Hide Article Text (OCR)
.tIMILTON GARRIGUSeI,I-LeviDIES LV KOKOMO;ILL SHORT TIME‘thnContinued from Page One.as.c-ee*oe.Larmitted to the bar in 1859, which profession he followed with more or less regularity the remainder of his life. His liking for teaching had a firm hold upon him and he performed extensive service in that line. He was school examiner for Howard county from 1859 to 1861, inclusive, and was county superintendent of schools from 1875 to 1878, inclusive.Military Career.The military career of Captain Car* rigriR began in August, 1861, when heTwelfth army corps, and for the excellent service rendered in this position received a most complimentary written testimonial from Brigadier General E. C. Mason.Organized Union League.While on parole in the winter of 1862-63, Captain Garrigus organized the Union League in the eastern part of Howard county, making many impassioned war speeches and denouncing the Knights of the Colden Circlea seditious organization-of secret character that had a considerable number of adherents throughout the county. tl is said that his utterances at tliat time acquired for him the enmity of certain men who never forgave him While in the army he furnished cor-,respondence for a number of newspapers, among them the Kokomo Trilly»iikgreresigned as postmaster at Greentown fbnne- and. \he war ,ea nf jhis,npwsto enlist as a private in Company D, 3fith Indiana Volunteer Infantry, afterward the Eight Cavalry. * With this organization he served as company clerk. In 1862, vtih 400 others, ho was made prisoner at Perryville, j Kentucky, but was soon afterward paroled. In May, 1864, while home on ! veteran furlough, he assisted in reft- 1 cruiting Company A of the 137th reg-igitment, for the 100 days’ service, and was commissioned a second lieutenantA little later he was promoted to first j lieutenant. At the organization of the| regiment he was chosen and commis-j sioned adjutant, in which position he iserved with- such marked efficiency as to win the most cordial expressions of approval from his superiors. Late in 1864 he assisted in 40th and 142ndikler-paper contain many interesting letters from his pen.Captain Garrigus was one of the organizers of the Grand Army of the Republic in Howard county and was a charter member of T. J. HarrisonPost, of Kokomo, which he servedseveral terms as commander and in which he was active practically up to his last hour.isrn»rid1recruiting theregiments and became captain of Company I of the latter. From December 1864 to July18f5 he served as inspector of theSecond Fourth division.
Newspaper Details
Logansport Daily Tribune
Logansport, Indiana, US
Tue, Jan 27, 1920
Page 4
Full Page
Clipped by
Richard W.
FL, USA 19 Apr 2021
Other Publications Near Logansport, Indiana
Logansport Daily Reporter
Logansport Weekly Star
Logansport Daily Star
Logansport Democratic Pharos
Logansport Morning Journal
