A Biography of Union county Soldiers. Veterans' Photographic Souvenir. (G.A.R)

W. H. MACOMBER

In sacred commemoration of W. H. MACOMBER,

Enlisted in 1862

Died October 17, 1894

Life's labor done serenely to his final rest he passed;

While the soft memories of his virtues yet

Linger, like sunlight hues when

That bright orb has set.

M. H. Macomber enlisted in the state of New York in 1863, in Co. M, 14th Regiment, New York. H. A. On the 10th of May, 1864, he was wounded in the right arm while on the skirmish line at Spottsylvania Court House. When he recovered he rejoined his regiment and on a forced march received an injury in his right knee which troubled him more or less the remainder of his life. In the spring of '64 he was stricken with typhoid fever, sent to a hospital in Washington, D. C., and from there he was removed to Chester, Penn., where for weeks he hovered between life and death. While convalescing he passed a competitive examination and received a commission of captain. The war closing about that time, he was discharged and returned to his home, where he had remained but four weeks when he was summoned to Washington. He was given command of Co. I, 37th regiment, C. I. and was sent south to various places to guard the coast. He remained for a year and was then finally discharged. He removed to Iowa about 1870, and to Afton in October, 1889. He died at his home in Afton, October 17th, 1894.