. History of the Seventy-sixth regiment New York volunteers; what it endured and accomplished; containing descriptions of its twenty-five battles; its marches; its camp and bivouac scenes; with biographical sketches of fifty-three officers and a complete record of the enlisted men . roled, and in thatcondition walked to Alexandria, adistance of twenty-eight miles.—From Alexandria he was sent toClifbourne Hospital, D. C, wherehis arm was amputated at the shoul-der joint—a most painful and dan-gerous operation—seven days havingelapsed since the receipt of thewound. He subsequently received a^lP§
. History of the Seventy-sixth regiment New York volunteers; what it endured and accomplished; containing descriptions of its twenty-five battles; its marches; its camp and bivouac scenes; with biographical sketches of fifty-three officers and a complete record of the enlisted men . roled, and in thatcondition walked to Alexandria, adistance of twenty-eight miles.—From Alexandria he was sent toClifbourne Hospital, D. C, wherehis arm was amputated at the shoul-der joint—a most painful and dan-gerous operation—seven days havingelapsed since the receipt of thewound. He subsequently received a^lP§8S«§itJiIlln^t!P§^-v commission as Second Lieutenant iu Company A, to date from September first, 1862. In June, 1863, he resigned thiscommission, and, in the following September, was, on the recommendation ofGeneral Doubleday, commissioned as Second Lieutenant in Company D, SixthRegiment Veteran Reserve Corps, which position he held until July thirtieth,1866. At the time of his enlistment, Lieutenant Ripley was a tinner by occupa-tion, with nothing but a common school education; yet, though expended inthe service, in less than a year he had, by his soldierly qualities, arisen fromprivate to Second Lieutenant. His post-office address is Greene, Chenangocounty, N. CAPTAIN OSCAK C. FOX
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