. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . was one of the youngest (if not the young-est) general officers of the war, and was the youngest manin the histoiy of the regular army to be commissioneda colonel and brevet major-general. His commandinggeneral emphasized to the writer of this sketch the dec-laration that Pennypacker and not himself was the realhero of Fort Fisher, and that his great gallantry wasonly equalled by his modest). Since the war (with the exception of two years onleave in Europe), General Pennypacker has served in theSouthern, Southwestern, an
. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . was one of the youngest (if not the young-est) general officers of the war, and was the youngest manin the histoiy of the regular army to be commissioneda colonel and brevet major-general. His commandinggeneral emphasized to the writer of this sketch the dec-laration that Pennypacker and not himself was the realhero of Fort Fisher, and that his great gallantry wasonly equalled by his modest). Since the war (with the exception of two years onleave in Europe), General Pennypacker has served in theSouthern, Southwestern, and Western States, performingthe duties incidental to a regimental and post was temporarily in command of the District of Mis-sissippi in 1867, the Fourth Military District in 1868,the Department of Mississippi in 1870, the United Statestroops m New Orleans in 1874, and the Department ofthe South in 1876. Placed on the retired list of the army in 1883. on ac-count of wounds, he has since resided in Philadelphia. 30 OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (volunteer). MAJOR JOHN FARRAND HAMILTON. (deceased). Major John Farrand Hamilton was born at Marble-dale, Litchfield County, Connecticut, December 22, 183O;was the eldest son of a father who had inherited the forceand nobility of character of his immediate ancestor, Alex-ander Hamilton, without the environment essential to thedevelopment of his splendid powers. He blessed his son with a large measure of his nativevirtues ; therefore, in the more auspicious sphere of life inwhich that son moved, the father saw some fruition of hisown unsatisfied aspirations. From a farm-plough John looked not back, but on-ward. He strove hard for his academic course, and fromsuch insufficient preparation entered upon the study ofmedicine at Rush College, Chicago, from which lie wasgraduated in 1854, attracting the favor of his professors,and receiving immediately, through the great SurgeonBrainard, appointment as house-surgeon to the C.
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