The Portland daily press., 1885-01-23

The following sketch of distinguished off
Ger, who was stationed in Portland, at Camp
Lyon, during the last years of the war, aud
who married daughter Of one of Portland's
Oldest families, will be read with great inter.
est in this city. The announcement OF Gen.
Brinton's death was made in the Portland pa
pers of Monday last:
Gen. Robert Morton BrintoD died Saturday
morning, at his residence, No. 2122 Delaney
Place, Philadelphia. The Immediate cause of
death was heart failure, resulting from spin
al affection, from which he mad suffered for
the past seven wears. He had been in rather
delicate health, however, for more than twenty
years, having early in the late war contracted
camp fever, from which he never fully rscoV-
cred.
Gen. Briuton was born in Lancaster county,
Pa, June 25th, 1843. His father, Hon. Ferree
Brinton, was for many years one of the assoei-
ate judges of the Lancaster judicial district
The Brinton family was of Hugueuot descent
and among the earliest settlers OF that State
In September, 1861, when hardly eighteen
years of age, Robert Morton Briuton entered
the service as Second Lieutenant OF the Sec
ond Pennsylvania Cavalry, serving in the Ar
my of the Potomac, under Ger. Pope, until
after the second battle Of Ball Run, when his
regiment was assigned to the Second Brigade
OF StahPs Cavalry Division. Lieutenant
Brinton was then detailed as Assistant Adm
tant General, which position he occupied DUR
ing the winter and spring of 1923, up to the
time OF the battle of Gettysburg. In 1864, by
special order from the Secretary OF War
Lieutenant, now Captain, Brinton was ordered
to report to Gen. Charles Griffin, commanding
the First Division, Fifth Army Corps as per-
sona Aide-de-Camp. When Major General
Griffin was placed in command of the Fifth
Army Corps, Capt Brinton became Major and
Senior 4 ide-de-Csmp on the Corps Staff and
he retained this position at the time OF Gen.
LseB surrender at Appomstsox Court House.
A commission as Brevet Lieutenant Colonel
was conferred upon him by President Liucon,
for gallantry at the battle of Five Forks, Vir-
gjnia.
GeneralG rifin was subsequently assigned to
the Department OF the East, the States Of
Maine and New Hampshire being within his
Jurisdiction, and Col. Brinton accompanied
him as Assistant Adjutant General. In the
spring of 1876 he resigned from the army. He
afterwards took great interest in the National
Guard OF Pennsylvania, serving for seven
years on tbs staff of General Provost, and lat
or as Colonel and Aid on the staff of Governor
Hartrantt. In 1875 he was appointed to the
command of the First Brigade, National
Guard, with the rank of Brigadier General,
and in March, 1877, he was nominated by Gov
ernor Hartranft, and optirmed by the Senate
as Major General of the First Division Naiion-
al Guard OF Pennsylvania. In August, 1877,
General Brinton commanded in person the
troops of the National Guard during the Pitts-
burg riots, and occupied, with his staff and a
large force the Round-house in that city when
it was attacked by the mob on the night of
July 22d. General Brinton was also engaged
in suppressing the labor troubles among the
coal miners in the following month. Pressure
of business obliged him to resign the position
OF Major General of the National Guard in
| May, 1878.
General Brnton was the Chancellor Of
| the military Order OF the Loyal Legion of the
| United States, and Acting Chancellor-in.
| Chief of the United States He was also a
| prominent member of Post 2, G. A. r.
| Gen. Brintou was married in October 1867
to Miss Ocfavia E. Fosdick OF Portland, Me-.
| who, with five children, survives him. The
| deceased was engaged in the iron and steel
| business at 406 Commerce street.
! The funeral took place Monday morning a.
| 10 O'Clock at Christ Church Chap
| el, Nineteenth and Pine streets. The
Pennsylvania Commaudery of the Loyal Leg
| ion attended in body