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I. The stated business of the meeting will be the investure of Companions elect and the ballotting for candidates for membership.
II. The following candidates for membership will be ballotted for : For the First (Ist) Class:
DANIEL MACAULEY,
Late Colonel IIth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry; Brevet Brig .- Gen. U. S. Vols.
REGISTER-Born Sept. 8, 1839, New York City, N. Y. Volunteered, as a private soldier April 14, 1861, in Indianapolis, Ind .; accepted by Indiana State Authorities under the first call for 75,000 men, as Ist Lieut. of Co. E, 11th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and as such received and now possesses the first marching order issued by the State of Indiana, in the war of the rebellion, dated, April 16, 1861 ; mustered into the U. S. service as Ist Lieut. and Adjutant IIth Indiana Vol. Infantry, Col. Lew Wallace, for 3 months, April 22, 1861 ; discharged with regiment to reorganize for 3 years August 4, 1861 ; mustered into the U. S. service, same position and regiment for 3 years August 31, 1861; promoted to Major April 21, 1862; Lieut .- Col. Sept. 4, 1862; Col. March 10, 1863: Breveted Brig .- Gen. March 13, 1865; discharged with regiment July 26, 1865, on account of close of the war; appointed Col. 9th regiment, Hancock's Ist Army Corps, August 10, 1865; breveted Brig .- Gen. August 16, 1865 ; finally discharged March 12, 1866, after 4 years and II months continuous service.
HISTORY OF SERVICE-Served with regiment in 3 months' service 1861 part of the time being detached at Cumberland, Md., and engaged with the enemy at Kelley's Island and Romney, Va .; in Abercrombie's Brigade, Gen.
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Patterson's Army, until end of term of service; in 3 years' service was wit Grant at Paducah, Ky., and in battles and capture of Forts Heiman, Henr and Donelson; at Shiloh and siege of Corinth in Gen. M. L. Smith's Brigade Wallace's Division ; after the capture of Corinth marched to Memphis, Tenn and thence to Helena, Ark., and served for about one year in various expedi tions and skirmishes ; joined Gen. Grant's forces in the Vicksburg campaign serving in the marches and in the battles of that campaign in Gen. Hovey' Division 13th Army Corps; badly wounded at the battle of Champion Hills Mississippi, May 16, 1863; returned to duty on recovery, after the surrender o Vicksburg, and joined Gen. Banks' forces in Louisiana; for several months in command of Brigade and commanded the Post of Thibodaux, La .; regimen veteranized and went to Indiana on veteran furlough, via., ocean steamer, to New York; returned to the Department of the gulf, via. Mississippi River, and in July, 1864, ordered by ocean to Washington, D. C., and from Washington in command of the 2d Division 19th Army Corps, went to Monocacy Junction served as Regimental, Brigade and Division Commander through Sheridan': Shenandoah Valley campaign until badly wounded, Oct. 19, 1864, at Cedar Creek, Va., bullet still'in the body ; on recovery joined regiment and in com mand of Baltimore, (2d Brigade) until discharge, July 26, 1865 ; appointed Col 9th Regiment Ist Army Corps (Hancock's), and served in Indianapolis unti- final discharge March 12, 1866; breveted Brig .- Gen. March 13, 1865; com- manded 3d Brigade 2d Division 19th Army Corps in fight at Halltown, Va. Aug. 24, 1864 and commanded advance skirmish line of six regiments during the entire night after fall of Fisher's Hill, Va., Sept. 22, 1864, to Woodstock, Va.
Address, American Hotel, Columbus, O. Occupation, Hotel Proprietor.
RECOMMENDED BY COMPANIONS :
Charles O. Wood, H. M. Neil, Hamilton W. Pierson.
CARL BERLIN,
Late Ist Lieut. First New York Light Artillery ; Brevet Captain ; Brevet Major U. S. Vols.
REGISTER-Born May 17, 1834, Ystad, Sweden. Commissioned Ist Lieut. 8th New York Vol. Cavalry, Oct. 6, 1863 ; brevet Captain U. S. Vols. Aug. I, 1864; discharged by reason of expiration of term of service of regiment, Dec. 8, 1864; commissioned Ist Lieut. Ist New York Light Artillery Nov. 10, 1864; brevet Major U. S. Vols. April 9, 1865 ; discharged by reason of close of the war, June 17, 1865.
