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. I. Avis, born April 23, 1862 ; married, Novem- ber 4, 1886, John G. Ackerman, born January 28, 1858; children: Alphra, born March II, 1888; Paul, January 30, 1890; Edward Lode- wick, December 24, 1892; Garret J., August 5. 1897. 2. Sarah Elizabeth, born January 14, 1864; married, October 18, 1884, George G. Ackerman, born February 21, 1863; children : i. Garrett C., born October 24, 1885, married, October 31, 1908, Anna May Reed; ii. Henry Neer, December 22, 1886, died September 22, 1887; iii. Louisa Neer, March 23, 1898. 3. Cornelius, born February 25, 1866, died De- cember 4, 1866. 4. Parepa Rosa, born Sep- tember 5, 1868; married, June 26, 1889, Ira F. Wortendyke; children: i. Effie De Baun, born October 11, 1892, died July 16, 1893; ii. Freda Louise, February 14, 1902. 5. Charles Sand- ford, born October 2, 1870; married, June 28, 1898, Angie Myers; child, Mildred Louise, born February 18, 1905. 6. Josephine, born August 18, 1872, died April 19, 1874. 7. Mary Louisa, born August 13, 1874. 8. Henry Otis, born November 27, 1875; married, October 4, 1896, Ella Westervelt; child, Henry C. Jr., born August 30, 1897. 9. Axena, born Augiist 24, 1879. 10. Lucinda, born October 24, 1882 ; married, September 18, 1902, Isaac Tallman Herring ; children: i. John Riker, born July 12, 1903 ; ii. Flora Neer, March 15, 1907.
(The Passage Line).
Ellen Passage, wife of Dr. David Neer (see above), was the daughter of George Passage, who was son of George Jr., who was son of George Sr., all of Duanesburgh, Schenectady county, New York.
George Passage Sr. was a native of France, or of French extraction, and a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He joined the patriot army there and went north in the campaign against the invasion of New York state by General Burgoyne. He was a lieu- tenant and served under Colonel Willett and Captain Dubois .* After the war he settled near Duanesburgh with his family, and ac- quired a large property there. He was a man of good education, and was a school teacher and farmer after the war. He died in 1815. His wife's maiden name was Maria Rutger.
*From "New York in the Revolution, as Colony and State," by James A. Roberts, Controiler, fo. 91. Page 73, the Levies. Page 83, names of George Pas- sage and George Passage Jr. in Albany Co. Militia, and plans of forts Kayser & Paris.
Also "Documents Relating to Colonial History of New York State." vol. xv. fo. 440, by Berthold Fer- now; see also Pratt Library, Brooklyn, N. Y., for history of Neer and Passage families. Also Roster at State Capitoi, Albany, New York.
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They were both buried in the family cemetery on his farm.
He had only one son, George Jr., who was born April II, 1762, and served as sergeant- major and lieutenant in the same army, under Colonel Wempel, of the Second Albany Regi- ment, and was wounded at the battle of Stone Arabia, October 19, 1780, when Sir John John- son raided the Schoharie and Mohawk valleys, trying to cut off the supplies and devastate the country which supported the patriot army. He married Leah, daughter of Pietrus Os- trander, of Norman's Kill, who was a private in Colonel Van Rensselaer's regiment, Captain Odell, and sergeant under Captain Bries in the Albany county militia. George Jr. was pen- sioned and died February 26, 1840. The bodies of George Jr. and his wife were interred in the cemetery of the Dutch Reformed Church at Princeton, and the stones are still standing, and the inscriptions legible.
George Jr. had two sons -- George, the father of Ellen, and John. Ellen's father was a well educated well-to-do farmer and country squire, and a captain in the state militia.
