South Danvers Wizard, 6/1/1864, p. 2/1
THE DRAFT under Conscription.

Salem and South Danvers Aqueduct Corporation
South Danvers Wizard, 3/30/1864, p. 2/1
AQUEDUCT COMPANY – “The fact has been developed by the investigation before the Legislative Committee, that the Directors of the Salem and South Danvers Aqueduct Corporation have been very faithful to the interests of the stockholders….”

South Danvers Wizard, 4/20/1864, p. 25
SALEM WATER WORKS – “We hear it reported that the Legislative Committee have decided to grant a bill to the City of Salem allowing them to take  water from Wenham Pond, of the South Danvers ponds, as the city may elect, for aqueduct purposes.”

Salem and South Danvers Horse Railroad
See Transportation.

Salem Leg Company 
South Danvers Wizard, 6/1/1864, p. 2/4
THE SALEM LEG COMPANY – “This company is, we understand, regularly organized and in possession of all the patents of the inventor. Arrangements are on foot to furnish well constructed and useful artificial limbs to those who have been unfortunately deprived of their natural ones, and they are of such close imitation of nature that the lookers-on can hardly detect the cheat.
     This happy invention has done for locomotion what dentistry has effected for mastication.  In both cases, it is one part of wisdom to ‘get the best’. So marked is the superiority of the ‘Salem Leg’ over all other inventions, that the company can have no lack of orders, especially from those who have suffered amputation in the army, as this invention has the sanction and recommendation of the government, which pays the expense of furnishing the limbs.”

Salem Light Infantry
South Danvers Wizard, 6/1/1864, p. 2/3
RECRUITING UNDER FALSE PRETENSES [Editorial] under South Danvers, Massachusetts, People & Places S.

Salem, Massachusetts
South Danvers Wizard, 1/6/1864, p. 2/5
MUNICIPAL ELECTION IN SALEM – Results of.

South Danvers Wizard, 2/10/1864, p. 2/5
RETURN OF THE GALLANT [Massachusetts] NINETEENTH under People & Places M.

South Danvers Wizard, 4/13/1864, p. 2/5
WATT’S CONCERT IN SALEM. “Last Thursday afternoon and evening, helped to wear away the usual tediousness of Fast Day.  The chorus consisted of some 150 voices….”

South Danvers Wizard, 4/20/1864,p. 2/6
MAY DAY FAIR IN SALEM under Entertainments.

South Danvers Wizard, 4/20/1864, p. 25
SALEM WATER WORKS under Salem and South Danvers Aqueduct Corporation above. 

South Danvers Wizard, 4/27/1864, p. 2/2
GREAT DESTITUTION IN SALEM  [Satire] - “We learn from one of our provision dealers that it is almost impossible, in the Salem market, for a poor person to buy a shinbone, or a liver, or a hog’s haslet.  These, and other coarse pieces, are all taken up by the rich gentry of the city, so that a poor customer is compelled to put up with surloins and the best rich cuts, or go without his dinner.  We suggest that a new society be formed in Salem for the relief of ‘Poor and Distressed Capitalists’.”

South Danvers Wizard, 4/27/1864, p. 2/4
TEACHERS’ SALARIES – Lists salaries approved by the Salem school committee.

South Danvers Wizard, 4/27/1864, p 2/4
“A new Masonic Lodge was organized in Salem on Thursday evening, under a dispensation from the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts and the following officers were elected: …”

Scott, Benjamin
South Danvers Wizard, 4/3/1864, p. 2/4
ALMS HOUSE KEEPER under People & Places A. 

Shackley, Lieut. Moses Jr. 
South Danvers Wizard, 5/25/1864, p. 2/1
HALF MAST under South Danvers, Massachusetts, People & Places S.

