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major "'.I. lieutenant ...|,,n,.l ; aii.l .linn- 7, 



"loin-1 of the Sivth I'nitcd Mali- Ili1:ilitrv. llr 



tir-ii mi Auir. l, I'M;;;, an. I was brevetted nriga- 



eiicral for l"iiir mul t'uillil'iil service <! 

 '. MuriiiL.' his career in tin- uriny In- w a* "ii 

 garrison, i-nu'inccrini:. rccruit'iinr. and frontier duty 

 till the opening of the Iii'linn war in Florida: 

 in tin- Scminolc ainl Mexican uars; was <>n frontier 

 dun in California from the close of the Mexican War 

 till Is.vj; an. I was tlu'ii on garrison an.l iV<ini: 

 it -i- In tlif Northwest Territories till I'M;]. Duriin: 

 'ttyshuri: campaign in I 1 "'.:', he distiniruishcd 

 himself i'n tin- defense <>f I. ittli' Koiind top. Hi' then- 

 I'niiiiiiaiiili'il lln' tirst briirade "f A \ TCS'S division of 

 tlir .">tli 'orp>, ainl lii'lil tin' same command during 

 tlir niatvh to Warrcnton, Va., the same nunitli. After 

 his retirement In- wa* in command of Fort Hamilton. 

 Ni-u York harbor, till June 8, 1804, and performed 



ilutv on militarv < imissions an.l courts martial till 



.vheii in- retired. 



De Leon, Edwin, author, born in Columbia, S. C., in 

 |s-js ; died in N,.\\ York city, Dec-. 1, l,s;il. Hi- was 

 graduated at th- I' diversity of tin- Soiitli ; practiced 

 law in Columbia fur several years; beeaine cilitor of 

 the Telegraph." and with Edwin Fislier i-stalilisln-d 

 the Southern Press" in 1850; and soon afterward 

 founded and became editor of the " National Demo- 

 crat'' in Washington, D. ('. In l>.~>-t lie was appointed 

 United Stutes consul general and diplomatic agent at 

 Cairo. Kirypt, and he held the oih'cc for eight jean, 

 migning to enter the service of the Confederacy. 

 .lelfei-son Davis appointed hi m special diplomatic agent 

 in Europe, and durini; the war he made many ocean 

 trips and ran the blockade seven times. He con- 

 triinited his entire personal fortune to the cause of 

 the Confederacy. After the war lie remained abroad 

 several years, supporting his family then and after re- 

 turning to the United States by writing for various 

 publications. In lt>81 he revisited Egypt, and estab- 

 lished a telephone system in its chief cities. His 

 publications include "Thirty Years of my Life on 

 Three Continents," " The Khedive's Egypt," a novel, 

 Askaros Kassis, the Captain," and " Under the Star 

 and under the Crescent" 



Dennett, Daniel, agriculturist, born in Saco, Me., in 

 1813; died in Brook Haven, Miss., Jan. 5, 1891. He 

 received a common-school education ; went West in 

 1833, and taught school eight years in various parts 

 of Ohio and in Dubuque, Iowa; removed to St 

 Mary's Parish, La., in 1841, and taught there for six 

 years; and in 1847 became proprietor and editor of 

 the "Planters' Banner," in Franklin. He published 

 this paper till the beginning of the civil war, and re- 

 sumed editorial work immediately after its close. 

 For a time he was editor-in-chief or the New Orleans 

 " Picayune," and since about 1876 he had been agri- 

 cultural editor of that paper. He had a large farm at 

 Brook Haven, Miss., and was one of the few agri- 

 culturists who successfully conducted a Southern 

 farm by Northern methods. 



De Eussy, Oustavns Adolphus, military officer, born 

 in Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 3, 1818; died in Detroit, 

 Mich., May 29, 1891. He was a student in the United 

 States Military Academy in 1835-'38; was appointed 

 a &1 lieutenant in the 4th, United States Artillery on 

 March 8, 1847, and, goine directly into the Mexican 

 War, was brevetted 1st lieutenant, Aug. 20, for Con- 

 treras and Churubusco, and captain, Sept. 18, for Cha- 

 pultepec. From .Ian. 1'J, 1849, till Aug. 9, 1857, he 

 was quartermaster of the 4th United States Artillery. 

 In the regular army he was promoted 1st lieutenant 

 Mav 16, 184'.; captain, Aug. 17, 1857; major of the 

 3d United States Artillery July >>'>, 1866; lieutenant- 

 colonel, Aug. 25, 1879; and colonel of the 4th Artil- 

 lery, .lune 30, 1882. He was transferred to the 8d 

 Artillery July 17, 1882, and retired from the service 

 on Nov. 3 following. In the volunteer army he was 

 commissioned colonel of the 4th New York Artillery 

 March 17, 1863, promoted bfigftdiar-fMltt*] May :!'.' 

 follow iiiir. and was mustered out of the service Jan. 15, 

 1866. In the civil war he was brevetted major June 



r Fair Oitki.; li. . July 1, 



Isiij. |,, r Malvi-rn Hill; und eo|.,inl ;i i. 



