Pension And Relief Acts.

Most all the men here were found through their wifes petitions to Congress.
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William M. Simpson.

CHAP. LXIII. —An Act granting a Pension to William M, Simpson.

Be it enacted by the Senate and house of Representatives of the United
States of America ‘in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and lie is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William M. Simpson, late a private in company E, seventy-first regiment of Illinois volunteer infantry, and pay hum a pension, commencing October twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.
APPROVED, March 1, 1869.

Name SIMPSON, WILLIAM M., Rank PVT Company E Unit 71 IL US INF.
Residence NEWTON, JASPER CO, IL Age 25, Height 5' 10, Hair LIGHT, Eyes BLUE Complexion LIGHT Marital Status SINGLE Occupation SADDLER, Nativity NEWTON, JASPER CO, ILL. Joined When JUL 4, 1862, Joined Where NEWTON, ILL., Period 3 MO. Muster In JUL 22, 1862, Muster In Where CHICAGO, ILL. Muster Out OCT 29, 1862.
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Alexander Foster Pratt.

Birth: Sept. 4, 1813, Westmoreland, Cheshire County, New Hampshire.
Death: Nov. 30, 1874.
Burial: Prairie Home Cemetery, Waukesha, Waukesha County, Wisconsin.

Mr. Pratt, was a very noted man in Wisconsin history, and more can be read on him at the site call ( Find a Grave ), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=pratt&GSfn=alexander&GSmn=f.&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=24880734&df=all&

, But here is a piece of information you may not know about him.

CHAP. XLIX. — An Act for the Relief of Alexander F. Pratt.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to Alexander F. Pratt three hundred dollars, in full for pursuing and capturing one Elijah K. Jauner, convicted of counterfeiting United States coin, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
APPROVED, February 18, 1867.
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Dr. James W Fitzpatrick.

Birth: 1828.
Death: May 6, 1864.
Wife: Mary A. Ahern Fitzpatrick.
Burial: Old Saint Johns Cemetery, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut.

Commission Asst. Surg. 9th. Massachusetts Volunteer, Aug. 14, 1862, Surg.
U. S. volunteers, Jan. 7, 1863.

CHAP. CXXII. — An Act granting a Pension to Mary A. Fitzpatrick.

Be it enacted by the Senate and Rouse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Mary Fitzpatrick, widow of James W. Fitzpatrick, late an acting assietant surgeon United States army, who died at Harwood Hospital on or about May sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, on the pension rolls, at the rate of seventeen dollars per month, commencing at the death of her husband, subject to the provisions of the pension laws.
APPROVED, February 28, 1867.
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Isabella Morrison Fogg.

Birth: 1823
Death: Dec. 23, 1873
Burial: Forest City Cemetery, South Portland, Cumberland County, Maine.

In 1861, when Isabella Morrison Fogg's son, Hugh, left Calais, Maine for Washington as a member of the 6th Maine Regiment, she decided to go with him and volunteer for the Maine Camp & Hospital Association. Then, after the battle of Antietam, she traveled from battlefield to battlefield bringing wounded soldiers much needed medical supplies. She was horrified to find these soldiers neglected and left in barns and sheds on the battlefields when they were supposed to have been long since removed.

For reasons unclear, her relations with the Camp & Hospital Association ended. Isabella went on to volunteer in the US Christian Commission. In 1865 she accidentally fell through an open hatch aboard a boat upon the Ohio River, forever injuring her spine. She was awarded a Federal Pension as a result of efforts made by officers and surgeons on her behalf by the Potomac Army, such as Grant, Chamberlain and Meade.

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CHAP. LI. — An Act granting a Pension to Mrs. Isabella Fogg, of the State of Maine.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be. and is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Mrs. Isabella Fogg, of the State of Maine, on the pension roll, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence from and after the passage of this act, and to continue during her natural life; she, the said Isabella Fogg, having been totally disabled while acting as nurse on board the United States hospital boat near Louisville, in the State of Kentucky.
APPROVED, April 17, 1866.
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John W. Galloway.

Birth: Unknown
Death: May 2, 1863.

Service: 7th., Missouri, State Militia, Cavalry, Company C., enlister as a private on February 28, 1862, at Henry Co., Missouri. Mustered in same day at Sedalia, Co. Missouri. Was promoted Corpora, on March 20, 1863. He was killed while on furlough at home by guerillas on May 2, 1863.

CHAP. XCI. —An Act granting a Pension to Lucretia B. Galloway.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Lucretia B. Galloway, widow of John W. Galloway, late a corporal in company C of the seventh regiment of Missouri militia, to take effect from the passage of this act.
APPROVED, February 1, 1873.
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Abel Francis Mechem.

Birth: Aug. 20, 1836.
Death: Jul. 14, 1871.
Father: Richard Mechem.
Mother: Lucretia Naomi Alderson Mechem .
Wife: Susan W. Mechem.
Burial: Old Brick Cemetery, Jarrettsville, Harford County, Maryland.

CHAP. CXIII. — An Act granting a Pension to Susan W. Mechem.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Susan W. Mechem, widow of Abel F. Mechem, late a surgeon in the United States army.
APPROVED, February .5, 1873.
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William Erwin.

Birth: Unknown.
Death: Unknown.
Burial: Prospect Baptist Church Cemetery, Loudon County Tennessee.
Service: (Co., A., 2nd Tenn. Inf.)

