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The Washington times., 1910-02-06
ALEXAADRIANS HEAR
P.H. BRISTOH SPEAK
WaShingtonian Addresses
Sunday School AsSo-
citation.
WASHINGTON TINES BUREAU.
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Before an audience which filed the
Young Peoples building. on South
Washington street this afternoon r II
BrlStDw, superintendent of calvary
Baptist Church sunday school. OF WASH
inBtour delivered an address. taking for
his subject Organization and E0ufu-
ment-''
The meeting. which was under the
auspices OF the Sunday School Ass8-
ClaLloB OF Alexandria was attended
oy teachers from every Sunday School
here as well as by q large number OF
the pupils The choir OF the Frs. Bap-
uSr Church, under the direction Of J..
r Preston, furnished an attractive uu-
steal program There was no meet
ing for men this afternoon
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West BeckOns
To Eastern Farmers

From the earliest settlement In New
England and the development Of that
fringe Of population along the Atlantic
csast until within the past ten years
vast areas Of the most fertile lands in
the world. located Just a little further
West. have constantly beckoned TO the
farmers Of the East. and thousands
Favz responded 10 the call
The marvellous extension and develop
ment Of RAILROADS through the middle
West during the ten years following
the close OF the civil war, opening up
and making easily accessible empires OF
this rich land. marvelOusIy stimulated
emigration: and each new railroad, each
extension Of existing RAILROADS. was fol-
lowed by the location OF thousands Of
settlers and the opening up and cuItiva-
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CITYS KEYS TO WOMAN.

LONDON, Feb 6.-The freedom OF
Oldham is to be conferred on Mrs.
Councillor Lees, who is a member Of
the firm Of Eli Lees & Co, cotton spin
ners, and is known as the Lady BoUn-
tiful-"
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DROPS THIRTY ENGINEERS.

NEW YORK, Feb 6--Bridge Comlnis-
sioner Kingsley Martin IS going TO ease
the payroll OF his department 20 the e1-
tent Of some $4,000 year by dispensing
with the services Of thirty assistant en-
glneers- All are expected 10 be out 5y
March J.
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Daniel r. BUrreIf. seVeuty-fiye years
OF age. o. az his home, IgH MoIt-
gomery street. last evening Mr.. Bur
survived by = FFduv and several end
creu- 40 AT arrangements nave
been made.
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Your Sins VIII Find You Out VIII
be the subject Of TIE sermon which viii
be delivered by the Rev J r Sewer
at the Second Presbyterian Church this
evening
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d r Stansbury and W l. Martin
have been appointed BIZ Potomac Lodge
Of Odd Fellows TO make arrangements
for the celebration OF the seventy-firsf
anniversary OF the lodge. which VIII be
reid at the Young Peoples building on
March p a nunber Of prominent speak
erS VIII be invited
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BY the ss5-. OF T. 20 10. the Yourr
Mems Sodsa-ry LycsUm basketball team
last evening Iefea ted the team from
Fort Hula ia came played at the
Armory IL South lloyd street
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The OFFENDING Of Christ was the
subject Of an interesting sermon Celiv-
cred by the Rev v r Watson A. the
First Baptist Church this morning. This
evening the Rev Watson viii take FOR
his subject a Young Man Restless
II e Mars CarHoIf~- r-17r-.--H a.
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morning the regulations for Lent were
read IL was announced that masses
would be said next WedneszdT cash
- eunesdayJr at 5-s9 and o'clock. Be
fore the s o'clock mass. ashes win be
blessed and distributed 20 the congreEa-
ton During Lent stations o. tle cross
and bsuedlcuOn win be- held on Fednes-
Gay afternoons al 800 O'Clock. and on
Friday evenings at 9 O'Clock
Dr. Blackwell VIII luld services at 5he
mission room fra the Braddocz House
Ihls evening AZ TO O'Clock He VIII
take for his subject 2auTs Tour o. the
Coming Age and the things He saw"
The Rev Angus Crawford. OF the
Theological Seminary. occupied the pull
pit at Christ Protestant Episcopal
Church this morning This evening the
Rev Thomas Nelson win preach az the
same church The Rev ". j. Morton
pastor Of Christ Church, is En- New
YORK where ne today addressed the St
Augustine League on. behalf OF the
Meade Chapel, cf Alexandra
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of nloaI Uiou of al noorc
i n ord q Mod Towns sr
preferred
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IN St Mays Catholic church this
The National tribune., 1910-05-05

