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Rh "Plain Words to Young Men " (Concord, 1858) ; " The Preservation of the Republic," an oration (Providence, 18(50) : " Narrative of the Campaign of the First Rhode Island Regiment in the Spring and Summer of 1861 " (1862) : " General Ambrose E. Burnside and the Ninth Army Corps " (1867) ; " The Second Rhode Island Regiment " (1875) ; " An Historical Sketch of the Prisons and Jails of Rhode Island " (1877) ; " Memorial of Gen. Am- brose E. Burnside " (1882) ; and sermons, addresses, and articles in reviews.

WOODBURY, Daniel Phineas, soldier, b. in New London, N. H., 16 Dec, 1812 ; d. in Key West, Fla., 15 Aug., 1864. He was educated at private schools and at the U. S. military academy, where he was graduated in 1836 and promoted to be 2d lieutenant in the 3d artillery. In November of the same year he was transferred to the engineers, but the order was inoperative until July, 1837, when he was made brevet 2d lieutenant of engi- neers, to date from 1 July, 1836. He was engaged in the construction of the Cumberland road in Ohio till 1840, being promoted 1st lieutenant, 7 July, 1838, and was then on duty till 1847, repairing fortifica- tions at points on the Atlantic coast, and as an assistant to the chief of engineers at Washington. Lieut. Woodbury was superintending engineer in the construction of Fort Kearny and Fort Laramie for the protection of the Oregon route till 1850, and on fortification duty on the North Carolina coast until 1856, becoming captain of engineers. 3 March, 1853. Thereafter, until the civil war, he was constantly engaged in the duties of his corps on the southern coast, and as an assistant to the chief of engineers. He was promoted major of en- gineers, 6 Aug., 1861, assisted in the construction of the defences of Washington, and was with Gen. David Hunter's column at Bull Run. He was made lieutenant-colonel and additional aide-de- camp in September, 1861, and brigadier-general of volunteers, 19 March, 1862, and was assigned to command the engineer brigade in the Army of the Potomac, where he rendered great service in the siege of Yorktown and the construction of roads, bridges, and causeways for the advance upon Rich- mond and the subsequent change of base to James river. In the Rappahannock campaign of 1862-'3 Gen. Woodbury distinguished himself at Freder- icksburg in laying down pontoons under the enemy's fire, and in their prompt removal after the troops had recrossed the river. In March, 1863, he was placed in command of the District of Key West, where he died of yellow fever. He was brevetted to the grade of major-general in the United States army "for gallant and meritorious services dur- ing the rebellion," especially on the peninsula in 1862 and at the battle of Fredericksburg. Gen. Woodbury was the author of works on " Sustaining Walls" (Washington. 1845), and the "Theory of the Arch " (New York, 1858).

WOODBURY, Isaac Baker, editor, b. in Beverly, Mass., in 1819; d. in Columbia, S. C, 26 Oct., 1858. He studied music in Europe for a year, and, returning to this country, taught it in the public schools of Boston. In 1845 he removed to New York, where he edited the "Musical Re- view " and the " Musical Pioneer." He compiled several collections of church music and glee-books, among which were the "Anthem Dulcimer" (New Y T ork, 1850); "Liber Musicus" (1851); "Million's Glee-Book " (1853) ; " Cultivation of the Voice Without a Master"; "Self-Instructor in Musical Composition and Thorough Bass " ; " Singing- School and Music-Teacher's Companion " ; and the " Melodeon and Seraphine Instruction-Book."

WOODBURY, Levi, jurist, b. in Francestown, N. H., 22 Dec, 1789; d. in Portsmouth, N. H., 4 Sept., 1851. He was descended from John Wood- bury, of Somersetshire, England, who settled first at Cape Ann in 1624, and at Naumkeag (now Salem) in 1626. After graduation with the high- est honors at Dartmouth in 1809, Levi entered the Litchfield, Conn., law-school. He was admitted to the bar in 1812, and prac- tised in his native town until 1816, when he was chosen clerk of the state senate. In 1817 he was appointed a judge of the su- preme court of the state, and in 1819 removed to Ports- mouth, where he practised law after serving as govern- or of New Hamp- shire in 1823-4. He was speaker of the state house of representatives in 1825, and was elected to the U. S. senate as a Democrat, serving from 5 Dec, 1825, till 3 March, 1831, when he was appointed secretary of the navy, and held that office until 1834, when he was made secretary of the treasury, serving until 1841. During this period he refused the post of chief justice of the New Hampshire superior cburt. Be- ing elected again to the U. S. senate, he served from 4 March, 1841, till 20 Nov., 1845, and voted in 1844 for the annexation of Texas. In 1845 he declined the mission to England, and was appointed a justice of the U. S. supreme court to succeed Judge Joseph Story. His nomination was con- firmed by the senate on 3 Jan., 1846, and he held this office at the time of his death. For his part in the celebrated senate debate on Samuel A. Foote's resolutions " on the public lands " in 1830 he was pronounced by Thomas H. Benton "the rock of the New England Democracy," and he was also conspicuous in the session of 1841 in defend- ing the independent treasury system, which was first established under his administration of the department, and in defeating the banking system that was proposed by Henry Clay. He published discourses, and was co-editor with William M. Rich- ardson of several volumes of the " New Hampshire Reports " (Concord, 1816 et sea.). After his death appeared " The Writings of Hon. Levi Woodbury, Political, Judicial, and Literary," selected and ar- ranged by Nahum Capen (3 vols., Boston, 1852). — His son, Charles Levi, lawver, b. in Portsmouth, N. H., 22 May, 1820. was a member of the Suffolk, Mass., bar, and U. S. district attorney for Massa- chusetts from 1858 until 1861. He edited with George Minot " Reports of Cases argued and de- termined in the Circuit Court of the United States for the First Circuit," containing the decisions of Judge Levi Woodbury (3 vols., Boston, 1847-'52).

WOODFORD, Stewart Lyndon, lawyer, b. in New York city, 3 Sept., 1835. He studied at Yale and at Columbia, where he was graduated in 1854, and in 1857 began the practice of law in his native city. In 1860 he was chosen messenger of the electoral college of his state to convey to Washington its vote in favor of the presidency of Abraham Lincoln. In 1861 he was appointed U. S. assistant district attorney for the southern