 Complete the following phrase:  Rand volunteered for military service when a telegram was read in Batavia announcing Lincolns call for 75,000 volunteers. He was the first to join the Union war efforts from Batavia, and was one of the first in the country to do so. His unit, Company K of the 12th New York Volunteers, traveled to Virginia and fought at Blackburns Ford during the First Battle of Bull Run in July of 1861. When part of his regiment fled the battle, Rand remained, continued to fight using an old musket, and joined another unit. During the 