TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL REUNION OF THE ASSOCIATION I GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY, AT WEST POINT, NEW YORK, tJune I2t1/, 189l. SAGINAW, MICH. SEEMANN & PETERS, PRINTERS AND BINDERS, 1891. Annual Reunion, June I 2th, 89 I. MINUTES OF THE BUSINESS MEETING. WEST POINT, N. Y., JUNE 12th, 1891. The Association met in the Chapel of the United States Mili- tary Academy, at 2:30 o'clock, P. M., and was called to order by General Geo. W. Cullum, of the Executive Committee. The Chaplain of the Military Academy offered the customary prayer. The roll was then called by the Secretary. ROLL OF MEMBERS. Those present are indicated by a *, and those deceased in italic. 1808. 1820. Sylvanus Thayer. Edward G. W. Butler. Rawlins Lowndes. 1814. John AM.Tufts. Charles S. Merchant. 1821. 1815. Seth M. Capron. Simon Willard. 1822. James Monroe. WILLIAM C. YOUNG. Thomas J. Leslie. David H. Vinton. Charles Davies. Isaac R. Trimble. Benjamin H. Wright. 1818. 1823. Horace Webster. Harvey Brown. Alfred Mordecai. Hartman Bache. *GEORGE S. GREENE. Hannibal Day. 1819. George H. Crosman. Edmuned B. Alexander. Edward Mansfield. Henry Brewerton. 1824. Henry A. Thompson. Dennis Mahan. Joshua Baker. Robert P. Parrott. Daniel Tyler. John King Findlay. William H. Swift. John M. Fessenden. 4 ANNUAL REUNION, JUNE 12TH, 1891. 1825. Ward B. Burnett. Washington Seawell. James H. Simpson. N. Sayre Harris. Alfred Brush. Randolph B. Marcy. 1826. ALBERT G. EDWARDS. WILLIAM H. C. BARTLETT. 1833. Samuel P. Heintzelman. John AUGUSTUS J. PLEASANTON. G. Barnard. Edwin B. Babbit. *GEORGE W. CULLUM. Nathaniel Rufus King. C. Macrae. Francis H. Smith. Silas Casey. William H. Sidell. 1827. HENRY WALLER. Henry Dupont. Ebenezer S. Sibley. Benjamin Alvord. Alexander J. Center. Henry W. Wessells. Alexander J. Eaton. Abraham C. Myers. Abraham Van Buren. Henry L. Scott. 1828. 1834. Albert E. Church. THOMAS A. MORRIS. -RichardC. Tilghman. Gabriel R. Paul. Ivers J. Austin. ALEXANDER MIONTGOMERY. Gustave S. Rousseau. Thomas F. Drayton. 1835. Crafts J. Wright. George W. Morell. 1829. HORACE BROOKS. Henry L. Kendrick. Catharinus P. Buckingham. Alexander S. Macomb. JOSEPH SMITH BRYCE. Peter G. Gaillard. Sidney Burbank. HENRY PRINCE. William Hoffman. JOSEPH H. EATON. Thomas Swords. Isaac V. D. Reeve. Albemarle Cady.- Marsena R. Patrick. THOMAS A. DAVIES. THOMAS B. ARDEN. Caleb C. Sibley. William N. Grier. James Clark. George R. J. Bowdoin. 1836. BENJAMIN W. BRICE. JOSEPH R. ANDERSON. 