. Historical Collections of Ohio: An Encyclopedia of the State ; History Both General and Local, Geography with Descriptions of Its Counties, Cities and Villages, Its Agricultural, Manufacturing, Mining and Business Development, Sketches of Eminent and Interesting Characters, Etc., with Notes of a Tour over It in 1886 V 2 . mys works. ^ Thisincident furnished the subject of a descriptivepoem from Mrs. Kate B. Sherwood, entitled44The Drummer-boy of Mission Ridge/ ofwhich we annex two verses : He pressed to the front our lad so leal andthe works were almost won ; COUNTY, A moment more, and our f
. Historical Collections of Ohio: An Encyclopedia of the State ; History Both General and Local, Geography with Descriptions of Its Counties, Cities and Villages, Its Agricultural, Manufacturing, Mining and Business Development, Sketches of Eminent and Interesting Characters, Etc., with Notes of a Tour over It in 1886 V 2 . mys works. ^ Thisincident furnished the subject of a descriptivepoem from Mrs. Kate B. Sherwood, entitled44The Drummer-boy of Mission Ridge/ ofwhich we annex two verses : He pressed to the front our lad so leal andthe works were almost won ; COUNTY, A moment more, and our flags had swung oer muzzle of murderous gun ;But a raking fire had swept the van, and he fell mid the wounded and the slain,With his wee wan face turned up to Himwho feeleth His childrens pain. 0 glory of Mission Ridge ! stream on like the roseate light of morn,On the sons that now are living, on the sons that are yet unborn !And cheers for our comrades living, and tears as they pass away,—And three times three for the Drummer-boy,who fought at the front that day ! At the age of twenty-five he was electedcounty treasurer, and later recorder. Retir-ing from political life in 1877, he entered thefire insurance and real estate business. He has ardently devoted himself to theinterests of the Grand Army of the Republic,. JOHN S. KOUNTZ,The Drummer-Boy of Mission Ridge. occupying various positions with such markedefficiency that in July, 1884, he was chosenits Commander-in-Chief, being the only pri-vate soldier who has been called to thateminent position. He was one of the originators of the Sol-diers Memorial Building in Toledo, and hasoccupied many positions of trust. Of Gen. Kountz it has been justly said :44 He is a man of fine natural abilities, ener-getic and industrious, and most faithful inthe discharge of any duty assigned to his Grand Army work he has few equalsand no superiors. It was his work as Com-mander of the Department of Ohio that gavethe organization its gr
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