The New York herald., 1865-03-25

SKETCH a. THE yUBfz. GE3EiHR A. naxnaiAH
report nom Mw osAaus states tat General 1mC.
Hndman q Asizansas lately shot y rebel sosievs
IN Yexas, w1,ae en- ro,c 10 kcrico nbng positive Is
known Of he syrA Of c,s report Asugh has been
wcA oEfapasbed S,at HnAman htely e,dsavG1ng 70
k@ 20 soachesn oonSedsrary with lazse amount Of
tohasco, aed, supposoA considerable amouns Of
con md afvU paBse wjo6 he had ascsm1 hsed rg hook
~ @ook.
HoGnau's hsAhss wss native Of oousectsuf. he
son was bon near knoxville, bat early psasvcd to
A1sansas, where he married a relative sf Jer Davis
snce attaining manhood be has been before the ooussry
n vawoas cspacAes, having agued ~ sosne snns
nembes % e UBted States f3ousc Of Repstsensatsvoe
and Of Me ss brieadieS general n the rebel sFDy h
Icn Congress n 1890, and returned 70 Arkansas When
tho war broke he ssed the Arkansas legion, ~
which he was commissioned ee,ons,. He was whh his
regiment cent, in September 1901, 70 Bowling Green,
Ky Here be remained until the evacuation Of that paoe
in the following February He tuped up again at Shiloh,
where he made brieadier general
Shortly after June, 1884, be assumed command OF the
ans msssp district but we , done r = ss sSs n,a ma
ment subsequently, renudiated bis action s acts were
SO desJotic and oppressive that July, Ie6 Albert PIKE
which was addressed Jcr Davis and which resulted
n the deputfng OF Lieutenant General Theophue Holmes
70 .e rIe q ne gsass o. ar & an
man bad never been cent 70 Arkaneas and had never
been placed m command Of the Trans MkESpp Depart
menI The consequt Of tho examination Of the com
plants was that Holmes relieved Hindman and him
east Of the xissssippi river 20 BSaeA who pot him In
command Of one OF his divisions.
In this capacity he was engpgcd September H. 1881
IN the afYair al Dog Gap, Lafayetc, Ca IN which
General James Nerey completely out manpuvred
both Brckner and Hndman, and Tor which faifre Bragg
ayvsted the latter Bindman repaired, under arrest 10
Aanta but with Polk who also arrested about the
time, shortly after sent To MISSISSIPPI 70 oppose
shennan's raid in that s,ate Here he remained during
IN Nav, 1904, wfen Sherman advanced on Ressacca,
Ca folk called 10 Joe Johnston aid and Hn Imam
who was then In command or one Of Polk's dvisiops
also repaired 10 that point He engaged al Ressacc
May ~, and subsequently at Other points in front o.
atlanta Az as len 0slU'' ns % ,1S
November last he crossed the Mississippi Al Cah Point
below Bolivar and started for Mexico, declining thai
hcre not the slightest hope for The success o. the
and also his determination 70 oer bis
vices 10 Maxinnifhn
ALEXANDER MILLrSER, A REVOLUTIONARY PES.
sIoNER, ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE vEkR2LD.
from the Rochester Union, March IA
One Of tho last Ave OF the Of the Revolution who
receive pension from government died this wrnfns a.
Adams Basin, thirteen miles west or this city His
s.,oU name was ,,:, Ae..na,, though appears ~ the
sSY sgSs 'ss ss.n s.%s q ns
hundred and 1--WE years of age yesserdS7. He was J6n
wo believe, in one Of the eastern conntes q the State
and was Employed 40 drummer In tho American army
when but fourteen years Of age His SON. Joel r. MINI
ner long resided in this city ana tho most Of the tmo
n, father Swe With him The vs'essa 1ss p meet
drum for the company they marched 70 aud from the
pace Of meeting He has been too feeble for the past
hs sss % hundred b quite ns
could take pretty long walks without much fatigue.
I'm work published few weskh since entitled 'Ths
Last Men Of the Revolution IL s stated that Alexander
Miiliner was born In Quebec, March IL, l7eo-Ec
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