man in a dry goods store and clerk in the county offices until just previous to the commencement of hostilities, when, being on a visit to Oscaloosa, Iowa, he there enlisted in Company H, 3rd Iowa, in which company he was soon commissioned as Lieutenant, in which capacity he served at Blue Mills and Shiloh, in both of which he was wounded. He was immediately thereafter promoted to Captain, and subsequently to Major of his regiment, and as such served through the Vicksburg campaign, after the close of which he was promoted to LieutenantColonel. After the capture of Vicksburg he participated in the campaign against Johnston, where he was again wounded. He subsequently commanded his regiment during the Red River campaign under General Banks, and was again wounded.

During the war he married Miss Parmelia Hort, of Lafayette, the fruit of which union was one child, who died in infancy, and the mother followed but a year later.

After the close of the war he returned to Lafayette, and for a while conducted a shoe store, but subsequently entered the field of politics. In 1871 he was elected City Treasurer, in 1873 was appointed Railway Clerk, in 1876 was Alternative Presidential Elector, in 1879 Presidential Elector, 1882 Chairman Republican Central Committee, and in fall of same year was appointed Special Agent of the Treasury Department. He subsequently entered upon the profession of journalism, and at the time of his death was editor of the Lafayette Daily Courier.

His funeral services were held under the auspices of the Grand Army of the Republic.

Five wounds testify to his bravery in the twenty or more battles in which he was engaged.

His tender memory of his loved and lost wife and babe during the long years of his lonely and varied career is most beautiful. Although there were no blood relatives to shed a tear over his bier, his grave and memory will be green when others more ostentatious will be forgotten. His sword and his infant baby's shoes-which he had tenderly preserved-were buried with him. and the old flag which had been so often bathed with his blood was wrapped around his coffin.

Colonel Theodore Meumann died at East St. Louis, Ills., November 23d, 1887.

Colonel Meumann was born at Grossglogan, Germany, in 1828; educated at Meuhlhausen, and at twenty years of age entered the Prussian army, and there served as Lieutenant for about two years. In 1854 he emigrated to America, and for several years acted as instructor in the family of Colonel Fred. Hecker, in St. Clair county, Illinois; afterward teller in the Mutual Savings' Institute, and bookkeeper for Mayer & Brown, in St. Louis. At the breaking out of the war he recruited a company for the 3d Missouri Volunteers, and of this regiment he afterward became Major, Lieutenant-Colonel and

Colonel, and with it served until the expiration of its term of service, after which he was tendered and accepted the Colonelcy of the 15th Missouri Veteran Volunteers, and thus served until the close of the war. After his return he was elected Cashier of the East St. Louis Bank, which responsible position he filled for twenty-two years, and until ill health compelled his retirement from business cares.

He was one of those loyal and patriotic Germans to whom we are indebted for the protection of St. Louis and the retention of Missouri within the Union.

General Alexander Chambers died at San Antonio, Texas, January 2d, 1888, from the effects of a long standing asthmatic affection.

General Chambers was born in Chattaraugus county, New York, in 1833, and entered the United States Military Academy at West Point July 1st, 1849. Graduating July 1st, 1853, he was first assigned to duty at Fort Columbus, New York, and then at Fort McIntosh, Texas.

He was commissioned 2d Lieutenant, and assigned to the 5th Infantry, March 3d, 1855, in which capacity he served in New Mexico and Florida, and as Adjutant of his regiment on the Utah expedition. In 1859 he was promoted to a First Lieutenancy, and served in New Mexico and on the Navajo expedition.

May 7th, 1861, he was made Captain of the 18th U. S. Infantry; was twice wounded at the battle of Shiloh, but recovered in time to participate in the advance on, and battle of Corinth. He was severely wounded and taken prisoner at the battle of Iuka, where by his bravery he won his brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel. He participated in the Vicksburg campaign with such distinguished gallantry that he was appointed Brigadier-General of Volunteers, and assigned to the permanent command of a brigade; but Congress failing to confirm the appointment, he, in April, 1864, returned to his equally honorable rank in the regular army, with his brevet of Brigadier-General bestowed for services rendered at the battle of Champion Hills.

