The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-09-16
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HUNr-Gen Lewis Cass Hunt, Colonel of the
18th U. =. Inf, died Sept. s. From the time of his
graduation at West Point in lSl7 until the end OF
1878 he was in active service for 81 years. He came
out of the Military Academy in time to enter the
Mexican war, in which he did only garrison duty.
Afterward he spent, five years at Northern posts,
and gained his first promotion to q First Lieuten-
antcy. in lS52. The next two years he passed in
California frontier duty and in Indian warfare.
The beginning of the war found him ON similar
duty in Washington Territory Captain in the
eth Inf He called 20 Washington. where he
remained year. Joining the Army of the Poto-
mac, he was assigned To the CoOneley Of the cd
". Y, and took part in the Peninsuar campaign,
including the siege Of Yorktown. Al Fair Oaks he
severely wounded but won q Brgaslier' epau-
lets for gaantry. During that year he directed
scouting expedtiOnsand engaged IN several battles
in Southern Virginia and North Carolina. The be-
ginning of 1868 found him with Majors commits
sion in the Regular Army and several brevets. He
had charge of special operations in Kansas and
Missouri in the early part of 1861 and from July OF
that year until january, 1850, he had command Of
the defenses of New York HarbOr lie bre-
vetted Brgadier- General OF the Regular Army in
1865 in recognition of bis war services, became .
full Lieutenant Colonel in 1868. and reached the
rank Of Colonel i'm May. ISL. Most of his service
after the war was performed on the frontier.
CRosBY.-Dr. Albert III. Crosby, of Concord ".
H., dropped dead from apOplexy in Exeter ". II.
He was the eldest son OF the late Prof d. Crosby
and WAS born in Gilnlanton in 1928. III .radu-
ated from Dartmouth College in l84S, studied law
with his uncle the late Hon. Nathaniel Crosby. in
Lowell, and in the Harvard Law School and after
being admitted To the bar praetieed in jamestown,
n. H., and in New York city. He subsequently
returned to Hanover and studied medicine under
the Instruction of his father receiving degree from
Dartmouth College in 1860 In 1862 DIR. Crosby
appointed Assistant Surgeon in che Columbia Col
lege Hospital, Washington, and was subsequently
detailed as Surgeon of the 18th Veteran Reserve
Corps, and for time of the medical officers
of the 9th ". H. Ia the latter part Of 1868 he WAS
assistant to his father in the Medical Bureau of the
Provost Marshals Office in New Hampshire, and
in the following year was appointed post Surgeon,
with headquarters in Concord. DIR. Crosby a
member of the local Board of Medical Pension Ex=
RmincTs nearly all the time since the close Of tho
rebellion physician to the State Prison for Is years.
member of the school Board, and physician 10 50.
\ PauI's School for many years He was Royal
/ Arch Mason, Knight Of Pythias, and a member Of
/ the GAR.
/ GRIM-Jno. Grim sr., died ut Dauphn Pa, Sept.
/ 5. He was a pensOned soldier of the war of 1872,
and Oh years OF age lie was the father of rs chill
/ dren, 10 Of whom are living; 90 grandchildren, %
| of them alive, and l08 REORGANIZATION % Of
| whom survive him.
4 NIcHoIs-In the obituary notice Of Col T. w.
Nichols last week ID stated that he belonged to
/ the 10th ". Y. IL should have been 18Th n. y
4 BLAIR-DF. Giles II. Blair died az WesteFyIle o.,
I Aug 80. He served during the in tire G0th
| Ohio. He afterwards practieed medicine in illi-
nOis. and for the last 10 years in WesterviIe. he
| was a charter member of James Price Post, No.
| 80. Department of Ohio. and was "a Past Post sur
/ geon.
HoYr-At East Bridgewater. Mass, Sept, 5. Da-
mon IIoyt. He served three years of the isste war
i'm Co. G.. 29th Mass, and was highly respeeted os
| all his comrades. lie leaves widow and tou
| children the widow being President OF Wohsani
] Relief Corps No. AZ, Department. OF Massachusetts