South Danvers Wizard, 5/25/1864, p. 2/2
LIEUT. MOSES SHACKLEY – “The rejoicing of the past few weeks on account of the progress of our arms in Virginia, have been tempered by sadness on account of the intelligence of the departure of one of our brave young men, who fell, with many others, in the great cause of the country.  The subject of this notice was one of the earliest to devote himself to the cause: brave, earnest, chivalrous and ambitious, he quickly recommended himself to his superior officers for promotion. He sustained a high reputation for courage and capacity in all the severe conflicts in which his regiment was engaged, and always won the good will and esteem of the rank and file of the army.     Once indeed he was placed partially under a cloud by the malignity or captiousness of other, and was reduced from his well-earned rank; but even this his patriotism and self-respect shone all the brighter for this mean attempt to injure his reputation.  He immediately re-enlisted in a lower grade, determined still to fight for his country, and shame his calumniators.  All honor to his memory and sympathy for those who are so suddenly bereaved.  We append the following particulars of his brief but honorable military career.
    First enlisted in the Salem Zouaves, 8th Regiment, for 3 months, and proved himself a good soldier at the commencement.  He soon left the wagons and went into the ranks, and nobly earned a Lieutenant’s commission by his bravery, participating in the bloody encounters of Ball’s Bluff, battles of the Peninsula, second Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and finally at Gettysburg, where he particularly distinguished himself, as will be seen by the following mention of him Adjutant General Mohouler’s late report:
     “In the morning (July 3d), we were placed in support of a battery at this point, the other regiments of the brigade lying in front, under the wall.  Everything remained quiet until 1 P.M., when, at a given signal of a gun fired on our left, the enemy opened a most terrific cannonade on the batteries and troops in the center of our line – a portion of which was held by this regiment.  The firing continued one hour and forty minutes, and was the most terrific cannonading of the war; during which, Second Lieutenant Sherman S. Robinson was killed by a round shot, and several men killed and wounded.  The battery behind which we lay was disabled during the first hour’s firing, and its captain asked for volunteers from the regiment to assist in working its guns.  First Sergeant William A. McGinnis, of Company “K”, Sergeants Cornelius Linnehan and Matthias Bixby, of Company “F” and twenty men were immediately furnished, and did excellent service.  The conduct of Second Lieutenant Moses Shackley, who insisted on joining the volunteers, was particularly gallant and brave, walking from piece to piece, encouraging and assisting the men.”
     He remained with his regiment some five months after the battle of Gettysburg, when, as has already been stated, he was reduced from his position, and he returned to his home.   But it was not in him to remain inactive long.  When the call for more troops was issued last winter, he joined the 59th Veteran Corps, and, under the gallant Burnside and Gould, he marched to new battles and victories.  Safely fighting through the battles of the Wilderness, and the terrible conflict of Tuesday, he at last fell, mortally wounded, on Thursday, May 12th, at the battle of Spottsylvania, and died the next morning at the Camp Hospital, near which place he was buried side by side with that of Lieut. Morse of Somerville, who was killed in the same battle.  Mr. Shackley was very young, being only 20 years and 11 months old, and is an only son of Moses A. Shackley, Esq., connected with the Provost Marshall’s office in this district.”

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TESTIMONIALS – “We take much pleasure in being able to present to our readers the following testimonials, in relation to the character and bravery of our gallant young townsman, Lieut. Moses Shackley.  It is proper that these honorable memorials should be preserved of one who, with the ardor of youthful zeal, obeyed the very first call of his country, fought bravely in many, severe conflict, and at last laid down his life on its altar.  Of all who have gone out from us, few have fought so many battles and encountered so many perils, and at the same time endured the fatigues of the camp as cheerfully as our departed friend and townsman.
     We insert below the letter containing the sad tidings of his death:  U.S. Sanitary Commission, Fredericksburg, Virginia, May 14th, 1864, Mr. Shackley – Dear Sir: I, although a perfect stranger to you, now take my pen in hand to impact to you the sad intelligence of the death of your son Moses, who fell mortally wounded at the battle of Spottsylvania Court House, on the 12th day of May.  He was brought off the field and taken to the Division hospital.  I was with him, and he was in very good spirits and felt tip-top, considering where he was wounded.  He lived until the morning of the 13th, and he dropped off about 6 o’clock A.M. without any struggle or pain whatever; indeed, during the whole war I never saw anyone that died so resigned or easy.  I am very sorry indeed at his death, as he and I were great friends; indeed, he was a general favorite with both officers and men.  We were under a terrible fire at the time he fell, and the loss in the regiment was very heavy.  He was buried alongside Lieut. Mores, near the spot where the hospital was located.
     As to his effects, I have got a book that was in his pocket, and a small silver coin, and I believe the Colonel has got two rings that were on his fingers.  I will get all of his things together as soon as we get settled down and forward them to you at the first opportunity.
     If you have any idea of coming out for his body I would give it up, as we are on the move and the country is infected with guerilla bands all around our army; but at some future time it can be got, as a great many of us know the spot.  Capt. Chipman would have wrote to you, but he is pretty well used up, so he asked me to write for him.  He and I are at Fredericksburg, both sick, but expect to rejoin our regiment in a day or two.
     Mr. Shackley, you must excuse me for my style of writing, as this is the first time I ever had a chance of imparting sad news to any family; but, sir, believe me that we feel deeply and deplore with you for the loss of your son who was a good comrade, a brave soldier, and a dutiful son.  And he died while bravely battling for his country and his God; he died a martyr to a noble cause.  I also understand that a great many of his brother officers of the 19th were killed and wounded. Moses’ last request was to let his folks know that he had sustained the good name he had won in the old 19th Regiment, and God knows he has fully sustained it with just as brave blood as ever was shed for the defense of our glorious Stars and Stripes.  But, sir, I will have to close this sad epistle by tendering to you our deep regrets and heartfelt sorrow at your sad loss and family afflictions, and believe me ever to be your friend.
     I remain, yours sincerely, Captain James Gibson, 59th Regiment, Mass. Vols.

