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FLAGLER, Daniel Webster, soldier, was bom in Lockport, N.Y., June 24, 1835; son of Syl- vester and Abigail (Remington) Flagler; grand- son of James Flagler, and great- grandson of Simon Flagler, who emigrated from Holland and settled in Dutchess comity, N.Y., in 1735. Dan- iel W. was graduated at the U.S. military academy June 24, 1861. He was pro- moted brevet 2d lieutenant and 2d lieutenant of ord- ^.<' . i;ice the same day,

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civil war, 1861-66 ; in drilling volunteers at Washington, D.C., July 1-15, 1861; in the Manassas cam- paign and in the defences of Wasnington, Jiily and August, 1861 ; as assistant ordnance officer at the Allegheny arsenal, on foundry duty at Fort Pitt, Pittsburg, Pa., and inspecting ord- nance for fitting out the Mississippi river flotilla, August to December, 1861 ; as chief of ordnance to General Burnside's expedition to North Caro- lina, December, 1861, to August, 1862; in charge of transportation of siege-train across country from Newbern to Fort Macon, North Carolina, and of construction of aj^proaches and batteries in front of Fort Macon, March and April, 1862; in the Marj'land campaign (Army of the Potomac) as assistant ordnance officer and aide-de-camp, September and October, 1862 ; as chief ordnance officer, November, 1862, to November, 1863; in hos- pital, October and November. 1863; on inspection duty at the West Point foundrj-, N. Y., November, 1863, to May, 1864 ; assistant to the chief of ord- nance, U.S.A.. Washington, D.C., May, 1864, to June, 1865 ; inspector of arms, Anny of the Poto- mac, Febniary, 1865, and in charge of Tredegar iron works, Richmond, Va., from May, 1865. He participated in the battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861 ; the battle and capture of Roanoke Island, Feb. 7 and 8, 1862; the battle of Newbern, N.C., March 14, 1862; and was in command of mortar batteries in the bombardment of Fort Macon, resulting in the captui'e, April 26, 1863. He was transferred to the Army of the Potomac to meet the emergency resulting from Pope's defeat ; engaged in the battles of South Mountain, Md., Sept. 14, 1862: Antietam, Md.. Sept. 17, 1862; Fred- ericksburg, Va.. Dec. 13. 1862: Chancellorsville, Va., May 2-4, 1863, and Gettysburg, Pa.. July 1-3, 1863. He was brevetted captain, March 14, 1862,

for gallant service at the battle of Newbern, N.C. ; major, April 26, 1862, for gallant service at the siege of Fort Macon, N.C, and lieutenant- colonel, March 13, 1865, for distinguished services in the field during the civil war. After the close of the war he was employed on a tour of inspec- tion of western arsenals, with the chief of ord- nance, U.S.A., May, 1865; in charge of receiving arms from disbanded volunteers from Delaware and Pennsylvania, at Wilmington, Del., and Philadelphia and Harrisburg, Pa., May and June, 1865; on special ordnance iu.spection duty in Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama, June to September, 1865; assistant ordnance officer, Watervliet arsenal, N.Y., October to December, 1865; in command of Augusta ar.senal and powder works, Ga., June, 1866, toMaj% 1871, having charge also of Confederate ordnance estab- lishments, depots and stores, and of the disposal of the same, at Atlanta, Jlacon, Athens and Savannah, Ga., January, 1866, to Januarj-, 1869; on special ordnance inspection duty at Fort Fisher, N.C, December, 1866; Selma, Ala., Feb- ruarj-, 1869, and Fort Pickens, Fla., February, 1871 ; in command of the Rock Island armory and arsenal, June, 1871, to May, 1886; member of board on heavy gun carriages at New York, Jan- uary to March, 1873; special inspection of Fort Union arsenal. New Mexico, with a view of breaking up the same, September, 1880 ; on board at Indianapolis, Ind., in regard to the i-emoval of the Indianapolis arsenal, January, 1883 ; on ord- nance inspection duty at San Antonio, Texas, Fort Lowell, Ariz., and Benicia, C'al., Februar3- and March, 1888; in command of the Frankford arsenal. Pa., May 31, 1886,to November, 1889 ; presi- dent of the board on site for gun factory, March 23 to May 14, 1887; president of the board of comparative merits of Morse and service reload- ing cartridges, March 3 to May 1, 1888; on special duty to select site and make plans for Columbia arsenal, Tenn., May 29 to June 30, 1888; president of the board for testing rifled cannon and pro- jectiles in 1889, and in command of Watertown arsenal, Mass., from Nov. 29, 1889, to 1891. He was promoted major June 23, 1874; lieutenant- colonel Aug. 23, 1881, and colonel Sept. 15, 1890, and was appointed brigadier-general and chief of ordnance. Washington, D.C, Jan. 23, 1891, hold- ing the position until his de.ath. He was married Sept. 13, 1865, to Maiy McCalla, daughter of Gen. Clement Alexander Finlej-, U.S.A. ; they had one daughter, Elisabeth Moore ; and one son, Clement Alexander Finley Flagler, who was graduated from the U.S. military academy in 1889. was promoted 2d lieutenant, corps of engineers. Aug. 12, 1890, 1st lieutenant, Jan. 26. 1895. and cap- tain, Oct. 26, 1898. General Flagler died at Old Point Comfort, Va, March 29, 1809.