Milton Class II Draft List – 1863

By Muriel Bristol (Transcriber) | January 15, 2019

Here follows a June 1863 US military draft list of Milton’s seventy-five married men aged between 35 and 44 (Class II). (Those aged 45 and over were exempt from military conscription).

[Class I comprises all persons subject to do military duty between the ages of twenty and thirty-five years, and all unmarried persons subject to do military duty above the age of thirty-five years and under the age of forty-five. Class II comprises all other persons subject to do military duty.]

SCHEDULE II. – CONSOLIDATED LIST of all persons of CLASS II, subject to do military duty in the first Congressional District, consisting of the Counties of Rockingham, Strafford, Belknap, and Carroll, State of New Hampshire, enumerated during the month of June, 1863, under direction of Capt. John S. Godfrey, Provost Marshal.

Residence. Name. Age 1st July 1863. White or Colored. Professions, Occupation or Trade. Place of Birth (Naming the State, Territory, or Country). Former Military Service. Remarks.

Milton

1. Burrows, James, 40, white, farmer, New Hamp., none
2. Burrows, Giles, 44, white, farmer, Maine, none
3. Carr, Francis, 37, white, laborer, Ireland, none
4. Chamberlain, Samuel G., 36, white, farmer, New Hampshire, none
5. Dixon, Ichabod, 40, white, shoemaker, Maine, R.I. Cavalry, dischgd
6. Dore, Isaac B., 42, white, shoemaker, New Hampshire, none
7. Dore, Elliot F., 40, white, farmer, New Hampshire, none
8. Dore, George W., 38, white, shoemaker, New Hampshire, none
9. Downs, Joshua H., 37, white, shoemaker, New Hampshire, none
10. Edgerly, Hiram V.R., 37, white, shoemaker, Vermont, none
11. Fernald, Eli, 35, white, blacksmith, Maine, none
12. Foss, Benjamin W., 42, white, farmer, New Hampshire, none
13. French, Thomas P., 44, white, shoemaker, New Hampshire, none
14. Furber, Charles A., 39, white, shoemaker, New Hampshire, none
15. Gerrish, James L., 35, white, farmer, New Hampshr, none
16. Gerrish, Josiah W., 38, white, farmer, Maine, none
17. Goodwin, John E., 42, white, shoe manufacturer, New Hampshire, none
18. Goodwin, Shepard K., 40, white, shoemaker, New Hampshire, none
19. Guptill, James, 35, white, shoemaker, New Hampshire, none
20. Hanscom, James, 35, white, shoemaker, New Hampshire, none
21. Hanson, John M., 43, white, mill hand, Maine, none
22. Hanson, Walter S., 38, white, shoemaker, New Hampshire, none
23. Hart, Cyrus F., 42, white, farmer, New Hampshire, none
24. Hayes, Leonard, 39, white, farmer, New Hampshire, none
25. Hayes, Charles C., 40, white, farmer, New Hampshire, none
26. Hayes, Luther, 43, white, farmer, New Hampshire, none
27. Hill, Daniel W., 36, white, farmer, New Hampshire, 5 Me. Vol., dischgd
28. Horne, Charles F., 40, white, shoemaker, New Hampshire, none
29. Horne, Benjamin, 37, white, laborer, New Hampshire, none
30. Huntress, William H., 37, white, hotel keeper, New Hampshire, none
31. Hussey, William B., 39, white, farmer, New Hampshire, none
32. Hussey, Edward R., 37, white, farmer, New Hampshire, none
33. Jenness, Joseph, 39, white, stabler, New Hampshire, none
34. Jewett, David, 39, white, farmer, New Hampshire, none
35. Jewett, James J., 41, white, farmer, New Hampshire, none
36. Jones, John P., 43, white, shoemaker, New Hampshire, none
37. Jones, Nathan Jr., 40, white, shoemaker, New Hampshire, none
