. 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 . ment was ordered ot Harpers Ferry, whereit was assigned to the duty of guarding thelines of communication on the upper Po-tomac. On Oct. 18. 1863. after the captureof the 9th Maryland infantry at Charles-town, W. Va., the loth, with some othertroops, hurried to that place and drovethe Confederates out of the town, pursuingthem until orders were received to returnto Harpers l-erry. Serg. Janney wasslightly wou
. 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 . ment was ordered ot Harpers Ferry, whereit was assigned to the duty of guarding thelines of communication on the upper Po-tomac. On Oct. 18. 1863. after the captureof the 9th Maryland infantry at Charles-town, W. Va., the loth, with some othertroops, hurried to that place and drovethe Confederates out of the town, pursuingthem until orders were received to returnto Harpers l-erry. Serg. Janney wasslightly wounded by a spent ball during histerm of service, which terminated Jan. three months of which he was acting-second lieutenant. The following JulySerg. Janney re-enlisted in the 197th Penn-sylvania infantry, and was mustered in asthe Captain of Co. i;. ;il Camp Cadwalader. Philadelphia. Most of theofficers and niany of the men were veterans. Shortly after its organiza-tion the regiment proceeded to Camp Bradford. Baltimore, and two weekslater was ordered to Rock Island, 111., where it was employed until theexpiration of its loo days term of enlistment in guarding Confederate. Biographical Sketches 651 prisoners al tliat ixiiiit. Ca])!. Janncy was nnistcrcd (Hit witli tlic rcgi-incnt at Pliiladclphia, Pa., Nov. ii. i<S64. After the close of the war hehecaiiie secretary of the Morgan Oil Company of Philadelphia, remainingwith this organization about two years, and then, on failinghealth, returning to his fathers farm in Loudoun county, Va. Soon afterhe opened a private Jxiarding school in Springdale. Loudoun county. Jiiain-taining it until , when he went to the S;intee Indian agency in Ne-braska,—near Xoel)rara,—as instructor in agriculture, remaining until thefollowing year under President drants peace policy with the Iiulians. 1871 he came to Washingtc^i, 1). C, and began his long and successfulcareer as a teacher in that city, having been appointe
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