. The town of Wayland in the civil war of 1861-1865, as represented in the army and navy of the American union .. . round was at ArlingtonHeights, Va. On moving from there, Sept. 14, to Edwardss Ferry,he received a gentle hint of his inability to endure severe hard-ship. The sultry day, the rising dust, the soldiers heavy load,caused him to faint. He found assistance from one of his Way-land friends, and overtook his comrades at their first camp inthe evening. While at Edwardss Ferry, he was under the surgeons careduring three weeks. The last two months of his army duty was as a regimentalpion
. The town of Wayland in the civil war of 1861-1865, as represented in the army and navy of the American union .. . round was at ArlingtonHeights, Va. On moving from there, Sept. 14, to Edwardss Ferry,he received a gentle hint of his inability to endure severe hard-ship. The sultry day, the rising dust, the soldiers heavy load,caused him to faint. He found assistance from one of his Way-land friends, and overtook his comrades at their first camp inthe evening. While at Edwardss Ferry, he was under the surgeons careduring three weeks. The last two months of his army duty was as a regimentalpioneer. JOHN MOORE BRUM MITT. 43 Winter-quarters at Poolesville developed a serious heart-diffi-culty ; and he was conveyed to Washington, , where his casereceived attention at Stanton Hospital. Ten days was sufficienttime to convince the surgeons of his disability for army service;and he received his discharge Feb. 24, 1863. Mr. Brummitt was of dark complexion, with blue eyes anddark hair. He stood five feet eleven inches high, and was afarmer by occupation. He still resides in Wayland. Joseph Oscar OSEPH OSCAR BULLARD became a memberof the Union army on the 5th of August, 1862, byenroUing his name as a private in Capt. RundlettsCompany (F), in the Thirty-eighth Regiment of In-fantry. He saw the urgent necessity that some of ourcitizens on the mihtary roll should heed the call ofthe President for more troops; and, with no eye for military glory, he looked around for those who could best bespared. He saw on the roll some men with wives and children,or with aged parents dependent upon them for support; and manyyoung men like himself, on whom reposed fewer of the responsi-bilities of home-life. He saw, too, the shameful record that mustbe read in future if the 3oung men of his class now quailed be-fore the mandate of duty, and sought inglorious shelter from thedanger that lay in its path; and also the happy greetings of after-time, should the present bear noble testimo
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