History of the class of '70, Department of literature, science and the arts . enes and activities of such astrenuous life as is usually found in a new country the subjectof this sketch was born and grew to manhood. His early life, upuntil the breaking out of the civil war. was spent on a farm. Themeans and opportunities for an education in those days were notso abundant nor of the character of the opportunities of the pres-ent day. At that time Indiana did not have her present educa-tional system in force, her school system being in its infancy. Hiscircumstances in life were such that whatever
History of the class of '70, Department of literature, science and the arts . enes and activities of such astrenuous life as is usually found in a new country the subjectof this sketch was born and grew to manhood. His early life, upuntil the breaking out of the civil war. was spent on a farm. Themeans and opportunities for an education in those days were notso abundant nor of the character of the opportunities of the pres-ent day. At that time Indiana did not have her present educa-tional system in force, her school system being in its infancy. Hiscircumstances in life were such that whatever of education heacquired nuist he by his own exertions. His education was ob-tained and paid for largely by his own earnings, working earlyand late, in the cold and in the heat, and employing all his sparetime in study. Upon arriving at more mature years, he engagedin teaching during the winter and working upon the farm dur-ing the summer, thereby acquiring the means to prosecute hisstudies and advance his education. When the civil war beean and the first call was made for. Department of Literature, Science, and Arts. 275 troops, he was quietly pursuing- his studies in an adjoining^ countyat the Waveland Collegiate Institute. He, with a number ofhis fellow-students volunteered for service in May, 1861, but thequota being already full, they were not mustered in. He, witha number of others, who were attending school at the instituteagain volunteered their services in October of the same time his services were accepted and he was mustered intoservice on the seventeenth of October, 1861, at the age of eigh-teen years. His regiment was the 38th Indiana \^olunteer In-fantry and formed a part of what was later known as the Four-teenth Corps of the Army of the Cumberland. He was in thecolumn that went down through Kentucky and Tennessee, at firstimder the commantl of General Rousseau and others, later underthe command of General D. C. Buell, who was followed in com-mand by (l
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