. Itinerary of the Seventh Ohio volunteer infantry, 1861-1864, with roster, portraits and biographies . me acquainted with Dr. Whitcomb,who was desirous of adopting him and educating him as aphysician. The position of a bound boy being repugnantto his nature, he left the Doctor and went to Cleveland,Ohio, where in October, 1855. he set about learning theprinters trade in the office of Weeks & Williston, and was 1with them and the old Herald until the breaking out of thecivil war. ; On April 17, 1861, he enlisted as a private in the Sprague jZouaves, which afterward became Company B, Seventh jR
. Itinerary of the Seventh Ohio volunteer infantry, 1861-1864, with roster, portraits and biographies . me acquainted with Dr. Whitcomb,who was desirous of adopting him and educating him as aphysician. The position of a bound boy being repugnantto his nature, he left the Doctor and went to Cleveland,Ohio, where in October, 1855. he set about learning theprinters trade in the office of Weeks & Williston, and was 1with them and the old Herald until the breaking out of thecivil war. ; On April 17, 1861, he enlisted as a private in the Sprague jZouaves, which afterward became Company B, Seventh jRegiment O. V. L, for the first three months service. appointed as sergeant and drill-master of his company,;and upon reaching Camp Dennison was made drill-master ofthe non-commissioned officers of the regiment. Upon the reorganization of the regiment for three yearsservice, he was unanimously elected first lieutenant of his Icompany, and served as such officer until after the battle of;Cross Lanes, when he was detached and assigned to theicommand of Company E. In October, 1861, he was re. CAPTAIN JOSEPH H Co. A, 7th (>. V. 1.—Cupt. Co. K. Ijdtl, U. V. I.) COMPANY A 385 li:^vetl and assigned to the command of a company in theFirst Kentucky Infantry, wlien he was placed in commandof an expechtion to recover a herd of cattle from rebel guer-rillas in the mountains across the Kanawha River, and wassuccessful. lie then returned to the command of CompanyE. which he held until February i, 1862, when he was ap-pointed adjutant of the regiment. Accepted an invitationof General Lander to accompany him as an acting aide-de-camp on a raid on Bloomery Furnace. On the death ofGeneral Lander, he commanded the escort to the body. Byorder of General McClellan, he was detached on special dutyto gather convalescents from the hospitals at , and vicinity, and return them to their respectiveregiments. About October i, 1862, he was detached asinspecting
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