. Norwich University, 1819-1911; her history, her graduates, her roll of honor . thus on the29th of October, 1864, passed away this magnificient soldier and man. \\Tierecan we find one who more completely laid his life upon the altar of sacrificethan Ransom? It appears to me to be altogether proper for us everynow and then to recall such a history as Ransoms—spotless, and beauty combined in him, gave promise for his some day becomingthe chief leader of this country. He was brevetted major-general, September 1, 1864. A short time afterhis death, his mother received his commi
. Norwich University, 1819-1911; her history, her graduates, her roll of honor . thus on the29th of October, 1864, passed away this magnificient soldier and man. \\Tierecan we find one who more completely laid his life upon the altar of sacrificethan Ransom? It appears to me to be altogether proper for us everynow and then to recall such a history as Ransoms—spotless, and beauty combined in him, gave promise for his some day becomingthe chief leader of this country. He was brevetted major-general, September 1, 1864. A short time afterhis death, his mother received his commission as major-general from PresidentLincoln, which, but for its awaiting the sanction of Congress, would havereached him before his death. General Ransom lies buried in the Rose Hill 1851] SKETCHES OF ALUMNI AND PAST CADETS. 495 Cemetery, Chicago, and above his last resting place stands a beautiful monu-ment, erected in his memory by the grateful citizens of Chicago. RansomPost, G. A. R., of St. Louis, Miss., was named in his honor, on the suggestionof Gen. W. T. ADJT. JOHN BALDWIN THAYER MEAD, B. S. John B. T. Mead, son of John and Mary Stratton (Jones ) Mead, was bornin Lowell, Mass., January 19, 1834, and died, unmarried, April 20, 1862. Heprepared for college in the Lowell schools and entered the University in 1848,and graduated B. S. in 1851. He - then located in Bunker Hill, 111., as a civil engineer. He was chief engi- \^ neer of the Terre Haute & AltonRailroad, and on the completion ofthe road in 1857, was piesented witha fine gold watch by the company inrecognition of his services. He alsoengaged as engineer on other roadsin the West, but the details we areunable to give. On the breaking out of the CivilWar, he drilled troops for the stateof Illinois at Springfield; and laterhe was commissioned first lieutenantand adjutant of the 28th Illinois In-fantry. He served with his regimentwith marked distinction, and at the battle of Shiloh, he was adjutant on the
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