. 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 . houlder and armbone for several inches and permanently disabling the left arm. He wassent to the hospital at Washington, D. C, and after two months, givenleave to go home. After his convalescence he tried to return to the armybut was refused on account of condition of wound and was mustered outon May 24, 1864. He was within ten feet of the enetnys works at Rap-l)ahannock station when wounded. In this charge t
. 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 . houlder and armbone for several inches and permanently disabling the left arm. He wassent to the hospital at Washington, D. C, and after two months, givenleave to go home. After his convalescence he tried to return to the armybut was refused on account of condition of wound and was mustered outon May 24, 1864. He was within ten feet of the enetnys works at Rap-l)ahannock station when wounded. In this charge the 6th Maine lost, inkilled and wounded, sixteen out of twenty-one officers. On leaving thearmy Lieut. Jacobs returned home and resumed his studies for six monthsand then returned to Washington, D. C. where he received an appoint-ment as clerk in the office of commissary-general of subsistence and whileso employed was a student in the Spencerian Business Cc^llege and theColumbian (now Geo. Washington) university. Completing the blsinesscourse in the former, he resigned from the office of tlie conmus^ary gen-eral of subsistence (where he had been three years) in ]\lay, 1869, to ac-. 356 The Union Army ctpt a position in the office of the supervising architect of the treasury^This position he held from i86y until 1884, the last ten years l)eing chiefclerk and assistant supervising architect. Resigning in 1884 he accepted a])osition as general manager in Woodward & Lathrops Boston Store, thelargest retail drygoods house in Washington, D. C., l)eing obliged, however,to resign it in 1886. on account of having contracted pneumonia, whichjieccssitated a change of climate. He went to Los Angeles, Cal., and in1889 was given the position of superintendent of construction and of buildings, a government position under the supervising archi-tect of the treasury. This position he held until 1894, being in Los An-geles, San Diego and San Prancisco. On returning to Washington Nov.
Size: 1363px × 1834px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectunitedstateshistoryc
