. Crisis. he 54thMassachusetts Volunteer Infantrj^ as secondlieutenant and enlisted the first men. Wascaptain of a company, was promoted majorto date, from July 18, 1863. My companywas in the first line at Wagner, and I was-near Colonel Shaw on the j)arapet when hefell. Lieutenant Homans and I werewounded that night. I was hurt again in 1864, and Avas sent North to die, but recov-ered, and entered service again early in 1865, serving until the end of the war. Ihave lived in West Virginia since 1865,]\Iy object in writing you is to let youknow that the old captain (as I wascalled, to distinguis
. Crisis. he 54thMassachusetts Volunteer Infantrj^ as secondlieutenant and enlisted the first men. Wascaptain of a company, was promoted majorto date, from July 18, 1863. My companywas in the first line at Wagner, and I was-near Colonel Shaw on the j)arapet when hefell. Lieutenant Homans and I werewounded that night. I was hurt again in 1864, and Avas sent North to die, but recov-ered, and entered service again early in 1865, serving until the end of the war. Ihave lived in West Virginia since 1865,]\Iy object in writing you is to let youknow that the old captain (as I wascalled, to distinguish between Capt; TomL. Appleton and myself, he being a cousinof mine) is still living. I was the firstotlicer commissioned and \Yas older thanmost of them, being about 30. These youngofficers were a noble band of young patriotsof clean lives and high aspirations. If Icould sjiare the time I could give youinteresting tales of those times. I hardlythink that fliis letter I write vou is of MEN OF THE MONTH 273. GENERAL J. W. M. APPLETON. general interest, but I must suggest thatyou could state that you had discoveredme, the pioneer officer, now past 80, buthearty and active, leading an active, usefullife. Of coui-se I am a Re^Dublican, of theoriginal 1860 brand, and stay so. I alsosend a photo taken when I was Adjutant-General of West Virginia, during the Span-ish-American War. The. letters you mighthold for your own information, but useanything in them as jou choose, not puttingmy writing forward too much. I havewritten an account of my service with Regiment to hand on to my do not expect to publish it. CaptainEmilio has given us a good regimentalhistory already. A GIRL OF PROMISE. A/T ISS FLORENCE GREENWOOD, one?^ of the honor students in the lastgraduating class of Atlanta University, diedfrom a stroke received during a severe elec-tric storm which passed over Atlanta earlylast month. Miss Greenwood, the fifth child of a well-known Atlanta family to gradu-ate
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