. The town of Wayland in the civil war of 1861-1865, as represented in the army and navy of the American union .. . HIS soldier was born at Waltham, March 22, 1826;the son of Amos and Mary Gleason. In person he was five feet eight inches high, oflight complexion and hair, with blue eyes. By nature he was not endowed with those abilitiesthat would enable him to fill any very important sta-tion ; yet such as he had he gave to his , although some of the less pleasant duties ofcamp were sometimes assigned to him, he never complained. His enlistment in Company K, Capt. Crafts, in the Fif
. The town of Wayland in the civil war of 1861-1865, as represented in the army and navy of the American union .. . HIS soldier was born at Waltham, March 22, 1826;the son of Amos and Mary Gleason. In person he was five feet eight inches high, oflight complexion and hair, with blue eyes. By nature he was not endowed with those abilitiesthat would enable him to fill any very important sta-tion ; yet such as he had he gave to his , although some of the less pleasant duties ofcamp were sometimes assigned to him, he never complained. His enlistment in Company K, Capt. Crafts, in the Fifth Regi-ment of Infantry, bears date July 2, 1863; and he was musteredout of service in just one year from his enlistment, althoughhis term was but for nine months. He bore a share in most of the expeditions of his regimentin North Carolina. In the engagements at Goldsborough andWhitehall he was present, and took an active part; and alsoat the capture of the rebel fortifications at Mosely Creek, May22, 1864. 276 William Thomas ILLIAM THOMAS HARLOW was born atSudbury, Mass., Feb. 17, 1835. His parents wereThomas and Mary A. Harlow. He was marriedto Julia A. Dudley of Wayland, Dec. 10, 1854;and had two children (the younger of whom wastwo years old) when he entered the army. By his descriptive list, he was five feet eightinches high, dark complexion, dark hair and joined the Thirty-eighth Infantry Regiment, Company A,Aug. 6, 1862, and shared its fortunes during its brief Marylandcampaign, in which no unusual incident occurred to him person-ally. A few of his letters indicate some degree of disgust atsoldier-life, with its deprivations and restraints ; and, whilelying for some weeks on board a crowded transport at FortressMonroe, he even intimates his willingness to leave the servicebefore the expiration of his term. Proceeding thence to Ship Island, he found himself severelyattacked with that frequent enemy of the soldier, chronicdiarrhoea. He went with his comra
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