The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-03-26

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gan Artillery, and was brevetted fol
gallant and meritorious services or
twenty battlefelds. He was appointed
Assessor of the Second District of Mich
igan, but was rejected by the Senate
Captain Mansfield, of the Ninth Michi.
gan Infantry, indorsed by every officer
he had served under, as man of unex.
ceptionable character and soldier OF
conspicuous yalor, was appointed, rice
LoOmis rejected, and he too was reject
ed. Colonel Henry Barnes, who was
enough Of radical to raise the first
colored regiment in the Northwest, and
who had served from first to last of the
war, was appointed Postmaster of De-
troit, and was rejected by the Senate.
General j. G. Parkhurst entered the ser
vice as Lieutenant COlOuel of the Ninth
Michigan Infantry, and after the bat
/ tie of Stone River was selected by
General George H. Thomas as his Pro-
vOst Marshal General. Was Provost
Marshal General on Thomas staff until
six months after the war closed. Was
acting Provost Marshal General on Gen.
eral Sherman's staff during the Atlanta
campaign, and was breYetted in 1864 for
RAllauITy III SCtioh. VII thO ACSoh
mendation Of Messrs. Chandler and
Howard he was appointed United States
Marshal for the Eastern District Of
Michigan; but because he went to the
Cleveland Soldiers Convention and was
run on the soldiers ticket for Lieuten-
ant Governor of Michigan, he was,
on the recommendation of Messrs. Cham
dler and Howard, rejected by the Senate.
1t can not be said that he went to the
Cleveland Convention to get an office,
for he had already been appointed when
that gathering took place. Colonel
Norman o. Andrews entered the service
as a Second Lieutenant, Of the Sixth
Michigan Artillery, and got to be Colo
mel before the close of the war. He was
appointed rice General Parkhurst, re-
iected, and he too was rejected. Col
onel A. P. McReynolds raised the first
cavalry company enlisted in Michigan,
served gallantly and creditably during
the war; was appointed United States
District Attorney for the Western
District of Michigan, and was re-
jected by the Senate. General VIM.
b. McCreary entered the service as q
private; rose to be Colonel of the
Twenty first Michigan, was brevetted
for conspicuous gallantry, as slight
compensation for being crippled for life
in one of Sherman's campaigns. He
was appointed Collector in the Sixth
District Of Michigan, and rejected by
the Senate because he attended the
Philadelphia Convention. Colonel Far
ras entered the service as Captain in
the Fifth Michigan Infantry, and was
promoted to Colonel. He made a
good soldier. He was appointed Asses
sor of the Fifth District of Michigan, but
he shared the fate of his comrades and
was rejected by the Senate. Captain
Brownsll entered the army as private OF
the Second Michigan Cavalry, and was
afterward prOmomoted to be Captain on
the staff of General Sigel--a queer
place for him if he was a Copperl.ead.
lie was appointed Collector of the Fifth
District of Michigan, and was rejected
by the Senate because he went to the
Cleveland Convention. Captain Ed
wards had worked his way up from pri-
vate for good conduct and bravery in
action. lie was appointed Postmaster
at Niles, Michigan, but was rejected
because he went to the Cleveland Con-
vention. General Spalding entered the
service as Lieutenant Colonel, and was
promoted for gallant conduct. He
was appointed Postmaster at Monroe,
Michigan, and was rejected by the
Senate because he had been Democrat
before the war. Colonel Sinclair was
Colonel of the Fourteenth Michigan In
fantry, during the entire war. He was
appointed Collector of the Third Dis
trict of Michigan, and was rejected by
the Senate because he had been Dem
ocrat before the war. Captain II. b.
Adams entered the Army as q private,
was promoted to be Captain of the
Twenty Third Michigan Intantry-serv,,
ed during the war. He was appointed
at Coldwater, Michigan, and
was rejected by the Senate because he
went to the Cleveland Convention.