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Rh and detailed to survey the military road from Washington to Ohio river. He also served at Bos- ton and New York. He resigned in 1832, and pursued the profession of civil engineering. In 1834 he became chief engineer of the Baltimore and Susquehanna railroad, which he completed to York, Pa., in 1837. He was also chief engineer of the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore rail- road, and of the Boston and Providence railroad. He was engaged in large railroad oper- ations in the West Indies when the civil war began in 1861, and was on the point of set- ting out from Cuba when he was as- signed to the com- mand of the non- uniformed volun- teers that were or- ganized to defend Baltimore from northern troops. a He entered the mili- tary service of the state of Virginia in May, 1861. as colonel of engineers, and was ordered by Gen. Robert E. Lee to take charge of the construction of the field-works and forts for the defence of Norfolk. Upon their completion he was promoted brigadier, and ordered to report to Gen. Joseph E. Johnston at Centreville, who directed him to locate and con- struct batteries at Evansport on Potomac river, so as to close that river against U. S. vessels. With them he effectually blockaded the river during the winter of 1861— '2. In November, 1861, he was as- signed to the command of the 7th brigade of Ewell's division, and when Gen. Ewell was ordered to report to Gen. Thomas J. Jackson in May, 1862, Trimble took an active part in the campaign that ensued against Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, Gen. John 0. Fremont, and Gen. James Shields. He selected the Confederate position for the battle of Cross Keys, 8 June, 1862, with the consent of Gen. Ewell, who gives him credit for it in his report. He led his brigade at the battle of Gaines's Mills and the subsequent seven days' battles. At the battle of Slaughter's Mountain, 12 Aug., 1862, between the armies of Gen. John Pope and Gen. Jackson, he did good service, and on the night of 27 Aug., 1862, with the 21st North Carolina and 21st Geor- gia regiments, he captured Manassas Junction, with supplies of subsistence, clothing, and ammu- nition. For this Gen. Jackson recommended his promotion to be major-general. When Jackson was promoted to command a corps he selected Gen. Trimble to succeed him in command of his division. Trimble was wounded at the second battle of Bull Run, 28 Aug., 1862, was appointed major-general on 23 April, 1863, commanded a division of the 2d corps at Chancellorsville, and in June, 1863, Gen. Lee offered him the command of the valley district to form the left wing of the Army of Northern Vir- ginia. He was in Gen. George E. Pickett's charge on the third day of the battle of Gettysburg, where he was wounded and captured, and lost a leg. He remained in prison at Johnson's island twenty-one months, and was exchanged in April, 1865. Hast- ening to rejoin Gen. Lee, on reaching Lynchburg he found that Lee had surrendered the day before At Appomattox. He then returned to Baltimore, where he remained until his death.

TRIMBLE, Robert, jurist, b. in Berkelev coun- ty, Va., in 1777; d. 25 Aug., 1828. When three years old his parents removed to Kentucky. He was largely self-educated, taught for several years, studied law, and was licensed to practise in 1803. He settled in Paris, Ky., and the same year was elected to the legislature, but afterward would not permit himself to be nominated for any political office. Devoting himself exclusively to his profes- sion, he soon became known as an able jurist. In 1808 he was appointed second judge of the court of appeals, and in 1810 he was appointed chief justice of Kentucky. He became U. S. district at- torney in 1813, was district judge of Kentucky in 1816-'26, and in the latter year was appointed a justice of the U. S. supreme court, which post he filled till his death. — His brother, John, jurist, b. in Clark county, Ky., in 1783 ; d. in Harrison county, Ky., 17 June, 1852, received a classical education, studied law with his brother Robert, and was admitted to the bar. He became a circuit judge of Kentucky, and afterward a judge of the court of appeals.

TRIPPE, John, naval officer, d. at sea, off Ha- vana, 9 July, 1810. He entered the navy as a sail- ing-master, 6 May, 1803, and sailed in the brig " Vixen " to join Preble's squadron off Tripoli. In August, 1804, he was appointed acting lieutenant and placed in command of gun-boat No. 6. In the attack on the Tripolitan fleet he boarded one of the largest of the enemy's vessels, and had a hand- to-hand conflict with her commander, while he was armed with only a short pike. He received nine sabre-cuts across the head, but thrust his pike through his adversary, whereupon the Tripolitan crew surrendered. He also distinguished himself subsequently during the Tripolitan war, and re- ceived a vote of thanks and a sword from congress. He was promoted to lieutenant, 9 Jan., 1807, and in 1809 was lieutenant-commandant in command of the schooner " Enterprise," on which he died.

TRIST, Nicholas Philip, lawyer, b. in Char- lottesville, Va., 2 June, 1800; d. in Alexandria, Va., 11 Feb., 1874. He was educated at the U. S. military academy, and was assistant professor of French there in 1818— '19, but resigned before he was graduated, adopting the profession of law, which he studied under Thomas Jefferson. He was 1st clerk in the U. S. treasury department in 1828, Erivate secretary to President Jackson in 1829, and r. S. consul at Havana in 1834-6. He became assistant secretary of state in 1845, and in 1848 was sent as peace commissioner to Mexico, where he ne- gotiated and signed the treaty of Guadalupe Hi- dalgo. He then resumed the practice of his pro- fession. In 1870 President Grant appointed him postmaster at Alexandria. Va. Mr. Trist trans- lated a treatise on " Milch Cows " from the French of M. F. Guenon (New York, 1857).

TROLLOPE, Frances Milton, author, b. in Heckfield, Hampshire, England, about 1780; d. in Florence, Italy, 6 Oct., 1863. She was the daughter of Rev. William Milton, and in 1809 married Anthony Trollope, a barrister at law. The union proved unhappy, and in 1829 she came to this country and endeavored to establish herself in business in Cincinnati, Ohio. Failing in this enterprise, she returned to England in 1831, and published " Domestic Manners of the Americans," in which rude and ludicrous phases of American character and habits were depicted in a broad but witty caricature (2 vols., London, 1832). She subsequently led a career of great literary activity, travelled extensively on the continent, and became among the most voluminous of English female writers. Her