...vast wealth within their grasp. Few were engaged in lumbering, the only outlet being by means of rafts floated down Flat River. Mr. Fuller saw the grand...brar.ch of the service. Mr. Fuller was very popular >vith his brother officers, and men; and, upon retiring from the regiment, was presented with an elegant...

...entered politics, was probate judi;e, a member of the Constitutional Convention, and in the State Senate. When the civil war broke out he was among the first to offer his services, and was made colonel of the Fourteenth Illinois Infantry. He arose to the rank...

...with the book trade, see pages 312, 1019.) He subsequently removed to New Haven, and was living there when the civil war broke out. He was among the first to catch the patriotic glow of the time, and desired to obey the first call of the president for troops;...

...with the book trade, see pages 312, 1019.) He subsequently removed to New Haven, and was living there when the civil war broke out. He was among the first to catch the patriotic glow of the time, and desired to obey the first call of the president for troops;...

...Reading the esteem, of his fellow citizens was shown by his election to the office of village president. When the civil war broke out he was among the first to respond to the call for troops. He enlisted in the First Michigan Light Artillery, n ' Battery I, and...

...English and French officers who also served in that war. He came back to New York, and was practising law when the Civil War broke out. He was among the first to offer his services, and at the outset of the struggle served on the staff of General John C. Fremont....

...moved the family in ah ox cart to Bradford county, Pennsylvania, where Horace was reared to manhood. When the Civil war broke out he was among the first to offer his services, enlisting in August, 1862, with the One Hundred and Forty-first Regiment, Pennsylvania...

...continued many years with Mr. Brier as journeyman, and ultimately succeeded him as proprietor of the shop. When the civil war broke out he was among the first to respond to the call to arms in defense of the integrity of his native land. As a private in the ranks...

...to the South, and, like many other good and brave men of the North, became one of the Dixie people. When the Civil War broke out he was among the first to enlist in the Confederate Army. He began as a private but soon became a captain. He was in the siege...

...both of the wars In which this nation has engaged since he became connected with the State Militia. When the Civil War broke out he was among the first to join the Union ranks. He was commissioned as First Lieutenant and Adjutant of the 2nd New Jersey Volunteers...