The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1868-04-28

practitioners in Southern Indiana. In
IS4O he cast his first vote for Henry
Clay. sa 8
When the war with Mexico was de-
clared, he raised company and was
elected Captain, and left for the seat of
war on the 18th of July, 1916. In the
battle of Buena Vista he distinguished
himself for intrepidity and courage.
Soon after the close of the war his
friends brought him out as Wing candi-
date for the State Senate in Washington
county, where his party were hopelessly
in the minority, and of course he did
not succeed.
He was on the electoral ticket for
General Scott. aud canyassed the Sec
ond District with his opponent. In
1856 he was for Fillmore. and in 1860
he supported Bell and Everett, on the
platform of 1.-The Union, the Constitution,
and the Laws in the hope that their
success would harmonic the conflicting
elements and prevent secession.
Immediately upon the fall of Fort
Sumter he raised a company for the war,
was elected Captain on the 23d Of April,
1861, was commissioned Colonel of the
Fourteenth Regiment Indiana Volun
teers, while in camp of Instruction at
Terre Haute, and joined General Nc
Clellan at Rich Mountain. West Virgin
ia. After an arduous winter campaign
in the mountains, he was attached to
Shields's division at Winchester
Shields having been wounded, the com.
mand deyolved on Kimball, who won a
most signal victory over "Stonewalf'
Jackson. In January, 1862, he was
with Mcclellan before Richmond. In
the great battle of Antietam he espe-
cialay distinguished himself, success
fully holding an important position
against most obstinate assaults. The
ditch, since so celebrated for the num-
Der of rebel dead found in it, was i'm
mediately in Kimbalrs front. In the
battle of Fredericksburg, Decelaber IL,
1862 he was severely wounded in the
thigh by canister shot. In three
months afterwards he WAS with Grant
at Vicksburg. In Arkansas he superin-
tended the carrying out Of the recon-
struction policy Of President Lincoln,
and was com plimented by passage of
Legislated resolution of comm enda-
ton. He was with Sherman in his grand
campaign against Atlanta, was in the
thickest of the fight in the battles of
Kenesaw Mountain and Peach Tree
Creek, fought with terrible effect at
Franklin. and for bravery in the battle
of Nashville was made Major General.
From the beginning to the close of the
war he possessed the confidence of his
superiors and the love of his men. Or
dered to Texas, he was finally, in Sep
tember, 1865, mustered out of the SER
vice in that Estate on account Of the
close of the war. 3a.re.... ~ -,
While in Arkansas he was nominated
by the Republican Convention of Indi-
ana for Lieutenant Governor, but de-
clined, preferring to give his services to
his country in the field until the rebellion
should be crushed.
In February, 1866, he received the
Republican nomination for Treasurer of
State, and after brilliant canvass, in
which he was one of the most effective
and eloquent speakers in the field. be
was triumphantly elected. He has dis
charged the duties of his trust with the
same integrity and ability that has here
tofore characterized his public and pri-
vate life. The people of Indiana have
his past untarnished record as his guar
antee that he will in future, as hereto
fore, discharge the duties incumbent
upon him in manner at once credita-
BILE to himself, and beneficial in the
highest degree to the honor and pros
perity OF the State.