...until he was seventeen years of age, after which he assisted his father in the work of the home farm until the outbreak of the Civil war, when he enlisted in the Forty-sixth Illinois Volunteer Infuntrv. He served principally in Tennessee until 1862, when he was...

...broad information on important subjects. He early adopted farming as his life work, and was so engaged until the outbreak of the Civil war, when he enlisted in the Union army, his term of enlistment covering a period of three years and his field service including...

...Virginia, in 1876. He was educated in private schools and Suffolk Academy, and was engaged in farming until the outbreak of the civil war, when he enlisted in the Confederate army. He was a member of the Thirteenth Regiment, Virginia Cavalry, being assigned to Chalmer's...

...born in 1857. He remained in the neighborhood of his old home, there attending the public schools, until the outbreak of the Civil War when he enlisted in the Union army, in October, 1861. He was a member of Company I, Fortieth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry,...

...American Cyclopaedia." He continued to write for that publication, chiefly in the department of biography, until the outbreak of the Civil War, when he enlisted in the One Hundred and Twenty-sixth New York Regiment as first lieutenant of Company C. In August, 1863, he...

...Henry H. Ives, was born. He was a successful farmer and continuously developed and cultivated his land until the outbreak of the Civil war, when he enlisted in the Second Connecticut Heavy Artillery. He was with the army for four years, was taken prisoner and on...

...married in 1843. Three years later they came to Grand Rapids, where Mr. Sligh was engaged in business until the outbreak of the Civil war, when he enlisted in the service of the Union, becoming captain of Company F, First Michigan Engineers. He was a brave, valuable...

...educated at Bar Harbor. At the age of fifteen he entered upon a seafaring life and was thus engaged until the outbreak of the Civil war, when he enlisted in the Eighteenth Maine Volunteer lnfantry. Later he was selected for duty with Company C of the First Maine...

...returned to Bentonville, where he resumed the practice of medicine independently. Here he remained until the outbreak of the Civil War, when he enlisted in the Confederate Army and was in active service until near the close of the war. When the conditions of...

...of the west and established himself in the practice of law in St. Louis. He continued in this career until the outbreak of the Civil War, when he enlisted in the volunteer army, being mustered in as first lieutenant of Company A, Twenty-sixth Missouri Infantry,...