. 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 latter state;was disabled on picket duty at BarnwellsPlantation and was honoraljly dischargedApril 22, 1863. Peter N. Sprague, Hinuliani. Men of 61Co. I, 4th Regt. Capt. 4th & .S5th Peter N. Sprague was born in Ilingham,December 16, 1826. Sergeant in CompanyI, Fourth Regiment I^incoln Lig
. 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 latter state;was disabled on picket duty at BarnwellsPlantation and was honoraljly dischargedApril 22, 1863. Peter N. Sprague, Hinuliani. Men of 61Co. I, 4th Regt. Capt. 4th & .S5th Peter N. Sprague was born in Ilingham,December 16, 1826. Sergeant in CompanyI, Fourth Regiment I^incoln LightInfantr\, and was three months at FortressMonroe, Newport News and Hampton, Va.,April to July, 1861. On May 26, 1862, ap-peared on Boston Common for active ser-vice as Second I^ieutenant. Services notrequired and sent home. Captain Com-pany I, Fourth Regiment, June 23,1862. Honorabl)- discharged September29, 1862. Commissioned Second I^ieuten-ant, Plfty-Fifth Massachusetts Infantry,Company A, September 24, 1864. FirstI^ieutenant, April 1, 1865. Mustered outAugust 29, 1865, at Mount Pleasant,vS. C, and finally discharged at GalloupssIsland,Boston Harbor, September 25, at James Island, Money Hill andsiege of Charleston, S. C. Minute Men of 61 107. George A. Edsox. Wliitinaii. Mass. Minute Men of 61 Co. F„ 4th Regt. Seru^t. 1st Mass. Cav. George A. Edson was born in KastBridgewater, Mass., June , 1840. Onthe morning of April 16, 1<S61, he went towork in Hobarts steam mill carrying hisdinner. Hearing Captain Allen of SouthAbington was to leave with Company E,Eourth that morning for Boston,left his dinner pail at the mill, took thefirst conveyance he could secure for SouthAbington, joined Cm]iany I{ and wentwith them to the front. Served at FortressMonroe, Newport News and Hampton,\a., three months. Discharged to Boston,Jidy 22, 1861. Re-enlisted November 19,1861, in Company I, Independent Bat-talion Massachusetts Cavalry, later theFourth fo
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