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The right-arm of the Churches-the Sabbath schools of the State-have no superiors anywhere, whether we consider their management, their progress or their numbers. They have 10
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been complimented by experts in Sabbath school work, from the great educational centers of the country, as fully up to the best standards, and equal to any in the front rank of schools in the world. This of course commenced in the cities. Men were found who had peculiar adaptation to this work, men who had the ability and who were not satisfied to be behind the very best of self-sac- rificing Sunday school workers in any land; and they have accomplished all and much more than they promised. And this work has spread by individual effort and by united influence until there is no better system, and none more carefully and conscien- tiously and intelligently followed than that of this new State.
It follows then that we have all the agencies, appliances, and zeal in this great work that is necessary to carry it forward and give the Church, the universal Church, a place in the hearts and homes and the institutions of our State. We are laying the foun- dations broad and deep for an universal acknowledgement of the claims of the Christian Church, and for its firm establishment in the minds and hopes of the people, and as a bulwark against big- otry, fanaticism and indifference, and as a perpetual acknowledge- ment of the enduring truths of Christianity.
The following statistics of our Churches show that our estimate is in keeping with the facts as they exist throughout our borders:
PRESBYTERIAN. Furnished by Rev. Wm. McCandlish, Omaha.
The State of Nebraska had, on the 1st of May, 1879, one Synod in connection with the General Assembly of the Presby- terian Church; three Presbyteries -- Omaha, Nebraska City and Kearney; sixty ordained ministers; one licentiate and four candi- dates for the ministry; 101 organized Churches; 3,573 members; 501 members added on profession last year; 446 members added on certificate last year; 4,250 scholars in Sunday schools; $710 con- tributed to Home Mission last year; $507 contributed to Foreign Mission last year; $33,385 contributed to congregation purposes, including pastors' salary, Church buildings, &c., and $1,544 con- tributed to miscellaneous causes.
CONGREGATIONAL. Furnished by Rev. A. F. Sherrill, Omaha.
The first Society was organized at Omaha, on the 3d of May,
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1856, by Rev. Reuben Gaylord, with six members. Their first Church, a brick, was commenced in 1856 and finished in 1857. A second house of worship, a frame, was built in 1866.
The present number of Congregational organizations in the State is 112; houses of worship, thirty-six; ministers, seventy-four; membership, about 3,000; value of Church edifices, $80,000; college and school property, $55,000; parsonages, (four) $5,000; total value of Church property $140,000.
Doane College, located at Crete, Saline County, founded in 1872 by Colonel Doane, is a flourishing and rapidly growing institution, conducted under the auspices of the Congregationalists. It has an attendance of about one hundred and fifty students, of both sexes. It has an endowment of six hundred acres of valuable Jand adjoining Crete.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL.
The first class of this Society was organized at Omaha, in the summer of 1855, by Rev. Isaac F. Collins, and in the following year their first house of worship, a brick, was erected at Omaha.
The present membership in the State is 8,039; probationers, 1,156; local preachers, 136; Churches, fifty-seven, estimated value, $124,250; parsonages, forty-two, estimated value, $25,025; Sabbath Schools, 172; officers and teachers, 1,478; scholars, 8,745.
EPISCOPAL.
Furnished by Rt. Rev. Bishop Clarkson, Omaha.
Number of baptized members, 3,340; teachers and officers of Sunday Schools, 202; Sunday School scholars, 1,830; Churches, thirty-two, value, $117,500; educational institutions, five, value of buildings, $54,500. The first Church was organized in the spring of 1856, by Bishops Lee and Kemper.
CATHOLIC.
Furnished by Rev. John F. Quinn.
The first Catholic mission was organized by Rev. T. Tracy, in 1854. There was not a dozen Catholic familes at Omaha at that date. Rt. Rev. James O'Gorman was the first Bishop, and made Omaha his See in 1859. He died July 4, 1874. When he arrived at Omaha there were only two Churches in the State, and only two priests. When he died there were fifteen Churches and
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thirty-five missions, attended by thirteen priests. The Catholic population was 10,500. The present Bishop, Rt. Rev. James O'Connor, came to Omaha in 1876. There are now in Nebraska sixty Churches and ninety-five missions, cared for by forty-nine priests. There is one free college, three female academies, three convents and a number of parochial schools.
LUTHERAN. Furnished by Rev. W. A. Lipe.
Number of members, 4,000; Sunday school children, 6,000; congregations, 175; ministers, eighty; Church buildings, thirty; value of Church property, $60,000.
