HENRY WILSON was born Feb. 16, 1812 at Farmingham, N.H. He moved to Natick, Mass. in 1833. In 1840 he was a member of the Legislature, and was generally known as "the Natick Cobbler", in allusion to his humble occupation. He was in the State Senate in 1844, 1845, and 1850; a candidate for Governor in 1853; and chosen to the United States Senate in 1855. He was continuously in the Senate until 1872, when he was chosen Vice-President of the United States. He died in office on Nov. 22, 1875. He had a taste for martial affairs, was active in the State malitia, and during a recess of Congress in 1861 raised the Twenty-second Regiment. He was its first colonel, serving from Sept. 2 to Oct. 29, 1861.
CHARLES E. GRISWOLD was the first lieutenant-colonel of the Twenty-second, and on the death of Col. Gove, was promoted to the command of the regiment. During the greater part of his connection with the Twenty-second he was in poor health, and he resigned Oct. 16, 1862. When the Fifty-sixth Regiment was raised, he was commissioned its colonel, July 14, 1863, and was killed in action May 6, 1864, at the age of twenty-nine.
WILLIAM STOWELL TILTON was born in Newburyport, Mass. on Feb. 1, 1828. He was commissioned first lieutenant and adjudent, Sept. 12, 1861; major, Oct. 4, 1861; lieutenant-colonel, June 28, 1862; colonel, Oct. 17, 1862; brevet brigadier-general, Sept. 9, 1864; mustered out Oct. 17, 1864. He was shot through the right shoulder at the battle of Gaines' Mills, and taken prisoner. Paroled in July, he rejoined the regiment in september, and commanded the regiment, except when he was in command of the brigade, during the remainder of his term of service. He was appointed gonernor of the Eastern Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in November, 1869, and held the position until April, 1883. His present [1887] residence is Boston.
THOMAS SHERWIN was born in Boston, July 11, 1839. When Adjudent Tilton was promoted major, Lieut. Sherwin was appointed adjudent, Oct. 1, 1861. He was promoted major, June 28, 1862; lieutenant-colonel, Oct. 17, 1862; and brevet brigadier-general, March 25, 1864. He was wounded at Gaines' Mills, June 27, 1862. He commanded the regiment a large part of its term of service, while Col. Tilton was in command of the brigade, and also commanded the brigade for several months. He was also on the staff of Gen. Griffin as inspector-general during his last three months of service. After the war he was a teacher for two years in the English High School, Boston. Deputy Surveyor of the port of Boston, 1866 - 1875. City collector of Boston, 1875 - 1883. Auditor American Bell Telephone Company, 1883. President New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1885 to the present. [1887]
MASON W. BURT was born in Taunton, May 19, 1939. He was first sergeant of Company G, Forth MVI, in the three months campaign, and was in action at Big Bethel. He joined the Twenty-second as captin of Company C, which was color company. He was promoted major, Oct. 2, 1862; brevet colonel, Oct. 4, 1864. He commanded the regiment during a large portion of its latter term of service. Colonel of Third Regiment, MVI, 1866 - 1868. He now [ 1887] resides at Steubenville, O.
NELSON APLETON MILES was born in Wachusettville, a vilage of westminster, Mass. Aug. 8, 1839. He joined the Twenty-second as first lieutenant of Company E, and was appointed on Gen. Casey's staff, Nov. 7, 1861. Was discharged March 31, 1862 to accept promotion as lieutenant-colonel of the Sixty-first New York. [See "Story" page for details] Sept. 30, 1862 he was promoted to colonel. He was wounded at Chancellorsville. Promoted brigadier-general, USV, May 12, 1864; major-general, Oct. 21, 1864; mustered out Sept 1, 1866. Sept. 6, 1866 he was mustered in as colonel of the Fortieth Regular Infantry, and transferred to the Fifth, March 15, 1869, and promoted brigidier-general, Dec. 18, 1880. He was brevetted major-general of volunteers, Aug. 25, 1864; brevet brigadier-general and major general of regulars, March 2, 1867. He commanded the first division of the Second Corps at the close of the war. He has distinguished himself as an Indian fighter, and is at present [1887] in command of a department with headquarters at Los Angeles.
CHARLES JACKSON PAINE was born in Boston, Aug. 25, 1833. He entered the Twenty-second as captain of Company I, Oct. 8, 1861, and was with the regiment until Jan. 14, 1862, when he was promoted major of the Thirtieth Mass. Vols., which was known as the Eastern Bay State Regiment. He was commissioned colonel of the Second Louisiana Infantry, Oct. 25, 1862; brevet brigadier-general USV, July 4, 1864; brevet major-general USV, Jan. 15, 1865; mustered out Jan. 15, 1866. He is [1887] a lawyer, with an office in Boston. He has a fine stock-farm at Weston, and a winter residence in Boston. He is particularly noted as a yaughtsman, being one of the builders of the Puritan, and its subsequent owner; also of the Mayflower, both of which yaughts have achieved world-wide fame.
