John Shoals,27th.,Mass.infantry.

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John Shoals, private company C.,not co.H., 27th.Massachusetts infantry,residence Amherst;farmer;age 18;enlisted October 1,1861, mustered the same.  Appointed Corpl.January,1863;re-enlisted November 25,1863.wounded May 9,1864; Arrowfield Church,Virginia.  wounded again on March 8,1865, at South West Creek, N..C. discharged for wounds September 4,1865. John Shoals,Co.C.,wounded in groin.  later to be wounded in leg,leg amputated.

Harrison Kelley or Kelly, 44th.,New York Infantry.

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HARRISON KELLEY or KELLY     

Was a member of Col. Ellsworth's U. S. Zouave Cadets in Chicago and at the time they made their memorable tour of the principal cities of the country. He served with Battery A, Chicago Light Artillery in the three months' service; with Battery left Chicago for the front on the 21st day of April 1861, being the first troops that left that city for the War. Enrolled in the 44th N. Y. Vols., September, 1861.  Was in the hands of the enemy as a prisoner for about sixty days after the seven days' battle, in front of Richmond. Was wounded at the Battle of Fredcrickslnirg and was discharged on tender of resignation shortly after that engagement.

Service Record.

KELLEY, HARRISON.—Age, 21 years. Enrolled, September4, 1861; at New York city, to serve three years; mustered in asfirst lieutenant, Co. B, September 20, 1861; appointed adjutant,July 4, 1862; wounded in action, December 13, 1862, at Fredericksburg, Va.; promoted captain, Co. G, December 18, 1862; discharged for disability, February 9,1863; also borne as Kelly; eonimiissioned first lieutenant, October 12,1861, with rank from September 20, 1861, vice L. S. Larrabee, promoted; adjutant, October 29, 1862, with rank from July 4, 1862, vice E. B. Knox,promoted; captain, February 25, 1863, with rank fnun December IS. 1862, vice C. R. Becker, resigned

CAPTAIN A. W. HOSFORD . IOWA.

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CAPTAIN A. W. HOSFORD COMPANY G.

A. W. Hosford was born June 14th, 1839, in Lorain county, Ohio, where he resided until the spring of 1855, when, with a determination to do and dare for himself, he packed his grip and started for the far west, arriving at Dubuque, Iowa, March 17th of that year. At this date no railway had penetrated the northwest as far as the Father of Waters, the terminus of the Illinois Central railroad then being Galena. Illinois. At this place he took stage for Dubuque, Iowa, a lively town of about eight thousand inhabitants. Having been brought up on a farm he sought employment as a farm hand : failing to find immediate employment in this line, he worked in a brick yard for three months, when he engaged with a farmer, receiving a man s wages, twenty dollars per month, though but sixteen years of age. Here he remained, working at whatever he could find to do, until August, 1857, when he concluded that to fight successfully the battle of life required a better education than he had yet received. So. gathering up his effects, which amounted to two hundred and fifty dollars, he returned to Oberlin, Ohio, where his mother then lived entering college at this place, pursuing special studies until the spring of 1859, when with a depleted treasury he returned to Dubuque, Iowa. Here he at once secured a position as teacher in a public school near Reed's Chapel, where he had formerly worked. After teaching this school one term, he was appointed teacher at Rockdale, near Dubuque. which position he held until the breaking out of the rebellion.

The disaster to the Union arms at the battle of Bull Run reimmediately enrolled his name in the cavalry company then forming in Dubuque, which became Company G, First Iowa Cavalry. In this company he served till its final muster out, February 15th, 1866. He was appointed corporal October 1st, 1861 ; promoted sergeant May llth, 1863 ; re-enlisted December 9th, 1863 ; commissioned Second Lieutenant, April 4th, 1864, and placed in command of detachment of Company G composed of nonveterans and recruits. This detachment he commanded until the return of the veterans from their furlough and Missouri campaign, when he was placed in command of the company. Was promoted Captain January 3d, 1865. Served as Provost Marshal on General Thompson s sin the Rockdale flouring mills, which with his partner he continued to operate until the autumn of 1884. The succeeding moved all doubt from his mind as to his duty to the Government he had early been taught to love and reverence. So he two years he improved and operated his farm at Manchester, Iowa.

January 1st, 1887. he opened a real estate, loan and insurance office, where at this writing, September 5th, 1890, he may be found, at the southeast corner of Main and Eighth streets, Dubuque, Iowa. He occupies a pleasant house with his wife and three children, Amanda L.. Richard W. and Ida F., in the suburbs of Dubuque, Iowa. Here he expects taff during the Texas campaign under General Custer.

After his muster out he returned to Dubuque, married Miss Sidonia Nailer, settled down on a farm, followed this avocation till the spring of 1874, when he sold out, and with his family visited Europe, where his youngest surviving child was born. Returning home a year later, he bought an interest to remain till he shall conquer his last enemy and be gathered to his fathers.

A. W Hosford gives statement on General Custer's Cruel treatment of his men, under his command.

I. A. W. Hosford. late Captain Company G, First Iowa Cavalry Vol unteers, would respectfully state on oath, that I was Provost Marshal on the staff of Colonel Wm. Thompson, commanding brigade during the campaign of 1865. from Alexandria, Louisiana, to Austin, Texas, under the command of General Ouster. That in the discharge of my official
duties I became an eye-witness of the operation and effects of the commanding General s heartless and infamous orders, most of which are published in the Adjutant General s report of 1867. For example, one order required the command to march in close columns of fours, and any trooper found out of his place in the column with his horse was dismounted and sent to the rear, and required to complete the campaign on foot, and his horse given to a trooper that had been marching on foot from the start.

In that malarious country many men were afflicted with the old army complaint on this campaign, and the frequent pauses of such kept them running- a great portion of the time to catch up with their horses, that had to be left in the moving column ; and in a num ber of instances have I seen them fall down completely exhausted, and I verily believe were left to die on the roadside, as the greater part of the few ambulances provided were kept with the commanding General  in the advance, for the accommodation of his tired dogs. To fully understand the operation of this order it is necessary to know that, though we had lain in Alexandria a good while, and many cavalry regiments had been mustered out of service, leaving the Government with an abundance of horses, yet fifty or more men from each regiment were started out on this campaign on foot something we had never before during our long service under any other commander been required to do. We had been in the service nearly five years, and now that the war was over, why we should be thus treated was a mystery ruone of us were able to solve.

