FIELD AND STAFF.
COLONELS.
Henry Bowman. 28. Clinton.
Captain, 15th Mass. Vols., Aug. 1, 1861; captured at Ball's Bluff, Oct. 21, 1861; prisoner of war at Richmond, and hostage for Confederates held in New York for trial as pirates; paroled Feb. 22, 1862; exchanged August, 1862; Major, 34th Mass. Vols., Aug. 6, 1862; Colonel, 36th Mass. Vols., Aug. 22, 1862; commanding First Brigade, First Division, 9th Army Corps, June 1, 1863; resigned July 27, 1863; recommissioned October, 1863; on special duty, Chief of Staff of Gen. Willcox, commanding at Cumberland Gap and in East Tennessee, Nov. 21 to Dec. 25, 1863; rejoined regiment at Blaine's Cross Roads, Tenn., Dec. 26, 1863, but was unable to muster as Colonel, the regiment being below the minimum; appointed Asst. Q.M. U.S. Vols., Feb. 29, 1864; was on duty with Third Division, 9th Army Corps, during the Virginia campaign of 1864, and was afterwards stationed at Baltimore and Philadelphia; served at the latter place until the close of the war.
Thaddeus L. Barker. 36. Fitchburg.
Captain, Co. A, Aug. 19, 1862; Major, May 6, 1864; commanding regiment from May 6, 1864, to June 3, 1864, July 18 to Aug. 10, 1864, and from Oct. 12, 1864, to close of the war; Lieutenant-Colonel, Oct. 12, 1864; Colonel, Nov. 13, 1864, but unable to muster, the regiment being below the minimum; wounded at Campbell's Station, Tenn., Nov. 16, 1863, and Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864; mustered out with the regiment, June 8, 1865, as Lieutenant-Colonel.
LIEUTENANT-COLONELS.
John B. Norton. 39. Charlestown.
First Lieutenant, 5th Mass. Vols. (3 months); Captain, July 8, 1861; Captain, 34th Mass. Vols., Aug. 12, 1862; transferred to 36th Mass. Vols., Aug. 22, 1862; Lieutenant-Colonel, Aug. 28, 1862; commanding regiment, June 1 to July 30, 1863; resigned, July 30, 1863.
Arthur A. Goodell. 23. Worcester.
Sergeant-Major, Third Battalion Rifles, M.V.M. (3 months), April 19, 1861; Adjutant, July 1, 1861; Captain, Co. C, 36th Mass. Vols., Aug. 16, 1862; Major, Jan. 29, 1863; Lieutenant-Colonel, July 31, 1863; commanding regiment from that date until Oct. 10, 1863, when he was severely wounded at Blue Springs, Tenn.; returned to regiment, April 1, 1864; resigned, May 5, 1864, in consequence of disability resulting from wounds; Brevet Brigadier-General U.S. Vols., "for gallant and meritorious conduct in the field during the war"; died at Worcester, Mass., June 30, 1882, on his 43d birthday.
William F. Draper. 21. Milford.
Private, 25th Mass. Vols., Sept. 9, 1861; Second Lieutenant, Oct. 12, 1861; First Lieutenant, April 25, 1862; on detached duty with U.S. Signal Corps in North Carolina; Captain, Co. F, 36th Mass. Vols., Aug. 12, 1862; Major, July 31, 1863; Lieutenant-Colonel, May 6, 1864; commanding regiment from Oct. 10, 1863, with the exception of a few days in April, 1864, to May 6, 1864, when he was severely wounded at the battle of the Wilderness; returned to the command of the regiment, Aug. 10, 1864, and continued until his muster-out, Oct. 12, 1864, upon the expiration of three years' service; Brevet Colonel and Brevet Brigadier-General, U.S. Vols., "for gallant and meritorious services in the field during the war."
James B. Smith. 23. Cambridge.
First Lieutenant, 25th Mass. Vols., Oct. 12, 1861; Captain, Co. K, 36th Mass. Vols., Aug. 22, 1862; commanding regiment from June 3, 1864, to July 18, 1864; Major, Oct. 12, 1864; Lieutenant-Colonel, Nov. 13, 1864, but was unable to be mustered in that grade, the regiment being below the minimum; Provost-Marshal, Second Division, 9th Army Corps, July 20, 1864, to close of the war; wounded in action at battle of Pegram Farm, Sept. 30, 1864; mustered out with the regiment, June 8, 1865, as Major; Brevet Colonel, U.S. Vols., "for gallant and meritorious services in the field during the war."
MAJORS.
James H. Barker. 44. Milford.
Major, Aug. 28, 1862; resigned, Jan. 29, 1863.
Edward T. Raymond. 20. Worcester.
Sergeant, Co. K, 25th Mass. Vols., Sept. 10, 1861; First Lieutenant, Co. G, 36th Mass. Vols., Aug. 22, 1862; Captain, Jan. 30, 1863; Acting Assist. Inspector-General, First Brigade, First Division, 9th Army Corps, from June 3, 1863, until the reorganization of the Corps at Annapolis, April 20, 1864, when he was assigned to the same position in First Brigade, Second Division; Acting Assistant Inspector-General, Second Division, 9th Army Corps, Oct. 13, 1864, to the close of the war, serving temporarily for two months, in 1864, as Inspector-General of the 9th Corps; Major, Nov. 13, 1864, but unable to muster, the regiment being below the minimum; mustered out with the regiment, June 8, 1865, as Captain; Brevet Major, U.S. Vols., "for gallant and meritorious services during the operations around Richmond and Petersburg, Va."
