. The town of Wayland in the civil war of 1861-1865, as represented in the army and navy of the American union .. . by which he ob-tained a small pension after his discharge. He next moved with his regiment to Fort St. Philip, on theriver, seventy miles below New Orleans ; and subsequently tothe city of New Orleans, where provost-guard duty was the soleservice required. Here heart-disease manifested itself; and he remained in hos-pital-quarters for treatment until Jan. 2, 1863,* when he was dis-charged from the service for disability. * He had also an attack of fever and ague at this :5
. The town of Wayland in the civil war of 1861-1865, as represented in the army and navy of the American union .. . by which he ob-tained a small pension after his discharge. He next moved with his regiment to Fort St. Philip, on theriver, seventy miles below New Orleans ; and subsequently tothe city of New Orleans, where provost-guard duty was the soleservice required. Here heart-disease manifested itself; and he remained in hos-pital-quarters for treatment until Jan. 2, 1863,* when he was dis-charged from the service for disability. * He had also an attack of fever and ague at this :53 34 JOHN BRADSHAW. Judging by the contents of a few letters sent to his friends,he possessed many feehngs of kindly regard, even for thosewhose unkindly treatment in his earlier years might in otherminds have produced coldness. Of his pay, he sent regularlytwelve dollars per month to his friends. In November following his discharge, he was married to LucyClark of Wayland. Not long after, under the influence of anirrepressible impulse, the hand of self-destruction terminated hismortal life. John Baker ED by the spirit of the times, Mr. Brigham becamea soldier for three years, or during the war, asa private in the Thirty-fifth Infantry Regiment(Company D), July 31, 1862. He was born in Marlborough, Mass., Aug. 11, 1835 ; and was a farmer by occupation. In stature he was five feet seven inches, of light complexion, light hair, and blue eyes. He was united by marriage with Ann Mary Glezen of Weston, May 6, i860; and had one child when he entered the army. Artemas and Mary Brigham were the names of his parents. The details of his military career are coincident with hiscomrades of the Thirty-fifth until the regiment left CrabOrchard for its Vicksburg campaign. His first fighting ex-perience was at South Mountain. He was one whose naturaltemperament would not lead him to seek exposures to dangerfor the sake of a name ; but no sense of abject fear, on theother hand, ever tem
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