Editing Dartmouth, Massachusetts (section)

==== 1863 ====
On March 3, 1863, the town voted to raise $5,000  for monthly payments of aid for families of volunteers. Acting Master James Taylor of the [[ironclad warship]] [[USS Keokuk (1862)|USS Keokuk]] arrived at his Dartmouth home on April 21, 1863. He looked "as if he had suffered anything but defeat," after the Keokuk attacked [[Fort Sumter]] and was riddled with bullet holes. Dartmouth soldiers also fought at the [[Battle of Gettysburg]]. Three soldiers served in the 1st Regiment MVI, one in the 16th, and 33rd, and six in the 18th.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Glennon |first=Beverly |title=Three Hundred and Fifty-Five Men for the Union |date=October 2004 |publisher=Command Print Solutions |location=New Bedford, MA |pages=50–60 |language=EN}}</ref>

[[David Lewis Gifford]] was a [[Union Army]] soldier from Dartmouth, who received the [[Medal of Honor]]. He enlisted in December 1863, at age 1— as a member of the [[4th Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment]]. Following the steamer the USS ''Boston'' running aground on an [[Oyster|Oyster bed]], leaving 400 individuals within range of [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] artillery. Gifford and four other men—led by [[George W. Brush]]—manned a small boat and ferried stranded soldiers to a safe area.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Browne |first=Patrick |date=January 28, 2019 |title=Dartmouth |url=https://macivilwarmonuments.com/2019/01/28/dartmouth/ |access-date=June 27, 2022 |website=Massachusetts Civil War Monuments Project |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=August 12, 2014 |title=Valor awards for David L. Gifford |url=https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/620 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812214541/http://projects.militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=620 |archive-date=August 12, 2014  |url-status=live |access-date=June 27, 2022 }}</ref>