The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-04-23
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STRoSG.-At Frezze, Italy, of urasnio troubIea
w. r. strong. Go. F, pa Wis, aged ST. Oct lsgI
ne was made Major Of the i2th Wis., and on Dee
~, l5O4, ne became Lieutenant Colonel f Isf,i ia
was made Inspector General Of the Deuaruet,t ~
the Army Of the Tennessee He vgas once ~
stair TO Gen. o. o. Howard i'm the march fI,rof,,,h
the Caroliults and was promoted Colonel Is rtIll-
nom July p, 1864, for gaIau,ry on lie field ~
battle 20 Atlanta. On March ~ 1865 he was bre-
,.es - ;.''lei General OF Volunteers lie was
inspectOI-Neueral Of the Freedman's Bureau from
Way iso1 10 september, 1866. and then became
secretary OF lumber company in Chicago.
AfFLEEY.--At New York city Drii II Of pIerfro-
pneumonia, Charles Appleby Co. h. 7th ~ n
aged AZ. He served out the second three niontIlsi
term aud then turned his attention to organizing
lne Ilth n. Y, UAmsn's Brigade which consisted
Of officers for five regiments, and was ordered a.
+NeW orleans % recruit COlored trOODs In .fti.-
qieh1 service IA the south Lieut.. Appleby was
INJURED I'D "a Hght at Jackson, La, when, with d.
force o. only 800 Ire attacked by a detHchuent
lSo strong OF SCOTS guerrillas. On reioinina his
regiment after his recovery he was nlHde Judus-
Advocate Of Post General Court Martial ia winch
capacity De served al he was appointed CAPTAIN u
20. =, Eighth Corps dAfrique, aflerward the s0lh
Z. - e. Inf AHer hOstIlites were ended Cant
Appis1y commanded the Fourteenth Congress
sloEht District in Texas til February 1867 period
or more than a year. There he was brevetted
haJoc- tEou hi5 return home in IS67 he was offered
commission as Lieutenant in the United States
Army, but declined. He was a charter member az
4AIyslle Fost, also a member of the 7lh y. X.
lsegimeutai Association the Nineteenth Corps As
socla.Ion, Military Order Loyal Legion, and many
secret societies.
e.
tLOGGie contracted in the service. james Lewis Co.
H. tth IND He was a gallant soldier. and was a
prisoner OF war seven months. He leaves a wife
and daughter.
AMBLER.-At Danbury Conn., March 10 Rev. Ed
ward e. Amber, Chaplain, 9th Pa. aged 81 lie
was SAID To be the oldest Chaplain ia the GTuud
Army He was a prominent leader in the anti
slavery movement in Connecticut AT the out
break Of the rebellion ne became Chaplain Of the
6bh Pd;' and was in some Of the most severely
fought battles of the war. At the battle OF VIM
chester Courthouse he was captured and sent TO
Libby Prison, where he stayed for SIX months
When ne was exchanged, after which he resumed
his ChapiaIncy of the 9th.
SrUARr-At Dubuque, Iowa, recently of heart
failure, Archibald III. stuart aged So He was born
"a Canada and emgrated 10 this country Hs
entered the army ~ private, and came out First
Lieutenant of his company After tie war he
settled in Dubuque and engaged i'm the business Of
claim agent, prosecuting claims against the
Governments IN which business he continued M ia,
the time of his DEATH lie was "a member OF HYDE
clark Post, and that Post attended the funeral as
dd several societies of which he WAS "a member
WIsHER.-At Germantown, Pa. March 10 Gen.
LanghOrne Wister, aged 6J At the outbreak OF
the war he recruited company for the original
bucktNi regiment IN April, 1861. Six companies
OF the regiment were sent, under command OF
Maj. stone, to McClellan's army ON the Peninsula.
This battalion WIS engaged in the seven days fight
ia one Of which he wounded but kept the
field until the light closed soon after the Buck
tail Brigade was formed, Capt Wi5ter 5 made
Colonel of the l0Oth He participated in the battles
Fredericksburg and ChancellorsyiIIe and on July /
his OF the first regiments to arrive on the
supported
airy, where ne handled his regiment with rare
skill. On the afternoon OF the first day and the
same hour that Gen. Reynolds WAS killed Col.
Stone was borne from the field badly wounded.
when Gen. WIster took command OF the brigade
he also was wounded. "a uinie ball shatterimg his
Jaw and passing out Of his mouth. Although
unable TO speak he remained at his post, and for
this he was breyetted BrigIdlcr- General.
SUMSER-At Bridgeport, Conn. Feb 26 of rheu-
matte govt. samuel i. Sumner, Lieutenant Colonel.
1Yth Mass. aged CO. lie was member OF Elias
Howe jr., Post, 3 He Las held several offices OF
Importance which he has filed with great credit to
himself He Clerk to the Supreme and Supe-
riOr Courts Of the State Of Connections. lie leaves
four children.
BRowy.-At 1Iuseatine, Iowa, March a. Of disease
contracted while in the service, Isaac Brown, Co.
c. 9Th Iowa, aged 81. Az the expiration OF his
term of service he re-euli-t0d in Co. d. 10Th Mo-
and then again in Co. II, 10Th U. ). While in the
service he contracted disease Of the head and
lungs from which he never fully recovered aud
which eventually caused his death.
TEETs.-Near Union Center, H., April s. of lung
disease contracted while in the service George G..
Teets aged Co. He drew pension of 81 per month
for the disease which caused his death.
VAN FLIEr.-At pusCOu, AriZ., March 3 the re-
suit OF an accident, Mai Frederick Van Viet Lieu
tenant, Sd U. > Cav. lie was thrown from q wagon
and died from the iujnries received. He served
gnllantly during the war part Of the time as Adiu-
tant Of his regiment, and received the brevets OF
Captain, Major and Lieutenant Colonel for his con-
duet iu the field le affirmed the grade Of Captain,
81 u. :. Cav in lo66, and was promoted to Major
10th u. , Cav, June Is, 1852. While an Aid on tho
staff Of Gen. Burbridge, of Kentucky. hs had two
horses shot under MIN, aFitl was WOluuel. AiGr-
ward, In the trenches at NICksbuFg, he contracted
sciatie rheumatism, from S. bich he greatly suffered
until his death. He buried with military
honors at Fort Grant, Arz. lie was q hnlf-brotler
of Gen. Stewart Van Net.
JoHNsON.-At New Haven, Conn., March 90
Charles A. Johnson, Major. 18th ". Y. He COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself through the
head the reason for which is given that ne was :
great sufferer Of stomach trouble, aud that in =
moment of desperation, when the pain was unen-
durable. he committed the rash act. On account
Of his able services he was promoted TO Lieutenant
Colonel Of the 18th n. ". Oct. q 1861 and Colonel
the next year. For gallant aud meritoriOus sery-
ices at the battle of Hanover Courthouse he was
brevelted Brgadier- General of Volunteers lie
was a member Of the loyal Legion.
NEw.-At Indianapolis, Ind, April 10 G. w New
Surgeon, 9Th lud aged T.. He performed the tirss
surgical operation Of the war-that Of amputating
the leg OF "A wounded Confederate soldier after the
battle Of Philippe Va, June g. 1851. His Regiments
was attached to the First Corps when t joined the
Army Of the Potomac, but aiterward became part
OF the Fifth Corps. He administered to the wound
cd on more than 40 battefelds. He was tie oldest
member of the Union Veteran Legion, Encamp-
ment so He WAS also member of the 7th Ind
Regimental Association, and at q called meeting of
the survivors Of the regiment appropriate resou-
tion5 were passed.