The National tribune., 1904-07-14
PERSONAL.


Charles e. Brown died at his home in Gin
cmati, o.. on Sunday. May %, of infirm-
tiles resulting from wounds received In
battle while defending the Union. Gen.
Brown had attained the age OF 20 years.
and every year was one Of beauty in
character. In August. 1851. he entered
the volunteer army as Captain in 63d
Ohio. He served with Pope in Missouri;
was at New Madrid. Island No. 10. siege
Of Corinth: under Rosecrans at Iuka and
COrinth. At Corinth, the 63d Ohio. on the
right. Of Robinct's Battery. was without
protecting works of any kind. and repulsed
the savage and determined charges of the
enemy repeatedly by its intrepidity and
valor in resistance. Cnmrade Brown was
the only officer of the left wing of the 63d
Ohio who came ont Of that engagement
alive and unwounded. He then. for a long
time, as Senior Captain. commanded the
regiment, and was promoted to Lieutenant
Colonel, to Colonel and. finally, for con-
spicuous valor. was brevetted Brigadier-
General. In official reports he was COM
mended for gallant and meritoriOus
services" in action and on the field On
the Atlanta Compaign he commanded the
regiment until wounded in the battle of
July p. The wound resulted in the am
putatiOn of his leg so close tofhe body that
he could not use an artificial limb, and
therefore always afterward went OH
tTutCHeS. ne remained III COMMISSION
and, not being able 10 return to the field
he was detailed as Provost nj arshal in
Ohio, till mustered ont after the Union
was saved. Resuming his practice of law
he was appointed in 1872 U. s. Pension
Agent-by President Grant-and served
as such at Cincinnati till 1877. In 1884
he was elected to Congress as a Repub.
lican, from the Second Ohio District, and
being reelected served till 1880. He was a
npmhar of tho 0Irin State Sonato tho
time Of his death. His wife was Anna E.
Hussey, daughter of DR.. Ziniri Hussey, Of
Chillicothe, 0. They had six children
five of whom survive. He was born in
Cincinnati and graduated from Miami in
1854. He was classmate and roommate
of the late President Benjamin Harrison
He was a genial, high-toned gentleman
mild. gentle and refined in manner, tone
and expression; in war soldier of demon.
strated bravery and an officer of abilities
c0nspicuOusly more than the ordinary
hero, a model, brother i'm the hearts OF
the survivors Of his regiment; and in civil
life an efficient. able lawyer and counsel
ior and statesman wise and patriotic.
Gen. H. w. Slocum attained the high
est rank Of any man that went from
Brooklyn, n. Y, into the army. The city
very properly decided to give him statue
and this, the work of Macmonies, is SUI
authorities have been treating it with
shameful neglect. For more than year
it lay on the ground under rude shanty
near Prospect Park, where it was to be
erected. 1t was at length put up and, has
for months stood. surrounded by a rough
board fence, and swathed in burIaps, an
obstruction and an eyesore, owing to q
dispute as to whether the site selected is
the best one.
L.
Of the Kentuckians who were determined
to secede whether their State did or not
dropped dead in Frankfort, KY, July 8
He entered the Confederate army as
Colonel Of the 9th Ky. Confederate, and
became famous as commander Of the
Confederate Orphan Brigade" Of which
Gen. John c. Breckenridge was the organ
iZer, Gen. Lewis had been Chief Justice
OF the Kentucky Court of Appeals for over
20 years.
F. E. MacMahon died suddenly at New
market, Eng. July 5. He served in the
navy during the war Of the rebellion, and
was with Admiral Farragut at the cap
ture OF New Orleans. He invented the
tape ticker, the utility of which was first
demonstrated publicly by sending the
news Of the winning Of the Derby by
Iroquois in 1881 from the course to the
cable office. On this occasion Mr. Mac.
ASldhoh CApldiuSu lue HeCHdHlSHH 10 AlUR
Edward, who was then the Prince OF
Wales.
Capt. William F. Campbell, Of Allen.
wood, Pa, who served in the 51st Pa
discovered on a recent visit to the Ma.
tional Cemetery at Fredericksburg, Va, a
headstone bearing his name and stating
that he had been killed at Spotsyvania
He was taken prisoner at that battle, and
the body OF man resembling him was
buried for him.