Mustered out July 19, 1865 Edgefield, Tenn. It states in his records that on a march form Hartfield to Elizabethtown Kentucky near Hartfield in passing a long the banks of the river through the water he got his clothes wet and was obliged to remain in that conditon for several hours he caught a cold and was never the same. His eyesight slowly became dim and while in the regiment in Macon, Georgia his sight was so affected that he cold not recognize paper documents at a distant. His sight continued to fail all the time he was in service after exposure and he became totally blind 10 months after his discharge. Optic Neuritis was the cause of his blindness.
Rousseau's pursuit of Wheeler September 1-8.
At Calhoun until November 14.
Ordered to Louisville, Ky., November 14, and duty there until December 4 1864.
Pursuit of Lyon from Paris to Hopkinsville, Ky., thence march to Nashville, Tenn., December 6,1864, to January 8, 1865.
Action at Hopkinsville, Ky., December 16.
At Chickasaw, Ala., until March,1865.
Wilson's Raid from Chickasaw, Ala., to Macon, Ga., March 22-April 24.
Centreville April 1. Selma April 2. Lowndesborough April 10 (Cos. "A" and "B"). Montgomery April 12.
Columbus Road, near Tuskegee, April 14.
Fort Tyler, West Point, Ga., April 16.
Macon April 20. Irwinsville, Ga., May 10.
Capture of Jeff Davis. At Macon and Nashville, Tenn., until July. Mustered out at Edgefield, Tenn.,July 19, 1865.
I hope to put up some of the documents that we have so that others may gain some ensight and knowledge along with us.
