Crook
GEORGE, an American military officer; born near Dayton, O., Sept. 8, 1828.
United States Military Academy in 1852, 8, 1828. He was graduated at the and rose to the rank of Major-General.
In the Civil War he greatly distinguished himself at South N himself at South Mountain, Antietam, CROOKES Chickamauga, and Appomattox. After the war he achieved celebrity in campaigns against the Indians as commander of the districts of Idaho mander of the districts of Idaho and Ariuntil his death, he commanded the Military Division of the 1890.
Missouri. He died in Chicago, March 1, lish physicist and chemist; born in Lon-