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1865, General Tyler organized a command of con- valescent and Georgia militia, numbering 265 men in all, and undertook the defence of a small earth-work situated on an eminence and pro- tected by an imperfect abatis, two 32-pounders and two field-guns. The fight was desperate, and General Tyler was killed early in the action. Of his command, 18 were killed, 28 severely wounded, and 200 captured. General La Grange's loss was 7 killed and 29 wounded. He died at West Point, Ga.. April 16, 1865.

TYLER, Robert Ogden, soldier, was born in Greene county, N.Y., Dec. 22, 1831. He removed with his parents to Hartford, Conn., in 1838, and was appointed from that state to the U.S. Mili- tary academy. He was graduated and brevetted 2d lieutenant of artillery, July 1, 1858; promoted 2d lieutenant of 3d artillery, Dec. 24, 1853; 1st lieutenant, Sept. 1, 1856, and captain of staff and assistant quartermaster. May 17, 1861. He was depot quartermaster for the Army of the Poto- mac, May 23-Sept. 21, 1861, and took part in the defences of Washington, D.C., 1861-62; was com- missioned colonel of the 4th Connecticut volun- teers, Aug. 29, 1861, which in January, 1862, be- came the 1st heavy artillery, and took part in the Virginia Peninsular campaign, being engaged in the siege of Yorktown, where he had charge of the siege batteries; the capture of Hanover Court House, and the battles of Gaines's Mill and Malvern Hill. He was promoted brigadier-gen- eral, U.S. v., Nov. 29, 1862; served in the Rap- pahannock campaign, and took part in the battle of Fredericksburg, where he commanded the left centre division of artillery, and was brevetted major, for gallant and meritorious services, Dec. 13, 1862. He commanded the artillery reserve. Army of the Potomac, 1863-64; took part in the battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863, being brevetted lieutenant-colonel, July 2, 1863, for gallant and meritorious services at that battle; served in the Rapidan campaign, partici- pating ill the combat at Rappahannock station and in the Mine Run operations; commanded a division, 22d army corps. Army of the Potomac, January-May, 1864, and a division of heavy ar- tillery, 2d army corps, in the Richmond campaign, being brevetted colonel. May 17, 1864, for gallant and meritorious services at Si^ottsylvania, Va. He commanded the 4th brigade, 2d division, 2d army corps, at Cold Harbor, Va., where he was severely wounded, and was brevetted major- general, U.S. v., Aug. 1, 1864, for gallantry on that occasion. He was appointed U.S. commis- sioner for the disbursement of the cotton fund for the supply of Confederate prisoners, 1864-65; brevetted brigadier-general, U.S.A., for services at Cold Harbor, and major-general for services in the field. March 13, 1865; commanded the dis-

trict of Delaware and the Eastern Shore depart- ment, September-December, 1865; the depart- ments of Pennsylvania, Delaware, and the East- ern Shore, December, 1865-January, 1866, and was mustered out of volunteer service, Jan. 15, 1866. He was promoted lieutenant-colonel, and deputy-quartermaster-general, July 29, 1866, and was chief-quartermaster of the departments at Charleston, Louisville, San Francisco, New Y^'ork and Boston, 1866-74. He died in Boston, Mass., Dec. 1, 1874.

TYLER, Royall, jurist, was born in Boston, Mass., July 18, 1757; son of Royall Tyler, a prom- inent citizen of Boston, who died in 1771. His name was originally William Clark Tyler, but on the death of his father, was by legislative action changed to Royall. He was graduated from Har- vard, A.B., 1776, A.M., 1779, and joined the Con- tinental army as a member of the staff of Gen. Benjamin Lincoln. He studied law with Francis Dana at Cambridge; was admitted to the bar in 1779, and began practise at Falmouth (now Port- land), Maine, in 1779. He removed to Boston in 1781, and later settled in Braintree, Mass. He served again under General Lincoln in the sup- pression of Shays's rebellion in 1786; removed to Guilford, Vt., in January, 1791, and was married to Mary Palmer. He served as judge of the su- preme court of Vermont, 1801-07; and as chief- justice, 1807-12. He was register of probate for Windliam county, 1815-21, and in 1820 retired from active law practice. The honorary degree of A.B. was conferred on him by Y^'ale in 1776, and that of A.M. by the University of Vermont in 1811. He is the author of: Contrast, a comedy, the first American play ever staged, which was played at the old John Street theatre. New York city, by Wignell, April 16, 1786. Among his other plays are: May Day; or Netv Yo7^k in an Uproar, pro- duced in May, 1786, and The Georgia Spec, or Land in the Moon (1797). He also wrote: Slwp of Messrs. Colon and Spondee, a parody; The Algerine Captive (2 vols., 1799); The Spirit of the Farmer's Museum and Lay Preacher's Gazette (1801), and T'ras/i (1806), besides preparing the Reports of the Supreme Court of Vermont (3 vols., 1809). He died in Brattleboro, Vt., Aug. 16, 1826.

TYLER, 5amuel, chancellor, was born in James City county, Va., 1766; nephew of Judge John Tyler (q.v.). He attended William and Mary college, Va., studied law and became prom- inent in his profession. He was married to Elizabeth, daughter of James Bray Johnson of Charles Citj' county, Va. He was elected a rep- resentative in the Virginia legislature in 1798; a member of the council in 1801, and was com- missioned by Gov. James Monroe to report on the presidential canvass between Jefferson and Burr, reporting that if an attempt was made to elect