Howard Rand was the son of Daniel T. and Julia A. (Jewett) Rand. He was born December 8, 1839, at Napoleon, Jackson County, Michigan. His preparatory course was taken at New Ipswich, New Hampshire, and he entered our class at the beginning of Freshman year, August 24, 1860. He left us in October, 1861, during the Fall term of Sophomore year, and on November 28, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company K, Sixth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers. He was very soon promoted to Sergeant for meritorious conduct. In the absence of superior officers, he commanded his company from the date of the second Bull Run battle, August 29, 1862, until his death. At Bull Run the colorbearer was killed, and amid a shower of bullets, Rand bravely gathered up the colors and bore them from the field, an act of heroism witnessed with the warmest approbation by many of his comrades. He was on the right of Burnside's Corps in the charge across the "Stone Bridge" at the battle of Antietam, where he was shot in the head, and instantly killed, on September 17, 1862. His body was recovered and buried at Rindge, New Hampshire.