Springfield 1636-1886, History of Town and City, by Mason A. Green ...

528 SPRINGFIELD, 1636-1886.
Massachusetts Eegimeiit as Company A, having as officers Capt.
Lewis A. Tifft, 1st Lieut. Gideon Wells, 2d Lieut. Chauncey
Hickox, all of Springfield.
William S. Shurtleff went out as lieutenant-colonel of the Forty-
sixth, becoming colonel in January, 1863, on the resignation of
Colonel Bowler. In fact, tlie regiment was under his command dur-
ing most of its term of service, and to his ability owed much of its
excellent reputation. Colonel Shurtleff Avas well qualified to have
filled a position of greater importance. He enlisted as a private in
Company A, Forty-sixth Regiment, was chosen first lieutenant on the
organization of the company, was made lieutenant-colonel before taking
the field, and colonel upon the resignation of Colonel Bowler. At the
time of his promotion Captain Spooner was made major. Henry M.
Morehouse, of Springfield, was quartermaster during the regiment's
service. The regiment, being filled to its maximum, was ordered on
the 1st of November to prepare for departure, and left on the oth for
Boston, whence it at once sailed for North Carolina.
The Thirty-seventh Regiment, although organized atPittsfield, drew
largely from Springfield for its officers and men. Company I being
wholly and Company K largely recruited from the city. Of its
officers. Col., afterward Gen., Oliver Edwards, Maj. P^ugene A.
Allen, Capts. Hugh Donnelly, John B. Malloy, George B. Chandley,
Francis E. Gray, 1st Lieuts. AVilliam A. Calhoun, J. Newton
Fuller, Charles Phelps, and James O'Connor, and 2d Lieuts.
Michael Harrigan, Robert A. Gray, and Joseph Follansbee were
from Springfield. The last named was the only one of this number
to die in service, he being mortally wounded in the battle of the
Wilderness. On its return from service after the close of the war
this regiment received a fitting ovation at the City Hall, on its way to
be mustered out at Readville.
There were, besides, several companies in other regiments princi-
pally or largely made up of Springfield men. Such was Company H,
of the PLighUi Regiment, which served from Oct. 30, 1862, to Aug.