     The following is the willing testimonial of his brother officers of the old Nineteenth, headed by Col. Devereux:
     ‘We, the undersigned, officers of the 19th Massachusetts Volunteers, having been, from the commencement of the recent Rebellion, associated with 2d Lieutenant Moses Shackley, desire to bear testimony to the uniform good conduct and bravery of that officer.  His conduct at the battle of Gettysburg was particularly noticeable, from his coolness and sangfroid during the terrible cannonading this regiment was subjected to.  His fellow-officers tender this acknowledgement of their appreciation, with the hope that it may be as great a pleasure to him as it is to them.’
     We close with the following signed by about thirty of the officers of various rank in his brigade, some of them of New York, Michigan, and other regiments, as well as of Massachusetts:
 ‘We the undersigned, officers of the 3d Brigade, 2d Division, 2d Corps, having been associated with 2d Lieutenant Moses Shackley, 19th Mass. Vols., desire to bear testimony to his uniform good conduct and bravery during the many trying scenes through which the brigade has passed.  As he is about to leave us, we cheerfully commend him as a gentlemen worthy every attention and courtesy, and trust he may feel the same pleasure in perusing this slight testimonial as we do in tendering it.”

Shepard, Albert
South Danvers Wizard, 6/22/1864, p. 2/2
MILITARY ITEMS under South Danvers, Massachusetts, People & Places S.

Sheridan, Gen. Philip
South Danvers Wizard,  5/25/1864, p. 2/5
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.

Shillaber, Sarah R.
South Danvers Wizard, 2/24/1864, p. 2/3
OBITUARY – “Died in Danvers, February 12th, Miss Sarah R. Shillaber, aged 76 years 6 months….”

Shove, Squire
South Danvers Wizard, 5/11/1864, p. 2/1
IMPROVEMENTS under Economic Conditions.

Shove, William H.
South Danvers Wizard, 6/29/1864, p. 2/2
WOUNDED SOLDIERS under South Danvers, Massachusetts, People & Places S.

Sigel, General Franz
South Danvers Wizard, 5/25/1864, p. 2/5
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON. 

Simonds, G. Nelson
South Danvers Wizard, 5/18/1864, p. 2/2
WOUNDED SOUTH DANVERS SOLDIERS under South Danvers, Massachusetts, People & Places S.

Smith, L. G.
South Danvers Wizard,  6/2/1864, p. 2/7
NATIVE WINES under Food.

Smith, Richard
South Danvers Wizard, 1/16/1864, p. 2/3
SERIOUS FIRE under Fires.

Somersby, H. G.
South Danvers Wizard, 1/16/1864, p. 2/5
A NEW YEAR’S GIFT under Peabody, George, People & Places P.

South Danvers, Massachusetts
South Danvers Wizard, 1/6/1864, p.2/3
OUR OWN SOLDIERS [Letter to the Editor] “We trust the suggestion contained in the following communication will not go unheeded.  There is a company of our own, the first which went out from us, and one which has one [sic] a high reputation wherever it has been stationed, doing honor to their town, as well as good service to their country, and why should it not be especially remembered?  We hope our patriotic ladies will look to this, and while the General Sanitary Treasury is full to overflowing, let them send out, special gifts to our own men, to satisfy them that they are not forgotten at home:--
     MR. EDITOR – Have the good and charitably disposed people of South Danvers forgotten that there is a company in the 17th Regiment, hailing from this town?  Nevertheless, such is the fact.  These men are but human, and will have cold feet, cold hands, and are cold generally, I should suppose, such weather as we are experiencing – and I see that it has been almost as severe in the latitude of North Carolina.  These men are our real patriots.  They enlisted when the country called loud for patriots, and saw the emergency through the clear glass of a nation’s want, and before the ‘green tinge’ was given to patriotism. They are our bone and sinew men, and do not emanate from our mahogany and Brussels boudoirs, but are men of the common walks of life who sacrificed their all to go to war.
     Now, let some of our benevolent women lend their time and collect of the charitable such sums as can be, and let us send these men something feasible in the shape of socks, mittens, under shirts, and drawers – and if they are a month behind New Year, they will be just as acceptable.” Signed “A SUBSCRIBER”.