1859, when they were both residents of
Lancaster County. Pa. They now live
in Prince William County, Va. and thew
should not be deprived of cards and
congratulations just because they were
a little too late.
On May 5, 1910. Comrade T.. Fl. Runs
yam and wife. of Mechaniosburg. O.,
will celebrate their SD wedding anni-
versary. Comrade Runyan is 73 years
of age, and served as Orderly of Co G,
134th Ohio. They would like very much,
indeed, to receive cards from all tho
old comrades and friends Comrade
Runyan states that his Post. Stephen
Baxter. voted unanimously for John
McElroy for Commander-in-Chi in
1910, believing that he is a deserving
comrade for the place. The Post will
also indorse The National Tribune bin.
and hopes that Comrade McElroy will
never cease his efforts until II becomes
law.
Comrade j. NJ. Iightell and wife, OF
Coshocton. o.. will have been married
81 years April 20. They have seven
living children, 81 grandchildren and
l13 Observation-Disclosures Comrade
Lightell is SO years of age and his wife
Is 79. He served in Co. Fl. 65th Ohio.
Cards are in order. and lots of them.
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then re-enlisted, but was discharged on
account of a severe Illness. After his
recovery he started to rejOin his old
regiment, but the second call for troops
having come out, he began recruiting
a company, and in 10 days had raised
116 men, of whom 102 were mustered
in and became Co. f, Hath Ohio, of
which he was made the Captain. He
at first declined this commission on ac-
count of his youth, and accepted that
of First Lieutenant, from which he was
soon promoted to the command of his
company. He served with his regiment
continually at the front, except for a
while when he was detailed as Ord
nance Officer of the Division. Upon
the muster-out of his regiment in 1865
he was retained in service for some time
as mastering officer in discharging the
troops. He has been a member of the
G. A. r. since 1868; is Past Commander
of f. d. Baker Post, of Sacramento;
has been frequently "A delegate to the
National Encampment, and a member
of both the National and Department
Councils of Administration. He has re-
sided in California since 1873, and pros
ecuted successfully a large fruit-grow-
ing and real estate business. He was
elected to the Legislature by a very
hattering majority and given positions
on important committees. One of the
facts of which he has reason to be
proud was the framing and introduction
and securing the passage of a bill max
ing Jan. IL a legal holiday in honor of
Abraham Lincoln. Comrade Hawk was
a delegate to the last Republican Ma
tional Convention, when he voted for
the nomination of William H. Taft.
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BJue and GRAY Nor ar odds.

A dispatch from Richmond, Va,
states that Gov. Mann is in receipt of
letter from Gen. HoratiO C. King,
Secretary of the Society of the Army of
the Potomac, which states that the So
ciety will not hold Its meeting in Rich
mond this year. 1t is understood that
this is because of the attacks made by
Posts of the G. A. r. against placing
the Lee statue in the Hall of Fame,
and that the meeting would therefore
be held at Sharpsburg, Nd, near the
battlefield of Antietam. Upon being
shown this dispatch, Gen. King said
that it was erroneous. There is no ILL
feeling between the Blue and Gray, but,
on the contrary, the most cordial rela-
tions exist. 1t was originally planned
that the Society of the Army of the
Potomac should meet in Richmond in
May. 1t was expected that President
Taft would be able to be present, but
it has been found that this was impOs-
sible, and as there was considerable
delay and friction in Richmond in form
ing the committees and making other
preparations for the meeting, it was
decided that the meeting should be
held this year at Antietam some time
in the Fall The Richmond meeting
is merely postponed to some future
date-poSSibly next year.
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Story of the John Brown Bell.

