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lowed a leave of absence to raise the Twenty-second Indiana Volunteers, of which regiment he became colonel. Subse- quently, he commanded brigades under Generals Fremont, Hunter and Pope for single service at Milford, Mo. In December, 1861, he was made brigadier general of volunteers. He participated in the battle of Pea Ridge and the siege of Corinth, and after the evacuation of the latter place by the Confederates, he was assigned to the Army of the Tennessee. It was about this period that he had some trouble with General William Nelson in regard to alleged harsh treatments received at the latter's hands. The two officers chanced to meet in Louisville, Kentucky, September 28, 1862; a quarrel was pre- cipitated, and Davis, unable to control himself, shot the other and killed him instantly. He was arrested only to be released in a short time and was assigned to duty in Covington, Ken- tucky. In the engagement at Stone River he led the Twentieth Army Corps with conspicuous bravery and in April, 1864, he commanded the Fourteenth Army Corps of Sherman's Army in the march to the sea.

He received the brevette of major general in 1865 and was promoted colonel of the Twenty-third Infantry July 23, 1866. Later he went to the Pacific Coast and Alaska and after the murder of General Canby by the Modoc Indians in Northern California he commanded the troops and finally forced Captain Jack and his men to surrender. He died in Chicago, Illinois, November 30, 1879. Was colonel of the Twenty-third Infan- try in the Modoc campaign.

GENERAL J. A. HARDIE.

James Allan Hardie was born in New York County, New York, May 5, 1823. Graduated at the United States Military Academy 1843, an d entered the artillery service when he was an assistant professor of geography, history and ethics, and served as company officer in garrison frontier and Indian serv- ice until 1 86 1. During the Mexican War he commanded a New York regiment of volunteers, with the rank of major,