HISTORY S, Grant Post No, 32 BROOKLYN, M. Y., BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES ITS MEMBERS. HENRY WHITTKMORK. DElKOIl FRHE I'RES> PL HUSHING COMPANV, DElKtHl, MICHIGAN. 1SS5. / INDKS TO NAMES. [Those not indexed are members of the Fust whi> hii\e not sent (.lata fur Ijio.i^^rajiliie *Ahlslrom. JoUu. *Baaker, .Tosiali EI. Barker. Oeorge F. , TO. Barker, Wm II.. (i"i. *Barnie, Alex.. Jr. *Barrymore, W.. 7'^. Bates. Isaac F. *Beecher, H. B.. n'.l *Boles, Jnhu. *Bootli, Wm. C. (SI). -■*Brodie. Win. W., (ifl. *j?rouson. .las. .V.. 71. *Bro\ver, Ed. S. *Brown, George. *Brush, Dr. Gen. \V.. 7:1. *Burlett, Al.nani. *Biirlingaine, C'lias. .\. Beaille.^H. H.. M *('alvert. H. M.. "il. Caiu|), Henry. 84 *Carshaw. \Vin. E.. 74. *(.'assi(ly. Richard. 77. Clianiberlin Thus. M.. 78. *Chartres, Thos. *Christenseu, C. 'l'.. 79. *01ark, Philip S.,7(l. -^Clnhridge. S. (.'. *(;orlietl. Alarsliall J. ■•■'C^ollins. (iccirge J.. ','>. *(;ortelvou, W^ni. Van H. 1(12. " *(;or\viu, B R.. s-.>. Covirtuey, Wm. H. *Cov, ^a, Wm . 77. "■'"Cranston. .VlfriMl. .53. *Croucli. Wm. T., I)«. 'urtin. .John .1. Jannon, M M. ■*Dalton, .Tames. *Dayton. Genrge M. *Demarest. M.. 8.5 *Dennis, Ilenrv W. *D()li)hin. M. .t. ■'Drake. F. .1. Dykeman. Emmett. Doughty. Gardner K. Edgar, F. E. "*Eilniondson, Chas. . si;. *Egolf, .John A..8.i. •^■Fagaii. Peter W.. '.li. Ferris. Daniel O., !)(i. Fiala, Anthony, ss. Fisher, O. M. ' "•'Fletcher, Frank II.. S7. Foster, I. M., S9. *Frankenberg, S. H. (il. Freeman. Abraham. Freeman, Dr. .John N.. HI "*Fi-ost. Albert H.. «r. Gates, Theodore B.. 93. *Gnint, .Tohn V., !I3. Gregory, Francis F. ■^^Gwillim, Reese B . .5(>.- Gillmore. tl A.. '.17. Ilammell. Chas. F.. 103. Hands, .lames. 1113 Hanlev. .lames K. "■^Hare'.Ianies, KM). Hartoush, Walter B., 101. Hartlield. .lesse K. Hemphill. .Tolin. "•'llendricksou, E., Kt"). "^Horton. Wm. H.. 101. Hotchkiss, K. <)., lo:',. "^Howatt. .T. P.. 10."). -"■Hovt. W. B. Hiiblis, Franklin, 104. Hntchins, Dr. Ale.x. .Jacdiis. .Vndrcw. 107. "Mohnson. .lohn II.. ."i'.i. *.lohnsou. Ebeii li.. 107. .iones. William A.. 10s. ■*Kearsim;. Edwin. *I\eith, .Inst in. *K:eaney. ('. T. -*Kerr. W n. II.. 111. *Kevmer, (ieorge, 112. *Kn'i^'ht. Henry W.. 111. Kinsley. B. Frank, 113. Knapp. .Idsepli F.. 114. "■■'Lindsley, Alliert B., 11.5. Lmnekin, T. .T.. 116. "Li|i|)itt, Auiinstus. lis, *LiviugsIon Mtirlimer. ll."i Lowe. .John. 118. ■■■Lndlum. Win L . 110. Lindsay. \V. ,M Mackel'lar, R. F. . 121 "*Marvin. O. \V. "■'May. Lockwood R.. 120. "*.\IcGormi(^k. B. .\. 121 ■■^.McDonald. Willis. .57. "*\I(dvelvey. Wm .1.. 5s McMurray. A. K. *.\Iiller, Wm H. *Millcr. .l.>hn. *Miller. Frank E.. 120. "^Mills. .less,; W. ■'■'"Murphy, .Tohn. MuriJliv, Thomas. 125. Murphy, Dayiil W. *Murr."iy, .lohn E . 123. .Mvcrs. Hiram, 122 Middlebrook. F. S , 125. JIurray, Tlinmas, 125. Miller; W. II. MclCelvey, David i; Morehouse. Alfreil. Melville, Geiu-ge W., l'2(i. *Nevycoml). .To^in P , 131. Newell, Herbert ('.. 131 Tsewkirk. C. B. "•'' (.'barter Menibeis. *Orr, .lames C, 1:12. Osborne. William, 13,3. Peavey. (ieorge G.. 134. "'^Phipps, Thomas F.. 138. *Pitcher, David A . lil. Powles, .Tacob. 13s. Pratt, Henry, 134. Price, George A.. .54. Pringle, .Tas. B., 135. ^Raymond, Geo. W. , 141. *Reid, William, 140. lldberts. Edward, 142. "Minwley, A. Stewart, 13i). *Ruth, "D. L., 140. Rutzler, E.. 141. Rowse, Albert. •*Sainmis, Nelson, 143. *Sanford, ('has. W. ■^.■^ands, .Toseph, 14'.i. Schullz, Herman ('.. 145. *Sh(^phard. Samuel. *Slaght, .Tas. ('., 140. 'Smith. David. Souville, Lloyd A., 148, *S4Uires, George B., (JO. *Staples, Daniel L., 50. "«"Stoothoff. .John H. ■"Studley, John H.. 141. *Swift, Thomas. Smith, Frank K.. 147. Story, James H. Tail", George F . 1.50. Tanner, James, 1,52. Tebbetts, Noah. 140. Terhune. Jas. J. To]iham. Thomas W., 55. Towue, Nathan P Ty.son, Henry. Tyson, Wm.H. H. Vail. E. B.. 154. ■Van Dwzer, Daniel T, Van Maler, Geo. W.. 02. Walker. Matt. H. * Walker. Charles H.. 1.55. ■'Wall. John P. Walton, Chas. W.. 150. *\V^itson, Wm. L. ■-Webb, James W., 150. *Whitson, (Tcorge. Wilcos, E. A. Williamson. P. S., 100. "■"Winters, Matt. T. *Wmtress. D. H., 1.57. •* Wight. James A., 157. Wright, Chas. F.. 1.58. Waterbury, Zena C. *Yates. John. 101. Young. Win. L . 101. Zimmerman B LIST OF PORTRAITS. Oeu. U. S. (iuANT opposite piige V.\ KcBldoiicc of ,l<)8icrii I''. Knai4' opposite page 'J!l Ifdiiin ill the lIciusL- of .losici'ii F. Knapi> opposite page :!1 .losici'u I"'. Knait, Khi} opposite page S:! (irmij) N^d. /, (t nil r. RnYMi'ii. (.iKo. (i. I'i:avky, Cuaui.ks \V. Walton. a roup Xo. .), Coniriiih .t of tin Xlnt/i .Iruij/ (^or/).i (opponif' pit I/,- 1,'IJ,.) Cliplaill llKMiV I'liAlT. \\ \ \N 11 (' (.'uanston oiiposile pase r>;j Ailjiiliiiil Okoiuhc a. Phick opposite page 54 I'lisi Ciiniiiiiiiiili'i' (iKomiK H. SijiiuKs upposilc page (iO Colimcl W II. Haukick opposile page d't Coloiiil 11 U. Ui'MX-iiKU ojiposito page (>!) Oi'.OKiii: W. IJitisu. M. D opposite page T.'i (iciicnil ('. 'I'. CiiiiisiUNSKN opposile page 7!) ,1 N. FUKKM VN, M. D opposite page HI (ieiieial l^. A. Ciii.i.MOUio opposile page SK I'liloiiel \V. A. .lONKS opposile page lOS (.'liief Engineer (i. W. Mklvillk. l". S. N opposite page Vi>i Colonel .1 AMK.s ('. Si.AOHr opposite page H6 GKNKRAI. I'LVSSKS SIMPSON (illANT. It is one of tlic redoeriiiiii!; i^lorios of stoi-iny t-iiiii's in a nation's liistory that tlicy '' sliiiu; witli tlic sncldeii iiiakini^ of splendid names." Nations that have no liistory must he sncli as hav(i no pos- sessions tiiat otliers can envy them. Ail nations wliose people are of tlie virile hi'eeds of men must have histories — and stormy his- tories, too -and they must he judp'd as the qnidities of the |)eoplt! are shown in those dominant individuals whom the trouhles and conHiet lift into eonspicnous positions. \Teasurci| in ihis way, tried in the awful events of our war, and the stormy tinir that followtain (irant, settii'd in I'cnnsvl vania aftei' the war, and his son .lesse moved to ( )liiii. where he niari'ied Miss llantudi Simpson in |.S2I. (reneral Iilysscs Sim])son (-irant was horn at Point I'Icasant. ( 'ler moiit county, Ohio, on the twenty-seventh of .April, iSi'-J. lie entered the Militai'y Academy at West I'oint, .Inly I, |s;{'.». Amouii' his classmates weroon after attai-hed to the i''ourth Keiriment of United States Infant iw, as l!i-e\(;t Siu;ond Lieutenant. The reu-iment was then stationed at .lelferson hari-acks, near St. Louis. He served tlirou<;'h the M(!.\ican war, and was twice hrevetcd for <4'allant .services and conduct, and was hii;-hly c,om|)limeuted hy his coinmandiiii;' oflictu's. For meritorious service's he was rewarded by Congress in 1 s,")4 a Brevet Captaincy in tin; n^jridar army. li.-il 14 GKN. U. S. URANT. After a short i)eriod of station life at Detroit and Sackett's Har- bor, Mich., lie married in 1848, Miss Julia T. Dent, a sistei' of one of his West Point classmates. Til 18.52 he removed with his rei^iment to Oregon, and on tiie thirty-first of Jnly, 1854, he resigned his commission. He took np his residence near St. Louis, where he engaged in farming, and at the same time set himself up as a real estate agent. He was not successful in this, and in is.59 lie was invited hy his fathei-, who was then engaged in the business of buying and selling leather, at Galena, III., to acce])t a clerk.sliip. His salary was but §40 a month. He is described by those who knew liim at this time, as " one who appeared always to be thinking of some abstract subject." When the first blow was struck I)y the rebels, and the President called for 7r),on(i men. Grant said to Elihu Washburne, that "as he had been educated at West Point, at Government expens(\ he would be glad, though lie iiad resigned, to give his services for what they were worth." After ])ersist,ent efforts to obtain an appointment in the army. In; was liiially given a clei'kship in tlie office of Governoi' Ilichard Salis. 'J'he latter said of him, that "he did not recollect , anything in ]iarti('ular of Captain Grant until the insubordination of the Twenty-tirst Illinois Regiment was talked of, and commented on in his presence, and Captain Grant spoke U]) and asked to be appointed drill-master of the regiment.'' " I'll make you (Jolonel if you will take the regiment oif my hands." said the (ioxenior. The conditions were accepted, and Colonel Grant drilled his regiment for four weeks, when hv was ordered to the field. He marciied his men 100 miles in six days, and then ])iit them on a train for the remainder of the way to Northern ^Missouri. Several regiments were in that ])art of the State at the time, but no generals, and although Grant was the youngest colonel, he was re(piested to assume command. On the ninth of August, he was commissioned Brigadier General through the efforts of Mr. Washburn, and ordered to fronton, in South Missouri, where an attatdv was threatened by the forces under .TelT Thompson. He soon put the ]ilace in a state of defense, and was then ordered to Jefferson (^ity, which was also threatened with an attack. Ivemaiiiing there about ten days, he was again ordered to the south part of the State and ]uit in command of a district com])osed of Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois, with lieadquarters at (.'airo. On arriving at that plac(! he found that the rebels had jiossession of Columbus, eighteen miles below, and were coming in large force to occupy Paducah. l\_y. He iiiinie>ioii of I'aiJucaJi, at the nioutli of the Tennessee river; Sc|)temi)er li. lst;i. he occu- ])ied Smithhuul, at the nii.inth of the ( 'umberlaiid, and liari'isoned both ])laces. l>v these timely and jndicion-- movements lie liloek- aded those rivers and opened two important bases for future opera- tions. ni:Ni;v — ooxFt.sox — siiir.oH — \'tci':sBri;(.. I'aducali, Ky., at tlie mouth (if the Tennessee, was an impoi'tant ]X)sition, and Confederate Cieneral Polk was niarchiiii;- on it. (ieii. Grant, on his own authority, occupied the place and issued a pro- clamation to tlie people, who were snpposeil to be neutral, assurinji them that there was no war oi opinion.?. Fremont immediately checiked him. (irant streny'thened (_'a"iro, and liail 'iO.Ouo men. Lieutenant John A. Rawlins, a yonn^- lawyci- of (ralena. was made Adjutant General. At Belmont, Mo., ^.'ovember 7, ls(il. he made a denji.>nstration, but was nearly cut off by a Confederate force, wliich he defeated before escaping- to his ti'an.sports. This was a victory for (^rant, since thoug'li coni])elled to I'etire he accomplished the |ini'po,n the fourteenth of February (Jommodore F^oote arrived on the Cumber- land with his gunboats and 1(t,0(H) reinforcements. The gunboats were driven out of the fight, (irant on the land side phiced his 25,000 men. The Confederates proposed to attack. Generals Pil- low and Buckner 0[)ened a way of retreat through the Fedei'al lines. but were too stupid to use it. (Trant afterwards ordered an advance along- the whole line, and the first day belonged to neither side. In the night Floyd and l^illow Hod, and tlie next day Buckner asked for an armistice. Grant replied, "No tei-nis other than an uncondi- tional and immediate surrender can be accepted. 1 pi-oposeto nmve immediately upon your works." F'ort Donelson was won. The Federal victory was decisive ; it saved Kentu(_'ky to the Union; it advanced the Federal forces two hundred miles ; it jireveiited Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston from overwlielming Buell and taking Cin- cinnati. The forces and losses on lioth sides were about equal. Coming after Bull Run, the victory electrified the country, and caused Grant's words to Buckner to become po|iidar phrases. Wash- 16 GEN. V. S. (JKANT. hurne began to say that Grant did not want to be President. Con- gress, however, made Grant a Major-General. (teiieral ITalleck, commanding in the West, restrained Grant's movements, but the hitter assumed responsibility. But Ilalieck put Genei-al (\ F. Smitii in command of tlie next expedition to join (general liueii, and (irant was restricted to the command of Fort Henry. (Jeneral Smitli becoming sick, General Grant was com- ))elled to take coinniand. General Smith had selected Pittsburg Landing for a position, and General Grant took it. Sherman says it was well chosen. The 40,000 Federal troops lay for three weeks at Pittsl)Ui'g Landing; and were lax in their vigilance, for on Sun- day, A})ril •!, ISiy. .lolmston's Confederate forces, 43,000 strong, suddenly surprised and well-nigh overwhelmed them. Grant and Sherm;in reformed the lines, but at the close of the afteiMKjon the Federal troops would have been driven into the Tennessee but for Webster's park of artillery. Then Buell's Federal army arrived upon the .scene, and the first day Avas over. The next day Buell's forces made the Federal force 50,000 sti'ong against the Confederate 30,00(1, and secured the victory of Shiloh. Grant gave the praise to Slierman. The Confederates were not pui'sued. General (xrant commenced the siege of Vicksburg in October, 1862. This was according to a plan of General McClernand, of Illi- nois; but the conception of victory was Grant's. He shut up 30,000 Confederates in Vicksburg and besieged the city. On the following fourth of July, ISfio, the city surrendered, with 27,000 men. Con- gress thereupon made Grant a Major-General in the regular army. Grant should iiave the whole ])raise for his victory at Vicksburg, for McClernand never substantiated his claim to "supplying Grant with brains." Grant simply held his position with patience and firmness, starved the Confederates into surrender and prevented relief. The following personal sketch made during the Vicksburg siege gives a happy picture of the num : "Almostatany time one can see a small but comjiactly built man, of about forty-five years of age, walking thi'ough the camps. He moves with his shoulders thrown a little forward of the perpendicular, his left hand in the pocket of his pantaloons, his eyes thrown straight forward, which, from the haze of nbstraction that veils them, and a countenance drawn into furrows of thought, would seem to indicate that he is intensely pre- occuj)ied. Tile .soldiei's observe lum coming, and, rising to their feet, gather on each sid(? of the way to see him pass. They do not salute him ; they only watch him curiously, with a certain sort of familiar reverence. His abstract aii' is not so great, while he thus moves along, as to pii'vent his seeing everything without apparently look- ing at it ; you will see this in the fact that, iiowever dense the crowd in which you staM. OKANT. 17 liift liead ; full benrd, of a cross between 'light' and 'sandy;' a sqnarecnt face, whose lines and contour indicate extreme endurance and determination, complete the external appearance of this many as one sees liini passing along. His countenance, in rest, has the ri^id immobility of cast iron, and while this indicates the unyieldiiiij tenacity of a bulldog, one finds only in his grey eyes the sniiles and other evidences of the possession of those softer traits seen upon the lips and over the entire faces of ordinary people. On horseback he loses all the awkwardness which distinguishes him as he moves about on foot. Erect and graceful, he seems a portion of his steed, without which the full effect would be incomjilete. He held in early days the reputation of being the best rider in the Academy, and lie seems to have lost none of his excellence in this respect.'' i'Ko:motion. The Secretary of War inunediately placed Major-General Grancin command of the armies of the Mississippi, including the depart- ments of Sherman, Thomas, Burnside and Hooker. His po]nilarit3' thi-oughout the country was something unrivalled. The ])oliticians at Washingttin began to regulate tliemselves according tohiu). Hal- leck, his old enemy, sought the po])ular side and gave him praise. The politicians hastened to him and asked his opinions on the politics of the country, and he i'e|)lied : "I can't talk about politics, but if there is any subject I can talk about it is tanning leather." At this time Confederate General Bragg was besieging Thomas at Chatta- nooga. General Grant directed all the movements which culminated in the relief of Thomas, and which are known for their result by the battle of Lookout Mountain, November 2-i and 25, 1SG3. General Grant had 70,000 men, and Bragg, after Loiigstreet's withdrawal, had iO.OOo, but the \-ictory was comj)lete. UATTLKS FOUCfH'J'. Down to this time Grant hail fought for his country iu twenty- seven battles, the names and dates of which are as follows: Palo Alto, May 8, lS4(i. Resaca de la Palma, May tt, JM-itJ. Monterey, September lit, 20 and -Jl, 1S4(:. Vera Cruz, siege, March 7 to 27, 1^47. Cerro Gordo, April IS, 1S47. San Antonio, August 20, 1S47. Cherubusco, August 20, 1S47. Molino del Rey, September S. 1847. Chapulteiiec, September 13, 1847. (_/ity of Mexico, September 14, 1847. Belmont, ISovember 3, 1861. Fort Henry, February <1, lStJ2. Fort Donelson, Februarv 13,14, 15 and 16, 1862. 18 'iEx. r. s. (.i;.\Ni. Shiloh," April 6 and 7, 1862. Corinth, sieo^e. April 22 to May ;iu, 1 S&2. Inka, September 19. 1S(;2. ILitcliie, October 5, lSf;2. Corinth, October 'A and 4, 1862. Talhdiatchie, D(ccmb('r 1. I^6l'. Fort (iilison, Mav I, lS6;i Rayniond, May 12, 1863. .laekson, May 14, 186;:!. Champion itills, May Itl, ISti:!. lUack River I'.ridijo,' May 7, ISCS. Vi(-ksbnri;-..]iily 4, IS(«. Cliattanoo»-a, .Xovenilier 2.".. 24, 2.^) and 26, b"Sti3. 'i'hese names and dates are enj^i-aved npon a swoi'd presented to him l)y some citizens of Illinois. The conte.st in Virginia had from the beginning of the war brought general failure to the Federal troo]is, and now that (Jeneral (ii'ant was so popular the Government decided to give him command of tiie troops marching from Washington. Mr. WasidmiMie at tiiat time pressed forwai'd a measure for reviving the grade of Lieutenant General of the Armies, recommending General (-irant for tiie posi- tion. The measure was carried. The President sent the commission to General (4rant. This was in March, 18*14. Before leaving the West General Grant wrote a letter in which he said he was indebted for his success to Sherman and .McJ^heison. Sherman, rejilying to Grant, said : " My only doubt was in your knowledge of grand strategy and of books of science and history'; but I confess your common sense seems to have supi)li(!d these." On tlie eigiith of March, 1864, Gen. Grant reached Washington. lie assumed conuTiand of the armies of the United States. Immedi- ately lie i)egan to disregard, as far as he possibly could, the feeble mili- tary pretentions of the War Department. Lee had beaten McClellan. Hookei'and Ilurnside, and batHed ]\[eade ; but Genei'al ( Jrant retained General iMeade at the head of the Army of the Potomac, giving General Sherman (Command in the West. On May 3 Grant began his campaign, directing Meade always to follow Lee, and telling Sherman in the West to go down to Atlanta. The popular trust in him was not universal, l)ut there were great hopes of him. He decided, as he had always done, to bring the greatest strength against the greatest weakness. On the fifth of May ( J rant's first great battle in the East, that of the Wilderness, began, lie gave genei'al direc- tions and left the execution of details to his subordinates. The glo- ries and mistakes in Virginia belong as much to (lencral Meade as those of Georgia belong to General ShernKin. There were really but two ('onfederate armies, one in Geoi'gia, driven by Sherman, and one in Virginia, confronted by Meade — both weak and deci- mated. Grant directed the two soldiei's to do what they saw prac- ticable in driving the two Confederate armies together and defeating (iKX. r. S. (JliANT. 19 them botli at once. It imist bu said, however, tliat as lii.s headquar- ters were with General Meade, that sohlier sekloin moved witiiout the voice of his superior. Grant had 140,000 men ; Lee had 60,000. Grant determined to march through the Wilderness. His idea always had been that the Southerners fought desperately at the begin- ning of a battle, and that when their tirst ins])iratii)n was over they were whijiped. In the three days" struggle of the AVildcrness Grant ordered nothing more than '"the fight along the whole line" and tlu; march, and when three days had passed away, giving 15.0()0 Federal loss to 10,0U0 Confederate loss, Grant knew he cnnld stand it better than Lee could. Grant's loss was probably nearer 20,000 than 15,000, and he had cut away from his base of opcratirm-;, but though Lee was defiant and aggressive he was lieaten. Grant now turned toward Sj)ottsylvania, where a iiattle was fought, i»ut Lee held his position. The Federal losses were lieavy, but Grant, firm in his purpose, telegraphed to Washington, '• I propose? to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer."' At Cold Harbor another desperate battle was fought and (rrant turned south and crossed the James river. Grant indicated his (piality in these operations and his style of fighting. Having the strategical disadvantages of a constantly lengthening line of operations, through an impoverislied and to])<>- graphically difficult country, with the flanks of liis line of com- munications e.Nposed and the tactical one of either assailing posi- tions selected and carefully ])repared for resistance, or else e.xjiosing himself to the risks of flank movements within short striking dis- tance of the enemy, the manner in which he played this game put the seal to liis high capacity as a general. Handling successfully an army of at least one hundred and fifty thousand men, in a broken country, and in contact with the enemy, is of itself no small feat of generalship. General Grant not only did this, but abandoning one base and taking up a new one in succession, from the Rapidan to Port Royal, from this to the White House, and now from the AVhite House to the James, he swung his army around from the Wilder- ness to Spottsylvania Court House, from there to the North Anna, from this stream to the f'hickahominy and from the Chickahominy to the south side of the James, with an order and celerity seldom, if ever, ecpialled ; forcing his opponent to rapid reti'ograde move- ments from strong intrenched positions, where in each he was held only so long as was neces.sary to have everything in readiness for the next onward step. The jieculiar tactics of the rebels were only par- tially successful at the outset. In every succeeding battle their favorite manunivre was met by a counter one and foiled. General Lee, in the peculiar style of his des]iatches, only thanks God that the enemy has been repulsed. General (-rrant, by moving over the line from the Rapidan to the Chickahominy, was able effectually to destroy the railroad from Richmond to Washington, and by remov- ing Lee from the very doors of Washington, wiiere he had so long lain, to the defense of Richmond, placed the Army i>f the Potomac 20 i;KN. 1. S. liKA.VT. in its true strategical position south of the .Tames, tliroatenina^ the separation of Lee's and Johnston's armies. Petersburg was now besieged, June 14-, 1864. (-Jeneral Grant determined here to take charge of details in person. Thus far he had 'advanced only at terrible cost. The Army of the Potomac, under Grant's command, lost during that campaign of IS<')4 in killed, wounded and missing an aggregate of 100,0(10 men. The net loss was at least 70,000.' That of the Confederates was 40,000. But Grant had reached his position, which was all he wanted. His whole campaign, from the crossing of the Rapidan, on the third of May, lS5 was to engage all the Confederate troo]is at onee and prevent them from making any eomliinations. He directed Sheridan to move upon the enemy, cutting off his retreat, wiiile Meade advanced, and if possible might drive Lee into the open field. Tlie liattle of Five Forks was to begin on the 31st of March. 1S<)5. It was the most tactical and brilliant battle of the Yirginia campaign. The victory was wholly on the side of Sheridan, that is, of (Trant. Richmond was evacu- ated. Lee, with his army reduced to 20,000 men, sought a retreat towards Johnston. His troops were starving. Sheridan was after him with 1S,000 men, and Meade was approaching. Lee's retreat was cut off, and on the ninth of April, lS6."i, he surrendei'ed, and the war was practically over. The terms of suri-ender proposed by General Grant were popularly considered to be magnanimous, even the Southern journals applauding them. When the sui-render was made General Lee ]ii-esented his sword — magnificent blade, which had been presented to him by a number of his rebel admirers, and was manufactured in Englaml. General Lee tendered it to General (-^rant, but as he did so a s]iasm seemed to shoot across his fine face, but he i-ecovered liimself atid delivered it with a graceful smile. General Grant received it. examined it curiously, read the names of the battles engraved njion the mau'niticently wrought scabbard, and then the generous, magnanimous hero returned it to Lee, say- ing : " General, it cannot be worn by a braver mati !'" The ceremony of surrender was witnessed by a large number of staff "officers, and was indeed, very solemn and affecting. The soldiers of both sides then mixed indiscriminately together, our boys sharing their i-ations generously with their late enemies. Fi'equent allusion has been made liy different writers to the terms of surrender granted by General Grant to the Confederate army, and the following remarks of General B. F. Cheatham, the first Con- federate General who crossed swords with Grant at the iiattlo of Belmont, will be read with interest. General Cheatham presided at a Grant memorial meeting held in Nashville, Tenn., soon after the death of General Grant. On taking the chair, he said. " 1 am here to-night as chairman, a willing sacrifice. It is a new . thing to me. It so happened that I had a sliort personal acquaint- ance with the deceased ; it was short, but I must say that I was very much impressed with him in an accpiaintance of two months under ])ecnliar circumstances. The man's history has now gone out over the world. I was on the other side, and I reckon every Con- federate soldier living to-day that read the terms of the surrender granted to Lee at A]ipomat"tox will say to-day that they love him for those terms. (Applause.) It was a long four years' war. and I reckon any man in it on eitlier side was glad when it ended. Those 22 GEN. I". S. fiUANT. terms were such as I never lieard before in history. He told the boys to take their horses and side arms and go liome. I took three home myself, and but for those liorses I doubt if tiie boys would have made anything to live on the next year. I wisli I was a speaker that 1 coukrsay more. I cannot speak ; the more I try the more I fail in if ; Imt T have said a good deal in saying little." (Applause.) It may not i)e itiap]iropriate in this connection to give the follow- ing incident related by an eye-witness, showing tlie devotion of the Confederate soldiers to tlieir fallen chieftain : •• I never will forget the scene which J witnessed after Lee sur- I'endered to (Trant at Appomatto.x," said Major Quincy, the ex- (Jonfederate. " That moi-ning Lee sent word that we were to retire from the road to the Appomattox (Jourt House, and leave it clear. None of us knew what the order meant, liut even if we had known it would have been cheerfully obeyed. The troops withdrew among the timber to the right and left of the highway, where our commissary stores had been packed on the previous night. In a little while Lee rode by to the rear accom]5anied alone by Colonel Marshall, his aide. It was with the greatest difficulty that the men were kept from rushing out and surrounding the General. so much was he loved. Later on we heard the sound of return- ing hoofs. We crept forward to the edge of the road, and saw- Lee returning. His face was very sad. When he was opposite to us the soldiers could nu longer restrain themselves, and they nished out in a wild mob around his old iron-gray horse, shout- ing ' Lee I Lee! Lee I ' All disci]iline was thi'own to the winds, and the men seemed to feel that the end was near, for I never saw such a loyal an to all the intricate story of the financial marvels of the tii'in with which he was connected, to the great generosity of Wil- liam 11. Vanderbilt, and to the transfer by General Grant and his wife to Mr. Vanderbilt, and by Mr. Vanderbilt to the nation, of the frKX. I'. S. ftRANT. 2o most mafrnifiocnt, most stnpendonis, most costly collections of tro- phies, testimonials ami articles of vcrtii known to the world in ancient or modern times. General Grant was an inveterate snmker, and liis over-inilnlns(> pain, hnt he Ixire np under it with remarkalile foi'titude and hero- ism. A ehanj;-e for the better took jilace in ^Fay, but it was not of lotiw duration, and in June he was induced to acccjit the invitation of Mr. Dre.xel to oecn]iy his cotta^'e at JConnt ^[c(irei;-(')r. Here his life el)be(l slowly away, Imt durino; the intervals of sufferino- lie worked assiduously to complete his '• Memoirs" which he liad com- menced some months jirevious. In this he succeeded, and left a legacy to his family which will save them from future want. Dnriiiy his lonj;- illness he exhibited some of the noblest traits of character ever comhiiied in any one individual, whicdi even his enemies were compelled to aekuo\vli'd:ic. The i>'reatest of all these was his mai!;-- nanimity to the South. Ahnost his last woi'ds, '• I^ct iix /m/'r pedce,^" will remain indelibly li.Ked iu the hearts of his countrymen, while the nation continues to exist. General Gi'ant bi'e.ithed iiis last on the moniiiiij of the twentv- second of July, 1.S85, and within a few hours the sad news was con- veyed to every pai-t of the world, and North and South, the " blue and the gray,'' mourned the loss of the gi-eat chieftain. Oilers of a burial place were made hy the citizens of his native State, and it was strongly urged by others that the National (ceme- tery at Washington was the'most fitting |ilace for the hei'o to ri>st ; liiif the offer by th(.' autlmrities nf New Yoi-k city for a bui-ial place at Riverside, on the hanks of the Hudson, coupled with the con- dition tliat his wife might rest beside him, induced the family to aecejjt the latter offer. A delegation fi-oni U. S. Grant, Post o^T, G. A. li., took chai-ge of the remains at Mount j\Ic(ireg(ir. and "kept the vigil"' during the long days and nights in whicli the body lay in state at Albany, and at the City Hall, New York, never leaving it for a monient nntil it was deposited in the leceiving vault at Eivcrsidt', on Satur- day afternoon, the eighth of Augu.-t, 1.^8"). 2C< OEGANIZATION OF I'OS'I' AND KT.KCTIOX OF OFFICERS. ORGANIZATION OF POST AND ANNUAL ELECTION OF OFFICERS. Provisional Post No. 327 (7. A. R. was oriiuiiized on the tliirtieth of January, 1S83. The first ineetinof was held at Everett Hall, No. 398 Fulton street, Brooklyn, Commander Cowtan, of Winchester Post No. 197, acting as presiding officei-. The following named persons were admitted bv transfer from other Posts: George P. Squires. E. R. Johnson, W. V. II. Cortelyou, W. E. Carshaw, A. H. Frost, W. W. Brodie, W. C. Bootli, J. H. Stoothoff, C. A. Biir- lingame, W. T. Crouch, J. Ahlstrom, D. L. Staples, D. A. Pitcher, J. C. Ho watt, J. Dal ton. F. E. Miller, G. Keymer, George Ray- mond, W. J. McKelvey, N. Sammis, G. W. Van Mater, H. B. Beechcr, W. H. II. Tvson, H. W. Knight, J. J. Terhune. T. F. Phipps. J. ,T. Curtin, W. B. Ilo.yt, G. F.Tait, W. II. Kerr, E. Kear- sing, D. L. Ruth, P. W. Fagan, J. II. Banlcer, S. Shepherd, J. Sands. J. H. Studley, ,J. Miller, J. A. Egolf, J. Yates, M. T. Win- ters. J. A. Wiiilit, P. S. Clark, W. B. Ilartou-h. C. T. Christensen, G. J. Collins,Willis MacDonald, H. D. McGovern. A. Burlette, Wil- liam Reid, T. Charters, H. M. Tyson. The following persons were mustered in the same evening, con- stituting, with the aforenamed, the charter mendjers, viz. : George Brown, E. L. Carr, O. W. Marvin, R. B. Gwillim, J. II. Johnson, M. Livingston, D. Smith, A. Cranston, G. Whitson, J. Y. Grant, E. A. Willcox, J. Hare, F. H. Fletcher, B. R. Corwin, A. Lippitt. W. N. Miller, M. H. Walker, E. Hendrickson, J. V. Keith, A. T. Row- ley. S. H. Frankenbei'g, M. J. Corhett, W. A. Jones, C. H. AValker. M.Demarest, M. J. D^olphin, J. W. Mills, W. L. Ludlam, E. Dvk- man, J. W. Webb, S. C. Clobridge. The following officers were elected to serve for the ensuing year; Commander — George B. Squires. Senior Yice-Commander — G. F. Tait. Junior Vice-Commander — J. P. Howatt. Quartermaster — E. R. Johnson. Officer of tlie Day— W. J. McKelvey. Officer of the Guard — W. W. Brodie. Chaplain — W, (1 Booth. Adjutant — J. H. Stoothoff. Sei'geant-Major — -D. L. Staples. Quartermaster's Sergeant — J. A. Wight. Comnuinder S(piires was duly invested with his insignia of rank by Commander ('owtan. and the Post was declared duly organized. At this meeting the name decided on was " Post No. 327, of Brooklyn." The lioui'S of meeting were to be the second and fourth Tuesday evenings of each montli. OKGANIZATION <>F l'ci> 1 AMI liLICCTIOX OF OFFICERS. 27 At a subsequent ineetiui^, lielO February 13, 1SS3, tlie constitu tion and by-laws were adopted. At tlie second annual meeting of the Post the followiui;- otKcers were elected for 1SS4: Conunander — George B. StiL'iREs. Senior Vice-Commander — J. P. Howatt. Junior Vice-Commander — J. H. Johnson. Adjutant — John II. Stoothoff. Surgeon — T. W. ToPUAjr. Chaplain — W. C. Bootu. Quartermaster — J. A. Whuit. Officer of the Day— W. J. McKelvev. Officer of the Guard — W. H. Bkodie. Sergeant-Major — D. L. Staples. Engineer — G. W. Van Mater. Assistant Engineer — W. Van H. Corteltou. Commissary — Wm. II-tid. Color-Bearer — D. A. PrronER. Outside Sentry — J. J. Curtin. At a subsecpient meeting of the Post, iield Feliruary 12, 1SS4, Commander Squires tendered his resignation, wliich was accepted, and Comrade George F. Tait elected in liis ])lace. The forty-third regular encampment of the Post was held at the Academy of Music. Brooklyn, nn the thirteenth of Januarv, 1885, at which time the following officers were duly installed for the ensuing year : Commander — Henry M. Calvert. Senior Vice-Commander — John II. Jon.NisdN. Junior Vice-Commander — John II. Stootuoff. Chaplain — R. B. Gwillim. Sui'geon — T. W. Topiiam. Quartermaster — Willis MacDdnald. Officer of the Day — William J. MoIvelvey. Officer of the Guard — Daniel L. Staples. Adjutant — George A. Price. Sergeant-Major — George B. Squires. Quartermaster's Sergeant — S. H. Frankenberg. The instaUation services were conducted by Department Com- mander IraM. Hedges. There were present on tliis occasion several ilistinguished re|)resontatives of the (t. A. R., among whom were Commander-in-L'hief John S. Kountz. I'ast Comnumder-in-Chief Beat!), of Pliihidi'l]_ihia ; Past Department Commander Abram iler- ritt, of Xew York ; Department Commander of Xew Jersey, Ilenrv M. Nevius, and others. Addresses were delivered by('ommander Calvert, Commander-in-Chief Kountz, Department Commanders Hedges and Xevius, Past Department Commander Burrows, of .)^ MKMI'KIAl. -iKKVICES. New Jersey, Gen. Stewart L. Woodford, and others. Excellent music was furnished for the occasion, under the direction of Comrade Henry Camp, of this Post. _ ,• ,i p . ,..;,u At the close of tlie installation services, members ot tlie Fost, \vaii about three hundred invited s"t3'^ts, repaired to " headquarters • at Everett Ilnll, where they sat down to a most liberal banquet, with a menu prepared by Dieter. ti . i i i tvt „ iv) At the fiftieth re-ular encampment of the Post, held May 12, 18S5. Comrade Alfred Cranston was elected Junior Vice-Com- man.ier. vice John H. Stoothoff, resigned. MEMOKIAL SERVICES HELD \T THE rNVEILING OF THE PERRY MONUMENT, JUNE 18, 18S3, IN WHICH U. S. GRANT POST 327, PARTICIPATED, INCLUDING EVENING EXERCISES HELD AT HANSON PLACE M. E. CHURCH, UNDER THE AUSPICES OF U. S. GRANT POST 327. On the ei^^hteenth of June, 1883. the Post accepted an invitation from the Perry Monument Committee to participate in the cere- monies of the unveiling of the Perry Mo.mment at Cypress 11.11 Cemetery. The Fourteenth Regiment N. G. S. N 1 , and repre- sentative's of the several G. A. R. Posts of king s County we.-e present, and took part in the ceremonies. These were conducted n the open air, amid a drizzling rain. An address was delivered by Mayor Low, and remarks made by R. W. L'Hommedieu, Com- mander of Perry Post, G. A. R.. and others. _ , , , • „ In the evening a Memorial and Dedicatory service was held in he Hanson Place M. E. Church, under the auspices ot tlie brooUlyii Post 327 (now U. S. Grant Post), and presided over by the Comman- der of the Post, Cai.tain George V>. Squires. The church was hand- somely trimmed with Hags, flowers and streamers, and conspicuously behind the platform, on which the chaplain, commandery and pastor of the cliurch were seated, were hung the ensign ot the i'orty- eh^hth Rciriment, which Colonel Perry commanded, and the tat- tered battle-flag of the Fighting Fourteenth. A largo audience assembled to do honor to the memory of one who was alwavs Held in the heartiest esteem of those wlio knew him m the Hanson Place Church, witli which he had formerly been connected as its ^'^The service was begun by the reading of the usual responsjvc ser- vice of the G. A. R'. by Commander Squin-s, of Post 32< a ter which an address was delivered by Rev. J. H. Gunning, Chaplain of the State Department G. A. R. In the course of his remarks, c ui z 2 z '•J z a X ^^EMllKIAI. liAV. MAY :!o, 1S84. 29 Dr. Gunninw said, " Althongli educated at West Point, Colonel Perry loved peace, and was at all times the weiitlcst of men. He was a veteran of the Mexican war, and fonnjlit at San Jacinto, hut lie never enjovcd that strno-olc, hecanse ho always donlited whether he was fightini;- fur the i'ii;-ht. Brave almost to recklessness in what he knew to bo a g-ood canse, he almost feared to draw his sword lest he might be tigliting against the voice of God within his own heart rather than against the efforts of his human antatjonists." The Rev. j. O. Peck, D. D., pastor of the Hanson Place M. E. ('hnrch, then, by special request, delivered the address which he had prepared for the afternoon services at (Jypi-ess Hill Cemetery, aiul withheld on account of the inclemency of the weather. In glowing terms he recounted the many virtues of the deceased pas- tor and soldier, and gave a graphic outline of his military career. MEJ\[OKIAL DAY. May 30. ISSl. The observance of Memorial Day, May 30, 1S84, was an event of which the "City of Churches"' has just reason to feel proud, and while comrades of other Posts contributed their shaiv to make the occasion one of great interest and inqxirtancc, to Post 327 i)elongs the whole credit of that part of the affair wiiicli included the invitation and reception of distinguished invited guests. Mr. Joseph F. Kuaj)]) kindly offered to the reju'csentatives if Post 327 the use of his residetu^e in Bi-ooklyn, E. D., foi' the recep- tion of the distinguished guests, and this was used as the headijuar- ters of the Cr. A. R. on that day. About 300 invitations wei'c sent out by Post 327, of which the following is a copy : G. A. H. MEMORIAL DAY, Headquarters, Residbnce op Mr. .Josicpn F. Knapp, No. 8i, Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, E. D. You are invited to meet General Grant, Gener.il Sliorirlan. General Gilmore, General Cliristinsen, and His Honor Mayor Low, at Headquarters, Memorial Day, May SO. 1884, between — ■ < ■ J 5tK:M(ii;iAi. i>\\, MAY :iO, 1884. 