30th. After much delay in procuring cars, we started on our way again. If possible it is warmer than yesterday - and the dust! How we long to get on to a New England railroad! To-day we were from nine A. M. till five P. M. in going eighty miles; but we are travelling on a special train. Would it not be fine to try one of the regular trains on the Camden and Amboy? At last we took the steamer for New York, where we arrived, after a pleasant sail of thirty miles, at ten P. M. August 1st. About six A. M. we formed the battalion line, and marched to the Park Barracks, and about four P. M. we took the steamer City of Boston for home via New London and Norwich. You can hardly imagine our feelings as we came on board. Everything looked better, and was better than we have seen for a long time. What a change it had made with us!. -some were singing, some joking, and all seemed to be happy. After a delay of several hours in New London, so as not to arrive in Worcester before our friends were ready for us, we took the cars for the "Heart of the Commonwealth." 2d. Arrived in Worcester at half past nine o'clock A. M., and found the whole city with open arms ready to welcome us. Our friends were so eager to see us that it was some time before the battalion line could be formed. At last we were on the move; and, amid the cheers of the people and the showers of bouquets, we marched into the City Hall, where we were welcomed home again by Mayor Davis, who invited us to fall in and do justice to what had been prepared for us. There was food enough for a regiiment, and we were only four companies; but if we had only met the rebels, and scattered them as we did the eatables in the City Hall, all would have delighted to do us honor. After a while we were again formed into line, and, escorted by the Home Guards of rifles and infantry, marched through Main Street, returning by the way of Court Hill. The streets were splendidly trimmed. The Sixth Regiment having passed through the day before, the display remained, and others were added. It seemed as though every one was trying to see what they could do to add to our happiness. We marched to the Common again. Mayor Davis made a short speech, welcoming us home again, which was responded to by Captain Sprague, acting major, who also read a letter from Major Devens, who was not able to be with us, being away on business connected with the Fifteenth Regiment, of which he was now the colonel. We again marched into the City Hall, after escorting Company D, Captain Dodd, of Boston, to the Foster Street Depot, where we bade them good-by. We were then dismissed till the morning, when, August 3, we formed in Brinley Hall, and were mustered out of service by Captain John M. Goodhue of the Eleventh United States Infantry, formerly adjutant of the Third Battalion Rifles. Much credit is due our officers for the good order which was maintained by the battalion during our whole term of service. December. In looking back, I find that of the three hundred and nineteen men which composed the battalion, more than one hundred have been sick. Of that number two have died - Amos H. Gilbert and Eaton, of Boston. Company A, City Guards, have re-enlisted for the war in the following order: Fourteen as commissioned officers, nineteen as non-commissioned, two as musicians, and five privates. Some of the others are all ready, and all can be counted in if needed. During the three and a half months of their service, the battalion were under five generals; namely, Butler, Patterson, Cadwallader, Banks, and Dix. Company A (City Guards), Worcester. -3d Battalion Rifles. Organized 1840. The company received orders to hold themselves in readiness, April 15, 1861, and at that time numbered about forty members, but in a few hours its numbers had increased to one hundred and forty. As seventy-two only were allowed, it was cut down to that number, much to the disappointment of some, who offered as high as $50 for a chance to go and aid in the defence of the capital. OFFICERS. *Captain, AUGUSTUS R. B. SPRAGUE, Worcester. 