. Soldiers' and citizens' album of biographical record, containing personal sketches of army men and citizens prominent in loyalty of the Union; also a chronological and statistical history of the civil war, and a history of the Grand army of the republic, with portraits of soldiers and prominent citizens . UGUSTUS GORDONWEISSERT, Depart-ment Commander of Wis-consin (1888-89) GrandArmy of the Republic, arepresentative soldier oftlie volunteer forces and apiominent member of theMilwaiikee Bar, was bornAug. 7, 1844, at Canton,Stark Co., Ohio. Whenlie was six. years old hisparents removed to Raci
. Soldiers' and citizens' album of biographical record, containing personal sketches of army men and citizens prominent in loyalty of the Union; also a chronological and statistical history of the civil war, and a history of the Grand army of the republic, with portraits of soldiers and prominent citizens . UGUSTUS GORDONWEISSERT, Depart-ment Commander of Wis-consin (1888-89) GrandArmy of the Republic, arepresentative soldier oftlie volunteer forces and apiominent member of theMilwaiikee Bar, was bornAug. 7, 1844, at Canton,Stark Co., Ohio. Whenlie was six. years old hisparents removed to Racine, A¥is., where heobtained a good elementary education andwas graduated, from, the high, school. Later,he pursued a general course of study at theUniversity of MicLiigan at Ann Arbor andafterwards entered the Law Department whencehe was graduated with the degree of LL. . resided at Racine until he went to NewYork to continue his studies, the year previous toentering the army, and was but little more thana lad when he became a soldier, xlt 17 heenlisted in Company K, 8th Wisconsin In-fantry, enrolling Sepit. 10, 1861, having beenseveral times theretofore rejected on account ofhis age and stature. The Eagle regiment,organized September 4t]i at the rendezvousat Camp Randall, Madison, was mustered
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