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Treasury building at Washington, D.C., in 1855 ; the repairs of the branch mint and tlie construc- tion of the Marine Hospital, New Orleans, 1855- 56 ; was engineer of the Trenton Iron works, N.J., 1856-57; deputy street commissioner of New York city, April — November, 1858, and chief of street department, 1858-61. He was a member of the board of revision of the programme of instruction at the U.S. Military acad- emy, in 1860, and on the outbreak of the civil war, he joined the Confeder- ate army ; was ap- pointed brigadier- general from Ken- tucky, and com- manded the 4th brigade, Army of the Shenan- doah, under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, at the first battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861. He was pro- moted major-general in September, 1861 ; was assigned to the command of the 2d division. Army of the Potomac, Oct. 22, 1861 ; of the 2d corps, Army of Northern Virginia, March 14, 1862, and of the reserve, Army of Northern Vir- ginia, April 18, 1862. He commanded the left wing of the Confederate army, at the battle of Seven Pines, May 31-June 1. 1862, and succeeded General J. E. Johnston in the command of the Army of Northern Virginia, when the latter was wounded. He was assigned to the command of a division in the Army of Northern Virginia, Aug. 10, 1862, and of the department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia, Sept. 19, 1862. He was acting secretary of war of the Confed- erate States government, Noy. 17-20, 1862, suc- ceeding George W. Randolph, and was placed in command at Goldsborough, N.C., Dec. 13, 1862. He commanded the 1st division of Georgia mili- tia, July 22-28, 1864; was posted on General Cheatham's right in the battle of Atlanta ; was stationed at Macon, Ga., where he resisted Sher- man's advance, fighting the battle of Grisvvolds- ville, and was badly defeated by Charles R. Wood's division. He surrendered at Macon, Ga., April 20, 1865, and was held as prisoner of war. He removed to Chattanooga, Tenn., in 1866 ; was superintendent of the Southwest Iron works, 1806-69 ; was insurance commissioner for Ken- tucky, 1870-76, and removed to New York city, in 1876. He is the author of : Notesi on Life In- surance ; Confederate War Papers (1884); and the Battle of Seven Pines (1891). He died in New York citv, June 23, 1896.

SMITH, Hamilton Lamphere, scientist, was born in New London, Conn., Nov. 5, 1818 ; son of Anson and Amy Crocker (Beckwith) Smith ; grandson of Joseph and Sally (Smith) Smith, and of Jason and Elizabeth (Crocker) Beckwith, and a descendant of the Rev. Nehemiah Smith, born in England, 1605, and admitted as freeman, Ply- mouth, Mass., 1637. He attended Union school. New London, until 1834, and was graduated at Yale, A.B., 1839, A.M., 1842. He was married, in 1847, to Julia, daughter of Roderick and Har- riet (Kilbourne) Buttolph of Cleveland, Ohio. He was professor of astronomy and natural philoso- phy at Kenyon college, 1849-67, and at Hobart college, 1877-1900 ; was twice president of the American Microscopical society, honorary mem- ber of Boston Lyceum of Natural History, of New York Lyceum of Natural History, member of Cleveland Academy of Arts and Sciences, of New York Microscopic society, honorary fellow of the Royal Microscopical society, and honorary mem- ber of the Belgian and Edinburgh Microscopical so- cieties. He received the degrees LL. D., Trinity, 1871, L.H.D., Hobart, 1868, and S.D., Hobart, 1900. He edited Annals of Science, 1842-44, a monthly journal, and is the author of Natural Philosophy for Schools and Academies (1842), The World, (1845) ; First Lessons in Astronomy and Geology, (1848) ; besides many contributions to scientific magazines.

SMITH, Harlan Ingersoll, anthropologist, was born in East Saginaw, Mich., Feb. 17, 1872 ; son of Harlan Page and Alice Elvira (Ingersoll) Smith, and grandson of Beriah Gould and Betsey (Gale) Smith, and of Abijah Marvin and Ellen (Fisher) Ingersoll. He attended the public schools and the University of Michigan, until 1893 ; during his boyhood was engaged in studying the archae- ology of Saginaw valley ; was an assistant in the Peabody Museum at Harvard, 1891, field assist- ant of the department of anthropologj% World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 111., 1891-93; ex- plored ancient mounds in Ohio, Kentucky, and other states, 1891-95 ; was in charge of the an- thropological collections in the museum of the University of Michigan, 1891-93 ; explored an- cient garden beds near Kalamazoo, Mich., for the Archgeological Institute of America, 1894, and was associated with the American Museum of Natural History, as a special assistant, 1895, as a member of the faculty from Jan. 1, 1896, and as assistant curator of archaeology, from Jan. 1, 1901. He was married, Nov. 25, 1897, to Helena Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (McCarry) Oakes of Saginaw, Michigan. Mr. Smith was engaged as American archaeologist on the Jesup North Pacific expedition, in 1897. and led three expeditions sent out by the American Museum of Natural History, to study the prehis-