HISTORY OF SERVICE-Reported at headquarters Army of the Potomac early in Oct., 1863; ordered on duty as Aide-de-Camp to Brig .- Gen. Henry .J. Hunt, Chief of Artillery of the Army of the Potomac ; participated in the Mine Run campaign ; ordered to join regiment in Dec., 1863 ; ordered to re- port to Brig .- Gen. Barry, Inspector of Artillery at Washington, D. C., about Feb., 1864; assigned to duty again as Aide-de-Camp on staff of Gen. Hunt,
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Chief of Artillery Army of the Potomac, March 7, 1864, participated in the campaign of 1864 and in all its battles from the Wilderness to Petersburg and siege of that place ; appointed Inspector of Artillery of the Artillery Brigade, 5th Army Corps, Dec. 23, 1864, and as such took part in all the movenents and operations around Richmond and Petersburg resulting in the fall of those cities and the surrender of the insurgent Army under Gen. Robt. E. Lee.
Address, National Military Home, Dayton, O. Occupation, Adjutant and Inspector Soldiers Home, Dayton, O.
RECOMMENDED BY COMPANIONS:
Theo. Cox, Justin H. Chapman, A. H. Mattox.
JOHN D. MADEIRA,
Late Captain 73d O. V. I.
REGISTER-Born Chillicothe, O., Nov. 5, 1839. Appointed 2d Lieut. 73d O. V. I. Oct. 9, 1861 ; Ist Lieut. Dec. 30, 1861 ; promoted to Captain Aug. 6, 1862; mustered out by reason of expiration of term of service Dec. 29, 1864; appointments, promotions, and services were in the 73d O. V. I. recruited organized and commanded by Col. Orland Smith.
HISTORY OF SERVICE-Entered active service in the field with the 73d O. V. I. under Col. Orland Smith in W. Va., Feb., 1862 ; served with the regiment under Generals Rosecrans, Milroy and Fremont; then under Generals Schenck and Sigel on the Rapidan and Rappahannock; afterward under Gen. Howard; then with Gen. Hooker in Tennessee and Georgia, and finally marched to the sea with Gen. Sherman; was present at and participated in the various battles and skirmishes in which the 73d O. V. I. was engaged ; notably, Second Bull Run, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Lookout Valley, Mission Ridge, Resacca, New Hope Church, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, etc .; served on staff of Col. Orland Smith as A. A. I. G. and on staff of Gen. F. C. Barlow.
Address, Chillicothe, O. Occupation, Banking.
RECOMMENDED BY COMPANIONS :
Orland Smith, E. C. Dawes, Frank J. Jones.
BENJAMIN F. STONE,
Late Co. C, 73d O. V. I.
REGISTER-Born Dec. 4, 1831, Washington Co., O. Appointed Ist Lieut. Co. C, 73d O. V. I., Dec. 30, 1861 ; appointed Adjutant 73d O. V. I. June 20, 1862; Captain Co. C, 73d O. V. I., March 1, 1863 ; mustered out at expiration of term of service Dec. 29, 1864.
HISTORY OF SERVICE-Entered upon active service with regiment in Feb., 1862, in W. Va .; campaigned under Gen. Rosecrans at New Creek, Moorfield
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and Clarksburg; thence, under Gen. Milroy, across the Alleghanies, at Mon- terey and McDowell ; under Freemont in Shenandoah Valley ; under Sigel at Cedar Mountain and compaign following ; at Second battle of Bull Run, thence, in campaign at Fredericksburg; in the 11th Army Corps at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg ; then under Gen. Hooker to Chattanooga: in battle of Lookout Valley ; Mission Ridge ; March to Knoxville and all through the campaign to Atlanta ; thence, under Sherman to Savannah ; was A. A. A. Gen. of 2d Brigade 11th Army Corps and 20th Army Corps; on staff of Gen. Orland Smith and Gen. F. C. Barlow.
Address, Chillicothe, O. Occupation, Attorney.