Though this march was made in the hottest part of the year, August and September, we were required to keep our jackets buttoned, and all our arms, ammunition and rations slung to us, and the dust so thick much of the time we could not see our file leaders. To endure this was all a well man could stand. What must have been the suffering of the sick ones ? Our hardship and suffering would have been endurable had we been provided with enough wholesome food. But our rations
were of the poorest quality and scanty in supply. My recollection is that up to the time of the arrest of Horace C. Cure no rations of beef had been issued to the command, but instead, bacon alive with maggots and hogs 1 jowls with tusks six inches long by actual measurement. With such rations, and abundance of cattle in the country, I heard of no in stance of foraging or any depredations of any kind being committed, except the killing of the little steer by Horace C. Cure and others, for which he was punished so severely and disgracefully, while the value of the steer could not exceed at that time and place five dollars.

As Provost Marshal my duties required my presence in every part of the command, and not a single instance of highway robbery or the maltreatment of any citizen came to my knowledge, but I heard many of them speak of the orderly behavior and good demeanor of the troops comprising this command. Though the commanding General has now
gone to his reward, in justice to the honorable, loyal and brave heroes of his command he so maliciously slandered to vindicate himself. I can say no less than to pronounce him a heartless tyrant, totally unfit to have been trusted with an independent command.

As I read his endorsement by his lackey, James W. Forsyth, my blood fairly boils with indignation toward the man that would thus libel this command of veteran heroes, thus bartering- his honor as an officer and his character as a man for the promise of a promotion in the not distant future.

The fact of the matter is. General Custer was called upon to give anaccount of himself for his cruel and unlawful conduct toward his command, and to clear himself was willing to sacrifice every man in his command, and to give him a good send off his prototype, Forsyth, was willing to go him one better. But I will venture to say that this man Forsyth is the only one in that whole command by whom General Custer could substantiate what he says in his statement of October 26th, 1865, or the only officer that would approve of his arbitrary and cruel treatment of the men of his command.

I will further make affidavit to the truthfulness of Lieutenant Colonel A. G. McQueen's report of the campaign to the Adjutant General of Iowa, with the statement that it is not colored in the least.

(Signed,) A. W. HOSFORD,

Late Capt. Co. G. 1st Iowa Cavalry.

Isaac W. Derby.

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Corpl. Isaac W. Derby, Co. A.

Lost an arm at Bull Run. July 21, 1861. Was the first New Hampshire soldier to surfer a capital operation in the war. went to Boston in 1867, engaged in real estate business, and was a member of the Massachusetts House of Reps, in 1873-4. Has been for 21 years a Deputy Tax Collector for the City of Boston.

Isaac W. Derby, of Company A. His arm had been smashed in the affair at Cub Run, and amputation was necessary. Derby consenting, the operation was performed without the use of anaesthetics, and with no light except such as was afforded by a tallow candle and a flickering brush fire. Derby was a nervy man. He never entered a hospital at all, and after a few days was attending to such duties as a one-armed man could do about camp.

Service Record.

Second New Hampshire Infantry.

Isaac W. Derby, Company A., Born Fairlee, Vermont. Age 25, Residence Westmoreland.  Enlisted April 25, 1861, foe 3 months, not muster.  Re-enlisted May 21, 1861, for 3 years, Mustered in May 31, 1861, at Bladensburg Maryland.  Subsequent service Second Lieutenant Company H., V. R. C., P. O. address Charlestown Massachusetts.

Henry Simon, Rhode Island.

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Henry Simon.

14th., Rhode Island Heavy Artillery ( Colored ).

Captain Henry Simon was a descendant of a noble family of Germany, bearing the name of Rinscoff. His father, Pierre Simon Rinscoff, emigrated from Frankfort-on-the-Main to France, where he dropped this patronymic, and retained only the christian and middle name, by which he was thenceforth known. The subject of our sketch, son of Pierre and Emily Simon, was born in Bordeaux, France, in the year 1S12. When he was about three years of age his father emigrated with his family to the United States, and settled in New York City. Henry Simon attended the public schools of that city in his youth. After leaving school he entered a book-store, but subsequently learned the jeweler's trade. After completing his term of service, he engaged in business on his own account, and obtained considerable celebrity for the manufacture of "curb chain," in which he was particularly skilled. In 1845 he went to Providence, and for several years was associated with Mr. James E. Budlong in the manufacture of jewelry. This connection was subsequently dissolved, and he continued in the same business.

Mr. Simon early interested himself in military affairs, and while in New York City joined the Light Guard, a celebrated military organization of that city, and thus was formed a natural taste for military life. At the outbreak of the Rebellion he manifested â–  patriotic desire to the Union cause, and when the Fourth Rhode island infantry was ized, on Oct. 2, 1S61, he was commissioned captain of Company C of that regiment, and accompanied General Burnside in his North Carolina expedition, lie shared with his regiment in the perils and discomforta of the voyage to Hatteras. The short allowance of water, inferior quality of rations, and the offensive atmosphere of closely packed quarte shipboard, were themes of mirthful description, while the sterneities of battles at Roanoke island, New Berne, and the siege of Macon, called out the finer qualities of a soldierly spirit. Captain Simon participated in all the varied experiences of the regiment, until Aug. 11,1862, when he resigned and returned to Rhode Island.

In the early formation of the Fourteenth he took an active interest and was appointed captain of Company B, Sept. 13, 1863. His company was attached to the First Battalion of the Fourteenth. He proceeded with it to New Orleans, and from thence to Fort Esperanza, Texas.  This battalion remained here until it was ordered to Camp Parapet, La., and in July by direction of Gen. T. W. Sherman proceeded to Fort Jackson and St. Philip, on the Mississippi, which forts the battalion soned for several months.

