WILLIAM H. WHITE was born in Keene, N.H., April 19, 1838. He entered the Twenty-second as first lieutenant of Company D, commissioned Oct. 1, 1861, and resigned Nov. 7, 1862. Since the war he has been acting sheriff of Davis County, Kansas; mail-route agent on the Michigan, Kansas, and Texas Railroad; And for the last six years [as of 1887] police judge at Junction City, and United States Commissioner for the Circuit Court of the District of Kansas, residing in Junction City.
AARON F. WALCOTT was born in Boston, July 19, 1836. He entered the Second Massachusetts Battery as a private, April 25, 1861; mustered in July 31, 1861; transferred to Third Battery, and made first sergeant, Dec. 1, 1861; junior second lieutenant, Dec. 12, 1861; senior second, June 29, 1862; junior first, Oct. 12, 1862; senior first, Jan. 30, 1863. In command of Third Battery from May 16, 1863 to Sept. 5, 1864, and mustered out with battery. He was a member of Gen. Grant Post 28, G.A.R., Department of Illinois, and its commander in 1886. He is now [1887] corresponding secretary of the Veteran Union League of Chicago.
WARD BROOKS FROTHINGHAM was born in Boston, Aug. 29, 1828. He was a nephew of Hon. Edward Everett, for whon the Everett Guard was named. He was made corporal of Company D, Sept. 6, 1861; wounded and prisoner at Gaines' Mills, June 27, 1862; paroled July 17, 1862, and discharged Oct. 2, 1862. In 1864 he helped recruit the Fifty-ninth (veteran) Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, and was commissioned second lieutenant, Jan. 1, 1864; first lieutenant, Aug. 10, 1864; in command of a company until March 25, 1865 when he was again captured in the attack on Fort Steadman, and was prisoner in Libby until the evacuation of Richmond. His sword taken from him by his captors was restored after the war. He is now [1887] a resident of Taunton.
JOHN LORD PARKER [co-author of the book History of the 22nd Massachusetts Infantry] was bornin Charlestown, Mass., June 7, 1837. Entering Company F as a private, was promoted corporal, Jan. 27, 1862. Wounded and taken prisoner at Gaines' Mills, June 27, 1862; paroled July 22, 1862; discharged Sept. 18, 1862. In September, 1863 joined the army at Culpepper, Va. as citizen clerk, in the employ of Capt. Sharswood, acting Brigade Commissary. Contracted malarial fever at Three-Mile Station; was sent home Nov. 7, 1863, and had a long illness. Helped to raise the Harris Guards at Woburn, and was commissioned second lieutenant, Company B, Eleventh Massachusetts Volunteers, Sept. 24, 1864; acting adjudent, Feb. 9, 1865; aid on staff of Gen. Robert McAllister, Feb. 17, 1865; mustered out June 1, 1865. Commander of Post 33, G.A.R., in 1875. Represented Ward 3, Lynn, in the Legislature of 1833.
ROBERT GOLDTHWAITHE CARTER co-author of the book History of the 22nd Massachusetts Infantry] was born in Brighton, Me., Oct. 29, 1845. Enlisted as a private in Company H, Sept. 1862 for the unexpired term of the regiment. After the battle of Gettysburg he was detailed on recruiting service at Gallop Island, where he remained until mustered out with the regiment. Appointed a cadet at West Point, July 1, 1865; second lieutenant Forth United States Calvalry, June 15, 1870; first lieutenant, Feb. 21, 1875; retired June 28, 1876. His service with the Forth Cavalry was very arduous, being in New Mexico and Arizona in Indian campaigning, and was retired "for disability incurred in line od duty". He has held positions of Professor Military Science, Massachusetts Institute Technology; Instructor Military Science and Hygene, Newton High School; Principal of School for Officer's Children, at West Point. At present [1887], Manager Washington Bureau Public Service Publishing Company of New York City.
DANIEL WALKER was born at Coventry, R.I., May 5, 1832. Before the war he served three years in Company C, Ninth MVM. Was a resident of Southbridge at the openning of the war, and recruited thirty men for Company K, which he entered sergeant, and was subsequently first sergeant. He was wounded in the leg at Gaines' Mills, and in the arm at Fredericksburg, and mustered out with the regiment. In the fall of 1864 the State was divided into military districts, and he was commissioned captain and placed in charge of District 76, comprising the towns of Southbridge, Sturbridge, and Dudley. He is at present [1887] a resident of Lowell.
