Lt. Col. James B. Armstrong was Lt. Col of the 95th OH Inf. at the battle. He was also captured and his amazing story of escape was related by an army correspondent in the Cincinatti Gazette shortly thereafter. Col. Armstrong was later C.O. of the 134th OH Inf. in VA. He will be honored at a Veterans Administration grave marker dedication ceremony on 30 Oct 2004 in the Old Rural Cemetery, Santa Rosa. CA. This is co-sponsored by my SUVCW camp and the cemetery committee. He was very prominent locally in the later 1800's and will also be honored for these contributions and the fact he is now the senior ranking civil war veteran in the cemetery out of about 165 veterans and replaces L.Col. John G. Pressley, C.O. 1862-64 of the 25th S.C. Inf. Anybody who wants to read the article, just e-mail me.
Charles Christian
pcc/SUVCW and cemetery docent