Ellen Passage was descended on her mother's side from Thomas Williams Beebe, who served as an ensign in the revolutionary army of north- ern New York, in the Second Albany Regiment, Sixth Company Colonel Abram Wempel. ( Ref- erence, N. Y. State Roster at Albany). His ancestors were among the first settlers of New London and Saybrook, Connecticut. He was born at Saybrook, Connecticut, October 7, 1769, and died June 18, 1848. He was the son of Thomas Beebe, born at Saybrook, Septem- ber 7, 1743, and died February 24, 1792, and his wife, Olive Hall, born at Redding, Con- necticut, March 24, 1747, died February 26, 1826. The Beebe ancestry has been traced back to 1550 by a relative, Mr. George Beebe, of 3112 Prairie avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
Extract from letter sent to Thomas Passage, by Hylande Mac Grath, historian, 361 Cass avenue, Detroit, Michigan : "In the course of my labors as a genealogist it devolves upon me to spread the record of Lieut. George Pass- age, of the Revolution, on the roll of honor of the Society of the Daughters of the Amer- ican Revolution. Passage was pensioned, died 1815. I can give Lieut. Passage's record in several Revolutionary Records.'
Drs. Rush Neer and Henry C. Neer have two cousins on this side who have joined the Daughters of the American Revolution-Lu- cinda Pratt Yauney, of Ephratah, Fulton coun- ty, New York, and Mrs. James Pearce Vis-
scher, whose maiden name was Mary William- son, and who was a granddaughter of Mary A. Passage, who was a daughter of John Pass- age, son of George Jr.
The Plume family is of Norman
PLUME extraction, and has been traced back to Normandy in 1180, and in England to 1240. From the beginning of the sixteenth century the line is unbroken in both England and America down to the pres- ent day.
(I) John Plume, the earliest member of the family in the unbroken succession, died in Toppesfield, county Essex, England, October I, 1586. He married Elizabeth Chil- dren: Robert, referred to below; John, died November 3, 1569, married Rose
Alice, married Easterford; Margaret, married Edgeley ; A daughter ; Thomas, died June 20, 1611, married Elizabeth A daughter.
(II) Robert, son of John and Elizabeth Plume, died at Essex, England, May 18, 1613. He owned much land in Great Yeldham, Little Yeldham, Toppelfield, Waller Belchamp, Bul- mer, Castle Hedingham, Sible and Halsted, in county Essex, in Clare, and other parishes of county Suffolk. He married (first) Elizabeth Purcas, or Purchas, who died June 25, 1596; (second) Mrs. Elizabeth Fuller, a widow, who survived him and died in May, 1615. Chil- dren : I. Margaret, married - - Raye. 2. Robert, referred to below. 3. Elizabeth, born December 9, 1560; died January 24, 1611; married January 9, 1580-1, Richard Symons. 4. Thomas, born March 12, 1563-4; died Feb- ruary, 1614-5; married Mary Hammond. 5. Mary, born October 9, 1566; married
Wilbore. 6. Anne, born May 2, 1569; mar- ried November 13, 1589, Jchn Sorrell. 7. Ed- mund, born September 2, 1571 ; married Eliza- beth Hearne. 8. A son, died in infancy, May 27, 1575. 9. Joseph, born February 25, 1601-2; died May 29, 1602.
(III) Robert (2), son of Robert (I) and Elizabeth (Purcas) Plume, was born in Great Yeldman, county Essex, England, about 1558, and died in Spaynes Hall, Great Yeldham, Au- gust 14, 1628. He inherited Spaynes and But- lers manors from his father. He married Grace Crackbone, who died July 22, 1615. Children : I. Robert, born 1587; died Octo- ber 15, 1657; married (first) 1616, Frances Gausell; (second) Honor Woolrich. 2. Mar- tha, born March 20, 1592-3; died April 25, 1593. 3. John, referred to below. 4. Thomas,
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died October 7, 1599. 5. Mary, died November 30, 1599. 6. Etheldred, born April 1, 1599; married Philip Sparrow. 7. Frances, born November 1, 1601 ; married John Uptcher. 8. Hannah, born August 26, 1604; married Will- iam Sadlier.
