. A history of the Juniata Valley and its people; . ylvania) Normal School, which he attended two taught several terms in the public schools, but the call to arms in1861 found him ready to march to the defense of the imperilled enlisted in June, 1861. in Company H, 8th Regiment Missouri Vol-unteer Infantry, being at that time in Illinois, and crossing to Missourito enlist. He served three years, and saw war in all its horrors. Hefought at Fort Donelson, Russells House, Chickasaw Bayou, ArkansasPost, Vicksburg, Missionary Ridge, Resaca, siege of Corinth, Jackson,and in many ot
. A history of the Juniata Valley and its people; . ylvania) Normal School, which he attended two taught several terms in the public schools, but the call to arms in1861 found him ready to march to the defense of the imperilled enlisted in June, 1861. in Company H, 8th Regiment Missouri Vol-unteer Infantry, being at that time in Illinois, and crossing to Missourito enlist. He served three years, and saw war in all its horrors. Hefought at Fort Donelson, Russells House, Chickasaw Bayou, ArkansasPost, Vicksburg, Missionary Ridge, Resaca, siege of Corinth, Jackson,and in many other engagements between the armies of the north andsouth. At Vicksburg he was one of the immortal one hundred andfifty men who, forming a forlorn hope, by a desperate charge cap-tured an important point and made the capture of a line of breastworkspossible. This charge ranks in military annals as one equalling anymade at Gettysburg, even that of Pickett, in the final effort to dislodge THE NEW YORKPUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR, LENOX ANDTILDEN 16
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