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army of the Ohio participated in Sherman's march to Atlanta, and Juh' 30, 18G4, during the opera- tions before Atlanta, Colonel Reilly was promoted brigadier-general. When General Ilood began to threaten Sherman's communications, Schotield was sent back with the 23d corps, and Nov. 30,

1864, at Franklin, Ti-nn., was attacked by Hood. General Reilly 's brigade was in reserve and after the Confederates had entered the fortifications and routed some raw troops, Reilly charged, re- stored the Federal line, and captured 1000 pris- oners and twenty-two colors. From that point the corps moved to Nashville where it joined Thoniivs and participated in the battle of Decem- ber 15-16, General Reilly handling his brigade with valor and coolness. He commanded the third division in Cox's corps (the 23d) which he led in the battle of Bentonville, N.C., March 18,

1865. He resigned his commission, April 20, 1865, and practiced law in Wellsville, Ohio, where he was still living in 1903.

REILY, James, diplomatist and soldier, was born in Butler county, Ohio, in 1811. He was graduated from Miami university, Ohio, A.B., 1829, A.M., 1832 ; was admitted to the bar, and practised in Houston, Texas. He was a represen- tative from Harris county to the congress of the Republic, 1840-41 ; minister to the United States until the annexation of Texas, 1845, and com- manded a Texas volunteer regiment during the Mexican war, 1 846-47. He served as colonel of the 4th Texas cavalrj', Confederate States army, par- ticipating in the invasion of New Mexico, 1862, and was sent on a diplomatic mission to Mexico in the same year. At Galveston, Texas, he was in command of Gen. W. C. Scurry's and H. H. Sibley's brigades, under Maj.-Gen. J. P. Magruder, wiien three companies of the 42d Massachusetts regiment, Col. Isaac S. Burrell, were taken prison- ers, Jan. 1, 1863, and he prevented the Federal troops from taking possession of the city. His brigade, concealed by the woods, delayed the advance of General Grover from Red River to Madame Porter's plantation, March 13, 1863, previous to the capture of Port Hudson. While leading his regiment with conspicuous gallantry at Franklin, La., he was killed, April 13, 1863.

REINHART, Benjamin Franklin, artist, was born near Waynesburg, Pa., Aug. 29, 1829. His first paternal ancestor in America came from Loraine to Pennsylvania in 1704. He took les- sons in oil painting in Pittsburg, Pa., as early as 1844 ; attended the National Academy of Design in New York city, 1847-50 ; studied in Rome, Paris and Diisseldorf, 1850-53, making a specialty of historical and genre painting ; opened a studio in New Y'ork city in 1853 ; resided in England, 1860-68, where he painted portraits of royalty, and celebrities ; re-opened liis studio in New

York city in 1S68, ami was elected an associate of the National Academy in 1871. He first exhib- ited at the National Academy in 1847, and his works, many of which were engraved, include : Cleopatra (1865); Evangeline (1877); Pocahontas {IS17); Katrina Van Tassel (1878); iVashhajton receiving t lie News of Arnold's Treason (1875); Consolation (1875); After the Crucifixion (1875); Nymphs of the Wood (1879)); Young Franklin and Sir William Keith (1884) ; The Regatta (1884); Tlie Priie of the Village (1884); Capt. Kidd and the Governor (1884), and Baby Mine (1884). The subjects of his portraits include : The Princess of Wales, the Duchess of Newcastle, the Count- ess of Portsmouth. Lady Vane Tempest, Lord Brougham, John Phillip, R.A., Thomas Carlyle, Lord Tennyson, Mark Lemon, Charles O'Connor, George M. Dallas, James Buchanan, Edwin M. Stanton, Gen. Winfield Scott, John C. Breckin- ridge, Stephen A. Douglas and Sam Houston. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., May 3, 1885.

REINHART, Charles Stanley, artist, was born in Pittsburg, Pa., May 16, 1844; son of Aaron Grant- ley and Catherine (McHenry) Reinhart, and nephew of Benjamin Franklin Reinhart (q.v.). He attended Sewickley academy near Pittsburg ; as a telegraph operator in the transportation department of the Army of the Potomac. 1861-64, and clerk in a steel manufactory in Pittsburg, 1864-67. He studied at the Atelier Sui.sse, Paris, in 1867, and attheRoj'al Academy, Munich, under Echter and Otto, 1868-70, and settled in New York city as an illustrator in 1870. He was married, Nov. 19, 1873, to Emilie, daughter of Emil Varet of New York city. He was employed by Harper and Brothers, 1871-77 ; worked in- dependently in New York, 1877-81, and opened a studio in Paris in 1881, where he resided until 1891, when he returned to New York city. He was a member of the National Academy of Design, of the Society of American Artists, of the Ameri- can Water Color society, the New York Etching, Players and Salmagundi clubs, and the Century association. He received honorable mention at the Paris Salon of 1887 for Washed Ashore, and the fii'st gold medal at the Academy of Fine Ai'ts. Philadelphia, Pa., in 1888; the first gold medal and silver medals at the Paris Salon of 1889 ; first honor at the exposition at Adelaide. Australia, in 1887, and two medals at the World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 111., in 1893. He was best known as an illustrator in black and white, was the pioneer in the modern style of designing for books and magazine illustrations, and contributed illustrations to both foreign and home publica- tions. His color work in oil includes : Clearing Up (1875) ; Caught Napping ( 1875) : Reconnoitring (1876); Rebuke (\8T,); September Morning (1879); Old Life Boat (1880); Coast of Normandy (1882);