Excerpt from McKinley's Masterpieces: Selections From the Public Addresses in and Out of Congress, of William McKinley The patriotic Spirit of this little Western Reserve town contributed one company to the 23d Ohio regiment Of the Union army. By a singular coincidence this regiment contained several names destined to rank high in the annals of fame, but none higher than that of the youthful school-teacher, who, against his father's wishes, had decided to bear his hum ble part In the great task of saving the Union. Of this regiment William S. Rosecrans was a colonel; Stanley Matthews, afterwards Justice of the Supreme Court, was the second officer, and Rutherford B. Hayes, afterwards Gov ernor of Ohio and President of the United States, eventually assumed its command. 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.