 | Joel Dorman Steele - United States - 1885 - 436 pages
...introduced by the republicans, and was made a law July 24, 1897. class of Allegheny College in 1860 ; but on the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted as a private in the Union army. Through bravery and meritorious service he rose to the rank of Captain and brevet Major.... | |
 | John Clark Rand - Digital images - 1890 - 728 pages
...public schools of Marlborough, and at the Commercial College in Worcester. When twenty-one years old, at the outbreak of the civil war, he enlisted as a private in company F, i^th Massachusetts infantry. He was with the army continually, in all of the marches and engagements... | |
 | Entomological Society of Washington - Entomology - 1919 - 768 pages
...graduated in pharmacy at Giessen sometime previous to I860, during which year he came to America. Upon the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted as a private in the 8th New York Volunteers, but was soon afterward transferred to the medical corps as assistant surgeon,... | |
 | United States - 1895 - 578 pages
...studied law, and -was admitted to the bar, and previous to the civil war practiced in Syracuse. At the outbreak of the civil war he enlisted as a private in the 12th New York regiment of volunteers, and was later elected captain of company I. In October, 1861,... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1897 - 956 pages
...admitted to the bar by the supreme court of Ohio, 1859; and removed to Grand Rapids, Mich., 1860. At the outbreak of the civil war, he enlisted as a private in the 2d Mich. vols. ; 1861, Sep. 2, was commissioned capt. 2d Mich, cav., 1862, Apr. 2, promoted maj.;... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1898 - 998 pages
...1843; was educated at Jefferson coll., Penn., and at Princeton and Allegheny theol. seminaries. At the outbreak of the civil war he enlisted as a private in a Penn. regiment, and was mustered out as second lieut., 1805. He was pastor of the Près, church,... | |
 | United States - 1899 - 636 pages
...College in that town until 1858, when he became deputy-clerk in the circuit courts of Petlis county. On the outbreak of the civil war, he enlisted as a private in a Confederate cavalry regiment commanded by Col. Bowmau in Raines' division, Missouri state guard,... | |
 | Joel Dorman Steele, Esther Baker Steele - United States - 1900 - 462 pages
...in the village academy at Poland, O., he entered the junior class of Allegheny College in 1860 ; but on the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted as a private in the Union army. Through bravery and meritorious service he rose to the rank of Captain and brevet Major.... | |
 | Newton Bateman, Paul Selby - Chicago (Ill.) - 1900 - 690 pages
...(who was a stone-mason) to McLean County, Il1., and worked at the manufacture and laying of brick. At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted as a private in the Thirty-third Illinois Infantry, and was dangerously wounded at the assault on Jackson, Miss., in... | |
 | American literature - 1900 - 1286 pages
...Gilder, died at his home in Morristown, NJ, on the 5th inst. He was born in Philadelphia, in 1838. At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted as a private in the Fifth New York Volunteers, (Duryea's Zouaves;) afterwards he was transferred to the Fortieth New... | |
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At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted as a private in the First New Hampshire Volunteers and was later appointed lieutenant of Co. 
