Excerpt from A Standard History of Kosciusko County, Indiana, Vol. 2: An Authentic Narrative of the Past, With Particular Attention to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Educational, Civic and Social Development; A Chronicle of the People, With Family Lineage and Memoirs The oldest, George, entered the army in 1862, was advanced from private to second lieutenant, to first lieutenant, and in March, 1864, was made captain in the seventy-fourth Indiana Infantry. Benjamin franklin lehman, who spent nearly all his life in Kosciusko County, was a splendid citizen, and his record as a soldier during the Civil war should be especially remembered and made a matter of record in this publication. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.