The history of the state of Indiana from the earliest explorations by the French to the present timeContaining an account of the principal civil, political and military events from 1763 to 1903 . Rush County from 1847 to 1855, having pr^-iously served a term or two in the State Legislature. Hewas a speaker of remarkable force, and was twice nomi-nated by his party for Congress, but defeated both 1801 he was appointed by Governor Morton one of the tdelegates to the peace convention at Washington. In May ;of that year he was appointed Colonel of the Sixteenth In- Jdiana Regiment, and im
The history of the state of Indiana from the earliest explorations by the French to the present timeContaining an account of the principal civil, political and military events from 1763 to 1903 . Rush County from 1847 to 1855, having pr^-iously served a term or two in the State Legislature. Hewas a speaker of remarkable force, and was twice nomi-nated by his party for Congress, but defeated both 1801 he was appointed by Governor Morton one of the tdelegates to the peace convention at Washington. In May ;of that year he was appointed Colonel of the Sixteenth In- Jdiana Regiment, and immediately after the battle of Bull |Run was ordered East with his regiment. In April, 1862, ,he was promoted to a Brigadier-Generalship, and was or- |dered to report to General Halleck, then at PittsbargLanding. He served with that army until he met his ideath, on the 3d of October, 1862. His brigade was hotly;engaged with the enemy, when reinforcements came to his •help. In swinging into line the reinforcements fell into |confusion, and then broke. It was while attempting toirallv them lie met his death. When he fell he realizedthat his wound was fatal, and to those around him said:! I.
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