OBITUAKIKS. AMERICAN, i Mi :K. TR MOKISON.) 





in Rochester. X. Y.. and afterward he a 

 in it more than 2. 000 times in the United - 

 and Great Britain. His last appearances wore in 

 riginal dramatization of Samuel L. Clemens's 

 " Pudd'n-head Wilson." whieh was first acted in 

 New York city on April 15. I v '.i5. 



Hercur, Jam 68, military officer, born in Towanda. 

 Pa.. Nov. 2.-,. 1*42: died in West Point. X. Y.. April 

 20. 1896. IK- was graduated at the United States 

 Military Academy and com missioned a 2d lieu- 

 tenant of engineers in 1866: was promoted 1-t 

 lieutenant March 7. 1867. and captain Dec. 9. 1-?.") : 

 and was Professor of Civil and Military Rnirineer- 

 -t Point from Sept. 29. 1884. ti'll his death. 

 In 1866-'(!7 he was assistant engineer on the survey 

 of the northern and northwestern lakes: in 1867-'72 

 Mant Professor of Natural and Experimental 

 Philosophy at the Military Academy : in 1872-76 

 adjutant and commander of the engineer battalion : 

 and in 1876-'81 assistant engineer to Gen. John 

 Newton in removing the obstructions in Hell Gate 

 and on other river and harbor work. He spent the 

 next three years on river and harbor improvement 

 work and on surveys in the Southern States and in 

 New York harbor and vicinity. Prof. Mercur re- 

 vised and enlarged Mahan's " Permanent Fortifica- 

 tion " d published "Elements of the Art 

 of War" (1888) and " Military Mines. Blasting, and 

 Demolitions" U*!'2i. 



Merrill. Lewis, military officer, born in New 

 Berlin. P; 58, 1834; died in Philadelphia, 



lie was graduated at the United 

 States Military Academy and commissioned a brevet 

 2d lieutenant in the 1st Dragoons. July 1. 1*55 ; 

 was promoted 2d lieutenant. 2d Dragoons. Dec. 13 

 following ; 1st lieutenant. 2d Cavalry. April 24. 

 1861 : captain. Oct. 1 following : major. 7th Cavalry. 

 NOT. 27. 1x68: retired May 21. 1886; appointed 

 lieutenant colonel of cavalry by act of Congress, to 

 rank from Jan. 9, 1886. Jan. 21. 1891 : and was re- 

 tired on the following day. In the volunteer army 

 he was commissioned colonel of the 2d Missouri 

 Cavalry, known as Merrill's Horse. Aug. 23. 1861, 

 \va- brevetted brigadier general March 13. 1865, 

 and was mustered out of the service Dec. 14 follow- 

 ing. During the civil war he was brevetted major 

 in the regular army. Sept. 10, 1862, for services 

 against the Confederates in northern Missouri; 

 lieutenant colonel, Sept. 10. 1863. for the capture of 

 Little Rock: and colonel, March 3. 1865. for services 

 in northwest Georgia. On Feb. 27. 1890. he received 

 the brevet of brigadier general. United States army, 

 for gallant services in action against the Indians at 

 Canon Creek. Montana, on Sept. 13. 1877. During his 

 services in the West, he was chief of cavalry on Gen. 

 Fremont's staff in 1861 : operated against the guer- 

 rillas of western and northern Missouri in l s ii-,> : 

 commanded the cavalry division in the Army of the 

 Tennessee in 1863: was chief of the West Division 

 Cavalry Bureau, and commanded a brigade of caval- 

 ry in the campaign txi prevent Gen. Price's invasion 

 of Miss uri in 1864: and. as a commander of a 

 brigade of cavalry in the Army of the Cumberland, 

 conducted operations in northwest Georgia and 

 northern Alabama, which resulted in the surrender 

 of the Confederates under Gen. Wofford in I^>~>. 

 After the war his most conspicuous service was the 

 breaking up of the Kuklux Klan in South Caro- 

 lina in 1868. for which he received the thanks of 

 the War Department, of his department commander, 

 and of the Legislature of South Carolina. In this 

 work he incurred the wrath of the leaders of that 

 conspiracy to such an extent that when he was first 

 nominated for lieutenant colonel President Cleve- 

 land was obliged to withdraw the nomination, and 

 afterward when he was again nominated by Presi- 

 dent Harrison his nomination was held up in the 



Senate till it expired by constitutional limit, the 

 minority in the Senate going >o far a^ to break a 

 quorum to prevent confirmation. In January, 1MM. 

 however, he received justice in the Senaie. and I In- 

 day following his confirmation he was retired, be- 

 cause of disabilities incurred in the service. 



