July, 1864, was an officer in the 71st New York regiment when the civil war opened. He raised a company, and was with the 5th New York in all its engagements, beginning with Big Bethel, till he received his mortal wound, which terminated his life before his nomination as brigadier-general for gallant conduct and efficient service could be acted upon. He died from a wound that he received at Mechanicsville, while leading his regiment, as its colonel, into battle. — His brother, Gordon, b. in 1839, a captain in the same regiment, is now a captain in the regular army. Their mother, Cath- erine Fish Winslow, was a cousin of Hamilton Fish. — Hubbard's son, William Copley, archaeologist, b. in Boston, Mass., 13 Jan., 1840, was graduated at Hamilton college in 1862, and at the Protestant Episcopal general theological seminary, New York city, in 1865. He has since been engaged in preaching, lecturing, and writing for the press, and was assistant editor of the New York " World " in 1862-'3, and of the "Christian Union" in 1864. Since 1870 he has resided in Boston, and has had temporary charge of churches there and in Taunton and Weymouth. He is vice-president and honorary treasurer of the Egypt exploration fund for America, and by his efforts has created a widespread interest in its work. He has written numerous articles for the reviews and journals on exploration and cognate subjects, and is regarded as an authority on biblical, and particularly Egyptological, explorations. Through his efforts the Boston museum of fine arts has received a colossal statue of Ramses II., the Pharaoh of the oppression, discovered in the suburbs of the site of the biblical Zoan. He is actively connected with various learned societies, and received the degree of Ph. D. from Hamilton college in 1866, that of LL. D. from St. Andrew's, Scotland, in 1886, L. H. I), from Columbia in 1887, and D. D. from Amherst in 1887.
WINSLOW, Stephen Noyes, journalist, b. in Hartland, Vt., 14 April, 1826. He was graduated in 1843 at the high-school in Philadelphia, where
he had already been a reporter for newspapers since 1841. He has been for forty-seven years commercial editor of the "Inquirer," occupied the
same editorial chair on the "Bulletin" for thirty-five, was connected also with the "Evening Telegraph" for fifteen, and has long been the editor
and proprietor of the "Commercial List and Price Current." Mr. Winslow is the author of "Biographies of Successful Philadelphia Merchants"
(Philadelphia, 1864).
WINSLOW, Warren, member of congress, b.
in Fayetteville, N. C, 1 Jan., 1810; d. there, 11
June, 1862. He was graduated at the University
of North Carolina in 1827, studied law, was admit-
ted to the bar, and practised at Fayetteville. In
1854 he was appointed by President Pierce a con-
fidential agent to Madrid, and bore despatches re-
garding " The Black Warrior " difficulty. He was
elected to the state senate during his absence, was
chosen speaker of that body after his return, and
became acting governor of North Carolina in 1854,
when Gov. David S. Reid was elected to the U. S.
senate. He served in congress by successive re-
elections from 3 Dec, 1855, till 3 March, 1861.
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WINSOR, Justin, librarian, b. in Boston, Mass., 2 Jan., 1831. He studied at Harvard during 1853, and then at Heidelberg, Germany. In 1868 he became superintendent of the Boston public library, where he remained until 1877. He then became librarian of Harvard, which post he still holds. He was the first president, in 1876-'86, of the American library association, and has also held the office of president in the American historical association, and that of secretary in the Massachusetts historical society. The University of Michigan gave him the degree of LL. D. in 1886. Besides numerous magazine articles and addresses, mostly on subjects connected with American history, he has written “History of Duxbury, Massachusetts” (Boston, 1849); “Songs of Unity,” compiled with Rev. George H. Hepworth (1859); “Bibliography of the Original Quartos and Folios of Shakespeare, with Particular Reference to Copies in America” (1876); “Reader's Hand-Book of the American Revolution, 1761-'83” (1880); “Was Shakespeare Shapleigh? A Correspondence in Two Entanglements” (1887); and several pamphlets, including “Gov. Bradford's Manuscript History of Plymouth Plantation” (Cambridge, 1881); “Arnold's Expedition against Quebec, 1775-1776 . . .” (1886); “The Manuscript Sources of American History” (New York, 1887); and “Notes on the Spurious Letters of Montcalm” (Cambridge, 1887). He edited the “Memorial History of Boston” (4 vols., Boston, 1880-'1); “Narrative and Critical History of America,” of which vols. ii. to vii. have been issued (1884-'8); “Harvard University Bulletin” (since 1877); and “Library of Harvard University: Bibliographical Contributions” (begun in 1887). To the last he has contributed “Shakespeare's Poems: Bibliography of the Earlier Editions” (1878-'9); “Pietas et Gratulatio: Inquiry into the Authorship of the Several Pieces” (1879); “Halliwelliana: a Bibliography of the Publications of J. O. Halliwell-Phillips” (1881); “Bibliography of Ptolemy's Geography” (1884); “The Kohl Collection of Early Maps” (1886); and a “Calendar of the Sparks Manuscripts in Harvard College Library” (1888). He also edited the “Record of the 250th Anniversary of the Founding of Harvard College” (1887).
WINSTON, John Anthony, governor of Alabama, b. in Madison county, Ala., 4 Sept., 1812 ; d. in Mobile, Ala., 21 Dec, 1871. He was educated at La Grange college, Ala., and Nashville university. Tenn., and became a cotton-planter and commission-merchant. In 1840 and 1842 he was chosen to the lower branch of the legislature, and in 1845 he was elected to the state senate, of which he was president for several years. In 1846 he raised two companies of troops for the Mexican war, and was elected colonel of the first Alabama volunteers: but on account of some technicality the regiment was not accepted. In 1853 he was chosen governor of Alabama, and, by opposing state aid to railroads and the reissue of state bank-notes as a loan to railroad companies, gained the name of the "veto governor." Bills for both purposes were passed over his vetoes ; but the attorney-general gave an opinion that they were unconstitutional, and the governor ordered the state treasurer to pay out no money for such purposes. He was re-elected in 1855, and the legislature of that year approved his course. In 1860 Gov. Winston was a candidate
