. The Union army; a history of military affairs in the loyal states, 1861-65 -- records of the regiments in the Union army -- cyclopedia of battles -- memoirs of commanders and soldiers . il exchanged the following summer. It was againassigned to guard duty at railroad bridges and fords on the Potomactill 1864, when on July 7, it being a part of Kcnlys l)rigade, engagedthe advance of Earlys army west of Frederick. Md., and two dayslater at the battle of Monocacy. Following this occurred engagements atSnickers Gap, Halltown. Charlestown, Berryville and the battle ofWinchester Sept. 19, 1864. Ea
. The Union army; a history of military affairs in the loyal states, 1861-65 -- records of the regiments in the Union army -- cyclopedia of battles -- memoirs of commanders and soldiers . il exchanged the following summer. It was againassigned to guard duty at railroad bridges and fords on the Potomactill 1864, when on July 7, it being a part of Kcnlys l)rigade, engagedthe advance of Earlys army west of Frederick. Md., and two dayslater at the battle of Monocacy. Following this occurred engagements atSnickers Gap, Halltown. Charlestown, Berryville and the battle ofWinchester Sept. 19, 1864. Early in October the regiment was de-spatched to Buckhannon, West Va., to check a raid by the enemy inthat region. Here it remained as an outpost until the close of the the period of his service Colonel Rizer was with his command inevery engagement in which it had a chance to take part. He was at notime absent on account of sickness and was absent on leave on but twooccasions, each for a period of ten days. One peculiaV incident that oc-curred to Colonel Rizer during his service was while in conunand of abattalion supporting a l)attery. A shell from one of the enemys guns. From a war time photograpli. 408 The Union Army exploded within a few feet of him and directly in his front, the concus-sion of which knocked him down. He was enveloped in dust and smokecaused liy the explosion, hut was uninjured by any fragment of theshell. Another was when a rifle hall struck the joint of the upper andlower sole of his right boot, penetrating the same, but causing no damageother than a nervous shock to the foot and temporary lameness. Re-turning to civil life Colonel Rizer took up the study of the law. He wasadmitted to the bar in 1867. He located in Hagerstown, Md., wdiere heengaged in the practice of his profession. In 1870 he removed to Eureka,Kas., and later to Topeka. He became special disbursing agent of the(Geological Survey in 1883, but resigned in 1886 to accept the positi
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