CHAP. LXXXIII. — An Act granting a Pension to William Erwin.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Intenor be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William Erwin, of Kingston, Tennessee, late a private in company A, second Tennessee volunteers, and to pay him a pension from and after the passage of this act.
APPROVED, February 27, 1871.
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Thomas J. Fiss.

Birth: Feb. 19, 1835.
Death: Dec. 11, 1910.
Burial: Aurora Cemetery, Aurora, Hamilton County, Nebraska.

CHAP. LXXXIX..—An Act granting a Pension to Thomas J. Fiss.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Thomas J. Fiss, of Freeport, Illinois, late a private in company D, forty-sixth regiment Illinois volunteers, and to pay him a pension from and after the passage of this act.
APPROVED, February 27, 1871.
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Daniel S. ( T. ?) Webb.

Birth: 1823, Marble, Cherokee County, North Carolina.
Death: Jul. 12, 1864, Oglethorpe, Macon County, Georgia.
Wife: Eliza Derreberry Webb.
Children: Julettie Brewer , Benjamin Ballard and Docia Webb Mizel
Burial: Andersonville National Cemetery, Andersonville (Sumter County), Georgia.

The last time Daniel saw Eliza he was a Yankee prisoner being marched toward Chattangooa. The weather was very cold with snow on the ground. Daniel was bare footed, and his feet were bleeding. Eliza took off her shoes, and gave them to him. The style allowed him to wear her shoes. Eliza later found out Daniel had died or been killed. She had to find his grave in order to receive her OMI War widow's pension.

CHAP. XCIL — An Act granting a Pension to Eliza Webb, Widow of Daniel S. Webb, late a Private in Company G, eighth Regiment of Tennessee Cavalry.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Eliza Webb, widow of Daniel S. Webb, late a private in company G., eighth Tennessee cavalry, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence from and after the passage of this act.
APPROVED, February 27, 1871.
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Abel S Chase.

Birth: 1821.
Death: Nov. 19, 1897.
Burial: Mount Hope Cemetery, Logansport, Cass County, Indiana.
Service: Enlisted as a Private on 29 November 1862.
Enlisted in 24th Light Artillery Regiment Indiana on 29 Nov 1862.
Transferred into Regiment U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps on 1 Jan 1864.
Transferred out of 24th Light Artillery Regiment Indiana on 1 Jan 1864.

CHAP. CLXXXIII. —An Act granting a Pension to Abel S. Chase.

Be it enacted by the Senate and Rouse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Abel S. Chase, late a private in the twenty-fourth battery, Indiana artillery, and to pay him a pension from and after the passage of this act.
APPROVED, March 3, 1871.
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Edward D. Baker.

Birth: Feb. 24, 1811, London, England.
Death: Oct. 21, 1861, Loudoun County, Virginia.
Wife: Mary A. Baker.
Burial: Balls Bluff National Cemetery, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia.

Cnn’. CXXXIII. — An Act for the Relief of Mary A. Baker, Widow of Brigadier.
General Edward D. Baker.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to place the name of Mary A. Baker, widow of Brigadier-General Edward D. Baker, on the pension roll, at the rate of fifty dollars a month, from the twenty-first day of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, to continue during her widowhood.
APPROVED, March 3, 1865.
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Hiram Gregory Berry.

Birth: Aug. 27, 1824, Rockland, Maine
Death: May 3, 1863.
Burial: Achorn Cemetery, Rockland, Knox County, Maine.
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Civil War Union Major General. Killed in Action at the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia. Entered war as Colonel of the 4th Maine Volunteer Infantry, and was with the regiment at the Battle of First Bull Run, Virginia. Promoted to Brigadier General, US Volunteers and commanded a brigade in the Army of the Potomac during the Peninsular Campaign and the Battle of Fredericksburg. Promoted to Major General, US Volunteers on November 29, 1862. Commanded the Second Division in the III Corps at the Battle of Chancellorsville. He was leading his command in trying to regain ground lost by the Army by the celebrated flank march of Stonewall Jackson when he was mortally wounded while delivering orders to his men. He died in Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker's (the AOP commander) headquarters in the Chancellors House.

CHAP. CXXXV. — An Act granting a Pension to the Widow of the late Major-General Hiram G. Berry.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the interior be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to place the name of Eliza Berry, widow of Major-General Hiram G. Berry, on the pension roll, at the rate of fifty dollars a month, from the third day of May, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-three, to continue during her widowhood.
APPROVED, March 3, 1865.
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Peleg W. Morgan.

Birth: Aug. 25, 1828,
Death: Jul. 14, 1865.
Wife: Elizabeth H. Chadwick Morgan.
Burial: Old North Cemetery, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts.

Peleg was the son of Dudley Morgan and Anna West, and the wife of Elizabeth Chadwick, daughter of Charles Chadwick and Margaret Smith. After his death in the Civil War, Elizabeth married Benjamin Sheffield.

CHAP. LXIX. —An Act granting a Pension to Elizabeth H. Morgan.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Elizabeth H. Morgan, widow of Peleg W. Morgan, late an ensign in the United States navy, and to pay her a pension from and after the passage of this act, during her widowhood.
APPROVED, March 27, 1872.
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Frederick A Garlick.

Birth: 1838.
Death: Feb. 23, 1892.
Burial: McGraw Rural Cemetery, McGraw, Cortland County, New York.
Service: Co. K. 76th Reg't., N.Y.S. Vol.

