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George S. Amich, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; must. out with company July 27, 1863.
Samuel Amich, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; must. out with company July 27, 1863.
Aaron E. Bentley, must in Oct. 24, 1862; ab- sent, sick, at muster-out; died July, 1863.
William Boyer, must. in Oct. 24 1862; wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863; absent in hos- pital at muster-out.
Malch'm Buchanan, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; wound- ed at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863; must. out with company July 27, 1863.
Jacob M. Bay, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; must, out with company July 27, 1863.
Levi Brown, must. in Oct 24, 1862; died at Wind Mill Point, Va., May 16, 1863.
Nathan HI. Beiser, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; killed at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863.
S. Brady Caveny, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; must. out with company July 27, 1863.
John T. Criswell, must. in Oet. 24, 1862; must. out with company July 27, 1863.
Isaac Colyer, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; must. out with company July 27, 1863.
Jethro Casner, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; must. out with company July 27, 1863.
John HI. Cox, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; must. out with company July 27, 1863.
Isaac Dressler, must. in Oct. 24, 1862.
John E. Engle, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; absent, sick, at muster-out.
Jerome Ehrenseller, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; must. out with company July 27, 1863.
Henry Fulgrot, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; must. out with company July 27, 1863.
Thomas Fritz, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; must. out with company July 27, 1863.
David Fry, must. in Oct. 21, 1862; killed at Gettys- burg, Pa., July 1, 1863.
William Fritz, must. in Oct. 24, 1862. Joseph George, must, in Oct. 24, 1862; must. out with company July 27, 1863.
Ephraim Guyer, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863; died, date un- known; buried in U. S. General Hospital Ceme- tery, York, Pa., grave 32.
David Hald, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; mustered out with company July 27, 1863.
William H. Hunt, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; burial record, died at Philadelphia, Pa., July 20, 1863. John Hohan, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; must. out with company July 27, 1863.
John Hamis, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; killed at Gettys- burg, Pa., July 1, 1863.
David H. Ingraham, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; killed at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863.
George S. King, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; must. out with company July 27, 1863.
Peter Kauffman, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; must. out with company July 27, 1863.
George Kneisley, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; must. out with company July 27, 1863.
Thomas B. Landis, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, 1863 ; must. out with company July 27, 1863.
William H. Landis, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; must. out with company July 27, 1863.
Samuel Leister, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; killed at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863.
James P. K. Martin, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; must. out with company July 27, 1863.
John C. Marshall, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; must. out with company July 27, 1863.
Henry Martin, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; must. out with company July 27, 1863.
John Masham, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; must, out with company July 27, 1863.
Benjamin Metterling, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; must. out with company July 27, 1863.
John C. MeKnight, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; must. out with company July 27, 1863.
Alfred McCahren, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; must. out with company July 27, 1863.
William MeGlaughlin, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; absent, sick, at muster out.
Samuel Naylor, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; died, date unknown, of wounds received at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863.
James Naylor, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; must. out with company July 27, 1863.
Benj. F. Naugle, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; must. out with company July 27, 1862.
Wm. P. Noble, must. in Oct. 21, 1862; wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863; must. out with company July 27, 1863.
John Naugle, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; must. out with company July 27, 1863.
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Peter A. Patticher, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; must. out with company July 27, 1863.
James S. Patterson, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; must. out with company July 27, 1863.
Henry S. Patterson, must. in Oct. 24, 1862 ; wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863; mustered out with company July 27, 1863.
Jacob HI. Reynolds, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; must. out with company July 27, 1863.
Ephraim Reynolds, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; absent, sick, at muster out.
Isaac Smith, must, in Oct. 24, 1862; wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863; mustered out with company July 27, 1863.
Jacob Snyder, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; must. out with company July 27, 1863.
Lorenzo Smith, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; must. out with company July 27, 1863.
Andrew Stoner, Jr., must. in Oct. 24, 1862 ; must. out with company July 27, 1863.
Christian Specce, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; must, out with company July 27, 1863.
Samuel Suttor, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; must. out with company July 27, 1863.
Jos. Spiglemeyer, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; must. out with company July 27, 1863.
Wm. F. Stimeling, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; must. out with company July 27, 1863.
Peter Straub, must. in Oct. 24, 1861; must. out with company July 27, 1863.
Geo. Shivery, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; must. out with company July 27, 1863.
Wm. T. Wood, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; must. out with company July 27, 1863.
John Weller, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; must. out with company July 27, 1863.
Jacob Weidel, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; must. out with company July 27, 1863.
John Winegartner, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; must. out with company July 27, 1863.
