. Norwich University, 1819-1911; her history, her graduates, her roll of honor . s assistant engineer in theoflBce of the chief engineer in , which position he held untilOctober, 1887, when owing to hisadvanced age, he was made custodian ofthis position until his death. In October, 1861, he was commissioned military instructor at CampDouglass, Chicago, State Rendezvous at that time, where he remained untilFebruary, 1862. In May, 1862, he was commissioned by Governor Solomonof Wisconsin, adjutant of the 20th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry. He servedwith the regiment in the Army of the Fro
. Norwich University, 1819-1911; her history, her graduates, her roll of honor . s assistant engineer in theoflBce of the chief engineer in , which position he held untilOctober, 1887, when owing to hisadvanced age, he was made custodian ofthis position until his death. In October, 1861, he was commissioned military instructor at CampDouglass, Chicago, State Rendezvous at that time, where he remained untilFebruary, 1862. In May, 1862, he was commissioned by Governor Solomonof Wisconsin, adjutant of the 20th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry. He servedwith the regiment in the Army of the Frontier in Southwest Missouri andArkansas, and participated in the battle of Prairie Grove, Ark., December 6and 7, 1862. In May, 1863, the regiment was transferred to Vicksburg, Miss.,and after the fall of that city was forwardcxl to Alabama, taking part in theoperations about Mobile. In November, 1863, he was commissioned by Presi-dent Lincoln in the Veteran Reserve Corps. In May, 1864, he was assignedto the eighth regiment, V. R. C, which with the Sixteenth regiment, was per-. Maj. Henry Villiers Morris,the auditors records. He held 272 NORWICH UNIVERSITY. [1837 forming garrison duty and guarding prisoners of war at Camp Douglass, thenumber confined at that time being 16,000. He was appointed on the staffof the colonel commanding the post, and continued to discharge duties, in-volving the foUotting: charge of all passes, details for guard and picket duty,guard mounting, the consolidation of the tri-monthly and monthly post re-turns, receiving and forwarding recruits and deserters. He was brevettedmajor at the close of the war by President Johnson, for his services in theTwentieth Wisconsin, Volunteers; was commissioned major in the VeteranRelief Corps in 1865. He removed to St. Louis in 1873, where he made his home until his was a member of the Ransom Post, Xo. 131, G. A. R., of St. Louis. He issurvived by a widow and two sons, and one daughter, now married. CLASS OF 1
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