Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-03
GALLANT OFFICER
Service of Col. Edward M. Heyl, Who Died
Yesterday.
ais Participation During the War of
Battles With the Indians.

Col Edward NJ. Heyl, inspector general
United States army, who died yesterday at
Chicago. ILL.,, was born in Philadelphia, Pa,
February Il, 1914. He entered the volun-
teer service August II, 1861, as private
in company E, third Pennsylvania cavalry;
was promoted quartermaster sergeant and
first sergeant same company; second lieu
tenant, April 4, 1862; first lieutenant, April
1, 1868; captain, December 4, 1868, and hon
orably mustered out August "a, 1864. His
command was among the first volunteer
cavalry regiments that joined the Army of
the Potomac, and was engaged with 1t in
the following named battles: Williamsburg,
Yorktown, White Oak Swamp, Malvern
Hill, AntietSm. Kelly's Ford, Fredericks-
burg, Gettysburg, Mine Run. Wilderness.
Cold Harbor and siege Of Petersburg. He
was captured by the enemy at HARDWOOD
Church, Va, November %, 1868, and kept
prisoner for thirty days.
He was appointed first lieutenant, ninth
cavalry, July 2S, 1866; promoted captain,
July 81, 1867; transferred to the fourth cav
airy, January I, 1871; appointed major and
inspector general, February 10. 1888; pro-
NOTED lieutenant colonel and inspector gen.
eral, December %. 1885. and colonel and
inspector general, February IL. 1889. Dur
engaged IN numerous expeditions. he par
ticipated in the following actions against
hostile Indians: June Z, 1869, on the Peoos
river, Texas, with the Lipans and Mescaler-
os; mentioned in general orders of Septem-
Der II, 1869, headquarters fifth military dis
trict for gallantry in this action. Septem-
Der 16, 1869, near the BraZos river. Texas,
against the kiowas and Comanches, and
again mentioned in general orders, October
%, 1862 headquarters fifth military district,
for gallantry. November "a. 1863, near the
Llano river, Texas, against Comanches. In
describing this engagement in general Or
ders dated December -, 1859, Maj. Gen.
Reynolds states that this is the third oc-
CASTOR within the year that the gallantry
of Capt. Heyl has been brought to the
attention OF the commanding general. In
this action Capt. Heyl engaged in personal
conflict with an Indian, whom he killed,
and was himself severely wounded with an
arrow in the left side. He took part in the
expedition against the hostile Apaches and
Lipans on the Pecos river, Texas, from
May to October, 1870, and in the scouting
expedition against hostile Comanches and
Kiowas from September, 1871, to December,
1871 October II, 1871, he was again en-
gagged with hostile Comanches near the
Brazos river, Texas, where the enemy was
completely routed, his entire camp and
winter supplies being destroyed.
From June, 1872, to June, 1873, he COM
manded the escort composed Of cavalry
and infantry, to the Texas and Pacific rail-
read expedition, in which he saw much
hard service, being engaged In a number OF
skirmishes with hostile Kiowas and Co.
manches.
September 26 and q, 1874. he was engag-
ed with hostile Cheyennes in the Tule
canon, Tex, and on September %. 1874, in
the battle against Cheyennes and kiowas
in the Palo Duro canon, Tex, in which the
Indians were completely routed.
November 3, 1874, in action against hos
tile Comanches on the Laguna Curato, Tex.
He was engaged in the Ute campaign of
1881, and in the expedition against the hos
tile Apaches in the fall of the same year.
He had served twenty-one years in the
line, nineteen Of which were spent in con-
tinuous and arduous service in the field,
when he was appointed an inspector gen.
eral on the general staff of the army, in
which capacity he served with conspicuous
ability at the headquarters departments of
Texas, of the Missouri and the east.
The death of Col Heyl will result in the
promotion of Lieut.. Col George H. Burton
to be colonel, and Maj. P. D. Vroom to be
lieutenant colonel in the quartermasters
department. The vacancy in the list Of
majors will be filled by transfer of a cap
tain Of the line.