American soldier, born in Kentucky in 1817; killed in Siskiyou County, CA, on the 11th of April 1873. He graduated in 1839 from West Point; served with distinction in the Mexican War, as well as in the war of the Union, receiving the full rank of brigadier-general in 1866. He was in command of the United States troops at New York in 1863, during the draft riots. He captured Mobile in 1865, and received the surrender of the armies under Gen. R. Taylor and Gen. E. K. Smith. During the winter of 1872–73 he was engaged in making terms with the Modocs, and was treacherously shot by “Captain Jack” while conferring with them regarding a treaty of peace.
