Silas Gates, of Stow, Mass., and the descendants of his son, Paul Gates, of Ashby, Mass / compiled by Julius Kendall Gates and Samuel Pearly Gates .. . him to return to their office inBridgewater, and through the influence of Major Breck,he was given an honorable discharge from the Army byspecial act of the Secretary of War, Edwin M. Stanton,and August 29, 1864, he again took his place with hisold employers in Bridgewater. His experiences in Washington were very interesting,where he had an opportunity to see many of the mostdistinguished men of those stirring times,— Lincoln,Grant, Sherman, Me
Silas Gates, of Stow, Mass., and the descendants of his son, Paul Gates, of Ashby, Mass / compiled by Julius Kendall Gates and Samuel Pearly Gates .. . him to return to their office inBridgewater, and through the influence of Major Breck,he was given an honorable discharge from the Army byspecial act of the Secretary of War, Edwin M. Stanton,and August 29, 1864, he again took his place with hisold employers in Bridgewater. His experiences in Washington were very interesting,where he had an opportunity to see many of the mostdistinguished men of those stirring times,— Lincoln,Grant, Sherman, Meade, Burnside, and many attended several of Lincolns receptions and shookhands with him, and in going to and from the WarDepartment occasionally met the President, and wasdeeply impressed with his evident consciousness ofthe great responsibilities which he was carrying forthe nation. In addition to the office work in the War Departmentthe men there were drilled by an army officer, and inemergencies were placed on guard duty about Washing-ton. It was frequently rumored that all were to be or-dered to the front, but this did not I Silas Gates and His Descenda^its. 89 He is a member of Bridgewater Post 205, G. A. R.,and his old friend General Wilmon W. Blackmar, whenchosen Commander-in-chief of the Grand Army in 1904,appointed him as one of his aides. Mr. Gates hadhoped to accompany him to the National Encampmentin Denver, Col., in September, 1905, as one of his Na-tional staff, but General Blackmars lamented death pre-vented him from carrying out his intention, and on July23, 1905, he attended, officially, that officers funeral inBoston. He is a member of the Society of the Armyof the Potomac, of the Sons of the American Revolu-tion, of the Old Bridgewater Historical Society, and ofseveral other societies. During their married life Mr. and Mrs. Gates madetheir home in Bridgewater with Dr. Lewis G. Lowe,whose wife was her sister. Mrs. Gates received hereducatio
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