BAPTIST.
Furnished by Rev. E. H. E. Jameson.
The first organization was effected in 1856, at Florence, under the direction of Rev. G. W. Barnes. During the past three years the Baptist Church has increased more rapidly than for any previous period. The last annual report shows 138 Churches, with a total membership of about 5,000. These Churches do not all sustain independent Sunday schools, but unite largely with other denominations. There are, however, about sixty Sunday schools, with an average attendance of 3,600 scholars. The houses of worship are generally small, but the Church at Omaha has recently finished a magnificent building, the total cost of which will not be far from $32,000. The Nebraska City Church is a model of neatness and comfort. The Lincoln Church, besides having a neat house of worship, has recently built an elegant parsonage, at a cost of $2,500.
UNITARIAN.
Furnished by Rev. W. E. Copeland.
The Unitarians have six Societies in Nebraska, and one clergyman the first Unitarian Church of Omaha was formed in 1869. Its first pastor was Rev. H. F. Bond. In 1870 a house of worship was erected worth about $6,000. The Society of North Platte was formed in 1869, and in 1871 a wooden Church was erected valued at $4,000. Societies were organized in Crete and Beatrice in 1875; no Church buildings. The Society of Lincoln was formed in 1874, with Rev. W. E. Copeland as pastor. Soci-
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eties were formed at Fremont and Hastings in 1875, a wooden Church building being erected at the latter place in 1878, valued at $4,000. Rev. W. E. Copeland since moving to Nebraska in 1874, has acted as State Missionary under the auspices of the American Unitarian Association of Boston.
CHRISTIAN.
Furnished by Rev. R. C. Barrow, Tecumseh.
Organized Societies, seventy-two; membership, 3,530; minis- ters, 40; Sunday school children, about 2,402; houses of worship, eighteen; value of church property, $28,900.
Rev. R. C. Barrow has been a traveling missionary of the Church in Nebraska during the past fifteen years, and for ten years " State Evangelist."
We have not been able to gather statistics relating to the other denominations represented in the State, some of whom have a very large membership.
CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL, OMAHA.
CHAPTER XI.
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MILITARY MATTERS.
THE CIVIL WAR-THE INDIAN WAR-STATE MILITIA.
THE CIVIL WAR.
At the commencement of the Civil War in 1861, Nebraska, then only a Territory, had a population numbering between 28,000 and 29,000 souls, of whom, probably, not more than one- fourth were males of the age required for military service, and yet she furnished during the war of the Rebellion, three thousand three hundred and seven officers and men, or about twelve per cent. of her entire population.
The following is a list of the organizations raised, and the number composing each:
First Nebraska Cavalry, rank and file 1,370
Second
1,384
The Curtis Horse
.€
341
" Pawnee Scouts
66
120
" Omaha
66 66
92
Total
.3,307
The First Regiment of Nebraska Volunteers was organized in June, 1861, as Infantry, and so served until November, 1863, when they were changed, by order of the Secretary of War, to the cavalry branch of the service.
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The Regiment, under command of Col. John M. Thayer, embarked at Omaha for the field of action on the 30th of July, 1861, and for the remainder of that year were stationed in Missouri, where they participated in numerous skirmishes and hard marches, going into winter quarters at Georgetown. On February 2d, 1862, they left Georgetown for Tennessee, reaching Fort Henry, in that State, on the 11th of the same month, and immediately proceeded to Fort Donaldson, then under siege by Gen'l Grant, at which place they arrived on the night of the 13th; were ordered to the battle-field the next morning and sustained a creditable part in the battle until the surrender of the Fort two days afterward. This was the first regular engagement participated in by the Regiment; the next was the great battle of Pittsburgh Landing, in April of the same year, where they were thrown into the hottest of the fight, and the mnen all acted so nobly, that their Division Commander, Gen- eral Lew Wallace, in his report of the battle, spoke in the highest praise of their bravery and gallantry. In this battle, as also that of Fort Donaldson, General Thayer commanded the Brigade to which his Regiment was attached.
The Regiment next participated in the battle of Corinth, and during the remainder of the year, 1862, were engaged in innumer- able skirmishes and scouting expeditions in different South- western States. On the 26th of April, 1863, while they were stationed at Cape Girardeau, Missouri, the enemy, under command of General Marmaduke, attacked that post, and were repulsed after a hotly contested fight, with great loss, the First Nebraska taking a prominent part in the battle, and also in the pursuit of the enemy, whom they overtook and had another fight with at Chalk Bluffs, on the St. Francois River.
