The Washington herald., 1907-04-25
DEMISE OF VETERAN
Col. Rutherford Passes Away
After Weeks of illness.
MILITARY BURIAL SATURDAY
Was Prominent Member OF Loyal
Legion and Other Military Or
gnnizatiOns-EnIiS as Volunteer
from New York in Civil War, and
saw Much Honorable Service.

Fun military honors viii be accorded
the funeral Saturday OF Brevet Lieut.
Col. Robert Gedney Rutherford who died
early yesterday morning, following tive
weeks of suffering from injuries sus
tanned in the civil war, and aggravated
by "a fall from a street car April Y. The
funeral plans have not been completed
but are in the hands Of the Washington
Commandery of the Military Order of the
Loyal Legion Of the United States, OF
which Col. Rutherford was a member
The services will probably be held at the
residence, 1871 Nineteenth street, and bt
conducted by Rev. DR.. George Carter
rector of St. Andrews Episcopal Church
Interment will be IN Arlington Cemetery.
Col Rutherford was vice president OF
the real estate firm OF Tyler & Ruther-
ford a wife and two children, Lieut.
Robert G. Rutherford, jr, of the Twenty
fourth United States Infantry. and Mrs
r. A. Whittinghouse, OF Newark. Del
survive him.
Renders Gallant War Service.
Col. Rutherford was a native Of New
York, and received his education in
private schools and by tutors in New
York City. He was the son Of Robert
Rutherford, a prominent importing mer-
chant OF New York City. At the out
break Of the civil war he was a member
of the Ninth New York state Militia, an
organization that entered the service as
the Eighty-third New York State Voitn-
teers.
He was appointed second lieutenant in
May, 1861. and mustered into the New
York Volunteers. From November. 1861
until September. 1852. he was on the STAFF
of the Second Brigade. Third Division
Twelfth Army Corps, serving with Gen
Charles S. Hamilton. C. H. Gordon. and
C. S Green. he was promoted to first
lieutenant in the Eighty-third New York
during that time. In November 1852. he
was made captain
From injuries received in battle he was
in the hospital at Frederick, Nd, from
November until February, and was hon
0rably discharged and mustered out Of the
service In the fall Of 1853 he again en-
tered the army as captain Of the Vet
eran Reserve Corps. at Depot Camp, near
Washington, and served with this com
pany until the following March. While II
this service he commanded several eXpe-
ditions into Virginia and participated In
the battle before Fort Stevens. He was
brevetted major and lieutenant colonel foI
gallant service In the battle of Kappa
hammock Station, Va.
Prominent in Local Organizations,
In 1861 he was mustered out of the vol
unteer service and entered the regular
service as second lieutenant, Forty-fiftt
Infantry. He was later promoted to first
lieutenant and breyet captain in the regu
lar service. On account of injuries re-
ceived, he was retired from active service
June IS, 1873
Col. Rutherford was married in 1856 &c
Miss Elizabeth Mexican King, youngest
! daughter Of William w. Letcroft King
Of this city.
He was a member of the Washington
Board of Trade, Military Order of the
Loyal Legion Of the United States. Of the
Society of the Army Of the Potomac, So
ciety Of the Twelfth Army Corps, the
Veteran Association Of the Eighty-thiTC
Regiment, New York State Volunteers,
member Of the Military Service institute
of the United States. Army and Navy
Club, Of New York, and was first vice
/ president of the Washington Real Estate
! Exchange for the year 1902