Vll 111:' ::' J-I t C1 cLlLY . iUOORE, Jesse Hille, soldier, b: in St. Clair county, Ill.. 22 April, 1817; d. in Callao, Peru, 11 Jul),, 1883. He was graduated at McKendree col­ lege in 1842, taught two ),cn,rs in Nnshville, Ill., a.nd then became principa,J of Georgetown semi­ nary. He was li censed t.o preach in 184.6, wa.s pas­ tor of the Methodist Episcopal church in Shelby­ ville, subsequen tly principa,1 of Pm'is (Ky.) semi­ nal'y, a,nd president of Qnincy college, Ill.. in 1854-'6. He resigned his pastorate at Decatnr, Ill., in 1862, and rai:;ec1 the 115th reo-im en t of lllinois volunteers, which he commanc1e~ at Chickamauga and the sllbseqnent battlcs of that campaign. He also pfLl"ticipated in the pursuit of Geneml John B. Hood, and a part of the time led the 2d brigade of the Army of the Cumberland. He was brevetted brigadiel:-general of volunteers in 18(j5 for services during the IVaI', returned to the pulpit. and was prp­ s idin~ elder of Decatur, Ill., district in 1868. At that elate he was elected to congress as a Republi­ can, serving in 1869-'73, and was chairman of the cOlllmittee on invalid pensions in the 42d congress. He was appointed U. S. conr::ul in Cailao in 1881, and heltl that office until his death. lilla, ann illS propeny was eUlIJiSea.cUII. ~IOORE, John, surgeon, b. in Indhtlm. 10 Aug., 1826. He entert'd t.he U. S. army as assistant Sl1l"­ Igeon in J nne, 1853, and, after serving in Florida I1nd on the Utah expedition of 1857, was in the Cincinnl1ti marine hospital in 1861-'2. He was promoted surgeon in June of the Il1tter year, and assigned to the Army of the Potomac as medical director of the central grand division. He became medical director of the Department and Army of the Tennessee in May, 1863, accompanied Gen. William T. Shennan on his march to tbe sea and through the Carolina.s, a,nd received the brevets of lieuten­ ant-colonel for the Ath1nta camp!1ign, and colonel for services during tbe whole war. He was made assistant medical purveyor, with rank of Iieutenant.­ colonel, 8 Oct., 1883, and on 18 Nov., 1886, was appointed smgeon-general of the army, \vith the mnk of brigadier-general. -- .. Uo;) \..t v l I n :: u ..: u IJU llJe n:; ut:l~ clUU :;:)Jl V IJ. N lIORDECAI, Alfred, soldier, b. in Warrenton, I • C., 3 Jan., 1804; d. in Philadelphia, 23 Oct., L887. He was graduated first in his class a t the . S. military academy in 1823, 1ssigned to the corps of engineers, and was assistant professor of natural and experimenta.l ph ilosophy in 1823-'4 , amI principal assistant professor of engineering in 1824--'5. From 1825 till 1828 he was assista,nt en­ gin eer in the constmction of Fort MOlll'oe and Fort Calhoun, Va., anel he was assistant to the chief engineer in Wnshington, D. C., from 1828 till 1832. He became captain of ordnance on 30 M/IY, 1832, and in 1833-'4 was on leave of ausence in Europe. In 1842 he became assist.ant to the chief of ordmmce in Washington, D. C., amI from 1839 till 1860 he was a member of the ordnance board. 1n 1840 he wa s a member of !l co mmission to visit the arsenals and cannon-foundries of the principa.l powers of Europe, and in 1842 was as­ sistant inspector of arsenals a.nc1 engaged in con­ structing ballistic pendulullls. He was a member of a military cOITlmission to the Crim ea in 1855-'7, and his observations, particularly on military or­ ganization a,nd ordnance, were published by order I of congress ( Washington, 1860). He was a mem­ ber of the board to revise the course of instruction at the milita,ry academy in 1860. He was brevet­ ted major on 30 Ma,y, 1848, for services during the wa,r with lI'Jexico, and became major of ordlHln ce, 31 Dec., 1854. He resigned on 5 May, 1861, and , from 1863 till 1866 was a railway engineer in Mexi­ co. From 1867 till his death he was treasurer and secretary of the Pennsylvania canal company. He was the author of a .. Digest of Military Laws" (Washington, 1833): "Ordnance Man lin.! fol' the Use of Officers in the U. S. Army" (1841; 2d ed., 1850); "Reports of Experiments on Gunpowder" (1845 and 1849); and "Artillery for the U. S. L!lIld Servic~, as devised and al'l'anged by the Ord­ na~~c~ .!3.£ar?!': :vi t~ plate~ (1~49~ .. MOR(;AN, Charles Hale, soldier, b. in l\1an~ lins, N. Y. , 6 Nov. , 1834 ; d. on .A lcatraz island , Cal. , 20 Dec .. 