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LYSANDER F. CUSHING.

Enlisted in April, 1861, in Company G; mustered as second lieutenant June 26, 1861; promoted to first lieutenant June 25, 1862; killed at Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862.

FRANCIS THOMAS.

Enlisted April 29, 1861, in Company H; mustered June 26, 1861; transferred to non-commissioned staff; commissioned second lieutenant Sept. 9, 1862; first lieutenant Sept. 11, 1862; assigned to Company A; killed in action July 1, 1863, at Gettysburg; brigade inspector, second brigade, second division, First Corps.

CHARLES G. RUSSELL.

Enlisted in Company D, April, 1861; mustered as sergeant-major June 26, 1861; promoted to second lieutenant Sept. 6, 1861; first lieutenant Sept. 18, 1862; killed July 1, 1863, at Gettysburg, Penn. JOHN H. RUSSELL.

Enlisted April 23, 1861, in Company B; mustered as first sergeant June 26, 1861; promoted to second lieutenant July 8, 1862; first lieutenant Oct. 8, 1862; taken prisoner at Gettysburg, Penn., July 1, 1863; mustered out Jan. 3, 1865.

CALVIN WALKER.

Enlisted in Company K in April, 1861; mustered as sergeant June 26, 1861; promoted second lieutenant Aug. 11, 1862; first lieutenant Sept. 1, 1862; discharged for disability July 30, 1863; wounded at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862.

GEORGE H. FRENCH.

Enlisted as private in Company B, April 23, 1861; mustered as private June 26, 1861; promoted to second lieutenant Sept. 11, 1862; first lieutenant Dec. 21, 1862; wounded at Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862, also at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863, losing the left arm; resigned Oct. 28, 1863; appointed lieutenant Veteran Reserve Corps, October, 1863; brevet captain and major, March 13, 1865, to date from July 1, 1863; mustered out in March, 1866.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

Enlisted in Company C in April, 1861; mustered June 26, 1861; promoted to second lieutenant Dec. 14, 1862; first lieutenant July 2, 1863; wounded at Antietam; died of wounds received at Wilderness May 14, 1864.

JAMES A. ALLEN.

Enlisted in Company F April 27, 1861; mustered as sergeant June 26, 1861; sergeant-major Jan. 26, 1862; promoted second lieutenant Dec. 21, 1862; first lieutenant July 23, 1863; wounded May 8, 1864; mustered out July 8, 1864.

ROYAL M. MASON.

Enlisted April 29, 1861, in Company I; mustered as corporal June 26, 1861; promoted to sergeant 1862; commanding company at Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862; second lieutenant Oct. 8, 1862; first lieutenant July 24, 1863; brevetted captain; provost-marshal second division, First Corps, and third division, Fifth Corps.

GEORGE E. MUZZEY.

Mustered as quartermaster-sergeant June 6, 1862; commissioned second lieutenant Oct. 9, 1862, and appointed acting quartermaster; promoted first lieutenant July 31, 1862; appointed regimental quartermaster April 30, 1864; mustered out July 8, 1864.

DAVID B. BURRILL.

Enlisted in Company H, April 29, 1861; mustered June 26, 1861; promoted to sergeant May 10, 1862; second lieutenant Nov. 30, 1862; first lieutenant Oct. 11, 1863; killed May 25, 1864, at North Anna River, Va.

EDWARD LEWIS.

Enlisted in Company H, April 29, 1861; mustered as corporal June 26, 1861; sergeant Sept. 8, 1862; sergeant-major May 10, 1863; first lieutenant Oct. 28, 1863; taken prisoner at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863; mustered out July 8, 1864.

CORNELIUS BACHELDER.

Enlisted in Company D in April, 1861; mustered June 26, 1861; promoted second lieutenant March 9, 1863; first lieutenant Feb. 4, 1864; wounded at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863; mustered out July 8, 1864.

FRANK A. LANCASTER.

Private Company I, June 26, 1861; promoted to corporal; prisoner at Chancellorsville; returned for services rendered in rescuing wounded from burning woods; sergeant-major; first lieutenant May 15, 1864; came home in command of company; mustered out July 8, 1864.