1830. Marlborough Churchill. James Lowry Donaldson. Francis Vinton. Thomas W. Sherman. THOMAS J. LEE. Alexander P. Crittenden. Thomas L. Alexander. PETER V. HAGNER. George W. Patten. George C. Thomas. 1831. Arthur B. Lansing. Henry E. Prentiss. 1837. William A. Norton. Henry TW. Benham. JACOB AMMEN. John Bratt. Andrew A. Humphreys. Israel Vogdes. William H. Emory. EDWARD D. TOWNSEND. William Chapman. Edmund Bradford. Charles Whittlesey. Bennett H. Hill. 1832. JOSHUA H. BATES. ROBERT B. MCLANE. BENJAMIN S. EWELL. George W. Cass. 1838. ERASMUS D. KEYES. PETER G. T. BEAUREGARD. John N. Macomb. JOHN T. METCALFE. ANNUAL REUNION, JUNE 12TH, 1891. William B. Blair. Ulysses S. Grant. William F. Barry. Charles S. Hamilton. Langdon C. Easton. RUFUS INGALLS. Irvin McDowell. Cave J. Couts. WILLIAM AUSTINE. 1844. *HAMILTON W. MERRILL. WILLIAM G. PECK. 1839. DANIEL M. FROST. GEORGE THOM. Samuel Gill. Lucius H. Allen. ALFRED PLEASANTON. ALEXANDER R. LAWTON. *SIMON B. BUCKNER. James B. Ricketts. Winfleld S. Hancock. Thomas Hunton. 1845. 1840. WILLIAM F. SMITH. Charles P. Kingsbury. THOMAS J. WOOD. WVilliam T. Sherman. Charles P. Stone. George H. Thomas. FITZ-JOHN PORTER. *STEWART VAN VLIET. HENRY COPPrSE. GEORGE W. GETTY. Francis Collins. James N. Caldtwell. George P. Andrews. Pickney Lugenbeel. James M. Hawzes. William Robertson. Delos B. Sackett. OLIVER L. SHEPHERD. Henry B. Clitz. 1841. THOMAS G. PITCHER. ZEALOUS B. TOWER. 1846. John Love. George B. McClellan. Harvey A. Allen. *CHIARLES E. BLUNT. Sewall L. Fremont. John G. Foster. Simon S. Fahnestock. EDMUND F. L. HARDCASTLE. RICHARD P. HAMMOND. FBANCIS T. BRYAN. JOHN M. BRANNAN. EDWARD C. BOYNTON. SCHUYLER HAMILTON. DARIUS N. COUCH. FRANKLIN F. FLINT. CHARLES C. GILBERT. 1842. M. D. L. SIMPSON. JAMES OAKES. JOHN NEWTON. INNIS N. PALMER. *GEORGE W. RAINS. PARMENAS T. TURNLEY. WILLIAM S. ROSECRANS. George H. Gordon. Theodore T. S. Laidley. *DELANCY FLOYD-JONES. GUSTAVUS W. SMITH. Cadmus M. Wilcox. James G. Benton. SAMUEL B. MAXEY. John Hillhouse. ABNER DOUBLEDAY. 1847. *JOHN S. MCCALMONT. JOHN HAMILTON. George Sykes. Joseph J. Woods. *EUGENE E. MCLEAN. Julian McAllister. Charles T. Baker. Dauiel T. Van Buren. SAMUEL B. HAYMAN. ORLANDO B. WILCOX. JAMES LONGSTREET. JAMES B. FRY. JAMES W. ABERT. HORATIO G. GIBSON. Ambrose E. Burnside. 1843. JOHN GIBBON. WILLIAM B. FRANKLIN. CLERMONT L. BEST. GEORGE DESHON. Romeyn B. Ayres. WILLIAM F. RAYNOLDS. Thomas H. Neill. John T. Peck. WILLIAM W. BURNS. JOSEPH J. REYNOLDS. EDWARD F. ABBOTT. Henry F. Clarke. EGBERT L. VIELE. *CHRISTOPHER C. AUGUR. Lewis C. Hunt. 6 ANNUAL REUNION, JUNE 12TH. 1891. 