(IV) John, son of Robert (2) and Grace (Crackbone) Plume, was born at Spaynes Hall, Great Yeldham, county Essex, England, July 28, 1594, and died in Branford, Connec- ticut, in July, 1648. From his father he in- herited the manor of Ridgwell Hall, where he was living in 1634. In 1635 he emigrated to Wethersfield, Connecticut, February 9, 1637-8, he was a member of the court there, and March 8 following, he was appointed to receive and pay for the corn for Wethersfield, bought from the Indians. From that time till 1644 he held various offices, and March 27, 1643, he was defeated as candidate for "assist- ant." February 5, 1644-5, he was appointed to attend to the clearances of vessels from Wethersfield, and the following July sold his Wethersfield lands and removed to Branford. He married Dorothy who survived him. Children: 1. Robert, born December 30, 1617; died May 12, 1655; married. January 9, 1642, Mary Baldwin. 2. John (2), born May 27, 1619; probably married daughter of Justice Guy Banbury. 3. William, born May 9, 1621. 4. Ann, October 16, 1623. 5. Samuel, referred to below. 6. Dorothea, born January 16, 1626-7. 7. Elizabeth, October 9, 1629. 8. Deborah, July 28, 1633. 9. Dorcas, born about 1635; married January 12, 1654-5, John Ly- man.
(V) Samuel, son of John and Dorothy Plume, was born at Ridgewell Hall, county Essex, England, January 4, 1625-6, and died in Newark, New Jersey, January 22, 1703-4. He and his mother were the administrators of his father's estate in 1648, and all of his chil- dren except the youngest were born there. June 23, 1668, he sold his Branford property and removed to Newark. In 1674 he was one of the, warners of town meeting, and the fol- lowing year was chosen fenceviewer, and townsman, being elected to the last-named office again in 1676 and also in 1688. In 1679 he was a grand juryman, in 1682 constable, and in 1686 surveyor and layer-out of high- ways. He married Hannah Chil- dren: I. Elizabeth, born January 18, 1650-1 ; died 1702; married John Ogden. 2. Mary, bern April 1, 1653; married Benjamin Harri- son. 3. Samuel, born March 22, 1654-5; died June, 1734 ; married 4. John,
referred to below. 5. Dorothy, born March 26, 1660. 6. Joshua, August 3, 1662. 7. Jo- anna, November 11, 1665-6. 8. Sarah, married John Medlis.
(VI) John, son of Samuel and Hannah Plume, was born in Branford, Connecticut, October 28, 1657, and died in Newark, New Jersey, July 22, 1710. He married Hannah, daughter of Deacon Azariah and Mary (Treat) Crane (see Crane and Treat in in- dex). Children: 1. Mary, born about 1695; died August 30, 1762 ; married (first) Elihu, son of Jasper (2) and Joanna ( Swaine) Crane, (second) April 7, 1747, Rev. Jonathan Dickin- son. 2. Sarah, born about 1698; died Janu- ary 3, 1750; married John Lindsley. 3. Jane, born about 1704; died August 26, 1780; mar- ried Joseph Riggs. 4. Hannah, born about 1706; married Nathaniel Anderson. 5. John, referred to below.
(VII) John (2), son of John ( I) and Han- nah (Crane) Plume, was born about 1700, and died about 1784. He married (first) Jo- anna - -, who died March 9, 1760, aged fifty-two years, and was probably the mother of all his children. It has been said that she was Joanna, daughter of Ezekiel and Abigail (Baldwin) Crane, but this is a mistake, as Ezekiel's daughter Joanna was alive in 1787, when she administered on the estate of her husband Joseph, son of John and Joanna Plume, and she subsequently married Elias Vreeland. John Crane married (second) Mary Children: Isaac, referred to below. 2. Stephen, died in October, 1828; married Nancy -, who died January 10, 1820, aged fifty-four years. 3. Mary, mar- ried Rufus, son of Jonas and Hannah (Lyon) Crane. 4. Jane, married Wilson. 5. Phebe, married Captain Robert Provoost. 6. Joanna, married McChesney. 7. Jo- seph, married Joanna, daughter of Ezekiel and Abigail ( Baldwin) Crane. 8. John, died 1770; married Susan Crane.
