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116 his arms, and the siege of Corinth. He was also in many hard-fought battles, especially at Mur- freeshoro. At the close of the war he returned to his In line in Lexington, Ky.. in 1867 he was elect- ed to the legislature, and in 1880 he was a dele- gate to the, convention that nominated Gen. Han- cock for the presidency. William Ballard's cousin, Isaac Trimble, jurist, b. in Rockbridge county. Va.. in l?!i:-! : d. on Lake Pontchartrain. La., 5 July, 1*52. was graduated at Yale in 1812, and studied at Litchfield law-school, but resigned his protv ion in 1813 to serve as captain of a volunteer company in the war with Great Britain. He resumed his legal studies under William Virt in ISKi, was ad- mitlcd 1" thr bar, and removed to New Orleans, where he practised with success. At the time of hi- dralh he was a judge of the supreme court of Louisiana. I1U death was the result of a steam- In >ai di-aster.

PREVALAYE, Pierre IHmas (pray-vah-lay). Marquis de, French naval officer, b. in the castle of Prevalaye, near Brest, in 1745 : d. there, 28 July, 1816. He was descended from a family that wa- dis- tinguished in the annals of the French navy. His father, Pierre Bernurdin(1714-'8(>.) served in Canada in 1743 and 1755, became "chef d'escadre," com- manded the station of the Antilles, and as gover- nor of Brest in 177* was charged to superintend the armament of the fleet that was sent to the suc- cor of the American patriots. The son became a midshipman in 1760, and took part as lieutenant, and afterward as commander, in the war for American independence. He served under d'Es- taing at Newport in 1778, participated in the operations against St. Lucia and Grenada, directed the batteries at the siege of Savannah, in October, K.'.i. was attached to the fleet of De Guichen in 1780, and served under De Grasse at Yorktown, in October, 1781, and under De Verdun, De Borda, and Vaudreuilles in the West Indies. In 17*:! he was sent to carry to congress the treaty of peace that acknowledged the independence of the 1'niti -d States, and was promoted commodore. Hr was afterward appointed a member of the board of ad- miralty, emigrated in 1790, served in the army of Conde, and, returning to France in 1801, lived quietly in his ancestral ra-tlr. which the neighbor- ing peasants, being much attached to his family, had preserved from dot ruction. Refusing the offers of Napoleon of a commission in the Davy, he devoted his last years to science, founded an astronomical observatory in Brest, and becamr a member of the Academy of marine of that city. Louis XVIII. made him a rear-admiral in 1815. He published " Memoire sur la campagne de Bos- ton en 1778" (Brest, 1784); " Memoire sur les ope- rations navalrs de 1'armee du Comte d'Estaing pen- dant la guerre d'Amerique" (Paris, 1778); Me- moire sur line machine propre a faire connoitre a tout moment le tirant d'eau des navires " (Brest, 1807) ; and several treatises on naval architecture.

PREVOST, Augustine, British soldier, b. in Geneva, Sii/.rrland. about 1725; d. in Bernett, Knghmd. 5 May, 1786. His father was an officer in the English army. The son also entered the army, became a lieutenant colonel in March. 17fi1, colonel, 29 Aug., 1777, and major-general, 27 Feb.. 1779. He served as captain of the 60th regiment or Royal Americans under Wolfe at Quebec, cap- tured the fort at Sunbury, Ga., in December. 177N, and defeated Gen. John Ashe at P.rier creek in March, 1779, but was foiled in an attempt to rap- ture Charleston in May, 1779. In October, 1779, he successfully defended Savannah against the Americans. Gen. Prevost's widow married Aaron Burr. His son. Sir (Jeorge, bart.. British soldier, b. in New York, 19 May. 1767: d. in London, Eng- land, 5 Jan.. 1816, entered the army in his youth, served with credit at St. Vincent, where he was severely wounded, and was also at Dominica and St. Lucia. He was created a baronet, 6 Dec., 1805. and appointed major-general in January of the same year, and lieutenant-general in June, 1811. Soon a'fter his return from the West Indies he was appointed lieutenant-governor of Portsmouth, with the command of the troops in that district. In 1808 he became lieutenant - governor of Nova Scotia, and -in the autumn of that year he pro- ceeded with a division of troop- from Halifax to the West Indies, and was second in command at the capture of Martinique. He afterward re- turned to his government in Nova Scotia, and in June, 1811, he succeeded Sir James Craig as gov- ernor-in-chief and commander of the forces in all British North America. During the war of 1812 he rendered important services in the defence of Canada against the armies of the United States. His attempt to penetrate into the state of New York was rendered abortive by his engagement with the Americans under Gen. Macomb at Platts- burg, 11 Sept., 1814, which forced him to retreat into Canada. He soon afterward returned to Eng- land, and demanded an investigation of charges that had been made against him for the disaster at I'latt-burg. He died before this was completed, but the result vindicated his character.

'''PKEVOST. Charles Mallet''', soldier, b. in Bal- timore, Md., 19 Sept., 1818 ; d. in Philadelphia, 5 Nov., 1887. His father. Gen. Andrew M. Prevost, who commanded the first regiment of Pennsylvania artillery in the war of 1812, was born in Geneva, Switzerland, of Huguenot ancestry, and his grand- father, Paul Henry Mallet Prevost, a Geneva banker, came to the United States in 1794 and purchased an estate at Alexandria (since called Frenchtown), Hunterdon co., N. J. Charles M. Prevost studied law and was admitted to the bar, and shortly afterward was appointed U.S. marshal for the territory of Wisconsin, and he was subse- quently deputy collector of the port of Philadel- phia. He was an active member of the militia, and at the beginning of the civil war had com- mand of a company. Soon afterward he was ap- pointed assistant adjutant-general on the staff of Gen. Frank Patterson. He was engaged in the peninsular campaign, later was appointed colonel of the 118th (Corn exchange) regiment of Pennsyl- vania volunteers, and commanded it at Antietam. The severity of the attack compelled his regiment to fall back, and Col. Prevost seized the colors and ran to the front to rally his men. While encour- aging them, he was struck in the shoulder b a Minie ball, and also by a fragment of shell, and -o -ern>]y wounded that he never ivroeiv<l. Thr brevet of brigadier-general of volunteer was con- ferred on him on 13 March, 1865. for his bravery in this action. After his partial recovery he re- turned to the command of his regiment, and took part in the battle of Chancellorsville with his arm strapped to his body. After this engagement he was ordered to take charge of a camp al I larri- burg for the organisation of the Veteran reserve corps, and, finding that his health would noi per- mit him to engage in active service. 1 nterril thai corps, as colonel of ihr llilh regiment, and served iii it through the war. On his return 1 ic he was appointed major-general of the 1-1 di i-ion of the Pennsylvania national guard.

'''PREVOST-PARADOL. Lucien Anatole''', French author, b. in Paris, 8 July, 1829; d. in