wounded at the battle of Fair Oaks, Va, May 31, 1862, by two rifle shots, one striking his right ankle, from the effects of which he has never fully recovered. The second ball passed through the calf of left leg; was carried from Fair Oaks to Annapolis, Md.; August 12, 1862, was carried from Annapolis to Annapolis Junction, Md. October 15, 1862, started from Annapolis Junction and went to the convalescent camp, Alexandria, Va., where he staid until December 23, 1862, when he was discharged on surgeon's certificate. of disability. In July, 1869, he lived in Stamford, Conn, employed by the Yale Lock Company.

MELVIN SILKWORTH, tailor, enlisted June 21, 1861; age, twenty-four; deserted August 11, 1862.

JOHN SINOTTE enlisted June 21, 1861; age, thirty-one; mustered out July 6, 1864.

WILLIAM SLATTERY, farmer, enlisted June 21, 1861; age, twenty-four; deserted June 20, 1863, from brigade train.

WARREN M. SMITH enlisted June 21, 1861; age, twentyone; re-enlisted January 20, 1864, and received four hundred and seven dollars and thirty-two cents bounty from town of North Adams; transferred June 20, 1864, to Thirtyseventh Massachusetts regiment, Company H; transferred June 21, 1865 to Twentieth Massachusetts regiment, Company K; discharged July 16, 1865, expiration of service.

JOHN W. STAFFORD, farmer, enlisted July 15, 1862; age, twenty-two; deserted June 14, 1863.

NICHOLAS STILLINGS enlisted June 21, 1861; age, thirtyfour; discharged for disability May 24, 1862.

JOHN H. TOWLE was born at Windsor, Berkshire County, Mass., May 10, 1843; enlisted June 7, 1861; wounded by gunshot in left thigh at Malvern Hill, July 1, 1862, and was carried to Savage's Station, where he remained eight days. in the hot sun, was then sent to Richmond and put in No. I and No. 2 prison, had no meat, nothing but a very poor quality of bread for rations; was exchanged July 25, 1862; discharged December 29, 1862, for disability. In 1872 lived in North Adams, Mass., occupation, shoemaker.

CHARLES VAN VALKENBURG enlisted June 21, 1861; age, twenty; re-enlisted December 21, 1863, and received three hundred and twenty-five dollars bounty from town of Adams; transferred June 21, 1864, to Thirty-seventh Massachusetts regiment, Company H; transferred June 21, 1865 to Twentieth Massachusetts regiment, Company K; discharged July 16, 1865, expiration of service.

FRANCIS WALKER, mechanic, enlisted June 21, 1861; age, twenty-five; severely wounded in hand at Salem Hights; re-enlisted December 21, 1863, and received three hundred and twenty-five dollars bounty from town of Longmeadow, Mass.; transferred to Thirty-seventh Massachusetts regiment, Company H, June 21, 1864; transferred June 21, 1865, to Twentieth Massachusetts regiment, Company K; discharged July 16, 1865, at expiration of service.

JOHN H. WALKER, farmer, enlisted June 21, 1861; age, twenty-five; re-enlisted December 21, 1863, and received three hundred and twenty-five dollars bounty from town of Longmeadow, Mass.; severely wounded in groin at Spottsylvania, May 12, 1864; transferred to Thirty-seventh Massachusetts regiment, Company H, June 21, 1864; transferred June 21, 1865, to Twentieth Massachusetts regiment.

JAMES W. WALLACE enlisted August 29, 1862; age, twenty-two; slightly wounded in leg at Wilderness; mustered out July 6, 1864, at expiration of service.

JOHN WALLACE was born at Colerain, Mass., April 1, 1840; enlisted August 27, 1862; had right arm broken at battle of Fredericksburg, Va., by bursting of a shell which laid him off duty for seven months; mustered out July 1, 1864, at expiration of service. In 1869 lived in South Halifax, Vt.; farm laborer.

SERENO W. WELLS enlisted June 21, 1861; age, twentysix; deserted August 11, 1863; died; buried in North Adams, Mass.

