FIRST COLONEL, THIRTY-THIRD INFANTRY. Samuel A. Rice, who received his death-wound at the battle of Jenkin's Ferry, is the most disting...

COLONEL, TWENTY-NINTH INFANTRY. Thomas Hart Benton, Jr., is a nephew of the celebrated American statesman and author, whose name, at his unc...

COLONEL, EIGHTEENTH INFANTRY. John Edwards was born the 24th day of October, 1815, in Jefferson county, Kentucky, and lived with his paren...