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A Piece of Silver" (1876); ''Decorativ 



in literary work early in life; was editorial writer for 

 iol Times" from its first number; 

 was connected with the Methodist Monk Concrrn for 

 twenty years, during which time she had 

 uhlicatioii iueil by it tur tlie benefit of 

 i-o.-s m the South; and was best known as a 



Ib-r |>tib- 

 (1873-74; ; 

 Decorative Sisters " 



1881); "Klfln Land,"' poems (1882); "GellivOr" 

 The Boston Tea Party" (issa); "Vagrant 

 sr); and "Favorite Birds, and what 

 :nir of them" (1888). She was also the au- 

 thor of numerous fugitive poems and of several 

 hvmns. the best known of which is "Outside the 

 Gate." 



Pope, John, military officer, born in Louisville, Ky., 

 March !>;, IvJti; died in Sandusky, Ohio, Sept. 23, 

 lie was graduated at the United States Mili- 

 tary Academy and appointed a brevet 2d lieutenant 

 of topographical engineers 

 in 1842 ; was promoted 2d 

 lieutenant May 9, 1846, 1st 

 lieutenant Marcli 3, 1853, 

 captain July 1, 1856, briga- 

 dier-general July 14, 1862, 

 major-general Oct. 26, 1882, 

 and was retired March 16, 

 1886. In the volunteer ser- 

 vice he was commissioned 

 brigadier-general May 17, 

 iMil. promoted major-gen- 

 eral March 21, 1862, and 

 was mustered out Sept. 1, 

 1866. During his military 

 career he was brevetted 1st 

 lieutenant Sept. 23, 1846, 

 for gallant conduct in the 

 several conflicts at Monterey ; captain, Feb. 23, 1847, 

 for the battle of Buena Vista; and major-general, 

 March 13, 1865, for services at the capture of Island 

 No. 10. His early service included duty in Florida 

 in 1842-'44, in the survey of the boundary between 

 the United States and the British provinces, and in 

 the Mexican War. He was in charge of an explor- 

 ing expedition in Minnesota in 1849, and proved that 

 the Red River of the North could be navigated by 

 steamers ; on engineering service in New Mexico 

 in 1851-'53; and had charge of the survey of the 

 route for the Pacific Railroad near the thirty-second 

 parallel in 1853-'59. In 1860 he was court-martialed 

 for criticising the policy of President Buchanan in 

 the political canvass, but proceedings against him 

 were dropped, and in 1861 no was one of the officers 

 I by the War Department to escort President- 

 elect Lincoln to Washington. His first service in 

 the civil war was as commander of the District of 

 Northern Missouri, from which he was transferred 

 -ively to the southwestern and the central dis- 

 trict,. Hi-fe his duty was chiefly in keeping rail- 

 road communication open and dispersing guerrillas ; 

 but on Dec. 18, 1861, he gained a victory over Gen. 

 Sterling Price at Blackwater, where he captured 1,300 

 prisoners, 1,000 stand of arms, 1,000 horses, 65 wagons, 

 L' tons of gunpowder, and a large quantity of army 

 supplies, and forced the Confederates to retreat below 

 age river. His next detail was as commander 

 of the land forces that co-operated with Admiral 

 Foote in the operations against New Madrid and Is- 

 land Xo. 10, on the Mississippi. He occupied New 

 Madrid, Marcli 14, 1862, and on the surrender of Is- 

 land No. 10, on April 8, he received 6,500 prisoners, 

 125 cannon, and 7,000 stand of arms. After the oc- 

 cupation of Corinth he was transferred from the com- 

 mand of the Army of the Mississippi to that of the 

 Army of Virginia, comprising the corps of Gens, Fiv 

 mont, Banks, and McDowell. For tit'teen days, in 

 August, 1862, he fought a greatly superior force of 

 Confederates, under Gen. Lee, at Bnstow Station, 

 Groveton, Manassas Junction, Gainesville, and Ger- 

 mantown, all on the line of the Rappahannock river ; 