CHAP. XCII. — An Act granting a Pension to Frederick A. Garlick, of’ Cortland County New York.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place the name of Frederick A. Garlick, of Cortland county, New York, upon the pension roll, at the rate of fifteen dollars per month, to commence from the passage of this act.
APPROVED, April 9, 1872.
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William H. Bridges.

Birth: Mar. 27, 1838, Virginia or Kentucky.
Death: Jan. 20, 1901, Waveland, Montgomery County, Indiana.
Burial: Maple Ridge Cemetery , Waveland, Montgomery County, Indiana.
Service: Enlisted as a Corporal on June 7, 1861 in Company A, 14th Infantry Regiment Indiana. Received a disability discharge January 26, 1862. Enlisted as a Private on April 17, 1862 in Company K, 60th Infantry Regiment Indiana. Promoted to Full Lieutenant 1st Class on December 6, 1863 effective May 24, 1864. Mustered out on March 21, 1865 in Indianapolis, IN.

CHAP. XCIII. An Act granting a Pension to William H. Bridges.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William H. Bridges, late a private in company A, fourteenth Indiana volunteers, and to pay him a pension from the passage of this act.
APPROVED, April 9, 1872.
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Ripley A,. Arnold.

Birth: Jan. 17, 1817, Pearlington, Hancock County, Mississippi.
Death: Sep. 6, 1853, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas.
Burial: Pioneers Rest Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas.

Major Ripley A. Arnold graduated West Point Academt in 1838, and fought in the
Seminole Indian War and in the War with Mexico. He served as major under
General William J. Worth and participated in the capture of Mexico City. Major Ripley Arnold was killed by Dr. Josephus M. Steiner in a duel in Fort Graham in Hill County, Texas when he went to arrest the doctor for drunkenness or disturbing the peace. He was originally buried at Fort Graham and then was brought back to Fort Worth for a second burial in Pioneers Rest Cemetery.

Side note. Arnold was killed at Fort Graham on September 6, 1853, by Josephus Murray Steiner, in an exchange of shots. Civil and military authorities disputed jurisdiction in the case, and Steiner was ultimately acquitted by both court-martial and a civil jury. He was represented by future governor Richard Coke and future Confederate general William H. Parsons,qqv who established that Arnold had been procuring United States government horses under questionable circumstances and selling them for his own profit. Steiner's attorneys claimed that their client had known of this practice and planned to expose it. One witness swore that Arnold had threatened, "I will put him out of the way; he shall not give evidence against me." Arnold was first buried at Fort Graham, then disinterred and removed to Fort Worth, where he was buried in the Pioneer's Rest Cemetery, within a mile of old Fort Worth and near the graves of his two infant daughters. He was said to have received the first Masonic rites ever performed in Fort Worth. His diary and personal papers were destroyed by fire at the Fort Worth home of one of his granddaughters.


CHAP. LXV.— An Act for the Relief of Catherine B. Arnold.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be directed to place the name of Catharine Bryant Arnold, widow of the late Major Ripley A. Arnold, upon the list of pensioners, and to pay to her a pension at the rate of one half the pay per month to which
her said husband was entitled at the time of his death; said pension to commence on the sixth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, and continued during her natural life or widowhood.
APPROVED, February 10, 1855.
Side Note. Catharine Bryant Arnold, married at the age of 14, on August 26, 1839) and were married in Pass Christian, Mississippi. They had five children.
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Captain, Thomas Machin.

Birth: Mar. 20, 1744, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England.
Death: Apr. 3, 1816, Charleston (Montgomery County), Montgomery County, New York.
Wife: Susannah Machin.
Burial: Carlisle Cemetery, Carlisle, Schoharie County, New York.

ARREARS OF PENSION.
COMMUNICATED TO THE HOUSE Of REPRESENTATIVES, DECEMBER 31, 1816.

Mr. Chappell, from the Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Susannah Machin, reported:

That the petitioner states that, in the year 1808, her late husband, Captain. Thomas Machin, applied to Congress for a pension; that the Secretary of War reported on his case, and recommended him to be placed on the pension roll of the United States at the rate of twenty dollars per month; but that the physician who certified disability committed a mistake, purely unintentional, by reason of which he was placed on the roll at only ten dollars, instead of twenty dollars per month; that, in the year 1814, he applied again, and was placed On. the pension roll at twenty dollars per month, but that, from some reason unknown to her, the increase of pension did not relate back to the date of the first pension. She states that her husband is since dead; that she is old and nearly destitute. She asks Congress to allow her the difference between the two sums from 1808 till 1814, namely, ten per month.

On application to the proper Department, it has been found that the certificates and evidence taken in the first case have been destroyed, so that the committee cannot say whether there should have been a greater allowance made than there was; but they presume that justice was done him, and that he received the full amount to which he was entitled. The certificates, &c. in the second case establish a total disability, and he was accordingly placed on the roll as a full pensioner.

The rule prescribed, and the one which it is believed has been uniformly pursued, is, to allow the pension to commence from the time at which the evidence is closed, by which the right is established, and not before. In this case, the committee see no reason to deviate from it. They therefore recommend the adoption of the following resolution:
Resolved, That the prayer of the petitioner ought to be rejected.
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Revolutionary Soldiers & Family Pensions.

