Colonel Charles W. Eckman

     Col Eckman enlisted as a private soldier, at Danville, in com-
pany H, Ninety-third regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers, on the
25th of Septmeber, 1861.  The regiment soon marched to the front.
Eckman was promoted to second lieutenant on the 24th of October
in the same year and to first lieutenant on the 25th of July, 1862.
On the 21st of October in the same year he rose to the office of
captain of his company.  He was next promoted to major of the
regiment, on the 27th of November, 1864, to lieutenant colonel on
the same day, and finally to colonel of the Ninety-third regiment on
the 25th of January, 1865.  His service in the army extending from
the 25th of September, 1861, to June 23, 1865, during which time
he participated in all the battles of the Army of the Potomac, and
he was also with General Sheridan in Shenandoah Valley.  He was
a brave soldier, a popular officer, and on every field made an hon-
orable record for himself.