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1790; the "Life of Washington" in 1801; and a "History of Sonth Carohna" in 1808- 

 He also wrote a "Universal History" and a "History of the United States" np to the 

 year 1808. He died of a wound received from a nuuiiac on the 7th of May, 1815. — 

 From the " Oxford Press,'' June 13, 18G8. 



Reynolds, John- Fulton, Major General, was born in Lancaster, Pa., on the 21st 

 of September, 1820. He was educated in the schools of his native city, and in 1837 was 

 appointed a Cadet at West Point. He graduated from the Military Academy in 1841; 

 in July of the same year he was appointed brevet Second lieutenant in the Third Artil- 

 lery, and was ordered to Fort McHenry, Baltimore; three months later he was promoted 

 to a Second lieutenancy; early in 1843, he was ordered to St. Augustine, and at the 

 close of the year was transferred to Fort Moultrie. In 1845 he was sent to Corpus 

 Christi, and afterwards to Fort Brown. In June, 1846, he was promoted to first lieu- 

 tenant, and marched with his battery, accompanying General Taylor's army into Mexico; 

 was engaged at the battle of Monterey, and two days thereafter was bre vetted captain 

 for gallant conduct. On the 21st of February, 1847, he was in the battle of Buena 

 Vista, and received the brevet of major for meritorious services. At the close of the 

 Mexican war he was sent to the forts on the coast of New England, where he remained 

 four years, when he was appointed a staff officer to General Twiggs, and in 1853 went to 

 New Orleans, but in the following year returned to the east and was stationed at Fort 

 Lafayette, until he was attached to an expedition which was sent across the plains to 

 Utah. He reached Salt Lake City in August, 1854; in IMarch, 1855, he was promoted 

 to a captaincy, and sent across the mountains to California. During the year he re- 

 mained on the Pacific coast he engaged in expeditions against the Indians, commanded 

 posts, and at one time was on a board to examine candidates for admission into the 

 army from civil life. In December, 1850, he arrived at Fortress Monroe, and in the 

 summer of 1858 was placed in command of battery C, of the Third regiment, and was 

 ordered to cross the plains with his command, to Utah. The battery was one of the 

 most efficient in the service, and hence Secretary Floyd sought to destroy it by mounting- 

 it and sending it across the Rocky mountains. The company, however, arrived in safety 

 at Fort Van Couver in December, 1859. 



In September, 1860, Major Reynolds was appointed commander of cadets at West 

 Point; in May, 1861, he was appointed lieutenant-colonel of the Fourteenth infantry, 

 and sent to New London, Connecticut, to recruit his regiment to its maximum strength. 

 In August he was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general of volunteers, and was 

 ordered to command Fort Hatteras; but, at the request of Governor Curtin, General 

 Reynolds was assigned to the command of the First biigade of the Pennsylvania Reserve 

 Corps. He marched and fought with his brigade on the peninsula, and in Pope's cam- 

 paign. General Pope says in his report: 



"Brigadier-General John F. Reynolds, commanding the Pennsylvania Reserves, 

 merits the highest commendation at my hands. Prompt, active and energetic, he com- 

 manded his division with distinguished ability throughout the ojierations, and perform- 

 ed his duties in all situations with zeal and fidelity. ' ' 



After the retreat of Gen. Pope to the defences around Washington, it became ap- 

 parent that the enemy contemplated an invasion of Maryland and probably of Penn- 

 sylvania. Governor Curtin, therefore, on the 4th of September, 1862, issued a pro- 

 clamation calling out 75,000 of the State militia, and on the 12th Gen. Reynolds was 

 relieved from the command of the Reserve Corps, and ordered to proceed to Ilarrisburg, 

 at the request of the Governor, to organize and command tliese forces. He received 

 the men who were pouring in incessant streams to the Capital, organized them into 

 brigades, and marched them up Cumberland Valley to protect the borders of the State. 

 After the battle of Antietam the militia was disbanded, and General Reynolds rejoined 

 the Army of the Potomac, and assumed command of the First corps; he rendered dis- 

 tinguished service at the battle of Fredericksburg, and carried the enemy's works on 