Here is a list of men who were either killed or died from their wounds in the revolutionary war. I have also list the amount of the pension each pensioner families would received, over the seven and half year pension.
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List of officers belonging to the continental army, who died in the service, or who were killed in action, previous to the 28th May, 1778, and to whose widows or orphans seven years’ half-pay was granted, taken from the returns of the respective States, on file in the War Office of the United States.

New Hampshire.

1. Adams, Winborn (N. H). Captain 2d New Hampshire, 23d May to — De cember, 1775; Captain 8th Continental Infantry, 1st January, 1776; Major 2d New Hampshire, 8th November, 1776: Lieutenant-Colonel, 2d April, 1777. Killed at Bemus' Heights 19th September, 1777. Pension paid: $2,520 00.

2. Colburn, Andrew (N. H.) Major 4th Continental Infantry, 1st January. 1776; wounded at Harlem Heights, 12th October, 1776; Lieutenant-Colonel 3d New Hampshire, 8th November, 1776; died 20lh September, 1777, of wounds received at Stillwater, 19th September, 1777. Pension paid: $2,520 00.

3. Beale or Beall Zachariah (N. H.). 1st Lieutenant 2d New Hampshire, 18th June to — December, 1775; 1st Lieutenant 8th Continental Infantry, 1st January, 1776; Captain 3d New Hampshire, 8th November, 1776. Died 27th October, 1777, of wounds received at Fort Mercer 22d October, 1777. Pension paid: $1,680.00.

4. BeU or bell, Frederick Mordaunt (N. H.). 1st Lieutenant 2d New Hampshire, 23d May to — December, 1775; Captain 8th Continental Infantry, 1st January, 1776; Captain 2d New Hampshire. 8th November, 1776; wounded at Stillwater, 19th September, 1776, and died from his wound 9th October, 1777. Pension paid: $1,680.00.

5. Short ridge, Richard or Benjamin, (N. H.). Captain 2d New Hampshire, 23d May to December, 1775; Captain 8th Continental Infantry. 1st January, 1776; killed at Gwynn's Island, 8th July, 1776. Pension paid: $1,680.00.

6. Thomas, Joseph M. (N. H.). Lieutenant and Adjutant of Tash's Regiment New Hampshire Militia, August to November, 1776; 2d Lieutenant 3d New Hampshire, 8th November, 1776; 1st Lieutenant, 14th July, 1777; killed at Bemus Heights, 19th September, 1777. Pension paid: $1,120.00.

7. Wait, Joseph (N. H.). Lieutenant Colonel of Bedel's Regiment New Hampshire Rangers, 22d July, 1775. Died 28th November, 1776, of wounds received at Valcour Island 28th September, 1776. Pension paid: $2,520.00.

8. Fay, Joseph (N. H.). Ensign 3d New Hampshire, 8th November, 1776; died 2d November, 1777, of wounds received at Stillwater, 19th September, 1777. Pension paid: $840.00.

Massachusetts.

1. Thomas, John (Mass). Colonel of a Massachusetts Regiment, April, 1775Major General Massachusetts Militia', 20th June. 1775; Lieutenant-Genera Massachusetts Militia, Januarv 1776, Brigadier General Continental Army, 22d June, 1775: Major-General Continental Army, 6th March, 1776. Died 2d June. 1776. Pension paid: $3,150.00.

2. Cranston, Abner (Mass). Captain of Whitcomb's Massachusetts Regiment. May to December, 1775; Captain 6th Continental Infantry, 1st January to 31st December, 1776; Major 13th Massachusetts, 1st January, 1777. Died 29th May, 1777. Pension paid: $2,100.00.

3. Goodridge, Ezekiel, Amesbury (also given New Boston). Lieutenant, Capt. Eliphalet Bodwell's CO., Col. Edward Wigglesworth's regt. ; pay abstract for mileage from Albany home in Dec, 1776 ; warrant allowed in Council March 12, 1777 ; also, Lieutenant, Col. Michael Jackson's regt. ; Continental Arm.y pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1777, to Oct. 7, 1777; reported killed Oct. 7, 1777; also, ac- count of the 7 years half pay allowed agreeable to resolve of Aug. 24, 1780, to widows and orphans of officers who were killed or died in service ; half pay allowed to Oct. 7, 1784. Pension paid: $1, 120.00.

4. Williams, Edward Payson (Mass). Captain of Heath's Massachusetts Regiment, May to December, 1775; Captain 24th Continental Infantry, 1st January to 31st December, 1776; Major 3d Massachusetts, 1st January, 1777; died 25th May 1777. Pension paid: $2, 100.00.

5. Steel, Aaron (Mass). Sergeant in Lexington Alarm, April, 1775; 2d Lieutenant of Danielson's Massachusetts Regiment, April to December, 1775; 2d Lieutenant 25th Continental Infantry, 1st January to 31st December, 1776; 1st Lieutenant 7th Massachusetts, 1st January, 1777; died 24th November, 1777, of wounds received at Fort Mifflin 14th November, 1777. Pension paid: $1,120.00.

6. Town, Ebenezer (Mass). Ensign 4th Massachusetts, 1st January, 1777; died 11th February, 1778. Pension paid: $840.00.

7. Bryant, David (Mass). 1st Lieutenant of Knox's Regiment Continental Artillery, 13th December, 1775; Captain Lieutenant, — August, 1776; Captain Lieutenant 3d Continental Artillery, 1st January, 1777; Captain, 10th May, 1777. Died 12th September, 1777, of wounds received at Brandywine, 11th September, 1777. . Pension paid: $2,100.00.

