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and march can possibly be." It is greatly to be hoped that this diary 

 may in due time be edited and published, as it cannot fail to be a valu- 

 able contribution to our knowledge of the civil war. Few actors in this 

 great drama had better opportunities of watching the succession of im- 

 portant historical events, or minds better qualified for observing, recording, 

 and commenting upon them. Nor did his interest in military matters 

 cease with the war, for, as a member of the Military Historical Society 

 of Massachusetts he had ample opportunity to discuss with his compan- 

 ions in arms the great events in which they had all taken part. On 

 June 11, 1877, he read a " Review of the Reports of Colonel Haven and 

 General Weld on the conduct of C4eneral McClellan at Alexandria, in 

 August, 1862, and on the case of Fitz John Porter." 



Lyman maintained a close and unbroken friendship with General 

 Meade until the death of the latter, in 1872. He then wrote an obituary 

 notice of his old commander, which was published in Volume IX. of the 

 Proceedings of this Academy. 



During the twenty years following the close of the civil war Theo- 

 dore Lyman's life was one of abounding activity, though before the 

 end of this period the dread disease which was to make the closing 

 years of his life a continual martyrdom had already marked liim for 

 its own. 



To his Alma Mater he rendered important services as Overseer from 

 1868 to 1880, and from 1881 to 1888. Here his influence was always 

 thrown in favor of liberty in the choice of studies and in attendance upon 

 religious services. He- was also one of the original Trustees and Treas- 

 urer of the Zoological Museum, a member and Secretary of the Museum 

 Faculty, and Assistant in Zoology. The value of his services to the Museum 

 in these various capacities was gratefully acknowledged by the Director, 

 Alexander Agassiz, who, in his Annual Report for 1896-97 thus speaks 

 of Lyman's scientific work: " His zoijlogical work began with short papers 

 on ornithological subjects ; he subsequently became interested in corals, 

 and finally devoted himself specially to Ophiurans. The first Illustrated 

 Catalogue of the INIuseum was from his pen, and this important monograph 

 on Ophiurans was followed by numerous papers on the same subject, 

 treating of new species of the group. He wrote the Report on the 

 Ophiurans of the ' Hassler' Expedition, of the ' Challenger,' and of the 

 ' Blake,' which include by far the larger number of species of Ophiurans 

 dredged by those deep-sea exploring expeditions." 



On the establishment of the Commission of Inland Fisheries in 1866, 

 Theodore Lyman became its first Chairman, and gave the State devoted 



