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LEFT SULLIVAN, JOHN 153 SULLY action defeated the British left. On Aug. 29, 1778, he attacked the British at Butt's Hill, near Newport, R. I., and after a 12-hours' severe battle, in which about 6,000 men fought on each side, the Americans drove the British from the field at the point of the bayonet. La- fayette pronounced this engagement the best contested one of the whole war. In 1779 Sullivan led 4,000 troops into New York State to put a stop to Indian out- rages. During the campaign he drove thousands of Indians out of the State and destroyed their crops and villages. He resigned from the army in 1780 owing to ill health, and was a second time a delegate to the Continental Con- gress. He later resumed the practice of law in New Hampshire; and was United States judge of that State from 1789 till his death, in Durham, N. H., Jan. 23, 1795. SULLIVAN, MARK, an American editor and writer; born at Avondale, Pa., in 1874. He was educated at the Normal School, West Chester, Pa., and at Har- vard University. From 1893 to 1900 he was part owner of the "Daily Republi- can," Phoenixville, Pa.; from 1903 to 1904 writer on the Boston "Transcript"; from 1904 to 1906 a member of the New York City bar, and from 1906 to 1917 a member of the editorial staff of "Collier's Weekly," serving as editor from 1912 to 1917. After this he became Washington correspondent of the New York "Eve- ning Post." SULLIVAN, THOMAS RUSSELL, an American fiction writer and dramatist; born in Boston, Mass., Nov. 21, 1849. His novels include "Tom Sylvester," "Roses of Shadow," "Day and Night Stories," "Ars et Vita" (1893) ; "Boston, Old and New" (1912), and "Hand of Petrarch" (1913). His plays include "The Cats- paw" (1881), "Merely Players" (1886), a dramatization of Stevenson's "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," and "Nero," a tragedy. He was joint author with W. W. Chamberlin of "Hearts Are Trumps" produced 1878, and "Midsummer Mad- ness," produced 1880, He died in 1916. SULLIVAN'S ISLAND, an island at the N. side of the entrance to Charleston harbor, S. C; 6 miles from Charleston. It is 6 miles long, but very narrow, and is a favorite sea-bathing resort. On it is situated Fort Moultrie, a position of importance during the Civil War. SULLY, ALFRED, an American mili- tary officer; born in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1821; was graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1841, and assigned to the 2d Infantry, with which he took part in the Seminole War; served in the war with Mexico in 1846- 1847; and was then assigned to duty on recruiting service in the North. In 1861- 1862 he served in Washington and in the latter year was made colonel of the 3d Minnesota Volunteers; won distinction in the battles of Fair Oaks and Malvern Hill; was promoted brigadier-general of volunteers in October, 1862, and later participated in the battle of Chancellors- ville. In 1863 he was given command of the Department of Dakota, and great- ly distinguished himself in his cam- paigns against hostile Indians, At the close of the war he was brevetted major-general of volunteers, and briga- dier-general, U. S. A., for gallantry during the war; and was promoted colonel of the 10th Infantry in 1872. He died in Fort Vancouver, Wash., April 17, 1879. 9ULLY, MAXIMILIEN DE BETHUNE, DUG DE, Marshal of France and first minister of Henry IV.; born in Bosny, France. Dec. 13, 1560; was edu- cated in the Protestant (Calvinistic) faith. He distinguished himself at the battle of Ivri in 1590, where he was se- verely wounded, and was afteinvard of great assistance to the king in resisting the intrigues of the League. In 1597 he was appointed controller of finance, and by his excellent administration DUG DE SULLY largely reduced taxation, and eventually paid off a state debt of 300,000,000 livres. He also received many other offices and dignities, and became adviser of the king in all his councils. His industry was unwearied, and he did all he could to en- courage agriculture, which he regarded as the mainstay of the state. In 1606 the territory of Sully-sur-Loire was