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take a leave of absence, and in July, 1863, was assigned to the department of the Lehigh, and iu February, 1864, to the department of West Vir- ginia. He was defeated by General Breckinridge at New Market, Va.. May 25, 1864, and being re- lieved by General Hunter, was given command of the reserve division on the Potomac, and with 5000 men lieKl Early's army at Maryland Heights until Gen. Lew Wallace could assemble a force at Monocacy and until the 6th and 19th corps could reach Washington. The authorities were not satisfied with General Sigel's conduct, and he was relieved from his command. He went to Bethle- hem. Pa., and later to Baltimore, Md., where he resigned his commission, May 4, 1805. He en- gaged in journalism. 1865-85; removed to New York city in 1867; was a member of the U.S. Santo Domingo commission in 1871; was collector of internal re%-enue, and later was registrar of the city and county of New York. He was equity clerk in the county clerk's office of New York city, 188.3-86, and U.S. pension agent at New York, 1886-89. He died in New York city, Aug. 21, 1902.

SIGMUND, Frederick Lester, educator, was born in Shimersville, Pa., Dec. 8, 1866; son of Albert Miller and Lydia (Leisenring) Sigmund; grandson of Frederick Christian and Elizabeth (Miller) Sigmund, and of Gideon and Louisa (Shindel) Leisenring. and a descendant of John Conrad Leisenring (born June 29, 1824, in Hild- burg-Hansen, Saxony, Germany; died Aug. 14, 1781; buried in the cemetery of the Egypt Lu- theran church, Lehigh county. Pa.). He was graduated from Wittenberg college, Springfield, Ohio, A.B., 1886; A.M., 1889, and from the The- ological seminary of the college, B.D. 1890, being ordained to the ministry of the Evangelical Lu- theran church, Oct. 5, 1890. He was pastor at Camden, Ind., 1890-92, where he was married, April 19. 1892, to Ella V., daugliter of Philip and

(Plank) Ray; pastor at Columbus, Ohio,

1892-94; Tiffin, Ohio, 1894-99, and Carthage, 111., 1899-1900, and in September of the latter year be- came president and professor of mental and moral philosophy of Carthage college, He was secre- tary of the Miami Evangelical Lutheran synod, 1893-94, and of the board of trustees of Carthage college, 1899-1900.

SIQOURNEY, Lydia Huntley, author, was born at Norwich, Conn., Sept. 1,1791; daughter of Ezekiel Huntley, who was of Scotch descent and a soldier in the Revolution. She was educated at Norwich and Hartford; tauglit school in Hart- fort for five years, and while there began to be known as an author. In 1819 she was married to Charles Sigourney, a man of literary and ar- tistic tastes. In 1840 she visited Europe. Siie is the author of: Moral Pieces in Prose and Verse

(1815); Traits of the Aborigines of Avierica (1822); Sketch of Connecticut Forty Years Since (1824); Letters to Young Ladies (1833); Letters to Mothers (1838); Pocahontas (1841); Pleasant Memories of Pleasant Laruls (1842); Scenes in My Native Land (1844); Voices of Floivers (1845); Weeping Willow (1846); Watei-Drops (1847); Mliisperto a Bride (18VJ): Letters to My Pupils (1850); Olive Leaves (1851); The Faded Hope (1852); Past Meridian (1854); Lucy Howard's Journal (1857); The Daily Counsellor (1858); Gleanings (1860); and The Man of Uz (1862). She died at Hartford, Conn., June 1, 1865.

SIGSBEE, Charles Dwigiit, naval officer, was born in Albany, N.Y., Jan. 16, 1845; son of Nicholas and Agnes (Orr) Sigsbee. He attended the Albany academy; was graduated from the U.S. Naval academy in 1863, and was appointed acting ensign on the Monongahela, Oct. 1, 1863. He was trans- ferred to the Brook- lyn and took part in the battle of Mobile Bay, Aug, 5, 1864, and the bombard- ment of Fort Fisher. He served on the Wyoming, in the Asi- atic squadron 1864- 67; was commis- sioned master, May 10, 1866, and pro- moted lieutenant, Feb. 21, 1867; lieuten- ant commander, March 12, 1868, and served on shore duty at the naval academy, 1869-71, and as navigator to the flag ships Severn and Worcester, of the north Atlantic squadron, 1871-73. He was married in November, 1870, to Eliza Rogers, daughter of Gen. Henry II. Lockwood. He com- manded the steamer Blake in the U.S. coast surve}', 1873-78, and invented many appliances, to simplify deep-sea exploration. He made a deep-sea exploration of the Gulf of Mexico, and was authorized by congress to accept the decor.i- tion of the Red Eagle, of Prussia, tendered him by the German Emperor for services rendered to the German navy in superintending the construc- tion of a deep-sea machine of his own invention in 1882. A gold medal was given him by the In- ternational Fisheries exhibition at London. He was chief of the hydrograpliic office at Washing- ton, D.C., 1878-82; was promoted commander. May 11, 1882, and was assigned to duty at the naval academy. He commanded the Kearsarge on the European station, 188.5-86; was a member of the retiring board at the navy department; was superintendent of seamanship, naval tactics..

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