The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-12-10
THE LATE GENERAL sCAMMON.
A Veteran of the Indian, Mexican and
Civil Wars.
Springfield Republican.

SpriuSHsiQ hepubiCdI-
Gen. Eliakim Porter Scammon, who died
last week in Audubon Park, New York.
was an officer in the United States army In
three q w, Mars Genera Me be scaTm 1918 we" and Wss
admitted to West Point In 1888, graduating
in 1887, fifth in a class OF hfty-two. He wan
a roommate OF Gen; Braxton Bragg; aiser-
graduation a tutor in the academy. Later
he was made assistant professor OF mathe-
mates. and among his pupils were Gems.
1888, he was made lieutenant OF the topo-
graphical engineers and ordered to Florida.
the Seminoles, which closed in 1870. Later
he was engaged IN making q map OF the
region west of the Mississippi river. ana
dered to New Bedford to superintend the
surveying of the harbor at that place.
ordered to Join General Scott, and was put
upon his staff. He was recommended Tor
promotion for bravery at Vera Cruz. but
was soon afterward taken Ill with yellow
fever, and upon his recovery. ordered to
Washington. He was then made an assist
ant typographical engineer and sent to join
the party that was surveying the great
lakes. In 1856 he was made captain Of en-
gineers. He left the army in 1856. lived for
a while in Virginia, ard then became pro-
fessor of mathematics at Mount st. Marys
College at Cincinnati and director of the
Polytechnic College.
When the war of secession broke out
Professor Scammon offered his services TO
the government, was made colonel of the
Twenty-third Ohio Volunteers and put in
under his command the Twelfth Regiment
also, which one day refused to obey orders.
Colonel Scammon mounted his horse, ana
with his pistols in his hands ordered the
sulky soldiers to march, threatening to
shoot the first man who disobeyed-thus he
% Was in Vest Virginia. commandinx a bril-
gade under his former pupil, Rosecrans.
He was in the battle of Carnifax Ferry;
and the next year served In the Maryland
campaign. and won honor by a brilliant
bayonet charge at South Mountain. He
was made a brigadier general was at An
tietam, and i'm the fall of 1862 was put In
command of the Kanawha district. In Feb
ruary, 1864. he was captured and confined In
Libby prison until august. Mnen eS-
c., and given the command of a separate
brigade stationed at Morris island. Here
he YVES captured again, and with other FED.
the guns OF the Union army. He was re-
leased when Charleston fell. and until the
of Florida. General Scammon was mus
tered out of the army in 1865, and the next
Prince Edward Island. His health failing.
he resigned. and was for a time an en-
gineer under General Newton I'm New York
harbor, He taught mathematics In Seton
time he has lived quietly with his daugh-
ter, at whose home he died. Bowdoin Col
lege and Trinity College have both given
him the degree of A. NJ.
The General was known in this city, as
he married Margaret, sister OF John r..
Stebbins. of Crescent Hill. He also resided
here at one time, working with Capt. w.
II. Swift in the Western railroad surveys.
He also did some work for the government
survey while living in this city. General
Scammon met Miss Stebbins in Philadel-
phia, and they were married Oct. IL, 1s4l,
the ceremony being performed at Christ
Church, I'm this city. He often visited in
this city, the last time about two years
ago. Those who met him will remember
his dignifed and kindly manner. his fine
courtesy, and the marked quality Of the
veteran soldier and commander which
evinced itself in his bearing.