decease occurred about two years since. Though he died in a distant city, his memory is fragrant in the home of his childhood. COLOR-BEARER John E. Lewis. An incident at the battle of Cold Harbor, is the best eulogy of this brave young man, who enlisted from Worcester in company K, of the Twenty-fifth. The first banner presented to the regiment by the ladies of Worcester, had been so torn by over two years of service as to require an honorable discharge. It was delivered into the hands of Mayor Lincoln, to be forever preserved by the city. The unfailing patriotism of the ladies immediately supplied another standard. Says General Pickett: "There was nothing that so inspired our soldiers with a determination to do their duty, as this continued evidence of the interest felt in them, and the cause they were fighting for, by the noble women at home." Before the battle of Cold Harbor, Colonel Pickett called the color-guard together, told them that warm work was expected, and urged them to keep the flag in its place, whatever might happen. He spoke to brave, intrepid, patriotic men. In the battle which ensued, the national flag, in the hands of one of the sergeants, was "blown into fragments by a shell, and scarcely nothing was left but a portion of the staff." Then the blue flag, the gift of the ladies of Worcester, was flung to the breeze. Three colorbearers were shot down, when Lewis in his intrepidity and daring, raised the flag once more in sight of friends and foes. He was in advance of the line, for the men around him had fallen. "Johnny Lewis," says Captain J. Waldo Denny, “was alone. In such a storm of bullets no man can live. Men see him stagger. He takes the staff from the socket and plants it in the ground,- for brave Johnny Lewis, as he stands there facing death, determines, if his mortal body falls, the colors of the old Twenty-fifth shall stand, proudly, defiantly erect! For a moment he reels to and fro as if tenacious of life, turns his eyes heavenward, and falls to the earth, grasping the colors, and lies there, enshrouded in the folds of the flag! Upon that banner his manly form reposes, and it is stained with his gallant blood." That flag, doubly sacred now, did not fall into the hands of rebels; for Casey, of company C, bravely rushed forward, seized and saved it. Such men as Lewis may fall, but their spirit enters into their surviving comrades, and makes heroes of them all. The effect stops not with them; the next generation of young men read the story, and learn that it is "beautiful and sweet to die for one's country." May Worcester never lose this "breed of noble bloods." THESE biographical notices, already drawn out beyond all expectation, must here be brought to a close. Perhaps the names of others could be mentioned, as worthy of the laurel wreath as those whose virtues and bravery are here commemorated; but these are all which were found by a careful search of the journals of the day, or by inquiry of personal friends. None have been intentionally omitted. This however is of little consequence. The "Roll of Honor" which fills the next chapter, is the record of hard service and heroic devotion. All recorded in that list, who did their duty, and stood faithful to the flag of their country, need no other biography. One thing, however, remains to be done by the city of Worcester, before her debt of gratitude to her fallen heroes can be paid. She owes it to herself as well as, and as much as to them, to erect a noble monument to their sacred memory. The attention of the citizens has been forcibly called to this subject by the Hon. James B. Blake, the popular and patriotic mayor of the city, and it must be that his recommendation, in some suitable form, will yet meet with a favorable response. It is honorable to the living to honor the virtuous and heroic dead. The remains of those who fell in the contest, so far as possible, have been tenderly brought home, and laid in the grave, by loving and respectful ministries, as Manoah buried his son of "seven-fold strength." 66 Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Soaked in his enemies' blood, and from the stream All this has been reverently done. Kindred and friends have brought the remains of fallen soldiers from the field of blood, "solemnly attended, with silent obsequy and funeral train, home to their father's house." But this is not enough. Milton puts words into the mouth of Samson's father which express our duty. "There will I build him A monument, and plant it round with shade CHAPTER XXII. THE ROLL OF HONOR, PART I.-NAMES OF OFFICERS. This chapter, in two parts, contains the names of all the officers and soldiers credited to Worcester in the "Records of Massachusetts Volunteers." That work as being more correct than any other roll of our soldiers, will always be the standard authority. If any officer or private, belonging to Worcester, does not find his name in the following pages, the cause of such omission will be found in the fact that his name is not in the authorized "Records" of the Commonwealth. The names of the officers are given according to their respective grades. The names of line and staff officers are arranged alphabetically. The names of several officers credited to other towns and states are added. To these are appended the names of several officers in the navy. The Soldiers' names are given as found in the "Records," mentioned above. Some are repeated two or three times, because they belonged to different companies or regiments.