skull; was taken prisoner, and finally confined in Libby Prison at Richmond, Va. Was paroled and exchanged February 18, 1863; rejoined his regiment, which belonged to the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Army Corps; was engaged in the battles of Nashville, Tenn., Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, Peach Tree Creek, siege of Atlanta, Jonesborough, and all the other actions in which his corps participated; was with Sherman in the march to the sea, thence through South and North Carolina; was present at the surrender of Johnston, thence to Richmond, Va., and to Washington, and in the grand review at that city. He was mustered out of service, by reason of the expiration of the war, at Chicago, August 21, 1865; had served as private, corporal, and sergeant; returning to private life he learned the trade of carriage-builder, in which business. he was employed at Ottawa, Ills., and Fowler, Ind., until 1875, when he came to California and continued it for a time; is at present foreman of the San Jose Agricultural Works; is a member of Phil Sheridan Post, G. A. R., of San Jose, and one of its past post commanders.

WM. HARVEY BROWN,

Of San Jose, Cal., was born in Schoharie County, N. Y., September 6, 1834, and previous to the Civil War was the superintendent of a quartz-mill in Tuolumne County, Cal.; enlisted in Company I, 8th California Infantry, January 16, 1865, and was made a sergeant; was on guard duty for some months at Benicia Arsenal; then stationed at Fort Point, and on provost guard duty in San Francisco; was made wagon and forage master for his regiment, in which capacity he served until mustered out with his regiment in the fall of 1865. He has been since the war a street contractor in San Jose, a regular police officer, a deputy sheriff for Santa Clara County, and is at present a private detective. He is an enthusiastic member of Phil Sheridan Post, G. A. R., of San Jose.

EDWIN RECTOR.

Was born in Schenectady County, N. Y., November 4, 1843; was a farmer before the war; has since been engaged in mercantile pursuits; is at present a member of the firm of Fox & Rector, wholesale and retail dealers in hay, grain, wool, and coal, at San José, Cal.; enlisted in company C, 95th Illinois Volunteers, August 22, 1862, and joined the Army of the Tennessee; had two brothers in the same company and regiment, both of whom served throughout the campaigns in Tennessee and with Sherman in his march to the sea; was discharged from

service March 24, 1863, on account of disability resulting from a severe attack of typhoid fever, brought on by extreme exposure and hardships, and from the effects of which he has not as yet entirely recovered; is a pensioner and an esteemed member of John A. Dix Post, G. A. R., of San 1056, Cal. By fair dealings with his fellow-men he has gained their respect and confidence, and is regarded as a substantial citizen of his town. Comrade Rector is a member of Enterprise Lodge, A. O. U. W.

JAMES L. EVANS.

Was born in Gloucester, Mass., May 26, 1821, and is by occupation a miner; was mustered into the U. S. service September 17, 1861, as 1st Lieutenant of Company F, 4th California Infantry Volunteers; served in Lower California and Arizona; in the latter department was engaged on Indian scouting duty; was honorably discharged from the service October 30, 1863, by special order department of the Pacific. Lieutenant Evans is also a veteran of the Mexican War. He served in General Wool’s division, and took part in the battle of Buena Vista. He is a member of Sumner Post, G. A. R., at Sacramento, Cal., of which city he is a resident.

PELIG B. ARNOLD.

Was born in Norwich, Conn., June 10, 1833. Is a carpenter by trade, and at present a resident of Stockton, Cal. Is a member of Rawlins Post, No. 23, at that place. Enlisted in Company E of the 65th New York Infantry in September, 1863, and was discharged on account of disability. Re-enlisted on the 8th of March, 1864, in Company I of the 21st Connecticut Infantry. Served as a private during both enlistments. Was attached to the 6th Army Corps. Took part in the engagements at Williamsburg and Malvern Hill, Bermuda Hundred, Cold Harbor, and mine explosion at Petersburg. Was taken prisoner at Malvern Hill, and was not released for about four months. Was honorably discharged from the service May 18, 1865.

AMERICUS V. STOCKWELL.

Was born in Allegany, Cattaraugus County, N. Y., July 27, 1836; came to California in 1858, and was engaged in stock-raising until 1860; then went into the mines, where he remained until 1863, when he entered into the business of street contracting in San Francisco; enlisted September 17, 1864, in Company H, 2d California Cavalry; was assigned to provost

guard duty in Sacramento, from which he was detached and assigned to escort duty with General McDowell, making the rounds of the military posts in Arizona, preparatory to the relief of the volunteers by the regulars; was mustered out of service at Los Angeles, Cal., April 20, 1866, by reason of disbandment of volunteers; is now engaged in employment agency and intelligence office at San José, Cal.; is a member of John A. Dix Post, G. A. R., of that city.

DANIEL MACK DAVIS.

Was born in Van Buren County, Iowa, August 26, 1848. His occupations in life have been various; has been a printer, engaged in agricultural pursuits, then merchandizing; an orchardist when he first came to California after the war, and is at present in the hardware business in San Jose. He enlisted in Company E, 15th Iowa Volunteer Infantry, in January, 1865, the regiment belonging to the 17th Army Corps. On account of his youth, being but sixteen years of age, and his delicate constitution, he was appointed regimental postmaster, and assigned to duty at regimental headquarters. He was honorably discharged from the service in August, 1865; is a member of John A. Dix Post, G. A. R., at San Jose, Cal., where he resides.