1875. H e wa s gradunt,ed at the U. S. military academy in 1857, assigned to t.he 4th artillery, and too k part in the Utnh ex pedition of 1859. He became 1st liell tena,nt on 1 .A pril, 1861, nnu was engaged in the western Virginia opern­ tions and in the defences of \Vashin gton from De­ cember of that year till March, 1862. He served in the Army of the Potomac dill'inS th e peninsu­ Inr campaign, was promoted captum on 5 Aug., 1862, nnd in October appointed chief of artillery of the 2d co rps. B e held a volunteer commission as lieutenant-colonel on the staff from 1 J an. , 1863, till 21 May, 1865. He engaged in the Rappahan­ nock campaign, and was brevetted major fo r ser­ vices at Gettysburg, lieutenant-colonel for the ac­ tion at Bristoe Sta,tion, Vlt., colonel fo r Spottsyl­ vanin , colonel of volunteers, 1 Aug., 1864, for the Wilderness campaign, and brigadier-genera.! of vo lunteers, 2 Dec., 1864, for services as chi ef-o f­ staff of ~h e 2cl a rn~y corps dnying ~ h e campaign before RiChmond, " II. H e assIsted In orgalllzlll g an army corps of veterans in 'Wasbington, D. C.. in 1864-'5, and was assistant inspeetor-general and ehief-of- staff to Gen. Hancock, cOlTllll a.nding the middle military division from 22 Feb. till 22 June, 1865. From that date till 7 Aug., 1865, he was a member of the board to examine ca.ndid!ltes for commissions in colored regiments. He was bre­ vetted brigadier-general, U. S. army, 13 March, 1865, for sel'l'ices in the field during the war, and made full brigadier-geneml of volunteers on 21 May, 1865. He was lllllstered ont of the volnnteer service, 15 Jan.. 1866, nnd from 10 Ma,rch to 26 June, 1866, served on a boa.rd of offi cers to ma.ke recommendations for brevet promotions in the army. He was on recruiting service from!) Aug., 1866, till 15 April, 1867, and became major of the 4t.h artillerv on 5 Feb., 1867. He then served in the artiller)'-school at Fortress Monroe and other stations 0 11' the Atlantic coast, and at the time of his death commanded Alcatraz island. Cal. ~I ORGAN, Geol'g'e Wasbington, soldier. b. in Washington county, Pa., 20 ~ept. , 1820. His grand­ father. Col. George N. Morgan, was the first to gil'e J efferson information regarding Aaron Burr's conspiracy.'. In 1836 he left college, and, enlisting in a company that was commanded by his brothel', went to assist Texas in gaining her independence. Upon hi s arrival there he was commissioned n li eu­ tena.nt in t he regula.r Texa.n army, but,nfter tLttain­ ing the mnk of eaptain, he retired from the service. In 1841 he entered the U. S. military academy, but left in 1843, and, removing to Mount Vernon, 'Ohio, began to practise Jaw there in 1845. At the beginning of the war with Mexico he was made ('olone! of the 2t1 Ohio volunteers, and he was sub­ sequently appointed colonel of the 15th U. S. in­ fa.ntry, which he led with ability under Gen. Scott, receiving for his gallantry at Contreras ancl.churu­ busco, wh ere he was severely wounded, the thanks Df the Ohio legislature and the brevet of brigadier­ general. He afterward practised Jaw until 1856, a.nd was then appointed U. S. consul to Marseilles, where he remained until he was made minitite r to Portugal, which post he held from 1858 Lill 1861. He returned to this conntry, and on 21 Nov., 1861, ',:as made brigadier-general of vol un teers and as­ sl$ned to duty under Gen. Don Carlos Buell. In j\'1 arch, 1862, 'he assumed the comrrH1nd of the 7th ·division of the Armv of the Ohio, with which he was ordered to occupy Cumberland gap, in south­ east Kentucky, t hen held by the Confederates. He forced the enemy to retire on 18 J nne, 1862, but ill September of that veal' he retreated toward the Ohio, being hRl'assecfby constant attacks from Col. ·John B. Morgan's guerillas, and in November he was wi th Major-Gen. Jacob D. Cox in the va.lI e)' of t he Kanmvlm. He was with Gen. "William T. Sher­ man at Vicksburg, was afterward assigned to the 13th army corps, and commanded a.t the capture ·or For t Hindman, Ark. Owing to fn iling health, he resigned in June, 1863. While in favor of main­ taining the Union at any cost. Gen. Morgan was opposed to interference wi th the state institution of the south.