We quote from Bartlett's Memoirs of Rhode Island Officers: A sunstroke, from which he never entirely recovered, was followed by an attack of chills and fever, which, with his ordinary duties, ami the anxiety induced by the sickness of more than forty of his men. paved the way for the utter prostration of his system, and ultimate death.  Describing his situation at that time, he says:'I would far rather Inplaced in the front, liable at any moment to be engaged with the enemy, than in this. It is nothing, in comparison, to fall in the field, where at least one has an honorable death. Here, his eldest son, a youth of fifteen years, to whom he was devotedly attached, sickened of malignant typhoid and died September 6th. The loss of rest in constantly taking care of him, and the mental depression caused by the bereavement, together with anxious thought for his family, which occupied his mind to his latest hour, probably hastened the fatal termination of disease, that under brighter skies, might have been averted. Soon after the death of his son, Captain Simon was seized with the same malignant dl He was removed to Saint James Hospital, in New Orleans, where, Oct. 6, 1864, at the age of fifty-two years, he yielded up his mortal life.

"Captain Simon was a man of courteous manners, cherished a high sense of honor, and, as an officer, an excellent disciplinarian possibilities of the battle-field were ever present to his mind, and a filial trust in an all-gracious Providence disciplined him to contemplate calmly results that might prove fatal to himself. In the darkest experiences of life, a cheerful and hopeful nature looked forward with confidence to the lifting of the cloud. His purest enjoyments were in the midst of his family, to whom, in an extraordinary degree, he was tenderly devoted. To a surviving widow and nine children his loss is irreparable. With the fire department, under the volunteer system, he was honorably associated, and discharged the duties of his position with energy and fidelity. The strong hold he had upon the respect of those who knew him most intimately in private life, was equally apparent in his regiment, the officers and men of which, in token of regard, defrayed the expense of removing his remains from New Orleans to Providence, while the enlisted men of his company contributed and forwarded to his family, a purse of nearly one hundred and fifty dollars, — a spontaneous and touching tribute to the worth of their commander as a man and an officer."

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COMPANY B.

Captains. Henry Simon. Commissioned captain Co. C, Fourth Rhode Island Infantry, Sept. 13, 1861; mustered in Oct. 30, 1861; resigned at Fredericksburg, Va., Aug. 11, 1862; commissioned captain Fourteenth Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, Dec. 10, 1863; assigned to Co. B; remustered to date Sept. 14, 1863; president of a general court-martial, Matagorda Island, Texas, March 20, 1864; on general court-martial, June 2-16, 1864; borne as absent sick in St. James Hospital, New Orleans, La., from Sept. 8, 1864, until Oct. 6, 1864, when he died.

William Pitt Follansbee.

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William Pitt Follansbee.

First Illinois Light Artillery.

The subject of this sketch was a native of Chicago, having been born in that city Oct. 29, 1841. His parents were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Follansbee, who were among Chicago's most prominent, old and wealthy- families. He always lived in the city of his birth, attending her schools during his boyhood days. After leaving school he was engaged as salesman for C H. Beckwith, wholesale grocer, and was so occupied when the war began. He left his situation and enlisted as private in Fatten "'A," July 28. 1861. He was with the battery continuously, taking a conspicuous part in all its engagements until mustered out at the expiration of his term of enlistment. [ulv 25, 1864. He then returned to Chicago and engaged in the grocery business with Lewis F. Jacobs, also a member of the battery, both having been messmates in the same squad throughout the war. He quit tins busin ss and went to Larkspur, Colo., where he purchased a large ranch and embarked in the cattle business, in which he was engaged at the time of his death, which occurred Feb. 25. 1870. Jib remains were brought home and buried in Graceland. He had never married. His mother and brothers still livee in Chicago.

James A. Dole, Maine.

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First Maine Heavy Artillery.

 

First Lieutenant JAMES A. DOLE. 

 Joined Company F as Corporal, was promoted to Sergeant and Orderly Sergeant for his recognized abiUty to fill this difficult position. His services as Orderly and Lieutenant in Company F marked him as one of the best among our many able and popular young officers. In action he was brave, cool and discreet. Careful to guard his men from useless waste of life, he would lead them into the fiercest of the fray when the supreme moment came. He accompanied the writer in an attempt to rescue some wounded comrades in the early morning of June 19 after the fatal charge. His courage could never be questioned afterwards. He has been prominent as merchant in Bangor and banker in California since the war.

Guerrillas of the Civil War.

Here are some faces of guerrillas and what happed to them after the War.
This information came from a book by John N. Edwards, pub. 1879.
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Oll Shepherd, was killed by a Jackson county vigilance committee, fighting to the death.

George Shepherd is ranching somewhere in the West.

Andy McGuire was hung by a mob at Richmond, Ray county,Missouri, charged but charged unjustly with having been engaged in the robbery of the bank there and the killing of three of the citizens of the town.

Payne Jones survived Quantrell's desperate raid into Kentucky, and returned to Missouri to be killed by Jim Crow Chiles. Later on Jim Crow Chiles himself was killed by a citizen of Independence.

Dick Burnes, another of Quantrell's most desperate men, went to sleep one might in an orchard where there was some straw, and when found the next morning he was found with his head cleft in twain as though while he slept some powerful assassin had cloven it with an axe.

John Jarrette has a sheep ranche somewhere in the wilds of Arizona.

Jesse and Frank James are outlaws and trading in cattle along the lower Rio Grande river, sometimes in Texas and sometimes as far in-land in old Mexico as Mont erey .

Fletch or Fletcher Taylor is a most worthy citizen, rich, popular , and universally respected.

James Anderson, William Anderson's brother, was cut to pieces in Texas in a bowie-knife fight.

Dave Poole is in New Mexico.

William Greenwood is a prosperous farmer in northeastern Missouri.

Dick Maddox was killed by a Cherokee Indian just after the close of the war.

George Maddox was arrested arbitrarily after the surrender for his participation in the Lawrence Raid, and was confined a long time in jail. He escaped, however, to go back into peaceful life, and made as good a citizen as he made a soldier.

Arch Clements was murdered in Lexington.

Frank Gregg, charged with the killing of a citizen of Lafayette county while the war was going on, was arrested in Independence and carried to Lexington for trial. Gen. Shelby interposed in his behalf, and Frank Gregg was acquitted.

Tom Little was hung by a vigilance committee in Warrensburg, Johnson county, one of the most virulent and bloodthirsty committees ever known to the criminal annals of Western Missouri.

Tom Maupin tends his flocks and herds far down in Texas.

