listed June 21, 1861; age, nineteen; killed in battle of Fair Oaks, May 31, 1862.

JOHN WHITNEY, enlisted December 23, 1863, and received three hundred and twenty-five dollars bounty from town of Northampton, Mass.; transferred June 21, 1864, to Thirty-seventh regiment, Company G; transferred June 21, 1865, to Twentieth regiment; discharged July 16, 1865, expiration of service.

FRANK WILEY, laborer, was born at Belchertown, Mass. ; enlisted June 21, 1861; age, twenty-four; died in New York city, October 18, 1862. He was taken sick in camp, and was granted a short leave of absence, but died on his way home.

NELSON O. WILEY, hostler, was born at Belchertown, Mass.; enlisted June 21, 1861; age, twenty-two; mustered out July 6, 1864.

FIRST-SERGEANT SIDNEY S. WILLIAMS was born at Northampton, Mass., February 22, 1837; enlisted June 21, 1861; was wounded in right elbow at battle of Fair Oaks; captured by the enemy at Spottsylvania Court-house, May 12, 1864, and taken to Andersonville, Ga.; removed to Florence, S. C., in September; escaped September 19; recaptured in Sampson County, N. C., early in November; taken to Wilmington, and lay in jail there two or three weeks, and then taken back to Florence, where he was kept until February, 1865; from thence to Wilmington, and, while waiting for exchange was suddenly sent back into the country. Succeeded in once more escaping, and lay in the swamps two days and two nights, until Wilmington fell into our hands, when February 22, 1865, he found himself once more under the stars and stripes. Discharged April 25, 1865. In 1873 resided in Providence, R. I.; harness-manufacturer.

BEREA M. WILLSEY, weaver, was born at Troy, N. Y. ; enlisted June 21, 1861; age, twenty-two; mustered out July 6, 1864, at expiration of service.

FREDERICK C. WRIGHT, clerk, was born at Northampton, Mass.; enlisted June 21, 1861; age, twenty-two; discharged from Tenth by special order Army of Potomac,

No. 115, to be commissioned second-lieutenant in Twentyseventh regiment, October 16, 1861. Wright was a noble type of the citizen soldier. When he joined the Tenth he was offered the position of commissary-sergeant, but declined when he found he could do no fighting in that position. He was promoted first-lieutenant in the Twentyseventh, October 30, 1862, and for a time was in command of his company. He participated in all the engagements of the Twenty-seventh and escaped injury until the battle of Cold Harbor, when he received the wound which caused his death. He was wounded June 6, 1864, and died in hospital at Washington, D. C., just three weeks afterward. His remains were brought to Northampton, June 30, 1864, and his funeral was held at the Unitarian church. The church was crowded with sympathizing friends, and the services were listened to with great interest. The remarks at the church were made by Rev. Mr. Williams of Brattleboro, Vt., who paid touching tribute to the memory of the deceased.

CHAPTER XVIII.

COMPANY D--POLLOCK GUARD.

TO PITTSFIELD belongs the renown of being the first town. in Western Massachusetts to furnish an organized company for service in the field, and the Allen Guard have the distinguished honor of being the company called. Capt. Henry S. Briggs, afterwards colonel of the Tenth, was the commander of the company, and they were ordered to rendezvous in Springfield, Thursday evening, April 18, in time for the nine o'clock P. M. train for the south. A meeting of the citizens was immediately called by the ringing of bells, and the response showed that Pittsfield had not forgotten her revolutionary fame. Hon. H. H. Childs was chosen president, and Henry Chickering secretary of the meeting. Patriotic speeches were made by Hon. H. H. Childs, P. L. Page, Esq., James D. Colt, Esq., Hon. E. H. Kellogg, Walter Laflin, Esq., and others, showing that the hearts of the citizens were in the right place and ready to respond to the calls upon their patriotism and liberality.

