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Mr. Shurtleff was his first recruit, enlisting on the 20th of April, the first actually enlisted to serve three years, or until the close of the war. He was chosen by his men, and commissioned by the Governor, as captain of Company D, early in May, 1861. This regiment was first brought under fire at the battle of Cedar Mountain, near Culpeper, in Virginia. Here it was that Capt. Shurtleff fell on the 9th of August, 1862, at the age of twenty-four years. His death was instantaneous; a ball having passed through his chest as he raised himself to caution his men against unnecessary exposure, they lying on the ground by command of their general officer. The body of Capt. Shurtleff was embalmed, sent home for burial, and was deposited at Mount Auburn with military honors, after an imposing ceremonial at the Church of the Immaculate Conception.

LIEUT. HOWARD MATHER BURNHAM.

Howard Mather Burnham was born in Longmeadow, Mass., March 17, 1842; and died on the field of Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1863, at the age of twenty-one. When the signal-gun of war reverberated from Sumter, it fired instantly the pent-up enthusiasm of his ardent and noble nature. On the 19th of April, 1861, - the day when the first Massachusetts blood was shed in Baltimore, he joined the Springfield City Guards. A few days after, seeing the prospect of speedier service, he went into camp with the Tenth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers, then forming at Springfield, on the Hampden Park. He was soon commissioned as second lieutenant, Fifth Artillery, in the regular army. He served impatiently for several months in the irksome service of recruiting-officer at Towanda, Philadelphia, New York, Albany, and Dubuque, until he was ordered to Fort Hamilton, N.Y., on garrison-duty. The next April, he was promoted to a first lieutenancy, and ordered to report to Gen. Rosecrans at Murfreesborough. He was placed in command of Battery II, Fifth Artillery; and with this battery he remained till he died fighting its guns. He had, however, shortly after taking its command, been appointed chief of artillery of the first division, Fourteenth Army Corps, and placed on the staff of Gen. Baird. He placed his battery in position for his first and last fight, serving his guns; and, exposing himself to a murderous fire of bullets, he fell, mortally wounded by a shot through the right breast, about noon, Sept. 19.

He was full six feet high, of fine proportions, very athletic, proficient in all manly sports, a great pedestrian, a splendid rider; not disdaining the axe and spade; ready for work as well as play; "enduring hardness" self-imposed, as if to guard against the soft allurements of wealth and leisure. He was the obedient son, the careful, loving brother, the type of gentlemanly bearing, the model of courtesy.

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LIEUT. EDWARD PAYSON HOPKINS.

Lieut. Edward Payson Hopkins was born July 22, 1843, in Williamstown, where he received his early education; entering Williams College (where his father was professor) with the class of 1864. Previous to this, he was engaged for some months with Prof. Wilbur in an exploration of the State In college, he became the President of the Lyceum of Natural History, and was an active member of the expedition it sent to Greenland. At the beginning of his senior year, he began, with enthusiasm, recruiting for the First Massachusetts Cavalry. On the sixth day of January, 1864, he was mustered into the United-States service as first lieutenant in that regiment, and soon after joined his command in the Army of the Potomac. The cavalry commenced fighting, May 3, in the battle of the Wilderness, and were almost constantly engaged until May 11; on the morning of which latter day, Lieut. Hopkins was shot from his horse, and killed instantly, while leading a charge on the cavalry of the enemy at Ashland, sixteen miles from Richmond.

By those with whom he was associated he was esteemed, by his comrades honored and loved, and regarded by all as one born insensible to fear.

THEODORE PARKMAN.

Theodore Parkman, who was killed at the age of twenty-five in the skirmish at Whiteball, N.C., was a graduate of Columbia College of the class of 1857. His special studies were in chemistry and natural science. He studied more than two years in Germany, where, in 1861, he obtained the degree of doctor of philosophy from the University of Göttingen. He had a singularly clear and manly mind, was a scholar, admirably versed in his department, pure and noble in his thoughts, jealous of every moment in which be was not learning something, modest and reserved in manner.

Distrusting his untried military ability, this accomplished young man insisted upon enlisting as a private in the Forty-fifth Massachusetts Volunteers. Appointed color-sergeant of his regiment, he won by his courage and cheerfulness the hearty love of his comrades. He was killed while his regiment was waiting in reserve to support the Twenty-third, of the same State.

SUMNER PAINE.

Sumner Paine was born in Boston, May 10, 1845; and was a great-grandson of Robert Treat Paine. After being at the public Latin School one year, he went in 1856, with his family, to Europe. He spent nearly a year at an excellent institution in Paris; and in September, 1858, after two years' absence, returned to Boston, and re-entered the public Latin School, having acquired a knowledge of Spanish and the French and Italian languages, so as to converse in them freely. In 1861, he graduated at the school as first scholar, and entered Harvard University. His talents and attainments were

such, that the required exercises were an easy task to him. In April, 1861, he applied for and obtained a commission as second lieutenant in the Twenti eth Massachusetts Regiment, which he joined May 2, 1863, at Fredericksburg. That night the army crossed the river, and, the next day, fought the battle of Chancellorsville. Early in the day, the captain of his company was wounded; and the command devolved on him. He acquitted himself in a way to gain the high esteem of his brother-officers. He continued in command of a company until his death. The long, hot, forced march to Gettysburg, under which so many gave out, he bore without difficulty. His regiment arrived on the battle-field at the end of the first day's fight. On Friday afternoon, the enemy made their last and great effort, pouring in immense force upon our left Lieut. Paine, full of zeal and ardor, was urging his company forward, and had just exclaimed to a brother-officer, "Isn't this glorious?" when his ankle was broken by a piece of shell, and he fell. Then, raising himself upon his left elbow, he was waving his sword, and cheering on his men with "Forward, forward!" when a bullet pierced his heart, and he dropped dead, Friday, July 3, 1863, aged eighteen years.

