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ALEXANDER MCDOW- ELL, an American military officer; born in Columbiana co., O., April 22, 1831; was graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1853; was in command of the 1st Ohio Volunteers at the battle of Bull Run and was brevetted major; was made Brigadier-General of volunteers in September, 1861, and Major-General in 1862. He made a brilliant record in many famous battles of the Civil War, was brevetted Brigadier-General U. S. A., in 1865. In 1880 he became colonel of the 6th Infantry and subsequently was placed in charge of the military school at Fort Leavenworth; was promoted Brigadier-General, U. S. A., in 1890; Major-General in 1894; and was retired April 22, 1895. He died June 12, 1903.
MCCORMICK master of Dublin Cathedral, with whom he was associated from 1903-1905. After his successful appearance in "Cavalleria Rusticana" at Covent Garden, London, in 1907, Oscar Hammerstein brought him to America, where he achieved an enormous popular success, especially on the concert platform. In 1912 he went to Australia with the Melba Grand Opera Company. He sang with the Metropolitan Grand Opera Company in New York in 1919-1920. During the World War Mr. McCormack sung at hundreds of benefits; and by his services raised large amounts of money. He became a citizen of the United States in 1917. an McCORMICK, CYRUS HALL, an American inventor; born in Walnut Grove, W. Va., Feb. 15, 1809. The reap- 411 JOHN MCCORMACK