CHRISTOPHER T. BAILEY.

Enlisted April 29, 1861, in Company H; mustered June 26, 1861; discharged for disability June 20, 1862; appointed first lieutenant May 26, 1864; transferred to Thirty-ninth Massachusetts as first sergeant.

ANDREW A. CHIPMAN.

Enlisted in April, 1861, in Company D; re-enlisted Jan. 6, 1864, and promoted to first sergeant; first lieutenant May 26, 1864; transferred as first sergeant to Thirty-ninth Massachusetts.

JAMES G. SMITH.

Enlisted in Company G in April, 1861; mustered June 26, 1861; re-enlisted Feb. 20, 1864, and promoted to first sergeant; first lieutenant May 26, 1864; died of wounds received June 4, 1864.

GEORGE W. ORNE.

Enlisted in Company A, April 20, 1861; mustered as second lieutenant June 26, 1861; died of wounds received at Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862.

HARLAN P. BENNETT.

Enlisted in Company C in April, 1861; mustered as second lieutenant June 26, 1861; discharged Oct. 2, 1862, on account of disability.

GEORGE B. DRAKE.

Mustered as second lieutenant, Company D, June 26, 1861; second lieutenant, Sixth United-States Infantry, Aug. 26, 1861; brevet colonel United-States Volunteers, March 13, 1865.

HIRAM W. COPELAND.

Enlisted in Company F; mustered as second lieutenant June 26, 1861; resigned Jan. 8, 1862.

MARCUS M. LOUD.

Enlisted in Company G in April, 1861; mustered as private June 26, 1861; promoted to second lieutenant June 25, 1862; resigned Dec. 30, 1862.

JAMES B. SAMPSON.

Enlisted in Company F in April, 1861; mustered as private June 26, 1861; promoted to second lieutenant Sept. 18, 1862; taken prisoner at Gettysburg July 1, 1863, and absent in hands of the enemy when the regiment was mustered out.

EDWARD J. KIDDER.

Enlisted in Company A as private, and mustered July 9, 1861; wounded at Antietam; promoted to second lieutenant Sept. 18, 1862; killed at Spottsylvania, Va., May 10, 1864.

GEORGE E. WHITMAN.

Enlisted in April, 1861, in Company A, as private; mustered June 26, 1861; promoted to second lieutenant Sept. 9, 1862; discharged April 16, 1864, for disability.

APPENDIX.

FLETCHER WEBSTER.

ORGANIZER AND FIRST COLONEL OF THE TWELFTH MASS. VOLS.

BORN

ORN in Portsmouth, N.H., July 23, 1813. Son of Hon. Daniel and Grace (Fletcher) Webster. Fitted for college at the Boston Latin School, and graduated from Harvard in the class of 1833. Studied law with Mr. Walcott in Hopkinton, Mass., commencing to practise in 1836. Near the close of this year he married and removed to Detroit, Mich. In 1837 he went to Peru, Ill., remaining there till 1840, when he was appointed under Secretary of State in Washington, D.C., his father then being at the head of the State Department. Sailed for China in 1843 with the Hon. Caleb Cushing, where he served nearly two years as Secretary of Legation. Jan. 20, 1845, he became Surveyor of the Port of Boston. In 1861 he resigned, and organized the "Webster Regiment." His subsequent history is the history of that organization.

On Saturday, Aug. 30, 1862, at the battle of Manassas, or Second Bull Run, while gallantly leading his regiment, Col. Webster fell, wounded in the arm and chest, a few moments before we retired. He was struck

while waving his sword, and cheering on his men. The adjutant of the regiment (assisted by two of the "tenth company " 1) removed him a short distance to the rear, and remained with him until taken prisoner. At that time the colonel was still alive, although sinking rapidly; suffering greatly, but uttering no word of complaint; calm, while recognizing the fact that he was dying; and, to the last, considerate for the welfare and safety of his friends. The existence of positive orders forbidding the removal from the field of any Union soldier rendered fruitless all persuasion and pleading to that end, and he was left alone to die. And this is really all we know of the last moments of Col. Webster; although some

1 So Capt. Williams always said.

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