. The Ninth New York heavy artillery. A history of its organization, services in the defenses of Washington, marches, camps, battles, and muster-out ... and a complete roster of the regiment . olderbrothers were educated, one of them at West Point, the otherin Union, our officer had his instruction at the hands of privatetutors, under the care and direction of his mother, but theprocess, sometimes considered enervating, in his case does notseem to have had that effect, for we surely never saw the timewhen he was not an energetic leader of his men. This coursein his education may have been nece
. The Ninth New York heavy artillery. A history of its organization, services in the defenses of Washington, marches, camps, battles, and muster-out ... and a complete roster of the regiment . olderbrothers were educated, one of them at West Point, the otherin Union, our officer had his instruction at the hands of privatetutors, under the care and direction of his mother, but theprocess, sometimes considered enervating, in his case does notseem to have had that effect, for we surely never saw the timewhen he was not an energetic leader of his men. This coursein his education may have been necessitated by early troubleswith his eyes. His career as an officer of the Ninth it is quite unnecessaryto rehearse here, but of his life after leaving us much may besaid. Commissioned brigadier general for gallantry at Monoc-acy, it was a strange decree of fate that he should be stationedso near his former command, though not in the same depart-ment, being in command of the 1st Brigade, 3d Division, De-partment of West Virginia. While he took some of his friendsfrom the regiment with him to Martinsburg, it is a fact thatso often did duty call our officers and men to that place, he must. ao S -^a 03 D ao x o 3 a- O id X S Z, -J 050) o a S3 o 03 a 03 a C3 o PERSONAL SKETCHES. 437 have been able to see a soldier from the Ninth any day he military family included our former quartermaster, H. , and Lieutenant George R. Watson, his there did not come to General Seward the same kindof service that he had done so well when with his old regiment,he was by no means consigned to a bed of roses. Martinsburgbecame a great depot of supplies, and guerrillas held him in fullsurvey. It speaks volumes for his affectionate remembranceof his old boys that he asked, through the secretary of war andthe adjutant general, that the Ninth might be assigned as apart of his command. This was on the 3d of October, and therequest was referred to General Sheridan, but
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