Upshur
ABEL PARKER, an Amer- Court of Virginia in 1826; delegate to co., Va., June 17, 1790; was admitted to the bar in 1810; practiced at Richmond, Va., till 1824; became a member of the legislature in 1825; judge of the General Court of Virginia in 1826; delegate to the convention to revise the State constitinued to hold till 1841, when he was ap- pointed Secretary of the Navy by Presition of the judicial system under that instrument was again elected judge of pointed Secretary of the Navy by Presithe same court. This position he condent Tyler. Two years later, on the tinued to hold till 1841, when he was apresignation of Daniel Webster, he was er "Princeton," on the Potomac river, in appointed Secretary of State. Early in 1844 he was on the United States Steamcompany with the President and other members of the cabinet, to witness experiments with a large wrought-iron gun which burst, and mortally wounded him together with several others. He died near Washington, D. C., Feb. 28, 1844.
Aug. 27, 1839; was graduated at the United States Military Academy in May, 1861, and was commissioned 2d lieutary officer; born in Batavia, Ν. Υ.; Aug.
United States Military Academy in May, days later was promoted 1st lieutenant of the 5th artillery. He participated in the battle of Bull Run and in the Pen- insula Campaign early in 1862. In Octo- 1861, and was commissioned 2d lieutenant in the 4th artillery; and a few of the 5th artillery. He participated în the battle of Bull Run and in the Peninsula Campaign early in 1862. In October of that year he was commissioned colonel of the 121st New York Volun- teers. He distinguished himself at the colonel of the 121st New York Volunteers. He distinguished himself at the battle of Rappahannock Station, Va., in November, 1863, and especially at Spottsylvania, where he was wounded while leading the 12 attacking regiments of his corps. For this gallantry in the latter action he was promoted Br eral of volunteers and brevetted lieutenant-colonel, U. S. A. He later participated in the Shenandoah Campaign, and won distinction at Winchester, Va., for which he was brevetted Major-General of volunteers. In March, 1865, he was brevetted Major-General, U. S. A., was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel, U. S. A., in July, 1866. He originated a system of military tactics which was adopted by the Government in 1867; was superintendent of the
United States Military Academy in 1870-1875; and was promoted colonel, U. S. A., in 1880, and was assigned to the 4th artillery in San Francisco, Cal. His publications include: "A Brigadier-Gen- URAL New System of Infantry Tactics" (1867); "Tactics for Non-Military Bodies" (1870); "The Armies of Asia and Europe" (1878); and "The Military Policy of the United States." He died in San Francisco, Cal., March 14, 1881.