. The Doane family:. icv^ Jlistor;/ of XeivJersei/ and the Rtbelhou, honorable mention is made of LieutenantDoftues bravery at Bermuda Hundred in these wonls: • IJout. DMue In oonnmind of tho four guns loft in tho action of Sutuiuy,now opened tire, upon which tho entire force of tho artlllory dlrootod theirshotjs at one point, IJeut. Morris tlriuj: at nearly right anglos with the otherl^Uterles. Under cover of this eannonado, the Second Division of the TenthCorps eharsred the rebel ranks and captured thirteen hundred prisoners andseveral battle-llasjs. .\ Kebel battery was observed tryins; to
. The Doane family:. icv^ Jlistor;/ of XeivJersei/ and the Rtbelhou, honorable mention is made of LieutenantDoftues bravery at Bermuda Hundred in these wonls: • IJout. DMue In oonnmind of tho four guns loft in tho action of Sutuiuy,now opened tire, upon which tho entire force of tho artlllory dlrootod theirshotjs at one point, IJeut. Morris tlriuj: at nearly right anglos with the otherl^Uterles. Under cover of this eannonado, the Second Division of the TenthCorps eharsred the rebel ranks and captured thirteen hundred prisoners andseveral battle-llasjs. .\ Kebel battery was observed tryins; to get into posi-tion in the tYont, but tho storm of shot and shell struck down the men andliorses and couiplotely disabled their guns. Lieut. Poane seeing so many ofhis men go down before the tiro of the sharp-shooters posted in trees, threwoil his coat and hat, sei/.ed a spnnge-stailand performed the duties of Num-ber One, until the tiring ceased; awakening the coufldeuce and admirationof {Ul who witnessed the No. 506.)DR CHARLES RUSSELL DOANE. DESCENDANTS OF DEA. JOHN DOANE. 451 After the close of the war Doctor Doane returned home and de-voted the next five years to inventing and manufacturing severallatjor-saving machines. In the meantime his leisure moments werespent in studying medicine, and in a few years he was again able toenter the College of Physicians and Surgeons, from which he gradu-ated with honors in 1872, being the valedictorian of his class. Heimmediately began practice in the Eastern District of Brooklyn. In 1881, he was appointed a member of the Board of Education ofBrooklyn, and the following year was elected Vice President of thatbody and reelected in 1883. He was an enthusiastic member, servedon several important committees of the board and was chairman ofthe school committee in his own district. Doctor Doane was a member of the Masonic Order. He was twiceelected Master of Marsh Lodge F. and A. M. and for ten successionalyears represented that body
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