New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-16
SUICIDE or GENERAL EMORY UPTON
FOUND DEAD IN his BED AT THE PREsIDTo OF
SAN FRANCISCO.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 15.-Brevet Major
General Emory Upton u g. A., found dead in his
bed at Preside this morning, having shot himself
through the head some time during the plight. General
Upton retired at about his usual hour last night having
spent the evening with friends The first nmaton of the
tragedy was obtained this morning between and
O'clock when the Generals orderly went to call him.
Receiving no answer to his Knocking the orderly
opened and found that General Upton dead
| In bed An alarm was instantly given and several
officers fastened the ROOM they discovered that
the General had committed suicide. revolver was
still grasped In his hand and there was bullet wound
through his mouth into the brain. The body was cold
and still and life had evidently been extinct several
hours probably since midnight From the appearance
of the this morning General Upton must have sat
up until the night BEFORE writing and destroying
manuscript and burning many papers He left two let
ters his sister, dated the 18Th, but apparently
written last night in which intmated that something
might happen In the other letter. unfinished and adj
dressed TO Captain Dyer General Upton expressed his
opinion that his Revised Tactics" would be failure.
The letters Will not be published until ater the inquest
tomorrow. Among the army friends OF General Upton
his suicide Is attributed TO fear that by the failure OF his
work tactics he would lose hR reputation Some Of
his rieds however think that grief at the loss OF his
wife was the cause OF the suicide
General Upton was born in this city in
II 1910. and entered the United States Military
Academy in 1856 He graduated In May, 1861
aud was at once assigned to the 4th United States
Artillery with the rank OF second lieutenant. About
week later he was transferred the 9th Artillery with
the rank Of rstieutenant During the Peninsular cam
paign Of 1862 be commanded his battery al yorktown
Ganes's Mil and Glendale and at South Mountain and
AntletaIn no had command Of an artillery brigade. In
October 1862 he made Colonel OF the 121st New
York Regiment which he led at fredericksburg Salem
Heights and Gettysburg Daring the Rapidan cam
paign he had command Of brigade In the Richmond
campaign OF 1861 General Upton led his brigade
he Wldernpgg the front OF Peters
burg. He was transferred with bis corps che 6th TO
the Shenandoah Valley In July, 1864 and In the battle
AT Opequan (5eptember 10) he wounded while IN COM
mand Of division. This wound disabled the young Gen.
raj for some time and when he returned duty in Decem
Der he was assigned 70 division Of cavalry in the West
In the spring Of 1863 when General j. H. Wilson led his
cavalry corps INTO Alabama and Georgia General UPTON
commanded the 4th Division, the lst ana "a beng
commanded by Generals MCCOOk and Long Wnen prepa-
being made u attack Selma General UPTON
his request, with 300 picked men, was ufecte9
10 penetrate the sWamps upon hs left break through
ae line covered by It, NO turn the grrsOns llght' the
remainder o us oEl'3n W ~ ,iS 90,
airy however. General Longs prevented this
movement from being carried ont. "Upton's division"
SAYS General Andrews In hts "storY OF the Campaign
oil Mobile" charged Wirh It's habual spirit and deYO-
lion in the attack on Solma II was SAID that the men,
finding II too difficult 20 break down or pry awaydhe
arpporCd stOcklde In front OF the caThW orks those
behind coming swiftly, Jumped on the shoulders OF
the foremost aud lCapcd Tie DISTINCTIONS thus storming
the worRs by q game OF leap frog Nor was such
humorous expedieut mcOnsslent with the coOns5s ana
crId yalor of these splendid troops" General Upton
mustered out OF the volunteer service III Aprl
60 and vas soon after made OF the
2Jth United states Infantry. Early in 1859 he was
transferred She 1St Infantry, IN 1870 10 the lst Ar
tcry and IN 1877 to The 4th Artillery During tue war
he received several hreyct cOmmissOns for services az
Sposvyaua. Oh Wilderness aud Winchester the rank
oi maiorZrnpr volunteers by Dreyct being received
for me scryltei at latter place. His services az selma
brought him rank OF DrgadIeTgeneral oy DreVeJ III
the Regular Army and his services generally brought
tho rank ~ uaiOT-gpueral by oeYet During the year
following the war General Upton engaged 10 per.
! fectng "a system u Infantry Tactics" This mammal
was adopted in August 1867, for tue use Of the Army
and III