. . hexcellent effect. Tinwere the sort of guns ofwhich a rebel prisoner said:You load em on Sundayand shoot em all thewee I For eighteen monthsprevious to this time MajorSamuel L. Coulter, ni theSixty-fourth, had served asassistant adjutant-general,on the staff of ColonelHarker commanding thebrigade, discharging thearduous duties of that po-sition with a faithfulnessand efficiency that won forhim the highest encomiumsfrom his superiors and theconfidence and esteem of all with whom he was associated. Nearthe end of April, 1864, he wa
. . hexcellent effect. Tinwere the sort of guns ofwhich a rebel prisoner said:You load em on Sundayand shoot em all thewee I For eighteen monthsprevious to this time MajorSamuel L. Coulter, ni theSixty-fourth, had served asassistant adjutant-general,on the staff of ColonelHarker commanding thebrigade, discharging thearduous duties of that po-sition with a faithfulnessand efficiency that won forhim the highest encomiumsfrom his superiors and theconfidence and esteem of all with whom he was associated. Nearthe end of April, 1864, he was. at his own request, relieved fromStaff duty and returned to his regiment. Colonel Harker issueda general order warm I > commending and complimenting MajorCoulter for the zeal, promptness and fidelity0 with which hehad discharged the duties of adjutant-general of the brigade, hisofficer-like hearing and his gallantry on the field of Jul ward G, Whitesides, of the One Hundred and Twentyfifth Ohio, was detailed to take his place on the w. I a \i Lll • i , SIXTH BATTERY. 18*4-1 BATTERY BOYS SHOULD GIVE THANKS Early in May 1864, Sergeant Samuel P. Snider—everybod)called him Sam—of Company I), Sixty-fifth, who had beenwounded at Stone River and very severely at Chickamauga, discharged to accept a commission as captain in the ThirteenthUnited States colored troops. His departure from the regimentwas a source of genuine regret, for none had more friends than Sixth battery did not accompany Harkers brigade to: Tennessee but remained at Chattanooga. For this the battery boys ought to sing thelong meter doxology everyday of their lives. Theywere Lucky, having littleduty to perform except to re-pair the damage wrought atChickamauga. In Decem-ber the veteran feverbroke out with great viru-lence, and by the 20thnine-tenths of the batteryhad re enlisted. On the_M>th the company was mus-tered out and re-musteredfor three years more
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