Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-17
Some Memories of Bangor and Bath
Old Time Crack Militia Men
Blue and Gold Dinner=bill Revives

and great professional leaders of the
and Kennebec.
When the Civil war broke out the two
companies, or many of the members of
both volunteered and proved good SOL
diers and brave men during the great
war.
OF the City Grays, the captain, Col
E. X. Harding, established a line of
steamers between the Boston and
Kennebec. Lieut.. Richardson was a
mayor of Bath as was, also Lieut..
James T. Patten. Lieut.. F. d. Sewall
became a general during the rebellion
and the last of his life was O. u. S.
Internal Revenue collector. c. A. l..
Sampson rose to a colonelcy during
the war. He was the gifted sculptor in
wood of the famous figure heads Of
Bath ships. Mrs. Sampson was a
noted nurse who accompanied her gall
liant husband on military trains, upon
battlefields and did four mems work
in hospital service. Henry l.. Hough-
ton, who died a couple of years or so
ago, was of the famous shipbuildlng
firm of Houghton Brothers. who own
ed q fleet of square rugged ships. Ru-
fus Haines was a newspaper man,
publisher of Bath paper. Franklin
Reed. a nephew of Thomas NJ. Reed,
the ship owning millionaire, whose
fortune he shared. Hon. VIM. Rogers
was one of the great shipbuilders OF
the Kennebec and SON on through the
list
With the Bangor men the Journal
writer Is not so familiar. Everybody
however recalls Names great Chief
Justice in Sergeant J. A. Peters, un-
Gle of this districts present congress
man. The roster of both companies
follows
List of officers and members of the
Bath City Grays: Captain, E. K.
Harding; lieutenants, j. G. Richard
son, J. T. Patten, d. T. Stinson, F. d.
Sewall; surgeon, A. j. Fuller; COM
missary, L. G. Litchfield; adjutant,
| Thomas Bowles; quarter master, t.
H. G.. Marston; sergeants, A. j. Farms
worth, ]. w. Welch, j. w. Frye, j. S.
Elliot. c. A. L. Sampson; corporals,
II. L. Houghton, Reuben Sawyer, A.
w. Turner, Jr., S. j. Watson; pri-
Yates, Joseph Fl. Allen, Samuel L. AL
| len. John Beals, Albert B. Butler, John
E. Dow, VIM. P. Emmons, B. Frank
| lin Foote, Dudley Gilman, c. t. Green
| leaf, G.. w. Harvey, Jr., Rufus K
Haines, S. T. Hathorne, C. E. Hodg-
kins, John Hoffman, John c. Jane
son, VIM. II. Kellett, o. D. Lambard
Charles B. Lamont, Horace Litchfield
| C. r. March, Dennis A, Moore, Thos
= fn~c 4 y,,nF
| Matthews, Eben P Cakes, John H
! Oliver, E. c. Raymond, William Rog-
| ers, Franklin Reed, G. d. Robinson
Chas E. Sawyer. George Smell, Joshua
! Thornton. David Warner, NJ. D. Wig
oureux, VIM. II. Watson, Samuel
WEIGH, D. B. Whitmore, Thos. D
Wilder
List of officers and members of the
Bangor Light Infantry; Captain, ]. l.
Hodsdon; lieutenants, James N
Cooper. a. P. Bradbury. II. H. Fogg
1. D. Bartlett; sergeants, j. E. Rey,
nolds. orderly, John Az Peters, N.
Harlow, John d. Lumbert; corporals
! Alfred Stetson, George Varney
Thomas Hersey, J. w, Hathaway, Jr,
j. w. Thompson; privates, Charles K
Adams. John Aver. Aaron Babb, H. P
Crowel, Ira w. Cole, James Dean
William J. Dean, John l.. Fernald
Daniel Hinkley. A. G. Hunt, F T
Harris, F. H. Hodgman. D. L. Hayes
| A. f. Hill. Silas D. Jones, Horace
Jenness, c. H. Jones, Abner Knowles
| S. w. Knowles, John Lowell, l.. j
Morse, Albert Noyes, II. P. Oliver
| Charles s. Osgood, Samuel E. Per
kins, L. D. Phillips, Chas. w. Pierce
! C. w. Pearson, ]. B. Peckham, Frank
Rand, ]. F. Rawson, A. E. Raynes
A. C. Smith, James Smith, Jr., T. #
Wood, R. B. Wiggin, S. w. Wheeler
BENJAMIN Wallis, Daniel West, S. F
Washburn.