In August, 1861, Cos. 1, K and C and
a section of Rhode Island artillery re-
ceived orders to go to Harper's Ferry
and take everything Of value to the
Government back across the river for
shipment TO Washington. They took a
large quantity of metal, $1,000 stands
Of arms, and number Of other things,
and looking around for souvenirs de-
cided to take the bell of the engine
house which John Brown made his fort
Brown and Is of Co. I, 18th Mass.
Department to keep the bell as SOU
Williamsport Lock, in the care of a
Mrs. Ensminger. The bell remained
almost forgotten until 1892, when some
of the survivors of the party went to
Williamsport and found Mrs Ensmin-
ger alive and the bell still in her pos
session. Mrs. Ensminger said that dur
ing the battle of Antietam she had the
bell buried by one of her slaves, and
it remained undisturbed for seven years,
after which it was taken up and hung
on frame in her back yard. Com
rades Lysander P. Parker and James
NJ. Gleason were active in the steps to
get the bell back home to Marlboro,
Mass, where it became the property of
John A. Rawins Post. 1t now hangs
in front of the G. A. r. Hall at Marl-
boro, and is used to call the comrades
to the meetings. Comrade George A.
Spofford has told the story of the bell
in a pretty little pamphlet embellished
with MANY illustrations.
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Remembers Days at Dalton.

Editor National Tribune: ! was much
interested In Comrade Jenkins's article
"A Boys Experience with the Georgiana
around Dalton" and can heartily in
dorse what he says about the good peo-
pie in that vicinity. and 1 especially re-
member that vivacious little lady, Mise
Sallie Davis. az 1 spent many pleasant
evenings with her and her many grown
lady friends at her home. While She
was always ready to defend the South
ern cause and tell US what the Con-
federates were going to do to us, she
made the time pass very pleasantly for
Few of us Yankee boys who had the
pleasure Of her acquaintance. l belong
ed to the 60th N. Y, Second Division,
Twentieth Corps. / was wounded June
10. on the Atlanta Campaign; sent to
Nashville Hospital; started to join my
command and got as far as Chattanooga
Hood had started north, and / was
assigned to provisional brigade under
command Of Ben Harrison; advanced to
Dalton; fell back to Nashville; after the
fight at that place, returned to Dalton,
under Col. McMannus, where we spent
several pleasant weeks. / was there
quartered with our Commissary Depart
ment. We had plenty of supplies, and
issued rations to the people of Dalton,
who had been stripped of everything
eatable by both armies.-G w. Marsh,
Co. c, 60th N. " Hunter, Mo.
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MAJ. ROBERT 2. BTsH.

Candidate for Commander of the De-
partment of New York, G A. r..
Delegates and Members bss of the 44th
Annual Encampment of the Depart
ment of New York, G. A. R.:
We, the undersigned, a committee
elected from the several Posts of the
G. A. r. of Elmira, n. Y, respectfully
submit the following facts for your
careful consideration in the selection
of Department Commander at the 44th
Annual Encampment:
There will be very few more elec-
tions to the office of Department Com
mander of the Grand Army of the Re-
public. In the natural course of events,
very few more names can be added to
the more or less distinguished list OF
incumbents of this important office. For
this reason, the spirit of fraternity, as
well as a sense of justice, should lead
us to act fairly, intelligently and i'm
partially, and to give to all comrades
all Posts and all localities due consid-
GRAFTON. The past history OF the De-
partment shows that in the bestowal OF
this high honor, certain localities have
been either ignored or disregarded, and
this is especially true of the southern
central portion of the State. There are
81 Counties in the State, and there
have been elected 40 Department Com
manders; all of them from 20 of said
Counties as follows: New York, six;
Monroe, four; Albany. four; Erie. three;
Kings, three; Onondaga, two; Broome
two; st. Lawrence, two; oneida, two;
Rockland. two; and from from each OF
the following Counties: Cayuga, Her
kimer, Jefferson, Lewis. Montgomery
Rensselaer,, Saratoga. Steuben, Wayne
and Westchester. Let the Encampment
elect its officers, after full and fair con-
sideration of the claims of all candi-
dates and all localities.
Chemung County has been more con-
tinuously, consistently and ably repre-
sented in the Department Encampment
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Was I'm IA Battles.