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FILLING THE QUOTA [Editorial] – “If the citizens of South Danvers fail of filling their quota, it will not be from want of effort to enlighten the public mind of the importance of enlistments…The time will come when the events now transpiring will harden into history, and we hope that our town, which has so fair a record in its early history for patriotism, in the two wars with England, will shine forth still brighter in the history of the present war.  We have much already for congratulation in the numbers who have gone out from us to do battle for the good cause, and now, when, one strong and final effort is to be made to conquer a quick and honorable peace, we look for new accessions to the army of the Union.”

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SOUTH DANVERS VOLUNTEERS – The following is a list of those who have responded to the last call from this town… Total sixty-four.  Some of these did not “pass muster”.

South Danvers Wizard, 1/20/1864, p. 2/1
TOWN MEETING – Called to consider what action the town will take on “the following petitions, now before the Legislature, viz: The petition of the city of Salem for a supply of water; The petition of the Eastern Railroad Company to consolidate the South Reading Branch Railroad with the Eastern the petition of the Salem and South Danvers Railroad Company, for a charter for a road to Danvers; the petition for Horse Railroad from South Danvers to Lynn.” 

South Danvers Wizard, 1/27/1864, p. 2/1
BUXTON AND TUCKER [Editorial]  under Buxton, Philip O, People & Places B.

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STATE AID [Letter to the Editor] – “During the past few months there has arisen numerous complaints from the families of volunteers in regard to their being put off from and for never having received the ‘State Aid’ promised them.  Now, the majority of these complaints arise from families who stand in need of the same ‘aid’ and while adjoining cities and towns pay out the ‘State Aid’ to families of volunteers, alike rich and poor – whenever called for – our Selectmen have refused the same to several of those families, who, by law and justice, are entitled to it.
     Now, Mr. Editor, few understand the subject, it is left to the discretion of the Selectmen to distribute this aid, confining themselves, of course, to the restrictions and requirements set forth in the law.
     Many of our volunteers have gone to the war – without receiving any bounty – with the understanding that ‘State aid’ would be allowed their families, and the least the Selectmen can do, when asked for it, is to pay the same to those families who need it.
     Now, if these volunteers go to the war, endure the hardships of a soldier’s life, and forego the pleasures of home for their country’s sake, ought not they to have the satisfaction of knowing that their families are provided for, and that all in our power to see that justice is done them and their families?
     We hope the time will soon come when such injustice shall be laid aside, and our brave boys, now fighting the great battles of the nation may never be ashamed of the town in which they enlisted.” Signed “VOLUNTEER”.

South Danvers Wizard, 2/3/1864, p. 2/2
TOWN MEETING under Transportation.

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THE NEW CALL [Editorial] – “The President’s last call for 200,000 ‘more’ needs the prompt attention of our citizens, if they avoid the stigma of a draft to fill the quota of our town.  The time is short.  We cannot move too soon or too energetically….”

South Danvers Wizard, 2/17/1864, p. 2/3
FURLOUGHS – “We notice the return of several of our soldiers of the army who have re-enlisted for a second time of service, among them Eben S. Daniels, Timothy H. Lord, Nathan Lakeman, and J. A. Messer of the First Heavy Artillery, formerly the 14th Infantry.  – Lieut. Peaslee, of the same regiment, is also home on furlough; so is Lieut Hanson of the 39th Mass. Reg. Nelson Symonds, of the 39th, George B. Symonds, Thomas Riley, Joshua Very, and John Very, of the 19th, are with us, having re-enlisted.  Nahum Morrison, of the same regiment, is also at home.  These men have become hardened into veteran soldiers, and we cannot but rejoice that some such are found among us willing to continue in the service of the country at this time when our country so much needs their services.”

South Danvers Wizard, 2/17/1864, p. 2/3
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS IN SOUTH DANVERS IN 1863 – Births: 88 males; 62 females.  Total 150.  Of this number, 78 were children of “foreign born” parentage; Marriages - 38; Deaths – 100, of whom 47 were children under 8 years of age. 
     “The births in the town are decreasing every year.  By the above figures, for 1863 we had 150; in 1862, we had 165; in 1861, we had 199; and in 1860, we had the large number of 234; yet our own population, as near as we can judge, has not varied much the past four years.”

South Danvers Wizard, 3/2/1864, p. 2/1
ANNUAL TOWN REPORT – Summary of.

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FOSTER GUARDS – “Although we have no wish to lessen the opportunities of our South Danvers boys for winning honors in the field, yet we own up to a feeling of great satisfaction at hearing that Company B, of the 17th, did not happen to be in the detachments under Lieut. Col. Fellows, which was gobbled up by the rebels the other day near Newbern, but were doing guard duty in the city.  We hear that the company still maintains the high rank in the regiment that it has ever had since it left Lynnfield.”

