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[In the April number of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE there was published an article by A. E. Blunt '59 entitled "Dartmouth in the Civil War." A number of omissions occurring and corrections, being necessary, the article was sent to Major E. D. Redington '6l, with the request that he make such changes as should prove necessary. In reply, Major Redington has sent the following letter, incorporating data acquired with painstaking care.

In this connection, it should be said that in the "Dartmouth Roll of Honor" the College has a carefully edited volume of the military records of its . sons, such as cannot be excelled. This work was begun and compiled by Major Redington, and then was carefully revised by Major Wm. H. Hodgkins, hon. '97, well known as a military historian. Published by the Trustees in 1907, it has since been on sale at the College at a dollar a copy. E. M. H.]

June 26, 1909

Mr. Ernest M. Hopkins,

Editor DARTMOUTH ALUMNI MAGAZINE MY DEAR MR. HOPKINS:

I notice in the April number of the MAGAZINE an article by A. A. Blunt '69 (should be's9) on "Dartmouth in the Civil War." His motive in calling attention to the services of the graduates of the College in the War of the Rebellion `is a praiseworthy one, but somehow the author has fallen far short of giving his alma mater all the credit she is entitled to for the sacrifices her sons made in behalf of the Union in that crisis.

He only includes (or intends to) the graduates who held commissions from classes 1822-1863. In this list there are many names omitted, while in classes subsequent to 1863 there were fourteen officers and fifty-nine non-commissioned officers and privates who held degrees either in the academic or scientific departments. Captain Blunt takes no cognizance of the large number of non-graduates who left College to enter the Army, many of whom gave their lives for the Union, and who also attained high rank. Ido not know where he obtained the facts on which to base his article. Aside from ,the omissions of names that ought to be included even in his partial sketch, there are many mistakes that ought to be corrected. Most of these I am satisfied are blunders of the printer. The corrections I make and the names I add from the classes he enumerated can be verified by reference to "Dartmouth Roll of Honor," which was published by the trustees of the College in 1907, and which includes non-graduates so far as data could be obtained, and also graduates of the Dartmouth Medical School. Captain Blunt does not include any privates in his list, and he leaves out the paymasters altogether, perhaps because he did not consider they were in active service. I can vouch for the fact that the service that some of them rendered was sufficientlyactive. The following errors occur in Captain Blunt's list:

1832 Brig. Genl. Joseph D. Webster should read Bvt. Maj. Genl.

1835 Chap. Stephen S. N. Greely, Ist Vt., should be 6th Mich. Cav.

1835 Col. Peter T. Washburn, 6th Mich. Cav., should read Lieut. Col. Peter T. Washburn, Ist Vt. Infantry.

1841 Capt. Danl. Foster, 33d Mass., should read Chaplain Danl. Foster, 33d Mass., and Capt. 37th U. S. Colored Troops.

1842 Chap. Royal Parkinson, zd U. S. A. should be 23d U. S. C. T.

1842 Chap. Saml. Souther should be Private Saml. Souther.

1842 Surg. Abner Spicer Warren should be Warner,

1842 Chap. Samuel J. Spalding, sSth Mass., should be 48th Mass.

1842 Maj. Moses H. White should be Ist Lieut.

1845 Surg. Clark G. Pease, 2d Wis., should be 2d Wis. Cav.

1845 Capt. David S. Vittum, 3d Wis., should read Lt. Col. David S. Vittum, 3d Wis. Cav.

1846 Chap. Jas. J. Blaisdell, 4th Wis., should be 40th Wis.

1848 Col. Isaac L. Clark, 96th Ill., should be Lt. Col.

1849 Capt. John M. Kimball, 25th N. Y., should be Chap, and Adjt.

1850 Surg. Edward C. Dickinson, 10th Mo., should be 10th MO. Cav.

1851 Capt. Richard Burton Foster, 62d U. S. A., should read Capt. Richard Baxter Foster 62d U. S. C. T.

1851 Col. Nathan Lord, sth Vt., should be 6th Vt.

1851 Col. Redfield Proctor, 3d Vt., should be 15th Vt.

1852 Surg. George Cary, 13th Conn., should be George Clary.

1852 Brig. Genl. Chas. E. Hovey, should be Bvt. Maj. Gehl.

1854 Col. Hiram B. Crowley, should be Crosby.

1854 Surg. Geo. A. Collamore, 104 th Ohio, should be 100 th Ohio.

1854 Brig. Genl. John Eaton, U. S. A.,should be U. S. C. T.

1854 Col. Artemas F. Haskell, 6th Wis., should read Col. Aretas F. Haskell, 36th Wis.

1857 Ist Lt. William J. Galbraith, 12th Penn., should be 78th Penn.

1857 Ist Lt. Ezra K. Parker, U. S. A., should be R. I. Arty.

1858 Brig. Saml. A. Duncan, 4th U. S. A., should be U. S. C. T.

1858 Surg. Saml. L. Gerould, should be Sgt.

1858 Maj. Rudolph Warfield Stark, Ist Penn., should read Maj. Rudolph Warfield Shenk, 135 th Penn.

1858 Capt. Saml. M. Smith, 32d U. S. A., should be 32d U. S. C. T.

1858 Capt. Ai Baker Thompson, sth Mass., should be 18th U. S. Infy.

1858 Capt. Luther Thompson, 2d N. H., should be Lt. Wm. Luther Thompson, 2d N. H.

1858 Capt. Malcolm W. Tewksbury, 10th Ill., should be 104 th Ill.

1859 Maj. Phineas S. Conner, U. S. A., should be Surg, and Major.

1859 Capt. Edward Cowles, U. S. A., should be Asst. Surg, and Capt.

1859 Capt. Charles H. Dickinson, U. S. A., should read Capt. and A. Q. M. Chase H. Dickinson, U. S. A.

1859 Col. Lucius B. Eaton, 65th Ohio, should read Lt. Col. Lucien B. Eaton, 69th U. S. C. T.

1859 Capt. Roger S. Greene, 3d Mo., should be 57th U. S. C. T.

1859 Surg. Jos. W. Grosvenor, nth R. I., should be Asst. Surg.

1859 Capt. George. E. Ross, 45th Ohio, should be Major.

1859 Col. Wheelock G. Veazey,' 3d Vt., should be 16th Vt.

1860 Capt. Wm. E. Benton, 14th N. H., should be Bunten.

1860 Col. George E. Chamberlin, nth Vt., should be Lt. Col.

1860 Col. Oscar A. Hale, 6th Vt., should be Lt. Col.

1860 Chap. Arthur Little, Ist Vt., should be IIth Vt.

1960 Surg. Henry C. Newell, 3d Vt., should be Asst. Surg.

1860 Capt. Charles E. Parker, Ist R. I. Cav., should be 7th Vt. Infy.

1860 Ist Lt. George T. White, 3d Mass., should be 128 th N. Y.

1861 Lt. Col. Henry M. Caldwell, should be Capt.

1861 Capt. David F. Cole, 12th Vt., should add Major, 109 th U. S. C. T.

1861 Capt. Amos Byron Jones, Berdan's Sharpshooters, should add Colonel and A. D. C.

1861 Capt. Wm. R. Patten, d. 1876, should be d. 1886.

1861 Capt. Francis M. Perkins 2d N. H., should read Capt. and A. Q. M. Frank W. Perkins.

1861 Ist Lt. Edward D. Redington, 15th Vt. should read Major and Addl. Paymaster U. S. Vols.

1862 Chap. Augustus Alvord, Ist Conn., should be 31st U. S. C. T.

1862 Lt. Col. Stark Fellows, U. S. A., should be U. S. C. T.

1862 Surg. Augustus C. Walker, 18th N. Y., should be N. Y. Cav.

The following alumni in classes 1822-1863 also served in the Union Army during the War of the Rebellion in addition to those mentioned by Captain Blunt in his article:

