About 4 years ago I posted a letter my Great Grandfather wrote home from Pekin during the Boxer Rebellion. I had typed it into the post at that time. Since that time I had done much research of his military career and have written a 32 page history for family. There was much history to be found on the internet as most of those books from that era are available online. He was with the 14th Infantry Regiment and I have found a book from that era on this regiment. This book included field reports from his captain. I have also found the 1900 US Census of his company and have the names of every soldier that he fought with. This Census was taken just months before they went to China. The first man on the list is 2nd Lieutenant Louis McLane Hamilton. He is the Great Grandson of Alexander Hamilton, and we all know him.

I have found a Thomas Edison film of him online (though I can't find him due to poor film quality) as his company was in a funeral cortege of President William McKinley.

He carried the Krag Jorgensen US Magazine Rifle. General Arthur MacArthur (father of General Douglas MacArthur) required that the 2,500 soldiers going to China carry new rifles, so I am guessing they carried the Model 1898.

This should explain some of my zeal of late. Below is a photo copy of his letter home from China. It is written on "Young Men's Christian Associations" stationary. This organization was actually in China and helped the soldiers write there letters home. The letter is in his hand. Bear in mind that he dropped out of high school.

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