In the fall of 1863 the Regiment was stationed at St. Louis, doing guard duty and scouting in the adjoining country. By Special Orders No. 278, from Head Quarters Department of the Missouri, dated St. Louis, October 11th, 1863, the First Nebraska was mounted as a cavalry Regiment, and in the following month were ordered to duty in Arkansas where they were engaged in scouting and had numerous heavy skirmishes with the enemy. January 18, 1864, they assisted in the capture of a squad of Rebels
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on Black River, and a few days later a detachment of the Regi- ment, under Lieut. Col. Baumer, had a three day's fight with the Rebels under Col. Freeman, at Sycamore Mountains, whom they completly ronted. At Jacksonport, April 20, they were attacked in their camp by the enemy, who were driven back with consid- erable loss in killed and wounded. At Duvall's Bluffs the Regi- ment was separated, the veterans, under command of Col. Liv- ingstone, going to St. Louis, and the non-veterans, in Command of Lieut. Col. Banmer, remaining at the Bluffs. In St. Louis the veteran Regiment were furloughed until August 13, 1864, at which date they rendezvoured at Omaha, and were assigned to duty in Nebraska. During the summer and fall of 1864, particularly, and up to the time they were mustered out of service, July 1, 1866, the Regiment rendered most valuable and efficient service on the plains in quelling the Indian disturbances of those years; in protecting the lives and property of the settlers, guarding the overland mail rontes, and performing other hazardous and arduous duties. The headquarters of the Regiment during the greater por- tion of the time were at Fort Kearney. In July, 1865, Col. Liv- ingston was mustered out of service under the provisions General Orders No. 83, War Department, leaving Lieut. Col. Wm. Bau- mer in command; and in this month, also, the First Battalian, Nebraska Veteran Cavalry was consolidated with the First Regi- ment Nebraska Veteran Cavalry.
It is to be regretted that the records are so incomplete that the number of killed, wounded and taken prisoners, in the different engagements in which the Regiment participated, cannot be given.
They served faithfully for upwards of five years, took an active part in many of the leading battles of the South, and when their presence was no longer needed to assist in crushing the Rebellion, they nobly came to the protection of their own frontier, then being invaded by the Sioux and other hostile Indians, and it was mainly through the valor displayed by them in many sharp contests with these savages that the Territory was saved from being over-run and desolated.
The following is a list of the field officers of the First Regi- ment of Neb., Vet. Volunteer Cavalry:
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RANK.
NAME.
RESIDENCE.
MUSTERED INTO SERVICE.
REMARKS.
Colonel
John M. Thayer
Robt. R. Livingston Plattsmouth
Oct. 4, '62
June 15, '61 Promoted to Brig. Gen., Oct. 4. 1862. Must'ed out, July 1, 1865.
Lieut. Col. Hiram P. Downs
Nebraska City June 15, '61 Resigned, Dec. 31, 1861.
Wm. D. McCord
Plattsmouth
Jan. 1, '62
Resigned, April 22, 1862.
Robt. R. Livingston
Apl. 22, '62
promoted Colonel, Oct. 4. 1862.
Wm. Baumer
Omaha
Oct. 4, '62
Must'ed out, July 1. 1866.
Major.
Wm. D. McCord
Plattsmouth
June 15, '61 Promoted Lieut.
Robt. R. Livingston
Jan. 1, '62
Wm. Banmer
Omaha
Nebraska City Oct. 4, '62
Sept. 24, '64 Tr'f'd 1st Bat. Nb. Cv. Must'd out July 1, '66.
Thos. J. Majors
Brownville
July 19, '65 Must'ed out, July
1, 1866.
Adjutant. Silas A. Strickland
Bellevue
July 3, '61
Resigned, Apl. 22, 1862.
Francis L. Cramer
Iowa
Apl. 26, '62 Dis'ged for pro- Jan. 1, '64 motion, Oct. 24,6'3. Resigned, Apl. 22, 1863.
R. Q. M.
J. N. H. Patrick
Omaha
July 13, '61
Resigned, Fed. 5, 1862.
Jno. E. Allen
Feb. 5, '62
Resigned, May 9, 1862.
Reg. Com.
John Gillespie
Brownville
Jan. 1, '64
Surgeon.
