug. 21, 1864, and was transferred with that Division to the Army of the James; Asst. Commissary of Musters, Third Division, 9th Army Corps, General Hartranft, commanding, from Jan. 11, 1865, to close of the war; mustered out with the regiment, June 8, 1865. Brevet Major, U.S. Vols., "for valuable and distinguished services at Fort Stedman, Va., March 25, 1865."
Thomas H. Haskell. 21. Charlestown.
Private, Co. B, July 24, 1862; Corporal, March 21, 1862; First Sergeant, Nov. 8, 1863. Severely wounded at battle of Spottsylvania Court-House, May 12, 1864. First Lieutenant, May 6, 1864; commanding Co. B, July 10, to Aug. 21, 1864; Adjutant, Aug. 21, 1864, to close of the war; mustered out with the regiment, June 8, 1865.
Francis B. Rice. 28. Worcester.
First Lieutenant and Regimental Quartermaster, Aug. 8, 1862; resigned, June 25, 1863.
John C. Cutter. 34. Winchendon.
Second Lieutenant, Co. D, Aug. 22, 1862; First Lieutenant, July 17, 1863; Regimental Quartermaster, from July 1, 1863; resigned, January 2, 1864.
Augustus S. Tuttle. 38. Milford.
Second Lieutenant, Co. F, July 28, 1862; recruited the Company and commanded it until the arrival of Captain Draper, Sept., 1862; Brigade Ambulance Officer, from March 1 to June 17, 1863; First Lieutenant, May 16, 1863; Division Ambulance Officer, June 17, 1863, to Dec., 1863; Regimental Quartermaster, Jan. 2, 1864, declining Commission as Captain, to July 1, 1864, when he was appointed Acting A.Q.M., First Brigade, Second Division, 9th Army Corps, and served in that capacity to the close of the war; mustered out with the regiment, June 8, 1865.
Lucius Field. 22. Clinton.
Private, Co. G, Aug. 18, 1862; Commissary Sergeant, Oct. 15, 1862; Quartermaster Sergeant, May 25, 1863; Acting Quartermaster, Nov. 16, 1863, to Jan. 2, 1864; Second Lieutenant, Nov. 1, 1864; First Lieutenant, Nov. 13, 1864; not mustered; Acting Quartermaster from July 1, 1864, to close of the war; mustered out with the regiment, June 8, 1865, as Second Lieutenant.
Christopher Sawyer. 28. Templeton.
Captain, Co. H, Aug. 22, 1862; discharged for disability, Feb. 19, 1864.
Stephen C. Warriner. 23. Monson.
Sergeant, 10th Mass. Vols., June 12, 1861; Captain, Co. E, 36th Mass. Vols., Aug. 22, 1862; resigned, April 22, 1864.
Christopher S. Hastings. 48. Berlin.
Captain, Co. I, August 22, 1862; died at Mound City, Illinois, General Hospital, Sept. 8, 1863. He was the senior officer, in years, in the regiment, and was universally respected. His age exempted him from military service, but he obeyed the instincts of patriotism, and yielded his life at his country's call. His fellow-citizens bestowed upon him important trusts, which he fulfilled with rare fidelity. He was a brave, cheerful, patriotic man, winning the affection of his men, who regarded him as a father.
Amos Buffum. 38. Templeton.
Second Lieutenant, 25th Mass. Vols., Oct. 12, 1861; resigned, March 31, 1862; Captain, Co. D, 36th Mass. Vols., Aug. 22, 1862; killed in action near Petersburg, Va., June 18, 1864.
S. Henry Bailey. 27. Northborough.
Captain, Co. G, Aug. 22, 1862; Acting Assistant Inspector-General, on staff of General Ferrero, commanding First Division, 9th Army Corps, Nov., 1863, to April 1, 1864; killed in action at Spottsylvania, Va., May 12, 1864.
Albert Prescott. 33. Charlestown.
First Sergeant, Co. K, 5th Mass. V.M. (3 months), April 19, 1861, to July 31, 1861; First Sergeant, Co. B, 36th Mass. Vols., July 30, 1862; Captain Co. B, Aug. 28, 1862; resigned, April 29, 1863; Captain, 57th Mass. Vols., March 2, 1864; Major, June 15, 1864; killed in the Battle of the Mine, near Petersburg, Va., July 30, 1864.
