Q. Was it a Union regiment?
A. Yes. We went to Wheeling to protect the people, and our services were accepted by the people of West Virginia. On the 19th of February, 1862, I was appointed commissary assistant by the Secretary of War, and that position I held until about the 1st day of September, 1862, when I was assigned to duty as chief commissary of the Twelfth army corps. About the 15th of March, 1863, I was assigned to duty as chief commissary of the Fifth army corps, with the rank of lieutenant colonel, on General Meade's staff.
Q. How long did you occupy that position?
A. Until I was mustered out of the service, or until the corps was disbanded, in September, 1865. I remained in service until March, 1866.
Q. What business have you been engaged in since the war?
A. For the last eight years I have been an alderman of the city of Allegheny. The year before that, 1 was a member of the Legislature.
Q. From the time you left the army until you were elected a member of the Legislature what business were you engaged in?
A. 1 was following my occupation as a scrivener.
Q. Where did you reside before going into the army?
A. From the year 1836, until I went into the army, in this county.