8. Kingman, Edward (Mass). Ensign 2d Massachusetts, 1st January, 1777; died 1st October, 1777, of wounds received near Saratoga, 26th September, 1777. Pension paid: $840.00.

9. Jackson, Ephraim (Mass). 1st Lieutenant of Thomas' Massachusetts Regiment, May to December, 1775; Lieutenant-Colonel 10th Massachusetts, 6th November, 1776; died 19th December, 1777. Pension paid: $2,520.00.

10. Allen, Jacob (Mass). Sergeant in Lexington Alarm, April, 1775; 1st Lieutenant of Thomas' Massachusetts Regiment, May to December, 1775; Captain 23d Continental Infantry, 1st January to 31st December, 1776; Captain 2d Massachusetts, 1st January, 1777. Killed at Bemus' Heights, 19th September, 1777. Pension paid: $1,680.00.

11. Perry, William (Mass). Ensign 14th Massachusetts, 1st January, 1777; died 10th October, 1777, of wounds received at Germantown, 4th October, 1777. Pension paid: $840.00.

12. Wiley, Aldrich or Aldridge (Mass). Corporal and Sergeant of Sargent's Massachusetts Regiment, May to December, 1775; Ensign 16th Continental Infantry, 1st January to 31st December, 1776; 1st Lieutenant 8th Massachusetts. 1st January, 1777; killed at Stillwater, 7th October, 1777. Pension paid: $1,120.00.

13. Skillings, John (Mass). Captain 11th Massachusetts, 6th November, 1776: died 2d April, 1777. Pension paid: $1,680.00.

14. Francis, Ebenezer (Mass). Lieutenant in Lexington Alarm, April, 1775; Captain of Mansfield's Massachusetts Regiment, May to December, 1775; Colonel 11th Massachusetts, 6th November, 1776; killed at Hubbardton, 7th July, 1777. Pension paid: $3,150.00

15. Roundy, Luke (Mass). Ensign 27th Continental Infantry, 1st January to 31st December. 1776; 2d Lieutenant 11th Massachusetts, 1st January, 1777; died 22d October, 1777. Pension paid: $840.00.

16. Bragdon, Josiah York. 1st Lieutenant, Capt. Abel Moulton's co.. Col. Lemuel Rob- inson's regt. ; list of officers of Mass. militia; commissioned Feb. 21, 1776; also, Capt. Samuel Leighton's co.. Col. Ebenezer Francis's regt.; return of officers; marched to join regiment Aug. 9, 1776; also, Capt. Leighton's co.. Col. Francis's (York Co.) regt.; list of officers of Mass. militia; commissioned Aug. 14, 1776; marched to Dorchester Heights ; company raised for defence of Boston ; also, re- ceipts for wages for service in same co. and regt., for Aug. -Nov., 1770, dated Dorchester; also, same co. and regt. ; pay roll for rations, etc., from Dorchester Heights liome ; allowed in Council, Nov. 29, 1776 ; credited with 5 days allowance ; also, Capt. Daniel Wheelwright's co.. Col. Ehenezcr Francis's regt. ; list of officers of Mass. Line ; commissioned Feb. 3, 1777 ; also, same co. and regt. ; petition asking for subsistence for 36 men belonging to Col. Francis's regt. on the road to Bennington; allowed in Council, March 14, 1777; also, same co. and regt.; pay abstract for rations from date of enlistment, Dec. 3, 1777, to date of marching, March 22, 1777; also, petition dated Van Schaick's Island, Aug. 31, 1777, asking that Lieut. Col. Littlefield ha appointed Colonel in place of Col. Francis, deceased ; also, Lieutenant, Capt. Wheelwright's co., Col. Benjamin Tupper's regt. ; muster return dated Jan. 2"), 1778; residence, York; enlisted for town of York; mustered by Col. Varrick ; also, list of officers whose widows or orphans received half pay for 7 years, agreeable to resolve of Aug. 24, 1780 ; reported died April 30, 1778. Pension paid: $1,120.00.

16. Read or Reed, Benjamin (Mass). 2d Lieutenant and Adjutant 13th Continental Infantry, 1st January to 31st December, 1776; 1st Lieutenant 7th Massachusetts, 1st January, 1777; killed at Stillwater 19th September, 1777. Pension paid: $1,120.00.

17. Turner, Edward (Mass). Sergeant in Lexington Alarm, April, 1770, and in Doolittie's Massachusetts Regiment, April to December, 1775; 1st Lieutenant 5th Massachusetts, 1st January, 1777; died 26th December, 1777. Pension paid: $1,120.00.

Rhode Island.

1. Carpenter, Benajah (R. I.). Captain Lieutenant of Knox's Regiment Continental Artillery, 10th December, 1775; killed at Long Island, 27th August, 1776. Pension Paid: $1,120.00.

2. Waterman, John (R. I.). Regimental Quartermaster 2d Rhode Island 11th February, 1777; died 20th April, 1778. Pension Paid: $1,120.00.

Connecticut.

1. Wooster, David (Conn). Major-General Connecticut Troops, April, 1775; Colonel 1st Connecticut. 1st May, 1775; Brigadier-General Continental Army, 22d June, 1775; died 2d May, 1777, of wounds received at Ridgefield 27th April, 1777. Pension paid: $5,250.00.

