The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-25

wounds that he was commissioned sec
ond lieutenant in the Seventh regiment
OF coiored troops on the 30th of Sep
TENDER, 1858. In December, Of the same
year, he was transferred to the TWen-
ty-SecOnd regiment of colored troops,
remaining with that organization until
the close Of the war, retiring from the
service with the rank of first lieuten-
ant. He participated in the first bat
tie Of Bull Run and all the other en-
gagements Of the First Minnesota until
ne was commissioned, as already noted,
ana thereafter with the colored troops,
not being mustered out of the service
Until Nov. %, 1865. He marched with his
regiment in Lincolns funeral process
sion. He was present in thirty-threa en-
gagements, and aside from his wounds
at gettysburg, was wounded in an en-
gagement at Petersburg and also at
New Market Heights. Though active
In the walks of civil life, he never fully
recovered from these wounds, and but
for the general effect of his army ser
vice, his life bid fair to have been pro-
longed far beyond the period of SO
years, when 1t so suddenly terminated.
He was as much victim Of the war as
though he had fallen upon the battle
field
The incidents of his military career
were too numerous to be recapitulated.
one of the notable incidents was his
selection as the first provost marshal
OF the city of Richmond Virginia, on
Its capture, April 3, 1865. Among the
duties was putting out the fires in the
burning buildings, stationing sentinels
habftants, etc. Next morning he was
waited on by the ladies Of the city,
headed by the wife of the mayor. and
publicly thanked fer his work Of the
Gay before. He was provost marshal
on the staff Of Gen. A. V. Kantz at the
time and was ordered to this duty by
Gen. WeitZel. After the close of actual
hOsulitleS he was sent, during the sum-
mer, 1863, into Texas to preserve order
and at times even crossed the line into
Mexico to arrest murderers, thirteen
OF whom he captured and turned over
to Gen. Sheridan at New Orleans and
by his order delivered them at the
Dry Tortugas.
Upon retiring from the army he re-
turned to st. Paul and for some years
worked at his trade as a printer.
Later he represented the type foundry
OF S. P. Rounds, of Chicago, while in
that capacity taking a printing out,
lit, bought by the Mormons, overland
TO salt Lake City, where he duly in
stalled it. After some years engaged
IN mercantile pursuits in the East. Mr..
Knight returned to St. Paul in 1886 and
established the Union Credit COM
pany. For the last two or three years
ne has resided in Minneapolis.
The tender relations of husband ana
Wlte We're never more marked than in
the case Of Mr.. Knight and his estim-
able companion who survives him He
was married in Portsmouth, N H,
on his fortieth birthday, April 8, 1873,
to Miss Emily Sullivan Fernald, and
GIN Al,4
they been separated until the final
summons came. An engagement OF
over fifteen years preceded their mar
rage, illness, the death Of relatives
and other obstacles interposing to
cause the delay. but life affords no
more striking illustration of the f1gur-
at1ve injunction that man and wife
shall be one, than was afforded by
the relations which existed in the
Knight family.
Mr.. Knight was a member of Acker
Post of ST Paul of the Grand Army
of the Republic and also of the Ma
sonic order, and the representatives of
both organizations will attend his
funeral. He only survived twenty min
utes after reaching his home Monday
night, having been stricken en- route.
but he had previously expressed a
desire to be cremated and his body will
accordingly be sent to Chicago for
that purpose. His afflicted wife will
shortly return to reside with an only
sister in the East.
And thus the page of 1ife's history
closes for one who though not promi-
nent in public affairs, in civil life, left
a record upon the history of his cour-
try of which any man might we'll be
proud and which his surviving rela-
tlVes and friends can long treasure as
worthy of emulation.
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