Guerrillas Faces.

 

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George F. Conn, First Ohio Cavalry.

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CAPTAIN GEORGE F. CONN.
George F. Conn was born in Coshocton County, Ohio, October 30, 1836, and was a teacher before the war. Studied dentistry after leaving the army. Died at Soldiers Home (National) at Milwaukee, Wis., October 13, 1886. Captain Conn was appointed First Lieutenant of Company B, First O. V. C., August 17, 1861, and was promoted to Captain, June 10, 1862, and resigned September 20, 1864. Company B left Camp Chase about October 1, 1861, and about two months before the balance of the regiment left for the front. It was sent on an expedition against Humphrey Marshall and had a
sharp fight at Liberty, Ky., before the balance of the regiment arrived. Captain Conn was with his command almost contin
uously during his three years service, and commanded his com pany after Captain Laughlin was promoted to Major. While in command of his company at Washington, East Tennessee, defending a ford against the crossing of General Wheeler s forces, September 30, 1863, he was wounded in the hand. He was then sent home on leave of absence and did not see much further active service on account of his health

John Luwell Brigham.

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John Lowell Brigham.

Birth: 1832.

Death: Oct. 10, 1874.

Died aged 42 years 4 mos. 4 days.

1st Lieut., Cos. F & S., 1st Mass. Cavalry.

Burial: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachuset.



Service Recoed.

John L. Brigham, Private, Co. M., Mustered December 26, 1861, at Boston.  Regtl. Com. Sergt, 1st., Lieutenant Regtl. Com. of Sub,. March 7, 1862.  Exp. November 6, 1864.  Captain and Com. of Sub. October 25, 1864.  Staff of Major P. H. Sheridan.  Honorably mustered out as Captain and Bvt. Major, October 9, 1965.

Levi Cassity, Tenth Illinois Cavalry.

Levi Cassity.

Name: CASSITY, LEVI. Rank: PVT. Company: B. Unit: 10 IL US CAV. Personal Characteristics. Residence: AUBURN, SANGAMON CO, IL. Age: 26. Height: 5' 11. Hair: SANDY. Eyes: GRAY. Complexion: LIGHT. Occupation: FARMER. Nativity: IL. Service Record. Joined When: SEP 20, 1861. Joined Where: BERLIN, IL. Joined By Whom: MAJ J S SMITH. Period: 3 YRS. Muster In: NOV 25, 1861. Muster In Where: CAMP BUTLER, IL. Remarks: DISCHARGED DEC 31, 1862 FOR DISABILITY.

The following was taken from the history of the Union Indian Brigade.

Battle of Prairie Grove.

To further strengthen his advance while forming his brigade in line of battle, Colonel Wickersham sent to its support a section of two-pounder steel howitzers attached to the Tenth Illinois Cavalry, under Corporal Levi Cassity. On proceeding down the road the Corporal passed a short distance beyond the line of the advance Federal squadrons with his howitzers when a Confederate force less than one hundred yards off fired a volley at him, wounded him in the arm severely, killed one of his horses and wounded the other. After this mishap the men in charge of the other gun fell back rapidly with it to the main column, then form ing in line and unlimbering, sent several rounds of canister into the Confederate force, causing it to retire into the timber. At the favorable moment, Lieutenant J. M. Simeral, First Iowa Cavalry, took twenty men, rescued the abandoned howitzer and Corporal Cassity, who had remained with it, and brought them back into the Federal line.

The follwing was taken from the official records.

Part of a report of Colonel Dudley Wickersham, tenth, Illinois Cavlary.

At this juncture a section of the 2-pounder howitzers was ordered to their support; ere they arrived, their movements being characterized with no delay, the enemy had fallen back some 150 yards. The howitzers proceeded some 100 yards down the road in advance of my forces, and there received a terrible fire from the enemy, wounding Corpl. Levi Cassity, of Company B, Tenth Illinois Cavalry, destroying one of his arms, and Private E. McCarty, of Company G, of same regiment, both belonging to the front gun, the former in command thereof Corporal Cassity's horse attached to the gun wounded. The others, beholding this, feel back with the remaining gun to the head of the column, then at Marr's house, and opened into the enemy's ranks with several rounds of canister, killed 30 men.Finding at this time that our infantry was hotly engaging the enemy from a position a short distance in my front, from an open meadow adjacent to a corn-field on my left, I left with my command to support them; when, just before reaching them, I received your ordered to given way to the left, to permit your battery to come to their relief, and your fur their order to support said battery. Just prior to these changes, Lieutenant -- (name unable to learn), with 20 men from Companies L and M, First Iowa Cavalry, volunteered to rescue the missing upon-a perilous task, speedily and meritoriously accomplished. The enemy had not taken it from the field, having been driven back immediately, subsequent to delivering their fire upon it, by the galling fire of my howitzer. Here an individual act of heroism became known, and is worthy of mention, namely, Corporal Cassity was still with the gun, having refused to desert it.

Names of Flagman, Civil War.

Flagman Alonzo H. Hurd, Company H, First Minnesota Volunteers. 

Flagman Edward G. Redner, Thirty-fourth New York Volunteers.

Flagmen Oliver S. Temple, Forty-third New York Volunteers.

Flagman S. W. Shirley, Sixteenth Indiana Volunteers.

