Desertions, Arrests, Court-Martials
Company A
Pvt. Leroy S. Champion, res. Lynn; deserted August 21, 1862, Newport News, Virginia.
Pvt. John Clark, res. Lawrence; deserted from draft of July 13, 1863; arrested; mustered out June 21, 1864.
Pvt. Edward Dupin, res. Jersey City, N.J.; deserted October 14, 1863, Bristoe Station, Virginia.
Pvt. Etienne Duprey, res. New York; deserted October 14, 1863, Bristoe Station, Virginia.
Pvt. Charles Henry, res. New York City; deserted October 14, 1863; arrested August 24, 1864; tried by General Court-Martial and dishonorably discharged October 19, 1864.
First-Lieut. Charles M. Hamilton, res. Chelsea; dismissed by General Court-Martial, February 18, 1863.
Pvt. Launay Louis, res. New York City; deserted October 14, 1863, Bristoe Station, Virginia.
Pvt. John H. Riley, res. Stafford Springs, CT; deserted September 1863; dropped December 29, 1863.
Pvt. Charles N. Walls, res. Sturbridge; deserted from hospital, February 9, 1863.
Pvt. August Walter, res. Boston; deserted September 16, 1863, Culpeper, Virginia.
Company B
Pvt. Herman Adams, res. New York City; deserted April 15, 1864.
Pvt. Charles Archibald, res ----; reported a deserter, December 28, 1863.
Pvt. James A. Beal, res. Boston; deserted September 10, 1861.
Pvt. John Black, res. Lawrence; deserted July 20, 1863, Baltimore, Maryland.
Pvt. Peter Bope, res. Germany; deserted September 16, 1863, Beverly Ford, Virginia.
Pvt. John Coogan, res. Boston; deserted October 28, 1861.
Pvt. John Donaldson, res. Lawrence; deserted September 21, 1861, Lynnfield, Massachusetts.
Pvt. Nicholas Elbert, res. Philadelphia, PA; deserted March 31, 1864.
Pvt. Michael Houlihan, res. Chicopee; deserted June 27, 1863.
Pvt. Martin Kennedy, res. Chester; dishonorably discharged on September 2, 1864, by sentence of General Court-Martial, at Washington, D.C.
Pvt. William S. Payne, res. West Cambridge; deserted October 6, 1861, Lynnfield, Massachusetts.
Pvt. Lucius B. Rumrill, res. Northfield; deserted June 29, 1863, Frederick City, Maryland.
Pvt. August Theis, res. Germany; deserted September 16, 1863, Beverly Ford, Virginia.
Pvt. Alfred Thorp, res. West Cambridge; deserted October 6, 1861.
Company C
Pvt. Peter Brown, res. New York City; deserted October 16, 1863.
Pvt. John Farrell, res. Raynham; promoted to Corporal, February 20, 1862; deserted August 29, 1862.
Pvt. Edward Ferris, res. Ireland; deserted October 16, 1863, Centreville, Virginia.
Pvt. William H. H. Fletcher, res. Berkley; promoted to Corporal, December 8, 1862; deserted May 23, 1864.
Pvt. William Grey, res. Greenfield; deserted October 13, 1864, while on furlough.
Pvt. James H. Love, res. Boston; drafted July 14, 1863; failed to report; arrested July 1, 1864; mustered July 1, 1864; transferred from hospital at Beverly, New Jersey to White Hall Pennsylvania on May 12, 1865; no further record.
Pvt. William McBride, res. Canada; deserted October 16, 1863, Centreville, Virginia.
Pvt. John Morrissey, res. New York City; deserted October 16, 1863; reported to have enlisted in Battery C, 5th U.S. Artillery, and to have deserted from that unit as well.
Pvt. Preston O. Smith, res. New Bedford; deserted September 29, 1861, Lynnfield, Massachusetts.
Pvt. Nathaniel Wilcox, res. Springfield; deserted October 19, 1863, near Bull Run, Virginia; arrested September 9, 1864; transferred to the 32d Massachusetts Infantry, October 21, 1864.
Company D
Pvt. Jeremiah Buckley, res. Chicago, IL; deserted April 24, 1864, on furlough.
Pvt. Edward F. Fernald, res. Lawrence; deserted September 13, 1862, Frederick, Maryland.
Pvt. Michael Flanigan, res. St. John, N.B.; deserted June 1, 1864, from hospital.
Pvt. Joseph W. Foster, res. Boston; deserted October 9, 1861, New York.
Pvt. James B. Hildreth, res. Boston; deserted June 28, 1863, Frederick, Maryland.
Pvt. John Johnson, res. Andover; deserted October 2, 1862.
Pvt. Samuel Jones, res. North Reading; enlisted and mustered September 6, 1861; no further record.
Pvt. Robert Long, res. Boston; deserted September 12, 1862, Arlington Heights, Virginia.
Musician Henry Morgan, res. Berlin; deserted December 13, 1862, Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Pvt. James Ryder, res. New York City; deserted September 17, 1863, Culpeper Court House, Virginia.
Pvt. Charles H. Smith, res. ----; deserted May 6, 1864, while on furlough.
Pvt. George H. Smith, res. Boston; deserted August 11, 1863, from hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Pvt. John Sullivan, res. New York City; deserted July 1, 1864, from hospital.
Pvt. Charles Tigert, res. New York City; deserted September 17, 1863, Culpeper Court House, Virginia.
Pvt. John H. Twisden, res. Marblehead; deserted June 28, 1863, Frederick, Maryland.
Pvt. Marvin Wingate, res. Worcester; deserted May 19, 1863, Potomac Creek, Virginia.
Company E
Corp. James Blake, res. San Francisco, CA; deserted June 19, 1864, from hospital.
Pvt. Jean Bouvier, res. Boston; deserted February 25, 1864, Beverly Ford, Virginia; taken prisoner, and later employed as a waiter at Salisbury, North Carolina, December 15, 1864; no further record.
Pvt. Thomas Brady, res. Albany, N.Y.; deserted September 13, 1863, Beverly Ford, Virginia.
Pvt. Peter Casey, res. ----; deserted October 9, 1864.
Pvt. William Chester, res. Boston; deserted September 15, 1862, Rockville, Maryland.
Pvt. Jeremiah Cronan, res. South Boston; deserted July 1, 1863, Frederick, Maryland.
Pvt. John H. Downey, res. Boston; deserted July 31, 1862, Harrison's Landing, Virginia.
Pvt. Peter Downey, res. New Haven, CT; deserted September 13, 1863, Beverly Ford, Virginia.
Pvt. James Dunn, res. Boston; deserted September 16, 1863, Beverly Ford, Virginia.
Pvt. Terrance Goldrich, res. Ireland; deserted October 12, 1863, Beverly Ford, Virginia.
Pvt. Richard Gurrey, res. Roxbury; deserted July 4, 1862, Harrison's Landing, Virginia.
Pvt. Joseph Hoff, res. Hudson, N.Y.; deserted September 13, 1863, Beverly Ford, Virginia.
Corp. James Houghton, res. ----; enlisted and mustered September 9, 1861; no further record.
Pvt. John Lally, res. Roxburuy; deserted August 15, 1862.
Pvt. John Lynch, res. Roxbury; deserted January 7, 1863, from hospital, Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Company F
Pvt. Joseph E. Annis, res. Danvers; deserted April 20, 1864, Beverly Ford, Virginia; arrested August 17, 1865; dishonorably discharged November 29, 1865.
Pvt. Michael Connor, res. Boston; deserted June 29, 1863.
Pvt. John Coughlin, res. Charlestown; deserted June 29, 1863.
Pvt. James Cummings, res. Boston; deserted September 12, 1862, Frederick, Maryland.
Pvt. William Curran, res. New York City; taken prisoner while absent in desertion, May 6, 1864; paroled February 27, 1865; furloughed March 10, 1865, from Camp Parole, Maryland; failed to return and became a deserter on April 10, 1865.
Pvt. Joshua S. Gabriel, res. Charlestown; promoted to Corporal on October 19, 1862; deserted at Chancellorsville, Virginia on May 3, 1863; released October 9, 1863; wounded at the Wilderness, Virginia on May 5, 1864; was dishonorably discharged on October 17, 1864, as a Private.
Pvt. James Hale, res. Washington; deserted June 29, 1863, Frederick, Maryland.
Pvt. Frank G. Hammond, res. Charlestown; mustered August 10, 1861, no further record.
Pvt. William E. Johnson, res. Milford; deserted November 27, 1863, Kelly's Ford, Virginia.
Pvt. John McCue, res. New York City; dropped as a deserter June 27, 1864.
Pvt. George H. Norton, res. Boston; mustered August 27, 1862; turned over to the 32d Massachusetts Infantry as a deserter; no further record; his name does not appear on the rolls of the 32d Massachusetts Infantry.
Pvt. Michael Tuohy, res. New York City; deserted November 27, 1863, Kelly's Ford, Virginia.
Pvt. Count De Leon Williams, res. Holen; prisonere June 27, 1862, Gaines' Mill, Virginia; released August 8, 1862; deserted to the enemy on April 28, 1863; refused to be exchanged and was paroled on May 14, 1863; no later record.
Pvt. Thomas Woodman, res. South Danvers; dropped June 27, 1864, General Order #92, United States War Department.
Company G
Pvt. Daniel Bodwell, res. Melrose; deserted August 26, 1862, Falmouth, Virginia.