Enos Lowe
Omaha
Jas. H. Seymour®
Wm. McLelland
Asst. Sur. Wm. McLelland
66
Nebraska City
Oct. 25, '62
July 25, '61 Promoted to Sur- geon, Sept. 7 1862. Resigned, Nov. 28, 1864.
G. W. Wilkinson
Omaha
Brownville
Nov. 28, '62 Must'ed out, July 10, 1865. July 23, '61 Must'ed out, July |10, 1865.
60
Geo. Armstrong
Omaha
Promoted Lieut. Col., Apl. 22, 1862. Apl. 22, '62 Promoted Lieut. Col. Oct. 4, 1862. Resigned, March 13, 1865.
Allen Blacker
F. A. McDonald
Chas. Thompson
May 9, '62
Must'ed out, July 10, 1865. Must'ed out, July 10, 1865.
June 13, '61 Tr'fed to Custer's Jan. 5, '62 Horse, Jan. 5, '62. Died at Helena, Sept. 7, '62 Ark., Sept. 6, 1862. Must'ed out, July 1, 1866.
N. B. Larsh
Chaplain. Thos. W. Tipton
Omaha
Col., Jan. 1, 1862.
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LINE OFFICERS.
Company A-Captains : R. R. Livingston, A. F. Mckinney, Lee P. Gillette; First Lieutenants : A. F. Mckinney, N. J. Sharp, John W. Haygood, Martin B. Cutler; Second Lieutenants: N. J. Sharp, John W. Haygood, John G. Whitlock.
Company B-Captains : William Bumer, Chas. E. Provost ; First Lieutenants : Peter Walter, E. Bimmeman, Theo. Leubben; Second Lientenants: Henry Keonig, E. Bimmeman, Theo. Leub- ben, A. Althaus.
Company C-Captains : J. D. N. Thompson, Thomas J. Majors, Thos. H. Griffin; First Lieutenants: Thomas J. Majors, Ruben J. Beyer, Thomas H. Griffin, David W. Smith ; Second Lientenants: Ruben J. Beyer, Thomas H. Griffin, Wm. A. Pollock, Wilson E. Majors.
Company D-Captains : Allen Blacker, John C. Potts, First Lientenants : Lee P. Gillette, John C. Potts; Second Lieutenants: Chas. E. Provost, Elias M. Lowe.
Company E-Captains : W. G. Hollins, S. M. Curran; First Lieutenants: S. M. Curran, W. S. Whitten, W. H. B. Stout; Second Lieutenants, J. N. H. Pa.riek, W. S. Whitten, Geo. W. Reeves, A. S. Jackson, Lewis J. Boyer.
Company F -- Captains : Thos. M. Bowen, G. W. Burnes, Lyman Richardson, Henry Knhl, E. Donovan ; First Lieutenants: Alex. Scott, J. P. Murphy, Wm. M. Alexander ; Second Lieuten- ants Alex. Scott, Jno. P. Murphy, Fred. Smith, Merril S. Tuttle, Wm. B. Raper.
Company G-Captains : John McConihe, Thos. J. Weather- wax; First Lientenants: J. Y. Clopper, T. J. Weatherwax, Morgan A. Hance; Second Lieutenants: M. A. Hance, Jno. S. Seaton.
Compuny H-Captains : Geo. T. Kennedy, Win. W. Ivory ; First Lieutenants: L. W. Sawyer, Silas A. Strickland, W. T. Clark, W. R. Bowen; Second Lientenants: W. T. Clark, S. A. Strickland, S. W. Moore, Jas. M. Noster.
Company I-Captains : Jacob Butler, Henry H. Ribbel, J. P. Murphy; First Lientenants : H. II. Ribbel, F. D. Cramer, E. Peck, J. Talbott ; Second Lieutenants: F. L. Cramer, E. Peck, Francis A. McDonald, Geo. P. Belden.
Company K -- Captains: Jos. W. Paddock, Ed. Lawler, H. F.
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C. Krumme, Lewis Lowry ; First Lieutenants : Robt. Howard, E. Lawler, E. Donovan, Jas. Steele; Second Lieutenants: E. Lawler, E. Donovan, Lyman Richardson, Lewis Lowry.
THE SECOND REGIMENT NEBRASKA CAVALRY.
Was organized in the fall of 1862, as a nine months Regiment, and served about one year.
During the greater part of the time it was attached to General Sully's command, and participated in the campaigns of that General against the hostile Indians in Western Nebraska and Dakota, who, fresh from the great massacre of whites in Minnesota, were retir- ing southward, threatening the lives of the settlers on the frontier, hundreds of whom were abandoning their homes and fleeing for safety to the older settlements.