Otis W. Holmes. 27. Milford.
Sergeant, 25th Mass. Vols., Sept. 9, 1861; First Sergeant, April 15, 1862; First Lieutenant, Co. F, 36th Mass. Vols., Aug. 12, 1862; Captain Co. B, May 2, 1863; died in Harewood General Hospital, Washington, D.C., June 23, 1864, of wounds received in action in the assault upon the enemy's works, near Petersburg, Va., on the morning of June 17, 1864.
T. Edward Ames. 24. Charlestown.
First Lieutenant, 34th Mass. Vols., Aug. 12, 1862; transferred to Co. B, 36th Mass. Vols., Aug. 22, 1862; Acting Aide-de-Camp to Brigadier-General Welsh, commanding 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, in November, 1862; Captain Co. F, Aug. 2, 1863; Acting A.A.G. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Oct. 8, 1864, and Acting Aide-de-Camp to Brevet Brigadier-General Curtin, commanding brigade, to the close of the war; mustered out with the regiment, June 8, 1865; Brevet Major, U.S. Vols., "for gallant and meritorious conduct before Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865."
Edwin A. Morse. 21. Worcester.
Private, Co. A, 3d Battalion Rifles, May 19, 1861; discharged for disability, July 24, 1861; Corporal, 25th Mass. Vols., Sept. 14, 1861; First Lieutenant, Co. C, 36th Mass. Vols., Aug. 22, 1862; Captain, Co. C, Sept. 9, 1863; severely wounded at Spottsylvania, Va., May 12, 1864; mustered out at expiration of three years' service, Oct. 12, 1864.
Joseph A. Marshall. 21. Fitchburg.
Private, Co. B, 15th Mass. Vols., July 12, 1861; Second Lieutenant, Co. A, 36th Mass. Vols., Nov. 22, 1862; First Lieutenant, Sept. 1, 1863; Captain, April 23, 1864; wounded at the Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864; mustered out with the regiment, June 8, 1865.
John B. Fairbank. 23. Oakham.
First Sergeant, Co. K, Aug. 11, 1862; Second Lieutenant, May 2, 1863; First Lieutenant, Oct. 23, 1863; Captain, May 13, 1864; wounded at Campbell's Station, Tenn., Nov. 16, 1863; mustered out with the regiment, June 8, 1865; Brevet Major, U.S. Vols., "for gallant and meritorious services during the war."
Henry S. Burrage. 25. Roxbury.
Sergeant, Co. A, Aug. 1, 1862; Sergeant-Major, Aug. 28, 1862; Second Lieutenant, Co. D, May 16, 1863; First Lieutenant, Nov. 17, 1863; wounded in action at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864; Captain, June 19, 1864; prisoner of war at Richmond and Danville, Va., from Nov. 1, 1864, to Feb. 22, 1865; Acting A.A.G., 1st Brigade, 2d Division, 9th Army Corps, April 16, 1865, to June 8, 1865; Brevet Major, U.S. Vols., "for gallant and meritorious services in the campaign from the Rapidan to the James, March 13, 1865"; mustered out with the regiment, June 8, 1865.
Alonzo S. Davidson. 22. Clinton.
Sergeant, Co. G, Aug. 11, 1862; Second Lieutenant, Aug. 2, 1863; not mustered; Sergeant-Major, Oct. 15, 1863; First Lieutenant, April 24, 1864; Captain, June 23, 1864; mustered out with the regiment, June 8, 1865.
Philip G. Woodward. 25. Orange.
Sergeant, Co. H, Aug. 6, 1862; Second Lieutenant, Oct. 26, 1863; not mustered; First Lieutenant, May 15, 1864; wounded in action at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864; Captain, Oct. 11, 1864; mustered out with the regiment, June 8, 1865.
Joseph Hancock. 43. Milford.
Sergeant, Co. F, Aug. 5, 1862; First Sergeant; Second Lieutenant, July 8, 1863; First Lieutenant, Feb. 25, 1864; Captain, Oct. 12, 1864; mustered out with the regiment, June 8, 1865.
Austin Davis. 35. Oxford.
First Lieutenant, Co. K, Aug. 22, 1862; Captain, Nov. 13, 1864; not mustered; on detached service from Sept. 1, 1864; mustered out with the regiment, June 8, 1865, as First Lieutenant.
