. The town of Wayland in the civil war of 1861-1865, as represented in the army and navy of the American union .. . justice and human rights in ourgovernment, which were so seriously threatened bythe War of the Rebellion, Mr. Lovejoy could notforbear lending his personal aid in the military ser-vice. He accordingly enlisted, July 14, 1864, as a privatein Company K of the Forty-second Infantry Regi-ment. In this organization he continued for nearly four months ;being on duty in the defences of Washington, and near Alexan-dria, Va. He was called into no engagement with the enemy;and he regards t
. The town of Wayland in the civil war of 1861-1865, as represented in the army and navy of the American union .. . justice and human rights in ourgovernment, which were so seriously threatened bythe War of the Rebellion, Mr. Lovejoy could notforbear lending his personal aid in the military ser-vice. He accordingly enlisted, July 14, 1864, as a privatein Company K of the Forty-second Infantry Regi-ment. In this organization he continued for nearly four months ;being on duty in the defences of Washington, and near Alexan-dria, Va. He was called into no engagement with the enemy;and he regards the incidents in his experience of too trivial acharacter to be placed on record. Mr. Lovejoy was the son of Kimball and Sarah A. Lovejoy ;born in Boston, June 21, 1836. He was five feet five inches instature, dark complexion, with eyes and hair black, and an engi-neer by occupation. He was united by marriage with Anna of Wayland. He was honorably discharged, Nov. 11, 1864, from a war whichhe regards as a necessarv link in the achievements of this gene-ration toward universal liberty. Charles Henry &HARLES HENRY MAY was a native of Con-I G cord, Vt; and was born Jan. 30, 1837. His parentswere James and Fidelia May. With an ardent love of his country, whose peacehad been disturbed by the rebellious spirit at theSouth, and with a sense of duty that seemed im-peratively to demand his services in quelling thatspirit, he early took the resolve to volunteer as asoldier; and on the second day of July, 1861, his name is foundenrolled as a private in Company B, Sixteenth Regiment of In-fantry, then recruiting at Camp Cameron, in Cambridge, underCol. Powell T. Wyman, Mr. May was five feet eleven and three-quarters inches tall, light complexion, brown hair, blue eyes; abootmaker by trade. The six weeks of camp-duty, although filled with daily inci-dents, impressing each soldier with their seeming importance,are now regarded as unworthy of even a passing notice. was f
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