This company was recruited for one year's service, leaving the camp at Gallop's Island September 26, 1864.  It was almost exclusively composed of Springfield men, and was thus officered:
 

Samuel R. Bingham, Capt., of Boston
Merrill Prescott??, 1st Lt., of Springfield
Wiliam ?? W. Jordan, 1st Lt., of Boston
Samuel F. Siskron, 2nd Lt., of Springfield
 

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In addition to organizations which were more or less closely identified with the county, Hampden county was represented in other commands by officers and men of sterling character.  Many rendered service to the credit of other states, so that it is an impossibility to give names or their number;  those [Hampden County residents] credited on the official records of Massachusetts are as follows:
 

The 1st Infantry - 4 enlisted men
The 2nd Infantry - Surgeon, Curtis E. Munn, of Westfield;  Warren A. Root, hospital steward, of Springfield;  51 enlisted men
The 4th Infantry - 1862-63 - Edward N. Norton, Assistant sugeon, of Blandford
The 5th Infantry - 1864 - 3 enlisted men
The 6th Infantry - 1861 - 2 enlisted men
The 9th Infantry - 14 enlisted men
The 11th Infantry - 11 enlisted men
The 12th infantry - 7 enlisted men
The 15th Infantry - Adoniram J. Bradley, Capt., of Russell;  21 enlisted men
The 16th Infantry - 21 enlisted men
The 17th Infantry - Orrin B. Cooley, 2nd Lt., of Longmeadow;  65 enlisted men (mostly transferred from Second H. A.)
The 19th Infantry - 54 enlisted men
The 20th Infantry - James O'Con___, 1st Lt., of Springfield;  74 enlisted men
The 22nd Infantry - 26 enlisted men
The 24th Infantry - Jere Hor___, 1st Lt., of Westfield; 33 enlisted men
The 25th Infantry - 16 enlisted men
The 26th Infantry - 5 enlisted men
The 28th Infantry - 34 enlisted men
The 29th Infantry - 18 enlisted men
The 30th Infantry - 7 enlisted men
The 32nd Infantry - 73 enlisted men
The 33rd Infantry - 2 enlisted men
The 45th infantry - 2 enlisted men
The 49th Infantry - Albert Rice, Assistant surgeon, of Springfield;  4 enlisted men
The 52nd Infantry - 7 enlisted men
The 54th Infantry - Watson W. Bridge, Capt., of Springfield;  17 enlisted men
The 55th Infantry - Robert J. Hamilton, Capt., of Springfield;  Charles W. Mutell, 1st Lt., of Springfield;  13 enlisted men
The 56th Infantry - Jerome Roberts, Assistant surgeon, of Springfield;  18 enlisted men
The 57th Infantry - Charles Carpenter, Assistant surgeon, of Holyoke;  George H. Howe, Capt., of Monson;  John Anderson, 2nd Lt., of Holland;  Henry B. Fiske, 2nd Lt., of Springfield;  George Green, 2nd Lt., of Springfield;  Patrick Gilmore, 2nd Lt., of West Springfield;  115 enlisted men
The 58th Infantry - 18 enlisted men
The 59th Infantry - Edward Norton, Assistant surgeon, of Blandford; 7 enlisted men
The 61st Infantry - Albert E. Daniels, 1st Lt., of Agawam;  Austin Moody, hospital steward, of Westfield;  90 enlisted men
The 1st Battery Light Artillery - 3 enlisted men
The 2nd Battery Light Artillery - 3 enlisted men
The 5th Battery Light Artillery - 2 enlisted men
The 6th Battery Light Artillery - 13 enlisted men
The 7th Battery Light Artillery - 5 enlisted men
The 9th Battery Light Artillery - 3 enlisted men
The 10th Battery Light Artillery - 3 enlisted men
The 11th Battery Light Artillery - 2 enlisted men
The 12th Battery Light Artillery - 16 enlisted men
The 13th Battery Light Artillery - 9 enlisted men
The 14th Battery Light Artillery - 9 enlisted men
The 15th Battery Light Artillery - 9 enlisted men
The 1st Heavy Artillery - 29 enlisted men
The 2nd Heavy Artillery - Ira B. Sampson, Capt., of Springfield;  Samuel R. Bingham, 1st Lt., of Westfield;  Joseph F. Field, 1st Lt., of Westfield;  Alfred H. Kinsle, 1st Lt., of Springfield;  Horace L. Clark, 1st Lt., of Springfield;  282 enlisted men
The 4th Heavy Artillery - 8 enlisted men
The 1st Battalion Heavy Artillery - 39 enlisted men
The 29th Unattached Company Heavy Artillery - 22 enlisted men
The 1st Cavalry - James Holland, surgeon, of Westfield;  Oscar C. DeWolf, assistant sugeon, of Chester;  Albert D. Rice, assistant surgeon, of Springfield;  George W. Gorden, chaplain, of Holyoke;  Myron C. Pratt, Capt., of Holyoke;  Alton E. Phillips, 1st Lt., of Chicopee;  Horace M. Butler, 2nd Lt., of Springfield;  George Howe, 2nd Lt., of Springfield;  George B. Davis, 2nd Lt., of Springfield;  Vashni H. Pease, quartermaster-sergeant, of Springfield;  Henry B. Bates, hospital steward, of Chicopee;  Curtis E. Munn, hospital steward, of Westfield;  Timothy J. Powell, chief bugler, of Blandford;  Benjamin W. Norris, sergeant-farrier, of Springfield;  270 enlisted men
The 2nd Cavalry - Oscar C. DeWolf, surgeon, of Chester;  Elbridge M. Johnson, surgeon, of Agawam;  51 enlisted men
The 3rd Cavalry - Henry S. Adams, 1st Lt., of Chicopee;  Duett C. Clark, 2nd Lt., of Westfield;  3_ enlisted men.
The 4th Cavalry - Henry M. Phillips, 2nd Lt., of Springfield;  97 enlisted men
The 5th Cavalry - 34 enlisted men
The Veteran Reserve Corps - 88 enlisted men
The Regular Army - 32 enlisted men
Other State Organizations - 35 enlisted men (nearly all from the eastern towns of the couty, for the First District of Columbia Infantry)
 

One fact which will strike even the casual reader is the very low proportion of commissions issued to officers from Hampden county.  This fact may be partially explained by the small representation of the county in the state militia a the outbreak of the war.  Other factors which must be taken into account are the strong political and local pressure brought upon the governmnet for the commissioning of ambitious aspirants in every portion of the stte and from without the confines of the commonwealth.  It is not to be supposed that the Hampden soldier were indifferent to the honor embodied in commissions;  but the entire history of the war period shows first of all an intense patriotic devotion which was willing to waive and sacrifice deserved recogniton rather than the imperilled government of the nation should fail to receive the fullest measure of material support.  Thus there was no lack of material for efficient commanders within the limits of the county, is shown b the admirable average maintained by those who received commissions.

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