AUGUSTUS PEARL MARTIN was born in Abbot, ME., Nov. 23, 1835. He served in the three months campaign as sergeant in the Boston Light Artillery. When the Third Battery was raised he was senior first lieutenant, Sept. 5, 1861; captain, Nov. 28, 1861; brevet colonel, March 13, 1865. During his term he commanded the Artillery Brigade, and was chief of artillery of the Fifth Corps. He was wounded through the neck at Laurel Hill, May 8, 1864. Brigadier-general and senior aide-de-camp to Gov. Long; chief martial, dedication soldiers' monument, Boston, Sept. 17, 1877; commander Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, 1878, commander Massachusetts Commandry, Military Order Loyal Legion, 1879 and 1880; chief marshal, two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of settlement of Boston, Sept. 17, 1880; mayor of Boston, 1884.
WALTER SCOTT DAVIS was born in Milton, Mass. on July 15, 1837. He recruited a portion of Company F, and was commissioned second lieutenant, Aug. 7, 1861; first lieutenant, June 28, 1862; captain, Oct. 18, 1862; brevet major, July 6, 1864; brevet lieutenant-colonel, Sept. 30, 1864. He was detailed on the staff of Gen. Martindale while the regiment was on Hall's Hill in 1861; and was on Brigade Staff until the end of his service, most of the time as assistant adjutant-general. He is noe [1887] general manager of the Mammoth Bar Gold Mining Company of Auburn, Cal.
EDWIN C. BENNETT was born in Somerville, Mass. on Feb. 3, 1840. He was in Company I, Fifth MVI during the first three months of the war, and was in the battle of Bull Run. He joined the Twenty-second as sergeant of Company G, and was promoted second lieutenant, Aug. 2, 1862; first lieutenant, Dec. 16, 1862; captain, Aug. 27, 1863; brevet major and brevet lieutenant-colonel, March 13, 1865. He was wounded at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862. An ounce ball passed through the angle of his left jaw, lodging in his neck. After the war he received an appointment in the St. Louis Post Office, and was there from April 15, 1867 to December, 1883. He was money-order clerk, general cashier, and for the last eleven years of his service he was assistant postmaster. He still [1887] resides in St. Louis.
DEXTER H. FOLLETT was born in Boston, Aug. 19, 1833. He served in the first three months of the war as adjudent of the Boston Light Artillery. He was the first captain of the Third Light Battery, and commanded it until Nov. 27, 1861, when he resigned. Since the war he has been major of the First Battalion Light Artillery, MVM, major of the First Battalion of Cavalry, and is at present [1887] captain of Battery A, MVM, and a resident of Boston.
ISAAC H. STEARNS, M.D. was born in Mansfield, Mass. on June 14, 1925. He joined the regiment as a contract surgeon, in July, 1862, at Harrison's Landing, and was with it to the end of its service. He was commissioned assistant surgeon, Oct. 21, 1862; surgeon, Aug. 28, 1863. He was surgeon of the National Home for Disabled Volunteers, at Togus, Me., and at Milwalkee, Wis., from February, 1870 to September, 1876. He was at one time health officer of Milwalkee. He represented Mansfield in the Legislature of 1868. He is now [1887] practicing medicine in Cambridge.
GEORGE T. PERKINS, M.D. was born in Plymouth, Mass., March 12, 1836. Enlisted in the Twenty-second as hospital steward. Promoted to assistant surgeon in January, 1863. He was shot through the right lung at Gaines' Mills while bringing off the wounded. By the aid of George A. Sawin, of Company A, he was placed on a horse, and taken to Savage Station, where he was captured, and was a prisoner for five weeks. He was afterwards detailed acting surgeon of the artillery brigade, and surgeon in charge of the division artillery. He was mustered out with the regiment, and mustered in as assistant surgeon of the Thirty-second, and in December, 1864, mustered as full surgeon of the Twenty-sixth, and finally discharged Sept. 25, 1865. After the war he practiced medicine in Newton and in Boston, and was surgeon of the First and Seventh Infantry and Battery B, MVM, and was connected with many benevolent orders. He was a member of the Boston City Council from Ward 17 at the time of his death. Nov . 28, 1880, a pet dog jumped upon him in sport, causing him to lose his footing and fall, striking on his back. The blow, in connection with his old wound, resulted fatally, Dec. 7, 1880.
REV. CHARLES MELLEN TYLER was born in Limington, Me., Jan 8, 1831. Graduated at Yale in 1855, and settled over the Congregational Church i Natick, Mass. He was an intimate friend of Hon. Henry Wilson, who was a member of Mr. Tyler's church. He was in the Massachusetts Legislature in 1862. He was commissioned chaplain of the Twenty-second in November, 1863, and was with the regiment for about a year. He was settled in Natick nine years, and for the last fifteen years [as of 1887] he has been over a church in Ithaka, N.Y. He is one of the trustees of Cornell University, president of the Congregational Club of Syracuse, and trustee of New York Home Missionary Society.
