On April 20, 1861 a meeting was held at the Brookline, MA Town Hall. It was decided to appoint a committee of seven men to organize the recruiting and drilling of companies in the town. They rented a hall for drilling. Jacob Miller who had been a sergeant in the army was found to help. Dr. Edward Augustus Wild was appointed as Captain. Wild was then made Captain of Co. A of the first taking his officers with him. The Governor then told him to fill his new company with the Brooklyn volunteers and to distribute any extra men to the other companies of the first as needed.
From this point the Brookline military Committee stopped recruiting but continued to everything it could for the men from Brookline. They raised money for muskets, and local women made uniforms.
DAN SULLIVAN
From History of Brookline, a memorial to Edward W. Baker, by Curtis, pg 269-270
From this point the Brookline military Committee stopped recruiting but continued to everything it could for the men from Brookline. They raised money for muskets, and local women made uniforms.
DAN SULLIVAN
From History of Brookline, a memorial to Edward W. Baker, by Curtis, pg 269-270
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