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an engagement at the Arch Street Theatre at 

 four dollars a week, attracted Forrest's atten- 

 tion, was engaged to support him, and received 

 much advice and assistance from that trage- 

 dian. When Forrest died, in 1872, most of his 

 manuscript plays came into the possession of 

 McCullough, who gradually worked his way 

 to high rank on the American stage, playing 

 Jack Cade, Spartacus, Virginius, Richard III, 

 and other high-tragedy parts. 



McDowell, Irvin, an American soldier, born 

 near Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, Oct. 

 15, 1818; died in San Francisco, Cal., May 5, 

 1885. His early training was received in part 

 at the College de Troyes, France. He was 

 graduated at West Point in 1838, was made 

 brevet second lieutenant of the First Artillery, 

 and served on the Niagara frontier during the 

 Canadian border disturbances. Thence he was 

 transferred to the Maine frontier. In July, 

 1838, he was made second lieutenant, and in 

 October, 1842, first lieutenant. From 1841 to 

 1845 he was on service at West Point as as- 

 sistant instructor of infantry tactics, with the 

 rank of adjutant in 1845. In October of that 

 year he went to Mexico as aide-de-camp to 

 Gen. Wool, and by gallant and meritorious 

 conduct at Buena Vista (February, 1847) won 

 the rank of brevet captain. He was soon after 

 adjutant-general in Wool's division of the army 

 of occupation. The next year he was assistant 

 adjutant-general at the War Department, and 

 for three or four years he was stationed in 

 Washington. He was made brevet major in 

 1856, was for a while in the Department of 

 Texas, and spent a year in Europe on leave of 

 absence. At the outbreak of the civil war, in 

 1861, McDowell was a major on Gen. Scott's 

 staff, and served as inspector of troops. He 

 organized the volunteers into tolerably effective 

 forces, and in May was appointed brigadier- 

 general and assigned to the command of the 

 Department of Northeastern Virginia and the 

 defenses of the capital on that side. Two 

 months later he entered upon the campaign 

 that ended disastrously at the first battle of 

 Bull Run, July 21, 1861. Gen. McDowell 

 was severely judged at the time for lack of 

 success, and was pronounced by many incom- 

 petent for the position he held. But investi- 

 gation showed that he had planned well and 

 fought well, and only missed success because 

 Gen. Patterson, who should have held the 

 army of Johnston, and was instructed to do 

 so, failed in his plain duty. When Gen. Mc- 

 Clellan was given the organization of a new 

 army, McDowell was placed in command of 

 one of its divisions, and, having been raised to 

 the rank of major-general of volunteers in 

 March, 1862, was placed at the head of the First 

 Corps. In August he was assigned to a like 

 position in the Third Corps. While the Army 

 of the Potomac was driving back Magruder 

 and keeping Johnston and Lee in check, Mc- 

 Dowell was retained on the Rappahannock to 

 guard Washington. When an opening seemed 



to offer for redeeming his military reputation 

 he was sent off after Stonewall Jackson, who 

 was causing trouble in the Shenandoah Vallev. 

 Unfortunately for McDowell, he met with an 

 accident in the saddle, which rendered him 

 helpless for a week, and the Government gave 

 his command to Pope. He served under this 

 latter general, and was engaged at Cedar Mount- 

 ain and the second Bull Run. On Sept. 5, 

 1862, he was relieved of his command. In 

 1863-'64 he was president of a court for inves- 

 tigating cotton frauds, and of the board for re- 

 tiring disabled officers. In July, 1864, he was 

 placed in command of the Department of the 

 Pacific Coast; in June, 1866, of the Depart- 

 ment of California; and in 1868 of the De- 

 partment of the East. In 1872 he was assigned 

 to the Division of the South, and on Nov. 25 

 of the same year was made a major-general in 

 the regular army. He had received this rank 

 by brevet in 1865 for services at the battle of 

 Cedar Mountain. He was retired from service 

 Oct. 15, 1882. During the latter years of his 

 life Gen. McDowell resided in San Francisco. 

 He was an excellent French scholar, and was 

 one of the best-educated men in the army. 



MeQuade, James, an American soldier, born in 

 Utica, N. Y., April 27, 1829 ; died there, March 

 25, 1885. He was educated at a Roman Catho- 

 lic institution in Montreal, Canada, where he 

 became an excellent Latin and French scholar. 

 On returning to Utica, he studied law, but, 

 having no taste for the profession, he went 

 into banking, and thence into politics. He 

 was appointed Assistant Clerk of the Assembly 

 in 1851, and served in that place for five years. 

 He was elected a member of the Assembly on 

 the Republican ticket, in 1859, but served only 

 one term. At the outbreak of the civil war, 

 he was captain of the Utica Citizens' Corps, 

 which enlisted as a company of volunteers un- 

 der the first call for troops. In April, 1861, while 

 the company was in Albany, the Fourteenth 

 Regiment was formed, and Capt. McQuade was 

 chosen colonel. He was at the battle of Mal- 

 vern Hill, where, in consequence of the death 

 of other colonels, he took command of the 

 brigade, and held it to the end of his term of 

 service, about eighteen months. Although ill 

 at the time of the battle of Chancellors ville, 

 Gen. McQuade insisted upon doing duty, par- 

 ticipated in the fight, and fell from his horse 

 exhausted. He was brevetted both brigadier 

 and major-general by President Johnson, and 

 was selected department commander of the 

 Grand Army of the Republic in New York in 

 1879. Gen. McQuade served in various civic 

 capacities, and was an active politician. 



Madden, Edward M., an American manufact- 

 urer, born in Crawford, Orange County, N. Y., 

 Feb. 1, 1818; died in Middletown, N. Y., Jnlv 

 17, 1885. His parents being very poor and 

 the family large, he had almost no advantages 

 in early life, and began to work for a livinj 

 when only ten years old. Nevertheless, by 

 industry and perseverance he acquired a fair 



