OBITUARIES, UNITED STATES. 



iin. During the campaign on the Penin- 



Ktilu li.- .nitrar- .nd on llio 



1 at Harrison's I,and- 



l'|."'i ill' 1 or-aiii/ation of the Fourteenth 

 pt. Gruininond had recovered from 

 > itioti, aii'd was appointed major of 

 /mioiit, lii^ commission dating March 2, 

 :' the same month ho was 

 . 'la.'it-enlonol; and when Coil. 

 MI/II. rod to his regiment in tlic reg- 



ular Army, In- took command of the organi- 

 llc led tin- regiment in several severe 



;u"l lil Iv conllirts, especially at Boutonville, 



Fourteenth |>articularly distinguished 

 :liis place tho raiment leaped out 



works and made a gallant charge against 

 superior nunib.Ts, capturing one general officer, 



vors <>(' tho Fortieth North Carolina In- 



. and numerous prisoners, besides killing 

 and wounding many rebels. When the Four- 

 teonth returned home, Col. Grummond was ap- 

 pointed to a lieutenancy in the Eighteenth 

 I". S. Infantry, and was slain by tho Indians 

 with his comrades. 



. -J_. FORREST, FRENCH, nn admiral in the 



lorate navy, and formerly an officer of the 



Xavy, died at Georgetown, D. C., of ty- 

 phoid fever, in tho 71st year of his age. He 

 fought bravely in tho war of 1812; he was in 



val enira'-rement under Commodore Perry ; 

 al-<> fought valiantly in the Mexican war; he 

 was appointed at that time adjutant-general of 

 tho land and naval forces, and the responsible 

 duty devolved upon him of having the forces 

 transported into the interior of Mexico. When 

 Virginia seceded he joined the fortunes of the 

 Southern Confederacy, and was given the posi- 

 tion of commander-iu-chief of the naval forces 

 of Virginia, and commanded at the Norfolk 

 Navy-yard, and was afterward appointed to the 

 command of the James River squadron and 

 then Acting-Assistant Secretary of the Navy. 

 A kind and alFoctionate husband and father, 

 and a true and sincere friend, beloved and re- 



d by all who knew him. 

 Dec. '24. WILSON, Lieut. HENRY, U. S. Army, 

 died at All-tin, Texas, aged 20 years. Ho was 

 an only son of Senator Wilson, of Massachu- 

 setts, and entered the army at seventeen years 

 His first appointment was as tirst lien- 



t in the Thirty-first U. S. Colored Troops, 

 which ho was awarded alter an examination 

 before General Casey's hoard. After serving 

 for a time in tho Army of the Potomac, he was 

 promoted to a captaincy, and shortly afterward 

 was sent to South Carolina, whero ho was up- 

 pointed lieutenant-colonel of the One Hundred 

 and Fourth U. S. Colored Troops. In that ca- 



\, and for some time in command of his 

 regiment and of tho post of Beaufort, S. C., he 



1 until tho disbandment of his regiment at 

 the close of the war, when he was nn; 

 out, 1 - being no longer required, lie 



had, however, acquired a decided taste for mili- 

 tary life, and again entered the service in April, 

 1800, ti:- a lieutenant in the Sixth U. S. Cavalry, 



which n /imcnt he joined with a detachment 

 of iviTifits, in Texas, and remained there until 

 his di-ath. Lieut. Wilson wa a young man of 

 more than average ability, of an aH'cctionato 

 di-po-ition, and a kindly heart; devotedly at- 

 tached to the profession ho had chosen, there 

 was every probability that, had he liv.-d, In; 

 would have proved a valuable officer. II 

 alter a few hours' illness, of hemorrhage of tho 

 stomach and bowels. 



' Dee. 27. PECK, Hon. Lucres B., died at 

 Lowell, Mass. He was a native of Waterbury, 

 Vermont, was two years at the Military Acad- 

 emy at West Point, studied law in the office 

 of the late Hon. Samuel Prentiss at Montpelier, 

 and was admitted to the bar in 1824. He was 

 a member of tho General Assembly of Ver- 

 mont, and from 1847 to 1851 a Representative 

 in Congress from the Fourth Congressional Dis- 

 trict. From 1853 to 1855 he was United States 

 District-Attorney for Vermont. For the last 

 few years ho has been President of the Ver- 

 mont and Canada Railroad. 



Dec. 27. SAWYEK, Col. ROSWELL M., acting 

 assistant adjutant-general on tho staff of Lieut.- 

 General Sherman, died at St. Louis, Mo., aged 

 81 years. He was a native of Brooklyn, N. Y., 

 and went through a partial course of instruction 

 at Columbia College, after which he commenced 

 the study of the law in the office of Mr. Myers, 

 ex-Attorney-General of New York. After com- 

 pleting his legal studies, he removed to Fond dn 

 Lac, in Wisconsin, and was in the enjoyment 

 of a good practice when the war broke out. 

 On the first summons of the President for 

 troops, he joined the First Wisconsin regiment 

 (Colonel Starkweather) as a private, and served 

 for six months. On a reorganization of tho 

 regiment for three years, he raised a company, 

 but accepted a commission as second lieutenant 

 in deference to friends whom he wished to see 

 placed in superior rank. Soon after this he 

 was made assistant adjutant-general to General 

 Hamilton, and retained that position until the 

 General resigned. He was subsequently ap- 

 pointed on the staff of Li cut-General Sherman, 

 with whom he served during the campaign in 

 Georgia. At the time of his death he held the 

 appointment of captain in tho Twenty-firth 

 U. S. Infantry, having been recently mustered 

 out of his volunteer rank. 



Dec. 28. POMEROY, BENJAMIN, a prominent 

 New York merchant, died at Christianstadt, 

 near Santa Cruz. He sailed from New York 

 in October for tho benefit of his health. Mr. 

 1'omeroy was a prominent member of the Re- 

 publican party in Connecticut, and was, for sev- 

 eral years, a member of the State Senate. He 

 was also a member of the Chamber of Com- 

 merce of Now York city. 



Dec. 29. SCRANTON, Hon. ERASTTJS C., Pres 

 ident of the New York and New Haven Rail- 

 road, was killed by being run over by the cars 

 at South Norwalk, Conn., aged 55 year<. Ho 

 was formerly Mayor of New Haven, and was 

 1 'resident of the Elm City N?*Jonal Bank, a* 



