The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-27

sity-were as prompt to come to the
defense of the Union as Columbia Col
| lege. When the news was received
| that Fort Sumter was fired upon, one
| Of the students of the College of the
| City of New York, Gilbert NJ. Elliott,
unfurled the stars and stripes from the
| top of the college building, and in an
address declared that he would defend
| his country's honor with his lifes blood.
He kept his promise faithfully, for at
| the battle of Lookout Mountain, While
in command of his regiment, the 102d
New York, after the most extraordinary
bravery, he fell dead from the bullet
of sharpshooter. For his gallantry
in the same battle and in the same reg
| iment another graduate Of the college
| deserves to be ranked among the he
roes Of the war-Lieutenant Phineas G.
Kingsland. soldier whose name
ranks high among the leading spirits
| of the great struggle, General Henry
I E. Tremain, was a graduate of the col
| lege. General Tremain was an aide
to General Sickles, and throughout the
| battle of Charlottesville was every
where seen where the danger was
| greatest, animating the troops with
| his presence and carrying out the ord
ers of his chief
! Among the graduates of the college
who rose to high rank through force of
merit was Lieutenant James l.. Van
Buren,, promoted to the rank of Briga-
| dier-General, who died in the service.
Major Edward F. Young, of the Fourth
Heavy Artillery. has place also on the
roll of honor, dying in 1868 of disease
contracted while in the discharge of his
duty. Lieutenant William Cullen Bry-
ant Gray and Lieutenant Edward
Wightman, both graduates of the col
| lege, also lost their lives in the Union
armies. Among the graduates who
served with credit in the medical de-
partment OF the army were DR.. Howard
Pinkney, surgeon of the Eighty third
Regiment; Dr. Samuel n. Fiske of the
| Twenty fifth; DR.. Benjamin Ellis Mar
| tin, of the Fifth Duryea's Zouaves),
and that most eminent and successful
surgeon. DR.. Robert +. Weir.
UNIVERSITY HEROES.
| The University Of the City of New
York-the smallest of the three col
| leges-did its ample share toward sup
porting the Government. both at home
anu III the Heiu. On May a. 1901, the
American flag was raised from the
building by Captain Jones. who while
in command at Harpers Ferry short
| time before, set fire to the arsenal so
as to prevent the arms therein from
| falling into the hands of the enemy. On
the same day the gallant Baker, then a
| United States Senator, and soon to
meet his death at Balls Bluff, delivered
| an eloquent address, calling upon the
students to do their part in the de-
| Tense Of their country. Among the
patriotic young men who responded to
| the call for volunteers were Colonel
Gouverneur Carr, who became Captain
of Duryea's Zouaves,' from which po-
sition he was. promoted for gallantry to
| be Major in the 165th Regiment; Lieu
tenant Hanson c. Gibson and Captain
| William w. Stephenson. both of whom
| were also officers in the 10th; Lieu
tenant John Townsend Connolly, of the
1S2d; Lieutenant Charles W. Woolsey,
Lieutenant Walter r. Marsh, Of the
Fifteenth (engineers): Private James
L. Willard, of the Thirteenth: Chap
| lain Jesse Brush. of the 15Sth: Surgeon
| Henry N. Fisher, Sergeant Samuel B.
| Parish, Second Kansas Cavalry. and
Captain H. w. T. Mail OF the TWEEN
| tieth Massachusetts.-Mail and Ex-
press.