CAMP STEVENS AT GROTON. 1 33 



Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 



Head Quarters, Boston, Dec. 20, 1862. 

 Special Order, No. 131 1. 



The troops which were enlisted and mustered into service at 

 Camp Stevens, Groton Junction, having left the Commonwealth for 

 the seat of war, Capt. Wesley C. Sawyer, Commandant of the 

 Camp, is relieved from further service, and I am directed by His 

 Excellency the Commander in Chief, to thank Capt. Sawyer for the 

 acceptable manner in which he has performed the duties of his post. 

 By order of the Commander in Chief, 



William Schouler, 



Adjt. General. 



Since the war Captain Sawyer has studied at Gottingen, 

 Germany, where he received the degree of Doctor of Philoso- 

 phy. He has held the professorship of Philosophy and 

 Rhetoric at Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin, but 

 is now living at San Jose, California. 



The barracks and other structures used by the soldiers at 

 Camp Stevens have long since disappeared, and not a trace 

 of the former occupation is to be seen. Years ago some of 

 the buildings were taken down, and the rest were removed, 

 mostly to Ayer. George James Burns, Esq., a lawyer of that 

 town, wrote an interesting article for " The Groton Land- 

 mark," June 25, 1887, which traces the history of many of 

 these buildings. 



In the autumn of 1862, Dr. Edward Jarvis, of Dorchester, 

 was appointed by Surgeon-General Dale to visit the various 

 camps in the State, of which there were ten, and report on 

 their sanitary condition. The result of his labors may be 

 found in two communications printed in "The Boston Medi- 

 cal and Surgical Journal" for December 4 and II, 1862 

 (LXVII. 364-367 and 381-384, respectively), wherein he 

 makes some criticism on Camp Stevens. 



According to the " Record of Massachusetts Volunteers, 

 1 861-1865 " (I. 390-392), the following soldiers died in camp 

 at Groton : Henry A. Waters, of Shirley, Co. D, on October 

 25, 1862; Spencer Stockwell, of Athol, Co. E, November 20; 

 and Daniel P. Hemenway, of Barre, Co. F, December r. 



