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 WEBBER S. SEAVEY 
 Manager. El^e Shtpl Irtprttlip ^ttbite (Hampmy 
 
 Seattle, Wadtington 
 April, 1910 
 
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 1861 — Enlisted at Omaha, Nebraska Territory, 
 November 12. 
 
 1862 — Mustered at Benton Barracics: St. Louis, 
 Mo., and assigned to Company H, Curtis 
 Horse, Jan. 9. Promoted to Commissary Ser- 
 geant Feb. 1; Q. M. Sergeant May ], and First 
 Sergeant Sept. 1. Engaged in both battles at 
 Fort Donelson and at Clarksville, Tenn., Hop- 
 kinsville, Ky., and a number of skirmishes, 
 scouting in Kentucky and West Tennessee. 
 
 1863 — Engaged in battles at Guy's Gap, June 25; 
 Sugar Creek Oct. 8; and a number of hard skir- 
 mishes and fights with the forces under Con- 
 federate Generals Wheeler and Roddy. 
 
 1864 — Re-enlisted Company H, Fifth Iowa Vet- 
 eran Volunteer Cavalry. Engaged in all the 
 hard fought battles on the Rosseau Raid, July 
 4-18, and the McCook raid July 26-31, where 
 we lost seventy per cent, of the regiment. 
 
 Slightly wounded and taken prisoner at the 
 battle of Flint River, Ga., Aug 31. Escaped at 
 Griffin Sept. 1st; recaptured Sept 9; escaped 
 from. Andersonville prison Sept 27; recaptured 
 and escaped from Macon prison, and reported 
 to General Sherman at East Point, Ga..Oct. 2. 
 
 Engaged in battle at Nashville Dec. 15-16, 
 and spent Christmas week in the mud and rain 
 chasing Hood's army across the Tennessee 
 river. Promoted and commissioned Captain of 
 Co. H, 5th Iowa Cavalry Dec. 20, and assigned 
 to duty as such Dec. 26. 
 
 1865 — On the Wilson raid, which left Chickasaw 
 Landing, Ala., March 22, and arrived at Ma- 
 con, Ga., April 24. 
 
 During this raid we were engaged in many 
 skirmishes, and the battles of Elyton, Monte- 
 vallo, Ebenezer Church, Selnja and Montgom- 
 ery, Alabama, and ColutntjuJ; and Macon, Ga. 
 Mustered out of service, ,aJ*Nashville, Tenn., 
 August 11. 
 
A ^0Utt?ntr nf Aff^rttott 
 ^at iHg Qlomrabrs 
 
 of Dear Old Company H. 5th Iowa Cavalry. 
 
 for the Companions of the Washington 
 
 Commandry of 
 
 El}t Sjogal ICrgion 
 
 Comrades of Grant and Custer Posts, G. A. R. 
 
 of Omaha, Nebraska; Julius White Post, 
 
 G. A. R., of Chicago, Illinois, and 
 
 Stephens Post, G. A. R., of 
 
 Seattle, Washington, also 
 
 POLICE 
 
 For the Members of the Police Department 
 
 of Omaha, Nebraska, and Members of 
 
 the International Association 
 
 of Chiefs of Police; and 
 
 ^^,snH(iU«ii"n(i!fo.^ 
 
 My Brother Officers and Associates of the 
 Thiel Detective Service Company. 
 
 Seattle. Wn., April 2nd. 1910. 
 
LIBRftRY OF CONGRESS 
 
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 WEBBER S. SEAVEY 
 
 Captain, Company H. 5th Iowa Cavalry- 
 July. 1865 
 
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