TWENTIETH ANNUAL REUNION OF THE ASSOCIATION I GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY, AT WEST POINT, NEW YORK, _YUNE i21/t, 1889. EAST SAGINAW, MICH. EVENING NEWS PRINTING AND BINDING HOUSE. 1889. Annual Reunion, June 2th, 1889. MINUTES OF THE BUSINESS MEETING. WEST POINT, N. Y., JUNE 12th, 1889. 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 George 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 M. Tufts. Charles S. Merchant. 1821. 1815. ~181~~5~.~Seth M. Capron. Simon Willard. 1822.1822. James Monroe. WILLIAM C. YOUNG. Thomas J. Leslie. David H. Vinton. Charles Davies. Isaac R. Trimble. Benjamin H. Wright. 1818. 1823. Horace Webster. Alfred Mordeca. Harvey Brown. GEORGE S. GREENE. Hartman Bache. HANNIBAL DAY. George H. Crosman. 1819. Edmund B. Alexander. Edward D. Mansfield. 1824. Henry Brewerton. Henry A. Thompson. Dennis H. Mahan. Joshua Baker. Robert P. Parrott, Daniel Tyler. John King Findlay. William H. Swift. John M. Fessenden. 4 ANNUAL REUNION, JUNE 12Tli, 1889. 1825. Ward B. Burnett. James H. Simpson. Washington Seawell. Alfred Brush. N. Sayre Harris. Rlo2Randolph B. Marcy. 1826. ALBERT G. EDWARDS. WILLIAM H. C. BARTLETT. 1833. Samuel P. Heintzelman. John G. Barnard. AUGUSTUS J. PLEASANTON. *GEORGE W. CULLUM. Edwin B. Babbitt. Rufus King. Nathaniel 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. Wessels. Nathaniel J. Eaton. ABRAHAM C. MYERS. Abraham Van Buren. Henry L. Scott. 1828. 1834. Albert E. Church. THOMAS A. MORRIS. Richard C. Tilghman. Gabriel R. Paul. IVERS J. AUSTIN. *ALEXANDER MONTGOMERY. Gustave S. Rosseau. THOMAS F. DRAYTON. 1835. Crafts J. Wright. George W. Morell. 1829 HORACE BROOKS. *HENRY L. KENDRICK. CatharinusP. Buckingham. Alexander S. Macomb. JOSEPH SMITH BRYCE. Peter G. Gaillard. Sidney Burbank. HENRY PRINCE. Wrilliamv Hoffmnan. JOSEPH H. EATON. Thomas Swords. ISAAC V. D. REEVE. Albemarle Cady. Marsena R. Patrick. THOMAS A. DAVIES. "THOMAS B. ARDEN. Caleb C. Sidley. 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 TV. Sherman. THOMAS J. LEE. Alexander P. Crittenden. Thomas L. Alexander. PETER V. HAGNER. George W. Patten. George C. Thomas. ~~~~1831.~Arthur B. Lansing. 1831. Henry E. Prentiss. 1837 William A. Norton. Henry W. 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. *JOSHUA H. BATES. -1832. ROBERT M. MCLANE. BENJAMIN S. EWELL. 1838 George W. Cass. ERASMUS D. KEYES. PETER G. T. BEAUREGARD. John N. Macomb. JOHN T. METCALFE. ANNUAL REUNION, JUNE 12TH, 1889. 5 William B. Blair. Ulysses S. Grant. William F. Barry. CHARLES S. HAMILTON. Langdon C. Easton. RuFus INGALLS. Irvin McDowell. Cave J. Couts. WILLIAM AUSTINE. *HAMILTON W. MERRILL. 1844. 1839. WILLIAM G. PECK. DANIEL M. FROST. *GEORGE THOM. Samuel Gill. Lucius H. Allen. ALFRED PLEASANTON. ALEXANDER R. LAWTON. SIMON B. BUCKNER. James B. Ricketts. Winfield S. Hancock. THOMAS HUNTON. 1845. 