New-York tribune., 1874-05-18
OBiT UARl.
M.yor-GEN. GEORGE L. HARTsUFF.

MsJoR-GEN. GEORGE l. HARrSUFF.
MaiOr-Gen George l.. Hartsutf, one OF the
most gallant and faithful officers of the regular service
distinguished in two wars and bearing honorable
wounds from BOTH died in this city on Saturday last
Gen Hartsafs hairbreadth escapes had been such as
sometimes TO lead his fellow soldiers to decan that nc
bore charmed life; but after escaping from Seminole
massacres shipwrecks and all the perls OF acuVe ser
vice throughout the war for the Unlon' ne ieh
victim at last TO pnueRonia, contracted
from overheating himself at the Union League
C,rnb at a game OF billiards. and died peacefully in his
bed He was left on the field for dead in Florlda'
when the command with which he was serving was
surprsed by the SeminOles under Billy BoWiegs WIN
both legs helpless from wounds lie dragged hnseH Dy
his arms for fifteen miles through the Indian country
Years aterward returning from frontier service Win
bag OF gold which he was carrying from the Quartermas-
ter strapped around his waist, he was shipwrecKeu III
Che Lady Elgin and washed ashore under the waves
AT Antetam he ordered TO make reconnaissance III
foroe over ground which seemed 10 him so dangerous
that he was un willing to expose his command upon H.
Leaving his men under cover he rode out blmseH 10
make the needed observations, and after COM
pleting tho reconnaissance received ball when
ne carried to the grave as he was ndng
back TO his troops. The post morten showed
that the attack Of pneumonia to which he nnauy
euccuubed would scarcely have been fatal but for the
Inflammation in the lungs around the cicatrx OF one OF
the old wounds received in Florida and IN the
neighborhood of which lay one of the Seminole bull
lets. which he still carried.
George L. HartsuR was born in Tyne, Seneca
County. n Y, on May %, 1880, but the removal
OF his family to the West practically identified
him with that section of the country, and he
entered the West Point Military Academy from
Michigan in lsls being graduated In 1852 as Brevet
Second Lieutenant OF the 4th Regiment OF Artillery,
In which capacity he did garrison duty in NewYork
and the Texas frontier until 1853 He was then made
Second Lieutenant in the I'd Artillery and was engaged
A,Nyt pVfA gUhn
he was promoted 10 First Leutenantcy in the
same regiment and in h skrnish with SeminOles, was
left for dead the field pierced by three balls, one OF
which 0n the chesO could never be removed From
1856 to 1859 he detailed Assistant Instructor at
West Point. frontier duty at Fort Mackinac
from 1859 to 1860 While stationed there he took pas
sage on the Inflated steamer Lady Elgin, on Lake
Michigan Four hundred persons pershed but he
escaped by sezing piece of floating timber and was
finally washed ashore After leave OF absence IN 1860
end 1861 did garrison duty in the vicinity or wash
:ngton In March. lSl he was appointed iBreyet Cap
tan and assigned to duty Assistant AdjutantGenera
in which capacity he went with the secret expe-
diton under command OF Col. Harvey Brown to
Fort Pickens. In July, with the rank of captain he
became Chief OF Staff Of Brg.GsD. Rosecrans COM
manding the Department of West Virginia and partic
mated in the action at Clrnfex Ferry, Sept TO- 1861 and
throughout the campaign in which Rosecrans so COM
petey out generated Lee He assigned in April and
May 1902 90 special duty at the War Department as
Assistant AdutanGeneral to the Secretary OF war In
the latter part OF May he took command of brig.
ade OF volunteers In the field with the First
Army Corps. His brigade was IN the night
battle at Cedar Mountain in An gust, and bore itself
braveiy throughout that ana other actions in which 1T
was afterwards engaged. AT Rlppahannock Bridge his
it emnences south OF the river for several DAYS
despite the almost continuous IRE OF tle enemy Mhsn
the Army Of the Potomac was retreaing his brigade
formed part OF the protecting line, and for ~
Gays Ie o Td sso Sore copspenons part IN the battles
OF South Mountain and Ant-ian' ana was pro
NOTED the rank OF breyet colonel on Sept H. 1862 for
gallant and mentorious services 10 the LaSt-haneu
action. when be was severely wounded. He then re-
Dec Is 1862 In the meantime he appointed Major
General the United States Volunteers on Nov 29 and
10 Revise Rules and Articles OF War; and TO pre-
pare code for the government OF the armies IN the
Heid. From April 10 November, 1868, he was in COM
Of Twenty third Army Corps during the opera
tons Kentucky the occupation of East Tennessee
Being again incapacated for field duty by reason OF
the wounds which he had received at AntetaD, he was
Courts-maral untl January On March Is, 1865 he
was promoted TO rank of Brevet
campaign mp terminating with tho surrender, Of
the iDsurgeut army under Gen. f. Lee,
aud placed in command OF tho bermuda
front OF the works Tor the siege OF Petersburg AS
Brevet MajOr-General of the United States Army, to
which position he was promoted the same date that
he was made Brevet Brigadier-Genera, he after
ward assigned to the command Of various Important
posts in Virginia until he mustered Of the vol
unteer service Aug. "a 1865. He aferward did duty
as as Sg Fb MsrS Si pe composed Of LOUISIANA
and Texas. At the time OF his retirement he occupied
tary Division OF Missouri with headquarters IN Chicago.
The wounds which incapacated him having been re-
ceiyed when The discharge OF his duty MajoTGen-
era cat Auticam) he retired with that rank and
with fun pay. time lie went abroad, and in
terested himself IN bringing American Improvements In
artillery European attention. He had finally returned
with the purpose OF making New-YOrk his home aud
had Just completed his preparations for settling down
70 Housekeeping.
peasantest associations with ii and with the Mill
tary Academy and it had always been his desire TO be
ingly ordered the funeral there with the honors
due 70 bls rank, and the funeral cOrtege
will leave New-YOrk the Government steamer
Henry Smith from Pier No. 5s North River, at o'clock
of Tuesday next. There sleeping in the pleas
ant little graveyard at West Point whose have
been brilliantly baZoned, but none who have given
more loyal faithful and valuable In his sphere,
aud none VINO Will be sincerely mourned by de.
voted friends throughout the army aud the country