38. Jones, George H., 37, white, farmer, New Hampshire, none
39. Jones, Ezekiel R., 36, white, shoemaker, New Hampshire, none
40. Leighton, Cyrus, 36, white, farmer, New Hampshire, none
41. Leighton, Lewis L., 38, white, shoemaker, New Hampshire, none
42. Lucas, John, 38, white, carpenter, Maine, none
43. Lyman, George, 35, white, farmer, New Hampshire, none
44. Maine, William, 43, white, shoemaker, New Hampshire, none
45. Miller, Jonathan, 40, white, blacksmith, New Hampshire, none
46. Nute, Stephen Jr., 44, white, shoemaker, New Hampshire, none
47. Nute, John P., 37, white, shoemaker, New Hampshire, none
48. Nutter, John W., 44, white, shoemaker, New Hampshire, none
49. Palmer, John N., 40, white, shoemaker, New Hampshire, none
50. Palmer, Daniel E., 41, white, physician, New Hampshire, none
51. Pierce, Oliver, 39, white, shoemaker, Maine, none
52. Plummer, Joseph, 44, white, farmer, New Hampshire, none
53. Plummer, John H., 35, white, farmer, New Hampshire, none
54. Reed, Lewis D., 38, white, hotel keeper, New Hampshire, none
55. Remick, Moses H., 43, white, farmer, New Hampshire, none
56. Rines, Joseph G., 39, white, mason, New Hampshire, none
57. Runnels, Alvah, 37, white, blacksmith, Maine, none
58. Sanborn, Joseph, 42, white, shoemaker, New Hampshire, none
59. Sawyer, Charles A., 41, white, depot master, New Hampshire, none
60. Stanton, John, 41, white, farmer, New Hampshire, none
61. Swasey, Joseph P., 38, white, tailor, New Hampshire, none
62. Swasey, Henry S., 42, white, farmer, New Hampshire, none
63. Tebbetts, Ebenezer, 43, white, farmer, New Hampshire, none
64. Townsend, Joseph, 40, white, mill hand, England, none
65. Tuttle, William P., 40, white, miller, New Hampshire, none
66. Varney, Seth W., 43, white, shoemaker, New Hampshire, none
67. Varney, John B., 37, white, shoemaker, New Hampshire, none
68. Varney, Jonas M., 35, white, farmer, New Hampshire, none
69. Wakeham, Joseph B., 40, white, shoemaker, New Hampshire, none
70. Wallingford, David Jr., 43, white, farmer, New Hampshire, none
71. Wentworth, Hiram V., 44, white, shoemaker, New Hampshire, none
72. Wentworth, John C., 41, white, shoemaker, New Hampshire, none
73. Whitehouse, Henry D., 39, white, farmer, New Hampshire, none
74. Whitehouse, Josiah, 44, white, farmer, New Hampshire, none
75. Young, Thomas, 41, white, shoemaker, New Hamp, none

Colonel James B. Fry, Provost Marshal General U.S., Washington, D.C.

STATION: Headquarters first Congr. Dist. of New Hampshire. DATE: June 30, 1863. John S. Godfrey, Provost Marshal.

Of these 75 men, 30 (40.0%) were shoemakers, 29 (38.7%) were farmers, 3 (4.0%) were blacksmiths, 2 (2.7%) were hotel keepers, 2 (2.7%) were mill hands, 1 (1.3%) was a carpenter, 1 (1.3%) was a depot master, 1 (1.3%) was a laborer, 1 (1.3%) was a mason, 1 (1.3%) was a miller, 1 (1.3%) was a physician, 1 (1.3%) was a shoe manufacturer, 1 (1.3%) was a [livery] stabler, and 1 (1.3%) was a tailor.

William H. Huntress, Joseph Plummer, Lewis D. Reed, and Hiram V. Wentworth appeared also in the US Excise Tax of 1864.

References:

National Archives. (n.d.) Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registrations, 1863-1865. NM-65, entry 172, 620 volumes. NAI: 4213514. Records of the Provost Marshal General’s Bureau (Civil War), Record Group 110

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