31 throughout, and with a perceptible deference to the ladies, who were uol numer- ous. Major Corwin introduced the guests. Many had a h\irriL'd and flushed con- gratulation or pleasantry to exchange with the two (ieuerals. General Gihnore surrendered the honors to them, and Jlayor Low and liimself mingled with the guests. Mrs. Knapp was. during the greater part of the reception, at General Grant's side, where she was warmly greelcil by all the guests, who, after they bad been presented, formed in group's throughout the broad room, gossipintc ia the palm- shaded alcoves, or enjoviug a tete-a tele on the plush divan in the centre, on which fell the quiet ligli't of the towering candelabrum. The candle jets through- out the room were liglited. Friends of General Grant in the gathering were delighted that he had not decided to " house himself up after the Wall street affair," as they put it. A pleasant incident occurred at about ten o'clock. Six white-rol)ed girls, each bearing a liright bouquet, marched through the throng and halted before General Grant. Miss Blanche Calvert, at the head of the line, stepped forward and, handing General Grant her flowers, said: '■ We present you with this bouquet of tlowers as a mark of our affection. We all have learned at school how much you have done for us and our country, and we shall remember this meeting with pleasure as long as we live. " WhereuDon General Grant kissed 5Iiss Blanche and all the other girls, as their grandchildren and great'grand-cliildren sliall doubtless hear. Miss Alice Corbett had abouq\iet for General Sheridan, to whom she said: " We welcome you to our cily of Brooklyn, because we have often wished to see yo>i, and we hope you will come soon again to smell our sweet Brooklyn flowers.' General Shfridan, not to be outdone in any little matter of gallantry, immedi- ately kissed Miss Alire, as likewise also such others as came forvs-ard. There were bouquets for Mr. and Mrs. Knapp. Commander Bealh and Depariment Commander Hedges. The other girls, who all represented Post :12T. were Edner Pitcher, Ella Bronsou. Minnie Reul and (ilena Knight. At lialf-past ten the ex President and the Couiniander-in-ChiL'f 1-ft the music- room, and the formal reception was closud. The dining-room was brilliantly arra3-ed. For an hour festal sounds had come through the parted portieres. A lively scene was witnessed in the street at the departure of the company. Generals Grant and Sheridan and Mayor Low were loudly cheered. The carriages, one after another, swung into the line of the procession, which then moved by on its way up Bedford avenue. General Grant was afterwMi-tls driven to the reviuwino; staiul, tuid reviewed the Grand Army Pests and tlie Second Division. In the eveninr^ he was the guest of Post 827 at Uris' Aeadciny, where General Sheridan, General Christensen. Colonel Frederick (Trant. General Barnes, Mayor Low and a iniinlH-r uf others — -io" ladies and gentlemen in all — sat down to a pleasant baiiqnet. When General Grant sat down, the whole eomjiany cheered him in unison. The General enjoyed the occasion very much, and remarked to those about him, '• I think it has done me good." 32 PRESENTATION TO .TOSEPH F. KNAPP. PRESE>s'TAT10N TO MR. JOSEPH F. KNAPP. In recognition of Mr. Kn;i]>])'s liospit;ilit_v and kindness in open- ing liis lioupe fertile reception of tliedistinguislied guests on Memo- rial Day, a few rejireseritatives of the Post, consisting of Mr. H. M. Calvert, IVfa jor P. R. Corwin, George B. S(piircs, -lolm II. Jolinson and .James P. Ilowatt met at tiie residence of Mi-. Knapp, on the evening of 8eptetiihei' It), ISSl-, Mnd ])resenfeil 1o tliat gentleman a beautifully framed and engrossed letter expressive of the ap])recia- tion in wiiich Mi'. Kna]ip is held by the members of Post 32" in particular, and the Grand Army of the Ivc|>ul>lic in general. The duty of formally presenting the letter fell to Mr. ('alvert. That gentleman said : Mk. Kn.^ih' — !t is llio pleasinj; (hity of lliis (•omniitlcc. on b('l);ill' of Post No. 337 of Brooklyn, lo jirc-i'iil you witli this engrossed aiul fraineil li.'ner. It cost little vvlien coniparcil witli llie .i;cnis of ait tliat ailoiii yoiif walls. I'.iil vn- know enoui^h of your regard for the (Jrand Army nf the Kepulilic to feel sure that you will not value it the less on that account. We offer you tliis testimonial as an expression of gratitude on the part of loyal defenders of the Union towards one who lias proved himself to lie their true, noble, sympathetic friend. Until the present year the ]5rooklyn heaihjuarters of the Grand Army on Memorial Day were in the street. .\o rich man had thrown open liis portals and said: ' Come in and honor my roof, you valiant men who olTereil your Iiieasts again and aiiain hetwten me and loss; who saved this goodly assemblage of States from dismem- berment, and spread over them lilierty. and, with lil)erly, commeree and empire, science and tasle — all the eomforts and ornaments of life.' This was reserved, sir, for you to do. Von generously placed your residence at the .si^rvice of our Depai tment Commander, to be used as his headquarters on our great commemo- rative day; you issued handsomely engraved cards of invitation to some three hundred and fifty prominent citizens of Brooklyn, furnished a sumptuous colla- tion, and seeiiKti truly jili'ased at I he brilliant success of your own e.xperinKMit. Since then you liavc^ e\ [landed your kindness liy telling us to make 84 Bedford avenue (nir headquarlers in future. This recognition of us, on y<)urparl, forour work's sake, was most agreeable to us. For while we are sensible tluc, in defend- ing the Union we did what duty and our best interests required, and that the wisdoin of our action will be abundantly e.\tolled by history, yet we should be less than human if we failed to appreciate the benefactions of our contem|ioraries. Uich in a storied past th:it the world will not willingly let die; rich in sympathy as comrades of an army 2.11, 01)0 strong; rich continually in works of charily and love, ^ve might be content to go on our way rejoicing without courting public favor. But wc court public favor only ii|)on national grounds. We recognize every honor paid to us as jiaid also to the memory of our fellow-citizens who died that these United States of America might remain powerful and be free. We regard ev( ry elevatiim of oiir Order in the eye of the people as an appeal to the patriotism of our young fellow-citizens, into whose hands we must in a little while intrust the safety of the ti,-ig and the security of all that the Hag now repre- sents. Therefore, we liail with delight the evidences which each succeeding year more clearly discloses, of a giowing feeling of veneration throughout the country for the men who averted its jiartition, with the diminished grandeur and loss of |)ower iusejiarable from partition. And because yoii, as a generous and discern- in.g patron of tlie (irand Army, have set an example of friendly devolion to us. which others may emulate, liut cannot surpass, we olTcr you the record of our gratitude iu a manner that we trust may be acceptable to you. Possibly, also, in tlie aftertime, your descendants may value this testimonial as an interesting relic of the great Civil War, anil as an as-urance, if assurance were needed, that their ancestor, .Joseph, like his namesake of Arimalhea, was not only a rich man, but a good man and a just. % ''^.^^. JOSEl'H V. KNAl'l' PKESEXTATIOX TO JOSEPH F. KNAPP. 33 Mr. Calvert tlien read thu IfUer, wliicli is as follows: Headquarters of Post Xo. 327, of Brooklyn, G. A. R., Everett Hall, 898 Fclton St. . Brooklyn, X. Y.. June 10, 1884. Joseph F. Knapp, Esq., S4 Bedford acenut: Dear Sir — We. the undersigned members of the Memorial Day Committee of Piist 327, of Broolilyn Di partmont of New York. Grand Army of Ihe Hepulilic. desire to express to you the high appreciation which our entire Post entertains of your public spirit and courtesy in making j'our mansion the headquarters on Memorial Day, 1884. It was an event which we .shall remember with pride as long as we live. For in your beautiful house we were brought face to face with men of imperishable renown, and enabled to revive, in the most pleasing manner, personal recollections of the great war in which we were actors. Nothing was wanting on your part to give lustre and importance to the occasion. At your invitation a notalile gath- ering of citizens, distinguished in civic and military life, assisted you to honor the day that is consecrated to the niemor.v of our dead comrades, (jur order was represented by its Commander in-Chief. Kobert B. Beath, and by its Commander for Ihe Department of New York, Ira M. Hedges. Conspicuous amom; many famous generals and colonels, with their brilliant staffs, was seen the illustrious head of the United States Army. General Piiilip H. Sheridan, whose fame shall not wither, and, by his side, the immortal Ulysses S. Grant, who brought the war for the preservation of the Union to a prosperous close at Appomatto-x Court House, and who holds the first place in the hearts of the men of the Grand Army of the Uepublic. This splendid and gratifying re-union was the outcome of your patriotic spirit. Therefore, whenever'we recall .Memorial Day, 1884. filled a.s" it is with cherished memories and loft}' associations, we shall remember you with admiration and love, for you seem, indeed, to be one of us. And We shall also remember, most gratefully, the kindness and the grace with which your eff' rts to ennoble our Order were seconded by Mrs. Knapp. It is our hope that your relation to the Grand Army of I he Ri public will become more pleasurable and interesting from year to year; and that the blessings which we. and onr comrades throughout the land, were instrumental in securing for the Nation, may be longand abundantly enjoyed by you and your family. We have the honor to be. Dear Sir, Yours very respectfully, GEORGE F. TAIT. Commander. JAMES P. HOWATT. JOHN H. JOHNSON. B. R. COR WIN, H. M. CALVERT. Mr. Knapp listened attentively while Mr. Calvert made the pre- sentation, and when he eonchided, said : " Gentlf.mex— I regret very much th,at I am not s-ifted with the eloquence of our friend .Mr. Calvert, so tUat I might express in tittini; terms my appreciation of this beautiful sift. What 1 have d >ne to deserve this I cannot well imairine. I ran assure you that the pleasures I derived from Memorial Day were moreHian sufficient to repay me for the liitle I then did for the Grand Army of the Republic. Wlun we be:n' in mind what the soldiers did to preserve the Union, we cannot do too much for them on the grand occasion they celebrate each year. I have no doubt that many gentlemen woulil have done the same in theEiStern Dis- trict. This section of the city is noted for the hospitality it shows on Memorial Day." '• I don't know about that," interrupted Major Corwin. " Perh:ips othi r genllem' n Wi-re not askeil." n sumcd Jlr. Knnpp. " I resret that my fami'y is noi now presi nl to see this beam iful silt. 3Irs. Knapp deserves, by far. more credit than I do for the manner in which we endeavoied lo euterlain 34- HOW POST NO. 337 CAMK TO BK CALLKD U. S GRANT POST. our guests. I can assure you that I shall always clierish this present — and it is a splendid one — and shall always do what I can to make the Grand Army remem- bered on Memorial Day. I again thank you kindly." The letter, which was engrossed in a most artistic manner by Mi'. Henry E. jSTehiies, is enclosed in a frame measuring three bv four feet — an effect in bronze and gold, representing autumn leaves and fruits. The border of the letters is formed on either side of Corinthian columns, surmounted by cannon balls and resting on a square Ijase. on which are the letters G. A. R. At tlie top is a col- ored •l>adge of the Grand Army oi'ganization, and from this in each direction are looped flags that twine gracefully about the upper part of the columns. At the bottom of all is a photographic representa- tion of Mr. Kuapp's residence as viewed from the opposite corner, the suiTounding trees being in full leaf. The whole letter is sur- rounded 1)3' an oak vine, emblematic of strength. The five gentlemen were most hospitably entertained by Mr. Knapp until after ten o'clock, when they adjourned. Much regret was expressed at the absence of Commander George F. Tait, but the recent death of a daughter compelled him to remain at his home. HOW POST No. 327 OF BROOKLYN, G. A. R., CAME TO BE CALLED THE U. S. GRANT POST. The New York Tribune on Sunday, March 1, 1^85, drew ])ublic attention, for the first time, to the alarming coudition of General Grant's liealth. Each subsequent day's re])ort confirmed the sad intelligence, until it became painfully apparent that, in all ]iroba- bilitj the career of the great soldier would be ended at no distant day, by a cancer in the throat. Under these circumstances, the pos- sibility arose that some Post of the Grand Army of the Republic would ere long be endowed with the name of the chief actor in the War of the Rebellion. No name amongst the children of men was dearer to Grand Army veterans, and nothing was more likely, tliereforc, tlian that one or more new Posts would be formed in the Department, and would suspend their application for a charter only until the moment when General Grant's death should be announced, when they would at once request the honor of being allowed to bear his name. Post No. 327, of Brooklyn, was organized at a time when comrade Ulysses S. Grant bid fair to see several years of vigorous life, but it had not received a name, because its members were not able to agree on one to suit them. When public evidences seemed to point to the hero's approaching death, it immediately became an object of ambition with Commander Calvert to obtain from the Department Commander a promise that Post No. 327 of Brooklyn, should, when HOW POST NO. 3-'T lAME TO BE CALLED U. S. GRANT POST. oi) named, bo known as tlie " U. S. Grant Post, No. 327. De])artnient of New York," and tlins anticipate ail efforts in tiiat direction by other organizations. In tlie middle of March, the doctor's report indicated that General Grant wonld soon die. Accordingly on the nineteenth of March, 18S5, Commander Calvert went to Little Falls, in Herkimer county, N. Y., accompanied by Comrade A(] jiitant George A. Price, and had an interview with Department Comman- der H. Clay Hall. The result was eminently satisfactory, for assur- ance was given to Comrades Calvert and Price tliat their request would be granted when the proper time came. This assurance was based on the fact that Post No. 327 of Brooklyn, was not only the earliest formed Post in the Department that was without a name, but the only one in that condition amongst the five Imndi-ed and forty-one Posts of the Army then existing under Commander Hall's jurisdiction. While the bells were yet tolling for the nation's loss on the morn- ing of Juh' 23, 188.5, Commander Calvert wired to Commander H. Clay Plall, the words wliich had been agreed upon between them in Little Falls, March 19, '"Can the engagement made be now carried out?'' and Connuander Hall immediately telegrajihed back this reply, " Yes, of course." This intelligence was communicated to the memliers of the Post at a special meeting held at their headquarters on the evening of tlie day that General Grant died, and was enthusiastically received. The journey to Little Falls and its result had been kept secret, so that the announcement of the great lionor which had come to the Post, was a glad surprise. The otiicial information from Department Headquarters was as follows: " IIeadquaktehs Department op New York, G. A. R., } Utica, N. v., .July 25, 18So. f SPECIAL ORDER— No. 118. "Post No. 327 G. A. R. of Brooklyn. N. Y., is hereby authorized to assume tlie name of U. S. Gr;iut, by reasou of a prior claim over all others who had requested the use of that title. By commaud of H. CLAY HALL, Official: Department Commander." O. P. CLARKE, Asbt. Adjt. General." The by-laws of the Post were amended in due form at a regular encampment held September 22, 1SS5, and thus the change of" title from Post No. 327, of Brooklyn," to '• U. S. Grant Post, "No. 327," was perfected. Several organizations that had been lying in wait, ajjplied by telegraph for charters as soon as the death of'tlie great soldier was made ]niblic ; but Comrades Calvert and Prife had t";iken time by the forelock, and Dejiartment Commander Hall adhered manfully to the promise that he had given on the nineteenth of March. 36 tr. 9. GRANT POST AS THE liUAKD OF HONOR. THE LI. S. GRANT POST AS THE GUARD OF HONOR. Iiiiinedi;itc'ly after tc]eo:nipliin appointed for it at Riverside Park. Proudly and lovingly did these comrades from the city of churches set tliemselves to the jierformance of their honorable duty. Business and pfeasnre were alike aljandoned. Many of them cheer- fully dispensed with their accustomed sunnuer relaxation by lake and sea, after the toilsome pursuits of a year, and devoted. them.^elves during an equivalent number of days to testifying publicly, on tlie nntuntain top, in the State Cai)itol at Albany, in the crow(led City Ilall of Xew York, in the long march on that sad day when the Metropolis poured out her hundreds of thousands of mourning citi- zens in reverential silence, — their hive and admiration for the yavioiu' of the Union who had done so much fur them and for their children. In consequence of his education at West Point, and his military rank, General Grant was claimed by the regular army as its own. The civic and military authorities of Ali)any and New York city also claimed that the National Guard, in its lieauty and strength, should be foremost to render homage to the dead chieftain while he rested, a silent guest, within their gates. Hut it was wisely detei-mined that veterans of the late war, men wIkj wltc with him in the great and terriljle days of the Wilderness, and by wliose gallantry aiul devotion his jilans were crowned with success, should be permitted to bear him in their arms, and lay him gently down to rest. The sensibili- ties of the regular army officers had been tranquilized in the same manner that the confidence of the family had been gained. So that Colonel Roger Jones, U. S. A., reju'esenting Major General Hancock at Mount McGregor, and Senior Vice-Commander John H. Jolnison, representing U. S. Grant Post, agreed on an arrangement alike sat- isfactory and honorable to both. The conditions were tliese : An officer and twelve men of U. S. Grant Post should be detailed to act as bearers of the casket. They were to be accompanied by an armed escort of the Twelfth United States Infantrj'. For the sake of convenience and order the same detail of comrades should act continuously to the end ; that is to say that they, and they only, should be allowed to move the casket, and they were to be relieved, while the General's remains lay in state at Albany and New York, by a similar detail of an officer and twelve men of the Post in each relief. In i)nrsnance of this arrano-ement the following interesting Post orders were issued : 3S U. S. GRANT POST AS THE GUAKD OF HONOK. Headquarters U. S. Grant Post, No. 327, ) Dkpaiitment op New Yokk. G. A. R., > ;598 Fulton St., Brooklyn, July 31, 1885. ) Post Orders No. 3 ; I. This Post will assemble in full uniform at headquarters at 7 o'clock a. m., on Tuesday, August 4, and proceed via 8;2.5 Annex and New York, West Shore & Bullali) liailroad to the t'apitnl. where the remains of our late comrade and commander. Gen. U. S Grant, will lie in state. II. It is iiuporlant that every comrade of the Post should be present for duty, as each relief will comprise twelve men, and tlie relief will be frecpient. III. The Post will of necessity be iu light marching order. No baggage can be carried. IV. The Post will return to New York at 9 A. M. on Wednesday, in advance of the funeral train. H. M. CALVERT, Commander. GEORGE A. PRICE, Adjutant. Headquarters U. S. Grant Post, No. 327, i Department of New York, G. A. R , >• 398 Fulton St., Brooklyn, July 31, 1885. ) Post Orders No. 3; The following named comrades of thi.s Post have been selected to be the final detail for the guard of honor at Moiuit McGregor, and to guaid the casket contain- ing the remains of Gen. U. S. Grant on its journey from Mount McGregor to Riverside Park : Senior Vice-Commander J. 11. Johnson and Comrades William H. Barker, George W. Brush. George J. Collins, B. R. Corwin, R. B. Gwillim, James P. Oowatt, Henry W, Knight, Willis McDonald, W. J. McKelvey, Robert F. McKellar, George B. "Squires, Noah Tebbetts. H. M. CALVERT, Commander. GEORGE A. PRICE, Adjutant. On Sattii-(];iy, August 1st, CoiTiiiiander Calvert, accompanied by tlie Comrade All jutaiit and several members mentioned in tlie above order, visited Mount McGregor, and j)articipated in tlie vigils at tlie cottage. While wearing liis unform as comniander he had an excellent opportunity of testifying to the harmony existing between his comrades and the regulars, for, by a pretty courtesy, the sentries on duty presented arms to Itim as to an officer of the army. l.eaving at Mount McGregor only the intended bearers of the casket, and Comrade Henry Camp, who was to conduct the musical ])art of the funeral ceremonies, the Commander and Atljutant returned to Brooklyn, and on Tuesday moi'iiing, August 4th, pro- ceeded with eighty comrades of the Post to Albany to meet tlie funeral procession on its mournful journey towards Riverside. A spacious Guard lloom was placed at their disposal in the Capitol by tlie gentlemanly superintendent. When the bearers deposited the casket in the rotunda of that great building, they were (juickly and (piietly relieved by an officer and twelve men iif the Post. This guard duty was sustained throughout the nigiit. Six comrades stood on each sitle of the casket, ])arallel to it, and kept tlie crowd moving between them and it. A member of the "Loyal Legion," of which General Grant was Commander at the time of his death, stood at the head, and a comrade of the L. M. Wheeler Post of Saratoga at the foot of the casket. Great vie folds had drooped over it in the cottage, than an otlicei' and twelve men of the Post relieved the guard. Senior N'lce-Commander .luhn H. Johnson, by ]3ermission of Colonel (rrant. (lecorate(| rlie lajiel of the dead General's coat with a ne^v badge of the " (^rand .Viaiiy of the Republic." The same courtesy was extendee two iioblc oriiaiiizations, bright and beautiful as the fame of the great >ol(liri-. glittered side by side on his quiet breast. Steadily, as in the old time when they were younu-. tlie \eferan.s stood by their chief through AVednesday night. Tlim-sday. Thurs- day night. Friday, P^riday night, keeping up the stipulated tietail. This, with a working capacity of only about one Immli-ed and ten men available for guard duty, reflects credit on the etficiency of Adjutant Price and the constant devotion of thr conii-ades. A> in Albany, officers of the National Guard fiuaned a cordon out.-ide the (irraml Army men. The two comrades of L. M. \\'heeler post. Xo. 92. of Saratoga, cast their lot with U. S. Grant Post for the time being, and, sharing the honor, took their jiroper turn on diit\. Early on Saturday morning, owing to some temporary di-ai-range- ment of the plan hitherto preserved, it became necessary to ]iut a Grand Army man where an officer of the National Guard had stood ; and so, by a singular coincidence, of which any family might be proud, two brothers, Lieutenant-Colonel A. M. Clark, represent- ing the Loyal Legion, and Comrade P. S. Clark, representing V. S. Grant Post, found them.selves confronting each other, the one at the head, and the other at the foot of the casket. For the last time the guard was relieved. The comrades who had already moved the General's l)ody so often, ranged themselves beside it. There was one change in their number. Comi-ade Geo. W. Lrush. M. D., was unable to lie present, and his jilace for the lonir, final march to Riverside Park was tilled bv Comrade William W. Brodie. The Post, by order received through one of General Hancock's 40 U. S. GRANT POST AS THE GtTAED OF HONOR. aides-de-cainp, fell in (ni the I'car nf Afeade Post, No. 1, of Pliila- delpliia, — Comrade U. S. Grant's own Post. Meade Post occupied the right of the Grand Ami}- division, and U. S. Grant Post came next. These Posts marched witii their old vigor fi'om the City Hall to Riverside, and they were the only two that performed the j()nrne\\ The same sti'ong hands that lifted the old suldiei- on the moun- tain-top now kill him gently in his hed by the beautiful river, near the great throbliing heart of the people who, as lie said, had l)efrieiided him in his need, " that his s|)irit might have irst.'' Thus the I'. 8. Grant Post of the Grand Army of tlie Jiej)ublic was the " Guard of Honor." With tliDUghts too deep for uttei'ance the comrades returned to Brooklyn in a commodious barge that the lion. John H. Starin had most kindly sent to One Ilmidred and Twenty-tifth street for their convenience. They had indeed met with many courtesies, not only fi-om the New York Central and West Shore railroads, but from thoughtftd friends everywhere, wlio by a generous recognition of the i-eipiii'ements of the occasion had in that way made obeisance to the dead. Their hitherto nameless Post was now endowed with the name dearer to Grand Army men than any other earthly- name. It was clothed with dignity. It was crowned with honor. Although " wondrous few "" in munber, its members had been permittetl to do a highly jiatriotic, laudable, and honorable work. And as they thought of these things they rejoiced most of all to know that their conduct had been acce|itable to the sorrowing widow and children of their old commander, as this, manly letter from Cdlonel F. D. Grant will testify: Mount McGregor. ) CommamUr II. M. Cnhrrl / August 17, 1885. J Dear Sir — Now that the sliarp paius of grii-f are over, auil tlie full realization of the fact that my father is no more wei.sjhs sadlv upon me. I at>iireciale that in the hours of my ilislress your Post, the U. S. Grant Post of the Gram! .Vrmy. came forward and guarded his body as tliey wouUl have guarded the body of one of their own family, with as nuich care, with as much tenderness, and, I believe, with as much love. 'Phis will continue lo be one of the dearest memories of my life. I will always think of the members of the U. S. Grant Post as the tender guardians of mv father's remains. Gratefully, ■ F. D. GRANT. SPECIAL ORDERS. ■ 4-1 SPECIAL ORDERS. IIeadijuauters U Departmknt of B !S U. S. Gi:a.n-t Post 337, ) New YdiiK, G. A. R. [ SuooKLYN, July 25th, 188.5. ) [SPECIAL ORDERS— No. 1.] I. The followinc comniilcs nrr detailed to pi'oreed at once to Mt. McGi'egor, in olx'ilieiice to tlie wisli of llie I'aiiiily of tlie lale General Grant, to act as Guard of Honor at tlie Drc-xcl Cottage until relieved, viz ; Comrade Senior Vice-Conimander, J. H. Jolinsou, Comrade William H, Barker, Comrade H. W. Kniyht, William C. Booth, " Willis McDonald. " ' B. R. Corwin, " Noah Tebbetts. R. B. Gwillim, GEORGE A. PRICE, H. M. CALVERT, AOjutaiit. Cciiimandir. IIeadquarteks U. S. Grant Post 327, DErAirr.MENT op New York, G. A. R. Br(miki.vx, .July 26. 1885. [SPECIAL ORDERS— No. 2.J I. The following comrades are detailed to proceed at once to Mt. McGregor, to act as Guard of Honor until regularly relieved : Comrade Charles F. Hammell, Comrade William Rcid, Andrew Jacobs, " Charles H. Walker, " AVilliam Osboru, " T. J. Linnekin. GEORGE A. PRICE, H. M. CALVERT, Adjutant. Cuniinanclcr. HEAngUARTEES Depart.ment of N Bi U. S. Grant Post 327, | EW York. G A. R. V ((M.KLVN, July 28, 1885. ) [SPECIAL ORDERS— No. 3. 1 I. The following comrades are detailed to proceed at once to Mt. McGregor, to act as Guard of Honor until regularly relieved : Comrade S H Frankenberg, Comrade William Cowan, " Thomas S. Phipps, " AS Rowley, N. Sammis, " Henry Camp. GEORGE A. PRICE, II. M. CALVERT, Adjutiinl. Ciiminander. Headquarters U. S. Grant Post 327, Department of New Y'ork, G. A R. Brooklyn, Saturday, August 1, 1885. [SPECIAL ORDERS— No. 4] 1. In compliance with orders from Major General W. S. Hancock, detailed by the President to take charge of the ob,se(|uies of General and E.\-Presideut U S. Grant, the following comrades are delailcd as the ''Guard of Honor," Senior Vice-Commander John H. Johnson in charge ; Comrades William II. Barker, Comrades Henry W. Knight, George W. Brush, " Willis 3IcDona'ld. B. R. Corwin, " William J. JIcKelvey, George J. Collins, '■ Robert F. Mackcllar, R. B. Gwillim, " George B. Squires, James P. Howatt, " Noah Tebbetts. 42 SPECIAL OEDERS. II. This detail will have exclusive charge of the casket containing the remains, except when relieved by a similar detail from this Post, until it is placed in tlie temporary tomb at the IJiverside Park. GEORGE A. PRICE, H. M. CALVERT, Adj u ta II t . Commander. Headquauters U. S. Grant Post 327, 1 Uepart.ment oy New York. G. A. R. \ August 1.5t, 1885. ) [SPECIAL ORDERS XO. 5 ] 1. The Guard of Honor for the obsequies of General U. S. Grant is hereby ordered for dulv as follows ; 1st Relic'f. 7 to 10 :■. M.. llowalt and JIcKelvey. 2d Relief, 10 to 1 A. M., Aug 2d, Calvert and Johnson. . 3d Relief, 1 to 4 A. M., Aug" 2d, Squires and >Iel)onaId. 4th Relief, 4 to 7 a. m., Aug. 2d, Brush and t'ollius. .5th Relief, 7 to 10 a. m., Aug. 2d, Corwin and Maekellar. 6th Relief, 10 to 1 P. M., Aug 2d, Barker and Tebbetts. 7th Relief, 1 to 4 P. M., Aug 2d, Gwillim and Knight. 1st Relief, 4 to 7 P. M , Aug. 2d, Ilowatt and ^McKelvey. 3d Relief. 7 to 10 p. M., Ai'ig. 2, Squires and McDonald. 4th Relief, 10 to 1 a. m., Aug 3(1, 15rush and Collins. 5th Relief, 1 to 4 A. M., Aug. 3d, Corwin and ilackellar. 6th Relief. 4 to 7 A. M., Aug. 3d, Barker and Telilietts. 7th Relief, 7 to 10 A. M., Aug. 3d, Gwillim and Kniglit. 1st Relief, 10 to 1 P. M., Aug. 3d, Ilowatt and McKelvcy, 3d Relief, 1 to 4 P. M., Aug. 3d, Squires and McDonald. 4lh Relief, 4 to 7 p. M., Aug. 3d, Brush and Collins. 5ih Relief, 7 to 10 p. M., Aug.3d, Corwin and JIackellar. 6th Relief, 10 to 1 a. m., Aug. 4th, Barker and Tebbetts. 7tli Relief, 1 to 4 A. M., August 4lh. Gwillim and Knight. 1st Ri'Hef, 4 lo 7 A. M., Aug. 4th, Ilowatt and .MeKelvey. 3d Relief, 7 to'lO A. M., Aug. 4th, Squires and McDonald. 4th Relief, 10 to 1 p. m , Aug. 4th, Brush and Collins. By Commaud ; GEO. A. PRICE, ■ II. M. CALVERT, Adjutant. Coniiniinder. Headquarters U. S. Grant Post 327, ) Depaktmb;nt of New York, G. A. R., j- Capitol, Albany, N. Y., Aug. 4, 1885. 1 [SPECIAL ORDERS— No. 6.1 I. For the purpose of properly relieving the "Guard of Honor," while the remains of the hite General Grant are lying in state at the Capitol, the following details are made : 1st Relief. Duly from 5 to 8 P. .M , J. V. C. Alfred Cranston in charge. Com- rades Brodie, Bronson, I'.arnie, Demarest.Gregor}', Hendrickson, 'Miller (J.), Middle- brook, Newell, Pitclicr, St\idley. Williamson. 2d Relief. Duly frcjui 8 to 11 p. m , Past Commander George F. Tait in charge. C!omrades Cortelyou, Curtin. Carshaw, Edmondson, Fagan, Fiala, Horton, John- son (E, R.), Murphy (John), Sonville, Whitson, Walker'CC. H.). Young 3d Relief. Duty from 11 to 2 A. M. (5th), Conuiiis.sary Wm. T. Crouch in charge. Comrades Bates. Clarke, Corbett, Dykeman, Ilartough, Hemphill, Key- mer, Ludlum, Jlarvin, Row.se, Smith, Sammis. GEO. A. PRICE, II. M. CALVERT, Adjutant. Commander. SPECIAL OEDEES. 43 Headquaeters U. S. Gkant Post 337, i Depaktment op Xew York. G. A. R., '• Capitol, Albany, X. Y., August 5, 1885. ) [SPECIAL ORDERS— Xo. 7.] I The following details are made for duty as " Guard of Honor " at Capitol : 1st Kelicf. Dutv 2 to 5 a. m.. O^ G. Acting O. D. 1). L. Staples in charge. Comrades Ahlstrom" Bates, A. Freeman, Hands, Lippitt, F. E. Jliller. Jlyers, Kob- erts. Sands, Shephard, Wilcox, Zimmerman. 2d Belief. Dutv from 5 to 8 a. m.. Adjutant George A. Price in charge. Com- rades Bootli, Cowim, Hammell, llubbs, Liunekin, Orr. Osborne. Ponies, Walton, Wight. Wriicht. Murray. 3d Relief' Duty from 8 until relieved 1)3- " Special Guard of Honor," Engmeer Geo. W. Van ilaier in charce : Comrades Demarest, Gregorv, Hendrickson, iMiller (.John), Middlebrook, Newkirk, Newell, Pringle, Studley, Topham, AVil- liamson. GEO. A. PRICE, H. >I. CALVERT, Adjutant. Coinmujukr. Headquarters U. S- Gp.axt Post, 327, Department of New York, G A. R. Capitol, Albany, N. Y., August 5, 1885. [SPECIAL ORDERS— No 8.] I. Tlie Guard of Honor will relieve the last detail of the Post at 9 A M. II. The Post will assemble in the room of the Committee on Cities, in the Capitol, at 9:15 A. M., preparatory to leaving the city on the 9:55 train by the AVest Shore Railroad. III. In leaving the Capitol, the Post will pass in double files, and without mu-ie. through the corridor and on either side of the casket, thus viewing the remains of our comrade and former General-iu- Chief. GEORGE A. PRICE, H. M. CALVERT. Adjutant. Commander. He.^^dquaeters U. S Grast Post 327, ) Depaot-ment of New York, G A. R. V New York City, August 5, 1885. ) [SPECIAL ORDERS— No. 9 ] I. The headquarters of Ihi-; Post are hereby established at Astor House, New York City, rooms 122. 124, 126. II. The following details are made for duty : 1st Relief. Dutv from .) to 8 P. .M. Engineer Cieorge W.Van Mater in charge. Conuades Corbett. Henii)hill, Kenney. Lippitt. Marvin, Miller (F. E ), Thos. Mur- ray, Alvers, Peavey, Prinijle. Vail. Young. "2d. 'Relief. Duty from 8 to 11 P. M. J. V. C. Alfred Cranston in charge. Comrades Brodic. Barnie, Demarest. Frost. Gregory, Hendrickson, Middlebrook, Miller (Johu), Newell. Pitcher. Studley, Williamson. 3d Relief. Duty 11 p. ,\r. to 2 A .M. Past .Junior Vice-Commander W. Van H. Cortelyou iu charge Couu-ades Edmond-^on. A. Freeman, E. R. .Johnson, Livingston, Newkirk, Wight, R.aymond, Whitson, Zimmerman. GEORGE A. PRICE, H. M. CALVERT, Adjutant. Cumntander. Headquarters U. S. Gr.a.nt Post 327, 1 Depart.ment of New York. G. A. R. [■ Astor House, New York City, August 6, 188-5. ) [SPECIAL ORDERS-No. 10.] I. The following details are announced as " Guard of Honor;" 1st Relief. Duty from 2 to 5 A. >i. Commissary William T. Crouch in charge. Comrades Burlelt. Hemphill, Keuney, Mui'phy (Johu), Pringle. (J. Ormsby, of Post 92.) 44 SPKCIAL OKDKH.S. 3d Relief. Duty from 5 to 8 a. m. O. G. Daniel L. Staples in charge. Com- rades Bates. Boles, Clark, Cowan, Ilammell, Linnekin, Sands, Walton, C. H. Walker. J WriiiUt. 3d Kelicf. Duty from 8 to 11 .\. m. J. V. C. Alfred Cranston in charge. Comrades Ahlstrom. Camp, Cortclyou, Hands, Hemphill, Dykeman, Phipps, Murra)'. Heid, Soiiville. Young. (Downing, of Post 93 ) 4th Helief. Duty from 11 .\ M. to 3 p m. Commander H. M. Calvert in charge, t'omrades Brodie, Corhelt. A. Freeman, Gregory, Hammell, Middle- brook, Newell, I'eavey, Pitcher, Pringle, Zimmerman. 5th Relief. Duty from 3 to 5 P. M. Chairman Board of Trustees, William E Car.shaw in charge. Comrades Burlctt, Fagan, Ludlum, Orr, Studley, Tait, Walker (C;. H ), Whitson, Sammis, Roberts, Wilco.x. (Ormsby. of Post 93 ) 6th Relief. Duty 5 to 8 P. M. O. G. D. L. Staples in charge. Comrades Bates, Brown. Cowan, Hemphill, Lippitt, JIurray, Mj'ers, Prmgle, Walton, Wright. Vail, Van Maler. 7th Relief. Duty from 8 to 11 p. .M. Past Commander George F. Tait in charge. Comrades Booth, Camp, Demarest, Dykeman, Heudrickson, Kenuey, Raymond. Souville Heid, Young. (Downimr. of Post 92 ) 8th Helief. Duty from 11 p. m. to 3 \ M . 7th. Past Q JI. James A Wight in charge Comrades Brown. Brouson. Edmondson, Hands, Keymer, Linnekin, Livingston. Middlebrook. Rowley, Squires, Walker (M. H ), Williamson. GEORGE A. PRICE, H. M. CALVERT, Ailj (I ta lit. Cuinina lulcr. He.^dquakters U S. Grant Post 337, DEPAItTMENT OP NeW YoRK, G A. K. AsTOR House, New Y'oek City, August 7, 1885. [SPECIAL ORDERS— No. 11. J I. The following iletnils are announced as Guard of Honor : 1st Relief. Duly from 3 to 5 a. .m. Past O G. William \Y . Brodie in charge. Comrades Ahlstrom. Barrymore. Clark. Fiala, Gregory, Hammell, Ilotchkiss, McCormick, Miller (F. E.i. Powles, SAUth. 3d Relief. Duty from 5 to 8 K M. J V. C. Alfred Cranston in charge Com- rade-i Crouch. A. Freeman (from T> to 10:30), Thomas ^lurra}', Phipps, Pitcher, Price. Ruth, Sands. Van Mater. 3d Relief. Duty from 8 to 11 a. m. Past Chaplain William C. Booth in charge. Comrades Cranston, Crouch, Freeman, Hemphill, Jacobs, Middlebrook, Murra}'. Zimmerman. 4th Relief. Duty from 11 a. m. to 3 P. M. Comrade T. B. Gates in charge. Comrades Camp, Corbetl. Cowan, Hartough, Ilorlou, Newell, Prinnle, Studley, Wilcox. (Downing, of Post 93 ) Sth Relief. Duty from 3 to 5 P. M. Past Senior Viee-Commander W. Van H. Cortelyou in charge. Comrades Clobridge, Pagan, Fiala, Fisher, Johnson, Lin- nekin. ;\Iarphy (John), Newkii'k. Ruth, Souville. Gth Relief, Duty from .') to 8 p. M. Aide-de-Camp Phil S Clarke in charge. Comrades Demarest, Grcgorj', Marvin, McCormack, Murraj", Orr, Rowley, Rob- erts. Whitsou \Vrii,dit. Vail." (Ormsby, of Post 93 ) 7th Relief Duty from 8 to 11 f. m. Color Bearer David A. Pitcher in charge. Comrades Bronson, Edmondson, Hendrickson. Keymer, Lippitt, Myers, New- comb, Pcavey, Prinde, Van Mater, AValtou, Webb 8th Relief. Duty from 11 P. M. to 3 a. m. Q. M. S. S. H. Frankenberg in charge. Conn-ades Ahlstrom, Barnie. Brown, Cortelyou, Dennis, Dykeman, Ham'mell, Jliddlebrook, Raymond, Reid, Walker (C. H). GEORGE A. PRICE, H. M. CALVERT, Adjutant. Commander. SPECIAL ORDERS. 45 Com- Pratt, nEADqnAnTF;RS U. S. Grant Post 327, ) Department of New York, G. A. R., |- AsTOR House, New York City, August 8, 1885. ) [SPECIAL ORDERS— No. 12] I. The fonowincT details are announced as Guard of Honor : 1st Relief. Duty from 2 to .5 A. M., J. V. C. Alfred Cranston in charge, rades Burlingame, Barker (G. F.), Fisher, Hands, .Jacobs, Ludlum, Newell, Zimmerman. 2d Relief. Duty from 5 to 8 A. .M., Past Commander George F. Tait in charge. Comrades Booth Bronson, Carshaw, Cowan, Cvu-tin, Frost, Kenney, Miller (F. E.). Williani'ion, Young. .las Hands. A. B. Lindsley. H Past Otficei- of the Guard Wm. \V. Biodie is hereljy detailed on Special Guard of Honor in place of C^omrade Past Surgeon George W. Brush, relieved at his own reiiuest. GEORGE A. PRICE, Adjulant. H. M. CALVERT, Commander. REPORT OF THE ADJUTANT, Shoioing the number of Ilelkjs of Guard Duty pcvfnrined by the different Comrades from TucsdayAng. 