RECOMMENDED BY COMPANIONS:
Orland Smith, E. C. Dawes, Frank J. Jones.
WILLIAM J. MORGAN,
Late Captain Co. H, 4Ist O. V. I.
REGISTER-Born Monmothshire, England, Nov. 27, 1838. Enlisted in the Creighton Zouaves as a private soldier; company was assigned to 7th Regi- ment, O. V. I., Co. A, Col. E. B. Tyler; promoted to Corporal and Sergeant ; appointed Ist Lieut. 4Ist O. V. I., Col. W. B. Hazen, Aug. 27, 1861; Captain Co, H, same regiment Jan. 9, 1862 ; resignation accepted March 24, 1863, on account of ill health.
HISTORY OF SERVICE-Entered Camp Taylor at Cleveland O., with 7th Regiment O. V. I .; marched thence to Camp Dennison ; joined 4Ist O. V. I. at Camp Wood in Cleveland, O., as Ist Lieut. Aug. 27, 1861 ; went to Gallipolis, O , thence to W. Va .; thence to Louisville, Ky., where regiment was assigned to Gen. Buel's Army, Gen. Wm. Nelson's Divison and Col. Hazen's Brigade; Divi- sion located at Camp Wickcliff; ordered to Paducah, and to Nashville; then to Shiloh, at which battle the casualities of regiment were thirty-three per cent. of its strength ; had a leave of absence after Shiloh and rejoined regiment at Athens, Tenn., July 4, 1862 ; marched with Gen. Buel's Army to Louisville; thence again to Nashville; at battle of Stone River in Gen. Hazen's Brigade, Gen. Palmer's Division ; resigned on account of physical disability and resig- nation accepted March 24, 1863.
Address, 141 St. Clair St., Cleveland, O. Occupation, Lithographer.
RECOMMENDED BY COMPANIONS :
H. C. Ranney, John Crowell, F. A. Kendall.
ANDREW ROGERS ROBISON,
Late Captain Co. D, 39th O. V. I.
REGISTER-Born Aug. 21, 1839, Piqua, O. Enlisted July 26, 1861, as a private soldier in Co. D, 39th O. V. I .; promoted through grades of Corporal
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and Sergeant and commissioned as follows : 2d Lieut. Co. D, 39th O. V .I., June 24, 1863 ; Ist Lieut. Co. D, July 13, 1864 ; Captain Co. D, Jan. 11, 1865.
HISTORY OF SERVICE-Went to St. Louis under Fremont; through Mis- souri campaign against Price ; under Gen. Pope at New Madrid, Island No. 10 and siege of Corinth; at the battle of Iuka under Rosecrans; 2d battle of Corinth; below Oxford, Miss .; Parkers Cross Roads; at Memphis under Gen. Hulburt thence to Decatur, Ala., under Gen. G. M. Dodge; through the Atlanta campaign in 16th and 17th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee; at Resacca, Kenesaw Mountain, Nickajack Creek and battles around Atlanta including July 22d and Jonesboro; with Gen. Sherman in march from Atlanta to the sea including march through the Carolinas and battle of Bentonville.
Adress, Pleasant Ridge, Hamilton Co., O. Occupation, Farmer. '
RECOMMENDED BY COMPANIONS :
P. P. Lane, A. W. McCormick, H. G. Stoms.
WILLIAM JEREMIAH WHITE,
Late Captain 4th U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery ; Brevet Major U. S. Vols. REGISTER-Born April 1, 1844, Uniontown, Muskingum Co., O. Enlisted Dec. 10, 1861, as a private soldier in Co. B, 78th O. V. I .; appointed 2d Lieut. in the Ist Regiment Mississippi Colored Troops, Nov. 28, 1863 ; appointed Ist Lieut. in the same regiment Dec. 11, 1863; appointed Captain in the same regiment then known as the 4th Regiment U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery, March 18, 1864; Major by brevet U. S. Vols., for "gallant and meritorious con- duct during the war," March 13, 1865 ; mustered out of the service at Vicks- burg, Miss., May 20, 1866.
