return, Captain Upham was put in command of a small steamer at New Orleans, and engaged in running supplies round into Mobile Bay. He was then sent to New York with an iron-clad rebel vessel, taken as a prize. He performed other services under Admiral Farragut, and came with him to New York, in January, 1865. Soon after he was ordered to take command of a steamer which was fitting out at Philadelphia to take supplies down the southern coast. He ranked as a lieutenant in the navy, when he resigned, which was not long after Lee's surrender.

Captain J. C. DUTCH of Worcester, was in the naval service during the war. In 1863, he was stationed in St. Helena Sound, South Carolina, in command of the United States barque Kingfisher. While there he performed a gallant exploit which may enliven these pages.

When the rebels abandoned Edisto Island, they left not only their household goods, but large crops of corn and potatoes in the field, besides many horses and mules, oxen and cows. Of course they were constantly tempted to return, by stealth, and help themselves to their former property. Parties used to go over until Captain Dutch was informed by a couple of negroes, that a cavalry picket of ten men had been stationed on Edisto Island. He laid his plans, and succeeded in capturing the whole picket, except one who happened to be absent, together with all their equipments, saddles, bridles, spurs, rations, clothing, pistols, carbines, and their newly arrived mail matter and dispatches. All this was done without the loss of a man. The whole affair was conceived and carried out with boldness, energy and completeness. The men captured proved to be personages of some local distinction, young men mostly of the first class. They were very gentlemanly in their deportment, and when handed over to the authorities at Port Royal, by Captain Dutch, they expressed their thanks for his courtesy to them.

SECTION III.-WORCESTER SOLDIERS IN OTHER TOWNS AND

STATES.

The number of natives of Worcester who engaged in the war, and were credited to other cities and towns in this state, and to other states, could not be ascertained without examining the corrected rolls of every arm of the service, state and national. The attempt to do this will not be undertaken. A long list of names has been collected, but it is too imperfect to be put in print. The sons of Worcester who were credited elsewhere, will have their place in the history of those places in which they resided. It is quite possible that the number of natives of the city who were credited to other places, was as large as the number of the same class who helped to fill our quota. They were to be found in nearly, if not quite every loyal state, and in many regiments of those states. They will be duly honored wherever they are known, but their names cannot be gathered to grace the pages of the history of their birth-place. There were some, however, among this class, who attained to considerable distinction. There were others residents but not natives - who enlisted elsewhere, whose names are synonymns of patriotism, of whom brief, but respectful mention may be expected in these memorials. Some of these died in the service, and their record will be found in the chapter of biography.

Conspicuous among the sons of Worcester, who went to the war from other states, was HASBROUCK Davis, Esq., son of the late Hon. John Davis. He was a lawyer in practice in Chicago, at the outbreak of the war. He was impelled by a patriotic spirit to enter the service, though at the sacrifice of his business. He was active in raising a regiment of cavalry, and became its colonel. After varied and honorable service in the east and west, from the Potomac to the Red River, he became brigadier-general by brevet, and closed his miltary career with honor.

JOHN LEVERETT THOMPSON, Esq., son of Mr. William C. Thompson, of Worcester, became distinguished in the New Hampshire Cavalry. He was born in New Hampshire, but

came to Worcester with his father's family in 1852, which was his home until 1860. He was educated at Dartmouth College, after which he studied law with Hon. Francis H. Dewey, of this city, and at the Harvard Law School. Having removed to Chicago, he had just commenced the practice of law, when the rebellion broke out, and he joined a company of artillery as a private. The company was stationed at Cairo, Illinois, several months. His health failing him in that locality, he came to New Hampshire, and joined the New Hampshire Battalion in the Rhode Island Cavalry. This was a regiment raised in the latter state, to which the four companies of the New Hampshire Cavalry were united. He entered as second-lieutenant, but soon became captain of the second company of the battalion, but company K, of the regiment. In the course of the war, he became major of the battalion, then lieutenant-colonel of the regiment. In the beginning of 1864, the New Hampshire Battalion was detached from the Rhode Island Regiment, and by the addition of other companies raised in New Hampshire, became a regiment of "Granite State" men, with Colonel Thompson for commander. The history of the battalion and the regiment is full of proof that the officers and men were among the very best cavalry in the armies of the Union. They won a high reputation, which will reflect lasting honor upon them and upon the state which they represented. Before the regiment was discharged, the commander was made brigadier-general by brevet. After the war he returned to Chicago and resumed his profession.

Rev. THOMAS W. HIGGINSON was known before the war as a Unitarian clergyman, who had preached here, for a time, as well as elsewhere, and also as a writer of singular force and elegance. Worcester was then his residence. He entered the army as captain of company C, Fifty-first Regiment, nine months' volunteers, under command of Colonel A. B. R. Sprague. When the government had sufficiently conquered its prejudices to take colored men into its service, he became colonel of the First Regiment of South Carolina

(colored) Volunteers. This promotion was on the seventeenth of November, 1862. The situation was as trying as it was conspicuous, and it is enough to say that Colonel Higginson gained honorable distinction in his command. He gathered a regiment who knew nothing of military service, never having been permitted to bear arms, or be members of any military organization, and who had hardly any qualification but their manhood, their patriotism, and their zeal to prove themselves worthy of the boon of freedom. But such qualifications and incentives were sufficient, and his men became good soldiers. As the pioneer officer in this great revolution, this recognition of the colored man, bond or free, as fit for military duty, — this inauguration of a new era in our history, - Colonel Higginson will fill an honorable place in the annals of the war.

It would be gratifying, if it were possible, to record in this connection the names of hundreds of spirited young men, whose home was here, like Willis T., son of Rev. Mr. Richardson, but who were credited to other towns and states.

SECTION IV. COLORED TROOPS FROM WORCESTER.

The number of colored soldiers from this city was quite large in proportion to the number who were called into service in all parts of the country. Some few went to Rhode Island, when Governor Sprague recruited a regiment of colored volunteers. In the Fifty-fourth, Colonel Robert G. Shaw, there were fifteen men from Worcester. The Fifty-fifth, Colonel Norwood P. Hallowell, had five.

There were twenty-two in the Fifth Cavalry, three years' troops. Others were scattered in different organizations, so that it is impossible to ascertain the whole number who represented the city in the field.

CHAPTER XVIII.

BENEVOLENCE OF WORCESTER IN THE WAR.

In this chapter such information will be presented as can now be found, showing the amount contributed during the war, by the people of the city, for the benefit of the soldiers, and also for the freedmen. The whole amount can never be known, because immense sums, in the aggregate, were sent or carried to the soldiers in the field, the hospital, or the prison, of which no account was ever rendered. All the facts accessible will be gathered in this connection, and perhaps data sufficient may be found to warrant an estimate approximating to the sum total of contributions.

As soon as the Light Infantry, and the Third Battalion left for the war, it became necessary to furnish them with supplies of clothing and other articles, which could not be provided before they departed. The ladies of Worcester promptly met the necessity, and entered upon a course of labor which was continued during the contest. Several ladies connected with various churches in the city, volunteered to raise the necessary funds to purchase flannels to be made into undershirts for the volunteers. A considerable sum had been collected by the twenty-fourth of April, less than a week after the conflict in the streets of Baltimore.

On the twenty-fifth of April a meeting of ladies was held at the vestry of the Central Church, (Rev. Dr. Sweetser's), to adopt measures for the supply of our troops with clothing. Mrs. John Boyden presided, and Miss Martha Le Baron served as secretary pro tem. The following were chosen as perma