South Danvers Wizard, 3/9/1864, p. 2/3
TOWN MEETING – “Our annual town meeting occurred last Monday. Lewis Allen acted as Moderator and Nathan A. Poor, was chosen Town Clerk.  The old board of Selectmen was chosen.  Indeed there was no contest for any of the officers except for Trustees of the Peabody Institute , the ballot from whom resulted as follows: A. A. Abbot had 98 votes; Robert S. Daniels had 88 votes; Mayhew S. Clark had 92 votes and Alexander B. Merrill had 92 votes. 
      Mr. Abbott, only, being elected, leaving one vacancy to be filled at the next meeting.  Most of the important business was postponed to the adjourned meeting.
      An interesting debate occurred upon a motion to authorize the School Committee to employ teachers , instead of the Prudential Committee.  Messrs. Phillips and Stimpson favored the motion, Messrs. Jonathan and James P. King, Proctor and Bancroft opposed it.  The most was finally lost by a decisive vote. 
     The project of procuring a Steam Fire Engine was referred to a special committee of five to report at the adjournment.  A list of By-Laws on Truancy was reported by Mr. Stimpson and adopted by the town.  These, however, must be approved by the Superior Court before they become law.  Five truant officers were chosen. 
     Further time was allowed the Committee on a new burial ground, as they were not ready to report.  The drainage of Lowell Street came up, as a matter of course, but was finally referred to the Selectmen.  The meeting finally adjourned to the third Monday current.
     The following is the list of officers chosen:
Selectmen and Assessors – Joseph Poor, A. W. Bancroft, Dana Woodbury
Collector – William Wolcott
Treasurer – Francis Baker
Overseers of the Poor – Wingate Merrill, James P. King, Alerson Galeucia
Trustees of the Peabody Institute – A. A. Abbott. One vacancy.
School Committee – Fitch Poole, 3 years; C. Edwin Barrows, 3 years; Oscar F. Safford, 2 years; Jonathan King, 2 years (declined).
Fence Viewers –Augustus H. Sanger, Abraham C. Osborn, John G. Walcott, William H. Little, Benjamin Harrington.
Constables- M. A. Shackley, Stephen Upton, D. N. Stoddard, Charles Barker, Franklin Tyler, Bowman Viles, W. S. Osborne, D. S. Littlefield, James B. Newhall, W. H. Pingree, John Perkins, John H. Tibbets.
Surveyors of Lumber: Mayhew S. Clark, Benj. M. Hills, Jas. B. Foster
Field Drivers: Isaac B. Cowdrey, Horatio Bodge, John Bagley, Jas. B. Newhall, John O. Walcott; Chas. Barker, Bowman Viles, John Mansfield
Pound Keepers John Bagley, Benj. Taylor, John Needham
Truant Officers: Aaron F. Clark, M. A. Shackley, Isaac Hardy, W. S. Osborn, James B. Newhall
VOTED: That the Selectman, be authorized to establish a Night Watch for such time as they think it for the interest of the town, and to pay for the same.
     The following were chosen as a Finance Committee: Joseph Poor, Stephen Blaney, Francis Baker, Miles O. Stanley, and Lewis Allen.
VOTED: To lay on the table the petition of Thos. Trask, viz: “To see if the Town will accept the act of the Legislature, passed April 23, 1863, entitled an Act relating to the scaling of weights and measures.”

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NOTICE TO BAD BOYS – “The Town, at the annual meeting the other day, passed by laws by which boys who hereafter play truant are to be severely punished, and five officers were appointed on purpose to enforce the law.  So look out, boys!”

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CITIZEN’S CAUCUS – Caucus held to nominate town officers.

South Danvers Wizard, 4/20/1864, p. 2/7
REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH OF THE TOWN OF SOUTH DANVERS, Adopted April 12, 1864:  Regarding water pollution of North River. 

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OLDEN TIME –“ To illustrate the mutation of time, and the rapid changes that are continually working in the personal of a community, we transcribe from the lid of the Bible on the desk of the Old South Vestry, the following inscription, which we happened to notice the other day:-  ‘This Bible is presented to the South Society in Danvers, by the following gentlemen, for the use of the pulpit:  Dennison Wallis, Joseph Osborn, Ward Poole, Ebenezer Shillaber, William Sutton, Sylvester Proctor, Elijah Upton, Caleb Smith.  Danvers, Aug., 1821.’
     The above is in the handwriting of Rev. Mr. Walker, who was then the pastor.  Of the above list, the last named, Mr. Caleb Smith, now of Salem, is the only survivor.”