2. Dimon, David (Conn). Captain in the Lexington Alarm, April, 1775; Cap tain 5th Connecticut, 1st May to De cember, 1775; Brigade-Major to Gen eral Wooster, 13th June to 18th Sep tember, 1775, and to General Schuyler. 18th September, 1775, to December, 1776; Lieutenant-Colonel 6th Connecti cut, 1st January, 1777; died 18th September, 1777, of wounds received at Brandywine, 11th September, 1777. Pension paid: $2,520.00.

3. Davenport, Hezekiah (Conn). Lieutenant Connecticut Militia. ; killed
at Ridgefield, 27th April, 1777. Pension paid: $1,120.00.

New York.

1. Montgomery, Richard (N. Y.). Brigadier-General Continental Army, 22d June, 1775; Major-General, 9th December, 1775; killed in the assault on Quebec, 31st December, 1775. McMires, Andrew (N. J.). Captain 1st New Jersey, 15th December, 1775, to 10th November, 1776; Captain 1st New Jersey, 29th November, 1776; killed at Germantown, 4th October, 1777. (Name also spelled McMyers.)

New Jersey.

1. McMires, Andrew (N. J.). Captain 1st New Jersey, 15th December, 1775, to 10th November, 1776; Captain 1st New Jersey, 29th November, 1776; killed at Germantown, 4th October, 1777. (Name also spelled McMyers.) . Pension paid: $1,680.00.

2. Neil, Daniel (N. J.) Captain Lieutenant Eastern Company New Jersey Artillery, 1st March, 1776; Captain, 9th May, 1776; killed at Princeton, 3d January, 1777. Pension paid: $1,680.00.

Delaware.

1. Holland, Thomas (Del). Adjutant 4th Pennsylvania Battalion, 8th January, 1776; resigned 15th March, 1776; 2d Lieutenant Delaware Regiment, 25th April, 1776; 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant, August, 1776; Captain, 4th December, 1776; died 13th October, 1777, of wounds received 4th October, 1777, at Germantown. Pension paid: $1,680.00.

Virginia.

1. Hawkins, Moses (Va). Captain 14th Virginia, 6th February, 1777: killed at Germantown, 4th October, 1777. Pension paid: $1,680.00.

2. Humphries, John (Va). 1st Lieutenant of Morgan's Company Virginia Riflemen, September, 1775; killed at Quebec, 31st December, 1775. Pension paid: $1,120.00.

3. Mercer, Hurt or Hugh (Va). Colonel 3d Virginia, 13th Februarv, 1776; Brigadier General Continental Army. 5th June, 1776: died 12th January, 1777, of wounds received at Princeton, 3d January, 1777. Pension paid: $5,250.00.

4. Sayres, John (Va). Captain 1st Virginia, 18th September, 1775; Major 4th Virginia, 13th August, 1776; Lieutenant-Colonel 9th Virginia, 30th January," 1777; killed at Germantown, 4th October, 1777. (Name also spelled Seayres.) $2,520.00.

General Theophilus Hunter Holmes.

A gentleman had asked me to look into General Theophilus Hunter Holmes. I told this gentleman I had very little on him. However after I looked over the information I found I had more then thought, I was about to delete the information, then I thought that some of my readers may also be interested in the info, so I decided I should make a page out of the information. Those of you looking into him may find the information interesting.
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Theophilus Hunter Holmes.
Birth: 1804.
Death 1880.
Father: Gabriel Holmes
Mother: Mary Hunter
Wife: Laura Jane Wetmore, marriage: 16 JUN 1841,Cumberland,North Carolina.

Children:

Elizabeth Wetmore Holmes, birth: 16 MAY 1842 Of Governor'S Island, , New York, New York.

Mary Maria Holmes, birth: 25 DEC 1843 Of Governor'S Island, , New York, New York.

Theophilus Hunter Holmes, birth: 17 DEC 1844 Of Governor'S Island, , New York, New York.

Gabriel Holmes, birth: 25 JAN 1848 Of Governor'S Island, , New York, New York..

Wetmore Holmes, birth: 02 MAR 1850 Of Governor'S Island, , New York, New York.

Laura Lydia Holmes, birth: 18 NOV 1851 Of Governor'S Island, , New York, New York.

Hardy Lucien Holmes, birth: 15 JUN 1855 Of Governor'S Island, , New York, New York.

Burial: MacPherson Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Fayetteville, Cumberland County
North Carolina.

1830--Cadet Theophilus H. Holmes, to be Brevet Second Lieutenant, 7th Regiment of Infantry, 1st July, 1829.

1831--Seventh Regiment of Infantry.
Br. 2d Lt. Theophilus H. Holmes to be 2d lt., 1 July, 1829

1834--Appointment, Dragoons.
Theophilus H. Holmes, late of the 7th Infantry, to be 2d lieutenant, 4 March, 1833.

1835--Seventh Regiment of Infantry.
Second Lt. Theophilus H. Holmes to be 1st lt., 26th March, 1835.

1836--First lieutenants.
Theophilus H. Holmes, of North Carolina.

1839--Seventh Regiment of Infantry.
First Lieutenant Theophilus H. Holmes to be captain, 9th December, 1838.