4th until SiUurd(ty Aug. Sth. [It is only proyier to state that the Commander, the Junior Vice Commander, the commissary and Adjutant, when not performing guard duty, were neverthe- less constantly on duty.] Commander 1 J. V. Commander 5 Sui'geon 1 Adjutant 2 Q. M Sergeant 1 Orticer Guard 3 Commissary 3 Engineer 5 Cecial orders," l)ut were not included in the detail known as '"Casket Bearers."' A special request was made hy the niemhers composing this group that the portrait of Commander Calvert should form the center. Tlie group of which Major I'ait forms the center was made up of niemhers of three or four details which Jie commanded. The groui) with David A. Pitclier in the center is com])osed of the Seventh Relief, 8 to 11 p. m., August 7. It would have been desirable to have liad the portrait of eveiT mem- ber of the Guard of Honor ai)pear in the work, but as many of these had been at great ])ei'sonal expense in fulHlling tlie duties to which they were appointt'd, they coukl ill ali'ord this additional outlay. MEMORIAL SERVICES AT THE BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC. The tinal tribute of respect to the great soldier was paid by the Post in the Memorial services held at Brooklyn Acadenn' of Music on Tuesday evening, September 2!)tli, 188."). Invitations had been sent to several distinguished military and ci\ic! iiuigiiates, and to the numerous friends of the Post. Several responded by letter, an;ong whom was Gen. Geo. B. McClellan, who has since joined tlie Grand Army of Yeterans on the other side of the river. Every seat in the body of the building, in the balconies and in the galleries, was occupied, and the lobbies were crowded with people who coultl not procure places in the extensive auditorium. The members of Grant Post iiad places reserved for them in the centre of the parcpiet, and directly in front of the stage, and the block of seats in the jiarquet was placed at the service of other Grand Army Posts. There were sixty-eight |)osts in New York and Brook- lyn represented, and many Grand Army posts out of town were represented by large delegations. A place of honor was given on tlio stage to a dozen members of ileade Post, No. 1, of Philadel- phia, with which Gen. Gi-ant was connected. The Academy stage and the boxes were profusely draped with crape, and at the rear of %^''V Vv H, BAHKER G W BRUoH M U G J COLLINS KELVEY. a F. MACKELLAR GROUP No. 2. ^^i^Ii^!T>.^^'; ' ;?.'.:'' V'*' ) CAS K r t r k a r i-: r s ' 'F OrARD OF HONOR. July,'5 to Aut;. i. ' I C'APITOI., ALBANY. Aug i to 3- I'lTV II M [ . Nfw VeUK. Au-Mist 5 I..S, UlVIHsIDK I'AHK, August «. MEMOEIAL SERVICES AT BKOOKT.TX ATADKMV OF MUSIC. 4Y the stncje a picture of (tcii. (ii-aiit. liciivilv framed in black, was one of the most prominent features. Tlie proceed in us were opened at 7:30 d'clock witli a iinisical pre- lude l)y Dodworth's Band. The i)ro<>rainme o)icned with iiospel livmns.'then followed the " Hero's Memoriam," and linallythe Sane- ti'isfruui the Messe Sollonelle. A few minutes after 8 o'clock the curtain of the stage was rolled up and the ser\'ices were hegun in reality. The stage was crowded tn its full depth with invited quest's. Two rows of seats in front were occupied hy the thirteen memhers of the Post who composed the guard of honor at IMouiit McGregor. These gentlemen were Senior Vice-Commander J. II. Jolmsoii, v.. R. Corwin, Noah TeM)etts. J. P. Ilowatt, Willie McDonald, H. W. Knight. R.B. Gwillim. F. ]5. Mackellar. Geoigc B. Squires, George ^\ . I>rusli, W. H. Barker, N. J. McKelvey and Georo-o I. Collins. Among the guests who occupied places on the stage were Judge C!ochi'ane, of Toledo. O. : <4ov. Leon Ahhott. of New Jersey, with his staff, consisting of (icii. Weston. Col. IlepjK'n- hauer. Col. Taylor and Col. Pomain ; (icn. .1. ('. Lane, of Penn.'^yl- vania ; the Rev. J. P.Newman, 1). I).. Senior Department Vice- Commander C. W. Cowtan and stall, (ien. Horatio C. King, Gen. Horace Porter, the orator of the oeea-ion. Gen. Stewart L. Wood- ford, Mayor Low, Ccunptroller Briidierholf, dnhn AVinslow, .lesM' Johnson,' C. C. Martin, the Chief Engineer of the Bridge, Theo- ]>liilus (.)U'na, Tax Collector .lames Tanner, Su|)erintendent of Police Patrick Camjibell, Henry E. Pierrepont, Col. C. N. S|iragne, Evan L. Sprague, ex-.Iudge Samuel Morris, tlie Pcv. L. J. Foote, Col. W. J. Martin, William Riehai'dson, vSidney Ijowell, all the memhei's (it the Board of Aldermen, and memliers of the Boanl of vSnperviscii-s, William Harkuess, and many utlier- of note. In <>ne of the draped |jroscenium boxes sat Col. Fred. (Trant and his wife, with Jo.seph F. Kiiapp, William H. Lyon and the Jiev. Di-. i'almer. The front of the stage was decorated with floral tlesigns, one of the most noticeable being ,a large crown in white Howers and surmounted by a ci'oss. The opening proceedings were under the conduct of Com- rade B. R. Corwin, the Chaii-man of the Committee of Ari'ange- nients. As the curtain was rliiyed Mendelssoliii's " Vale of Rest," and then General Stewart L. AVoodfofd was intfodiieed as the next speaker. He referred to the liuiiible hegimiing of General Grant and l)riefiy traced his career, step bv step, from his entry into public life until tlie nations of the earth united to do him honor. Said he: "The spring of ISfil found him tiie comparatively unknown citizen of a quiet iidaiul Illinois town, 39 years of age. Measured by the standards of Inimttn .'success, iiis life at that hour had be<;n unsuccess- ful." The speaker then briefly' reviewed the life and character of the great (General, of the almost unsurmountable obstacles he over- came, and of his final triumph and success, yielding at last to the grim messenger of death with a (juiet Christian resignation. The Amphion Society then sang "There is a Blessed Home," ;ind the ritual of the dead of the Grand Army was chanted. This was preceded by ;i dirge played by Dodworth's Band, which chose the Dead March from Saul, and the Amidiion sang "Nearer, my God to Thee." The following was the service: MEMOEIAL SEEVICES AT BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC. 49 Post Commander H. G. Calvert— Adjutant, for what purpose is this meeting called ? Adjutant Geor.iie B. Squires— To jiay our tribute of respect to the memory of our late comrade, Ulysses S. Grant. Post Commander Calvert— Have you a record of his service in the catise of our country, and in the Grand Army of the Picpublic ? Adjutant Squires— Commander, I have. ' Post Commander Calvert — You will read it. The Adjutant then read a biief synopsis of Gen. Grant's life record. [The drummer then beat three rolls upon a nuiffled ilrum.] Post Commander Calvert— The record is an honorable one. and as the memory of all faithful scjldiers of the Rei)ublic should lie cherished and their records pre- served I direct that it be placed in the archives of the Post for future reference. Chaplain R. B. Gwillim— " What man is he that liveth and shall not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? If a man die, shall he live a^ain? " Chanf — ".Jesus Christ said. 'I am the Resurrection and the Life. lie that believeth in ^le, tliou prayer, Tlie ne.xt speaker was Gen. Horace Rorter, wjio liad served on tlie staff of Gen Grant dtirin;;- tiie \v;ir ant! ;is liis Private Secretary dnrini;- liis (Grant's) administration as Rresiilent of tlie United States. Few nicn knew General Grant more intiniately or litid a keener insight into his character. All the prominent traits of his character as developed during a long and bloody war were Itrought out in strong relief by the speaker. lie said that Grant was a man of peace, that he hated war. Said lie : We always look at Grant as a soldier. Yet by a strange contrast, there was never a more peaceful heart. No man rejoiced so much as he when hostilities ceased. As President he urged the ratification of the fifteenth amendment. When the Virginius aff.air took place most statesmen thought war was inevitable. For- tunately, we hud a President who by jiatiencc forbearance and steady courage, obtained a full and peaceful reparation from Spain. The minds of the people were aflame at the conduct of Great Britain durinn- the war 'War was thcmght to be popular. Grant thought otherwise He finally succeeded in liMving'the joint commission appointed, and followed it with the "great meeting at Geneva, where .•>ll MEMORIAL SERVICES AT BROOKI.VN ACADEMY OF MUSIC. Uic Uiiitod States were fuDv rci'om[icnsc(l ;ni(l ^l."), 1100,0(10 rcccivctl. I know that Gen. Grant IVll proinkT »( llial trinniiili llian ;iny snccess on the licld of bat- tle. In that great lour of his around the world he invarial)ly refused invitations to witness all reviews and niaiueuvres of troops, lie said he eiijoj'ed more look- ing at the farmers and other evidunees of pcaeefid prospcril}'. 'I'he hist sentence in his letter of aeeeptance to the convention that first nominated him for the Presi- dency w'as not written at random, but was a true utterance of his heart. It was ; Let us have peace. (icii. I'ciftcr i-ccci\cil a jicrFcct (.i\afi()ii (if tiiiimlttiotis a])])latise as he coiiclinlcil. 'I'licii the i-ctictiiiii set in and a soli'iiiti stilliics.s ])cr- vadc'd llic iiniDfiisf aiiditi)fiiini. 'I'lic silciice was hmkeii li_y liw o])('iiiiio- lines of the I)oxolo<>:_y, intoned hj the entife as.senibltioe. Affefwai'ds the followino' fonniila wa.s gone thfoiioli with: Post Commander — Senior Vice-Commander, liow .should all men live? Senior Vice-Coinmander — With trust in God and love for one another. Post Commander — Junior Vicu-Commaudcr, how should comrades of the Grand Army live? .Junior Vice-Commander — Having on the wliole armor of God. thai they ma}' be able to withstand in the evil day. Post Connnandca-— The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. Comrades — We thank (jlod, who giveth us th(! victory through Jesus Christ our Lord. ^ J » Post Commander— May the Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, keep us by His gracious jiresence amid the contlicts of our mortal life, and at last receive us into everlasting peace. Comrades— .Vmen ! Post Commander — I now declare this post closed. The Anipliion Society elianted "Nune Diniittis," the last "camp call" ("lights out") was weifdlv sounded, and the gfeat gathering slowly dispei-sed. |iif§ra)jl]ifa( .Skctrljcs. HENRY MURRAY CALVERT. COMMANDER, Was born at St. Lncia, one of the British West India Islands on tlie twenty-eighth of Marcli, lS3i. lie received a lilieral education in England and cnine to America in ISO'i, in tlie midst of the civil war. Having been favoralilj impressed with onr free institutions, he determined at once to offer his services in defense of the Union ; and on the seventeenth of A])ril, 1S()2, he enlisted for three years, as private in company F, Scott's Nine Hundred Volunteer Cavalry, subsequently known as the Eleventh New York Cavalry. The regi- ment was named in honor of Pennsylvania's Railroad King, who was at that time Assistant-Secretai'y of War. It was commanded by Colonel James B. Swain, a distinguished New York journalist. Mr. Calvert remained with liis regiment in the defense of Washington until the winter of lSi)2-o, when his company, F, together with E and I, were ordered to Boolesville, Md., and for some months did picket dutj' on the fords of the Potomac river. (_)n the seventeenth of June, the detachment joined the Aiany of the Potomac at Harper's Ferry, and was at Fredei-ick City, when the battle of Gettysburg was fought. Soon after this, it was assigned l)y General Ploasanton to General Gregg's division of cavalry, and with two detachments of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Pennsylvania C.ivalry formed into a regiment under tlie leadership of Major Kerwin of the Thirteenth. From that time forward for several weeks the men "lived in tlie saddle," and were constantly engaged in j)icketing, scouting and other hazardous duties, and being without shelter tents, were fre- quently drenched to the skin for days at a time with the heavy rains. They probably formed the first Union pickets on the Rappa- hannock, after the battle of Gettysburg, and were in close proximity to tlie rebel pickets who were on the opposite side of the river. During this period. Colonel Swain who was very ])opular with the men was removed from his command througli political intiuence, and Mr. Calvert, who was then Orderly Sergeant of Company F, called a meeting of orderly sergeants and counseled the presentation of a petiticjn to President Lincoln having for its object the re-instatement of the colonel or his trial by court martial. This was signed by 400 members of the regiment and presented in person to the Presid- [51] 52 BIOGRAI'IIICAI, SKE'lCriKS. ent by Orderly Serjijeant Calvert. It was " courteously received and referred to tlie War Department." On tlie .same moriiiiif^ Seri^eaiit Calvert took the rosponsiljilitv of piaciiii;; tlie llai;; at iR'adijuarters, atiialf mast, at the same tunc eiijoiii- iiif^ secrecty nii the part of his comrades. For this act (the perpe- trator of which was subsequently found out) iiis commis>ion as Lieu- tenant to which he was justly entitled was delayed until February 21, 1SC5, when his former colonel had been made Engineer-in-Chief of the State of New York and procured it for him. His regiment was subse(|uently assigned to the Army of the (inlf, where it had a varied experience in the land of mocking-birds, guer- rillas, chilis, alligators and mtu^casins. It was used extensively in breaking up the predatt)ry and partisan bands that infested the eastern side of the Mississippi after the fall of Vicksburgand Port Hudson. It then passed into the Army of the (Juniberlaud, guarding the Memphis and Charleston railroad, raiding occasionally tlii-ougli Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi and assisting to caj)ture Hood's broken forces after their rout by Thomas at Nashville. Jjieutcuaut (Calvert was mustcretl out of service with his regiment on July 'Jl, I8()5, and soon after entered the counting-room of H. I>. Olatliu iSc Co., New York, where for a number of years, he has occupied the responsible position of disbursing clerk, upwards of $40,0l)0,()()0 annually passing his haiuls. Mr. Calvert was one of the charter members of Post ',i27 and is one of the most active? and ardent supporters of all measures pertain- ing to the atlvaucement of the C A. K. On Decoration Day, JNfay 30, ISSi, he was "orator of the day," at the tomb of the Martyrs at Fort Greene. The oration evinced much historical research and contained man}' new and interesting facts pertaining to revolu- tionary events and the early history of Brooklyn. The oration was j)nl)lislieil in full in the January, 1885, nund>er of the ''Pirooklyn Advance." Mr. Calvert was married on the seventeenth of I'Vibruary, 1SG7, to Miss Annie A. Bennett, of New York City. During the Grant obsequies Commander Calvert had charge of Fourth Relief at the City Hall, New York, on August (i, from 11 A. M. to y V. M., and, as Commander, took chai'ge of the Post on the day of the Funeral, x\ugust 8, accompanying the remains to River- side Pai'k. LIEUT. JOHN H. JOHNSON, SENIOR VICECOMMANDEE, Was born in Chicago, III., on the nineteenth of October, 1S44. He removed to New York with his parents in infancy, and was edu- cated at the public schools. Previous to the war he was drummer boy iu Company A of the Old City Guard, known as Second Regi- KIOQRAPUICAL SKETCHES. 53 -t:ite Militia. On the Iwoiuy-tirst of April, iS61, I'aiineiit to the fvout on three iiiontlis servio<;, and first battle. of Siill Run. i-st of Decciulier. 18f>3, he enlistel ns pri^■ate in New York (Uncolv!; Ca^'alry. for throe years. ; i,f - -i-, , ,; '.i <::n\[t tinder Generals Avoi'eil. Ciis- :iii i ." Hi; puriii-ipated 'v the b;itties of '' ■, (^rinvn's (iap, Piedmont, Fivt- I•^l.■•ks, and a ninuber .\i. til;; l.i.iiii-: ■- L \\ 'Vfi-? vi>iinded in the , ,-nr viid ii.i'hi- ■ '^■: -i^ .il- i::no of service !;v n^- .! i,,st ■■ day f r. i.»ii tlio sixieenth ,;i; ,!■•■■, :^f;.i. iio was i ; ,., . . . , ■■m:!',.. lint not mus- ?<'«■;■■. '>:< Hk! seventii of ,!,,!), !.^"- !: .v.^:- ! :;ii.!-ii.!_-i dis.-'lin-o'ed. •;t of eav;,' ; ■i;)..,: ■''."■.; DiviCfon. ■V tne "•! '■ 1 •:. ■;■ •tk';-;;- ;, .ivc !if ids ^:.:. :iiv Kii'lis.i'. ■'._<■ .'.!■:.• r ;•;' rijdid, the .-. All 1 a^]. i. -■; ,:,V , ,,,;..- ..,.,;■ bc . ;-;r-,.n :■ of t!ie Third ^ .>,■■..•_':■ i >i--.;;;..i;, y M'ii has -'■'■■ '■■<■■■ :iy field, and has i- :;■ -im:: •■•.;, _,,,.: rii,r th.; v.k:.-. It; :!.>^!>;i wa.-; Oil rhe ni, -''. i ■■■■ ::• ;. .:;■; \r . - M:!!i;i K. \f.irrell, of Br(H,iv: . •:, ^ l. tut;. ■:; ;' .i ' ' !. 'i.ii'ii' i V ii.ja ii. JJoiitcnant Johnson Ava^^ nnw .,f i';t^ -m -ri,; r ,:.,■:,.:,.:.;, i.f !\,>| 2^7. ifo was elected Jiiidor Tfc i-i-i ;, l^^^.•• '-^"idor Vii'e- 'f ' ;;•• ■ -'der in 1SS5. Re ; :!;■ :,i,i. >- ■ . • <^.-:-, vu i Liidi;e . A. Af., and Grecnw.x'id rh,i!>;i,.r ^-T'^^ U . ■■■, *,' .,,,..,1.1?:; .1 >i;n.^o!i was in eondiHUi'i ■■: '!.: !;:.•■:(■.■• !vi>i''s^ nia- '"■'■rsof U. S. Po:^i 3:i7 Nvhicdi "i)n!;i.!-^rd r-^ ■ :i,idy ifiiuru iv.T ?h<. ; ^•.•,:!nsof G-ener:d (rnnt. and i ui ■' -'lartre of thu b.i.iv ii-oi-i -•:i!e it was laid ont ai j! mv:^ , until it was def>.;:»ii.:d rib at Riverside, ile acewaipanied tiic renjaiMn fo thiii- . !;'-place. IdEUTENANT ALFRi^D CRANSrOV. ■irxIOK VICK-C OJl MAN1IF7., ill, Ga., December 2S, IStO. Removi'd with hi.; ;n cliildhood. "listed as private in Ci.nnpanv I. Fourteenth "^tate Miiitia, lor three vears. On the said : '"Now that the duties of thesoldier are ended, the work of the historian begins. All I ask is that my name may be written as commander of tlie Third (Javalry Division, which has never been beaten in any field, and has ca])tiired every gun that the enemy dared turn npon it." On the twenty-first of December, 1865, Lieutenant Johnson was appointed patrobn;in in the Metropolitan Police Department, and assigneil lo the Forty-eighth Precinct of J'rooklyn. He was pro- moted P()undsm;in March 10, 1S69, Acting Sergeant December ], 1873, and Commanding Seig-eant April 23, 1875, and assigned to the command of the Monnted Squad. On the nineteenth of October, 18(18, he married Miss Mai'ia E. Morrell, of ])rooklyn, N. Y. Tliey have one child, named Viola H. Lieutenant Johnson was one of the charter mend)ers of Post 327. He was elected Junior Vice-(Jommander in 1881, and Senior Vice- Cdmmander in 1885. He is also a member of Greenwood Lodge 509 F. & A. M., and Greenwood Chapter 205 R. A. M. Lieutenant Johnson was in command of the thirteen representa- tives of U. S. Post 327 which composed the body guard over the remains of General Grant, ami had the sole charge of the body from the time it was laid out at Mount McGregoi' until it was deposited in the tomb at Riverside. He accompanied the remains to their final resting-place. LIEUTENANT ALFRED CRANSTON, •IPNIOR VICE-COMJrAXriEE, Was born in Savannah, Ga., December 28, IS-tO. Removed with his parents to New Yoi'k in childhood. In June, 1801. he enlisted as jirivate in Company I, FdUi'teenth Regiment New York State Militia, for three years. On the seven- 5i BIOGKAPHICAL SKETCHES. teentli of September, ISO I, he was commissioned Second Lieuten- ant. He participated in the first battle of Bull Run, Cedar Moun- tain, Second Bull Run, Cliancellorsville, Chantilly, Soutii Mountain, Antietam, First and Second Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Eraiidreth's Station, Rappahannock's station. Mine Run, Wilderness and Spott- sylvania. At Second Bull Run, he was wounded in the thigh. lie was mustered out of service, .June 31), 1864. In lS6i, he married Elizabeth Petfoi-d, of New York. They have two children, viz. : A. Petford and Ella M. Lieutenant Cranston was one of the charter members of Post 327. He was elected Junior Vice-Commander in 1885. He was appointed a member of the " Relief Guard " under order No 6, August i, while the remains of General Grant lay in state at Albany and remained on duty until the closing ceremonies of August S. He was in command of First Relief at Alijany, August 5, Second Relief at New York, August 5, Third Relief August 6 and Second Relief August 7. SERGEANT MAJOR GEORGE A. PRICE, ADJUTANT. The Aniei'ican ancestors of Mr. Price came from England in the eai-ly pai't of the eighteenth century, and settled in Litchfield Co., Conn. The town records of Norwalk, Conn., show that his ancestors bore a conspicuous ])art in the struggles of the early colonists. The piternai grandfather of Mr. Price removed to tliat part of Tioga, now known as Broome Co., N. Y., in 17U5, and purchased for the sum of $00 a tract of 100 acres on condition that ]w should ojien a road through the woods for a certain distance. This was near the present town of Bingliamton, known at that time as Point Chenango. There was then but one white settlement in the local- ity. Tlie Oneida and Tuscarora tri!)es of Indians still inhabited a portion of the country, although they had dis|)osed of their lands some ten years previous. The parents of Mi'. Price are still living and reside in Irocpiois (Jounty, Illinois. Adjutant Price, the subject of this sketch, was born in Broome Co., N. Y., on November 4th, 1839. He attended the public schools of his native town (Vestral), and at the age of twelve years, came to New York. Previous to the war, he was engaged in the hat manufacturing business. On the eighteenth of April, 1S(!1, he joined Company E, Seventh Regiment, New York State Militia, and accompanied it to Washing- ton, whore he remained for forty days. On his return to New York, he obtained an uidimited furlough, so as to enable him to join an}' other rciriment enga became a inend^er of the iirm of IJii^low iV ( 'o.. Hatters and l'"ur- riers, IJrooklyn. In ls. the firm was i-e-ori^'ani/.ed under I Ik; name of Iialeli, Price ik (Jo., now (Uie of the hiri^-est houses of the kiml in Itrooklyii, located at 3T( tin- Second Relief from 5 to 8 A. M., Aiif^ust 5, and accomjianied the remain^ to the tinal resl- innj place at Jtiverside on the 8th. ( Jreat cr(;dit is due to him for his zeal and activity displayed in the j)i'eliminary arrane;(;nienls for the memorial services held at the Acad(;my of Music on the evi'U ing of September 2'JtIi, 188.5. T. W. 'r()|'llAM, M, I).. 8i'U';i:o,\. Was born in Webster, Mass., on ,\pril Itth 1842. Ife reciiveil his prepai'atory education at Webster, and wa;-i ^.^raduatcd from the High School at Xewark, N. J., in 1.8.">!i Soon after this he joined the army, and on May 27tli. 1801. be was enrolled ah private in 5fi BTOGRAPmCAI. SKETCHES. Company C, Seeoiu] lii-Liiiiieiit New Jersey \'(:)luiiteers, for tliree years or tlio war. He took part in the first battle of Bull Run, West Point, Gaines' Mills, White Oak Swamp, Charles City Cross Roads, Malvern Hill, Second Bull Run. South Mountain, First and Second Frederickshurjr, Salem Heights, (-iettyshurg. Mine Run, Laurel Hill, Wilderness and Spottsylvania. At the second battle of Bull Run he had four of his rihs fi'ac- tured by a shell, and was confined to the hospital for over a month. Was promoted Corporal on the battle field, and afterwards Second Sergeant. He was mustered out of .service July •2]st. 1S64. In 1870 he removed to Indianai)olis, Ind.. and entered thi' Indiana College of Piiysicians and Surgeons. lie was graduated in 1S73. He practiced for a time in Indianapolis, and was con- nected with the National Surgical Institute. On January, 1884, he removed to Brooklyn, where he has siiici' continued the practice of his profession. He was elected Surgeon of the Post the same year to fill a vacancy, and re-elected foi' tlie year 1885. R. B. GWILLIM, CHAPLAIN, Was born in Wales, November 29, 1838. In 1840 his parents came to New York, and here he lived for si.x years, when he removed to Hartford, Conn., where he received a thorough schooling, graduating at the Hartford High School, one of the best institutions in the country. When the war broke out he was a teacher in Bacon Academy at Colchester, Conn., one of the prettiest towns in New England. During those exciting days, when town meetings were held, and the iiatriotism of the country was roused, and appeals made for the support of the Government, the young man of 22 made his maiden public speech at one of these meetings, eloquently a|)pealing to the young moi of his locality, and he threw himself into heai'ty sympathy with the grand movement of the times. His ambition for a college education held him until the news of tlie second battle of Bull Run. The very week he had planned to enter college, he threw u|i all his plans of stud}', and enlisted as a private in Company P] of the Twenty-second Connecticut Regiment. The regiment went from Hartford, and contained young men from some of the best families in the State. » They were in camp at Miners Hill, Virginia, dui-ing the winter, picketing the country in that direction. In February, went to Arlington, and did guard duty at Long Bridge for a month ; then went down to the siege of Suffolk, in which they took an active part. And when the siege was raised by the withdrawal of Longstreet, they went to West Point, then Yorktown, then marched up the Peninsula, making a strong demonstration against Richmond at the time Lee was raiding BIOGRAPHirAL SKETCHES. 1 into Peniifvlvania. The expedition was snecessfnl in flestroying many miles' of railroad, and in so threateniiiij; tlie rehel capital, that Jefferson Davis sent a message to Lee, informing him of the great danger Richmond was in, wliicli message was captured on the second day'"i)f the battle of Gettysburg, and is said to have strengthened General ]\Ieade in an hour of wavering as to wliether he would tight it out as lie did, or fall back to the place where he had designed to give battle at. He came l)ack witii his regiment as corporal, and the regiment was mustered out at Hartford in July. 1863. Resuming his interrupted plans for a college education, he entered Wesleyan University at Middletown, Conn., in September, 1863, where he graduated in 1866. iiaving, however, spent the long summer vacation of 1864 as clerk in t]ie\var department at Wash- ington. For two years after his graduation he was engaged as Pro- ( fessor in the High' School in Hartford, having charge of the niathe- matics. He then commenced the study of law in the otRce of Clianiberlin it Hall, in Hartford, and was admitted to the bar in 1869, and soon after became a partner in the law firm of Hon. S.W. Kellogg, at Waterbury, Conn., Mctnber of Congress for that dis- trict. '^ He remained "in Waterbury until May, 1874, wheti he removed to Xew York City. His 'specialty has been comniercial law, in which be has been remarkably successful, and now enjoys a large and lucrative practice. In April, 1875, he married Catharine H. Johnston, a daughter of James C. Johnston, formerly one of the largest importers in New York City. He still keeps up bis old army associations, has served as historian on the occasion of several i-eunions of his regiment, and in addition to his connection with Grant Post 327, is a member of the Society of the Army of the Potomac. Mr. Gwiilim went to Mount McGregor as one of the Honor Guard of General Grant on the twenty-lifth of July, 1885, two days after his death, and remained in that capacity until the iiody was finally entomlied at Riverside Park. He has written a history of the Honor Guard. WILLIS McDonald, QUARTERMASTER, Was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., on the twentyfiftii of October, 1841. Pi-evious to the war, he removed to Xorwalk, Conn. On the ninth of August, 1862, he enlisted for three years as priv- ate in Company F Seventeenth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers, and was appointed Sergeant in January, 1863. After partici)iating in the battles of Chancellorsviile and Gettysburg, his regiment was ordered to Moriis Island, S. C, and was attached to the Tenth Army Corps. lu the spring of 1S64, it was ordered to Florida and 61S IJKWJRAPIIICAL SKETCHES. remained tliere until the close of the war. The regiment was divided into detachments, scattered through diti'erent )iarts of the State, and took part in several engagements. Mr. McDonald was mustered out of service with his I'egiment on the sixth of August, 1S65, at New Haven, Conn. In 1866, he married Miss Mary E. Cole, of Norwalk, Conn. They iiave three children, viz. : Nellie, Willis and Frank. At the close of the wai', lie returned to JJrooklyn. and was employed foi' a time as hookkeepei-. In ISTO, lie establislied the printing and stationery business of McDonald Bros., in New York City, which was subsequently changed to Willis McDonald & Co. The firm recently bought out the business of Baker & Godwin, which is still carried on at the old location No. '2;") Park Row, where it has remained for thirty years. On his return to civil life, Mr. McDonald continued his military . connections, and in 1S75, he joined the famous Seventh Regiment N. G. S. N. Y., in which he served for seven years. He is at pres- ent a member of tlie Seventh Regiment Veteran Association. He is one of the most active members of U. S. Grant Post .■>27, and foremost in every effort to advance its interests. He was elected Quartermaster in December, 18S4-, and has continued to fill the posi- tion to the entire satisfaction of his comrades. He is a liberal con- tributor to every worthy object of benevolence. He is a mem- ber of the Ancient Order of United Workmen and of Providence Union. He is a man of pleasing address, frank and outspoken, and exceed- ingly po]iular among liis associates. His business ability is shown in the fact, that at the close of the war, he had nothing on which to commence anew the struggle of life except his pluck and energy, and he is now the proprietor of one of the oldest and largest print- ing establishments in New York City. Mr. McDonald was one of the thirteen members of Post 327, who formed the Guard of Honor at Mount IMcGregor, immediately after the death of General Grant, and continued to perform that duty during the two weeks in wiiich the remains lay in state at Mount McGregor, at Albany and in New York, and finally assisted in the last sad rites, which ended at Riverside on the eighth of August. CAPTAIN WILLIAM J. McKELVEY, OFFICER OF THE DAY, Was born in Providence, R. I., March 12, 18-12. He removed to Staten Island and afterwards to New York City. Oil the twenty-ninth of April, 1861, he enlisted for two years as private in Company F, Tenth Regiment New York Volunteers (McChesney's Zouaves). He participatetl in the battle of Big Bethel, BIOGRAI'IIICAL SKETCHES. 59 •'Seveii Days' Figlit," Gaines' Mills, Savage Station, Charles City Cross Roads and Malvern Ilill. During the latter engagement, lie was taken prisoner, bnt escaped the same night. He also took ])art in the battles of Antiotam and Chancellorsville. Soon after this, he was taken sick with typhoid fever and remained in the iiospital until his term of service expired. He was lionorably discharged as Ser- geant. After his recovery, he commenced raising a comjiany, l)ut the draft riots in New York interfered with recruiting and Mr. Mc- Kelvey tendered his services to the police department to assist in sup- pressing the riots. For this service, he was apjwinted Eoundsman of tlie Police and served for seven years. He then resigned, and in 1S72, removed to Brooklyn. His police record in New York enabled him to secure an appointment in the Brooklyn Police Department. He was subsequently appointed telegraph operater. In 1882, he was appointed Drill Captain, and on the seventeenth of January, 1885, he was appointed Captain of the Fourth Precinct. He served eight years as a member of the Thirteenth Regiment N. G. S. N. Y., and retired as First Lieutenant of Company K. In 1870, he married Annie F. Burgess, of Providence, R. I. Capt. McKelvey formed one of the Guard of Honor, which took charge of tlie remains of General Grant at Mount McGregor, and continued to serve in that capacity until the body was deposited in tlie receivino- vault at Riverside on the eiirhth of Auijust. DANIEL L. STAPLES, OFFICER OF THE GUAKD, Was born in Easton, Fairfield Co., Conn,, on the first of January, IS-t-i:. lie received his education at the district school. Gn the thirtieth of August, 1862, he enlisted as private in Com- pany D, Twenty-third Regiment Connecticut Volunteers, for nine months. He accompanied the Banks' Expedition, and, with his regiment participated in the several engagements of the Southwest. He was taken prisoner on the tifteenth of June, 18(;3, at the battle of Brashear City ; was jiaroled on the twenty-ninth of June, and rejoined his regiment. He was honorably dischai'ged on the thirty- iirst of August, 18(j;j, having served one year — three months over his time. He re-enlisted as landsman in the United States Navy, September 3, 18<)-t, and was assigned to the Vermont, and thence to the Augusta, where he remained until December following, when he was detailed to the United States steamer Acacia, and promoted to ship's yeoman. While on her he particijKited in the capture of Charleston, S. C. He was honorably discharged on the eleventh of June, 1865. Since the close of the war he has been engaged in the dry goods business. 60 BIOGUAPHICAL SKETCHES. ' On the twcnty-sixtli of June, 1872, lie married Sarah E. Mooney, of AVesttield, N. J. His wife deceased Deeeniber 25, 1882. He lias two living ciiiidren, viz., diaries L. and Frederick J. Mr. Staples is at present OtKcer of the Guard of Post 327. During the Grant obsequies he had coiniiiand of the Relief Guard August 5, from 2 to 5 A. m. at Albany, and in New York August 6, he had command of Second Relief from 5 to 8 a. m., and on the same day from 5 to S p. m. Past Commander CAPTAIN GEORGE B. SQUIRES, SEEGEANT-MAJOK. Was born in Pittstield, Mass., on the twenty-fifth of September. 1844. lie i-eeeived a liberal education at the public schools of his native town and at Williams' Academy, Stockbridge. He was only IG years of age, when the tocsin of war sounded the call "to arms," but, inheriting the spirit of patriotism, that animated his ancestors at the battle of Lexington more than one hundred years aijo, he volunteered his services in defense of the Union. He ran away from home, and came to Connecticut, where he enlisted as private in Companj' I, Fifth Connecticut Volunteers, commanded by Captain Grittiu A. Steadman, afterwards Colonel of Eleventh Connecticut Volunteers. He was mustered into service July 22, 1861, for three years. He took part in the battle of Win- chester, and afterwards in the battle of Cedar Mountain, where he was wounded in the left leg, and confined in the hos])ital at Alex- andria, Va.., fur about four months. In 1803, he took part in the battles of Cliancellorsville and Gettysburs:. Following the latter engagement, when the army recrossed the Potomac, Mr. Squires was captured on outpost duty at Snicker's Gap, and confined at Belle Isle, until the following October, when he was paroled. He remained at Annapulis. Md., and Camp Chase, O., until April, 1804, when he rejoined his regiment in the West, during the Atlanta campaign, and participated in all the battles and skirmishes leading to the cap- ture and occupation of Atlanta, including the battles of Dallas, Rosacea and Peach Tree Creek. He was honorably discharged at Chattanooga, Tenn., on the first Augiist, 18(34, at the expiration of his term of enlistment. In 1871, he I'emoved to New York City, and on the twenty-second of January, 1872, on the recommendation of his old Colonel, Orris S. Ferry, ho was appointed to the office of liquidating clerk in the New York Custom House. He was subsequently promoted to entry clerk, which position he still holds. He removed to Brooklyn in 1873, and since then has been one of the most active and earnest supporters of all measures tending to the growth and development of the Grand Army in New York State. In 1876, he was appointed ^^ ''^FSv U- GF.dRGE H. SOriRES. Pas'I CnMNJANriF.R. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 01 Assistant Acljntant-Gencral (Department of New York G. A. R.), and held tlie otttcc for two years. Diirinji; this period, the Soldiers' Home was hiiilt. Mi'. IScjuires bcinii' one of the prime movers and most active supporters of that enterprise. During lSSl-2, he served as Judge Advocate-General on the staffs of Cominanderin-Chief Wagner, of Pennsylvania, aTul Merrill of Massachusetts, of the Grand Army of the Repuhlic. In 1SS+, lie was again ajipointcd Assistant Adjutant-General of the Department of Ne\v York. The history of the Grand Army in this State shows that the year ISSi was the most successful of any previous year since its organization. A. A. G. Squires was one of tiie charter members and chief mover in the organization of Post 327, and wasitslirst Commander. He served during 1SS3, was re-elected in ISS-i, but i-esigned immediately after to accept tiie position of Assistant Adjutant-Gen- eral of the State Department. The revision of the "JManual" of the G. A. R., tlie present style of badges made fi'om cannon metal, and many other improvements in the working system of the order, are due largely to the efforts of Assistant Adjutant-General Srpiires. In 1S67, he married Mary L. Lockhart, of Lee, Mass. They have three children, viz.: George, Sadie and Lottie. Captain Squires was one of the thirteen representatives of Post 327, which formed the Body Guard over the I'cmains of General Grant, and remained with the Ijody from the first of August until its tinal interment on the eighth. SANFORD II. FRANKENBERG, quartermastek's sergeant, Was born in Marion, Wayne county, N. Y., on the seventh of August, 1^39. He was educated at the academies of Walworth and Macedon. He suljsequently I'emoved to Palmyra, Wayne county, N. Y., and engaged in business for three years, and then removed to Buffalo. While on a visit to Xew York in tiie spring of 1861 he became imbued with the '" war fever," and joined Conqxuiy F, Thir- teenth Regiment New York State Militia. He was mustered in on tlie twenty-third of April, 1801, for three iiKjnths. At the expira- tion of his term of service, he enlisted, August 15, in Company C, Forty-eighth Regiment New York Volunteers, as Sergeant, and was mustered into service on the twenty-fifth of August, 1801, for three years, or the war. He accompanied Sherman's Expeditionary Cor]is to Port Royal, S. C, and took part in the capture of Hilton Head fortificuitiiHis, November 7, 1801. He participated in the engagement at Port Royal Ferry, siege of Fort Pulaski. April 11, 1S62, capture and burning of 02 BIor.RAPHU'AL SKETCHES. Bluffton, S. C, the encragement at Coosa River, Pocotali2;o. and in tlie capture of Follj Island, S. C. In tlie night assault on Fort Wagner, July 18, 1863, he received a woun<] in the left shoulder which shattered the left shouldei'-blade, re(juiring its removal, and lost the use of the left arm, resulting in total and permanent dis- ability. In this attack the regiment lost in killed, wounded and taken prisoners nearly TOO out of SOO men. Sergeant Frankenberg was honorably discharged, on acct)unt of wounds as stated above, on the eighth of June. 1864. He subse- quently removed to Brooklyn, and in December, 1864, he was appointed clerk in the Dime Savings Bank, of Brooklyn. One year after this he was appointed teller, a position he has rilled with honor and fidelity for more than twenty years, during which period the funds of the bank have increased from Sl,3::?0,O2O to sj^l 3,350,- 825.50. In lSr;8 he married A[iss Pauline G. Knapp, of Brooklyn, N. Y., formerly of Charleston, S. C. They have three children, viz. : Willie, Nellie and Josie. i\[r. Frankenberg was a mend)er of the Cxuard of Honor which guarded the remains of Genei-al Grant at Mount McGregor, July 28, and afterwards accompanied the remains to their final resting place, in liiverside Park. CAPTAIN GEORGE W. VAN MATER Was born in Brooklyn, on the twenty-first of March, 18.''