Thomas Chandler, called the Worcester Volunteer Cadet. Infantry, was formed. A flag was made by the ladies of the city and. The company, with. Worcester artillery company, joined the forces known later as the. Rice and went into camp. Except for the encounters on. Great Britain. Worcester was represented by Hon. Ben- . jamin Heywood, Hon. Francis Blake and Elijah Burbank. A committee was appointed to . Solomon Strong, Aaron Tufts, Benjamin Adams. Gen. Jonathan Osgood, Nathaniel Chandler. John W. The committee reported on the. The report as adopted urged the shortening of the present most. Constitution. But. Treasury, we entreat them, as. Full text of 'History of Worcester and its people' See other formats. Full text of 'Catalogue of books in the children's department of the Carnegie library of Pittsburgh' See other formats. Complete List of FIFA 14 Ultimate Team Summer Transfers. The new cards of the July / August transfer season including Fabregas, Lewandowski and Vidic. Shrewsbury, MA - MassDojo Owner Eric Rossini faces charges in a Texas court. A FREE online software tool for volunteer management and event planning. Save time with sign up sheets and schedules for schools, sports leagues, business events and. In the eyes of the Arlington, TX police department, Eric Rossini is a man looking at charges of sexually assaulting a child. But for many area parents and their. Peace and welfare of their Country, to remember that we. French emperor among us to force a loan at the point of. W.- I- 3. 7. 2. 0, 1. Forts Independence and Warren, Boston, on their way to. Albany. It was composed of infantry and thirty pieces. Just after morning service. Common near the Old South Church. The records at. Washington are not open to inspection and, if they were, it would be. Worcester men enlisting here. The town offered a bounty of ten dollars to. Nov. Some American prisoners who. British soil but had come to this country and had been nat- . England for. trial. To protect them, the American government ordered an equal. British prisoners into confinement to endure the same fate. Americans in England. Shrewsbury Patch Eric Rossini TrialShrewsbury Patch Eric Rossini KarateEngland placed two. American officers in prison for every British soldier confined here, to suf- . British were executed. Ten of the British wlio resided. Worcester jail. Charles Villette, Capt. Albert Manuel, of the Water- . Lt. Arthur Carter, of the Royal Artillery ; Lt. Nine of these men escaped. January 1. 2, overpowering the attendant who had entered the room in. Bells. were rung, cannon fired, and the whole town turned out to search for the. Houses were searched without warrants. At two o'clock in. Holden; four more in the. Barre. The other four eluded their . Afterward the jirisoners were removed from the jail. England lacing too. Their rosters are given at the end of this ciinpter. The Worcester Light Infantry under Capt. Lincoln and the Worcester. Artillery under Capt. Samuel Graves were called out by Gov. Sunday, Sept. 1. 4, and were stationed at South. Boston, where they served to the end of October. On the Sunday fol- . The ratification of the treaty of peace. Lincoln's company in Lieut. Samuel. Towne's regt. Worcester and vicin- . Sewall Hamilton, Ensign John Coo- . Sergt. Levi Wellington, Sergt. Luther Johnson, Sergt. Lincoln Fen- . ring, Corp. James Thompson, Musician Jason. Mann, Musician Oliver Cajer, Musician Rufus Paine, William T. Alex- . ander, Phinehas Ball, Abijah Butler, Dexter Carle, Aaron Curtis, Joseph. Deland, Joseph Drury, Jason Duncan, Joseph Fenno, Asa Flagg, Eleazer. Fletcher, Gardner Johnson, Arnold Mann, Wales Paine, Jonah Perry. Luke Perry, Peter Rice, Timothy R. Putnam, Levi Smith. Samuel Stowell, William Tracy, Isaac Tucker, Walter Tufts, Charles. W. Warren, Daniel Webb, William D. Wheeler, Benjamin White, Na- . Wilder, Archibald Witt. Ed- . wards's regt.; Sept. Worcester; service at. Boston. William Eaton ; Sergt. Ebenezer Hastings, Corp. Charles Putnam; Musician Sew- all Goodridge, Mu- . Benjamin Pierce; Musician Caleb P. Stock, Musician Edward. Curtis. The Light Infantry offered its services, but. He was shot in the. His situation was a most exposed one, a situation which it. Lincoln was acting as adjutant- general, and. HISTORY OF WORCESTER. K, of the same regt., May. A fanatic named John S. Orr. calling himself the . As he passed along the sidewalks he decorated them. He was arrested for dis- . Somehow he had won the sympathy or sup- . Knowlton, addressed the mob. The mob stoned. the station house and broke windows. The mayor then read the riot. Ward was ordered. City Guards, and the loaded muskets of the militia. The Guards stayed that night in. The mob made no further attempt, and the Guards fired. Jo Bill road. The remarkable fact about. Worcester. That was on Friday, April. The news was received on Sunday, and on Monday evening. Higginson. stirred the emotions of the people and fixed their determination to work. Union. Tn & n. Mf; i. Enrol and I> rlll Your Men. On Wednesday, the follow- . Col. Ichabod Washburn, who presented each. Bible ; and Dr. Rufus Woodward, who promised. HISTORY OF WORCESTER. In the evening the boys left. Boston with the Sixth Mass. Regt., to which they were assigned, and. Throughout the trip to the capital. They were quartered in. Senate chamber, April 2. From. the first, Clara Barton and Mrs. Vassall, of this city, were active. Early in May the company went with the com- . Maryland and encamped at Elk Ridge. On June 2. 