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Lawyer, politician, and union general during the american civil war (1834-1896).
Born October 19th, 1834 in Brooklyn.
Died January 11th, 1896 at 61 years old in New York City (nephritis).
Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon