Evening journal., 1892-01-30
DEATH CALLS YET AGAIN.
Brave Old General Barnum Ac-
companies Him This Time.
HE CARRIED AN HISTORIC WOUND.


1T Was Inflicted at Malvern nm. where
lie Was Thought to Have Been Killed,
and Guided the Doctors in Their Treat
msnt of Gsrfisid-A Career Of vssoT.
NEW YonK, Jan. 3O.-General Henry A.
Barnum died at his home, 1903 West Forty
fourth street, in the arms Of his brother,
Captain Willis 5. Barnum, Of Syracuse.
General Barnum caught a cold at the Old
Guard ball a week ago Thursday night, and
his DEATH due to pneumonia, occurred while
Drs. shrady, Loomis and Carleton were
consulting at his bedside.
General Barnum was port warden Of this
city and distinguished veteran Of the late
war. He was born in GAINESVILLE, Onondaga
county, N. X, Sept. -, 1898. In early life
he taught school to defray his expenses
while studying law When the war broke
ont young Barnm enlisted as a private in
the Twelfth New York volunteers and was
elected captain Of CompanyL His regiment
was the first under fire at Blaekburn's Ford,
which WAS preliminary 10 the battle Of Bull
Run.
At the battle Of Malvern Hill, July 1, 1862,
| Captain Burnum was shot through the body
and left for dead on the field. He was
captured by the rebels and incarcerated in
Libby prison, but was soon exchanged He
was shot through the sword arm at Look
out Mountain Ia the Battle Above the
Clouds and was again wounded by the
| fragment Of a shell at tho battle Of Atlanta.
1 tI.a rrtaJa 4l,a rfarah sgifh Ssaa4fsar, fl,n
sea His brigade was the ilrst that entered
Savannah, and he was present at the sur
render Of Johnston's army. When the war
was over be had attained the rank Of brig
adler and brevet major general.
| An Historic Wound.
At Malvern Hin he was detailed to the
staff OF General Butterfield. General But
terleld had the left wing Of the army, and
in the battle Major Barnum was constantly
under Gre, carrying dispatches and orders.
Late in tho evening he had been directed 60
place the Twelfth, his own regiment, in line
Of battle He asked permission 70 remain
with IL, and his request was granted.
Personally going to the front, his regi-
ment was ordered 20 cease firing, as the
supposed enemy was showing q Union flag.
While trying to determine il the company
in front were friends or foes, he received a
bullet in his body He gave the order TO
renew firing but became too weak to stand
from loss Of blood. Surgeons said that his
wound was fatal. Upon the retreat being
sounded he was lying unconscious and his
comrades, believing him 70 be dead, left.
body was buried soon after supposed to bg
J his. In the official reports Of the battle he
was named as dead. His little home il
Syracuse was thrown into mourning, and {
funeral oration was pronounced In chat city
But the major was not dead He had re
( covered consciousness and had been talzeI
prisoner. He lay in the battlefield hospita
.. .. eight days, and then in an old express Wagon
was taken 10 Richmond and put IN Libby
Owing to his wounded and helpless condi
tion he was exchanged shortly, and in al
ambulance was sent to Aisens Landing, oI
I the James, and placed on the hospital trans
I port steamer Louisiana and taken to For
Monroe, md then by the hospital ship En-
: terp brought to this city. He arrived hom
( { on July 25, 1852. In October Of that yea
! ! the wound was operated on by DR.. Alder
4 March, Of Albany, and fourteen pieces OF tn
: iium were removed,
His body wound received at Malvern Hi
never healed, Gad he wore rubber tub
through the track Of the ball He is tlr
Z wound General Garield's surgeons exam
9 ined his open wound with reference to it
! bearing upon that Of the martyred presi
dent A plaster mould was made Of it, ant
Z is now among the surgical wonders Of tn
war in Washington.
Awarded a Medal by Congress.
But in spite Of the wound Barnum re
turned once more to the battlefield. II
Y Itf.
service. He wanted always TO be at tn
front with his comrades At the battle O
Peach Tree Creek he was again wounded,
7 piece of a shell this time striking him in th
right breast
1t was at Atlanta, in September, 1854 tina
he succeeded to the command Of the brigad
known then as the Twentieth Army corps
q The great march to the sea followed, an
General Barnum took part in il.
When the muster out Of his veterai
4 brigade came, in May, 1865 he was give
the command Of a provisional brigade, an
later succeeded General Siclrles in comman
Of the district Of Massachusetts,, New HamI
shire and Vermont. In the fall of the sam
\ year he was elected inspector Of prisons i
2 this state He resigned his commission {
|. enter upon the duties Of the position.
Eighteen months ago General Barnur
y was awarded by congress a handsome gol
medal for his meritorious war service. III
presentation was at a dinner in this city a
!, which General William T, Sherman PR
Z sided and Chaunoey NJ. Depew made tn
address. At the Inauguration OF Presiden
I Harrison in 1859 General Barnum was maj
shall Of the New York delegation.
Captain W. q. Barnum, brother Of th
general was with him when he died Tn
generals son, Lieutenant Malvern Hill Bai
mum, Of the army, had been sent for, bu
1 had not arrived from the west. Mrs. Bal
? mum has been dead several years. 1t ha
been decided that the general shall be burie
with full military honors. The inteTmen
win be at Syracuse.
Mrs Mcdonald Calls IL BlaciSmaiI.
> INDIANAPOLIS Jan. S0-The youngest so