Geo. Woodward, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; missing in action at Chancellorsville, Va., May 6, 1863.
John Westley, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; killed at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863.
Joseph Weller, must. in October 24, 1862; died near Washington, D. C., June 14, 1863; buried in Military Asylum Cemetery.
Joseph Yeigh, must. in Oct. 24, 1862; must, out with company July 27, 1863.
ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIRST REGIMENT.
The One Hundred and Sixty-first Regiment of the Pennsylvania line, otherwise designated as the Sixteenth Cavalry organization of the State, and universally admitted to have been one of the most renowned cavalry regiments in the service of the United States in the war of
the Rebellion, was raised in the fall of 1862, and composed of men from twenty counties of the State of Pennsylvania. The rendezvous was first established at Camp Simmons, near Harrisburg, but was afterwards removed to Camp MeClellan, where the regimental organi- zation was completed about the middle of No- vember. The field-officers of the Sixteenth at its organization were : Colonel, John Irvin Gregg of Union County, a veteran of the Mexican War and a line-officer in the regular army ;1 Lieutenant-Colonel, Lorenzo D. Rod- gers, of Venango County ; Majors, William A. West, of Fayette County, William H. Fry, of Philadelphia, and John Stroup, of Mitllin. One company of this regiment (Company F', Captain John K. Robinson, who was soon af- terwards promoted to the lieutenant-coloneley), was made up almost entirely of Juniata County men ; and another company (" M," commanded by Captain Ira R. Alexander, after the pro- motion of its original captain, John Stroup, to the grade of major) was composed largely of men of Mifflin County, while men of Snyder, Perry and Juniata Counties were also found serving in this and other companies of the regiment.
COLONEL JOHN K. ROBINSON, the subject of this biographical sketch, figures conspicuously in the part borne by Juniata County during the war of the late Rebellion. His grandfather was Alexander Robinson, a resident of Milford township, in the latter county, whose children were three sons and three daughters. Among the sons was James Robinson, who married Jane Hardy, a lady of Irish lineage. Their children were Alexander, Thomas, James, John, William and Eleanor (Mrs. McCahan). John was born on the 2d of February, 1793, in Mil-
1 " Colonel Gregg had served in the Second Pennsylvania Regiment in the Mexican War and afterwards in the Eleventh United States Infantry, where he rose to the rank of captain, and subsequently in the State militia. Soon after the breaking out of the Rebellion, he was elected colonel of the Fifth Regiment of the Reserve Corps, but accepted instead a - commission as captain in the Sixth United States Cavalry, from which position, after having passed through the campaigns of the Peninsula and of Maryland, he was selected to command this regiment."- Butes.
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ford township, Mifflin County. The children of this marriage were James (deceased), who served as quartermaster during the late war, married to Matilda Jeffreys; Joseph S., of Mil- ford township, married to Elizabeth Burchfield; and John K. The last-named son was born July 17, 1829, in Milford township, and in youth became a pupil of the neighboring public school, where he received ordinary educational advantages. Deciding upon farming as the
Colonel Robinson's military career began on the 31st of July, 1861, when, having organ- ized, he assumed command of Company A, First Regiment Pennsylvania Cavalry, proceed- ing at once to Washington via Harrisburg. His regiment was attached to the Pennsylvania Reserves, under General McCall. He was sub- sequently assigned to the Sixteenth Regiment Pennsylvania Cavalry, and promoted to the position of lieutenant-colonel of that regi-
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vocation most congenial, he rendered his father assistance in his varied labors and then pur- chased of him, the farm in Milford, which is his present home. Here he has since been suc- cessfully engaged in agricultural employments.
Hle was, in 1851, married to Isabella C., daughter of Patrick MeKennan, of the same township. Their children are Albert L., mar- ried to Alma Ninian, who died in Idaho ; Wil- liam S., deceased ; Emma J., deceased ; James K., married to Kate Goshen ; Mary B .; Laura 1 .; Cora M., deceased ; and Ella May.
ment, which he commanded from May, 1863, until the close of the war, receiving meanwhile the brevet as colonel and brigadier-general. Among the most important engagements in which he served were those at Brandy Station, Aldie, Upperville and Middleburg, Gettysburg, Shepherdstown, Wilderness, engagements in front of Richmond, St. Mary's Church, Cold Harbor, Hawes' Shop, Dinwiddie Court-House, Five Forks, Sailor's Creek, Amelia Springs and Farmville, beside many skirmishes. He was wounded October 1863, at Auburn Mills,
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and again at Farmville April 7, 1865, return- ing home on furlough for a brief period on each of these occasions.
