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Title: Two boys in the Civil War and after
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Houghton, W. R. (William Robert), 1842-1906 Houghton, M. B. (Mitchell Bennett), 1845?-
Subjects: Houghton, W. R. (William Robert), 1842-1906 Houghton, M. B. (Mitchell Bennett), 1845?- Confederate States of America. Army Soldiers Soldiers Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Publisher: Montgomery, Ala. : Paragon Press
Contributing Library: University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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chell Bennett, two sisters,Julia and Beatrice, and myself. My only brother,W. R. Houghton, was teaching school in a neigh-borhood of wealthy river planters near Smiths Sta-tion in the then county of Russell. My oldest sister,Elizabeth Ann, had married Caleb R. Olive and theywere living at Union Springs. Mr. Olive volun-teered in the Fourth Alabama Regiment and wasmortally wounded in the battle of Gettysburg, andwe do not know the place of his burial. My father was 53 years of age and was practic-ing law in Newton in partnership with J. R. Breare,an Englishman, and enjoyed a lucrative practice asthings then went. My father was known as ColonelHoughton, having commanded a troop in 1837 or1838, at Wetumpka, Alabama, where he and hisbrother, Col. R. B. Houghton, latterly of Florida,were then living. The object of the troop was toprotect the town of Wetumpka and settlers in sur-rounding country from the depredations of In-dians and desperados. The town of Newton at outbreak of the war, was
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M. B. HOUGHTON. TWO BOYS IN THE CIVIL WAR AND AFTER 17 a flourishing village, the county site, with courthouse, churches, schools, some talented lawyers,physicians, and other citizens. I was employed for some time in the office ofclerk of the circuit court and afterward became acompositor, assistant pressman, assistant editor ofthe only newspaper published in the town, TheNewton Standard. I have preserved two or threecopies of the paper, one with an editorial written bymy father, and one written of me by the owner,editor and manager, Mr. A. W. Weir, after I hadvolunteered to serve in the Confederate war. The following is the editorial written of me byMr. Weir: (From the Newton Standard, July 5th, 1861.) Among the Dale volunteers that will start to Vir-ginia today, may be found our worthy associate andwarm friend, Mr. M. B. Houghton. We part withhim with sincere and unfeigned regret. In all ofour experience in the printing and publishing lifewe have never found a more efficient, indust

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