>8, where lie received a liberal education at the jniblic schools. Previous to the war, he was engaged in the manufacturing business. He joined (Jompany C, Fifty-si.xth Regiment New York State Militia, in 1802. In June, 1863, he was mustered into service with his i-egiment for thirty days. During this period, his regiment assisted in cutting off Lee's retreat from Gettysburg. ( )u the seventeenth of July, 1864, his regiment was again mus- tered into service for one hundred days, and was employeil most of the time in doing guard duty; in this, hovvever it rendered efficient service. In 1865, the regiment again offered its services, and was quartered at Hart's Island, awaiting orders, and three or four days, previous to the date ti.xed for being mustered in, recruiting was stopped by order of the Secretary of War on account of the cessa- tion of hostilities. The regiment, having been organized especially for service in the war, was soon after disbanded. It was constantly held in readi- ness for emergencies, and had the war continued, would no doubt have made for itself an honorable record. Mr. Van Mater was soon after appointed aid-de-camp to General J. V. Mesei-ole, commanding Eleventh Brigade, N. G. S. N. Y., with the rank of Lieutenant, and was subsequently appointed Commissary BIOGKAPHICAL SKETCHES. 63 of the Brigade with tlie rank of Captain, and continued to hoh:l that iiosition nntil the resio'natioii of (reneral ]\Ieserole. in ls74. In 185;>, Captain A^an Mater married Miss Afary J. Kane, of Brooklyn, X. Y. Tiiey liave fonr eliildren. viz. : Ida L., George G., Minnie L. and Jolin. He lias taken an active part;_in^ the Grand xVrmy affairs for many vears past. He was formerly a^niember of Rankin Post, No. lo, and was very popular with the members of that Post. He was elected Chaplain of the Post, in ISSO; Senior Yice-Commander, in 18S1 and 1882 and on several occasions was a, delegate to the Department Encampment. He served as aid-de-cam]! to Commandei--in-('hief Earnshaw, of the (t. A. R. In 18^3, he withdrew from Rankin Post with a number of his comrades, and assisted in organizing Post 327. He is one of the most earnest workers in, and liberal sup- porters of the new Post. His effoi'ts to benefit his fellow men are not confined to his old army comrades. lie is a member of Jo]ipa Lodge. No. 20i F. and A." M., of Fi'anklin Lodge K. of II. . of which he is Past Dictator ; vi r>urnside Council, Royal Arcanum. of which he is Past Regent. Captain Van Mater has been associated for the last eight years with the firm of Charles E. Teale & Co., drapers and tailors, No. Oil Ful- ton sti'eet. Brooklyn, one of tlie largest and most popular houses in that line of Ijusiness in tlie city. Captain A^an Mater was appointed on the ''Relief (juard "" under " Oi'dcr Xo. 7," while the remains of General Grant lay in state at Albany. He had charge of Third Relief and of First Relief, August (!, while the remains lav in state at the City Hall, New York. w. T. cRorcii. (.'i.>MMISSAKV. Was Ijorn in New York City on .Inly 22d, 184(1, and afterwards removed to Brooklyn. He joined the Thirteenth Regiment N. Y. S. Militia in 1858. At the breaking out of the war he enlisted with the regiment on April 2od, 18(>1, and was mustered in as First Sergeant of D Compan}'. At the expiration of his term of service he returned to Brooklyn, and was engaged in recruiting until isfi-J, In May of that year lie again enlisted with the Thirteenth Regi- ment and went with it to Suffolk, Ya. ."-^oon after this he was taken sick with hemorrhage iif tiie lungs and cani[) fever, and ordei'eil liome. After iiis recovery he again engaged in recruiting service until Se])tember of that year. He was afterwards detailed to take charge of the sick and wounded tr a. m. He also accompanied tlie remains to Riverside. DAVJD A. riTCIlER Is descended from one of the oldest families consjiicuons in the earlv settlement of the country. The celebrated "Moll Pitcher,'' one (if the heroines of the revolution, belonged to the same fam- ilv. Jjoth the paternal and maternal ancestors of Sir. Pitcher fought in the war of the revolution, and in the war of 1812. Mr. Pitcher was born in New York City on March IDtli, 1843. Previous to the war he was associated with liis fatliei- in the pro- vision business. On October 7th, 18()1, he enlisted as |irivate in F Company, Eigthy-seventh Regiment New York \'olunteers, foi' three years or the war. lie ]iarticipated in the siege of Yorkttiwn, the battles of Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Seven Days' Fight, Peach Orchard, Sav- age Station, AVIiite Oak Swam]i, Charles City Cross Roads, Malvern Hill, Second Battle of Bull Rmi and Chantilly. In September, 1862, the regiment was consolidated with the Fortieth New York Yolunteers (known as the ilozart), it having been reduced by losses to such an extent as to be no longer effective. In October, 1862, Mr. Pitcher was made color guard, and (-arried the First National color of his regiment the last time it was cai'ried on the field. He took part in the l)attle of Fivdcricksliurg, Decend)cr 13th, 1862, iluring which he was stiaick by a uiinie ball in the left hip, shattei'ing the bone from the hip to the knee. He was ca]>tui'ed and taken to Libby Prison, where he remained for two months. He was then |)arolctl and sent to Annapolis, ]\Iil., in an almost dving condition. He remained in the lios]iital until Octolicr 'Jtli, 1863, when he was honorably' discharged. lie was obliged to use crutches for two years aftei'wards. As soon as he was able he resumed his former business. In February, 1869, he mari-ied Lillie E., daughter of Cajitain William Liesegang, an old and well known sea ca|)tain of New York. They have live children, viz. : Charles R., Edna A., Carrie L., Ella .M. and Irene Frances. Mr. Pitcher was in command of the "Relief Guard of Floiior," which had charge of the remains of (Tcneral Grant on the night before the funeral. He was also with the remains at Albany, and accompanied them to Riverside on August 8th. His jiortrait is shown in the centre of the fourth group. JAS. B. PRINGL.C -AN MATER W. WALTON. (;K()L'I' Nn. 4. GiARii OK IImnok — Uwri' A. I'll' mk.r's [JKTAri.- \YM. H. BAKKKR. BIOGRAPItI(\\.L SKETCHES. 65 MAJOR W. ir. BAEKEK Was born in tlie citv nf New 'I'drk nu Dcvt'inltev s, 1S39. He was educatetl at tla' piihlic srliuuls ami t'vw academy, and after- wards coninit'need tlie .study of law with Mrhillr & Sliepard, with whom he continued until the spi-iii^ of Istil. At the breaking out of the war he had already acquired some ' knowledge of military tactics, having previously joineil the Twelfth Regiment Xew York Htate ]\[ilitia, as private in Company B. He was mustered into the service witli his regiment on Ajiril 21, 1S61, for three months. At the expiratinn nf his term of service he was commissioned Second Lieutenant of Cumpany (4, Fifty-tirst New York Infantry Yolunteei's, ami mustcrcil in Octoiter lo, IstU, for thi'ee years or the war. He accom|ianicd his regiment to Washing- ton and was soon detailed to the Signal Corps, and studied under General Meigs. He snbserpiently s;uled with the Burnside ex]ie- dition for Ncirtli Carolina, but during a hca\y gale the vessel was driven to sea and ^ivcn u]i for ]oM. She was gone about two weeks and ran short of jirovisions, the men beinii- limited to a cracker a day. Soon after his arrival Mr. Barkei' joined the gun- boat Picket, the flag shij) of (-ieneral limaisidc. and partiei]iated in the attack on Ri.ianoke Island. He was with Burnside as Signal Otticer in the attack on Newbern, ]S'. C. He was captured during the assaidt, but made his escajie the same day. He soon went to Fort Macon and was on signal duty aloni;- the line oF the mad ; from thence he was ordered to join the Ninth .Vriiiy Corps with General Burnside. He took part in the second battle of Bull Run, Freder- icksburg, and .\ntieta,m. Soon after the latter engagement he was taken sick with typhiiid fever and confined in the hosjiital for several weeks, and was advi.sed by his pli\siciaii that his case was hopeless urdess he left the field ami returned home. He lost the use of his limbs, and being inca])acitated for further service, he was com])elled to resign. He subscrpiently recovered, and on October 4r, 1S'^>2, he was c(_)mniissioned Second I.ii'iuenant of Company G, One Humlred ami Thirty-lhird Regiment New York Yolunteers. He accompanied the Banks expedition to Louisiana, ainl took jiart in the engagements at Poiitchatoula. Ilislaiid, Centreville, Irish Bend, Yermillion Bayou, Build's Fei-ry, Milliken's Bend, lirashear City, Donahlsonville. endini;- in tlie siege and capture of Port Hud- son. On June 14, lS(i3, after the second assault on Port Hudson he was promoted First Lieutenant "■ fov gallant and nieritorious services on the field." He was soon after detailed as Quartermaster of the regiment; subse(piently jironmted Cajitain and Acting Divi- sion Quartermaster. In this capacity he was attached to the staff of General Peck, and with him entered Poi't Hudson after its surrender. He was again detailed to Quaitermaster's Dejiartment, with rank of Major, and was mu-tered out at the expiration of his term of service. He was soon after commissioned Second Lieu- 66 BIOGRAPHICAL liKETCHES. tenant in the regular army, but owing to pi'essing hnsiness engage- ments lie was coHipelled tn resign aiul was never nuistered in. After the war he continued liis military associations, and was (!ommissioned Captain of Company G, Twenty-third Regiment National Guard of the State of New York. lie raised Company K. rA)i'ty-sevcntli Kegiment National (inard of the State of New York, (if which he was elected Captain. On Octoljei- 2, 1862, lie married ^Iis.-< Maggie C. Fountain, of Brooklyn. Tiicy have one child. Major Barker lias tilled the position of Jor.riial Clerk in the State Legislature since 1872, and for the past six years he has been Assistant Secretary of the Republican State Committee. He is at present joint manager, with his lirdthei'. of the (^)uecn"s Fire Insur- ance Company of England. lie has taken an active part in the alfaii's of the G. A. R. for a number of years. lie was formerly a memlter of Post 4, of Brook- lyn (since disbanded), and was one of the charter members of Post 327. He is exceedingly popular with iiis comrades of the G. A. R., is liberal in his contributions, and can be counted on for every emergency. He formed one of the connaittee of three, including Mr. Knight aiul General Gates, who went to Mount McGregor after the death of General Grant and arranged for the representa- tives of Post 327 to serve as the Guard of Honor, and he was appointed first on the list. He took the first detail to Mount McGregor, which was afterwards commanded by Senior Vice-Com- mander Johnson. He served as a member of the Special or Body Guard until the close of the final service at Riverside Park. Aug- ust 8, 188.-). Major Barker is interested in other benevolent and charitable enterprises. He is a member of Auroragrata Lodge 75(i, F. and A. M., and no " worthy distressed brother" ever appealed to him in vain for assistance. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL W. C. BOOTH. There are few men in this city of Brooklyn, better known, or who enjoy a more enviable reputation for honesty, uprightness and liber- ality than the sul)ject of this sketch. For more than thirty years, he has been jiromiuently identified with the great religions and benev- olent enterprises for whicii tiie city of Brooklyn is famous. Lieutenaut-C'olonel Booth was iiorn in this city on the twentieth of December, IS.'jO, and after receiving a fair education at the pub- lie schools, he learned the carpenters trade from his elder brother, Hon. Samuel Booth, ex-Mayor. Long before the war, he and liis brother iuid estaiilished a successful business in this line, and at great personal sacrifice he offered his services in defense of the Union under the first call of the President for volunteers. He had already BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. >>, liad an experience of over ten years in military affairs. Pie joined Company A, Fonrteeiith Kcgiment New York State Militia in 1S50, serving first as private and afterwards as corporal. This was then the crack reginient of I'rotiklyn, and second only tuthe famonsSeventii Regiment. It was tittcd tmt by the Union Defense Committee, and went to the front, May IS, lS(il. Mr. liooth was enrolled as Ordinance Sergeant, on the eighteenth of April, 18(11, and on the twenty-si.Nth of May following, he was made Second Lientenaiit. Soon after the arrival of the regiment at Washington, Lieutenant Booth was ordered back to New Yoi'k by Colonel Wood, on recruiting service, the regiment nnmbering tlien but abontSOU men. He succeeded in raising 2()(i men and organized I and K conipatiies. lie was elected ( 'aptain of I Company and soon after joined his regiment, having fnlly determined to otfer his services for the war. To his great surprise, chagi'in and disappointment, as well as that of his company, he found, M'hen he arrived at Washington, tliat "potent influences" liad been at work to relieve hi in of the command of thecom]Kiny, and give it to one who was an entire stranger to the men. He accepted the inevitable with the best grace possible, and instead of re-eidistingas a]irivate or non-commissioned otiicer (which not one man in a thousand would have done), he looked for another field in which to serve his country. This was found in the ranks of the Christian Commission, every mem- ber of which served without pay. While the inclinations of Lieu- tenant Booth, coupled with his experience of ten years in the ranks of the old Fourteenth, would have led him to "Seek the bulible reputation, even at the cannon's mouth," lie found in the service of the Christian Commission duties far more congenial to his feelings — for, being a man of sti'ong sympathies, lie was better fitted to alleviate than cause suffering; and in attending to the wounded on the battle-field, or in ministering to tlie sick in the hospitals, he rendered greater service to his country than if he had led a "forlorn hojie"" to victory. Wlien he left Brooklyn for the front, it was without a moment's notice, not even returning home to bid his family good-byu. Ilis duties often led him in the midst of danger, and the bursting shells and whistling of bullets were famil- iar sounds to him. He was always ready for an emergency and quick to respond to duty's call in whatever direction it led. In 18(!3, during the invasion of Pennsylvania by the rebels, he raised and organized a regiment, — the Fifty-second New York Volunteers, National Guard, in twenty-hours, and went with it to the front, as Lieutenant-Colonel. He remained there with his regiment, until the danger was ]iast when lie resumed his other duties. At the close of the war, he re- sumed his connection witli the Fourteenth regiment, and numbers of veteran survivors to-day will bear witness to the many acts of kind- ness received at the hands of Colonel Booth. The following testi- monial signed only by tiie surviving vetei-ans of I Company is tiot only a complete vindication of his acts at the beginning of the war, but 68 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. shows tliat strono- devotion of his former comrades under the pecu- liar and trying circuuistanees in wliich lie was placed. The occasion that gave rise to it, was his resignation as First Lieutenant of I Com- pany, in 1868: Brooklyn, .July 8th, 1868. LreuT. Wm. C. BooTn: — Wo, the undersigned members of I Company, Four- teenth Regiment N. G. S. N. Y. , Laving learn d thai you have applied for papers for the purpose of res-igning your comiiiis^iou in ICompMny, hecause of inability to attend all ihe meetings of said Company, do re-olve ourselves as a committee of the whole Company to wait upon you, and express oursorrow at learnmg such was your disposition; and theiefore, do respectfully request you to withdraw your application if sent forward, or to reconsider your intention of resigning, if such is the fact. We have not forgotten the dark days of 18i)l. when the flag on Sumpter was cast down by traitor sliot, an event which sent through every loyal American heart a thrill of sorrow; for we v\ell knew that thousands of homes, would be de-solated, causing Ihe innoceni and helpless untold suffering, as the results of a bloody war. The spirit of libeiiy was aroused; the tires of '70 were rekindled, and the bhizing banm r of freedom, swept o'er the land, while the "Soul of John Brown went marching along." Well remembering that you were one of those who sjirung to a'ms at the call of the Union, and by your conduct since have shown yourself tried and true, hav- ing warmed our hearts toward you by your untiring exertions and modest demeanor, said Company selected you, as Ihey supposed, as its commander — its best deserv- ing chief — iis organizer. We number but a corporal's guard, as it were, to revive the recolleclions of Ihe past. We feel that we liave proven to }'ou, that you have always been affectionately remembered, and lliat we grieved at the loss we sustained by the appointment of anotlier to the position, to which you had been elected b)' your company. We re- member that your parting advice to us was in accord with your efforts to sat- isfy the political pressure brought to bear against you and us, for in your desire to remain with your ccmpany. yon suffered wrong rather than we should by demand- ing our prerogative become turbulent; such politics had been the bane in peace, as it has been, since the war. We have all that sad knowledge before us, and know full well of the liattles it has lost us, and of the tens of thousands of the best men in the nation. We therefore repeat our earnest request that you will remain with us as our First Lieutenant, and, by attending whenever it is convenient to you, you will till wiili pride and satisfaction the heart of our gallant captain as well as the otficers and men of Company I." On tlie sixteentli of January, 18.51, Colonel Booth married Miss Sarah F. Balentine, of Brooklyn, sitice deceased. On the tenth of June, 1859, lie married Miss Harriet C. Smith, of Brooklyn. They liave live children living, viz.: Hattie, Mary, Jnlia, John and William. Colonel Booth has been for a number of years a ]irominent and active member of Hanson Place Methodist Episcopal Church. He is also a member of Stella Lodge, No. 485, F. and A. M. and Nassau Chapter, R. A. M. He was formerly a member of Rankin Post, No. 10, and was one of the charter members of Post 327. He was one of the first memi)ers, appointed on the Relief Gtiard to guard the remains of General (ir.mt at Mount McGregor, and served on the detail of Adjutant Price at Albany, August 5; on the detail of Major G. F. Tail, Seventh Relief, City Hall, New York, August 6; he commanded the Third Relief, Aiigtist 7 and served on the last detail of August 8, under Major G. F. Tait. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 69 willia:\[ w. ukodie. OFFICKR OF THE (U'ARl), Was lidrn in Ediiihnri;]], Scdtlaiid, .laiiiiarv 1, 1S44. lie removed with liis parents tn Aiiiei'ica in ISHS. ()n June 20, J 801, heinij; then liut a little (i\er seventeen years of ai;'e, he enlisted as ]iiMvate in Coniiiany I, Fiirtietli Iiei;inient New York Volunteers (known as Mozai't's). He was wounded at the first battle of linll Run, and afterwards took ])art in the battles of Yorktown, Wil- liaiiisbnri;-, and the Seven Days tig'ht. At the battle of White Oak Swnnip, June ;3i», 1S(!2, he was wonnded in the tliii!;h, and sent to Clitfbnrn llosjiital, Wasliinixtcm. 1). ('., where he remaineti for about two months and u-half. ( )n Aui;iist 6 he was lionorablv dis- cliarjied, being incapaeitatcd for further service. In 1867 he married iliss Emma Smith, of Brooklyn. They have eight children, viz.: "William .\lfi-ed, Edwin Wi-ight, Emma ]\ray, Geoi'ge A\'., Charles C, Lily 1.. Ida L., and Elliiifir. Mr. I'l'odie was formerly a mcmiii-r of liankin Post, and was one of the charter members of Post ;127. He was appointed one of the "Relief Guard'" while the remains of (ieneral Grant lay in state at AlbanV; and sul)se(|uently at the City Hall, New Yoi-k. After the retirement of Dr. Hrusli from the "Guard of Honor," .Vugust 8, Mr. Brodie was appointed to the vacancy, and eimtinned in that capacity until the liod\- was dep(jsite(l in the vaidt at i;i\erside Park. ■ COLONEL H. B. BEEOHER, The eldest son of Rev. Henry Ward Beeclier, was born in Indian- apolis, ind., on July 8, 18-12. He I'enioved with his parents to Brooklyn, N. Y., when he was but six years of age. He received a liberal education, and had commenced the study of law with a fair promise of success when tin' breaking out (if tiie \\'ar put an end tn his 3'outhful aspii'ations in that direction. He laid aside his Black- stone and applied himself to the stmly and practice of military tac- tics. The organization of the famous Sixty-fifth Regiment New York Volunteers was due mainly to the efforts of his father and mother, together with the members of Plymouth (Jliurch. Young Beeclier entered int(.) the work with all the ai'dor and enthusiasm of his nature, and rendered efficient service. He was commissioned First Lieutenant of Company A, and nmstered with his regiment into the regular service. The Govern(jr nf New York, wdio at first refused to receive this regiment, afterwards claimed it as a part of the State's quota, and it was made the Si.xty-lif th. 70 liKXiliAI'lIK'AI, ski:tciie3. fjciit.ciiiint liecclicr, who liad ciiliBtcii for tlu; war, pi-cffn-od tlie i'(;iriihir s, liij^lit Arlillery, tlicii stationcMl aL l*'oiin;Ks Mniiroc. Diiriiif^ the famous enffaj;eineiit hetwceii tlu; Men-iiiiac and Moiutor Ins battei'y slicdicd tlic stearnors tliatcaiiio to tliu assistaiia! of tliu AreiTiinae, and siicciicdod in l)lowinfj up tlic steairi (;lii;st nf tiie stcaiiici- I'afriek lleiu'v. jjieutenant IjCL'(dier parficipatcd in the en^a;icnicnts at Pi-oetor's Creek, Swift linn, l)(!serl;ed Ilonse, Second itiili linn, I'rewster's Station, \'a., Ita])- paiiannock Station, Mine linn, Kil|)atrick's liaid, hatti(!K of the Wil- derness, Spottsylvania, the J'hiody Anff!(>, J)rnry's HInfl', (Jiiapiri's I'.uni, North Anna, Ik'tlicsda Chin'eli, ('old llarl)or, Tolopotoniy ('rcH'k, siey-e of l'(!tersl)urf^. The Mine, W'ehlen Ifaih-oad, lioviiton I'lank Uoa'd, and llatciier's Knn. At (Jokl llarhorhe was wounded in tiic ie^ and siioniflei', l)iit reiriinned at his post, i)eini'- tiie only ollieer of iiis eoniniaiHl Jcd't on ihe liehl. itiii'ini;' tlu; en^'ai^enicnt he h)St two horses shot nndei' hini. I le hail at this lime the command of his old Battery J>, having pi-evioiihly commanded IJattei'ies A and 1'' <>{ tiie Fifth Artillery. lie was comnnssioned l'"irst Lieutenant, and liri'vette(! ('a])tain, Major and Lientenant-(; he estahlislu'd the lire insurance husiness unilcr llie lirm name of IJeecher iV' l)ene*> he removed to T'rooklyn. X. Y., where he has since reiiiaine(h On JJeceiiiher ;!•», iSfJl, lie enhsted in ( oiniiany !•', Tiiirteenth Regiment N. Y. S. ^lilitia, as private, ami mi .lannary 4 followinjr, lie was commissioned ."^econd Lieutenant. In May of the same vear lie was mustered into the V. S. service with his i-i-i^iment, and went witii it to the front. The reg-iiiieiit formed a jiai-t of the ivserves. and was not called into active service. On Septemher 12, ISfii!. he was mustered out with his ret thi-ee years conncctcil with tiie house of W. II. Butler, safe manufacturer. ~IIe lias a special foiidni;ss for music, and was for tweiity-ei^-ht years organist of the .'^(jutli ( 'oiigri'iiational ('liurch. IJrooklvn. .\. UKO.XSOX Was liorn in (,'anandai>rua. Ontario county. .\, V.. .I,niiiai-y 12, IS-i.'i. Removed to I'rcjoklyn in 18.'>!l. On Aii>;ii.--r :',n. 1,S(;2. he enlisted as private in Company K, One Hundred and Tiiirty-ninth Reyiment New York \'oluriteers, for three years. lie jiarticipafed in the second battle of Williamsburt(, Crump's Cross Roa" .service. In 1808 he mari'ied Mins {•!mnia .M. Stoothoff, of iJrookKn. They have two children, viz.: .Nellie F. and Carrie -May. Mr. Jji-onsou was formerly a meniber of Rankin Post, No. Jn. anil w;i.s one of the chart(M- memhers of Post ;>27. He served as a mem- ber of the ■• Relief (xuard "' while the remains . M. He also acconip.mied the I'einains to lliverside i'ark. BIO(ii;Al'HICAL SKETCHES. GEORGE E. BARKER Was l)oni in Clyde, Wavne County, N. Y., on the lirst of June, 1836. On tlie twenty-tliird of July, 1801, he enlisted as a private in G Coin])any, Eiftli Connecticut Volunteers, for three years. He went with his reijinient to the front, but was in no general engagement until the battle of AYinchestei-, ;\[ay 'J5, 1S<)2. He was soon after pro- moted corporal. He took part with his regiment in all snliseipient engagements up to and inuludiiig the battle of Cedar Mountain. Shortly after the latter engagement he was taken severely ill, and was rendered unfit for further service, and on the sixteenth of December, 1862, he was honorably discharged. CAPTAIN WILLIAM BARRYMORE Was born in London, England, on the fourteenth of December, 1835. He came to America in 1851, as ordinary seaman on the LT. S. frigate St. Lawrence. He was discharged on her arrival here. In Is.'io he re-eidisted in the U. S. Navy as oi'dinaiw seaman, and was assigned to the frigate Savannah, stationed on the coast of Rrazil. He remained on her for three years and si.\ months, and was then hon- orably discharged. He enlisted again in 1859, and was assigned to the U. S. frigate Congress as petty officer ; he was honorably dis- charged in August, 1861. On the ninth of November, 1861, lie was appointed Master's Mate, and assigned to the LT. S. steamer Henry Andrews, attached to the South Atlantic blockading S(jnadron, under the command of xVdmiral Dupont. In January, ISlJi', he was ])ro- moted to Ensign and placed in command of the U. S. Steamer Dan- delion. On the seventh of April, 1862, he participated in tlie attacli on Charleston, S. C, and on the 8th he rescued the officers and crew of the iron-clad Keokuk, sunk under the reljel batteries. He was subsequently transferred to the U. S. steamer Acacia. He was pro- moted to Acting Master, July 2.'!, 1863, for "gallant conduct niuier fii-e in the engagement at Chai'leston seventh of April." He remained in command of the Acacia until the evacuation of Ciiarles- ton. In the sjiring of 1865 he was placed on " waiting orders." October 4, 1865, he was attached to tlie U. S. Monitor, Muiiadnock, and ordered to San Francisco. On his arrival at the latter place he was detached and ordered home. He was then oi'dered to the Receiving Ship Vermont, where he remained for two years. In January, 186'.t, he was honorably discharged. Since Noveniber, 1874 lie has been attached to the U. S. service as pilot and master of tugs. Captain Barrymore was on duty at the City Hall, New York, as a GEO. W. HKUSH. M. U. mOGRAFHICAL SKETCHES. 73 meinlicr of tlie Tvelief Guard in cliari^'u of tlie remains of General Gi-aiit. on Friday. August Ttli, from 2 to 5 a. jr. In Januarv, ls soon after made Corporal and then Sergeant of his company. In June, lS(3o. General Hunter was authorized to I'aise colored regiments in tlie Department of the South, wliere the P'orty-eighth regiment was then stationed, and Sergeant Brush, being thoroughly anti-slavery in his views, volunteered his services, and was appointed Second Lieutenant June 4, 1S(J3. and assigned to the Second Regi- ment South Can.ilina Volunteers (subsequently known as the Thirty- foui'tli Regimeirt l^. S. C. T). On June IS, ISOi, he was jiromoted to First Lieutenant, and ^lai'ch (I, lS(j.5, he was promoted Captain. On December -1, iMn"), having contracted malarial fever, he resigned. He served four yi'ars and six months, with no other loss of time than a leave of absence of forty days gi-aiitcd in the spring of lSti.5. He was on Morris Lland for six months during t!ie siege of Fort Sumpter ;;nd the city of Charleston, and was in all the jirincipal engagi'ments of liis department during the war, among which were Port Roywl Ferry. John's Island, .lames Island, Coosawatchie, Deveaux's Neck and Fort Wagner. During one of the river expeditions in June, 1804, the steamer Delaware, whicli hail on board a poi'tion of his regiment, ran agrouml in the Ashepou River, S. C., under the guns of tlie enemy's batteries. Second Lieutenant Ihaisli, witli a number of liis men, was at aiiijther point furthei- down the ri\er in the only available small lioat, and seeing the danger of his comrades, he transferred his men to a gunboat near by, and, with four volunteer oarsmen, went to their rescue. Lie made sevei'al tri|)s under a heavy fire of shot and sludl, and succeeded in landing the entire party on the O|.)posite b,iid< of the river. For this act of gallantry he was prom- ised by his Colonel the first vacant captaincy iu the regiment. 74 ■ BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. In tlie antiiimi of 18ti.") lie nict with a sad hereavenieiit in the loss of iiis wifi', wlmin lie had married while on a visit North in April of tiuit year. While on her way to Join him in Florida she was lost at sea on the steamer D. H. Mount. Under the mental depres- sion which followed he contracted malarial fever, and boins; inca- j)acitated for fiirtiier service, ho resii>;ned his commission and came North. Soon after 'his recovery he commenced the study of dental suri^ery. and entered into ]iractice witii his father-in-law. Dehirinjj; to fit himself more thoronrjhly for the practice of his profession, he took up the study of medicine and entered the Long Island Col- lege Hospital, w here he was graduated as a physician and surgeon in 1870. He has been for a number of years engaged in the prac- tice of his profession in Brooklyn. In ISSl he rec(Mved the appointment of Assistant Surgeon in the Thirteenth Kegiment N. G. S. N. Y. Volunteers, but after two years' service he was compelled to i-esign, owing, to the pressure of his professional engagements. In 1868 he married the only sister of his first wife. They have one child, named Herbert Bowers Brush. Notwithstanding ids professional engagements, I)i-. ilrnsh has found time to devote tij benevolent and religious undertakings. He has been for a nundjer of years Sajierintendent of Piymouth Sunday School, conni'cted with Rev. Henry Ward Beecher's churcii. He is a UKnnber of the Military Order of the Loyal. Legion, and is an active worker in the ranks of the G. A. II. Lie was one of the charter members of Post 327, and its first surgeon. Lie was one of the "Casket Bearers" connected with the Guard of Honor who first took chai-ge of the remains of (tcii. Grant at ]\I(iunt IMcGregoi-. He continued at his post from August 1 to the fifth of tiie month. WILLIAM E. CAESHAW Was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., on the twenty-fourth of December, 1812. He received a liberal education at the public schools of ids native city. After leaving school he entered the law office of Judge John Dakerman. On the eighteenth day of April, 1861, he eidisted in (Company E, Fourteenth Ilegiment New York State Militia, as a jirivate, for three years, and partici]iated with the regi- ment in the following engagements, viz. : Bull Run, I]inns Hill, Falmouth, Rajipaiiannock Station, Sul|)liur S]ii'ings, Gainesville, Groveton, Manasses Plains, Ciiantilly, South Mountain, Antietam. Fi-edericksburg, Port Royal, Reynolds Crossing, Chancellorsville. Seminary Hill and Gettysburg. At the battle of Gettysburg he was wounded by a shell, causing amputation of the left leg, and was honorably discharged, Nov- endjer 12, 1S()3, after two years and a half service in the army. BIOr.RAT'IlICAr, SKETCHES. iO On tlie fir?t da}' of .Tamiary. 1SC5, he married Mary A. Coojier, daiiijliter of Capt. Edmund Cooper, of Brooklyn. IIo has live children living. He joined "the G. A. R. in 1806, and was a cliarter member of Wadsworth Post, No. 4, the second post organized in King's county; he was Adjutant two terms, and Senior Vice-Commander one term. He is also a cliarter member of Post 327 of Brooklyn, and chairman of the Board of Trustees. Mr. Carshaw served in the detail of Maj. Tait. from S to 11 p.m., on the -ith August, while the remains of Gen. Grant lay in state at the C'apitol. He was also on duty at New York from 2 to 5 i>. m. on the tJth, and had charge of the detail during those hours, and on the Sth from 5 to S a. m., last guard in charge of Major Tait. GEORGE J. COLLINS, First Lieutenant Company H, One Hundred and TM'enty-seventh New York Volunteers, was born October 25, lS31_t, in New York City. AYhile still a youth removed with his guardians to Brooklyn, hav- ing, when only six years of age, lost both his fathei'and mother. Enlisted Ajiril It), lS(il, as private in Coin]iany E, Twelfth New York State Militia. Served with that command until its muster out of service, and re-enlisted as jirivate Conipany G, One Hundred and Twenty-seventh New York Volatiteers, August 14, 1802, for the war. Was promoted in September, 1802, to be Sergeant-Major ; in November, 1802, to be Second Lieutenant, and in March, 1801, to be First Lieutenant. He served as Acting A. March S — Present at Ncwpoi't News, Va., during the lioml)ar(lmeiit of that camp by the iron-clad " ^Merrimac," and other rebel ships of war, and a witness to the famous engagement the following day between the"Mcrri- mac " and the "]\Ionitor." April 9 — Appointed Provost Marshal of the cities of Norfolk ami Portsnuiuth, Va. July IT^Commissioned Aid-decaiiip, with i-ank of Major, to Major -General Wool, commamling Eighth Army Coi'ps. 1863. March 11 — Commissioned Assistaiit Adjutant-General, with rank of Major, of the Department of the East (headquarters New York city), Major-General AVool commanding. Sept. 18 — Ti'ansferred to duty under Brigadier-ljcnei-al E. R. S. Canity, in the oilice of the Secretary of War, Wash- ington. 1864. May 11— Commissioned Assistant Adjntant-Cieneral and Chief of Staff, with rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to Major-CTen- eral E. R. S. Canby, commanding the ^Military Divi- sion of AVest ilississippi (hcailrjuarters New Oi'leans, extent of command from Me.\ico to Iowa, strength 160,000 men). 186.5. March 13 — Commissioned Colonel by brevet "for faithful and meritorious services." March 13 — Commissioned Bi'igadier-Genei'al by brevet "for faith- ful and meritorious services." April 1(.) and 13 — Took ])art in the storming (and, for a month pre- vious, in the siege), of Spanish Foi-t and Fort Blakely, Alabama, the principal fortifications of the city of Mobile, tite lad eiujayeinents of the war. 82 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 1865. Juh' 22 — Honorably tli.sclmrsiefl from the Volunteer Arm}', after foni' years and three months continued service, during whieii he had only been granted seventeen days leave of absence, and been sick for three davs. 1868. Nov. 30 — Created by the King of Denmark Knight of the Order of Dunnelirog (the name of the Danish tlag, an order instituted in the year 1214-), and decorated with the golden cross of the Order. 1873. March (J — Decorated with the niilitai'v silver cross of the Order. isrg. July 17 — Commissioned Major Thirteenth Regiment National Guard, State of New York. Auc. IS — Commissioned Brigadier-General liv bi-evet, N. G. S. N. Y. Dec. 19 — Conimissioiied Lieutenant-Colonel, Thirteenth Keginieiit. 1880. July 12 — Commissioned Ei-igadier-General, N. G. S. N. Y. For one year after the resignati(.)n of Major-General James Jourdan in command of the Second Division National Guard of the State of New York. 1885. July 20 — Resigned from the National Guard of the State of New York, and honoral)ly discharged, with a flattering letter from the Adjutant-General. p MAJOR B. R. CORWIN. The name Corwin is derived from the Welch word, Ccer-iven., meaning "white stone." Matthias Corwin, the American ancestor of this branch of the family, landed at Ipswich, Mass., in 1C30, and ten years later moved to Soiithold, L. I., where he was one of the leading men and a large property holdei'. Richard, the grandfather of INIajor B. R. Corwin, was one of the patriots who, in 1775, signed the "engagement to support C'ongress," known as the "Articles of Association." He served thi'ough tiie War of the Revolution, and was present at the battle of Yorktown, and at the surrender of Lord Corn wall is. Major B. R. Corwin, the subject of this sketch, was the son of William H. Corwin. He was Ijorn in Belleport, Suffolk County, L. L, on Septeml)er 16, 1833. He recei\ed a good common school and academic education. Previous to the war he was eng.iged in the jewelry business. He entered the army as First Lieutenant of Compiuiy A, Forty-eiglitii Regiment New York Volunteers, on July 9, 1861, Colonel James H. Peri-y, a West Point graduate, BIOGEAPHICAL SKETCUES. 83 coniinaiidinij;. He was at the time ii resident of Brooklyn. He was with tiie Sherman expedition, wiiieli sailed from Fortress Mon- roe in October, ISCl, under sealed ordei\s for the South, and took part ill the eapture of Port Jloval, Xovemher 7. 1801 ; the en;;age- inent at Coosa lliver. January 1, lS(i2 ; the siej^e and capture of Fort Pulaski, April, 18G2 ; assault of James' Island, July, 1S(!2. On May 22, 1803, (ienei-al R. Saxton received orders from the AVar Department to organize colored troops in the De|iartment of the South, and i-equested Lieutenant Gorwin to take command of the camp for recruiting, with the rank of Major. On retiring from the Forty-eighth Regiment he received the following testimonial from his old comrades in arms: FoKT Pulaski, Ga,, February 2-1, 1863. To Lieutenant B. U. Corwin : Sir — The undersigned officers nf tlic Forty-eifflitU N. Y. S. Volunleers baving learned your intention to leave our regiment, wish hereby to express our regrets, losing, as we do in you, not onlj' an iipriL'ht and agreeable friend and com- panion, tmt atso an efficient, brave, and skillful officer. [Signed] Lt. Col Jamks J[. Grekn. JIa.jok D. W. Strickland. Adjutant A. \V GooDiiLL. Quartermaster Irving .M. Avert Surgeon J, Ij. .Mulpord. Asst. Surgeon ['. H. Humphries. Captain Louis H. Lent. W. L. LocKWooD. Wm. B. Coan. •' .Tames O. Paxson. " Anthony ElmivNdorp. " Sa.muel .M' Swoutwout. Neve A. Elfwing. Captain .Tames FapiRell. HoiiEUT S. Edwards. Lieut. Fred Hurst. TlIEO C. VlDAL. W.M. .T. Carlton. Samuel H. Mosku. Christopiieu Hale. George L. S.mith. William Barrett. " A F. HoWLANIl. Jas a. Barrett. John A. Fee. On May 22, 1 803. he was mustore2, when but sixteen years of ai^e, in Company F, Twenty-tirst Regiment New Jersey Volunteers, wliieli participated in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Hooker's reconnaisanee in force across the Rappahannock, at the time of Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania. He was appointed Colonel's orderly soon after his enlistment, and served in that capacity throughout his term of service. Was discharged on the nineteenth of June, 1863, liy reason of ex]iiration of service. Removed to Brooklyn in May, 1874. Has been bookkee|x'r and cashier with tiie imjiorting house of Du Vivier ik: Co., 49 Bioad street, New York, over twenty-one years. Was married on the seventh of April, 1809, to Elizabeth T. Fountain, of Brooklyn. Has two children : Edward M. and Cora E. Is Regent of Fulton Coun- cil No. 299, Royal Arcanum, and Collector of Welcome Lodge No. 41, Order of the Golden ('haiii. While the remains of Gen. Grant were at Albany, August 4, Mr. Demarest was a member of ('ranston detail. First Relief at Albany, August 4th, ."