Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Sketch of the Life and Character of Col. Alexander W. Doniphan The exception of P. Hall, Comp-any C, containing 118 men, rank and file, was wholly composed of volunteers from Clay County. He took the place of a volunteer who was discharged from service, through the intervention of his father, because of minority. W'il lard P. Hall was afterwards a member of Congress, and, subsequently, Governor of Missouri. As is known, Alexander Doniphan was elected Colonel and Charles F. Ruff l, ieutenant-colonel ofthe lst Regiment. Parker Benthall became so severely ill at Fort Leavenworth that he was unable to proceed with his company. 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.