. Soldiers and citizens' album of biographical record [of Wisconsin] containing personal sketches of army men and citizens prominent in loyalty to the Union. Also a chronological and statistical history of the civil war and a history of the Grand Army of the Republic; with portraits of soldiers and prominent citizens . varietiesof military duty and service excepting that ofcavalry, as the contingencies of the position atthe National Capital presented the possibilityof the troops garrisoning the several fortsbeing called at any moment to fight as heavyor light artillery and also as infantry. Ad
. Soldiers and citizens' album of biographical record [of Wisconsin] containing personal sketches of army men and citizens prominent in loyalty to the Union. Also a chronological and statistical history of the civil war and a history of the Grand Army of the Republic; with portraits of soldiers and prominent citizens . varietiesof military duty and service excepting that ofcavalry, as the contingencies of the position atthe National Capital presented the possibilityof the troops garrisoning the several fortsbeing called at any moment to fight as heavyor light artillery and also as infantry. Addedto these was the heavy labor on the forts, towhich service Mr. Charnley was often detailed,as he was titled for it by his profession. Theperiod was one of the greatest interest and oneof the incidents burned into his recollection isthat of the assassination of the President. Hewas on his way to Fort Lyon when the intelli-gence reached his ears and he states that if theSouth had belief of any possible outcome totheir frantic operations against the generalGovernnjent, its representatives should havebeen in Washington on the morning after thedastardly murder of Lincoln. He believes thatevery man in arms would willingly havebegun and fought the whole war over had been brought to an end by the Spirit of. J^.^^^^ -,n\-i-WMiP 0FMn,=rn-MSTN 156-i--65 -C^ PERSONAL RECORDS. 689 the North, which clearly saw to the end all thecost to all sections if the South conquered ; andthat Spirit burned never so briglitly as whenthe murdered Chief lay on his bloody bier inthe Capital of the Nation. Mr. Charnley wasmustered out June 26, 1865. He returned to AVisconsin and engaged inthe business of a contractor and builder atRacine and, at a later date, added the sale ofhardware and builders materials and opened astore on Main street where he has since con-tinued to transact a prosperous and popularbusiness. In 1875 he associated his son Georgewith himself in business, the style of the firm
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