1840. WILLIAM F. SMITH. Charles P. Kingsbury. THOMAS J. WOOD. *WILLIAM T. SHERMAN. Charles P. Stone. George H. Thomas. FITZ-JOHN PORTER. STEWART VAN VLIET. HENRY COPPEE. GEORGE W. GETTY. Francis Collins. James N. Caldwell. George P. Andrews. Pinckney Lugenbeel. JAMES M. HAWES. WILLIAM ROBERTSON. Delos B. Sackett. OLIVER L. SHEPHERD. HENRY B. CLITZ. THOMAS G. PITCHER. 1841. 1846. ZEALOUS B. TOWER. John Love. George B. McClellan. Harvey A. Allen. CHARLES E. BLUNT. Sewall L. Fremont. John G. Foster. Simon S. Fahnestock. EDMUND F. L. HARDCASTLE. RICHARD P. HAMMOND. FRANCIS T. BRYAN. JOHN M. BRANNAN. EDWARD C. BOYNTON. FRANKLIN F. FLINT. DARIUS N. COUCH. CHARLES C. GILBERT. 1842. M. D. L. SIMPSON. ~JOHN NEWTON.~ *JAMES OAKES. GEORGE W. RAINS. INNISNN N. PAMER.PALMER. WILLIAMWVILLIAM S.SW. ROSECRANS.ROSERANS. PARMENAS T. TURNLEY. Theodore T. S. Laidley. George H. Gordon. GUSTAVUS *DSELANCY S FLOYD-JONES. W. SMITH. CADMUS M..M. WILCOX.WILCOX. James G. Benton. SAMUELCADMUS B. MAXEY. John Hillhouse. SAMUE . MAX ABNER DOUBLEDAY. 1847 *JOHN S. MCCALMONT. George Sykes. JOHN HAMILTON. EUGENE E. IMCLEAN. JOSEPH J. WOODS. Charles T.ak. Julian McAllister. SAMUEL B. HAYMAN. DANIEL T. VAN BUREN. JAMES LONGSTREET. ORLANDO B. WILLCOX. JAMES W. ABERT. JAMES B. FRY. HORATIO G. GIBSON. 1843. Ambrose E. Burnside. JOHN GIBBON. WILLIAM B. FRANKLIN. CLERMONT L. BEST. GEORGE DESHON. Romeyn B. Ayers. WILLIAM F. RAYNOLDS. Thomas H. Neill. John J. 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, 1889. 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. LA RHETT L. LIVINGSTON. 1849. Robert 0. Tyler. N. BOWMAN SWEITZER. *JOHN G. PARKE. WILLIAM W. LOWE. Milton Cogswell. Philip H. 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. OLIVER 0. HOWARD. 1850. JUDSON D. BINGHAM. MICHAEL R. MORGAN. FREDERICK E. PRIME. MOLIVER D. GREENE. Gouverneur K. Warren. Geore A. GordoE. Sicas CA.spn. *CHARLES G. SAWTELLE. Oscar A. Mack. '7^Aa ^^£1^ ROBERT RANSOM. ZENAS R. BLISS. EUGENE A. CARR. 1855. Junius B. Wheeler. John V. Du Bois. ^o^~1851. ~FRANCIS R. T. NICHOLS. *GEORGE L. ANDREWS. ALEXANDER S. WEBB. *ALEXANDER PIPER. JOHN W. TURNER. *CALEB HUSE. GEORGE D. RUGGLES. ALEXANDER J. PERRY. LEWIS MERRILL. *WILLIAM H. MORRIS. Alfred T. A. Torbert. ROBERT E. PATTERSON. William B. Hazen. WILLIAM D. WHIPPLE. HENRY M. LAZELLE. EDWARD A. PALFREY. 1856. 1852. DAVID C. HOUSTON. ORLANDO M. POE. THOMAS L. CASEY. HERBERT A. HASCALL. George W. Rose. Francis L. Vinton. HENRY W. SLOCUM. Lorenzo Lorain. JAMES VAN VOAST. JJEREMIAH H. GILMAN. *DAVID S. STANLEY. THOMAS W. WALKER. JAMES W. ROBINSON. George Jackson. MILO S. HASCALL. Herman Bigs JOHNyJOlvN MULoLAN.MULLAN. WILLIAM B. HUGHES. Sylvester Moqwry. FITZHUGH LEE. Hidt. Marshall T. Polk. JohnJoF McL.MIc Hildt. PETER T. SWAINE. ALEXANDER MCD. MCCOOK. 1857. HENRY DOUGLASS. William Myers. JOHN C. PALFREY. JOHN P. HAWKINS. E. PORTER ALEXANDER. ANNUAL REUNION, JUNE 12TH, 1889. 