He was transferred to the 27th Infantry September 21st, 1866, and made Major of the 22d Infantry March 5th, 1867. In 1869 he was transferred to the 10th Infantry, and afterwards to the 4th Infantry.

October 22d, 1876, he was promoted to the Lieutenant Colonelcy of the 21st Infantry; in 1877 Military Attache to the United States Legation at Constantinople, and in 1886 was commissioned Colonel of the 17th Infantry, which he retained at the time of his death.

His funeral was quite imposing. At San Antonio, the place of his death, General Stanley caused the highest military honors to be paid. The casket containing the body was covered with black broad cloth, relieved by black satin and silver ornaments, and resting on a caission drawn by four black horses. The cortege consisted of the Colonel and staff of the 19th Infantry, troops L., G. and B., of the 3d Cavalry; Battery F., of the 3d Artillery, four companies of the 16th Infantry, and General Stanley and Department Staff.

The remains were thus escorted to the cars, and taken to Owatonna, Minn, where the final funeral services were preached, and all that remained of Alexander Chambers, one of the best and bravest of the Army of the Tennessee, was laid to rest in Forest Hill. No officer was ever more loved by his associates for his dauntless bravery, kindly disposition and social attributes.

Colonel C. W. Moulton died at the Arno House, New York City, January 24th, 1888, of paralysis.

Colonel Moulton was born in Cuyahoga county, O., December 16th, 1830, obtained a common school education through his own exertions, was admitted to the bar in 1854, at Toledo, O., and entered upon the practice of his profession with Hon. George R. Haynes, of that city.

At the breaking out of the war, he accompanied General McClellan to West Virginia, as his quartermaster, and afterwards served in same capacity with Generals Reynolds, Pope and others. During 1863-4, he was stationed at Cincinnati, and there supervised the purchase and shipment of the supplies required by the armies of Grant, Sherman. Rosecrans and Thomas. After the close of the war, he again entered upon the practice of his profession-principally in the United States Court. His pre-eminent legal ability gained such an extensive practice that it became necessary for him to remove his office to New York City, where he resided for the past five years. He leaves a widowa sister of General Sherman-and four children to mourn his loss. His remains were taken to his old homestead at Glendale, and from there interred in the beautiful cemetery of Spring Grove, near Cincinnati.

Surgeon A. E. Heighway died suddenly, January 25th, 1888, at his residence in Cincinnati, O., of heart disease.

Dr. Heighway was born in Cincinnati, December 26th, 1820. His father, John Heighway, served in the war of 1812, married-the daughter of General Mercer, of Newark, N. J., and emigrated to Ohio when it was an almost unbroken wilderness. After receiving a common school education in Cincinnati, he attended the Miami University at Oxford, and graduated from the Ohio Medical College in 1845.

His first intention was to enter the naval service, but when war was declared against Mexico, he entered the army as Assistant Surgeon of the 1st Regiment Ohio Volunteers. During the small-pox epidemic in the army in 1847, he was placed in charge of a hospital at Monterey, and, after that disease was stamped out, was assigned to the General Hospital at Matamoras.

After the close of the war, he studied for some time at the University of Pennsylvania and Jefferson College in Philadelphia. He afterwards accepted a proffered berth as surgeon on a steamer plying between New York and the Isthmus of Panama, and made monthly trips to the tropics for nearly two years, except during a portion of the sum

mer of 1853, when he volunteered his professional services during the yellow fever epidemic at New Orleans.

He quit the sea in 1854, and in November of that year was married to Josephine M. Culbertson. His wife died August 6th, 1861, leaving two boys, since grown to manhood, Dr. A. E. Heighway, Jr., and Dr. Sheridan C. Heighway, both worthy sons of an honored sire.