Flagman Peter Spargo, First Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteers.
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First Lieutenant William S. Gogswell, Company I, fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers, and First Lieutenant Henry S. Taff, Company H, Fifteenth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, acting signal officers, having carried their flags in action at Port Royal Feerry, S. C., and in a manner to receive the official approbation and mention of the military and naval officers under whom they were serving, will hereafter bear upon their battle-flags a star having inscribed "Port Royal Ferry" in place of the block now borne. The name of the non-commissioned officer or private who acted as flagman during the action for which any flag is decorated will be reported to the Chief Signal Officer with a statement of the circumstances, in order that the name of the flagman may be laid before the commander in chief on the list of those who have rendered meritorious service.
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I desire to call especial attention to the coolness and efficiency of Private George H. Walker,signal flagman. For some months I have known of Walker's capacity to read. Ho obtained the code over a year ago through the negligence and carelessness of an officer instructed at Annapolis. For a long time I promised the severest punishment to my men if caught attempting to read or to obtain any portion of the code, but finding that officers senior to myself not only tolerated but encouraged their men to do so, I spoke of it, and was informed that the matter was well know to Major Myer. Since being at Yorktown, therefore, I have allowed Walker to read, and have been astonished at his intelligence, superior to that of some officers I have worked with Lieutenant Benson and myself abbreviated all ordinary messages to at least one-fourth their length if sent in full; but Walker seldom has trouble to read them. In directing the fire of the Morris on the 1st instant I at first partially spelled out the messages, using only the more suggestive abbreviations, such as eny, enemy; apch, approach, &c. But desiring to work more quickly I used the abbreviations fll, ef, of of, ect, and was somewhat astonished at Walker's receiving them all instantly and correctly without once calling for a "report." He has never heretofore received the official abbreviations from me, but I have now given them to him, as I deem myself justified in doing, as I am liable to any time to have occasion to use them with him.
I desire to recommend Private Walker for promotion. I intended to have recommended him for appointment as sergeant under the new organization of the Signal Corps, and now I consider that he has doubly earned his chevrons. Walker has been with me since June 25, 1862, and I have has ample opportunity of knowing his capacity.
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Flagman Charles A. Griffin
Flagman James H. Smith.
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flagman, First-Class Private Joseph A. Sedam, Signal Corps, U. S. Army.
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 flagman, Private Warren W. Palmer, stood at his post like a true and tried soldier, for which he deserves great credit.
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Flagman Private Ezra M. Chaffee, Sixth Michigan Cavalry, Company F
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 flagman Private J. W. Brown.
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flagman, Timothy S. Marsh, Company D, Twenty-first Massachusetts Volunteers.
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Edward M. Heyl

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Edward M. Heyl.

Birth: Feb. 14, 1844, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
Death: Jan. 2, 1895.
Wife: Mary Delphine Heyl (1861 - 1902.)
Burial: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia.
 
Edward Miles Heyl: Born in and appointed from Pennsylvania. Quartermaster-Sergeant and First Sergeant Company E, Third Pennsylvania Cavalry, August 12, 1861 ; Second Lieutenant September 8, 1862 ; First Lieutenant May I, 1863; Captain May 2, 1864; Honorably mustered out August 24, 1864 ; First Lieutenant Ninth Cavalry July 28, 1866 ; Captain July 31, 1867; Transferred to Fourth Cavalry December 31, 1870; Major and Inspector-General February 19, 1885; Lieutenant-Colonel and Inspector General September 22, 1885 ; Colonel and Inspector General February 12, 1889; Brevetted Major February 27, 1890, for gallant services in actions against Indians at the Rio Pecos, Texas, June 7, 1869, the Salt Fork of the Brazos River, Texas, September 16, 1869, and at the South Fork of the Stano River, Texas, September 24, 1869, in which last-named action he was severely wounded ; Died January 2, 1895.

Battle of Brandy Station

June 9, 1863

A party of officers were grouped just in front of our skirmish line, engaged in a discussion as to the distance of the Confederate line, and one made a bet that they were out of carbine range. The bet was taken, and Lieutenant Edward M. Heyl, of Company I, one of the best shots in the regiment, was asked his opinion. Quietly going up to one of his men, whose carbine he had tried before and knew to be a good one, he set the sight for what he estimated the distance to be, aimed it carefully and with deliberation at the man on the right of the skirmish line, fired, and the man tumbled off his horse. That settled the question.

John E or ( F). Ridley.

John E. Ridley.
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JOHN E. RIDLEY.

John F. Ridley was born in Berlin, Worcester county, Mass, March 3oth, 1840. He lived there a few years ; then moving to Canton, Mass, where he stayed a short time, thence to Lynn, Mass, living there until 1843, from thence to Andover, Mass., where he entered the dry goods store of Ira, Truell & Co., of Lawrence in the fall of 1859. Staying there until the fall, 1860, and then entering the employ of W. A. Balcom.

Enlisted August 9th, 1862, in Company B, Forty-first Massachusetts Infantry, under Captain L. D. Sergeant afterwards Major and Colonel of the Third Massachu setts Cavalry, going from Lawrence to the camp at Lynnfield, and from there to Boxford. He went to Union Race Course, Long Island, N. Y., and at that place, sometime in November, 1862, was detailed, and put into the Signal Corps.

John E. Ridley Taken Prisoner.

 

Hardly had the " Sachem " come within range of the enemy's batteries, when a shot struck her steampipe and disabled her. On board of her were Dane, Borden, Cobb, and Ridley, all belonging to the regiment, detailed at Long Island by Col. Chickering at Banks' request. Borden came from Company A, Captain Vinal ; Ridley from Company B, Captain Noyes ; and Cobb from Company C, Captain Swift. They were all good men, and had, by meritorious conduct, commended themselves to their superior officers. When the " Sachem " was struck by the shot from the enemy's battery, she Hauled down her colors and surrendered. After continuing the fight for about twenty minutes, the " Clifton " followed suit. When the shot struck the "Sachem," Borden and Cobb were killed by the scalding steam.

When the gunboat surrendered, Lieutenant Dane and private Ridley were, of course, made prisoners. Abraham F. Borden was a good soldier, and a brave man. His home was in New Bedford. He was married, and left a wife and two childen to mourn his sad end. Andrew P. Cobb enlisted in Roxbury. His home was on the Cape, in the village of Hyannis. A widowed mother mourned his death for many years. His name is on the soldier's monument in the town of Barnstable.

Writing of this unfortunate affair, Ridley says : " I learned after the " Johnnies " got us into Texas, that Borden and Cobb were taken on shore, and buried on Texas soil. That is all I could ever learn of them."

Concerning his experiences as a prisoner of war. Flagman Ridley writes : " At the time I was taken prisoner with Lieutenant Dane, on September 8th, 1863, we were carried up the river to Sabine City. From this we were taken to Beaumont. At Beaumont we were put on board some platform cars, and carried to Houston, Texas. Spent Sunday at latter place (we were captured on Thursday); from Houston we went to the town of Hampstead, and were put into a camp where there were some sheds. Here we were kept awhile, and then "paroled" for the road. An exchange was soon to take place- at Shreveport, La.