MARSHALL SPRING PIKE was born in Westborough, Mass., May 20, 1818. Before the war he achieved great popularity as a negro minstrel, and the author and composer of songs. His voice was a falsetto, and he assumed female parts with great success. He is author of Home Again, Happy are we Tonight, Lone Starry Hours, and a host of other well-known songs. When the war broke out he helped recruit the band, and entered the Twenty-second as drum-major. He was taken prisoner at Gaines' Mills, and held until the following December, when, the band having been mustered out, he received his discharge. After the war he continued his musical composition, and re-entered minstrelsy. Later he was in the hotel business for several years. Some ten years ago [as of 1887] he became steward of the Constitution, a freighter on the lakes, where he is still engaged, his present address being Cleveland, O.
WALTER CARTER was born in Bridgeton, Me., Oct. 16, 1842. He was the son of Hon. Henry Carter of Bradford, Mass., and brother of Lieut. R. G. Carter. He joined thr regiment in Sept. 1862 for the unexpired term, was promoted to corporal of Company H, and served as company clerk, adjudant's clerk, and was promoted sergeant-major, Jan. 25, 1863, and was mustered out in that position. He was commissioned first lieutenant, Feb. 20, 1864, but declined to be mustered on it. He was never off duty but three days during his term of service, and was in every skirmish and battle with the regiment from Antietam to front of Petersburg, Oct. 5, 1864. Since the war [as of 1887] he has been inspector of customes at the port of Boston, and his present address is Malden.
JOHN E. DODGE was born in Exeter, N.H., Aug. 26, 1837. He entered the service in Company B, and was a corporal of that company until Oct. 1, 1862, when he was promoted quartermaster sergeant, and served in that capacity the balance of his term of enlistment. During a part of that time he was acting quartermaster, Lieut. Royce being detailed at Division Headquarters. He is [1887] a resident of Dorchester.
ARTHUR H. SODEN was born in Framingham, Mass., April 23, 1843. He entered the regiment July 13, 1863; was promoted hospital steward, May 1, 1864, and transferred to the Thirty-second when the regiment was mustered out. He is [1887] a resident of Newtonville, and in the wholesale drug business in Boston, but is best known as president of the Boston Base-Ball Association.
JOHN D. REED was born in Yarmouth, Me., Feb. 18, 1836. He served with the Third Light Battery throughout its entire term of service, as private, corporal, and quartermaster sergeant, being promoted to the latter rank, July 28, 1862. Since the was [as of 1887] he has been an active member of the National Lancers of Boston, in which city he resides.
DAVID L. JONES was born in Roxbury, Mass., Nov. 21, 1843. He was a sergeant of Company E, and served through the tern of the regiment. He was wounded at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863, and at Petersburg, June 8, 1864. Before the war he was a clerk in a store in Roxbury. The day the regiment was mustered out, Sergt. Jones re-entered the store, resumed his place, and has been there ever since. [as of 1887]
CHARLES MERRIAM was born in Woburn, Mass., March 8, 1840. Entering Company F as sergeant, Aug. 10, 1861, he was promoted first sergeant, Sept. 27, 1862. He was wounded at Chancellorsville, May 3, 1863, and at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863. He was wounded in the side at Laurel Hill, May 10, 1864, but did not leave his place in line, and a little later was shot in the head and killed. He was a splendid soldier, and well deserved the distinction of having his memory preserved by a fine oil portorait, which adorns the walls of the armory in his native town. [as of 1887]
BENJAMIN B. BROWN was born in Boston, Oct. 3, 1839. He was in the three months' campaign with the First Light Battery, MVM; and when the Third Battery was raised, he joined it, and served as sergeant until March 24, 1863, when he was discharged for disability. After the war he secured an appointment on the Boston police, and was a sergeant at the time of his death, which occured Jan. 21, 1887.
DANIEL W. BULLARD was born in Medfield, Mass., Jan. 5, 1824, was a corporal of the Brewer Guard, raised in Roxbury, and attached to the Twenty-second as Company E. He was discharged for disability, March 28, 1863. He is [as of 1887] a resident of Cambridge, and has been office clerk of the Superior Court for civil business of Suffolk County from Aug. 1865 to the present time.
FRANK W. THOMPSON, son of Capt. S. I. Thompson, was born in Chelsea, Mass., Sept. 13, 1844. He was a corporal in Company F; prompt in the performance of his duties, and ambitious to win the respect of his superiors in rank. His father was very proud of him, and believed he would win distinction as a soldier. He was killed at Gaines' Mills, June 27, 1862, and his remains fill an unknown grave.
JOSEPH H. MERRIAM, a brother of Sergt. Merriam, was born in Woburn, Mass., May 11, 1836. He was a private in Company F, and a most reliable and courageous soldier. He was mortally wounded at Gaines' Mills, June 27, 1862, and died near Watts house, July 11, 1862.
