ville, September 3, 1864, Colonel Enochs' regiment made a brilliant charge on a Mississippi brigade of four regiments, driving them from the field and capturing a number of prisoners. At the battle of Winchester, September 19, 1864, Colonel Enochs' regiment was in the front on the extreme right of the Union army. Shortly after going into the fight the rebels were found behind stone walls on the opposite side of a deep slough, the regiment waded through and charged the rebels, driving them from their chosen positions until their fortifications were reached. In this charge Colonel Enochs was severely wounded when within one hundred yards of the fortifications, a ball striking him in the head and cutting. through a heavy felt hat. He was supposed to have been instantly killed, and was left where he fell. During the night he was conducted to his regiment, and the next morning was again in command, following the retreating rebels toward Fisher's Hill, which point they had strongly fortified.

September 22, Colonel Enochs' was given charge of the advance, which climbed the mountain and got in the rear of their works before they were discovered. When the signal was given, the whole army charged the fortifications, capturing most of the enemy's artillery and routing their army. The regiment under Colonel Enochs participated in numerous other skirmishes up to the battle of Cedar Creek.

the youngest man of his rank in the Army of the Potomac. During this service his regiment had become so depleted that it was consolidated with the Ninth West Virginia, and was afterwards known as the First West Virginia Veteran Infantry. The regiment remained in the valley under General Hancock until near the close of the war, when it was sent to Cumberland, Md.. where Colonel Enochs was assigned to the command of the department of Maryland, and on March 13, 1865, he was commissioned brigadier general. General Enochs saw much hard service during the war, and distinguished himself for bravery and gallantry, as is shown by his successive promotions. His fellow officers speak in the highest terms of his intrepidity, and the fact that he commanded a brigade at the age of twenty-two years is the very highest possible testimony as to his superior abilities as a soldier and officer. He was mustered out of the service July 24, 1865. He studied law as he could during the war, and on being discharged, entered the Cincinnati Law School, from which he graduated in 1867. He began praetice in West Virginia, removing in the fall of 1868 to Ironton, Ohio, where he soon rose to prominence and is still in successful practice. General Enochs was married in 1875 to Miss Annis Hamilton. Ex-President Hayes thus speaks of General Enochs:

"Brigadier-General

William II.

For gallant and meritorious serv- Enochs served in my command as ices during this campaign, Colonel colonel of the Fifth Virginia InfanEnochs was brevetted general, being i try, and after the re-enlistment of

that I did not meet an officer during that time in whom I had more confidence. He was brave, daring and efficient, always ready for whatever duties were required of him. Later in the war his regiment and mine were consolidated and formed, the First Veteran Regiment of West Virginia. I was retained as Colonel, and General Enochs was the lieutenant-colonel. I was proud of the as

the regiment and its consolidation with the Ninth Virginia as colonel of the First West Virginia Veteran Infantry that being the title, as I recall it, of the consolidated veteran regiment. Of course I knew him intimately as a soldier and as a regimental commander. He was conspicuous and a man of mark always. His courage, promptness and energy were extraordinary. He was faithful, cheerful and hopeful. His dili-sociation, feeling that I had an offigence was great, and bis ability and skill in managing and taking care of his regiment were rarely equaled. If called upon to give his distinguish ing merits as a soldier, I should say force, energy, intrepidity. I have often said that the old Kanawha Division could make its fastest and longest march in a day with an enemy in front, trying to retard and obstruct, and with Colonel Enochs and his regiment in the advance clearing the way. His military record is in all respects honorable and bright. In the language of the old iron-clad oath, "it is a pleasure to commmend his soldierly qualities, without any mental reservation

whatever." General I. II. Duval, of Wheeling, speaks of General Enochs as follows:

"I first met General W. H. Enochs early in the war in the Kanawha Valley, West Virginia. I think he was at that time major of the Fifth West Virginia Regiment. I was very favorably impressed with him at sight, and soon discovered that he was a remarkable man for his age. We were intimately associated during the war, and I can safely say

cer upon whom I could rely under all circumstances. Soon after the consolidation he was promoted to the coloneley of his regiment. At the head of the regiment he distinguished himself on all occasions, wherever he fought, and I think commanded one of the grandest regiments I ever saw. It was thoroughly drilled and disciplined.”

GENERAL CHARLES S. SARGEANT was born in Morristown, N. J., September 5, 1839. At the age of eighteen he entered the service as private in the First United States Mounted Rifles, and at the breaking out of the war was stationed at the St. Louis arsenal, at St. Louis, Mo. In 1861 he entered the volunteer service as sargeant of Co. G, First Missouri Infantry, a three months' organization, and shortly after was promoted to second-lieutenant of the company. Upon the re organization of the regiment for the three years' service, he was again commissioned second-lieutenant. His command was engaged in the capture of Camp Jackson, at St. Louis, Mo. This is now regarded as one of the important events in the history of the Rebellion, as it