At the battle of White Stone Hill, in Dakota, in September, 1863, the causualities in the Second Nebraska, were seven men killed, fourteen wounded and ten missing ; besides the loss of five horses killed, nine wounded and nine missing. The enemy were com- posed of the Upper and Lower bands of Yanktonai Sioux, the Black feet Sioux, and the Brule, Sans-Arc and Cathead bands of Sioux, numbering about 2000 warriors, under the command of the cele- brated Yanktonai Chief, Two Bears, who, with his forces, was com- pletely routed. In theirflight they abandoned their tents, clothing, cooking utensils, and valuables of all kinds, even leaving behind many of their children.
The following is a list of the commissioned officers of the Second Nebraska Cavalry :
FIELD AND STAFF.
Colonel, R. W. Furnas. Brownville.
Lieutenant Colonel, W. F. Sapp Omaha.
Major, George Armstrong. Omaha.
Major, John Taffe. Omadi.
Major, John W. Pearman. Nebraska City.
Surgeon, Aurelius Bowen Nebraska City.
Assistant Surgeon, W. S. Latta Plattsmouth.
Assistant Surgeon, H. O. Hanna
Adjutant, Henry M. Atkinson. Brownville.
Reg. Quarter Master Josiah S. McCormick. . Omaha.
Reg. Commissary, John Q. Goss Bellevue.
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OFFICERS OF THE LINE.
Company A-Captain, Peter S. Reed; First Lieutenant, Silas E. Seeley, Second Lieutenant, Elias H. Clark.
Company B-Captain, Roger T. Beall; First Lieutenant Charles D. Davis; Second Lieutenant, Chas. F. Porter.
Company C-Captain, Theodore W. Bedford; First Lieuten- ant, Jas W. Coleman; Second Lieutenants, H. M. Atkinson, Jacob B. Berger.
Company D-Captain, Henry Edwards; First Lieutenant, Henry Gray; Second Lieutenant, Wilbur B. Hugus.
Company E-Captains, Robert W. Furnas, Lewis Hill; First Lieutenants Lewis Hill, John H. Maun; Second Lieutenants, John H. Maun, Alex. S. Stewart.
Company F-Captain, Dominick Laboo; First Lieutenants, Chas. W. Hall, R. Mason; Second Lieutenants, R. Mason, H. R. Newcomb.
Company G -- Captain, Oliver P. Bayne; First Lieutenant, Chauncey H. Norris; Second Lieutenant, Joseph F. Wade.
Company HI-Captain, John W. Marshall; First Lieutenant, Isaac Wiles; Second Lieutenant, Abraham Deyo.
Company I-Captains, John Taffe, Silas T. Leaming; First Lieutenants, Silas T. Leaming, Moses H. Deming; Second Lieu- tenants, Moses H. Deming, Jacob H. Hallock.
Company K-Captain Edwin Patrick; First Lieutenant, Win. B. James; Second Lieutenant, Philip P. Williams.
Company L-Captain, Daniel W. Allison; First Lieutenant John J. Baiyne; Second Lieutenant, Daniel Reavis.
Company M-Captain, Stearns Cooper; First Lieutenant, Obadiah B. Hewitt; Second Lieutenant, Francis B. Chaplin.
FIRST BATTALION NEBRASKA VETERAN CAVALRY.
When the Second Nebraska Cavalry was mustered out of service in September, 1863, Major George Armstrong was com- missioned by Governor Saunders to raise an independent battal- ion of cavalry from the veterans of the Second Regiment, to serve during the war. This battalion, consisting of companies A, B, C and D, was mustered into service as the First Battalion, Nebraska Veteran Cavalry, and assigned to duty on the Plains.
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In July, 1865 this battalion was consolidated with the First Reg- iment Nebraska Veteran Cavalry, and one year later was mus- tered out of service ..
The following is a list of officers of the First Battalion Nebraska Veteran Cavalry.
Company A-Captains, Geo. Armstrong, Chas. F, Porter; First Lieutenants, Chas. F. Porter, John Talbot; Second Lienten- ants, H. F. C. Krumme, Merril S. Tuttle.
Company B-Captain, Z. Jackson; First Lieutenants, Jos. N. Tuttwiler, W. H. B. Stout; Second Lieutenant Jas. M. Nosler.
