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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-12-12

AHRRA
The ferryboat SouthHeld, Of tho Staten
Island line, was waiting in the slip at the
foot Of West Forty.second street when the
funeral cortege arrived. About fifty car
riages with their occupants were driven to
the boat, but it was found impossible to
accommodate all OF them, and many oi
them were unavoidably left behind. at
II 40 A. NJ, the southfeld, WHICH bore the
remains Of the old Commodore to Staten
Island, blew her whistle and started on
her trip down the bay. The passage
was devoid Of incident. Nearly all
the members Of the Vanderbilt family re-
mained in their carriages during the en-
tire trip. The boat landed at Clifton at
1925 y. M, and the procession again
formed and started toward New Qorp,
several miles away. Hundreds ol people
came from all parts Of the Island to zee the
funeral, and on nearly all the hotels and
prominent buildings Gags we're suspended
at hali.mast. 1t was after o'clock when
the mournful tolling Of the bell upon the
Moravian Church, at New Dorp, smote
upon the ears OF the weeping occupants OF
the first few carriages. When tho ceme-
terry was reached the hearas was driven to
q snaCe in front Of the temporary receiving
vault and the casket was removed and
placed Immediately in front Of the door Of
the vault.
Tho pAllhesrerS divided into two rows,
one on either side Of the coffin. The relR.
tiyes stood beside the pallbeareTs on the
southerly side and the IpeCtatora stood
with uncovered heads, while Rev.
VIM. II. Vogier, pastor Of MoraviGn
church, uttered an eloquent prayer,
after which Rev. DR.. Cook, rector OF
St. Bartholomew's Church reelted the
Episcopal service for the dead. The cas-
let was then carried into the receiving
vault, where 1t was hermetioally sealed in
tho pEeSenSe OF the four sons Of the de-
ceased. When this was done the mourn
ers again took their places in the car
risges and were driven back " Clifton
landing,
Robert pinkertqp aud = force OF his
men were left in charge Of the vault unIil
the mausoleum ia finished, which, 1t is
expected, will be within six months. The
Southfetd took the mourners back to
New York arriving about 4 o'clock.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-22

The above named corps had membership June
1st 1885 of 1900. The number of corps in the
State June l. 1885 were %, and organized since
State organization 10 applications for charters
have been asked for from five different towns in
the State.
AT Middletown, Conn.,, applications has been re-
ceived for the secret work which will be granted
to them. delegate from that place will visit
Portland during the encampment week when he
will receive the secret work.
The two organizations the ''Woman's State Re
lief Corps of Maine" and the National Relief
Corps" differ in just one point. Our organization
in Maine admits only the mother, wife, daughters,
and sisters of soldiers and soldiers and ex-army
nurses while the National Relief Corps admits
every woman without regard to whether her faith
er son or brother was soldier or a sailor, who
was loyal, and In our mind it Is question where
the line can be drawn between loyal or disloyal
woman, or in single word the corps In Maine
does not admit loyal women, simply as such, and
the National does. Aside from this the two stand
alike.
The 'Woman's Relief Corps of Mainen head
quarters, during the encampment week. will be
established at Turnyerein Hall, corner of Brown
and Congress streets, where all ex-soldiers and
sailors and members of all Relief Corps both State
and National will he welcomed
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-22

days battle The battalion engaged in the hottest
part of the second days fight in which Capt FEES
sender was severely wounded in the arm In
Sept. he was appointed Colonel of the 25th Maine
Infantry His regiment, its term Of service hay
ing expired, being mustered out. Col. Fessenden
was appointed to the command of the 3Oth Maine
Veteran Volunteers He led his men in the bat
ties of Sabine Cross Roads and Pleasant Hill as
summing command of the brigade in the latter bat
tie on the death of its commander. At the severe
action at MOnett's Bluff when leading the brigade
in the assault upon the enemys position, he was
again severely wounded and compelled to undergo
amputation OF his right leg. For his efficient con
duct at Monett's Bluff Col. Fessenden was promot-
ed to the rank of Brigadier General of Volunteers.
PARTLY recovering from his wounds, Gen. Fessen-
den was placed on Court Martial duty and suisse
quently occupied number of positions. In the
Spring of 1865 he received the breyet of Major in
the regular army. for gallantry at Shiloh and the
brevet of Lieut.. Col for gaantry at Monett's Bluff
and in Nov. the additional promotion Of full Major
Gen. of volunteers and Colonel by brevet, in the
regular army in acknowledgement of his meritOr-
ious services during the war, which, indeed were
rarely equalled.
These sketches will be continued during the
week.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-22
TEsrIMoNY OF THE GRAM ARMY.