Alexander Eckerman. sth Mich,
Muskegon, Mich, enlisted on the bat
tleiield of Antietam in 1862. He was
living in Baltimore at the time. His
first battle was Fredericksburg, and
then he went with the Ninth Corps to
Vicksburg, and afterward to East Ten
nessee, where he re-enlisted, and came
back with his Corps to the Army of the
Potomac for the terrible fighting in the
Wilderness and at Spotsylvania. His
hardest battle was at Petersburg, where
his brother was shot down by his side.
Upon being discharged he went with
his regiment to Michigan, and has liv-
ed in Muskegon since 1881. conducting
a drug store
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Missouri .Wonlas,s Relief corps.

Altho Missouri is a smaller Depart
ment than Fome, dt, stands in the front
rank as to good work accomplished.
In the cities there. is always the de-
serving poor to he assisted. and their
wants are bpuntifully supplied; in the
country thSresponte is just as gener-
etant' eaSl 0u' tns demaAds are not SO con-
The Department is steadily increasing
It's membership, notwithstanding the
fact that, VI this Old slave State. both
the Dames5nnd Daughters of the Con-
federacy age strong organizations; and
while loyal lswomep are alwoys gladly ac-
cepted, the9majoritS of the members in
the Department of Missouri are blood
relatives of the boys who wore the blue
from 81 to '65, and consequently feel
a Keen interest in their welfare. FIRE.
quent Reunions and entertainments are
participated in by Posts and Corps.
On pension day all of the Corps in the
country towns furnish a free but most
excellent dinner to all who come
to have their pension vouchers execut-
ed, making it q day looked forward to
with pleasurable anticipation.
The patriotic work is well performed;
flags and patriotic literature of all kinds
are freely distributed in all of the pub
lie schools. and frequent visits are paid
TO them by the Patriotic Instructors of
tne Oruer, VINO strive to lncuIcate loftier
IDEAS or patriotic loyalty and a proper
reverence for Our Flag in the minds
OF the pupils. Medals are awarded
10 them for their best patriotic essays.
The various district conventions held
each year are instructively entertain
ing and enjoyable. promoting sociability
ana closer acquaintance between the
corps composing the districts.
The Department Convention will be
a %
Great preparations are being made for
the entertainment OF the visitors,
among whom Will be Mrs. Jennie
l. Berry. our esteemed National
l'resident-Mary NJ. Stark. Department
Press Correspondent.
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Breakine out of Danyille.

