On Aug. 27, 1862, Mr. Usher enlisted in Company E, 20th Conn. V.I., as musician; was soon afterward made orderly, and about a year afterward was promoted to Sergeant Major. He participated in the battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, later serving in the West with Hooker, and with Sherman on his famous march to the sea. He fortunately escaped being wounded. Some three months before the close of the war he received a Lieutenant's commission from Gov. Buckingham, and June 27, 1865, he was "mustered out of the service." |
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