"he enlisted as a private in Company I, 79th O. V. I. On the 28th of June, 1864, he was discharged, having up to that time, and just prior thereto, taken part with Sherman's army in the battles from Chattanooga to Atlanta, and was severely wounded June 22, 1864. He was commissioned as Captain in the 100th U. S. C. I., taking command of Company D, at Nashville, Tenn., June 28, 1864, and was almost immediately thereafter taken to the hospital on account of the wound, where he remained two months, then assumed command of his company, which, with the balance of the regiment, was assigned to duty on the Northwestern Railroad, and soon thereafter he was placed in command of two companies of the regiment. He went into the country, seized stock from the enemy, and mounted these companies, which performed services as mounted infantry until the battle of Nashville, in which he commanded his company during the two days' fight, and was again seriously wounded about the close of the battle. After recovering from the wound, he was detailed as a member of the military commission in the department of the Cumberland, and there remained about three months, when he again assumed command of his company, with which be continued until the close of the war, when he returned to Lebanon, which has since been his home."
(ref: Beers History of Warren County pg. 792)
from J D Middleton
(ref: Beers History of Warren County pg. 792)
from J D Middleton
"he enlisted as a private in Company I, 79th O. V. I. On the 28th of June, 1864, he was discharged, having up to that time, and just prior thereto, taken part with Sherman's army in the battles from Chattanooga to Atlanta, and was severely wounded June 22, 1864. He was commissioned as Captain in the 100th U. S. C. I., taking command of Company D, at Nashville, Tenn., June 28, 1864, and was almost immediately thereafter taken to the hospital on account of the wound, where he remained two months, then assumed command of his company, which, with the balance of the regiment, was assigned to duty on the Northwestern Railroad, and soon thereafter he was placed in command of two companies of the regiment. He went into the country, seized stock from the enemy, and mounted these companies, which performed services as mounted infantry until the battle of Nashville, in which he commanded his company during the two days' fight, and was again seriously wounded about the close of the battle. After recovering from the wound, he was detailed as a member of the military commission in the department of the Cumberland, and there remained about three months, when he again assumed command of his company, with which be continued until the close of the war, when he returned to Lebanon, which has since been his home."
(ref: Beers History of Warren County pg. 792)
from J D Middleton
(ref: Beers History of Warren County pg. 792)
from J D Middleton
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