The National tribune., 1896-07-02

| der had observed the military bearing OF the
| young Adjutant, and he transferred him to his
4 military family. Henceforth the military his
/ tory of Maj. Pratt is identified with that of hi:
| honored commander. 1t is no small compli
| ment to the merit Of an officer that he retains
| his position in service where many are
called but few are chosen" 1t Is an easy mat
! ter for the Commanding General to detail 9
| subordinate officer for duty at Headquarters
1 and equally easy 10 return him to his regimen nj
| il on trial he proves lacking in the soldieily
| qualities required in staff officer.
| But no such humiliation awaited the young
| Abide Camp. Always alert, faithful, brave
| aud untiring he was brevetted Major for con
| spicuous gallantry, trusted and loved by hi!
| distinguished commander until the close of the
| war. when he was mustered out OF service, Sept
G, 1865.
Mai. Pratt was member of Kit Carson Post
| GAR, Department of the Potomac; the Mill
tary Order of the Loyal Legion; and OF En-
campment %, Union Veteran Legion; in ali Of
which organizations he was held in high
esteem by his comrades. In all the relations
of life, as husband father, and friend, he was
kind and generous, the embodiment of manly
virtues.
In 1882 I've came to this city to accept appoint
mcnt i'll tho Bureau of Pensions and, the fol-
lowing year. married Mrs. Sudie 3. Taylor,
widow of Col. Marsh r. Taylor the honored
commander of the 10th Ind. who is thus Tor
the second time called upon to mourn the loss
of a soldier husband Outside his immediate
family. Maj. Pratt has more sincere mourn
ers than his companions in the Pension Bureau.
By them his death was not unexpected, for
they had observed his growing weakness. HIS
heart was "out of order" as he expressed at,
aud he bravely struggled on at his desk; liter
ally dying in harness. he bore his suffering
with the patience and fortitude of soldier:
And so he was borne by loving friends to his
resting place in beautiful Arlington. For him
the flowers Of earth will bloom no more. Sun
shine and shadow, health and sickness, pros
perity and adversely, alternating with us who
are left behind, will not affect him in the mar
row bed where we have laid him; but his
spirit, let US hope, has found wider and hap
pier life in the presence of the Lord.-G. g.
kNIFFIN, Washington. June 9, 1896.
DEATH OF COL. BRACKETTr
Col. Albert G.. Brackett U. S. A. (retired),
died here June %, of paralysis. He was born
in Cherry Valley, 0tsego Co., n. Y, Feb. ID,
1929. In 1916 he went TO Indiana, and in June,
lS47, became Second Lieutenant in the 4th Ind.
i'm the Mexican War, and was promoted First
Lieutenant during the same month. lie was
honorably discharged on the 10Th of July, l84S.
On the Sd Of March, 1855 he was appointed
Captain from Indiana in the I'd Cav, and after
raising a company in Indiana and Illinois was
sent to Texas TO fight the Indians. His CAM
paigns there were very successful.
When the civil war broke out he went to
Key West Fla, thence to Havana Cuba. and
from there to New York and Carlisle Barracks.
He was sent to Washington. taking part in the
battles of Black burns Ford and Bull Run in
July, 1861. He became Colonel of the 9th Ill.
Cav. in October, 1861.
He was severely wounded at Stewards Plan
tation. He was promoted Major in the lst
Cav. on the 18th Of July, 1862; Chief OF Cav
airy, Department Of Missouri, in lS62-'63.
Bracket was placed in command of the Sec
ond Brigade of the Cavalry Division, Sixteenth
CORPS Army of the Tennesseel, in West Ten
nessee, in January and February, 1864, and
WAS engaged in defending the Memphis and
Charleston Railroad.
In July, 1864, he was appointed Acting
Inspector General of Cavalry. and Special In
spector OF Cavalry for the Cavalry Bureau,
Army OF the Cumberland, participating in the
siege of Atlanta, Ga. battle of Ezra Church,
Ga, and back TO Nashville with Gen. Thomas.
taking part in the battle of Nashville, Tenn,
in December. 1864. He received the brevets
of Major, Lieutenant-Colo and Colonel for
gallant and meritorious services during the
war.
Later he was sent to New Orleans, and
thence by sea TO San Francisco, in command
of the 1st Cav. He published a history of the
United States Cavalry in 1865, which is now
considered standard work.
He was promoted Lieutenant Colonel, Cd
Cav, in March. 1869 His Indian service was
quite extensive. At the time of his retire.
mcnt, by his own request Feb. Is. 1891. he
was the senior cavalry officer on the active
list.