Biographical sketches of distinguished officers of the army and navy . his line are thaton The American Navy, at the Grant Camp Firein the Philadelphia Academy of Music in 1879; thatat the unveiling of the monument in the NationalCemetery at Antietam in ibSo; the eulogy on Gen- 268 eral Meade before the Department of PennsvlvaniaEncampment, Grand Army of the Republic, in iSSo;the memorial oration at the Arlincrton, \ Cemetery in 18S3 ; the annual oration be-fore the Societ\- of the Army of the Cumberland in18:^4, his theme being on that occasion Major Gen-eral George H. Thomas,
Biographical sketches of distinguished officers of the army and navy . his line are thaton The American Navy, at the Grant Camp Firein the Philadelphia Academy of Music in 1879; thatat the unveiling of the monument in the NationalCemetery at Antietam in ibSo; the eulogy on Gen- 268 eral Meade before the Department of PennsvlvaniaEncampment, Grand Army of the Republic, in iSSo;the memorial oration at the Arlincrton, \ Cemetery in 18S3 ; the annual oration be-fore the Societ\- of the Army of the Cumberland in18:^4, his theme being on that occasion Major Gen-eral George H. Thomas, and the eulogy on GeneralHancock at Gettysburg, on Memorial Dav in 1SS6. ]\Iajor Lambert has always been held in thehighest esteem by his fellow citizens, and has beenintrusted with important trusts. In 1S92 he was ap-pointed a member of the Board having in charge thepublic charities of Philadelphia, and in September ofthe same ^-ear he was made President of the Depart-ment, a position of honor and of great responsibilityin the wide exercise of a true COLONEL DAVID BREMER HENDERSON. 271 Colonel DAVID BREMER HENDERSON. As a brave soldier, an able political leader, and alearned advocate, has attained a prominence in theannals of his country reached by comparatively in Scotland, March 14, 1840, he came with hisparents to this country- at the early age of six family located in Illinois for three years, and in1849 removed to Iowa. Young Henderson workedon his fathers farm, near Dubuque, attending thepublic schools, and preparing for the coursein the Upper Iowa University with which he com-pleted his education. He had already chosen the pro-fession of the law while at the University, but hisentry in this career was interrupted by the breakingout of the Civil War. In September, 1861, a fewmonths after he had passed his twenty-first year, heenlisted as a Private in Company C of the TwelfthRegiment of Iowa Volunteers. His zeal and intelli-gen
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