South Danvers Wizard, 5/18/1864, p. 2/2
WOUNDED SOUTH DANVERS SOLDIERS – “Among the names of those who were wounded in the late battles, we notice the following belonging to this town:
Michael Gleason, Co. B. 9th Regiment, in Mt. Pleasant Hospital.
John G. Williams and G. W. Knapp, Co. I, 22d Regiment, at Emery Hospital, Washington.
John K. Gibbs, Co. A, 39th Regiment, - hand.
Daniel Powell, Co. A., 39th Regiment, right shoulder. 
David N. Jeffrey, Sharpshooters, wounded in the knee, - now at hospital in Washington.
Adjutant H. W. Moulton, 39th Regiment, - hand.
Geo. N. Simonds, Co. A. 39th Regiment.
     The two latter arrived in town early yesterday morning. Adj. Moulton’s fingers on his left hand are badly lacerated by a musket ball received in the fierce battle of Tuesday.  He also received a contusion in the bowels by a bursting shell.
     Adjutant Moulton reports as missing since Sunday the 8th, Sergeant John H. Blaisdell, who, when last seen, was with a detachment charging the enemy’s breastworks at a place called Laurel Hill.  The detachment was repulsed, and obliged to fall back, leaving behind them a number of killed and wounded.  As those who were not very seriously wounded, managed to get back, leaving behind them a number of killed and wounded, to their comrades during the night, it is inferred that he must either have been killed or so wounded as to be taken prisoner.
     Mr. Blaisdell is a son-in-law of Orlando E. Pope.  He is well known here as a estimable man, and we hope soon to hear of his safe delivery from the perils of battle.
     G. Nelson Simonds received a flesh wound in the upper part of the shoulder by a Minnie ball in the Battle of the Wilderness, on Thursday, May 5th.  He remained in hospital two or three days, leaving Washington, in company with Adj. Moulton, last Sunday.”

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OUR QUOTAS – “We give below the names of those who have enlisted and re-enlisted men of this town, under the two last calls of the President.  We have also given the names of the different regiments, batteries, etc., to which they are attached:…”

South Danvers Wizard, 5/25/1864, p. 2/1
HALF MAST – “The flag on the Square last Thursday was at half mast in commemoration of Sergeant Shackley and Private Boynton, who have recently given up their lives for the country on the bloody field.  The flags of the Everett and Essex Clubs were draped in mourning, as was also the one at Simonds Hotel.”

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MISSING – “Jas. W. Kelley of South Danvers, and Thomas Kelley of Danversport, brothers and members of Co. A, 23rd Mass. Regiment, are missing.  The 23d is in Gen. Heckman’s brigade, with Butler’s forces, and was considerably cut up in the attack of the rebels on Monday last week.  It is thought the two Kelleys are prisoners.”

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WOUNDED – “Robert B. Bancroft of South Danvers, a member of Andrews Sharpshooters, has had his collar bone broken in one of the late battles. 
     Lieut. Chas. W. Peasley, of the First Massachusetts Heavy Artillery (formerly 14th Infantry) is reported wounded; also Geo. P. Ferguson, Co. D., in head; and James A. Getchell, Co. D., in back.”

South Danvers Wizard, 6/1/1864, p. 2/3
RECRUITING UNDER FALSE PRETENSES [Editorial] – “Our attention has been called to a case of recruiting in this town of such a nature as to require investigation, or at least public explanation. – Some ten or a dozen of our citizens have been induced to consent to the enlistment of their minor sons (some of them quite young) in the Salem Light Infantry, upon the express stipulation that the Company should be only used for garrisoning forts within our own State.
     The company has been filled up to the minimum standard and is now at Readville, awaiting orders for duty.
     The parents have learned, within a few days, that, in violation of this understanding, the captain has offered the company to the Government for service outside the state.   This has occasioned the parents very great anxiety, and they have applied to the Governor for redress of their grievance.
     It is certainly to be hoped that the contract under which the parents assented to the enlistment of their sons, will not be thus summarily set aside.  The success of future recruiting for our military service requires that the government should keep all arrangements of this nature in good faith with the citizens, else mutual distrust between the people and our rulers will soon take the place of mutual confidence.”

South Danvers Wizard, 6/8/1864, p.2/2
[Editorial] - “If our Selectmen are really in earnest in their endeavors to suppress the sale of intoxicating liquor in town, we wish to suggest that they encourage the drinking of pure water, by putting a dipper on the town pump, in the Square. The expense would not bear heavily upon the treasury, as there is already a chain.  Perhaps the Temperance Committee will cooperate with the fathers of the town in this great public measure.  Who’ll move first?  The beer sellers may remonstrate, but never mind, all great enterprises are opposed at first.”

