| Massachusetts Historical Society - Massachusetts - 1918 - 636 pages
...education in the public schools of Milford, and later at Lombard University at Galesburg. Upon the breaking out of the Civil War he enlisted as a private in the ist New Hampshire Regiment at the age of seventeen, and at twenty was Colonel of the Regiment. Later... | |
| Amherst College - 1874 - 1100 pages
...admitted to the bar there in December, 1857. He practiced his profession in that city until 1861. On the breaking out of the civil war he enlisted as a private in the First Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers. Three months later he was commissioned Adjutant of the Eighth... | |
| John Franklin Meginness - Reference - 1891 - 316 pages
...to Minnesota. He was a student at Hamlin University, but left to take charge of a newspaper. On the breaking out of the civil war he enlisted as a private in the Volunteer Infantry in 1861. After the first battle of Bull Run, in which he participated, he was made... | |
| Civic leaders - 1894 - 862 pages
...Bradford Guards, in which latter organization he was promoted to the position of lieutenant. At the breaking out of the civil war he enlisted as a private in Co. D, was promoted JOHN C. STEARNS. to the rank of sergeant-major of the ist Vt. Vols., and at the... | |
| United States - 1895 - 578 pages
...clerking in a stove establishment. He remained four years, then went into his father's employ. On the breaking out of the civil war, he enlisted as a private in company C, 113th regiment, New York state volunteers ; was promoted sergeant-major, and soon after... | |
| Charles Ernest Johnston - 1900 - 128 pages
...148. JAMES CHRISTIAN MILLETT (William, Mary, Peter) was born in New York City Oct. 7, 1838. At the breaking out of the civil war he enlisted as a private in the nth NY Cavalry, in which he served about three years. While the regiment was at New Orleans he was... | |
| Industrial arts - 1902 - 888 pages
...Freeport 61 years ago. When little more than a boy he went to Johnstown to work in the mill. At the breaking out of the civil war he enlisted as a private in the Fifty-fourth Pennsylvania infantry, and at the close he was captain of his company. From 1866 to 1874... | |
| Engineering - 1902 - 744 pages
...time international fame has been his as builder of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge. At the beginning of the Civil War he enlisted as a private in the Sixth New York Artillery. He served with this battery for one year, and for the remainder of the war he was... | |
| William Farrand Prosser - Puget Sound (Wash.) - 1903 - 758 pages
...published at Lafayette. His leisure hours during this period were devoted to the study of law. At the breaking out of the Civil war he enlisted as a private in the company commanded by Captain JW Templeton, of Benton county, Indiana. This company was intended for... | |
| Jackson County (Mich.) - 1903 - 1266 pages
...Michigan. As a boy he learned the printer's art and completed his education in a newspaper office. At the breaking out of the Civil war he enlisted as a private in the First Michigan Volunteer Infantry and went to the front, taking part in the defense of Washington,... | |
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