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Official list of casualties from the Fifteenth Massachusetts Regiment, telegraphed to Worcester Mayor Isaac Davis on October 27, 1861: 14 killed, 68 wounded, 232 missing, many missing likely prisoners.
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The Killed, Wounded, and Missing of the Fifteenth Regiment.
The following official list of the dead, wounded, and missing of the fifteenth Massachusetts regiment, was telegraphed to Mayor Davis, last night, by Charles B. Pratt, Esq. A portion of those reported as missing are probably dead, but it is now quite certain that some of the commissioned officers, at first reported as killed, are alive and uninjured, in the hands of the enemy:
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.
Hon. Isaac Davis, Mayor of Worcester:
The following are the names of the killed, wounded, and missing of the fifteenth regiment:
KILLED.
Co. D - John Smith, Chas. H. Gough. Co. E - Joseph Kennison, Vernon F. King. Co. F - -- Dickinson, Sidney Smith. Co. G - E. M. Newton, G. G. Phillips, J. D. Sherman. Co. H - Geo. F. Seaver, David Messinger, Thomas Horn, Edward G. Hewitt, Eugene Keith. Total 14.
WOUNDED.
Co. A - First Sergeant H. P. Jorgeson, Corporal A. W. Cowdrey, Privates Edward Lord and Joseph Hapgood. Co. B - Corporal Geo. T. Daniels and Privates George B. Simmons, Geo. Carpenter, Marcus Johnson, and Henry M. Carpenter. Co. C - Corporal B. N. Daboll, and privates H. Kinney, H. H. Rugg, S. T. Smith, L. G. Turner, A. D. Wright. Co. D - Private Ralph T. Finney. Co. F - Capt. S. S. Sloan, first sergeant Doane, and privates James E. Adams, E. L. Adams. Co. G - Capt. W. Forehand, sergeant Geo. E. Tiffany, privates W. S. Holbrook, F. B. Robinson, H. Day Wilson, Sibley W. L. Falls, J. Holland, J. Hughes, C. L. Preston, J. C. Kelley, F. H. Marble, C. D. Snow, Peter Shuburk, A. B. Belknap. Co. H - Privates George W. Davison, Edwin R. Brown, W. T. Carpenter, Ed. H. Harrington, Henry A. Clark, Edmund C. Arnold, Wm. J. Cole, Frank Gravhen, Charles E. Braman, Delos D. Dana, Lewis Haise, Jerome Prince, Ezekiel Pitts, Willard W. Sawyer, Thomas Southwick, Frank Sibley, Simon Sullivan, Thomas Wathey, Denman Judd, John L. Pierce, Charles H. Stone. Co. I - Private A. Kernick, F. Geelen. Co. K - Joshua Blackburn, Samuel B. King, John Costello, Peter Boulet, Thomas Keating: total 68.
MISSING.
Co. A - Capt. Rockwood, corporals Lamb and J. M. Robbins, privates A. Johnson, F. Hatch, S. M. Frost, C. G. Morse, C. S. Wilder, G. F. Newton, A. J. Rugg, J. W. Kingsbury, J. Sullivan, J. Rugg, A. F. Pelton, L. S. Hapgood, G. Watson, F. May, Geo. Wood, W. B. Whitney, M. L. Nutting, T. B. Ross. Co. B - Capt. C. P. Simonds, Sergeant Geo. C. Taylor, Corporal Chas. D. Monroe, Privates Abel Bruce, Jr., George F. Benjamin, Calvin J. Eaton, George S. Gilchrist, Granville Hosmer, Henry J. Hosmer, N. Porter, - Howard, Wm. W. Holman, Albert Lichfield, John F. Morse, Joseph L. Moody, A. D. Osborn, Winthrop Maynard, Joel Pratt, John H. Pritchard, Elijah M. Scott, Chas. A. Stevens, Luman W. Stone, Thomas P. Taylor, Henry F. Whittemore, John K. Walker. Co. C - Capt. Henry Bowman; sergeants - W. A. Cook, Alden Fuller: corporals - S. H. Putnam, D. Brigham, D. O. Wallace, S. Hodgkins, J. A. Bonney; privates - Henry Greenwood, W. R. Lawrence, Geo. Cutter, R. K. Cooper, C. A. Tenney, Moses