Commander-in-Chle Robert B. Beath, in his
annual address at Minneapolis said in his visits to
National Officers of the Relief Corps East and
fact that they had in themselves the ability and
resources to carry out the details of the assoca-
ton they had formed and that what was most
needed from the Grand Army was expression of
hearty appreciation In the work and sympathy
with its objects. But what was vastly more en-
couraging, he expressed the opinion that the Re-
lief Corps was much further advanced in organic
alton in one year than the Grand Army was In the
same length Of time, followed with this predic-
ton:
Comrades who doubted the wisdom Of our TAX
lug any action last year will soon see that this
Womans Relief Corps is to be our Grand Army
reserve, ready to respond for efficient help in al
our social and charitable work"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-22
Brig. Gen. Geo. /. BeaI.

Was born in the town of Norway, Me-, May 81
1865 At the breaking out of the war he was
Captain of the Norway Light Infantry, which com
pany Immediately volunteered its services and
was attached to the LIST Maine Regiment Infantry
the first organization raised in this State. They
served until the Sd of August, 1861, when they
were mustered out. The regiment was then re-
organized as the 10th Maine Volunteers, and
Capt Beal was made Colonel of the same, CON
nnuing with it until the end of its two years ser
vice, when he was honorably mustered out. Col.
Beal with his regiment was actively engaged in
the memorable battles of Winchester Cedar
Mountain, Sulphur Springs, Rappahannock, SO.
Mountain and Antietam, at which last bloody con-
f1lct he received severe wound in the thigh his
horse being killed at the same time under him. In
1868 the 10th Regiment was reorganized as the
18th Vetera Volunteers, with Col Beal as its
commander, and took part in the Red River expe-
dltlon. For meritori0uS conduct at the battles OF
Sabine Cross Roads and Pleasant Hill he was as
signed the command of the LIST brigade LIST div.
18th Army Corps. In August he was appointed
Brew. Brig General, and in November full Brig
General. He took part in the battles of OpeqlIan
and Fishers Hill. In 1865 Gen. Beal, with his
command, was ordered to Savannah, where he
was assigned to the command of the Eastern Mill
tary District OF South Carolina This position he
hlled with honor until the 10th of November
when he was honorably discharged. Gen Beai
was in service three years and ten months parti-
miles. On account of sickness and wounds he
was absent seventy days and on leave of absence
twenty-five days. His record is one of fidelity and
answering LOYALTY -
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-22

soldiers of his State, and has done much for the
order which he represents and ornaments. He
enlisted as private i'll the Third Wisconsin Cav
airy early in 1861, and served throughout the
war. He first served in the Seventh Army Corps,
Department of the Southeast under Generals
Curtis and Blunt. Among his active engagements
were Parry Grove, Cane Hill, and others. He
was present at the massacre of Gen. Blunt's body
guard at Baxter Springs in 1868 When muster
ed out he filled the Office of First Lieutenant.
Since the war he was made Junior Vice Depart
ment Commander of Kansas, and later Depart
ment Commander
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-22
Major Albert w. Rradburx.

having received his commission as I'd Lieut.. and
LIST Lieut., was mustered into service Dec. 18.
1861. The first engagement in the expedition up
the Lafourche took place at Georges Landing,
when section of the LIST Maine under Lieutenant
Bradbury opened the attack ON the Federal side.
and captured piece of artillery which it had
previously dismOunted. In the month of Novem-
Der Lieut.. Bradbury was appointed Captain in
place of Capt. Thompson resigned. On the goth
of March, while preparing for the expedition un-
der Gen. Banks, Capt. Bradbury received wound
in the shoulder which rendered him unable to ac-
company the army. In August, 1858 Cant
Bradbury refitted his battery and reported to
Gen. Weitzel in september. The record of the
battery for the next three months contains moth
ing Of special interest. When the time to re-enist
came the men of the LIST Me. Battery were not lag
gard to the call, and Capt. Bradbury succeeded IN
re-enlisting every man of his command who could
pc reached, case, probably, without parallel
IN the military history of the State The LIST Maine
Battery took part i'll all of the battles and skirn
lshes OF the Army of the Shenandoah CAPTAIN
Bradbury commanding until after the battle of
Winchester. Before this battle Capt Bradbury
received the commission of Major, 1st Me- Light
Artillery. In the spring of 1865 Major Bradbury
had command of the artillery brigade, Army Of
the Shenandoah, and was assigned to the staff of
the general commanding, which position he held
until he was mustered out of service on the oath
of ,TulV 1Se6 $3.50
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-22
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
John s. Kountz.