Joseph W. Gird. 22. Fitchburg.
Private, Co. F, 25th Mass. Vols., Oct. 4, 1861; First Lieutenant, 36th Mass. Vols., Aug. 11, 1862; resigned, May 19, 1863; Second Lieutenant, 57th Mass. Vols., Nov. 3, 1863; Captain, Dec. 31, 1863; killed in action at battle of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864.
Robert M. Cross. 21. Palmer.
First Lieutenant, Co. E, Aug. 22, 1862; on special duty, Acting Aide-de-Camp to Colonel Leasure, commanding brigade, General Welsh commanding division, and General Willcox commanding forces at Cumberland Gap, 1863-1864; honorably discharged, July 24, 1864.
Levi N. Smith. 39. Templeton.
Sergeant, Co. A, 21st Mass. Vols., July 19, 1861; First Lieutenant, Co. D, Aug. 22, 1862; on detached duty as Acting Commissary; appointed Assistant Commissary of Subsistence, U.S. Vols., with rank of Captain, June 30, 1863; on duty at Head-quarters, Army of the Potomac, and served until the close of the war; Brevet Colonel, U.S. Vols., "for faithful and meritorious services during the war."
George L. Chipman. 28. Fitchburg.
Second Lieutenant, Co. A, Aug. 6, 1862; First Lieutenant, Aug. 22, 1862; Acting Adjutant, Sept. 7, 1862, to Dec. 20, 1862; resigned, Oct. 23, 1863.
William F. Brigham. 23. Marlborough.
First Lieutenant, Co. I, Aug. 22, 1862; discharged for disability, Jan. 20, 1865.
Henry S. Robinson. 31. Clinton.
Second Lieutenant, Co. G, Aug. 22, 1862; First Lieutenant, Jan. 30, 1863; severely wounded in action at Blue Springs, Tenn., Oct. 10, 1863, and was discharged for disability in consequence thereof, July 7, 1864.
P. Marion Holmes. 22. Charlestown.
Private, Co. K, 5th Mass. Vols. (3 months), April 19 to July 31, 1861; Second Lieutenant, 34th Mass. Vols., Aug. 8, 1862; transferred to 36th Mass. Vols.; Second Lieutenant, Co. B, Aug. 22, 1862; First Lieutenant, May 2, 1863; killed in action at Campbell's Station, Tenn., Nov. 16, 1863.
Henry W. Daniels. 23. Worcester.
Private, Co. A, 3d Battalion of Rifles (3 months), April 19, 1861; discharged for disability, July 24, 1861; Second Lieutenant, Co. C, Aug. 22, 1862; First Lieutenant, July 31, 1863; killed in action at Spottsylvania, Va., May 12, 1864.
Frederick H. Sibley. 24. Fitchburg.
Sergeant, Co. B, 15th Mass. Vols., July 12, 1861; Second Lieutenant, Co. I, 36th Mass. Vols., Aug. 22, 1862; First Lieutenant, Aug. 2, 1863; died in U.S. General Hospital, Louisville, Ky., of disease contracted in the Mississippi Campaign, Aug. 17, 1863.
Samuel A. Goodspeed. 38. Worcester.
Sergeant, Co. C, Aug. 13, 1862; Color Sergeant to June 27, 1863; First Sergeant, June 27, 1863; Second Lieutenant, July 17, 1863; First Lieutenant, Jan. 3, 1864; resigned, April 22, 1864.
John A. Rice. 26. Worcester.
First Sergeant, Co. C, Aug. 8, 1862; Sergeant Major, June 28, 1863; Second Lieutenant, Co. C, July 30, 1863; Acting Adjutant, Oct. 17, 1863, to Jan. 1, 1864; First Lieutenant, Feb. 20, 1864; resigned, at Annapolis, Md., April 22, 1864.
Edward F. Emory. 21. Fitchburg.
Private, July 17, 1862; Commissary Sergeant, Aug. 27, 1862; Second Lieutenant, Aug. 1, 1863, on detached service in Commissary Department; First Lieutenant, Feb. 21, 1864; Acting A.C.S., Fourth Division, 9th Army Corps, Hospital Department, April 21, 1864, to close of war; mustered out with the regiment June 8, 1865.
Alonzo A. White. 29. Upton.
