. The town of Wayland in the civil war of 1861-1865, as represented in the army and navy of the American union .. . Md. From this place he came home on a furlough; at the expi-ration of which he reported, first, at Annapolis; and was sentthence to Alexandria, Va.; and from thence, about the first ofApril, to Fortress Monroe; his regiment being now on its sec-ond visit to Savannah. After some weeks of delay here, wait-ing for transportation, and also at Hilton Head, he arrived safelyat Savannah, and joined his comrades there, about the first ofMay, in camp outside the city. The war was now over
. The town of Wayland in the civil war of 1861-1865, as represented in the army and navy of the American union .. . Md. From this place he came home on a furlough; at the expi-ration of which he reported, first, at Annapolis; and was sentthence to Alexandria, Va.; and from thence, about the first ofApril, to Fortress Monroe; his regiment being now on its sec-ond visit to Savannah. After some weeks of delay here, wait-ing for transportation, and also at Hilton Head, he arrived safelyat Savannah, and joined his comrades there, about the first ofMay, in camp outside the city. The war was now over; and, onthe last day of June, the regiment embarked for Boston, whichwas reached on the 6th, when all hands were paid off and dis-charged. FERDINAND CORMAN. 143 Mr. Gorman resides in Wayland; and although he still suffersin his limbs from the effects of the prison-experience, and thinksthat the services and perils and trials of the soldiers generallyare not appreciated by those who staid at home, yet he bears noregrets at having faithfully endeavored to do his duty to hisadopted country. Joseph Thomas ^/OSEPH THOMAS DAMON was a native of Way-land; born Jan. 12, 1835. His parents were Sewalland Martha M. (Thomas) Damon. Early after the election of Abraham Lincoln to thepresidency, there were such foretokens of a disturb-ance in the relations of the States as induced a gradu-al preparation, on the part of the North, to meet emer-gencies ; and several vessels were fitted out, some ofthem at private expense, to watch things on the coast. Witha view to make himself useful to his country, Mr. Damon volun-teered his services as a seaman in 1861, Jan. 10.* He passed firstto the receiving-ship Ohio, then at the Charlestown Navy Yard;and was soon after transferred to the ship North Carolina, inNew-York harbor. At that time, the bark Restless was nearlyfitted out for a cruise along our Southern coast; and, althoughnot the vessel of his choice, he consented to be mustered in tomak
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