prison and in the field by the hopefulness and spirit which he always displayed. His early death took from his friends and his country a true man, a gallant soldier, and an accomplished Christian gentleman; from his wife and two young children, a devoted husband and father.

COL. GEORGE L. PRESCOTT

Was born in Littleton, Mass., May 29, 1829, - the only son of Timothy Prescott, Esq.

Four years after, his father moved to Concord, Mass. Here the outbreak of the war found him quietly engaged in business: but, at the first call of Government, he left it, and led one of the earliest companies to Washington; leaving home on the 19th of April, - a day memorable both in Concord and Baltimore. With the rank of captain, he served in the Fifth Regiment Massachusetts Infantry, participating in the first Bull-Run battle.

Returning home from his three-months' service, he felt as if he must do more for his country; and in October, 1861, be again raised a company; and the spring of 1862 found him again in the field, connected with the Thirtysecond Regiment.

He served through the latter part of the Peninsular campaign, and was present at the battles which followed the disasters of M'Clellan.

In August, 1862, he was commissioned lieutenant-colonel of his regiment, and participated in the bloody repulse at Fredericksburg.

On the resignation of Col. Parker in December, he was promoted to the command.

He commanded the Thirty-second at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, where he was slightly wounded.

He led his regiment, with signal gallantry, from the Wilderness to Petersburg. Here, on the 18th of June, while leading his regiment in an assault upon the enemy's works, he received a mortal wound through the left breast. He lived twenty-four hours, long enough to receive the well-merited praise of his superior officers, and to send messages of affection to his wife and little ones in Concord.

LIEUT.-COL. CHARLES REDINGTON MUDGE.

Lieut.-Col. Charles Redington Mudge was killed in the battle of Gettysburg, 3d July, 1863, aged twenty-three years. He was born in New-York City, 22d October, 1839. His boyhood was marked by an honest and truthful as well as kind and genial disposition, which endeared him to his playmates, and made him a cherished object of affection to his family. He graduated at Harvard in the class of 1860. From that time, with the exception of a few months passed in preparing to enter business with his father, he was in the service of his country, having joined the Second Massachusetts Infantry, the first three-years' regiment raised for the war. He was commissioned as first

lieutenant; promoted to be captain July 8, 1861; and was subsequently made major and lieutenant-colonel. When the regiment covered the rear in Gen. Banks's retreat, Col. Mudge was with them in their dangerous path; and in the battle of Winchester, May 25, 1862, received his first wound. At the battle of Chancellorsville, Col. Cogswell was wounded early in the day; and the command of the regiment devolved upon Col. (then Major) Mudge, which he retained from that time until his death. In the movement on Beverly Ford and the wonderful march of the army to the field of Gettysburg, the Second Regiment was kept in constant readiness for any duty. On the evening of the 2d July, it changed its position from the left to the right wing. The rebels were found to have advanced their left. A reconnoitring-party was ordered forward, and discovered that the woods in front were filled with them. It was at this juncture that the calm courage and wonderful quickness of thought of Major Mudge enabled him to extricate the regiment from its perilous position. The officers and men felt themselves saved from annihilation or capture by the presence of mind and military skill of their young commander. The morning dawned, and an order came for the brigade to which the Second Regiment was attached to assault the enemy's position. It resulted in one-half the regiment being laid dead or wounded on the field. The remnant struggled through alone; the brigade having broken, and fled back to the cover of their lines. The young commander fell dead, struck full in the breast by a rifle-ball.

LIEUT.-COL. LUCIUS MANLIUS SARGENT.

Lieut.-Col. Lucius Manlius Sargent, First Regiment Massachusetts Cavalry, was killed at Weldon Railroad, Va., on the ninth day of December, A.D. 1864, when leading his regiment against the enemy. He was widely known. in the service for his manly and chivalric nature, his indifference to personal danger, and his efficiency as an officer.