HISTORY OF SERVICE-Entered the field in Feb., 1862, at Fort Donelson ; with the Army of the Tenn., under Gen. Grant in all campaigns from Fort Donelson to, and including the siege and capture of Vicksburg; in Leggett's Brigade, Logan's 3d Division, McPherson's 17th Army Corps; engaged at Donelson, Shiloh, (Lew. Wallace's Division) siege of Corinth, Bolivar, Iuka, Champion Hills, Vicksburg and in numberless skirmishes incident to these campaigns; was on special duty with Gen. Leggett from Aug. 30, 1862; to Sept. 18, 1863 ; A. A. Inspector Gen. post and defences of Vicksburg; on the staff of Gen. M. L. Smith from Feb. 10, 1865, to May 8, 1865; was Aide-de- Camp and A. A. A. Gen on staff of Major-Gen Thomas J. Wood, Depart- ment of the Mississippi, from Dec. 2, 1865, to May 17, 1866.
Address, Springfield, O. Occupation, Superintendent of the Public Schools.
RECOMMENDED BY COMPANIONS ;
J. Warren Keifer, R. L. Kilpatrick, M. F. Force.
CLAYTON HALE,
Captain 16th U. S. Infantry ; brevet Lieut .- Col. U. S. Army.
REGISTER-Born Jan. 6, 1832, at East Smithfield, Bradford Co., Penn.
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Mustered into the U. S. service as Captain Co. A, 59th Regiment Illinois Vol. infantry, July 17, 1861 ; promoted to Major 59th Illinois Vol, Infantry, April 1, 1863 ; Lieut .- Col. same regiment Dec. 5, 1863; honorably mustered out of service at New Braunfels, Texas, to date Dec. 8, 1865; discharged from the service at Springfield, Ills., Jan. 11, 1866; appointed 2d Lieut. and Ist Lieut. 16th U. S. Infantry Feb. 23, 1866; transferred to 34th U. S. Infantry Sept. 21, 1866; Regimental Quartermaster 34th U. S. Infantry from Feb. 10, 1867, to April 14, 1869; transferred to 16th U. S. Infantry April 14, 1869; Captain 16th U. S. Infantry Sept. 24, 1871 ; appointed brevet Captain U. S. Army, March 2, 1867, "for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Stone River, Tenn .; " brevet Major U. S. Army March 2, 1867, "for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Missionary Ridge, Tenn .; " brevet Lieut .- Col. U. S. Army March 2, 1867 ; "for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Franklin, Tenn."
HISTORY OF SERVICE-Served at St. Louis Arsenal, Cape Girardeau, Jef- ferson City, Boonville and Syracuse, Mo., during the Summer and early Fall of 1861; from Oct. 13th until Dec. 9th, served in 2d Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Missouri, in Fremont's campaign, in the South-west ; from Dec. 15th to 23d, engaged in Blackwater expedition ; from Jan. 25 until Feb. 7, 1862, marching from Lamine River to Lebanon, Mo .; from Feb, 10th, then serving in 2d Brigade, 3d Divison, Army of the Southwest ; was engaged in campaign in Southwestern Missouri and Northwestern Arkansas, and on the 7th and 8th of March, was engaged in the battle of Pea Ridge, Ark., com- manding the regiment in battle on the 8th of March; from April 6th until May 25th, campaigning in Southern Missouri and Northern Arkansas; from May 10th until evening of 18th, marching from Batesville, Ark., to Cape Girardeau, Mo., the distance 240 miles was marched in nine days; May 25th to May 30th, then serving in Ist Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Mississippi, en- gaged in operations against the enemy at Corinth, Miss .; June Ist until Aug. 17th, engaged in operations against the enemy at Boonville, Jacinto, Ripley, Holly Springs, Bay Springs and Iuka, Miss , and Bear Creek, Ala .; from Aug. 18th to Sept. Ist, marching from Iuka, Miss., via. Eastport, Waterloo, Florence, Ala., Lawrenceburg, Spring Hill, Mt. Pleasant and Franklin to Murfreesboro, Tenn .; Sept. 3d to 26th, engaged in the campaign through Tennessee and Kentucky to Louisville ; in the return campaign, served in the 30th Brigade, 9th Division, 3d Corps, Army of the Ohio, during which, Oct. 8th, commanded regiment at the battle of Perryville, and Oct. IIth, in an affair with the enemy at Lancaster, Ky .; the campaign terminated on arrival at Nashville, Nov, 7th; in the organization which followed ; was attached to the Ist Brigade, Ist Divi- sion, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland ; was engaged in the oper- ations commencing with the fight at Nolensville, Dec. 26th, followed by the affair at Overall's and Stewart's Creeks, terminating with the battle of Stone River; was engaged in the campaign commencing from Murfreesboro, June 24, 1863, including the affair at Liberty Gap and terminating early in July, at and near Winchester, Tenn .; engaged in the campaign commencing Aug. 17,
