[Charles F. Manderson was born in Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 9, 1837, His ancestry were Scotch-Irish, and his father, the late John Manderson, of Philadelphia, who died Nov. 25, 1887, at the advanced age of 87 years, was one of the best known citizens of Pennsylvania's metropolis. After being educated in the schools and academics of his native city, Manderson removed to Canton, Ohio, where he studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1859. In the spring of 1860 he was elected city solicitor, and was reelected to that office in 1861. In April, 1861 and on the day that the news of the firing on Ft. Sumter spread through the North,

Manderson enlisted as a private soldier with Capt. James Wallace, but being immediately granted a recruiting commission, he, with Samuel Beatty, sheriff of Stark county, raised a company of infantry in one day, Beatty becoming captain and Manderson its first lieutenant. This company was assigned to the 19th Ohio infantry, Captain Beatty becoming the Colonel of that regiment, Manderson being made a captain. This regiment was immediately ordered into West Virginia, and participated with great credit in the first battle of the late war, fought at Rich Mountain, July 11th, 1861. The Union victory was an encouraging and decisive one, and Gen. McClellan issued an order complimenting the troops in the highest terms, the victory having delivered West Virginia from the enemy, and the troops also received the thanks of Congress. The three months service being completed, Capt. Manderson reenlisted his company "for three years, or during the war," its organization being continued as Co. A. In the early fall of 1861, the 19th Ohio Infantry proceeded to Kentucky and

became a part of the 11th brigade, commanded by General Boyle. In Dec. 1861, being at Columbia, Kentucky, the command marched to Jamestown, on the Cumberland river, and prevented a junction by river of the rebel forces at Nashville with those at Mill Spring. After a severe winter's campaign in Kentucky the regiment reached Nashville in March, 1862, being among the first troops to enter that captured city. As part of Crittenden's division of Buell's army, it marched through Tennessee for the town of Savannah, and, when within a few miles of that place on the 6th of April, it heard the booming of the distant guns that announced the struggle at Pittsburg Landing. Throwing aside all unnecessary burden, and receiving double supply of ammunition, the regiment was double-quicked to the river in time to cross to the battlefield of Shiloh on the evening of the first day's great fight. The 19th Ohio went into battle at daylight the next morning, Captain Manderson acting as major. At the first discharge of the enemy's guns, Major Edwards, then acting

Lieutenant-Colonel, was instantly killed, and Captain Manderson became the acting Lieutenant-Colonel, and from the battle of Shiloh until near the close of the war, Manderson commanded the regiment in every skirmish and battle in which it was engaged. The regiment was warmly complimented by both Generals Crittenden and Nelson, it having participated in Nelson's last charge upon the enemy which broke his lines and drove him from the federal front. The 19th Ohio participated in the advance upon the enemy and in the seige of Corinth, entering that place May 29, 1862. It pursued the enemy to Ripley, Miss., and returning via Iuka, marched through northern Alabama and Georgia to Battle Creek, Tenn. During the summer of 1862, it participated in the march under General Buell, from the Tennessee river near Chattanooga to Louisville, Ky., and in the fall of 1862, it joined in the pursuit of Bragg through Kentucky and Tennessee, reaching Nashville in November. During this march the regiment had several skirmishes with the enemy, and at Crab Orchard charged upon the rebels and captured some artillery. On Dec. 26, 1862, the regiment, under command of Manderson, marched with Rosecrans' army upon the rebel position at Murfreesboro and participated in both the severe battles at Stone River, Dec. 31, 1862, and Jan. 2, 1863, its commander receiving favorable mention in the official reports of Generals Beatty, Van Cleve and Crittenden, who commanded respectively the brigade, division and corps. The loss of the regiment in this battle, in officers, was particularly severe, and of the 449 enlisted men there were killed and wounded 213 -- nearly 50 per cent! Major Manderson was made Lieutenant-Colonel by the battles at Stone River, and was promoted to the Colonelcy March 15, 1863. His regiment participated in the Tullahoma campaign in the summer of 1863, and in September of that year, bore its full share of the burden at Chicamauga, where it was commanded by Lieut. Col. Stratton, Colonel Manderson having been sent to Ohio where he took part in the memorable struggle between Vallandigham and Gov. Brough. Rejoining his regiment at Chattanooga, Oct. 1863, Manderson was in command of the 19th Ohio in the battles about that place, being engaged at Orchard Knob and Mission Ridge. After the battle of Mission Ridge, the 19th Ohio formed part of the column which, under General Sherman, marched to the relief of Knoxville. On Jan. 1st, 1864, four hundred men of the 19th Ohio re-enlisted as veterans, and after the veteran furlough was over,

     [The Nebraska National Bank occupies the first floor of the elegant four story and basement iron building located on the northwest corner of Twelfth and Farnam streets, which was erected by the bank in 1882-3 especially for its business, and which marked the commencement of the fine building era in Omaha. At the time, it was regarded as a display of extraordinary confidence and faith in the future of the city, but their example has since been approved and followed by the older banks, in the erection of three other

magnificent bank buildings the present year. The bank was organized in April, 1882, by A. E. Touzalin and H. W. Yates, in conjunction with a number of the leading business men and firms of the city, and in response to a general demand for increased banking facilities, made necessary by the unusual development of business interests and surprising growth in commercial importance which Omaha experienced then and in the years immediately following. The capital of the bank was fixed at $250,000 paid up, the largest then of any bank in Nebraska, and its surplus fund, in addition thereto, is now $50,000. The officers and directors are, H. W. Yates, president; Lewis S. Reed, vice-president; A. E. Touzalin, second vice-president; W. V. Morse, of W. V. Morse & Co., John S. Collins, of G. H. & J. S. Collins, and W. H. S. Hughes, cashier. President Yates is well known throughout the West and among bankers generally throughout the country, having

been prominently and continuously engaged in the banking business here since 1863. He is vice-president for Nebraska, of the National Bankers Association of the United States. Mr. Hughes, the cashier, is also an old and experienced banker, having been continuously engaged in the business since the beginning of banking in Omaha. He is also manager of the Clearing House, and has been since its organization. Mr. Reed, vice-president, has been long and favorably known as one of Omaha's most reliable and active business men. Until the present year he was a member of the old real estate firm of Byron Reed & Co., and withdrew from that business to take an active part in the management of the bank of which he has been a director since its organization. Mr. Touzalin is a prominent railroad man residing in Boston, formerly vice-president of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, and Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroads, and now president of the Chicago,

Burlington & Northern Railroad Company. He has large monetary and real estate interests in Omaha, Lincoln and other western cities. The first published statement of the bank showed, loans and discounts, $90,209; deposits, $236,108. Its last statement, in October, 1887, was as follows: Resources -- loans and discounts, $810,605.23; local securities, $5,625.62; real estate and furniture, $88,000; U. S. bonds, $150,000; premium paid on same, $31,125; sight exchange, $417,295.79; redemption fund, $2,250; cash, $175,204.91; expenses and taxes, $13,943.13; total, $1,694,049.68. Liabilities -- capital paid in, $250,000; surplus fund, $42,500 (increased to $50,000 November 1); undivided profits, $27,690.02; circulation, $45,000; deposits, $1,328,859.66; total, $1,694,049.68. The eminently wise and conservative management of the Nebraska National Bank has been the means of winning confidence at home and abroad, and no financial institution in the West stands higher in public estimation and regard.]