(VIII) Isaac, son of John (2) and Joanna Plume, was born in Newark, New Jersey, Oc- tober 1, 1734, and died there November 19, 1790. He was born in the residence of his parents, Broad and State streets, Newark. New Jersey, which was built before the revolu- tion, and which is still standing on the same site ; records show the house to be at least as old at 1710, built by Nancy C. Visscher Plume ; the farm extended as far back as the Morris canal, and was sold in 1850 to the House of Prayer as a parsonage. In September, 1786, he was the largest contributor to rebuilding
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the First Presbyterian Church. He was first lieutenant of Captain James Wheeler's com- pany of grenadiers of minute-men in the revo- lution. He married Annauchy Van Wagenen, who inherited a large fortune from her uncle in England, General Garret Visscher, husband of "Lady" Tervor, which, with her already large fortune, made her the richest woman in Newark. He married (first) in March, 1762, Sarah, daughter of Lieutenant David and Mary Crane, who was born August 24, 1734, and died November 24, 1779. He married (second) 1780 Annetje (English "Ann"), daughter of Jacob and Neeltje (Visscher) Van Wagenen, who was born October 30, 1752, and died February 19, 1816. Children, six by first marriage: I. Elizabeth, born January 26, 1763, died August 15, 1768. 2. John Treat, born January 17, 1767; died August 19, 1782. 3. Jacob, born July 31, 1770; died in June, 1831, at Franklin, Ohio; married November 28, 1801, Mary Canfield. 4. Sarah, born Feb- ruary 7, 1773; died July 22, 1850; married September 4, 1796, Peter, son of Jacob and Mary ( Ewetse) Van Wagenen, and half brother to his father Isaac's second wife. 5. Elizabeth, born about 1774; died August 28, 1782. 6. Isaac, born January 10, 1779; died in 1830; married Deborah Van Nest. 7. Garret, born May 2, 1781 ; died January 1, 1815; mar- ried Susan Evertson. 8. Mary, born June 24, 1783; died December 19, 1856, married Feb- ruary 28, 1807, Garret Augustus Schenck. 9. John, referred to below. 10. Joseph, born November 14, 1788; died October 23, 1817; married Lucetta, daughter of Matthias and Phebe (Woodruff) Plum (see Plum in index). II. Ellen (or Neeltje) Visscher, born March 19, 1792; died September 7, 1818; married March II, 1813, John Armstrong, of Philadel- phia. 12. Aletta, born June 1, 1794 ; died June 10, 1804.
(IX) John, son of Isaac and Ann (Van Wagenen) Plume, was born in Newark, New Jersey, in the old Plume homestead, March 16, 1786, and died there November 4, 1854. Ac- cording to the records in the office of the ad- jutant-general of New Jersey at Trenton, in June 18, 1808, he was commissioned second lieutenant in the Sixth Infantry, U. S. A .; promoted first lieutenant December 31, 1809; regimental quartermaster August, 1810, to March 20, 1813, when he resigned. August 13, 1814, he was commissioned captain of Vol- unteer Artillery, Major Isaac Andruss's de- tachment, New Jersey detailed militia station- ed at Heights of the Navesink; discharged
with his company, December 8, 1814. It is also said that he afterwards commanded a regiment stationed at Plattsburgh, New York, and that he rose to the rank of colonel. In 1842 he served as collector of the port of Newark; in 1845 filled the office of postmaster, and in 1850 was justice of the peace, perform- ing the duties of each in a highly creditable manner. He was a Democrat in politics. Mr. Plume was a member of the Society of the Cin- cinnati. He married, about 1813, Susan, daugh- ter of Joseph and Mary ( Prince) Winter, who was born in New York City, in 1791, and died in 1864. Children: I. John Visscher, born 1814, died April 26, 1882; married February 3, 1849, Marion A. Hugvenan ; child, Marion H. He was clerk in the bank of St. Mary's, Au- gusta, Georgia, and later partner in the gro- cery house of Mansell White & Company, New Orleans, Louisiana. He left this and became one of the California Argonauts in 1849, and afterwards was a banker in San Francisco, founding the house of Burgogne & Company. 2. Anna Maria, born 1816; died 1856; married William Kinney. 3. Joseph Winter, born 1818; died December 16, 1840, at Fort Smith, Arkan- sas, unmarried ; a general merchant at Natchez, Mississippi, but died of yellow fever while visiting his uncle General Winne. 4. Baron Bleeker, died in infancy, July 29, 1820. 5. William Bleeker, born 1822; died August 13, 1847; was chief engineer of United States government inspectors at New Orleans where he died of yellow fever. 6. Mary Josephine, born 1824; died in 1880; married, February 26, 1846, Gershom Lockwood. 7. George Washington, born January 24, 1826; died Au- gust 24, 1827. 8. George Winter, born 1828; died 1857 ; married Kate Clement ; child : Kate Clement ; was representative of Wells Fargo Bank at San Francisco, California. 9. Samuel Winter, born 1830; died in New Orleans, Louisiana, November 27, 1909; married Har- riet Peacock ; child John I. ; he was a civil engi- neer. 10. Archer Gifford, referred to below. II. Sarah Virginia, born 1834; died in New York, 1866; married C. H. Tugman.
