The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-05-26
FAIRCHILD rs DEAD
WISeogSINS EX-GOVERNOR AND
FAMOUS SOLDIER No MORE.
Complication of Diseases Causes
His Death-Gen. FairclliId's Lie
Ran1ete with Military and Civic
Honors-He Was Once Command
er-in-Chief of the Grand Army.

Madison. Wis, May 2i.--Gen. Lucllls
Fairchild died here very suddenly.
The announcement of his death came
like q thunderbolt from clear SKY,
so unexpected was it. Mrs. Falrcnlld
is Frustrated, and the daughters. MIS-.
Sheldon Bacon of New York and MIS-.
G. M. Norris and Miss Carvl of Madl-
son. are inconsolab1e III their grlef.
Gen. Fairchiid was sick about three
weeks with complication of diseases,
kidney disturbances and hemolrhages
of the stomach being the most pronl-
nent of his troubles. He began fail
ing about noon, and a O'Clock leli
into comatoSe sleep from which he
failed to recover, passing peace1ully
away surrounded by his wife ana
daughters. About a year ago he SUI
fered a severe attack of grippe. rms
left him very weak and an easy marx
for the disorders from which lie dled.
Gen Fairchild was born in Portage
county, Ohio, Dee. 81, 1881. He re-
moved with his parents to Wisconsin
in his fifteenth year. Two years later.
when the gold fever broke out, he
started with an OK team for California.
For six years he worked III mines ana
returned to Wisconsin in 1850, not
1853 he was chosen clerk of the Dane
county circuit court, and in 1860 he
was admitted to the bar. When the
war broke out he was one of the first
men to enlist from the old Govern
Or's Guards of Madison and went to
the front as captain of a three-month
regiment. In August, 1861, President
Lincoln made him a captain, and Il lit
tie later he took leave of absence to
accept a commission as major of the
Second Wisconsin. At Bull Run he
commanded the consolidated Second
and Seventh of Wisconsin, forming
part of the famous Iron Brigade"
When the battle of Antietam broke
out he was sick in an ambulance in
the rear, but he went into action,
where his regiment lost more than
half its men. Promoted to be colonel,
he went into the battle of Gettysburg
at the head of his regiment, leading
the charge at Seminary Hill, where
rebel shot cut off his left arm. While
he was recovering from his wound.
Oct. 10, 1868, he was commissioned
brigadier general, and in November
following. he was elected secretary of
state of Wisconsin.
Ia 1865, at the age of thirty-three,
he was nominated and elected COVER
nor, and for six years he discharged
the duties Of that high position with
great honor to himself and satisfaction
to the people. In 1872 he was appoint
ed United States consul at Liverpool.
where he served six years, and in
1878 he was made consul general to
Paris, and two years later he was
made United States minister to Spain.
After two years in that position he
resigned and returned to Madison. In
1886 he was elected commander-in-
chief of the Grand Army of the Re-
public. He had also served rs com
mander-in-chief of the Loyal Legion
The last honor thrust upon him was
that Of chairman of the committee of
100, recently appointed for the semi
centennial celebration of Wisconsin's
statehood.
Gen. Fairchild will be buried with all
of the military ceremony which his
rank as brigadier general entitIe him
to. Gov. Upham has charge Of the ar
engagements and he has selected Adjt.
Gen. Charles King to look after the
details. Gen. King will have personal
charge of the military escort The
Rev. Fayette Durlin. Of Grace Episco-
pal church, will conduct the services.
No sermon will be preached, nor will
the remains lie In state.