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476 him with a sword. In 1861 he was commissioned colonel of the 6th Pennsylvania regiment, and in that year organized the 48th Pennsylvania, of which he was made colonel. He served at Fort Monroe, Hatteras island, and Newbern, and com- manded a brigade in the 9th army corps in the sec- ond battle of Bull Run. He was appointed briga- dier-general of volunteers on 10 Sept., 1862, and at Antietam his brigade performed an important part in carrying Antietam bridge, which, according to Gen. McClellan, saved the day. His appointment expired on 4 March, 1863, but was renewed on 13 March, and he served with his brigade in Kentucky until 9 May, when he resigned, owing to impaired health. When Gen. Lee invaded Pennsylvania in June, 1863, Gen. Nagle organized the 39th regiment of Pennsylvania militia, was commissioned its colo- nel, and commanded a brigade, but was mustered out on 2 Aug., 1863. In 1864 he organized the 149th Pennsylvania regiment for 100 days' service, became its colonel, and guarded the approaches to Baltimore until the expiration of his service.

NAGLEE, Henry Morris, soldier, b. in Phila- delphia, Pa., 15 Jan., 1815 ; d. in San Francisco, Gal., 5 March, 1886. He was graduated at the tr. S. military academy in 1835, and assigned to the 5th infantry, but resigned his commission on 31 Dec. of that year and became a civil engineer. At the beginning of the Mexican war he returned to military service, and on 15 Aug., 1846, became captain in the 1st New York volunteers, serving through the war. At its close he engaged in bank- ing in San Francisco, Gal., until the civil war, when he was reappointed in the U. S. army with the rank of lieutenant-colonel of the 16th in- fantry, 14 May, 1861. He did not join his regi- ment, but resigned on 10 Jan., 1863, and was reap- pointed in the volunteer service with the rank of brigadier-general on 4 Feb. of the same year. He participated in the defence of Washington in 1862, and in the Virginia peninsular campaign, be- ing wounded at Fair Oaks. He then led a division in the Department of North Carolina and in the De- partment of the South at St. Helena island, and in 1863 commanded the 7th army corps and the dis- trict of Virginia. On 4 April, 1864, he was mus- tered out of service. He then resumed banking in San Francisco, and also engaged in vine-culture. His vineyard at San Jose included more than fifty acres, and was devoted chiefly to the cultivation of Riesling and Charbonneau grapes, from which the Naglee brandy is made.

NAGOT, Francis Charles, clergyman, b. in Tours, France, 19 April. 1734; d. in Baltimore, Md., 9 Apnl, 1816. He studied in the Jesuit col- lege of Tours, and afterward with the order of Robertins in Paris. He then entered the congre- gation of St. Sulpice, and taught theology in the seminary of Nantes, where he received the degree of doctor. He was for some time superior of the smaller seminary of St. Sulpice and director of the large seminary at Paris, where he established two new religious communities. In 1791 he was sent by the superior of his order to found a seminary in Baltimore. He took with him a colony of seven Sulpitians, and, reaching Baltimore on 10 July, purchased land and opened a seminary, but for several years there were few pupils. Nagot finally triumphed over all obstacles, and in 1799 succeeded in placing in a prosperous condition his two founda- tions, St. Mary's college and the Sulpitian semi- nary, of which he acted as superior. In 1806 he founded a college at Pigeon Hill, in Pennsylvania, but, as he was unable to give it his personal super- vision, it did not succeed. Discouraged somewhat by this failure and weakened in health, he resigned his office of superior and devoted the remainder of his life to translating religious works from English into French, for the benefit of his countrymen in Baltimore. He also wrote some original works. His books include : " Recueil de conversions reraar- quables, nouvellement operees en quelques, protes- tants" (Baltimore, 1791); •' Doctrine de I'Ecriture sur les miracles " (1808) ; " La vie de M. Olier " (1813) ; and " Traite des fetes mobiles."

NAIRNE, Charles Murray, educator, b. in Perth, Scotland, 15 April. 1808; d. in Warrenton, Va., 28 May, 1882. He was graduated at the Uni- versity of St. Andrews in 1830, and afterward at Edinburgh. For some time he was assistant to Dr. Thomas Chalmers at Glasgow, and in 1847 he came to this country, where he taught at College Hill, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and subsequently estab- lished a private school in New York. In 1857 he accepted the chair of moral and intellectual phi- losophy and literature in Columbia, which he held until he became professor emeritus in 1881. He received the degree of L. H. D. from the regents of New York in 1865. Besides many pamphlets, he published " Two Lectures of the Annual Psychologi- cal Course in Columbia College " (New York, 1866).

NAKAHAMA, Manjiro, Japanese naval officer, b. in Shikoku, Japan, about 1824. He was blown out to sea in a fishing- vessel in 1840, and rescued by Capt. Whitefield, of the American whaling-ship' "John Howland." He was taken to the United States in 1844 and given a good education. On his- return to Japan he was called to Yedo, now Tokio, and made an officer, the wearer of two swords, and official interpreter. He translated Nathaniel Bow- ditch's '• Navigator " into Japanese, and was the first native of Japan to navigate a ship out of sight of land on scientific principles. Though unseen or unknown by Com. Perry or the American officers, he was chief interpreter of written English, to whom all questions and treaty documents were re- ferred. He was made curator of the scientific ap- paratus brought from the United States. Nakaha- ma built various smaller craft on American models,, and was made a captain in the imperial navy.

NANCREDE, Panl Joseph Guerard de, soldier, b. in France in 1760; d. in Paris in 1841. He came to this country in the army of Count Rochambeau. in which he served as a lieutenant, and was wounded at Yorktown. From 1787 till 1800 he was instructor in French at Harvard, and he afterward resided for some time in Philadelphia. He edited " L'Abeille Frangoise " (1792). — His son, Josepli Guerard, phvsician, b. in Boston, Mass.^ in June, 1793 ; d. in Philadelphia, Pa., 2 Feb., 1857,. was educated chiefly in Montreal and Paris, but returned to this country, through fear of conscription, and was graduated in medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in 1813. He resided in Louisville, Ky., till 1816, and then in Philadelphia till his death, practising largely among French families, and numbering Joseph "Bonaparte among his patients. Dr. Nancrede married Cornelia, daughter of Com. Truxton. He contributed to current professional literature, and edited Legallois's " Experiments on the Principles of Life," with his brother. Dr. Nicholas Nancrede (Philadelphia, 1813). and an abridgment of Orfila's "Toxicology," which was commended by the author (1817).

NANTEL, Antonin, Canadian educator, b. in St. Jerome, Quebec, 16 Sept., 1839. He was educated at St. Therese college, where he was graduated in July. 1859. He then became a clergyman of the Roman Catholic church, was prefect of studies at St. Therese college from 1862 till 1870,