(X) Archer Gifford, son of John and Susan (Winter) Plume, was born in Newark, New Jersey, in the old Plume homestead May 23, 1832, and is now living in Newark. His edu- cational advantages were obtained in a private school in Plainfield, New Jersey, a private school under the preceptorship of David Frame in Bloomfield, New Jersey, and Fairchild's school at Flushing, Long Island. Upon the comple- tion of his studies in 1848, at the age of six-
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teen, he entered the employ of the firm of Parmelee, Rogers & Company, wholesale dry- goods dealers of New York, and remained in that business fourteen years. He then return- ed to his native city to assume charge of his mother's estate, and in 1870 engaged in the real estate and insurance business, continuing along this line up to the present time (1910), a period of four decades. He is a man of high character and integrity, and is an im- portant and influential member of society, and wields a good influence over all with whom he is brought in contact. He gives his allegiance to the candidates and measures of the Demo- cratic party. In religion he is an Episcopalian, being a member of the House of Prayer, the parsonage of which was the scene of his birth.
George Brinton McClellan,
MCCLELLAN soldier, was born in Phila- delphia, December 3, 1826, son of Dr. George and Elizabeth (Brinton) McClellan. He matriculated at the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania with the class of 1844, and left at the close of his sophomore year to enter the U. S. Military Academy, where he was graduated in July, 1864, second in the class. He was appointed to the engineer corps brevet second lieutenant, and served in the war with Mexico, 1846-48. He was engaged in opening the road from Matamoras to Tampico, 1846-47 ; siege of Vera Cruz, March 9-29, 1847 ; battle of Cerro Gordo, April 17-18; pro- moted second lieutenant, April 24; engaged in skirmish of Amazoque, May 14; battles of Contreras, August 19-20, and Churubusco, Au- gust 20; constructing batteries against Chapul- tepec, September 9-13 ; assault and capture of city of Mexico, September 13-14, 1847. He was at West Point, New York, attached to a company of engineers, 1848-50, and in com- mand of troop, 1850-51. He was brevetted first lieutenant, August 20, 1847, for Contreras and Churubusco; captain, September 8, 1847, for Molino del Rey, which brevet he declined, and captain, September 13, 1847, for Chapul- tepec. He was assistant engineer in building Fort Delaware, 1851-52; engineer of the ex- ploring expedition, Red River, Texas, 1852; chief engineer, Department of Texas, 1852, and in charge of surveys on the coast of Texas, 1852-53. He was engineer in the exploration and survey of the western division of the pro- jected Northern Pacific railroad through the Cascade mountains, 1853-54; collected rail- road statistics for the War Department, 1854- 55, and was a member of the military com-
mission sent to the theatre of war in Europe, 1855-56, and his official report was published by order of congress, 1857. He devised the McClellan saddle in 1856, which came into general use in the army. He was promoted first lieutenant, July 1, 1853, and captain in First Cavalry, March 3, 1855, on the eve of his departure to Europe, and on his return to the United States resigned his commission in the army, January 16, 1857, to take position as chief engineer of the Illinois Central rail- road, serving 1857-58, was vice-president of the road, 1858-60, and president of the St. Louis and Cincinnati railroad, 1860-61. He was appointed major-general of Ohio volun- teers, April 23, 1861, and was in command of the Department of the Ohio from May 13 to July 15, 1861. He commanded the Federal forces in western Virginia; engaged in the action at Rich Mountain, July 11, 1861, and by a forced march surprised Colonel John
Pegram near Beverly, July 12, 1861, and com- pelled him to surrender. For his services in western Virginia he received the thanks of congress, July 12, 1861. He was commission- ed major-general, U. S. A., May 14, 1861, and Potomac, with headquarters at Washington, D. C., July 27, 1861. On August 17, 1861, he was placed in command of the Division of the
was given command of the Department of the Potomac; on August 20, 1861, of the Army of the Potomac, and November 1, 1861, was made general-in-chief of the armies of the United States. He advanced upon Manasas, Virginia, March 6-10, 1862, and transferred the Army of the Potomac to the Virginia penin- sula, which movement was followed by the siege of Yorktown, April 5-May 4, 1862 ; occu- of Fair Oaks, May 31-June 1, 1862, and seven pation of Williamsburg, May 5-6, 1862; battle 1862. He was familiarly known as "Little Mac," and appears to have had the full confi-
