American soldier and author, born in Humphreysville (now Seymour), CT, on the 31st of March 1826. His education was largely obtained abroad. During the Civil War he served as captain of volunteers, quitting the service with the rank of major. Before the war he had written several books, and stories for periodicals, and being on the field of operations, he sent to Harper’s Monthly, descriptions of many battles fought in Louisiana and Georgia. He wrote many essays, poems and some fifty short stories. Among his writings are Oriental Acquaintance (1856); Seacliff, a novel (1859); Honest John Vane (1875); and The Oddest of Courtships; or, The Bloody Chasm (1881). See also Irene the Missionary, Kate Beaumont, Miss Ravenel’s Conversion from Secession to Loyalty and The Wetherel Affair.
