WATERTOWN'S MILITARY HISTORY. AUTHORIZED BY A VOTE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS. PUBLISHED IN 1907, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF A- COMMITTEE REPRESENTING THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, AND ISAAC B. PATTEN POST 81, GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC. BOSTON: DAVID CLAPP & SON, PRINTERS, 291 Congress Street. 1907. CONTENTS. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS • • • • . xiii PREFACE • • • • • • • • . xv COLONIAL w ARS • • • • • • I A peaceful meeting betwe_en English Settlers and the Watertown Indians in 1630. Early preparations for self-defence. Night Guards established in April, 1631. A Council of War appointed in 1634. Roster of the Second Regiment, and Watertown's first company . • • 2 The Pequod War in 1636. First Muster on Boston Common in 1639. KING PHILIP'S WAR • • • • • • • 3 Capt. Richard Beers of Watertown killed at Northfield. Capt. Nathaniel Davenport's company of Watertown men . • 4 The Sudbury fight. Petition of Daniel Warren and Joseph Peirce for recom- pense for services at Sudbury . 5 Assignment of wages to Watertown soldiers . 7 Soldiers' land grants . 8 Sketch of Capt. Hugh Mason . 9 Cost of King Philip's War. French and Indian Wars • IO THE REVOLUTIONARY w AR • • 12 Watertown town records. The town votes to discourage the importation of British goods. Many citizens petition for a town meeting to agree upon measures for a redress of grievances . • . 13 Resolutions against violations of constitutional rights and privileges . • . • 14 Protest against unjust taxation • • . 15 Action in regard to the destruction of tea in Boston har- bor . • . • • • • · 16 iv Watertown's Military History. Boycott on the use of tea in Watertown. The town appropriates £20 for purchase of powder, balls and flints • . • • . r 7 Voted to order the Militia Company to drill two hours each week • . • • . r 8 Capt. Jonathan Brown chosen as representative to the Provincial Congress; also John Remington and Samuel Fisk . • • . • 19 No more money to be paid by the town into the pro­ vince treasury. £20 appropriated for mounting two cannon in town. The town votes to sustain the acts of the Continental Con- gress • • . • • • • • 20 Officers of the Train chosen. Military officers selected • • • • • • 21 Training expenses allowed . • . • 22 Dorothy Coolidge's bill for rum, and John Draper's bill for bread, used by the men in the Lexington fight, paid by the town . • . • • . 23 The citizens of Watertown vote to stand by and defend with their lives and estates the Declaration of Inde­ pendence of the thirteen colonies. Measures adopted for raising money and soldiers • • 24 Form of tax for war expense • . • • • 25 Pay allowed to soldiers . • • • • • 26 Citizens r~imbursed for payments on account of War • 27 Committee chosen to provide for soldiers' families . • . 30 The town opposes the quartering _of Burgoyne's officers here . • . 31 Bounties granted to Continental soldiers; £500 appro- priated . • • • • • • 32 Payments to soldiers . • • • 33 Appropriation of £2443 for soldiers • . • 36 Measures for raising soldiers . • . • 39 The sum of £12,000 voted to raise men and procure clothing for the army, . • . • . • 41 Granted £3000 to buy four-horses; also £6000 additional for hiring men. £ r 5,ooo granted to secure soldiers . o • • o I 42 £24,000 to purchase beef . • . • · 43 Seventy-five paper dollars for one of silver. New Tender of money act not approved by the town . 44 Voted to favor revival of lately repealed Tender act . 45 Town collectors ordered to receive no more old currency for taxes, but new money or hard coin • • • 46 £ r oo to secure beef. $800 to hire men . • • • · 47 The town's stock of ammunition • • • • • 48 Events leading to the Revolution • • • 49 Contents. V THE PROVINCIAL CONGRESS • 50 It meets at Watertown April 22, 1775. The selectmen allow the use of the Meeting House for its sessions . 51 Committee appointed to take depositions in regard to the Battle of Lexington. Resolved to raise an army of 30,.000 men. Dr. Joseph Warren chosen president. Voted that 600 enlistment papers be printed, and Con1- mittee on Supplies empowered to impress horses or teams. Active preparations for defence . 52 Address to the people of Great Britain adopted · 53 A powerful army the colonists' only hope . · 54 Letter read from John Hancock. Aid voted to the 5000 indigent people of ·Boston • . 55 Supplies furnished Col. Benedict Arnold . 56 The Receiver General empowered to borrow £100,000. Pay assigned to the Train Band . • . 57 Remonstrftnce to Gen. Gage adopted • • . 58 Postal rates established. Letter sent to the Indians, asking them to raise a com- pany . • . • . 59 Advice in relation to a civil government asked of the Continental Congress. Lady Frankland's trip from Hopkinton to Boston • . 60 Committee of Safety chosen. GeQ. Artemas Ward appointed Commander in Chief. Gen. Ward recommends large supplies for the army . 61 THIRD PROVINCIAL CONGRESS • • • • • 62 Mr. Edwards is admonished for calling the Committee of Safety '' a pack of sappy-headed fellows" . 