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

SPRINGFIELD, 1636-1SS6. 535
sponding to the welcome by Mayor Alexander and ex-]\rayor Bemis,
and a hundred and fifty young ladies singing songs of welcome.
The Thirty-seventh, its period of service ended by the closing of the
war, passed through the city on the 24th of June, 1865, on its way to
Readville, to be mustered out; but with Springfield's pride in the
regiment it Avas not allowed to pass without a rousing reception.
Alderman N. A. Leonard made the speech of welcome, in the absence
of the mayor. General Edwards responding, and a collation follow-
ing at the City Hall.
After the war the fraternal feelings of the soldiers of the city and
vicinity found expression in the organization of E. K. Wilcox Post,
No. 16, Grand Army of the Republic, on the 9th of August, 1S67.
This post, ranking among the largest and most efficient in the State,
has remained the sole organization of its kind in the city, embracing
also in its field a large number of the surrounding towns. It has at
the present time an active membership of over five hundred members,
and is well equipped for its work. Its commanders have been : H.
C. Lee, L. A. Tifft, H. M. Phillips, J. L. Rice, S. C. Warriner, E. A.
Newell, A. H. Smith, J. L. Knight, S. B. Spooner, J. O. Smith, E. AV.
Lathrop, J. W. Hersey, C. H. Allison, J. H. Heudrick, Charles H.
Rust, and James L. Bowen. In connection with the Post is an efficient
Woman's Relief Corps and a prosperous Camp of Sons of Veterans.
We close this record of Springfield in the war with the losses she
sustained upon the field of battle and in the hospital and camp :
Second Regiment. — Henry 0. Howard, Company G, killed, Cedar Mountain;
George A. Smith, Company K, killed, Cedar Mountain; John Costello, Com-
pany I, missing, Antietam; Rufus A. Parker, Company I, died of wounds,
Gettysburg.
Ni7ith Regiment. ^Francis Ash, Company E, killed, Spottsylvania.
Tenth Regiment. — Lieut. E. B. Bartlett, killed, Spottsylvania; Alonzo C.
Brewer, Company D, killed, Spottsylvania ; Thomas
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F. Burke, Company F, killed,
Malvern Hill ; Thomas S. Gleason, Company F, killed, Fair Oaks ; Silas L. Put-
nam, Company F, killed, Fredericksburg; Asa C. Merrill, Company H, killed, Fair
Oaks; John E. Casey, Company I, killed. Wilderness; Sergt. Alva C. Phillips,