OBITUARIES, UNITED STATES. 



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for years were identified with the "Washington 

 bureau. In 1861 he was made major and 

 lieutenant-colonel, in 1863 promoted to a 

 colonelcy, and on March 15, 1865, his efficient 

 administration of ordnance matters during the 

 late war was recognized by a brevet brigadier- 

 generalship, he having been from April, 1861, 

 to September, 1863, executive assistant at the 

 bureau, and subsequently to August, 1864, in- 

 spector of arsenals and depots. In his frequent 

 service upon small-arms and ordnance com- 

 missions, and his peculiar acquaintance with 

 the war material of the United States, lie left 

 a reputation for practical performance which 

 is seldom excelled. In 1862 General Mayna- 

 dier, in the report of a congressional commit- 

 tee, was charged with disloyalty, as being a 

 party to Secretary of "War Floyd's alleged at- 

 tempt in 1860 to transfer cannon, arm's, and 

 munitions to the South, in anticipation of the 

 rebellion. This charge was conclusively an- 

 swered, and has left no stain upon his memory. 

 General Maynadier was an officer possessed 

 of a rare sense of honor, and he performed all 

 duties committed to him with a strict regard 

 to justice. 



July 7. CHILDS, Colonel CEPHAS G., a jour- 

 nalist and art connoisseur, of Philadelphia ; 

 died there. He was associated with the late 

 Walter Colton in the publication of the Phila- 

 delphia North American before its union with 

 the United States Gazette, and was also the 

 proprietor and editor of the Philadelphia 

 Commercial List from 1835 to 1850. He for- 

 merly took an active interest in military mat- 

 ters, and was well known as a patron of the 

 fine arts. 



July 7. CLAYBURNE, JOHN, a Southern jour- 

 nalist, formerly editor of the New Orleans 

 Picayune; died in Nashville, Tenn. 



July 9. BANKS, Colonel GARDNER, com- 

 mander of the Sixteenth Regiment of Massa- 

 chusetts Volunteers; died at "Waltham, Mass. 

 He was a native of that town, where he was 

 residing at the commencement of the war, and, 

 having raised a company, received from Gov- 

 ernor Andrew his first commission as captain. 

 This company was attached to the Sixteenth 

 Regiment of Volunteers, of which he became 

 major, then lieutenant-colonel, and, in 1862, 

 colonel. General Hooker said, in a letter to 

 Governor Andrew: "There is no doubt but 

 at Glendale the Sixteenth Massachusetts saved 

 the army." He was with his regiment at Fair 

 Oaks, Glendale, Malvern Hill, Kettle Run, 

 Chantilly, and Fredericksburg. Lieutenant 

 Hiram B. Banks, his brother, was killed by 

 his side in the second Bull Run battle. From 

 constant exposure, Colonel Banks contracted 

 an inflammatory rheumatism, which complete- 

 ly disabled him for active service. The battle 

 of Fredericksburg was the last he shared with 

 his comrades of the Sixteenth. In 1864, after 

 an illness of several months at "Waltham, he 

 went to New Orleans, where he remained un- 

 til his return home, July 5th, four days before 



his death. The climate of the South was for 

 some time beneficial, but he still occasionally 

 suffered from the rheumatism, which the phy- 

 sicians at "Waltham say was the primary cause 

 of his death. A considerate care for his men, 

 fidelity to the cause he served, an honorable 

 capacity as an officer, and an unwavering cour- 

 age marked his career as a soldier. Colonel 

 Banks was a brother of General N. P. Banks. 



July 9. HALSTEAD, OLIVER SPENCER, Jr. 

 ("Pet" Halstead), a prominent lawyer and 

 politician of New Jersey ; aged about 44 years. 

 He was the son of Chancellor Halstead, and 

 was a lawyer of considerable ability. He had 

 been very active in political life during the 

 war ; was a very warm friend of the late Gen- 

 eral Philip Kearney, and a most bitter and un- 

 relenting foe to General McClellan. His ad- 

 dress, persistency, and assurance, made him 

 during the war, and for a year or two after it, 

 very potent in "Washington in regard to ap- 

 pointments and removals, especially in New 

 Jersey ; but his power had sensibly waned 

 within the past three or four years. 



July 9. LELAND, Rev. A. W., D. D., a Pres- 

 byterian clergyman ; died in Columbia, S. C., 

 at an advanced age. He was Moderator of 

 the General Assembly which sat in Cincinnati 

 in 1851. 



July 11. BOWEN, Major and Brevet-Colo- 

 nel NICHOLAS, U. S. A., an officer of the En- 

 gineer Corps ; died at Boston, aged 34 years. 

 He graduated from the Military Academy at 

 "West Point in 1860, and was appointed 

 brevet second-lieutenant Topographical En- 

 gineers. His first duty was as assistant topo- 

 graphical engineer at the headquarters De- 

 partment of Texas, whence he was sent as 

 bearer of dispatches to Washington, March 

 27, 1861, where he arrived just in season to 

 take part in the defence of the capital at the 

 outbreak of the late war. He was engaged 

 in reconnoitring and fortifying during the 

 Western Virginia campaign and in the Penin- 

 sular campaign, taking an active part in various 

 engagements, and passing through the several 

 grades of promotion to the rank of brevet 

 captain, which was conferred on him for gal- 

 lant and meritorious services during the recon- 

 noissance of New Bridge, Virginia. He was 

 subsequently a lieutenant-colonel on the vol- 

 unteer staff, served as adjutant colonel of the 

 Sixth and Ninth Corps, and chief of staff to 

 General O. B. Wilcox. He was present at the 

 surrender of Vicksburg, the defence of Knox- 

 ville, and various engagements in front of 

 Petersburg. Promoted to be captain of the 

 Corps of Engineers, March 3, 1863, he received 

 the brevets of major and lieutenant-colonel^for 

 " gallant and meritorious services at Knoxville, 

 Tennessee, and Cold Harbor, Virginia," and 

 that of colonel for " gallant and meritorious 

 services during the rebellion." He also received 

 the brevet of colonel of volunteers for " gallant 

 and meritorious services," and was promoted 

 major Corps of Engineers, March 7, 1867. 