Colonel Robinson received his discharge, after a brilliant military experience, in July, 1865, and at once resumed his farming enterprises. He has been an important factor in the politics of his county, and was, as a Republican, in 1867 elected Senator from the Eighteenth Pennsylvania Senatorial District, and served on
where he pursued the shoemaker's craft, and died September, 1851, in his seventy-fifth year. Hle married Charlotte Hart, whose birth oc- curred October 20, 1790, and her death Decem- ber 7, 1881. The children of this marriage were William, Ananias, John, Samuel H., Solomon G., Jacob, Simonton, Sarah, Maria, Eliza, Judith, Charlotte, Mary and Margaret.
Sarah married Abram Cleaver ; Maria mar- ried Peter Orwin ; Eliza was united to Matthias
Samuel H. Brown
several committees of consequence. Though | Clay ; Judith to John Humes ; Mary to George still active in the political arena, he has held no Clouser; Margaret to William Lyttle; and Charlotte to Isaac Emory. other offices. As a member of Lieutenant David IT. Wilson Post, No. 1344, G. A. R., he manifests much interest in the organization. Ilis religious tenets are those of the Presbyterian Church, his membership being with the church at Mifflintown, of which he has been a trustee.
Samuel II. Brown was born on the 8th of April, 1832, in Perry County, Pa., where, in youth, he attended the common schools, but gained far more knowledge by habits of close observation than from books. He first en- gaged in boating on the Pennsylvania Canal,
CAPTAIN SAMUEL H. BROWN is the son of Jacob Brown, who resided in Perry County, [ and was later employed as a watchman by the
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Pennsylvania Railroad, which occupation was continued until the beginning of the late war, when he enlisted, and on the 9th of October, 1862, received the appointment as sergeant of his company. He was, on the 6th of August, 1863, promoted to the first lieutenantey of Company F, Sixteenth Regiment Pennsylvania Cavalry, and on the 15th of June, 1865, made captain of the company. Ile participated in thirty-six engagements of more or less import- ance, among which were Kelly's Ford, Cul- peper, Chancellorsville, Aldie, Middleburg, Upperville, Gettysburg, Shepherdstown, Robi- son River, White Sulphur Springs, Auburn, Bristoe Station, New Hope Church, Parker's Store, Mine Run, Wilderness, Todd's Tavern, Cold Harbor, Trevillian Station, St. Mary's Church, Defense of Washington, Boydton Plank- Road, Bellfield, Stony Creek and Petersburg. At Middleburg he, with a well-directed shot, killed the Confederate colonel of the Ninth Virginia Cavalry, who was leading a charge against the Federal forces.
He was discharged from the service on the 11th of August, 1865, and on his return entered the Pennsylvania Railroad shops for a brief period, after which he became inspector of cars for the company. Being ambitious for more active business, he engaged in running a mar- ket car from Mifflintown to Philadelphia, and afterward continued the same enterprise at Lock Haven, to which place he removed.
In 1874, Captain Brown embarked in general store-keeping, under the firm-name of Brown & Wilson, eventually purchasing the interest of his partner, and managing the business in con- nection with his son.
He was, on the 4th of January, 1855, mar- ried to Susan E., daughter of Thomas and Mary Bittle, of Perry County, born October 22, 1833. Their children are William C., whose birth occurred October 18, 1855, and Annie N., born February 4, 1858, who died March 23, 1860.
Captain Brown was in politics a stanch Republican. He was a member of the Town Council, school director, etc., and held the ap- pointment of enrolling officer during the be- ginning of the war. He received, in 1874,
the commission as postmaster of Patterson, which was held for a term of nine years. Ile was a member of both the Masonic and Odd- Fellows' fraternities, of the St. Mary's Com- mandery of Harrisburg, of Lodge No. 42, of Improved Order of Red Men, of Mifflintown, and member of David HI. Wilson Post, G. A. R., of which he was Post Commander. He sup- ported and was an attendant upon the services of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mif- flintown.
Captain Brown's death occurred on the 10th of January, 1884, in his fifty-second year, from a wound received October 27, 1864, in a skirmish while engaged with his company at Boydton Plank-Road.
On the 30th of November the regiment pro- ceeded to Washington, D. C., and was moved thence to a camp near Bladensburg, Md. On the 3d of January, 1863, it moved to the Rap- pahannock, and went into winter-quarters near the railroad bridge over Potomac Creek, being assigned to duty with Averill's brigade, which was then attached to the Army of the Potomac. Its winter duty was severe, it being almost con- tinually on picket duty on a line nearly eight miles from the regimental camp. On the 17th of March, 1863, the Sixteenth fought its first battle at Kelly's Ford, on which occasion it oc- cupied the right of the line and did its duty well, though with slight loss.
