Military History. 



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On the 16th, after a meeting of the field officers of the regiments 

 near Boston in the Governor's room at the State House, Lieut- 

 Colonel Fearing came to Hingham and called a meeting of the 

 Lincoln Light Infantry at its armory. During the day, Lieut. 

 Luther Stephenson, Jr., had received a despatch from the Governor 

 announcing the discharge of Captain Sprague, and ordering him 

 to report with the company by the first train in Boston. 



At one o'clock p. m. of Wednesday, the 17th, the members 

 assembled at the armory, and at four o'clock marched out amid 

 the ringing of bells and the cheering of the multitude. Taking 

 the train, Boston was reached late in the afternoon ; and the com- 

 pany soon joined the Fourth Regiment, to which it belonged, at 

 the State House. After receiving equipments and listening to a 

 brief address from Governor Andrew, the Fourth and Sixth Regi- 

 ments together marched for the depots, — the former proceeding by 

 the Old Colony, and the latter by the then Worcester road. April 

 20, the Fourth reached its destination, Fortress Monroe. The 

 following is the roll of the Lincoln Light Infantry of April 19, 

 1801 : — 



Luther Stephenson, Jr., Capt., 

 Charles Sprague, 1st Lieut., 

 Nathaniel French, Jr., 2d " 

 Peter X. Sprague, Sergt., 

 Joshua Morse, 

 Henry Stephenson, Corp., 

 Lyman B. Whiton, u 

 Samuel Bronsdon, Fifer, 

 George W. Bibby, Private, 

 Jacob G. dishing, " * 



The above were members of 

 following joined at the time of 



George M. Adams, Private, 

 Charles H. Bassett, 

 Andrew J. Clark. 

 John Creswell, 

 Fergus A. Easton, 

 John W. Eldredge, 

 George A. Grover, 

 James M. Haskell, 

 George E. Humphrey, 

 John Q. Jacob, 

 Benjamin L. Jones, 

 George Miller, 



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Henry S. Ewer, Private, 

 Levi Kenerson, " 



Josiah M. Lane, " 



George R. Reed, " 



Benjamin S. Souther, " 

 James S. Sturtevant, " 

 William S. Whiton, " 

 Joseph N. Berry, Weymouth, Pr., 

 Parker E. Lane, " " 



Daniel W. Lincoln, " " 



the company previously, but the 

 its departure : — 



William T. Nelson, Private, 



Ebenezer F. Roberts, 



John S. Souther, 



William J. Stockwcll, 



Alvin Tower, 



Isaac G. Waters, 



George Wolfe, 



Elijah Prouty, Weymouth, Priv., 



Theodore Raymond, Weymouth, 



Private, 

 Alfred W. Stoddard, Marshfield, 



Private. 



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The company, which numbered forty-two at this time, was 

 increased to seventy-nine on the 22d of May by the arrival of 



the following recruits : - 



