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Title: Biographical sketches of distingushed officers of the army and navy
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Hamersly, Lewis Randolph, 1847-1910, pub
Subjects: United States. Army United States. Navy
Publisher: New York, L.R. Hamersly
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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-, i8go, to October, 1891 ; assis-tant quartermasters office, Philadelphia, October,1891, to 1897. He retired with tlie rank of major,June, 1S97. He died at his home in West Philadel-phia, Pa., January 3, 1905. He had been in badhealth for a long time, and more than a year ago wascompelled to resign as commandant of the StateSoldiers Home, at Erie, because he was physicallyunable to perform the duties of the office. ^lajorCoUum was a member of the Iv03al Legion, NavalOrder, the Society of Colonial V^ars, Sons of theRevolution, United Service Club and he was a pastcommander of George G. )\Ieade Post, Grand Armyof the Republic. He is survived bv his wife, threedaughters and three sons. Major Collum was theauthor of The History of the United States ^larineCorps. .^- Ll;ift>fe,:
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COLONEL WILLIAM CONANT CHURCH. 65 Colonel WILLIAAI CONANT CHURCH. Was born in Rochester, N. Y., August ii, 1836,removed with his fathers famih^ to Boston in 1848,and in 1854 established his residence in New YorkCit), where he has since remained. Born in a fam-ily largely devoted to literary pursuits, he was at theage of nineteen proprietor of a weekly publication,and at twent\-four was at the head of the New YorkSnji, which then had a circulation exceeding sixtythousand. He withdrew from this paper in 1861 andwas traveling in Europe at the outbreak of the CivilWar. Returning from Europe he joined the xArmyof the Potomac as a volunteer aide, on the staff of thelate General Silas Case)^, U. S. A.^ and continuedwith him during the siege of Yorktowm and throughthe Generars subsequent career on the Peninsula,participating in the battles of Williamsburg and thatof Fair Oaks, where Colonel Church was wounded.At the earliest opportunity General Case)^ appointedhim to a vacanc) on his staff, g

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