Editor National Tribune: I notice in
a late issue letter from John A.
Malone, Co. !. 22d Ill, about the tun-
mel at Danville. / helped dig that tun-
mel, and got out with the boys, but
don't know the names of any who got
away, or of any who helped with the
tunnel. There was one who gave me
good advice that night when we got out
side 1t was in December, and cold, and
the comrade told me that / never
could stand the trip, as they had to
cross the Blue Ridge Mountains. and
there was plenty of-snow then. The
reason l could not stand the trip was,
had nothing on but an undershirt and a
pair of drawers-no shoes or hat, hav-
ing been stripped of all my good clothes
by the rebls when / was captured
After walking about Danville that night
for while l went back thru the tunnel
into the prison. About 40 got away that
night, but / never heard if they got
home or not. The next day, when the
tunnel was found, we were put upstairs
and before another week I was working
on another tunnel on the other end OF
the building. We opened that one in q
stable in the same yard where we open
ed the first one. / went out with some
boys thru that tunnel, but did not &c
farther than the stable. After we were
moved upstairs we cut hole thru the
floor in one of the small rooms and
the second tunnel. ] think about 40 got
away that night also. If the comrade
is still living, and can remember of tell
ing boy of 16 years that night in Dam
vile not to take that trip, / would like
10 hear from him. / think Comrade
Malone is mistaken about the length OF
the tunnel. ! don't think II was over
100 feet from the little rooms where we
opened the tunnel. / also would like
TO hear from some of the boys who
helped me dig the tunnel at Anderson
Vile prison. We got the tunnel
through and did not want to open it till
night; two of the boys could not wait;
20 about a. m they opened II and got
away; but about 8 p. m. the dogs got
them in watermelon patch. They were
brought back, very much scratched up
AS to the date of the tunnel at DAN
willie, il was in December. 1865. l know
we were up on the second floor on Jan
], "a; for that day j went out and drove
team and hauled smallpox cases down
in the woods, and / know there was no
one allowed on that floor at that time.
] will also state for the benefit of the
old boys, all should come to Florida
for their health, and get younger. No
malaria or chills and fever; and no cold
Winters; can raise watermelons, to-
matoes or any garden truck In the Win
ter: don't need overcoats or snowshoes.
This would be fine place for soldiers
home.-F. A. Thomas, Co. A, 9Th Ind,
Cocoanut Grove, Fla.
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An InnpOster.

Comrade John McOmher, of the Goth
Pa, writes to The National Tribune:
In the interest of the comrades of the
civil war, 1 wish to protect them from
an imposter and swindler who has been
working the old soldiers to the limit.
This man is Frank Harrington, who
draws his pension from the New York
Pension Office. He uses his voucher
as medium to get money from the
old soldiers, and works them to per-
fection. This man should be exposed
that no more poor comrades may be
swindled by his tricks, and his pension
should be cut off. This man, as 1
understand, has been working along
these lines for many moons, winning
the sympathy of the old soldier; then
obtaining various sums, according to
the old soldiers purse.
The National tribune., 1910-05-05
Wishes He Was in st. Cloud.

A. J. Wells, 32d Wis, Milton. Wis,
wishes that he was in that part of
Dixie called st. Cloud, where he has
long. March was delightfully."- fine
month, with fruit trees all In bloom.
Now comes Winter again, with the
ground covered with snow, so that they
have to shovel paths to the well and
barn and snow drifting three feet deep
in the yard. All the same, out there
they are a1l-standing up for Taft. Sher-
man, Cannon. Aldrich, Hale, and espe-
cially John McElroy
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The Sd Mich. Cav. and 18th Mich.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
"a short sketch of these regiments
John Soules, Wayne, Neb.
The Sd Mich. Cav. was organized at
Detroit from Aug. "a to Nov. 2S, 1861,
and after serving out two enlistments
was mustered out Feb. >12, 1866. 1t
was commanded by Col. Francis w.
Kellogg, who resigned June 81, 1852,
succeeded by Col. John X. Miner. a
West Point man, in command at time
of muster-out.E It belonged to Hatch's
Division, Sixteenth Corps, and lost 80
killed and the very large number of
384 from disease ETC.
history of the 18th Mich has lately
been published.-Editor National Trib-
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Anniversary of Newborn

The survivors, of Burnsides's forces
which captured iNewbern, N. c., held
their usual annual banquet on the an
niversary at Memorial Hall, Springfield
Mass, with595 present. The President
Arthur Slate, welcomed the meeting
and the following officers were elected
President, Dwight Holden, of Spring
field; Vice President, George Daven-
port, of Greenfield; Secretary and
Treasurer, w. P. Saxton, of Springfield
The National tribune., 1910-05-05
PENSION DECISION.
Marriaee-New York-Insane Person
Noidable Marriage-Nullity Decree

