At Amesbury,
Mass. on the eighteenth day of August 1864, I entered the service,
as private, in Company K. 4th Reg’t Mass. Volunteers, Hy. Artly.,
and at the close of the war my rank still remained the same.
As the
war had come to an end, I was finally discharged at Fort Richardson,
Va., on June 17, 1865.
I was never
engaged in any battles and was never wounded, confined in hospital
or taken prisoner.
Among
my most intimate comrades were George Tate, George Edson, and Corporal
John Edson.
I consider
being in Fortifications and on Picket Duty the most important events
during my army life.
We were drilled in Heavy Artillery and Infantry, stationed some
of the time in Maryland and the remainder of our time in Virginia.
This Company did a good share of picket-duty and it was looked upon
as well a drilled company as was in the Regiment.
The late Col. William M. Strachan, Commander of 9th Infantry, Mass.
Militia was Company K.’s Orderly Sergeant and Albert E. Proctor
of No. 206 Commercial St., Boston, Mass., was Captain of Co. K.
4th Reg’t Mass. Volunteers, Hy. Artly.
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