. Grierson raids, and Hatch's sixty-four days march, with biographical sketches, also the life and adventures of Chickasaw, the scout . It would be too lengthy to enter into a detailed account ofall the raids, skirmishes and battles in which this regimenthas taken an active part. I will only state through whatStates they passed, and the number of miles traveled— BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 15 Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and aportion of Louisiana have all been visited by this regiment,and in every place left behind it a token of their presence, inrailroads destroyed, governme
. Grierson raids, and Hatch's sixty-four days march, with biographical sketches, also the life and adventures of Chickasaw, the scout . It would be too lengthy to enter into a detailed account ofall the raids, skirmishes and battles in which this regimenthas taken an active part. I will only state through whatStates they passed, and the number of miles traveled— BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 15 Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and aportion of Louisiana have all been visited by this regiment,and in every place left behind it a token of their presence, inrailroads destroyed, government property burned, and prisonerstaken, of which they count four thousand; they have traveledby water over one thousand miles, by railroad about fivehundred, and by land not less than twelve thousand; havenever done garrison duty, but always been in active service,and ever distinguished themselves, while their loss has beenless than many other regiments in the same brigade. Colonel Prince was mustered out on expiration of his termof service by order of General Washburn about the middle ofOctober, 1864. LT. SAMUEL L. ^T. SAMUEL L. WOODWARD, acting assist-ant Adjutant General on the staff of ColonelGrierson, was born in Burlington Co., NewJersey, on the 28th day of October, he was eight years old his parents re-moved to Philadelphia, where he was the age of sixteen he embraced mercantilebusiness. In 1860, he removed with hisparents to Paducah, Ky., where he resided atthe commencement of the war. In consequence of his strong Union sentiments and of thoseof his father and family they were subjected to a series ofpersecutions. On three different occasions was he waitedupon by rebel sympathisers and allowed so many hours toleave the State, twice was himself and father mobbed in thestreets, their lives threatened as well as the destruction oftheir property; all of which they withstood for sometime, butfinally they became so severe that young Woodward
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