History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts - citizen hylbom blog

90 HISTORY OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
were in the cars, a crowd surrounded them, but
the significant appearance of guns protruding from
the windows prevented any further material injury.''
Efforts were made by the mob to delay the train,
and the conductor reported to the colonel that
it was impossible to proceed, that the regiment
must march to Washington. Colonel Jones re-
plied, '' We are ticketed through, and are going in
these cars. If you or the engineer cannot run the
train, we have plenty of men who can. If you
need protection or assistance, you shall have it;
but we go through." They reached the Relay
House, where the double track ended; the train
from Washington had the right of way, and a delay
of two hours occurred. Late in the afternoon the
regiment reached Washington, where Major McDow-
ell, of General Scott's staff, was in waiting to receive
it : its quarters were established in the Capitol.
May 5, the regiment left Washington for the
Relay House, at the junction of the Baltimore and
Ohio and the Baltimore and Washington railroads.
The Boston Light Artillery, one hundred and
twenty-one men, and the 8th New York Regiment,
eight hundred and forty-eight men, were stationed
at tlie Relay House. Here they remained till
May 13, when they were ordered to Baltimore.
They reached there in the evening, and during a
furious thunder-shower raised the national flag on
Federal Hill. May 16, the regiment was ordered
back to the Relay House, where it remained,
guarding the railway. June 13, it was again
ordered to Baltimore to remain and protect the
polls during the election; on the defeat of the
Union candidate it returned to the Relay House.
June 26, the regiment was again sent to Baltimore,
where it encamped on Mount Clare and in a neigh-
1 A list of the killed and wounded : Killed, Addison 0. Whit-
ney, Co. D; Siimnei- H. Nccdham, Co. I; Luther C. Ladd, Co.
D ; Charles A. Taylor, Co. D. Woimded, Captain John Dike,
Co. L ; Lieutenant Leander F. Lynde, Co. L ; Lieutenant James
F. Rowe, Co. L ; Charles B. Stinson, Co. C ; Sergeant W. H.
Lanison, Co. D; Sergeant John E. Ames, Co. D; Alexander
George, Co. D ; Charles H. Chandler, Co. D; Edward Cohurn,
Co. D; George W. Lovcrin, Co. D; Ira W. Moore, Co. D;
Daniel C. Stevens, Co. D; William R. Pateh, Co. D ; Daniel
B. Tyler, Co. D; William G. Withington, Co. D; Sergeant
Geoi'ge G. Durrell, Co. I ; Victor G. Gingass, Co. 1 ; Michael
Green, Co. I ; Harry G. Jewell, Co. I ; George Colgan, Co. K ;
llrmy H.udnrr. Co. K ; William D. Gurley, Co. K; George T.
Whihiev. Co. K; Cliarlis L. Gill, Co. L; Daniel Brown, Co. L
IKniy bike, Co. L ; II. W. Danlbrth, Co. L; Stephen Flanders,
Co. L; John B. Portier, Co. L; John W. Kimpton, Co. L;
James Keeuan, Co. L; James S. Moody, Co. L; Julian Putnam.
Co. L, Ephraim A. Perry, Co. L; Andrew Robblus, Co. I,
WiUi^iiu II. Young, Co. L.'
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boring grove. On the 31st, at two o'clock in the
morning, it marched through the city to the resi-
dence of Charles Howard, president of the board
of police commissioners, and conveyed him a pris-
oner to Fort Mc Henry. The next day it returned
to the Relay House. July 4, the loyal citizens of
Baltimore presented the regiment with a magnifi-
cent silk banner, bearing this inscription : " Loyal
Citizens of Baltimore, to the Sixth Mass. U. S. V.,
Pratt Street, April 19, 1861." July 22, Congress
passed a vote of thanks to the regiment. General
Dix published a congratulatory order on relieving
the regiment from duty, dated July 29, 1861.
Passing through Baltimore on their way home,
they received a cordial reception. August 1, they
arrived in Boston, and were mustered out of the
United States service the next morning.
August 2, the regiment, accompanied by the
Brigade Band and a drum corps, was received in
Lowell at half past one o'clock. A salute of
nineteen giuis greeted its arriwil. The soldiers
were met and escorted by the fire department and
other bodies to the South Common, amid the en-
thusiastic cheers of the people and the peals of the
bells. After speeches by the mayor and Colonel
Jones, they were escorted to Huntington Hall,
wliere a collation had been provided at the expense
of the city. Having given a connected history of
the 6th regiment, I now return to the date of its
departure from Lowell.
April 20, flags were displayed from St. Paul's
and the First Congregational Churches, the Hamil-
ton Mills, Samuel Lawrence's house, the Lowell
Machine-Shop, on Warren Street, and the Lowell
Bleachery. April 22, the Brigade Band arrived
home from Baltimore. The several banks ten-
dered loans of money to the state. April 27, the
Soldiers' Aid Association was organized ; Nathan
Crosby president, S. W. Stickney treasurer, and
M. C. Bryant secretary. The ladies entered heart-
ily into the work of supplying the soldiers witii
articles needed for their comfort and convenience.
The record of this Association is honorable to all
connected with it.
May 6, the bodies of Addison 0. Whitney and
Luther C. Ladd were brought to Lowell. The city
goverimient and a detachment of the Richnrdson
Light Infantry escorted the bodies to lluntinglun
llall, which was dressed in mourning, and where
the following solemn services took place —
:
Dirge by flie Brigade Band ; reading of the
Scriptures, Rev. C. W. Ilonur; ])niyer, Rev. Dr.