l Henry Lawrence.
Private and First Sergeant, 1st Mass. Cavalry, Sept. 25, 1861. Second Lieutenant, July 27, 1862. First Lieutenant, Feb. 1, 1863; mustered, Apr. 12, 1863.
Captain, Jan. 27, 1864; mustered, Mar. 28, 1864.
Discharged (disability), Sept. 14, 1864.
Gleason, Joseph H.
Captain, 3d Battalion Riflemen, M. V. M, .5.
Died at Boston, Jan. 18, 1879.
Perkins, William F.
Second Lieutenant, 20th Mass. Infantry, Jan. 16, 1862. First Lieutenant, Dec. 14, 1862.
Captain, Apr. 12, 1863.
Major, Sept. 12, 1864; not mustered.
Mustered out, Nov. 4, 1864, as Captain.
Perley, George A.
First Lieutenant, 36th Mass. Infantry, Oct. 11, 1864.
8, 1864.
Mustered out, June 6, 1865.
Riddle, William R.
Second Lieutenant, 20th Mass. Infantry, Oct. 9, 1861. First Lieutenant, Sept. 5, 1862.
Captain, Apr. 12, 1863; not mustered.
Discharged (disability), as First Lieutenant, Sept. 8, 1863.
Entered the Veteran Reserve Corps, as Captain, Oct. 24, 1863.
Assigned successiv
108th N. Y. Infantry, Aug. 18, 1862.
Major, Aug., 1864; not mustered.
Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
Mustered out, May 28, 1865.
Captain, U. S. Veteran Volunteers, Sept. 11, 1865.
Mustered out, May 1, 1866. Second Lieutenant and First Lieutenant, 12th U. S. Infantry, Feb. 23, 1866.
See U. S. Army.
Arkins, William.
Born in Massachusetts.
Enlisted in 5th Minn. Infantry, Dec. 19, 1861. Second Lieutenant, Mar. 24, 1862. First Lieutenant, Nov. 10, 1862.
Captain, Apr. 12, 1863; mustered, Mar. 24, 1863.
Resigned, Aug. 22, 1864.
Atwill, James William.
Sergeant, 24th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 12, 1861. First Lieutenant, Adjutant, 1st N. C. Infantry, Oct. 12, 1862.
Captain, Sept. 7, 1863.
Major, June 5, 1865. Lieut. Colonel, June 20, 1865.
Mustered out, June 27, 1865.
Avery, Orin A.
Residence at Boston, Mass., at time of enlistment.
First Lieutenant, 3d R. I. Cavalry, Aug. 10, 1863.
Captain, Apr. 15, 1864.
Bacon, Francis.
Residence at Worcest
Recruits, 13th Regt. M. V. I., 1862.
Bivouac, vol. 3, p. 57.
— Straggling.
Bivouac, vol. 2, p. 266.
Birdofredum Sawin, Esq.,
to Mr. Hosea Biglow, poem. J. R. Lowell.
Atlantic, vol. 9, pp. 126, 385.
Bisland, La.
Engagements of April 12-14, 1863. Boston Evening Journal, April 27, 1863, p. 4, col. 5; April 28, p. 4, cols. 1, 2; April 29, p. 2, cols. 2-4.
Bixby, Mrs.,
of Ward 11, Boston, having had five sons die in the service, has a letter from President Lincoln; full text 10, 1862, p. 4, cols. 5, 6; Nov. 11, p. 4, col. 4.
— Visit of Gen. Dix to Fort Winthrop, etc. Boston Evening Journal, Oct. 23, 1863, p. 4, cols. 2, 3.
Boston-made
percussion fuses found attached to rebel shells at Washington, N. C., April 12, 1863. Boston Evening Journal, April 22, 1863, p. 4, col. 2.
Boston recruiting.
See also Massachusetts recruiting.
— Affected by rumors of war; regular army.
Boston Evening Journal, April 12, 1861, p. 4, col. 4.
— 1862.
Mass meeting