John S. Kountz, as commander-in-chief of the
National Encalnpment, is the youngest man who
has thus far occupied that high position He was
born at Toledo, Ohio, on the 18th of March, 1876
and enlisted as drummer boy in the Thirty
seventh Ohio when only fifteen years of age He
was with the regiment in every battle in which
it participated, until he received his desperate
wound at Missionary RIDGE whore he was left
for dead on the field, and was subsequently res
cued by his comrades-the incident being the
inspiration of Mrs. Sherwood's poem, "The
Drummer Boy of Mission Ridge" When he re-
turned from the war he found both father and
mother dead and with loyal devotion cared for a
younger sister until both found home with an
uncle. When twenty-three years of age, he was
elected treasurer Of Lucas county, of which To-
ledo is the county seat, and gave bonds in the
sum OF 100000. He served as county recorder
for two terms, at the expiration of which he en-
gagged in the insurance business His income
from fees and commissions now amounts to $780,
600 year, and his agency ranks as second iii
that city. He took command of the Ohio De-
partment, q. A. R., in 1881 when the entire
membership was only 1850, and during one year
established 1875 new posts and increased the
membership to 1863, a gain of 400 per cent and
one which gave the order its first boom in that
state. Commander Kountz has family consisting
of wife and five children
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-22
Major Cen. Francis Fessenden

Was born In 1889 and was graduated from Bow
dom College in 1858. At the commencement of
the war he offered his services to the Government
and received an appointment in the 10th u s. In
fantry as Captain. In JAN, 1862 he was assigned
to Co. Z, LIST Bait. 10th Infantry and in March
ordered to Join that battalion at Columbia, Penn
They made forced march from Columbia to Saw
annah and reached Shiloh on the night of the first
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-22
Brig. Gen. Neal Dow,

Immediately after the surrender of Fort Sumter
and the call of the President for rs, 900 men, Mr.
Dow offered his services to the Governor of the
State, in any capacity in which he could be useful
Oct. 5, 1861 the Governor offered him the Colon
elcy of regiment of Infantry which was to be
raised, and which he accepted While at Shin
Island Col Dow received commission as Brig.
General and was transferred to the command of
Forts Jackson and st. Philips In Oct Gen. Dow
was transferred to the command of the district of
Pensacola, and employed himself building strong
stockade. Before this work was finished he was
ordered to New Orleans and assigned Command of
the forces at Carrolton. In May he was ordered
to Port Hudson reaching there only two DAYS be-
fore the first assault on that stronghold At this
assault Gen nj Dow to was wounded ii the right arm
taken to planters house in the rear Of the lines
where he was captured on the 3Oth Of June nv a
party Of Logan's Cavalry. He was ultimately
taken to Libby Prison, and was then transferred
to Mobile. At the end of two months he was re
turned to Libby Prison where he remained nntil
the 14th of March when he was exchanged AL
though most anxious to remain in service until
the close Of the war. Gen. Dow was compelled by
reason Of falling health and strength to tender his
resignation.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-22
w. w. AIcorn.

ination. He served as chaplain of a Michigan
regiment during the war, and was a delegate to
the Encampment from Gordon Granger Post No.
So, East Saginaw.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-22
Brig. Gen. seIden connor,

native Of Maine and graduate of Tufts College,
entered the volunteer service in August, 1861
during the organization of the It'll Maine Regi-
ment, of which he was elected Lieut.. Colonel In
this capacity he served with much distinction
through all the campaigns in Virginia until De-
cember, 1868, when he was commissioned Colonel
OF the 10th Regiment. AT the balCe of the
Wilderness, May 9Th, he was seriously wounded
by musket ball and taken to Douglass HOSPITAL.
where he remained until july 1866, when he was
removed to his home at KendaPs Mills
He was appointed Brig. General of Volunteers in
recognition of gallant and meritorious services
He was Governor of the State of Maine in 1915
1877 and 1878, and is now U. S. Pension Aren't
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-22
James A. Hall.