SAMUEL I. THOMPSON was born in Tewksbury, Mass., April 17, 1820. He was mustered in as captain of Company F, Oct. 1, 1861, being then a resident of Woburn. He was wounded, and taken prisoner at Malvern Hill, July 1, 1862, and taken to Libby Prison. He was paroled July 18, 1862, and died of wounds at Baltimore, Md., Aug. 4, 1862; grief at the death of his only son undoubtibly contributing to the results. His pistol, which was taken from him by his captors, was recovered by purchase a year or to ago [as of 1887] from the ex-rebel who held it as a trophy. An excellent portrait of Capt. Thompson may be seen in the armory of thw Woburn Mechanic Phalanx.
JOHN FREDERIC DUNNING was born at Brunswick, Me., Aug 1, 1832. He was the son of Col. John A. Dunning, a soldier of 1812. He served as forth lieutenant of Company C, Fourth MVM, being transferred to Company K, Sixth MVM and was with that regiment in the march through Baltimore. Returning from the first campaign he raised Company D, Twenty-second, and was its first captain. He was a good diciplinarian and courageous officer, and his early death on the field od Gaines' Mills cut short a career that doubtless would have been a brilliant one.
GEORGE A. WASHBURN was born in Swansea, Mass., feb. 5, 1836. He was sergeant of Company G, Fourth MVM, in the three months campaign, and was in the battle of Big Bethel, Va. Helped to raise Company G, Twenty-second, and went out with it as first lieutenant, Oct. 1, 1861. Wounded at Gaines' Mills, prisoner one month, and suffered amputation of the leg. Promoted captain, July 10, 1862. Discharged March 7, 1863. Elected treasured of Taunton, March 9, 1863, and by successive elections has retained the office ever since.
BENJAMIN W. TUCKER was born in Newark, N.J., Jan. 10, 1833, and lived there until 1856, when he moved to Alton, Ill.. At the breaking out of the war he raised a company of three months men, and was captain of Company G, Ninth Illinois Volunteer Militia. At the close of the term of service he came east, and enlisted as a private in Company I, Twenty-second Massachusetts Volunteers. He was promoted sergeant; commissioned second lieutenant, May 23, 1862; first lieutenant, Aug. 12, 1862; captain, Dec. 16, 1862, and assigned command of Company E. Wounded at Rappahannock Station, Nov. 6, 1863. Mustered out with the regiment, having served three years and four months. He now [1887] is a resident of Newark, N.J.
LOUIS E. CRONE was born in Grimma, Saxony, Sept. 30, 1826. He entered the regiment as a private in Company E, and was promoted to corporal before we left the State. At the battle of Gaines' Mills, when the colorbearer was shot, Corp. Crone caught up the flag, and bore it from the field. He was slightly wounded in the foot, and a ball shattered his left elbow, making amputation necessary. He was commissioned second lieutenant, Oct. 31, 1862; and first lieutenant, Dec. 16, 1862. He joined the regiment before the wound healed, and after the battle of Chancellorsville he had thirteen pieces of bone taken from the wound. June 15, 1863, he transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps. Promoted to captain in the regular army, July 28, 1866; retired Dec. 15, 1870. After retirement, he was agent for the National Soldiers Home, office in Boston. He resided in Lexington, Ma.
JOHN HENRY SYMONS was born in Boston, July 4, 1833. He was in the Sixth Regiment in its march through Baltimore. He joined the Twenty-second as second lieutenant of Company D; first lieutenant, June 11, 1862; captain, Sept. 6, 1862; resigned Aug. 6, 1863. He is now[1887] publisher of the American Cabnet Maker, a trade paper which he established in 1870, publication office in Boston. He residence was in Woburn.
WINSOR M. WARD was born in South Danvers (now Peobody), Mass. on Dec. 30, 1833. He entered the regiment as a corporal in the Second Company of Sharpshooters, and was successivly seargeant, first sergeant, and first lieutenent of the company, being mustered as first lieutenant, May 19, 1863. He was severly wounded at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863, losing five inches of his right arm above the elbow, and was discharged Sept. 21, 1864. He was commissioned first lieutenant in Company K, Eighth MVM, Oct. 24, 1869, and was captain from April 21, 1871 to 1877. Nov. 27, 1885 he was again commissioned captain of Company K, Eighth MVM, and still [1887] commands that corps. He was postmaster of Peobody from 1869 to 1882, and from 1884 to the present time [1887]. Member and clerk of the Water Board, 1882 - 1885. Commander Post 50, G.A.R., in 1881 and 1882.