L'eiH Tul. Mured I::, 1 -;.'., for 



From Mar.'li 1, 1*71. till May I. 1*71. In- wa- .u|HTiii 



telideiit of pra-tieal totrUOUon and la. ti. al n-i-itutintui 



in the Cniti-d Stall- Artillerv >e|i.-,|. Aftii . 



tiremeiit In- lived in Detroit. 



Deyens, Cbarlea, juri-i. IH.III in Charh -town, Mamt., 

 April l, IS-JD; died in Boston, MaM., Jan. 7. 1-:1. Id- 

 was u'raduated at Harvard in ls."s. t<pk a lull 

 in the Cambridge Law School, atul was udiiiitt<-d I-. 

 the bai in ]sn. lie- practici-d ei k 'ht \eurn in Frank- 

 lin County. Mass.. residin;: tin-t at" Northfldd and 

 afterward at (Jreeiitield, and during that tiim- he 

 served two \,al> in the MaN- Si-nati-. Ill 1-1'.' In- 

 was appo inted I nited States marshal for .Ma.ai-hu- 

 setts. Soon aflerward Thomas Sims, a futriti\c slave 

 who had been captured in Mas-uel, ".u/ht 



licforc him to bo remanded to his master. The mar- 

 shal felt obliged by his oath of ollice lo execute the 

 formal process, but his own antishu TV con\ icti 



for $1,800, Lydia Maria Child* undertook to raise 

 the sum. In response to a letter from her. Mr. Devi-im 

 asked her to return all subscriptions and to jM-nnit 

 him to pay the entire amount. Before negotiation* 

 with Sims's master were concluded the civil war 

 broke out Mr. Devens held the office of marshal 

 till 1853, and in the following year resumed practice 

 in Worcester. On April 10, 1861, he was commis- 

 sioned major commanding the 3d Battalion of State. 

 Volunteer Rifles, und in July following wan appoint- 

 ed colonel of the 15th Regiment of Massachusetts 

 Volunteers. In his first battle, Ball's Bluff, he re- 

 ceived a wound. He was promoted brigadier-general 

 in 1862; commanded a brigade in the Peninsular 

 campaign; received a second wound at Fair Oaks; 

 was present at Antietam and Fredericksburir; and 

 in 1863, while commanding a division in the llth 

 Corps, received a third wound at Chancellorsvillc. 

 The last wound caused his retirement from the field 

 till the spring of 1864, when he was appointed to the 

 command of a division in the old 18tn Corps, reor- 

 ganized as the 3d division of the i!4th Corns. On tin- 

 evacuation of Richmond by the Confederates, his 

 troops were the first to occupy the city. For his 

 gallantry in this campaign he was promoted major- 

 general of volunteers, and appointed commander of 

 the military district of Charleston. He was mustered 

 out of the service, at his own request, in June, 1866, 

 and returned to his law practice in Worcester. In 

 April, 1867, he was appointed a justice of the Su- 

 perior Court of Massachusetts, and "lie served till 1^7;}, 

 when he was promoted to the bench of the State 

 Supreme Court. In 1877 he was appointed Attorney- 

 General of the United States, and soon after the close 

 of his term in 1881 he was rcap]>ointcd a justice of 

 the Supreme Court of the State, which oth'ee he held 

 until his death. Judirc Devens delivered the oration 

 at the centennial celebration of the battle of Hunker 

 Hill on June 17, 1875, at the dedication of the soldiers' 

 monuments at Boston and Worcester, and on the 

 death of Gens. Mcade and Grant 



Dillingham, Paul, lawyer, born in Shutesbury, Frank- 

 lin Count v, Mass., Am:, lo. 17'.''.'; died in Waierbury, 

 Vt, July 26, 1891. When six years old he removed 

 with the family to Waterbury, where he studied law. 

 was admitted to the bar in 1823, and formed a part 

 ncrship with Juilire Dan Carpenter. He was elected 

 town clerk in !>_".'. and held the office fifteen years; 

 in 1833 he was elected to the Legislature, where In- 

 served six consecutive terms, during two \ , ars of 

 which he was alo State's attorney : in 1 s:!i;-'37 he was 

 a member of the State Constitutional Coinciition; 

 and in 1841 he was elected a -Mate Senator. At th 

 end of his term ill the Senate he was elected to Con- 

 A hen- In- served two terms, was a member of 

 the Committee on the Judiciary, and was the only 

 Democrat in the Vermont delegation. In 1861 he 