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1863, from Winchester, via Cowan, Tenn., across the Cumberland Mountains to Stevenson, Ala .; thence across Tennessee River, and over Sand Mountain into Lookout Valley, via Winston ; at Valley head, across Lookout Moun- tain to Stevers Gap, Ga .; down the Cattanooga Valley, and at the battle of Chickamauga, Sept. 20th ; Sept. 22d, engaged in an affair with the enemy near Mcculloughs in Chickamauga Valley, while en route to Chattanooga ; from Sept. 22d until Oct. 25, 1863, assisting in the defense of Chattanooga; in the re-organization of the army at that time, was attached to 3d Brigade, Ist Divi- sion, 4th Army Corps ; from Oct. 25th to 31st inclusive, was marching from Chattanooga to Whiteside, Tenn., where remained guarding railroad bridge construction until Nov. 23d; Nov. 15th became commanding officer of regi- ment, and continued in command of it, except at a few short intervals, during the remainder of its service ; Nov. 24th, was engaged in the assault and cap- ture of Lookout Mountain, and on the 25th, in the battle of Missionary Ridge, Tenn .; in pursuit of the enemy on the 26th, and on the 27th was engaged in the fight at Ringold, Ga., and late in the afternoon of the same day, in a skirmish on the road leading to Tunnel Hill; was engaged in the Georgia campaign of 1864, and took part in the following engagements : Tunnel Hill, May 7th, Rocky Face Ridge and Buzzard Roost from May 8th to 12th, inclu- sive ; between Dalton and Resaca May 13th ; Resaca, May 14th and 15th ; Adairsville, May 17th ; Kingston forenoon of May 19th ; Cassville, in afternoon of May 19th; Dallas, May 25th to June 5th, inclusive; Pine Mountain and vicinity, June 12th to 18th,"inclusive ; Kenesaw Mountain, June 19th to July 2d ; Ruffs' Station or Neal Dow, July 3d and 4th; Peach Tree Creek, July 20th; Atlanta, from July 2Ist to August 21st ; on the 18th of August was transferred with regiment to 2d Brigade, 3d Division, 4th Army Corps ; Oct .. 1864, was in campaign pursuing Hood's Army on the line of our communication which terminated at Galesville, Ala,; from that point moved with 4th Corps, via Chattanooga, Tenn., and Athens, Ala., to Pulaski, Tenn .; engaged in the Fall and Winter campaign in Middle, Tenn., against Hood's Army ; in battles at Spring Hill, Franklin and Nashville, Tenn .; in pursuit of Hood's Army to the Tennessee River ; in the Spring of 1865, was engaged in the campaigns in East Tennessee and on the French Broad River in western North Carolina ; during the Summer, Fall and early Winter of 1865, served with the Army of Occupation in Texas; since the close of the war has served in Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Wisconsin, Illinois, Dakota, Colorado, Louisiana, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ari- zona, Mexico, and Texas; was engaged in the Cheyenne Indian, campaign of 1878, in Kansas and Nebraska; in the Victoria Apache campaign of 1880, in New Mexico, and from Aug. Ist to Dec. 15, 1880, was engaged in escort duty with surveying party of Atchinson, Topeka and Santa Fee R. R. Co. in New Mexico, Arizona and Sonora.
Address, Fort Concho, San Angelo, Texas. Occupation, U. S. Army Officer. RECOMMEDED BY COMPANIONS :
D. S. Stanley, J. M. Burns, O. M. Smith.
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MONTGOMERY ROCHESTER,
Late Captain and A. A. G. U. S. Vols ; Lieut .- Col. and A. A. G. U. S. Vols. by appointment ; Assistant Adjutant Gen. of the Army of Georgia.
REGISTER-Born Aug. 24, 1832, at Rochester, N. Y. Commissioned Ist Lieut. and Quartermaster 13th New York Regiment Vol. Infantry May 8, 1861 ; mustered into the U. S. service May, 1861, at Elmira, N. Y .; served with regi- ment until April, 1862; April 11, 1862, appointed Captain and A. A. Gen. U. S. Vols. and assigned to duty with Brig .- Gen. Isaac F. Quimby at Columbus, Ky .; served as A. A. Gen. of Division in 15th and 17th Army Corps until March 28, 1864; assigned to duty on staff of Major-Gen. W. T. Sherman March 28, 1864 and remained with him until May 13, 1865, when by direction of the Secretary of War, was assigned to duty as A. A. Gen. of the Army of Georgia, Major-Gen. H. W. Slocum, commanding ; with rank of and pay of Lieut .- Col .; mustered out of service June 15, 1865.
HISTORY OF SERVICE-With regiment at Blackburn's Ford and Ist Bull Run July, 1861 ; battle of Hanover Court House Spring of 1862; with expedi- tion under Gen. Grant to Holly Springs and Oxford Miss., Fall and Winter of 1862; Yazoo Pass expedition Spring of 1862; campaign in rear of Vicksburg, including battles of Jackson and Champion's Hill Spring and Summer of 1863; at siege and surrender of Vicksburg; march from Memphis, Tenn. to Chatta nooga, and battle of Mission Ridge ; served as A. A. Gen. of Division on staff of Major-Generals W. T. Sherman and H. W. Slocum, until mustered out of service at close of the War.]
Address, 222, W. Fourth St., Cincinnati, O. Occupation, Insurance.
RECOMMENDED BY COMPAMIONS :
A. Hickenlooper, J. B. Foraker, E. C. Dawes.
JOHN TALIAFERRO THOMPSON,
2d Lieutenant 2d U. S. Artilery.
Eldest son of the late James Thompson, Capt. 2d U. S. Artillery ; brevet Major ; brevet Lieut .- Col. U. S. Army.
REGISTER-Of 2d Lieut. John Taliaferro Thompson.
Born Dec. 31, 1860, at Newport, Ky.
Cadet U. S. Millitary Academy July 1, 1878 ; 2d Lieut. 2d U. S. Artil- lery June 13, 1882.
REGISTER-Of the late brevet Lieut .- Col. James Thompson, U. S. A. Born Sept. 28, 1828, at Franklin, Delaware Co., N. Y .; Cadet U. S. Military Academy July 1, 1847, to July 1, 1851 ; brevet 2d Lieut. 2d Artillery July 1, 1851; 2d Lieut. July 1, 1852 ; Ist Lieut. Aug. 16, 1854; Captain June 14, 1861 ; Major, brevet, June 30, 1862, " for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Glen . dale, Va .; " Lieut .- Col., brevet, March 13, 1865, "for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Chichamauga, Ga .; " retired May 6, 1869, "from disa-
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bility resulting from long and faithful service and disease contracted in line of duty," (Act Aug. 3, 1861, Sections 16 and 17); died Feb. 14, 1880, at Newport, Ky.
HISTORY OF SERVICE-Of the late brevet Lieut .- Col. James Thompson U. S. A., served in garrison Newport Barracks, Ky., Fort Wood, N. Y. and Fort Moultrie, S. C., 1857 to 1854 ; at Military Academy as Assistant Professor of Mathematics, 1854-1858; in garrison at Fort Independence, Mass., 1858-1860; on frontier duty at Fort Brown, Texas, 1860-1861 ; in garrison at Fort Hamil- ton, N. Y., 1861.
