. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . COLONEL GEORGE L. SHUI\ Colonel George L. ShoupI United States Senator fromIdaho) was born in Kittanning, Armstrong County, Penn-sylvania, June 15, 1836; was educated in the publicschools of Freeport and Slate Lick; moved with hisfather to Illinois in June, 1852, and to Colorado in [859 ;was engaged in mining and mercantile business until1861. September 7, 1861, Colonel Shoup enlisted in CaptainBackuss independent company of scouts at Nevada City,( serve three years ; was commissioned secondlieutenant s
. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . COLONEL GEORGE L. SHUI\ Colonel George L. ShoupI United States Senator fromIdaho) was born in Kittanning, Armstrong County, Penn-sylvania, June 15, 1836; was educated in the publicschools of Freeport and Slate Lick; moved with hisfather to Illinois in June, 1852, and to Colorado in [859 ;was engaged in mining and mercantile business until1861. September 7, 1861, Colonel Shoup enlisted in CaptainBackuss independent company of scouts at Nevada City,( serve three years ; was commissioned secondlieutenant same company December iS, 1861. Duringthe autumn and winter of l86l was engaged in scouting;was ordered to Fort Union, New Mexico, in the early partof [862; was kept on Scouting duty on the Canadian,Pecos, and Red Rivers until the spring of [863,and dur-ing this time was promoted to a first lieutenancy ; wasthen ordered to the Arkansas River. Had been assignedin 1862 to the Second Colorado infantry, but was retainedon duty in the cavalry service and assigned to
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