. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . phia with General Charles M. Prevost. Afriendship and devotion cemented in the varied scenes ofthe march and camp and battle was continued for manyyears in the close relations of business. General Prevostsdeath preceded the death of General Herring by littlemore than one year. General Herring was a noble man. There were menas brave as he, although his bravery was were men who, like him, showed not only courage,but presence of mind and skill in the roar of were men as unselfish and devoted in
. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . phia with General Charles M. Prevost. Afriendship and devotion cemented in the varied scenes ofthe march and camp and battle was continued for manyyears in the close relations of business. General Prevostsdeath preceded the death of General Herring by littlemore than one year. General Herring was a noble man. There were menas brave as he, although his bravery was were men who, like him, showed not only courage,but presence of mind and skill in the roar of were men as unselfish and devoted in their patriot-ism. There were men whose lives revealed the samesimple and beautiful faith and earnest piety. Put in himwere combined an exceptional number of qualities at oncenoble, manly, and admirable. There must have been arare charm and worth in his life to cause brave men,soldiers of many battle-fields, to look his coffin withtear-dimmed eyes. General Herring died January 17, 1 880, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 6o OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (volunteer). MAJOR GEORGE CLINTON HOPPER, Major George Clinton Hopper was born at Jordan,( >nondaga County, New York, March 20, 1831. He re-ceived an education at the common schools of SenecaCounty and the Waterloo Academy, and at the age offourteen entered the service of his father, a railroad con-tractor, who built a portion of the New York Central &Hudson River Railroad, then called the Auburn &Rochester Railroad. < )ne year afterwards he removed toMichigan, and took position on the Michigan Central asclerk, where he remained five years; he then took theposition of conductor, running between Detroit and Chi-1 ago ten years, when the outbreak of the war called himto the field. He entered the first Michigan Infantry, and was mus-tered as first lieutenant at Ann Arbor, August 19, [ went with his regiment to Washington about the 15thof September; camped at Bladensburg and AnnapolisJunction, doing duty .is r
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