. The town of Wayland in the civil war of 1861-1865, as represented in the army and navy of the American union .. . period of his army-life. * Diarrhoea, of which he died. EL/AS WHITFIELD FARMER. 261 While at New Orleans, he was so sick as to be unable to writeto his friends. But, during all his trials and discomforts, he neverallowed a murmur to escape his lips ; and not a word of discon-tent did he ever send in his letters home. The nearest approachto a disquiet spirit was when, after oft-repeated disappointmentsin obtaining a furlough, he said to a friend, If I do not havea furlough soon, I
. The town of Wayland in the civil war of 1861-1865, as represented in the army and navy of the American union .. . period of his army-life. * Diarrhoea, of which he died. EL/AS WHITFIELD FARMER. 261 While at New Orleans, he was so sick as to be unable to writeto his friends. But, during all his trials and discomforts, he neverallowed a murmur to escape his lips ; and not a word of discon-tent did he ever send in his letters home. The nearest approachto a disquiet spirit was when, after oft-repeated disappointmentsin obtaining a furlough, he said to a friend, If I do not havea furlough soon, I shall have to take one in a wooden box. His letters bore constant testimony of regard to his parents,to whom he often transmitted his dearly-earned wages. Only amonth before his death, he sent them his last token, — sixtydollars. The only battle at which he was present was at Port Hudson ;and here he was too feeble to be of much service in the terribleassaults resulting in the capture of that place. He died at BatonRouge on the last day of October, 1863; at which place hisremains repose. Marshall •ITH a family depending upon him for support,and having a son ah-eady at the front as a vol-unteer, Mr. Garfield had felt the burden of volun-tarily joining the army to bear on other men uponwhom rested fewer of the responsibilities of , when volunteer service was not available forfilling the required quotas, the inexorable law ofQJ conscription was resorted to; and his name was returned as a drafted soldier, July i8, 1863. The first rendezvous was at Concord, Mass.; the Agricultu-ral Building being used as a guard-house. Great strictness wasobserved in keeping the conscripts from deserting. He, withothers, was next conveyed to Long Island, in Boston harbor,where he remained about a month; when, with a lot of roughs from New York, he, with several comrades, was placed on boarda transport for a Southern destination. After getting fairly outto sea, the roughs from
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