Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . following, conducted the memorable de-fence of Fort Stephenson, at Lower Sandusky,against Gen. Proctor, wuth an army of 500 regularsand 700 Indians. Maj. Croghan was brevetted lieu-tenant-colonel forhis gallantry onthis occasion, andsubsequently re-ceived from con-gress a gold med-al. He was madea lieutenant-colo-nel 21 Feb., 1814;upon the reduc-tion of the armyat the close ofthe war, he wastransferred to the1st infantry. Heresigned in 1817,was postmaster atNew Orleans in1824, and w7as ap-pointed inspect-or-general, withthe rank of colo-nel, 21 Dec
Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . following, conducted the memorable de-fence of Fort Stephenson, at Lower Sandusky,against Gen. Proctor, wuth an army of 500 regularsand 700 Indians. Maj. Croghan was brevetted lieu-tenant-colonel forhis gallantry onthis occasion, andsubsequently re-ceived from con-gress a gold med-al. He was madea lieutenant-colo-nel 21 Feb., 1814;upon the reduc-tion of the armyat the close ofthe war, he wastransferred to the1st infantry. Heresigned in 1817,was postmaster atNew Orleans in1824, and w7as ap-pointed inspect-or-general, withthe rank of colo-nel, 21 Dec, 1846 he joinedTaylors army in Mexico, and served with crecat the battleof Monterey.—His son. George , a Confederate officer, was fatally woundedat McCoys Mills, W. Va., during Floyds retreatfrom Cotton Hill, in December. 1861. Before hisdeath he admitted to Gen. Benham. by whose sol-diers he had been wounded, that he had foughton the wrong side. He invented a peculiar pack-saddle for mules, which had been successfully used. ye&: faw^st^ 14 CROIX CROOK in conveying wounded men over the mountain-passes of western Virginia,CROIX, John Baptist Do La, R. C. bishop, h. of a noble family, in Grenoble. France, in 1653;d. in Quebec, OS Dec., 1787. He was first almoner to Louis and came to Canada in 1685 as suc-cessor to Laval, the first bishop of Quebec, liefounded three hospitals, and distributed more thana million livres among the poor. CROLY, David Goodman, journalist, b. inNow York city, 3 Nov., ISO;), lie was graduatedat New York university in 1854. was subsequentlya professor of phonography, and a reporter for theNew York Evening Post and Herald fromL855 till 1858. lie owned and edited the Rockford, Daily News from 1858 till 1859, and becamecity editor of the New York World when it wasfounded in I860, t hen its managing editor until 1872,His active work as a newspaper editor terminatedin 1878. when, in consequence of ill health, he re-signed the edit
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