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A magazine devoted to the antiquities, genealogy and
historical matter illustrating the History of the State of Rhode Island
and Providence Plantations. James N. Arnold, Ed.
Narragansett Historical Publishing Co., Hamilton, R. I.
E. L. Freeman & Co., Printers, Central Falls, R. I.
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The soldiers and sailors monument, erected at Riverside Cemetery, Wakefield, was dedicated by the State Department, Grand Army of the Republic, in the presence of a large number of prominent State and towns people. Sedgwick Post, No. 7, and friends had determined to make the occasion one which its importance demanded, and their efforts were crowned with the highest success. It was announced that the home and visiting Posts would form in line at the Peacedale depot at 10.30 o'clock. Business was generally suspended, and long before the hour arrived Depot square was blocked with people and carriages. The State Department officers and visiting Posts arrive on the 10 o'clock train, and the line was at once formed in the following order:
The Line:
Policeman Wilcox, Whaley and Champlin.
Roger Williams Bank, 18 pieces - Prof. James Carpenter, leader.
Sedgwick Post, No. 7, Captain W. M. Prouty, Commander; 44 men.
Department Commander General Theodore A. Baron and Staff;
Senior Vice Commander Benj. L. Hall, Junior Vice Commander Gideon Spencer,
Acting Assistant Adjutant General George Edward Allen.
Past Commanders: General Rogers, General Rhodes, A. K. McManon,
Cory, Brayton, Arnold and Chase.
Continental Drum Corps, escorting Prescott Corps, No. 1, James Fairbrother
Commander; 22 men.
Burnside Post, with drums, Levi J. Cornell, Commander; 24 men.
Captain Isaac D. Kenyon Camp, S. O. V.; 12 members.
Charles C. Baker Post, No. 16, George T. Cranston, Commander; 6 men.
Slocum Post, No. 10, C. Henry Alexander, Commander; 50 men.
Carriage containing Governor Wetmore, the Hon. R. Hazard, Orator of
the Day, the Rev. Fred. Denison, Poet of the Day.
Carriages containing invited guests and citizens of the town.
The march was taken up via Columbia street for the Wakefield Baptist Church, where a large audience was already in waiting. Admission was obtained by ticket only, yet the church was filled to overflowing and many were unable to gain entrance, so great was the pressure.
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Exercises at the Church:
The exercises at the church were very impressive. Seated on the platform were D. M. C. Stedman, Esq., President of the day, the Hon. R. Hazard, the Rev. F. Denison, Governor Wetmore, ex-Governor Littlefield, State Auditor Cross, ex-Mayor Hayward, ex-Mayor Barstow, General Rogers, Major B. B. Hammond, Captain George N. Bliss, and other prominent gentlemen of Providence, the Hon. N. F. Dixon, Senators Watson of Jamestown, Greene of Richmond, Senator Lamphear and Representative Curtis of South Kingstown, and other members of the Legislature. The clergy were represented by the Rev. Messrs. Emerson, Snow, Tindall, Duryea and Watson. Many prominent gentlemen of the town were also seated on the platform. After an invocation by the Rev. Mr. Tindall, rector of St. Peter's by the Sea, a choir of nearly sixty voices sang the hymn beginning, 'O God beneath Thy guiding hand.' Mr. John Morgan was leader of the choir and Mrs. George Kroener, organist. Professor James Carpenter accompanied on the cornet. Prayer was offered by the Rev. Theodore S. Snow, and the choir rendered Keller's American Hymn, 'Angel of peace.'
The Hon. R. Hazard was then introduced as orator of the day, and spoke as follows:
The Hon. Howland Hazard's oration.
'Fellow Townsmen and Friends:
We meet here to-day to perform a solemn duty. We are to dedicate
a monument to the memory of the brave men, who, in the hour of peril, laid
down their lives that the nation might live.
Twenty-five years have rolled away since these brave men obeyed the call to arms which then rang through the land. Time, the great Healer, has assuaged the wounds and softened the animosities of that cruel strife. Little by little the broken bands have been knit together, until the Union of the North and the South, which was sought to be destroyed, is firmer than ever, and is daily strengthened with new ties. The doctrine of the invisibility of our Nation was maintained by the outpouring of the blood of our best and bravest; but as after the carnage of battle the snows of winter and the rains of summer obliterate the traces of conflict, and the grass grows green and the wild flowers lift their innocent heads above the graves of the fallen, so now, after those dark years of strife, the flowers of peace, and prosperity and friendship bloom again.
