. Norwich University, 1819-1911; her history, her graduates, her roll of honor . much property in and aboutBaraboo, and in 1852, built a resi-dence which has been one of the land- David Knox of the city since that time. He continued to live in this residenceuntil his death, with the exception of one summer, that of 1855, that hespenton one of his farms, four miles north of the village. On the breaking out of the Civil War, he offered his services to his country,and was commissioned 1st lieutenant, Co. A, 0th Wis., Vols., to rank fromApril 26, 1861. He served in the famo
. Norwich University, 1819-1911; her history, her graduates, her roll of honor . much property in and aboutBaraboo, and in 1852, built a resi-dence which has been one of the land- David Knox of the city since that time. He continued to live in this residenceuntil his death, with the exception of one summer, that of 1855, that hespenton one of his farms, four miles north of the village. On the breaking out of the Civil War, he offered his services to his country,and was commissioned 1st lieutenant, Co. A, 0th Wis., Vols., to rank fromApril 26, 1861. He served in the famous Iron Brigade in the Army of thePotomac with distinction, and at the battle of Antictam, while in commandof his company, having been commissioned captain, lost his right foot by anexplosion of a shell that killed or wounded seventeen of his company. Hewas confined to the hospital for several weeks and on his recovery served forabout a year as a recruiting officer. He was commissioned major of the 49thWis. Inf., Vols., January 28, 1865, and entered upon the service the same. 390 NORWICH UNIVERSITY. [1845 day; was commissioned lieutenant-colonel of the same regiment, November14,1865, to rank same day. He served at St. Louis and RoUa, Mo., and later was on court martialduty in the city of St. Louis; resigned his commission shortly thereafter,and returned to his home in Baraboo, Wis. He was a Republican and heldmany offices; was post master in Baraboo from 1867 imtil 1883, when heresigned the place owang to his severe lameness. He served in the WisconsinAssembly in 1856; was a justice of the peace in his younger years in Baraboo,Wis., and was the first state treasury agent in the state of Wisconsin, and wasalso the first town clerk in the town of Baraboo. He retired from active business when he resigned from the post officein Baraboo, Wis. He was an active member of the Presbyterian was a member of the r. and A. M., I. O. O. F., the G. A. R., and LoyalLegion, and was a
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