* It was impossible to give the names of all those who received wounds. The names of deserters are inserted, because they could not be omitted without sacrificing the truth of history. They do not deserve to be in the list, but it is none the less a "Roll of Honor," though their names are included. This Roll will be a title of nobility in the estimation of children, and children's children, in coming generations. BREVET MAJOR-GENERAL. Charles Devens, jr., Major Third Battalion Rifles; Colonel Fifteenth Regiment; BrigadierGeneral, April, 1862; Brevet Major-General. BREVET BRIGADIER-GENERALS. Augustus B. R. Sprague, Captain Company A, Third Battalion Rifles; Lieutenant-Colonel, Twenty-fifth; Colonel, Fifty-first; Lieutenant-Colonel, Second Heavy Artillery; Colonel do.; Brevet Brigadier-General. Josiah Pickett, First Lieutenant, Company A, Third Rifles; Captain, Company A, Twentyfifth; Major, Colonel, Brevet Brigadier-General. William S. Lincoln, Lieutenant Colonel, Thirty-fourth; Colonel, Brevet BrigadierGeneral. Arthur A. Goodell, Sergeant-Major, Third Rifles; Adjutant do.; Captain, Company A, Thirty-sixth; Major, Lieutenant-Colonel, Brevet Brigadier-General. COLONELS. George II. Ward, Lieutenant-Colonel, Fifteenth; Colonel. George C. Joslin, Second-Lieutenant, Company A, Third Rifles; Captain, Company I, Fifteenth; Major, Lieutenant-Colonel, Colonel. Julius Massena Tucker, Second-Lieutenant, Thirty-sixth; First Lieutenant, Fifty-seventh; Captain, Major, Lieutenant-Colonel, Brevet Colonel. * The second volume of the "Records" is not published, but the proof-sheets have been examined nearly as far as the thousandth page. The rolls of the Veteran Reserve Corps, and the colored regiments, are not yet printed, but the names of the Worcester men are to be found, for the most part, in the following tables. (519) LIEUTENANT-COLONELS. Orson Moulton, Third Lieutenant, Company A, Third Rifles; Captain, Company H, Twenty-fifth; Lieutenant-Colonel. John M. Studley, Captain, Fifteenth; Lieutenant-Colonel, Fifty-first. David M. Woodward, First Lieutenant, Company H, Twenty-fifth; Lieutenant-Colonel. MAJORS. John W. Davis, Sergeant, Company I, Twenty-Fifth; First Lieutenant, Captain, Major. Elijah A. Harkness, Fourth Lieutenant, Company A, Third Rifles; Adjutant, Twentyfifth; Major, Fifty-first. Matthew J. McCafferty, Second Lieutenant, Company C, Third Rifles; Major, Twenty-Fifth. Dexter F. Parker, Light Infantry, Fourth Lieutenant, May 4, 1861, Captain and Assistant Quartermaster, August 3, 1861, Major, Tenth, August 2, 1862. Harrison W. Pratt, Captain, Light Infantry; Captain, Company A, Thirty-Fourth, Major. Frederick G. Stiles, Captain Company E, Forty-Second; Major. Benjamin A. Ball, First Lieutenant, Captain, Third Heavy Artillery, Brevet-Major. Merritt B. Bessey, Second Lieutenant, Company A, Twenty-Fifth; Captain, Brevet Major. Charles H. Davis, Sergeant-Major; Captain, Commissary Department; Brevet Major. Francis E. Goodwin, First Lieutenant, Company A, Twenty-Fifth; Captain, Brevet Major. Edward T. Raymond, Sergeant, Company K, Twenty-fifth; Sergeant, Company G, ThirtySixth; Second-Lieutenant, First do.; Captain, Brevet Major. William R. Steele, Oct. 28, 1862; expiration of service July 28, 1364, as Major by Brevet. CAPTAINS. George F. Allen, Captain, U. S. C. Troops. L. Henry Bailey, Captain Company G, Thirty-Sixth. William B. Bacon, First Lieutenant, Company K, Thirteenth; Captain, Thirty-Fourth. John S. Baldwin, Captain Company F, Fifty-First. Amos Bartlett, Captain, Fifteenth. George E. Barton, Sergeant Major, Fifty-First; Captain, Fifty-Seventh. J. Orlando Bemis, Second Lieutenant, Fifty-First; Second and First Lieutenant, Fourth Heavy Artillery, Captain. Robert H. Chamberlain, First Lieutenant, Captain. William Daly, Sergeant Company C, Third Rifles; Second Lieutenant Twenty-Fifth; First Lieutenant; Captain. J. Waldo Denny, Second Lieutenant Light Infantry; Captain, Company K, Twenty-Fifth. James M. Drennan, Second Lieutenant, First Lieutenant, Captain, Twenty-Fifth. Samuel 8. Eddy, Second Lieutenant, Company F, Fifty-First; First Lieutenant, Company F, Forty-Second; Captain. Arthur P. Forbes, Second and First Lieutenant, Captain, Twenty-Fifth. Augustus Ford, First Lieutenant, Captain. Albert II. Foster, Captain, Company D, Twenty-Fifth. Henry P. Fox, First Lieutenant, Thirty-Sixth; Captain. Jalaam Gates, Corporal, Twenty-Fifth; Captain First N. C. C. Vols. John B. Goodell, First Lieutenant, Captain, Company C, Fifty-First. John L. Goodwin, First Lieutenant, Fifty-Seventh; Captain. John S. Hall, Sergeant, Second and First Lieutenant, Captain, Company K. Thomas J. Hastings, Sergeant Company D, Fifteenth; Second Lieutenant, First Lieutenant, Captain. Thomas W. Higginson, Captain Company C, Fifty-First. Horace Hobbs, Captain, Company II, Fifty-First. Edward E. Howe, Second Lieutenant Company I, Twenty-First; First Lieutenant, Captain. |