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till his death he commanded a brig-ado. He 

 wa* gre.-uly beloved and admired as an officer, 

 and while a strict disciplinarian his urbanity 

 and kindness of heart made him the idol of his 

 men. 



J>tne 3. MORRIS, Col. ORLAXDO IL, an officer 

 of U. S. volunteers, was killed in the action at 

 Cold Harbor, Va., aged 29 years. He was a 

 son of Gen. Win. L. Morris, and, when the war 

 broke out, was a promising young lawyer in 

 Xew York City. He assisted in the organiza- 

 tion of the 66th regiment of Xew York volun- 

 . was commissioned its Major in Xovem- 

 ber, 1861, and served in that capacity through 

 the Peninsular campaign; was subsequently 

 promoted to the colonelcy, and led his regi- 

 ment at Chancellorsville, acting during part of 

 the engagement as Brigadier-General. During 

 the recent severe battles under Lieut.-Gen. 

 Grant, the 66th was very conspicuous, being in 

 the advance of the attack which resulted in 

 the capture of Gen. Johnson and his division. 



June 3. PORTER, Col. PETER A., an officer 

 of U. S. volunteers, was killed at the head of 

 his division, in the battle on the Chickahom- 

 iny, aged 36 years. He was a son of Gen. P. 

 B. Porter, a Major-General in the U. S. Army, 

 and now an extensive landholder in Niagara 

 County. X. Y. : was a member of the Assem- 

 bly in 1862, and. by his talents and integrity, 

 won a position of influence in the Legislature. 

 When the President called for troops to repair 

 the losses of the Peninsular campaign, he 

 raised a regiment, and taking command of it 

 went to the war. He was stationed for some 

 time on garrison duty at Baltimore, and while 

 there was offered the nomination for Sec: 1 

 of State on the Union ticket, but, true to his 

 patriotism, declined the honor. He subse- 

 quently joined the Army of the Potomac, and 

 was killed at the close of the first month of 

 active service, while leading on a division which 

 he was temporarily commanding. 



June 3. SCHALL, Col. EDWIX, an officer of 

 U. S. volunteers, was killed in battle at Cold 

 Harbor. Va., aged 29 years. He was a son of 

 Gen. Wni. Schall, and a native of Montgomery 

 County, Pa. ; was favorably known in civil 

 life, and was twice elected Burgess of Xorris- 

 town, Pa. He was educated for the law, and 

 was also a graduate of Captain Partridge's Mili- 

 tary Academy. At the commencement of the 

 war he was editor of the "Xational Defender," 

 published in Xorristown, but abandoned his oc- 

 cupation, and in company of four brothers, joined 

 the 4th regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers, 

 and was commissioned its Major. He serve! 

 with his regiment throughout its whole career, 

 and participated in all its engagements, passing 

 rapidly through the usual promotions. Subse- 

 quently he was transferred to the command of 

 the 51st, and during several months of service 

 ill East Tennessee was in command of a brigade. 

 June 0. STRYKER, JAMES, an American law- 

 yer, died in Sharon, Conn., aged 72 years. 

 He was for many years a leading member 



of the bar in Buffalo, X. Y., and between 

 aid 1841 fiDed the office of judge of the 

 court of common pleas for Erie County. By 

 the appointment of Gen. Jackson he served &a 

 commissioner to negotiate a treaty with the 

 Six Xations, and was instrumental in causing 

 the Cayugas and portions of the Senecas, 

 Oneidas, and Onondagas to migrate to the 

 west. He published the " American Register " 

 from 1849 to 1855. 



June 3. WEAD, Col. FREDERICS: F., an officer 

 of U. S. volunteers, was killed at the battle of 

 Cold Harbor, Va., aged 29 years. He was 

 born in Malone, Franklin County, X. Y.. grad- 

 uated at Union College in 1856, studied law 

 at Poughkeepsie, was admitted to the bar, and 

 practiced his profession in his native town until 

 the breaking out of the rebellion in the spring 

 of 1881, when he entered the U. S. service &s 

 First Lieutenant in the 16th regiment of Xew 

 York volunteers. In October, 1861, he was 

 appointed one of Gen. Slocum's staff, with 

 which he served through the Peninsular cam- 

 . and in 1862 wa* appointed Lieutenant- 

 Colonel of the 98th regiment Xew York volun- 

 teers, and afterwards Colonel. Subsequently 

 Lis regiment was assigned to Gen. Hickman's 

 brigade, forming a portion of the 18th army 

 corps, under Gen. Smith. During the battle 

 of South Richmond Gen. Heckman was taken 

 prisoner, and the command of the brigade tem- 

 porarily devolved upon Col. Wead. At the- 

 time of his death the 18th army corps was 

 serving under Gen. Grant. 



June 5. DCTTOX, Col. ARTHUR H., an officer 

 of U. S. volunteer.-, vras killed in the engage- 

 ment near Bermuda Hundred. He was a na- 

 tive of Wallingford, Conn., graduated at West 

 Point in the Engineer Corps in 1861, and at 

 the time of his death held the rank of Captain 

 of Engineers in the regular army. While on 

 duty in Xorth Carolina with his regiment, the 

 21st Connecticut volunteers, he served as 

 Chief of Staff for Maj.-Gen. Peck, and subse- 

 quently held a similar position upon the Staff 

 of Maj.-Gen. W. F. Smith. After the battle of 

 Drury's Bluff, in which he greatly distinguished 

 himself, he was placed in command of the 

 3d brigade, which position he had held but 

 a few days when he lost his life. 



June 5. JOXES, WILLIAM G., a Major-Gen- 

 eral in the rebel army from Virginia, a gradu- 

 ate of West Point, killed at the battle of Mount 

 Crawford. Va. He had been in command in 

 West Virginia for nearly two years, and had 

 been promoted to the Major-Generalship in 

 1863. 



June 1 . WIXSLOW, GORDOX. M. D., D. D., a 

 clergyman of the Episcopal Church, fell over- 

 board from a transport and was drowned in 

 the Potomac, aged 60 years. He was a rative 

 of Williston, Vt., graduated at Yale College, 

 studied for the ministry, and became rector of 

 a church in Troy, X. Y., and subsequently in 

 Annapolis, Md. Afterwards he was for many 

 years roctor of St. Paul's, St* f en Island, and 



