. The town of Wayland in the civil war of 1861-1865, as represented in the army and navy of the American union .. . e Thirty-second moved to the South-sideRailroad, and captured a large number of prisoners and a trainof cars. MARSHALL GARFIELD. 267 Rapid marches were now made in pursuit of the flying foe;and, on the ever-memorable ninth day of April, the whole armyof the rebel general was powerless in the hands of their oppo-nents. The regiment was retained as guard until May the ist,when it started for Washington, which was reached in twelvedays. On the first day of July, it arrived in Boston
. The town of Wayland in the civil war of 1861-1865, as represented in the army and navy of the American union .. . e Thirty-second moved to the South-sideRailroad, and captured a large number of prisoners and a trainof cars. MARSHALL GARFIELD. 267 Rapid marches were now made in pursuit of the flying foe;and, on the ever-memorable ninth day of April, the whole armyof the rebel general was powerless in the hands of their oppo-nents. The regiment was retained as guard until May the ist,when it started for Washington, which was reached in twelvedays. On the first day of July, it arrived in Boston harbor; and themen were finally discharged, Mr. Garfield with them, at Gal-loupes Island, on July 11, 1865. Mr. Garfield was a son of Francis and Dorcas (Stratton) Gar-field; and was born in Weston, Nov. i, 1832. He was five feetsix inches tall, light complexion, brown hair, and blue eyes; andwas by occupation a farmer at the time of entering the service. He was married to Emily Hammond of Wayland, July i,1850; and had three children when he joined the army. He stillresides in Wayland. William Henry i^ILLIAM HENRY, the son of Marshall andEmily (Hammond) Garfield, was born at Way-land, May 20, 1843. I^ stature he was five feetsix inches, with light complexion and hair, andblue eyes. He was a shoe-trimmer by enlisted for a term of three years, or duringthe war, in Company I, Capt. Brigham, of theThirty-ninth Infantry Regiment, on the first dayof August, 1862. It was then recruiting at Camp Stanton; fromwhich place, after a months drill, it was ordered to Washing-ton, After a few days in camp on Arlington Heights, it was assignedto a position near Poolsville, Md., for picket-duty along the Po-tomac. This was by no means a hard service ; and there wasbut little to relieve the monotony. An occasional sight of tlieJohnnies, on picket across the river, gave a not very unfriend-ly view of the war; while the frequent tramp from place to placealong the Uppe
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