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342 History of Hingham. 



Henry F. Binney, Jacob Ourish, 



James B. Bryant, Albert L. Peirce, 



John W. Burr, Charles H. F. Stodder, 



Thomas A. Carver, Demerick Stodder, 



Silas H. Cobb, William Taylor, 



Charles Corbett, Charles H. Damon, W. Scituate, 



Jerry J. Corcoran, George C. Dwelly, Hanover, 



Isaac M. Dow, Hosea Dwelly, " 



Levi H. Dow, Francis W. Everson, Weymouth, 



George Dunbar, Charles A. Gardner, W. Scituate, 



George W. Fearing, Henry C. Gardner, 



Henry C. French, John D. Gardner, 



Albert S. Haynes, Herbert Graves, " 



Edwin Hersey, William B. Harlow, Hanover, 



William H. Jacob, E. A. Jacob, West Scituate, 



William H. Jones, Jr. John H. Prouty, " " 



Alfred A.Lincoln, William Prouty, Jr., " " 



Daniel S. Lincoln, Alpheus Thomas, South " 



William H. Marston, 



Two days after the departure of Lieutenant Stephenson with his 

 men, a meeting of the citizens was held at the Town Hall for the 

 purpose of devising means for the relief of such families of mem- 

 bers of the company as might need assistance during its absence. 

 Caleb Gill presided, and eight hundred dollars for the purpose was 

 subscribed by persons in the hall. It was the anniversary of the 

 battle of Lexington. On Sunday, the 28th, a large number of 

 ladies, under the general direction of Mrs. Solomon Lincoln, met 

 in Masonic Hall, in Lincoln Building, for the purpose of making 

 clothing to be sent to Hingharn's company at Fortress Monroe. 

 April 30, Charles W. Cushing presided over a town meeting, at 

 which six thousand dollars were appropriated to furnish supplies 

 to the families of those who had been, or thereafter should be, 

 called into the country's service. The Fourth Massachusetts was 

 stationed a portion of its time at Newport News, and a portion at 

 Hampton, from which last place it returned to Fortress Monroe 

 on the expiration of its term of enlistment. It reached Boston 

 July 19, and went into camp at Long Island. On the 23d the 

 Lincoln Light Infantry, having with the rest of the regiment been 

 mustered out of service, proceeded to Hingham, where it was given 

 a formal public reception. A procession consisting of a detach- 

 ment of the Second Battalion of Infantry, a company of " Home 

 Guards," the fire department, a cavalcade, and a large number of 

 citizens, was formed upon the wharf. Subsequently Cobb's Light 

 Battery headed the escort. In front of Lincoln's Building a 

 service of thanksgiving was held, and addresses were made. 

 At the close of the exercises the procession proceeded to the 

 Town Hall amid the ringing of the church bells and the firing of 

 cannon ; here a collation was served, and the men returned to the 

 homes which they had left so suddenly three month? before. 