Beaman, Wm. H. Taylor, J. A. Hamilton, S. N. Woodward, Jr., W. Walker, John Kirchner, John Smith, C. S. Hurlburt, J. P. Cheney, J. G. Warner, Geo. Sawyer, J. O. Howard, A. S. Jaquith, H. Edgerly. Co. D - Capt. J. M. Studley, 2d lieutenant J. M. Grout, sergeants L. D. Goddard, E. J. Hastings, G. G. Nyes; corporals C. L. Smith, Wm. H. Ford, Charles W. Upham, privates W. H. Andrews, C. H. Adams, C. H. Demes, C. P. Bonsey, H. N. Bemis, S. L. Cummings, J. Daniels, Henry R. Dawson, John Divoll, Anthony Earle, Henry Fuller, Henry Houghton, Harlon Henry, D. A. Jennison, Alfred F. Smith, John F. Stafford, James Taylor, J. B. Thompson, J. E. White, Herman Weixler, W. A. Alger. Co. E - Lieut. B. B. Vassall, corporals J. M. Norcross, N. A. Viall, Patrick Moore, Lyman Philips, J. H. Williams, privates W. H. Amidon, Daniel Cobb, Otis Coburn, Thomas Conroy, Wm. Conroy, Geo. P. Davis, W. M. Davis, Thos. Dockham, James Duffee, John Reckserdy, W. H. Emerson, J. E. Fellows, Patrick Fergam, James Hilton, Orlando McIntire, Elliott F. MeKinstry, Albert S. Moffitt, T. J. Longham, B. Schmidt. Co. F - Lieut. J. E. Greene, Sergeant F. Dexter, Corporals D. W. Knight, A. H. Foster, W. L. Adams, Privates C. S. Bartlett, J. H. Belcher, W. H. Brewer, W. A. Belcher, Sumner Bannister, L. H. Blackmer, Carlton Deland, Elbridge Doane, John Howard, G. C. Mann, Wm. Nichols, John Nichols, James S. Nichols, W. H. Ormsby, Ralph Preston, J. H. Prior, David Reedie, Edwin A. Rice, Henry Slayton, Artemus Ward, H. Vibbert, H. C. Albee. Co. G - Sergeant J. P. Stowe, corporals C. W. Wingate, C. Davis, G. Davis, privates H. Adams, L. D. Ball, J. Bonner, C. L. Caswell, M. Dugon, R. A. Ellis, A. W. Fairbanks, C. L. Hill, E. S. Livermore, W. S. Moor, S. C. Osland, C. A. Rockwood, John Howith, S. A. MeCurdy. Co. H - Privates Dennis Murphy, Benj. Underwood, J. S. Williams, Jas. Allen, John Clancy, John Hirst, John W. Foster, Wm. Mann. Co. I - First sergeant B. Taft; sergeants - J. Warner, G. W. Dennis, W. W. Bosworth; corporals - R. Thayer, E. L. Parmenter, H. Russach, J. Maley; privates - H. Butler, P. Ballou, H. Clapp, W. F. Converse, L. H. Cumming, R. E. Corbin, Thos. Cassidy, H. Greele, J. H. Hollin, P. Healey, P. Padfield, J. Kelley, A. Laverty, V. Negus, Thos. O'Connor, H. J. Raymond, Wm. Scott, J. Sandback, F. Sander, G. Walter, H. Ward, W. H. Palmer, J. Stevens. Co. K - Captain Gatchell, Lieut. J. W. Hooper, Sergeant W. H. Freeman, Corporals Charles Gamage and J. B. Burns, Privates W. H. Burnsam, E. W. Bryant, August Grobitz, Michael McKensey, Martin McBride, Edward Olney, Cincinnatus Buffum, Adam Peacock, John Whalon, James Stringer, Wm. Gilbert, A. F. Simonds, Pat. McGorkey, Henry Ford, David Farror, Patrick Coyle, Richard Heixon; total, 232.
A large portion of the missing are undoubtedly prisoners.
CHAS. B. PRATT.
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Worcester
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Oct. 27, 1861
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14 killed, 68 wounded, 232 missing; many missing likely prisoners, some officers captured alive and uninjured.
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Official casualty list for the Fifteenth Massachusetts Regiment telegraphed from Washington to Mayor Davis of Worcester, including names of killed, wounded, and missing by company.