TITLE: Town of Rochester Muster Rolls (Names S-Z) SOURCE: History of the Town of Rochester New Hampshire, From 1722-1890 by Franklin McDuffee, A.M. edited and revised by Silvanus Hayward. In two Volumes.-- Vol. I., Manchester, The John B. Clarke Co., Printers. ©1892. Pages 229-233. SUBMITTED: Transcribed by C. Parziale 7/18/2000 ************************************************************************ Andrew SAMPSON. Brother of the following. On "Mohican," in navy. John Calvin SAMPSON. Son of Luther and Mary E., was born in Dover Dec 1, 1839. Resided in Rochester since 1857. Went to Europe as a sailor twice before he was 17. While at work in the shop the paper brought discouraging news from our army. Removing his apron, he turned to his employer and said, "this must be fought out. Somebody must go to the front. You have a family to support and care for, and must remain; but it is my duty to go." Enlisted in Navy, 1861, and served a year on board U.S. Man of War "Bainbridge." Re-enlisted Sergeant, Co. H, 9th Reg’t. Mustered Aug. 13, 1862. Promoted 2d Lieutenant, Co. B. Commissioned April 1, 1863. Promoted 1st Lieutenant, Co. E, Jan. 1, 1864. When at home on a furlough, learning that his Reg’t was about to go to the front, he hastened back before his time was up. Was kill- ed in a charge on the enemy’s works at Petersburg, Va., July 30, 1864. His body, recovered under flag of truce, was found within the rebel intrenchments, pierced by two minie balls. He was buried in Rochester with both Masonic and military honors, the former conducted by Humane Lodge under Franklin McDuffee, W.M., the latter by Strafford Guards of Dover under Lieut. Vittum. "All who knew him speak in terms of unfeigned praise of his rare personal merits, his excellence of character, his pleasing, modest demeanor, his warm, generous hearted friendship, his determined patriotism and unflinching bravery." Luther B. SAMPSON. Brother of preceding. Sergeant Co. K, 84th Pennsylvania Reg’t. Mustered Oct. 24, 1861. Promoted 2d Lieutenant June 21, 1862. Pro- moted 1st Lieutenant May 3, 1863. Promoted Captain, Co. F, Sept 3, 1864. Was in 37 battles. His superior officers testify that he was "esteemed and admired for gentlemanly deportment, coolness and bravery on many a hard fought battlefield." James SANDER. Private, Co. H, 6th Reg’t. Mustered Nov. 28, 1861. Re-enlisted Jan. 4 1864. Promoted Corporal July 1, 1865. Mustered out July 17, 1865. Betton W. SARGENT. Appointed, 1862, Surgeon, 30th Missouri reg’t. Was at siege and capture of Vicksburg. Afterwards Surgeon on Staff of Gen. Thomas while organizing colored Regiments in Tennessee. Zebadiah SARGENT. Corporal, Co. H, 6th Reg’t. Mustered Nov. 28, 1861. Discharged for disability May 16, 1863. William N. SARLES. Private, Co. I, 3d Reg’t. Mustered Aug. 24, 1861. Slight- ly wounded June 16, 1862. Re-enlisted Feb. 14, 1864. Slightly wounded May 13, 1864. Promoted Corporal March 22, 1865. Resigned June 1, 1865. Mustered out July 20, 1865. Jackson SHAW. Private, Co. I, 15th Reg’t. Mustered Oct. 14, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 13, 1863. Re-enlisted private, Co. H, 18th Reg’t. Mustered Jan. 28, 1865. Wounded in hand. Mustered out July 29, 1865. George Edwin SHOREY. Son of Jeremiah and Eliza, was born in Rochester Oct. 1848. Private, Troop C, 1st Cavalry. Mustered March 30, 1864. Captured June 13, 1864, on acccount of his horse’s failing him. Died of cruelty and starvation amid the horrors of Andersonville prison, Aug 12, 1864. Buried there in grave No. 5405. Nathaniel SHOREY. Private, Co. D, 3d Reg’t. Mustered Aug. 23, 1861. Re- enlisted Feb. 19, 1864. Wounded Aug. 16, 1864. Promoted Corporal Aug. 24, 1864. Promoted Sergeant March 2, 1865. Mustered out July 20, 1865. Walter SHURHAN. Substitute for Noah A. Jenness. Marine Corps. Mustered Aug. 23, 1864. Howard O. SIMON. Private, Co. F., 5th Reg’t. Mustered April 20, 1862. Harlow