iloh Samuel's gun was
knocked to pieces by some kind of a missile. At Raymond he was shot in the
shoulder and leg, and in the Georgia campaign had a finger shot off.
Receives pension for wounds at rate of eight dollars a month. Member of
Presbyterian church. A republican.

NICHOLAS HANSON, Battle Creek, Ida County, Iowa.

May 8, 1861-July 16, 1865. Born in Schoharie county, New York. He says he
was only seventeen years old when he enlisted. Was wounded July 21, 1864,
near Atlanta. Draws pension for wounds at rate of four dollars a month. Is
farming now and has been most of the time since the war. Is a
Presbyterian. Votes the republican ticket under all circumstances. Is
willing to support anything the party puts up. "If you or any other
Company K folks are ever out this way hunt me up. I own a quarter-section
farm four miles west of town in as good a country as is around Newark. I
have never been able to meet you at any of the reunions, but I am always
glad to get a card of invitation."

MARSHALL HAVENHILL, Miner, Miner County, South Dakota.

Enlisted at Newark in April, 1861. July 20, 1861, was transferred to the
regimental band.

GEORGE HOPGOOD, Morton, Lewis County, Washington.

April, 1861-July 23, 1862. Born in England. Came to America in 1857.
Twenty-one years old when enlisted. Is pensioned at the rate of four
dollars a month for disabilities incurred in service.

Since the war has lived most of the time at Clinton, Missouri, and has
worked as a stone-mason. Has gone west and taken a homestead and intends
to grow up with the country. Is a "republican all the way through". In
religion he is a true Christian. Adopts the grand principles of the Sermon
on the Mount. Get your Bibles, turn to Matthew vii, 12, and read the rule
that he lives by. That is good religion, George. None better was ever
formulated. Live right up to it and you need have no fear of torment or
torture in the life beyond this life.

EDWIN HOWES, Eola, DuPage County, Illinois.

April, 1861-July 15, 1865. Born in State of New York. Twenty-two years old
when enlisted. Wounded and captured at Britton's Lane. Paroled. Captured
again near Atlanta, July 22, 1864, and sent to Confederate prisons.
Escaped from prison and reached Union lines near Wilmington, North
Carolina, February, 1865. Pensioned at the rate of twelve dollars a month
for disabilities incurred in the service. Is a farmer. A prohibitionist.
Professes to be a Christian.