Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1890-05-17
OBITUARY.
GEN. JULIUS WHITE.

General Julius White died Monday
morning at his residence in South
Evanston at half-past ten o'clock. He
had been troubled long time with
dropsical ailment which affected the
heart, and for several days before his
death he was in a semi conscious con-
dition
Julius White was born in Cazenovia,
n. Y, Sept. 80, 1916, and came to
Chicago when he was 20 years old,
after completing his education in the
East. His first Western business vent
ure was as fire underwater in this
city. In 1854 he was elected President
OF the Board of Fire Underwriters.
President Lincoln appointed Mr..
White Collector of Customs at this
port in March, 1861, but he held the
Office for short time only, resigning
to raise regiment for the Union forces
in the field. Sept. IS, 1861, the Thirty
seventh Illinois Infantry was reality,
the result of Mr. Whites labors. He
was its Colonel. The regiment was
ordered to Missouri and participated
in the charge at Pea Ridge, where Col.
White was wounded. For gallantry
in this action he was raised to the rank
of Brigadier General in June, 1862, and
was then ordered to join the Army of
Virginia and Gen. Pope placed him in
command at Winchester. For his serv
ices at this point he was highly com
plimented in general orders. At a
later period Gen White was given the
command of forces at Martinsburg,
where he repulsed an attack of cavalry
under Gen. Ashby with marked skill.
This success called forth the official
thanks of the Secretary of War. In
January, 1868, Gen. White was as
signed to duty in Eastern Kentucky,
where he carried on an incessant
warfare with rebel guerrillas until
August, when he was given command
of brigade of cavalry in the Twenty
third Army Corps, shortly afterward
being placed at the head of division
of that corps which marched under
Gen. Burnside into Tennessee, and met
Longstreet in an engagement at Knox
vile. At this time Gen. Whites health
failed and h returned home on sick
leave in the spring of 1864, and on his
recovery was stationed at Springfield
in charge of volunteers and drafted
men. In June of the same year he
joined the Army of the Potomac under
| Gen. Meade and was made Chief of
Staff to Gen. Burnside. Made COM
mander of the Ninth Corps, he engaged
III the battles necessary for the posses
sion of the Weldon Railroad. In the
fall of 1864 he was again taken seriously
i'll and was forced to retire to his home,
followed by the commentator of every
General under whom he had served.
He was then brevetted Major General
for gallant and meritorious service dur
ing the war.
In 1870 Gen. White was elected a
County Commissioner and was Presi-
dent of the first board In 1872 he
was appointed United States Minister
Resident to the Argentine Republic by
President Grant. He remained there
until business interests compelled his
return to Chicago, and his friend, Col.
I. c. Osborne, was appointed to the
South American port at Gen. Whites
request. His last business in life was
attending to real estate interests.
Only last week Gen. White was
elected Commander of the Loyal
Legion, an Office in which it was his
well-known wish to serve.
He leaves family consisting of Ten
Eyck White, Mrs. A. n. Sullivan, Mrs.
G.. L. Woodmancy of Cincinnati, Mrs.
c. X. Bannister, Mrs. w. X. Sullivan,
and Collins Shackleford, step-son.