enemy, at Richmond, New Orleans, and Salisbury;
paroled and exchanged; returned to duty, March 22, 1863; engaged in the
battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg; discharged, Nov. 10, 1863,
to accept a First Lieutenancy in the 9th Regiment U. S. C. T.; promoted
to Captain, and made Provost Marshal of the 20th A. C.; now in the
service.
J. FRANCIS HARMON,
Corporal; served constantly with the regiment, during the whole term of
enlistment; promoted to Sergeant, in the Company, Nov. 20, 1861, and to
Quarter-Master Sergeant of the regiment, April 1, 1862; engaged in the
battle of Cross Lanes; discharged at Cleveland, Ohio, July 6, 1864;
married, and is now Postmaster at Oberlin, O.
THERON E. W. ADAMS,
A Freshman in Oberlin College; Corporal; wounded by a guerilla, while on
picket duty, near Glenville, Va., July 21, 1861. The ball entered his
side and followed a rib around nearly to the spine. He has the honor of
shedding the first blood in the Seventh Ohio Regiment, by the hand of an
enemy; engaged in the battle of Winchester; honorably discharged on
account of disability, June 29, 1862; graduated in Oberlin College in
the Class of '64; married, and farming in Michigan.
CHARLES P. BOWLER,
A Junior in Oberlin College; Corporal; served constantly with the
Company until his death; promoted to Sergeant; participated in the
battles of Cross Lanes, Winchester, Port Republic, and Cedar Mountain,
where he received a gun shot through the heart. He fell upon his back,
dying instantly with a convulsive struggle.
STEPHEN M. COLE,
Corporal; slightly wounded in the thigh, and taken prisoner in the
retreat two or three days after the battle of Cross Lanes; spent nine
months in the hands of the enemy at Richmond, New Orleans, and
Salisbury, after which he was paroled and exchanged; returned to duty,
March 22, 1863, at Dumfries; participated in the battles of Gettysburg
and Chancellorsville, where he was wounded in the shoulder by a shell;
detailed as Clerk at Head Quarters of 1st Brigade 2d Division, 12th A.
C., Feb. 25, 1864; discharged July 6, 1864; married, and farming in
Gibralter, Mich.
ARTHUR CURTIS DANFORTH,
A Sophomore in Oberlin College; served as Corporal until Nov. 20, 1861,
when he was promoted to First Sergeant, at Charleston, Va.; escaped
unhurt from the battle of Cross Lanes, and was instantly killed in the
battle of Winchester, by a bullet passing through his chest, and another
through his ne
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