. The story of American heroism; thrilling narratives of personal adventures during the great Civil war, as told by the medal winners and roll of honor men . to his former home on Tuesday. He enlisted April 17, 1861. and. as the companyfrom his native town — Kokomo, in Howard County —was full, he went into camp at Indianapolis Thurs-day, the 18th. where he soon found an opportunityto enter active service, being mustered intoCompany C, 7th Regiment of Indiana In-fantry, April 22, 1861. His regiment was the first to leave theState, going by rail to Grafton, Va., June 7th, together with the
. The story of American heroism; thrilling narratives of personal adventures during the great Civil war, as told by the medal winners and roll of honor men . to his former home on Tuesday. He enlisted April 17, 1861. and. as the companyfrom his native town — Kokomo, in Howard County —was full, he went into camp at Indianapolis Thurs-day, the 18th. where he soon found an opportunityto enter active service, being mustered intoCompany C, 7th Regiment of Indiana In-fantry, April 22, 1861. His regiment was the first to leave theState, going by rail to Grafton, Va., June 7th, together with the other troopsthere, went to Philippi, Va., where, onMonday morning, June 3. the 7th Indianain the advance, the command charged intothe encampment of the Confederate forcesunder Garuett, driving them in wild con-fusion. This was the first battle of the war, andthe 7th Indiana captured there the first Con-federate flag taken in action. Not long after this engagement young Anderson was specially detailedas a scout, and being a daring rider, he did most excellent service in andaround Philippi, Laurel Hill, Carricks Ford and Bealton. He was frequently. Captain Marion T. Anderson. 572 THE STORY OF sent on long and dangerous expeditions around the Confederate camps, wherehe passed through many hair-breadth escapes, and hand to hand encounterswith the enemy. At the close of the three months service he was honorably mustered outabout August 8. October 1, 1S61, he again enlisted as private in Company D,51st Indiana Infantry. The following December he was promoted to orderlysergeant, and was later detailed to act as sergeant-major of the regiment, inaddition to his other duties. After the battle of Shiloh, April 30, 1862, he was commissioned 2nd lieu-tenant of his company. While at Stevenson, Ala., the entire command of
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