. Report of proceedings incidental to the erection and dedication of the Confederate monument. May-June. 1895. See Following f ^43 How liberally and well the obligation was performed under his direc-tion is now a matter of record, of which the great roadway may wellbe proud, for the main service in conveying so many thousands of peopleso comfortably in such a short space of time is work that can besuccessfully accomplished by Imt few railways in the country. Asillustrative of the life of this active railroad man, see the following I sketch: BIOGK AIHIC, James Thomas Harahan was born in


. Report of proceedings incidental to the erection and dedication of the Confederate monument. May-June. 1895. See Following f ^43 How liberally and well the obligation was performed under his direc-tion is now a matter of record, of which the great roadway may wellbe proud, for the main service in conveying so many thousands of peopleso comfortably in such a short space of time is work that can besuccessfully accomplished by Imt few railways in the country. Asillustrative of the life of this active railroad man, see the following I sketch: BIOGK AIHIC, James Thomas Harahan was born in Lowell, Mass., in September. 1843, .\t tlieoutbreak of the war he enlisted as a United States volunteer and served in First regi-ment Massachusetts infantry (now known as the Old First), Army of the Potomac,until the battle of Williamsburg and. after that, in a New York battery He was aprivate soldier and took part in all the battles in which the Army of the Potomac wasengaged from Bull Kun to Spottsylvania, serving from 1861 to summer of Entered railway service fall of 1864, as switchman at Alexandria, Va , s


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