In the spring campaign of 1863, which cul- minated in the battle of Chancellorsville, the Sixteenth was constantly active, the men being almost continually in the saddle from the 13th of April, when they left their winter-quarters, until the 5th of May, when the Army of the Potomac recrossed the Rappahannock after the disaster of Chancellorsville. During this time the regiment skirmished with the enemy's cavalry at Brandy Station (April 29th) and at Ely's Ford (May 2d), but in these affairs lost only one man killed. On the 25th of May the cavalry of the two armies were hotly engaged at Brandy Station, but the Sixteenth, being without saddles, did not take an active part in the fight. On the 11th of June it was brigaded with the Fourth Pennsylvania, Tenth New York and First Maine Regiments of cavalry,
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forming the Second Brigade (under Colonel J. into winter-quarters at Turkey Run, near War- renton.
I. Gregg) of the Second Division of the cavalry corps under General Pleasonton.
The Confederate army under General Lee was moving to the invasion of Pennsylvania, and on the 13th of June the cavalry corps com- meneed the northward march which led to the battle-field of Gettysburg. On the 18th, the Sixteenth took the advance, and was compelled 'to fight its way through nearly the entire day. On the following day it was the same, the Six- teenth fighting dismounted and taking the enemy's positions one after another, but only losing eleven killed and wounded. On the 21st the enemy again disputed the way, and were driven in some disorder through Ashby's Gap.
In the conflict at Gettysburg the regiment, with its brigade, was partially engaged on the. 2d of July, but suffered very slight loss. On the 3d it was in line and under artillery fire, but not actively engaged. In the pursuit of Lee's retreating army, after the battle, it took active part, and on the 16th of July, beyond Shepherdstown, Va., it stood in line for eight hours, during a part of which time it bore the weight of a fierce attack of the Confederate cay- alry, losing twenty-one killed and wounded.
After the escape of General Lee and the crossing of the Army of the Potomac into Vir- ginia, the Sixteenth took part in nearly all the marches, countermarches, skirmishes and fights of the cavalry corps during the remain- der of the year down to the movement against the enemy's strong works at Mine Run, its ag- gregate losses in these operations being quite large. Among them was the loss of Captain Ira W. Alexander, of Company M, killed in the fight at Parker's Store, on the 29th of November. After the abandonment of the Mine Run campaign it recrossed the Rapidan and encamped near Bealton Station. From the 21st to the 31st of December it was employed with the brigade in an expedition to Luray, where some factories and a large amount of Confeder- ate stores were destroyed. Immediately after this it took part in a raid to Front Royal, from which it returned by way of Manassas Gap, and about the middle of January, 1861, went
In the spring campaign of 1864 the brigade, of which the Sixteenth was a part, crossed the Rapidan and entered the Wilderness with the Second Corps of the Army of the Potomac. It became engaged on the 6th of May, and again on the 7th, when the Sixteenth fought dis- mounted, and bravely held its position against determined attacks of the enemy. On the 8th eight companies of the regiment, mounted, charged with the sabre, suffering considerable loss. On the 9th the cavalry, under General P. HI. Sheridan, moved around the right flank of Lee's army, destined for a raid against Richmond. A large number of Union prison- ers on their way from the Wilderness battle- grounds to the Southern prisons were released, and the cavalry column destroyed immense quantities of stores at the Beaver Dam Station of the Richmond and Potomac Railroad. On the morning of the 11th, at Hanover Church, the enemy attacked furiously, but was repulsed. In the fighting of that day the Confederate cavalry general, J. E. B. Stuart, was killed. On the 12th, at daybreak, the Union cavalry entered the outer works of Richmond, but the position could not be held. The enemy closed in overwhelming numbers on three sides of the Union force, whose situation became hourly more critical, but Sheridan released him- self by desperate fighting, and, crossing the Chickahominy, rejoined the main army on the 25th of May.
