History of Reno County, Kansas; its people, industries and institutions . nd received during the battle of Seven Pines. Frank G. Magwire mar-ried, secondly, Jerusha Stowel, and to that union two children were born,jMary M. and Emily Augusta, both unmarried, living at Hydeville, Vermont. The younger Frank Magwire was reared at Brandon, \^ermont, receiv-ing his education in the schools there, and was trained as a house seventeen years of age he left home and started out as a contractingpainter on his own account. In the winter of 1860-61 he went to Michigan,settling in Shiawassee coun
History of Reno County, Kansas; its people, industries and institutions . nd received during the battle of Seven Pines. Frank G. Magwire mar-ried, secondly, Jerusha Stowel, and to that union two children were born,jMary M. and Emily Augusta, both unmarried, living at Hydeville, Vermont. The younger Frank Magwire was reared at Brandon, \^ermont, receiv-ing his education in the schools there, and was trained as a house seventeen years of age he left home and started out as a contractingpainter on his own account. In the winter of 1860-61 he went to Michigan,settling in Shiawassee county, where he started to work at his trade, and inMay, 1861, enlisted in Company G, Third Regiment. Michigan VolunteerInfantry, for service during the Civil War, and in June was in Washington,D. C. with that regiment, shortly thereafter being called on to participatein the battle of Blackburns Ford and in the first battle of Bull Run. Thebrigade to which the Third Michigan was attached was commanded byColonel Richardson and covered the armvs retreat after the disastrous. RENO COUNTY, KANSAS. 241 engagement rit Hull Run. Tn the following December Frank Magwirebecame ((iiite ill and recei\ed his honorable discharge on a physicians cer-tificate of disability. He spent that winter in Ohio and then returned toMichigan, where, in June. i8f)J. he enlisted in Company G, i-ourth Mich-igan Cavalry, and served in that command until the close of the war, presentlybeing promoted to the rank of sergeant and later first sergeant, which washis rank when he was mustered out at the termination of hostilities. TheFourth Michigan Cavalr} was attached to the Army of the Cumberland andwas constantly engaged in cavalry and raid duty, its record being writtenhigh on the scroll of fame. Sergeant Magwire thus had many thrillingexperiences. For weeks at a stretch his regiment was engaged in almostceaseless skirmishes with Joe \Mieeler and General Forrest. It was his regi-ment that opened the battle of Chi
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