SIMONDS. Substitute for G.H. Tilton. Private, Co. B, 5th Reg’t Mustered Aug. 14, 1863. Died at Brattleboro, Vt., Oct. 18, 1864. Samuel S. SIMONDS. Substitute for Charles W. Bickford. Private, Co. C, 5th Reg’t. Mustered Aug. 14, 1863. Promoted Sergeant. Promoted 2d Lieutenant, 36th U.S. Colored Reg’t, July, 1864. John T. SINCLAIR. Private, Co. I, 15th reg’t. Mustered Oct. 22, 1862. Edwin E. SMALL. Private, Co. K, 18th Reg’t. Mustered April 1 1865. Muster- ed out May 6, 1865. James Farrington SMITH. Son of Charles and Nancy, was born in Rochester June 21, 1823. Private, Co. K, 12th Reg’t. Mustered Sept 10, 1862. Killed instantly at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863. Left a wife and five children. John W. SMITH. Substitute for Geore E. Nye. Private, Co. C, 5th Reg’t. Mustered Aug. 14, 1863. Wounded June 3, 1864. Promoted Corporal Oct. 20, 1864. Mustered out June 28, 1865. Richard SMITH. Son of Timothy. Enlisted as substitute under name of Charles Hoyt, Sept. 1863. Discharged July, 1865. Afterwards served three years in regular army. Woodbury SMITH. Son of John R. and Lavinia, was born in Rochester Jan. 7, 1845. Enlisted as substitute for Alanson B. George of Lempster, under name of William Sanborn. Private, Co. K, 5th Reg’t. Mustered Oct. 7, 1863. Serverely wounded at Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864. Captured and died in prison at Richmond, Va., June 17, 1864. Buried there in National Cemetery. Joseph F. SPINNEY. Private, Co. E, 17th Illinois Reg’t. Enlisted for three years, May 25, 1861. Re-enlisted private, Co. D, 1st Heavy Artillery. Must- ered Sep 4, 1864. Discharged May 16, 1865. Henry STANSBURY. Substitute for J.W. Ham. In Navy three years. Mustered Aug. 22, 1864. Edward STANTON. substitute for Edward C. Hurd. marine Corps four years. Mustered Aug. 16, 1864. James B. STEVENS. Corporal, Co. I, 15th reg’t. Mustered oct. 15, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 13, 1863. J.D. Stillinkamp. Substitute. Reg’t unknown. Lyman D. STONE. Substitute for Joseph W. Hurd. Private, Co. F, 5th Reg’t. Mustered Aug. 14, 1863. Wounded June 3, 1864. Mustered out June 28, 1865. John S. SULLIVAN. Private, Co. D, 5th Reg’t. Mustered Oct. 23, 1861. Dis- charged for disability Jan. 28, 1863. Re-enlisted, as substitute for Lafayette Wiggin, in Marine Corps. Mustered Sept. 17, 1864. Augustus TAYLOR. In Navy, 1864. Charles TEAGUE. Private, Co. C, 18th Reg’t. Mustered April 6, 1865. Must- ered out May 6, 1865. Matthew TEAGUE. Private. Co. D, 1st Heavy Artillery. Mustered Sept. 4, 1864. Mustered out June 15, 1865. Charles E. TEBBETS. Private, Troop A, 1st Cavalry. Mustered March 9, 1864. Mustered out July 15, 1865. Jeremiah H. W. TEBBETS. Sergeant, Co. I, 15th Reg’t. Mustered Oct. 14, 1862. Promoted Sergeant Major Jan. 18, 1863. Afterwards reduced to ranks. Mustered out Aug. 13, 1863. Noah TEBBETS. Corporal, Co. I, 15th Reg’t. Mustered Oct. 22, 1862. Must- ered out Aug. 13, 1863. re-enlisted Private, 5th Reg’t. Mustered Feb. 21, 1865. Is member of the U.S. Grant Post, G.A.R., and was one of the thirteen detailed to guard the body of Gen. Grant and accompany it to the to tomb, and whose portraits appeared in Harper’s Weekly of that date. Samuel H. TEBBETS. Private, Co. B., 1st Reg’t. Mustered May 2, 1861. Mustered out Aug. 9, 1861. William THOMAS. Substitute for Charles H. Willey. marine Corps four years. Mustered Aug. 19, 1864. John THOMPSON. Private, Co. H, 9th Reg’t. Mustered Aug. 21, 1862. Wounded at Antietam in right foot, Sept. 17, 1862. Discharged for disability March 17, 1863. Re-enlisted private, Veteran Reserve Corps. Mustered Dec. 29, 1863. Andrew Jackson THURSTON. Son of Oliver and Susan, was born in Eaton. Sub- stitute for Augustus J. Rogers. Private, Co. B, 5th Reg’t. Mustered Aug. 14, 1863. Severely wounded at Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864. Hip bone broken. Died of wound at City Point, Va., June 