From the outbreak of the war, he devoted himself, without hesitation, to the cause of his country; first as a surgeon in the Twentieth Regiment, and afterwards by joining, as captain, the First Cavalry, of which his brother Horace was lieutenant-colonel. He saw much active service, and was in various engagements, being wounded at Aldie. He made it a principle to share the hardships and privations of his men, improving every opportunity of contributing to their welfare. His wit and cheerfulness made him an agreeable companion, and his natural enthusiasm inspired others with like zeal and devotion.

In every relation of life, Col. Sargent was exemplary, and not least so in the practice of his profession. He took good rank as a surgeon; and his dispensary services, from their extent and usefulness, have been often mentioned with praise. Ordinary panegyric seems cold and unmeaning when applied to a character of such noble proportions. Those who were bound to him by ties of friendship or consanguinity will ever cherish his memory with peculiar tenderness.

Major W. A. Walker.

CHAPTER X.

FALLEN HEROES.

Capt. W. S. Hodges. - Capt. W. E. Hooker. Capt. N. B. Shurt. leff, Jun. — Lieut. H. M. Burnham.— Lieut. E. P. Hopkins. — Sergeant Theodore Parkman. Lieut. Sumner Paine. - Brig.-Gen. George B. Boomer.

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MAJOR WILLIAM A. WALKER.

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AJOR WILLIAM AUGUSTUS WALKER was a native of Portsmouth, N.H. He was born in 1827. At the age of twenty, he removed to Boston, and subsequently to Greenfield in 1858, where he was employed as a clerk for some time, and was interested in all matters of public interest. In the summer of 1861, at the breaking-out of the Rebellion, he was very active in raising and organizing a company for the Twenty-seventh Regiment. He was mustered into the service, as captain of Company C of that regiment, 20th of September, 1861.

The first engagement in which Capt. Walker participated was at Roanoke Island, Feb. 7, 1862, in which, by the testimony of all his brother-officers, he behaved gallantly. His next engagement was at Newbern, March 14, 1862, when the reputation for bravery he had earned at Roanoke was firmly established. From this time till the winter of 1862, his regiment performed camp and garrison duty only. In November, he participated in the brisk skirmish at Rawles's Mills; and afterwards marched with his company to Williamston, Hamilton, and in the vicinity of Tarborough, near the Weldon Railroad, on an expedition designed to destroy the road. In the succeeding month, Capt. Walker participated in the sharp engagement of Bristow, White Hall, and Goldsborough, in an expedition led by Gen. Foster.

Major Walker was for a long time provost-marshal of Newbern; performing the arduous and delicate duties of the post with great satisfaction to all associated with him. In consequence of his business-training, and known habits of order and system, he was repeatedly chosen to serve on courts-martial, and, in many positions other than in the field, served his country faithfully and acceptably.

In May, 1863, he was promoted to the rank of major. In the fall of 1863, the Twenty-seventh Regiment was transferred to Norfolk, Va., where it performed garrison-duty till the opening of the summer campaign of 1864, when it was incorporated into the Army of the James. A temporary sickness detained Major Walker, and prevented his capture at Drury's Bluff, where most of the regiment was taken. The command of the remainder now devolved upon Major

Walker he marched with them and the Eighteenth Army Corps to join Gen. Grant. June 3, in a fatal charge upon the enemy at Cold Harbor, Major Walker was instantly killed at the very front of his regiment. The spot where he fell being under the fire of both armies, he was left several days unburied, and at last interred upon the field where he fell. It is the universal testimony of both officers and men who were associated with him, that he was a brave man, and a faithful, efficient officer. His company, as a testimonial of their respect and attachment, some time previous to his promotion, made him a present of an elegant sword, sash, and belt.

CAPT. WILLIAM TOWNSEND HODGES.

William Townsend Hodges, captain Fourth Massachusetts Cavalry, son of Col. Almon D. Hodges of Roxbury, Mass., was a lineal descendant, on his mother's side, from Roger Williams. He graduated at the English High School in Boston in 1850; and was appointed a discount clerk in Washington Bank, Boston, at the age of nineteen years.