1847--JAMES K. POLK.
Washington, 2d March, 1847.
To the Senate of the United States:

I communicate herewith a report of the Secretary of War, with the accompanying documents, in answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 27th ultimo, requesting to be informed "why the name of Captain Theophilus H. Holmes was not sent in for brevet promotion amongst the other officers who distinguished themselves at the military operations of Monterey." The report of the Secretary of War discloses the reasons for the omission of the name of Captain Holmes in the list of brevet promotions in my message of the -- ultimo. Upon the additional testimony in Captain Holmes's case which has been received at the War Department, and to which the Secretary of War refers in his report, I deem it proper to nominate him for brevet promotion. I therefore nominate Captain Theophilus H. Holmes, of the 7th Regiment of Infantry, to be major by brevet, from the 23d September, 1846, in the Army of the United States.
JAMES K. POLK.

1856--Eighth Regiment of Infantry.
Captain Theophilus H. Holmes, of the Seventh Regiment of Infantry, to be major, March 3, 1855.

1861--Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865.
To be brigadier-generals.
Theophilus H. Holmes, of North Carolina.

1861--Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865.
Colonels.
Theophilus H. Holmes, North Carolina.

1862--Lieutenant-generals.
Maj. Gen. Theophilus H. Holmes, to be lieutenant-general to date October 10, 1862, North Carolina.

Holmes, Theophilus Hunter. N C. NC. Cadet Mal. Sept l825, (44) out of class ;bvt. 2 1t, and 2 It., 7 inf. 1 July 1829; 1 It 26 Mar 1835; adjt.,9 Aug to 9 "Dec 1838; capt., 9 Dec 1838; maj. 8 inf., 3 Mar 1855; bvt. Maj. 23 Sept 1846 for gal con in the several conflicts at Monterey Mex; resd 22 Apr 1861; It gen C S A war 1861 to 1865; died 20 June 1880.

Numbers 14. Report of Lieutenant General Theophilus H. Holmes, C. S. Army, commanding District of Arkansas.


LITTLE ROCK, ARK., August 14, 1863.


GENERAL: I have the honor to submit to the lieutenant-general commanding the following report of the attack made by me upon Helena on July 4, 1863:

In the month of June, 15, 1862, the Federal forces under General Curtis, from the attempted invasion of Arkansas, betook themselves to the city of Helena and there fortified. Since that time it has been constantly and heavily garrisoned by Federal troops. The possession of this place has been of immense advantage to the enemy. From it they have threatened at all times an invasion of Arkansas, thereby rendering it necessary that troops should be held in position to repel such invasion. From it they have controlled the trade and sentiments of a large and important scope of country.

It has been to them a most important depot for troops in their operations against Vicksburg. In view of these great advantages to them, of the great embarrassment to my movements elsewhere, arising from the proximity of a large and threatening army, and of the deleterious effect on that portion of the State cursed by their presence, it was deemed of very great importance that they should be driven from this their only stronghold in Arkansas. As a means of raising the siege of Vicksburg, and of keeping the Mississippi River closed, in the event of the surrender of that city, the policy of the move was perfectly apparent. Move over, from information considered reliable in my possession, the capture of Helena by the forces at my disposal seemed perfectly practicable.

On June 14, 1863, I telegraphed to Lieutenant-General Smith that I believed I could take the place, and asked his permission to attack it. Two days after, I started to Jacksonport, there to consult with Generals Price and Marmaduke and to make the necessary preliminary arrangements. The result of this interview was the following orders: Price's command, consisting of General McRae's Arkansas and General Parson's Missouri brigades of infantry, constituting Price's division of Missouri cavalry, Marmaduke's division, to rendezvous at Cotton Plant, and Brigadier-General Fagan's Arkansas brigade of infantry at Clarendon, on June 26 (Friday) whence, by converging roads, the two columns would move in the direction of Helena. I also informed General [L. M.] Walker, commanding brigade of cavalry in the vicinity of Helena, of my intention, and directed him to allow no ingress to the place.

Upon my return to Little Rock, I found that General Smith had fully sanctioned my proposed attack, and that the Secretary of War and written a strong letter suggesting, advising, and urging it. Thus encouraged, on June 26 I proceeded to Clarendon and assumed command of the expedition. From unavoidable necessity, consequent on rain, high water, and wretched roads, General Price's command did not reach its rendezvous for four days after the date fixed, thus giving the enemy abundant notice of my approach. General Fagan arrived at his place of rendezvous (Clarendon) on the 26th. As soon as the troops were in position, I proceeded toward Helena, on the morning of July 3.

Having received full, accurate, and reliable information of the forces and fortifications of the enemy in Helena, and the topography of the surrounding country, I here made the final dispositions for the attack. That information disclosed that the place was very much more difficult of access, and the fortification very much stronger, than I had supposed before undertaking the expedition, the features of the country being peculiarly adapted to defense, and all that the art of engineering could do having been brought to bear to strengthen it. The fortifications consisted of one regular work heavily armed with siege guns, and four strong redoubts mounted with field pieces and protected by rifle-pits, on suburban hills (see the map).

The disposition for the attack was as per following order:

The attack on Helena will be made to-morrow morning at daylight, and as follows:

1st. Major-General Price, in command of McRae's and Parsons' brigades, will proceed by the best route, assume position, assault and take Graveyard Hill at daylight.

2nd. Brigadier-General Walker, with his cavalry brigade, will in like manner, proceed to the Sterling road, where he will hold himself in position to resist any troops that may approach Rightor Hill; and when that position is captured, he will enter the town and act against the enemy as circumstances may justify.

3rd. Brigadier-General Fagan will proceed by the best route, assume position, and take the battery on Hindman Hill at daylight.

4th. Brigadier-General Marmaduke will proceed with his command by the best route, assume position, and take Rightor Hill at daylight.

