Capt, Frank Butler of Bennington was a favorite of Col. Cross. He served in the Signal Corps and on the staff of Gen. William F. Baldy Smith. Our War tells his story through his letters. |
Surgeon William Child of Bath. |
Lt. Daniel K. Cross of Hanover helped the badly wounded Col. Cross (no relation) off the field at Fredericksburg. |
Lt. Charles O. Ballou of Company G, the Fifth's Claremont company, was killed at Fredericksburg. |
Capt. James B. Perry of Lebanon died at Fredericksburg. |
Augustus D. Sanborn joined the Fifth as an 18-year-old corporal from Franklin in 1861 and quickly moved up the ranks. |
Ira McL. Barton, a captain from Newport, quarreled with Col. Cross and left the regiment in 1862. He later served in an artillery regiment. |
Twice wounded, Col Cross's brother Richard rose to lieutenant colonel but was cashiered in August 1864. |
Samuel R. Leighton of Dover joined the Fifth in 1862, rose to corporal and served till war's end. |
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