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Armstrong (SAMUEL CHAPMAN an American)

SAMUEL CHAPMAN, an American educator, born in Hawaii in 1839, a son of Richard Armstrong , an American missionary to the Sandwich Islands. In 1860 he came to the United States; in 1862 was graduated at Williams College; and in June of the same year he organized a company for the 125th Regiment of New York Infantry , and with it was assigned to the Army of the Potomac. At Harper's Ferry he was captured and held prisoner for three months. After the close of the war he was mustered out of the volunteer service with the rank of brigadier-general .

During his service he volunteered for the command of a regiment of colored troops, colored troops , with whom he served two years. In 1866 he took up the work of the Freedman's Bureau and at first had the oversight of the colored people in 10 counties of Virginia. After two years in this work he founded a school which afterward became famous as the Hamp- ARMSTRONG ton Normal and Agricultural Institute.

The United States Government began sending Indian youths there in 1878.

General Armstrong was president of the Institute till his death, May 11, 1893.