Let us rejoice that this is so. Let there be no word spoken, no thought conceived, which shall be discordant with this increasing harmony. But rather, as we are met here, to reverently raise this stone to the memory of our honored dead, let us pray that jealousies may be banished from amongst us, that there may be no North, no South, no East, no West, but one united, just and happy nation, all of whose citizens shall be as brothers.
But our duty to-day is clear. The generation which fought through the war is passing away. One by one the great names with which we have been familiar are added to the roll of those who have gone to join the majority. It is not long since our own Burnside, whom all loved, departed. A statue is soon to be erected to his memory, and the flowers lie fresh upon his grave. The past twelve months have been noted for the deaths of .... " [I skipped pp. 84-101, which lists the names on the memorial and other orations]
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The Dead:
Isaac P. Rodman, Captain, Co. E, 2d Regt. R. I. Vols. Mustered June 6, 1861. Brigadier General, April 28, 1862. Mortally wounded at Battle of Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862. Died of wounds Sept. 29, 1862, at Hagerstown, Maryland. From a Captaincy in the Second Regiment, he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, and Colonel of the Fourth Regiment; and to Brigadier General United States Volunteers, April 28, 1862. He nobly and fairly won his General's star by special gallantry at the capture of New Berne, N. C.
Jonathan Card, Musician, Co. B., 4th Regt., R. I. Vols. Mustered Oct. 30, 1861. Died Mar. 2, 1862, at Roanoke Island.
Stephen H. Burdick, son of Truman Burdick, Newport, R. I. Private, Co. B, 4th Regt. R. I. Vols. Mustered Oct. 30, 1861. Wounded at Battle of Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862. Died same day.
Samuel Curtis, son of James Curtis. Private, Co. G., 4th Regt. R. I. Vols. Muster Oct. 30, 1861. Died Aug. 20, 1862, at Newport, R. I.
Alexander Sanford, Sergeant, Co. H., 4th Regt., R. I. Vols. Mustered Oct. 30, 1861. Died Dec. 10, 1861, at Fairfax Seminary, Va.
A. D. Kenyon, Private, Co. F., 7th Regt., R. I. Vols. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Wounded severely Dec. 13, 1862, at Fredericksburg, Va. Died Dec. 15, 1862, of wounds.
John K. Hull, son of Benjamin Hull of Tower Hill. Sergeant, Co. G., 7th Regt. R. I. Vols. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Killed July 13, 1863, in a skirmish near Jackson, Miss.
Charles A. Knowles, son of James Knowles. Sergeant, Co. G., 7th Regt. R. I. Vols. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Killed Dec. 13, 1862, at Fredericksburg, Va.
Manuel Open, Corporal, Co. G, 7th Regt. R. I. Vols. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Wounded Dec. 13, 1862, at Fredericksburg, Va. Died May, 1864, of wounds at Spottsylvania Court House, Va.
Wanton G. Austin, Private, Co. G, 7th Regt. R. I. Vols. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Died Aug. 10, 1863.
James H. Baton, Private, Co. G, 7th Regt. R. I. Vols. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Died Dec. 4, 1862, near Falmouth, Virginia.
Henry Brayman, Private, Co. G, 7th Regt., R. I. Vols. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Wounded Dec. 13, 1862 at Fredericksburg, Va. Died Sept. 14, 1863 at Camp Nelson, Ky.
Uz Cameron, Private, Co. G, 7th Regt. R. I. Vols. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Drowned June 11, 1863 in Mississippi River.
Charles E. Champlain, son of Henry C. Champlain, Private, Co. G, 7th Regt. R. I. Vols. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Died July 28, 1863.
Jonathan R. Clark, son of Simeon Clark, Private Co. G., 7th Regt. R. I. Vol. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Killed in a skirmish July 13, 1863 near Jackson, Miss.
John H. Slocum, Private, Co. E, 2d Regt. R. I. Vols. Mustered June 6, 1861, reenlisted Dec. 26, 1863. Killed May 12, 1864 at Battle of Wilderness, Va.
Sylvester Esterbrooks, Private Battery F, 1st Regt. R. I. L. Art. Mustered Apr. 29, 1863. Died May 12, 1864, of wounds received between Petersburg and Richmond same day.
William S. Peckham, son of William Peckham. Private, Battery D, 1st Regt. R. I. L. Art. Mustered Sept. 4, 1861. Died Apr. 1, 1863 at his father's house in South Kingstown.
William Findley, Private Co. G, 7th Regt. R. I. Vols. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Died Aug. 15, 1863 at Covington, Ky.
