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conflict in New Mexico, June, 1857. In 1860, 

 he was promoted to a first lieutenancy, and, con- 

 tinuing in the service when his State seceded, 

 was, on the 30th of July, 1861, further pro- 

 moted to a captaincy in the 1st dragoons, now 

 1st cavalry. At the battle of Williamsburg 

 he so distinguished himself, that he was nomi- 

 nated for a brevet of lieutenant-colonel. In 

 June, 1862, he was placed in command of the 

 8th regiment of New York cavalry, and soon 

 after was brevetted and confirmed major for his 

 gallant withdrawal of the cavalry from Harper's 

 Ferry. 



June 11.- AVEBILL, Kev. JAMES, died at La- 

 fourche, La., aged 48 years. He was born in 

 Griswold, Conn. He was fitted for college in 

 the Plainfield Academy ; graduated at Amherst 

 College in 1837 ; pursued his theological stud- 

 ies at New Haven, where he graduated in 1840, 

 and was ordained pastor of the church in 

 Shrewsbury, Mass., June 22d, 1841. In 1848, 

 his health being very poor, he was obliged to 

 remit his labors, and subsequently was settled 

 in Plymouth Hollow, Conn., October 13th,1852. 

 After a ministry here of ten years, he asked for 

 a dismission, and accepted the chaplaincy of 

 the 23d regiment of Connecticut volunteers, 

 which he accompanied to Louisiana. After a 

 short, but faithful service in this new field, he 

 fell a victim to the climate, and died of inter- 

 mittent fever, after an illness of two weeks. 

 He was an ardent friend of the philanthropic 

 and moral enterprises of the day; a staunch ad- 

 vocate of temperance, and a strong anti-slavery 

 man. 



June 11. CROOKEE, FREDERICK WM., died 

 in Barnstable, Mass., aged 54 years. He grad- 

 uated at Harvard College in 1829, and spent 

 the seven following years in business in Barn- 

 stable. In February, 1837, he removed to Bos- 

 ton, and went into the navigation and commis- 

 sion business, in which he continued until 1842, 

 when he was in the book trade for a short time. 

 Having a large property, he took a deep in- 

 terest in the improvement of his native town, 

 and identified himself with its social and lit- 

 erary progress. He was a frequent contributor 

 of political and literary articles to the county 

 journals, and the annual meetings of his college 

 class were indebted to him for many racy and 

 witty contributions. In 1855 he was appointed, 

 by the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, clerk 

 of the courts for the county of Barnstable. 



June 14. TRAIN, Kev. ASA MILTON, died at 

 Milford, Conn., aged 63 years. He was born in 

 Enfield, Mass., graduated at Amherst College in 

 "le class of 1825; took his theological course 

 at New Haven, and was ordained pastor of 

 the Congregational church in Milford, July 

 L6th, 1828. His pastorate continued twenty-two 

 years, and, after its close, he preached as stated 

 supply in Orange, Prospect, and Burlington. 

 From 1850 to 1858 he was a member of the 

 Connecticut House of Representatives, with the 

 exception of two years, in one of which he was a 

 member of the State Senate. 



June 20. WOODS, Hon. ANDREW 8., LL.D., 

 died at Bath, N. H. He was a native of New 

 Hampshire, born in 1803, graduated at Dart- 

 mouth College in 1825, entered the legal pro- 

 fession in 1828, and was elected Justice, and 

 subsequently Chief Justice of the Supreme Court 

 of his native State. 



June 23. SMITH, Lieut.-Col. ABEL, died at 

 the Hotel Dien in New Orleans. He was in 

 command of the 2d Duryea Zouaves (165th 

 New York volunteers) at the battle before Port 

 Hudson, and, while fighting at the head of his 

 regiment, received the wound of which he af- 

 terward died. 



June . BFLLARD, TALBOT, M.D., died in 

 Indianapolis, Indiana. He was a son of the late 

 Dr. Artemas Bullard, of Sutton, Mass. His 

 ardent patriotism and strong benevolence of 

 character led him to assume the superin- 

 tendence and care of the Indiana wounded and 

 dying at the battle of Pittsburg Landing, and 

 his untiring devotion at that time was such, 

 that after every battle since, in which Indiana 

 soldiers were engaged, Gov. Morton has called 

 for his services, giving him unlimited discretion 

 as it regarded doing for their comfort and re- 

 lief. The disease of which he finally died, was 

 contracted during his services at Pittsburg 

 Landing ; but as he went to administer to the 

 suffering, he would not be restrained from his 

 work by any bodily suffering or inconvenience, 

 and when called upon by the governor to go to 

 Vicksburg, he went, though contrary to the 

 advice of his friends, accomplished his mission, 

 and returned home to die. 



June 26. FOOTE, Admiral ANDREW HULL. 

 (See FOOTE, ANDREW H.) 



June . DODGE, Rev. JOHN HENRY, died in 

 "Wendell, Mass., aged 35 years. He was born 

 in Wenham, Mass., and spent the first seven- 

 teen years of his life at home upon a farm. He 

 was then apprenticed to the carpenter's trade, 

 at which he worked until his majority, in the 

 mean time pursuing the study of the English 

 branches, together with Latin and Greek. In 

 1850 he entered the Williston Seminary, East 

 Hampton, Mass., and in 1852 Amherst College ; 

 graduated at the Andover Seminary in 1859, 

 was ordained, and in the fall of that year, un- 

 der the appointment of the American Mission- 

 ary Association, sailed for Africa. Upon his 

 arrival he at once entered upon the study of 

 the Sherbro dialect of the Mandingo language, 

 and upon its reduction to writing, which had 

 previously been commenced. Beside the care 

 of the church and Sabbath school, he had 

 charge of the mission home farm, and the 

 oversight of the workmen. This multiplicity 

 of cares and labors, together with the nnhealth- 

 iness of the climate, so seriously affected him 

 that he was obliged to return home in the 

 spring of 1861. Becoming somewhat improv- 

 ed in health, he obtained permission of the 

 Association to undertake the charge of a church 

 in "Wendell, Mass., as the war had disturbed 

 both the finances of the board and the means 