This skilful and brave officer, the Department
Commander for Maine, was mustered into the
United States service as LIST Lieutenant of the I'd
Maine Battery, Nov. 80, 1861, and by his as
siduity and remarkable adaptability to his work
speedily rose from rank to rank, until he occupies
high position on the roll of honor He joined
McDowelrs army at Bele-Plain, Va, April 80
1862. He was promoted to Captain May %,
1852, and commanded the battery from that date
until July 49, 1868, when he was promoted to the
majority of the LIST Maine Light Artillery He
was afterwards promoted to Lieut.. Colonel of the
same command Sept. 8, 1864, and subsequently
Brig. General, by brevet March 4 1865. In
September, 1868, he was ordered to report to
Bag Gen. W. F. Barry, Inspector of Artillery, U.
5. A., by order of Major General Halock, COM
handing the United States army and by
General Barry was assigned to the command Of
the camp bearing his name and known as the
Hall served until the camp was discontinued by
reason Of the close of the armed rebellion and
muster out OF all volunteer light artillery.
Gen. Hall, however, was retained in the service
by order OF the Secretary of War and placed in
commadd of one of three brigades of regular ar
tillery stationed at Fort Bailey Md where he
served until the artillery was ordered to the
Pacific and Atlantic coasts when on July %.
1865, he was 3mustered out of the service. He
was reappointed to the army Aug. z, 1865 as
Colonel and Brev. Brig General of Volunteers,
and assigned to the command of the I'd Regiment
United States Veteran Volunteers, Hahcock's
Cores.
No officer from Maine has more honorable
record than General Hall
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-22

Major W. W. Alcorn, of Toledo, Ohio, appointed
by Commander-in-Chief Koultz as Adjutant Gen
eral of the National Encampment, is a native of
Ravenna, Ohio, and was enlisted in the 111th
Regiment raised in that State, serving through
out the campaign in the Army of the Cumberland
AT the expiration of his term of service he return
ed to Toledo and was elected County Recorder
and is now Deputy Collector of Customs of that
port. He has had much experience with the or
ganization of the State and is now Adjutant of
the Sixteenth Regiment of Ohio National Guards
He is about forty-1ye years of age, and a jeweler
nv oopunatiOn
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-22
Gen. Paul Van Dervoort.

To the efforts of Paul Van Dervoort perhaps
than to those of any other one man is due the
fourishing condition and constantly Increasing
prominence of the Grand Army of the Rebublc of
the United States. He has attained distinction in
Grand Army circles as one of the hardest workers
and chief organizers, for which latter office he
seems specially endowed with the essential
qualities. In fact, he owes his present promin-
ence to his efforts in behalf of the Grand Army of
the Republic, rather that to his army record,
though the latter was by no means poor one.
-Four years ago he was honored with the highest
official gift of the members of the Grand Army OF
the Republic-that of Commander-in-Chief, he
Beath. The outbreak of the Rebellion found him
10 year old student at the Illinois Wesleyan Uni
VerSity, from which he endeavored to escape. He
ran away two or three times, with the intention OF
enliSting but each time was brought back and
kept at his books until the demands for men in the
dark days of 80 was so great that every one was
taken and youth became no disability. He was
which was stationed at Alexandria, where he was
doomed to a inactivity, which soon became irk
some to Van DeVoort. He deserted and went tC
the front, arriving there in time to participate in
the second battle of Bull Run. At the conclusion
of his term of enlistment he Joined the sixteenth
Illinois Cavalry at Fort Butler. This regiment
was engaged in breaking up Guerilla Bands, and
in one OF their minor engagements Van DeV0ort
was captured and spent a year in rebel prison
prison life had so affected his health that he finish
ed his career in the field in the Provost Marshals
office. Since the war he has spent much time and
money in organizing posts in the West
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-22

Corps in States Not Organized as De
partn1ents.
MARYLAND.
SUMNER No. /, Chestertown-
President-Ellen Berry
NEW MEXICO.
G. X. WARREN No. /, Albuquerque
President-Jennie Covington.
THOMAS No. 2, Las Vegas.
President-Rachel L. Tenney
UTAH.
JAMES B. McKEAN No. 1, Salt Lake City
President-Ida E. Lincoln.
VIRGINIA.
cAILLIoUx No, ], Norfolk.
President-Mary s. Smith.
GEORGE A. CUSTER No. 2, Richmond.
President-Nancy Harrison.
SHAW No. 3, Norfolk.
President-Susan.B rickhouse.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-22
Ellsworth's Avenger.