B. F. FOSTER.

Was born in Calais, Me., March 25, 1842; is by occupation a farmer; enlisted in Company K, 1st California Cavalry, April 3, 1863, and was appointed a corporal; served during the war in the military department of New Mexico, and with his company was in several Indian engagements. He was honorably discharged from service April 3, 1866; is a member of Rawlins Post, G. A. R., Stockton, Cal., and resides near Lockeford, San Joaquin County, Cal.

E. W. CHARLES.

Was born at Fryeburg, Me. on May 27, 1839. Went to Chicago in 1856, determined to paddle his own canoe; arrived there with $1.75 in his pocket; clerked in a lumber-yard for a time, but not meeting with success, became a school teacher and so continued until September 6, 1861, the date of his enlistment in Company A of the 49th Illinois Infantry, with which regiment he served as sergeant (mostly in the medical department) until December 15, 1862, when he was mustered out by order of General Grant to accept an appointment as acting master’s mate in the Navy, in which position he served until July of the same year, the date of

his resignation on account of ill-health. Returning to his residence at Waterloo, Ill., commenced reading medicine with Drs. Copp and Whitmore, and attended a course of lectures at the St. Louis Medical College, and the following April re-enlisted for six months as surgeon’s steward on the U. S. steamer Nymph, of the Mississippi squadron; was discharged in September, 1864. Attended another course of lectures at St. Louis, and graduated in March, 1865; was examined, and on March 11, 1865, was commissioned first assistant surgeon of the 60th Illinois Infantry, then stationed near Savannah; was discharged with that regiment in July, 1865. On August 7th, the same year, was commissioned first assistant surgeon of the 36th Illinois Infantry, stationed at New Orleans, La.; was discharged with the others of this command October 8, 1865. During this varied service was attached to the Army of the Tennessee, 13th Corps, from January, 1862, to December, 1862; U. S. Navy from January 11, 1863, to September 15, 1864; to the 3d Brigade, 2d Division, of the 14th Army Corps from March to July, 1865, and the Department of the Gulf from August to October of the same year. During all of which was in the following engagements: Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Arkansas Post, Fort Beauregard, Vicksburg, Haines’ Bluff, and ran by the batteries at Vicksburg on the U. S. gunboat General Price; was present at the bombardment at Grand Gulf, etc.

Since the war comrade Charles has practiced medicine and surgery, and for the last fourteen years in California; was a member of Sumner Post, No. 3, of Sacramento, until April, 1886, when through his instrumentality Chattanooga Post, No. 115, was organized at Nevada City, Cal., his place of residence, to which post he at once transferred his membership. This Post mustered more men, in comparison to membership, in the grand parade at the twentieth encampment, than any other, there being thirty-five out of thirty-seven members in the ranks, which speaks well for the zeal of its organizer.

ANDREW E. VEON.

Was born in Crawford County, Pa., March 16, 1845. Has been a merchant; is at present a jeweler at Brainerel, Minn. Enlisted in Company C, 29th Wisconsin Infantry, August 13, 1862, and served a short time as private, and then as courier at brigade headquarters; was attached to the 1st Brigade, 3d Division, and 13th Army Corps; was in the engagements during the Vicksburg campaign and Banks’ two trips up Red River; is a member of Geo. H. Thomas Post, No. 30, department of Minnesota, with headquarters at his place of residence; was mustered out

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at Shreveport, La., June 22, 1865; enlisted first, at the age of sixteen, in 1861, but when the company was mustered in was sent home on account of size and age, his father having withheld his consent to the enlistment; later on father and son enlisted in the same company. At the battle of Champion Hills, Miss., his gun was shattered to pieces in his hands by a rifle-ball; was in the rifle-pits before Vicksburg for forty-seven days; at the occupation of Jackson was knocked senseless by a spent ball striking him on the forehead; his clothes were pierced by shot several times on the expedition up Red River; was injured by his horse at the battle of Carrion Crow Bayou, from which he suffers at the present time; was captured at the battle of Sabine Cross-roads in 1864, and imprisoned at Tyler, Tex.; taken from Tyler with 600 others and marched for two months, Mr. Veon was paroled at Houston, and delivered to the blockading fleet at Galveston; rejoined his regiment at New Orleans, and proceeded to Shreveport, La., and witnessed the surrender of the place, when he was in charge of guards over the same men who guarded him when a prisoner. Comrade Veon has been quartermaster of his post, and is at present its commander; is also assistant inspector of the department and aid-de-camp on the staff of the department commander.

I. V. B. LOGAN.

Was born in Middletown, Jefferson County, Ky., November 20, 1840. Was educated for mercantile pursuits, and is at present a merchant. Enlisted in Company E, 5th California Infantry, September 19, 1861; served during the war, in California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Western Texas; taking part in several Indian fights; was mustered out of service at Messilla, New Mexico, November 30, 1864. He is a member of Rawlins Post, G. A. R., Stockton, Cal., of which city he is a resident.

THEODORE AYEOULT BARTON.

Was born in Newport, R. I., July 2, 1844, and is an accountant; residing at present at Providence, R. I. Enlisted September 18, 1862, in the 3d Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia; was afterward commissioned 2d lieutenant in the 2d Regiment Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, and later on was promoted to 1st lieutenant in the 58th Massachusetts Volunteers; served in the 1st Brigade, 2d Division, and 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, the 18th Corps at Newberne, and 1st Brigade, 2d Division, 9th Army Corps in Virginia; was mustered out of the service, with his regiment, July 14, 1865.