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OBITUARIES, UNITED STATES. 



sistant instructor in infantry tactics at West 

 Point, which position he filled for several years. 

 In 1847 he was promoted to a first lieutenancy 

 and in 1853 to a captaincy in the 7th infantry, 

 and accompanied his command in the Utah ex- 

 pedition, He resigned his commission in May, 

 1861, was appointed colonel of a regiment of 

 Virginia volunteers, and in 1863 was promoted 

 to the command of a brigade in Ransom's divi- 

 eicn of Longstreet's corps. In the latter capa- 

 city he took part in the rebel attack on Knox- 

 ville in the fall of 1863, and in the operations 

 in the "Wilderness and in the neighborhood of 

 Spottsylvania immediately preceding his death. 



May 10. KING, THOMAS BUTLER. (See KING, 

 THOMAS BUTLER.) 



May 10. SANFORD, lion. DAVID C., died at 

 New Milford, Conn., aged 64 years. He was 

 a native of that town, was educated for the law, 

 and commenced practice in Litchfield County at 

 a time when its bar was distinguished for its 

 array of talent. He was a member of both 

 branches of the State Legislature, was State 

 Attorney of Litchfield County, and in 1854 was 

 elected a Justice of the Supreme and Superior 

 Courts. 



May 10. STEVENSON, THOMAS G., a briga- 

 dier-general of U. S. volunteers, killed near 

 Spottsylvania, Ya., aged 28 years. He was 

 the son of Hon. J. Thomas Stevenson, of 

 Boston, and early manifested a predilection 

 for military life, having risen from the ranks 

 to be major of the 4th battalion of Massa- 

 chusetts infantry, which position he held at 

 the commencement of the war. He had an 

 unsurpassed reputation as a drill-master, and 

 his command, which was brought to a high 

 degree of disipline, became the school of many 

 young officers since distinguished in the national 

 service. In the fall of 1864 he recruited the 

 24th regiment of Massachusetts volunteers, 

 which originally formed part of Foster's bri- 

 gade in Burnside's expedition to North Caro- 

 lina, and as its colonel participated in the 

 capture of Roanoke Island and Newbern, 

 February and March, 1862, and in various mi- 

 nor operations immediately succeeding those 

 events. After holding for some months the 

 outpost defences of Newbern, he conducted 

 several expeditions within the rebel lines, and 

 on Sept. 6th successfully defended Washing- 

 ton, N. C., against an attack by a superior force. 

 He had charge of a brigade in the movements 

 on Goldsboro' and Kingston, and in Decem- 

 ber, 1862, was appointed a brigadier-general; 

 and when Gen. Foster, in Feb. 1863, organized 

 the expedition for operations against Charles- 

 ton, received command of a brigade in Gen. 

 Naglee's division. Shortly after his arrival at 

 Port Royal he was temporarily put under 

 arrest by order of Gen. Hunter for a casual 

 expression of his disbelief in the policy of 

 arming slaves, but was subsequently honorably 

 acquitted of blame. His appointment as Briga- 

 dier-general was confirmed in March, 1863, and 

 during the succeeding summer he saw much 



active service in the neighborhood of Charles- 

 ton, assisting in the reduction of Morris Island 

 and the assault on Fort Wagner, where he 

 commanded the reserves. He returned to the 

 north in the fall to recruit his health, and 

 subsequently was appointed by his old com- 

 mander, Gen. Burnside, who had a high 'ap- 

 preciation of his capacity, to command the 

 1st division of the 9th corps. He was killed 

 at the head of his troops. As a disciplinarian 

 he was greatly esteemed, and he showed also 

 an energy and a maturity of judgment which 

 gave promise of a brilliant career as a soldier. 



May 11. DANIELS, JULIUS, a brigadier-gen- 

 eral in the rebel army from Virginia, killed in 

 the battle of Spottsylvania. 



May 11. DOUBLEDAY, Colonel THOMAS D., 

 died in New York City from injuries received 

 by being run over by a stage, aged 48 years. 

 He was a brother of Major-General Doubleday, 

 United States Army, and had served in a regi- 

 ment of heavy artillery, New York volunteers. 



May 11. GOODRICH, Rev. CHAUNOEYE., died 

 at Utica, New York. He had been for several 

 years Chaplain of the New York State Lunatic 

 Asylum in that city, and was a man of fine tasto 

 and culture. 



May 11. GORDON, Brig.-Gen. J. B., an offi- 

 cer of the rebel army, wounded in the skir- 

 mish between Sheridan's cavalry and the rebels 

 near Richmond, died at Richmond, Va. He 

 was a native of North Carolina, and entered 

 the rebel service as major of the 1st regiment 

 of North Carolina cavalry, and was advanced 

 first to the command of his regiment and then 

 to that of a brigade in Gen. Fitz Hugh Lee's 

 division of rebel cavalry. 



May 11. PERRIN, Brig.-Gen. , an officer 



of the rebel army from South Carolina, killed 

 in the battle of Spottsylvania. 



May 11. RICE, Biig.-Geu. JAMES C. (See 

 RICE, JAMES C.) 



May 11. STAFFORD, L. A., a brigadier-gen- 

 eral in the rebel army, died at Richmond of 

 wounds received at the battle of the Wilder- 

 ness. He was a native of Virginia. 



May 12. STEUBEN, BARON VON, was killed 

 at Spottsylvania. He was a Prussian officer, 

 came to this country and joined the 52d New 

 York volunteers, and proved himself a gallant 

 and faithful officer. 



May 12. STUART, Major-General JAMES E. 

 B. (See STUART, JAMES E. B.) 



May 13. BROWN, CHARLES BROOKS, died in 

 a field hospital from wounds received the pre- 

 vious day in the battle at Spottsylvania Court 

 House, Va., aged 29 years. He was a native 

 of Cambridge, Mass., graduated at Harvard 

 College in 1856, studied law, and was admitted 

 to the Suffolk bar in 1858. He soon after re- 

 moved to Springfield, Illinois, and entered upon 

 the duties of his profession. IE. '. 860 he re- 

 turned to his natire State and opened an office 

 in Charlestown, and subsequently in Boston. 

 Upon the outbreak of the war he enlisted as a 

 private in a Cambridge company attached to 



