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Company K Roster

Captain: CHARLES E. A. BARTLETT, 26, Boston; slightly injured at Deserted House, Jan. 30, 1863.

First Lieutenant: WILLIAM F. WOOD, Acton; formerly in 26th Mass.; discharged for disability; slightly wounded at Deserted House, Jan. 30, 1863; later Sergt. in 3d Mass. Heavy Art.

Second Lieutenant: SHAPLEIGH MORGAN, 26, Dracut.

First Sergeant, CHARLES A. BARKER, 21, Chelmsford; llth Vt. 3 months; formerly in 2d Maine; subsequently Lieut. in Maine Heavy Artillery.

Sergeants:

  • GEO. A. W. VINAL, 28, Andover; 14th Mass., discharged for disability previous to 9 months; afterwards in 59th Mass. Vols.
  • JONA. S. DAVIS, 29, Dracut.
  • ABNER D. HOLT, 23, Chelmsford.
  • CHARLES H. SWEENEY, 23, Lowell; 5th Mass., 3 months, 1861.

Corporals:

  • JOSIAH R. FLETCHER, 40, Chelmsford.
  • ROLLIN PERKINS, 18, Methuen; Co. B, 6th Mass., 100 days, 1864.
  • EDWIN BOWMAN, 38, Billerica.
  • WILLIAM T. WILSON, 18, Dracut.
  • EDWARD E. LAPHAM, 21, Chelmsford.
  • ALBERT O. DAVIDSON, 21, Dracut.
  • WILLIAM E. CLARK, 23, Chelsea.
  • MILO J. PROCTOR, 21, Chelmsford; discharged for disability, Nov. 16, 1862.
  • HENRY S. PERHAM, 18, Chelmsford; discharged for disability; Co. B, 6th Mass., 100 days.

Musician: ARTHUR JONES, 16, Lowell.

Wagoner: ROSWELL S. BURNHAM, 40, Lowell.

Privates:

  • Stillman Byam, 44, Chelmsford.
  • Daniel P. Byam, 20, Chelmsford; Signal Corps, U. S. Army.
  • George A. Byam, 18, Chelmsford.
  • George F. Butterfield, 18, Winchester; Co. B, 6th Mass. 100 days.
  • Richard Burns, 38, Tewksbury.
  • James L. Boston, 24, Chelmsford.
  • Kirk H. Bancroft, 23, Dracut; Asst. Surgeon in U. S. Navy, on gunboat Tosco.
  • Patrick Buckmaster, 21, Chelmsford.
  • John Buckley, 42, Billerica.
  • George W. Bridges, 18, Lowell.
  • Michael Burrows, 26, Billerica.
  • John T. Billings, 26, Lowell; promoted Com. Sergt., Feb. 1, 1863.
  • Dennis Crehen, 22, Dracut.
  • John Crehen, 24, Dracut.
  • Thomas Carney, 45, Westport.
  • John H. Colburn, 24, Dracut; discharged for disability, Jan. 29 1863.
  • Charity L. Dunn, 21, Chelmsford; 2d Mass. Heavy Artillery.
  • Joseph V. Danforth, 31, Billerica.
  • Alonzo A. Davis, 33, Chelmsford.
  • Elijah N. Day, 23, Chelmsford; 4th Mass. Cavalry; dead.
  • Benjamin F. Day, 31, Chelmsford.
  • Herbert H. Emerson, 20, Chelmsford.
  • Amos B. French, 18, Chelmsford.
  • Charles F. Fletcher, 18, Chelmsford.
  • John P. Fisher, 20, Billerica.
  • George U. Gragg, 30, Billerica; U. S. Navy.
  • Byron H. Griswold, 18, Dracut.
  • Joseph Hallowell, 21, Dracut.
  • Henry H. Ingalls, 21, Chelmsford.
  • Franklin Jaquith, Jr., 23, Billerica; Co. D, 6th Mass., 100 days; also in Navy, 1864-5.
  • Nelson E. Jewett, 23, Chelmsford.
  • Nathan B. Lapham, 23, Chelmsford.
  • Thomas Lines, 21, Dracut; wounded, Hebron Church, May 15, 1863.
  • Daniel Murphy, 35, Billerica.
  • Dennis Murphy, 33, Billerica; 30th Mass.
  • John McEvany, 21, Chelmsford.
  • Michael McNulty, 41, Billerica; 8th Infantry U. S. Army, 41/2 years previous to 9 months.
  • John McCarthy, 26, Billerica.
  • Henry E. Putnam, 36, Chelmsford.
  • John Parkhurst, 3d., 35, Chelmsford.
  • George A. Parkhurst, 29, Chelmsford; Co. B, 6th Mass., 100 days.
  • Amos A. Parkhurst, 19, Chelmsford.
  • John Pierce, 18, Chelmsford.
  • James B. Peck, 18, Westford; 4th Mass. Cavalry.
  • Peter Pendergast, 38, Lowell.
  • Oliver Pasho, 24, Billerica; discharged for disability, March 18, 1863.
  • Hiram F. Russell, 34, Billerica.
  • Charles S. Reed, 27, Chelmsford.
  • Charles L. Richardson, 38, Billerica.
  • John Reall, 21, Dracut; taken prisoner, May 3, 1863.
  • Benjamin Sharp, 25, Billerica.
  • Henry Sharp, 35, Chelmsford.
  • William H. Smith, 23, Billerica; slightly wounded, Jan. 3, 1863, at Deserted House; 59th Mass.
  • Henry W. Stravens, 21, Chelmsford.
  • Jesse A. Sargent, 38, Lunenburg.
  • Edward Sullivan, 18, Chelmsford.
  • Peter K. Staples, 37, Dracut.
  • Elbridge Stearns, 25, Billerica; 15th Mass. Battery.
  • Hudson F. Smiley, 21, Chelmsford.
  • George A. Seaver, 18, Tewksbury.
  • John T. Smith, 23, Tewksbury.
  • James Welch, 30, Dracut.
  • Jonathan Wright, 36, Chelmsford.
  • John Webb, 32, Dracut; discharged for disability Jan. 29, 1863.

Source: "Historical Sketch of the Old Sixth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers during its Three Campaigns" by John H. Hanson, Chaplain of the 6th Regiment, published in 1866. This book is online at Archive.org.

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