. 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 . ll that forseveral days after our arrival at Richmondone of the Yankee prisoners was escortedto market under guard to make small pur-chases of food, or little necessaries, cards,chess-men, papers, etc., but this was soonfound to be impracticable, attracting toonmcli curiosity and subversive to disci-pline. The prisoners c
. 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 . ll that forseveral days after our arrival at Richmondone of the Yankee prisoners was escortedto market under guard to make small pur-chases of food, or little necessaries, cards,chess-men, papers, etc., but this was soonfound to be impracticable, attracting toonmcli curiosity and subversive to disci-pline. The prisoners captured at Bull Run gen-erally retained their watches, money orjewelry and in the following winterreceived at New Orleans a supply of under-clothing and coats sent from the North bythe Sanitary Connnission and which werefaithfully transmitted by the Confederateauthorities. of the Federal prisoners reachingRichmond in the summer of 1861 weresent to New-Bern, N. C., from Salisbury,in May or June, 1862, and rek-ased onparole. The addresses of the four Minute Mensurviving prisoners are: George T. Childs,(Postmaster), vSt. Albans, Vt., James , Somerville, Mass., Frank Iv. Teb-bets, Ewing, N. H. William Carver Bates,60 State Street, Boston. Minute Men of 61 16. Edward S. Wheeler, Lowell, Mass. Minute Men of 61 Co. G, 5th Mass. Co. G, 47th Regrt. Mass. Vols. M.\ , Appletou, wis. Minute Men of 61 Co. D, 5th Mass. Capt. 1st N. Y. Vol. Engineer Rt. Edward S. Wheeler, one of the ^-oungestMinute Men, was bom at Concord, Mass.,June 17, 1844. Enlisted April 19, in Com-pany G, Fifth Regiment, Takenprisoner of war at the first battle of BullRun, July ?1, 1861, and held at Richmond,Va., New Orleans, La., and vSalisbury,N. C, nearh-eleven months. Re-enlistedin Company G, Forty-Seventh Stationed at and near New•Orleans, La. Discharged September 1,1863, by expiration of service. Hiram , a Minute Man in Company E,Sixth Regiment, was
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