. Soldiers of Oakham, Massachusetts, in the revolutionary war, the war of 1812 and the Civil war . WILLIAM HARRISON Mass. Infantry SERGEANT WILLIAM I. TEMPLE25th Mass. Infantry THE CIVIL WAR—I3TH MASS. INFANTRY 179 beloved by the soldiers, and he was pronounced the best orderlysergeant in the regiment. He was made Commissary Sergeantof the regiment, May i, 1862, and was commissioned SecondLieutenant, May 25 of the same year. February 28, 1863, he waspromoted to First Lieutenant. He bore an active part in thedisastrous battle of Chancellorsville, in May, 1863, and at Gettys-burg, J
. Soldiers of Oakham, Massachusetts, in the revolutionary war, the war of 1812 and the Civil war . WILLIAM HARRISON Mass. Infantry SERGEANT WILLIAM I. TEMPLE25th Mass. Infantry THE CIVIL WAR—I3TH MASS. INFANTRY 179 beloved by the soldiers, and he was pronounced the best orderlysergeant in the regiment. He was made Commissary Sergeantof the regiment, May i, 1862, and was commissioned SecondLieutenant, May 25 of the same year. February 28, 1863, he waspromoted to First Lieutenant. He bore an active part in thedisastrous battle of Chancellorsville, in May, 1863, and at Gettys-burg, July I, 2, and 3 of the same year. He was appointed Cap-tain, October 4, and assigned to the command of Co. K, onDecember 9. He was in the series of battles in May and Junefrom the Wilderness to Petersburg, and was mustered out at theexpiration of his term of service. When he returned from the war, the farm in Westboro hadbeen sold, and Mrs. Kimball had removed to Enfield. He joinedher there and made this town his residence for the remainderof his life. The people of Enfield honored him from
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