1829 Maj. and Addl. Paymaster, U. S. V., Chas. W. Woodman.

1836 Acct. Asst. Surg. Cladius B. Webster, U.S. A.

1839 Acct. Asst. Surg. Leslie L. Scammell, U. S. A.

1838 Acct. Asst. Surg. Hewett C. Fessenden, U. S. A.

1840 Asst. Surg, and Surg. Sylvanus Bunton, 2d N. H., and 7th N. H.

1840 Chap. Elihu T. Rowe, 15 th N. H.

1841 Act. Surg. Orel Cook, U. S. A.

1841 Maj and Surg. Thos R. Crosby, U. S.

1841 Asst. Surg. Samuel Flagg, 25th Mass.

1841 A. D. C. Henry C. Long, U. S. A.

1841 Chap. Benj. H. Pearson, IIth Ill.

1841 Hospital Steward, John Webster, some N. H. Regt.

1842 Capt. and A. Q. M. Ranslure W. Clarke

1842 Asst. Surg. Benj. N. Comings, 13th Conn.

1842 Major and Surgeon Jabez B. Upham, U. S. A.

1843 Private Ezra W. Gale, some Penn. Regt.'

1843 Chap. William A. Patten, 32d Maine.

1844 Major and Addl. Paymaster Jos. W. Drew, U. S. A.

1845 Surgeon Wm. M. Chamberlin, U. S. A.

1845 Paymaster's Steward, Geo. H. Palmer, U. S. N.

1847 Major and Addl. Paymaster Gilbert Wadleigh, U. S. A.

1848 Surgeon Albert H. Crosby, 13th Regt. Vet. Reserves.

1849 Maj. and Bvt. Lt. Col. and Addl. Paymaster Stephen M. Crosby, U. S. A.

1845 Private Everett Boynton, ist Mass. Cav.

1849 Private Philetus Fales, 2d lowa Infy.

1849 Passed Asst. Paymaster Fred C. I inlay, U. S. N.

1850 Private Robt. W. Carr, 9th Maine Infy. '

1850 Private Nathl. Colver, 95th Ill. Infy.

1850 Act. Asst. Surg. Nathan S. Lincoln, U. S. A.

1850 Private John Wheeler, 42d Mass.

1851 Private John Richards, 41st Penn.

1852 Surgeon Enoch Blanchard, 7th Vermont.

1852 Maj. and Addl. Paymaster John J. Ladd, U. S. A.

1852 Act. Asst. Surg. Jos. W. Odell, U. S.

1853 Paymaster C. L. Bennett, U. S. N.

1854 Hospital Steward Henry M. Bacon, U. S. A.

1854 Maj. and Addl. Paymaster Simeon D. Farnsworth, U. S. A.

1854 Act. Asst. Surg. Rufus O. Mason, U. S. N.

1854 Private Baxter Perry Smith, 9th N. H.

1854 Act. Asst. Surg. Bela N. Stevens, U. S. A.

1855 Maj. and Addl. Paymaster Wm. H. H. Allen, U. S. A.

1855 Private Saml. R. Bond, Ist Minn.

1855 Maj. and Addl. Paymaster Simeon R. Marston, U. S. A.

1855 3d Asst. Engr. Sidney L. Smith, U. S. N.