This plan of attack was fully concurred in by all my general officers, and the part assigned to each accepted with alacrity.

Between 11 and 12 o'clock at night, the troops began to move to their respective positions, whence to assault in the morning. General Fagan detached a regiment from his brigade and sent it forward to the right on the lower Little Rock road, to occupy the attention of the enemy in the rifle-pits below the city, and to protect his flank in case of an attack from that quarter. Three detached companies of cavalry, under Captain [W. B.] Denson, were ordered to act as vedettes in the plain south of the city, and to transmit to General Fagan rapid information of any attempt to flank him. His artillery was also sent forward on this the only practicable road, with the hope that it might assist in creating a diversion and thereby aid the general movement. I took position a little after daylight on the graveyard ridge, one-half mile from the fortifications (a central point), there to await the development of the attack.

Soon after daylight, Brigadier-General Marmaduke drove in the pickets of the enemy in his front and assaulted Rightor Fort. It is believed that a strong, vigorous, and sudden attack on this fort would have been successful, but some delay occurring, a heavy force of the enemy appeared on his left flank and rear, and held him perfectly in check during the whole day. It was the peculiar duty of Brigadier-General Walker to have prevented this movement on the part of the enemy, and, as represented by General Marmaduke, the same could have been easily accomplished. No satisfactory reason has been given by General Walker why this service was not rendered. This attack, being most remote, was not under my personal supervision, and was too distant for me to give specific orders.

The assault on the first line of rifle-pits in front of Hindman Hill was made a few minutes after daylight. General Fagan, at the head of his brigade, charged gallantry over four lines under a deadly fire from the rifle-pits and guns on his front, and a most disastrous enfilading fire from Graveyard Hill, on the left, previous to the attack by General Price. Having driven the enemy from and carried the fifth and last line of rifle-pits, the brave men who had followed him thus far, overcome by sheer exhaustion, resulting from the inordinate exertion of their difficult charge and the intense heat of the day, were unable to proceed farther. A charge upon the fort was, nevertheless, attempted, and failed. The brigade thereupon took shelter behind the inner line of breastworks, anxiously awaiting assistance. This assistance never arrived. Major-General Price did not make his attack till after sunrise, and more than an hour after the time named in the order. As an explanation of this delay, his report states that, finding when he had gotten within 1 1/2 miles of the position he had been ordered to take, his division would arrive upon the ground prematurely, he ordered a halt, and resumed his march at dawn of day. His troops, when brought into position and ordered forward, behaved magnificently, charging rifle-pits and breastworks without a falter, and taking the hill without a halt.

As soon as the works were carried, I rode rapidly into them. Finding the guns in the fort had been rendered useless by the enemy before being abandoned, I at once dispatched one of my staff to the rear to bring up some artillery. Owing to the impracticability of the roads, this could not be effected in time.

Perceiving the position of the gallant Fagan and his command, I ordered Brigadier-General Parsons, the only general officer present, to proceed at once to attack the Hindman fort in the rear. Everything was in confusion, regiments and brigades mixed up indiscriminately, and the order was not attended to. Immediately afterward I sent an order to General Price to the same effect, and then returned to my headquarters. Two or three hundred yards in the rear I passed Brigadier-General McRae, who had not joined his brigade since the assault. I ordered him at once to the fort. It seems that General McRae was the officer designated by General Price to go to General Fagan's assistance. After much delay he proceeded on this duty, but utterly failed to render the slightest aid, making no attempt to assault the hill. Not having been advised of this order for General McRae, and being impatient of the delay, I proceeded again to the fort on graveyard Hill, where I found General Parsons with only 300 or 400 men of his brigade. He informed me that General McRae had been ordered to the relief of General Fagan. That officer was nowhere to be seen, while General Fagan, with greatly reduced force, was being assaulted and driven back by the enemy, largely re-enforced. Under these circumstances, at 10.30 a. m. I ordered the troops to be withdrawn. My retreat from Helena was effected in the most perfect order and without the slightest demoralization of any kind.

May whole force engaged in this expedition amounted to 7,646. My loss, as near as is ascertained, is 173 killed, 687 wounded, 776 missing; total, 1,636. See reports of division and brigade commanders, forwarded herewith.

I write this report with a deep pain. I commanded brave, gallant, and willing troops, and should have succeeded in the capture of Helena, for though the difficulties were very great, they were not insurmountable, and the misfortune of a failure was in a very great measure consequent on the men not being well in hand after success. Most of my los in prisoners resulted from not restraining the men after the capture of Graveyard Hill from advancing into the town, where they were taken mainly without resistance. If instead of this the regiments and brigades had been reformed instantly, the capture of Hindman Hill and consequently of the town would have been of easy occurrence.

I cannot close this report without expressing my obligations to His Excellency Harris Flanagin, Governor of Arkansas, who accompanied me and had my confidence during the whole campaign. I owe to his cool, discriminating judgment many valuable suggestions. His presence, confidence, and zeal had no little influence on the spirit and energy of the Arkansas troop. He and Colonel Gordon N. Peay, adjutant-general of the State, acted as volunteer aides-de-camp on my staff during the battle.

As the expedition failed, which should have succeeded, I refrain from all expressions of commendation, believing that the brave officers and men who distinguished themselves will willingly forego the applause due to them in consideration that our beloved country reaped no benefit from their exploits.
I have the honor to be, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
TH. H. HOLMES.