Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-03-20
The Soldiers OF Mason.
nRiEY ACCOUNT on ruuR sEsvIcEs DuR.
ISo IIIE WAR.

iSo TiiE WAR
Addison 4. Bean enlisted q, Portland.
Maine. July 18th. 1861, in Company u,
L., Regiment 4. 3. Chss..urs, Afterwards
65,h New York. for three years or 'oon.
,r discharged. Mustered in Sept. ID.
1861. Served In the army Of the Po,o-
mac under Mcclellan. Barn'ids. Hooker.
Meade and Grant. Discharged at New
York Sept "a. 1864. serving three yesrs
and two months. Re-enlisted in Com
psny |, 4,h Regimen, Y. ). Veteran Vol.
un,eer. ., Portland. Feb. ID, 1868. for
one year. Was sent 90 Winchester. Va,
where the regimen, vas when President
Lincoln vas sho,. Prom there ~ss sen,
TO Washington. and thence to Camp
Chase, Columbus. Otto. Taken sick
With .curvy July 10th. 1855, and ~.' 10
hospital until the las, Of September. when
be VAS farlOushsd home. and remained
ull Jan 1866 Sen, to Cony Hospital,
Augusta. where he ~. discharged Feb.
81. by reason Of expiration Of term OF
service. Prs.sn, residence Norway Lake.
Amo. q. Bs.b. born Jan. 2s,h. ls<S.
in Mason. enlisted 10 Company T.. Sd
Regiment Maine Volunteers. q, L.-iston,
Sept. 27th. 1868. w.s wounded Of the
battle ot Spo,,sylvsnis Court House. May
10Th. 1854. receiving eish, bullets 10 the
.kin. b.,ids. . slight wound ia the face
and neck received 10 the wilderness, May
I,h. also par, Of a gun cap in the rish,
sy. from the gun Of = eomfade. Fell
wounded ,hroush the right thigh and lef,
les above the knee a. 5FS, May l0,h.
md lay und,r Gre from both sides until
ten o'elock ih, following night, making
thirty hoar. without care. lie ws found
by rebel soldier aud robbed Of all his
money and y.lu,bls., the ro5bef leaving
Only VIA, W. in bic blouse pocket. which
he did no, hnd. lie ~r then carried
20 the rear and laid on the ground beside
|. fence With sish, other unioa soldiers.
9TH no shelter bat few rails. laid on-
end on the fence. the other on the ground.
Aa old piece Of canvas va. thrown over
The top. bu, there Vas no side covering
Of any kind. I, sined every day. the
water running under them. They had 20
pillow ,te.p, piece of lcs. Her. he
Jay until May 20,h. when b. and one
conrad. -,r, pa, in supply wagon
~i,hoa, ,,i.- aud carried twenty mile,
90 Milford Station. There, With several
Others, Of ell ranks from eoloa,l 90 pfi-
y.,s. they lay on The ground '-eniy.four
hour, without even . blanket The nei,
day they we're loaded into cattle cars.
Here they bad straw 20 lie on, bu, the
cars were filthy a. they eoah be. The
nsit day Mr.. Bean arrived ia Richmond.
no, hs,ins bad = mou,hiul 70 eat on the
journey. lie ~. transferred 20 ~h.i
they called Hospital No. %. .bou, one
fourth Of mile from LIBBY Prison.
Here be va. again ,Isminsd 10 see II be
bad any grssnb,st.. under prs,.n's OF
SAT. keeping until exchanged. HI, cloth
ing w.. all taken for washing. bat they
forso, TO return IL. and instead gave him
,om. old plantation elo,hs, ,h,, had seen
service In ih. cotton field, for years. hard
ly covering hi. hasedneo. lie va. pa
rolled Aug. l2Ih. 1864. When taken
prisoner b. tipped the scale, a. lo7
pounds. When b. reached Annapolis h,
weighed bu, 9j pounds. Discharged At
Augusta, Me-. June let, 1865. Pea.
stoned, 10 date from discharge. aud the
Tat. Of pension has been Increased three
times. ". in the battle. o! kellys
Ford. Orange Grove. CulPeper Cour,
House. Min. Run. Wilderness. and
spo,pylvshis COur, House. Present re'-
idshee Albany. Maine.
J. CLARK Bean .hl.,,d in Company H..
18Th R,sim,h, Maine Volunteers, for
,hr,. years, ., lewiston. wn..ni With
Gen. Ba,lsr to ,h, Gulf or Soatkern De-
p.r,m.n,. WI. stationed AZ Fort 81.
Philip, below New Orleans Detailed
into the hospital department Served
With B.nt. through the Red River cam
p.isn. R.-snl.,,d in January. 1864, q,
M.d.sor., Texas. Was transferred TO
the army Of the Potomac Jal, 5,h. 1864,
.n.,ins in Washington July l3th. WI.
Nth Grsni through the Shenandoah Val.
lev. then ~. sent to Savannah, Georsia.
W. transferred TO Company II, 50'h
Maine Volunteers, December following.
Discharged Aug. ?Olh, 1865. serving ,ill
peace vas declared and our country Assin
free. ,h. old starry flag floating over
Richmond pens. PeH.ioned. TO date
from discharge. by reason OF ehronie di.
.nke.. Twice increased. Present resi-
d,nee, M.,ou. J. c Bean hss teen one
Of the leading men Of the town. having
held all Of the office. in said to~p. 10 .
member Of the Methods, church, and
h. been el,.. leader and steward for
ye.r,. .l,o superintendent, Of the sabbath
school aud teacher. and !, nuw teacher OF
. ella. Of young men. lss member oi
Brown Po,,. q. A. X, Of Bethel.
George II Brown. Of Mason. enlisted
in Company q. 10th Regiment Maias
Volunteers, Aug 30lh, 1862. W.' de-
tailed as aur.e At Pos, Hospital neat
Fort Ellsworth, Alexandra, Va, and
when disabled from duty, W. sen, to
Mansion House Hospital. Dec. l1Ih
1862. and transferred to Portsmouth
Grove March 18th, 1868. Discharged
Sept. 2ls,. 1868. n Lowell Genera
Hospital. Portsmouth Grove, X. l.
Eco Rock LIGHr STATION.
Orr NAmAsr. Mass.
The date on which l first signed TO b
a soldier Was April S0,h, 1861. bat N,
papers say that | WAS enrolled May iih'
1861. Company I. 5,h Maine Volunteers
Served in the Army Of the Potomac
Wa. engaged 10 Fir,, and Second Bal
Ron Battles. Camp,on Gap. I'm Mary
land An,istam, Fredericksburg. 20
stuck in the mud with Burnside. Was q
second Fredericksburg hsh,ing, con