.Miller. Homer Martin Virgil, physician, born 

 in Pendleton County. South Carolina. April 29, 1S14: 

 died in Atlanta. Ga.'. May 31. 1si6. lie graduated at 

 the South Carolina Medical College in 1*35: com- 

 pleted his professional studies in Paris in ls:js; and 

 on his return settled in Cassevilk\ Ga.. and was li- 

 censed to preach by the Methodist Church. In the 

 presidential campaigns of 1840 and 1844 he was con- 

 spicuous for his eloquence as a speaker. During 

 l846-'48 he was professor in the Medical Coil' _ 

 Memphis, Tenn., and from 1849 till 1865 was simi- 

 larly connected with the Medical College of Augi^ta, 

 Ga.. serving through the civil war as surgeon, divi- 

 sion surgeon, and department medical inspector in 

 the Confederate army. He was a member of the 

 State Constitutional Convention after the war. Dr. 

 Miller was Professor of the Principles and Practice 

 of Medicine in the Atlanta Medical College from 

 1869. and was an associate editor of the "Atlanta 

 Medical and Surgical Journal." 



Miller. Madison, military officer, born in Mer- 

 cer. Pa.. Feb. 6. 1811 : died in St. Louis. Mo.. Feb. 

 27. 1896. He received a common-school education; 

 served in the Mexican War as captain in the 2d 

 Illinois Volunteers, and was wounded at Buena 

 Yista: and was a judge in El Dorado County. Cali- 

 fornia, in 1851-'52. Removing to Carondelet. Mo., he 

 engaged in railroad work, and became president of 

 the St. Louis and Iron Mountain line. In 1861 he 

 entered the National army as a captain in the 1st 

 Missouri Infantry, and in 1862 was commissioned a 

 colonel of volunteers. He was captured at the 

 battle of Shiloh. where he commanded a brigade, 

 and while a prisoner was one of a commission sent 

 by the Confederates to Washington to arrange for 

 an exchange of prisoners. In March. 1865. he was 

 brevetted general of volunteers for services at Wil- 

 son's creek and Shiloh, and the same year was elect- 

 ed a State Senator. 



Mortran. James I)ady. military officer, born in 

 Boston, Mass.. Aug. 1. 1810: died in Quincy, 111., 

 Sept. 12. 1896. In 1884 he removed to Quincy. 111., 

 where he engaged in mercantile business and be- 

 came active in local military affairs. As captain of 

 the "Quincy Riflemen" he was ordered with his 

 company on duty in Hancock County during the 

 Mormon excitement of 1844-'45. When the Mexi- 

 can War broke out he joined the 1st Illinois Volun- 

 teers, in which he subsequently became a captain, 

 and served till peace was declared. In 1861 he was 

 commissioned lieutenant colonel of the 10th Illinois 

 Volunteers, which took part in the New Madrid 

 campaign and the siege of Corinth. He was pro- 

 moted brigadier general of volunteers July 17. 1M>2 : 

 commanded a brigade at Nashville. Tenn.. in No- 

 vember following: served with Gen. Sherman in 

 the battle of Missionary Ridge, the Atlanta cam- 

 paign, and the march to' the sea: and for gallantry 

 at the battle of Bentonsville. N. ('.. was brevetted 

 major general of volunteers. March 19. 1865. 



Morison. John Hopkins, clergyman, born in 

 IVrerboro. X. II.. July 25. 1808: died in Boston. 

 Mass.. April 26. 1896. 'He was graduated at Har- 

 vard in 1831 : attended the Cambridge Divinity 

 1 : was first settled over a Unitarian Church 

 at New Bedford: was pastor of the 1st Parish at 

 Milton from 1846 till 1875 : and was pastor emeritus 

 at the time of his death. He received the degree 

 of D. D. from Harvard in 1858. Dr. Morison had 

 been editor of "The Christian Register" and of 

 "The Religious Magazine," afterward known as 



