Company A, Fourth Massachusetts Regiment, Minute Men of '61 FIELD AND STAFF. *Colonel, ABNER B. PACKARD, Quincy. *Lieutenant Colonel, HAWKES FEARING, JR., Hingham. Major, HORACE O. WHITTEMORE, Boston. Surgeon, HENRY M. SAYVILLE, Quincy. Quarter Master, WILLIAM W. CARRUTH, Boston. Assistant Surgeon, WILLIAM L. FAXON, Quincy. *Adjutant, HENRY WALKER, Quincy. Sergeant Major, ALVIN E. HALL, Foxboro. Quarter Master Sergeant, GEORGE W. BARNES, Plymouth. Drum Major, GEORGE W. POPE, Quincy.
Roster Company A, Massachusetts Regiment Minute Men of '61. (Union Light Guards). Organized in 1853. Received notice at nine o'clock in the evening of April 15, 1861, to muster on Boston Common, and at 4.30 p.m. April 16, reported themselves ready for duty. April 17, left by steamboat for Fortress Monroe. Captain, IRA DRAKE, Stoughton. 1st. Lieut., HENRY U. MORSE, Canton. 2nd. Lieut., JOHN MCKAY, JR., Canton. 1st. Sergt., HORACE D. SEAVEY, Canton. Sergeant, MOSES GRIGGS, JR., Canton. Sergeant. MARTIN F. DAVIS, Canton. Sergeant, ALBERT A. NICHOLS, Dedham. Corporal, DONALD MCGILVARY, Canton. Corporal, HENRY TAYLOR, Canton. Corporal, GEORGE E. JACKSON, Canton. Corporal, ELISHA HORTON, JR., Canton. Atkinson John F. Stoughton Ayer, John W. DedhamBarrows, John E. SharonBibbins, Levi J. CantonBird, Jedidiah M. StoughtonBlackburn, Robert Jr. Canton Bootman Charles E. Boyden, Seth Sharon Brooks, John C. Canton Bullard, Albert Sharon Bullard, John Canton Champney, Edward Clark, James W. Sharon Cobbett, William E. Canton Cunningham, Jerome Denihan, John Drake, Horace F. Sharon Drake, John M. Dunakin, Charles A. Dunakin, Edwin A. Dunakin, Stillman H. Duley, Lewis H. Farnsworth, Charles P. Stoughton Freeman, Henry A. Canton Fuller, Theodore F. Godfrey, John W. Sharon Greenleaf, Eleazer S. Grimes, Martin V. B. Ashburnham Hardy, Norman Sharon Harradon, James T. Sharon Hewitt, Hllis B. Easton Hill, Andrew L. Canton Hill, Charles Holbrook, Frederic G. Sharon Howe, George W. Canton Howe, John Hunt, William A. Jenkins, Joseph Johnson, Obed P. Sharon Johnson Reuben F. Johnson, Warren Kehr, George W. Canton Leonard, Friend Z. Lewis, DeForrest Mabbott, George Mahoney Daniel Sharon Marden, William H. Canton McKendry, Wallace Canton Mellen, Edward Stoughton Morse, Elijah A. Sharon Morse, Stillman H. Nutting, George P. Ashburnham Palmer, Charles E. Canton Parker, George W. Sharon Parks, John Peach, Henry Preble, Origin O. Canton Richards, George W. Sharon Richardson, Amandus E Stoughton Roberts, William R. Easton Shankland, James M. Canton Slattery, Patrick Smith, Alexander D. Smith, Ansel A. Sharon Smith, Frederick A. Easton Spooner, Prince P. Stoughton Taylor, Charles White, Davis L. Sharon White, Hiram Easton Whitney, Joseph H. Ashburnham |