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in farming until 1873, when we came to Kansas; making the trip 

 in a wagon, and located in Rice county. Homesteaded a quarter 

 of land, where we remained until the fall of 1903, when we rented 

 the farm and moved to Lyons. Raised a family of seven chil- 

 dren, five daughters and two sons. Pour daughters and one son 

 are still living, and all married except youngest daughter. 



W. H. White. Aledo, Illinois. 



For eight or ten years after the war, followed the printing 

 trade, in St. Louis, Mo.; then tried farming in Kansas; not mak- 

 ing a success in that, I started out to see the sights. Traveled 

 through the following states, part of the time as a printer, and 

 part of the time in various occupations: 



New Mexico, Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, Washington, 

 California, Oregon, Idaho, Nebraska and Missouri. Finally 

 landed in the National Military Home, Leavanworth, Kansas. 

 In 1899 was transfered to eastern branch National Soldiers Home, 

 Togus, Me., where I was put in as foreman of the printing office 

 in connection with the Home, where I remained until 1904 when 

 I took a discharge and came back to Aledo, where I have since 

 remained. The wound I received in my ankle, on the 27th of June 

 186-1 was 13 or 14 years in healing, and during tnat time I 

 removed from the wound two hundred and fifty pieces of bone. 



As the comrades peruse the contents of this book and read 

 the list of names, I immagine they will picture in their mind's 

 eye each individual comrade; then when they read the list of 

 battles, marches and camps, many incidents of these exciting 

 times will come into their minds, a good many of which would be 

 worthy of being related in this book. It will, no doubt, oring to 

 mind the part they took, how on first going into battle we felt 

 like running, but manly honor and pride held us in place. The 

 marches mentioned will bring to mind the blistered feet and 

 worn out body. In camp, the "hard tack,"' the boxes in which 

 they were packed were said to be marked, B, C, and the piles of 

 side meat which made us wonder what in the world became of 



