28th Anniversary Roster of Buckingham Post No. 12, G.A.R. (Norwalk)

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Ml.-, i:;. 31 iu;c,Ki\< .HAM i'( )si .\\( )\r.\\i \ I IN KIVI-:i/Sll)|- (hMl II KV APPENDIX. NELSON TAYLOR BRIG-GEN.VOLS MOSES ASBURYHILL BVT MAJOR&CS.U.S.VOLS NOKW AI.K MI.N PROMINENT IN THt CIVIL WAR THESE PICTURES. EXCEPT THAT OF GEN. CLAKK. ARE COPIES OF WAR TIME PICTURES BRIGADIER-GEXERAL ORRIS S. FKRRV was born in the town of Bethel. Conn., August 15. 1823. A portion of hi^ (.-.-uiy years was spent in luainial la'xir in thr liat manufactory of his father, hut he soon developed such a (k'su'c for knowledge and >uch uncommon indications of intellectual superiority that he laid aside the im])lcmcnt> of a trade he \\a> ra])idl\ ac(|uir- ing, and. at the age of fcmrteen year>. entered u])(in the necessary studies preparatory to admission to Yale College, from wliich he graduated at the age of twenty-one. I le was admitted to the bar in i(S40, and immediately com- menced a successful practice in Xorwalk. Mis great ahilit}- as an oratcjr naturally took him into politics. He was elected to the State Senate two con- i-ecutive terms, and to the 36th Congress in i(S59. being a prominent and active member of the Congress in session at the oi)ening of the Rebellion. L'pon the breaking out of the I'ivil War. all the enthusiasm of his nature was aroused for the preservation of the Cnion and he entered the .\rmv as Colonel of the 5th Regiment, Connecticut N'olunteers. ( )n March 17. 1862. he was commissioned a Brigadier-Cieneral of X'olunteers by i^resident Lincoln, and served in that capacity in different divisions of the Army until June 15, 1865, near the close of the war, when he resigned and returned to the practice of his profession in Xorwalk. As a General in the Army he performed faith full\- and well all the iluties assigned to him, which from the high order of his legal and judicial mind v.-ere more departmental than in the field. ]n 1866, he was elected by the Legislature of Connecticut lo the Senate of the L'nited States and was re-elected in 1872. I lis course in the United States Senate is a record of statesmanship of the highest order ; he stood in the front rank of senators as a debater and constitutional lawyer, and won not only the respect of his colleagues, but the respect of his State and the Xation at large for his great al)ilit\-, honesty of ])urpose, and sterling moral and religious character. His last public eft'ort in the Senate was to pronounce an eliKjuent tribute of respect and affection to the memory of his deceased colleague. Senator Buckingham, which made a deep impression on the Senate and country, at that time. He returned to his family and home in Xorwalk, where he died. Xovem- ber 21. 1875, at the age of fifty-two years and three months. Mis remains arc interred in L'nion Cemetery. BREVET MAJOR-GEXERAL \\ILL1.\.M T. CLAKK wa> born in Norwalk, attended the ])ublic schools .and taught school here for several years; he afterwards went to Xew \'ork and studied law. lie was admitted to the bar in 1854, and the same year wer.t to Davenjjort. Iowa. I le continued the practice of law there until the breaking out of the Rebellion, when he entered the service as .Adjutant of the 13th Iowa Regiment. He arose rapidly m rank and was Adjutant General of the .\rmy of the Tennessee all through the Mississippi Campaign, was with ( irant before \ icksburg. and with ."^her- man on the march to the .Sea. lie was made Chief of Staff to ( leneral Mcpherson and was with the ( ieneral when killed before Atlanta. .\t the end of the war General (Irani detailed him to connnand the COrps sent to Mexico to drive out Maximillian. lie s])ent several months in this service and then resigned from the .Army and went to Galveston, Texas, lie was appointed Post Master of Galveston and organized the l-'irst Xational I'.ank there. He was subse(|uently elected a Rei)ublican member of ("1 ingress fidm Texas and served two terms, (ieneral C'ark died in the (. ity of Xew \"ork. ( )ctober 12, 1905, at the age of seventy-four and was buried at .