captured in the battle of
Cross Lanes; in the enemy's hands nine months; paroled and exchanged;
discharged at Columbus, Ohio, October 2, 1862; served six months in the
Q. M. Department, at Nashville, in 1864; re-entered the service, Feb.
25, 1865, as Assistant Surgeon of the 185th O. V. I., and was discharged
on the 8th of October of the same year; now a Practicing Physician, in
Minnesota.
CHARLES C. BOSWORTH,
Of delicate constitution; not able to endure active field-service, but
served quite as profitably in the hospital; Hospital Steward; discharged
Nov. 11, 1865; detailed as ward-master and druggist in the Post
Hospital at Charleston, Va., from December, 1861, to September, 1862;
transferred to Gallipolis, O., where he served as druggist and assistant
steward; discharged from Co. C, at that place, April 13, 1864, and
immediately appointed Hospital Steward, U. S. A.; remained at
Gallipolis, until July 10, 1865, when he was transferred to Parkersburg,
W. Va., and was discharged, April 22, 1866.
JOHN M. BURNS,
Taken prisoner at the battle of Cross Lanes; spent nine months in the
South, at Richmond, New Orleans, and Salisbury; released on parole, and
exchanged; returned to the company, March 20, 1863, at Dumfries, Va.;
engaged in the battles of Cross Lanes, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg,
Rocky-Faced Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; wounded at Cross Lanes,
Gettysburg, and Dallas; sometimes "glad he was in this army," and again
"glad he wasn't"; discharged, July 6, 1864, at Cleveland, Ohio.
He is now married, and agriculturalizing in Illinois.
CHARLES H. BUXTON,
Senior in Oberlin College; appointed Corporal, November 20, 1861;
promoted to Second Sergeant, Aug. 10, 1862; present at Cross Lanes,
Winchester, Port Republic, and wounded in the shoulder and forearm at
Cedar Mountain; unanimously elected by the company, in October, 1862, to
take its command, but the uncertainty of his early recovery and return
rendered it inexpedient to forward his name to Columbus for the
promotion. After partial recovery, served as Clerk in the Mansion House
Hospital at Alexandria; appointed Acting Hospital Steward, in Jan.,
1863, and served in that capacity until Jan. 1, 1864, when he was
detailed by the War Department as Clerk in the Adjutant General's
Office, where he remained until he was mustered out of the service,
June 19, 1864; immediately obtained a clerkship in the U. S. Treasurer's
Office; now pursuing the study of the
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