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Grant, Lee Arrange
Terms of Surrender of Army CHARLES CITY, May 31 - There are two Civil war veterans living in Charles City, one of whom, William Gange, will be 98 years old June 7. He has lived in Charles City nearly 70 yers and retains all his faculties except his hearing is not good. Mr. Gange was born in Miramichi, Canada, June 17, 1837. He lived in Wisconsin before coming to Floyd county where he was married to Margaret Leonard, daughter of a pioneer settler, July 28m 1866. Mr. Gange served in Company I, Fifth Wisconsin regiment during the last year of the Civil war. He was in campaigns in Cedar Creek, Hatcher's Run, Va., and after the confederates were driven out of position near Petersburg, Va., he was in the army that took possession of Richmond. General Buell surrendered April 8, 1865, and three days later Mr. Gange saw General Grant and General Lee arrange the terms of surrender, which sealed the doom of the confederacy. Mr. Gange was an auctioneer and had a wide acwuaintance in this vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. Gange had nine children, eight of whom are living. They have 10 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. two of their children, Mrs. W. B. Johnson and Jake Gange, live here with their families. Mr. and Mrs. Gange keep up their own home, which is on an adjoining lot to the home of their daugthter. Mrs. Gange's health is failing, but Mr. Gange is able to join his friends in Central park nearly every nice day. He is a member of the G. A. R. Mr. and Mrs. Gange will observe their sixty-ninth wedding anniversary June 28. L. D. Huckins, the other Civil war veteran, was also born in Canada, Sept. 25, 1841. He came to Illinois when 5 years of age and 10 years later moved to Iowa. For two and one-half years he made his home in California and came back to Charles City in 1872, the year he was married. Mr. and Mrs. Huckins spent 10 years in South Dakota and returned to Charles City in 1892 and they have lived here ever since. Mr. Huckins enlisted Aug. 21, 1862, in Howard County in Company I, Thirty-eighth Iowa Volunteer infantry, which was consolidated with the Thirty-fourth regimen Jan. 1, 1865. His most important battles were those fought at Vicksburg, Miss., Fort Morgan and Blakely, Ala. He served until the close of the war. Mr. and Mrs. Huckins had no children. They keep up their own home in the south part of the city. Mr. Huckins had an illness this winter but he is now able to attend the G. A. R. meetings most of the time and attended Memorial services in the Baptist church last Sunday and yesterday in the high school auditorium. |
