ne of the veterans of the civil war now living in Redlands is R. H. Garland, one of the city trustees. Born in Ohio, July 22, 1842, he lived in that state until the breaking out of the war, when he entered the service in Sherman's brigade, and took part in the first great battle of the war at Shiloh, and the campaign to Corinth, Perryville, Stone River, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge. In this last battle his brigade captured the battery in front of Bragg's headquarters and turned a part of it on the enemy. Soon after this engagement Mr. Garland was transferred to the eastern army and assigned to duty as quartermaster until the close of the war, having been disabled some time before. On the re-organization of the army after the close of hostilities, he took service in the Freedman's Bureau, and agency of the treasury department, for disbursing claims and establishing free schools in the south. Later he was transferred to the Pacific Coast on the staff of General Thomas.

In 1870 Mr. Garland retired to private life, and, after taking a course of study in one of the educational institutions of San Francisco, went to Chicago, where he followed the manufacture of art furniture, and interior decorations and the supervision of building details, for a number of years. In 1886 Mr. Garland settled at Redlands, being the first to commence improvements in East Redlands. He was placed in charge of the East Redlands Water Company's plant, by F. E. Brown, until its completion, and was president of this company for several years. He has lived in East Redlands continuously to the present time and has been engaged largely in the culture of citrus fruits. In 1872 Mr. Garland was married to Miss Margaret McGovern, of New Haven, Conn. They have three children living, a daughter now in the state university at Berkeley and a son and daughter in the Union High School. Mr. Garland has served nearly four years as a member of the board of trustees of the city and has been a director of the Redlands Chamber of Commerce since its organization.

(Source: Illustrated Redlands, 1897, p. 30.)