> to >■ i'. ji. ; on August 5th, at New York, 8 to 11 a. m. : on the Otli, 8 to 11 v. m., and 5 to 8 p. M. on the "tli. He also accompanied the Post to Riverside on the 8th. CAPTAIN JOHN A. EGOLF Was born in Alleghany City, Pa., on the fifteenth of August, 1S4(I. Previous to the war, in 1860, he joined E Company, Fourteenth Regiment New York State ]\rilitia. On the eighteenth of May, 1861, he enlisted for the war and went with his regiment to the front. He participated in the first battle of Bull Run, and during the engagement was struck on his leg with a piece of shell. He had in his pocket five dollars in silver pieces. The force of the shell welded two half dollars together and thus prevented serious injury to his leg. He subsequently took part in the engagements at Rappa- bti BIOGKAPHIOAL SKETCHES. linniiock Bridoe, Wliite Sulpliur Sjiriiinjs and Second Bull Kun. Wliile lying down al'jnij the skinuisli line during Second Bull Run, he was stepped on by a t'rigiitened horse and injured, so tliat he was confined to tiie hospital for a month. His brother, Tiiomas was wounded in tlie same l)attle and died of his wounds. At the battle of (Tcttyshurg, Mr. Egolf received a ball in his right leg, and his brothel', William, was killed — both serving at the time as cor- poi'als of the colors guard. In October, 18(53, Mr. Egolf was commissioned Second Lieuten- ant. He participated in all the battles and skirmishes in which his regiment was engaged, including the Wilderness, fi-om May 5, to May 23, 18(14; when his term of service having expired, he was mustered out with his regiment. Soon after his return home, lie was elected Captain of his com]>any. In 1SG8, he niari-ied Miss Lydia Johnston, of Brooklyn. They have one child, named Frank J. CHAELES EDMONDSON Was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, on Octoljer 7, 1843. He subse(juently removed to New York City. On August 1(), 1S(1'2, lie enlisted as private in Coiiipany H, Thir- teenth New Jersey Volunteers for three years. He partici])ate(l in the battles of Antietain, Fredericksburg, Kelly's Ford, Siitlolk, Cluuicellorsville, Gettysburg and the Wilderness. He accoin]xiiiied Hooker's army to the south-west and took part in the battles of Lookout Mountain, Chattanooga, Peach Tree Creek. Resacca, Cedar Mountain, and siege and capture of Atlanta. He accompanied Slierman's army in the March to the Sea, and was in all the engage- ments of tliat campaign, including the capture of Savannah and the sulisequent engagements at Deep lliver and Stillwater. After the battle of Antietain he was made Corporal, and at Maryland Heights was made Color Sergeant, and served in that capacity for two years and three months. He was mustered out Jane 8, 186.5, under Genei-al Order 77. Ill Marcli, 1873, he married Miss Catharine Kenner, of New York City. They have three children, viz. : Mary Jane, Margaret and Cordelia. He removed to Brooklyn in 1875, and subsequently became a member of Kankin Post, No. 10. He withdrew with others and was one of the charter members of Post 327. Lie was appointed on the '•Relief Guard," under Order No. 6, while the I'emains of General Grant lay in state at Alliany. and served at intervals until the closing ceremonies of August 8. Ho was a member of David A. Pitcher's detail which was on duty at the City Hall, New York, the night previous to the funeral. BIOGEArniCAL SKETCHES. 87 FRANK H. FLETCHER Was horn in Wasliinijton. D. C. on tlie twentv-second of Mav, 1S42. and was edncatcd fcii- tlie United States Xavv at Wasliini^ton Navy Yard. On tiie twenty-second of October. isay, Cedar Keys. Ajipalachicola and at the mouth of the Snwanee river, Fla. While lying off Cedar Kays, Fla.. ilr. Fletcher joined an (■\])edi- tion fitted out to bombard St. Marks. Fla. He assisted in the destruc- tion of rebel property on shore. He was afterwards transferred to the gunlioat Fort IleniT, which was engaged in blockade service at Cedar Keys, Fla. In April, 1S03, Mr. Fletcher was ordered to Philadelphia for examination for promotion. lie was jiromoteil Second Assistant Engineer, and i.irdered to the ii-oii-clad monitor Passaic. He participated in all the eiigaa-ements around Charleston harbor, including the lioinbardment of Forts Sumter, Wagner and Fort Craig; also the batteries on Morris Island, Fort Moultrie and other .sand batteries on Sullivan's Islaml, also Fort Johnson and Castle Pinckney. At the termination of Sliernuurs " march to the sea," he was on blockading service at Warsaw Sound, and the harlior of Savannah. lie was afterwards transferred to the Ticonderoga, on which he remained until the close of the war. He subse(|uently made a three years' cruise in the Brazil and African squadron on the gunboat Kansas. He was thence ordered to the gunlniat Huron. He resigned on the si.xth of February. I"^tl0. In 18S2, he accepted a position as machinist in the lirooklyn Xavv Yard. ALBERT H. FROST Was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., .lune 13, 1^43. Was educated at the public scliool in Brooklyn. Previous to the war he was engaged in the gents' furnishing trade. He enlisteii on the scrond of Sejitem- bcr, 18r)2, in Company C, One Ilundreil and 'J'liirty-ninth Regiment New York Volmiteers, as a jirivate, for three years. Partici[)ated in the second liattle of Williamsburi;-. Crump's Cross Roads. IJer- muda Hundred, Drury's Bluff', and Cold Harbor. After the latter «S BIOGRAPHICAL 8KKTCHE8. engagement he was prostratefl witli fever, and sent to the Balfour United States General Hospital, Portsmouth, Va., contined for some months ; after becoming convalescent, was detached from tiie regi- ment, and served as clerk in the private office of Surgeon J. 11. Frantz, U. S. A. He remained on detached service at Balfour United States General Hospital at Portsmouth. Va., and was mustered out of service under general order of the 'War Department, dated May 21, on the fifth of June, 1S65, as corporal. Returned to his old business (gents' furnishing) in New York City, after the close of the war. In 1ST8 he was a]ipointed to the Register's Dejiartment of the Brooklyn Post-office. He was subsequentl}' transferred to the Postage Stamp Department, which position he still holds. In lS(i9 he married Mai-y C. Pehl, of Brooklyn. They have two living children, viz., Albert W. and Josejih T. Mr. Frost was one of the charter members of Post 327. He is also a member of the Royal Arcanum, American Legion of IIouoi', and the Knights of Honor. He formed one of the Guard of Honor at the Grant obsequies. Was in CranstoiTs detail at Now York, August 5, from S to 11 p. m., and on Major Tail's detail, August S, from 2 to 5 \. m. LIEUTENANT ANTHONY FIALA Was born in Austria, State of Bohemia, January 17, 1838. He came to America in ISolr, and engaged in the business of diamond setting. On the twenty-second of July, 1861, he eidisted as private in E Company, First New York, known as Lincoln Cavalry. He parti- cipated in the battles of Yorktown, Williamsburg, Winciiester, Han- over C. H., Fair Oaks, -'Seven Days' Battles," White Oak Swamp, Malvern Hill, Chantilly, Antictain and Fredericksburg. On Mel- roy's retreat from Winchester, he was wounded in the right leg, and contined in the hospital at Bedford, Pa., and afterwards at Bloody Run. He rejoined his regiment, after the battle of Gettysburg, and re- mained until the expiration of his term of service. In January, 1801, he I'c-enlisted in the same regiment, as corporal. He afterwards parti- cipated in the Raid to tlie White House, siege of Petersburg, Weldon Railroad and Cedar Creek. He accompanied Sheridan on his famous raid and participated in the battle of Five Forks, Sailor's Creek and all the subsequent engagements up to the surrender of Lee at A|)])oniattox. He then returned to Petersburg, and was com- missioned First Lieutenant " for gallant and meritorious services on the field, and during the war." He was mustered out of service, on the twenty-seventh of June, 1865, and resumed his former busi- ness. BIOliKAI'IIICAL SKETCHES. S!) In 1S69, he married Annie Ivoliout, since deceased, and in ls72, lie married Amelia Jennie Kolioiit, a cousin of his first wife. He has two children, by his tirst, and two by liis second wife, viz. : Anthony, Annie, Louis and Minnie. Mr. Fiala formed one of the Relief (inard, An^-nst 4, while the remains of General Grant lay in state at All)any; and served on Major Tait's detail from S to 11 i'. m., on the seventh in A"e\v York, he served from 2 to 5 a. m. and from 2 to 5 i>. m. \lKy. I. M. FOSTER. I'DSr CIIAl'I.AIX IN rWlEF UK NATKiXAl, KM 'AIMPM lO.N'T, AVas born in N'erona, ( )ncida (•n Septendjer ."!, l.S(;2, he enlisted as ]n-ivate in ('nmpaiiv H, One Hundred and Fort3'-si.\tli licginient Xew York Volunteers, for three years, and took jiart in evei-y actiun in \vhicli his regiment was engaged, until he was taken prisDuer. Among the engage- ments in which he )iarticipatod wci'c Fi-ederickslnirg, Ghancellors- ville, Beverly Ford, J3randy Station. Aldie, C'ulpep[)er Court House, Ijristow Station, Kelly's Ford, Mine liun, Ciettysbnrg, Hanover Gourt House, Hunterstown, and the A\'ilderness. At the latter place ho was caiitured by the enemy and taken to Lynchlnng-. thence to Danville, and finally to Andersonville, where lie remained until the autumn of fSfiJ-. He was then with a number of othei's conveyed to Florence, South ('arulina, and iKjf long after made Ids escape. He, witli a companion who esca])ed at the same time, made his way to the Great i'c(lee liver, and attempted to descend in a boat. They had both defenniiied not to be captured alive liy citizens, but they came suddenly upon rebel ]iickets wdio were guarding the river, anil, withiiuf a moment's notice, were brought to a "Halt!" only a few rods from shore. They were well treated by their captors, and ])urposely dela^'cd on their journey to Flor- ence, and were frcipiently visited by their captors while in ])i'ison, and provided with many delicacies. Mi: Foster remained in con- finement at that place until February', isii."), when he was .sent to Wilmington, Xorth Garolina, and paroled. He was mustered out of service June 7, IsH."). On his return, at the close of the war, he resumed his studios, and in ISO!) he was ordained as a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the State of Virginia, where he I'emained for four years. 90 JilOIJKArniCAL ,SKET('HK>. He was then transferred in tliu State "f New York, and lias since been stationed at the foUowintr places, viz.: Italy, Bellona, Seneca Castle, Flielps, Waterloo, and Brooklyn. Oil August IT, isTl, ho married ]\[iss Julia E. ^losher, of JJed Creek, New York. They Ikivo three children, \]7.. : Carlton II,, (leorire Leon, and IVfaliel L. Mv. Foster tirst became eonneeted with tlied. A. \i. in |st>!), •while residing in Virginia. He al'ti'rwards joined (Borden (iranger Post, No. 7, at Phelps, N. Y., of which he was elected Chaplain. He served as Cluiplain of the I)e]>ai-tnieiit of the State of New York in ISSI, and as CJiaidain in Chief of the National Encampment for lSS2-:'>. lie joined Post '.'rlJ by transfer in 18S4. Pi'obably no man connected with the (1. A. R. is l)etter known as a ])ui)lic sjieakei- than ^[r. Postei-, and whether his address is one or two hours h.nig, tlie interest of his audience I'emains unabated. KEY. I). O. FEKPJS AV'as born at New liochelle, N. Y., on the fifteenth of Marcli, is.'iT. He was prepared for e(jllege at Armenia Seminary, Dutchess Co., N. Y., and was graduated at the lialtimore College of Surgery in 1852. He entered the department of Dental Surgery, and snbsc- qnently was with Dv. E. S. Parnialy, of New York. He commenced practice in Jvingston, Ulster Co., N. Y., in 1S54. Remaining tliere for a time, he removed AVest, and practiced in Chicago and Peoria, 111., until 1857. In 185!) he entered the ministry of the M. E. church, and itnme- diately commenced jjreaching, and was stationed at Morrisania, N. \. At the bi'caking out of the war he was stationed near Peekskill, N. Y. He raised a company for the war, and subsecpiently enlisted, r,nd Avas appointed Cha]>lain in Novendier, 18(il. He accompanied the Fifty-sixth New York \'olunteers to the front, being at the time unattached. He was engaged for some montlis in general recruiting service, and in August, 1863, was a])pointed chaplain of the One Hundred and Thirty-third PegimentNew York A^olunteers, attached to the iletropolitan Brigade. Ileaceomjianied his I'egiment on Banks' E\))odition to Louisiana, and took pai't in the battle of Bisland, and sul)se(j\ientl3' the siege and capture of Port Hudson. After the captui-e of Port Hudson, he was on detached service until August, 1804, when he resigned and entered again the regular work of the Methodist ministry, within the bounds of the New York East Conference, and was stationed at Sag Harbor, L. I. ; Huntington, L. I. ; IIemi)ste;ul, L. I. ; De Kalb avenue, Brooklyn, Waterbury and Bridgejiort, Conn. ; Fiftieth street, New York city ; Washington street, lirooklyn; Bristol, Conn.: Bay Shoi'c, L. I.; and South Second street, I'rooklvn. E. D. 1^- A - J. N. FREEMAN. M. O. i!1ii(,i;ai'II1('Ai. sKiyrciiKs. 91 Iti lS."i',)ln' iiiarrici] Miss Fimiiccs K. 1 ):il. I^iju H. Mott, of l!av Slii)re, X. ^. He lia.-^ heeii a Companion of the Xew Yoi-k ('one niaiiderv of (he Military Order of the Loyal Legion sinee 1S7(», and ('lia])lain of the Ooniniandery for si.\ years, as well as in aeti\'e eoii- iieetioii with the (t. A. II. sinee its organization, and ser\-eil oije term as ])epartment ( 'liaplain of the State of Odniieetieiit. -lolIX N. FRKKMAX. M. I ). Samiie], the American ance-tor of tins iirancli of tlie l"'i-eenian family, came from 1 )r\-on-lui'i'. Mug., in li'i'n. and .settled in Water- town, Mass., where he and his descendant.-- \vei'e conspicn(ilis in the early histor\' of that locality. Some cd' the descendants afterwards removed to Xew ^ ork. The great-grandfather of ])r. l''reemaii was a sea cajitain of some celehi'ity, and resided at l'sistant Suri^'eon of the l-hghth .Xew ^ ork Heavy .\rtillerv, and I'cmaiiicd with it until .lanuary II, ISd-f. He was then commissiuned Surgeon id' the ( )ni' Hundred and Sixth Xew Ynvk \'olunteers, his i-ank dating from .lanuary 4-, iSfii. He served with this regiment until the (dose of the war. IL;- 92 lilOGRAPlIICAL SKETCHES; took i>nrt ill the battles of Second Bull Uiiii, MoiKieaej, Cliautillv, Fi'edc'ricksliurij, Spottsylvniiia, I'loody Aii<:;lc, North Anna, Cold Harbor, Tolopotoiny, AVcldon Jlailroad, Cedar Creek, sieije and capture of I'eter&burt;-. Jlis regiment was continually engaged dur- ing the seven days previous to the surrender of Lee at A|)])oinatto.\. He was lionorably liiseharged on July 1, ISiiT). He soon after returned to JNIorris, III., and resumed the practice of his ))i-ofession. In ISdCi lie was elected Coroner of (irundv Co., 111. While tilling this ]iosition a man was arrested and coidined in jail, and afterwards taken out and liung by a mob. Dr. Freeman, as Coroner, gave his report in accordance with the facts. His life was threatened, but he ditl liis duty fearlessly. In l.Srto he was made Health Commissioner, and lield the position for four vcars. He removed to Brooklyn in 1S(!9, where he has since built \\]t an extensive ju'actice, and enjoys the contidencc and friendship of his numerous patients. On the organization of St. John's Ilosjiital, Brooklyn, in ISTI, he was a|ipointed A'isiting Surgeon, \vhich posi- tion he still holds. In 1877 he made an extended European tour, visiting Egy]it and the Soudan. He made careful notes during his journey, and on his return he delighted his inimerous friends by a wvy intei'esting lec- ture on the result of liis eight montlis' ti-avels. In 1880 he married Miss Emma L. Seaman, of Brooklyn. Dr. Freeman has been for many years an active member of the Hanson Place Baptist Church. In ISSi he joined Post 327, and is intei'- ested in all matters jiertaining to the advancement of the G. A. P. PETER W. FAGAN Was born in Ireland on the lirst of November, 183-J-. He came with his parents to America when a child, and settled in Brooklyn. He entered the United States Navy as apprentice, on the third of January, ls4',). His tirst service was on the receiving ship. North Carolina. On the thirteenth of February, 1853, he was ordered to the United States frigate, Macedonian, as landsman, and went in her on the Japan Expedition under Commodore Perry. He remained on the Macedonian for three years, and was promoted to purser's steward. He returned in August, lS5tl, to Boston. In February, 1857, he joined the United States frigate, Niagara, and assisted in laying the Atlantic cable. In the fall of 185.S, the Niagara was ordered to JVIonrovia, Africa, with a number of cajitured slaves. July G, 1859, Mr. Fagan joined the frigate, San Jacinta, as engin- eer's yeoman, and was on her when Mason and Slidell were cap- tured. On the eleventh of December. 18(!1, he was appointed Master's ]\Iate, and assigned to the United States ship St. Louis. Cruised on the coast of Europe, and ix'turned to Port Poyal, a EIOGKAPIIICAL SKETCHES. !)3 .S. ('., in [S*>'-'}. lie \v:is ])roinotLM.l Aetiiii;- Kii.sii;ii in Xuveinbcr, 1S()2, and detaelicd for picket duty in Ciiaiicstdn Iiai-imr. 'Wmk part in all tlie eno;aij-eniL'iits in and aronnd Cliarleston liarlior. nntil tlie surrender of that place. ( )n tlic iiinrning (if tln^ esarnatidii he. with iithei's, visited the rector cd' St. Paul's Pliiiscopal (hui-cdi, and inducei! him to ij.i to tlie chui-cdi and otlei- praver fur the President and people ot the I'nited States. Ensign Pagan remained in tluMiavy until M a I'ch •_'!», iM'is, when he was honorahly ;(Il,as a private and served in the Army of the Potomac in tlie following battles: Yorktown, Fair Oaks, (iaines' Mills, Uolden's Farm, (ileiidale, Malvern Hill. June and August; Antietain, Prederickshurg. DectMiibei', ISOU; and May, ISGIj. (iettysburg, Rappahannock Static.in, Mine Kun and Spottsyl- vania, and in the Army of the Shenandoah under General Sheridan, in the following battles: Winchester. F'ishcr's Hill, New Market and Cedar Creek. He washoiKirably ijiscliarged as a First Lieutenant, on the fifteenth day of duly, IsO:)." He married Mary F^liza Purely, of (ireenpoint. L. L, on the twenty-fifth day of Jannary, 180(t. They have hail three c-hildivn, two of wdioni are living, viz. : (xeoi'ge Edgar and Edith Louise. (iENEPAL THEODOTIE BPRR (lATES Was born at Oneonta, in Otsego Co., N. Y., lifty odd years ago. His father was of F]nglisli and his niothei- of Seot(di extraction. He was educated in the common schools ot his town, at the Spaffiird Select school of Coojierstown. and the Oilbcrtsville Academy. He studieil law with the late Hiui. Erastus Cooke, au4','. He was commissioiied I'aymaster in the Twentieth Kegiment, .\. Y. S. M., Sej)tember, ip IS.'ji; Cajitain of engineers in the same 94 BiOGnvrjiKAi. skictciikS. ivi;imunt, Deceiiiher ■>, Is.j-i. lie was siiltsec^uuntly jii'Diuoteil to tlie Majority of tlie same rei:;iinent, and nn the 2Sth da\' of April, ISCil, marclied with his reijiiiieiit, it liavin^- vohinteered f^or a tliree inontlis' tour of duty, to the front. The regiment was stationed ah)iig the iJaltinioi'e A: Ohio Rail- road, with headquarters at Annapolis Junction. On the first dav of dune, Lientenant-(/olone] Ilirani Schoonniakcr resigned and Major Gates was promoted to the f.ieuteiiant Colonelcy. On the 29th of June the regiment was ordered into Baltimore and divided into two battalions, Colonel (Tcorgc W. Pratt with the right wing at the Custom House, and Lientenant-(3olonel Gates with the left at lilank street and Broadway. The three months" term of service having expired, tlie regiment took up its homeward march on the 80th of July, and arrived at Ivingston on the second da}' of August. ( )u the fifth of August the field officers, George W. Pratt, (.'olonel, Theodore I!, (lates, Lieutenant-Colonel, and Jacob B. Hardenburgh, ifajur, with many of the old line and staff officers, began the work of re-organization of the regiment for three years' service, and on the 2.">tli day of October, ISIil, the regiment, 9S7 strong, re (Miibarketl fur its second tour of duty, reaching Washing- ton on the 27th. The regiment crossed into A'irginia and reported to General M'Dowell, by whose orders it proceedei-l to L^pton's Hill and became a part of General Wadswortli's l)rigade. Here drilling, picket duty and occasional foraging expeditions into the enemy's lines occupied the time of the comnuuid until the final departure in March, isr)2. At the second battle of Bull Jtun Colonel Pratt was mortally wounded and the command of the regiment devolved npon Lieu- tenant-Colonel Gates, who, npon the death of Colonel Pratt, was commissioned Colonel of the regiment and continued to exercise that command until his resignation in JNovcnd)er. 1SC4. In his history of the battle of Gettysl)urg, (General Doubleday, speaking of a change of front made by General Morrow's brigade, on the ridge near wdiere (leneral Pjeynolds fell in the first day's fight, says: "It could do so with impunity, as it was behind a ridge which concealed its left flaidc from Hill's Corps, ;ind was further protected in that direction by t\V(.) companies of the Twentieth New 'k'ork State Militia, wiio occn])i(^d a house and barn in advance, sent there by the Colonid of that regiment, Theodore B. (iates, wdiose skill aiul oiei'gy wi're nf great service to mc; during the battle." S])caking of the battle of the tliird day, and of the charge by T*ick(^tt's Division, (jeneral Doubleday says: "Before the first line of I'cbels reached the fcMice it was obliged to pass a demi-brigade under Theodore B. (iates of the Twentieth New York State Militia. * * * They were closely followed up by (-rates' com- mand, whii continued to fire into flieni at close range. This caused i;iiii,i;ai"iii(_'ai, skktciiks. 11.") iiiaiiv tu ^iin-fiitlrr, <_itli(_T;> to l•l■tl■l■n^ (intrinht. and (itliri's i^iiiiplv to crowd tdgether."" Ill speaking of cvoiits a littlt' latci- in tln' tiglit. lie ^av.s: "At tii-.st, iiowever, wlicii stiaiek liy Staiiiiard on tiic Hank, and \vli<;n I'ickrtt's cliargo was- spent, tlioy (the cni-niy) i-allit'd in a little hla^liing, where a gi'ove had ijern ciir down hy onr troojis t\\li'\ V hriiradu of my division, the ( )ne llundreil and Fiftydi^^t I'eiin-vh vania and tlie Twentieth New \ oi-k State Militia, undei' ( '(ilunel Thi'iMlme ]>. (iate^. of the latter ic'itine-nt, made a gallant cliaige and ili'ove thi'm ont. Pettigrew's Division, it is said, lost i',ni)(i ])i'isonei's and l.") liattle Hags on the' left." After the army erossed the James, in June, l^^'A. ('uloncl (iates was assigned to the eoinniand of ••the pnst and defences of ("ity Point," with his own legiment and several other hoilies of ail anus of the service uinlcr his command. Thi.-- cdinmaiid end>racrd the. defensive works ai-ound City Puiiit, the dep^t of supplies for the arniv, the pas.senger and ti'an4, (Jolonel 'iates resigned. The otticers and men of his i-egiinent united in a very complimentary testimonial to him. in which they said, among otiicr thing- : •'Tlie officers and men of your cnmiiKuul a|ipr.);u'li you with feeluii^s of deep regret ou tliis occasion. We are well aware tliat it is no unusual occurrence fur an olUcer who has faithfully done his duly, to reliie from his command, leavmi; lieliind Iiiin some of his old companions, and almost always bearing with him the regard and esteem, as also the alTrrlion of his men. liut it has yet to be leaiueil that any ollieer has ever left liehind him in the tield. a body of men who more siuceielv and deeply feel the loss they are sustainiiiL.'. than do the otliceis and men of tliie Twentieth lieaiment. K. V."S. JL " Having been so long together; liaviug fouglit side by side; having endured hard-hips logetlier, now that you leave us you carry with yon the most profound esteem, the siuceicst regard, and, above all. the deep alfeelion of your fellow soldiers. "It is. beyond all (|Uestion. a mailer which concerns us deeply; for we feel that iu losing you, we lose one who-e synip:ithies have ever been with us, whose v. lice has alw.ays cheered us, whose smile lias ;dways encour.iged us, and while we have failed in our duly, we well know that ycni have never failed in yours. "AW: make no allusion lo your career as a gallant soldier; that is recorded in the lieaits of your men. * * Trilling as mny seem to you this small triliulc cd' our esteem and affection, be assured it is dictated by warm and loving hearts towaids one whose life and career among us has iirovcd him to be a true Patriot, a brave Soldier, and an earnest minded ('liiistian Gentleman. " It may, perhaps, be some slight satisfaction to you to know that it is lo your example we are indebted for much that is good iu us * * " It may be .a greater satisfaction to you to be assured that that cxamiile shall always stand ijefore us * * in an "earnest endeavor to sustain the enviable reputation which you have confeired on our regiment. "And, since the st(n-in of battle for you has passed, may the future which lies before you be as bright and glorious iu i'ts result as the past has been distinguished by your nobleness and valor." 96 lilOCJKAl'lIK'AL SKETCHES. Ill 1S(J7 GeuL'nil Gates was appointed by Governor Fentdii one of the commissioners on the part of the State of New York to adjust and settle the elaims of tiie State against tlie United States, for expenses incurred in tiie organization, subsistence and transpor- tation of troops in the war, ])ursuant to clia]-)ter 357 of tlie laws of ISti". General John 15. Mclveon, afterwards Chief Justice of Utaii, was the otiier commissioner. General Gates was elected LioutenantColonel of the Thirteenth Regiment N. G. S. JS". Y. in May, 1881, and was commissioned on the tenth of that month, witli the brevet rank of Major-General. From November, 1SS3, until jNfav, 1SS4, he was in command of the regiment. In February, 1885, lie resigned. In forwarding his resiguatiun. General Barnes, commanding tiie Thirteentii regiment, endorsed it as follows : '' General Gates is one of the most distin- guished officers in the service of the State. He first joined the Twentieth Regiment N. G. S. N. Y., September 11, 1854, and eventnally, after passing the intermediate grades, became Colonel of that regiment September 2!t, ]sri2. In the meantime the Twentieth was mustered into the armies of the United States, and did excel- lent duty during the Civil War. The services of its commander were recognized by high praise from his superiors and by his appointment as Brevet i>rigadier-General U. S. Y., March 2C, 1805. On February (i, 18(17, (Tcneral Gates was appointed Majoi'-General of the Fifth Division, Is". G. S. IST. Y., a position which he resigned ]\tarcli 2(1, 1873. Having removed to Brooklyn he yielded to the solicitations of the otficers of this regiment and accepted the com- paratively modest rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, which he has tilled with entire satisfaction, greatly contributing to the elriciency and prosperity of this command. This resignation is forwarded with sincere regret that Genei-al (rates finds it necessary to withdraw from a ])osition which he so much adorns." Adjutaiit-(-)eneral Farnsworth, in communicating to General Gates the acceptance of his resignation, says: " I beg to assure you that the sentiments of esteem and regret at your withdrawal from active service, expressed by your commanding officer in forward- ing your resignation, are shared liy the Commander-in-Chief, who is fully sensible of the loss of an officer of your long and valuable experience, both in the field and in the National (Tuard." Upon retiring from the active regiment. General Gates was elected Colonel of the Uniformed Veteran Association of the Thirteenth Regiment, which position he now holds. BIOliliArillCAL SKETCHES. 97 BEEVET ^rA.TOR TiEXERAL QFIXCY A. (i rLL:\rOT;E, I'. S. A., T)i>rn in ]ll;ielc Riwr (imw l.ui-aiin. Lurain ('duntv. ( )liic>, I'"cl)niarv 2S, 1S:>,"). (if niiii^Ird Si-dtdi. Ii-i>li and (uTinaii exti-ai timi. He entered the L'. S. Militarv Acadeniv at West I'diiit .lulv 1, isi."); was , Isr>2, to September l."i, is."!,"); Ti'easnrer Septendn-r I, ls.')."i. tu Seiiteniber 11, Is."i(), and Qnai'ti'rnuistcr Sei)tenil.ier 1. Is.'i.'i, tu Scp- tenilier 15. I.s5f'i : as Assistant Engineer in the eoii^frui-tiiiii uf I'"iiit Alonroe (First Lieutenant Corps of F^ngineers Jnl\- 1, Fs.'iCi, \':i., 1856, and in (diarge of tlie F^igineer Ageney at New Yoi'lc, fur supplying and shipping inatei'ials I'nr fni-tilicatiuiis, eti/., l.S."i(i-(il, and in chai'ge uf fortitieatinns in Xew Vui'lc liarlmr |s57-5'.t. Sej'vcd during the rehellinn uf tlie seceding States. ISCil-riii; as Cliief Engineer of the I'ort IJoyal Expeditionary ( 'urps, IsOl-fi^, heing present ((!aptain Corps of Engineers, August >'■. istil.) at the descent tipon Hilton Flead, S. C.. Xovendiei' 7. ISCI, to January, 18G2; as Coniniatuler of tin'. I'nion fnrees and ('hied' Engineer of the siege of F'ort Pulaski, (ia. (lirevet i.icntenant-( 'uliuiel April 11, 18(i2, for gallant and nirriti>ri<.ins s;'r\ices in the ca[itnre of F'nrt Pulaski, Ga. I, during its siege, hiimhardmeiit and capture. FV'iiniarv 19 to April 1 1, 1 802. visited the fort under a Hag of truce and ari'anged the terms of its ca[iitnlatiiin April II; mi sick leave of ahsence May to Julv, lsii2; engaged in assisting tin' (i'lveniur of Xew York in (F>rig.-General I'. S. ^'llluntecl•s, A]iril 2^. l^G2i fnrward- ing State troojis. August 1.'! to Septenilier 12, l>^ri2; in ciiinmand of District of Western Yirginia SeiitcMiilier 28 to Octnlier 14. ls(J2. and of the F'irst Division, .vriny uf Kentucky. Octoher 14. 18(i2, to flanuary 25, 1803; in command of District of Central Xentu(d'ti:l. ami of the l^. S. forces at the liattle of Sonierset. Ky.. ^laivh ;;o, ISO:! (Brevet Colonel, ^NFarch 3(1, 18(i3, for gallant ami meritorious services at the liattle of Soiner>et, Kv.) ; on leave of alisi'uce April to ^fav, l>^t'i.". ; in command i.if the Department of the South, June 12 (Major ( 'orps of F^ngineers, June 1, 180:')), ls(i;5. to April, ls04, and of the Tentli Army Cor|is. July ICi, 1S<)-"). to June 17, 1804. being engaged in command of the oiterations against the defenses of Charleston, S. ( '.. comprising tin descent upon ^[orris Island July lii ; bombardment and reduc tion of Fort Sumter August 17-2:!, and Xov. l-li>, ami siege and capture of F'ort Wagner, July h> t; in e 98 nroGEAPiiicAL sketches. coininaiid of the Teiitli .Vrmy ('orjis, in operations (Major-General U. S. Volunteers, July !<•, 1SI>3, for tiie di.stlngnislicd skill, abil- ity ani-l, gallantry displayed in the operations under his charge in Ciiarleston Harbor, tlie descent upon Morris Island, the reduc- tion of Kurt Sumter, and tlie taking of Fort Wagner and Battery (iregg) on .lames lliver near ISerniuda Hundred, Va., May 5 to June 17, lsti4, being engaged in actions of Swift Creek, May 0, and near Chester Station, May In, ISiil; assault and capture of the i-ight of the enemy's intrenchments in front of l)i-ui'y"s ]>lutf, May it;, 18t)4; defense of JSernnida Hundred May IS and 20, IStU, and reconnoissance of the enemy's lines before Petersliurg, June ',K 18*i-l-; in conunand of the Divisions of the Nineteenth Army Corps in defense of Wasiiington, D. C.. July 11, 1S(!4, and in pursuit of the enemy under General Eai'ly till July 1-1-, 18(54, when he was sevorelv injured by the fall from liis horse ;' on sick leave of absence on acc(.)unt of injuries. .Inly l, 18<)5, to November s, lS('>t> (resigned volunteer commission of l\Iajor- General, December ."i, lS(j.")); as member of a Special l>oard of Engineers to conduct experiments in connection with tlie use of iron in the construction of i>ermanent fortifications, September 11. 18G(>, to May 18, 18()7 ; of I>oard for examining and improving the Washington City Canal, March to July, 1S()6 ; as Superintending Engineer of the fi)rtitications on Staten Island, N. Y.. November 15, isdti, to the ])resent time (Lieutenant-Colonel Corps of Engineers, .lanuary 13, ls74) ; as Sn]>erintending Engineer of the fortilications in Ilamjiton Iioads, Va., Auirust 8, 1874, to the ])resent time; as Supei'intcnding Engineer of the fortilications at Beaufort. N. C, from December 18, 1867, to September .SO, 1882, and of Fort Caswell, mouth of Cape Fear River, N. (\. Forts Sumter, Moultrie, and Johnson, and Castle Pinckney, Charleston Harbor, S. C., Forts Pulaski and Oglethorpe, Savannah River, Ga., and Fort Clinch, Fernandina, Fla., from December is, lS(i7, to the ])resent time, and of Fort Marion, St. Augustine, I'la., December, IS, 18(;7. to August 20, 1884 (Colonel Corps of Engineers, Feb- ruary 2n, iss:^). Member of Poard of Engineers to re]iort u])on the shi|i canal to connect the Mississijipi River M-itli the Gulf of ^lexico, 187.3-74; of Board of Engineers ti_) report upon the .lames River and Kana- lUouijAi'iiK'Ai. sKirrriiics. 99 wlia cuiial pi'MJcc't. 1^74; I'rrsidciit of ll.iaril fur tcstino- (iatliiii;- (inu< I'ui- till' llauk ilctViisc uf lurtiHiMtidiis, 1S74: liv executive ai)[)(_)iiitiiu'iit, iiiL'iiiliei- (if IJiiai'il to ti.->t tin- ^trcimtli ;iii(l value of ii-iiii, steel ami otlici' irietals, 1S7."> : nainiMJ in Act of ( 'niio-ress, iiienihur o{ ( 'oiiinii.ssioii on |-i'[i;i\ cineiit I'f Piiiiisvlvaiiia a\cniu;, \\^a8liiiii;t(_iii. !).('., i'^7li-7T; incinliei' "t Unnnl fn cNainiiii' iiitu ami ivj)oi-t 111)1(11 the fdiimlatidii uf the Washin^tdii Xatiomil .Mciiiii- iiient, Act iif .\iii;Mist 2, isitl; Meiiiher of Bdanl of Kll^•illecl■s mi iiaproveinciit of ("harlestou Ilaiiior. S. ( '.. 1^7^-84; of IJi.iai-d of Eun'iiieers on iinprovement of Sax'aiiiiah llarlior and Kivei', (ia.. 1879 to ]ss4; of IJoard of Eii:j:iiieer.s on improvement of Pass C'avallo Inlet, Aransas Pass, ami liay and entrance to (4al\eston Harbor, Texas, I87'.i-S4; 1)\- executive appointment, is at the present time President of the i[ississi|i|)i Uiver ('onimissioii, created hy Act of Congress of .Tune 28. lS7'.t ; Pi-esident of lioai'd of Engineers on the further impi-ovenieiit iif (';ipe l'"ear i;i\er. X. C, lSSl-85 ; of l>o;ird of Engineers on the iinpro\enient of the Potouiac Itiver, in the vicinity id' "Washington, I). ('., 18^2-S."!; nieniher of .loint Hoard of Arinv and Xavv otKcers to report upon ;iii inteimu' const line of water \va\s for the defense of the Atlantic ;ind (inlf sea hoard. 1884-80; ineiuber of I'.oard oi \ isitors lor the Kni;iiieer Scliool uf Application at Willetts" point, X. v., issTi, and iniMiihia- of several other Hoanls and ( 'oniniis>ions. In charge, at the present time, of the imiu'ov'emeiit^ of the fol- lowing named i-ivers ami harbors, \iz. : ( 'hai'le.^ton Harbor, S. ('.. Sa\annah Harbor ami Ri\-ci-, ( ia., ilruiiswick II. irhor. ( ia., entrance to Cumberland Sound, C.i. and l''la., Wai^poo ('lit, S. C., the .Vsh- ley, Edistcj and Salkahateliie Kivers, S. ('., and Savannah and Alta- malia Rivers and Pomerly ]Marsli, Ca., ami recently in charge of surveys for a ship canal from the St. .b.iliu's Kiver to the (iulf of Mexico, and for a steaniboiit I'oute from the St. Jobu'.s River c/a Topokalija Jvake to Charlotte Haiiior and Pease Creek, Fla., aiul of the iinprovemeuts of the bar at the mouth of St. .lolin's Piver, Fla., Volusia P.ar, and the St. .lolin's Uiver between Lake (ieorge and Lake ]\[oucor. Fla. Civil Ilivtory — ilember of Itoard of ('ivil Engineers to select jilau for a railway bridge over the East liiver at PlackwelTs Island, February, 1S77; of Poarils to examiue and i-cport on the bulk- head wall. Xorth Piver. Xew York, 187l! and ISSl ; named in act of New ^'oi'k Legislature niember of a("ommissioii to locate (til- bert elevated railroads in Xew York city, 1872. Degree of .V. AI. conferred by Olierlin College, (.)hio, IS.'iCi, and of Pli. D., by Putgers College, Xew Jersey, June V.\ 1^77. Author of a work on the " Siege and Peduction of Fort Pulaski, fra.," LSCc*; of a practical treatise on " Limes, Hydraulic Cements and Mortars," 181)3 ; of " Engineer and Artillei-y < )perafions Against the Defenses of Charleston in 186o:"" of a practical treatise on Poads, Streets and Pavements, 187'i: of a ju-actical treatise on iod HldOKArillCAL SKKTCaiW. " Coignet-Bcton ami (.)tliei' Artificiiil Stones,'' 1871; of a work oti "The Comparative Sti'ength, Specific Gravity and Tiatio of Absorp- tion of tiie l^uilding Stones of the United States/' 1^75, and of a memoir on the suljject of sea coast defenses, ISSI. As Judge at tiie Philadelphia C'entennial Exhibition, 1S7(!. made spetial re|)orts on various Hydraulic Cements and Artificial Stones, and on lirick Making Machinery. Erick Kilns, Pavements, ifcc. Author of articles on Bitumen, Cements, Bricks, Sewers, l)i-edging and Scouring, Kilns and Roads and Pavements in Johnson's New Universal Cyclopedia, of ''Dredging in Ocean Bars," and on •'Obstruction to River Dischai-ge by Bridge J^iei's," in A'^an Xos- trand's Eclectic EngintM'ring JMagazine, and of other papers on scientific subjects. (Tcneral Gillmore is a nuMuber of the American Society of Civil Engineers, member of Board of Experts to examine pavements, and I'ecomiiiend iiew pavements for the city of Philadelphia, ISSi; a mendjcr of the Board of Civil Engineers to estimate the cost of Xew York. West Shore A: Buffalo Raih-oad, 1881. ASSISTANT-EISTGINEER .TAMES HARE Was born in England, on the twenty-fourth of June, 1832, and came to America, when a child. Previous to the war, he followed the occu]iation of patternmaker. On the nineteenth of August, 1863, he enlisted in the United States Navy as Assistant Engineer, and was assigned to the gunboat "Mary Sanford," then forming a part of the blockading squadron off Charleston harbor, his ship assisted in the capture of blockade runners, and participated in all the engagements in and around Charleston harl)or. She was sub- sequently ordered to St. Andrews Sound, Ga. "While on service at that ])oint, J\[r. Hare acconijianied an expedition up the Saltilla river to destroy a saw and rice mill. The expedition was tired on from rebel riHe pits and the pilot was killed. The expedition returned to the station, and the ship was subsequently ordered to Charlest-on, where she remained until the close of the war. Mr. Hare was honor- al)ly discharged in September, 1865. In October, 1869, he was appointed foreman in charge of the pat- tern shop connected with the Jjrooklyn Navy Yard. His long term of service affords the best evidence of his ability, and of his apjire- ciation by the "Siwy De]iartment. In 1S()7, he married Miss Jane Crnnmiey, connected with one of the oldest families in Kinn;s County. nHlliKAI'llU'AI. SKincllKS. Idl WILLIAM II. noPvToX Was liniii ill Whitu Plains, AVi'strliesti-r Co., N. V.. dii tlie thirtietii of (Jc-tolxT, 1.S41. On tliu twfiity-.