Frank Z. Brownell, who, among his comrades,
goes by the soubriquet of "Ellsworth's Avenger,"
is one OF the most popular and wen known vet
Grams in the order. He enlisted as a private in
the 18th New York Infantry. He was present
when Ellsworth hauled down the rebel flag that
foated from the roof of Jacksons tavern. Jack
son, the proprietor, drew bead on the Colonel
and took the first life on rebel soil AT the time
Col. Ellsworth was standing Immediately in front
OF Lieut.. Brownell, and as Ellsworth fell the
Lieutenant who was then a private, levelled his
musket and killed the murderer on the spot
Lieut.. Brownell shows nomento in the shape Of
blackened and stained ornament which in the
fall was severed from Elsworth's cap and soaked
in his blood He prizes it highly as the first blood
shed III the rebellion. One curious fact connected
with the killing of Ellsworth which has not APP
peared In print, was that he had the sentence,
Not for ourselves alone. but for our country
which was the motto of a badge he wore, shot
through him and lodged in his backbone. The
sentiment OF the sentence, the sensational man
ner OF the killing, and the fact that he is regarded
as the first Of long line of martyrs to great
cause, combine to make circumstance which is
romantic and interesting to say the least. After
this tragedy Lieut.. BrOwnell served in the Army
OF the Potomac until Mcclellan was relieved by
ability
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-22

Gen. Babb, Department Commander of Mime
sofa, is native of Maine and enlisted as private in
the Ninth New Hampshire Volunteers. For gal
lantry and merit, he was promoted to Leuten-
ancy OF Company +, and late to the Office of Cap
tain OF Company G.. He was not mustered out uIl-
til the conclusion Of the war, and came West in
1868. He at one time was commander of the G.
N. Morgan Post of Minneapolis, and afterward
was elected Department Commander of Mime
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-22
Brigadier-ceneraI John A Martin.


Bfigadier-G General John A. Martin, one of the
prominent figures in Western politics, may be
Justly regarded as leading and highly esteemed
citizenpf his State, and he is fine looking gentle
man, inclined to corpulency, Slightly above me-
dunn height, with handsome face, modest bear
ing, and altogether pleasing makeup. He has a
way of speaking of the incidents of his life in a
deprecating manner as if they were matters of
supreme indifference to himself and everyone else
He Is a newspaper man and the editor
and owner Of the Daily Champion, the lead
ing paper of Atchison. He was originally a
Pennsylvania and emigrated to Kansas in 1857
AT the commencement of the war he was mustered
in the Eighth Kansas Infantry, as a Lieutenant
Colonel and served with that regiment in the
Army of the Cumberland. Being promoted to the
command Of the First Bribade of the Third D-
vision of the Fourth Army Corps he participated
in the greater part Of the battles of the Atlantic
Campaign. Among the engagements in which he
did his heaviest fighting, were those of Perrys-
vile, Chickamauga, Siege of Chattanooga, Mission
Ridge the Knoxville Campaign, the Atlanta Cam
paign, and subsequently followed Hood north
He was mustered out only at the close of the war
Since that time he has been honored with q num-
Der Of official positions of responsibility and trust
among which were those Of Member Of the Board
OF Managers of the National Soldiers Home Mem
Der OF the Centennial Commission, and Others
Last November he was elected Governor Of
Kansas
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-22
Rev. J. N. shannafaIt.

Rev. j. N. Shannafelt Chaplain-in-ohief is a
resident of East Saginaw, Mich, about 40 years of
age, and regular minister of the Baptist denom-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-22
woman,s Relief Corps in Maine.

Bosworth.Relie Corps of:Portland was the first
OF, Woman's Relief Corps formed in
IL,