South Danvers Wizard, 6/8/1864, p. 2/5
ALEWIVES  under Food.

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WAR ITEMS – “Lieut. Charles H. Peasley of the 1st Mass. H. Artillery, who was wounded in the Wilderness battle, has returned home on furlough.  His wound is a flesh one and not dangerous, but it will probably keep him from active duty two or three months.
     We learn that Jos. H. Pierce and Samuel F. Southwick, of the 1st Mass. H. Artillery, who had been reported missing, are all right.  They were on duty in the rifle-pits and consequently not reported at headquarters after the battle.
     Mr. Harrison Whittemore, of the lst Mass. Infantry, has returned home, having faithfully served out his full time and earned an honorable record.  He has been in many bad battles, among them those of the Peninsula, Gettysburg, Wilderness and Spottsylvania, and has once been slightly wounded in his head.
     Henry H. Demeritt – The great flag in the square was again hung at half mast on Saturday, on account of another of our brave boys who has fallen.  Henry H. Demeritt was shot in his thigh very severely at the fight in the Wildnerness at Spottsylvania and died in the hospital. He is spoken of as a fine young man of about twenty-three years of age, and has been in the employ of Messrs. Stimpson & Floyd, who hung their flag at half mast and draped it in mourning for the deceased.
     We regret to see among the list of the dead in the late battles, the name of Lieut. George C. Bancroft, so well and favorably known here as an active member of the Irving Literary Association, and as clerk in the office of the Salem Gas Light Co.  He was a young man of excellent principles and gentlemanly manners, and he will be missed by a large circle of acquaintances.
     Mr. Thomas Nichols, Jr. who is at Washington as agent in behalf of the city of Salem, obtaining information in regard to her soldiers, wrote last week that Nathan Lakeman, of the 1st H. A., was missing.  A letter was received from him later than Mr. Nichols’ account, when he was all well.   A more recent letter from Mr. Nichols reports from hearsay, that he fell out of the ranks from fatigue and was sent forward to the regiment by wagon.  He is now probably with his comrades of the regiment at the front.
     Capt. Thomas R. Keenan, of Lynnfield, who was badly wounded sometime ago in the neck, is expected at home on a furlough.”

South Danvers Wizard, 6/15/1864, p. 2/2
TOWN MEETING – Describes the action taken by the town in relation to “providing for filling our quota for the next call of the President.” Recommends townspeople donate $25 each.

South Danvers Wizard, 6/15/1864, p. 2/5-6
THE SO. DANVERS MARTYRS – “The following are the names of South Danvers soldiers who have been killed in battle, or died in the United States service.  The list shows a larger proportion of mortality than we find in any of our neighboring cities and towns: -

Capt. Samuel Brown, 16th Regt., Conn.
Lieut. Chas. B. Warner, 19th Mass. Regt.
John Smith, 19th Mass. Regt.
Patrick Scannell, 19th Mass. Regt.
Jeremiah Donovan, 19th Mass. Regt.
James Stone, 19th Mass. Regt.
Benjamin Larrabee, 19th Mass. Regt.
Charles C. Mansfield, 19th Mass. Regt.
William Delaney, 19th Mass. Regt.
Lieut. Moses Shackley, 59th Mass. Regt.
William Sillers, 17th Mass. Regt.
George Beckett, 17th Mass. Regt.
Levi Curtis, 17th Mass. Regt.*
Horace Straw, 22d Mass. Regt.
Sampson W. Bowers, 22d Mass. Regt.
Jonathan Proctor, 22d Mass. Regt.
Thomas Dempsey, 22d Mass. Regt.
George H. Tucker, 22d Mass. Regt.
Caleb A. Webster, 5th Mass. Regt.
Philip O. Buxton, 33d Mass. Regt.
Alfred P. Friend, 24th Mass. Regt.
John Murphy, 28th Mass. Regt.
John Fitzgibbons, 29th Mass. Regt.
William Andrews, 2d Mass. Regt.
Orlando E. Alley, 18th Mass. Regt.
Austin A. Herrick, 1st Mass. H. A.
Frank Gardiner, 1st Mass. H. A.
H. H. Demerritt, 1st Mass. H.A.
Horace Manning, 1st Mass. H.A.
Lewis P. Clark, 5th Mass. Battery
John W. Boynton, 5th Mass. Battery
J. S. Ingalls, Andrew Sharpshooters
Leonard Reed, Andrew Sharpshooters
John Price, Andrew Sharpshooters
J. B. Maxfield, Andrew Sharpshooters

