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Medal of Honor: Henry W. Rowe

10/9/2019

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​Over forty New Hampshire men, whether a native son, a resident, or a volunteer accredited to the state, earned a Medal of Honor for their actions during the Civil War. Here is one story:
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photo taken 11 Oct 2008 - S. Dow
HENRY W. ROWE
Private, Co. I, 11th New Hampshire Infantry
Place/Date of Action: Petersburg, VA, 17 June 1864
Date of Issue: 1 Dec 1864
Citation: With two companions, he rushed and disarmed 27 enemy pickets, capturing a stand of flags
Henry Walker Rowe enlisted on 14 Aug 1862, and was mustered in on 2 Sept '62 as a private in Company I, 11th New Hampshire Infantry. He was mustered out of service while a patient at the Douglas Hospital, Washington, DC, on 14 June 1865.

On the date of action, the 11th NH Infantry was with General Griffin's Brigade, at the front line near Petersburg. General Potter's Division in the Ninth Corps had the job of running through a ravine and breaking the rebel lines. Dropping their gear to prevent noise, the 11th NH led the 260 men in a 3 A.M. attack, quickly running through the pickets and headed for the breastworks. Private Rowe, with Jeremiah Batchelder, also of Co. I, and Sgt. Solomon Dodge of Co. C, ran around to the rear of a rifle pit, and surprised the men inside. "Surrender, you damned rebels" they yelled, and the 27 soldiers quickly dropped their weapons.The trio led their captives back to their own lines, along with a Confederate flag Pvt. Rowe had snagged [see write-up in "Deeds of Valor" for more on this story].

A month later, the 11th NH was part of the Mine Explosion at Petersburg on July 30th. Henry Rowe was shot in the right shoulder, and spent his remaining term in the hospital (Pvt. Batchelder, mentioned above, was killed in action the same day).   
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Rowe stone - Hill Cemetery, Candia, NH (2008)
After the war, Henry moved to Manchester, NH, where worked as a job printer. After a short stay in Dayton, Ohio (seen in the Soldiers Home there in 1879 books), he took his business to Boston, MA, where he remained until his death in 1913.
HENRY W. ROWE was born in Candia, NH on 1 Apr 1840, the son of John and Lydia Rowe. He died on 9 Oct 1913 in Roxbury, MA, from hypostatic pneumonia. He was first married to SOPHRONIA J. WALLACE in 1861, and second to LAVINIA T. ROWE in 1866. By his second wife, he had a son, HARRY SHERMAN ROWE, born 1874 in Boston, MA.
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Derry News - 17 Oct 1913, pg 8
Links:
A History of the Eleventh New Hampshire Regiment, pg 518
Deeds of Valor: pg 366
11th NH Civil War records: [Enlist. page, Muster-Out roll, Must-out roll (2)]
​Medal of Honor, 1863 - 1968 [pg 212]

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Atkinson, NH's Civil War Monument

5/4/2019

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photo by S. Dow (3/23/2019)
The Civil War Monument in Atkinson, New Hampshire is located at the town common in the center of town, on Rt 121 (Main Street). William Cleaves Todd, a native townsman and former teacher at the Atkinson Academy, gifted the granite memorial to the town in 1890. There used to be small granite pillars with iron railings surrounding it, but those have since been removed, probably when the common was redone (the pillars now mark the outside corners of the property).

On the four sides are inscribed the names of 40 Civil War soldiers who served from this town. With the town record books not having kept an accurate list of those who served, a list of names in the appendix of an 1875 historical speech about the town and Congregational Church (see link below) was used for reference.

Below are the names of the inscribed [additions/corrections in brackets]:


​​John E. Austin
Miles M. [or Martin M] Bowles
Ebenezer Buck
David O. Clarke
Joseph Carlton [or Carleton]
Warren Clough
Warren Cowdry
Charles Dow
H. [Hezekiah] Dow
John Dow
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​​George P. Dow
John Follansbee [or Folinsbee]
Loren [or Lorin] Heath
George W. Heath
Jacob Hall
Ira Hurd
William [H.H.] Hurd
[Franklin] Frank P. Ireson
John S.C. Kelly
Henry A. Kelly


​​John H. Knight
S. [Samuel] Burley Mason
Edmund McNiel [McNeil]
Alonzo McNiel [McNeil]
Arthur L. Merrick
Marcus Merrick
Jacob L. Morse
F. [sic; Thomas] Addison Noyes
Gilman Noyes
Byron Noyes
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​Cyrus F. Noyes
Edward F. Noyes
Albe Noyes
Fred [or Frederick] W. Noyes
[Jonathan] Perkins Nichols
John Ryan
Charles D Richards
Frank W. Richards 
Orrin [or Orran] S. Richards
John H. Smith
More About (with links):
Morse, Charles Fitch. Historical Discourse: Delivered at Atkinson, N.H., on the Centennial Anniversary of the Congregational Church. Lawrence, MA: Geo. S. Merrill & Crocker, c1875 [Appendix D, pg 36 - google books]
The Derry News, 31 Jan 31 1890 (monument gift, pg 5)
The Derry News, 31 May 1901 (article about monument, pg 2)
"Civil War Soldiers of Atkinson, NH" (Virtual Cemetery on Find a Grave)
Atkinson Cemetery (Flickr photo album w/ Civil War graves)
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Medal of Honor: George P. Dow

3/25/2019

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Over forty New Hampshire men, whether a native son, a resident, or a volunteer accredited to the state, earned a Medal of Honor for their actions during the Civil War [see tab on left for a full listing]. Here is one story:  
George P. Dow
from the History of the Seventh Regiment
GEORGE PARSONS DOW
​Sergeant, Company C, 7th New Hampshire Infantry.
Place/date of action: Near Richmond, Virginia, October 1864
Date of issue: 10 May 1884
Citation: Gallantry while in command of his company during a reconnaissance toward Richmond. 

