New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-29
GENERAL CULLUM DEAD.
Ills VARIED SERVICES IN TIE MEXICAN
WAR AND The REBELLION

WAR AND 1HE hEBELlION.
Malor.,;enc-sl George W. Cullum died n his homo.
No. a6l riitbavc sc terily after brief illness For
the last three montr, the aged General had been In
poor health and on rrid0v he complained Of severe
cold ON SATURDAY. he took 10 his bed and physicians
were summoned. He was found 10 be suffering from
pneumonia, and his extreme aee-hc was eighty three
wears old last Thurday-made It impossible for him =
rally from the di,casc. Fortunately General Culums
nephew and nearest Of kin T.. G. iudckoper, OF Mead
VILE Penn. wa, In Ncwicrk on business and was
STAYING at the Generals house. Otherwise the last
DAYS OF the old soldier would have been passed quite
alone
General Cullum born In this city In l-Oo'
While he was a small boy his parents moved to Penn
syvana, from which state he was appointed TO 'he
Military Academy West Point in 1879. lie was
graduated I'm 1888, aud made brevet second
lieutenant Of engineers. At that time the United States
was building Fort ADAMS at Newport. which, Win
Fort Monroe was designed to make Two OF the gre"VcS'
fortfcauons in the world In those days. Lieutenant
Cullum de ned assistant engineer III the CON
siructon OF Fort Adams. After years service IN
that capacity he ordered 10 Washington a.
assistant to the Chief Engineer of the Army.
In 1896 Lieutenant Cullum received his commission
fun lieutenant. and was sent to superintend
the building OF the pier. breakwater ana lighthouse
al Goat Island in Newport IIarbor.
In 1898 he was promoted TO be captain OF engi-
neers Among the coast defences the building OF
which Captain CulIum superintendent AZ TINS pcfiou
were Fort Trumbull md Battery Griswold In Hew-
London IIarbor and Forts Independence, Warren and
Winthrop In Boston IIarbor. The years of lo40 and
1s47 the Captain spent An recruiting duty ana rs
experimenting engineer for deviSng sapper ana miner
and pontoon trains for the Army In the war WIN
Mexico He was al the close Of the Mexican War sent
on special duty TO West Point where he prepared iof
publication a work on Military Bridges with India
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gnecr In the construction OF the cadet barracks nj
West Point. In 1850 Captain Cullum's health gave
ont and he OBTAINED leave Of absence, with pcrmis-
sion to the lie spent nearly two years III
travel visiting Europc. ASIA Africa and the West
Indies. In each country which he visited he made
a close study Of It's military system and OF Its sys-
TEN OF fertilization.
Ipon his return IN active duty Captain Cullum
was sent to West Point as instructor in practical
enctnecring lie subsequently supervised the build
ing OF the Assay once in this city. Then he went
in Charleston s. g.. where he supervised ia"
building Of Fort sumptcr. and repaired Castle
Finckncy and Fort Mouliric. lie was
member OF the board appointed 10 devise defences
for New York iIarbor In 1853 and Was employed on
o. her important engineering work until the outbreak
Of the War of the Rebellion He was promoted to be
a mnI ,r and then hrevettod hcutenan-colme ana maze
niic dc-camp 10 General Scott. on November !, lo6l'
lie was commissioned brigadier-gcnerI OF volunteers
ard appointed chlcfengineer OF me
Department OF abe Missouri. lie was
chief Of staff 10 General llallcck when that ohccr com
mandcd the Departments Of the Missouri and the
Mississippi and directed many engineering operations
on the Western rivers. For time he was In command
at Cornth. and he engaged A. cher OF engineers
In the siege of That place. General QUINN accom-
named General Iialleck to Washington when thai officer
was ORDERED ther- and wns employed IN Inspecting
fortifcaflons examining engineering inventions and on
,rds % 1854 the General WIS
a member Of the United states Sanitary COMMISSION
In the fall Of 1904 nc employed In deviSihg iortl
Dcatlon. for NASHVILLE which pncc had been selected
as a base for the operation Of the Western armies
At the close Of tho war he was made superintendent
Of the Military Academy West Point. In March Of
1865 he made brcvet colonel and brevet brsadler
general and brrvet major general Of the Army for ath
,i mcr!torou, and distinguished sc. vlcc' dulinG me
Rebellion. In lr66 General Culum was mustered ont
Of the volunteer service and that fall gave up the post
u snpcrfnread Of the Military Academy From le"'
until 1877. the General member Of the board for
improving tho dcfcnces OF New YORK lihrbor III 1914
he was retired on account OF age
since his retirement General Cuilum has lived III
this city, lie married the widow OF General lia!eck
She died IN 1884. and since that time ne mas HVeu
alone Ills nearest relatives live II Meadvile, Penn
when Mrs. Cullum died she left $4,000 to the NeW.
York Cancer Hospital 10th Mis-. Cuiinn ana
General had previously subscribed literally TO that
Institution. IN nil. General and Mrs Clllnm gave,
Including Mrs Cullum's bequests about S-Ooouo 10
the hospital This money II IS understood. was v fne
IIaleck estate. Mr.. Cullum was cousin OF MIS-;
John Jacob Aston The APPEL OF the Cancer Hospital
Is called tho Cullum Memorial Chapel. part Of
tho money left ny Mrs. Cuum being u>eh
In hmllding H. Mr.. Cullum active In
charities during her NE and aided by the General
General 1'uIom published several books, most OF
them on professional subjects; Among h. " lr,' ar
TRANSLATION Of Duparcq's Elements 81 MihnrS Ar'
and IIi..ory- Boggn1lical Register 4 the officer,
and t,rduas Of H. United states Military Academy
(ampai2uS and Engineers or the war OF I'LL i'ih
The struggle for She Hudson The ia't
mentioned T. published IN me eoor.i N crnm
vn, vice president Of The American Geographical 30
cicty, president OF the Geographical Literary S%l'G
aud member ~ tic bOar Of managers OF the New "rN
Association for Improving the Condition Of the io3r.
In I-sl he was delegate TO the conference OF Inc
Associnflop or the Reform and Ccddcaton Of the Law
Of Nations held at Cologne, and In the same year he
was delegate b. the International Geographical Con
rr.sa held I'm Venice General Cullum had no chill
drcn II. leaves a fortune which is supposed TO be