The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-05-19
DEATH OF GEN. H1cKENLoopER

The announcement of the death of Gen
Andrew Hickenooper will carry sorrow to
wide circle of friends and admirers No
man OF his rank was SO we'll known in the
Army of the Tennessee. or made so much
reputation. He was from the first to the
last active. alert. brave and conspicuous
in all the operations of that great historic
army. He was born in Hudson, Ohio, in
1887, and educated for a Civil Engineer
The breaking out of the war found him
Surveyor of the City of Cincinnati He
bad recruited battery of artillery. known
at first as ''Hickenlooper's Cincinnati Bat
terry" and later as the 18th Ohio Inde-
pendent Battery" one of the best-known
organizations in the Western army. 1t
and given by it's Captain the highest train
ing. He took the battery to Gen. FIRE.
mont, and had his first service in Mis-
souri,, but in the Spring was sent to the
Army of the Tennessee. and commanded
1t LII its first fight-the bloody two days
at Shiloh. where he behaved SO well as to
attract the attention of his superiors, and
to receive the position of commander of
the division artillery. Gen. McPhersons
attention was directed to him. and he in
vited him to join his staff. which began
the connection which ended only with the
death Of the superior officer After the
attic of Champion Hills he showed great
skill and energy In the construction of a
bridge of cotton bales across the Black
River, which permitted the instant pur-
snit OF Pemberton's beaten forces, and
throughout the siege of vicksburg he had
charge of the engineering operations i'm
front of the Seventeenth Corps. He ran
the first important mine of the war under
one of the rebel works there. and after the
fall OF Vicksburg. besides the special rec
ommendation of his superiors, he received
the unusual distinction of a gold medal
awarded him by the Board of Honor" of
the Seventeenth Corps and which was in
scribed with "Pittsburg Landing, Corinth.
Iuka. Port Gibson. Raymond, Jackson
Champion Hills. Vicksburg" When Gen
Mcpherson received the command of the
Army of the Tennessee, he appointed
Capt. Hickenlooper Judge Advocate, and
little later Chief of Artillery for the Army
OF the Tennessee. In this latter position
he made the Atlanta Campaign until he
was relieved, at the request Of Gen. Blair.
to accept the position on his staff Of AS
sistant Inspector-G eneral, with promotion
to Lieutenant Colonel. Upon the stron1
recommendation of Gems. Howard, Sher-
man and Grant he was brevetted a Brig
adier-General, and assigned to the com.
mand of brigade. Upon the disband-
ment of the armies he was warmly rec
commended by his superiors as Major of
Artillery in the Regular Army, but chose
to accept the position Of United States
Marshal for Southern Ohio. He made his
home in Cincinnati thereafter, and for the
past 30 years was President of the Gin
cinnati Gas and Electric Company. He
was Lieutenant Governor of Ohio from
1880 S3 While unusually successful az a
business man, he took the deepest interest
in the veterans Of the war, particularly in
| those of the Army of the Tennessee. of
which Society he was an officer from the
first, and had been for years it's Cores.
ponding Secretary.