then fell back, first to a position behind Difficult 

 creek, near the Warreiitoii turnpike, and afterward to 

 within the fortifications of tlie national capital. On 

 Sept 3 he asked to be relieved of his command, and 

 soon afterward was appointed to the command of the 

 Department of the Northwest. He charged the failure 

 of his operations in Virginia to the miM-onduct of 

 d.-n. Fit/jolm Porter at the second battle of Manassas 

 or Bull Run. On his charges, (icn. I'orter was 

 arraigned before a court-martial in Washington, and 

 on Jan. 21, 1803, was cashiered and forever disquali- 

 fied from holding any office of trust or profit under 

 the Government of tlie United States 'or violation of 

 the 9th and 52d articles of war. Gen. Porter at 

 once began working for a vindication of his conduct, 

 claiming that Gen. Pope's order to him to attack the 

 enemy was not delivered till it was too late forhim to 

 obey, and, further, that he had positive knowledge 

 that the opposing Confederate force was much larger 

 than Gen. Pope believed it to be, and that, even-if the 

 order had been received in time it would have been 

 sheer folly for him to attack. After a constant agita- 

 tion for twenty-three years, Congress passed a bill 

 authorizing the' President to restore him to the army 

 with the rank of colonel, to date from May 14, 1861, 

 without pay for the interval, and he was so restored 

 by President Cleveland, Aug. 5, 1886, and two days 

 afterward was retired. Gen. Pope, after his assignment 

 to the Department of the Northwest, proved efficient 

 in checking the hostility of the Indians in Minnesota, 

 and held that command till 1865, when lie was trans- 

 ferred to the military division of the Missouri, sub- 

 sequently the Department of Missouri. In January, 

 1866, he was relieved of this command ; in 1867-'68 

 commanded the 3d Military District, organized under 

 the Reconstruction act of Congress, comprising the 

 States of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia; in 1868-'70 

 the Department of the Lakes; in 1870-'84the Depart- 

 ment or the Missouri ; and from 1884 till his retire- 

 ment the Department of the Pacific. He published 

 " Explorations from the Red River to the Rio Grande" 

 (in vol. iii, " Pacific Railroad Reports ") and the 

 " Campaign of Virginia, of July' and 'August, 1862" 

 (Washington, 1865). 



Porter, John K,, jurist, born in Waterford, N. Y., 

 Jan. 12,1819; died there, April 11, 1892. He was 

 graduated at Union College m 1837, and soon after- 

 ward was admitted to the bar. He was a natural 

 orator, and delivered a notable address at the Whig 

 National Convention in Baltimore in 1844. In 1848 

 he removed to Albany and became associated with 

 Nicholas Hill, Jr., and Peter Cagger in law practice, 

 and in 1859, on the death of Mr. Hill, he succeeded 

 him in charge of the firm's cases in the Court of Ap- 

 peals. He was associated witli Charles O'Conor in 

 the noted Parish will case; successfully defended 

 Horace Greelcy in the libel suit brought against him 

 by De Witt C. Littlejohn in 1862: and m 1863, in 

 association with William C. Noyes, ne won the case 

 of the Metropolitan Bank against the superintendent 

 of the State Bank Department, in which the constitu- 

 tionality of the Legal-tender act of 1862 was in- 

 volved. In 1864 he was appointed judge of the 

 Court of Appeals to fill a vacancy, and in the fol- 

 lowing year was elected to the office as a Republican, 

 for ei-rht years. After serving three years on the 

 bench, he resigned, and removed to New York city. 

 On the disclosure of the Tweed ring infamy he re- 

 fused retainers from Tweed and his associates to de- 

 fend them, and was one of a committee appointed to 

 examine the accounts of Comptroller Connolly. He 

 was counsel for the Erie Railroad Company in its 

 long series of litigations ; made a memorable argu- 

 ment before the State Senate committee in the Trin- 

 ity Church case; successfully defended Gen. O. E. 

 Babcock, President Grant's private secretary; was 

 one of the counsel in the Beechcr-Tilton trial; and 

 was the senior counsel for the people in the trial of 

 President (iarfield's assassin. 



Porter, Noah, educator, born in Farmington, Conn., 

 Deo. 14, 1811 ; died in New Haven, Conn., March 4, 