25, 1864. Buried in National Cemetery at Arlington, Va. Left a wife, Priscilla, and four children. Edward D. TILTON. Musician, Co. I, 11th Reg’t. Mustered Jan 2, 1864. Trans- ferred to Co. C, 6th Reg’t, June 1, 1865. Mustered out July 17, 1865. George W. TRICKEY. Private, Co. K, 2d Reg’t. Mustered June 8, 1861. Dis- charged for disability July 15, 1861. Re-enlisted Corporal, Co. I, Oct., 1861. Discharged for disability April, 1862. Re-enlisted Corporal, Co. I, 15th Reg’t. Mustered Oct. 14, 1862. Wounded at Port Hudson in left arm, June 13, 1863. Promoted Sergeant. Mustered out Aug. 13, 1863. Re-enlisted private, Co. I, Veteran Reserve Corps. Mustered Sept. 14, 1864. Discharged Aug. 22, 1865. Joseph TRICKEY. Son of Jacob and Mary, was born in Rochester Aug. 1, 1820. Private, Co. D, 5th Reg’t. Mustered Oct. 23, 1861. Promoted corporal Was in 16 or 17 battles. Wounded at Gettysburg, and bled to death on the field, July 3, 1863. Buried in grave No. 2513 National Cemetery, Alexandria, Va. Left a wife and one child. Alonzo H. TWOMBLY. Private, Co. D, 6th Reg’t. Mustered Dec. 31, 1863. Wounded July 8, 1864. Mustered out July 17, 1865. Joseph B. TWOMBLY. Sergeant, Co. H, 9th Reg’t. Mustered Aug. 13, 1862. Slightly wounded at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862. Discharged for disability March 18, 1863. Re-enlisted in Navy Sept. 3, 1864. Discharged July, 1865. James Franklin TUCKER. Private, Co. B, 1st Reg’t. Mustered May 2, 1861. Mustered out Aug. 9, 1861. Re-enlisted corporal, Co. H, 6th Reg’t. Mustered Nov. 28, 1861. Re-enlisted private, Co. D, Dec. 25, 1863. Wounded near Spottsylvania May 18, and died of wounds May 22, 1864, aged about 28. Left a wife. George W. VARNEY. In Navy. James R. VARNEY. Private, Co. B, 1st Reg’t. Mustered May 2, 1861. Mustered out Aug. 9, 1861. Re-enlisted Corporal, Co. H, 6th Reg’t. Mustered Nov. 28, 1861. Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, July 1, 1863. Discharged for disability April 15, 1864. John B. VARNEY. Private, 1st Light Battery. Transferred to Co. M, 1st Heavy Artillery. Mustered Jan. 4, 1864. Mustered out June 9, 1865. Samuel F. VARNEY. 2d Lieutenant, Co. D, 5th Reg’t. Commissioned Aug. 12, 1861. Had sword presented by citizens. Resigned April 13, 1862. John H. WARDWELL. Private, Co. I, 15th Reg’t. Mustered Oct. 14, 1862. Transferred to Signal corps, where he served till the Reg’t was mustered out, Aug. 13, 1863. After war graduated at Dartmouth College with high rank. Charles H. WARREN. Corporal, Co. K, 2d Reg’t. Mustered May 21, 1861. Wounded at Williamsburg, May 5, 1862. Discharged Jan. 26, 1863. James E. WARREN. Private, Co. B, 7th Reg’t. Mustered Nov. 19, 1861. De- tailed from company as a carpenter most of the time. Mustered out Dec. 22, 1864. John S. WARREN. Appointed Ass’t Surgeon, 120th U.S. Colored Reg’t, Aug. 27, 1864. Post Surgeon at Paducah, Ky., while Gen. Thomas was organizing colored Reg’ts. Post surgeon at city Point, Va., for 6 or 8 weeks after Lee’s surrender. Osman B. WARREN. Private, Co. H, 9th Reg’t. Mustered Aug. 13, 1862. Promoted 1st Sergeant March 1, 1864. Captured at Spottsylvania, May 12, 1864. Suffered the indescribable horrors of Andersonville. Was taken to Charleston and afterwards to Florence, where he was exchanged. Wilbur F. WARREN. Private, Troop C, 1st Cavalry. Mustered March 30, 1864. Promoted Corporal June 1, 1865. Mustered out July 15, 1865. John WATSON. In Navy. Robert WATSON. Substitute for Hiram S. Osborne. Morris WELCH. Private, Co. H, 14th Reg’t. Substitute for B.L.E. Gowen. Mustered Aug. 14, 1863. Deserted Nov. 3, 1863. Charles F. WENTWORTH. Private, Troop L, 1st Cavalry. Mustered Dec. 27, 1861. Mustered out Dec. 27, 1864. Charles H. WENTWORTH. Private, Co. H, 9th Reg’t. Mustered Aug. 13, 1862. Wounded in shoulder at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862. Promoted Corporal Aug. 1, 1864. Mustered out June 10, 1865. George