First Sergeant, Co. I, Aug. 8, 1862; commissioned Second Lieutenant, Co. I, July 31, 1863, but before the commission was received another Second Lieutenant had been mustered and assigned to that company; was in command of Co. I, as First Sergeant, during the East Tennessee campaign, and until May 12, 1864, when he was very severely wounded at the battle of Spottsylvania. While absent from the regiment, on account of wounds, he was commissioned First Lieutenant, dating from April 23, 1864, and could not muster in that grade on account of absence from the command. When he returned, in November, 1864, though not recovered from his wounds, the regiment had been consolidated into seven companies, and the 21st Battalion, of Mass. Vols., with its officers, transferred to it. Companies G and I had been consolidated; and the company having a Captain and First Lieutenant (all the officers allowed by the existing regulations), and also a First Sergeant, Lieutenant White, much against his wishes, was mustered out as a Supernumerary First Sergeant, Nov. 11, 1864. It was a case of extreme hardship, and after the close of the war a statement of the facts was made to the War Department, and General Sherman, Acting Secretary of War, issued a special order in the case of Lieutenant White, amending his record, and giving him rank and pay as a First Lieutenant from April 23, 1864, the date of his commission in that grade.
Daniel Wright. 30. Clinton.
Corporal, Co. F, Aug. 6, 1862; Sergeant, Oct. 1, 1862; Second Lieutenant, Sept. 1, 1863; not mustered; First Lieutenant, April 23, 1864; wounded and captured while in command of the detachment of the 46th New York Vols. assigned to the 36th Mass. Vols., at the battle of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864; prisoner of war in rebel field-hospital from May 6 to June 1, 1864; Lynchburg hospital to June 30; Salisbury, N.C., July 1; thence to Andersonville, July 4 to Sept. 1; Florence, S.C., Sept. 4 to Dec. 17, 1864, when he was paroled; exchanged March 29, 1865; rejoined regiment April 1, 1865; was mustered in as First Lieutenant, and assigned to Co. F, which he commanded from April 1, 1865, to the close of the war; mustered out with the regiment, June 8, 1865.
John A. Stearns. 20. Templeton.
Sergeant, Co. D, Aug. 6, 1862; First Sergeant, Oct. 11, 1862; First Lieutenant, May 13, 1864, but was unable to muster, being absent by reason of severe wounds received June 18, 1864, near Petersburg, Va., and was discharged for disability caused by his wounds, Oct. 29, 1864, as First Sergeant.
Hiram N. Olcott. 21. Clinton.
Corporal, Co. G, Aug. 3, 1862; promoted Sergeant; Acting Sergeant-Major, June 3, 1864, to June 18, 1864, when he was severely wounded in action near Petersburg, Va.; First Lieutenant, June 19, 1864; not able to muster, absent wounded; discharged for disability from wounds, Dec. 23, 1864, as Sergeant.
George W. Harwood. 20. North Brookfield.
Private, Co. E, Aug. 12, 1862; promoted Corporal; Sergeant, July, 1863; First Lieutenant, June 23, 1864; mustered out with the regiment, June 8, 1865.
Samuel Osborn. 29. Leominster.
Sergeant, Co. A, Aug. 2, 1862; First Sergeant; First Lieutenant, July 7, 1864; mustered out with the regiment.
George A. Perley. 31. Gardner.
Sergeant, Co. H, Aug. 28, 1862; First Sergeant, July 2, 1864; First Lieutenant, Oct. 11, 1864; mustered out with the regiment.
Allen W. Cross. 29. Westborough.
Sergeant, Co. K, Aug. 7, 1862; First Sergeant, May 2, 1863; First Lieutenant, Co. B, Oct. 12, 1864. Mustered out with the regiment.
Julius M. Tucker. 21. Worcester.
Private, Co. B, 25th Mass. Vols., Sept. 16, 1863; Second Lieutenant, Co. E, 36th Mass. Vols., Aug. 8, 1862; resigned, July 29, 1863; First Lieutenant, 57th Mass. Vols., Jan. 1, 1864; Captain, Jan. 6, 1864; Major, June 14, 1864; Lieutenant-Colonel, June 15, 1864; very severely wounded in action; mustered out at the close of the war.
Wilder S. Holbrook. 21. Sutton.
Corporal, Co., 15th Mass. Vols., July 12, 1861; wounded in action at Ball's Bluff, Va., Oct. 21, 1861; discharged for disability from wounds, July 6, 1862; Second Lieutenant, Co. K, Aug. 22, 1862; resigned on account of disability resulting from former wounds, July 31, 1863.