Aaron Cone Jewett

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Aaron Cone Jewett.

Aaron C. Jewett, of Ann Arbor. Jewett was a leading spirit in University circles. His parents were wealthy, he an only son to whom nothing was denied that a doting father could supply. Reared in luxury, he was handsome as a girl and as lovable in disposition. It was current rumor that one of the most amiable young women in the college town— a daughter of one of the professors was his betrothed. He was graduated with the senior class of that year and immediately enlisted. Notwithstanding his antecedents and his station in life he performed his humble duties in the ranks without a murmur, thus furnishing one more illustration of the patriotism that animated the best type of young men of that day. Ah ! He was a comely soldier, with his round, ruddy face, his fresh complexion, his bright black eyes, and curling hair the color of the
raven, his uniform brushed and boots pohstied to the pink of neatness.

These things together with his modest mien and close attention to his duties made of him a marked man and, in a short time, regimental headquarters had need of him. He was detailed as clerk, then as acting sergeant major and, when early in the year 1863, it was announced that Hiram F. Hale was to be appointed army paymaster, Jewett was chosen to sueceed him as adjutant, but had not received his 1 commission when death overtook him at Williamsport, Maryland, July 6. there was grief in the Sixth of Michigan on that fateful night when it was known that Aaron Jewett lay within the enemy's lines smitten by a fragment of a shell while faithfully delivering the orders of his colonel to the troops of the regiment as they successively came into line under a heavy fire of  artillery. Weber and myself with our men tried to recover the body, but were unable to do so, a force of  confederates having gained possession of the ground. Later Jewett's father succeeded in finding the body of his son and performed the sad duty of giving it proper sepulture.

Authors note.  You can read more about him and his family by going to the site of ( Find a Grave.)

Henry Martin Kellogg

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Henry Martin Kellogg.

Brith: Jan. 10, 1834.
Death: May 20, 1863. Parent: Elam Kellogg (1795 - 1872.)
Wife: Amanda Sarah Whiting Kellogg Bardwell (1834 - 1906.)
Child: Harry Whiting Kellogg (1861 - 1952.)
Burial:Shelburne Center Cemetery, Shelburne, Franklin County, Massachusetts.
Plot: Right Side of Gate Row 3

The following was taken from the 33rd, Illinois Infantry Regimental History.

Captain Henry Matin Kellogg's Death, May 20, 1863..

Capt. Kellogg, Company C, had a strong presentiment that he would be killed in making this passage, and he coolly arranged all his business matters with his Orderly Sergeant, appointing him his administrator, and desiring his body to be sent home. I saw him just as we began the passage and he was cool and courageous as ever. We moved by the right flank across the railroad on the double-quick, where, to my surprise, we were not fired upon. We then filed to the left and attempted to pass into the next hollow over the lowest and least exposed point, and though we were now nearly concealed by a thicket, we received a heavy volley of grapeshot right in our midst. I looked around to see who of our brave boys had fallen ; but all appeared to have escaped. A few yards further on, as we descended into the hollow, an officer close to me fell dead; it was Capt. Kellogg. .

Capt. Kellogg's body was taken by Sergt. Bush on the 21st to Young's Point on the Mississippi in an effort to send it home ; but this being found impossible, it was buried on the river bank there, and efforts made some months later to find the grave were not successful.  He is one of many victims of the war who "sleep in unknown graves". 

His service record. 

Henry Martin Kellogg, First Lieutenant, 33rd., Illinois Infantry, Co. C., Residence Bloomington, Enlisted August 30, 1861, Promoted Captain January 24, 1862.  Killed in action May 20, 1863, at Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Amandus L. Bush.

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Amandus L. Bush.

Birth: 1833
Death: October 25, 1914.
Burial: Oak Hill Memorial Park, Escondido, San Diego county California.

The following is taken from the 33rd., Illinois, Regimental History.

First Lieut. Amandus L. Bush was an officer full of good nature and enterprise. He was inclined to take things as they came without complaining, which is an excellent characteristic of a soldier. Bush was always ready to share his last dollar and only cracker with any soldier, and if the good wishes of his comrades are worth anything, his chickens will all lay golden eggs. He is in the poultry business in Escondido, California.

Amandus L. Bush, First Lieutenant, Company C., 33rd., Illinois Infantry, Residence Bloomington, Service, December 27, 1863 through December 7, 1865.  Discharged with Regiment. Veteran.

Sergeant.

Name: BUSH, AMANDUS L Rank: SGT Company: C Unit: 33 IL US INF. Personal Characteristics Residence: BLOOMINGTON, MCLEAN CO, IL Age: 28 Height: 5' 10 1/2 Hair: BLACK Eyes: HAZEL Complexion: DARK Marital Status: MARRIED Occupation: TINNER Nativity: PA Service Record Joined When: AUG 15, 1861 Joined Where: BLOOMINGTON, IL Joined By Whom: EDWARD R ROE Period: 3 YRS Muster In: AUG 22, 1861 Muster In Where: CAMP BUTLER, IL Remarks: PROMOTED 2LT

Second Lieutenant.

Service Record Joined When: JUL 3, 1863 Joined Where: NEAR VICKSBURG, MS Joined By Whom: LT MEINHOLD Period: 3 YRS Muster In: JUL 3, 1863 Muster In Where: NEAR VICKSBURG, MS Remarks: PROMOTED 1LT

First Lieutenant.

Service Record Joined When: MAY 13, 1864 Joined Where: NEW ORLEANS, LA Joined By Whom: CPT DERUSSY Period: 3 YRS Muster In: MAY 13, 1864 Muster In Where: NEW ORLEANS, LA Muster Out: NOV 24, 1865 Muster Out Where: VICKSBURG, MS Muster Out By Whom: LT ROZIENE Remarks: None

Joseph A. Ege.

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Joseph A. Ege.

Birth: Apr. 13, 1842 Newville Cumberland County Pennsylvania.
Death: Sep. 21, 1903 Montgomery County Pennsylvania.

The son of Joseph Arthur & Jane Elmira Woodburn Ege and husband of Henrietta Virginia (Richardson) Ege, whom he married on September 2, 1868.