He entered the Union army at the beginning of the war, but his eminent medical and executive ability caused his assignment to the most prominent and extensive military posts. Possessed of an ample fortune he devoted himself to the care, education and training of his two motherless boys. his constant associates, and with whom he greatly enjoyed traveling. He was one of the earliest and most enthusiastic and ever welcome members of our Society.

First Lieutenant Martin Beem died from the effects of a pistol shot at Stanton, Nebraska, on the 1st of May, 1888.

Lieutenant Beem was born near Pittsburgh, Pa., on the 14th of November, 1845, but soon afterwards his parents removed to Alton, Ill., where he received the benefits of a common school education.

He entered the service as a private in the 13th Missouri Infantry— afterwards designated the 22nd Ohio, commanded by our late comrade, Colonel Crafts J. Wright,-and with this regiment participated in the campaign against Fort Donaldson and the battle of Shiloh, in which latter engagement he earned his Second Lieutenant's commission, dated May 8th, 1862, and three months later was promoted to a First Lieutenancy, and as such served in the approach to and battle of Corinth, but resigned, or was honorably discharged the service immediately thereafter, October 21st, 1862.

He subsequently visited the West Indies, Central America, Mexico and Montana, but with what purpose or object we are not advised. He then accepted a position in Washington City as correspondent and reporter, and while thus engaged studied law. During the Presidential campaign of 1868, he stumped the State of Arkansas for the Republican party. In 1869, he entered the Union College of Law at Chicago, from which he graduated in 1870, and soon thereafter entered upon the active practice of his profession.

In 1880, he was married to Miss Lula S. Case, of Neenah, Wis. He was the first President of the Chicago Union Veteran Club, a Mason and a member of the Grand Army of the Republic.

He was of a peculiarly nervous temperament, and so eccentric as to defy any correct insight into his personal characteristics, business relations, or family affairs. We can only leave his faults, such as they may have been, and his sorrows and troubles, such as they were, in the hands of Him from whom no secrets are ever hid.

Colonel A. H. Markland died at Washington City May 25th, 1888, of congestion of the lungs,

Colonel Markland was born in Clark county, Kentucky, and passed

the earlier years of his life at Maysville and Paducahı, but finally removed to Washington City in 1849, and there occupied a position of trust in the Indian Bureau. but which he afterwards resigned for more lucrative legal practice before the Department.

He had had much early experience in Western steamboat service, and when the Army of the Tennessee began its movements on the Western waters, General Grant selected Colonel Markland to expedite the movements of the army mails. He had acquired considerable knowledge of postal affairs while in Washington City, and took hold of his new work with energy and zeal. While he reported to the Department at Washington, he also had full military authority as a member of General Grant's staff, and, under the great power of such a position, he was, for all practical purposes, Post-Master General for army mails. To his creative genius and remarkable executive ability we were indebted for that system which, when all the obstacles are considered, was more wonderful in its certain and regular operations than the railway service of to-day.

General Grant fully appreciated the tremendous power for good resulting from the adoption of a system which kept the volunteer soldier in frequent and speedy communication with the loved ones at home.

Transportation by rail, on the river and by land, and the forces to guard and handle his precious stores, were ever at his call, and gave him immediate command of all the facilities that could be afforded within the army lines. So perfect was the system that it was not unusual to have letters distributed along the very lines of battle, and even among the skirmishers.

When the Army of the Tennessee left Atlanta its mails were turned eastward. Before Sherman's point of reaching the coast was known to the public, Colonel Markland, with a mail that taxed the storage capacity of the great steamship, "Fulton," was on his way down the coast from New York to meet the boys who were marching through Georgia. His mails passed up the Ogechee river to King's bridge, and were delivered before they had learned of the fall of Fort McAllister. After the close of the war he represented the Post-office Department in several important departments, but much needed rest soon called for his retirement to the enjoyment of private life.

He will be remembered by the boys as a man of commanding presence, great physical strength, but with as gentle a spirit and kindly disposed heart as that of any woman. He was a devoted husband, a true friend, a zealous patriot, and a soldier citizen in every sense worthy of the confidence reposed in him by all with whom he came in

contact.