The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-05

- montgomery county. He next took a
ever enter upon it's practice extensively.
uat TOOK up the business of an apothecary
at SrawfordsviIie.
Upon the breaking out of the Mexican
war he entered the service as captain Of
company /, Fifth Regiment of Indiana Vol
tached to the army of General Scott, and
Was IN the campaign from Vera Cruz to the
Oh duty as guards of the city. On his re-
turn to Charlottesville, at the close of the
war, General Manson resumed his business
as druggist He soon took an interest in
political matters as a Democrat, and in
1891 was elected to the House, serving in
the important session which changed the
laws SO as to conform to the new ConStitu-
ton of 1850, In 1856 he was a delegate to
the Democratic national convention which
he was an ardent supporter of Stephen a..
Douglas, believing that his success would
avert civil war.
After the lection of Lincoln when the
storm broke upon the Union at Fort SUM
ter. the spirit which made the grand
father a soldier in 1872. was aroused and.
forgetting politics and parties, he FASTENED
to join the Union cause. He took an ac-
tive part in forwarding to In~dianapoIis the
first company from Montgomery county,
under General Lew Wallace. Two days
soldiers of the Mexican war, General Man
son raised. in five hours, a company with
he brought TO Indianapolis, two companies
of the Tenth Regiment We're formed, and
he became captain of Company G, his COM
l laiss.J he I bacam uar me- io np : nd H. ,,n loS'' The zen nro oays
ton of Gen. J. j., Reynolds TO brsgadier
general, was promoted colonel. The regi-
under Rosecrans, saw real service, lead
ing the assault in the battle of Rich Noun
ta.n.
When the regiment returned at the expira-
ton of its two months 1T was speedily re-
organized for three years. It was ordered
70 kentucky ana was one or the first regi-
mentS to cross the Ohio river in September,
Iool; Wnlie IN hentucky he was assigned
90 q I isn 9hia an on coSon nlyis ON, OF the Army
nTigade. colonei MANSIONS par
Ilclpated In the battle OF Mil Springs, in
tory over General Zollicoffer. In this bat
TIE the Tenth especially distinguished itself.
us comnand WAS at the siege of Corinth.
IN warren - 1907, ne was appointed briga-
aler general by PRESIDENT Lincoln, without
ri0 anu assIsneu 70 the second
tha ph d1isIsipn OF lne army OF
sisting of the iEjftv- I'll 81 Dr.gaue con
entv-first and Sixtaanth Indians lit = *
ali raw trnnns n tho ahsanna ~ rananaI
Nelson he foucbt the ~ t+Ia - p;aen
Ky being Ieff there hw . mis.aLo ~ ~.
transmission of orders. General Nanson.s
raw raeinnants fn,ebf yva1I Ia.
numbers c,lt off his retreat and afper =
heavy loss the remainder surrendered.
Jan. 1, 1863, he was assigned to the
command of a division of the Twenty-third
Army Corps. After participating in the cam
paign which ended in the capture of Gen.
eral Morgan he was placed in command
Of the corps by order of General Burnside.
He was in the siege of Knoxville Sl,hse-
quent to the raising of the siege General
Manson's command saw a great deal of
nard service. In February, 1864, General
Cox, VINO ranked General Manson, took
command OF the corps ana the latter COM
Iianueu a DIVISION. he participated in the
AtlaIla caIlpalgn unli uisapled by a piece
ol sheI Wnlcn uniitteo MN Tor held service
anu sups s ne was Frustrated Tor
that he co,,ld = y 1onaor cecomims satlsLed
sla ne eouiu ny IohseI engage IN active
natin,, Geh 81 iesa ~ $4,000 MS resle.
record as q so,di@r o1u,ou m = an 9XceIent
and never eeeIine nran"oto, oHis hS outy
In October 1854. he VAS witho,,t bis
know,edoa or consant pada tha Dnunn tmS
candidate for Iie1tenant Governor r,,nniuo
ahead Of his ticker He was defeotea IS
1870 he was elected to Congress- and seryad
on the COMMITTEES on invalid nensions he
was defeated in the next election h,,t ran
far ahead of his ticket. He was hairn,an
of the Democratic state connnittaa In 1875
and managed the camnaipn To the sat;sfan
tion Of his marry In 1874 he was aisaeea
state Auditor In 1854 he WAS elsctad : 49,
tenant C;overnor On the Damocra tic t;cLat
h,,t ras;ona6 w. aesoa lchet'
ment OF collector or internal revenue under
Il 5lu6I OleVelduQ. lQ WHICH CaDAcltV he q