A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Newville, Cumberland County, August 6, 1862, and mustered in Harrisburg August 14 with Co. E, 130th Pa Inf, at the rank of 2nd sergeant. Promoted to 1st sergeant August 17, 1862, and to 2nd lieutenant December 13, 1862. Suffered a "slight" head wound at Fredericksburg and again in the arm and chest at the battle of Chancellorsville. Also enlisted in Harrisburg June 26, 1863, with Co. F, 1st Pa Battalion, at the rank of 1st lieutenant. Promoted to captain July 13, 1863, and discharged January 9, 1864.

Reenlisted January 13, 1864, and mustered February 26 as captain of Co. D, 187th Pa Inf. Promoted to lieutenant colonel June 19, 1865, and discharged August 3, 1865.

Burial: Hillside Cemetery Roslyn Montgomery County Pennsylvania.

Short notes from 187th., Pennsylvania Regimental History.

Company F. Captain Joseph A. Ege, Cumberland county, June 26, 1863. 
Company F., Captain Joseph A. Ege, June 26, 1863, promoted from First Lieutenant July 13, 1863.  Mustered out with company January 9, 1864.

May 19 or 20, 1864, the members of company D., presented Captain Joseph A. Ege with a very beautiful sword and belt.

June 23, 1864, Captain Joseph A. Ege was slightly wounded in the thumb by a piece of shell.

Joseph A. Ege, Lieutenant Colonel, February 26, 1864.  Promoted from Captain Co. D., June 18, 1865.  Mustered out with Regiment August 3, 1865.

The Amputees, Civil War.

The following Information comes from the Official Records.
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Second New York Artillery Co. I.

BELL, JOHN.-Age, 21 years. Enlisted, January 18, 1864, at Avon, N. Y.; mustered in as private, Co. I, January 23,1864, to serve Three years; transferred to Co. E, date not stated; wounded in action, December 9,1864, at Hatcher's Run, Va.; discharged for disability, October 5, 1865, at Hick's General Hospital, Baltimore, Md.  Left leg amputated.

Second New York Artillery Co. D.

COFFIN, JAMES D.—Age, 19 year®. Enlisted, February 29,1861, at BTidgewaber; mustered in as private, Co. D, February 29, 1864, to serve three years; wounded in action, May 19, 1864, at Spottsylvania, Va.; discharged for disability, March 30, 1865, at Baltimore, Md.  Left Arm amputated.

10th., Illinois Infantry.

Captain Frank Munson, wounded in left arm, amputated.

Captain Charles Carpenter, wound in left hand, third finger amputated.

11th., United States Infantry.

Second Lieutenant, A. J. Barber, Legs amputated above the knees.

Captain J. M. Goodhue, finger amputated.

Twenty-first Louisiana Infantry

Corpl. F. Haggerty, Company D, Twenty-first Louisiana Infantry (heavy batteries), loss of leg by wound and amputation.

33rd. Ner Jesery Infantry.

Private Lewis Margold, Company G, Thirty-third New Jersey Volunteers. He was admitted November 25, complaining of his arm, and saying he had been struck by a shell. The limb seemed numb and useless, but the skin was not broken nor even discolored. It was not very closely examined, but no particular lesion was supposed to exist. In a few days it swelled, became discolored, signs of mortification appeared and much constitutional disturbance. It was treated by deep and long incisions, warm fomentations, and tincture of iodine applied above the incisions.  Finally, on the 22nd December, the arm was amputated above the elbow, and the humerus disclosed two fractures, running into the humero-ulnar articulation. This case was sent to field hospital December 29, and its termination is unknown.

9th., Pennsylvania Cavalry.

Captain E. A. Hancock, Company B, Ninth Pennsylvania Cavalry, wounded, causing amputation of the left leg.

31st. or 32nd, Missouri Infantry.

Private Burt Clouts, Company F, knee, amputated.

100th., Illinois Infantry.

 Joseph Butcher, private, Company F, leg amputated.

7th., Michigan Cavalry.

 Joseph Butcher, private, Company F, leg amputated.

23rd., Ohio Infantry.

Captain John U. Hiltz, of Company C, and excellent officer, had his right leg amputated.

63rn., Ohio Infantry.

Lieutenant Colonel Charles E. Brown, commanding Sixty-third Ohio, was wounded near the close of the action in the leg, which has since been amputated near the thigh.

83rd., Indiana Infantry.

Colonel Benjamin L. Spooner was severely wounded (had left arm amputated),

!4th., U. S. Colored Infantry.

 Private Daniel L. Brown, Company C, right leg amputated. 

95th., Illinois Infantry.

Samuel Snyder, Company A, left leg broken by a lump of hard red clay, so as to require amputation above the knee, and he is not expected to live.

United States Army.

Colonel Hugo Wangelin, wounded in arm at Ringgold (since amputated).

41st., Ohio Infantry.

Colonel Aquila Wiley, Forty-first Ohio Volunteers, commanding the First Battalion, was shot through the leg, making amputation necessary. The loss to the service of this officer cannot be properly estimated. He was always prompt and thorough, and possessed capacity and knowledge of his duties that never left him at fault. I know no officer of equal efficiency in the volunteer service, and none whose past service entitle them to better reward. The service and losses of his battalion, composed of the Forty-first and Ninety-third Ohio Infantry, also stand conspicuous.

125th., Illinois Infantry.

Richard Clearwater, Company G, wounded, foot amputated.

27th., Illinois Infantry.

 First Lieutenant Joseph Voellinger, Company A, received a musket shot just below the knee, breaking the bone, necessitating amputation of limb.

4th., Virginia, Infantry.

Lieutenant A. P. Bourn, Company F., permanently disabled by amputation (since dead).

3rd., United States Infantry.

George B. Butler (severely wounded, arm amputated);

3rd., Michigan Infantry.

Colonel B. R. Pierce, Third Michigan, was wounded in the leg, since amputated

20th., New York Militia.

George W. Peet, of Twentieth New York State Militia, of same brigade (was wounded in the early part of the engagement by a cannon-shot in the leg, rendering amputation necessary.

10th., Georgia.

Lieutenant J. McNeil, of Company C, whose leg has since been amputated..

18th., United States Infantry.

Corpl. Bernard [C.] Connelly of Captain Henry Belknap's company (D), Third Battalion, attached to Second Battalion; wounded severely in the leg by a shell, whose leg has since been amputated.

