. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . Iiaijjn, advance to the minj, Fair ().d. , (rainiMills, Seven Pines, Seven Daysbattles, South Mountain,Antietam, Frederic! burg, and (!hancellorsville. In May, 1863, Captain Eckert was ordered to reportto Colonel Buchanan, fourth United States Infantry, formustering duty at [Yenton, New- Jersey. In October,1864, he re< ei\ ed his promotion a 1 aptain. November i, [864, ( aptain Ei I erl resigm d his commission to take charged valuable business intere 1 alhome, where he is a well-known • itizi n, and membei olthe Milit
. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . Iiaijjn, advance to the minj, Fair ().d. , (rainiMills, Seven Pines, Seven Daysbattles, South Mountain,Antietam, Frederic! burg, and (!hancellorsville. In May, 1863, Captain Eckert was ordered to reportto Colonel Buchanan, fourth United States Infantry, formustering duty at [Yenton, New- Jersey. In October,1864, he re< ei\ ed his promotion a 1 aptain. November i, [864, ( aptain Ei I erl resigm d his commission to take charged valuable business intere 1 alhome, where he is a well-known • itizi n, and membei olthe Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the UnitedStates, and Post 76, < hand Army of the Republic, I leparlmen! of Pennsylvania. no OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (volunteer). CAPTAIN VOLTAIRE P. TWOMBLY. Captain Voltaire P. Twombly was born in a smalllog cabin near Farmington, Van Buren County, IowaTerritory, February 21, 1842, of New England parent-age. I lis father died in September following, leaving thesubject of this sketch the only child of this following year the mother, with her baby-boy, madeher home in Keosauqua, where she still resides. To herearl\ training the son owes much for his success in life. In April, [861, young Twombly responded to the firstcall for troops, enlisting in what became Company F,Second Iowa Infantry Volunteers, for three years as aprivate. He was appointed corporal oi the color-guard in ()cto-ber, [861, ami as such took part in the charge at FortDonaldson, Tennessee, February 15, 1862. In the reportof the part taken by his regiment in that battle, ColonelTuttle says : I cannot omit in this report an account ofthe color-guard. Color-sergeant Doolittle fell early inthe engagement, dangerously wounded. The
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