RECREA TION. 



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GEN. JOHN GIBBON, U.S. A. 



General Gibbon was born in Penn- 

 sylvania and appointed to the 

 Military Academy at West Point 

 from North Carolina. Graduated July 1, 

 1847, brevet second lieutenant and was 

 commissioned second lieutenant in 1847. 

 He served in the Mexican war and in 

 the Seminole war in Florida. Promoted 

 to first lieutenant September 12, 1850, 

 and to captain November 2, 1839. 

 Served in Utah, 1860-61, was chief of 

 artillery on General McDowell's staff, 

 October, i86i,toMay, 1862. Brigadier- 

 general of Volunteers, May, 1862. 



Was in the battles of Grangeville, 

 Manassas, South Mountain and Antietam. 

 Brevetted major-general of Volunteers 

 for gallant and meritorious conduct at 

 Antietam. He held an important com- 

 mand at the battle of Fredericksburg, 

 where he was severely wounded. Was 

 brevetted lieutenant-colonel U. S. A., for 

 gallant and meritorious services at the 

 battle of Fredericksburg. Was severely 

 wounded at Gettysburg while command- 

 ing the Second Corps, and brevetted 

 colonel U. S. A., for gallant and meri- 

 torious service in that action. 



He also held an important and re- 

 sponsible command in the Richmond 

 campaign, and was brevetted brigadier- 

 general U S A., for gallant and meri- 

 torious services at Spottsylvania, Was 

 commissioned major-general of Volun- 

 teers June 7, 1864. Brevetted major- 

 general U. S. A., for gallant and meri- 

 torious conduct in the capture of Peters- 

 burg. Mustered out of the Volunteer 

 service June 15, 1866, and commissioned 

 colonel U. S. A., July 28, 1866. Pro- 

 moted to brigadier-general U. S. A., 

 July 10, 1885, and appointed to the com- 

 mand of the district of the Rocky Moun- 

 tains. 



He commanded the column that res- 

 cued Reno from the Sioux Indians 

 in June, 1876. Retired in 1892, and 

 now lives in Washington, D. C. 



An officer who served with him several 

 years, and knows him intimately, says : 



" He is an able writer and deep thinker, 

 a thorough soldier, and not a politician; 

 honest, strict on duty, and genial and 

 kind off duty. He is brave as a man 

 can be in battle. A true and loving 

 husband, a kind father, and the truest 

 kind of a friend. A thorough sportsman, 

 temperate, modest, and as careful of the 

 welfare of the humblest enlisted man as 

 o( his chief of staff.'' 



Mr. and Mrs. Julian Hawthorne, 

 with their interesting family of seven 

 children, are on a three years' cruise 

 around the world, in their own yacht. 

 They are seeking the by-ways as well as 

 the highways of foreign countries and no 

 doubt, on their return to America, Mr. 

 Hawthorne will give his readers 

 some valuable and interesting matter 

 covering his researches. 



The young people of the Hawthorne 

 family are unusually bright, intelligent 

 and capable. They are musicians, 

 cooks, woodchoppers, photographers, 

 sailors, bicyclists, etc., and what they 

 do not see and what they do not learn 

 of the countries they visit would be of 

 little intesest to any one. 



Mrs. Hawthorne has written a most 

 delightful sketch of a Paper Chase, 

 given by the commanding general at 

 Jamaica, West Indies, which will ap- 

 pear in the November number of 

 Recreation. 