\rlingion. \ a. 35 .M.\J( )R-(;EXERAL DARH'S X. COL'CH was l).)ni in the town of Southeast, J'utnam County. Xew York. July 2t,, 1822. In 1842, he was ad- mitted as a cadet at West Point, whence he graduated in 1846. and was assigned to (hity as Second Lieutenant in the lunirth Regiment. I'nited States Artillery, then serving in .Mexico. For gallantry at the l)atile of Ihiena X'ista, he was brevetted I-'irst Lieutenant and later nu ciimmi>si()ne(l. lie resigned his commission at h'ort Leavenworth. Kans., A])ril 30. 1855, and after a brief :-tav in Xew \ nvk City, engaged in l)U:-ine>s in Taunton. Mass.. having mar- ried the daughter of IIimi. Sanuiel L. Croker of that city. Mary Caroline, in August. 1854. When the war (jf the Rebellion broke (UU. Mr. C'duch ottered his services to Governor Andrews, and was commissioneil Colonel of the Jth Massachu- setts Regiment. Rut C olimel C oucli wlio. a> a graduate of West i'oint and the Mexican War. \\a> an accomjili-hed >oldier. ctndd not be confined to a single regiment. I'romotion \\a> >ure to come. The Colonel of June 15. 18(11. held commission as iirigadier-Cieneral dated May 17. 1861. and was advanced to Major-(ieneral July 4. 1862. after- wards placed in command of the Second Army Corj^s. Army of the Potomac. It is recorded in (ieneral Walker's history of the Second Arm\- Corps, that in .Ma\. 1863. following the disastrous cam])aign of Chancellorsville. President Lincoln offered the command of the Army of the Potomac to Gen- eral Couch, but owing to ill health he was com])elled to decline a position so arduous and responsible, and suggested tlie ai>])ointment of Ceneral Mead, whicli was soon afterwards made. .According to his own autobiogra])hical sketch he was under fire at Ruena \ ista. and in the Civil War at ^"orktown. Williams])urg. h'air ( )aks. Oak drove. White ( )ak Swam]). Clendale. .XLdvern llill. Second lUdl Run. .\ntie- tam. Williamsport. hredericksburg. C"haucellors\ille. against Lee in Penn>\I- vam'a. Xashville. ])ursuit of Mood, and against Hoke in Xorth Carolina. In 18(13 ( ii-neral (ouch was assigned to Cdmmand of the I )ei)artiuenl of Sus(|Ufhanna. then becoming the theatre of in\asion. In the Rattle of Chancellorsville he was ^lightly wounded, and in three ilifi'erent battles had horses killed under him. ( leneral Couch settled in Xorwalk with his family soon a,fter the war. and at once took an active interest in the social and political life of the town and State, holding local and State offices. It wa-^ a-^ .\djutant-( leneral on the ( "lovernor's vtalf he was instrumental in securing and localing the State .\rmory for the town. ( ieneral (ouch ilied in .\orwrilk. l-\'bruar\ 12. 181)7, at the ;ige of seventv- four years and s^Ncn months. Mi- lemaiiis were taken to Taunton. .Mass.. for intt-rment. R.RK; \Mlb:R-(il-:XI':R.\L XI-.I.SOX T.XXLoR was b.un in South .X'orwalk. June 8. 1821. his parents remo\ ing shorth tiu-reafter to .\ew X'ork ( ity. At the beginning ol' tlu- war with .Mexico lu- joined the \i"in\ . .\ugust I. i8_|(i. as Captain of (.'ompanv I". 1st Ww \\,y\< \ Oiunteers. served through ;ln' war. and at its close settled in .^tockton. ("alifornia. served as .slu-rilV of San Joa(|uin CoinUy. and as a .\Uinber of the ("alifornia .^tate .Senate. l\e- lin-ning to .\ew N'ork (ity. be studied law, taking bis degree at the .Xeu X'ork Cniversity, and subse(|uently at the llarvar<I Law ."School in i8()o. .\t the l)eginniiig of the ( ivil War he enti-red the voluntei'r stTvice as Colonel of the 72(1 .Xew X'ork Infanliv. .uid srrved with tlistinetion in tlu- Peniusidar ;m«! \ ii''iiii;i ( '.-iinpaigns. In recognition oi' bis service^ |u. was .appointed