William Wallace Reed

from the Watertown Times, Sept. 10, 1932:

          WM. W. REED, 88, IS DEAD
   EAST RODMAN MAN WAS AT APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE
          VETERAN OF THE CIVIL WAR
  Infirmities of Old Age Fatal to Native of Rutland
  Who Served Three Years in the War--Funeral Sunday
(special to the Times)
Adams, Sept. 9. - William W. Reed, 88-year-old veteran 
of the Civil War, died at his East Rodman farm home at
8:25 Friday evening from the infirmities of old age.
 Mr. Reed, who often related stories of his experiences
in the war, once shook the hand of President Lincoln,
and at the surrender of General Robert E. Lee at Appomattox
Court House he was within a stone's throw of the noted 
general when he offered his sword to General U.S. Grant.
 The veteran was born in Rutland on October 29, 1844, a
son of Hiram Sherwood Reed and Martha Stephenson.
 He entered the war with Battery G, Fifth Company, of
the 76th Heavy Artillery of the Union Army, on July 30, 
1862, and was discharged July 30, 1865.
 Mr. Reed was engaged in many thrilling battles. Among
the most noted of them were: Plains Store, Louisiana, 1863;
Siege at Port Hudson, Louisiana; skirmishes in battle of 
the entire Red River campaign in the spring of 1864;
bombardment of Fort Morgan, Alabama, in August, 1864;
Hatchers Run, Va.; Quaker Road; and Appomattox Court House
in Virginia in 1865.
 His wife Effie Prouty Reed died on July 5, 1931.
 Surviving Mr. Reed are four sons, Loved and Earl of New 
Boston, and William and Charles Reed of Lorraine; two 
daughters, Mrs. Madison Kenfield and Mrs. Merle Christman
of East Rodman; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Jane France of
Hermon and Mrs. Saloma Stockwell of Carthage. Nineteen
grandchildren and five great grandchildren also survive.
 Funeral services will take place from his home at 2 Sunday
afternoon with Reverend W.F. Shoup, pastor of the Adams 
Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be made at Worth.