The call to the Allen Guards was for three months' service, and after their departure, George H. Laflin and Thomas Colt received a commission from Governor Andrew to recruit and organize a new company for service in the field, and a recruiting office was opened at West's hall for obtaining recruits. The company was called the Pollock Guard, in honor of William Pollock, Esq., a wealthy and influential citizen of Pittsfield, who gave it a fund of one thousand dollars to begin with. In a week it had recruited up to sixty men, Pittsfield furnishing a large proportion, but the neighboring towns of Peru, Dalton and Lenox sending their

quota to fill the ranks. The company went into barracks May 2, at Agricultural Hall, occupying the south wing for a drill-room, the north for their commissary department, and the west for a dormitory. Thomas W. Clapp, formerly a cadet at West Point, was selected as the drill-master for the recruits. A liberal donation of blankets was made by the citizens.

At the election of officers on Saturday, May 4, Thomas W. Clapp was chosen captain; Charles Wheeler, first-lieutenant; Dwight Hubbard, second-lieutenant; and George E. Hagar, third-lieutenant.

At a town meeting held in Pittsfield, Wednesday, May 23, 1861, a report was heard from the committee appointed by the town at its meeting April 18, to provide ways and means for the comfort of the soldiers from the town, ordered into the service of the United States. The committee reported that they had made a contract with Andrew Beebe to furnish rations to the Pollock Guard, now encamped on the Agricultural Fair Grounds, at the price of two dollars and twenty-five cents per week for each soldier. The contract required a weekly expenditure of one hundred and eighty dollars, while the soldiers remained in the town. The committee also made contracts for the supply of clothing for the Guard, which required about four hundred dollars in addition to the one thousand dollars generously donated by Mr. Pollock. With a forethought not exceeded by their liberality, they also mention "that in the selection of recruits for the new company, great care has been taken to enlist no man whose family will require assistance during kis enlistment."

The Guard made its first parade in uniform, Saturday, May 25, and attracted universal commendation for its excellent appearance and fine marching. During the parade they visited by invitation, the residence of William Pollock, Esq., where they were hospitably entertained. They returned to Camp Pollock, as their quarters were designated, in the evening.

SUNDAY, May 26.—They attended the First Congregational church, where they listened to an eloquent and characteristic sermon by Rev. Dr. Todd.

A committee consisting of the following-named ladies, were selected to prepare flannel clothing, havelocks and other necessary articles for the comfort of the Guard,-— Mrs. Gilbert C. West, Mrs. E. B. Oliver, Mrs. John C. West, Mrs. S. V. R. Daniels, Mrs. Dr. A. N. Allen, Mrs. Joseph Gregory, Mrs. William G. Backus, Mrs. John M. Howland, Mrs. L. G. Lloyd, Mrs. William M. Wells, Mrs. D. J. Dodge.

The ladies visited the Guard at Camp Pollock, Thursday afternoon, May 30, and presented them with a supper.

The teachers and young ladies of the Mendelssohn Musical Institute, presented Captain Clapp with a fine army revolver, and otherwise actively assisted the other ladies of Pittsfield, in their labors for the comfort and welfare of the company.

The ladies of Maplewood Institute, presented the company with a large box of bandages, needle-books, pin-cushions, and other articles of comfort and utility.

At the burning of the Pittsfield Woolen Company's mills, on Monday afternoon, June 16, 1861, the Guard who were encamped in the agricultural grounds directly opposite, won the praises of all present by their daring and untiring ef forts in saving the property from destruction.

SATURDAY MORNING, June 15, the Guard marched down Morton Place to the depot to take the cars for Springfield, where they were to rendezvous and be attached to the Tenth Regiment, nine companies of which were already on the ground. The crowd to witness the departure of the company was immense, and their enthusiasm must have convinced the soldiers that they were leaving warm friends.

As the train moved off, cheer upon cheer, accompanied by the roll of the drum, gave the parting farewell, and a cloud of waving handkerchiefs and scarfs testified the approval of the fair, of the great cause and its defenders.