1st Lieut,, *JOSIAH PICKETT, Worcester; 2d Lieut., *GEORGE C. JOSLIN, Worcester; 3d Lieut., *ORSON MOULTON, Worcester; 4th Lieut., *ELIJAH A. HARKNESS, Worcester. Sergeants, Edward W. Adams, Worcester; Walter S. Bugbee, Worcester; *George A. Johnson, Worcester; Charles A. Ward,, Worcester. Corporals, James M. Hervey, Worcester; Calvin N. Harrington, New York; *George Burr, Worcester; *Henry Matthews, Worcester, promoted from ranks. Musicians, William H. Heywood, Worcester; *James Stewart, Worcester. Aldrich Wm. H., Worcester Bessey Merritt B., Worcester, dis- Bigelow Geo. P., Worcester Burdick Theodore, Worcester Campbell George S., Worcester Cunningham Herman E., Worcester, discharged for disability Dodge Edwin L., Worcester Dunn Silas R., Upton Daniels Henry W., Worcester, discharged for disability Davis Charles, Worcester PRIVATES. *Fuller Jerome H., Worcester Gates Jaalam, Worcester, joined at Gilbert Amos H., Boston, joined Henry Charles, Worcester Howe Edward E., Worcester Kendall Herbert J., Worcester, Monroe Chas. H. Worcester Pomroy John W., Worcester *Sprague Welcome W., Worcester Thompson John A., Worcester Company B (Holden Rifles), Holden. - 3d Battalion Rifles, Organized 1856. Received orders at 11 o'clock, A. M., and were on their way at 4 P. M., April 18, 1861, to join the battalion at Worcester, and there recruited to the full number,leaving on the 20th. On their return from the war they received a grand public reception. The town raised $1500 to assist the members and their families. OFFICERS. Captain, JOSEPH H. GLEASON, Holden. 1st Lieut., PHINEAS R. NEWELL, Holden; 2d Lieut., EDWARD F. DEVENS, Charlestown, appointed sailing master, July 14; 3d Lieut., SAMUEL F. WOODS, Barre; 4th Lieut., GEORGE BASCOM, Holden. Sergeants, *Isaac T. Hooton, Webster; Hiram P. Newell, Holden; *Henry M. 1de, Worcester, Vt.; *James W. Stanley, Worcester, Mass., discharged. Corporals, Emery Rogers, Holden; Artemas D. Bascom, Holden, discharged; *Sanford E. Stratton, Worcester; *Ira J. Kelton, Holden, adjutant in 21st Massachusetts. PRIVATES. Ammidown Henry G., Southbridge | Franklin Edw. H., Worcester Alexander Leonard F., Brook Company Gee James S. W., Grafton, dis- Gibson Jacob H., Leicester, joined Howe Hiram, Holden, discharged *Irish Chancey B., Millbury Mann Randall, Leicester, joined McGaffey Chas. A., Worcester Moore Chas. S., Holden,discharged "Munroe Edw. E., Paxton Newton Serino, Oxford Savage John B., Holden Sawyer Alphonzo B., Holden Smith Geo. A., Holden Stone Emerson B., Leicester Trask Martin N., West Boylston, discharged Weston John B., Georgetown, dis- Winslow Edw. C., Northbridge (Emmet Guards), Worcester. -3d Battalion Rifles. Organized in 1858. This was an independent company, and one of the first that tendered their services to the Governor. They received orders, on the morning of April 19, to be prepared on the 20th to proceed to Washington with the 3d Battalion of Riflemen. On the 20th they joined the other companies of the battalion at Worcester, and at 10 o'clock, P. M., started for Washington. This, probably, was the first Irish company at the seat of war. OFFICERS. Captain, MICHAEL P. MCCONVILLE, Worcester. 1st Lieut., MICHAEL O'DRISCOLL, Worcester; 2d Lieut., *MATHEW J. MCCAFFERTY, Worcester; 3d Lieut., *THOMAS O'NEIL, Worcester; 4th Lieut., MAURICE MELVIN, Worcester. Sergeants, William Daly, Worcester; *Patrick Curran, Worcester; Martin Hayes, Worcester; Patrick Hayes, Worcester. Corporals, Nicholas Power, Worcester; John J. O'Gorman, Worcester; Geo. B. Chandler Worcester; James Connor, West Boylston, promoted from ranks, May 13. •Re-enlisted. Brazzle Patrick, Worcester Been Henry, No. Wrentham, dis- ter Hartigan John F., West Boylston PRIVATES. Houston, Edw., West Boylston, ta- Jennings Edw., Grafton Lanton Timothy, Worcester, went Laverty Joseph, Leicester McConville Henry, Worcester McLane John B., Worcester MeHannon James, Worcester McLaughlin Daniel, Worcester McDonald John, Worcester Mc Dermont Felix, Auburn McGinnis John, Worcester McNulty James, Clinton Moriarty John, Millbury, dis- Shevlin Patrick, West Boylston Company D (Dodd's Rifles or Dodd's Carvers), Boston.