CORPORAL CINCINNATUS CECIL WILEY was born at Monroe, Mass., October 8, 1840; enlisted May, 1861; promoted corporal October 17, 1862; was in all the engagements of

the Regiment, and was never on sick-list but two days until he was wounded May 5, 1864, at Spottsylvania, was wounded in thigh, and before he got off the field was hit on left instep with piece of shell; was sent to Fredericksburg, and from there to Finley hospital, at Washington, D. C., and from there was furloughed home in time to be mustered out with his Regiment July 6, 1864. In 1869, lived in North Adams, Mass.; engaged in farming and lumbering.

SILAS WILEY enlisted June 21, 1861; age, thirty-six; killed May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va.

SAMUEL P. WILLIAMS enlisted June 21, 1861; age, twenty-one; mustered out July 6, 1864, expiration of service. Williams served his whole term of enlistment in the hospital department of the Regiment, for which his disposition and temperament peculiarly fitted him. In him, the sick and wounded of the Regiment always found a sympathizing friend and brother; untiring in his attentions, and ever mindful for the comfort of such unfortunates as came under his care. In 1875 post-office address Springfield,

Mass.

BUEL G. WILSEY, carder, enlisted June 21, 1861; age, eighteen; killed at Malvern Hill, July 1, 1862.

WILLIAM WALLACE YAW, farmer, was born at Florida. (Clarksburg), Mass., November 10, 1828; enlisted August 25, 1861. While on the Peninsula, he contracted a chronic diarrhea, which led into consumption, of which he died July 15, 1863, at Knight General hospital, New Haven, Conn.

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CHAPTER XVII.

COMPANY C-NORTHAMPTON COMPANY.

OLD COMPANY C, Tenth Regiment of Massachusetts volunteer militia, was the nucleus upon which this company was formed. One of the oldest military companies in the State, its charter bearing date of June 20, 1801, it had preserved an uninterrupted organization of sixty years and one day, when it was mustered into the service of the United States. Being the first company in Hampshire County to volunteer for the war, it naturally selected and drew into its ranks the most patriotic of her sons. The first call for troops found the company under command of Capt. William R. Marsh, who immediately set himself to work to fill up its ranks and place it on a war footing.

A meeting was held at the armory of Company C, Thursday evening, April 18, to take such measures as were necessary for improving the standing of the company. So large was the attendance, that an adjournment to the Town Hall was found necessary. William B. Hale was chosen chairman, and Dr. C. N. Chamberlain, secretary. Patriotic speeches were made at the armory by Captain Marsh, D. G. Littlefield, Dr. Chamberlain, Dr. Brown of Williamsburg, and others. After the adjournment to the hall, Erastus Hopkins, Justin Thayer, R. R. Mayers, James Ellsworth and D. G. Littlefield, were appointed a committee to solicit funds to aid in equipping the soldiers that might go from the town of Northampton.

Erastus Hopkins was called out and made a spirited patriotic speech. He said that he appeared in response to the call made upon him, but under a sense of unusual op

pression. In times past he had often addressed them, when subjects of discussion and policy were before the popular mind, but now the day of deliberation had passed, and the hour of action had come. In the recent past, there had been strong dissensions among us, but now we were animated by one universal conviction. The day of differences was gone. While the question was to the men and the policy which should constitute and direct the government, there were those who favored one course, and there were others, equally patriotic, who favored other courses, all and forever of one mind as to the sentiments under which some of our citizens specially rallied, to wit: "The Constitution, the Union, and the enforcement of the Laws." That sentiment was all which now remained-all that had survived the recent political contest, and it found us, therefore, a united people. All questions of policy were passed; the stern duty remained of supporting Law and Constitution against the inroads of those who would trample the fair fabric of our government in the dust. Shall that government be maintained? The question addressed all alike. To the young, it was a question that uncovered the future of their opening life. To the older, it was a question as to what institutions they should bequeath to their posterity. There was but one sentiment among us. He could speak with knowledge of all those with whom he was daily associated, and he was yet to learn that from the circle of his immediate neighbors, whether on the right hand or the left, to the outermost verge of the town, there was not a single. individual whose heart was not loyal and whose energies would not be devoted to the service of the government, and the protection and maintenance of the Constitution and laws.

He exhorted those who might go forth to-with what humiliation and scorn he must mention-the field of civil strife, to do their painful duty with the full measure of their promptitude and energy, but to remember they were fighting their own brethren-to succor the suffering and console