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MACKEY

engineer company. He commanded the 2d Con- necticut artillery in Upton's brigade, Russell's division, Wright's corps, in the Richmond cam- paign, and was wounded at the siege of Peters- burg. He was bre vetted lieutenant-colonel, June 18, 1864, "for gallant and meritorious services before Petersburg, Va." ; and com- manded the 2d Connecticut heavy artillery, 6th army corps, in the Shenandoah campafgn, Aug. 15 to Oct. 19, 1864, participating in the battles of Opequan and Fisher's Hill. At Cedar Creek, Oct. 19, 1864, he commanded the 2d brigade, 1st di- vision, 6th army corps, after Col. J. E. Hamblin ^q.v.), was wounded, and was himself wounded. He was brevetted colonel, Oct. 19, 1864, for Cedar Creek, and on Oct. 19, 1864, was commis- sioned brigadier-general of volunteers. He com- manded the 2d brigade, Wheaton's division, 6th corps at Petersburg and Richmond, Dec. 31, 1864 ; Mackenzie's cavalry division in the Appomat- tox campaign ; was brevetted brigadier-general U.S.A. and major-general of volunteers, March 13 186.'), *' for gallant and meritorious services in the field during the rebellion," and engaged in the battle of Five Forks, the pursuit of Gen. Lee's army, and was present at the surrender at Appomattox, April 9, 1865. He continued in command of Mackenzie's cavalry division from April to August, 1865, and was mustered out of the volunteer service, Jan. 15, 1866. He engaged in the construction of the defences of Portsmouth harbor, N.H., from February, 1866, to May, 1867. He was promoted colonel, March 6, 1867, briga- dier-general, Oct. 26, 1882', and was placed on the retired list, March 24, 1884. He died on Staten Island, N.Y., Jan. 19. 1889.

MACKENZIE, Robert Shelton, author, was born at Drew's Court, Limerick, Ireland, June 22, 1809 ; son of Capt. Kenneth Mackenzie, author of a volume of Gaelic poetry (Glasgow, 1796). He was graduated from Dublin university, M.D., 1825 ; taught school in Fermoy, 1825-27 ; be- came editor of a county journal in Staffordshire, England, and was employed in general literary work. He was the English correspondent of the New York Evening Star, 1834-51, editor and part proprietor of a railway journal in London, 1845- 51, and an active member of Lord Brougham's Law Amendment society in 1847. He came to the United States in 1852, engaged in literary work in New York city, and became foreign and literary editor of the Philadelphia Press in 1857, and continued his connection with that publica- tion during his lifetime. He received the de- gree of LL.D. from Glasgow university in 1834, and that of D.C.L. from Oxford in 1844. He edited and published several works in London. His American publications include : ShieVa Sketches of the Irish Bar (2 vols., 1854) ; Tlte

Nodes Ambrosiance of Blackwood's Magazine (5 vols., 1854); De Quincey's Klosterheim (1855); Life of Curran (1855); Bits of Blarney (1855) ; Lady Morgan's O'Briens and O'Flaherties {2 vols., 1857); Dr. Maginn's Miscellaneous Works (5 vols., 1855-57); Tressilian and His Friends (1859) ; Memoirs of Robert Houdin (1859) ; Life of Charles Dickens (1870), and Sir Walter Scott : the Story of his Life (1871). He died in Phila- delphia, Pa., Nov. 30, 1880.

McKEON, John, representative, was born in Albany, N.Y., in 1807. His father, Capt. James McKeon, a member of the United Irishmen, came to the United States directly after the rebellion of 1798, settled in Albany, N.Y., was a soldier in the war of 1812, and removed to New York city soon after. John was graduated from Columbia, A.B., 1825, A.M., 1831. He studied law in the office of his brother James in New York before entering college, and in the office of Judge John L. Macon, 1825-28. He was admitted to the bar in 1828 ; was a member of the state assembly, 1832-34, and a Democratic representative in the 24th congress, 1835-37 ; was defeated for the 25th and 26th congresses by the Native American candidate, and was a repre- sentative in the 27th congress, 1841-43. He was appointed district attorney for the city and countj'^ of New York in 1845, and the office having become elective in 1847, was retained in the office, serving, 1846-51. He visited Europe in 1851, and in 1853 was appointed by President Pierce U.S. attorney for the southern district of New York, to fill out the unexpired term of Charles O'Conor, resigned. He resumed practice in New York city, and in 1858 associated himself with Frederick Smyth in practice. He was a delegate to the Democratic national convention at Chicago, Aug. 29, 1864, and to the Union con- vention in Philadelphia, 1866. He was again elected district attorney for the city and county of New York in 1881, and Jield the office until his death. He was married to Mrs. Whitney, daughter of Rear- Admiral John D. Sloat, U.S.N. He died in New York city, Nov. 23, 1883.

MACKEY, Albert Gallatin, author, was bora in Charleston, S.C, March 12, 1807 ; son of Dr. John Mackey (1765-1831), an educator, physician and editor. He attended the public schools, taught school to pay his tuition in the medical depart- ment of the College of South Carolina, and was graduated M.D., 1832. He settled in practice in Charleston, S.C, was demonstrator of anatomy in the medical department of the University of South Carolina, 1838-44, and in 1844 abandoned medicine and devoted himself to literature and to the study of the Greek, Latin, Hebrew and< continental languages. He established and con- ducted Tlie Southern and Western Masonic Mis-