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He lies buried on the battle-field where he fell, in the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, in the Massachusetts division. His brother-officers held him in the highest esteem and affection.

GEN. GEORGE B. BOOMER.

Gen. George B. Boomer was killed, May 22, 1863, by a rebel bullet, at the siege of Vicksburg. His funeral took place in the Third Baptist Church, Worcester. It was attended by all the members of the city government, besides many other distinguished personages.

Rev. F. Barnard, who officiated, spoke in high terms of the deceased, and gave a very interesting account of his military career; stating that, in September, 1861, he commanded the Twenty-sixth Missouri Regiment, raised by his own exertions. Soon after the battle of Iuka, in which he was severely wounded, he was, by order of Gen. Grant, given the command of a brigade as a reward for his bravery. His body was interred in Rural Cemetary; and in December, 1865, a freestone shaft of handsome design was placed above his resting-place.

HENRY LYMAN PATTEN.

Henry Lyman Patten was born at Kingston, N.H., in April, 1836. He graduated at Harvard, with high honors, in 1858. He taught in different places, and was assistant professor in the Washington University, St. Louis ; and finally entered the Law School at Cambridge, Mass.

When the war broke out, he obtained a commission in the Twentieth Regiment, and fought through the Peninsular campaign; received a wound at Glendale; and was in the thickest of the fight at Antietam.

He shared in the crossing of the Rappahannock, and in both attacks on

Fredericksburg; was wounded at Gettysburg; at the battle of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864; and went through the fatiguing campaign of Mine Run.

The command of the regiment was soon given to him, and, shortly afterwards, the rank of major. The arduous duties and privations he had to undergo in his capacity cannot be estimated; but he nobly bore them, as also illness, which, under ordinary circumstances, would have relieved him from duty.

The first and second officers of his regiment returning, he was at length relieved of his command. Three days after, he received a wound at Deep Bottom, rendering amputation of his leg above the knee necessary. His constitution, already overtaxed, was unable to support this shock; and, though he bore his sufferings with Christian patience, they were only ended by his death.

Major Patten was a singularly modest man, and one of the bravest soldiers that ever drew sword. He was beloved by his regiment; and, of the eighteen officers of the Twentieth who gave up their lives to their country, he was one of the most worthy.

It is with a sigh of deep regret that we turn from a score or two of sketches of youthful heroes in the national gallery of the patriotic Count Schwabe, which we had hoped to add to the brief memoirs that accompany the portraits; such as Marshall, Durivage, Washburn, Williams, Fox, Priestley, Craig, Cowdin, Ure, Stearns, Wilcox, Putnam, Dwight, Perkins, Allen, Sturgis, Hodges, Meade, Cushing, the brothers Batchelder, and Russell.

A simple and succinct record of their names and fate will be found in the Appendix, which at least will exonerate us from the charge of having willingly neglected to give a record of their heroic career to the world.

Before dismissing the subject, however, it is impossible to refrain from mentioning particularly the last victim of the Rebellion.

EDWARD L. STEVENS.

Edward L. Stevens, of Brighton, first lieutenant, Company H, Fifty-fourth Regiment, was killed in the action at Boykin's Mills, April 18, 1865, the last engagement of the war, and nine days after the surrender of Gen. Lee.

The expedition of Brig.-Gen. Potter into South Carolina, which cost young Stevens his life, conferred on Massachusetts the honor of giving the last martyr-blood to the Republic. Baltimore and Boykin's Mills have thus an historical interest to the State, which will be cherished among her most precious treasures in the glorious past.

CHAPTER XI.

MEMORIALS OF THE DEAD.

The Work of commemorating the Death of our Heroes of the Field just begun.-Gov. Andrew's eloquent Words to the Legislature. - Gettysburg Cemetery. - The Monument to Ladd and Whitney. - Needham's Monument. The Dead of Williams College. Reading Monument. - New Bedford, Eastham, Ashfield, and other Places.

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T is too soon yet to record the substantial honors Massachusetts pays to her departed heroes. In the peaceful years before us, all over the Commonwealth will rise the shaft and the statue; the beautiful garden of death will attract the steps of the living; and the glowing canvas in the public hall and in the homes of the people will be studied with moistened eyes, endearing memorials of those gallant defenders of the national flag who yielded their lives under its victorious folds. We have gleaned a few items of interest to place on the memorial-record. In his address before the Legislature, January, 1865, Gov. Andrew paid an eloquent tribute to the Massachusetts soldiers killed on the battle-field, and said, "Since the war began, four hundred and thirty-four officers whose commissions bore our seal, or who were promoted by the President to higher than regimental commands, have tasted death in the defence of their country's flag."

On the occasion of the dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, Nov. 19, 1863, the Governor appointed Henry Edwards, George William Bond, and Charles Hale, to represent Massachusetts. Major-Gen. Couch was in command of the department in which Gettysburg was situated, and cheerfully granted the request of those gentlemen for a detail of invalid soldiers, from hospitals in the vicinity, "to bear the standard of the Commonwealth during the pageant." J. E. Atwood, standard-bearer of the Tenth, and W. D. Toombs of the Second, W. W. Mason of the Tenth, A. B. Kimball of the Fifteenth, and J. E. Baker of the Nineteenth, color-corporals, were selected, and were conspicuous in the impressive scenes of the memorable day, on account of the singular and honorable duty they performed. The oration was worthy of its author, the Hon. Edward Everett.