1856 Sgt. Henry F. Anderson, 7th R. I. Cav.

1856 Private James E. Johnson, some Ill. Regt.

1856 Chaplain John Kimball, U. S. A.

1856 Asst. Surg. Almond O. Leavitt, U. S. N.

1856 Post Q'rmaster John A. Putney, U. S. Vols.

1856 Private Levi P. Sabin, Ist Wis. H. A.

1856 Capt. Engrs. Benj. S. Church, 12th N. Y.

1856 Lieut. Saml. T. Durkee, Ill. Artillery.

1856 Col. and Bvt. Brig. Genl. Jacob Sharpe, 156 th N. Y.

1856 Surg. Albert Wood, Ist Mass. Cav.

1857 Asst. Surg. John A. Follett, 39th Ohio.

1857 Maj. and Addl. Paymaster Moses K. Hazelton, U. S. A.

1857 Asst. Surg. Lloyd W. Hixon, 13th Mass.

1857 Chaplain Norman Jones, 107 th Ohio.

1857 Medical Director Henry M. Wells, U. S. N.

1857 Major A. J. Cheney, 49th Wis.

1857 Lieut. Francis H. Goodall, nth N. H.

1857 Major Henry M. Pollard, Bth Vt.

1858 Lieut. Wm. L. Baker, 4th U.S. Light Arty.

1858 Act. Asst. Surg. Albert A. Davis, U. S. A.

1858 Private, Horace M. Dyke, 2d Kansas.

1858 Maj. and Addl. Paymaster Frank H. Fletcher, U. S. A.

1858 Asst. Surg. Alex. Ingram, U. S. A.

1858 Act. Asst. Surg. Elias C. Neal, U. S. N.

1858 Capt. Wm. C. Tracy, 4th Vt.

1858 Private G. B. Williams, 51st Mass.

1859 Act. Asst. Surg. Peleg Wadsworth, U. S. A.

1859 Ist Lieut. John M. Bancroft, 4th Mich

1859 Capt. Wm. A. Barnard, 20th Mich.

1859 Private Chester W. Eaton, 50th Mass.

1859 Private Wm. P. Marshall, 18th N. H.

1860 Private Albert S. Bickmore, 44th Mass.

1860 Private Saml. Q. Dearborn, 18th N. H.

1860 Act. Asst. Paymaster D. A. Dickinson, U. S. N.

1860 Act. Asst. Surg. W. K. Fletcher, U. S. A.

1860 Hospital Steward, Chas. L. Foster, 47th Mass.

1860 Hospital Steward, W. S. Herrick, U. S. N.

1860 Asst. Surg. Chas. Little, U. S. N.

1860 Capt. Ezra B. Parker, Ist N. H. Cav.

1860 Hospital Steward John Tredick, U. S. A.

1861 Corporal Edmund Davis, 35th Mass.

1861 Private Geo. W. Estabrook, 45th Mass.

1861 Act. Asst. Surg. Jasper S. Grant, U. S. A.

1861 Lieut. George E. Hodgdon, 10th N. H., and Vet. Res. Corps.

1861 Private George S. Morris, 16th Vt.

1861 Lieut. Henry P. Page, 14th N. H.

1861 Private Chas. T. Richardson, 45th Mass.

1861 Asst Surg. Jas. M. Whitaker, 70th U. S. C. T.

1861 Asst. Surg. M. L. Brown, sth N. H.

1861 2d Asst. Engr. Henry B. Green, U. S. N.

1861 Private H. G. McDuffie, 169 th N. Y.

1862 Lt. Col. Calvin S. Brown, Ist Maine Battalion.

1862 Act. Asst. Surg. John R. Eastman, U. S.N.

1862 Ist Lt. Geo. F. Gill, U. S. A.

1862 Ist Lieut. Geo. F. Hobbs, 18th N. H.

1862 Top. Engr. Andrew Ingraham, U. S. A.

1862 Private Benj. McLeran, 3d Mass.

1862 Ist Lieut. Geo. H. Taylor, 73d U. S. C. T.

1862 Asst. Surg. John S. Warren, Bth U, S. H. A. Col. Troops.

1862 Asst. Surg. A. W. Wiggin, U. S. A.

1862 Capt. W. H. Baldwin, Ist N. Y. En- gineers.

1862 Private C. L. Douglass, Ist N. H.

1862 Hospital Steward Chas. M. Fellows, U. S. A.

1862 3d Asst. Engr. Chas. C. Heilge, U. S. N.

1862 Engr. Saml. Welles, U. S. N.

1863 Private J. C. Bodweil, 7th R. I. Cav.

1863 Private W. L. Burnap, 7th R. I. Cav.

1863 Capt. S. S. Burr, 7th R. I. Cav.

1863 Private N. H. Clement, 7th R. I. Cav.

1863 Qm. Sgt. H. L. Colby, nth N. H.

1863 Private C. B. Converse, 16th Vt.

1863 Private W. L. Flagg, 7th R. f. Cav.

1863 Private Zeeb Gilman, 7th R. I. Cav.

1863 Capt. Edwin Greene, 9th N. H

1863 Private Edwin P. Johnson, 7th R. I. Cav.

1863 Private M. C. Lamphrey, 16th N. H.

1863 Private Chas. W. Morrill, Bth N. H.

1863 Paymaster Stephen Rand, U. S. N.

1863 Private Isaac Walker, 7th R. I. Cav.

1863 Private J. S. Cameron, 7th R. I. Cav.

Perhaps it is not necessary to publish this list in the MAGAZINE. Itcan all be found in the "Roll of Honor."If you allude to the matter at all, youmight say that there were 124 moregraduates of the College and ChandlerSchool from the classes 1822-1863 thanwere enumerated by Captain Blunt.Most of these were commissioned officers in the Army and Navy, but someserved as faithfully as privates anddeserve recognition.

Sincerely yours,

Late Major and Add'l Paymaster, U. S. A.