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1863.	February 7. Promoted to first lieutenant.
	Served in the campaign against Morgan and his raiders.
1864.	July 25. Promoted to captain of Company G for gallantry at the battle of Kernstown, near Winchester, Virginia.
	October 11. First vote for President cast, while on march, for Abraham Lincoln.
	Shortly after the battle of Cedar Creek (October 19), Captain McKinley served on the staffs of General George Crook and General Winfield S. Hancock.
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."
	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.
	Returned to Poland, and at once commenced the study of law.
1866.	Entered the Albany Law School.
1867.	Admitted to the bar at Warren, Ohio, in March.
	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.
1871.	January 25. Married Miss Ida Saxton of Canton.
	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.
	December 25. Birth of daughter Kate.