At Boston
on the eighth day of July 1861, I first entered the service, as
private, in Company D. 20th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers and
at the close of the war my rank still remained the same.
I was finally
discharged on April 21 1863, at Washington, D. C., after receiving
a surgeon's certificate of disability. I never was re-enlisted,
again commissioned, or transferred to any other organization.
The first
battle in which I was engaged took place at Ball's Bluff. I also
participated in the following engagements at Fair Oaks, South Mountain,
Antietam and Fredericksburg (both 11th & 13th of Dec. 1862).
On December
thirteenth 1862, at Fredericksburg, I was wounded by a bullet passing
through my right ankle and was confined at Saint Aloysius Hospital,
Washington, for four and one half months.
On Oct
21, 1861, I was taken prisoner at Ball's Bluff by Gen. Evan's command
and from that date until March 1st 1862 I was confined in three
prisons in Richmond, Va.
The names
of the prisons were Mayo's Warehouse, Libby and one other whose
name is unknown. I left the prison on or about March 1st, 1862 on
parole.
My prison
life, Battle of Ball's Bluff and Peninsular Campaign are among my
most important events during my army life.
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