William L. Howe. 23. Orange.
Private, Co. H, Aug. 4, 1862; Second Lieutenant, Jan. 30, 1863; died of disease at Milldale, Miss., July 7, 1863.
Rufus Howe. 24. Marlborough.
Sergeant, Co. I, Aug. 1, 1862; Second Lieutenant, Nov. 1, 1864; was in command of Co. I, with rank of Sergeant, from May 12, 1864, to Nov. 1, 1864; mustered out with the regiment, June 8, 1865.
Edmund W. Noyes. 18. Charlestown.
Private, Co. B, Aug. 11, 1862; Sergeant-Major, March 1, 1865; Second Lieutenant, to date from Nov. 13, 1864; not mustered; mustered out with the regiment, June 8, 1865, as Sergeant-Major.
Charles W. Whitney. 21. Ashburnham.
Private, Co. A, July 22, 1862; promoted Corporal and Sergeant; First Sergeant, July 7, 1864; Second Lieutenant, Nov. 13, 1864; not mustered; mustered out with the regiment, June 8, 1865, as First Sergeant.
Edward Chamberlain. 20. Oakham.
Private, Co. K, Aug. 4, 1862; promoted Corporal and Sergeant; First Sergeant, Oct. 12, 1864; Second Lieutenant, Nov. 13, 1864; not mustered; mustered out with the regiment, June 8, 1865, as First Sergeant.
Liberty W. Foskett. 22. Winchendon.
Private, Co. D, Aug. 2, 1862; promoted Corporal and Sergeant; Acting First Sergeant from May 13, 1864; wounded in action, June 17, 1864; Second Lieutenant, Nov. 13, 1864; not mustered; mustered out with the regiment, June 8, 1864, as First Sergeant.
Frederick W. Boswell. 26. Worcester.
Corporal, Co. C, Aug. 12; Sergeant, Aug. 1, 1863; First Sergeant, Dec. 4, 1864; Second Lieutenant, to date from Nov. 13, 1864; not mustered; mustered out with the regiment, June 8, 1865, as First Sergeant.
Gilbert N. Rawson. 26. Worcester.
Private, Co. C, Aug. 4, 1862; Corporal, June 11, 1863; Color-Sergeant from May 6, 1864; Second Lieutenant, Nov. 29, 1864, declined commission; mustered out with the regiment, June 8, 1865, as Sergeant.
Charles W. Davis. 35. Templeton.
First Lieutenant, 21st Mass. Vols., Aug. 21, 1861; Captain, March 3, 1862; mustered out at expiration of three years' service as Captain, March 3, 1865; Brevet Major, Lieutenant-Colonel, and Colonel, U.S. Vols., "for gallant and meritorious service in the field during the war."
William H. Sawyer. 26. New Salem.
Sergeant, Co. K, 21st Mass. Vols., Aug. 23, 1861; First Sergeant, Oct. 26, 1862; First Lieutenant, April 26, 1863; Captain, Oct. 12, 1864; mustered out with 36th Mass. Vols., June 8, 1865.
Felix McDermott. 26. Auburn.
Sergeant, Co. F, 21st Mass. Vols., Aug. 23, 1861; First Lieutenant, April 26, 1863; discharged from 36th Mass. Vols, for disability from wounds, Nov. 21, 1864.
Jonas R. Davis. 20. Templeton.
Corporal, Co. A, 21st Mass. Vols., Aug. 23, 1861; promoted Sergeant and First Sergeant; First Lieutenant, June 6, 1863; mustered out with 36th Mass. Vols., June 8, 1865, expiration of service.
Abner R. Mott. 23. Ware.
Private, Co. I, 21st Mass. Vols., Aug. 23, 1861; promoted Corporal, Sergeant, and First Sergeant; Second Lieutenant, Sept. 7, 1864; First Lieutenant, Oct. 12, 1864; mustered out with 36th Mass. Vols., June 8, 1865, expiration of service.
William H. Morrow. 22. Barre.
Private, Co. K, 21st Mass. Vols., Aug. 21, 1861; promoted Corporal, Sergeant, and First Sergeant; Second Lieutenant, Sept. 7, 1864; First Lieutenant, 36th Mass. Vols., Nov. 29, 1864; mustered out with the 36th Mass. Vols., June 8, 1865, expiration of service.
