. Almon Danforth Hodges and his neighbors . COMMISSION OF ALMON DANFORTH HODGES,Second Lieutenant, 42d Mass. Infantry. JR., (299 ) 300 THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD. The fourth volunteer was private, in 1862 to 1863, in anine-months regiment, and at the end of his service wasbrought home so sick with typhoid fever that his life was de-spaired of. But he recovered and in 1864 served as Lieutenantin a hundred-days regiment. Then he was offered and ac-cepted the position of First Lieutenant in a special cavalrycorps which was to be called the Presidents Body Guard,and was designed to act particularly agai
. Almon Danforth Hodges and his neighbors . COMMISSION OF ALMON DANFORTH HODGES,Second Lieutenant, 42d Mass. Infantry. JR., (299 ) 300 THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD. The fourth volunteer was private, in 1862 to 1863, in anine-months regiment, and at the end of his service wasbrought home so sick with typhoid fever that his life was de-spaired of. But he recovered and in 1864 served as Lieutenantin a hundred-days regiment. Then he was offered and ac-cepted the position of First Lieutenant in a special cavalrycorps which was to be called the Presidents Body Guard,and was designed to act particularly against the guerillasoperating in Virginia in the neighborhood of the District ofColumbia. As Congress did not see fit to authorize theformation of this corps, the project never materialized. During these strenuous years my oldest brother married,and in due time a cliild was born. The event occurred inthe forenoon, while father was in the bank, but he was atonce notified. The coming of his first grandchild was a joyto him and a matter of pride
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