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causes in Prince George's county. Maryland, in which the circuit judge was disiiualitieil to act, and was engaged during several years in that capjicity. In January, 1875». ho was roniiuissiousd associate justii-e of the supreme conrt of the Dis- trict of Columbia, and still had that othce in 19(K).

- HAQNER, Peter Naleiitine, soldier, was born in Washington, D.C., Aug. M, lyi.j; son of Peter and Frances (Rjindall) Hagner, and grandson of John Valentine Hagner of Philadelphia, and of John Randall of Annajxilis, Md., an officer in the Revolution. His fatlu-r was api)ointed in 1793 a clerk in the otlice of tiie accountant of war, and in 1SI7 hecamt' the tii-st third auditor of the U.S. trejisury and lield that ofKce until 18.j0. The son was graduate I at the U.S. military academy in 1836; was appointed brevet 2d lieutenant in the 1st U.S. artillery: served on to|K)graphical duty; was promoted 2d lieutenant in August, 1886: was in the Florida campaign, 18;J(»-:37, with a field battery; on frontier duty on the Canada border, 1837-38; in the ordnance corps, 1838-40, and was made 1st lieutenant ot ordnance in 1840. In the Mexican war he was brevetted captain, for " gal- lant and meritorious conduct " at Cerro Gordo, April 18, 1847, and major for Chapultepec. Sept. 13, 1847. He was woundetl in the assault on the San Cosme gate of the City of Mexico, Sept. 14, 1847. He was sent to Europe, 1848-49, to study the latest appliances of war, and after his return was promoted cai)tain of ordnance, July 10, 18.51; major of ordnance, Aug. 3, 1861; lieutenant-colo- nel of ordnance, June 1, 1863; brevet colonel and brigadier-general, U.S A., March 13, 1865, for ser- vices in the ordnance department; colonel of ord- nance, March 7, 1867, and was retired at his own request after over forty years' .service, June 1, 1881. During the civil war he was inspector of factories making .small arms, inspector and pur- cha.ser of arms and ordnance stores, and after Dec. 2.5, 1863. commanded the Watervliet arsenal, Troy. H.' di.' 1 in Wa^^liington, D.C., March 11, 1893.

HAQOOD, Johnson, soldier, was born in Barn- well di.strict, S.C., Feb. 21, 1829. He was the son of an extensive planter, and grandson of Johnson Hagood (1771-1816), lawyer, scientist ami planter. He was graduated at the Soutii Carolina military academy in 1847. and was a master in equity, 1847-61. He entered the service of the state of South Carolina as colonel of the 1st i9giment and served under General Beauregard in the assault and capture of Fort Sumter, Aj)ril 13, 1861. He then commanded the 1st South Carolina regiment at Manassjis. Va.. July 21, 1861; was i)romoted to the rank of brigadier-general in May, 1862, and served in the defeuf-e of the coast and in the siege of Morris Island, where he commanded the Con- federate defences and directed siege operations


from time to time, relieving Generals Taliaferro and Colquitt in August and September, 1863. la 1864 he was ordered to Virginia and assigned to the command of the first brigade. Gen. R. F. Hoke's division, Anderson's corps, army of Nort'.i- ern Virginia. He took part in the battles of Wal- thall Junction, May 6; Swift Creek, May 9; Die Aiys Bluff, May 13, 14 and 16; Cold Harbor, June 1-3, and Bei'muda Hundred, June 16-17, 1864. He then returned to Beauregard's command and took part in the defence of Petersburg, June 19-Dec. 20, 1864, including the actions of Weldon railway, June 22-30, 1864. Hoke's division started for Wilmington, N C, Dec. 20, 1864, and took part in the defence of Fort Fislier, N.C., Dec. 25, 1864, and Jan. 13-15, 1885, and in the battle of Benton- ville, N.C. , March 19, 1865. After the surrender at Durham station, N.C, April 17. 186.5. he returned to his plantation in Barnwell district and entered into the struggle for agricultural supremacy un- der the new order of labor. He was foremost in in- troducing and advocating an improved system of planting, and when governor of South Carolina, 1880-81, du-ected his efforts to encouraging agri- cultui'al pursuits and widely published the results achieved in the fifteen j-ears under free labor. He was president of the South Carolina state agricultural society for many years and a mem- bar of the board of visitors of the South Carolina military academy and president of the board. He died in Barnwell county, S.C, Jan. 4, 1898.

HAGUE, Arnold, geologist, was born in Bos- ton, Mass., Dec. 3, 1840; son of William and Mary Bowditch (Moriarty) Hague, and br( tier of James D. Hague. He was graduated at Yale, Ph.B. in 1863; studied at the Universities at Got- tingen and Heidelberg and at the Royal school of mines, Freiberg, 1864-67; was with the U.S. geolog- ical exploring expedition under Clarence King, 1867-77; was government geologist of Guatemala, 1877; was engaged by the Chinese government in explori:ig the mining regions of Northern China, 1878-79; was geologist to the U.S. geological sur- vey, 1879-83, and on special duty in charge of the Yellowstone Park division. He was elected to membershii) in the National academy of sciences in 1885, and was a member of the National for- estry commission of 1896 under Professor Ser- geant. He is the author of: The. Volcanoes of California, Orefjonand Washinrjton Trnv'^ory (1883); The Volcanic Itocks of the Great Basin (1884); On the Development of Chrystalizatioa in the Igneous Jiocks of Washoe (1885); Volcanic Hocks of Salvador (ISSf)); and numerous f)th('r geological works.

HAGUE, James Duncan, mining engineer, was born in Boston, Mass , Feb. 24, is;^6; son of the Rev. William and Mary Bowditch (Moriarty) Hague: and grandson of James and Ann (Bay- ley) Hague, and of John and Abigail (Moseley)