The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . t was the end of his presentiment. Soonafterward he was commissioned first lieutenant inhis old Corapaiiy C, in his old regiment, and wasengaged at Cold Harbor and the battles arou
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . t was the end of his presentiment. Soonafterward he was commissioned first lieutenant inhis old Corapaiiy C, in his old regiment, and wasengaged at Cold Harbor and the battles around Pe-tersburg. Then, without solicitation, he was di-rected by Secretary Stanton to aid in raising a newregiment, in which he should hold the rank ot he did not do, being then a tenant of Libbyprison. On his exchange and return to his regimenthe found his commission as captain awaiting him,and at the close of the war he was granted by thesecretary of war the medal of honor, authorized bycongress to be given to those who should distinguishthemselves for eminent services in the war. He .wasfor about seventeen years general agent in Philadel-phia and New York city of the Northwestern mutuallife insurance company, of Milwaukee, Wis. Hehas since been associated with the inventor in devel-oping the Brown Segmental Tube Wire AVoundCannon, which has proven such a great success. OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. 263. ABELIi, Arunah. S., jouroallst. was born atEast Providence, R. I., Aug. 10, 1806. His ances-tors, of English extraction, were among the earliestsettlers of the town of Seekonk. His grandfather,Robert Abell, served with distinction in the war ofthe revolution, and Caleb Abell, the son of Robert,and the father of the subject of this sketch, wasquartermaster in the war of 1813, and upon his re-turn to civil life, at the closeof the war, filled many posi-tions of honor and trust. Af-ter Arunah S. Abell had com-pleted his short career in schoolhe became a clerk in a store,but
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