...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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,...