Commemorative biographical record of the counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio . of his cityand county. In 1884 he organized theBuckland Guards, a local volunteer mili-tary organization, which has attained anational reputation. It was named inhonor of his cousin, Chester A. Buckland,a young man who died during the Civilwar from wounds received at the battle ofShiloh. Our subject remained captain ofthe same until 1891, when he was electedcolonel of the First Regiment S. of In 1893 he was elected com-mandant of the S. of V. Guards of the A., with the rank of general, and assuch ha
Commemorative biographical record of the counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio . of his cityand county. In 1884 he organized theBuckland Guards, a local volunteer mili-tary organization, which has attained anational reputation. It was named inhonor of his cousin, Chester A. Buckland,a young man who died during the Civilwar from wounds received at the battle ofShiloh. Our subject remained captain ofthe same until 1891, when he was electedcolonel of the First Regiment S. of In 1893 he was elected com-mandant of the S. of V. Guards of the A., with the rank of general, and assuch had several thousand men, fullyarmed and equipped at their own expense,and well drilled, under his /vWve^fL- ^ .Ctc,iinfnt would not acrc|)t his resifjnation,but {javc him inJcHnitc leave of absence;and at the close of 1894 he resigned ascommandant of the Guards and returnedto the ref^inient. In 1894. while sersiiif:;as commandant of the (iuards, he heldtwo fielil encampments, one at Daven-port. Iowa, and the other at Pittsburf;,Penn., in connection with the G. A. At the former he plannedone of the finest sham battles ever at-tempted, iri which the Guards, membersof theG. A. K., and other military orf^an-izations, participated. His regiment hasencamped in various places, viz.: Wash-ington, D. C, in 1892; Columbus. Ohio, in1893; and Pittsburg, Penn., in 1894. It isneedless to say that the interest he hastaken in military affairs has given him awide ac>]uaintance, and added greatly tohis popularity. Col. Buckland is also amember of the Masonic Fraternity, theSons of
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