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AMERICAN BOYS' LIFE
1863. | February 7. Promoted to first lieutenant.
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Served in the campaign against Morgan and his raiders.
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1864. | July 25. Promoted to captain of Company G for gallantry at the battle of Kernstown, near Winchester, Virginia.
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October 11. First vote for President cast, while on march, for Abraham Lincoln.
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Shortly after the battle of Cedar Creek (October 19), Captain McKinley served on the staffs of General George Crook and General Winfield S. Hancock.
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1865. | March 13. Commissioned by President Lincoln as a major by brevet in the volunteer United States army, "for gallant and meritorious service at the battles of Opequan, Cedar Creek, and Fisher's Hill."
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July 26. Mustered out of the army with his regiment, having never been absent from his command on sick leave during more than four years' service.
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Returned to Poland, and at once commenced the study of law.
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1866. | Entered the Albany Law School. |
1867. | Admitted to the bar at Warren, Ohio, in March.
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Began the practice of law in Canton, Ohio,—and made that place his home. | |
1869. | Elected prosecuting attorney of Stark County on the Republican ticket.
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1871. | January 25. Married Miss Ida Saxton of Canton.
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Failed of reëlection as prosecuting attorney by forty-five votes, and for the next five years devoted himself successfully to the practice of law, and became a leading member of the bar of Stark County.
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December 25. Birth of daughter Kate. |