20th century history of Springfield, and Clark County, Ohio, and representative citizens . completing his collegiate course, hereturned to the home farm and betweenthe intervals of agricultural labor he de-voted himself assiduously to the study oflaw. After further student work in thelaw office of Anthony and Goode, he wasadmitted to the bar in 1858, at Spring-field, Ohio. Almost before the young lawyer had anopportunity to prove his ability, the CivilWar was precipitated upon the countryand his ambitions, like those of hundredsof his fellow-citizens, fell into abeyancebefore the great wave of
20th century history of Springfield, and Clark County, Ohio, and representative citizens . completing his collegiate course, hereturned to the home farm and betweenthe intervals of agricultural labor he de-voted himself assiduously to the study oflaw. After further student work in thelaw office of Anthony and Goode, he wasadmitted to the bar in 1858, at Spring-field, Ohio. Almost before the young lawyer had anopportunity to prove his ability, the CivilWar was precipitated upon the countryand his ambitions, like those of hundredsof his fellow-citizens, fell into abeyancebefore the great wave of patriotic enthus-iasm that then swept Ohio. He no longersaw before him forensic triumphs and thejudicial toga, the picture of a disruptedcoimtry filling his whole vision. He en-listed in defense of the Union on April 19,1861, being among the first to proffer hisservices. They were so prolonged and ofso distinguished a character that theirrecords appear in every contemporaryhistory of Ohio. On April 27, 1861, hewas commissioned major of the ThirdOhio Volunteer Infantry, for a period of. HON. J. WARREN KEIFER. AND EEPEESENTATIVE CITIZENS. 559 three months, and before the expirationof that time was commissioned for threeyears. He participated in the battle ofRich Mountain, July 11, 1861, and in thesame year was on the field at Cheat Moun-tain and Elk Water, West Virginia. OnFebruary 12, 1862, he was commissionedlieutenant-colonel of the Third Ohio In-fantry regiment and was present at thecapture of Bowling Green, Kentucky;Nashville, Tennessee, and Huntsville andBridgeport, Alabama. In April, 1862, heled an expedition into Georgia and per-formed an important service in destroy-ing the saltpetre works at Nickajaek September 30, 1862, he was commis-sioned colonel of the 110th Regiment,Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and being as-signed to General Milroys division inWest Viiginia, was placed in commandof a brigade and the post at June 13th, 14th and 15th, 1863, wasfoug
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