Company C-Captain, Henry Kuhle; First Lieutenant, Mar- tin B. Cutler; Second Lieutenant, Geo. P. Belden.
Company D-Captain, Henry F. C. Krumme; First Lieu- tenant, Wm. R. Bowen; Second Lieutenant, Samuel A. Lewis.
CURTIS' HORSE.
The four Companies, A, B, C and D, composing the first bat- talion of this Cavalry Regiment, which was afterwards united with the Fifth Iowa Cavalry, were mainly recruited in Nebraska.
Company A, was recruited at Omaha by M. T. Patrick, and was composed chiefly of men from Nebraska. It was mustered into the U. S. service at Omaha September 14, 1861, by Lieut. J. N. H. Patrick; M. T. Patrick, of Omaha, Captain.
Company B, was recruited at Omaha by J. T. Croft, and was composed of men from Nebraska and a few from Iowa. It was mustered into service at Omaha, September 21, 1861, by Lieut. J. N. H. Patrick; John T. Croft, of Omaha, Captain.
Company C, was recruited at Nebraska City and in Page County, Iowa, by Captain J. M. Young and Alfred Matthias, and was mustered into service at Omaha, September 19, 1861, as a half Company, and October 3, 1861, as a full Company, by Lieut. J. N. H. Patrick; J. Morris Young, of Page County, Iowa, Captain.
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Company D, commenced recruiting at Omaha, and was mustered into service as a half Company, with Wm. Curl as First Lieutenant, at St. Louis, October 30, 1861. Here it was joined by a detachment of Missouri Volunteers, and was mustered in as a full company at St. Louis, November 13, 1861, with Harlan Beard, of Nebraska, as Captain.
The following is a list of the Field Officers of the Curtis Horse Cavalry Regiment at the completion of its organization, February 1, 1862:
W. W. Lowe, Colonel; M. T. Patrick, Lieut-Colonel; W. B. McGeorge, Adjutant; Enos Lowe, Surgeon; B. T. Wise, Assistant Surgeon; Jerome Spillman, Chaplain.
OFFICERS OF THE NEBRASKA BATTALION.
Company A .- Captains -- M. T. Patrick, promoted Lieutenant Colonel, November 13, 1861; Wmn. Kelsey, promoted Major, Feb- ruary 1, 1862; John J. Lower, resigned December 19, 1862; Sam- uel Paul, promoted from Q. M. Sergeant.
First Lieutenants-Wm. Kelsay, promoted Captain, November 13, 1861; John J. Lower, promoted Captain February 1, 1862; Horace Wallers, resigned June 1, 1862.
Second Lieutenants-John J Lower, promoted First Lieuten- ant, November 13, 1861; Horace Wallers, promoted First Lieuten- ant February 1, 1862; F. A. Williams, resigned June 8, 1862; Marion A. Hinds, promoted from First Sergeant.
Company B .- Captain-John T. Croft.
First Lieutenants-Milton S. Summers, wounded and died August 29, 1862; Erastus G. McNeely, promoted from Second Lieutenant.
Second Lieutenants-Jere. C. Wilcox, promoted Captain of Company H; Erastus G. McNeely, promoted First Lieutenant September, 1, 1862; Douglas H. Stephens, promoted from First Sergeant.
Company C .-- Captains-Morris J. Young, promoted Major, November 1, 1862; Alfred Matthias, promoted from First Lieutenant.
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First Lieutenants-Alfred Matthias, promoted Captain, Decem- 22, 1862; Chas Langdon, promoted from Second Lieutenant.
Second Lieutenants-Charles Langdon, promoted First Lieu- tenant December 22, 1862; Wm. T. Wilhite, promoted from First Sergeant.
Company D .- Captains-Harlan Beard, promoted Major, November 1, 1862; Wm. Curl, promoted from First Lieutenant.
First Lieutenants-Wm. Curl promoted Captain November 1, 1862; W. C. McBeath,
Second Lieutenants-Wm. Aston, promoted Bat. Adjt. Janu- uary 9, 1862; Wm. C. McBeath, promoted First Lieutenant No- vember 1, 1862; Wm. Buchanan, promoted from First Sar- geant.
The Curtis Horse served their time in the Southwestern Army, where they fought heroically in some of the most promi- nent battles and saw much hard service generally. They were almost constantly on the go, being engaged in many of those great raids which so crippled the enemy and gained for the Cavalry Branch of the service such deserved fame, especially during the latter part of the Rebellion.
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