rmy. He was discharged by reason of his wound,
Jan. 8, 1863, at Georgetown, D. C; entered the Pennsylvania Militia, as
Lieutenant of Co. B, 55th Reg., June 27, 1863, under Brig. Gen. Kelley,
to assist in checking the great Rebel Raid into the Northern States;
stationed at Parkersburg, Va.; discharged, August 26, 1863. He is now
farming in Clark, Mercer Co., Penn.
JOHN J. EVERS,
A Lieutenant in the 13th O. V. I. of the three-months service; joined
Co. C at Camp Dennison; appointed Corporal, Nov. 20, 1861; present in
the battles of Winchester and Cedar Mountain. In the latter engagement
he received a ball through the thigh. At 9 o'clock P. M., the pain
occasioned, led him to beg the favor of being put to death, but loss of
blood soon ended his sufferings, and he died on the field, in the hands
of the enemy, about 12 P. M., Aug. 9, 1862.
JOHN W. FINCH,
Joined Co. C at Camp Dennison; captured at Cross Lanes; in the hands of
the rebels nine months; paroled and exchanged; discharged, Oct. 4, 1862.
HOLLAND BARD FRY,
A Sophomore in Oberlin College, appointed Corporal in March, 1862, and
promoted to Sergeant, Feb. 28, 1863; took an active part in the battles
of Cross Lanes, Winchester, Port Republic, Antietam, Dumfries,
Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, Ringgold,
Rocky-Faced Ridge, Resaca, and Dallas; wounded below the knee, at Port
Republic; mustered out of the service, July 6, 1864, at Cleveland, Ohio;
graduated in the Class of '65, Oberlin College; now preparing to enter
the ministry.
LEWIS R. GATES,
A Freshman in Oberlin College, an earnest worker for Christ, and noted
for his success in urging the claims of the Christian Religion upon many
men of other companies; appointed Corporal, April 1, 1862; escaped
safely at the battle of Cross Lanes, but in the battle of Port Republic,
putting himself far out in front, he received a ball through the heart.
Thus ended the life of a noble youth, who had endeared himself to his
comrades, and who once seemed destined to be a great power for good in
the world.
JOHN GARDNER,
Joined Co. C at Camp Dennison, from an Elyria company; promoted to
Sergeant, June 1, 1863; present at the battles of Cross Lanes,
Winchester, Cedar Mountain, Antietam, Dumfries, Chancellorsville,
Lookout Mountain, and Ringgold; wounded in the leg at Winchester; in the
thigh at Chancellorsville, and left on the field ten days, in the hands
of the enemy; aft
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