. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . eof the editors of the Franklin Institute Journal, 1881-92 ;one of the editors and proprietors of the American Geol-ogist ; professor of chemistry of the Franklin Institute(1881-1893), and of the Penna. Horticultural Society. He has published four volumes of the State GeologicalReports of the Second Geological Survey of Pennsyl-vania ; Talles for tlto Determination of Minerals (threeeditions); Report to the International Congress on theArchean of America. In the Transactions and Proceedings of the AmericanPhilosophical S
. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . eof the editors of the Franklin Institute Journal, 1881-92 ;one of the editors and proprietors of the American Geol-ogist ; professor of chemistry of the Franklin Institute(1881-1893), and of the Penna. Horticultural Society. He has published four volumes of the State GeologicalReports of the Second Geological Survey of Pennsyl-vania ; Talles for tlto Determination of Minerals (threeeditions); Report to the International Congress on theArchean of America. In the Transactions and Proceedings of the AmericanPhilosophical Society he has printed seventy-one papers ;in the Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences,twenty-three papers ; in the Transactions of the AmericanInstitute of Mining Engineers, thirty-two papers ; in theTrans, of the British Assn. for Adv. of Science, two papers;besides many articlesin the scientific journals and elsewhere. He married Isabella Nevins Whelen in 1871, by whomhe has two sons and one daughter now living. 178 OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY {volunteer). BRIGADIER- AND BREVET MAJOR-GENERAL WILLIAMWELLS, (deceased). Brigadier- and Brevet Major-General WilliamWill- was born in Waterbury, Vermont, December 14,1837. He enit-d as a private in Company C, FirstRegiment Vermont Cavalry, September 9, 1861 ; wassworn into the United States service, ()ctober 3, 1861, atthe age of twenty-three years; commissioned first lieu-tenant, Company C,( )ctober 14, 1861,and captain, Novem-ber iS, 1861 ; mustered November 19, 1861, with the fieldand staff of the First Regiment Vermont Cavalry, to servefor three years. Commissioned major, October 30, 1862 ;colonel, June 4, 1864. Appointed brevet brigadier-gen-eral of volunteers, February 22, 1865, and brigadier-gen-eral of volunteers, May 19, 1865. Appointed brevetmajor-general of volunteers, March 30, 1865, for gallantand meritorious services. He was placed in command of the Seventh Regiment,Michigan Cavalry, March 2, 1864, by
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