The marriage of the appellant with
lunatic in New York, where she resides,
being by the law of that State voidable
not void at its inception, is marriage
de jure, and upon its inception her pen
sionable status as the widow of the SOL
dier ceased, and. having ceased, is not
revived by the dissolution of said mar
riage by a decree of nuIlity or of di-
vorce, save as provided by the act of
March 8, 1901. 46 3-28-'10
The National tribune., 1910-05-05

II you are a sufferer of CATAERH OR
ASTHMA and have tried one remedy after
another only to be disappointed. / want you
to try at my expense liquid have found
that cures to stay cured. I know what 1t
will do, and I want to send it to every dis
couraged sufferer in the land. Young or Old
|. could not afford this generous offer If l
did not know what it would do and what a
blessing II is to all discouraged sufferers. NO
matter my friend, what you have used with
failure, l want you to take heart and send
me your name and address at once. My Won
derful Liquid and Balm will cleanse the sys-
ten of ali impurities stop Gasping for Breath,
Hawking and splitting, discharge from the
nose, foul breath, and sleepless nights Ihe
deadly germs of consumption breed nowhere
so easily in the foul slime of ASTHMA
and CATARRH.
Now send your name and address ana
I will mail YOU at once trial of my remedy
and my book on Asthma, Catarrh. T. COR
NAM, SEQ GOrham Bldg, Battle Creek, Mich.
The National tribune., 1910-05-05
NidoMs' Pensions-

Mrs. w. b. Powers, Gladstone, n.
Oak, is sure that the Limitation on
widows pensions is very unjust. Upon
the widows who married subsequent TO
1890 has come the whole burden of
g1ed in 1899 q veteran who is now "a
ried in 1899 a veterans who is now "a
years old, and for the past seven years
has been helpless from fall on the
ice and fracture of the hip bone.
The National tribune., 1910-05-05
CURE FOR INDIGESTION.

Read What We VIII Do for Al Sufferers Of Indigestion
Sick Headach. and All Forms Of Stomach TEouhks
Send 1oc to cover cost of mailing, etc, and)
we will send WITHOUT FURTHER CHARGH
q 800 ABSORPTION TEATMENT. Sponga-A
a plaster that Will cure-work5 Ike magic on}
the solar pleIus, which is the center OF thS
sympathetic nerve system that. controls the
digestive organs. Write US NOW and we VIII
save you days and weeks OF misery! Address
Ohio Remedy Co. Box 1874. Sta +. Toledo. o.
The National tribune., 1910-05-05
Changing the Name of the Sons of
Veterans

James H. Saults. Galesburg. ILL.,. doe.
not think that the legislation to change
the name of the Sons of Veterans viii
pass this year, for it will have to be
voted on by the Camps and then by the
State Encampments before it goes to
the National Encampment. 1t is likely
to be laid on the table for years to
come, and il 1t should be passed there
will be lots of changes to be made, es-
peciaIly in the rules and regulations.
The National tribune., 1910-05-05
BOOK No. I.

laughed story
or another mn read selections from it at r @ fosd msetngs t and
written OF real life the Union Army alter ITS d IN
shed IN book form The editions long ago eH ] eue @ ga h
FORM with additional and way
will deal period
with his soldier and then
lsoned
Each volume will be of printed in large clear
address postpaid the of so and SIoo for those
Klegg
him.
rand
orders accompanied for each
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE D..
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The National tribune., 1910-05-05
CAPT. F.. Il. HAWK,
The Commander of the Department of
California and Nevada, g. A. II.

Capt. f. J.. Hawk, who was elected
Commander of the Department of Cali
fornia and Nevada at its recent En-
campment, was born in Ohio on April
22, 1861. At the age of 19 he enlist
ed in the 18th Ohio. He served in this
in the three months campaign. and