The National tribune., 1888-04-12
PERSONAL.

Engineer Corps, which he accepted. A. TIE out
breasc Of the ha was Captain, and applied fCf
active field dHly. lie was offered the command o.
= regiment, bat declined desiring to organize a
brigade Of sspPsrs miners and pontsnie-a. This
fell through. aud he vas assigned to dusy On the
Southern coast as Eugiaeerin-CnieE The first
operation he was engaged in wrs against SavaE-
nah, the entrance to which was defended b. Fort
Pulaski. In this work he ast0nshed tie engineers
Of the world. The nearest point st which bate
ries could be located vFs Tybee Island n mere
morass, covered at high tide By water and distant
more than mile from the rebel fort Up TO that
time no engineer had Thought Of hrsachiaz a fort
az more than geo yards and many held that GO
or zoo yards was TIE limit except under specially
favorable circumstance. Since Che invention Of
guapoTdeT practicable breach lad been made
st q greater distance. The trials by European Gov
erumeuts as Isfes 1850 had given no better results
Gilmore boldly went on with his work, however,
and, overcoming the greatest otetc'es succeeded
in building battery ca TIRE quaguafre without al
tracing attention from the rebels The enormous
guas taat lac used had to be transported along an
oozy marsh through which pole couId be forced
70 depth Of q y Is feet 20 was so iafirm. Ia
tact that a man could not walk across 1t. It
can hardly be imagined what difficulties confronted
the moving Of guns, weighing as high IS MAE tons
10 p.soe where they could be effective. Evea
after a causeQay had been constructed 80 meR
o3uId hardly move a gun when suspended by a
ding. All Ihe commands had 10 be given In wills
pers a5d communicated from mouth to mouth.
After eight weeks OF these Herculsan labors the
batteries were completed and fire was opened or
the fort Gilmore had calculated so well that be
fore Inc HTstT8sy'5 firing ended the fort began TO
suffer v5sibly, and toward the afternoon of the
second day the rebels decided to surrender. So
perfect had been al the arrangements that The loss
On oar SIDE was bat one man killed. This was the
! first success Of she kind during The war and the
enthusiasm Of She people was bouudess. Gen. Gill
1 more was Immediately commissioned Brigadier-
i General, but the exposure and hardships pros
trated him on bed Of sickness fer several weeks.
I After his recovery he was assigned 10 duty in the
field in Kentucky. but Inter vss transferred 10 the
forces operating against Charleston and construct
ed the batteries thai redised Forts Wagner Gregg
/ and Sumter. These were even more brilliant oPe-
/ rations than tie reduction Of Fort Pulaski. but
by this time thc Nation had become accustomed to
vfctory and l}ie results were not welcomed with
\ so much enthusiasm. The navy did not follow Up
the successes achieved by the Engineer Corps and
( Gen. Gilmore was assigned to duty with the 10th
Corps under ButIsr, who made the advance against
+ Petersburg Gilmore and Badly ~ Smith shared
/ In the disapprovaI which followed The failure 70
/ capture Petersburg at tbe FIRST movement, and Che
| former was relieved OF his command. He was
! Der. 1855 aud resumed his rank Of Major IA The
! Engineer Corps. On Jan. -. 1874 he was pro
noted TO Lieutenant Colonel. and then Colonel
Feb. % 1883. At the time Of his death he the
ranking Colonel Of the Corps
Brig,-Geu. Georse Crook, whom the President
has appointed Major General in place Of Gen. Ter
| ry, Nas born in Montgomery County, o.. near Day
ton sept. s. 1873, and entered West Point in 1875
~ his eradication, la I552, he was com niissioned
Second Lieutenant in the 9Th q. s., then serving
10 California lie saw some hard service IN Indiat
( warfare. AID WAS severely wounded When tbs
war broke out he was Captain. The Governor O
Ohio commissioned him Colonel Of the 35h Ohio
which ne organized, disciplined and led to shg
front being assigned to duty In West Virginia. II
"A few months he was promoted TO the command
OF the Third Brigade, Army Of West Virginia auC
with this command defeated the rebel Gen Heath
in decisive action, IN which the latter lost hl
artillery and large number Of prisoners. He
went with the Ennawha Division to the Army o
the Potomac and took a prominent part IN Pope
operations and the battles Of South Mountain anG
Antieam. for which he was promoted 90 Brigz
dier-Cteueral of volunteers and placed in com
! ruand Of the Kanawha Division. which returned 4
! West Virginia Gen. Rosecrans had hiIa trans
ferred 20 the Army of the Cumberland and place.
in command of the Second Cavalry Division, whicl
| he led through the Tullahoma campaign, the bat
lie Of Chicsamauga and the operations subsequent
lie followed Gen. Wheeler when Che latter crosse
/ the Tennessee River 20 cut Of communication be
tween Chattanooga and the North, forced him t.
battle, routed him. captured all his artillery and
naIly drove him. broken and disordered back acros
the river. In February, 1851, he was returned {
the command Of the Third Division, Department
West Virginia, aud rendered Important seryie
with IT, lie was brevetted blajor-Gene for dis
tinguished gaIlantry on the 2oth of July and give
command OF all the forces in the Department c
West virginia with orders to pursue Early up th
Shenandoah Valley. he did this work effectively
When Sheridan took command OF the Shenandoah
Valley, the Army OF West Virginia was made
corps. placed m the extreme left and took part /
| the fights at Cedar Creek, Opequan, Fishers Hi
| etc He remained with Sheridan until the close
the war, and in the II days preceding Lees SUI
! render his command lost one-thiTd its number
| killed and wounded alone. When Sheridan Wa
| assigned to the command Of the Valley CrOo
| was placed in command Of the Cavalry Corp
| which position he retained until relieved at Ii
own request. He was mustered out Of the voluI
ter seEgice Jan. 10, 1856 and resumed his posito
| in the Regular Army as Major OF the Sd Inf. Il
was promoted to Brigadier General Oct. %, 1S7
= He wac very successful as an Indian fighto
IN the West, and commanded the fear and respel
of the AboriginCs in his department
Col John T. Brooke, who has been promoted
| Brigadier-GeneraI TO succeed Gen. Crook, pr
| NOTED to BIajor-General, WAS born Ia Pennsyly
mia and enlisted ia the 4th Pa. in 1861. In lite
while he became Captain, and in November lS6
was commissioned Colonel Of the SD PA. He wa
| promoted to Brigadier-General in 1854 for distiI
?. Cuished service at the Wilderness and SpottsylvI
g min. and little later was breyetted Maior-GeI
erl for similar service. He distinguished hifnse
| the battle Of Getty sburg and TolOpotOmy. Whe
mustered out OF the volunteer service he receive
a commission as Lieutenant-ColOnel Of the S7th I
: s.. and when the regiment was consolidated Bii
! the Sd u. S., was made Northumberland Of th
t regiment and promoted 10 Colonel in 1879.
Maj. Gen Alfred H. Terry has been retired at h
: own request. For long time his health has bee
b far from good and within the last few months
: took such an unfayorRble turn that he decided
q amply for relief from duties Other consideration
= possibly aided him in coming to the conclusion.
= three and a half years he would have reached Il
age when retirement is compulsory. There WI
!, 10 reason for his awaiting this time. since the
= was little chance for promotion in the meantim
q because his two seniors Ijeut.-Ge Sheridan al
Mai-Gen. Schofield are younger than lac by sc
eral years. He recently bought superb hon
| near New Haven. which had been built by wealth