. The town of Wayland in the civil war of 1861-1865, as represented in the army and navy of the American union .. . f?/T ^ detailed account of this young mans experienceki ) as a soldier has been obtained. He was an adoptedson of Benjamin A. and Rosalia Dudley of Way-land. In person he was of robust form and mediumheight, with dark complexion and hair; and wasabout twenty years old when he enlisted, for threeyears service, as a private in the Twelfth Regimentof Infantry, June 26, 1861. After a service of fourteen months, in which he shared thevicissitudes of the regiment in all its movements,
. The town of Wayland in the civil war of 1861-1865, as represented in the army and navy of the American union .. . f?/T ^ detailed account of this young mans experienceki ) as a soldier has been obtained. He was an adoptedson of Benjamin A. and Rosalia Dudley of Way-land. In person he was of robust form and mediumheight, with dark complexion and hair; and wasabout twenty years old when he enlisted, for threeyears service, as a private in the Twelfth Regimentof Infantry, June 26, 1861. After a service of fourteen months, in which he shared thevicissitudes of the regiment in all its movements, including thebattle of Cedar Mountain, which occurred Aug. 9, 1862, he un-wisely sought to relieve himself from further duties as a soldier;and thus, most regretfully to his friends, he too thoughtlesslyadded the stigma of deserter to his name. The only palliativeassigned by him for his unsoldierly course is extremely roughtreatment by his officers. Frank P. AfD v^^^^i^RANK P. FAIRBANKS, the son of Windsor andEliza W. Fairbanks, was born at Concord, ,July 5, 1845, In person he was five feet eightinches high, with brown hair, light complexion, andhazel eyes. His occupation was shoemaking. On the seventeenth day of September, 1863, hef ) enrolled his name as a private in Company F, Forty-fifth Infantry Regnnent, for nme months was prevented by sickness from being on duty during thebattles in which his regiment was engaged ; and the only fight-ing in which he took part was a sharp skirmish at Cole Creek. The most vexatious part of his term of service was while rid-ing at anchor on board the steamer * Mississippi, in Bostonharbor, during four days of a severe gale. Mr. Fairbanks relates a story of a negro-boy, that illustratesthe subjection of the blacks to the spirit of fear when any un-usual occurrence takes place. Soldiers were amusing themselves with tossing the boy in ablanket. At the last toss, the blanket failed to susta
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