Orlando W. Browning, Private Co. G, 7th Regt. R. I. Vols. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va. Dec. 13, 1862.
Owen Gallagher, Private, Co. G, 7th Regt. R. I. Vols. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va, Dec. 13, 1862.
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Samuel Snow, Private Co. G, 7th Regt. R. I. Vols. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Died May 1, 1863, at Lexington, Ky.
James Dugan, Private, Co. D, 2d Regt. R. I. Vols. Mustered Oct. 8, 1863. Killed May 12, 1964, at Battle of Spottsylvania, Va.
William H. Nichols, son of Matthew Nichols of Rocky Brook, Private Co. E, 2d Regt. R. I. Vols. Mustered June 6, 1861. Killed July 21, 1861 at Battle of Bull Run, Va.
Isaac C. Rodman, son of Clark Rodman, Private, Co. E, 2d Regt., R. I. Vols. Mustered June 6, 1861. Taken prisoner at Battle of Bull Run, Va. Died in Richmond, Va.
Charles Gardiner, Private, Battery G, 1st Regt. R. I. L. Art. Mustered Dec. 2, 1861. Died at Cincinnati, Ohio.
Samuel T. Perry, son of Samuel Perry, Private, Co. K, 2d Regt. R. I. Vols. Mustered June 5, 1861. Corporal, reenlisted Dec. 26, 1863. killed at the Battle of the Wilderness, Va., May 12, 1864.
Ezra S. Barber, son of Anthony Barber, Private Troop B, 1st R. I. Cavalry. Mustered Dec. 14, 1861. Discharged.
Daniel A. Crandall, son of Rev. Eldred Crandall. Private Co. F, 12th Regt. R. I. Vols. Mustered Oct. 13, 1862. Wounded slightly Dec. 13, 1862 at Fredericksburg, Va. Died Apr. 3, 1863 at Philadelphia, Pa.
John K. Knowles, son of James Knowles, 2d Lieutenant Co. A, 4th Regt. R. I. Vols. Mustered Sept. 8, 1863. Killed at Petersburg, Va. July 30, 1864.
William A. Tefft, son of Daniel Tefft, Private, Battery F, 1st Regt., R. I. L. Art. Mustered Oct. 29, 1861. Second Lieut. 14th Regt. R. I. H. Art. Sept. 12, 1863. Second Lieut. Troop C, 3d R. I. Van. Dec. 28, 1863. Died June 10, 1865 at his grandfathers residence in North Kingstown, R. I.
Job Hazard, son of Samuel Hazard, Private, Battery F, 1st Regt. R. I. L. Art. Mustered Mar. 29, 1862. Died Dec. 20, 1862 in camp near Kingston, N. C.
Franklin Smith, Private Troop G, 3d R. I. Cav. Mustered Nov. 14, 1864. Died at Napoleonville, La. Nov. 26, 1864.
Nathaniel M. Case, Private, Co. G, transferred to Co. B, 3d R. I. H. Art. Mustered Oct. 5, 1861, reenlisted Jan. 24, 1864. Killed at Fort Putman by sharpshooters in Fort Sumpter, Oct. 19, 1864.
Charles A. Slocum, Private, Co. A, 5th Regt., R. I. H. Art. Mustered Dec. 16, 1861, reenlisted Jan. 4, 1864. Taken prisoner May 5, 1864 at Crotan, N. C. Died Sept. 20, 1864, at Andersonville, Ga.
Henry J. Gardiner, Private, Co. A, 14th Regt. R. I. H. Art. Mustered Aug. 28, 1863. Died Sept. 24, 1864 at Fort Jackson, La.
John Charles, Private, Co. A, 14th Regt. R. I. H. Art. Mustered Aug. 28, 1863. Died July 29, 1864, at New Orleans, La., of fever.
Edward F. Niles, Private, Co. A, 14th Regt R. I. H. Art. Mustered Aug. 28, 1863. died Aug. 26, 1864, at Fort Jackson, La., of fever.
Daniel Wambsley, son of George Wambsley, Private, Co. A, 14th Regt, R. I. H. Art. Mustered Aug. 28, 1863. Died Apr. 4, 1864 at Fort Esperanza, Texas, of fever.
William A. Dickinson, Private, Battery B, 1st Regt. R. I. L. Art. Mustered Aug. 13, 1861. Died Oct. 31, 1862 at Harpers' Ferry, Va.
George H. Watson, son of Elisha Watson, Corporal, Battery C, 1st Regt. R. I. L. Art. Mustered Aug. 25, 1861. Killed July 1, 1862 at Malvern Hill, Va.
