. The town of Wayland in the civil war of 1861-1865, as represented in the army and navy of the American union .. . is way home. A day at home sufficed togratify his wishes in seeing the folks: and he returned by thesame way he passed out; viz., over a breach in the enclosing fence ;in which act he was arrested, taken before the surgeon, and com-mitted to the guard-house. It was the first time he had beenunder military arrest: but he did not care; for he felt sure thatone result of his visit home would be an early discharge. And,true to his expectations, he received an honorable release fromfu
. The town of Wayland in the civil war of 1861-1865, as represented in the army and navy of the American union .. . is way home. A day at home sufficed togratify his wishes in seeing the folks: and he returned by thesame way he passed out; viz., over a breach in the enclosing fence ;in which act he was arrested, taken before the surgeon, and com-mitted to the guard-house. It was the first time he had beenunder military arrest: but he did not care; for he felt sure thatone result of his visit home would be an early discharge. And,true to his expectations, he received an honorable release fromfurther military service the next day, duly signed, and datedJuly 20, 1865. Thus ended the army-life of this soldier, whose varied experi-ence will mark him as having endured much more than theaverage for his countrys salvation in her years of peril. He was born at Wayland, June 17, 1844; was five feet fiveinches tall, of dark complexion, black hair and eyes, and byoccupation a shoemaker. He was married, Feb. 5, 1868, to Caroline D. Fairbanks ofWayland, and is now a resident of that town. Charles Henry URING the earlier stages of the war, there weremen whom neither the love of novelty, nor theprospect of large pay, nor yet the desire ofmilitary fame, could tempt to leave their business,their quiet homes, and the endearments of family,for the smallest possible period of army-life, withits uncivilized conditions of harsh and cruel ex-perience. And there were men, too, whosesense of duty was so strong, that in view of all that army-lifehad to offer of peril, of discomfort, and chances of death in itsworst forms, they could not be persuaded by friendship, norhired by money, to remain at home when their country was indanger. To both these classes belonged Charles H. Campbell. He had a will and a way of his own; and that will was,first to see that he had a country, in which he and others couldenjoy all the sacred rights of freedom as citizens while living,and, dying, bequeat
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