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were appreciated. In 1857 he was elected a 
member of the American philosophical society ; 
in 1862, an honorary member of the Imperial 
royal geological institute of Vienna; in 1863, 
a fellow of the American academy of arts and 
sciences. 
In the same 
mear his 
name was 
placed on 
the list of 
the origi- 
nal corpora- 
tors of the 
National 
academy of 
sciences. In 
1864 he was 
elected an’ 
honorary 
member of 
the Royal 
institute of 
science and 
arts of Lom- 
bardy, Mi- 
lan. He was 
also a cor- 
responding 
member of 
the Geo- 
graphical 
society of 
Paris, of the 
Austrian so- 
ciety of engi- 
neer archi- 
tects, and of 
the New Or- 
leans acad- 
emy of sci- 
ences. In 
1880 he was 
elected an 
honorary 
member of 
the Italian 
geological 
society. The 
degree of 
LL.D. was 
conferred upon him by Harvard college in 1868. 
In the regular service, beside the ordinary 
promotion in his corps, he received the brevets 
of colonel, brigadier-general, and major-gen- 
eral, for gallant and meritorious services in 
the battles of Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, and 
Sailor’s Creek. 
Gen. Humphreys’ death occurred at his home 
on the evening of Dec. 27, 1883. He passed 
away when reading at his table, shortly after 
being left, apparently in good health, by the 
family. The manner was what the soldier him- 
self would 
have chosen. 
It is diffi- 
cult, in re- 
ferring to 
the personal 
character of 
Gen. Hum- 
phreys, to 
avoid seem- 
ing exagger- 
ation. He 
united to all 
the manly 
virtues the 
delicacy and 
refinement 
of the weak- 
ersex. Any 
thing mean, 
cowardly, or 
Jesuitical 
excited his 
indignation ; 
and the 
higher the 
position of 
the culprit, 
the more cer- 
tain and vio- 
lent the ex- 
plosion. He 
was gener- 
ous in the 
highest sense 
of the word, 
and slow to 
suspect evil. 
His mind was 
analytical, 
original, and 
inventive. 
His intuitive 
perceptions 
were of sur- 
prising accu- 
racy, but he held his judgment in reserve until 
the evidence was presented and weighed ; then 
he took his position, and could not be moved. 
It was impossible to be thrown into intimate 
relations with him without being impressed with 
his strength, and charmed with his lovable char- 
acter. ’ Henry L. Appor... 