—3d Battalion Rifles. Capt. Dodd commenced to recruit this company on the morning of April 19, 1861, and at noon the next day had secured the requisite number of men; and the officers of the company were commissioned the same day. The city of Boston gave to the corps $300, and other aid was also furnished by friends. Gov. Andrew publicly addressed the company at the State House a few days before their departure. They left Boston on the steamer Cambridge, on the second of May, for Fortress Monroe, where arriving, took on board arms, ammunition, &c., and proceeded up the Potomac River to Washington. In the instructions of Adj. Gen. Schouler to Capt. Dodd, he says: "It is the earnest desire of His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, that the ship Cambridge shall reach Washington, and demonstrate that a Massachusetts ship, manned with Massachusetts men, shall be the first ship to arrive by that route, as our 6th Regiment was the first to arrive at Washington, through the hostile city of Baltimore." The company remained some ten days at Washington, at the end of which time orders were received to join the 3d Battalion of Massachusetts Rifles, at Fort McHenry, Baltimore. Arrived there May 15, and remained until the three months' term of service had expired, when they left for Massachusetts with the 3d Battalion, arriving in Boston on the 3d of August. The company was escorted to the armory of the Boston Tigers, and after partaking of a collation, were dismissed. At the request of the commander, the company was disbanded, after receiving a communication from Gov. Andrew, thanking them, in behalf of the Commonwealth, for so nobly responding to their country's call, and the faithful manner in which they had performed their duties. All of the commissioned officers, and most of the members, of Company D, are still in the service of their country. OFFICERS. Captain, ALBERT DODD, Boston. 1st Lieut., *CHARLES DODD, Boston; 2d Lieut., *CORNELIUS G. ATWOOD, Boston; 3d Lieut., *GEORGE A. HICKS, Boston; 4th Licut, JOSEPH NASON, Boston. Sergeants, James Tucker, Boston; Charles C. Pingree, Methuen; Wm. H. Eaton, Boston. died at Fort Henry, July 17; Andrew Morse, Jr., West Wareham. Corporals, John C. Gray, Fryeburg, Me.; Harrison O. F. Newton, North Abington; *Edward S. Lloyd. Boston; George H. Tanner, Boston. Musician, Dennis M. Blackmer, Boston. Boston Light Artillery (Cook's Battery), Boston. (Three Months' Volunteers.) Orders were received at 8 o'clock on the morning of April 20, 1861, by Maj. Cook, to have his company in readiness to proceed to Washington with Col. Lawrence's Command, and at 10 o'clock in the evening he reported that his company was ready. During the day they were busily engaged in perfecting arrangements to leave. The company numbered over 120 men, and were each armed with a sabre and a revolver, and provided with heavy overcoats by the State. They supped at the Cornhill Hotel, the interior of which was beautifully decorated in their honor, and having sent forward, at 10 o'clock in the evening, their battery of six brass six-pounders, together with seventy horses selected mainly from the Metropolitan Railroad stables, and ten tons of cartridges, shot and grape, the corps marched to the Worcester depot between 1 and 2 o'clock. Here they remained until the arrival of the Fifth Regiment, and left with them early Sunday morning, the 21st. Stopping at Framingham, to wood and water, they were surrounded by crowds, who manifested the greatest excitement, and not only showered blessings upon them, but greeted them with music and salutes of cannon, and forced upon them eatables in great abundance. Indeed, at every stopping place the people left their houses and churches to show their approval of the cause, and their admiration of the troops who, forgetting everything but country, were ready to peri! life for it. They arrived at New York about dark, and embarked late that evening in the steamer De Soto, in which they sailed for Fortress Monroe. They arrived the 23d, at noon, and were ordered direct to Annapolis, and arrived there early the next morning. The patriotic and cordial feelings which met them at every station in Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York, as they passed along, were here chilled by the traitorous and hostile rebel atmosphere of Maryland; and preparations were made to gallantly meet and repulse any attack that might be made upon