days' battle before Richmond, June 26-July 2, dence of his officers and men. The Peninsula campaign was abandoned by order of General Halleck, who had been made general-in-chief of the Federal army, McClellan having asked to be relieved of all responsibility of the oper- ations outside the Army of the Potomac. After General Pope's army was defeated, August 31 and September 1, 1862, President Lincoln went to McClellan's house in Washington and in-
structed him to meet the retreating army, take command, and save Washington, and it was under this verbal order from the President that the Army of the Potomac and the Army of Virginia were merged as the Army of the
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Potomac and prepared to meet the Confed- erate army under General Lee in the Maryland campaign, the last campaign of Mcclellan. He was in command of the defences of Washing- ton, September 2-8, 1862, and of the new Army of the Potomac from September 8 to November 10, 1862, and during this time fought the battle of South Mountain, September 14, 1862; the battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862; trans- ferred his headquarters to Warrenton, Vir- ginia, where during October and November he received reinforcements and placed the Army of the Potomac in a condition to protect the national capital from further danger. On No- vember 10, 1862, he received notice from the War Department to report at New York City on waiting orders, and the command of the Army of the Potomac was transferred to Gen- eral A. E. Burnside. General McClellan visit- ed Boston in the winter of 1862-63, where he was presented with a sword, and in June, 1864, he delivered the oration at the dedication of the soldiers' monument at West Point, New York. He was nominated as a candidate for president by the Democratic national conven- tion in Chicago, August 29, 1864. At the meet- ing of the electoral college McClellan and Pen- dleton received from New Jersey, Kentucky and Delaware twenty-one votes, to two hun- dred and twelve for Lincoln and Johnson. He resigned from the army November 8, 1864, visited Europe, 1865-68, with his family, and on his return took up his residence in Orange, New Jersey. He declined the presidency of the University of California in 1868, and that of Union College, Schenectady, New York, in 1869. He had the supervision of the building of the Stevens battery under the terms of the will of Edwin A. Stevens, 1868-71 ; was engi- neer-in-chief of the department of docks, New York City, 1870-72 ; planned the bridge erected over the Hudson river at Poughkeepsie; was president of the New York underground rail- road, of the U. S. Rolling Stock Company, and of the Atlantic and Western railroad, and in March, 1877, was nominated by Governor Robinson of New York superintendent of pub- lic works in New York state, but the senate refused to confirm the appointment. He was nominated by acclamation by the Democratic state convention of New Jersey for governor of New Jersey, September 19, 1877, and was elected by twelve thousand seven hundred and forty-three majority, serving as governor, 1878-81. He introduced reforms in the state militia, preserved the non-partisan character of the judiciary, established schools for indus-
trial education, recommended needed reforms in the prison-labor system, and left the public schools and other institutions of the state in a prosperous condition. He was a member of the board of managers of the National Home for Disabled Soldiers, 1881-85, and pro- nounced the oration at the dedication of the battlefield of Antietam in 1885, his last public service. He married Mary Ellen, daughter of General Randolph Barnes Marcy, and their son, George Brinton, was a representative in congress from New York city. General Mc- Clellan translated from the French: "Manual of Bayonet Exercises," adopted for use in the U. S. Army ( 1852), and is author of: "Gov- ernment Reports of Pacific Railroad Surveys" (1854) ; "Operations in the Crimea and Organ- ization, Instruction and Equipment of Euro- pean Armies," (1857) ; "Report on Organiza- tion of the Army of the Potomac and its Cam- paigns in Virginia and Maryland" (1864) ; "The Peninsula Campaign," in the Century, May 5, 1885 ; and two articles in "Battles and Leaders of the Civil War," 1887. He died in Orange, New Jersey, October 29, 1885.
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