SURGEONS.
James P. Prince. 24. Lynn.
Assistant Surgeon, 22d Mass. Vols., Oct. 1, 1861; Surgeon, 36th Mass. Vols., Aug. 13, 1862; Division Surgeon, First Division, 9th Army Corps, Feb. 11, 1864, and upon the reorganization of the Corps, April 20, 1864, was assigned to duty as Division Surgeon, Fourth Division, 9th Army Corps; appointed Surgeon, U.S. Vols., May 3, 1865; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, U.S. Vols.
Albert H. Bryant. 25. Natick.
Private, Co. H, 13th Mass. Vols., July 16, 1861; discharged, May 20, 1862, to receive appointment as Surgeon, 9th New York Vols.; declined commission; Assistant Surgeon, 36th Mass. Vols., Aug. 29, 1862; Surgeon, 58th Mass. Vols., Aug. 12, 1864; declined commission; Surgeon, May 4, 1865; mustered out with the regiment, June 8, 1865. From Feb. 11, 1864, until the close of the war he was the only medical officer on duty with the regiment.
ASSISTANT SURGEONS.
Warren Tyler. 42. North Brookfield.
Assistant Surgeon, Aug. 21, 1862; resigned, Oct. 20, 1863; appointed Asst. Surgeon, 57th Mass. Vols., March 29, 1864; declined commission.
Thomas C. Lawton. 28. Sheffield.
Assistant Surgeon, Aug. 15, 1862; declined commission; commissioned Assistant Surgeon, 37th Mass. Vols.
CHAPLAINS.
Charles T. Canfield. 38. Worcester.
Chaplain, Aug. 28, 1862; resigned, Oct. 20, 1863.
Nathaniel Richardson. 57. Somerset.
Chaplain, April 14, 1864; mustered out with the regiment.
ADJUTANTS.
Seth Alonzo Ranlett. 22. Charlestown.
Private, Co. B, July 24, 1862; First Sergeant, Aug. 27, 1862; First Lieutenant, Dec. 1, 1862; appointed Adjutant, Dec. 17, 1862; mustered out on account of physical disability from disease incurred in the service February 20, 1864. Previous to the appointment of Adjutant Ranlett, from Sept. 2 to Dec. 17, 1862, the field duties of Adjutant were performed by First Lieutenant George L. Chipman, Co. A.
William H. Hodgkins. 22. Charlestown.
Private, Co. B, July 23, 1862; Second Lieutenant, Oct. 17, 1862; Acting Adjutant, Jan. 19, 1863, to May 31, 1863; Acting Assistant Adjutant-General, First Brigade, First Division, 9th Army Corps, June 1 to July 30, 1863; First Lieutenant, Oct. 17, 1863; on special duty, Aide-de-Camp to General Willcox, in East Tennessee, Nov. 22 to Dec. 26, 1863; Adjutant, from Jan. 1, 1864, to July 14, 1864, and Acting Adjutant to Aug. 21, 1864; Captain, May 6, 1864; Aide-de-Camp to General Ferrero, commanding Fourth Division, and Assistant Commissary of Musters, Fourth Division, Aug. 21, 1864, and was transferred with that Division to the Army of the James; Asst. Commissary of Musters, Third Division, 9th Army Corps, General Hartranft, commanding, from Jan. 11, 1865, to close of the war; mustered out with the regiment, June 8, 1865. Brevet Major, U.S. Vols., "for valuable and distinguished services at Fort Stedman, Va., March 25, 1865."
Thomas H. Haskell. 21. Charlestown.
Private, Co. B, July 24, 1862; Corporal, March 21, 1862; First Sergeant, Nov. 8, 1863. Severely wounded at battle of Spottsylvania Court-House, May 12, 1864. First Lieutenant, May 6, 1864; commanding Co. B, July 10, to Aug. 21, 1864; Adjutant, Aug. 21, 1864, to close of the war; mustered out with the regiment, June 8, 1865.
QUARTERMASTERS.
Francis B. Rice. 28. Worcester.
First Lieutenant and Regimental Quartermaster, Aug. 8, 1862; resigned, June 25, 1863.
John C. Cutter. 34. Winchendon.
Second Lieutenant, Co. D, Aug. 22, 1862; First Lieutenant, July 17, 1863; Regimental Quartermaster, from July 1, 1863; resigned, January 2, 1864.
Augustus S. Tuttle. 38. Milford.
Second Lieutenant, Co. F, July 28, 1862; recruited the Company and commanded it until the arrival of Captain Draper, Sept., 1862; Brigade Ambulance Officer, from March 1 to June 17, 1863; First Lieutenant, May 16, 1863; Division Ambulance Officer, June 17, 1863, to Dec., 1863; Regimental Quartermaster, Jan. 2, 1864, declining Commission as Captain, to July 1, 1864, when he was appointed Acting A.Q.M., First Brigade, Second Division, 9th Army Corps, and served in that capacity to the close of the war; mustered out with the regiment, June 8, 1865.
Lucius Field. 22. Clinton.
Private, Co. G, Aug. 18, 1862; Commissary Sergeant, Oct. 15, 1862; Quartermaster Sergeant, May 25, 1863; Acting Quartermaster, Nov. 16, 1863, to Jan. 2, 1864; Second Lieutenant, Nov. 1, 1864; First Lieutenant, Nov. 13, 1864; not mustered; Acting Quartermaster from July 1, 1864, to close of the war; mustered out with the regiment, June 8, 1865, as Second Lieutenant.