Historical sketches and reminiscences of Madison County, Indiana . On the 1st ofApril, 1856, he was one of a party of young men who leftAnderson for California, by the Nicaragua route, and landedat Graytown, Central America, on the 18th of the same was great excitement in Central America at that timeowing to the efforts of General Walker, the famous filibus-ter, to secure control of the government of that life nor property was considered secure on account ofthe disturbed condition of the people, and the party of fortune- HISTOItV OK MAni>l)\ tOUXTV, INDIANA. 663
Historical sketches and reminiscences of Madison County, Indiana . On the 1st ofApril, 1856, he was one of a party of young men who leftAnderson for California, by the Nicaragua route, and landedat Graytown, Central America, on the 18th of the same was great excitement in Central America at that timeowing to the efforts of General Walker, the famous filibus-ter, to secure control of the government of that life nor property was considered secure on account ofthe disturbed condition of the people, and the party of fortune- HISTOItV OK MAni>l)\ tOUXTV, INDIANA. 663 seekers concluded to return home. Arriving at New York,Mr. Makepeace went to Canada on a prospecting tour, andreturned to his home in Indiana by wav of Niagara his return he worked at carpentry until his father builtthe large flouring mill on North Central avenue, which is now-owned and operated as a brewery iiy T. M. Norton & Sons,when he engaged in the milling bu^inos for a while. In themeantime the clouds of the great civil war were gathering. CAIT. I. .MAKEPEACE. and casting their somber shadows over all the land. It wa¬ long until hostilities began and the country was involvedin the greatest struggle of modern times. The patriotic youngmen of the land responded to the call of the President fortroops, and marched away to defend the flag of their the number was the subject of this biography, whoenlisted July 5, 1S61. in Company A. 19th Indiana was mustered into the service at Indianapolis on the 29thof July, and on the same day was elected second lieutenant ofhis company. 664 HISTORY OF MADISOX COUXTY, INDIANA. On the Stli of August, the Nineteenth Indiana wasordered to Washington, and on November 11, 1861, he waspromoted to the position of First Lieutenant. He was sub-sequently (February 10, 1862,) promoted to the Captaincy ofhis company. The Nineteenth Indiana was one of the regi-ments composing the famous Iron Brigade and
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