S. WENTWORTH. Enlisted 1861, Private, 5th Reg’t U.S. Light Artillery in regular army. Wounded in left shoulder at Gettysburg. Discharged Oct., 1864. Loren H.G. WENTWORTH. Enlisted Aug. 5, 1862. Private, 5th N.Y., Heavy Artillery. Taken prisoner when Gen. Miles surrendered at Harper’s Ferry, and paroled on the spot to prevent re-capture. He says of this surrender, "It was the meanest thing I ever saw." Served three years. Roland C. WHICHER. Substitute for John M. Avery. Private, Co. B, 5th Reg’t. Mustered Aug. 15, 1863. Wounded June 3, 1864. Deserted from hospital Dec. 4, 1864. Returned and was mustered out May 25, 1865. John WHITE. Private, Co. K, 13th Illinois Reg’t. Enlisted April 1, 1861. Re-enlisted in same Reg’t. Discharged for disability June 4, 1864. Patrick WHITE. Substitute for George W. Wentworth. George WHITEFIELD. Substitute for Dyer P. Hall, 1863. Nathaniel H. WILLARD. Private, Co. A, 4th Reg’t. Mustered Sept. 18, 1861. Deserted while on furlough, July 24, 1864. Returned and mustered out Sept. 18, 1864. Charles E. WILKINSON. Son of William. Private, Co. B, 1st Reg’t. Mustered May 2, 1861. Mustered out Aug. 9, 1861. Died Jan. 26, 1863, Æ 31. Wentworth WILLEY. Son of Enoch T. and Sarah, was born in Dover, June 1, 1837. house carpenter in Rochester since 1849. Private, Co. I, 15th Reg’t Mustered Oct. 14, 1862. Died of disease in hospital at Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 3, 1863, and was buried there. Charles H. WILLIAMS. Private, Co. K, 4th reg’t. Mustered Sept. 18, 1861. Re-enlisted Feb. 15, 1864. John WILLIAMS. Private, Co. B, 6th Reg’t. Mustered Dec. 31, 1863. Dessert- ed at Camp Nelson, Ky., Jan. 16, 1864. Harry WILSON. Private, Troop K, N.H. Battalion 1st New England Cavalry. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Henry WILSON. Private, Co. B, 1st Reg’t. Mustered May 2, 1861. Captured July 4, 1861. Released on parole June 3, 1862. Captured again June 16, 1863. After two months at Belle Isle and Libbey prison was exchanged. John WILSON. Substitute for John F. Twombly. Private, Co. F, 9th Reg’t. Mustered Aug, 17, 1864. Deserted en route to Reg’t, Dec., 1864 Joseph WINGATE. Private, Co. A, 4th Reg’t. Mustered Sept. 18, 1861. Pro- moted corporal. Severely wounded at Pocotaligo Bridge, Oct. 22, 1862. Re- enlisted Sergeant in same Co. Feb. 15, 1864. Wounded in right arm at Drury’s Bluff, May 16, 1864. Promoted 1st Lieutenant, Co. K, Feb. 17, 1865. command- ed the Co. at Fort Fisher, also at Raleigh, Aug. 10, 1865. Mustered out Aug. 23, 1865. Ichabod WORCESTER. Private, Co. F, 5th Reg’t. Mustered Aug. 14, 1863. Wounded June 3, 1864. Discharged for disability May 18, 1865. Philbrick M. WORCESTER. Private, Troop c, 1st Cavalry. Mustered April 12, 1864. Mustered out June 8, 1865. John YELDEN. Son of James, was born in Barnstead, C.E., about 1837. Had lived in Rochester seven years with his mother, whom he supported. Private, Co. I, 3d Reg’t. Mustered Aug. 24, 1861. Killed at James Island, June 16, 1862, while he with Abram Pearl was trying to remove their fallen captain from the field. Charles YORK. Son of Stephen and Kezia, was born in Newfield, Me., Dec., 1843. Had lived in Rochester about two years. Private, Troop B, 1st Cav- alry. Mustered March 30, 1864. Captured, and died under the tortures and starvation of Andersonville prison, Sept. 14, 1864. Buried there in grave No. 8736. George Frank YOUNG. Son of Alfred A. and Abbie E., was born at Great Falls, Feb. 14, 1842. Private, Co. I, 15th Reg’t. Mustered Oct. 14, 1862. Died of disease en route from Port Hudson to Vicksburg, July 29, 1863. Buried on bank of Mississippi. Joseph YOUNG. Private, Co. D, 1st Heavy Artillery. Mustered Sept. 4, 1864. Mustered out June 15, 1865. **************************************************************************** * * * * Notice: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. 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