them. At Annapolis they were quartered at the Naval School building, and remained posted in this city as a safeguard for troops passing to Washington, until May 4th, when they marched to the Relay House and encamped. Here they remained for some time as a guard, and were daily exercised in drilling and in other military duties. May 18, the oath of allegiance to the United States was administered to the corps by Lieut. H. S. Putnam. June 13, went to Baltimore with the Sixth Regiment, to protect the polls, it being election day in that city, returned soon after to the Relay Station, but were immediately again ordered to Baltimore, and encamped at Camp Clare. June 30, ordered to march from the camp into the heart of the city, two detachments being sta tioned in Monument Square, and the others at the Custom House. July 10th, returned to Camp Clare. July 26, Major General Dix addressed a letter to Major Cook, stating that, though the term of service of the company had expired, yet it was the earnest desire of the Major-General Commanding that they should continue to hold their position until the 30th. In accordance with this request the letter was read to the members of the corps, who voted to a man to accede to the wish of General Dix, for whom they gave three cheers and a sky rocket." August 3d, the Battery arrrived in Boston once more, where they met with a most cordial reception, being escorted into the city by the 1st Battalion of Dragoons, Major White; the 2d Battalion of Infantry, Major Newton; and the Lancers, Captain Slade; and welcomed in a speech by Mayor Wightman. Thus ended the three months' service of Cook's Battery. 1st Lieut., *JOSIAH PORTER, North Cambridge; 2d Lieut., *WM. H. MCCARTHY, Boston; 3d Lieut., *C. C. E. MORTIMER, Boston; 4th Lieut., ROBERT L. SAWIN, Boston. Chief Officers, *Augustus P. Martin, Boston; Daniel P. Sawyer, Brookline; Horace N. Weld, Boston; Charles M. Griffin, Boston; Lucius Cummings, Boston, accidentally broke his leg at the corner of Blackstone and Hanover streets, when the company påraded on their return home; Joseph W. B. Wright, Boston. Gunners, *Thomas M. Cargill, Roxbury; *Charles H. Stodder, Boston; Jacob Federhen, Boston; Isaac Pierce, Boston; *Wm. H. Thompson, Boston; Zacheus Holmes, Jr., Boston. Bugler, James Waters, South Boston. Saddler, Henry A. Winship, Boston. Farrier, *Enos Daily, Boston. • Re-enlisted. PRIVATES. Higgins Andrew M., South Boston Lovering Harrison, Charlestown Presby Chas, E., North Cambridge Pratt Joshua H., Chelsea Snell Oliver S., Boston Stone Sylvester, Boston THREE YEARS' VOLUNTEERS. On the 3d of May the President of the United States issued a proclamation, calling for a force of volunteers to serve for three years, unless sooner discharged. At that time a great number of companies had been organized in the various cities and towns of this Commonwealth. On the 22d of May the following General Order was issued by command of the Governor: GENERAL ORDERS No. 12. HEAD-QUARTERS, BOSTON, May 22, 1861. The President of the United States, by his Proclamation of the third day of May current, having called into the service of the United States, to aid in the enforcement of the laws and the suppression of insurrection, a Force of Volunteers to serve for a period of three years, unless sooner discharged, and to be enrolled and organized in a manner to be made known through the Department of War; and the plan of organization adopted for this force, in accordance with the Proclamation of the President, having been published in General Orders No. 15 from the Adjutant-General's office, in Washington, of the fourth day of May current, and His Excellency the Governor and Commander-in-Chief having been this day notified that the quota of these Volunteers to be furnished by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is fixed at Six Regiments of Infantry, to be organized as prescribed in said General Orders No. 15 from the War Department, so much of said Orders as relates to the Regiments of Infantry to be organized under them is directed to be printed for general information. PLAN OF ORGANIZATION. Each Regiment of Infantry will consist of ten Companies, and each Company will be organized as follows: |