History of the town of Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, from its first settlement, to 1882 . re and blood which beganin 1861, the town responded to all calls of the gov-ernment for material support. The proportion ofvolunteers in the service to the men enrolled and lia-ble to military duty would bear favorable comparisonwith any town in the state. Nearly all that couldleave home, buckled on their armor and repaired tothe Union camp, and while in the service, no blotrests upon the names of any for cowardice or deser-tion. The record of the town is untarnished, and it TOWN OF RICHMOND.
History of the town of Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, from its first settlement, to 1882 . re and blood which beganin 1861, the town responded to all calls of the gov-ernment for material support. The proportion ofvolunteers in the service to the men enrolled and lia-ble to military duty would bear favorable comparisonwith any town in the state. Nearly all that couldleave home, buckled on their armor and repaired tothe Union camp, and while in the service, no blotrests upon the names of any for cowardice or deser-tion. The record of the town is untarnished, and it TOWN OF RICHMOND. 209 may well be said that patriotism has not ceased to bean active virtue with this people, as attested by theaction taken by the town, and the heroism displacedby her soldiers in this the greatest of all wars, thewar of the Rebellion. In recording the part taken by the town, it is need-less to enlarge on the general or personal sacrificesmade, a simple statement of facts is sufficient to showthe desperate and sanguinary nature of the incidents of this are happily not involved in the. obscurit}- of former wars, as the living actors in thetragic scenes are still with us, and the records aremore full and complete of the part they took. Thepeople of the town shared in the general indignationand alarm which thrilled the North when the news ofthe bombardment of Fort Sumter first flashed overthe wires; true to the instinct of the fathers, theywere quick to discern the danger that threatened thelife of the nation. They instinctively rallied aroundand resolutely stood by the old flag in the time of thenations greatest need ; but not in the spirit of rejoic-ing was the unwelcome news received, but rather ofgrief, mingled with high resolve and determination torescue the country from impending disunion. Some,>4 2IO HISTORY OF THE undoubtedly, were inclined to question the meansthat had been used for pacification, and believed thata broad and comprehensive statesmanship sho
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