Pvt. Richard Boyce, res. Canada; deserted September 18, 1863, Culpeper, Virginia.
Pvt. James Comer, res. Boston; deserted October 23, 1862, from hospital.
Pvt. William H. Hughes, res. New York City; deserted February 29, 1864, from hospital at Washington, D.C.
Pvt. John Pryor, res. Brooklyn, N.Y.; deserted May 1, 1864, Beverly Ford, Virginia.
Company H
Pvt. John Bonner, res. Liverpool, England; wounded at Bethesda Church, Virginia, June 3, 1864; furloughed from hospital, August 12, 1864; failed to return, and was considered a deserter beginning September 12, 1864.
Pvt. James Conry, res. Lynn; deserted April 28, 1863, Chancellorsville, Virginia.
Pvt. James M. Kelly, res. Haverhill; dropped as a deserter on June 28, 1863; arrested on October 7, 1864, and assigned to the 32d Massachusetts Infantry, October 21, 1864.
Pvt. John Morrison, res. New York City; deserted February 27, 1864, Beverly Ford, Virginia.
Pvt. John Stewart, res. Brookline; deserted March 5, 1864, Beverly Ford, Virginia.
Pvt. George Taylor, res. New York City; deserted May 2, 1864, Brandy Station, Virginia.
Pvt. James Warren, res. New York; deserted May 1, 1864, Brandy Station, Virginia.
Company I
Pvt. James Bradley, res. Boston; deserted September 10, 1862; no further record.
Pvt. Edward Burns, res. Boston; dropped as a deserter, July 28, 1863.
Pvt. James Conlin, res. Cambridge; dropped as a deserter, July 29, 1863.
Pvt. Colin Douglas, res. North Chelsea; deserted September 14, 1863, Beverly Ford, Virginia; arrested and reported, sent from Forrest Hall, D.C., to the Army of the Potomac on October 5, 1863; no further record.
Pvt. Owen Farrell, res. Salem; deserted June 3, 1862, Alexandria, Virginia.
Pvt. Hans F. Harm, res. Roxbury; deserted July 4, 1863, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; surrendered April 17, 1865, under President Lincoln's Proclamation; mustered out May 30, 1865.
Pvt. Anthony McGinty, res. Boston; deserted June 1863.
Pvt. George Sutherland, res. Preston, CT; deserted September 14, 1863, Beverly Ford, Virginia.
Company K
Pvt. James Angelin, res. Boston; enlisted and mustered, September 6, 1861; no further record.
Pvt. Thomas Cain, res. Charlton; dropped as a deserter, October 1, 1862.
First-Sergt. Franklin R. J. Clark, res. Sandwich; dropped as a deserter, October 1, 1862.
Pvt. Richard Everett, res. Worcester; dropped as a deserter, August 31, 1863; returned to duty on November 18, 1863.
Pvt. Andrew R. Gamage, res. Boston; deserted on August 28, 1862; released July 1, 1863; transferred July 1863 to Invalid Corps; died August 12, 1863, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as of 3d Company, 1st Battalion, Invalid Corps.
Pvt. Patrick Hayes, res. Andover; deserted September 8, 1862; enlisted in the U.S. Navy for one year; served out his time, and was discharged. After his discharge, he was arrested, November 26, 1863, as a deserter from the 22d Massachusetts Infantry; was sent to Washington, D.C. on January 10, 1864; escaped, exact date not known; dropped as a deserter, April 7, 1864.
Pvt. Soloman Lowe, res. East Boston; deserted October 1, 1861.
Pvt. John Marra, res. Sturbridge; deserted September 12, 1862; arrested, date not shown on his record; in custody at Washington, D.C. on September 26, 1862, charged with murder; confined at Old Capital Prison, November 4, 1862; escaped January 3, 1863; no further record.
Pvt. Richard H. Meady, res. Abington; dropped as a deserter, August 31, 1863; no further record.
Pvt. James Meehan, res. Charlestown; deserted September 9, 1862; arrested, October 14, 1862; dropped as a deserter, July 29, 1863; no further record.
Pvt. Charles E. Mitchell, res. Boston; dropped as a deserter, May 8, 1864.
Pvt. Thomas Moore, res. New York City; deserted March 26, 1864, Beverly Ford, Virginia.
Pvt. Charles P. Morse, res. Sturbridge; deserted October 21, 1862.
Pvt. Michael Scanlan, res. Chicopee; deserted October 31, 1862; dropped as a deserter, December 31, 1862.
Pvt. Samuel Walton, res. Taunton; deserted March 26, 1864, Beverly Ford, Virginia.
Second Company, Massachusetts Volunteer Sharpshooters
Pvt. Frederick A. Baron, res. Lowell; deserted October 3, 1862.
Pvt. James Graham, res. Lowell; dropped as a deserter, July 31, 1862.
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