7 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. 1858. 1862. ASA B. CAREY. GEORGE L. GILLESPIE. William J. Nickodemus. SAMUEL M. MANSFIELD. MORRIS SCHAFF. 1859. FRANK B. HAMILTON. JAMES H. ROLLINS. WILLIAM E. MERRILL. JAMES H. LORD. SAMUEL H. LOCKETT. Moses H. Wright. 1883 FRANCIS L. GUENTHER. *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. JAMES W. REILLY. 1860. WILLIAM S. BEEBE. THOMAS WARD. Walter McFarland. JOHN C. BUTLER. *HORACE PORTER. ROBERT CATLIN. JAMES H. WILSON. CHARLES H. LESTER. JAMES N. WHITTEMORE. JAMES M. J. SANNO. Alanson M. Randol. JAMES R. REID. *JOHN M. WILSON. EDWARD R. HOPKINS. 1864. WESLEY MERRITT. JAMES P. MARTIN. GARRETT J. LYDECOKER. WADE H. GIBBES. ALEXANDER MACKENZIE. SAMUEL T. CUSHING. OSWALD H. ERNST. ROBERT H. HALLN. Charles B. Phillips. VANDERBILT ALLEN. 1861, May. CHARLES J. ALLEN. ISAAC W. MACLAY. HENRY A. DUPONT. Edward D. Wheeler. ADELBERT AMES. Orville E. Babcock. 1885. ADELBERT R. BUFFINGTON. C CHARLES W. RAYMOND. Emory Upton. A. MACOMB MILLER. NATHANIEL R. CHAMBLISS. MILO B. AA Samuel N. Benjamin. DAYID W. PAYNE. JOHN W. BARLOW. IIA . HEER. Franklin Harwood. WILLIAM S. STANTON. George W. Dresser. THOMAS H. HANDBURY. CHARLES McK. LEOSER. JAMES C. POST C. HASBROUCK. JAMES O. HENRY JAMES F.. GlREGORY. FrancisA. Davies. ALFRED E. BATES. MALBONE F. WATSON. HENRY B. LEDYAD. EUGENE B. BEAUMONT. JOHN P. STORY. CHARLES H. GIBSON. J. AIS HALL. J. HARRISON HALL. 1861, June. WILLIAM A. RAFFERTY. 1881, June. APPLETON D. PALMER. *DANIEL W. FLAGLER. WILLIAM H. MCLAUGHLIN. WILLIAM H. HARRIS. Edward H. Totten. ALFRED MORDECAI. JAMES M. MARSHALL. Charles C. Parsons. William S. Starring. 8 ANNUAL REUNION, JUNE 12TH, 1889. EDWARD HUNTER. JOHN B. RODMAN. *ALEXANDER W. HOFFMAN. WILLIAM C. FORBUSH. EDGAR C. BOWEN. *JOHN D. C. HOSKINS. SAMUEL M. MILLS. CHANCELLOR MARTIN. WILLIAM D. O'TOOLE. FRANK W. RUSSELL. GEORGE G. GREENOUGH. THOMAS J. MARCH. WARREN C. BEACH. LOYAL FARRAGUT. ARCHIBALD H. GOODLOE. CHARLES F. ROE. CASS BURHAM. DELANCEY A. KANE. Robert B. Wade. P. ELMENDORF SLOAN. 1869. 1866. ERIC BERGLAND. *LEONARD G. HUN. BENJAMIN D. GREENE. *SAMUEL E. TILLMAN. Richard C. Churchill. PHILIP M. PRICE. JAMES O'HARA. *DANIEL M. TAYLOR. *CHARLES KING. *WILLIAMI P. DUVALL. Isaac T. Webster. HENRY L. HARRIS. WILLIAM H. UPHAM. REMEMBRANCE H. LINDSEY. ELBRIDGE R. HILLS. *CHARLES BRADEN. *FRANCIS L. HILLS. WILLIAM F. SMITH. RUFUS P. BROWN. MARTIN B. HUGHES. JOHN F. STRETCH. *WILLIAM GERHARD. 1867. 1870. JOHN C. MALLERY. FRANCIS V. GREENE. CLINTON B. SEARS. WINFIELD S. CHAPLIN. THOMAS TURTLE. CARL F. PALFREY. WILLIAM E. ROGERS. JAMES A. DENNISON. JOHN E. GREER. EDWARD G. STEVENS. JOHN PITMAN. EDGAR S. DUDLEY. FREDERICK A. MAHAN. 'CLARENCE A. POSTLEY. FREDERICK A. HINMAN. BENJAMIN H. RANDOLPH. William F. Reynolds. RICHARD A. WILLIAMS. CROSBY P. MILLER. ALEXANDER O. BRODIE. THOMAS H. BARBER. CHARLES W.