Black Boston bm.   Silas Peirce RichmondResidence Freetown, MA; a 31-year-old Farmer.Enlisted on 10/7/1862 as a Colonel.On 10/15/1862, he was commissioned into Field & Staff Massachusetts 3rd Infantry.He was Mustered Out on 6/26/1863 at Camp Hooker, Lakeville, MA(Vol Aide de Camp on staff of Genl Butler, May 28, 1861)Born 6/19/1831 in Freetown, MAMember of GAR Post # 1 (William Logan Rodman) in New Bedford, MADied 4/24/1915(Son of Isaac and Luanda Peirce Richmond)After the war, he lived in Freetown, MA