-Jecdiid of Auii-iist, lS(>-2, lie enlisted for tliree years in Conipaiiy I!. One IIiuicli-cij and Tliirtv- fiftli Kegiinent New York \'olunteers, as private. He was siihse- (^nently ]">roiiioted to cor|.H)ral, and flieii to sergeant. Some time after being' niustei'ed in, Ids regiment was transferred to the Artillery service, and known as the Sixth Xew York Heavy Artillery, and was attaclied to the Third, Fifth and Twenty-fourth Array Coi-ps. The regiment, however, continued to do infantrv duty." Mr. Ilorton participiated with his i-ei;inient in the liattles of the AViklerne,s,s, Todd's Tavern, Laurel Hill, Spottsylvania C. IL, Elli- sou's Farm, Xortli AnnaKivei', IJethesda Church, Horse Shoe Lend, Cedar Grove, Cold Harbor, and siege of Petersburg. He remained with the army until the ex])iration of his term of ser\'iee, and was honorably discharged in July od, isil."). He I'etui-ned to civil life, and has been for some years attatdied to the Naval ' tflice at the jiort of Xew York. OntlieGth of. October, ISli'J, he married Miss Celia (iedney. Tliej have six chihiren, viz., _Mai-viii X.. Wilbur T., Frederick W., Koilerick G., Clifton 1)., and Edith. Mr. Ilorton served as a member of the lielief (iuaid on Major Tail's detail, S to 11 r. :«., August -1, while the remains of General Grant lay in state at the Capitol, and on the seventh at Xew York, from 11 A. M. to 2 V. m. SERGEANT W. P. HART()F(;il Was Ijorn in Lrooklvn, X. Y., on the twentv-sixth of Ft'bruai-y, ISSO. C)n the twenty-ninth of August, l^i'ii. he liilir-ted for three yeai's as a private in Com]iany I. ( )n(^ HiindriMl and thiity-ninth liegi- ment JN'ew York \'olunteers. He went with his ivgiment to the front, and participated in the engagements at Charles City C. IL, Crum]j's Cross Ii(.>ads, and several skirmi.-hes. ( )n the first of -Tuly, 1804, his regiment joined the Army of the Potomac, and with it he took part in the iiattle of Drury's Bluff, and siege of Petersburg. The brigade to which his regiment was attached, took possession of the heights of Petersburg. He sub- sequently took part in the cng;i|,2:ement at Fort Harrison and Cha- plin's Farm. Tlie l)rigade to which he was attached was the first to enter Richmond after its caiiture. He was mustered out of service 102 lilOGRAPinCAL SKETCH?:^. with liis regiment as First Sergeant on the nineteenth of June, 1S65, and discharged at Hart's Island on the first of July following. He was for a number of years after the war engaged in the crockery business, llis present location is'8'23 Myrtle avenue. In 1S6G he married Margaret Ilickcn-, of l>rooklyn, N. Y. Tiiey have one cliild, named Walter I). Jr. Mr. Ilartough served in the Ilelief Guard from 11 i-. m. on the fonrtli, to 2 p. m. on the fifth of August, while tiie remains of Gen. Grant lay in state at Albany. He also served in New York from 11 A. M. to 2 1'. M. on the seventh. CHAKLES F. HAMMELL Was born in I'liilailelphia, Fa., on the sixth of January, 1837. He removed to Xew York in 1852. On the eighteenth of August, 18G2, he enlisted as corjjoral in K Conii)any, One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Iteginient New York Volunteers, for three years. He participated in the second battle of Williamsburg, Chapin's Farm, Crump's Cross Koads, Drury's Bluff, Bermuda Hundred, Swift Creek and Cold Harbor. After the latter engagement, Mr. Ilamniell was on detached service by order of Gene- ral Butler in the Frovost ^larshal's office, Deiiartment of Virginia and North ('arolina. He had charge of a camp of distribution at Fermnda Hundred, and remained there until tlie capture of Rich- mond. He was subsequently ajipointed Commissary of Libby Fri- son by Lieutenant-Colonel Albert Ordway, at that time Provost Marshal General. Mr. Hammell remained there until June 15, 1865, and then returned to his regiment, wliich was mustered out of ser- vice at Manchester, Va., June 19, 1805. In 18G7, he married Mary Heniiihill, of Phiiadelpliia. They have one child, named AVilliam E. Mr. Hammell is Treasurer of the One Hundred and Thirty-nintii Kegiment War Veteran Association. He was formerly a member of llankin Post No. 10, G. A. E. Mr. Hammell was among the first who went to Mount McGregor, July 2'!, to guard tiie remains of General (Trant. On tlie fifth, at Albany, he was on Adjutant Price's Relief from 5 to S a. m., again on the sixth, 5 to N a. m. and 1 1 a. :m. to 2 r. .m. again on the seventii in the moriiinKETCnES. l(i;^, ('OI.ONEL K. (). TIOTrilKISS Inherits from his ancestors tlmt niiiitai-y ardor and cnthnsiasni tiiat lias made him one of the most cfHeient otHcers of the National Guard. His paternal and maternal great-yramUatlier fonght in tlic War of the Kevohition. ( 'ol. llotehkiss was horn in Xe\v\ (:irk City on the sixtli of Xovem- her, lSu2. He was edncated at ])rivate schools and completed his course at the Xew York University (-irammar ydiool. lie first liecame connected with militar}- affairs niuler the old militia system, and in lS(;-2 he assisted in organizing ("ompany D of the famons Twenty-third Kegiment. He joined as ])rivateand rose rapidly from tlie grades of non-commissioned officer to that of First Lientenant. He serveil with his regiment in the ^lai'yland and Pennsylvania campaign of jSCiS. He serve^s."), he joined Post :'.27. Pnder order No. 7 he wa.-- appointed one of the Relief (iuai'd at the Cajiitol. at Albany, ami was first on duty with the Second Relief, August 5, under com- mand of .\djutaiit Pi-ice. He remained on duty until the closing ceremonies at Riverside Park on the afternoon of August S. l:lOl..RAI'IlU'.U. SKETCHED. Ill,") ADJl'TANT ELIIMIAI.ET IIKX DliH KSOX AVas bom in Qncoiis County. I,. I., Anj^ust 13, ls;','j. Previous to the w.ir lie was eonuected with tin- hniilior llU^ines,■-•. April, ls<;i. lie enlisted in ('ninjiaiiy I), Thirteeiitli Ri i;;iiiiciit X. Y, S, Militia, for three iiioiiths. Sejiteiiiher li'tli fulhiwiiig- he enlisted in Coniiiany (t, Ki^hty-seventh ]vegiiiieiit N. Y. N'ulun- teers, for tliree yeai's. He jiartieipated in tlic hattles of Yoi-k- towu. Williamshiirii-, Fair Oaks. Seven Days' I'i-lit. incliidiiii;- the liattles of Peach ( Ireliard, Savai;-e Station, A\'hiti- < tak Swani|i, Charles City Cross lloads, and IMalvern Hill. In Septcmliei-. ISic'. the regiment was consolidated with the Poi-tietli Ne\v "^'oi-k i known as the Mozart) Eeirinieut, the Eighty-seventh Iteginient having lieen redneed hy losses to sueh an extent as to lie no longer etfeetivt'. Mr. Ilendriekson took part in the liattles of Ei-cderieksliurg, Clian- eellorsville, (Tettysl)urg, Mine Eiin, Spottsyl vania. Cold Ilarlior. Weldeli Eailroad, Hatcher's Pun and Petersliurg. aixl the (Jther eniragenients leading to the linal suri'ender of Eee's army at Apjni- mattox. He was promoted tiirough the grades of non-comniissioned otli- eer, and in .lune. 1SG4, was commissioned Secoml Eieutenant ; on <)ctolier ^, I >itU, was jiromoted First Eier.tenant and Ailjutant, continuing in tiiis position until he was mustered out of service, June 27, 'iSii.J. At the close of the war he renewed his former Imsiness. In 1S77 lie estahlisheil tlu' mainifacriire of jKH'king lioxcs. which lie has since continued. In 1808 he married Eola ^lercedes Eeynolds, of Xew York. They have had one child, deceased. Mr. Ilendriekson is a member of Hillgrove Eodge, ■>4.0. V. A. M., of Rose Ci'oix Chapter, R. A. M., and ( >li\-e Branch Council. During the funeral obsequies of General (irant. while the remnins laid in state at the Capitol in Albany and at the ( 'ity Hall in Xew York, he formed one of the Relief Eo to s v. m., and on the oth at s a. m.; the same dav in Xew ^'oi'k fi'oin 8 to II v. m.. and on the Ttli he served (jii the detail of ])a\id .\. Pitcher from >> to 11 i'. m. Jlis portrait appears in Croup 4. •lAMES P. IIOAVATT Was born in Allcglieny County. Pa., .lune 1. Is4.">. At the break- ing out of the war he was serving his time as machinist's ap]iren- tice in the extensive iron and machinery works of Hewes A: Phil- lips, at X'ewark. X". .1. 106 BIOCiKAl'llICAL SKETCHES. Oil August i), ISi'd, Ijeiiig tlieii bnt seventeen years of age, lie enlistcfl as private in Company 1), Tliirteentli Regiment New Jer- sey Volunteers, for tliree years, or tlie war. < )n August 25, lie. with other members of Company I), was transfericd to Company I and mustered into the service. The ti'aiisft!,' was vohintary ; Company D having the ma.ximum numher of ll>2, while Company I was below the minimum. The transfci' was made for the purpose of l)ringing the latter u]) to the standard ; as soon as this was aceom- )i!islied Mr. Howatt, with his other comrades, returned to Coiupaiiy I), and remained with that company to the close of the war; but having lieen mustered in with Company I, he and his comrades were ineligible for promotion in Company D, which they refused to leave. This change proved a barrier to the promotion he earned by hi's gal- lant conduct ; he with fifteen others, otticers and ]>rivates of his reg- iment having been mentioned in Ilegimental Orders for coolness aud etKcicncy on the battlefield of Chaiicellorsville. His rpgimcnt left Xewai'k for the fi'oiit on September 1, 18(52, and was assigned tn the Thin! llrigade. First Division, Twelfth Corps, Army of the i'otomac. At the battle of Antietam his regiment lost l(i5 men killed and wounded. ]V[i-. Ilowatt participated in the several engagements fought by the Army of the Potomac, notably the battles of South Mountain, Antietam, Chaiicellorsville and Get- tysburg. On the second day's fight at Gettysburg, July 3, 1S6.'>, Mr. Ilowatt was wounded in the head and foot and was absent from his regiment until September 21, lS(i3, when he reported to liis eom))aiiy for duty. In ()ctol)er following liis regiment was ordered to join (len. Shennan's army in the West, and was attached to the Twentieth Army Corps, commaiuled b}^ Generals Hooker and Slo- cum. Ho subsequently jiarticipated in the following engagements of tlie (xcorgia campaign in 1 801, viz. : llesacca, C\issville, Dallas, Pine Knob, Kulp's Farm, Xenesaw Mountain, Nancy's Creek, Peach Tree (^reek, siege of Atlanta from July 22 to September 1, Sandersonville, November 2(!, ISCl, near Savannah, December 0. IStil, ca])turo of Savannah December l."> to 21. On the march of the army northward in 1805 Mr. Howatt took |>art in the battles of Averyslioro, N. C, March Iti, and Bentonville i\iarch Is. Mr. Ilowatt was mustered out of service on June 21, lS(;,"i. He was for some years a member of Rankin Post, ]S'o. 10, G. A. R., of lirooklyn, and withdrew with others to organize Post 327. After the death of General (Irant he went with other comrades of Post 327 to Mount ]\[c(Tregor and formed one of the Casket Bearers of the Guard of Honor, and continued to serve in that capacity until th(^ closini;- ccrenioiru's at Riverside on August 8, ISSf). litorfKATincAI. SKKH'IIKS. lOY LI EFT. K. R. .KMIXSON Was IxU'll ill Xi'W 'l (ill< ('it\ nil I)rrclMlici' 4. 1^:17. laM'civi.Ml -A i;iio(l C'onniKiii sclidiil and iiirrcaiitilc cilm-at i.pii. I-]:irl\ in lil'o lie cxliiliiteil a I'dniliicss for niilitarv ilrill, ami uii ( )ciiilirr 1'.*. Is.'ii!, Im jciilieil till' faiiKiiis Seventh Keginicnt, and mi A|iril I'.t. ISCil. iinnR'diatcIv alter tlie surrender (jf Fdi't Siinilei'. lie went with his rciz'inient to the Irnnt un tliii't\' ila\>' sei'viee. lie a^ain \nliinteered with his regiment, in May, Im'il'. fur three niiinth>. ( )n ()ctol>er 1"_', 1st!:.', he was ediiimi^^iiiiieil Fir.-t Lieutenant (d' ( 'unipany A, Third liegimeiit Xew Ynvk Iiil'antry X'liliinteers, ami eni'olled tnr three yeal's. lie tudk part in tlie liallies ul Sidliplk and Ilamixcr ('ciurt IFniise, \'a., and was sikhi alter nidei'ecl tn join (TJllnKire's I'drces in S-nith ('ai'nlina. lie tuck part in all tin' eiiiiae-enients in and ar(_innd ( 'liarlej-ti.m Ilarli(.ir, iiieliiding the siege ni' Fort Siimtei'. the attacks on .hdiii ami James Island, and the assault of Fort Wagner. Jle was wounded in the last engagenient and conliiieil in the hospital foi' severai weeks. In Isdd he returned with his regi- ment to \'ii'ginia and |iartieij>ated in the hattle of I'erniuda Hun- dred, lie was >ooM aft<'r discharged on tlu' Surgeon's eertitieate td' disaliility. and was nnisti'ivd out on July I'S, |s(i4. In IsCiS he mari'ied iMiss Susan .Adams, of IJrouklyn. They have two living (diililren (having lost one). Those living are F]dn:i Louise and (xeorge ('larlc. Mr. Johnson has been, for a niimher of years, engaged in liusi- ncss as custom house bi'oker. He joined Kaiikin Tost, Xo. I n, (i. A. U., in 1S72, and on the organization of Post 3:^7 he lieeame nwr id' the charter nienihers. While the i-emains of (xeneral (4rant lay in state at Albany he formed one of thi' ■• ludicf (iiiard,"" and was a member of Alajor Tait's detail, .\ugii-t 4, from s to II v. m. (in August ."i, at Xew Vork. he Avas on dutv IVoni If tii -J a. m.. an. In 1865, lie canie to New York, and entered thehonse of Stetson A: Minot. In 1S(J7, he became connected with the Assabet Manu- factiirino; (!ompany as its New York representative. lie has con- tinued in that capacity for eiwliteon years. • In isTl, he married Miss Mary E. Howe, of Brooklyn. Tlioyhave one cliild, named AVarreii. Mr. Jacobs keeps up his old army associations. He is a member of the Society of the Bnrnside Expedition and Ninth Army Corps. Mr. Jacobs was one of the first who went to Monnt ilcGreiror, Jnly 26, to guard the remains of General (irant. He was again on duty at the City Hall, New York, on the seventh from S toll a. m., and on the eighth from 2 to ."> a. m. COL. wrLLiA:\r a. joxes. Do))nty Collector nF the port of New York, was born in the town of Lancaster, Canaija, on September 2."), ls;5-l-, his father being at the time a citizen of the United States and a resident of St. Law- rence County, N. Y. The early life of Colonel Jones was sjient on the farm, where his educational o]iportunities were limited to the common school. On reaching his majority the California gold fever was at its height, and young Jones started for the " land of ])romise '' with visions of "golden opportunities." On his arrival in New York he found the people greatly excited over the Nicaragua Filibuster Expedi- tion of AValker, who had attempted to seize one of the Nicaragua line of steamers and prevent the landing of her jiassengers, thus compelling hei" to return with them to New Yoi'k. In conscfpience of this, the mail line of steamei-s ])ut up the fare from §15(1 to !5;jOromisiiig inducements were otfered him f(.)r engaging in business, and the former jmiject was abandoned. He continued in lousiness until the breaking out of the war. In the summer and fall of 1861 he assisted in organizing the Ninety-eighth liegiinent of New York Volunteers. Owing to the sudden illness of his wife, and her extremely critical condition, he was compelled for a time to remain at home. In .Inly of the following year, the health of his wife having greatly improved, he determined to sacrifice all ])ersoiKil interests and enlist for the war. He informed his partner of his purpi !,■,(_■, ;iiid ai-ranged his liusiness atlairs accordingly. Soon after BIOGRAI'illCAI. SKETCnKS. 109 this ;iii (ilil class-matf. tlu' latr .Majnr A\'iii. I). Ilrfiiiiaii, visited liis liiiiiie ill ^laluiie, ami after a In-icf interview the two eiitcrci-1 Justice ^Vllen's oiliee aliil were swum into tlie siM-\'iee as ])rivates. (in Sejitenilier ."). ] ^02. T(i:^ctlicr llic\' i-"niinen('c(l i-aisini;' a euni- ])aiiy, and witliiii ten days seenred aihl innstered into tlie service (ine liiiiidrcd and tifteeii men. Mr. .Imies was elected ('aptaiii, and his friend Urennan Fii'st Lieutenant. I'liis conipany formed a part of the ()iie Hundred and Forty-secund Rei;inient of New Yorl< N'lilunteers, and (_'aptain Jones .^ccni'cd a place in tlie line as I) Company. He went with his i-ei;inient tu Washington and was on duty in front of Washington and neai' Faii-fax (_'. H., diirini;' tlii' winter of ]Stoii hai-hor, including:' John, James, and Mori-is islands. In .\pril. l^'il. ho I'etiii'iied with his ivgimeiit to \'ii-ginia. and toiJ< part in tlu' liattlcs of JuM-niuda llun- (h-ed. Appomattox, L)rury"s jlJutY. also the en^-ai;-ements in front of I'eterslmri;-. includini;- the ]\rine Explosion. He suhsecpiently took part ill the liattles (if Cold Harlioi-. CliaiiiiTs Farm, and Fort Harri- son. At the later eiigam'ment (.'aptains llreiinali and ivansom, of the < )ne Hundred and Forty -see(.iiid, each lost a leg. and Captain liansom died soon after. Ca]itain Jones was disabled liytlie disloca- tion of his left arm at the elliow and sent to Hampton Hospital. Having alread}' served for two years, without a day's absence from his command, and being uutit for duty he ajiplied to General IJutler for leave of alisence to visit his home. This was at first refused, but tlirougli the intercession t>( his ( 'olonel (Curtis) lie finally succeeded. Soon after his return he was eonimis»ioned ^[ajol•, and embarked on the steamer Charles Thomas, which sailed fivnii l''ortress Monroe under sealed orders. iShe encountered a heavy gale olf ( 'ape Hatteras, and in order to lighten her and prevent her from foundering, they were compelled to throw the horses o\erboard. On December -J-l- they reached a point just above Fort Fi-her. and lay olt' shore awaiting orders to disembark. ^Vhih■ there they witnessed the ex])losiou of General FiutleFs ■• powder hoat." Soon alter this, l)y the aid of surf boats, ]Maj(U' Jones succeeded in elfeetiug a landing with his command, and de^ih.iyed across Federal Point. The tele- graph lines were cut, in order to jirevcnt comniuni(/ation with \Viimingt(.iii. General Curtis, with the remainder of the brigade, moved down near the i''ort. supported by a heavy tiro from Admiral Porter's fleet. The fort could do.ditless have Iwen cap- tiire(J, but just as the prize was within their gra.-p. (ienei-al Butler ordered the troops to re-embark, against the earnest protest of (ieneral Curtis and his ofiicei-s. The expedition returned to Fortress Monroe. (ieneral Putlei' was soon after relieved from command, and (ieneral .\lfred Terry appointed in his place, with no lUOIJRAIMIlCAl, SKK'ICIIES. instructions to retiii'ii iminotliatcly and take l''ort Fisher. Tlicse instructions were coin])iied with to tlic lettei', and on January 15, IStio, at 3 o'clock p. m., tlie advance was ordered. The assault was led by (xoneral Curtis' brigade, which included his old regiment, the One Hundred and Forty-second New York, and the niagniti- cent charge will never he forgotten hy tiiose who survived the ter- rible ordeal. After six hours" of hand-to-liaiid lighting l'"ort Fisher surren- dered. Fieutenant-Colonel Barny, who commanded the regiment, was wounded, and !ftrajor Jones then assumed command. lie was shortly after struck in the right leg by a i)iece of shell and knocked down. IIc^ was helped to his feet by (ieneral Curtis, who was soon after taken from the field, supposed to bo mortally wnniided, but substHjnently recovered, and was immediately pro- nu)ted to tlie full rank of Brigadier. For his gallantry on this occasion, J\Iajor Jones was soon after brevetted Lieutenant-Colonel, and for a, time was in command of the garrison at Smithville, N. C. He subsefpiently took pai't in the capture of Wilmington; thence moved across tlie state to (ioldsboro, where a junction was fornu'd with the forces of (Tcneral Sherman. The city of IJaleigh soon after siii'rendered, which was folhjwed by the surrender of John- son's army. Colonel . I ones remained with his regiment until it was mustered out of service June 7, 1865. He was offei'cd a commission in the I'cgnhir army, but declined. In -May, 1S70, having buried his wife, and uu't with reverses in business, he was induced to accept a position in the Naval Otiice of the port of New York. lie was soon after promoted to entry (•lerk, and later to the ])osition of Deputy Naval Officer, Mdiicli position he held under and during the ailministration of Adison H. Laliin, Hon. Alonzo 15. (,'ornell, and Silas "VV". Burt. Colonel Jones was made Special De])uty Naval Officer on July 25, 1878. On March 1, 1870, he was ]>romoted to the position of Deputy Collector of the ])ort, and on the 15th of the same month was assigned to duty as (Jliief of the Eighth Division, which includes the United States Public Stores and Appraiser's Depai'tment. This is one of the most iiiiportant and dillicult departments to manage connected with the collection of the revemie, and requires skill, tact and ability. No one who has ever filled the position has enjoyed the conlidenee and respect of the wluJe mercantih; coninninity to a greater extent than Colonel .lones. His long experience in the several branches connect(>d with the Customs Sei'vicc! has familiar- i/.i<(l liim with I'very di']iart iiirnt anrn in Edentown, N. J., oil the sixth uf June, IS-tO. Previous to the war he removed to Co]ubro(.>lc, Litchfield county. Conn. On tlie twenty second of Jnly, ISdl, lie was nnisterei] in a> private of Company I, Fifth Coniieetieut Yolnnteers, for three years. His regiment was attached to the First Division, First Brigade, Twelfth Armv Corps, snbseipiently consolidated with the Eleventh, forming the Twentieth Army Corps. He participated in the battles of Winchester and Cedar Mountain. At the latter place he was wounded by a sliot through the neck, and confined in the hospital for three months. He afterwards took jiart in the battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, in 18(33. After tlie battle of Gettysburg his regiment was sent west with Hooker's army, and participateil in all the engagements leading to and follow- ing the ca])ture of Dallas and Atlanta, including the battles of Ros- acea and Peach Tree (Jreek. He accompanied Sherman in his march to the sea, and took part in the battles of Oversboro and Bur- tonville, and several small engagements resulting finally in the cap- ture of Savannah, Ga. He continued with the Twentieth Army Corps in its northward march, jiarticipating in the battles of Golds- hoi-o and Baleigh, and resulting finally in tlie sui-render of Johnson's army. He was mustered out as Sci'geant at Hartf father died wlim he was an infant. In ci.>m|iany with his niuther lie left Knuhind for Quebec in ]sr»."i: hei' death occurring soon al'tei'. he was left an orphan among >ti"angers, depeniiii^c-d tn edii<';ili', clothe and feiMl the l«iy, but he went to jirotest iin all his pi'omises ; he didn't send him to school, he clothed him \vith his own cast-off clothing, and Henry looked more like a scare-crow than a living boy. So far as food W';is cun- ccriied, the only way he could get enough to eat was by keeping- awake until the family had retired and were asleep, then to creej) down stairs and help himself to wliat he could finoi;apiii('AL rfiCETcriEs. twelve, he eoinmeiiced to '• jKidtUc his own c;iiioe." lie worked ;is a })rinter's ''devil'' in the office of the Union andJournal of liidde- ford, and in Xoveniber, 1SG2, when not quite sixteen years of age, he enlisted as private in Company E, Seventh Regiment Maine Voi- niitoers. He partieipated in several engagements, and on ]\rav 2, 18(13, at tlie liattle (jf (Jhancellorsvilie, was twice wonnded. In the latter part of isOi he was transferred to the \'eteran Reserve Corps, and was on duty at the war Department in AVashington on the night of President Lincoln's assassination. He took a prom- inent part in the scenes of that eventful night. Mr. Knight was mustered out of service under s])ccial order of the Secretarv of War, July 5, ISG.'.. On May 5, ISGlt, he mari-ied Tressa O. Taylor, of Cincinnati, (). They have tliree children, namely, (ilenna, (irace and Henry. Mr. Kiuglit lias heen for a nundier of years connected with one of the largest book publishing Imusfs in the country. His residence is in I'rooklyn. III! is one of the most useful cunirailes of Y. S. (^i-ant Post. In every enterprise connected with tiie Post I'eipuring brains and money he is an important factor. He was chairman of the committee appointed to confer with ( 'olonel Grant at ]\Iount !McGi-cgor rela- tive to the selection of a " Guard of Honor'' to take charge of tJie remains of General Grant. Mr. Kiught formed one of the '"Guard of Honor," and remained at his post day and night, except the brief intermissions rei]uired for food and rest, until tlie last sad rites were performed on August S, and the liody placed in its final resting place at Riverside. GEORGE KEY.AIER "Was born at \ew Utrecht, Long Island, ^lay 25, 1S;3S. His edu- cational advantages were limited to the public seliool. He fol- lowed a seafaring life for some time previous to the wai'. On the 28th of August, 1862, lie eidisted as ]u-ivate in Company A, One Hundred and Thii't^'-innth Eegiment ]Vew York Volunteers. He j)articipated in the second battle of AVilliamsburg, liaitimore Cross Roads, liottom's Bridge, Charles City Court ILnise, liermuda Hun- dred, Ciiurch. Swift Creek, Arrowtield, Drury's Llutf, Proctor's Creek, Eort Darling, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Mine Explosion, Chapin's Farm, Fort Purniiam. Fair Oaks, and caj)ture of Ivichniond. Mr. Keynier was mustered out of the service as Corporal dune l'.». LSC"). He renujved to IJrooklyn, N. Y., and subsequently engageij in the business of house franung. He is well known among the leading luiilders and contractors, who ajipreciate his skill as a work- man and honnr him for his integrity and honest dealing. BIOGUArriKAL SiKETCIIES. 113 In Is.'jS lio iiiun-icil ^[i.art. lie has furthermore taken sjiecial interest in all matters relating to the (Trand xVrmy, and out of his desire to ])erpetuate the record of the noble men, who in the hour of peril risked all for the integ- rity arid perpetuity of the Lnion, has grown the willingness with which lie has offered to serve them in any manner his time ami op|)(jrtimities would permit, i.if which the e\cnt h'.ue recorded is l)ut a siiiale illustration. IlKKiKArilli'Ar. SKKTrllES. 115 CAPTAIN MoirriMKi: IJVIN(;ST()X W;is li(_irn ill I>i'llii, 1 )cl:i\\;il'c ( 'u . nil ihr l wciitN -^ixtli ol' .Imiuku'V, ls;!7. lie is (•(iiiiicM-tt'il with tlic l.ivino-stons, (if ].ivinobtciii ]\raniir, iiuo of tlic (iMest :iiiil iiin.-t |iiMiiiiiicnt f:iinilics in the State. lie rc- nioved ^\■itll liis |Kircnts tuiSfW Vi.irk, wlicii a cliild, and was t'diirated ill the liest private scliouls in tlie rity. His military oilueatinn was acquired wiiile a nienilicr of tlie fainous Seventh Ret;a'iiient. In l''ehriiary, Isti^, lie enlisted as private in Conqiaii)' I, Fdurteentli K'ljinient New York Heavy Artillerv, for three yeai's. Ileiiartjei- |iated ill the "Sexi'ii Days" fii^ht," the hattles n{ Alitietaiii, I''reder- irksbiiri;-, ( 'liaiieellurs\ilk\ ( tetty.-.liiii-;^- | he lii>t a hrother in the latter eiiyayeiiH.'nt], Wilderness, S|Mjttsyl\ ania, KIcKidy Aniiie, Xnrtli Anna, Uethesda ('liiireh, Colli Ilarlxn', 'roloimtciniy and sieire of I'eters- \>\\rii. In .Inly, 1^04, ho was transferreil to the One Hundred and Third Regiinent New ^'iirk A'olniiteers, and coinniissioned Captain, lie aeeonipanied Shei'idan in his march up the Shenandoali Valley, and took part in the several skerniishes and eni^Mijcnients incident thereto. On the twenty-second of Fehniary, ISCi."), he re enlisted and was attached to the One Hundred and Sixth liei;-iment Xew York A^et- eraus. He was soon after detailed in charge of Barracks B at Hart's Island and remained there until mustered out of service, Alay 1, IbiOo. In 1st;:!, he married Miss ilaria Carter, of New York. They have si.\ cliildreii, viz. : Francis C, Moi'ij;aii Lewis, Katlierine M, Ilobert .1., Edward M. and Harold M. In "Novemher, ISGQ, he was appointed clerk in the warehouse department of the New York Naval OtKce. Ho has since been pro- moted throiii;h the several iji'ades to entry clerk. He was one of the charter members of Post 327. He is also a member of the Seventh Kegimeiit War Veterans, N. G. S. N. 1 . Captain Livingston served as a menibcr of the Relief Guard, during the Grant obsequies friim 11 i'. m., on the sixth of August, til 'J 1'. >r. on the seventh. CAPTAIN ALI'.EUT B. LINDSLEY Was born in Morristown, N. J., on the twentieth of October, 182y. He removed to Brooklyn in 1S4.5. On the eighteenth of August, ISOJ, he enlisted as private in G Company, One Hundred and Fifty-eighth Keginient New York \\jluntecrs, for three years; he was soon after promoted orderly .sern the eleventh of December following, he was com- lit) ltI()(;iJAl'incAL SKETCHES. iiiissioiK'cl Second Lieutenant, :inil on tlie tii'st of August, i^tt'.>, lie was promoted First Lieutennnt. lie was commissioned Captain of Company II Marcli 17, 1S(;."), i)ut lie was not mustered, lie was in the Second Division Eighteenth Army Corps, snhsequently consolidated with the Tenth, forming the Tweiitj'-fonrth (Jorps. He took part in several engagements on the James river, notaljly that of Clia]>in's Farm. Lieutenant Lindsley wns most of tlie time on detached ser- vice, acting as Fngineer of the lirigade. After the consolidation of the Eighteenth and Tenth with the Twenty-fourth Army Corps, his First Division was transferred to the Army of the Potomac. He subsecjuently took ])art in the siege and capture of Petersburg. Fort flregg was captured l>y the First Division, with which Lieutenant Lindsley was coniuHited. The same Division led the advance in the jnirsuit of Lee, and engaged him at Reeve's Station, and was jiresent at the surrender of Lee's army at Appomattox. Cajitain Lindsley was iniistercd out of service at Ilichmond. Va., June >«0, 1S6.5. He returned to Brooklyn, and not long after estaiJishcd the sash and blind business which he has siiuic continued. In 1S5(I, he married Sarah Ann White, of J^rooklyn. Tlu\v have four children, viz. : ('liarles A., (^lara A., Cornelia A. and Itobert W. The grandfather of Captain Lindsley was a .Major of Engineers in the war of the Revolution. His father was an officer and his uncle was Captain in the Morristown Rangers in the war of 1812. CAPTAIN THOMAS J. LINNEKIN Was born in Booth Ray, Mc., on the second of March, iS'.V.i, where lie resided until he was twelve years of age, when he engaged in a seafaring life. On the twenty-eighth of July, lSse. The landing party were protected by the tire from the gunboats, and succeeded in destroying a large amount of pro]ierty. r)n the thirteenth of June, l^.J, he was ordered to the command of the V. S. Ship Fearuot. lie was honorably discharged, with thethanksof the Department, on the ninth of December, isti.'i. On the twenty-eighth of February, 1nT8, he married .Miss Selena A. (Jranston, of Brooklyn, N. Y. Captain Linnekin formed one of the Ivelief Cruard that went up to Mt. ]\IcGregor during the (irant obse(iuies, and was on duty wdiile tlie remains lay in state at Albany, and at the City Hall, New- York. He also accom])anied them to Piverside. The father of Captain Linnekin was a soldier in the war of islii. 118 TSIOGEAPIIICAL SKETCHES. SERGEANT JOHN LOWE Was liiirn in Ireland on tliu twenty-liftli of NoveniliLT, 1S.')7. IIu came to America in IST)',*, and for a time resided in New York Cit^'. On the tiftli of September, is,')!!, lie joine7, his term of service having expired. For his fidelity and courage he received the highest commendations from his com- manding otticer, and th.ough serving only as a non-commissioned officer, he left a I'ccord of which he has just reason to feel proud. In 18tors, ]\[i'. Lippitt sharini;' with others the division of the prize money. Owiui;' to ill health he soon after resii;ned. Subsequently the C'immerone captured the steamer .Jupiter, and Mr. lji])pitt retui'iied on her to Philadelphia. In 1ST5 he removed to llrooklyn. For tlio last ten years he lias been connected with tlie lumber and planim;- mill known as the I'hienix. Mr. Lippitt was one of the thii'tei'ii members Lif tlie "Relief (tuard" who guarded the remains of (ieiiei'al (irant while lyini; in state at the Capitol in Albany and at the City Hall, ^.'ew York. lie is represented in Group 4 (pf portraits, composed of the members who guarded the remains on the nii;-ht bef(.ire the funeral. He, with ins comrades of Post ;>_'T, I'olloweil them to their final I'esting plari' on the stii of August. LIEUTENANT W.M. L. J.rDLlTM Was born in the city of New York on Marrh l.'>, 183."). Previous to the war he was engaged in business in liiehmond County. ( )ii August 21, lS(i2, he enlisted as private in Company 1!, One Hundred ami Thirty-second Peginient New York Infantry Volun- teers, for three years. He was ])romoted through the several grades of non-commissioned officers from Corporal to Sergeant- Major, and in fSCi-l: was Acting Second Lieutenant in command of tlie com- jiany. in May, 1SC>5. he was eommissioiHMl First Lieutenant, but never mustered. He was engaged with his regiment much of the time on (jutjiost dutv and scouting. He took ]iart in the tight at Pachelor's Creek, Feliruarv 1, lSr,L Jackson's MiU, N. ( '., Jiiiv L'l and 22, ISCA, South- west Creek. December 11, ISCL Kinston, N. ('., March S, 1» an., Myra T. and Susie M. Oil February !•, ISTO, lie was appointed in the A})praiser"5 I)e]iai'tuient, JS'ew York Custom House, and has since twice passed civil service examinations for ]ironiotion. each time standing Xo. 1 in the class. He was foj'mei-Iy a nii'inljci- of Post No. 71 (disbanded), of Rich- mond County, lie was a charter meml)er of Post '327. Jle served on the Relief (luard while the remains of General Grant lay in state at Albany on Angust 4, from 11 p. m. to 2 a. m. of the oth. at the City IJall, jS'ew York, Angust li, from 2 to 5 p. m., and (jn the Nth from 2 to .-> a. m. He accompanied the remains to River- side Park. FRANK E. ]\[ILLEP AVas boi'n in Hungary, June 27, 1n3.'). lie came to America in 18.57. On December 2, 1862, lie enlisted in Company P>, First Xew York (Lincoln) Cavalry. He took part in the battles of I'unker Hill, Winchester, Fisher's Hill, Ri-owirs (Taj), Piedmont, IMdunt Jackson, Cedar rs. During the latter engagement he was seriously wounded anil sent to tlie hospital, wliere he remainetl until he was mnstered ont of service, in July, 1.S6.5. In 1S71 he married Mary E. Olvany, of ^l'w York City. They have four children, \iz. : Josephine. Rita, Frances, and Rosa. He was one of the charter meml)ers of Post 327. He was ap[)ointed on the (irant Relief Guard, and served at Albany AuiTUst 4- and .">, and at New York. LOCKWOOD R. MAY Was born at Fairfield, Herkimer County, N. Y., on the twenty-first oi August, 1839. He was educated at the common school, and academy at that place, and taught school for a number of years. He entered the military service of the United States on the twen- ty-seventh of Angust, lStJ3, for three years, or during the war as a jirivate of Company X, Fifth Regiment N. Y. Heavy Artillery, lie was on attached duty at Elmira, N. Y., until the close of the war, in accordance with orders from the War Department, dated eighth of October, 186-1, and during its existence had charge of the records of the Depot for Prisoners of War. He was discharged KIuGKAPHlLAL ^K^:T^1IE^. 121 from military service at Elmira, _N. Y., on the fourth nf May, 1S65, lint remained tlicre in eiiaro'e of tlie records of tlie Draft TJendez- vons until Fehrnary. Isfl'!. when he was transferi'ed. togetlier with the records, to Alhany. X. Y.. to the Chief ^[usterinn' Otfiee for the State. He remained there until tiie office was abolished, in Decem- ber. ISfiT. He was in the Canal Department at Albany until ISTO. and wa.s afterwards connected with the Xintli F'edei'al Census, at Washington, D. ( "., until its coinpli-tion. He was for a few months in the office of the ('ouiptrnjler of the ('ui'reiicy, and in July, is"-', was a])))ointed ii: the 2Vaval ( )ffic-e. Custom House at Xew York, wliere he is still employed, at ]iresent (OctoVitM', 1S8.'>,) liolding the position as clerk of Chief of Division of Entrance .nul Clearance of Vessels. Mr. Mav was one of the charter members of Post .")'27. LIEUTENANT P.. A. McCORMICK Was born in BiMoklyn. X. Y.. April IS, 1841. Ho received a pre- paratory education at private schools and St. James Academy, of Brooklyn. He was graduated at St. Lawrence College, Montreal, Canada. In IS.Ti'J he entered the boot and shoe house of J. T. Whitehonse. and, with the exception of his absence in the army during the war, he has coiitiinied his C(jiinection with this house for a pei'iod of twenty-si.\' years. On the fourth of August, l^ril. he eidisted in Company E, Twen- ty-third Regiment New York State Militia, an, 1SS4. He has four children, viz. : James A.. William B., Sarah F. and Marv .\. 122 UIU&KAPHICAL SKKJCHKt;. TAPTAIX THOMAS MURPHY Wa« born in New ( )rle:nis. La., on the nintli of .lanuarv. 1>^4I. He removed with liis parents to New York, in 1S5;1 On the second of Aiiii'ust, 1861. lie enlisted as private in (t Com- pany, Thirty-seventh Ueoinient New York Volunteers, for two years. On the second of October followino;, while on picket dntv near Munson Hill, he was wounded in the neck and taken prisoner. He was coiitined in ]>rison at Richmond, and soon after removed to the hospital. On the seventeenth of March. 1S62, lie was paroled and soon after discharged under General Order 69. On the twelfth of August, he again enlisted and was commissioned First Lieuten- ant of Company A, One Hundretl and Sixty-thii'd Regiment New York Volunteers. He participated in the battle of Fredericksburg. In this engagement, the regiment was so badly cut up that the re- maining field and liiu! officers were mustered out of service, and the regiment consolidated with the Seventy-third New York Volunteers. Lieutenant Murphy then returned home. On the twenty-third of December following, he was appointed - patrolman of the fourth precinct Metropolitan Police, New York. In May, 18(!S, he was transferred to the nintli precinct, Bi-ooklyn. In 1S70, he was transferred to the ninth snb-preciect, and made roundsman. In 1>, ls;-!7, and after leaving school he engaged in the saw-mill business. On August 12, 1862. he enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and Seveiitieth Regiment New York \'iilunt,eers. for three years. He was engaged with his regiment in the siege of Suffolk, the Deserted House, and a,number of smaller actions. His regiment was afterwards attached to the Army of the Potomac, and he took part in the battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Bloody Angle, Xorth Anna. Betliesda Church. Cold Harbor, and the siege of Petersburg. On .June 16. in the first charge on Petersburg, he received two severe wounds. The tirst in the left shoulder, the ball passing through the shoulder, coming out at tlie lower part of the lilC)(.l;.\l'HIC Al. SKKllHKS. X'i'A back iR-ar the spinal coluniii. Almost at the same instant he was strnck bv another ball in the left wi-ist. nearly severino- the hand. He was sent to tlie General Hospital at DaAid's Island. Xew Yoi'k Harbor, where lie remained t'lH' nearly- .-ix ninnths. His woniids resulted in permanent disability, and ln' was h(innral)Iv discliaru-ecl December 12, ISfi-i. He soon after resumed his former dccupation, and for the last sixteen years he has been eonnectcMl with the Pollion Mills, corner (if Third and Bond streets, Brooklyn. In 1851.t he married Emma F. Ga^cine. of New ^'ork. since deceased, leayiug one cliild, named Charles ^I. ( )n duly 2. l.'^73. he married Miss Ellen Priestly, of New York, liy whom he has had three children, all liyinir, yiz. : Hiram, "Walter Cookman, and Sarah. SergeaTit Myers was one of tlie pioneers in the G. A. R. of tliis State. He was formerly a member of Sediiwick Post. No. 11. and line of the cliarter members of Post I-"!. In 1SS3 he joined Post .