George P. Dow of Atkinson, N.H. enlisted as a private on 14 Oct 1861, in neighboring Plaistow, NH. He was mustered in on 6 Nov. in Manchester, and was soon promoted to corporal. On the 18th of July, '62, he was again promoted, to 1st Sergeant. He was mustered out of service on 22 Dec 1864. He had been wounded several times during his three years with the regiment, though not injured bad enough to remove him from active duty.

In October of 1864, while in command of his company, which held the extreme left of the regimental line, the unit became separated from the others while on reconnaissance in the vicinity of Richmond. Upon reaching the enemy breastworks they halted, then realizing the rest of the regiment was not behind them, and called a retreat. Being the first of the Union troops to reach that close to the city, the information gathered was of great importance once they returned to their lines.
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taken 27 Aug 2017 at Atkinson Cem - S. Dow
George P. Dow, the son of Moses and Sally P (Hanson) Dow, was born in Atkinson, NH on 7 Aug 1840. He was married, on 7 Dec 1865, to Julia A. Carlton [registered in Lawrence, MA vr]. He died on 28 Aug 1910 in Atkinson, aged 70 yrs, and was buried in the town cemetery [NH vr]. They had two children: i. Mary A Dow, b. 21 Sept 1866; marr. William C. Farley ii. ch, b/d 24 May 1880
   
George was a farmer in Atkinson, later becoming the proprietor of a country store in town, and was its postmaster for 26 years. His former homestead still stands, across from the town common named for him.

Links:
Deeds of Valor, pg 436-7
History of the Seventh Regiment: pg 96 (photo), pg 530 (bio)
Muster Out Roll for Company C [family search link]
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Last Veteran: Sullivan County, NH

12/25/2018

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GEORGE LAWRENCE ALMEDER
​died on the 29th of May, 1945, in Georges Mills (Sunapee), New Hampshire. He was the only surviving Civil War veteran in Sullivan County, N.H., and the only surviving naval veteran in the state. The son of Joseph F and Lavina (Banning) Almeder, he was born on Christmas Day, 1848.

The Argus Champion, on Thursday, May 31st, 1945, ran the following obituary for him:
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George enlisted at Boston, Massachusetts on 15 Feb 1865, for three years in the navy. He served on the Receiving Ship Ohio, and on the USS Kearsage, as a 1st Class Boy. He was discharged on 13 Jan 1868.

He lived in Boston until his retirement, when he moved to Sunapee (in the Georges Mills village) and resided with his son Charles.

His funeral took place in Everett, MA, where he was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery. Officials from the US Navy and US Coast Guard attended the service, the latter firing off a salute to the former naval veteran.

More about:
Argus Champion, 31 Dec 1936 (George's service details)
Argus Champion (Newport, NH), May 31st, 1945 (pg 1)
Argus Champion, June 7th, 1945, (pg 2)
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The Melvin Memorial

10/21/2018

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Melvin Memorial
The MELVIN MEMORIAL is located at the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord, Massachusetts, a monument created by sculptor Daniel Chester French and architect Henry Bacon on behalf of James C. Melvin, who lost his three brothers during the Civil War. It was dedicated on 16 June 1909, the date when one of his brothers was killed in battle, and was attended by many survivors of the 1st Mass Heavy Artillery (his brothers' reg't), as well as the local GAR post members.
Mourning Victory
MOURNING VICTORY
As can be seen in the photos, there is major restoration work being done on this monument. The original dark slate tablets were inlaid with bronze muskets and wreaths, the inscriptions for each brother also made of the same material. From the one slate that was viewable when I visited, the bronze is heavily damaged and, hopefully, will be part of the restoration.
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In memory of three brothers born in Concord
who as private soldiers gave their lives
in the war to save the country
​This memorial is placed here by their surviving
brother, himself a private soldier in the same war
"I with uncovered head
​salute the sacred dead
​who went and who return not"​
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members of Company K First Massachusetts Heavy Artillery
Asa Heald Melvin
killed in battle before Petersburg, VA
​June 16, 1864
NOTE: the current tablet now has the date of birth date for Asa inscribed upon it, which was not on the original (photo is in the 1909 book).
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John Heald Melvin
died in a military hospital at
Fort Albany, Virginia
October 13, 1863
Samuel Melvin
taken prisoner at Harris's Farm, VA.
May 19, 1864
died at Andersonville, GA.
September 1864
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Youngest brother James would also enlist, with Co. E, 6th Massachusetts Infantry, serving from 11 July 1864 to 27 Oct 1864. He died in 1915, and is buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, in the plot of his parents. Only one of his 3 brothers, John H., would be returned home to be buried. Samuel lies in Andersonville National Cemetery, while the grave of brother Asa remains unknown. Father Asa Sr had died in 1858, and his wife Caroline died in February of 1863, before any of her children perished in the war.

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Links:
- The Melvin Memorial book
- Find a Grave entry for father Asa Melvin, with links to his children's memorial pages.
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