Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-05-22
The Soldiers OF Mason.
LAST rArER.

Daniel symonds enlisted In Company
A. 10Th Regimen, Maine Volunteers. q,
Portland, Feb. Let. 1868. for one year,
credited TO the town Of we,,brook. This
va. the las, call for troop, by President
Lincoln. lie wa. sen, TO G.lloups 10.
land. Boston Hsrbor. aud from there TO
hi, regiment. The war closing the fol.
loving May. he was discharged In Jane.
1865. at Portland. serving bat four
month. and some days. lie moved TO
Gardner. M.s., aud worked Ia q chair
shop ss carver.
Jane. BoOdsn enlisted in Company I.
5,h Regiment Maine Volunteers, 6'h
Army Corps, (,hs company Of Capt. &.
s. Edwards. Bs,hsl.) io' three years.
Wa. sen, TO the iron, a, Washington (;
was =, the f,, battle Of Bull Run. Al,
Champion Gap was wounded bys pistol
hot. W. reported ,ho, on picket. Tor
which he !, trying TO ge, apen'ion. There
seem. TO Be some doab, about his beins
,ho, a, be declares. |, !. alleged tbs, be
~u wounded by pistol In bis own hand
In camp.
Gilbert Coffa enlisted in Company A.
l2lh Regimen, Maine Volunteers. l.i
Brigade. ?nd Disisios. 10Th Army Corp.
Was sen, into the Gulf Department. un-
der batter. Was taken prisoner while
on the Red River expedition. aud hele
I'LL near the close Of the var. After be.
ing released wen, home; vi. never dis.
charged. Then living in M.,On; nov
reside. ., Locke. Mills.
Ch.ils, C,ftin snli',ed IN Company II.
18th Regimen, Maine Volunteers. l9ih
Army Corps. Wa. sen, TO Fort 81.
Philip. below New Orle,n'. then up the
Red River and into Texas. Rs-enli',ed
At Madssord.. Texas. in January. 1864.
aud sec, home on 80 days furlough. bu,
never reported for duty Afterwards and
was never discharged. Now lives At By.
ant. Pond. Maine. Have no date. of
enlistment.
Alphsu. B,bes enlisted In Company
II, 18th Regiment Maine Volunteers, a.
Bethel. In the fall Of 1861. Sen, under
Butler TO the Gulf Department. w.
at For, 81. Philip. When the e,Peii.
ton was sen, up the Red River. he se'
eomp.nied |, and va. in the following
battle. Kane River. AlsSandna. Sabine
Cro.. Road, and Ple..n, Hill. louisiana.
and May.ville and Msdssord.. Tssa.
Wa. mustered on, in December, 1865.
lie arrived home about Jan. lJih. The
neishbor gave him . good hou'. warm.
Ing by way Of |. surprise. Some fifty
were present. A good time ,snjoysd
and they lsi, substantial token, OF their
esteem for the poor soldier who bad lst
hi. pls...n, home 20 save the honor Of the
old flag. lie soon left Mason and set
lied in Goiham. ". H.. where be nov
resides an honored eiiiIsn.
Thomas Murray snli',ed in the i,h
Regimen, Maine Volunteers. in 1862.
Served in the army Of the Potomac under
Mcclellan. Burnside. Hooker. and Meade.
Was =, the second battle Of Ball Run OF
Ch.n,illy. Fredriek,burs, frs, and sec.
ond. An,is,.m. sbd Gettysburg. and
down through the Shenandoah valley TO
the Wilderness. Spo,,,ylvsnia 10 Peters
burg. Discharged 10 1865. After vi'-
ting bis mother be ven, TO some town on
the Kennebec River.
Ch.rls. Murray enlisted in the 9Th
Battery Maine Volunteers. Served With
the battery ,ill peace W. declared. Came
home and married Prescott girl, ofGil.
cad. Afterwards wen, TO some town in
the eastern par, OF the State. hi, pres
en-, address is uhknown.
Mason stood two drafts. Daniel A.
Coiiin and A. o. Paine were the first to
receive the summons TO appear q, Lewis
ton and show cause. II they could, Why
they would no, 20 asa soldier. A. q.
Paine was exempted on account OF a bad
lex and being an only .On. ID. A. Gotta
marched TO the tune Of $500. In 1864
the .eeoad draf, WAS made. This time
Amos A. Grover marched TO the rear BY
giving the $500.
Henry and Elihu Lowell. two brothers,
were 10 Rockl.nd a, the breaking ou, OF
the war. They joined three months
regimen, Of Massachusetts, Volunteers.
and did duty in the defence Of wa.hins.
ton. They are now se,,lsd a, RoeklAnd,
Mass. Were raised In the town OF Ma.
.on. A. s. Il.