. History and complete roster of the Massachusetts regiments, minute men of '61 who responded to the first call of President Abraham Lincoln, April 15, 1861, to defend the flag and Constitution of the United States ... and biographical sketches of minute men of Massachuetts . William Stuart Stirling, Bd-ston, Men of 61Sth Mass. Corp. 23d Mass. Serg-t. 62d Mass. Vols. William vStuart Stirling was born inClarkson Toll, Scotland, July 18, April 16, 1861, in Company A,Eighth Regiment, , during thethree months campaign; discharged Au-gust 1, 1861; enlisted vSeptember
. History and complete roster of the Massachusetts regiments, minute men of '61 who responded to the first call of President Abraham Lincoln, April 15, 1861, to defend the flag and Constitution of the United States ... and biographical sketches of minute men of Massachuetts . William Stuart Stirling, Bd-ston, Men of 61Sth Mass. Corp. 23d Mass. Serg-t. 62d Mass. Vols. William vStuart Stirling was born inClarkson Toll, Scotland, July 18, April 16, 1861, in Company A,Eighth Regiment, , during thethree months campaign; discharged Au-gust 1, 1861; enlisted vSeptember 4, 1861,Company A, Twent\-Third Regiment,Massachusetts Volunteers; promoted Cor-poral December 7. 1862; wounded atWhitehall, N. C., December 16, 1862, andCold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864; dischargedOctober 13, 1864; enlisted as Second Ser-! eant, acting as First Sergeant March 29,1865; Company D, Sixty-Second Regi-ment, Massachusetts .Volunteers; dis-charged Maj- 5, 1865; belonged to theArmy and Navy Union while in existance;mustered in June 17, 1870, Post 49, G-A-R,Newbiiryport, Mass. Minute Men of 61 269. WiLLrAM H. Williams Minute Men of 61 Co. G, Sth Mass. and 1st Mass Rattery The following is taken from the warhistor} of Post 60, Franklin, Mass. Com-rade WilHam H. Williams was born Janu-ary 2, 1840, on ship in the English Channelhigh seas He vohuiteered April 15, 1861,in Compan} G, Eighth MassachusettsVolunteers, Minnte Men of 61. Mus-tered out August 31, 1861, and immediatel_vre-enlist^d in the First MassachusettsBattery. Was promoted to Corporal,October 30, 1861, and to Sergeant Febru-ary, 1863, in campaign under GeneralBurnside ; and finally mustered out August29, 1865, at Charlestown, Va., after closeof the Southern Rebellion. During thewar he participated in the following battles :Siege of Yorktown, Battle of \\illiamsburg,]\Iay 5, 1862; followed by WhitehouseLanding and Hanover Court House. Theseven days battle before Richmond, atMechanicsville, June 29, and Malvern H
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