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OBITUARIES, UNITED STATES. 



of his country. He fell at the head of his 

 regiment when standing upon the parapet of 

 Fort Wagner, which had been carried by as- 

 sault. 



July 19. McCooK, Major DANIEL, an officer 

 of U. S. volunteers, died of wounds received 

 at the fight with Morgan's men near Buffing- 

 ton Island, Ohio. He was born in 1796. He 

 was a clerk in the Pension Office at Washing- 

 ton for two or three years previous to the 

 commencement of the war, and for ten months 

 previous to his death was a payiriaster in the 

 United States army. He had eight sons, who 

 have all been in the service except one, Col. 

 George W. McCook, attorney-general of Ohio. 



July 24. HILDBETH, SAMUBL P., M.D. (See 



HlLDRKTH, S. P.) 



July 25. HOUSTON, Gen. SAM, died at his 

 residence in Huntersville, Texas, aged 70 years. 

 (His death having been falsely reported in 

 1861, tee HOUSTON, SAM, Annual Cyclopaedia, 

 1861, p. 366.) 



July 27. CBITTENDEN, Hon. JOHN J. (See 

 CBITTENDEN.) 



July 28. YANCEY, Hon. WILLIAM L. (See 

 YANCET, Hon. W. L.) 



July 80. STRONG, Brig.Gen. GEORGE C., an 

 officer of U. S. volunteers, died from wounds 

 received in the assault upon Fort Wagner, 

 Charleston* harbor, aged 30 years. He was 

 born in Stockbridge, Vt. His father died when 

 he was but eight years of age, and he was 

 adopted in the family of his uncle, A. S. Strong, 

 of Easthampton, Mass., under whose care he 

 imbibed his first desire for military life. He 

 entered West Point Academy in the class of 

 1857, and held the post of first captain of ca- 

 dets for three years. After graduating he had 

 charge of the Bridesbnrg arsenal, was thence 

 transferred to Fortress Monroe, and thence to 

 Mount Vernon, Alabama. He subsequently 

 had charge of the Watervliet arsenal a short 

 time, but on the breaking out of the war he 

 applied for active service, and was placed on 

 the staff of Gen. McDowell, at the battle of 

 Bull Run, and was highly complimented for 

 his efficiency in that battle. He was next ap- 

 pointed on the staff of Gen. McClellan, but 

 shortly after was detailed as ordnance officer, 

 by Gen. Butler, to the Department of the Gulf. 

 He distinguished himself at Biloxi, and in the 

 perilous adventure up the Tangipahoa river. 

 He was a brave and skilful officer, and was 

 honored and trusted by the men under his 

 command. At the assault on Fort Wagner, he 

 commanded the assaulting column, and led it 

 with the judgment and courage of a veteran. 



July -. NAZER, Lieut.-Col. of the New 

 York Mounted Rifles, died at Washington, of ty- 

 phoid fever. He had acquired some distinction in 

 the British army, having been an officer of the 

 90th Light Infantry. After leaving the British 

 army, he was for some time treasurer of the 

 Winter Garden, in New York. On the break- 

 ing out of the war, he accepted the position of 

 lieutenant-colonel of the New York Mounted 



Rifles, with which regiment he continued to 

 serve up to the period of his death, and was 

 on the eve of receiving the full colonelcy. He 

 was an able officer, and his soldierly acquire- 

 ments and high sense of honor won for him 

 the respect and esteem of his whole division. 



July . CHILTON, Dr. JAMES R., an eminent 

 chemist of New York, died at Yonkers. He 

 had a wide reputation as an analytical chemist, 

 and was employed much of his time in scien- 

 tific investigations connected with judicial pro- 

 ceedings. 



Aug. 4. TENBBOECK, Hon. PETEE, died at his 

 residence in Farmersville, Cattaraugus county, 

 aged 73 years, 45 of which were passed in that 

 place. He was a heavy dealer in cattle, and ac- 

 cumulated a large fortune thereby. In 1862 he 

 was county judge, and agent of the Holland 

 Land Company. In his will a provision of 

 $50,000 was made for building and endowing an 

 institution of learning to be located at Frank- 

 linsville. 



Aug. 5. HOWARD, Rev. BENJAMIN, died in 

 Reading, Penn. He had been a successful 

 preacher of the gospel for nearly half a century, 

 in different States and in the British provinces, 

 having organized more than 40 churches, and 

 baptized over 3,000 believers. 



Aug. 11. NAUMAN, Lieut.-Col. GEORGE, an 

 officer of U. S. volunteers, died at Philadel- 

 phia, in the 61st year of his age. In 1819 he en- 

 tered the Military Academy at West Point, and 

 in 1821 was acting assistant professor of French 

 in that institution ; in 1823 he graduated, and 

 was commissioned brevet second lieutenant 

 in the 2d regiment of artillery, and the same 

 year received his full second lieutenancy in 

 the 1st regiment of artillery ; was appointed 

 assistant commissary of subsistence, in March, 

 1828, and was assistant instructor of French 

 at the Military Academy, from September, 1828, 

 to August, 1829. In May, 1832, he was pro- 

 moted to first lieutenant. He served in the 

 Florida war, where he distinguished himself, 

 particularly in the battle of " Wahoo Swamp." 

 He served throughout the war with Mexico un- 

 der Generals Taylor and Scott, and was twice 

 promoted for "gallant and meritorious con- 

 duct." He commanded the 1st regiment of artil- 

 lery ; was "Commissioner of Prizes" at Vera 

 Cruz, at the close of the war, and conducted the 

 evacuation of that city by the U. S. army. He 

 commanded Fort Washington, on the Poto- 

 mac, from 1848 to 1852 ; served on the Pacific 

 coast, from May, 1854, to January, 1861, hav- 

 ing been promoted major of the 3d artillery ; 

 was inspector of artillery forthe Department 

 of Oregon and California, from May, 1858, to 

 January, 1861, and for some months conducted 

 the Artillery School at Fort Vancouver. He was 

 promoted to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the 1st 

 artillery, July, 1861, and was chief of artillery 

 at Newport News, Va, in March, 1862, during 

 the engagement with the " Merrimac," "York- 

 town," "Jamestown," and other Confederate 

 steamers. For the last year he was stationed at 





