. 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 . n 1896. Was Commander of Abra-ham Lincoln Post No. 11, Department ofMassachusetts; Commander of .A. R. Hul-btirt Post No. 60, Department of Vermont,one term, and Commander of the Depart-ment of Vermont, G-A-R., one term. George T. Guilds. St. Albans, Vt. Minute Men of 61 Co. K, 5th Mass. Vols. William T. Eustis was born i
. 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 . n 1896. Was Commander of Abra-ham Lincoln Post No. 11, Department ofMassachusetts; Commander of .A. R. Hul-btirt Post No. 60, Department of Vermont,one term, and Commander of the Depart-ment of Vermont, G-A-R., one term. George T. Guilds. St. Albans, Vt. Minute Men of 61 Co. K, 5th Mass. Vols. William T. Eustis was born in Rumford,Me., August 19, 1837. At the breakingout of the war was in Boston, in the hard-ware business with the late Benjamin Cal-lender. When President Lincolns firstcall was made for seventy-five thousandmen, without an hours notice he left hiscitizens dress in the store and put on a loyal uniform. Enlisting in CompanyI (afterward Company B), SomervilleLight Infantry, Captain George O. Bras-tow. Notwithstanding he re-enlisted after hisfirst term of service, he has alwaj-s lookedupon the answer to that first call, as themost patriotic of them all, for he left abusiness paying him a handsome incometo enlist as a private, because his countrycalled. Minute Men of 61 175. Edward K. Davis Minute Men of 61 Co. K, 5th Mass. Sergt. Co. H, 19th Mass. Vols. Born in Haverhill, in 1819. His grand-father, William Davis, was a Minute Manin the Revolution as were his brothersEbenezer and Charles. His mothersuncle. General Benjamin Moers, for gallantservice at Fort Ticonderoga, was given alarge tract of land in New York near LakeChamplain now known as Moers, the deedof which is still in the Davis family. As he was on the Police force of Charles-town, he could not get released in time tojoin the Sixth Regiment in which weremany of his friends and relatives, but lateron enlisted in the City Guards Fifth Regi-ment, Colonel Boyd commanding. He afterwards re-enlisted in CompanyH, Nineteenth Regime
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