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busco," and colonel for " gallant and meritorious conduct at Chapultepec and Belen Gate," arid was promoted lieutenant-colonel March 5, 1848. He was also presented with a sword by the citi- zens of Appalacliicola, Fla. He escorted a party

of gold seekers across the continent to Cali- fornia in 1849, and was assigned to the 11th military depart- ment and stationed in Oregon, 1849-51 ; in Texas, 1851-56 ; pro- moted colonel, Dec. 30, 1856 ; was engag- ed against the hos- tile Indians in New Mexico, 1856-58 ; took part in the Mormon War in Utah under Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, 1858-59, travelled in Europe, Egypt and the Holy land, 1859-60, and commanded the department of New Mexico* 1860-61. He resigned his commission as colonel of U.S. mounted rifles in 1861 and joined the Confederate army. He was commis- sioned brigadier-general and served in Western Virginia with considerable success. He com- manded a body of 6000 troops in the Shenandoah valley under Gen. T. J. Jackson, and when that officer ordered him to take up his quarters at Romey. Va., he with his officers petitioned Secre- tary of War Benjamin to remain with the main army at W^inchester. This caused a serious estrangement between the two generals. He was made major-general in February, 1862 ; was trans- ferred to the Southwest, and commanded three brigades in Pemberton's army, taking part in opposing Grant's army at Grenada, Miss., and in the battle af Champion Hills, May 16, 1863, when his brigade was divided, most of it joining John- ston at Jackson, Miss. He commanded the 1st division of Polk's corps in the Army of the Missis- sippi and ujjon the death of General Polk, May 14, 1864, he succeeded to the command of the corps until Gen. A. P. Stewart assumed command, when he returned to the rommand of his division. He surrenderetl with (Jeneral Johnston at Durham Station, N.C..inl865, and engaged in the banking business in New York city, but in 1869 he accepted a commission of brigade-general in the army of the Klie«live of Egypt, was assigned to the command of Alexandria and participated in the expedition against Abyssinia and in the battle of Kaya-Khor. He was promoted in the Egyptian army to general of a division and received the imperial order of the Osmariah. He returned to the United States in 1879 and resided in Florida

and subsequently in New York city. He was & candidate for U.S. senator from Florida in 1881 but was defeated by Charles W. Jones. He is the author of : A Confederate Soldier in Egypt (1883). He died in New York city, Dec 30, 1886.

LOSKIEL, George Henry, Moravian bishop, was born in Angermiinde, Russia, Nov. 7, 1740. He was a Moravian clergyman, and when Jchn Ettwein resigned his bishopric of the northern district of the American province in 1801, he was appointed his successor and was consecrated in 1802. He was assisted by John Gel Lard Cunow, who had come to America in 1796 as ad- ministrator of the Unity's properties. During his bishopric a theological seminary was estab- lished at Nazareth, Pa., in 1807. He retired from the Provincial Helpers' conference in 1811 on account of failing health, and was obliged for the same reason to decline a position on the chief executive board of his church at Berthelsdorf, Saxony. He is the author of: History of the Moravian Mission Among the Noi^tfi American Indians (1788), translated into English by Chris- tian Ignatius Latrobe (1794), and Etwas fura Herz (1806) meditations for every day in the year, which passed through eight editions. He died in Bethlehem, Pa., April 9, 1814.

LOSSINQ, Benson John, historian, was born in Beekman, N.Y., Feb. 12, 1813; a descendant of early Dutch settlers in the lower Hudson val- ley. His father died in 1814, and he was brought up by his mother in the Society of Friends. He attended school for a short time ; en- gaged in business as a watchmaker in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and in 1835 became an owner and editor of the Poughkeepsie Telegraph, beginning the publication of the Casket, a literary journal, in 1836, con- tinuing his interest in both publications until 1841. In 1838, after studying wood engraving in New

York city, he became editor and illustrator of TTie Family Magazine, the pioneer illustrated periodical in America. In partnership with William Barritt he conducted the largest wood- engraving business in New York city, 1843-68. He conceived and executed (1845-50) '* The Pic- torial Field Book of the Revolution," published by Harper & Brothers (30 parts, 1850-52), visit- ing the historic localities, writing the text for the work, making the drawings on the wood,