South Danvers Wizard, 6/22/1864, p. 2/1
OUR STREETS – “We hear a great deal of complaint of the condition of our streets.  The dry weather has changed what was once deep mud into an impalpable powder, and the atmosphere is filled with it.  It is everywhere; - in our houses and shops, on our furniture, on our clothing and our lungs.  Instead of good, clear, honest air, we inhale powdered granite, hornblends and porphyry, irritating the lungs and blinding the eyes.  Where is the watering machine?  If that cannot be forthcoming let us have the evil removed in another way. When the present layer of dust in our streets becomes mud again of the consistency of batter pudding (and it surely will at the next copious rain) let is be scraped off and put on our sidewalks.  Thus it will not be lost, but improve the walking.  Then put on some good material and for a time you have a good road.  The best material, and in the long run the cheapest, for a road as much traveled as our Main Street, is broken stone.  Macadamise every year forty or fifty rods and the work will soon be done.  A word to the wise, etc.”

South Danvers Wizard, 6/22/1864, p. 2/1
STREET CROSSINGS – “Where are those nice granite street-crossings which were to be put down under the direction of the Selectmen?  Now that the dust is very deep, and an excellent prospect by-and-by for deeper mud, there are a great many people who would like to see the crossings.  They would be extensively patronized, especially by the ladies.”

South Danvers Wizard, 6/22/1864, p. 2/2
MILITARY ITEMS – “James Rennen, of the 9th Mass. has returned home, wounded, but having served his three years and participated in all battles in which the regiment has been engaged.
     Levi Curtis, whom we reported last week as dead, we are glad to learn, is alive, his mother having recently had a letter from him.
     Robert B. Bancroft has arrived home wounded.  He was in a company of sharpshooters, and had obtained a position in a large tree, the better to get a view of the enemy, when he was struck in his side by the fragment of a shell.
     Albert Shepard, of the 1st Heavy Artillery, is reported wounded in his breast, but no particulars have been received by his friends here.
     Mr. Alphonszo P. Rhodes, late of Co. C 5th Regiment, died on the 19th inst., aged 18 years and 10 months.
     We hear also that Eben M. Johnson, of the Mass. 1st Heavy Artillery, has been badly wounded and his death reported.  He was the son of Mr. Francis Johnson.”

South Danvers Wizard, 6/29/1864, p. 2/2
WOUNDED SOLDIERS – “Mr. Clarence Warren, of the lst Mass. H. A. arrived home last week with a wound in his knee, but he is able to get about with great care. 
Mr. Ferguson, who had a bad wound through his left hand and expected to suffer amputation, the time having been appointed for the operation, is considering better, and it is believed that his hand will be saved. 
     Mr. Henry Moore, of the same regiment, is reported wounded through one arm, and also in the opposite shoulder.  He is expected home. 
William H. Shove is reported officially, and by letters from his comrades, as badly wounded in his breast.  A more recent letter says of him that a ball entered his right breast and came out at the shoulder blade.  The surgeon thinks it did not reach a vital part.  Paul Osborn of this town is reported wounded. 
     Many exceedingly narrow escapes are narrated. Nathan Lakeman had a shot through his haversack striking and bending his bayonet haft.  Timothy Lod had a ball through his boot.  The soldiers describe the storm of bullets and shells as rather ‘uncomfortable.’.”

Southwick, Samuel G.
South Danvers Wizard, 6/1/1864, p. 2/1
CASUALTIES IN THE FIRST MASSACHUSETTS HEAVY ARTILLERY. 

South Danvers Wizard, 6/8/1864, p. 2/3
WAR ITEMS under South Danvers, Massachusetts, People & Places S..

Staples, David
South Danvers Wizard,  6/15/1864, p. 2/2
SUPERIOR COURT under Courts.

Stimpson, J. C.
South Danvers Wizard, 1/27/1864, p. 2/7
THE CURRIER’S STRIKE.

Stone, A. L.
South Danvers Wizard, 1/27/1864, p. 2/1
PEABODY LYCEUM - Lyceum lecturer.

Stone Gen. C. P. 
South Danvers Wizard, 4/17/1864, p. 2/1
EDITORIAL ITEMS under Army Correspondence.

Suddonis, J. H.
South Danvers Wizard, 1/13/1864. p. 2/1
PEABODY LYCEUM - Lecturer. 

Sutton, General William
South Danvers Wizard,  6/1/1864, p. 2/3
SEVERE FIRE under Fires.

Symonds, George B.
South Danvers Wizard, 2/17/1864, p. 2/3
FURLOUGHS under South Danvers, Massachusetts, People & Places S.

Symonds, Nelson
South Danvers Wizard, 2/17/1864, p. 2/3
FURLOUGHS under South Danvers, Massachusetts, People & Places S.