The Life And Services of Major General Henry Warner Slocum

e war in 1865, excepting occasional detailings 1'or service in the Divisional Hospital. At the Battle of Rappahan- nock Station, Virginia, he was the only surgeon at hand, and the untiring manner in which he cared for the wounded won for him the commission of Licutenant-Colonel by brevet. The last year of the war his rank was that of Brigade Surgeon. His was a very sensitive nature, with high regard for honest duty. Returning home at the close of the war he completed his life work as a general physician and surgeon with residence and office at the Village of Camillus, Onondaga County, New York. CHAPTER III Henry's Schooling And Early Training Henry Warner Slocum, our subject, was named in honor of a favorite uncle by marriage. He was the sixth child and the fifth of six sons in a family of eleven children. He was born September 24, 1826, and was reared in the family rooms adjoining his father's small general merchandizing room. In common with all other children in the school district, he was sent to the Delphi Public School, at first only during the summer terms of three months each and, later, to the winter terms of the same length. The average teachers of these short session schools soon failed to interest him, and his active mind found more congenial work in helping in his father's business. He was anxious to do more, and his father soon permitted him to earn money for his clothing, and for accumulation, in other work and ways during the odd moments when no... --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.