Marcus M. Collis. 20. Palmer.
Corporal, Co. H, 21st Mass. Vols., Aug. 23, 1861; promoted Sergeant and First Sergeant; Second Lieutenant, 36th Mass. Vols., Nov. 13, 1864, but being a prisoner of war, was not mustered; transferred to 56th Mass. Vols., June 8, 1865; First Lieutenant, 56th Mass. Vols., June 26, 1865; mustered out with 56th Mass. Vols., July 12, 1865, expiration of service, as First Sergeant.
Benton Phelps. 24. Barre.
Private, Co. K, 21st Mass. Vols., Aug. 23, 1861; promoted Corporal, Sergeant, and First Sergeant; Second Lieutenant, 36th Mass. Vols., Nov. 1, 1864; mustered out with the 36th Mass. Vols., June 8, 1865, expiration of service.
Charles L. Goodale. 33. Amherst.
Private, Co. H, 21st Mass. Vols., Aug. 23, 1861; promoted Corporal and Sergeant; Second Lieutenant, 36th Mass. Vols., Nov. 1, 1864; mustered out with the 36th Mass. Vols., June 8, 1865, expiration of service.
Charles S. Babcock. 25. Leyden.
Private, Co. I, 21st Mass. Vols., March 12, 1862; promoted Corporal and Sergeant; Second Lieutenant, 36th Mass. Vols., Nov. 29, 1864; mustered out with 36th Mass. Vols., June 8, 1865, expiration of service.
Commissions as Second Lieutenants were issued to Peter Dooley, Cheshire, and Mason W. Tyler, Amherst, who were transferred to Thirty-Seventh Regiment before joining for service; and to T. Sibley Heald, Hubbardston; Edward A. Brown, Fitchburg; and William E. Shaw, Shrewsbury, which were declined.
Ostenello Washburn. 19. Holyoke.
Private, Co. K, Aug. 5, 1862; Sergeant, May 3, 1863; Sergeant-Major, July 24, 1864; discharged Feb. 15, 1865, for disability resulting from very severe wounds received in action at Pegram Farm, Sept. 30, 1864.
Joseph H. Sawyer. 32. Bolton.
Quartermaster Sergeant, Aug. 22, 1862; discharged for disability, Jan. 19, 1864, in consequence of amputation of the right leg, resulting from the accidental discharge of a musket in camp, May 28, 1863.
George T. Phelps. 20. Harvard.
Private, Co. G, Aug. 13, 1862; Quartermaster Sergeant, Oct. 4, 1864; mustered out with the regiment, June 8, 1865.
T. Lyman Ellsworth. 29. Milford.
Corporal, Co. F, Aug. 6, 1862; wounded at Jackson, Miss., July 11, 1863; Commissary Sergeant, Jan. 19, 1864; wounded at Fort Rice, April 2, 1865; discharged on account of disability from wounds, May 29, 1865.
William H. Blake. 29. Lynn.
Hospital Steward, Aug. 14, 1862; discharged for disability, July 1, 1863.
George F. Parish. 42. Gardner.
Private, Co. G, July 25, 1862; Hospital Steward, July 5, 1863; mustered out with the regiment, June 8, 1865.
Alfred Chaffin. 43. Holden.
Principal Musician, Aug. 22, 1862; discharged Nov. 30, 1862, by general orders War Department, relative to the muster-out of Principal Musicians, and leaders of bands.
Lorenzo C. Strickland. 18. Palmer.
Musician, Co. E, Aug. 15, 1862; Principal Musician, Nov. 30, 1862; on detached service in the general hospital, at City Point, during the summer and autumn of 1864, and his position was vacated on that account; returned to the regiment in January, 1865; Principal Musician from Jan. 8, 1865, to close of the war; mustered out with the regiment.
John Gardner. 18. Worcester.
Musician, Co. G, Aug. 15, 1862; appointed Principal Musician in the absence of Strickland, in compliance with Regimental Order No. 27, 1864, for conspicuous bravery, to date from Sept. 1, 1864. Upon the return of Strickland to the regiment, in January, 1865, he voluntarily resigned in order that Strickland might resume his original position; served to the close of the war as Musician of Co. B, and was mustered out with the regiment.