. The heroes of Albany. A memorial of the patriot-martyrs of the city and county of Albany, who sacrificed their lives during the late war in defense of our nation 1861-1865, with a view of what was done in the county to sustain the United States government; and also brief histories of the Albany regiments . oned religious sentiments peculiarto both races. His boyhood was passed amid the quiet and happy scenes ofhome, and was in no wise remarkable; though every carefulobserver could have detected qualities in the youth, that gavepromise of a noble and useful manhood. From his earliest childhoo
. The heroes of Albany. A memorial of the patriot-martyrs of the city and county of Albany, who sacrificed their lives during the late war in defense of our nation 1861-1865, with a view of what was done in the county to sustain the United States government; and also brief histories of the Albany regiments . oned religious sentiments peculiarto both races. His boyhood was passed amid the quiet and happy scenes ofhome, and was in no wise remarkable; though every carefulobserver could have detected qualities in the youth, that gavepromise of a noble and useful manhood. From his earliest childhood he was distinguished for strictregard for truth, and his detestation of everything mean or dis-honorable. If he discovered such traits in his playmates orassociates, he was disposed at once to discard them. He was educated at the Albany Academy, and while he had aquick apprehension and retentive memory, and made fair pro-gress in all his studies, he excelled in elocution and mathe-matics. He was very amliitious for a higher and more completeeducation, and it was a great sacrifice to him to relinquish hisliopes in this respect, and at the early age of sixteen devote him-self to business. He entered, at that time, one of the city banksas clerk, l)ut the disappointment of his expectations in regard to.
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