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Senator from that State. The elevating influences of these 
historic antecedents were not without their effect upon the 
generous mind of the young man. The inheritance of 
family traditions and the “cumulative humanities of some 
generations,” as Dr. Holmes aptly phrased it, may take rank 
in a lower degree with the lessons of history learned at 
school. 
Young Mallery received an excellent early education and, 
when the time came, was prepared by a private tutor for 
his entrance into his father’s alma mater , Yale College, where 
he matriculated in his fifteenth year. His collegiate career 
was creditable to his abilities and industry, and he obtained 
more than one prize in languages and mathematics. He 
graduated in 1850. In 1853 he received the degree of LL. B. 
from the University of Pennsylvania. In the same year he 
was admitted to the bar in Philadelphia and commenced 
the practice of his profession in that city. He devoted some 
of his leisure time to editorial and literary work, and was 
steadily advancing in professional standing when the War 
of the Rebellion broke out in 1861. 
Mallery, with the enthusiastic patriotism which charac¬ 
terized him through life, at once entered the volunteer 
army of the United States, and on the 4th of June was ap¬ 
pointed captain in the Seventy-first Pennsylvania infantry. 
In the battle of Peach Orchard, Virginia, which took place 
June 30, 1862, Captain Mallery was very severely wounded 
and, being left on the battle-field unable to move, he was 
captured and sent to Libby prison, in Richmond. Upon 
being exchanged some time later he was sent to his home in 
Philadelphia, and upon his recovery returned to the field, 
and in February, 1863, was commissioned as lieutenant, 
colonel of the Thirteenth Pennsylvania cavaliy. Colonel 
Mallery did excellent service throughout the remainder of the 
war, not only with his command but in various positions of 
importance to which he was assigned. He had speedily 
mastered the intricacies of military law, and his legal train¬ 
ing, excellent judgment, and resolute courage were recog- 