1848. 1853. WILLIAM P. TROWBRIDGE. WILLIAM P. CRAIGHILL. Robert S. Williamson. WILLIAM S. SMITH. Nathaniel Michler. JOHN M. SCHOFIELD. JOSEPH C. CLARK. THOMAS W. VINCENT. RICHARD I. DODGE. *HENRY C. SYMONDS. William N. R. Beall. GEORGE BELL. Thomas D. Johns. Louis H. Pelouze. 1849. LA RHETT L. LIVINGSTON. Robert 0. Tyler. Quincy A. Gzllmvore. *N. BOWMAN SWEITZER. JOHN G. PARKE. WILLIAM W. LOWE. Milton Cogswell. Philip P. Sheridan. CHAUNCEY MCKEEVER. Alexander Chambers. RUFUS SAXTON. William Craig. EDWARD McK. HUDSON. BEVERLY H. ROBERTSON. 1854. RICHARD W. JOHNSON. G. W. CUSTIS LEE. SAMUEL B. HOLABIRD. HENRY L. ABBOT. James P. Roy. THOMAS H. RUGER. A 1850. OLIVER 0. HOWARD. MICHAEL R. MORGAN. FREDERICK E. PRIME. *LooMIS L. LANGDON. Gouverneur K. Warren. OLIVER D. GREENE. Silas Crispin. E. FRANKLIN TOWNSEND. Oscar A. Mack. George A. Gordon. ROBERT RANSOM. *CHARLES G. SAWTELLE. EUGENE A. CARR. ZENAS R. BLISS. *FRANCIS H. BATES. WILLIAM L. CABELL. 1855. HENRY C. BANKHEAD. CYRUS B. COMSTOCK. Zetus S. Searle. Godfrey Weitzel. 1851. GEORGE H. ELLIOTT. Junius B. Wheeler. *GEORGE L. ANDREWS. John V. Dubois. ALEXANDER PIPER. FRANCIS R. T. NICHOLS. *CALEB HUSE. ALEXANDER S. WEBB. ALEXANDER J. PERRY. JOHN M. TURNER. WILLIAM H. MORRIS. *GEORGE D. RUGGLES. ROBERT E. PATTERSON. LEWIS MERRILL. WILLIAM D. WHIPPLE. Alfred T. A. Torbert. EDWARD A. PALFREY. William B. Hazen. HENRY M. LAZELLE. 1852. THOMAS L. CASEY. 1856. George W. Rose. DAVID C. HOUSTON. HENRY W. SLOCUM. ORLANDO M. POE. JAMES VAN YOST. Herbert A. Hascall. DAVID S. STANLEY. Francis L. Vinton. JAMES W. ROBINSON. Lorenzo Lorain. MILO S. HASCALL. JEREMIAH H. GILMAN. JOHN MULLAN. Thomas W. Walker. Sylvester Mowry. George Jackson. Marshall T. Polk. Herman Biggs. PETER T. SWAINE. WILLIAM B. HUGHES. ALEXANDER McD. McCOOK. FITZHUGH LEE. HENRY DOUGLASS. John McL. Hildt. William Myers. JOHN P. HAWKINS. ANNUAL REUNION, JUNE 12THf, 1891 7 1857. *WILLIAM H. HARRIS. JOHN C. PALFREY. ALFRED MORDECAI. E. PORTER ALEXANDER. Charles C. Parsons. WILLIAM SINCLAIR. LAWRENCE S. BABBITT. MANNING M. KIMMEL. *PETER C. HAINS. GEORGE H. WEEKS. Joseph C. Audenreid. John S. Marmaduke. JOSEPH B. FARLEY. JOSEPH S. CONRAD. PHILIP H. REMINGTON. Robert H. Anderson. JAMES P. DROUILLARD. 1862. 1858. GEORGE L. GILLESPIE. *ASA B. CAREY. *JARED E. SMITH. William J. Nickodemus. SAMUEL M. MANSFIELD. 1859. MORRIS SCHAFF. Frank B. Hamilton. WILLIAM E. MERRILL. JAMES H. ROLLINS. SAMUEL H. LOCKETT. JAMES H. LORD. Moses H. Wright. FRANCIS L. GUENTHER. 