■)2T. He was selected as one of the adiliticmal or Belief Guards of 1."] to guard the remains of General (ii-ant while they lay in state at the City Hall, New \ ork. and with his comrades he accompanied the remains to Biyersidc. His poi'trait appeai-s in Group -t. •• Guai'd of Honor." JOHN E. MUBBA^" Was b(ii-n ill Ireland on May 1, 1S44. In early childhood he came with his parents to America and settled in Troy, X. Y., where he receiyed a good common school edncatidu. On August 12, 1861. being then but seyenteen years of age, he enlisted a? priyate in Conij)any E. Sixty-second Begiment New \ ork Yolunteei's, known as Anderson's Zouayes. The compan}' to which he was attached was raised in Tr'i\-. His regiment was attached tii Wheatun's P>rigade, ('i-(inch"> I)i\-ision, Sixth Arm}" Corps. This regiment was specially mentioned by General Plancock for its gallantry in tlie capture of Furt Magnider. ilr. Murray took part in the siege of Yorktown, the battles of Fair Oaks, Seyen Days' Figlit, Malyern Hill, Second l^ull Pun. Chantilly, South Mountain. Antietam. Fredericksburg. Marye's Heights. Salem Heights. Gettysburg, Bappahannock Station and Wilderness. At the latter place, while cai'rying the colors as corporal, he was struck by a minie ball in the right leg. He was conveyed to Canipl)ell Hospital at Washington and afterwards sent home. On August 1.5. 18*)J-. he was honorably discharged. \u> term df service having expired. He returneil to ci\il life and engagi'd as traveling salesman in a wholesale chitliing house. He was very successful, and saved money. In 1878 he estalilisher] the furniture business in Bi-ooklyn. under the firm name of ■!. E. Mui-rav i^- Cci. This has now a-rown \'24: BIORKAl'HHM. SKKT(-Hr>. to be one of the largest and most extensive estal)lishments in Kings County, the firm having a large store on Fulton street, corner of Elm Plaec, Brooklyn, occu])ving fourteen floors, and another in Brook- lyn, Eastern District. The firm does a business of upwards of i!^150,t-)00 a year. In 18(jy Mr. Murray married JMiss Sarali Moraii, of Iloosick Falls, ?<^ew York. They have five childi-en. viz.: "William. John. Eugene, Charles and Fanny. Mr. Murrav has al\va_ys taken an active interest in the G. A. li. affairs of Kings County, although, owing to his extensive business, he is not ahh; to devote much time to tliem. lie was formerly a member of Rankin Post, and was one of the charter members of U. S. Grant Post 3-21. LIEUT. ROBERT F. MACKELLAR Was born in Scotland on January 2-itli, lS. He came with his [parents to America in infancy. In April, 1861, he enlisted in ('oni]Kiny C, Tnirteenth N. Y. S. Militia as private for three uionths. .Vt the cx])iration of his term of service he eidisted in Company ^\, Forty-eighth Regiment New Y(jrk Volunteers, for three years as private: was immediatel}' appointed Fifth Sergeant, and afterwards Orderly Sergeant. He was subsequently commissioned Second Lieutenant, and in June, 1864, was pronjoted to First Lieuteiumt. He accompanied the Dupont-Shennau Expedition to Port Royal, S. ('., participating iu the capture of that place and of the Hilton Head fortifications. He also took i)art in the engagement at Port Royal Ferry, capture of Fort Pulaski, Ga., and burning of Bluffton, S. C, the capture of the batteries on Morris Island, and assault on Fort Wagner in (Charleston harbor. He was sul)sequei!tly ordered with his regiment to Florida and took part in the battle of Olustee. Returning with his regiment to ^'irgiiua he participated in the engagements at Fort Darling, Drury's BlulT, Bermuda Hundred. Cold Ilarbor, siege of Petersburg, Aline Ivxplosioii, l)ee[> Rottom, Strawberry Plains, Foster's Rlautation. and Newnuirket Heights. He resigned on October 6th. 186-t, in conse'quence of |)hysical disability. On November 5th, 1864, he married Marie Siuder. of Brooklyn. They have four children, viz. : Ida (Charlotte, Marion S., Emily and Gertrude. In 1871 lie (!sral)lisheii t]it> liusincss of monumental granite works in Brooklyn. Lieutenant .MacKellar was one ui the thirteen rejjresentatives of Post :>2T who Composed the " IJody Giuird '" having. charge of the remains of General Grant at Mount McGregor, the Cajjitol at Albanv, and the Citv Hall. New York, and Riverside Park. bkXtRapiiicai. skktchks. 12£ THOMAS MFRRAY Was burn in IivUind on March 1:!, Ls4(;. \lv cciniv to Anierica in i-hildhood. with his parents, and sctth-d in New York Citv. On August il, 18H2. he enlisted as ])i'ivate in Oimipanv K, ( )ne Hundred and Thiity-tirst lieii'inient New York A'olunteers. for tliree years or the war. He aceonipanied Baulcs' e.xjiedition to Louisiana, heing attaclied at the time to Dwight"s Bri- gade, Second Division, Ninteentli Ai-niy Corps. He took part in all the engagements, at Ii'ish Bend, Vermillion Bayou, the siege and iiiial ca]itui-e of Port Hudson from May 27 to July S, Morganzia Bend, and Oox's Plantation. He went with his regiment to Donaldson ville, thence to Brashear City. Tt had been reduced b}' losses to about 25<) men. He afterwards returned with his regiment to Virginia and tonk part in the battle of Winchester, Septeiuber 19, 18(14, where he was Wdunded in the right liip. He was sent to Chestnut Hill Hospital, where he remained for several weeks. He was mustered nut at the expiration of his term of service, on July 20, 18r>.">. Ill 1869 he married Miss Catherine Lowrey, nf New York. They have six children, viz. : Elizalieth, James, Thomas, Margaret, j\[ay, and Agnes. He removed to Brooklyn in l88o, and lirst joi?ied Devin Post 148, G. A. R. He joined Post :')27 the pi-esent yeai-. During the Orant obsequies he served as a member of the " Relief (-iuard," first at AlbaTiy on the Second Relief, August o, under coninnmd of Adju- tant Price. He continued on duty at intervals until the closing ceremonies at Rivei'side on Auirust S. SECOND LIEPTENANT FRANK S. M 1 DDl.EHRooK Was iiorn at Wilton. Eairfiehl iMunty, ( 'nnnccriciit, .\pril 11, 1841. He came to New Y'ork in ls.'>7 and engaged in business. (.)n July 11, IStlii, lie enlisted as a ])rivate in Company F, Seven- teenth Connecticut Volunteers, for thi-ei' yeai's or the war. He was an eye witness of the battle of Fi'edericksbni-g, his regiment being held in reserve. He afterwards took |)art in the battles of Chancellorsville. Aldie, Gettysliurg and Ilagerstown. He was then oi'dered with his regiment to the support of General Gillmore in South Carolina. He took part in the engagement at Morris Island, the siege of Forts Sumter and Wagnei-, Pocataligo and Secession- ville, the attack on James and John's Islands, and sulisequently in the battles of Olustee and Braddt>ck"s Plantation, Florida. He was mustered out of service at New Haven. Coini.. August 8, 1865. He was promoted to Corporal of Company F, to Sergeant l\rajoi- 126 BIOORAPHICAL SKETCHES. of the Hegiinent, and in 1805 was comuiibsiuued Second Lienteii- ant, but never mustered. On June IS, 1SG7, he married Miss Helen Proctor, of New York. They liave two living children, having lost three. The names of the living are William 11. and Edward P. Mr. iliddlehruok joined Post 327 in 18S5. During the obsequies of General (Irant he served as a member of the " Relief Guard " at Albany, August 4, from .") to s p. m. ; on the 5tli at 8 a. m.; in New York on the .")tli from S to 11 i-. ji.; on the (ith from 11 p. M. to 2 A. M. of the 7th, and from 8 to 11 a. At.; also from 11 p. M. on the 7th to 2 a. m^ on tlie 8th. He accompanied the remains to Riverside Park. . CHIEF ENGINEEPt GEORGE WALLACE MELVILLE, U. S. N., One of the survivors of the ill-fated Jeannette expedition, was born in New York City, January 10, 1841. He was educated at the public schools and tiie ''Christian Brothers"* School, of Brooklyn. His practical knowledge of steam engineering was acquired at the iron works of James IJinn, of Brooklyn. At the breaking out of the war he had not reached his majority. He offered his services to the Government, and, after e.xamination, received the appoint- ment of Third Assistant Engineer in the LTnrted States Nav}', July 30, 1861. From the date of his appointment up to the present time he lias served respectively on the Michigan, Dacotah, SaTitiago de Cuba, Watchussett, Torjieilo Boat No. (1, Maumee, Chattanooga, Tacony, Penoi)scot, Lancaster, Tigress (Polar cruise), Tennessee, Jeannette (Polar cruise), and Thetis (Polar cruise). He was pi-omoted Second Assistant Engineer December 18, 1862; First Assistant Engineer, July 25, 1865; reconmiissioned Past Assistant Engineer, July 25, 1866 ; commissioned Chief Engineer, March 4, 1880, with rank of Lieutenant Commauder. He served on the Dacotah at the beginning of the war with C'aptain J. P. Kinstry and Admiral Goldsboro, of the North Atlantic Blockading squadron. He particijiated in the shelling of SewePs Point and capture of Norfolk, the destruction of the rebel ram Merrimac, clearing of the batteries on the James River, also in the shelling of Fort Darling. The fleet remained on the James River and covered the retreat of McClellan from tlie Peninsula after the Seven Days' Fight. Soon after the capture of New Orleans the Dacotah was the bearer of despatches to Admiral Farragut to [iroceed up the Mississijipi River, and the ship then joined the outside blockade of the North Atlantic fleet. Engineer Melville was taken sick with typhoid fever and sent ashore at Key West, where he renuuned for about three months. He was then GEORiiF. \V. Ml.IAMLLE. Chikk EmjIM-KJ.- I'. S. N. hiu<;i;afhi(_'al skkiches. 127 ti-;uisfern;d to tlie Smitia^u dt- ('nl)a. and ordi'i-ed to i-ejioi't to AdiniralAVilkes for duty in the Admiral's tiert, in (lie West Indies, known as the Flying Squadron. In lSt;i;3, Mr. Mei'vilk' returntMJ to I'liila.deipliia uii the Waclius- sett, and fitted lier for a cruise on the eoast of Brazil, to wateh the rebel cruisers. Tlie Waeliussett captured tlie Confederate steamer Florida in the liari>oi'of i'ahia, I'razil. and returned with hei- pi'i/.e and crew to llamjiteiu Roads, Va. Mr. Melville then volunteered for service in Admiral Porter's t(jr])edo fleet, in the inland waters <){ North Carolina. He was assigned to Torjiedo Boat No. li. He participated in the capture of Foi-t Fisher, and in clearing the lower waters of Cape Fear River of torpedoes and obstructions as far as Wilmington, N. C. after wliidi he wa transferred to the steamer Mauuiee. Captain James I'ailcer. When Petersl)urg was captured the Manmee was in service on the .lames Rivei-, and was one of the lirst, if not f/>ij first, vessel to (fnter Kiidmiiiud after its capture. Mr. Melville was soon aftei' transferred to rlie steamer ('liatta- nooga, and thence to the Tncoiiy, Cajitaiii Francis C. Rowe. The Tacou^• was oh service in the diilf of Mexico y the Mexican authorities. Captain Rowe joined in the [)rotest against the execution of that unfortunate officer. The Tacony WhS soon tifter order(!il t.> Pensacola, Fla.. where the crew were stricken with yellow fe\cr, and the ship was oriU-red to i'ortsmotitli, N. II.. where she wi'iit out of eotmnissioii. Mr. Melville was then ordereil lo the i'eiiob.scot. Captain Thomas Eastman, and made a cruise to the West Indies. The crew of this •ship were also stricken with yellow fever, and she was ordered out of commission. Mr. Melville was then ordered to the Lancaster, Captain Trencliard (this being the flag ship of Admiral Lanman). and made a cruise to Brazil. After a threi' years' cruise he was on dutv at the Navy Yard, Philadeliihia. When the news of the loss of the Polaris, of Flail's Artie Exjie- ditioii, was received, volunteers for a relii-f ex|iedition were called for by the (Tovernnieut. 'I'he >hip Tigress was purchased by the Government for this purpose. Captain .lames (ieer, I . S. X., was assigned to the command, and Mr. Melville aceom]ianied her a? (_!hief Engineer. The voyage «as made from New York to Rife Boat Cove"(tlie winter i)uaVtea-s of Dr. Kaiiei in the unprecedented time of thirty days, after which a tlioroug4i search was made on both sides of' Baffin's Bay and among the whalemen for tidings of the Polaris' crew. Being satislied from the records discovered, and from information obtained from natives, that the Polaris' crew had been rescued by whalers, the Tigris returned by way of Newfound land to New York, and Mr. Melville reported for duty at the Phil- adelphia Navy Yard. In May, is'l-f, he joined Admiral Reynolds' tiag-shii) Tennessee, commaiuied by Captain Low, U. S. ,\'.. and made a cruise to China 12s r.lu(,i;Al-Hl( AL SKETCHES. and .hipaii. I'etnniino' to Kew York in 1878; lie was then ordered to duty at the Navy Yard, League Island, Philadelphia. In 187s the steamer Jeannette was purchased by James Gordon Bennett, proi)rietor of the New York Herald, and sent to Mare Island Navy Yard, ('al.. wliere she was thoroughly overhauled and fitted for a p<.>iar expedition. Officers of the IT. S. Navy, bv jierniission of the (-rovernment, volunteered for the expedition, and Lieutenant Geo. W. DeLong was apjiointed to the connnand. Mr. Melville had previously sei'ved with DeLong- on the Lancaster, and was requested bv him to volunteer for the expedition as Chief Engineer. He joined the .leanette in May, 1879, and in July following sailed from Sau Francisco for the Polar regions. On September 4th of that year the ship was beset in the ice to the northward and eastward of Hei-ald Island, and after drifting for abont twenty-two months in the ])ack, was finally ciMished between the immense floes, five hun- dred miles from the coast of Siberia, in latitude 77° 15' N. and longi- tude 155° 50' E. It was during this long and dreary drift in the ice tliat the happy opjmrtunity offered for Melville to first unfurl their expeditioiuuT flag with honor, and make the fii'st huuling on new territory. The following extract from the printed junrnal of Lieutenant-Com- numder DeLong speaks for itself : Exti act from the Journal of Lkiiletiaitl-Coinmaiider DeLong. 1881, .Time 5tli, Siiuday * * * * * Cruise of the " Jeannette. " The party lauded on the island on Thursday. .June 2d (Friday. June 3), hoisted our silU flag, took possession in the name of the Great .Jehovah and the United Stales of America, and, agreeably to mj- orders, named it Henrietta Island. They built a cairn, and jilaced within it the record which I sent willi them, and made as much examination of the island and search for vegetation as their limited stay would permit. The island is a desolate rock, surmounlcd liy a snow cap which feeds several discharging glaciers on its east face. Donekies nestling in the face of the rock is the only signs of game. A little moss, some grass, and a handful of rocks were brought back as trophies. The clifl's are inaccessible because of their steepness. The ice between the ship and the island is something frightful. Koad digging, ferrying and its attendant loading and unloading, arm brtykiug hauls, and panic stricken dogs, made their journey a terribly severe one. Wear the island the ice was all alive, and Melville left his boat and supplies, and carrying only a day's provisions and his instru- ments, at the risk of his life, went through the terrible mass, actually dragging the dogs, which, from fear, refused to follow their known leaders. If this persistence in landing upon this i.slaud, in spite of the superhuman dif- ficulties lie encoiuitered, is not reckoned a brave and meritorious action, it will not be from any failure on my part to make it known. * * * * ^ ( >ii .liiiii' ]'■',. issi, tive days after the ship sank, DeLong and his jiarty commenced their retreat across the nioving ice of the Arctic Oci'an towards the coast of Siberia, the Lena Delta being tlie point of destination. Owing to the disability of tlie two line officers, l>ietitenants Chipp and Danenliower, who were next in command to DeLong, Engineer Melville was placed in command of the entire working force, which was engaged in transporting sleds and pro- visions, until the arrival of the party at Bennett Island. The party was then divided into three boats' crews; Lieutenant DeLong took luociUArmcAi. *Ki;irHT->. 129 command of tlie first cutter. Lieutenant Cliipp. luivino; recovered from liis illness, was placed in command of the second Cutter, and En.sinecr Melville the whalehoat. The instructions i;iven hv DeLong to Ciiipp and Melville were that if an unavoidable sejiaration should take ]ilace, the destination of each should Ije the noi-tlieast point (Ca])e Bai'kin i of the I.i'iia Delta. DcLong and Melville reached there on Septemlier 17. at widely different ]ioints however, nearlyone hundred and fifty niilc.^ di.-,tant from each other. Lieu-' tenant Chipji's boat was lost during' a heavv gale on the niijht of September 12. 1881. Engineer Melville, after securing the safety of his own jiarty. commenced the search for DeLong. A-lthough suffering severely from the effects of frost bite, and hardly able to stand up, he made a journey i.if thirty days' duration in the dead of winter, and con- tinued the searcli until all traces of his companions were lost. He followed the trail for a distance of si.xtv miles, but DeLonc: and his party had crossed and recrossed a branch of the Lena River until their trail was lost, and the heavy snows had obliterated every mark and footprint. Although failing to find DeLong, he secured the log books. pa]iers. and chronometer of the party, which had been cacheif on the shores of the Arctic Ocean, ami three written records of I)eLong"s. giving definite information of his whereabouts and condition. Melville crost.eil and recrossed a mountainous range, .i.OOt) feet above the sea level, in the months of December and January, with a tejnj)eratiire as low as minus 72' Fahrenheit, in his journey to Yakutsk, for the purjxtse of securing the assistance of the Russian ofticials anil renewing the search in the spring. In the spring of 1S.S2 the searcli was renewed by Melville and his party, and after a long and tedious journey the bodies of liis //' — As U) "Uie tjciH r;il coiKiucl ami iiR'iils nf t:icli anil all Ibe officers and men of the expeiiilion :" There is eonclnsive evidence thai aside from trivial difficulties, such as occur on shipboard, even under the most favorable circumstances, and which had no influence in brinsio.i; about the disasters of the expedition and no pernicious effect upon its general conduct, every officer and man so conducted himself that the court finds no occasion to inii>ute censure to any member of the part}-. In view, then, of the long and dreary monotony of the cruise, the labors and privations encountered, the disa]ipointment consequent upon a waul of important results, and the uncertainty of their fate (and apart from a natural desire to tread lightly on the graves of the dead), the general conduct of the pirmnnet of the expedition seems to have been a marvel of cheerfulness, good fellowship, and mutual for- liearance, while the constancy and endurance with which they met the hardships and dangers that beset them entitle them to great praise. Beside the mention already made, however, special commendation is due Lieu- tenant-Commander DeLoug for the high qualities displayed by him in the con- duct of the expedition. To Chief Engineer Meville for his zeal, energy, and pro- fessional aptitude, which elicited high encomiums from his commander, and for his subsequent efforts on the Lena Delta, and to Seamen Mindeman and Sweet man for service, which induced their commander to recommend them for medals of honor. Soiiio I if the ffieml.'s of tlif (lecea.'sed fxplofers were iiitilei- tlio iiiipre.^sioti tliat itiipDftMiit faets liad hecii suppressed, ami at tliuir earnest sdlicitation a Ccnigi'es.^ioiial investigation was ufiiei'ed. Engi- neer ^[elville and the utiier survivors were suininoned tn ap)ie;ir. and after a most tiioronoh and .searciiing in\ estioatioii hy tlie Con- i!;ressional Coinniittee, the report of the Navy l^epartiueiit was fully contirmed. About tliis time atinther expedition was sent out in .Search of Lieut. Greel\ and liis party, and Chief Eiii;-ineer Melville was assii^ned to tlie tlao-ship Thetis, coniniainied l>y (\ipt. AViiifield S. Schley. The expedition was successful, and Lieut. (4reely and the survivors of his party, six iti iitind)er. niiu'teeii haviny died, were rescued from their perilous position just as they had j^iveii up all hopes of being rescued. In 1884 Mr. Melville was assigned dtdy as Cual Inspector of the United States Navy at the port of New York. Mis unfortunate experience has not damped his ardor or weakened his faith in the ultimate success KKT(I1KS. 131 JOHN P. NEWCOMB Wiis horn in Pittstown. Runssehier coniitv. N. V.. nn rlie fuiirth i.f January, 1S43. In 1S59 he ran away from licunc anil jnincd the Second U. S. (Javah-y, remainina; in service tnr one year, wlien lie was discharged under tlie " Baijy Act." He returned home in 1860, and on the nineteentli of Ajiril, ISOl. lie enlisted in Company F, Second Regiment Xew York Yolnnteers for two years as private. He participated in the battles of Big Bethel, Fair Oaks, Seven Days' fight. Savage Station, White Oak Swam]!. Charles City Cross Roads. Glendale, Malvern Hill and Second Bull Run. At the latter place he was cajitureil by the Eleventh Virginia (,'avah-y and paroled on the field. He \\as sent to ditferent ])oints, and finally exchanged at Columbus, ( )., and returned to his regiment at Falmouth, ^'a., in January. 1863. He afterwards took part in the battle iif Chancel- lorsville. He was mustered out of service with his regiment on the fourteenth of May, Is63, at Tro}', X. Y. On the twenty-third of August following he enlisted as private in I) Company. Twenty- first Xew York (.'avalry for three years, or during the war. He was soon after promoted Sergeant. He participated in the battles of Bunker Hill, AVinchester, Fisher's Hill, Brown's Gap, Piedmont, Mount Jackson, Cedar ('reek, Xineveh. Five Forks and .^aihirs" Creek, besides a number of skii'inishes. In 186.5 he went with his regiment to (Colorado, to I'elieve other volunteer regiments. He was mustered out of service on tlie sixth of July, 186(), at Denver, Colorado. In 1866 he was appointed patrolman on the Police Depai-tmeiit ar Troy, X. Y. On the second of August, 1.^66, he married Miss Sarah Burchard, of Troy. X. Y. Thev have two children, viz.: John A. and Mai-y O. In April, ISTH, he was appointed patrolman oti the Brooklyn Police Department, and in (Jctober following lie was transferi'ed to the Mounted Squad. Mr. Xewcomb, as one of the Relief Guard on General Grant's remains, was oti duty at Albany August 5, at Xew York on the 7th. from 8 toll p. m., on the detail of David A. Pitcher. CAPTAIN HERBERT C. NEWELL Was born in Cambridgeport, Mass., on the first of November, 1843, and removed to Framingham, Mass., when a child, where lie resided at the breaking out of the war. On the twenty-fifth of July, 1862, he enli.sted for three years as private in Company II, Thirty-second Regiment Mas>acliusetts Vol- 132- BIOGKAPHICAI, SKETCHES. unteers, and was soon after promoted Corporal. He was attached to the First Division, Fifth Army Corps. He participated iu the bat- tles of Antietam, Fredericksbui-o;, Cliancellorsville, Gettysburg, Rap- pahannock Station and Mine Run. In November following he was ordered by the Secretary of War to report to General Banks at New Orleans, with a view to an appointment in the Corj5s d'Afrique. On the twenty-second of April, 1864, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant, and assigned to Company H, Sevent3'-si.xth U. S. Colored Infantry at Fort Hudson. After remaining at that place for some months his regiment was ordered to liarrancas, Fla., and thence to Mobile. Fie soon after took part in the battle of Blakelee. He then accompanied his regiment up the Alabama river, and returned soon after to Mobile, wdiere he remained until June, 1865, and was ordered to Shrevesport, La. Continued at the latter place for about nine months, and was then ordered to New Orleans. On the tenth of August, 1865, he was promoted to First Lieu- tenant, and on the sixth day of October, 1865, was commissioned Captain. On the thirty-tirst day of December, 1865, he was mus- tered ont of service with his regiment. In 1866 he removed to New York and entered the hou.'^e of H. B. Claliin & Co. In 1877 he established the manufacturing station- ery business under the firm name of Oberly A: Newell, located at present at 132 Cliureh street. In 1870 he married Clara C. Osgood, of Framingham, Mass. They have live children, viz. : Edgar G., Bertha L., Herbei-t C. Jr., John O. and Clifford C. " . . Captain Newell, as a member of U. S. Grant Post 327. composed one of the body guard while the remains of General Grant lay in state at Albauv and in New York Citv. I AMES C. ORK Was born in New York City on December 1 7. 1S35, and was educated at the public schools. On August 29, 1862, lie enlisted as private in Company G, Twenty-first New Jersey Volunteers. He took part in the battles of Fredericksburg and Cliancellorsville, during the latter engage- ment lie was captured by the enemy and sent to Belle Island prison, where he remained for about a month. He was mustered out of service with his regiment June 19, 1863, as corporal. In 186-1 he married Miss Louisa Bianil, of New York City. They have four living children, viz. : Ella. James S, Charles Frederick, and Louisa. The maternal grandfather of Mr. Orr served in the w^ar of 1812. Mr. Orr is a member of Lincoln Lodge, No. 126, I. O. O. F., of Kniglits of Pythias Lodge, No. 32, and of Am:u-aiith Council, No. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 133 461, Eoyal Arcanum. He was one of the charter menil)ers of Post 327. He served on the "Eelief Guard" while the remains of General Grant lay in .state at Albany, and was attached to Adjutant George A. Price's iletail. Second Relief, August 5. He continued to serve at intervals until the closing ceremonies of August S, and accompanied the remains to their final resting place at Riverside. WILLIAM OSBORNE Was born in Cutchogue, Long Island, April 1, lS-13. He removed to Plattsburg, New York, where he commenced the study of law. On August 20, 1802, he joined the t)ne Ilumlred and Twenry-sev- entli Regiment New York Volunteers as lu'ivatc in (Nuniiany H., commanded by Stewart L. Woiidft)i'd. lie was enniHcd for three years or during the war. He took part in the siege of Suffoll;, Va., the jnirsuit of Longstrect, operations against Richmond under Gen- eral Keyes on the Peninsula, Army of the Potomac ojjerations from Williamsport until the middle of August, operations of General Gillmore at Fi.illy, Coles and Morris islands, South Carolina, 1S63, to April, ISOi, in the batteries against Charleston and forts in (!harles- ton harbor until October, lS6-i, battle of Deveaux's Neck, Pocata- ligo, and Honey Hill, Decendier 29, engagement near Charleston and Savannali Railroad February, 1865, skirmish at Edisto River. South Carolina. The regiment was most of the time attached to Schemmelpfening's Brigade, Gordon's Division, and Tenth and Twenty-second Army Corps. Mr. Osborne was among the fortunate ones who came througli the war unscathed. He was honorably dis- charged June 30, 1865. At the close of the war he returned to Plattsljurg, N. Y., and went from there to Wisconsin. In 1868 he removed to Brooklyn, where in 187S he liecame established in the tish business. On April 15, 187tt, he married Miss Emma "Woodruff, of Mineral Point, Wisconsin, a native of Plattsburg, N. Y. They have one child named Joseph Ashbey. Mr. Osborne was formerly a member of Devin Post 148, G. A. R. In 1884 he joined Post 327. He was one of the first sent to Mount McGregor to guard the remains of General Grant, and served as a member of the " Relief Guard " at Albany under Adju- tant Price, from 5 to 8 a. m.. August 5. 134 UIOOKAI'HKAL SKKTCHES. GEORGE G. PEAVEY Was born in the city of Troy, N. Y., on the lifteenth of Janniiry, 18-1:1. After receiving a fair education, he entered the printing business. At tlie breaking out of the war lie had not reached liis majority. He enlisted in Company H, First New Hampshire V^olunteers, on the twenty-foui-tli of April, 1S61, for three months. At the expiration of his term of service, he joined Company B, First New York (Lincoln) Cavalry, on the si.xteenth of August, 18G1. He was honorably discharged on the thirty-first December, 1863, at Charlestown, Va., and on the first of JaTiuarj-. 1864, he re-enlisted as a veteran volunteer. He served with the Army of the Potomac until after the battle of Antietam, and was then transferred to the Department of West Virginia, under command of General Kelly. He .subsequently served under Generals Millroy, Siegel and Hunter, and in the Valley, under Generals Averill and Shei-idan. Was chief of scouts for A. A. G. Watkins, under (Tcnerals Seward, Lightbourn, and Col- onel Cole. When serving as scout in the mountains near Ilom- ney, W. Va., in October, 1S62, he received a gunshot wound in the right ankle, and in May, 1864, was wounded in the right breast and hand. He was taken to a private house, from which he was soon after driven by the " rebs." He walked to Harper's Ferry, and found his regiment. He was honoraI)ly discharged July 7, 1865. On the sixth of April, 18G5, he married Miss S. H. Van Vacter, who nursed him at her mother's lionse in the Shenandoah Valley, whei-e he lay suffering from his wound. They have foui' childi-en, viz. : Georgie E., Chai'les A., Koliert W., and Frank A. Mr. Peave}' served on the Relief Guard August 5, while the remains of General Grant lay in state at the City Hall, New York, and on the sixth he served from 11 a. m. to 2 p. m. On the seventh he served on the detail of David Pitcher, from 8 to 11 p. m. CAPTAIN HENRY PRATT Is descended from an old and well-kut)wn family of that name who settled in Chelsea, Mass., early in the seventeenth century. His paternal grandfather was an officer in the revolutionary war, and his great-grandfather was one of the famous " Boston Tea Parti/.^' Both his paternal and nuiternal ancestors fought in the French War, in the War of the Revolution, and in the War of 1812. His fatlier, who is now eighty-nine years of age, served in the War of 1812. Captain Pratt was born in Chelsea, Mass., on the sixteenth day of August, 1838. He remained in his native town until 1852, when he removed to New York City and became connected with the Hud- Klni.K-AlMlli \ I, >l< F'r< UK' son River liailroaij Company. At tin- lnvakiiii;- out of the war he iinniediately severed hifi coiuiecliou with the rompaiiy and oti'ereil liis services in defense of tiie riiii.ni. (>n the niiieteciith of April, ISlil, he enlisted as private in ('oni|iaiiy (i, Twelftii liei;inient New York State jMilitia for tliree months. At the expiration of his term of service he enlisted in Company A, Eii;'hty-ninth Rei;'iment New York Volniitccrs, for thivr years, and in Septeml)er followini; was commissioned First Lieutenant. In -Tanuai'V. iSt'ii;, he acrom- panied the Burnside Ex]ieditiun to North Carolina and touk ])art in the engaii-enient at Camden. His reji'iment was sidisequently ordered to Washintjton and sent in jiursuit of Lee at Frederick City, ^L]. His reii'iment iit this time was attached to the First Lriifade, Third Division, and Ninth Army Corps, lie ti.iok part in the hattlesof South ^fountain and .\iitierani. Durino- the latter eni;aii-e- ment Lieutenant I'ratt was ^llot ihrouLth the tln'nh and returned home on sick leave. Li Octoliei-, lS(r_', duriui;- his illness, he was. comndssioned Captain, and on tlu' tenth of L)ecendifr followinij; he joined Ids regiment and piarticipatcd in the hatth-of l''i-e(lerick.ahannock I'iver in pontoon iioat>, was made everv man of the Eighty-ninth wanted to gn. luit only eighty men, together with four otKccr.- wcrr peianittnl to attempt the hazardous undertaking. The coi-[)s of engineers had |H-eviously made two attempts to hiy the bridge, and failed, iiwiug to the mur- derous tire of the rebel sharpsho(jtrrs. This iTgiment crc^is.sed and drove the sharpshooters froTii ^helrci-. and thus enabled the engineers to complete the bridge. Captain Pratt's wound had not .-utiicieiitly healed, and the expo.--- lire lirought on a relapse, which incapacitatcil hini foi- further ser- vice and he was obliged to resign. In ISO?, he married Adine F. Kdgcrly of Somer\ ille, ^Ll.~>. They have two living children, viz. : Juliel and Harry. Li 1S65 he i-enioved we.-t. where lie engaged in railroad busines.- until LS7S. when he i-eturned to Xcw 'i ork and liecanii' (-(jnuected with the Michigan ('entral R.ailroad ('dUjpany. of which he is now Treasurer. JAMES i;, l'i;lX(iLE Was born in Brooklyn .lunc l'^. ist-f,. Ten ycar> later, on the the death of his |iarcnts. he removed to .\i-w York City. On Septendjer 4, ISHi'. he enlisted a- |ii-i\afc in I'.aftery L, 'i'hird .\ew York Light Vohinteer .\rtillery \'uv three years or during the war. He was sent to Fort llainilton, thence to .Moreheail City. N. C, where the rei^dment w.as stationed. 13<1 lUOrxKAPHICAL SKETCHES. The first engagement of the regiment was at Old Ford, and subsequently at Goldsboro, where the battery did effective service. almost annihilating a rebel regiment which was driven back by well-directed tire, with a loss of over three hundred dead and wounded, without the aid of infantry. During this engagement an incident occurred which illustrates the friendly feeling that existed between the Ninth New Jersey and the Tliird Artillery. A JFassachusetts chaplain asked a wounded Battery B soldier if he was supported l)y Providence in this trying hour. " No, by G — d," he said, " we ai-e supported by the Ninth New Jersey." Another incident worthy of mention is i-elated of Battery B while in camp at St. Helena Island, near Port Royal. The General in command had issued a barrel of commissary whisky for the sick of B ('ompaiiy. The Captain placed it in the back part of his tent for •safety. One day a certain clique were observed to be growing hila- rious. Great was the mystification. No inquiries at first sufficed to discover where or how the potent liquid was obtained. At length the orderly sergeant found it out. It was noticed that among tiic toasts offered on the sly among the men, one was exceedingly l>opulai- and occasioned much merriment : "Here's to the tent with the barrel in it!" Then the truth came out. One day a few of the men had taken one of the luickets from the guns. A picket went around in trout of the Captain's tent. When the Captain (lro])ped asleep, at a signal a slit was made in the back of the tent. The barrel was tapped with a gimlet, and a pailful of the precious contents drawn off. The liole was plugged, and the initiated gathered in an appointed tent to drink the health of their officers and the tent with a barrel in it. < )ii April 1, ISCo, the regiment was ordered to Folly Island, and on the loth of -Inly following commenced siege to obtain posses- sion of one end of Morris' Island. This was accomplished on Sep- tember 6th. In the middle of November General Foster ordered the battery to co-operate with Sherman. On the 29th the battery arrived at Boyd's Neck, and the next day started for Grahamville or Honey Hill, where it had eight or ten hours' hard fighting. In that engagement Mr. Pringle had a horse shot under him and was him- self wounded in the thigh by a nn'nie ball, which laid him up for four weeks. On January 9 or 10, 18G5, there being no cavalry on this expe- dition, Colonel YanWyck, of the Twenty-fifth Ohio Infantry Regiment, came to Battery B camp and wanted six meri to act as scouts on a secret expedition. Among those selected was Mr. Pringle. They got on board of a boat and went about fifteen miles up Stono River, where they had to jump the horses off' the boat and drive them ashore. Then the scouting commenced and the instructions given as to what was required. In about two hours after starting they had a skirmish with rebel pickets, and drove them back to a cross-road, where three of the battery men BIOciRAVHICAI. SKETCHKS. 137 lieli-l them in check, while tlie other tliree, witii the Colonel, went the other route. After leavino; the first i-oad for al)out a mile, the Colonel ijave the order in a lonii vciirr : "Infantry deploy skir- mishers and eavalrv charge I" In dashini;- down the road they came npon the reljels di'ivinj; helter-skelter out of the hreastwoi'ks, they leaving two gnus in our ])ossessi(in. The reliels nnnihered about twenty, and we surprised them hy taking them in the rear, and the three battery-men and the Colonel held the works — Mr. Pringle being one of this party — and held it nnfil the infantry came up five or ten nnnutes later — dismounted one gun. throwing it into a (iitcli. and bi'inging the others into camp. On February 2S, 1805. the regiment entered Charleston. On May 1, ^li'. Pi'ingle and fourteen others, under the command of Lieu- tenant Breck, of Battery B, went on an exjiedition to Colundjia, 8. C, and returiu'd May 27. with (-JoveiMior Mctirath a close prisoner. Private Pringle was mustered out of service at Syracuse, j*\. Y., July lo, 1S()5, by reasctn of termination nf hostilities. The follow- ing is a list of the engagements in which he ]iarticii>ated : Rawle's Mills, N. C, Novendier '2. ISCl^ ; Deep Gully, December 11 : Southwest Ci-eek, Decend)er 13 ; Kingston, Decendjer 14 ; White- hall, December IC); (roldsboi-d, I )ecember 17; Sealjrook, S. C. June 18, 1808: liombardment < ; Morris Island, August 22 to 30; liombardment of Fort Sumter, Novendier 2 to .5 ; battle of John's Island, February 1 and July 9. ISG-l ; Honey Hill, Ga.. Novendjcr 3t) ; Pocatal'igo, S. C. J'ulyS; James' Island. July 9 ; Ashapoo, February 8, 18()."). On September 4, 186.-), just three years from the date of his discharge from the army, Pringle joined Company H, Eighth Regi- ment N. G. S. N. Y., aiid with his regiment took part in the Orange riots in New Y'oi'k City and the i-ailroad riots at Syracuse. He served nine years: part of the time as corporal, sub.sequently a.s sergeant. He then joined Company D, of the same regiment as private. After completing his term of service be removed to Brooklyn. He joined Post 327 in 18S3. During the Grant obsequies he was* aiijiointed one of the Relief Guard, and served as Sixth Relief August o, at AU.anv; First Relief. City Hall, New York, same day; First, Fourth and' Sixth Relief, August i\ and on the Seventh Relief August 7, from >i to 11 v. m., under the com- mand of David A. Pitcher. .Mr. i'ringle's portrait appears in Group 4. 188 BIOGRAPHICAi. SKETCHED. JACOB POWLES Was li(irn in New York (itv imi .liilv 2. I^.'!7. IIu at'tf rw:ird.-- n'iii(i\(Ml to Iji'ooklyii. On Aimnst 12, lst)2. \iv cnli^tud in ('dinpanv 11, Fi)i-ty-uiglitl] Regiiiieiit New York \ nhintct'i-s, for three years. He joined the regiment at Fort j-'ulaski, and went from there to Hilton Head, S. (I., took pai't in the capture of Moi'ris Island, and in the night attack on Fort Wagner. The i-egiment wa.* reduced l)y lo.s.se.s from (ion t(i aijont 15(», and wa.s sent to St. Aiign.sfine, Fhi., to recruit, and thence to Palatka. ^Ir. Powles took part in the hatfle nf Olnstee, and then i-eturned with liis regiment to V^irginia ; took part in tlie battles of Bernnuhi llun(h'ed and Cold Harbor. Dur- ing the latter engagement he wa.s wounded in tlie thigh, which forced a pocket knife into tlie leg. He was sent to White House Landing, thence to I'inley Hospital. AVashington, and was afterwards ti-ansferred to the Ladies' Home Ho.spital, on Lexington avenue, New York (Jitv. where he remained until his discharge. May 2:3, 1865. On August 20, 18(i2, he married Catherine .1. ( '. l)enton, of Brooklyn. Th(>y have five children, viz.: Cliai-lcs A.. Ida. .\lbert, l*anline T., and Frank I). Tlicv lost one cliihl. Mr. Powlcs was formerly a member of IJankin Post, jS'o. !