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during which he was .seriously wounded. Sub- sequenth' transferred with the 11th and 12th corps to the army of the Cumberland, he served as chief of staff under General Hooker at Look- out Mountain and Missionary Ridge. In the Georgia campaign which followed he com- manded a division of the 20th corps, under Generals Thomas and Hooker, at the battles of Buzzard's Rocst, Resaca. Dallas, and New Hope church, and at Lost and Kenesaw mountains. At Resaca he captured the onh- rebel guns Sher- man became possessed of before the fall of At- lanta. For gallant and meritorious conduct he was brevetted brigadier-general and major- general of the regular army, and he received the nation's medal of honor for especial heroism at the battle of Gaines" Mill, where he was ^\ounded. He was stern and severe in drill and discipline ; his valor and fearlessness, as he dashed forward to an attack, captured the hearts of his men. who stood ready to follow his lead. After the close of the war he had charge of the recruiting ser- vice of the U. S. army, with headquarters at New York, and he had command of the forces at Bed- loe's, Governor's and David's islands in New York harbor from 1865 to 1869, wlien he accepted the position of United States sub-treasurer at New York city. Later he resigned office, and travelled in Europe for several years. He was the originator of the system of corps badges, flags, and insignia adopted in the army of the Potomac and in others, afterwards worn by all veterans. After the war his organizing powers were frequently called into requisition on the occasion of great public demonstrations and parades, notably the Sherman funeral, and the Washington centennial celebration in New York city, May 1, 1889, when he organized one hundred thousand civilians into companies and divisions and planned and organized the military and civic procession that welcomed Adiuiral Dewey to the city of New York. Sept. 30. 1899. He received tlie degree of LL.D. from Union in 1892. He uied at Cold Spring. N.Y.. July IT. 1901.

BUTTERFIELD, John, pioneer expressman, was born at Berne, near Albany, N. Y., Nov. 18, 1801. He began to earn his living in passenger and freight work at Albany, before the days of railroads, by conveying passengers bj- lines of stages from Utica, afterwards establishing stage routes throughout New York state; acquired interests in packet boats and steamboats on Lake Ontario; originated the street railroad in Utica, and constructed local plank -roads. When railroads superseded these modes of transporta- tion he organized the Black river railroad and railroads from Utica south. In 1850. at his sug- gestion, the express. firm of Butterfi^ld. Wasson & Co., of which he was the principal, and Liv-

ingston, Fargo & Co., and Wells & Co., were consolidated, as the American express company, of which corporation he was director until his death. He was among the early investors in the electric telegraph, and built the Morse line be- tween New York and Buffalo. He also put in operation the Overland mail route, and con- tracted with the government to carry the U. S. mail between Mississippi river and the Pacific ocean. He was interested in other stock com- panies and business enterprises, while farming also occupied his attention towards the latter part of his busy life. He served as an officer in the New York state agricultural society, was- elected mayor of Utica and was one of its most energetic, popular and public-spirited citizens. He died in Utica. N. Y., Nov. 14, 1869.

BUTTERWORTH, Benjamin, representative, was born in Warren county, Ohio, Oct. 22, 1837. He was educated at the Ohio imiversity, settled in Cincinnati, and was admitted to the bar in 1861. In 1870 he was appointed U. S. district attorney, and was elected a member of the state .senate in 1873. In 1878 he was elected a repre- sentative to the 46th Congress, and was re-elected to the 47th Congress. He was appointed by President Arthur in 1883 a Northern Pacific railroad commissioner, as special government coimsel to i^rosecute the South Carolina election cases of 1883, and as L^nited States commissioner of patents. In 1884 he was elected a representa- tive to the 49th Congress and was re-elected to the 50th and 51st congresses. He served on the committees on the Pacific railroad, reform in the civil service and appropriations, and as chair- man of the committee on patents. He prepared the act providing for the compulsory retire- ment of army officei-s, introduced a bill in the 50th Congress to abolish all customs duties between the United States and Canada, and in the 51st Congress made a vigorous attack on the McKinley bill. He was appointed U.S. commissioner of patents in 1897. He died at Thomasville, Ga., Jan. 16. 1898.

BUTTERWORTH, Hezekiah, author, was born at Warren, Bristol coimty, R. I., Pec. 22. 1839. His education was acquired at the schools of his native place and as a special student at Brown university. He remained at home until 1857, editing a newspaper and contributing fre- quently to various periodicals. He spent some years in foreign travel, including in his journey- ings South America, and in his wanderings he collected much material for his subsequent books. In 1870 he became assistant editor of the Yovth's Companion, and was influential in promoting the success and higli standing of that paper. Among his published books are : TJie Story of the Hyiinis; or Hijiims that hare a History (1875);