1863. MARTIN B. HARDIN. *PETER S. MICHIE. FRANCIS J. CRILLY. WILLIAM H. H. BENYAURD. CALEB H. CARLTON. JOHN R. McGINNESS. JOSEPH WHEELER. GEORGE W. MCKEE. JOHN J. UPHAM. FRANK H. PHIPPS. 1860. *JAMES W. REILLY. WILLIAM S. BEEBE. IWalter McFarland. THOMAS WARD. HORACE PORTER. *JOHN C. BUTLER. JAMES H. WILSON. ROBERT CATLIN. JAMES N. WHITTEMORE. CHARLES H. LESTER. Alanson M. Randol. JAMES M. J. SANNO. *JOHN M. WILSON. *JAMES R. REID. *EDWARD R. HOPKINS. WESLEY MERRITT. 1864. JAMES P. MARTIN. GARRETT J. LYDECKER. WADE H. GIBBES. ALEXANDER MACKENZIE. SAMUEL T. CUSHING. OSWALD H. ERNST. ROBERT T. HALL. DAVID P. HEAP. *EDWARD B. D. RILEY. Charles B. Phillips. 1861, May. VANDERBILT ALLEN. CHARLES J. ALLEN. HENRY A. DUPONT. ISAAC W. MACLAY. ADELBERT AMES. Edward D. Wheeler. Orville E. Babcock. 1865. ADELBERT R. BUFFINGTON. Emory Upton. CHARLES W. RAYMOND. NATHANIEL R. CHAMBLISS. A. MACOMB MILLER. Samuel N. Benjamin. *MILTON B. ADAMS. JOHN W. BARLOW. WM. R. LIVERMORE. Franklin Harwood. *DAVID W. PAYNE. George W. Dresser. WILLIAM H. HEUER. CHARLES McK. LEOSER. WILLIAM S. STANTON. HENRY C. HASBROUCK. THOMAS H. HANDBURY. FrancisA. Davies. JAMES C. POST. MALBONE F. WATSON. JAMES F. GREGORY. EUGENE B. BEAUMONT. *ALFRED E. BATES. CHARLES H. GIBSON. HENRY B. LEDYARD. JOHN P. STORY. 1861, June. J. HARRISON HALL. DANIEL W. FLAGLER. WILLIAM A. RAFFERTY. 8 ANNUAL REUNION, JUNE 12TH, 1891. APPLETON D. PALMER. Paul Dahldqren. WILLIAM H. McLAUGHLIN. CHARLES W. WHIPPLE. Edward H. Totten. *DAVID S. DENISON. JAMES M. MARSHALL. ALEXANDER L. MORTON. William S. Starring. JOSHUA L. FOWLER. EDWARD HUNTER. WILLIAM J. VOLKMAR. ALEXANDER W. HOFFMAN. JAMES H. JONES. EDGAR C. BOWEN. JOHN B. RODMAN. SAMUEL M. MILLS: WILLIAM C. FORBUSH. WILLIAM D. O'TOOLE. JOHN D. C. HOSKINS. GEORGE G. GREENOUGH. *CHANCELLOR MARTIN. WARREN C. BEACH. FRANK W. RUSSELL. ARCHIBALD H. GOODLOE. THOMAS J. MARCH. CASS DURHAM. LOYAL FARRAGUT. Robert B. Wade. *CHARLES F. ROE. P. ELMENDORF SLOAN. DELANCEY A. KANE. 1866. 1869. BENJAMIN D. GREENE. ERIC BERGLAND. Richard C. Churchill. Leonard G. Hun. JAMES O'HARA. *SAMUEL E. TILLMAN. *ABNER H. MERRILL. PHILIP M. PRICE. CHARLES KING. DANIEL M. TAYLOR. Isaac 1. Webster. WILLIAM P. DUVALL. WILLIAM H. UPHAM. HENRY L. HARRIS. ELBRIDGE R. HILLS. REMEMBRANCE H. LINDSEY. *FRANCIS L. HILLS. *CHARLES BRADEN. RUFUS P. BROWN. WILLIAM F. SMITH. JOHN F. STRETCH. MARTIN B. HUGHES. 1867. WILLIAM GERHARD. JOHN C.- MALLERY. 1870. *CLINTON B. SEARS. FRANCIS V. GREENE. THOMAS TURTLE. WINFIELD S. CHAPLIN. WILLIAM E. ROGERS. CARL F. PALFREY. JOHN E. GREER. JAMES A. DENNISON. *JOHN PITMAN. EDWARD G.