(•. He joined Post 327 soon after its organization. He was appointed on the Belief (Tuard while the remains of General Grant lay in .state at the (Japitol, in. Alliany, and served first on the detail of Adjutant Pi'ice, and remained on duty at intervals until the closing ceremonies of August s. SERGEANT THOMAS F. PHIPPS Was born in iJorcljpster, Mass.. April 2d, 1S4-I-, and received his education at the j^nblic and private schools. On October 25th, 18n Finance and Railroads. On the sixteenth of September, 1871. he married Amelia Tysen, of Staten Island. They have one child, named Ethel S. On the first cd" Deceudjcr, 1877, he was appointed Property Clerk of the Police Department. The duties of Cloth and E(|uipment Clerk have recently been added to his other duties. As a repre- sentative of Post 327 he formed one of the Guartl over the remains of General Grant at Mount McGregor, July 26, and accomjianied the Post to Riverside. 140 BloOEAPHICAI. SKETCHES. SEEGT. WILLIAM REID Was born in New York City, on the twenty-ninth of July, 1841. Previon.s to tlie war he was clerk in a New York mercantile house. On the fourteenth of May, 1861, he enlisted as ]-)rivate in Com- pany A, Sixty-seventh Regiment New York Volunteers, for three years. He participated in the battles of Yoi'ktown, Williamsburg. Hanover 0. H., Fair Oaks, Seven Pines, Seven Days' Fight, Mal- vern Hill, Harrison's Landing, Second Bull Run, Chantilly, South Mountain, Antietam. Fredericksburg. Cliancellorsville, Marye's Heitrhts, (iettysbni'i;-, Rappahannock Station, Mine Run, North and South Anna, Cold Harbor, Bermuda Hundred, and Siege of Peters- burg. He was honorably discharged as sergeant on the fourth of July, 1864. He returned to Brooklyn, and was engaged for a term as book- keeper in a banking house. For the last six years he has filled the position of cashier and book-keeper in the extensive establishment of E. D. Burt et Co., of Brooklyn. In 1867 he married Sarah E. Buckley, of Kingston, Ulster county. N. Y. They have two living children, viz., Margaret Armenia, and Edward Burt. Mr. Reid formed one of the guard placed over the remains of General Grant at Mount McGregor, .Tuly 26. Ht; was also attached to Major Tait's Seventh Relief at New York, August 6, 8 to 11 i>. M., and again at 11 p. ji. on the 7th. to 2 a. m. on the 8th. D. L. RUTH Was born in New York City, on the tenth of March, 1837. He first entered the United States service under Captain L. B. Parson, A. Q. M., November 19, 1861. Was appointed Assistant Paymas- ter United States Navy, August 10, 1862, and attached to the United States steamer Louisville, of the Mississippi Squadron. He took part in General Sherman's first_attack on Vicksburg in Decem- ber, 1862; also in the Deer Creek expedition; was on the Louis- ville when siie successfully ran by the batteries of Vicksburg ; took part in the capture of Grand Gulf ; was in front of Vicksburg at the time of its surrender; and in company with the Commander of the Louisville, landed on the wharf at 10.30 a. m., on the morn- ing of the surrendei'. He also took part in the Red River expe- dition. Resigned from the navy on the twenty-third of October, 1865. During the obsequies of General Grant, Mr. Ruth served on Cranston's detail August 7th, from 5 to 8 a. m., and on Van Cortel vou's detail from 2 to 5 p. m. same date. HIOGiJAPHICAL SKETCHES GEORGE W. RAYMOND Was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on the seventeenth of March, lS4t^. He enlisted in the Union army as drnninier boy on tiie twenty-fonrtli of July, ISGl. beino- then but fifteen years of aye. He joined Com- pany C, Forty-eighth Regiment New Torlv Volunteers, and was mustered in for three years. He re-enlisted in the same company and regiment before the expiration of his term of enlistment. He accompanied Brigadier-General Sherman's Expedition to Port Royal, S. C, and took part in the capture of Hilton Head fortitica- tions. He also ]xirtici]iated in the engagement at Port Royal Ferry. Siege of Fort Pula.-ki, Ga., capture and burning of Blulfton, S. C, the capture of 3[orris Island, S. (A, and in the night attack on Fort Wagner, July is, 1SG3. He subsequently participated in the engagements at Fort Darling, Drury's Bluff, Bermuda Hundred, Cold Harbor, siege of Peters- burg, Mine Exjilosion, Deep Bottom, Strawberry P'lains, Foster's Plantation and Newmarket Heights, Foi't Fisher. Wilmington, N. C, and with Gen. Sherman at Raleigh, N. C. He was mustered out cjf service on the first of September, 18()5. In 1867 he received an a]ipointnient in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, where he has since filled various i)osition8. He is at]iresent receiver of stores in the Steam Engineering department. He served in the Twenty-third Regiment N. G. S. N. Y. from 1867 to 1869 ; with the Ninth Regiment from 1870 to 1873, ami with the Seventh Regiment from 1874 to 1881. In 1877 he married Elizabeth Melleii, of Brooklyn, N. Y. They have three children, viz. : Lillian Melville, George W., Jr., and Mabel Maud. Mr. Raymond is a member of the Forty-eighth Veteran Associa- tion. He was one of the cliarter members of Post 327. While the remains of General Grant lay in state at City Hall, New York, he served as a member of the Relief Guard from 11 A. M. to 2 p. M., on the 5th, from S to 11 p. m. ; on the 7th, and was on duty from 11 p. m. to 2 a. ji. on the 8th. ENOCH RUTZLER Was born in New Y^ork City on the tenth of Ajiril, 1846. He sub- sequently removed to Southold, L. I., wlicre he received a fair edu^ cation. On the twenty-sixth (_)f August, 1S62, being then Ijut sixteen years of age, he enlisted as private in Company B, One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Regiment New Y^ork Volunteers. He was connecteil with the First Division, Eighteenth Army Corps. He participated 142 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. in the second battle of Williamsburg, occupation of White House Laiuling, Baltimore Cross Roads, Bermuda Hundred, Swift Creek, Fort Darling, Cold Harbor, ChapinV Farm, siege of Petersburg and the capture of Richmond, besides several smaller engagements. The One Hundred and Thirty-ninth was the first regiment that entered Richmond. After the battle of Chapin's Farm Mr. Rutzler was promoted Corporal. He remained on duty at Richmond some time after its capture. He was mustered out of service with his regiment on the nineteenth of June, 1S65. At the close of the war he retui'ned to Brooklyn. In 1868 he married Miss Matilda J. Pierson, of New York City. They have two children, viz. : Emma M. and John Enoch. In 18T1 Mr. Rutzler established in New York City the business of steam-heating under the firm name of Neil & Rutzler, afterwards Rutzler & Ives, and later Rutzler & Blake. Mr. Rutzler is a member of the Ancient Order of United Work- men, Royal Arcanum and American Legion of Honor, and other benevolent organizations. EDWARD ROBERTS. The record of Mr. Roiierts is a most remarkable one, and but for the fact that it is supported by documentary evidence, would appear incredible. That a man could pass through three of the most impoi'tant campaigns fought l)y the British Army during the past century, and again particijiate in nearly all the great battles of the war of the rebellion escaping with only a flesh wound in the hand, is almost without a parallel. Mr. Roberts was born in England on July 6, 182G. He joined the British Army as bugler when he was but 17 yeai'S of age. He served throughout the Ci'imean war, participating in every impor- tant engagement from the battle of Alma to the capture of Sebasto- j)ol. He next served in the Cape war under Sir Charles Najiier, and in the Sepoy war under Sir Henry Havelock, Sir Hugh Rose and General Plope Grant. Under the scorching heat of the tropics he made a forced march of over one thousand miles, took part in twenty-five engagements, terminating in the capture of Delhi. In the storming of Delhi he received a wound in the hand by a tulwar. At the death of Sir Henry Havelock he was by his side serving as Inigler. His entire term of service in the Bi'itish Army covered a period of over eight years as bugler, jirivate, and non-commissioned officer. He afterwards came to America, and on the breaking out of the war was living in Chicago, 111. He was among the flrst to join the Union Army. He enlisted in Company E, Howard's Naval Brigade, which combined the artillery, infantry, and naval branches of the aervice. The regiment was organized in Chicago, but cred- BlOUKAl'HICAJ. SKKTCHES. MP> ited to New York State. It was first arnu-lied to tlio Biiniside expedition, and with it Mr. Roljerts took part in the en^-apeinents at Koaiioke Lslaml, EHzabeth City, Newijern. Little Wasiiingtoii. Kiiicfstoii. -(Toldshoro. and Camden or South Mills. He afterwards went with the Ninth Ai-niy Corps to the Potomac, and took parr in the battles of Second Ihill Knti. Sunth Mountain. Crompton Gap, Antietani and Frederickshnr>;', After heini;' nmstei'ed oni at tile close of his tei'ni of service he came to New York. In July, iS*33, he eidisted in Company JJ. Seventeenth New York Vetei'an Volunteers. With only seventy-five men he pai-tici- ]iated in the draft I'iots in which his connnandci', ( 'ol. .lardini', was wouudeil, and several men killed and woiimlcd liy the riot- ers, llis reo'iment afterwards joined the army in the west, lieiiii; much of the time on detaclK'd service. it pursued the reljel (xenpral Forrest, from one point to anotlicr, had several skirmishes, and tinally joined Sherman's Army at Stevenson, Ala. Mr. Roberts participated in the battles of ^lissionarv Iiiiii;e. Chattanooga, Dalton. Ringold. Dnzzard's Koost, Atlatoona. Kesacca, Mai'ietta. Stone Creek, and a serie.-- of engagements which termi- nated in the l)attle of Jonesboi-o and the capture of Atlanta. After the capture of Atlanta his regiment was transferred to the Fourteenth Army Corps, and operated against Hood in tlie valley of tlie Chickamauga, and after holding ChattaiKKiga fo)' a time rejoined Sherman's Arujy and accomiianied it in the famous "march to the sea." After the capture of Savannah he ))articipated in several engagements which closed with the battle of Bentonville and surrender of Johnson, lie was mustered out of service on August 25, lS(i5. During the entire period he never lost a day fi'oni sickness or other causes. At the , at Xew York. In 1850 he mari-ied Miss ]\Iari;-aret Tao-g-art. <;)f New York. They have six children, viz. : Florence Jane. George Henry, John H., Jr.. William Joseph, Charles Thomas, and Margaret Henrietta. Mr. Studley wa> Formerly a nienihei' of Rankin Post, Xo. 10, and was one of the charter menihers of Post 327. Ho served as a member of the Relief Guard, and was on the detail of Adjutant Price, at Albany : canted on duty until the closing ceremonies of Au2"ust 8. LIEUTEXANT HARMAX C. SCHITLTZ Was horn in Brooklyn, N.Y., on the thirteenth of July, 183S; edu- cated at the public schools, and subsequently engaged as clerk in the lumber business. He was mustered into the United States service as Sergeant of Company C, Forty-eighth Regiment New York Volunteers, August. 1861, promoted to Second Lieutenant August 28, 1863 ; First Lieu- tenant May IS, lS6-t. He was attached to Brigadier General Sherman's Expeditionar}- Corps to Port Royal, S. C., and capture of Hilton Head fortifica- tions. He jiarticipated in the engagement at Port Royal Ferry ; Siege of Fort Pulaski, captui-e ami burning of Ijluffton, S. C ; was in garrison at Fort Pulaski, July, 1863 : participated in the capture of batteries on Morris Island, S. C. He was slightly wounded in the night assault on Fort Wagner. July 18, 1863. He was subse- quently on duty at St. Augustine, Hilton Head and Jacksonville. Fla. ; took part in the l)attle of Olnstee, Fla. He participated in the engagements at Fort Darling, Drury's Bluff, Bermuda Hundred, Cold tiarbor, siege of Petersburg, Mine Expli>sion, Deep Bottom, Strawberry Plains, Foster's Plantation and Xewmarket Heights. He was wounded at Charles City Road, Sept. 28. He resigned on the seventeenth of November, 186-lr. At the close of the war he returned to Brooklyn, and engaged in the aucti(Mi business. He is at present located at 379 Fulton street. In 1S66 he mari'ied Miss Fi'ances A. Booz, of Bi-ooklyn, N. Y. They have one child, named William J. Lieutenant Schultz is a mcmliei' of the I'orty-eighth Regiment V^eteran Association. He was one of the early members of Post 327. 146 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. COLONEL JAMES C. SLxVtiHT Was burn at Tuckerti)i;. in tliu Statu of New Jersey, uii June SOtli, 181S. IJis lather, lim-nt Slaglit. was a native of the State of New Yoi'k, and a repivseiitativc of one of uur oldest Kiiickerhoeker families. Dnrine tlie wai- of 1812 he was taken prisoner and con- fined ill the Britisli prison at Halifax until peace was proclaimed. Colonel Slaglit, tlirouji-h the training and example of his fatliei'. early in life took an active interest in public affairs, and upon the breaking out of the liebellion was the first man from Kings County. New York, to pledge the services of his sword and receive a com- mission from President Alirahani Lincohi — an act of patriotism diiubly marked from the fact of his refusal of an important foreign nussioii to which he had been appointed, in order to protect his honored government under the shadow of the oW flay. His duties were those of a staff officer from the opening to the closing of the war. Commencing liis military career on the staff of General McDowell he terminated it under General Grant after the fall of Richmond. The Colonel served in turn upon the staff's of (Tcnerals McDowell, Smith (ISaldy), Burnside. J. G. Foster, Banks and Grant. As Chief Quartermaster of the Department of North Carolina he took entire management of the fitting' out and operating of what is known as the " Burnside Expedition," which I'estilted so success- fully, and gave to the Union cause Newbern, Beaufort with Fort '• Macon," Roanoke Island, Washington, Plymouth and Edenton : the commantl of the Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds, and the Neuce, Trent-Tar, Roanoke and Chewan Rivers. The management of this expedition was a crucible test of military and executive aliility, and in its successful execution Colonel Slaght won the unqualified approval of the Government at Washington and the warm con- gratulations of military critics all over the country. He served subsequently under (Tcnera! J. G. Foster in all the battles in North Carolina, and upon the consolidation of the Department of North Carolina with that of Virginia joined General N. P. Banks, follow- ing him in liis successful nuirch through the " Teclie " country, the bondjardment and capture of " Port Hudson," and the subsequent disastrous "Red River" campaign. Ordered to join General Grant, lie followed that great leader though the closing struggles of the I'ebellion, sheathing his sword only with the surrender of Lee, and retiring from the army with a military reputation in his department of the service second to none, and a name untarnisheil and universally respected, notwithstanding the passage of vast amounts of money and property through his hands, combined M'ith the almost unlimited authority that was conferred upon him on so many important occasions during the great war. With deeds well done and trusts held sacred, the Colonel's is a name and character to be honored and emulated. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 147 MAJOR FRAKK K. SMITH Was born ill ^^Icw York Citv, < )ctolK'r 11. IsS.s. .luincd tlio Foiirtli Coiu)iany, 8eventli Keyiiiieiit, N. Y. S. Militia, in IS.JT. lie accompanied the rei;iineiit tu "Wasliiuytoii, D. C, in 1861, and to Baltimore, Md., in 18G2. At the latter place, being then a ser- geant, he was authorized by the Governor of the State of New York to raise a company for the volunteer service, and after being mustered out of the U. S. service as an enlisted man, he proceeded to New York City for that purpose. On September S, 1862, he was nuistercd into the U. S. service as Ca]jtain of Comjiany D, One Hundred and Twenty-seventh New York Volunteer Infantry. During the winter of 1862-3 the regiment was encamped at Falls Church and Clouds Mills, Va., and after an advance to Vienna, to nll Run, liiiin's Hill, Falmouth, Rappahannock Station, Siiljihnr Sprini^-s, Gaines- ville, Manassas Plain, Groveton, Chantillj, South ilountain and Antietam. During the latter engagement lie was wounded in the left arm and sent to tiie hospital. In 1863 he was transferred to the Second Battalion, Veteran Reserve Corps, under Genei'al Order 221. He was assigned duty at Garver General H(jspital, Wasliing- ton, D. C, and remained thei'e until the ex]>iration of his term of service, May 23, ISO-t. He returned to Brooklyn with the Fourteenth Regiment. In 1864 he married Miss Martha Mason, of I'.rooklyn. They have tliree children, viz., Annie Eliza, Mattie E. and Frances D. M. Mr. Sands joined Rankin Post, G. A. R., in issl. and subse- quently withdrew, and became a charter member of Post 327, of Brooklyn. While the remains of General Grant lay in state at Albany August 5, he was a memlier of the Relief (4uard, and was on duty from 2 to 5 a. m., and at New Yi>rk, August 6, from 5 to 8 A. M.; and again on the 7tli from 5 to 8 a m. He accompanied the remains to Riverside on the 8th. NOAH TEBBETTS Is descended from the old Puritan stock of New England, his ancestors being among the early settlers of Newburyport, Mass. His great-grandfather was a soldier of the Revolution. Mr. Teb- betts was born in Rochester. N. II., on the 11th of September, 1844. He was educated at Rochester and at the New IIani]ishire Conference Seminary. In September, 1862, he enlisted for nine months as private in Company I, 15th N. H. Volunteers. He came with his regiment to New York, and accompanied the Banks' Expedition to Louisiana. After participating in the siege and capture of Port Hudson, he returned with his regiment, in August, 1863, and at the expiration of his term of service was inustei'ed out at Concord, N. H. He resumed his studies, and soon aftei' attended Harvard Law School. In January, 1865, he re-enlisted for the war as privati' in Company K, 5th N. H. Volunteers. He took part with his regi- ment in the engagements in and around Petersburg, also in the battles of Five Forks and Farmville, and was present at the sur- render of Lee at Appomattox. 150 BIOGEAPHICAL SKETCHES. At the close of the war he resumed the sttidy of law in the office of Hon. C. W. Woodman, Dover, N. H., and was admitted to prac- tice in 1867, and opened an office at Rochester, N. H. He took an active part in politics, and was a member of the State Republican Committee for three years. In 1870, he was appointed l)y the Governor, Bank Commissioner. In 1869 he married Miss Emeline F. Whipple, of Newton, Mass. In 1872 he removed to Brooklyn, N. Y., and resumed the practice of his profession. During his i-esidence in New Hampshire he became interested in the affairs of the G. A. R., and was Commander of Post 22 of that State. He was also connected with the Masonic fraternity, and was Master of Humane Lodge No. 21, F. & A. M., Rocliester, N. H. Mr. Tebbetts composed one of the Guard of Honor that took charge of the remains of Gen. Grant, at Mount McGregor, and con- tinued in that capacity until the body was placed in the tomb at Riverside, August 8, 1885. BREVET MAJOR GEORGE F. TAIT. Past Commander of U. S. Grant Post 327, G. A. R. Personal courage and reckless daring are conspicuous traits in the Irish character, and there is scarcely a liattle field in the world's his- tory in which the sons of Erin have not distinguished themselves by their gallantry and deeds of daring. Major Tait, the subject of this sketch, was born in Ireland on May 13th, 1837. He came with his parents to America in child- hood. His educational advantages were exceedingly limited, but faithfully improved. He served twelve years in the publishing liousc of Harper Bros., and during a portion of the time attended night school, and thus laid the foundation for his subsequent success m life. In 1858 he joined the " Lindsey Blues," an independent com- pany noted for its efficiency in military drill. He thus acquired a tiufficient knowledge of the manual of arms to fit him for service in the raidvs of the Union Army, and to this, as well as to his personal courage and daring, is due the rapid advancement which followed. On April 2<)th. 1861, he enlisted as private in Company H, Tenth New York Volunteers, known as the "National Zouaves." He was soon after made Sergeant, and after the battle of Big Bethel, in which he participated, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant of Company K, and subsecpiently jiromoted First Lieutenant. The following is the official record of his services, signed by Geo. F. Hopper, Lieutenant-Colonel connnanding Tenth New York Volun- teers : -y^' X 3^ :% P, T-irr'.-- '.ii-r\i) ■■ LLOYD A .soUVILLE. P. S, WILLIAMSON, WM L YOUNG GROUP No. V GlAHI. Ol ll.,N..K— BiLlN-G P4KT.il \U.l 1 '. H v. IV IaIT's DKrAIls. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 151 •'The period for which the reofiinent had enlisted haviiiy exjiirod on April 16tli. IStJS, Lieutenant Tait remained to serve with the Battalicju for the unexpired term of the three years" men. He was at once promoted to the Captaincy of Company B, and continued to hold that rank until his honorable discharge, August 16th, 1S()4. During his term of otfice he was Division Provost JIarshal for four months in Brigadier-General Alex. Hayes' Division, Second Corps, and was placed in command, by special order, of the Delaware i!at- talion of Volunteers for more than a month. He has jiarticipated in the following engagements, viz.: Big Bethel, cajitui-e of Norfolk, Mechanicsville, Gaines' Hill ("Gaines' Mill"), Seven Day:;' Battles, Second Bull Run, South Mountain, Aiitietam, Shepardstown Ford, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Aul)urn, Bristow Station, Centreville, Mine Run, Morton's Ford and Wilderness. At the last named battle he received a wound in his left leg, neces- sitating amputation. He was also wounded ;Lt (4aines' Hill. Fredericksburg and Bristow Station. "He was honorably discharged August l, "for gallant and meri- torious conduct on the rield and during the war." His several coini-ades-in-arms. who are still living, licai- witness to his gallantry in action. After liis wound Captain Tait was conveyed to Kredericksliurg. Major Cowtan, the lii.storian of the Tenth Regiment, says: "Fredericksburg at this time was a great chai'iiel house. Death.-- were taking place by the hundreds each day and a cloud ot misery seemed hovering over the city, which, for the secoml time during the Rebellion, was a vast hospital.'" •■ '■ ■■ * " ■' "The noble Sanitary and Christian Commission^ were laboring «ith herculean efforts to alleviate the suii'eriiigs of the wounded." Among the most earnest, etticient and self-sacriticing among tiic laborers of the Christian Commission was Mr. W. C. Booth, at present a comrade of T^. S. Grant Post 327. er her kindness." Captain Tait married his wife. Miss Kate £. Barry, of Philadel- phia, on June 3d, 1863, while on an eight days' furlough. He little realized at tlie time that he was marrying a heroine, who would soon lie wedded to his regiment, and that his comrades would have claims on her which he could not, if he would, ignore. Six children have been liorn to them; three have "crossed the dark river to the portals beyond;" three are still living, viz.: George F., Jr., Willie C. and Harry R. AVhen "this cruel war was over" Major Tait returned to Brook- lyn, and ill 1866 he received the appointment of Inspector in the Xew York Custom House, and continues to fill that position. Major Tait was one of the ]iioneei's in the G. A. R. of New York State. He first joined Wadswortli Post, No. 4, of Brooklyn, since 'lisbanded. He afterwards joined Rankin Post, No. 10, and in 1882 withdrew with a number of others and organized Post 327. He was its first Senior Vice-Commander, and in 1883 was elected Com- mander, lie served on the staff of Commander-in-Chief William Ernshaw in 1879, and on the staff' of Department Commander Abrani Merrit in 1881. He is at present Aid-de-Camp on the staff of Depai'tmeut (Commander H. Clay Hall. During the obsequies of General Grant Major Tait commanded the Second Relief at Albany from 8 to 11 i". m. on August 4th ; he served on the Fifth Relief at the City Hall, New York, from 2 to 5 p. M. on the 6th ; he commanded the Seventh Relief the same day from 8 to 11 p. m., and on the Second, or last, Relief on the morning of tlie 8tli from 5 to 8 o'clock. On the day of the funeral he marched from City Hall to 30th street and ."itli Avenue. His porti'ait is shown in the centre of Group No. 2. JAMES TANNER. Who is wtill-kiiown to nearly every Grand Army veteran througli- out the country as " (^orporal Tanner." was born at Richmondville. Schoharie county, N. Y., on Ajm-II 4, 1844. His early life was spent on a farm, and his educational privileges were those of the district scluxil. While a mere boy he taught in an adjoining dis- trict, manifesting the thoroughness and force of will that have since chai-acterized him, and proving to his anxious friends that he was fully competent for the work. At the breaking out of the war he I!l(M,l;AI>niwii enemies tii his cniintrv. and bv more jirae- tical metliods, teacliing the men of ••advanced iih'as" tlie ti'ue prin- ciples of self-government. On Septemiier 2-3. 18tU. lie eidistecl a- pi'ivate in Comjiany C, Eighty-seventh Xew Yni'k Ndlunteei's. for three years. He was soon after made eoi-poral and was in a fair way to fnrther promo- tion when he was overtaken liy a ten^ible disaster that ended his army career. His regiment was with Ivearney's Division, and par- ticipated in the Peninsular campaign and the battles of Williams- burg, Fair Oaks, the siege of Yorksown. the •■Seven Days' Figlit" before Richmond, and at Malvern Hill. After leaving the Peninsula, the Eighty -seventh fonght at War- renton, Bristow Station and ]\[anassas .Tunctioii. Corporal Tanner serve regiment thmugii all the engage- ments until wounded at the second battle of Ihdl Run. There the Eighty-.seventh held the extreme i-iglit of (lur line with Stonewall Jackson's corps in front. During a teri-itic shelling from the enemy, the men were lying down, when a fi-agment from a bursting shell completely severed the corporal's right leg at the aidvle, and shat- tered the left so badly as to make amputation neces.^ary. He was taken from the field in an unconscious condition and left in a farm house, where the surgeon amputated both legs four inches below the knee. The retreat of the Union forces left liim a prisoner in the hands of the enemy. Ten days after he was paroled and taken to Fairfax Seminary Hospital, where after a long struggle between life and death he finally recovered. He returned home and was subse- rpicntly appointed de]>uty doorkeeper in the A.ssemljly, and held other pc.isitions under the Legislature. He was afterwards apijointed to a clerk.sliip in the "War Department under Secretary Stanton. On the night of President Lincoln's assassination, he was employed to take notes of the first official evidence, and then stood by the bed of the A. and Earle ^V. He subsequently I'eceived an appointment in the New \ ork Cus- tom House, and on his own merits he rose to the position of Deputy Collector and served for foni^ years under Gen. Chestc.'r A. Arthur. He was the Republican nominee for Assendily of the Fourth Dis trict. King's County, in 1871. but wa^ counted out in the election frauds of that year. He was nominated liy the Re]iublicans for Register in 187(3. when the Democratic majority of the county was nineteen thousand, and was defeated 1)\' less than two thousand. Probably no man connected with the Grand Army of the Repub- lic has done more to advance its interests, or the interests of the 154 BIOGRAPIOHAL SKETCHES. homeless and disabled veterans, than Corporal Tanner. To his efforts more than to any otlier man is due the erection of the Sol- diers' Home at Bath. Stenhcn County, where six huudi'ed disabled, homeless veterans can tind the repose and eomfortsof a home. He has also been largely instrumental in secnriiii;- favorable legislation for |)etitionini;- pensioners, often j)ayinii' fi-om his own limited income the expenses of his several trips to Washington, where he appeared before comndttees of the Senate and House of Represen- tatives, urging in elocjuent terms the claims of the thousands of dis- abled men. For the past seven years lie has held the position of Tax Colleetoi', and has not only given employment to a number of veterans of the late war, but has reduced the ex|)eiises of the ottice one-half, anil instituted many reforms and has extended greatei' facilities to the tax-payers. Touched with a feeling of sympathy for the disabled soldiei-s who •' wore the gray." he suggested to the philanthropic citizens of Rich- mond. Va.. the erection of a Soldiers' Home in the South, and. under his direction a meeting was held in the Brooklyn Academy of Music which resulted in the raising of a fund of !f^l,rooklyn. In 1867 he married Eliza Hammond, of Patchogue, L. I. They have six children, viz.: May, Frederick, Edward, Florence, Fanny, and William Grant. . Mr. Vail was formerly a mendier of Rankin Post, No. lU, and was one of the charter members of Post ."^27. He served in the Relief Guard, August .'">, in New York, again on the sixth and on the seventh from o to S a. ji. He accompanied the remains of General Grant to Riverside. CHARLES H. WALKER Was boru in Brooklyn, N. Y., on the eleventh of June, 1S45. At the age of seventeen, lie enlisted in the Union Army as drummer boy, and on the thirteenth of August, 18fi2, he was mustered into the service as a member of Company G, , was taken, with tifty-nine other white men, and conveyed to Andersonville, where all but four died. These, together with Webb, were removed to Florence, Ala., where two others died, leaving only Webb and one comrade. It is believed that he has since died, wliich would leave Sergeant Webb the only survivor of the Fort Pillow massacre. Webb was subsequently paroled, and after remaining in the hospital at Fort Schuyler for eleven months, was finally discharged by telegraphic order from the War L)epartment. In 1S75 he was appointed patrolman of the Brooklyn Police Department, and was soon after transferred to the Mounted Squad, by order of Police Commissioner General Jourdan. In 1875 he niari'ied Miss Sarah Cornell, of Brooklyn, N. Y. Mr. Webb was one of the charter members of Post 327. He is also a member of Montauk Lodge, I. O. O. F., and Irving Lodge, Knights of Hon 01'. Mr. Webb was a member of the Relief Guard while the remains of General (^rant lay in state at the City Hall, New York, and formed one of David A. Pitcher's detail from 8 to 11 p. m. on the night of the 7tb. BIOGEAPniCAL SKETCHES. 157 LIEUTENANT J. A. WIGHT Was horn in New York City cm Aiii;-ust 2:!, 183'.l. On April 23, lS(il, he en'listcMJ as private in Company 15, Thir- teentli Koi;-inient New York State Militia for three months. On Octt 5. at .\lbany, same day in N(!w Yoi'k on Third Relief, and had command of Eighth Relief, 11 i: ii. on the 6th to 2 A. M. on the 7tli. On the day of the funeral ije marched with his reo'iment to Riverside J^ark. DAVID HENRY WINTRESS Was born in Patchogue, Suffolk Co., L. I., on the tenth of Ajn-il, 1841. Previous to the war, he followed the occupation of shirt- cutter. On the twenty-eighth of August, 1S(;2, he enlisted as pi-ivate in V, Company, One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Regiment New York Vol- unteers for three years. He acconi])anied his regiment to Washington, thence to Fortress Monroe, Newj.iort News, Camp HaniiltoUj thence to Williamsburg, Ya.. where he participated in that important en- gagement, April 12, 1863. While lying down with his regiment, awaiting a second attack of the enemy one of liis comrades acci- dentally kicked the lock of another conirade's musket, which caused a discharge, and the ball entered the cheek of Mr. Wintress just below the left eye, forcing the cheek-bone into the left eye, com- 158 BIOGEAPHICAL SKETCHES. pletelj destroying the globe of the eye: the ball continued its course, carrying away the nasal bone, and finally escaping through the right eye cavity, destroying the sight of both eyes. He remained in an unconscious condition for three weeks, with no hope of his recovery. During this time a quantity of the brain, which pro- truded into the right eye cavity, was removed. He was fed twice through the left eye cavity. His name was placed on the list at Washinjjjton, as being the most remarkable case of recovery from any kind of wound, on record. Since his final recovery, his health has been comparatively good. He was discharged from service at Camp West, Va.. on July 17, 1863. On the seventeenth of November, 187U, he married Miss Susan- nah Dobson, of Brooklyn, formerly of Wakefield, Yorkshire, Eng. She has been to him a loving wife, and devoted companion, by her attention supplying to a great extent loss of his sight. Mr. Wintress is a member of the One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Regiment War Veteran Association, also of the P^ully Disabled Vet- eran Association. CHARLES F. WRIGHT Was bom iu South Adams. Mass., on June 20, 1844. (-)n October 13, 1861, he enlisted as private in Company C, Thir- ty-first Massachusetts Volunteers fur three years. He accompanied (ien. Butler's expedition to Louisiana, and took part in the capture of Fort Jackson and the other Mississippi defenses leading to the final capture of New Orleans. He afterwards accompanied the expedition which was sent up the Bayou Teche, and took part in the several engagements until the army reached Alexandria. At the latter place he was taken sick and sent to New Orleans, where he was discharged July 17, 1863, on account of disability. He served in all twenty-one months. He soon after removed to Brooklyn. In 1865 he married Miss Elizabeth Burhans, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. They have three liv- ing children, viz., J. Frederick, Charles F., Jr., and Harry. Sir. Wiight joined Post 327 in 1884. He was appointed to serve on the '• Relief Guard" while the remains of General Grant lay in state at Albany, his first service being with the detail of Adjutant Price, under Order No. 7, August 5, from 5 to 8 a. m. He con- tinued to serve at intervals until the clo.sing ceremonies at Riverside on August 8. BIOGKAPHICAL SKETCHES. 159 CAPTAIN CHARLES W. WALTON Waslxtrii in Norwalk, Conn., on rlic nineteentli of June. 1S43. On tlie nineteenth of September. ls(;i. he enlisted in Company B, Fiftv- first Regiment New "\ ork Vohmteers as private for tliree j-ears. He was connected throiighonf witii tlie Second Division, Nintli Army Corps, wlio were witii the Burnside Expedition ; the Army of Virginia imder Pope; tlie Army of the Potomac during the Maryland campaign, and until after the battle of Fredericksburg: at the siege of Vicksbui-g under Gi-aiit ; the march against Joe John- ston's army to Jackson, Miss., under Sherman ; the East Tennessee Campaign undei- Burnside, and until dischai-ged with the Army of tlio Potoniac. He participate any position in the line to which he may aspire, and hope to hear of his promotion." This recommendation was signed by his Colonel and all the ]irin- cipal officers, and he promptly received a commission as Second Lien- tenant of his own company, with rank from September 29, 1802. His first experience as an officer was at the battle of Fredericks- burg, when, at the close of the tight, he was not only in command of his own company, but also of the one on his right, every officer but himself being wounded. He narrowly escaped, with five bullet holes in his clothing, one ball grazing his arm. He was prumnted in regimental orders for bravery on the field that day, and received his commission as First Lieutenant, with rank from March 14, 1863, being transferred to the command of Company E, whose Captain was detailed on staff duty. One year later he was honored with a commission as Captain of his company, with rank from March 19, 1864, just three mouths before he became of age. He was considered 160 BIOGEAPHICAL SKETCHES. tlie youngest officer holding that rank in the whole Ninth Corps- During his career as an officer he served as aid-de-camp on the staffs of Generals Parke, Potter and Ilartrant't ; also Colonels Sigfi'ied and Bliss, and was appointed mustering officer of his division nntil relieved hy a regular army officer. When relieved from staff duty, January 3, ISGi, by his own request, Gen. Hartranft took occasion to compliment him as follows: "The General commanding acknowledges with gratification the valuable services of Lieutenant Walton while serving as aide, and takes partieuhir pleasure in mentioning his handsome behavior at the battle of Cam[)beirs Statioii, and during the siege of Knoxville." He was honorably discharged at the expiration of his term of ser- vice, October 6, ISOi, having served while his regiment was at the front, seventeen days over his time. On the eiglith of June, 1868, he married Annie E. Beck, of Brooklyn. They have two children : Emma, born in ISTO, and Edna, in 1872. Captain Walton was mustered into U. S. Grant Post o27, Noveni- l)er 25, 1884. He served on the detail of Adjutant Price, August ."», 1885, from o to 8 a. m., while the remains of General Grant lay in state at the Capitol in Albany. He was also on guard in New York August 6, from 5 to S a. m., and from 5 to 8 p. m., and on the day following. August 7, from 8 to 11 p. m. PETER S. WILLIAMSON Comes from an old revolutionary family, prominent in the annals of New York. His great grandfather served in the war of the Revolution, and his grandfather in the war of 1812. Mr. Williamson was born in Jersey City, on the twentieth of July, 1844. He removed to Bi'ooklyn at an early age, where he received a liberal education. His extreme youth did not deter him from enlisting in the war for the defense of the Union, and on the twenty-sixth of September, 1862, he was mustered in as private in Company C, One Hundred and Fiftieth Regiment New York Volunteers for three years. He was for several mouths engaged in garrison duty at different points. He took part in the liattle of Gettysburg, and remained for some time thereafter at Kelly's Ford. After the consolidation of the Eleventli and Twelfth Army Corps into the Twentieth, under the command of General Hooker, Mr. Williamson joined it with his regiment, and took part in several notable engagements in the West, among which were Resacca, New ni)]}e Church, Kencsaw Moun- tain, Pine Knob, Gulp's Farm, Peach Tree Creek, and Dalton, Ga Soon after the arrival of his regiment at Atlanta, Ga., he was detailed as clerk for General Steedman. He subsequently joined his regiment at Goldsboro, N. C, and participated in the engage- }!I0(;i;ai'I1I(AI. skki(II|>. lt;i mcnt at that place. He was mustered mit of service as ciir|>(iral mi tlie eiglitli of June, 1 stJ."*. In 1871 he entered tlie nutioii department <>\' IL. I!. ClatihiiV (_'c«.. New York, where he still remains. In IST-t lie man-ied llari'iet .1. Ilopsdn, nf Ih-oulclvn, X. ^'. They ha\(^ one child, named Ada ('. During the funeral ol)se([uies of (ieneral (Tianr, in wliieh Post ;W7 liore so conspicuous a part, Mr. Williamson served on the Relief Guard at Albany on the fourth of August, at New York on tlu^ tifth and seventh, and servcid on Major 'lout's detail on the mijrning of the eishtli. AtyriN