History of the One hundred and sixty-first regiment, Indiana volunteer infantry . of soldiers as ever volunteered their serv- ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIRST INDIANA. 19 ice. The following statistics, taken toward the close oftheir period of service and read in their presence by thecolonel at regimental review, will be of interest and may beappropriately inserted here as the regimental makeup wasin general the same throughout its period of service. The average age was twenty-six. The average heightwas five feet eight inches. The average weight was onehundred and forty-nine pounds. Two hundred and
History of the One hundred and sixty-first regiment, Indiana volunteer infantry . of soldiers as ever volunteered their serv- ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIRST INDIANA. 19 ice. The following statistics, taken toward the close oftheir period of service and read in their presence by thecolonel at regimental review, will be of interest and may beappropriately inserted here as the regimental makeup wasin general the same throughout its period of service. The average age was twenty-six. The average heightwas five feet eight inches. The average weight was onehundred and forty-nine pounds. Two hundred and ninety-six were farmers, one hundred and eighteen were clerks,three hundred and sixty-two were common laborers, fourhundred and thirteen were skilled laborers, forty-sevenwere professional men, twenty-five were merchants;twelve hundred and sixty-five were American born, fifty-four foreign; one hundred and twenty-eight were marriedand eleven hundred and ninety-one were single. On June 28th Baird G. Saltzgaber, of Lebanon, Indi-ana, a recent graduate of Wabash College and former. Baird G. Saltzgaber. W. Thompson of Kenyon Military Academy, was mustered asquartermaster sergeant, and on July 5th W. ThompsonStarr, of Richmond, Indiana, class of 98, Michigan Mili- 20 HISTORY OF THE tary Academy, Orchard Lake, Michigan, was mustered asregimental sergeant major. On July I ith, at 4:30 p. m. , four companies, A, B, C, D, each member of whom had signed the muster-in roll,were mustered. On the same date Harold C. Megrew. ofIndianapolis, was mustered as major and Oliver M. Tich-enor, of Princeton, as first lieutenant and regimental adju-tant. The following day, July 12th, four other companies, E, F, G, H, were mustered and the remaining companies,I, K, L, M, on the succeeding day, July 13th. There was some unavoidable delay in the appointmentof Matt R. Peterson as major. The position had beentendered Lieutenant Bundy, of the Third Infantry, who wasat that time with his regim
Size: 2055px × 1216px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectspanishamericanwar18
