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his military duties in the field. In 1857 he was chosen a memher of the 

 American Philosophical Society held at Philadelphia, Pa., of which both 

 his grandfather and father had been members, and of the American 

 Academy of Arts and Sciences of Boston, Mass., in 1863 ; a corporator of 

 the National Academy of Science in 1863 ; an Honorary Member of the 

 Imperial Royal Geological Institute of Vienna in 1862, of the Royal In- 

 stitute of Science and Art of Lombardy, Milan, Italy, in 1864 ; and corre- 

 sponding member of the Geographical Society of Paris, and of the Aus- 

 trian Society of Engineer Architects, and an Honorary Member of the 

 Italian Geological Society in 1880. The Degree of LL.D. was conferred 

 upon him by Harvard College, July l.~, 1868. 



After retirement from the Bureau, the last intellectual labor performed 

 by General Humphreys was in the composition of two books, which to- 

 gether constitute a military classic and a mine of important matter relat- 

 ing to the history of the war — "The Virginia Campaign of '64-'65," and 

 " From Gettysburg to the Rapidan" — the latter being, properly, an intro- 

 duction to the first. 



The amount of work bestowed upon them was immense, and the results 

 exhibit extraordinary power of intellectual compression. Indeed for 

 many they will prove too concise and dry to be interesting, but no one 

 can be at a loss to understand the operations described. With entire free- 

 dom from ostentation or rhetorical parade he closes the former book in 

 these words : "It has not seemed to me necessary to attempt an eulogy 

 upon the Army of the Potomac or the Army of Northern Virginia." 

 These were his merits as a writer — precision, brevity, simplicity — a style 

 suited to his subjects, but not one to attract the general reader. 



One of the most gratifying personal tributes to General Humphreys 



•was the presentation of a memorial sword by the citizens of Philadelphia, 



on the evening of the 4ih of July 1866,* at the building of the Union 



* The Sword presented to Major-General A. A. Humphreys, U. S. Army, by 



Lis fellow-citizens of Philadelphia, ISGG. E Pluribus Unum. Liberty and Union 



This on one side ; on the other side : 



Yorktown, April l.ith, to May 4th, 1S62. 



Williamsburg, May 6th, 1862 



Ohickahominy. May and June, 1862. 



Malvern Hill, July 1st. 1862. 



Fredericksburg, December 13th, 1862. 



Chancellorsville, May 186;i 



Gettysburg, July 1st, 2d. 31, 1863. 



M an assas G ap, July 186.3. 



Kappahannoek, October to Novetnber 7th. 1863. 



Mine Kun, November 29th to December 3d, 1863. 



Kapidan, February 1864. 



The Wilderness, May 6th and 7th. 1864, 



Rpottsylvania Court House, Ma-s- 9lh to 20th, 1864. 



The !>outh Anna, May 21st to 2oth. 1864. 



Totopotomy, May 28tli, 29th, 30tli. 1864. 



Cold Harbor, June 1st, 2d. 3d, 1864. 



Tetersburgh, June 16th, 17th, 18th, 1864. 



The Mine, July 30th. 1864. 



The Weldon Railroad, August ISth, 2.'5tn, 186{. 



The Hoydtown Road, October 27th, 28th. 1864. 



Hatcher's Run. February 4th, 5th, 6th, 1865. 



The Fall of Petersburgh, JNlarch 25th to April 3d, 1865. 



Pursuit of Lee. 



Sailor's Creek, April 6th, 1865. 



The Heights ot Farmville, April 7th. 1865. 



The Surrender of Lee, April 9th, 1865. 



