. Norwich University, 1819-1911; her history, her graduates, her roll of honor . ood days werepassed. He attended the schools of his townand the Ypsilanti High School. He gradu-ated B. S. from the State Normal School atYpsilanti in 1855; and in September of thesame year, he entered the University, ic-maining two years, nearly comi)leting tliccourse in Civil Engineering. He taught school in Union Town, Ken-tucky, 1857-59, and then engaged in cngineci-ing reconnoissance in the government sur-v(!y in northern Minnesota. On the break-ing out of the Civil \\ar, he returned toMichigan and offered hi
. Norwich University, 1819-1911; her history, her graduates, her roll of honor . ood days werepassed. He attended the schools of his townand the Ypsilanti High School. He gradu-ated B. S. from the State Normal School atYpsilanti in 1855; and in September of thesame year, he entered the University, ic-maining two years, nearly comi)leting tliccourse in Civil Engineering. He taught school in Union Town, Ken-tucky, 1857-59, and then engaged in cngineci-ing reconnoissance in the government sur-v(!y in northern Minnesota. On the break-ing out of the Civil \\ar, he returned toMichigan and offered his services to theState. He was commissioned major of theFourth Michigan Infantry, May 16, 1861; waspromoted lieutenant-colonel, September 25, Col. Jonathan Webster , and colonel, July 1, 1862; resigned his commission Novcrnl)er 25, 1862,owing to disability. He was especially conspicuous for his servi(;e in the cham-paign around Richmond. During the Peninsula campaign in 1862, he was takenseriously ill with a fever and was confined to the hospital for several 616 NORWICH UNIVERSITY. [1858 He was especially commended for his bravery in leading his regiment vinderheavy fire across the Potomac river at Sharpsburg, September 15, 1862, andcapturing the Confederate battery. He was a brave and efficient officer andwas often mentioned in orders for his work. He studied law during 1863-65,and in this latter year, located in Jacksonville, Fla., and was admitted to thebar. In 1870, he removed to Gainesville, Fla., where he resided until 1874,when he located in Washington, D. C, making his home in that city until hisdeath. He was a RepubHcan in pohtics and held many positions in Florida duringthe period of reconstruction; represented Jacksonville in the State Legislature,1868-70; was judge of Hamilton County Court, August 14, 1868-70; treasurer,Alachua county, 1872-74; collector of Internal revenue for this county, January26, 1870-July, 1873. He was admitted to practice b
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