. . quad-ron, was fifty-nine. The oldestman in the Sixty-fourth was Jos-eph F ert, of Companywho was fifty-three. The average age of the 3157men who have been consideredin these calculations was a frac-tion under twenty-four average age of the draftedmen was considerably higherthan that of the volunteers; for, IACOB C. MILI .1 r as the figures show, the young GEANT, COMPA* _ , sixty-fifth men enllstea- much more freely ii the older ones, leavingreater proportion of thelatter from whom drafuwere made. With a fewexception
. . quad-ron, was fifty-nine. The oldestman in the Sixty-fourth was Jos-eph F ert, of Companywho was fifty-three. The average age of the 3157men who have been consideredin these calculations was a frac-tion under twenty-four average age of the draftedmen was considerably higherthan that of the volunteers; for, IACOB C. MILI .1 r as the figures show, the young GEANT, COMPA* _ , sixty-fifth men enllstea- much more freely ii the older ones, leavingreater proportion of thelatter from whom drafuwere made. With a fewexceptions, it was theyoung men who fought therebellion to its above the age offorty did not lack in zeal orcourage, but they could notendure the toil, hardshipand exposure, and within ayear fully three-fourths ofthem had disappeared fromour ranks—died from dis-ease or discharged for disability. It was the samein all regiments through-out the army. Usually the boys werefull of Mginger n and am-bition. They got all thefun they could out of army. ANDREW J. STIFFLER,SKKt A &o6 TH3 SIX. life as they went along, and their flow of go« 3 did much to promote their physical health and well being. Th ted then: lily thai; the older men to the sudden and radical change from life at home to that of the campaign and thebivouac. The country owes very much to the youngs ! Fh\V WKKK LKFT. The full complement of commissioned officers when thebrigade left Camp Buckingam was eighty-eight—thirty-eight ineach of the regimen th, five in the battery and seven in the squad-ron. Of the original offi-cers, but six were upon therolls at the discharge of theorganizations, near the endof the year 1865, althougha number of others had re-mained in service until thefighting wa i, and then resigned tor trashyor other reasons. Those of the Sixty-fourth the regiment passedout of existence were unel Samuel M. Wolff, whoentered the field in 1861 asond Lieutenant of Company H ; Lieutenant colo-n
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