Seward daily gateway., 1925-02-23
MAJOR GENERAL
 JAMES H. WILSON
 DEAD DELAWARE
CIVIL WAR VETERAN AND CON- WANDER IN BOXER CAMPAIGN PASSES AWAY -WROTE BOG. RAPHY GENERAL U. S. GRANT

RAPHY GENERAL U. S. GRANT
 WILMINGTON, Delaware, Feb. 24.- Major General James Harrison Wilson died here today at the age of SS years.
 Major General James Harrison Will son was the last of the corps con- manders of either the Union or Con- federate forces in the Civil War and the last member of General Grants staff In his long, distinguished ca reer he was a soldier, engineer, rail roadroad man and author, and in each he showed marked ability with consequent success. He was fam ous as the captor of Jefferson Davis and was one of the best known of the cavalry generals in the Union Army. While at the head of 15,O00 mounted men, he conducted the cam paign through Alabama and Geor- gia known in Civil War History as wilson's raid"
 General Wilson retired from the military service in 1870 to devote his time to railroad work, only to return to the army during the Spanish-Am- erican war and the Boxer campaign in China. His latter years were spent Sx, ina a yn collaboration With Charles A. Dana, of the life of General Grant, written, in the early seventies.
 When the Spanish war started General Wilson was appointed ma jor general of volunteers and com manded the Sixth Army Corps. He accompanied the military expedition to Porto Rico and was appointed military governor of the island. He remained in command of Ponce and southeastern Porto Rico until order ed home. He served in the army of occupation in Cuba in command of the department of Matanzas and Santa Clara and was honorably mus tered out of the volunteer service.
 Tn recognition of his long military career, General Wilson was appoint ed in February, 1901, a brigadier general of the regular army by act of congress and was retired for age shortly afterward since which time he was engaged in private business at his home in Wilmington, Del.
 General Wilson volunteered and commanded a division of General Chaffees army in China at the time of the Boxer campaign, and while his forces did not engage in any bat ties, they rendered efficient service in overcoming the disorderly ele- ments and restoring peace and order. On January IA, 1902, President Roose- welt appointed him member of the special embassy to represent the United States at the coronation of King Edward VII.
 Born near ShawneetOWn, H., Sep tember 2, 1887, General Wilson's ear Hest known paternal ancester was Revolutionary soldier" His father was a captain in the Black Hawk war and subsequently, a colonel in the Illinois militia. The general was educated at McKendree College, Le- banon, H., was graduated from West Point in 1860, and assigned to the topographical engineers. He was at tached to headquarters of the de partment of Oregon and later was chief typographical engineer of the Port Royal expedition. He served in the department in the south, was at the bombardment of Fort Pulaski and was an acting aide-de camp to General George B. Mcclellan until October, 1862 being present at the battles of South Mountain and An tietam.
 Appointed lieutenant-cOiOnelo of vol unteers in November 1862, General Wilson served as chief typographical engineer and inspector general of the army of the Tennessee until Oc- tober, 1863, being active in the op- erations before and during the siege of Vicksburg. He became captain -------------