Military officer; born in
Dutchess county, New York, Nov. 18, 1833; subsequently settled in
St. Louis, Mo. When the
Civil War broke out he entered the
Union army and served with conspicuous ability in numerous engagements.
Early in 1865, at the head of 1.500 men, he led a successful expedition against the hostile
Sioux, Arapahoe, and
Cheyenne Indians at the sources of the
Yellowstone River.
He was made a brigadier-general of volunteers on May 28, 1898, and given command of the 3d Brigade, 2d Division, at Camp Alger.
The unwholesome conditions of the camp caused his resignation, and his death, in
St. Louis, Mo., July 31, 1899.
