The daily critic., 1890-12-02
AIN OLD SOLDIER DEAD.
GENERAL WILCOX, A VETERAN OF
The WAR, PASSES AWAY.
The Accident winch Resulted Fst,uv
Occurred Less rhan a Week Ago.
sketch OF Ills Eventrui
Career

General Cadmus NJ. Wilcox died this
morning al o'clock at his residence,
120 Fourteenth street. HIS condition
was very favorable yesterday, and his
physicians, Drs. Sewers and Busey, eX-
pressed some hope Of his ultimate re-
covery. Or. J. Ford Thompson was
called In consultation to consider the
advisobility Of performing an operation
upon the patient The operation was
put of, however and toward evening
an alarming change took place In the
Generals condition Although be ap-
ptared easier, his temperature was very
low. and he continued tO sink lower
until death ensued this morning.
lie never recovered consciousness
since paralysis set in. although shortly
before his death he muttered 10 himself
and appeared to be struggling 20 speak.
The accident which resulted In Gen.
cral WilcOxs death occurred on the
evening Of November 20. lie was on
his way to his rooms. which are situated
at 120 Fourteenth street northwest At
Fourteenth and G streets, where anum.
her Of excavations had been made for
tht NANNuoAOl VI NAt AH'.NIllAAiu ANhIlr
road, he stumbled and fell striking his
head upon the sharp edge Of one Of The
trenches. He was assisted 10 his feet
by Mr.. Samuel Il. Burche, who accom-
panied him 10 his rooms
General Wilcox did not at first appear
TO be seriously injured, but shortly after
reaching the house be became uncnn-
sciOus and remained in that condition
until his death. Drs. Sewers and Busey
were called In aud discovered that the
General was partially paralyzed, but
could do nothing to relieve his Condi-
tion
General Wilcox was GO years old and
a native Of North Carolina He rradu.
aied from the United States Military
Academy In 1876 lie served through.
out the war with Mexico, heing engaged
rs acting adjutant Of the Fourth Infau-
Try in the siege OF Vera Cruz and the
battle Of Cerrp GordO. and as aid to
General John a. Qultman IN the storm
ing of Chapultepec, where he earned
the brcvet Of first lieutenant, and In the
capture Of the City Of Mexico. lie was
promoted first lieutenant on August 2i,
1851, served as assistant instructor of
tactics at the Military Academy from
1852 till 1857, then went 10 Europe for
year on sick leave, was made captain
OF Infantry on December 20, 1860, aud
OF the beginning Of the civil war was on
frontier duty In New Mexico.
Resigning his commission June y,
1861, he was appointed colonel I'm the
provisional army Of the COnfcdcracy
and assigned 20 the command Of on
Alabama regiment lie Joined General
Joseph i. J0hrston's army with his
T. gimeut on July iG, 1861, marched to
Manassas to reinforce General Beau
regard, and served with the Army Of
Northern Virginia TIL IFS final sur.
render. being promoted a brigadier-
general on OctohCr2l, 1861 and major
general on August Q, 1868.
He commanded q brigade In General
James LongstIeets corps az Bull Run,
Fredericksburg. Chanccllorsyllle and
Gettysburg, and a division under GEN
eTal Ambrose +. Hlll, which resisted
the repeated assaults Of General Han.
cocks troops NJ the battle OF the
Wilderness
General Wilcox declined brigalier-
generals commission IN the Egyptian
army after the war.
In 1886 he was appointed Chief of the
Railroad Division of the General Land
Office IN Washington. lie Is the author
OF book on "ltiiles and Rifle Practice"
New York. 1859, and the translator Of
"Evolutions OF the Line, as PraCtlced
by the Austrian Infantry, and adopted
IN 1888, lie has recently held a posi-
tion In the War Department
The autopsy on General Wilcox was
performed this aftemoon az o'clock.