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wound from which he died in a few hours. In 

 trying to catch the dying commands of Gen. 

 "Weed, Lieut. Charles E. Hazlett, a young offi- 

 cer of the 5th artillery, was kneeling with his 

 head bent close to that of Gen. "Weed, when a 

 bullet struck his forehead, felling him dead up- 

 on the bosom of his friend. 



July 2. ZOOK, SAMUEL KOSCIUBZKO, a brig- 

 adier-general in the U. S. volunteer service, 

 was killed in the battle of Gettysburg. He 

 was born in" Pennsylvania about the year 

 1823. When quite young he entered into the 

 telegraph business, and made several impor- 

 tant discoveries in electrical science, which gave 

 him a wide reputation. "When about twenty- 

 five years of age he removed to New York, 

 and became connected with the local mili- 

 tary organizations of the city. In 1857 he 

 was commissioned lieutenant-colonel of the 

 6th New York S. M., and at the outbreak of 

 the war, though much out of health, went with 

 his regiment to the seat of hostilities, and was 

 appointed military governor of Annapolis. 

 After his return, he recruited the 57th regi- 

 ment of New York State volunteers, and, 

 having been commissioned colonel, led it to 

 the peninsula. During that long and bloody 

 campaign he generally held command of a 

 brigade, though without the rank or commis- 

 sion properly belonging to his position. On 

 the 29th of November, 1862, he was commis- 

 sioned brigadier-general, the appointment be- 

 ing confirmed in March, 1863. He was placed 

 in command of his old brigade and nobly dis- 

 tinguished himself at the battles of Chancel- 

 lorsville and Gettysburg, on the latter field 

 giving up his life. 



July 3. ARMISTEAD, Brig.-Gen. LEWIS A., 

 an officer in the Confederate service, was killed 

 at Gettysburg. He was a native of Virginia, 

 and was appointed from that State a cadet at 

 "West Point in March, 1834. He remained in the 

 Military Academy till October, 1836. On the 

 10th of July, 1839, he was appointed 2d 

 lieutenant in the 6th infantry ; he was ad- 

 vanced to a first lieutenancy in March, 1844; 

 received the brevets of captain and major for 

 gallant and meritorious conduct in the battles 

 of Contreras, Churubusco, Molino del Rey, 

 and Chapultepec, in 1847. In the last of these 

 engagements he had led a storming party 

 against the citadel. He attained a captaincy 

 in March, 1854, and in 1859 commanded a de- 

 tachment sent against the Indians from Fort 

 Mohave, California, and attacked and routed 

 them with great slaughter. He joined the Con- 

 federates early in the war and was appointed a 

 brigadier-general in 1862. He was a brave 

 officer. 



July 3. FARNSWORTH, Brig.-Gen. ELON J M 

 an officer in the U. S. volunteer service, was 

 killed at the battle of Gettysburg. He was 

 born in Livingstone county, Michigan, in 1835, 

 and was educated at the university of that 

 State. In 1857 he went to New Mexico, and 

 became attached to the United States commis- 



sary department, and subsequently was en- 

 gaged in Utah in the same capacity. When 

 the news of the war reached him in the sum- 

 mer of 1861, he hastened home to join the 

 Eighth Illinois cavalry, which his uncle, Gen. 

 John F. Farnsworth, was then organizing. He 

 was made battalion quartermaster, but was 

 soon promoted to the captaincy of Company 

 K of that regiment. During all the battles of 

 the peninsula and in Gen. Pope's campaign he 

 never missed a f%ht or skirmish in which his 

 company was engaged. In May, 1863, he was 

 placed upon Gen. Pleasanton's staff as aid. 

 He was made brigadier-general only a few days 

 before his death. 



July 3. GARNETT, Brig.-Gen. RIOHAED B., 

 an officer in the Confederate service, was killed 

 at the battle of Gettysburg. He was a native 

 of Virginia, entered the service of the United 

 States army as second lieutenant of infantry, 

 July, 1841, and was captain of the 6th infan- 

 try, May 9, 1855. When the war broke out he 

 resigned to enter the Confederate service, and 

 was engaged in most of the battles in Virginia. 

 He was at first a colonel under Pegram and 

 Floyd in Western Virginia, but soon after join- 

 ing Lee's army was promoted to the command 

 of a brigade. He had the reputation of being 

 a brave and capable officer. 



July 3. PENDER, Major-General WILLIAM 

 D., an officer in the Confederate service, was 

 killed at the battle of Gettysburg. He was a 

 native of North Carolina and appointed from 

 that State to West Point, where he entered as 

 a cadet in 1850 and graduated in 1854. He 

 was appointed brevet second lieutenant in the 

 4th artillery in July, 1854, and second lieuten- 

 ant of the 1st dragoons in March, 1855. He 

 distinguished himself in several conflicts with 

 the Indians in Washington Territory in Sep- 

 tember, 1858. He joined the Confederate 

 army early in the war, and rose by successive 

 promotions from the rank of colonel to that of 

 major-general. He commanded a division of 

 Gen. Hill's corps at the battle of Gettysburg. 



July 3. MARSHALL, Col. J. K., an officer in 

 the Confederate service, was killed at Gettys- 

 burg. He was born in 1840 ; graduated at Lex- 

 ington (Virginia) Military Institute in 1860, 

 when he went to Edenton, North Carolina, and 

 took charge of a private school. Upon the 

 commencement of the war he accepted the cap- 

 taincy of a volunteer company, and was subse- 

 quently elected colonel of the 52d regiment 

 of North Carolina troops, taking the place of 

 Col. Vance, who resigned because elected gov- 

 ernor. 



July 4. REVERE, Col. PATJL JOSEPH, an of- 

 ficer of U. S. volunteers, died of wounds re- 

 ceived in the battle of Gettysburg. He was 

 born in Boston, September 18th, 1832, and was 

 a grandson of Paul Revere of Revolutionary his- 

 tory. His early educational advantages were 

 good, and in 1852 he graduated at Harvard Col- 

 lege. When the war broke out, though occu- 

 pying a high social position and surrounded by 