63 Rations allotted to soldiers. Appeal to the Continental Congress. Proclamation by Gen. Gage, calling the Colonists rebels, and declaring martial law . • . • 64 A vigorous reply to Gen. Gage. Com1nittee report on profanation of the Sabbath, as one of the prevailing sins of the day. Dr. Joseph Warren chosen Major General. Hon. James Warren elected President of Congress. A day of fasting and prayer . 65 GENERAL WASHINGTON IN WATERTOWN . • . 66 His reception and entertainment along the route. Greeting by Congress. Gen. Washington's response . • . 67 Gen. Charles Lee's reply to an address of welcome • 68 Closing days of the Provincial Congress • . 69 . VI Watertown's Mllz°tary Hlstory . General Court of Massachusetts organized. Trial of Benjamin Church for treason; his conviction and death. THE I\1ARSHALL FowLE HousE • • • • Occupied by the Honorable Council in 1775 and 1776. History of the house. Sketch of Gen. Joseph Warren • •• • Lady Washington entertained. Sketch of Dr. James Warren • • Members of the Council. SOLDIERS OF THE REVOLUTION . • • .• 73 Watertown's condition in 1775. Assessors' list, showing names and estates of taxpayers. THE LEXINGTON ALARM • • • • • • • 77 Gen. Gage sends out Lieut. Col. Smith with 800 troops. Battles at Lexington and Concord; retreat of British to Boston. Watertown's creditable part; Joseph Coolidge killed . 78 Muster roll of Capt. Barnard's Watertown company. BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL • • • • • 81 Col. Thomas Gardner, being mortally wounded, was suc­ ceeded by Col. William Bond of Watertown. Capt. Abner Craft's company was in this 37th Regiment. Names of the officers and men in the Watertown com­ pany. BATTLES OF THE REVOLUTION AND LEADING EVENTS • 83 WASHINGTON AT DORCHESTER HEIGHTS . • .. 85 Pay Roll giving the names of the Watertown militia com­ pany that took part. SOLDIERS OF LATER BATTLES • Hardships and discouragements. Alphabetical list of soldiers who served in the Revolu- tion, as taken from the State Archives . 88 JONATHAN BROWN'S p AYMENTS • • • • . 105 Sketch of Ca pt. Brown. His payments, as Town Treasurer, for war services and supplies. BOND'S J..1IST OF SOLDIERS • • • • • 109 Compiled fro1n his Genealogical History of Watertown. Men who served before and during the Revolution and Shay's Rebellion. THE ScRAP BooK • • • • . 116 Selections mainly frotn Rev. Edward A. Rand's scrap books. Dorothy Coolidge's Tavern. Paul Revere in Lexington . • • 117 .. Contents. Vil The Battle of Lexington . • 118 The Battle of Bunker Hill. The Watertown Meeting House . • 119 Robert Harrington . 120 Marking Patriots' Graves. The Galen Street Bridge • • 121 The Indians of Watertown . 122 She captured a Redcoat. A Colonial Newspaper • 123 Captain John Fowle • • • 124 The Powder Hotise. Paul Revere House . • 125 The Stone Family. The late Rev. Edward A. Rand . • • 126 Story of the Watertown Seal. General Warren in Watertown . • • 127 THE CIVIL w AR • . • • • • 129 The War of 1812 and that with Mexico not popular in Massachusetts. Great excitement when Fort Sumter was fired upon, April 12, 1861. The Sixth Regiment starts for Washington, April 17. Watertown people cheer the Sixth Regiment at Newton and decide to form a company. C1v1L WAR REconDs . 130 Special town meeting held April 23, r86r ; . Miles Pratt moderator. Stirring resolutions adopted in support of the Union cause, and pledging faith to care for the families of vol­ unteers. Voted to borrow $5000 and to raise and equip a company, allowing a bounty of $30 to each volunteer . 131 July 10, 1862, voted to pay a bounty of $75 to volunteers under call of July 7. Bounty increased to $100 . • . • . 132 Selectmen's report of Watertown's enlistn1ents and war payments up to Dec., 1862. $400 appropriated for reception to Co. K, Fifth Regi- n1ent . • . 133 Bounty of $150 voted. $7000 appropriated for filling town quotas. ' SOLDIERS oF THE C1v1L WAR • • • 135 Watertown's territory, population and wealth in 1860. Where Co. K was encamped and fed by the town. SOLDIERS' RECORD, TowN OF WATERTOWN • By William H. Ingraham, Town Clerk. Roll of Honor. Roster of Co. K, Sixteenth Regiment. ... Vlll Watertown's Military History . Soldiers added to the company after the regiment left the state . 138 Death of Chaplain Arthur B. Fuller at Fredericksburg 139 The town's quota as filled July 7, 1862. Volunteers for three years allowed under call for 300,000 men . • 140 Quota of 9 months' men, Aug. 4, 1862, in Co. K, Fifth Regiment. Watertown men in other commands • RECRUITING COMMITTEE'S REPORT • • • • • 142 President Lincoln calls for 500,000 men, and a draft or­ dered, if necessary, in Sept., 1864. Watertown appoints a Recruiting Committee to fill quota. The town appropriates $5000 and citizens subscribe over $13,000 to pay for recruits • • • . 143 Names of enlisted men. Names of substitutes . • . • . 144 Q.uota is filled, with three to spare. CIVIL' w AR SERVICE • • • • • 145 First Regiment Infantry (3 yrs.) Second '' " (3 yrs.) • • • Third Battalion Rifles (3 mos.) Fifth Regiment Infantry (3 mos.) • • .