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OBITUARIES, UNITED STATES. 



chaplain of the Quarantine. At the com- 

 mencement of the war he was appointed chap- 

 lain of the Duryeo Zouaves, and accompanied 

 that regiment in all its hard-fought battles. 

 He also served with the Sanitary Commission, 

 and, upon the return of his regiment in 1863, 

 was appointed Inspector of the Army of the 

 Potomac for that Commission, and was return- 

 ing from his labors in its behalf at Belle Plain, 

 having in charge his wounded son, Col. Cleve- 

 land Winslow, when he met his untimely death. 

 He had been a frequent contributor to the 

 press, and was a man of high and liberal intel- 

 lectual culture, and of a most genial and amia- 

 ble disposition. His wife had been for many 

 months engaged in ministering to the sick and 

 wounded soldiers in Washington, and his two 

 sons were officers of the Union Army. Rev. 

 Hubbard Winslow, D. D., of New York, and 

 Rev. Myron Winslow, D. D., missionary in Cey- 

 lon, were both brothers of the deceased. 



June 8. ADAMS, DANIEL, M. D., an author 

 of text-books for schools, died at Keene, N. H., 

 aged 90 years. Ho was a native of Townsend, 

 Mass. ; studied in New Ipswich Academy ; 

 graduated at Dartmouth College in 1797; 

 studied medicine, and commenced the practice 

 of his profession in Leominster, Mass., where 

 he also assisted in editing a newspaper called 

 the "Telescope." Here he commenced the 

 preparation of school books, his " Scholar's 

 Arithmetic," his " Grammar," and " Under- 

 standing Reader," being first published from 

 his own press in Leominster. He removed 

 to Boston about 1806, where he opened a 

 select school which was largely patronized, 

 editing also, during a part of the time, 

 a monthly periodical called " The Medical 

 and Agricultural Register," and preparing a 

 " School Geography " and some other books 

 for the press. In 1813, his health failing, he 

 left Boston and removed to Mount Vernon, 

 N. H., where he resumed practice and also 

 engaged in mercantile pursuits. But he could 

 not relinquish his mathematical tastes, and re- 

 vised his Scholar's Arithmetic, and in 1827 

 published it under the title of " Adams' New 

 Arithmetic." This was the most popular of 

 all his school books. In 1846 he removed to 

 Keene, N. H., where he spent his later years. 

 He was the author of a large number of school 

 books, among which are the "Understanding 

 Reader" (1804) ; " Monitorial Reader " (1841) ; 

 "The Agricultural Reader" (1824); "The 

 Thorough Scholar," an "English Grammai'" 

 (1803); a "Geography and Atlas" (1814); 

 a " Primary Arithmetic," " Scholar's Arithme- 

 tic (1805); "The New Arithmetic" (1827); 

 " The Improved Arithmetic," "Book-Keeping," 

 " Mensuration," &c. Dr. Adams was for many 

 years President of the New Hampshire Bible 

 Society, and of the State Medical Society. 



June 8. THAXTER, A. WALLACE, died in 

 Boston aged 32 years. He was a native of 

 Boston ; graduated at Harvard College in 1852, 

 being the poet of his class, and having the val- 



edictory ode. After graduating he entered tha 

 Law School at Cambridge, and in 1854 re- 

 ceived the degree of LL.B., but did not enter 

 upon the practice of his profession. He was 

 for seven years connected with the Boston 

 " Evening Gazette," as a dramatic and literary 

 critic, until ill health compelled him to with- 

 draw. He was a graceful and easy writer, and 

 author of several light acting plays for the stage. 



June 10. CRALLE, RICHARD K., the biog- 

 rapher of John C. Calhoun, died in Virginia. 

 He was a native of South Carolina and a rela- 

 tive of Calhoun, who employed him as confi- 

 dential clerk or amanuensis while he was 

 Secretary of State under John Tyler. He had 

 previously been an editor in Washington, and 

 also filled the pulpit of a New Church Society 

 in that city. His publications comprise an 

 edition of the works of John C. Calhoun, in 

 six volumes, with a memoir founded on private 

 papers and authentic materials, beside some 

 polemical works, which have circulated among 

 the followers of Swedenborg. 



June 11. HORXBLOWER, Hon. JOSEPH C 

 (See HORXBLOWER, JOSEPH C.) 



June 11. PTE, Col. EDWARD, an officer of 

 U. S. volunteers, died from wounds received at 

 the battle of Cold Harbor, Va., aged 40 years. 

 He was educated for the law, and soon after 

 entering upon the practice of his profession 

 rose to a high rank at the bar. When quite 

 young he was appointed District Attorney for 

 Rockland County, N. Y., and soon after County 

 Judge and Surrogate. At the breaking out of 

 the rebellion he at once made preparations foi 

 winding up his practice, accepted the command 

 of a company in the 95th regiment New York 

 State volunteers, then organizing under the 

 name of the " Warren Rifles," and in the fall of 

 1861 entered into active service with the Army 

 of the Potomac. Being promoted to a Lieuten- 

 ant-Colonelcy, he led his regiment through the 

 carnage of Antietam, followed the enemy across 

 the Potomac to the Rappahannock, and shared 

 in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellors- 

 ville, and Gettysburg, receiving after the latter 

 his commission as Colonel. In the battles of 

 the Wilderness and Spottsylvania he was often 

 in the front ranks of the army, and in the bat- 

 tle of Cold Harbor, while leading an assault 

 upon the breastworks of the enemy, received a 

 rifle ball in the shoulder, and at the same mo- 

 ment was wounded by a shell, surviving these 

 injuries but a few days. 



June 14. POLK, Rt. Rev. LEONIDAS, D.D. 

 (See POLK, LEONIDAS.) 



June 15. Mix, Col. SIMOJT H., an officer of 

 U. S. volunteers, was killed in a charge upon 

 the rebel intrenchments at Petersburg. He 

 was a native of Fulton County, N. Y., and 

 learned the printing trade of his father, Peter 

 Mix, for many years editor of the " Schoharie 

 Patriot." Both father and son were among 

 the earliest and firmest Republicans, and the 

 latter was, in 1860, Republican candidate for 

 Congress, but was beaten by a few votes by 



