A history of California and an extended history of its southern coast counties, also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present . ary 31, 1865, this andthe commission of lieutenant-colonel being ten-dered by Governor Morton of As anofficer in the Fifty-third he served in the bat-tles in the advance on Corinth, Holly Springs,Lumpkins Mill, second battle of Corinth, bat-tle of Matamoras (one of the most serious en-gagements of the war), the siege of after the surrender he was provost-mar-shal at Natchez, and a member of the courtmartial, of whic
A history of California and an extended history of its southern coast counties, also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present . ary 31, 1865, this andthe commission of lieutenant-colonel being ten-dered by Governor Morton of As anofficer in the Fifty-third he served in the bat-tles in the advance on Corinth, Holly Springs,Lumpkins Mill, second battle of Corinth, bat-tle of Matamoras (one of the most serious en-gagements of the war), the siege of after the surrender he was provost-mar-shal at Natchez, and a member of the courtmartial, of which he was the youngest officer. Immediately after the battle of Resaca Col-onel Vestal joined General Sherman at .\c-worth, Ga., in the spring of 1864, and partici-pated in later engagements up to Atlanta, where,July 22, 1864, in the same hour and within ahundred yards of where General McPhersonfell, he was seriously wounded and left for deadon the battlefield. This was immediately afterhe had taken command of the regiment on thewounding and death of Lieutenant-ColonelJones. Perhaps five hours elapsed before heregained consciousness. As he came to his.
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