7th., Massachusetts Infantyr.

Nathaniel Geary, amputation of right leg above the knee.

3rd. New York Cavalry.

Private William Bellows, Company C, wounded seriously, left arm amputated.

7th., Minnesota, Infantry.

 Private Andrew Agren, Company C, wounded in right leg, suffered amputation above knee joint.

2nd., Kansas Cavalry.

Private Vincent B. Osborn, of the Second Kansas Cavalry, had his thigh bone shattered whilst making the cable of the Jacobs fast on shore. His leg was subsequently amputated and his life is lost.

15th., Army Corps.

Sergt. Marshall House, Company F, was severely wounded in the thigh; leg since amputated.

25th., Winsonsin Infantry.

Colonel Wager Swayne, commanding, was wounded by a shell, and his right leg amputated above the knee.

32nd., Iowa, Infantry.

Captain Theodore De Tar, commanding Company D, who, after pursuing the enemy to the mountain, was wounded in the right ankle, making an amputation necessary.

95th., Illinois Infantry.

Sergt. John Kennedy, Company A, Ninety-fifth Illinois Volunteers, knee carried away by a cannon ball or unexploded shell; primary amputation of the thigh.

8th., Michigan, Infantry.

 Henry McComas, Company E (leg amputated).

2nd Illinois Light Artillery.

 Private Thomas McCauley had his thigh broken by a shell; his leg was amputated.

49th., Tennessee, Infantry.

Colonel W. F. Young, of the Forty-ninth Tennessee, was severely wounded while discharging his duty with that uniform coolness and gallantry which has characterized him during his whole term of service. His wound was so severe as to require the amputation of his right arm, and will, I fear, permanently disable him from duty in the field.
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C. S. Army.

During all these operations, and up to 27th of July, the brigade was under command of Brigadier General M. D. Ector. On that day, while in the redan occupied by Ward's battery and directing the fire of the same, General Ector received, by a piece of shell which exploded in the redan, a painful wound above the left knee, which caused the amputation of the left leg about midway the thigh.

1st., Missouri Light Artillery.

Corpl. William Miller wounded, and leg amputated.

31st., Iowa Infantry.

 private of Company H, was wounded in both thighs, severely in the flesh of the left thigh, and the bone of the right thigh broken. His right leg has been amputated above the knee, and it is feared that his wounds will or have already proved mortal.

William G. Ewin, Tennessee.

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CAPTAIN WILLIAM G. EWIN.

Written by Rev. J. H. McNeilly, of Glen Leven Church, NashviUe, Tenn.

William Goodwin Ewin was the second son of Mr. John H. Ewin, who was for many years the head of a wholesale drug business in Nashville; and who gave two sons to the cause of the South in her struggle for independence.

The older son, Colonel Henry Ewin, was mortally wounded in the battle of Murfreesboro, where his conspicuous courage won for him promotion to a position which he did not live to fill. The younger son was bom in Davidson county, Tennessee, Jan. 17, 1842, and received the usual education of a youth in his circumstances. After leaving school, he managed his father's farm for a short time, until the beginning: of the Civil War in 1861.

He was a young man of fine address and winning manners, very popular with all who knew him. He had been brought up to regard honor and duty above all else, and when Tennessee seceded and the governor called for troops to defend the South from invasion, he recognized the call as the voice of patriotism, and responded at once with all the ardor and enthusiasm of a brave and generous spirit.

He enlisted as a private in the Hickory Guards, and was made orderly sergeant of the company, which afterward became Company A of the Twentieth Tennessee Regiment of Infantry. He was with his company in the arduous service of the first year of the war, where the battles of Fishing Creek and Shiloh tested the qualities of his regiment, and gave it a reputation for courage second to none.

When the army was reorganized after the battle of Shiloh, Sergeant Ewin was elected captain of his company, a tribute to his character as a man and a soldier. He showed his fitness for command, not only by his coolness and courage on the field, and his kind care for his men, but also by the strictness of his discipline, so that his company was accounted one of the best drilled in the army. He shared all the privations and hardships of his men with bright cheerfulness, and was with his regiment in the many engagernents in which it won renown as the best regiment in the division. In the bloody battles of the Army of Tennessee from Fishing Creek to Murfreesboro and Chickamauga, and in the long-drawn conflict from Dalton to Kennesaw, Captain Ewin led his company with distinguished courage.

In the battle of Kennesaw Mountain on the 27th of June, 1864, he was severely wounded, making it necessary to amputate his leg. He was thus rendered unable for future service in the field, but for the remaining months of the war he continued his connection with the army, unwilling to be discharged, and ready to render any service he could to the cause he loved so dearly.

When the end came, in May, 1865, he came home as a paroled prisoner, and cheerfully set himself to do his duty as a citizen under the changed conditions. With the same courage which had marked his career as a soldier, he went to work with energy to make a living under adverse circumstances.

On Nov. 23, 1865, he was married to Miss Sallie House, the daughter of Mrs. John Thompson of Davidson county, Tennessee. She lived only a few years, leaving at her death a daughter, now Mrs. E. L. McNeilly. Captain Ewin was afterward married to Miss Martha Hillman, a daughter of Mr. George Hillman. She with several children survive him.

Captain Ewin's popularity with his fellow citizens was attested by his being twice elected clerk of the county court of Davidson county. The duties of the office were discharged with characteristic fidelity.

After his retirement from office, he engaged for a while in the hardware trade. He then removed to Humphreys county, Tennessee, and took charge of the Hurricane mills, a large establishment for manufacturing woolen cloth. He continued at the mills until his death, on the 30th of July, 1882.

Captain Ewin was a fine type of the class of men who defended the South in the great war. He was a man of unflinching courage, of devotion to principle, of strict integrity, of a high sense of honor. He was genial, warm hearted, kind, and courteous. He won and held friends.

He was a consistent member of the Christian Church, sincere, earnest, and faithful, and he died in the hope of a blessed immortality. His memory will ever be cherished by his old comrades as a soldier true and tried, and by his associates in civil life as a citizen honorable and upright. His friends in the intimacy of social life remember him as a gentleman without stain or reproach, a kind, loving, and gracious friend.