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used to combat tlie arguments of suffragists before congress seeking for constitutional amend- ment. In 1872 she revised and edited " Memoirs of Ulric Dahlgren, ■' written by his father but left by him unfinished. She built the Gothic stone chapel of St. Joseph's of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, on South Mountain, Md., near her summer home, ' ' Dahlgren. " She was an early supporter and vice-president of the Literary society of Washington, and was president of the Ladies' Catholic missionary society ot Washing- ton for some time. Her publislied works not already mentioned include: Idealities {185d) ; a translation of Montalemberfs Pius IX. (1861) ; Etiquette of Social Life in Washington (1873) ; a translation of De Chambrun's Executive Power (1874) ; Sotith Sea Sketches (1874) ; Memoirs of Ad- miral Dahlgren (1882) ; South Ilountain 3Iagic (1882); A Washington Winter (1884); The Lost Name (1886) ; Light and Shadoics of a Life (1887) ; Divorced ; and Chim : His Washington Winter. She died in Washington, D.C., May 28, 1898.

DAHLGREN, Ulric, soldier, was born near Philadelphia, Pa., April 3, 1842; second son of Rear- Admiral John Adolph and Mary Clement (Bunker) Dahlgren. He was educated in Wash- ington, D.C., studied law in Philadelphia, Pa., and in 1861 was commissioned captain by President Lincoln and ordered to report to Gen- eral Sigel at Harper's Ferrj', where he planted a marine battery, coinposed of Dahlgren shell- guns, in a difficult position, commanding the ferry. In command of a company of the 3d Indiana cavalrj^ Sigel's body-guard, he attacked Fredericksburg in November, 1862, surprised the Confederates and put to flight a much larger force, holding the town for three hpurs. This action was preserved by the pencil of F. O. C. Darley and transferred to canvas. He was after- ward conspicuous in the battles of Fredericks- burg, where he was among the first to cross the river; at Chancellorsville, where he stayed the Confederate advance by a desperate charge ; at second Bull Run, where his battery stubbornly contested the advance of Jackson, enabling the infantry to throw vip a line of defence from which they were not driven ; and at Gettysburg, where as a member of General Meade's staff, he attacked Lee's trains with a small force of cavalry and so harassed them on the march and in their retreat that the fleeing Confederates turned at bay. Here he lost a leg in a dash in the front of the retreating army, and suffered three amputations before a partial recovery. He was promoted over the intermediate grades to colonel, the commis- sion being personally brought to the sufferer's bedside by Secretary Stanton. He visited his father at Charleston, S.C, to recuperate, and returned to the army to take part in the cavalry

expedition around Richmond in March, 1864. It was planned to effect the release of Union soldiers held as prisoners, and while at the head of a small force of 500 picked men, he was misled by a guide, supposing Kilpatrick was now to support him, and dashed his little band against a superior line of Confederate cavalry, carrying their first line but was hurled back by the second line, an infantry brigade, and finally surrounded. While endeavoring to lead his men out of the ambush he was killed at their head. His memoir, written by his father, was published in 1872. His death occurred near Richmond, Ya. , March 4, 1864.

DAILY, Samuel Q., delegate to congi-ess, was born in Indiana in 1819. He removed to Peru, Nebraska Territory, in 1857, where he erected and operated a sawmill. He was a member of the territorial legislature and a prominent anti- slavery advocate. He was a delegate from the territory to the 36th, 37th and 38th congresses, serving from May 18, 1860, to March 3, 1865. He vi-as appointed by President Lincoln deputy col- lector of customs at New Orleans, La. , in March, 1865, and died in that city Sept. 15, 1865.

DAILY, William H., educator, was born in. Coshocton, Ohio, in 1812. His parents removed to Franklin county, Ind., shortly after his birth and settled on a farm near Brookville. He began to teach in a district school when fifteen years old and at sixteen was a "boy preacher"' in the Methodist church. He joined tlie conference in 1831, was ordained a deacon in 1833, and an elder in 1835. He w-as pastor at Bloomington, Ind., 1835-36, and a student at Indiana university, where he was graduated in 1836 and received his A.M. degree in course. He was at St. Louis, Mo., as pastor and professor in St. Charles college, 1838-40; at Madison, Ind., 1843-44; chaplain of the U.S. house of representatives, 1844-45 : agent of the Indiana Asbury (De Pauw) university, 1845-52, and third president of Indiana univer- sity, 1858-59. He was hospital chaplain at St. Louis, 1862-65; mail agent in Louisiana, 1865-69; and a member of the Louisiana Methodist Epis- copal conference, 1869-77. He received the degree of A.M. from Augusta college, Ky., and that of D.D. from Indiana univer.sity, in 1851; and that of LL.D. from the University of Louis- ville. He died in New Orleans, La., in 1877.

DALE, James Wilkinson, author, was born at Cantwell's Bridge, now Odessa, Del., Oct. 16, 1812; son of Dr. Richard Colgate and Margaret (Fitzgerald) Dale; and brother of Dr. Thomas Fitzgerald Dale (1808-1872). His paternal ances- tors came from England and were among the early settlers of Maryland. His father was high sheriff of New Castle county, Del., 1803-06, and a surgeon in the U.S. army during the war of 1812. James was brought up in the home of his mater-