A movement by Gregg and Merritt down the Pamunkey, on the 26th, resulted in a heavy engagement at Hawes' Shop in the afternoon of | the 28th, in which action the Sixteenth lost twen- ty-four killed and wounded. A few days later the regiment, with its brigade, accompanied Sheri- dan in his expedition towards Lynchburg, and in a sharp fight which resulted at Trevillian Station the Sixteenth lost sixteen killed and wounded. Unable to reach Lynchburg, Sheridan turned back and made his way to White House, on the Pamunkey, from which place, with his own train and eight hundred additional wagons be- longing to the Army of the Potomac, he marched on the 25th of June for the James River. The
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enemy was determined to capture the trains, if possible, and for that purpose made a most des- perate assault, in greatly superior numbers, at St. Mary's Church, but were repelled and finally driven back by Gregg's command, which cov- ered the right on the roads leading from Rich- mond. In this engagement the Sixteenth took prominent part, and Tought with its customary stubbornness and gallantry, repelling repeated charges of the enemy. Crossing the James, the command was sent on the 1st of July to the re- lief of General Wilson, who was in a critical situation on the Weldon Railroad, but he es- caped from his perilous position without assist- anee.
Late in July the regiment, with its division and a column of infantry, recrossed the James on a reconnoissance in force, in which the Six- teenth became engaged near Malvern Hill, charging, and lost nine killed and wounded. The expedition returned on the 30th. About the middle of August the division again crossed to the north side of the James, and fought at Deep Run and White's Tavern. In the latter fight the Sixteenth lost thirty-one killed and wounded out of a total of less than two hundred men which it took in. Again, on an expedition to the Weldon Railroad, it was engaged on the 23d, 24th and 25th of August, losing in the three days' skirmish twelve killed and wounded. On the 15th and 16th of Sep- tember it was again skirmishing with the enemy's cavalry near Poplar Spring Church. About this time the regiment was armed with the Spencer repeater in place of the Sharp's carbine previously used. On the 27th of Oc- tober it was heavily engaged at Boydton Plank- Road, losing thirty-one killed and wounded. From the 1st to the 7th of December it was engaged in raiding along the Weldon Railroad, but suffered no loss. On the 12th it returned to camp and soon after went into winter-quar- ters at Hancock's Station. During the winter (February 6th) it fought in the battle of Hatcher's Run, dismounted, and sustained a loss of fifteen killed and wounded. Among the latter was Captain Henry H. Wilson, of Company F.
In the closing campaign of 1865 the Six-
teenth, like the rest of the cavalry, was in con- stant activity. On the 31st of March, in an engagement at Dinwiddie Court-House, it lost eighteen killed and wounded, among the latter being Captain Frank W. Heslop, of Company M. In the fight at Five Forks, AApril 2d, it lost seven killed and wounded. On the 5th, at Amelia Springs, and on the 6th, at Sailor's Creek, its loss was eighteen killed and wounded.
After the surrender of Lee (April 9th) the regiment was moved to Petersburg, and thence to North Carolina, to support the advancing columns of Sherman, but soon returned, and was sent to Lynchburg to guard the captured stores and preserve order. It remained there till the beginning of August, when it was moved to Richmond, and there mustered out of the service on the 7th of that month. Lists of officers and enlisted men of the Juniata and Mifflin County companies are here given.
COMPANY F, JUNIATA COUNTY .- The fol- lowing served in Company F' of the One Hun- dred and Sixty-first : .
John K. Robison, capt., must. in Oct. 10, 1862; pro. to lieut .- col. Aug. 7, 1863.
Henry H. Wilson, capt., must. in Sept. 18, 1862; pro. from 1st sergt. to Ist lieut. Nov. 20, 1862; to capt. Nov. 1, 1863; wounded at Hatcher's Run, Va., Feb. 6, 1865 ; disch. May 18, 1865.
Frank A. Baker, capt., must. in Aug. 19, 1861; disch. July 27, 1865.
James K. Robison, Ist lieut., must. in Sept. 22, 1862; pro. to q.m. Nov. 20, 1862.
Samuel II. Brown, 1st lieut., must. in Sept. 18, 1862 ; pro. from q.m .- sergt. Nov. 1, 1863; com. capt. May 23, 1865 ; not must .; trans, to Co. C July 24, 1865.
William H. Billmeyer, 2d lieut., must. in Oct. 10, 1862; died July 6, 1863; buried in Military Asy- lum Cemetery, D. C.
Abel D. Hilborn, 2d lieut., must. in Sept. 20, 1862; pro. from sergt. Dec. 10, 1864; com. Ist lieut. May 23, 1865 ; not must. ; trans. to Co. G July 24, 1865. Isaac Drake, Ist sergt., must. in Aug. 19, 1861; must. out with company Aug. 11, 1865; veteran.
John HI. Morrison, Ist sergt., must. in Sept. 26, 1862; pro. from sergt. to q.m .- sergt. Jan. 1, 1864; to Ist sergt. Jan. 1, 1865 ; com. 2d lieut. Co. D Feb. 13, 1865, and Ist lieut. April 4, 1865 ; not must. ; disch. by G. O. June 17, 1865.
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