He was killed, April 6, 1865, in a cavalry charge made by three squadrons of his regiment on the rebel cavalry under Fitz-Hugh Lee, at High Bridge, near Burkesville, Va., where nearly every officer of this command was either killed or wounded.

The command had broken through a brigade line of the enemy's cavalry; and the last charge was made by Capt. Hodges at the head of his squadron, upon a division line of the enemy, when he fell. He was actively engaged during the battles which ended in the evacuation of Richmond, and took a part in the pursuit of Lee, up to the engagement in which he lost his life.

Capt. Hodges first held a commission as first lieutenant in Capt. John L. Swift's company of the Forty-first Massachusetts Regiment; and he bore an honorable part in the campaigns in Louisiana.

At Port Hudson, volunteers were called for as a forlorn hope to make an assault on the powerful works of the enemy; and he was one among the first to offer his services for the dangerous duty. This was quite in keeping with the character of the deceased, who was a courageous and determined soldier.

Lieut. Hodges was promoted in April, 1864, from lieutenant of the Third to a captaincy in the Fourth Massachusetts Cavalry, which he held at the time of his death. Capt. Hodges' remains were brought to Roxbury, and repose in Cypress Avenue, Forest Hills, where a monument is erected to his memory, and also to the memory of his brother, George Foster Hodges, a graduate of Harvard University of the class of 1855, who joined the Fifth Massachusetts Regiment, which left Boston for Washington, April 21, 1861. He was appointed paymaster of said regiment by Col. Lawrence, his classmate, after the arrival of the regiment at Washington. He participated in the battle of Bull Run; and, after the return of the Fifth, he was appointed to the office of adjutant of the Eighteenth Regiment, on recommendation of Col. Barnes. He also gave up his life to the service of his country.

CHAPTER X.

FALLEN HEROES.

Major W. A. Walker.- Capt. W. S. Hodges. - Capt. W. E. Hooker. Capt. N. B. Shurt. leff, Jun.-Lieut. H. M. Burnham.-Lieut. E. P. Hopkins.- Sergeant Theodore Parkman. - Lieut. Sumner Paine. - Brig.-Gen. George B. Boomer.

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MAJOR WILLIAM A. WALKER.

AJOR WILLIAM AUGUSTUS WALKER was a native of Portsmouth, N.H. He was born in 1827. At the age of twenty, he removed to Boston, and subsequently to Greenfield in 1858, where he was employed as a clerk for some time, and was interested in all matters of public interest. In the summer of 1861, at the breaking-out of the Rebellion, he was very active in raising and organizing a company for the Twenty-seventh Regiment. He was mustered into the service, as captain of Company C of that regiment, 20th of September, 1861.

The first engagement in which Capt. Walker participated was at Roanoke Island, Feb. 7, 1862, in which, by the testimony of all his brother-officers, he behaved gallantly. His next engagement was at Newbern, March 14, 1862, when the reputation for bravery he had earned at Roanoke was firmly established. From this time till the winter of 1862, his regiment performed camp and garrison duty only. In November, he participated in the brisk skirmish at Rawles's Mills; and afterwards marched with his company to Williamston, Hamilton, and in the vicinity of Tarborough, near the Weldon Railroad, on an expedition designed to destroy the road. In the succeeding month, Capt. Walker participated in the sharp engagement of Bristow, White Hall, and Goldsborough, in an expedition led by Gen. Foster.

Major Walker was for a long time provost-marshal of Newbern; performing the arduous and delicate duties of the post with great satisfaction to all associated with him. In consequence of his business-training, and known habits of order and system, he was repeatedly chosen to serve on courts-martial, and, in many positions other than in the field, served his country faithfully and acceptably.

In May, 1863, he was promoted to the rank of major. In the fall of 1863, the Twenty-seventh Regiment was transferred to Norfolk, Va., where it performed garrison-duty till the opening of the summer campaign of 1864, when it was incorporated into the Army of the James. A temporary sickness detained Major Walker, and prevented his capture at Drury's Bluff, where most of the regiment was taken. The command of the remainder now devolved upon Major