The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26

of the First army corps in the advance
into Kentucky, which resulted in the
battle of Perrysville. He was in COM
mand of the right wing of the Four
teenth army corps in the Tennessee
campaign of 1923, including the battle
of Stone river. and of the Twentieth
army corps at the battle of Chicka-
mauga. He was engaged in the de-
fense Of the capital at the time of
Early's raid, and in 1865 was sent with
the Joint commission of congress to in
vestigate Indian affairs in the west.
At the close of the war he was ap-
pointed lieutenant colonel of the Sixth
infantry, and served for many years on
the staff of General w. T. Sherman.
He became colonel of the Sixth in
fantry in 1880, commanded the infantry
and cavalry school at Fort Leaven-
worth, KAN; was appointed brigadier
general, United States army, in 1890;
promoted to major general in 1894 and
retired on April %, 1895. He was Sc
lected by President Cleveland as the
official representative of the United
states at the coronation of the czar
in 1896.
GENERAL WILSON.
Brigadier General John NJ. Wilson,
chief of engineers, U. S. A., was born
in the District of Columbia; appointed
from Washington territory to the mill
tary academy; graduated in 1860 and,
after serving a short time in ordnance
and artillery, was assigned to the en-
gineer corps. He served throughout
the civil war, first as an engineer, af-
terwards as an inspector general. and
was engaged in many of the battles of
the war. At the close of the war he
returned to engineering and was in
charge of many important duties. In
1885 he became superintendent of pub
lie buildings and grounds at the cap
1tal, serving in this capacity until 1889,
when he was made superintendent of
the military academy, where he served
until 1893, when he was again made
superintendent of public buildings and
grounds, and served as such until the
1st of February. 1897, when he was ap-
pointed brigadier general, chief of en-
gineers.
MAJOR MILLS.
Major Stephen C. Mills, inspector
general, u. S. A, recorder of the COM
mission, was born in New York; ap-
pointed to the military academy from
Illinois; graduated in 1877; was as
signed to the Twelfth infantry, becom-
ing captain in this regiment in 1896,
and in July, 1898, was appointed major
general and inspector general, U. S. A
Major Mills served in a number of In
dian wars in the west from 1878 to
1882; was military attache to the Scan
dinavian countries and as an aide de
camp of Major General Ruger. He was
engaged in the revision of drill regula-
tionS
CHARLES DENNY.
Charles DENLY was born in 1880 at
Mount Ivy, Botetourt county, Va; was
a student at Georgetown university,
and is an LII. D. of that institution.
Graduated at the Virginia military in
stitute; taught school in Alabama two
years; took up his residence at Evans
Vile, Ind, in 1853 and has ever since
resided there. Is by profession a law
yer; was lieutenant and colonel in the
Forty regiment, Indiana volun-
teers and afterward colonel of the
Eightieth regiment, Indiana volun-
teers; was appointed by President
Cleveland minister to China on May 30,
1885, and remained in that capacity at
Pekin until July II, 1S9S
GENERAL BEAVER.
General James Adams Beaver was
born in Perry county. Pennsylvania,
Oct. II, 1887; graduated at Jefferson
college, in western Pennsylvania, in
1856; studied law at Bellefonte. He be-
longed to a military company of which
CdDldlH,
the civil war broke out entered the
Union army at the first call for three
months; after expiration of the term
re-entered army for the war as lieu
tenant colonel of the Forty-fifth Penn
Sylvania; after brief service with the
Forty-fifth was offered command of the
One Hundred and Forty-eighth Penn
sylvania infantry and Joined the army
Of the Potomac just after the battle of
-iral- 11rN-.c
he was shot through the body May,
1863; after his recovery rejoined his
regiment; was shot again at Spottsyl-
vania and at ColdharbOr; at the first
assault of Petersburg was terribly
wounded by shell; returned to the ,
brigade, and at Reanis station lost his
leg. This was the 25th of August, 1854
and, of course, ended General Beavers
military service. He was mustered out
on account of wounds.
General Beavers career since the war
is so we'll known that it is hardly ne
cessary to recapitulate. He was elect |
ed governor of Pennsylvania in 1886, /
and since the end of his term, January, /
1891, he practiced law until the creation !
of the new appellate court of Pennsyl- |
vania, of which he is now member. !
URBAN A. WOODBURY..
Urban A Woodbury. of Burlington. |
VT, was born in New Hampshire, July !
II, 1898; moved to Vermont 1910; was
graduated in the common schools; /
graduated in medicine from the Uni !
versity of Vermont in 1853; enlisted in |
company H, Second Vermont volun-
teers in May, 1861; was promoted cor !
poral and first sergeant; lost his right |
arm at Bull Run, July q, 1861; taken |
prisoner and sent to Richmond; paroled |
in October, 1861; recruited and drilled |
troops in Vermont until exchanged in (
November, 1862; captain in Eleventh |
Vermont volunteers from December, |
1852, to June, 1868; lieutenant and cap
tain of Vermont regular cavalry from |
June, 1863, to close of war; mayor of |
Burlington, 1885; lieutenant governor !
of Vermont 1888 to 1890; governor of |
Vermont 1894 to 1896; colonel on Gov
ernor Barstow's staff 1884 to 1886.
CAPTAIN HOWELL.
Captain Evan P. Howell was born in /
Georgia, near Atlanta, in 1889. He fin |
ished his education at the Georgia Mill |
tary institute and the Lumpkin law |
school. He practiced law for a year |
and entered the confederate army as |
Georgia regiment of volunteers. He was |
promoted to second lieutenant, then !
first lieutenant. When the time of en-
listment of his regiment expired, the /
Captain Howell belonged to !
volunteered and elected |
him captain. He was given light bat |
terry and was stationed at Fort Nc |
Callister. While there the monitors on |