The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-05-30
THE CLASS OF 1sa7.

B. Wilcox was the last survivor OF the
class of 1s47 of West Point. Gen. Ho-
ratio G. Gibson, retired, disputes this,
as he is very much alive, and graduated
with Gen. Wilcox in that class.
The members of the class were as
follows:
John C. Symmes. of Kentucky, who
was retired in 1861 for disability.
John Hamilton, of Indiana, who be-
came Major in the LIST u. S. Art. and
was brevetted for gallantry in the op-
erations on the South Atlantic seacoast.
Joseph J. Woods, of Ohio, who left
the Army, became a farmer in Iowa. re-
entered the Army as Colonel of the 18th
Iowa, and commanded brigade in the
Sixteenth Corps
Julian McAllister, of New York. who
went into the Ordnance Bureau, and
Colonel.
George w. Hazard. of Indiana, who
became Colonel of the 37th Ind, and
was MORALLY wounded at White Oak
Swamp.
Daniel T. Van Buren,. of New YORK,
who resigned to become a lawyer in
New York and re-entered the .Srny as
Captain of Engineers, was Assistant Ad-
jutant-Generai on the STAFF of Gen.
Hooker, was brevetted a Brigadier-Geu-
to his profession of surveyor and civil
engineer.
Samuel F. Chalfin, of Illinois, VINO
served in the Mexican and Indian Wars.
and was in the Adjutant- Generals Bu-
reau during the war.
Orlando y. WILCOX, of Michigan was
the eighth in the class, and rose to be
q Major
John S. Mason. of Ohio. served in the
Mexican War, became Colonel of the
4th Ohio in 1861, and was brevctted a
Brigadier-General for gallantry in the
field.
The tenth was George Patten, of
South Carolina, who resigned in 1881
and became a patent attorney in Wash
ington.
of Indiana, who was Chief Quartcriias-
ter of the Department of the Ohio dur
ing the war.
The twelfth was Daniel NJ. Beitzhoov-
er. of Pennsylvania. who resigned in
1855, became a professor in Mount st.
Mary's College. and Joined the Confed-
crate army, but attained no distinc ion.
The thirteenth was Otis II. Tilling-
hast, of New York, who was a Quarter
master in McDowell's army and moral
ly wounded at Bull Run.
The fourteenth was James B. Fry, of
Illinois, who served in the Mexican Var,
and was Chief of Staff to Brig. Gen Nc
Dowell on the Bull Run campaign. He
subsequently became Che, of Staff to
Gen. Buell. and then became Provost
Marshal-General of the United States,
receiving a brevet as Major-General.
The fifteenth was Ambrose P. Hill, of
Virginia. who served in the Mexican
War, resigned March 1, 1861, to join
the Confederacy, became a Lieutenant
General commanding corps, and vas
killed April 2, 1865, in front of Peters
burg.
The sixteenth was Arson J. Cook, ap-
pointed at large, who died in 1853.
The seventeenth was Horatio G. Glib
son, who served in the Mexican War,
and then was employed against the IN
dams; became a Captain in the Sd U.
S. Art, May IA, 1861; was brevetted
Major for gallantry at Williamsburg and
Lieutenant-Colonel for Antietam. He
became Colonel of the I'd Ohio H. A,
the latter part of the war, receiving a
brevet of Bfigadier-General.
The eighteenth was Ambrose E. Burn
side, of Indiana, who served in the Mex
lean War and in the operations against
the Apache Indians; resigned in 1853 to
become a manufacturer of firearms. and
re-entered the Army in 1851 as Colonel
of the LIST r. I. He was appointed a
Brigadier- General, rose to be a Major
General, commanded the expedition to
Roanoke and the Army of the Potomac,
and resigned April Is, 1865, to become
a civil engineer and railroad president.
He was later Governor of Rhode Island
and Senator from that State.
The nineteenth was Richard H. Long,
appointed at large, who died at Fort
Gibson in 1S49.
The twentieth was John Gibbon, of
North Carolina, who served in the War
with Mexico and against the Indians.
He was appointed a Brigadier-General
May 2, 1862; was brevetted for gallan-
try at Antietam, Fredericksburg and
Gettysburg; commanded the Second
Corps after Hancock's wounding; was
wounded himself; was brevetted for
Gettysburg, Spotsylvania and Peters
burg, and commanded the Twenty
fourth Corps at Appomattox, where ne
was one of the Commissioners to carry
into effect the stipulations for the sur
render.
The twenty-first was Clermont L.
Best, of New York, who became an Ar
tillery Captain and was brevetted Col
onel for gallant service during the war.
The twenty-second was Romeyn B.
Ayres, of New York, who became an
artillery officer, commanded a battery
at Bull Run, was appointed Brigadier-
General, and received brevets for gal