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his regiment at Sliiloh, April 6-T, 1862, where he was in Garftelcrs 20th brigade of Wooers 6th di- vision of the army of the Ohio, commanded by Gen. Don Carlos Buell. He then took part in the siege of Corinth and was assigned to the com- mand of the 3d brigade of Wood"s division and commanded the brigade in the battle of Stone's River, Dec. 31, 1862-Jan. 3, 1863, where he so distinguished himself as to secure the commen- dation of his superior officers who forwarded his name to Washington for promotion to the rank of brigadier-general. At Chickamauga, Sept. 19-20, 1863, and on September 10, in the move- ments that led to the battle, he greatly distin- guished himself, notably at Lee and Gordon's Mill, and his conduct caused the authorities to take action on the matter of his promotion that had been pressed on their attention after his ac- tion in the battle of Stone's River and he was pro- moted to the rank which he had filled in two great battles, his commission as brigadier-gen- eral of volunteers dating from Sept. 20, 1863. He commanded a brigade under General Howard in the Georgia campaign, and at Rocky Face Ridge, May 7, 1864, held the peak against a determined effort of the Confederates to dislodge him. He was leading his brigade at Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., June 27, 1864, and after passing an open field amid an iron hail from the Confederate line sheltered by a breastwork, he gained the edge of the felled trees where his soldiers sought shelter behind the logs and rocks. Thus forced to stop he rallied them to a final charge and was cheering on his men when he fell mortally wounded, and he died on the battle-field, June 27, 1864.

HARKINS, Mathew, R.C. bishop, was born in Boston, Mass., Nov. 17, 1845. He was graduated at the Boston Latin school in 1862, carrying off" the Franklin medal. He

then took a year's course at the College of the Holy Cross, Worces- ter, Mass., and a course in theology at the English college of Douay and in the serai- narj- of St. Sulpice, Paris. His theolog- ical course con- <ATHtPPAL OF 5T.PEr£R~.»5.TPAUL sumcd theycars 1864-^9, and he was ordained a priest May 22, 1869, at the church of St. Sulpice, Paris, by Bishop Meret; visited Rome, and returned to

America in 1870. He was curate at the church of tlie Immaculate Conception, Salem, Mass., 1871-76, rector of St. Malachi's church, Arling- ton, Mass., 1876-84, and rector of St. James's church, Boston, Mass., 1884-87. He was nomi- nated as bishop of the diocese of Providence, R.I., in Januar}^ 1887, to succeed the Rt. Rev. Thomas F. Hendriken, D.D., deceased, and was conse- crated at Providence, R.I., April 14, 1887, by Archbishop Williams, assisted by Bishops O'Reilly and McMahon. He had under him 175 priests, 96 churches, and 19,000 young people under the educational care of the church in parochial schools and asylums. The Catholic population in his diocese in 1900 was 225,000.

HARKNESS, Albert, educator, was born in Mendon (now Blackstone), Mass., Oct. 6, 1822; son of Southwick and Phebe (Thayer) Harkness. He was graduated from Brown in 1842, taught in the high school at Providence, R.I., 1843-53, and was a student in Germany, 1853-55, attending the universities at Bonn, _

Berlin and Gottin- gen. He returned home in the fall of 1855 and at once entered the chair of Greek language and literature at Brown university, where he remained till 1892 and was then appointed professor emeritus. He went abroad for the second time in 1870 and was absent

over a year, spend- ^-A^UrOttT H-t^iAyi^A^u-d^. ing a part of the time

at the universities of Bonn, Heidelberg and Berlin and travelling in different parts of Europe. He made several subsequent visits to Europe, care- fully studying the educational systems of England and Germany. He was one of the founders of the American philological association, vice-president of the same in 1869, and president. 1875-76. He was also a member of the Archaeological institute of America and one of the founders of the Ameri- can school of classical studies at Athens. On May 28, 1849, he was married to Maria A., daughter of Scott and Ada (Aldrich) Smith of Providence, R.I., and they had two children, Albert Granger and Clara Frances. The degree of Ph.D. was conferred on him by the University of Bonn in 1854 and that of LL.D. by Brown in 1869. He is the author or editor of a number of text-books, including Arnold's First Latin Book (1851); Sec- ond Latin Book (1853); First Greek Book (1860); Latin Grammar (1864); Latin Header (1865); In- troductory Latin Book (1866) ; Elementary Latin