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John Brown, Co. E. 



William J. Stock well, Co. I. Also in Lincoln Light Infantry. 



Born Hingham, Feb. 24, 1842. Died in service, Aug. 9, 1863. 

 John Sullivan, Co. E. 



Thirty-second Regiment. 



The Thirty-second Regiment, of which the basis was a battalion 

 originally raised to garrison Fort Warren, contained many more 

 men from Hingham than did any other in the service. Indeed, 

 three of the companies, A, E, and F, were so largely composed of 

 recruits from this town as to be regarded almost as Hingham 

 organizations ; and the movements of the regiment were prob- 

 ably followed with greater interest by our citizens than any other 

 in the army. Its magnificent record for bravery and faithful- 

 ness more than fulfilled and repaid the expectations and pride 

 felt in it. Capt. Luther Stephenson, Jr., recruited and commanded 

 Company A, which eventually contained twenty-four from Hing- 

 ham. Captain Bumpus, of Braintree, commanded Company E, in 

 which thirty-two Hingham men enlisted, and in Company F there 

 were twenty-two of our fellow-townsmen ; besides these, there 

 were six others scattered through other companies, — making 

 eighty -four Hingham soldiers in the regiment. The names of 

 those enlisting in subsequent years will be found in their proper 

 places. 



Luther Stephenson, Jr., who, it will be recalled, commanded 

 the Lincoln Light Infantry on the departure of the Fourth 

 Regiment, M. V. M., was born in Hingham, April 25, 1830. He 

 became Major of the Thirty-second Regiment Aug. 18, 1862, 

 and December 29 was commissioned lieutenant-colonel. He was 

 severely wounded at Gettysburg, and again on the 18th and 22d 

 of June, 1864. Colonel Stephenson was a brave officer, and by 

 order of General Grant was breveted colonel and brigadier- 

 general March 16, 1865, for gallant services. He was chief of 

 the State Detective Force from March, 1875, to July, 1878, and in 

 1883 was appointed Governor of the United States Soldiers' Home 

 at Togus, in Maine, with the rank of a brigadier-general in the 

 army, which office he still holds. 



George R. Reed, Cos. A and I. Born Hingham, Dec. 17, 1839. 



First service in Lincoln Light Infantry. Sept. 1, 1862, became 



2d Lieut. ; 1st Lieut. Dec. 30 ; July 20, 1864, commissioned 



Captain. 

 George W. Bibby, Co. A. Member Lincoln Light Infty. Aug. 21, 



1862, 2d Lieut., and 1st Lieut. Aug. 22, 1863. Killed May 20, 



1864. 

 Nathaniel French, Jr., Co. A. Born Hingham, Aug. 28, 1858. 



2d Lieut. Lincoln Light Infty. April 20, 1861, and of Co. A, 



32d Regt. Nov. 16 ; 1st Lieut. March 7, 1862, and transferred 



to Co. D. Died in service, Aug. 9, 1862. 



