History of the One hundred and sixty-first regiment, Indiana volunteer infantry . nearDecatur, Indiana, in 1873. His parents moved to Decaturwhile he was an infant, and as he grew up he was educatedthere. In 1885 he emigrated with them to Mead Center, 394 HISTORY OF THE Kansas, residing there three years. From there he wentto Colorado, returning to Decatur in 1890. He enteredthe regular army in 1891, receiving an honorable discharge M ?1 .54 ^^Sl ^T^mm- i ^^^t^/ > ^^H ^^^^ ;^-^fe-. ^^H H ^^H n^btt^-- ^J^^^ ??1^ E flj ^^K 7 /. fl^ ^sk!|^k H| ^1 ^im. :^.%wS^^^^^^ ^E9 ^^1 First Lieutenant Eli
History of the One hundred and sixty-first regiment, Indiana volunteer infantry . nearDecatur, Indiana, in 1873. His parents moved to Decaturwhile he was an infant, and as he grew up he was educatedthere. In 1885 he emigrated with them to Mead Center, 394 HISTORY OF THE Kansas, residing there three years. From there he wentto Colorado, returning to Decatur in 1890. He enteredthe regular army in 1891, receiving an honorable discharge M ?1 .54 ^^Sl ^T^mm- i ^^^t^/ > ^^H ^^^^ ;^-^fe-. ^^H H ^^H n^btt^-- ^J^^^ ??1^ E flj ^^K 7 /. fl^ ^sk!|^k H| ^1 ^im. :^.%wS^^^^^^ ^E9 ^^1 First Lieutenant Eli W. Peterson. three years later. Again returning to Decatur, he wentinto the printing business, which he gave up after two yearsto accept a position as guard at the Indiana State PrisonNorth, and which he resigned inorder to accept his com-mission as lieutenant. ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIRST INDIANA. 395 CHARLES E. DORITY. Second Lieutenant Charles E. Dority was born inWaterville, New York, in 1874, removing from there toThree Oaks, Michigan, in 1889. In 1896 he removed to. Second Lieutenant, Charles E. Dority. Michigan City, Indiana, and entered the employ of Ford,Johnson & Co., wholesale furniture manufacturers, remain-ing with them until he enlisted. On the trip to Jacksonville he was appointed provostmarshal of the Third Battalion. His work proving satis-factory, he was at once detailed as assistant to Major Har- 396 HISTORY OF THE risoa, provost marshal of the Seventh Army Corps, whichposition he very creditably filled. HISTORY OF COMPANY L. Company-L was organized at Michigan City, Indiana,at the beginning of hostilities between Spain and the UnitedStates. On May ist. 1898, a meeting was held at whichtime the present officers were elected. Owing to its failureto be accepted on the first call many changes took place;many feeling that there would be but one call, left to joinother organizations that had been accepted and had stillmany vacant places. This, however, did not have
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