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lishraent of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 

 Employ eV Relief Association. This has proved 

 to be a decided success, and is in the hands of 

 the employes themselves. During the civil 

 war Mr. Garrett was enabled to render efficient 

 service to the cause of the Union by using the 

 facilities of the Baltimore and Ohio road for 

 conveying troops and supplies, and this service 

 was warmly acknowledged by President Lin- 

 coln and Secretary Stanton. In addition to 

 his labors in the railroad's affairs, Mr. Garrett 

 was largely concerned in various other mat- 

 ters, was one of the trustees of the Johns Hop- 

 kins estate, and was active in politics. 



Greene, Samuel Dana, an American naval offi- 

 cer, son of Gen. George S. Greene, formerly 

 of the army, born in Rhode Island, Feb. 11, 

 1840 ; died by his own hand, at Portsmouth 

 Navy-Yard, Dec. 11, 1884. He was educated 

 at the Naval Academy, and served his country 

 afloat and ashore for almost a quarter of a 

 century. He was in command of the original 

 Monitor after Capt. Worden was wounded, at 

 the moment the Merrimac was driven back 

 into James river. Just before his death, Com- 

 mander Greene completed for " The Century " 

 an account of the famous engagement, which 

 will be included in that magazine's series of 

 war papers. There can be no doubt that his 

 suicide was an act of insanity, as no cause for 

 it is known. 



Gregory, Samuel B., an American naval officer, 

 born in Marblebead, Mass., in December, 1813; 

 died in Hamilton, Mass., June 7, 1884. At the 

 outbreak of the civil war he offered his serv- 

 ices to the Government, and in December, 

 1861, he was given command of the steamer 

 Western World, with which he took part in 

 the capture of Fort Pulaski. In 1863 he was 

 on blockade duty in Chesapeake Bay. A re- 

 ward being offered by the President of the Con- 

 federacy for Iiis body, dead or alive, he sent 

 word ashore that if any one belonging to his 

 vessel was injured, he would lay the country 

 waste for twenty miles. No one was molested. 

 In August of that year, while boarding his ship 

 in a gale, he received injuries that ultimately 

 caused his death. In July, 1863, Gen. Dix 

 made a demonstration from Yorktown, Va., 

 via White House, against Richmond. The Elev- 

 enth Pennsylvania Cavalry were waiting trans- 

 portation, and Capt. Gregory said, " Take my 

 gunboat." The general commanding expressed 

 surprise at the offer of a gunboat for such a 

 purpose, when Capt. Gregory said, "We are 

 here to put down the rebellion, and nothing is 

 too great to be used for that purpose." Three 

 hundred and sixty horses and men went on 

 board, and in twelve hours were on their way 

 to Bottom's Bridge. 



Gross, Samuel D., an American surgeon, born 

 in Easton, Pa., July 8, 1.805; died in Phila- 

 delphia, May 6, 1884. He began the study 

 of medicine in his native place, and went 

 thence to Jefferson Medical College, Philadel- 

 phia, where he was graduated in 1828. He 



practiced for some years in. Easton ; then, in 

 1833, he was made Demonstrator of Anatomy 

 in the Medical College of Ohio, at Cincinnati, 

 and in 1835 was appointed Professor of Patho- 

 logical Anatomy in the same institution. Five 

 years later he became Professor of Surgery in 

 the University of Louisville, Ky. ; and in 1850 

 he succeeded Dr. Mott in the University of 

 New York. By the urgent request of his as- 

 sociates, he returned to Kentucky and resumed 

 work there, after only a single session in New 

 York. In 1856 he was elected to the chair of 

 Surgery in his alma mater, Jefferson College, 

 Philadelphia, which post he occupied with hon- 

 or and success till within two years of his death, 

 when he resigned on account of advancing 

 years and desire for repose. Dr. Gross was 

 author of numerous valuable works, including 

 his "System of Surgery," " Elements of Patho- 

 logical Anatomy," "Diseases of the Bones and 

 Joints," "Results of Surgical Operations in 

 Malignant Diseases," and " Manual of Military 

 Surgery." In 1872 he received the degree of 

 D. C. L. from the University of Oxford, and 

 LL. D. from the University of Cambridge. He 

 was a member of numerous foreign as well as 

 home medical and surgical associations, and 

 made many contributions to professional pe- 

 riodicals. 



Hamilton, Philip, youngest son of the great 

 statesman, Alexander Hamilton, born in New 

 York city, June 1, 1S02 ; died in Poughkeep- 

 sie, N. Y., July 9, 1884. For forty years he 

 occupied the chair of judge of a district court 

 in the city of Rochester. He was at one time 

 Assistant District Attorney of New York, and 

 conducted the trial of the noted pirate Gibbs, 

 in 1861. He was also Judge Advocate of the 

 Naval Retiring Board at the Brooklyn Navy- 

 Yard. His latter years were spent mostly in 

 retirement. 



Harrfman, Walter, ex-Governor of New Hamp- 

 shire, born in Warner, N. H., in 1817; died 

 in Concord, N. H., July 25, 1884. He obtained 

 a common-school education, and became a Uni- 

 versalist preacher in Warner, and afterward in 

 Harvard, Mass. In 1849-'50 he was a mem- 

 ber of the Legislature of his native State, and 

 in 1856 was appointed by President Pierce 

 one of the Board of Commissioners to classify 

 and appraise Indian lands in Kansas. He took 

 the stump in favor of the Know-Nothing party 

 in 1855-'56, and supported the nomination of 

 Stephen A. Douglas for President in 1860. Mr. 

 Harriman entered the Union service in 1862, 

 and became a brigadier-general. He was made 

 prisoner at the battle of the Wilderness, and 

 was badly treated, in company with other offi- 

 cers, but was finally exchanged. He was a 

 warm supporter of the Republican ticket, Lin- 

 coln and Johnson, in 1864. He returned to 

 his command in November of that year, and 

 entered Petersburg with the victorious army. 

 Gen. Harriman was elected Governor of New 

 Hampshire, in 1867, by the Republicans. He 

 was actively engaged in politics for several 