Welcome W. Kenyon, Private, Battery F, 1st Regt. R. I. L. Art. Mustered Oct. 29, 1861. Died Sept. 12, 1864, at Baltimore, Md.
Jonathan R. Nye, Private, Battery F, 1st Regt. R. I. L. Art. Mustered Mar. 29, 1862. Died Aug. 3, 1862 at New Berne, N. C.
James H. Braman, Private, Battery G, 1st Regt. R. I. L. Art. Mustered Dec. 2, 1861. Died Sept. 11, 1862 at Philadelphia, Pa.
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Roderick D. Smith, son of Samuel Smith, Private, Co. G, 7th Regt. R. I. Vols. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Killed in battle near Spottsylvania Court House, Va., May 14, 1864.
Robert B. Greene, Private, Co. G, 7th Regt. R. I. Vols. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Died Jan. 2, 1863, of wounds received Dec. 13, 1862, at Fredericksburg, Va.
Frederic A. Potter, Private Co. A, 14th Regt., R. I. H. Art. Mustered Aug. 28, 1863. Died July 8, 1864 at Fort Jackson, La., of pneumonia.
Hiram Huntington, Artificer, Co. A, 14th Regt. R. I. H. Art. Mustered Aug. 28, 1863. Died Aug. 27 ,1864, at Fort Jackson, La., of typhoid malarious fever.
Stephen Holland, son of Henry Holland, Corporal, Co. E, 2d Regt. R. I. Vols. Mustered June 6, 1861. Killed July 21, 1861 at the Battle of Bull Run, Va.
Esek B. Smith, son of William Smith, Corporal, Co. E, 2d Regt. R. I. Vols. Mustered June 6, 1861. Taken prisoner at the Battle of Bull Run, Va., July 21, 1861. Died in the Richmond Hospital.
Henry L. Jacques, son of Taylor Jacques, Private, Co. E, 2d Regt. R. I. Vols. Mustered June 6, 1861. Wounded at Battle of Bull Run, Va., July 21, 1861. Died at Richmond, Virginia.
Charles E. Bagley, Corporal, Co. G, 2d Regt. R. I. Vols. Mustered June 6, 1861. Killed July 21, 1861, at Battle of Bull Run, Va.
John G. Grinnell, Corporal, Co. B, 2d Regt. R. I. Vols. (new organization) mustered June 6, 1861, reenlisted Dec. 26, 1861. Wounded in battle near Winchester, Va. Died Oct. 5, 1864 from wounds.
Horace D. Healey, son of Jonathan Healey, Private, Co. G, 7th Regt. R. I. Vols. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Died Aug. 2, 1863, at Mill Dale Miss.
William H. Johnston, son of Abraham Johnston, Private, Co. G, 7th Regt. R. I. Vols. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Died June 22, 1864, from wounds received at Petersburg, Va.
John C. Kenyon, son of Thomas Kenyon, Private, Co. G, 7th Regt. R. I. Vols. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Killed Dec. 13, 1862, at Fredericksburg, Va.
Thomas G. Kenyon, son of Thomas Kenyon, Private, Co. G, 7th Regt. R. I. Vols. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Died Mar. 1, 1863, at Washington, D. C.
Elisha G. May, son of Liberty N. May, Private, Co. G, 7th Regt. R. I. Vols. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Died Aug. 29, 1863, at Camp Nelson, Ky.
James O'Niel, Private, Co. G, 7th Regt. R. I. Vols. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Wounded Dec. 13, 1862, at Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. Died of wounds same day.
William J. Pollock, Private, Co. G, 7th Regt. R. I. Vols. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Killed Dec. 13, 1862, at Fredericksburg.
Robert N. Rose, Private, Co. G, 7th Regt. R. I. Vols. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Died Feb. 3, 1863, at Falmouth, Va.
William Tourgee, son of William Tourgee, Private, Co. G, 7th Regt. R. I. Vols. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Died Sept. 1863, at Camp Nelson, Ky.
Perry G. Underwood, Private, Co. G, 7th Regt. R. I. Vols. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Died Aug. 28, 1863, at Cincinnati, Ohio.
James H. Case, (son of William Case) of Brookfield, Conn., (recruit) Private, Co. M, 2d Regt. of Artillerty, Conn. Vols., (formerly 19th Regt. of Infantry). Mustered Feb. 10, 1864. Died Mar. 4, 1864, at Regimental Hospital, Arlington Heights, Va., and was buried there.
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