Runyan, John N
soldier, was born April 26, 1846, in Warsaw, Ind. He left Warsaw in December, 1861, with a number of recruits for company E, twelfth Indiana infantry. He was promoted second lieutenant in 1863.
At the battle of Chickamauga, the captain and first lieutenant being wounded early in the action, the command of his company devolved upon Lieutenant Runyan. As a drill master he was one of the best. It was while engaged in a sharp skirmish, June 15, 1864, at the foot of Kenesaw Mountain, that Lieutenant Runyan displayed remarkable bravery.