Service during the Rebellion of Seceding States-In defense of Fort Pickens, Fla., April 19th to July 3, 1861 ; in the Manassas campaign of July, 1861, be- ing engaged in the first battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861; in the defense of Washington City, July 23, 1861, to March 17, 1862; in the Virginia Pennsular campaign, Army of the Potomac, March, 1862 to July, 1862, being engaged in the siege of Yorktown, April 5th to May 4, 1862 ; battle of Williamsburg, May 5, 1862 ; battle of Fair Oaks, May 3Ist to June 1, 1862; skirmishes June 25th and 29, 1862, near Seven Pines ; battle of Glendale, June 30, 1862; battle of Malvern Hill, July 1, 1862, and skirmishes at Harrison's Landing, July 2, 1862 ; on sick leave of absense, July 25th to Aug. 29, 1862 ; Chief of Artillery in the defense of Cincinnati during the rebel raid Sept., 1862; Chief of Artillery of the Department of Ohio, Oct., 1862, to April, 1863; Chief of Artillery of Ken- tucky, April to Oct., 1863, being engaged in the defense of Franklin, Tenn., April 10, 1863 ; and at the battle of Chickamauga, Ga., Sept. 30, 1863 ; organi- zing artillery regiment in Kentucky, Oct., 1863, to April, 1864; on mustering and disbursing duty at Louisville, Ky., and Cincinnati, O., Aug., 1865; in gar- rison Fort Point, Cal., Sept., 1865 ; on mustering and disbursing duty at San Francisco to Dec. 31, 1865 ; on recruiting service, 1866 to 1868; Superintend- ent of Education, State of Tennessee ; Freedman's Bureau, Nashville, Tenn., 1868, 69, and Professor of Military Science, Indiana State University, 1869-73
CIVIL HISTORY-Professor of Civil Engineering Indiana State University, 1873-1876; degree of A. M. conferred by Wabash College, 1875 ; member of various state and municipal Boards of Education in Indiana and Kentucky, 1870 to 1880.
Address, Little Rock Barracks, Little Rock, Ark. Occupation, U. S. Army Officer.
RECOMMENDED BY COMPANIONS ;
F. L. Guenther, Carle A. Woodruff, F. G. Cross.
JOSEPH BENJAMIN MOLYNEAUX,
Late Captain Company A, 7th Ohio Vol. Infantry.
REGISTER-Born Jan. 1, 1840, at Ann Arbor, Mich .; entered the U. S. service as a private soldier in Co. B, 7th O. V. I. (3 months' service), April 19, 1861 ; appointed Sergeant ; elected Ist Lieutenant of Co. B, on re-organization of the 7th O. V. I., for three years, June 18, 1861 ; detached to command of
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Co. E, at Gauley Bridge, Va., about Sept. 1, 1861 ; detached to command of Company in the Ist Kentucky Regiment Vol. Infantry, about Oct. 1, 1861 : relieved and returned to command of Co. E, 7th O. V. I .; appointed Adjutant of regiment about Feb. 1, 1862 ; promoted to Captain of Co. A, Sept. 1, 1862 ; resigned by reason of disability, caused by wounds and sunstroke, March, 1863 ; re-entered the U. S. service as Captain of Co. E, 150th O. V. I., May 5, 1864 ; assigned to command of Fort Thayer, near Washington ; mustered out at Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 23, 1864, by reason of expiration of term of service.
HISTORY OF SERVICE-Left Cleveland with 7th Regiment, O. V. I., for Camp Dennison, May 5, 1861 ; left Camp Dennison for West Va., June 26, 1861 ; detailed to command raid up Loop Creek, Va., Oct., 1861 ; volunteer Aide-de-Camp to Gen. Lander on raid on Bloomery Furnace, Feb., 1862 ; detailed by order of Gen. McClellan to collect convalescents in and about Washington, May, 1862; detailed to inspect Crawford's Division on Maryland Heights, Oct., 1862 ; participated in all marches, skirmishes, and battles with 7th O. V. I., including Weston, Cross Lanes, Dogwood Gap, McCoy's Mills, Ballou's Gap, Bloomery Furnace, Strasburg, Winchester, Edenburg, Gaines Cross Roads, White Plains, Front Royal, Port Republic, Bristoe Station, Cedar Mountain, and battles and skirmishes incident to Gen. Pope's retreat ; Antie- tam, Berryville, Dumfries, etc .; also in defense of Washington during Early's raid in 1864; wounded in head, right shoulder and left leg ; also prostrated by sunstroke.
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