Past and present of Jasper County, Iowa . Sher-man and participated in nearly all the principal battles of the war, servingwith signal bravery. Among the many engagements in which he took partwere Port Gibson, Champion Hills, Black River Bridge, assault on and siegeof Vicksburg, Jackson, Mississippi, Winchester, where Sheridan made hisfamous ride, Fishers Hill, Cedar Creek and Shiloh Twice he was wounded,once in the thigh, at the battle of Shiloh, and once in the back, escaping deathfrom the last wound only because the ball struck a knapsack which containedwriting paper. Upon one occasion he n
Past and present of Jasper County, Iowa . Sher-man and participated in nearly all the principal battles of the war, servingwith signal bravery. Among the many engagements in which he took partwere Port Gibson, Champion Hills, Black River Bridge, assault on and siegeof Vicksburg, Jackson, Mississippi, Winchester, where Sheridan made hisfamous ride, Fishers Hill, Cedar Creek and Shiloh Twice he was wounded,once in the thigh, at the battle of Shiloh, and once in the back, escaping deathfrom the last wound only because the ball struck a knapsack which containedwriting paper. Upon one occasion he narrowly escai)ed capture, three ofhis companions being captured. He was honorably discharged at Savannah,Georgia, July 2c,, 1863, as fifth sergeant of his company. After the close ofthe war he returned to Newton and settled upon eighty acres of land w liichhe continued to farm until 1890, when he retired and moved to Newton. ,itwhich place he died I^ebruary 28, 1906, at the age of seventv-two. niDther is still li\in in JOHN F. MEYER (AsricR coiM^. IOWA. 841 On IVhruary 24, icSeen born one a daughter, born [une 2,1888. who is the wife of William lluvard, a hotel man at Denver
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