Lakeport Rev. War

The history of the rebellion is familiar to nearly, if not all of the inhabitants of the "City on the Lakes,"but the part that Lakeport took has never, to our knowledge beenin print. Therefore we will pen a few thoughts as they are suggested to our mind. As everyone knows the rebellion was the result of the agitation for the abolition of slavery. It was fought under the war cry, "The Union must be preserved," and was considered as a great and glorious crusade in the interest of human liberty. It actually began Oct. 16, 1859, when Capt. John Brown of Harpers Ferry commenced his raid to free the slaves of the south, for which he was hanged December 2, 1859, he being really the first martyr of the cause. The election of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency in 1860, the south considered as an endorsement of the abolitionists. History records the fact that eleven states unanimously made it a pretext to pass secession ordinances withdrawing from the union. The southern confederacy was formed February 4, 1861, and the Montgomery congress on February 9 of the same year chose Jefferson Davis as its president. Lincoln was inaugurated president, March 4, 1861, and on April 12, the south commenced open hostilisies by bombarding and capturing Fort Sumpter. Open rebellion was now a fact so on April 15, three days later President Lincoln issued a call for seventy-five thousand men to put it down. New Hampshire was asked to furnish one regiment for three months. The first regiment was quickly formed by volunteers, and on May 7 they were mustered into the United States service. Col. Mason W. Tappan was placed in command, and on May 25, the regiment started for the place of action. It returned to New Hampshire and the men were mustered out at Concord, August 9, 1862. If our memory serves us Lakeport had no men in this regiment. The second regiment was raised under the call of April 15, 1861, the men enlisting for three months, but before the completion of the organization of the regiment. President Lincoln issued his call of July 1861, for three hundred thousand men for three years. Most of the men immediately re-enlisted for the three years. Lakeport had but three men in this regiment, as follows: William E. Carlton, Henry A. Flint and Rufus L. Bean. The third regiment was raised under the call of July 1861. Col. Enoch Q. Fellows of Sandwich was commissioned as colonel. This regiment had one man in it from Lakeport, George W. M. Bean. The fourth regiment was raised under the same call of the third. The men of this regiment were mustered into service at Manchester, September 18, 1861. Col. Thomas J. Whipple commanded it. Lakeport was represented by Darius A. Drake, for whom the post here was named, Charles P. Hobbs, Geo. W. Ladd, Albert S. Randall and Francis H. Davis. The fifth regiment was raised in August and September 1861, the men being mustered into service in October. Col. Edward E. Cross in command, starting for the seat of action October 29, 1861. Lakeport was represented by two men in this regiment, as follows: Edwin J. Peaslee and Patrick Rowen both of whom are now deceased. The sixth regiment was raised under the same call as was the third, fourth and fifth. The men were mustered into service November 1861, and Col. Simon G. Griffin was their commanding officer. This regiment started for the war December 25, 1861. Lakeport was represented by only one man, viz, John Dunlava. The seventh regiment was raised by Gen. Joseph C. Abbott of Manchester. Cols. Holdine and S. Putman commanded. Horace Clinton was the only representative from this place. The eighth regiment was raised under the same call as the preceding ones. The men were mustered into service Dec. 23, 1861, Col. Hawkes Fearing at its head. In this regiment Lakeport had fifteen men, to wit. Loammi Bean, Charles E. Buzzell, Geo. O. Carlton, Butterfield B. Coburn, John O'Donnell, George A. Flanders, afterwards promoted to colonel, Josiah C. Gilman, Charles B. Hall, Augustus Morrill, Joseph N. Moulton, John M. Sanborn, Sylvester Smith, Simeon Stevens, Elijah H. Blaisdell and Marshall L. Culver. The ninth regiment was raised in the first half of the year 1862, and he left for the war August 25 of the same year. Charles C. Davis, Jeremiah Harrington, Rufus Swain, Edwin Willey and John B. Hoit represented this place. The eleventh was formed in the summer of 1862, and left for Washington, D.C., September 11, with Col. Walter Harriman in command. We had no men in this regiment. The twelfth regiment was composed mostly of men of Belknap county and raised in the short time of six days, leaving for Washington, September 27, 1862, Col. Joseph H. Potter commanding the same. This regiment was engaged in the battles at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Drury Bluff, Bermuda Hundred and Cold Harbor. It also took active part in many battles about Petersburg. Lakeport had a large number of men in this regiment, adn perhaps a large number of your readers will be more interested in this than any other that went from the old Granite state. Among those of this regiment may be mentioned the following: Joseph K. Whittier, who was a sergeant and afterwards promoted to first lieutenant, wounded May 3, 1863, at Gettysburg, killed June 3, 1864, at Cold Harbor, Va.; William H. Clinton, Charles W. Davis, Marshall C. Dexter, George W. Dearborn, John H. Dow, Charles W. Dolloff, Hanson Gray, Albert W. Hayford, George W. Hicks, William L. Johnson, John Knights, John P. Lane, W. McMurphy, Arthur St. C. Smith, Henry R. Smith, Paul Stevens, Alvah Small, Hiram Twombly, Daniel H. Webber, Eben S. Welch, John Lahaff, Henry P. Randall and Edward Ryan. The fourteenth regiment was aised in the summer of 1862, leaving Concord for Washington in October, with Robert Wilson as colonel, and Ebenezer M. Buzzell with his brother, Ransom D., both of Co. K, serving under him. The fifteenth is another of those regiments that our citizens were much interested in. Among its enrolled men were, John Aldrich, Barnet Ames, Aaron C. Badger, Edwin A. Badger, Lewis D. Badger, John C. Blake, Levi Blake, James W. Blake, Royal Boynton, DeWitt clinton, Charles P. Davis, Thos. S. Davis, Isaac L. Foss, James F. Gordon, Ezekiel Gilman, Otis C. Gilman, George Jackson, David G. Lee, Edward M. Lee, Augustus Merrill, Comford Merrill, Joseph D. Moulton, Moses Page, Charles W. Pickering, Josiah S. Piper, Albert S. Buzzel, Adam Pomfrey, Charles F. Swain, Alonzo Taylor, Andrew P. Wadleigh, Orrin F. Wheeler and Morrill Weeks. The eighteenth regiment was raised in 1864, and Col. Thomas L. Livermore commanded it with the following men upon its roll: James Leavitt, Lucian H. Davis and Orrin F. Sanborn. The first regiment, New Hampshire Cavalry was raised in the spring of 1864, leaving for Washington in April, with Col. John L. Thompson as their leader, followed by four of our citizens, George W. Lane, Elbridge E. Webster, Orrison Gardner and Albert H. Alexander. The first regiment, heavy artillery, was recruited from April 1863 to December 1864, Col. Charles H. Long commanded it. Lakeport had its full share of men in it. They were Henry H. Buzzell, Charles W.B. Davis, Henry C. Hill, Elbridge Jacobs, John S. Lee, Oscar R. Moulton, Moses Pickering, George E. Sanborn, Winthrop H. Smith, Alfred T. Webber and Levi Whiting. The Forieth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers was represented by Lewis T. Whitten, who lost one leg in battle at the seige of Fort Wagner. The First Massachusetts Heavy Artillery had upon its muster roll the name of Simeon S. Oakes. The First Massachusetts Cavalry had one man in it from here. He was Lyman P. Whittier. Beside the above there were quite a number that went as volunteer recruits to fill up the regiment, almost impossible to obtain their names with accuracy. There may be some errors in the above, but we have used our utmost endeavors to have what we have written correct.

Men Who Fought in the RebellionLakeport, NH

Men Who Fought in the Rebellion
Lakeport, NH