St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-17

III Tie InQlan war Tor his gallant de-
tense OF Fort Harrison, was reduced to
captain by the consolidation of 1915, re-
signed, but vas restored to major and
promoted to lieutenant colonel and sta
toned at Fort Smelling. and later was in
command of the First at Prairie du
CHEN. lie served in the Black Hawk
war, II in h Southwest commanded
the army of observation n occupatian
at the beginning of the Mexican war.
and from that time on every school boy
knows his history.
1t was when stationed at Prairie du
CHEN. Wis that Jebb- Davis, then a
lieutenant in the army. eloped with the
daughter of the then Col. Taylor and
married her.
Maj. George Crook, captain at the
beginning of the Civil war, colonel of
the Thirty-siXth Ohio. brigadier general
and major general, brevetted for gal
entry until there were no more brevets
to beStow, won distinction at Antietam,
in the Shenandoah. at Chicamauga;
commanded the cavalry of tine Army Oh
the Potomac at AppOmattoX; brilliant
III indian campaigns since the war,
standing in the front rank of Americas
wisest, best and bravest soldiers. row
with the great majority where wars
alarms are heard no more.
Col. j. K. Brooke entered the army as
captain III the Fourth Pennsylvania;
was later colonel of the Fifty-third
| Pennsylvania. receiving brpv,t for
gaIlaDtry at Cold Harbor; br gatlier
general and brevet major general of
volunteers in 1864; lieutenant colonel
i'll the regular army in 1866; colonel OF
the Third infantry in 1879, now major
general, commanding the Department
Of the Platte. His successive promo
tons show a brilliant record during the
war and since.
First Lieut.. and Brevet Maj. Don
Carlos Buell. joined the Third infantry
from West Point in lS41, and was adju-
tant of the regiment in Mexico, where
he was brevetted captain and major for
conspicuous gallantrY- He was APP
pointed brigadler general of volunteers
in 1861, and major general in 1862, and
was conspicuous both in the army of the
Potomac and ia the army of the Cum
berland, where he relieved Gen. Sher-
man and conteDded against his ola army
cUmrade In Mexico. Gen. Braxton Bragg,
and was in turn relieved by Gen RoSen-
cranZ, retiring FROM the army aud ell
gagiHg in civil pursuits.
George Sykes Joined the Third from
West Point iii 1912, serving with tine
regiment in the Florida war, in the
West, in Texas, and was brevetted for
conspicuous g%allantry in Mexico, in the
Apache and Navajo campaigns; was at
first Bull Run; commanded the infant
ny in WASH gton: brigadier general
commanding a division in The Army of
the Potomac; major general of voluu-
teers commanding Fifth CORPS at Chan
cellorSville; brevet brigadier general u.
s. A. colonel Twentieth infantry, sta
toned some years at Fort Smelling.
Col. b. G. Mason, colonel command
ant since 1888, entered the army as cap
tain of the Second Ohio in 1861; colonel
Seventh Maine, 1861 to 1864, and colonel
| One Hundred and Seventy-sixth Ohio,
1864 to 1865; brigadier general of yolun-
terS, 1865; was in many of the most i'm
portant battles of the Army of the
Potomac, serving in the Fourth and
Sixth corps, and was with Sheridan in
the Shenandoah, where, while suffering
from wounds received at Spottsylvania.
he went into action strapped to his sad
die to hold him from falling. He sue
ceeded Gen. John f. Miller in the com
mand at Nashville, served in Texas.
and in a march of SiXty-tWO days vas
in collision with Indians almost every
day; was in the M0dOc war of 1873, the
2,O0O-mile chase by Howard after the
Nez Perces in 1876, and the Piute-Ban-
nado war of 1878.
Lieut.. Col. Ethan Allen Hitchcock. a
brilliant officer in the Mexican war,
where he served principally as inspector
general on Gen. ScOtt's staff, was a
son of Judge Hitchcock. of Vermont,
! and grandson of Gen. Ethan Allen;
brevetted colonel aud brigadier general
in Mexico; lieutenant colonel of the
: Third, colonel of the Second, and re-
signed because Jefferson Davis, as
secretary of war, refused to confirm a
leave of absence granted him by Gen.
Scott. He was major general III the
| civil war, serving in Washington; a
warm personal friend of Lincoln, Swe-
de~nborgian, hermetic philosopher and
author of several works on these and
kindred topics, one Christ the Spirit"
intended TO show that the Gospels are
symbolic books.
Lieut.. Col. Mathew Arbuckle entered
the army as an ensign in 1893: lieuten-
ant colonel of the Third in 1914; colonel
of the Seventh in 1920; brevet brigadier
general IN 1880. He commanded the
Third at New Orleans, Fort Gibson and
Fort Smith, and conducted successful
Indian campaigns and was prominent in
the Mexican war.
Mai. S. K. Kearney, distinguished at
Queenstown Heights, became brigadier
general in 1876; was brilliant in the war
with Mexico, and afterwards governor
of California. He was all uncle of Gen.
Phil KearneY.
Col. G. F. Smith, a lieutenant IN 1925,
and colonel OF the Third infantry and
brigadier general of Vols III 1861. He
commanded the national forces at Pa
ducah; commanded a division at DON
elSon, and won the rank of major gen
eral; commanded a battalion of light
infantry in Texas and Mexico under
Taylor, where he won brevets as major.
lieutenant colonel and colonel and hon
orable mention.
Lieut.. Col. Alfred Sully, son of the
famous painter, Thomas Sully, was one
of the most brilliant soldiers of the
United States army; won distinction in
the Seminole war; was active in Next
co, in Minnesota, Dakota and Nebraska,
1858 to 1858; colonel in the First Mime
sofa in 1862, brevetted for gallantry at
both Fair Oaks and Malvern Hill: con-
manded the Department of Dakota in
1868, closing the campaigns against the
Indians following the Minnesota maSsa-
ere. the closing battles being near Steele
and Bismarck, n. D.; was brigadieI
general i'll the regular army and brevet
major general of volunteers.
Capt. E. b. Alexander commanded
the regiment during most of the Mex.
lean war, three of his enIor having
been killed IN >one engagement. He
was brevetted for conspicuous service in
Mexico and in the civil war; retired as
colonel of the Tenth infantry, making
his home at st. Paul. He was drowned
at Niagara Falls.
Lieut.. Col. d. S. Miles was brilliant
in service and breyetted in Mexico; was
IN fhn !NiIo MN Nauain avnnditint,c
brigadier general Ill 1862. commanding
at Harper's Ferry; asked for reinforce
ments and ~capilulated with II, 500 men
surrendering a vast amount of military
stores without firing a shot, but wa:
mortally wounded by the bursting of
shell after the capitulatien.
Maj. Zebulon Pike was also a dis
tinguished officer in the Revolutionary
war. He was with st. Clair in 1871 anC
with Wayne, and was killed at Toronto
His son, Zebulon Pike, a lieutenant il
his fathers regiment, conducted tn,