336 HISTORY OF COH ASSET. 



Continental army. The highest of rank from Cohasset 

 in the Continental army were James Hall, who became 

 captain lieutenant in the artillery, besides being an aid 

 to General Washington, and Noah Nichols, who was also 

 a captain of artillery, as we saw at the close of the 

 Revolutionary chapter. 



At the end of the war our Cohasset man in the militia 

 next in rank to Thomas Lothrop was Job Cushing, com- 

 missioned major in 1781. who had been an active captain 

 throughout the war in our State forces. This major had 

 command in the Second Suffolk Regiment, to which 

 several of our neighboring towns belonged. Next to him 

 was Captain Nathaniel Nichols, who commanded the 

 company which drilled in our own town. His two lieu- 

 tenants were Jerome Lincoln and Samuel Bates, all of 

 them appointed in 1781. 



The drill and firearms were very stale matters at the 

 end of the Revolution, but after several years' rest the 

 old condition of the militia in peaceful times returned. 



James Stoddard became a major. First Brigade, First 

 Division, in 1789, and Levi Tower captain of our Cohas- 

 set company, with Caleb Nichols for his lieutenant. 



The occasional drills* upon our Common or in some 

 level field were public events of considerable enjoyment. 

 Especially was it interesting when a regiment muster was 

 appointed to be held at Cohasset, when other companies 

 of the regiment gathered here for larger maneuvers and 

 sham battles. 



One of the Revolutionary soldiers who became after- 

 wards advanced in militia rank was Jonathan Bates, 

 captain in 1796, but commissioned major the next year. 



The affairs of the militia company went along serenely, 

 furnishing a social diversion for the men, as well as being 

 a perpetual preparation for local defense. 



*In the selectmen's accounts for 1801 the following interesting items occur: 

 " Paid officers and soldiers of the Train Band, ;g58.5o. Paid i6}4 lbs Powder for 

 Soldiers Training, ^8.29." 



