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serve under any other commander. lie had 



participated in most of the great battles of 



Bragg, Johnston, and Hood, and had a 



high reputation for personal courage and daring. 



Dec. 1. DAYTOX, lion. "WILLIAM L. (See 

 DAYTOX, "WILLIAM L.) 



Dec. 2. BOAEDMAX, Ron. DAVID SHER- 

 MAN-, died at Xew Milford. Conn., aged 96 years. 

 He graduated at Yale College in 1793, -was ad- 

 mitted to the bar in 1795, and speedily took 

 rank among the foremost lawyers of Connecti- 

 cut. For a few years he was Chief Justice of 

 the Supreme Court. 



Dec. 7. RAXXEY, MOSES II., M. D. (See 

 RAXXEY, MOSES H.) 



Dec. 9. SAEGEXT, Lieut. -Col. Lucius M., 

 an officer of U. S. volunteers, killed near Me- 

 herrin River, Va. He was a son of Lucius 

 M. Sargent, the well-known author. He was 

 in command of the 1st Massachusetts cavalry. 



Dec. 10. ScnooLCRAFT, HENRY R. (See 



SCHOOLCRAFT. HEXEY R.) 



Dec. 11. KITCHIXG, COL. J. HOWARD, an offi- 

 cer of U. S. volunteers, formerly colonel of the 

 6th Xew York artillery, but of late in command 

 of a provisional division in the army of the 

 Shenandoah, died from the effects of a wound 

 received in the battle of Cedar Creek, at his 

 father's residence, Dobbs Ferry, X. Y. He 

 was a native of Xew York, was well educated, 

 and at the opening of the war enlisted as a 

 private in the Lincoln cavalry. He was trans- 

 ferred soon after to the 2d X. Y. artillery, in 

 which he soon rose to the rank of captain, and 

 by diligent study and observation made him- 

 self an accomplished artillerist and thorough 

 military scholar. He served in every battle "in 

 which the 6th corps was engaged during the 

 Peninsular campaign, and in the autumn of 

 1862 became lieutenant-colonel of the 135th X. 

 Y. volunteers, afterward the 6th X. Y. artillery, 

 of which regiment he became the commander 

 on the promotion of Colonel Morris to the 

 brigadier-generalship. From the time of his re- 

 ceiving a commission as colonel he was almost 

 constantly in command of a brigade, and repeat- 

 edly received the special commendation of his 

 superior officers, especially that of Gen. Meade, 

 for his extraordinary gallantry in the action 

 of the 19th of May. In the battle of Cedar 

 Creek, Oct. 19, his "division bore the brunt of 

 Early's attack, and fought with desperate valor. 

 He was wounded in the ankle early in the ac- 

 tion, but would not leave the field till the close 

 of the battle ; but erysipelas set in after the 

 first operation, rendering a second necessary, 

 under which he died. 



Dec. 12. LEOXARD, Rev. LEVI "W., D.D., a 

 Congregational clergyman and author, died in 

 Exeter, N. H., aged 75 years, fle was a native 

 cf Bridgewater, Mass., graduated at Harvard 

 College in 1815, studied theology at Cam- 

 bridge, and in 1820 was ordained pastor of the 

 First Congregational Church in Dublin, X. H., 

 where he remained for more than thirty years. 

 He was the author of a " Literary and Scien- 



tific Class Book," the " Xorth American Spell- 

 ing Book," "Sequel to Easy Lessons," and 

 superintended the compilation of the " History 

 of Dublin," beside being an extensive contribu- 

 tor to the weekly religious and secular press. 



Dec. 13. SAVAGE, Rev. Jonx A., D. D. 

 President of Carroll College, "Wisconsin, died 

 at "Waukesha, "Wis., aged 64 years. He was 

 for more than twenty-three years pastor of the 

 Presbyterian Church in Ogdensburg, X. Y. 



Dec. 15. FAEXHAM, Mrs. ELIZA \V., a well- 

 known philanthropist and authoress, died in 

 Xew York City, aged 49 years. She was a 

 native of Rensselqerville, -Albany Co., N. Y. 

 Her family name was Burhans, and in 1836 

 she was married to Mr. Thomas J. Farnham, 

 a traveller and writer of considerable note. 

 After residing a few years in the State of Illi- 

 nois she returned to Xew York, devoting her- 

 self mainly to works of benevolence and social 

 reform. In 1844 she was appointed matron 

 of the female department of Sing Sing State 

 Prison, and while there published her first 

 work " Life in the Prairie Land," and edited 

 an edition of Sampson's " Criminal Jurispru- 

 dence." In 1848 she was connected with the 

 Institution for the Blind in Boston, and in 1849 

 followed her husband to California, where she 

 remained nntil 1856. Upon her return to 

 Xc-w York she published a volume entitled 

 " California Indoors and Out," and for the two 

 years following devoted herself to the study of 

 medicine. In 1859 she organized a society for 

 the aid of emigrant women, large numbers of 

 whom she accompanied at different times to 

 the "West and to California. She was also the 

 author of " My Early Days" and the "Era of 

 "Women," a work upon which she had spent 

 some years of preparation, and which had for 

 its object the promotion of a social reform in 

 the position and rights of women. 



Dec. 16. DE FORREST, Col. O., an officer of 

 U. S. volunteers, died in Xew York. He was 

 among the first to enter the army at the begin- 

 ning of the rebellion, commanding the 5th X. 

 Y. cavalry until a short time after the battle 

 of Gettysburg. During the Maryland and 

 Pennsylvania campaign he commanded the 5th 

 brigade of Gen. Kilpatrick's cavalry division, 

 and distinguished himself as an excellent officer. 



Dec. 17 HOOKER, HORACE, D.D., an Ameri- 

 can Congregational clergyman and author, died 

 in Hartford, Conn., aged 71 years. He was a 

 graduate of Yale College and of Andover Theo- 

 logical-Seminary, and was remarkable for the 

 elegance and purity of his style as a writer. 

 Many years since, in connection with Rev. 

 Thomas H. Gallaudet, LL.D., he undertook 

 the preparation of some religious books for the 

 young. Among these were the " Youth's Book 

 of Xatural Theology," in two parts, and a se- 

 ries of twelve volumes of "Bible History." 

 Many thousands of these books have been sold. 

 He was also associated with Mr. Gallaudet in 

 the preparation of a popular spelling book and 

 a definer. For a period of more than twenty 