DANIEL W. LARRABEE was born in South Danvers, now Peobody, Feb. 27, 1841, and served as a private in Company F, until April 4, 1863. He was wounded at Melvern Hill and at Antietam. Since the war he has been[as oF 1887] a resident of Peobody.
GEORGE B. BROWN was born in Chelsea, Mass., July 28, 1845. He entered the regiment as drummer-boy in Company H, but on Hall's Hill was put into the ranks and served until the end of the war, being one of the men who re-enlisted. He was detailed as a Sharpshooter the last year of the war, and was in Major Jachelyn's battalion of Sharpshooters. His present [1887] address is Malden.
RICHARD HOUGHTON was born in Boston, May 6, 1841. He enlisted in Company I as a drummer, Sept. 6, 1861. At Gaines' Mills he was wounded in the right shoulder blade, the ball lodging in the left shoulder. He was transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps, March 26, 1864. After the war, he was apointed Inspector of Customs at Boston, which position he still holds. [1887]
WARNER BAILEY was born in Brookline, N.H., Dec. 10, 1833. He enlisted Aug. 12, 1862 for the unexpired term of the Third Battery, joining it at Uptom's Hill. He was in all battles from Antietam to the seige of Petersburg. He was an alderman of Lawrence in 1869; bugler of Battery B, MVM, four years; and of Battery C, seven years; sergeant in First New Hampshire Battery two years. He is at present [1887] master painter on the Concord, N.H. Railroad.
JOHN F. SANBORN was born in Charlestown, Mass., Feb. 12, 1843. He served as private of Company A from the formation of the regiment until Oct. 2, 1862, when he was discharged for disability. His present [1887] residence is Somerville, Mass.
WILLIAM F. STEELE was born in North Woodstock, Conn., March 22, 1835. His first service was in Capt. Cook's First Battery in the three months' service. He joined the Third Battery in September, 1861 and the followinf May was made guidon. He was also commisary of the battery during most of his term. In the spring of 1864 he was put in charge of the wagons of the battery, and continued until the battery was mustered out. He was a faithful soldier in every place, a man to be depended on. His present [1887] address is Woodstock, Conn.
HENRY W. TAYLOR was born in Cambridgeport, Mass., Aug. 1, 1842. While at work as an apprentice to the trade of a machinist, the war broke out, but his father would not concent to his enlistment until Sept. 12, 1861, and he was the last man to join the battery before its muster-in. He served three years with the battery, and one year in the navy as acting third assistant engineer; receiving his final discharge, Oct. 27, 1865. His present [1887] address is Everett, Mass.
DAVID K. WARDWELL was born in the District of Columbia, November 1824. He served in the war with Mexico, part of the time on the staff of Gen. Franklin Pierce. He commanded Company F, Fifth MVM, at Bull Run. He joined the Twenty-second in command of Company B, and Aug. 12, 1862 was promoted to major of the Thirty-eighth, and later lieutenant-colonel. In the following December he was assigned the command of the Thirteenth Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps. In January, 1863 he was promoted to the rank of colonel and brevet brigadier-general. After the war he served in the Mexican army with the rank of brigadier-general. Ruturning to this country, he was inspector of customs on the Rio Grande for several years, and then removed to Tombstone, Arizona, where he now [1887] resides.
JOHN K. RICHARDSON was born in woburn, Mass., July 11, 1843. He was corporal in Company D, wounded in the right arm at Laural Hill, served three years, and mustered out with the regiment. At present [1887] a master in the Boston Latin School and a resident of Newton.
JAMES OTIS BROWN was born in Lynn, Mass., Feb. 7, 1840. He joined the regiment as a recruit July 13, 1863 and was assigned to Company A. He was wounded at Laurel Hill. When the regiment mustered out he was transferred to the Thirty-second, and was made a corporal in Company L, and was finally mustered out with that regiment. He now [1887] resides in Lynn.
FITZ J. RICHARDS was born in Byfield, Mass., Oct. 19, 1842. He joined the Twenty-second as a corporal of Company H, and was with the regiment until Jan. 3, 1863 when he was discharged for disability received in the service. Since the war [as of 1887] he has been a resident of Lynn.
GEORGE B. MARTIN was born in Boston, May 4, 1842. He served three years with the Twenty-second, re-enlisted, and was transferred to the Thirty-second, and was mustered out June 27, 1865. He was color sergeant of the Twenty-second the last two years of its service. He is now [1887] a resident of Boston.