6 they went. Baltimore, returning July 2 to the Relay Camp. The regiment. had enlisted for three months, the time expiring July 2. Bull Run came the next day, and the regiment was. Banks made an address to. July 2. 3, appealing for its service to defend the capital. The regiment voted to stay in the service as long as needed, but. Worcester company reached this city August 1, at. The company. went to Lowell, however, before coming home, and received a wonderful. Returning in a special train, they arrived here. Horticultural. Hall, Capt. Waldo Lincoln presiding. Lincoln's. address, Capt. But four have received punishment . On the Common, Governor Lincoln. It was. composed of the Worcester City Guards, the Emmet Guards and the. Holden Rifles, all well organized, drilled and equipped, Major Charles. Devens commanding. On April 1. 8 the battalion marched to Mechanics. Hall, where Hon. Hill were the speakers. Ma- . jor Devens also spoke of the duties of the hour. Hoar mak- . ing the speech of presentation, in behalf of Hon. Welling- . ton, saying: . We have not provoked this contest. Our patience has been. We have been smitten on one cheek. We have turned. to show the other, and have been smitten on that too. We have held. forth the olive branch; it has been converted into a rod. The charity. which suffereth long, which hopeth, beareth, believeth and endureth all. Mc. Conville returned thanks for a gift of nearly $1,0. Emmet Guards. This company was addressed in the evening by Fathers. Boyce and O'Reilly. In New York it was posted in. Seventh Regiment where it was visited by Senator. Sumner and other distinguished men, embarking on Sunday morning on. Ariel. Major Devens and Capt. Sprague were extremely. On May 2 the battalion. Fort Mc. Henry, arriving at six the following morning. The. battalion was on duty May 1. The. arrest of William Starr for giving his opinion of Marshal Kane, brought. Capt. Sprague had secured his release, an address from the. A squad of 1. 8 men was sent to Ft. Sprague and a. detachment made an examination of the bridges between Baltimore. Havre de Grace. On June 2. Marshal Kane and the. Baltimore police commissioners were brought to the fort. Goodhue left to take commission in the regular army. Lt. Harkness became quartermaster; Lt. Mc. Cafferty w^as made acting. July 3, Maj. Devens w^ent to Washington, leaving. Capt. Sprague in command of the battalion. Soon afterward Major. Devens left to become colonel of the Fifteenth Mass. From time to time. Pickett with. 4. 0 men were sent on a cruise in a steamer Chester after two suspected. Similar cruises w^ere made. HISTORY OF WORCESTER. ITth of July. One of these detachments took pos- . Chester river and. Ft. Dix addressed the com- . Bull Run. Every man in the City. Guards and Emmet Guards voted to stay. But on July 2. 9 thp companies. New York, August 1 and taking the steamer. City of Boston that afternoon for New London. The welcome of Wor- . Mayor Davis spoke a. Common, and Capt. Sprague replied feelingly. Col. Devens in which he expressed his thanks to the. I can say to you most truly that you have been to me all that an. Forty of the City Guards imme- . Two of the battalion had died of typhoid. Washington was. saved, the secession rising in Maryland was prevented, the Baltimore conspirators were. Washington was opened and held open, and the war of treason. Potomac. The troops that secured such results, de- . Sixth and Eighth Regiments, and the Worcester Rifle Battalion. No better troops than. Major Devens came from the Sixth Regt. Ward of. this city, and Maj. It encamped on the. Brooks farm at South Worcester, June 2. The camp was named. Gen. The men were mustered into service by Gov. Marshall of the regular army. The battle of Bull Run short- . A flag was presented to the. Aug. 7, the address being made by. Hon. Hoar in the City Hall, in the presence of the officers. In his speech accepting the flag, Col. It is indeed a. most fortunate omen. I trust that some of the spirit which animated our. Worcester county. On the 1. 1th, quarters were occupied on Meridian Hill. Kalorama, under the command of Gen. Poolsville, Md., 3. Washington. The camp was named for Dwight Foster, then. Massachuetts. The first duty was to guard the line. Conrad's ferry to the lower end of Harrison's Island, a distance of. The Rebel pickets on the /other side of the river became. The camp was visited. Nathaniel Paine, who made a report of his trip in one of the city. Baldwin, editor of the Spy, wrote, after a. Devens deserves the warmest praise of. Devens induced. many of the men to send money to their families. H and twenty men had crossed the river the. Leesburg, and. had found what appeared to be only a small force of the enemy, where- . Col. Devens crossed with Cos. A, C, G, H and I, and pushed for- . Capt. But after a short time the Union force. Fifteenth with other troops that had accom- . At eleven the enemy made an advance, and the. Fifteenth retreated to the position held by the reserves, about 1,2. Gen. Baker took over the com- . Col. At half past three the Rebels advanced, 4,0. After some three. Union force was compelled to give way. Many. officers had been lost through Rebel sharpshooting. Baker was. heard to say: . Fif- . 5. 86 HISTORY OF WORCESTER. I would cut my way to Leesburg. Cogswell took command. An attempt was made about five. Edward's Ferry. When the movement failed. Gen. Cogswell ordered a retreat, Col. Devens was opposed to the. Do you issue it as.
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