. 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 . D, Twenty-Third , March 4, 1870; .Seroeant, Janu-ary 3, 1872; Adjutant of the Twenty-ThirdRegiment. April 6, 1874; Major, januarv10, 1880; Lieutenant-Colonel, April 11,1881; commissioned as Brevet Colonel,January 22, 1883. Member of the Regi- mental Rifle team twelve years and Cap-tain of it three years.
. 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 . D, Twenty-Third , March 4, 1870; .Seroeant, Janu-ary 3, 1872; Adjutant of the Twenty-ThirdRegiment. April 6, 1874; Major, januarv10, 1880; Lieutenant-Colonel, April 11,1881; commissioned as Brevet Colonel,January 22, 1883. Member of the Regi- mental Rifle team twelve years and Cap-tain of it three years. Assistant Adjutant General Third Bri-gade National Guard, State of New York,March 31, 1886; Assistant Adjutant Gen-eral Second Brigade National Guard, Stateof New York, September 31, 1886. (Thislatter as a result of reorganization ). Com-missioned Brevet Brigadier (>eneral, Feb-ruary 15, 1899. Retired Mav 8, 1900. Now residing inBrooklyn, N. Y. President of VeteranAssociation, Twenty-Third Regiment fromJanuary, 1901, to present time. His ances-tors were active participants in the Revolu-tionarv War and in the war cf 1812. 146 Minute Men of 61. James H. Somerville, Mass. :Mimite Men of 61 Companx- B, Vifth Massachusetts Regiment James H. ^gs was born in Dtilhaiii,Mass., in 1838. He enlisted in April, 1S61, in CompanyB, Fifth Massachusetts \olunteer Militia,and served Regiment during thethree months rampaign. At the battle ofBull Run, July 21, 1861, was woundedby the eneni}- and for the next elevenmonths was in tlie prisons of Libby, Tus-caloosa and SalisVmry. 1 pc^n his return,he enlisted in Company D, Thirty-ThirdMassachusetts ^■olunteers, and was dis-charged in INlarch, 1863, by reason of dis-ability from wounds. In January, 1864,joined the Thirtv -Ninth United StatesCavalr\- Trcops, ^\ith which command he served during the campaign of Petersburg,in the Army of the James, and was withthe command during the entire service ofthe F;ighteenth x\rmy Cor
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